Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

In the middle of spring, Ding Si, there is sunshine in the morning and shade in the evening.

Jiangning Prefecture was bustling with people, and the cargo ships on the river did not stop because of the uprising in the southeast. On the contrary, a considerable number of merchants smelled the scent and ran over. All kinds of evil tricks were used in this capital of the East Road of Jiangnan. Every once in a while, someone left here with money, and the rebel forces several military states away were able to get a supply of materials.

And these...

It has nothing to do with 99% of the people in the city. I still do what I have to do every day.

"Freshly grilled chicken, crispy skin and fresh meat, come on..."

"We have new rouge and powder in our store. Take a box home for your beloved, I guarantee..."

"I'll take a look when I pass by. They're all the latest popular department stores in Tokyo. I'll buy one to take home to get a taste of the city's atmosphere and show off my fashion sense..."

The sound of shouting rang in the ears the moment they entered the city. The mood of several men who had been drifting on the sea recently suddenly changed and smiles appeared on their faces.

"It's been a long time since I met so many people." Yang Lin sighed, "I've been floating on the sea all day, and I feel like I'm starting to stagger when I walk."

"You are having an illusion." Shi Qian walked beside him, letting the figure passing by pass by, and looked at Yang Lin calmly: "From Qiantang River to Jiangning Prefecture, it is smooth sailing, and it only takes five or six days in total. It is still far from being staggering."

"That's right." Zhang Shun nodded in agreement and said, "Brother Yang just spent too much time at sea earlier, so he had an illusion."

While Yang Lin was thinking, Li Zhu turned to look at Shi Qian, narrowing his eyes slightly: "Brother Shi, we have something to do now, so don't do anything unnecessary to attract attention."

The flea on the drum shook his head immediately after hearing this: "I didn't do anything."

Assistant Li looked at him, glanced around, and said softly: "I didn't do anything, why did you take someone's money bag?"

"Ah?" Shi Qian was stunned. He quickly reached out and took out the purse made of Shu brocade from his arms. He was dumbfounded: "I didn't intend to take it. Why did my hand move on its own?"

"I'm afraid you're itching."

Ma Lin laughed and laughed at the person behind him, causing the short and thin figure in front to slap the back of his hand and mumble something in his mouth.

Li Zhu shook his head and laughed, but he didn't take it to heart. He just reminded the thief not to get carried away and cause trouble. As for the people he stole...

What does that have to do with Li Zhu?

It's not like he has so much kindness that he has nowhere to use it, so why would he care whether the person who lost the money is dead or alive.

The number of people on the street gradually decreased. Following Zhang Shun's guidance, people could gradually smell the aroma of medicine. The white shark sometimes stopped and looked around, and finally saw a drugstore with a look of relief on his face.

"Brother Li, the shop of the great doctor An Daoquan is in front. Bringing this man to help Mr. Chai treat his illness can be considered as a favor to His Majesty... Brother."

Assistant Li stroked his beard, looked ahead and nodded, and said lightly: "Lead the way."

Zhang Shun immediately strode forward. This group of men of different shapes and sizes gradually approached the drugstore that Zhang Shun mentioned. The store looked ordinary without any extra decorations, but it was very clean. Above the store, there were four black characters on a blue background that read "An's Drugstore" in a flamboyant style, and there were wooden signs hanging on both sides of the door.

On the left, a rectangular sign reads, "A master of medicine, he is good at both internal and external treatments, and can cure all kinds of difficult and complicated diseases. He is best at conditioning and opening the abdomen. He has been practicing medicine for more than ten years and has never made a mistake. He is the first choice for people with illnesses."

The sign on the right shows a little man walking into a pharmacy with a painful look on his face, and then going through four pictures of looking, smelling, palpating and asking, and finally leaving with a smile on his face.

It is quite satisfactory.

Li Zhu glanced over the place, and the four words that popped up in his mind made him frown. Then he glanced at Zhang Shun, but said nothing. He took a step forward and walked in.

The middle-aged man sitting behind the counter stood up, looked at the figure walking in, and greeted: "Dear guests, are you here to get medicine or to consult a doctor?"

"Find someone."

The unusual words did not make the middle-aged man show any special emotions. He just stopped standing at the counter and turned around to bow: "Do you want to find the boss?"

The atmosphere in the store was a bit weird. Among the five people who came in, four were looking around, especially the shortest and thinnest one, with a shifty look. His eyes were rolling around, all lingering on the valuables, forcing this person to come out.

Zhang Shun had no idea that he had so much on his mind. He walked forward calmly and nodded, "Excuse me, I have also sought treatment from Doctor An Shen before, so we are acquainted. I have come all the way from the north to ask for something important."

The middle-aged man nodded, and glanced at Assistant Li who was walking to the counter to check the herbs, and said, "The boss is on vacation today, so he may be at home. The guest..."

"I know where the miracle doctor is." Zhang Shun interrupted him directly and paused for a moment: "In the past few years, the miracle doctor An has not moved his residence, right?"

"The owner has been living in the original house and has never found another place to live."

"That's great!" Zhang Shun said with a delighted look on his face: "Then I'll go directly to his house to look for it."

He turned to the other four and said, "Let's go. Doctor An is not here."

"Guest, move slowly!"

As they said goodbye, Li Zhu and the others turned around and followed Zhang Shun out of the pharmacy. Langli Baitiao, who was walking back into the city streets, looked around and pointed to the east of the city: "If I remember correctly, it's here."

He took the lead and explained rather embarrassedly, "I have not been to Jiangning Prefecture very often, and I have only been to Doctor An Shen's office once, so I only have a vague impression of it."

"It's okay. Just ask again if you don't remember."

Yang Lin said this to comfort him, and followed Zhang Shun forward with a few others. The layout of Jiangning Prefecture was not special, and Zhang Shun was young, so the group of five turned left and right, and soon they arrived at an alley in the east.

Zhang Shun looked at the house in front of him which was not very big and nodded: "It is here. I brought my mother with me last time."

Before he finished speaking, Shi Qian had already rushed up and knocked on the door, laughing strangely: "Then don't waste time, finish it quickly so we can go back. I've been out for so long, I really miss my wife at home."

"Brother Shi is married?"

Yang Lin and Ma Lin were dumbfounded, looking at the smug flea on the drum over there. Then they thought that this guy was rising quickly in the army and was probably favored by the matchmaker.

While they were talking outside, hurried footsteps were heard inside the house. With a creaky sound, the door opened and a figure who looked to be in his thirties, a little thin, with dark bags under his eyes appeared in front of the five people.

Perhaps he didn't expect so many people to be outside. The middle-aged man who opened the door was stunned for a moment, and his eyes swept over the faces of different appearances: "Who are you...looking for?"

"A miracle doctor." Zhang Shun stepped forward and clasped his fists. "I am from the Xunyang River. A few years ago, I asked you to treat my mother. At that time, I didn't have enough money, but you still treated my mother. Do you remember?"

The person who opened the door was An Daoquan. He blinked his eyes as he listened to Zhang Shun's words, with an apologetic look on his face: "This... I see so many people every day, I really can't remember." Assistant Li looked at him and said nothing. Zhang Shun smiled and said: "The genius doctor has a lot of things to do every day, it is inevitable that he can't remember." He paused, looked down at his feet, and looked around: "Do you have to talk here?"

"It's Xiaoke's fault." An Dao suddenly realized and quickly made way for him: "Please come in, please come in."

"Nagging."

As they were talking, several people walked into the small courtyard, looked up and around, this famous doctor's house had two floors, the lower floor was used for receiving guests, it was filled with mahogany furniture, famous calligraphy and paintings were hung on both sides, there was a portrait on the wall facing the door, Li Zhu walked closer to take a look, on it were written the three words "Bian Que's portrait".

An Daoquan asked everyone to sit down, went to the back to get some tea and put it down, and made a gesture of invitation: "I wonder what this gentleman is here for this time? Is your mother's illness recurring?"

"No, no, the miracle doctor cured my mother immediately. Since then, she has been in good health and has not had any recurrence of the disease. Thank you very much for your concern."

As he spoke, Zhang Shun took out the cloth bag and put it on the table. There was a "dong" sound, and it was obvious that there were a lot of heavy objects in it. Then he pushed it and said, "I came here first to thank the miracle doctor, and secondly, because a friend in the north is seriously ill and his life is hanging by a thread. I hope the miracle doctor can accompany us to Cangzhou, Hebei to see a doctor."

He patted his bag and said, "These are for the doctor's kindness and for the consultation fee. I will give you a generous reward later."

After saying that, he pushed the bag forward with his hand.

An Daoquan looked at the package coming over, put his hand on it, felt the hardness inside the package, and shook his head with difficulty: "It's not that I'm taking advantage of you. Since I saved the patient at that time, I naturally won't take more money now. As for going north to Cangzhou..."

He pushed the package back with his hand: "Please forgive me, I don't want to leave Jiangning Mansion in the short term, so I can only say sorry."

After a pause, he looked at Zhang Shun's somewhat disappointed face and said, "Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Although it is inconvenient for me to travel far, I can introduce a doctor whose medical skills and morals are far better than mine. What do you think?"

"That's the trouble, thank you."

Seeing him like this, Zhang Shun knew it would be difficult to persuade him, so he immediately chose a compromise method. Anyway, it was just a matter of convenience, so anyone could go. As for whether it was better to treat the disease or not...

As long as it comes to your mind.

An Daoquan heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this, and the smile on his tired face became more sincere: "It's not a problem at all, it's just a matter of a word."

"Since you said so, why not tell us a little more?" Li Zhu, who was sitting next to him, suddenly spoke up, twisting his beard with his hands and smiling, "This time we went south, one is to invite you, the famous doctor, since you are not free, there is nothing I can do.

Well, we are here to find some ways to prevent locusts. I heard that there is a grass planted in the Jianghuai area that can kill locusts by clinging to its leaves. Have you heard of it?"

His words were somewhat embarrassing, after all, he knew that An Daoquan was good at curing illnesses and saving lives, but what he asked was how to prevent and control insect plagues, which was related to people's livelihood or something that only those who studied the world would consider.

They just simply don't like being rejected.

Yang Lin, Ma Lin, and Shi Qian also looked at An Daoquan with a smile. They did not respect this so-called miracle doctor very much, so they were willing to see him make a fool of himself. Zhang Shun still remembered the kindness An Daoquan had shown him in saving his mother, so he quickly shook his hand and said, "Isn't this embarrassing for Miracle Doctor An? How can he…"

An Daoquan didn't wait for Zhang Shun to finish, and raised his eyebrows: "Xiao Ke knows this."

The smiles on the faces of several people froze instantly. Li Zhu's pupils shrank, and the hand that was twirling his beard stopped in mid-air.

I heard the miracle doctor say, "This grass is not formed naturally. We need to sprinkle some medicine on it when it grows. First, let the grass become sick. When it grows up, it will naturally be seriously ill. How can the insects survive after eating the sick grass? They will naturally die by hugging the grass."

An Daoquan had a smug smile on his face. He was indeed a doctor and was also good at observing people's words and expressions. Except for the family of the former patient, he could clearly see the disdain and contempt in the eyes of the rest of the people. Now, his words had froze them all, and he felt that he had finally let out a sigh of relief.

Yang Lin, Ma Lin, and Shi Qian looked at each other, then at Li Zhu who was squinting his eyes. They swallowed their saliva unconsciously, and then turned their eyes to Zhang Shun's face. The white shark in the waves really looked at An Daoquan in surprise, and asked: "Doctor An actually knows all this? Can you tell us the prescription? We are willing to pay a large sum of money."

"Ah~" he said, and then Doctor An leaned back, shaking his hand and said, "Not only is the preparation of medicine tedious, but you also have to watch the changes in the medicine all day long. It's not something a novice can do. I also learned it from my master by chance, and fortunately I haven't forgotten it over the years."

"Then..." Zhang Shun leaned forward slightly.

"I will not leave Jiangning Prefecture in the near future." An Daoquan knew what he wanted to say and waved his hand: "Brother, please stop persuading me..."

He looked around at the group and said, "It's getting late, and I have something important to attend to. Please help yourselves, guests."

Zhang Shun was unwilling to give up, so he looked at Li Zhu, and saw that man stood up with a smile and bowed: "I am sorry to have delayed the doctor's work today, so I'll take my leave."

The three people sitting over there also stood up, and Zhang Shun sighed, "Sorry to bother Doctor An."

An Daoquan stood up with a smile: "Okay, okay, Xiaoke will send you guys out."

He stretched out his hand, led a few people out, closed the door, and then walked back to the house humming an unknown tune.

In the streets, Li Zhu and his four companions walked forward about ten feet, then stopped at the intersection. They turned around and looked at An Dao's family who had already gone far away, with a smile on their faces.

"Interesting, this An Daoquan is indeed quite capable and deserves the title of miracle doctor."

Zhang Shun looked into the distance expressionlessly, then looked at Li Zhu: "Brother Li, what you mean is..."

"This person is destined to be with us, but we can't just abduct him. It would be better to make him willingly follow us when he is left with nowhere else to go."

Li Zhu twisted his beard with his thumb and index finger, and pointed at the distance with his other three fingers: "Shi Qian, follow him for the next two days and see what he does and who he contacts. This is especially important..."

He turned his narrow eyes and stared at the flea on the drum: "Find out whether this man diagnoses and prescribes medicine for officials."

"Leave it to me." Shi Qian sneered, "Let me keep an eye on him. Even if you want to know how many times he gets up at night, that's fine."

"You're not a woman, what are you doing staring at people getting up at night?"

Ma Lin was joking beside him, and Shi Qian rolled his eyes in anger: "I was just saying that I'll keep an eye on him, you know? Who the hell wants to watch a man get up at night? I'm afraid of getting corns!"

"Corns are on the feet."

Zhang Shun said something out of the blue, which immediately made the man jump up and down: "Damn it, you are not good people. You come to bully me one by one, right?"

Several people burst into laughter, and Li Zhu waved his hand to stop them: "Okay, stop joking, it's just that this matter is important, and His Majesty is very concerned about it, brother Shi, please don't make trouble."

"Don't worry." Shi Qian also put away his angry expression and nodded seriously: "I will not let Your Majesty down."

Li Zhu nodded, and then they found an inn to stay in and had a big meal.

At night, Shi Qian changed into a night outfit, climbed onto the roof, and disappeared into the night stepping on the tiles. (End of this chapter)