Song Dynasty

Chapter 308

An autumn rain fell with a crackle, and it lasted for three days.The creek on the mountain and the ground are full of fierce torrents, which dispel the heavy fog and the bloody smell of Lianyun village.

But the sky is no longer the blue sky and white clouds of the past, but an unhealthy color of jaundice.

"There is really a lot of rain here in the south. I didn't expect there to be such a heavy rain in September." Sitting in the hall full of water leaks, Wang Shen sat in the dark and cold, holding a handful of jade ruyis in his hand, Knocked on a mouthful of celadon wash, and threw it together again.Continue to pick up a coral bead and look at it under the light: "Yan Xuanzan, tell the soldiers not to work in the rain, be careful not to freeze, and slow down. Autumn and winter are the seasons with high incidence of diseases. , just after the war, once the plague breaks out in the army, we don’t even think about going home. You go and ask the doctors to make some soup and distribute it to the soldiers.”

"Yes, military envoy." Yan Yuemeng responded, and was about to stand up and put on his coir raincoat.

Wang Shen thought for a while, but smiled and said: "Forget it, wait for someone to go by himself. Xuanzan is not because I don't trust you, it's because I stayed in the house for a few days, and I feel cold and stiff."

Yan Yuemeng smiled, and sat down before returning to the case to continue busying with the affairs at hand.

Like him, several other scribes were also sitting in the main hall busy with their work.Autumn and winter in the south are wet and cold, and the most difficult. Even though each of them has a bamboo fire cage with smoldering charcoal in it, they still subconsciously stomp their feet lightly.

The rain outside is still falling, showing signs of getting bigger.There was only a rumbling sound from the roof, and the courtyard was already completely white.

"Wang Xianggong, in fact, it is impossible for Dingzhou to rain so much in September in previous years. It is really weird. I remembered what the false prince Zhong Ziang said before, so I stayed for one night. I watched the sky at night and saw Ziwei in the southeast. , the emperor's star is fluttering. The cloudy air is all over the sky, which is a sign of great ominousness. From this, it can be seen that the imperial court will undergo major changes in the near future. On the contrary, there is a purple air above our heads, and the vitality is flourishing. The Lord is very rich and powerful. Xianggong is on his head." A voice sounded cautiously.

The person who spoke was Huang Zuo, one of Yang Yao's main generals.After the Lianyunzhai was broken, he was captured by the Sizhou army, recommended by Yang Qin, and entered the staff of Wang Shenmu.

The reason why Wang Shen readily recruited this person and entrusted him with important tasks is that this person is so famous. The prototype of Wang Zuo in the later novel "Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan" was him.

After entering the curtain, after two days of investigation, Wang Shen found that this person had outstanding talents. He was a bit of a brave man in Yang Yao's back then, and he was a rare civil affairs talent in Manichaeism.

This person was born as a scholar, and he has been a local master for several years. He is a gentleman who talks about poetry. I really don't know how such a person has lived in Mingjiao for such a long time without being killed as a heretic?
Huang Zuo is a disciple of Confucianism, but he likes astrology and divination on weekdays. He is eloquent and can fool people.

Hearing his words, the busy clerks stopped their work at the same time and turned their heads to look over.

Yes, when that man beheaded Zhong Ziang, what the false prince of Chu said was absurd, but it made some sense when you think about it carefully.Yes, since the Xuanhe years, what the Zhao family has done is really chilling.Now, troubled times have come, military leaders from all over the country rule the roost separately, and the imperial court's order is not good. This day may change in the next few years.

Moreover, in Huang Zuo's words, there was a hint of the meaning of saying that the Great Song Dynasty had lost its country and persuaded Wang Shen to stand on his own.

Wang Shen put down the coral bead and said with a smile: "Huang Zuo, you are a Confucian scholar, how can you still know how to observe the sky at night? I heard that the Manichaeism regards Confucian scholars, monks, and divination as demons. How can you still live until now? Besides, it has been raining continuously for the past few days, how can we see the stars in the sky?"

Hearing what Wang Shen said, everyone couldn't help laughing softly.

"On the battlefield, can you not win by just eating vegetarian food and reciting scriptures? Zhong Xiang and Yang Yao are not stupid to have such a big situation. In fact, they themselves know it very well. Governing the region, recruiting soldiers and food, and stabilizing the hearts of the people all depend on us scholars. If they are all killed, the demon sect can’t last a day." Huang Zuo said solemnly: "As for watching the stars and asking the hexagrams, who said Be sure to see the stars. The key is to use your heart to sense the movement of the air veins between heaven and earth."

Wang Shen didn't believe this, and didn't bother to talk to him.He picked up a few more ivory chopsticks, handed them to Yan Yuemeng, and said, "Xuan Zan, this, and those gold cups and the gold-plated copper basin were wrapped separately and sent back to An Niang. She doesn't care about jewelry at all, but likes this kind of daily gadget, and she has suffered a lot in the past two years."

This time, Wang Shen made a fortune by defeating Lianyun Village.Just kidding, Zhong Xiang's bandit army swept half of Hunan at the beginning, and half of the province's wealth was concentrated here, so there is still less to go.

However, in this troubled world, gold and silver are not suitable for eating or drinking, and are of little use, they can only be used to reward soldiers.If it can be assumed, he would prefer that the cottage is full of cattle, sheep and corn.

Two more military matters were dealt with, the rain outside was still so heavy, the staff in the house were all busy with the affairs in hand and retreated, and the hall suddenly seemed empty.

Remembering what he said about making the decoction earlier, Wang Shen stood up, put on a bamboo hat, and put on a coir raincoat and walked towards the camp where the military doctor lived.

Even Yunzhai is very big, and the captured Manichaeans have all been sent home.Of course, all the young and strong had their thumbs cut off from both feet.

According to the report from the executioner, the toes that had been chopped off a few days ago were piled up like a hill.At the beginning, the soldiers did it by themselves, but when they got impatient at last, they threw out an ax and let the prisoners do it themselves.

The severed toes and the corpses of Mingjiao soldiers who died in battle were not bothered to be buried, and they were all thrown down the mountain, attracting vultures and crows to hover in the sky, making people upset.It didn't stop until it rained.

Although this is inhumane, it is better than killing them one by one.Without a thumb, the captives could not run and march long distances, and naturally they could no longer go to battle, but it did not affect their work in the fields. This was the only feasible solution Wang Shen came up with.

In fact, in this year, everyone has no extra food to feed the captives, and usually kills them with a single knife.Wang Shen's move was a great kindness, which also made the prisoners grateful.

He is about to leave Lianyuanzhai and lead his army back to Anlu.Unconsciously, Wang Shen's expedition to Hunan has been two months, and it is a lie to say that he does not want to go home.

Before leaving, he ordered his subordinates to demolish Lianyun Village.At this moment, there are soldiers everywhere on the mountain braving the rain to tear down city walls, forts and deer villages.If Wang Shen didn't see a group of soldiers, he would stop and ask them if they were cold. If it was impossible, he would go back to the tent and rest until the rain stopped.

Then he took off the bamboo hat on his head and put it on the soldier's head, and took off the coir raincoat and handed it over.

All the soldiers were greatly moved and said: "When you kill a man on the battlefield, you are not even afraid of death, but you are afraid of the rain? The military envoy can rest assured that he will be fine soon, and it will not be cold. At worst, he will drink a bowl of hot ginger soup when he returns to the camp next time."

After patrolling for a long time, the rain finally stopped.There was also a hole in the jaundice-colored sky, and a ray of golden sunlight shone down, giving it a refreshing autumn air.

Unconsciously, he walked to the military doctor's station and told them to make a decoction to prevent wind and cold and improve human immunity. Wang Shen suddenly remembered something, and asked the leading military doctor: "Li Daochang, has Yang Yao's sister survived?"

"If you return to Mr. Xiang, you will come back to life." Li Daochang is the leader of a group of military doctors. He was originally the owner of the Longevity Palace in Taoyuan County. Known as the old fairy.But if Zhong Xiang had an incident together, Daoist Li would be out of luck.Not only the Longevity Palace was burned into a pile of rubble, but even more than 100 disciples and grandchildren in the palace were slaughtered.

The old man said he was shrewd. At a critical moment, he crawled out of the sewer and managed to escape with his life.

As usual, with his name, it would be no problem to have three meals a day.It's a pity that there are Mingjiao believers everywhere. If he goes to see Fengshui for others, seek medical advice, he should not die too quickly.

I had no choice but to beg for a living, and almost fell on the road several times.

After Wang Shen's army captured Zhongxiang's Lianyun Village, the old Taoist felt that his chance had come, so he went up the mountain, hoping that Wang Shen could return to him the property that Zhongxiang had robbed before, and then boasted in front of Wang Shen. Special blow, saying that he used to enter the palace to serve the Taoist emperor, and got a fourth-rank official position and so on.

Seeing that Wang Shen was not interested in paying money, Li Daochang rolled his eyes and took out two pills, saying that these are the elixir of immortality, long-term use will not only bring longevity, but also protect the ten daughters at night.

Wang Shen naturally scoffed at this kind of alchemist.Just kidding, are there still few people who died after taking the so-called longevity medicine in history?In the distance are Emperor Taizong Li Shiming of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Longqing of the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty.As a modern person, how can he swallow such heavy metals like lead and mercury?However, I am interested in this so-called elixir.So he ordered someone to bring a sheep and feed it to eat.

As a result, within half an hour, the sheep was foaming at the mouth and about to kick its legs.

Li Daochang saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly knelt down to beg for mercy, saying that people and sheep have different physiques, which is the reason for the current situation.He can prescribe a prescription for sheep to take and save them for rescue.

"You know how to open a pharmacy and know how to treat medicine/" Wang Shen's eyes brightened, and he stopped asking him about the crime of offering elixir, and immediately asked him to see a doctor for his sick soldiers.

The news from the feedback is good, this Li Daochang's medical skills are really good, especially in the treatment of golden sores.As soon as he made a move, the so-called "famous doctors" Wang Shen had recruited before were shocked.

In this way, Li Daoshi was left in the army by Wang Shen and became the leader of a group of military doctors.

"The military envoy is talking about Yang Ximei. Don't worry, she won't die. If the doctor really dies, the cow general will be the first to kill the poor." Daoist Li, who is 60 years old, still has black hair and beard, and looks like a fairy. Bone look.Unlike people in this era, when they pass forty, their faces are wrinkled and their hair is gray.

"Haha, the Taoist priest has great medical skills, but he is a trustworthy person, no one dares to touch you." Wang Shen laughed loudly, pointing at him and said, "You are more valuable than a warrior! By the way, Ximei now What's the situation."

(End of this chapter)