Hand Medicine Fragrance

Chapter 273 Is the Plague God's Will or Man's Will?
Zhao Yuanzhen lowered his eyes and listened to Ding Mao's words, and gave a faint oh, but there was still no anger on his face.

This is why Ding Mao couldn't help but admire him deeply. He can hide his emotions and anger like this. I'm afraid few people in this world can do it. No wonder the Holy One would send General Zhao to come. This kind of calm demeanor is really not something that ordinary people can have. .

"What else did you say?" Zhao Yuanzhen asked.

"Others... not too bad, that's what it means." Ding Mao said.

Zhao Yuanzhen nodded, "Where did this word come from?"

Ding Mao was taken aback, "Huh?"

"Even if it is a rumor, there is always a place where the rumor first spread, right? Which battalion was the first to have such a rumor? The soldiers of the Great Zhou have always respected Princess Changming. Princess Changming has great kindness to many people , There must be a source for such slandering of Princess Changming. Just like this disease, there must be a source." Zhao Yuanzhen said.

Ding Mao was stunned for a moment, "What the general means is that someone deliberately spread these words for the sake of... cholera's morale?"

"Why is there an outbreak of diarrhea at this time? Such a large area is more like a plague, like a natural disaster?" Zhao Yuanzhen asked.

Ding Mao's eyes lit up, "Yes! It's not a natural disaster! It's for a reason, so the rumors will be unjustly broken! And the place where the rumors spread, or the person who spread the message, is the source of the disaster. source!"

Zhao Yuanzhen looked down at the map on the case, "Go and find out where the rumors are spreading. Also, go and ask, which camp was the first to have diarrhea?"

Ding Mao was ordered to retreat.

Zhao Yuanzhen slowly raised his head, looked at the top of the tent, was silent for a long time, and murmured, "Jin'er, your reputation is still affected. But don't worry, I will definitely clear your name."

His face was handsome, neither happy nor angry, and he seemed more and more unfathomable.

The Shu army is already on the way to hoard and gather at the border.

There is not enough time left for Da Zhou.

Ding Mao tried his best to investigate, and was surprised to find that the military camp where the rumor first spread was actually the same military camp as the one that first started diarrhea.

"Liu Qianhu, the general invites you to go." Ding Mao looked at Qianhu in the army where the incident originated with a half-smile.

Liu Qianhu suppressed his surprise on his face, and cupped his hands closer to Ding Mao, "General Ding, do you know what the general called someone?"

"Don't inquire about what you shouldn't. Wouldn't you know if Liu Qianhu had gone?" Ding Mao rolled his eyes at him.

"Heh, Mr. Liu is a little confused. You know that the entire army is now exhausted from diarrhea. They are already exhausted. If they are not prepared, they will inevitably be nervous when they see the general. If there is any disrespectful behavior , isn't that a crime?" Liu Qianhu said.

Ding Mao waved his hand, "You don't have to be nervous, the general just asked you a few words."

Ding Maochong nodded slightly to the soldiers who came with him, and the soldiers immediately stepped forward and surrounded Liu Qianhu in the middle.

"Liu Qianhu, please?" Ding Mao stretched out his hand and said.

Liu Qianhu shook slightly, raised his hand to cover his stomach, "Oh, unfortunately..."

"Ask him to go." Ding Mao ordered.

The soldiers immediately stepped forward, supported him, and carried him to Zhao Yuanzhen's camp without touching the ground.

"Reporting to General, this is Liu Qianhu. He started to have diarrhea at first, and the place where the rumors spread all pointed to his camp." Ding Mao cupped his hands and said.

Zhao Yuanzhen didn't look up, nor did he speak.

But Liu Qianhu was a little nervous, "General, I don't know what's going on? I also suffered from it, and now I still have diarrhea... Ouch, Ouch..."

He clutched his stomach and wailed in a low voice, his face changed slightly.

Only then did Zhao Yuanzhen look up at him.

"Don't pretend! Both things happened in your camp first, you can't absolve yourself of the blame, honestly explain what your intentions are, the general may be able to deal with you leniently!" Ding Mao stepped forward and kicked him.

Liu Qianhu immediately fell to the ground, clutching his stomach, and hummed in pain.

His face was pale, his brows were knit together, and the sweat on his forehead was like beans.

"Okay." Zhao Yuanzhen raised his hand to stop Ding Mao.

Ding Mao withdrew his raised foot, cupped his hands and said, "What is the general's order, what should this person do?"

Zhao Yuanzhen shook his head slightly, "Put him back."

Ding Mao responded immediately: "Yes!"

Just as he was about to bend down and grab Liu Qianhu from the ground, he realized in astonishment, "What did the general say? Put him back? Didn't you take him down?"

Zhao Yuanzhen waved his hand.

Ding Mao looked confused.

Seeing that the general didn't speak anymore, he had no choice but to drag Liu Qianhu up from the ground like a monk who was two feet tall, and threw him out of the general's tent.

Liu Qianhu was helped back by someone.

Zhao Yuanzhen called Ding Mao into the tent again, "Keep an eye on Liu Qianhu to see who will go to see him."

Ding Mao suddenly patted the back of his head, "Why didn't I think of that!"

He will do it right away.

When the sky was dark that night, he came to report frowning.

"Reporting to the general, the subordinates asked people to keep an eye on Liu Qianhu, but the only people who went to and from his camp and talked to him in a soft voice were a few soldiers under his command, and there was nothing suspicious?" Ding Mao looked frustrated. .

"Keep watching." Zhao Yuanzhen ordered without saying a word.

Ding Mao hurriedly bowed his hands and left, every time he saw the general's expressionless face, he was deeply admired.How long will it take him to cultivate with such indistinct emotions?

Could it be that when he cultivated to be as calm as a general, he could be like a general, commanding with certainty and keeping everything out of his mind?
Ding Mao warned himself that he must first learn the calm patience of the general.

At night, he even went to watch it himself.

The night was deep, and his eyelids were a little twitching.

In the midst of the dilemma, I couldn't help but wonder if the general's judgment might have... gone wrong?
In fact, no one interfered with it?

Just when he was wondering whether it was God's will or man's will, he suddenly saw a figure moving past Liu Qianhu's tent.

As if he had been stabbed by a needle, he immediately woke up, his eyes were as round as beads.

There was some movement in Liu Qianhu's camp, but it did not disturb the people around.

A patrolman walked by, but he only glanced at the tent. The camp was silent, and the patroller walked over.

It took about a cup of tea, and the black shadow left Liu Qianhu's camp extremely quickly.

Ding Mao held his breath and was about to chase the shadow.

The little official beside him muttered softly, "It's him?"

Ding Mao was taken aback, "Recognize?"

The little official nodded.

Ding Mao made a silent finger, and the two hid in the dark for a while, seeing that the black shadow did not turn back, Ding Mao took the little official and left quietly.

"Why didn't the general catch up with that man and take him down?" the little official asked puzzled after returning.

Ding Mao stared at him, "Didn't you say that you recognize that black shadow?"

The little official nodded again and again, "I recognize him! He also helped cook in our camp!"

"Help the cook?" Ding Mao was taken aback, "Is he a cook?"

The clerk nodded, "Yes."

"The reason why I didn't chase him was because he was good at kung fu. I was afraid that he would find out and startle the snake. But you said, he is a cook? With such a good skill, he is only a cook? He doesn't want to go to battle to kill the enemy Make meritorious deeds?" Ding Mao frowned, "This person has a problem, a big problem!"

The little official opened his mouth wide, "The general is so good, but just by looking at him from a distance, you can tell that he is good at martial arts?"

Ding Mao stretched out his hand and patted the little official's head, "His speed at night, when he was so quiet, he could not make any noise, let alone disturb the patrolling people, and he left so fast that he didn't have a deep foundation of kung fu. How dare you be so arrogant in the barracks?"

The little official immediately showed a look of admiration, and couldn't help giving Ding Mao a thumbs up.

Ding Mao raised his chin and was admired, which naturally made people feel proud.

But thinking of the expressionless General Zhao, who was neither flattered nor frightened, he could not help coughing lightly, restraining his proud expression, "It's just that I've seen it a lot, what's so great about it!"

The admiration in the little official's eyes became deeper and deeper.

Early the next morning, Ding Mao reported the matter to Zhao Yuanzhen.

After Zhao Yuanzhen heard about it, his face was still pale, neither happy nor angry, "Boss? That's easy to explain. No wonder the entire barracks had a large-scale diarrhea outbreak, like a plague. It is most convenient and easy to tamper with food and drink. Hard to notice."

Ding Mao nodded again and again, "Congratulations, General!"

"Bring him." Zhao Yuanzhen said.

Ding Maohe came to Liu Qianhu's camp again with the little official who recognized the shadow.

Tell the little official to only recognize that person face to face.

The petty official pointed to the dark and wrinkled man who was dressed in dirty cook's clothes, with many wrinkles on his face, and said, "That's him!"

The man took a step back in panic, "I, what's wrong with me? I didn't do anything!"

"Take it away!" Ding Mao didn't talk nonsense with him, and let people do it directly.

"What is this for? What's wrong with this man? He's just a cook in our camp!" Liu Qianhu was supported by someone, with a pale face, and asked the person who stopped Ding Mao.

Ding Mao glanced at him with a sneer, "Take Liu Qianhu away!"

Surprised, Liu Qianhu opened his mouth to say more, but was immediately silenced, and together with the gang, was escorted to Zhao Yuanzhen's camp.

Zhao Yuanzhen raised his eyes to see the two of them, his eyes fell on the guy, and he didn't move for a long time.

The guy also looked up at him, the timid and fearful man who was taken away before, but now he was completely gone.

"Bold, how dare you look directly at the general like this!" Ding Mao stepped forward and was about to kick the guy.

I didn't see how the guy moved, but Ding Mao kicked in the air, his body was unstable, and he almost fell to the ground.

He staggered a few times before standing still, a little embarrassed, "Hey, I still don't believe it!"

He raised his foot and kicked the man again.

The man snorted coldly, raised his leg to catch Ding Mao's kick, and kicked Ding Mao's leg with his toe.

Ding Mao's legs softened and he fell to his knees.

The man immediately kicked up, straight to Ding Mao's forehead.

Ding Mao didn't even have time to react, let alone fight back.

This kick carried a strong wind, if it didn't kick Ding Mao's skull out of a crack, I'm afraid it would also kick the brains inside into chaos.

Suddenly there was a strong wind coming from in front of him.

Ding Mao only felt the figure flicker.

With a bang, the kick didn't hit his head, but it shook him to the ground.

He looked up, and Zhao Yuanzhen was in front of him.

Just now it was Zhao Yuanzhen who suddenly kicked out and caught the guy's kick.

Zhao Yuanzhen and the gang took a step back.

"Thank you General for saving your life." Ding Mao said hastily.

"Why do you hurt people? And the move is to kill people?" Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the gang and said.

The cook snorted softly, "You only saw that I wanted to hurt him, but you didn't see that he insulted me?"

Zhao Yuanzhen shook his head.

The guy became more and more angry, "It's just a little general, how dare you be so arrogant and domineering in front of me, and don't take me seriously? How dare you kick me? Isn't this humiliating me? The person who dares to insult me? I He must die!"

His voice was cold and stern, with a slight hoarseness.

Hearing that, Ding Mao couldn't help but shudder.

"Uncle, why bother?" Zhao Yuanzhen sighed and said slowly.

Ding Mao suddenly seemed to be struck by lightning. The kick that almost mentioned his head just now was not as shocking as the word "uncle".

What does General Zhao call this man?uncle?

Isn't this guy a guy?General Zhao's uncle?Who is General Zhao's uncle?
Wait, his mind is a little messy, he has to calm down and figure it out... Has he heard some secrets that he shouldn't have heard?Is he going to die here?

It is better to be kicked to death by that kick just now if you lost your life after listening to a smattering of knowledge...

Ding Mao was like a mourning concubine, suddenly stopped and wanted to run away, since they are all dead, why don't you understand before you die?
"Why is that so? Then let me ask you, what should I do?" The cook suddenly raised his hand and wiped his face, the darkness on his face seemed to have lightened a bit, under the stiff skin full of wrinkles, a little of Yu Zhende's original appearance was revealed.

"Uncle's methods are becoming more and more incompetent." Zhao Yuanzhen shook his head, "I have wronged myself so much."

Yu Zhende sneered, "Whether the method is good or not depends on whether the goal is achieved. Now that I have entered your camp, I am waiting to hear your begging for me. How can you say that my method is not good?"

Zhao Yuanzhen narrowed his eyes, "Did uncle make a mistake? I want to beg you?"

Yu Zhende smiled, "I've heard that the Kingdom of Shu is gathering an army, and they will rush there. Once the Kingdom of Shu arrives, and Chu and Shu join hands, how can you, with 10,000+ people, be your opponent? It's just a disastrous end, with your family ruined and your family destroyed. How will it end?"

Zhao Yuanzhen shook his head, "It doesn't mean that there are many people in Chu and Shu, but if they have the same heart, they will surely win."

Yu Zhende nodded, "That's right. In the battle of the capital, you won the many with the few. You boasted that you were united in the hearts of the people and that you were destined by the destiny. You are blessed by the law of heaven. Now? My good nephew. It's not on your side anymore!"

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at him indifferently, without speaking.

"You might as well go and listen to what your soldiers are saying now? They say, you are a rebellious person, you have defiled the divine doctor and the female fairy sent by the Emperor of Heaven to protect Da Zhou, so the gods will perish Da Zhou. That's why you were made to fall under the joint treatment of Chu and Shu, and that's why you were told to have a plague break out at this critical moment!" Yu Zhende laughed out loud, and the laughter made people's ears uncomfortable.

Zhao Yuanzhen shook his head, "Uncle, don't make trouble. Quickly bring out the antidote."

"Trouble? Oh, what a big tone, do you think that I followed you all the way to the border, sneaked into the military camp, planned for a long time, and finally found the right time, just to play with you?" Yu Zhende stared at him, frowning The same face added to his coldness.

Zhao Yuanzhen shook his head, "You are also from Dazhou. I thought uncle would not be confused when it comes to the survival of the country."

"It's you who are confused, not me!" Yu Zhende said.

Zhao Yuanzhen sighed softly, "Our enmity with the Chai family is just a personal enmity. Now it is the survival of the Great Zhou and the survival of the common people."

"The Chai family is not worthy of ruling the world. As long as you promise me and turn against Chai Xian, I will naturally come up with the antidote! Not only will I cure this plague for you, but I will also help you conquer the Chu-Shu coalition!" Yu Zhende said in a bewitching tone. Said.

"What method will uncle use to conquer the Chu-Shu coalition?" Zhao Yuanzhen asked.

Yu Zhende chuckled, "Uncle has plenty of solutions, so you don't have to worry about that."

"But I want to rely on my own method, and I don't want to rely on my uncle's ability." Zhao Yuanzhen said coldly, "I relied on my uncle and took many detours. Looking back now, I regret it, and there are many things that cannot be undone. Yes. God is merciful, let me see her face again, uncle thinks, you killed her, I have let go of it?"

"It's just a woman, look at how promising you are!" Yu Zhende said very disdainfully.

Zhao Yuanzhen shook his head, "The words are not speculative, so let's not talk about it. Uncle poisoned the army, causing the diarrhea to spread uncontrollably. Now I hand over the antidote. I read it for the sake of our uncle and nephew, and give it to uncle." A chance to make amends. If uncle is stubborn, we have no choice but to settle the old grudges together."

"Bah!" Yu Zhende stared, and stretched out his fingertips almost to poke him on the bridge of the nose, "You still have the face to talk to me about uncles and nephews? Your attitude is like talking to your own uncle? If you recognize me as your uncle, You should break up with that demon girl and listen to my arrangement carefully!"

"Clinging to obsession." Zhao Yuanzhen said coldly.

"What kind of ecstasy drug did that witch give you? Telling you to turn black and white like this, and not distinguish between right and wrong?" Yu Zhende snapped.

Zhao Yuanzhen shook his head, "Come here—"

"Wait a minute!" Yu Zhende said immediately.

Seeing that they were about to turn their backs, the uncles and nephews who hadn't seen each other for a long time, did not reminisce about the past when they met, and within a few words, the swords were on the verge of breaking out, and they were about to fight for their lives.

Yu Zhende took a deep breath, "I know, this is your territory, and you have the final say. No matter how good my kung fu is, I can't beat four feet with two fists. If you really want me to die, I won't be able to escape."

"It's good that uncle understands." Zhao Yuanzhen nodded.

"But you also need to know that after I die, no one can cure the poison I made. Others will not believe that someone poisoned you. They will only think that this is a 'plague' and that you have misbehaved." It’s Princess Changming’s unmarried pregnancy that caused Da Zhou a disaster! You wanted to justify her name, but you can only make her reputation worse and worse!” Yu Zhende snorted, “This must not be the result you want to see, is it? ?”

"What enmity does she have with uncle, asking him to harm her like this?" Zhao Yuanzhen asked coldly.

"Isn't it because of her that I am where I am today? My nephew, the nephew that I raised like a son, is now turning against me. Isn't it because of her? You ask me what hatred I have with her? The enmity between me and her has grown!" Yu Zhende said.

Zhao Yuanzhen closed his eyes and shook his head.

"You tell them to go down, let's talk about it." Yu Zhende said.

Zhao Yuanzhen lowered his eyes for a moment, then raised his hand to ask someone to leave the camp.

Only Ding Mao, who had been ignored all this time, still stood stiffly in the camp.

This story is so exciting, he still wants to hear it.

"The Chai family is afraid of you. Don't say that you lost this battle. Even if you win, it is impossible to marry Princess Changming." Yu Zhende said suddenly.

Zhao Yuanzhen shook his head, "Don't be fooling me, uncle, I won't believe you."

"When did uncle lie to you?" Yu Zhende stared, his eyebrows raised.

Zhao Yuanzhen snorted softly, "Uncle lied to me and used me less often?"

"I used you, but I never lied to you! Would you rather believe Chai Xian's words than mine?" Yu Zhende asked back.

"Chai Xian is the king of Ming, and he is a king who promises a thousand gold. He promised me that he will marry Princess Changming as my wife after I triumph. In this world, there is still a descendant of the Yu family, and it is not too late to come up with the antidote." Zhao Yuanzhen said.

Yu Zhende shook his head, "Confused, confused! How could Chai Xian ask you to stay behind!"

Zhao Yuanzhen frowned, "What did you say?"

Yu Zhende lowered his head, sighed softly, and raised his head with a half-smile after a while, "There is one thing that you never knew, I kept it from you because I had selfish intentions, but now, I can't keep it from you anymore. You are gone. You are the direct son of the Yu family, and now it seems that this bloodline does not belong to me, but to you!"

Zhao Yuanzhen frowned slightly, but it was not obvious, making people feel that his face was still expressionless, "What bloodline?"

"The dragon veins of the Yu family!" Yu Zhende said solemnly with a serious face.

This is the first time Zhao Yuanzhen has heard of the dragon veins of the Yu family.

His shock was no less than when Chai Sujin heard about it from Mr. Xiang for the first time.

"Princess Changming is willing to conceive your child, but she refuses to marry you. This shows that Chai Xian doesn't want her to marry you, and it also shows that she and Chai Xian already know about the dragon vein. What do you think? , Chai Xian will still ask you to live to leave descendants?" Yu Zhende asked coldly.

Zhao Yuanzhen did not speak for a long time.

When Yu Zhende thought that he had finally touched his heart.

But he murmured: "She knows about the dragon's veins, she knows that Chai Xian is afraid, but she is still willing to take the risk of getting pregnant and asking me to lead the army in battle. It shows her trust in me, she is willing to take more risks for me than I imagined Bigger..."

Yu Zhende frowned slightly, this doesn't seem to be the effect he wants to achieve, does it?

"She treats me like this. If I can't be loyal to her yet, but still disappoint her and make her efforts in vain... am I still worthy of being human?" Zhao Yuanzhen said.

Yu Zhende stared at him, "Are you stupid? Did you not understand me? Dragon veins! I'm talking about dragon veins! Do you know what dragon veins are?"

"I don't want to be an emperor, and I don't care about any dragon veins." Zhao Yuanzhen said, "Chai Xian is a wise king, and I am willing to be loyal to the wise king."

"Shit! He has no heirs so far. That's right. When he was the crown prince, I manipulated him. But now? Isn't even the goddess doctor and his own sister helpless? Help Can't he give birth to a child? This is the destiny! This is the destiny!" Yu Zhende said sharply, "Every one of us must accept our fate! You have a dragon vein in your body, and this is also your destiny!"

"This is what you thought, your delusional fate." Zhao Yuanzhen said mercilessly.

Yu Zhende snorted, "I'm delusional? Now all your soldiers believe it. Let's see in the end, who's delusional?"

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at Yu Zhende firmly, and after a while, he sighed, "I didn't ask uncle about this, I just wanted to ask uncle if he could hand over the antidote."

Yu Zhende snorted lightly.

"But it seems that there is no need to ask, uncle will definitely not show it." Zhao Yuanzhen nodded, "Since that is the case, there is no need to waste time."

Yu Zhende rolled his eyes, under his dark face and stiff skin, the rolled eyes were quite ugly.

Looking at him, Ding Mao couldn't help shivering, and it was even worse.

"Come here, let me take down this thief who poisoned the military camp, spread rumors, and disturbed the morale of the army!" Zhao Yuanzhen shouted coldly.

Immediately, many generals and masters poured into the tent.

Yu Zhende stood up, raised his sleeves, pressed the fine crossbow on his wrist, and shot several short arrows.

"Be careful of poisoning!" Zhao Yuanzhen reminded.

Yu Zhende's kung fu is not weak, but Zhao Yuanzhen has long been prepared, and he learned from him as a teacher, so he knows his kung fu methods very well.

Under the crowd, Yu Zhende barely struggled to resist, shot all the poisonous arrows, but he was still captured.

"You will regret it. I pointed you to Yangguan Road and you didn't leave, but you were used by that demon girl. Do you owe them the Chai family? You must be a dog of the Chai family! A dog!" Yu Zhende stared at him cursed.

Zhao Yuanzhen's brows moved slightly, his face darkened.

Ding Mao stepped forward and said anxiously and cautiously: "General, after taking Yu Zhende down, what should... what should I do?"

"Leave it to you for interrogation, and ask him for the antidote." Zhao Yuanzhen said.

"But what if...he swears not to tell?" Ding Mao said again.

Zhao Yuanzhen glanced at him, and he quickly lowered his head.

"Go." Zhao Yuanzhen waved his hand, and Ding Mao quickly retreated.

However, Zhao Yuanzhen came to the table, spreading paper and ink.

It is naturally not that easy to find out the antidote from Yu Zhende, if all hopes were placed on him, Da Zhou might be defeated like a mountain.

But when he thinks of Chai Sujin and his Jin'er, he is full of hope.

Jin'er's medical skills are getting better and better, and it seems that there is no incurable disease in her.

And didn't she say last time that Yang Yuan Pill was ready and was going to be sent to the army?Counting the time, it should be here... Are you delayed on the road now?

He took a pen to write a reply, asking if she was well, and by the way, asking if there is any magic way to solve this diarrhea disease?

It's too late to go to the posthouse to deliver the letter, and the carrier pigeon may go back and forth, maybe there will be no delay.Zhao Yuanzhen wrote the letter very briefly, after several deletions and corrections, it was finally written on a note, but only a few numbers.

He rolled up the note, ordered his cronies to fetch the pigeon, and tied the letter between the legs of the pigeon with his own hands.

He released the carrier pigeon by himself, and watched the gray shadow gradually shrink in the sky and go away.

(End of this chapter)