Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 120 Something to do

Fengmen Town, built on a hillside, is surrounded by wooden fences. If you get closer, you can see militiamen guarding the gate.

Zhao Yifu had read the information about Fengmen Town. The entire town, including the surrounding 19 villages, was managed by the Sun family.

Sun Zhenghe, the head of the Sun family, is also the head of the village in this area, responsible for the taxation and administration of Fengmen Town and its surrounding 19 villages.

This surprised Zhao Yifu.

Because that's what the four major families did.

The imperial power does not extend below the county level, so Zhao Yifu, the county magistrate, is already the highest-ranking official in Fenglin County and the last level of local administration by the imperial court.

The three towns and eighteen townships were all run by powerful local families who served as village heads to manage the people.

Therefore, the local powerful families have been the ruling foundation of the Daxu Dynasty and even the feudal dynasties thousands of years before. The current emperor's reforms affect the interests of these people, so I am afraid they will face many difficulties.

It's not that there is no solution. Zhao Yifu has at least two ways to solve this problem. However, neither of them can be achieved overnight, and it is probably impossible without continuous changes over several generations.

Zhao Yifu had no intention of getting involved in this matter from the beginning to the end. He just wanted to do his current job well.

What surprised him now was that the Sun family actually chose to garrison here.

In Zhao Yifu's previous life, a town was already a relatively prosperous place under the county, and some remote areas were called townships.

But the situation in this world is different.

A township is a basic administrative district established around a county seat, which is a relatively prosperous and comfortable place, while a town means "the edge of a town".

The first three of the four major families occupied wealthy lands, but the Sun family was based on the land on the edge of the town. It was hard to imagine how they developed this family business.

Taoist Bai Na lowered his head, picked up a handful of soil, rubbed it, and then said, "The land here is quite fertile. If you cultivate it carefully, you will surely have a good harvest every year."

Zhao Yifu nodded.

Then they arrived at the town gate and saw a team of militiamen stopping people at the gate for inspection.

These militiamen should all be members of the Sun family, and only members of the Sun family can be used with confidence.

"Stop, you can't go in!"

Suddenly, two militiamen stopped the people in front.

Zhao Yifu and Taoist Bai Na saw this and quickly stood aside to watch the fun.

However, the person who was stopped was a young man carrying an old woman on his back.

When the young man saw that he was stopped, he quickly put the old woman down and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Let my mother in. She has been ill for more than 20 days. Let us go in and see the doctor. I can't live without her!"

The militia at the door scolded him, "You know our master has issued a clear order forbidding anyone with an illness from entering, yet you still try to get away with it?"

"I think you deserve a spanking!"

As he said this, the militiaman was so angry that he wanted to punch the young man.

Seeing this, Taoist Bai Na turned to Zhao Yi Fu curiously and asked, "Why, aren't you going to stop it?"

Zhao Yifu shook his head and said, "Senior, you must be joking. This militiaman did nothing wrong in stopping the man, and he can't beat anyone."

The young man was indeed not beaten because the older militiamen had already held him back.

Look at the young man carrying his mother on his back...

There were originally three or five people there, but they had all moved away as if they were avoiding the plague.

This situation can actually explain many problems.

In this world, what do ordinary people fear the most?
Of course I'm sick.

Because once a person gets sick, it means that he will not be able to work for a period of time, and the situation at home may become difficult.

However, most people in this world do not have the money to see a doctor, so in order to avoid getting sick themselves or even infecting their families, they will stay away from sick people.

Even the young man's behavior of carrying a patient to such a densely populated area would be seen as bad here and would be despised by others... But what could the young man do? This is his mother!

So the young man just kept kowtowing in the same place.

The situation is pitiful.

The older village warrior didn't come closer, but just sighed and said, "Mr. Mu, the only doctor in our town, went home to visit his family a while ago and hasn't returned. I suggest you try other towns..."

The young man kowtowed again, but after three times, he collapsed to the ground as if he had lost all his energy.

The older militiaman sighed.

But unexpectedly, the militiaman who was angry and wanted to beat someone up suddenly walked forward, took out a small cloth bag from his waist and threw it over.

He said, "Hurry up and take your mother away. If you walk faster, maybe you can catch up."

The young man burst into tears, and his old mother behind him was also crying silently.

At this point, it is actually impossible to tell who is right and who is wrong.

The militiamen have a duty to protect the people of the entire town behind them, so they are tough.

The young man who carried his mother to seek medical treatment was even more pathetic...

Zhao Yifu shook his head and asked, "Senior, how do you think this matter should be resolved?"

Taoist Bai Na sighed and said, "The crux of the matter now is how to get that woman treated, but this is something that cannot be solved at the moment."

"I've heard about Prison Cell Mountain before. Miasma emanates from it year-round, and the weak are infected by it and become seriously ill."

"And how to cure the miasma poison..."

Zhao Yifu shook his head and sighed softly, "Whatever."

He walked forward and said, "Let me take a look. I have learned some medical skills, so I should be able to do something."

Taoist Bai Na looked over in surprise. He didn't expect that Zhao Yi Fu would be willing to stand up at this time.

Unless Zhao Yifu really knows medicine...but he has never heard that anyone from Danqingmen knows medicine?

When the young man saw Zhao Yi Fu, he immediately came forward excitedly to help, but Zhao Yi Fu gently pushed the young man's hand away.

He came to the old woman, looked at her complexion and tongue coating, and then took her pulse for diagnosis.

However, although he had read many medical books, how much could he have mastered the diagnostic method of "looking, listening, asking and feeling", which required the accumulation of experience?
At this moment, he suddenly sighed and said, "That's it."

Then the "Shou Ren Fa" that was originally running smoothly in the body stopped.

He himself stopped practicing the "Shou Ren Fa", which meant that he had broken the power of the "Shou Ren Fa"!
But he did not hesitate at all, perhaps as he himself said: He had to do something.

The true energy penetrated into the old woman's sick body, and he immediately had a complete understanding of the cause of the disease in the woman's body.

These lesions are not the primary cause, although they do contribute to her current symptoms.

But the root cause was the poisonous aura lingering in the old woman's lungs. Zhao Yifu understood the cause and effect and withdrew his Qi.

While withdrawing his true energy, he also broke through the lesions in the old woman's body, and then took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve.

As he poured out the pills, he said, "Here's a miasma-relieving pill for you. Take it with water, and you should be cured."

The young man heard this and without a word, he untied the bamboo tube of water from his waist, then took the pills and wanted to give them to his mother...

Zhao Yifu immediately stopped him when he saw this: "Wait, your water can't be used."

The young man was stunned.

Zhao Yifu took the bamboo tube, felt the water in it on his hands, and said, "There is a slight miasma in this water. If you give this water to your mother, her illness will not be cured."

The young man was stunned and said, "How is this possible? People in our village have always drunk water from that well..."

He stopped talking abruptly and said thoughtfully: "No wonder so many people in the village are sick this year..."

Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect that there would be a problem with the well water.

Everyone came to the market from the surrounding villages. Now that they know that there is a problem with the well water in one village, they can't help but feel a sense of sympathy for their own kind.

After the young man changed the water and fed the old mother the elixir, everyone was surprised to see that the sick color on the old woman's face disappeared visibly!
Although she had been bedridden for many days, her body was still very weak, but the frequency of her coughing and wheezing had obviously decreased.

"Thank you so much, my benefactor! Thank you so much, my benefactor!"

The young man started to kowtow again.

Zhao Yifu raised his hand to stop him and said, "Take your mother back and let her recuperate. No need to be so polite."

He stood up, nodded to Taoist Bai Na, and then walked towards the gate of Fengmen Town.

Seeing this, the local militia saluted, but no one stopped them from entering the town.

Taoist Bai Na had an illusion. When he looked at Zhao Yi Fu again, he felt that he was very different.

Originally, when he looked at Zhao Yi Fu, although he was wearing a Confucian robe, he could still feel that there was a terrifying beast hidden under the robe. Especially when he thought of the big bump on his head that had just subsided, he couldn't help but think that Zhao Yi Fu was a warrior.

But now.

When he looked at Zhao Yifu again, he felt completely different.

It's hard to say what the change was, I just felt that Zhao Yifu seemed to be a little "softer" at this moment, but he also seemed to be standing straighter.

Nonsense, for Taoist Bai Na, the fact that Zhao Yifu could be knocked down by a palm thunder certainly made him look "soft".

He had unlocked the 'Shou Ren Method', which meant that Zhao Yifu had to spend some time practicing the 'Shou Ren Method' again.

However, this is not a difficult task for him, it just takes a lot of time, and he doesn't have the time for the time being.

As for whether it is worthwhile to break the law of keeping benevolence just to investigate an old woman's illness?
Anyway, Zhao Yifu had no regrets and even felt that his thoughts were clear.

Taoist Bai Na followed him and asked curiously, "Do you also know medicine?"

Zhao Yifu replied, "I looked through some medical books. I knew I'd have to deal with miasma here, so I specifically looked for a recipe for the 'Miasma-Breaking Pill' before leaving. Now it just happened to come in handy."

Taoist Bai Na was surprised again: "Did you make this pill yourself?"

Zhao Yifu nodded.

Taoist Bai Na looked at him with a strange look again.

He said, "I've never heard of anyone from the Danqing Sect being so talented. Are you kidding me?"

Zhao Yifu suddenly felt helpless.

Why does he feel that most of the predecessors in Danqingmen are uneducated?

He explained, "Senior, you also know that my Danqing Sect is a branch of the Chunyang Sect, and my Chunyang ancestor is best at swordsmanship and alchemy."

"In fact, many sword practitioners have already been incorporated into the 'qin, chess, calligraphy and painting' inherited techniques of our Danqing Sect, while the alchemy path exists in the fundamental cultivation method."

"In other words, as long as my Danqing Sect disciples have made progress in their cultivation, their theoretical understanding of the Dao of Alchemy should be good. It's just a matter of whether they can put it into practice."

Taoist Bai Na couldn't help but feel jealous after hearing this. He said, "According to what you said, if your Danqing Sect develops itself, you can also have sword cultivators and alchemy cultivators?"

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "In theory, that's right. After all, the inheritance left by the ancestors is extensive and profound. Everyone can choose the direction they are good at to comprehend, and then there will be different branches of the inheritance."

Taoist Bai Na sighed, "You disciples of the great sects are truly blessed. Unlike independent cultivators like me, we have to walk in fear and trepidation all the way, often not even knowing whether we are right or wrong."

Zhao Yifu said curiously, "With your cultivation, you can just find any sect and live well as a guest, right?"

Taoist Bai Na laughed heartily and said, "But I have actually become accustomed to this kind of free and easy life. I cannot bear to be bound by the sect rules."

"What's more, I can now make friends and discuss Taoism with cultivators from all sects, regardless of good or evil. But if I really find a sect to be affiliated with as a guest official, I can only stay in this sect."

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "Indeed, the senior has already embarked on the path of learning from the strengths of many schools. We just need to continue in the way we are good at."

"My clan leader once said that the so-called 'Tao' is ultimately the path one takes. Only when one reaps the fruits at the end of the path one has chosen can one truly attain the fruit of the Tao."

Taoist Bai Na felt much more comfortable after hearing this. He couldn't help but praise him, "In fact, if you hadn't joined the Danqing Sect back then, you would probably have become a very powerful independent cultivator."

Zhao Yifu raised his eyebrows. Is he cursing him?

Taoist Bai Na said, "The most important thing for a casual cultivator is to have good relationships with others. If you are just aggressive and aggressive, you won't go far."

"Only by making friends with those big sects can you follow behind and get a taste of the soup."

"Those who are so aggressive and aggressive will eventually be rejected by the world, and their defeat will be the inevitable outcome."

Zhao Yifu didn't comment after hearing this. After all, Taoist Bai Na had never seen a casual cultivator like "Old Demon Han".

They chatted as they walked, preparing to find a place to live in the town.

But at this moment, a group of militiamen blocked their way.

The leader of the militia looked middle-aged, but was quite majestic.

"My humble self, Sun Zhenghe, greets County Magistrate Zhao."

Zhao Yifu was surprised. He asked, "Did Li Zheng Sun know I was coming?"

Sun Zhenghe looked embarrassed.

Zhao Yifu understood immediately and said, "Yes, someone tipped you off."

"It must be that guy Li Liang."

Sun Zhenghe felt even more embarrassed after hearing this. He said, "Li Zhubu was also worried that something might happen to the county magistrate on the way, so he notified all the towns and villages..."

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "I understand. After all, if I were to disappear on the road for unknown reasons, it would be difficult for everyone to explain."

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