What kind of Journey to the West is this?

No one responded to her suggestion, and Yan Xia felt a little embarrassed. She also felt that her lofty ideals were a bit pretentious, which made her even more embarrassed.

Luo Sushang sighed and said, "Junior sister's ambition is like a giant Mars rising in the east, which makes people feel excited. I can't match it."

"Ha, hehe, it's not that great..."

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"I know a little bit about pharmacology. I'll go to the pharmacy and see if I can help."

"Okay, thank you for troubling me, Master."

Yanxia settled the accounts and asked Luo Sushang to go to the pharmacy to help make pills, while she went to the front hall.

In the pharmacy, the boy sitting there put up a sign that read "Free Medical Consultation".

Doctor Xiong had found a stool and was taking pulses and prescribing medicine for the endless stream of customers.

But he was an old man after all, and his willingness was greater than his ability. After examining a few patients, he asked the boy sitting in the clinic to come and help, while he provided guidance from the side.

There were many people coming, but most of them were there to watch the fun, and not many of them really came to have their pulse taken.

It’s not that they are afraid of being sick and avoiding medical treatment, but they are afraid of spending money on illness.

That’s why some people say: There is only one disease in this world, and that is poverty.

Yanxia is not involved in people's livelihood, and does not want to dwell too much on these things, but she was still moved by the scene and watched for a long time.

At noon, people gradually went home to eat, but a man who kept coughing came to the pharmacy.

The man was leaning on a crutch and was so thin that he was almost skin and bones.

Doctor Xiong examined the patient and asked about his symptoms. His face changed slightly, and when he saw that no one was around, he reminded him, "Get a piece of silk cloth and cover his mouth and nose."

The boy sitting in the hall immediately took a piece of cloth and gave it to the man.

Yan Xia was even more cautious and directly recited the Five Blades Plague Curse, making the wooden sword and the golden sword circle around him, forming a stream of qi to defend against the invasion of evil diseases.

"Is this tuberculosis?"

Yanxia was a little wary.

Pulmonary tuberculosis is an infectious disease and was an incurable disease in ancient times.

"Probably, but not sure to what extent."

After saying that, the boy sitting in the hall took out a jar with a small amount of frankincense and incense recipe in it, and then lit them together.

Doctor Xiong said, "Put your hand in and take a look."

The man put his hand in, and soon, hair began to grow on his hand. Yan Xia looked and saw that it was yellow and white.

This is a characteristic of the early and middle stages.

Doctor Xiong shook his head and said, "It's difficult to treat! You have tuberculosis."

The man smiled bitterly and said, "I had a rough idea. I went to several pharmacies in a row, but they either charged tens of thousands of dollars or refused to treat me. I knew it must be a serious illness."

Doctor Xiong was surprised and asked, "Why are you charging such a high fee?"

"Except for you, the old immortal, who are still willing to treat us poor people, all other pharmacies in the city have raised their prices."

Doctor Xiong didn't think too much about it. He was more concerned about the patient's condition and said, "Your condition is difficult to treat. Ask someone to go to the silkworm farmers' homes and ask if they have white silkworm. I'll also prescribe you some white ginseng. Grind it into powder and drink it with hot soup. If the cough is severe, use loquat and fritillaria. I'll also prescribe some for you. Let's see if it helps."

If you really want to cure it, Doctor Xiong also has a way, it's just relying on self-healing.

But the only problem was that it cost too much money, and the man was wearing sackcloth and couldn't afford it.

Yan Xia asked, "When did you contract tuberculosis? Where have you been recently?"

She was tracing the source of the disease, fearing that there was another source of infection for the tuberculosis.

Cangzhou City is so big and it is also an important town on the trade route with a lot of people. It would be terrible if there was a source of infection walking around.

The man said, "I was in the fields last month while harvesting wheat... cough! cough!"

Before he could finish his sentence, the man quickly covered his mouth with a piece of silk cloth and took several deep breaths before saying, "But a few days ago, several drugstores teamed up to collect medicine from the countryside. I worked there for a few days and ran into a girl. I spoke to her for a few minutes, and the next day I had a high fever and haven't been able to recover since then."

Yan Xia was stunned, then looked at the old doctor.

After talking to someone for a few words, I developed a high fever and cough...

Yan Xia suppressed some of her thoughts and suggested, "It's been cold these past few days, and you're weak and frail. Be careful to keep warm and drink some warm soups. If you can, try finding some placenta, chop it up, and stew it for a few doses."

After saying this, Yan Xia was afraid that his despair would worsen his condition, so she added, "Your condition is still in the early stages, and you might be able to recover on your own. You should stay home and recuperate for the next few days, and don't wander around."

"That......."

The man looked at Yanxia and felt that what a little girl said was not credible, then looked at Doctor Xiong.

"Just listen to her."

Doctor Xiong shook his head. This disease is indeed difficult to treat and self-healing is the only way out.

He prescribed several doses of medicine for the man and sold them at cost price.

After a while, Luo Sushang finished making the pills and came to Yan Xia to ask if there was anything else she could help with.

But as soon as she arrived at the front hall, she saw Yan Xia looking nervous.

All I heard was Yan Xia saying, "The God of Plague has arrived in Cangzhou Prefecture."

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On the other side, the man with tuberculosis just walked out of the door, turned left a few steps, walked around in circles several times, and walked into an alley.

As you walk, you will change your appearance.

A laugh broke the silence of the alley.

"The old medical officer of the Heavenly Hospital, and the Heavenly Officer of Misfortune Rescue of Miaoyan Palace. Humph, the Ministry of Plague didn't tell me that there were these people in Cangzhou Prefecture..."

"Oh, I didn't expect that such a small Cangzhou Prefecture would still have a bunch of remnants of the Southern Dynasty."

The man turned into the appearance of a cold young girl, and the seal tied around his waist had her real name of the priesthood on it.

The seventh-rank plague-dispersing envoy of the Northern Division of the Plague Department is Jiang Pinellia.

Dressed in a crimson divine robe, the girl turned around and asked, "You downtrodden ghosts from the Southern Dynasty, what are you doing following me?"

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Xiong's Pharmacy, backyard.

"If the Plague God has already arrived, then there will be no delay in convening a meeting of bell doctors. Fortunately, many bell doctors have already responded and arrived in the city."

"The only thing left to consider is the pills. We're still running low on a few ingredients, so I've already asked someone to prepare the ingredients."

Xiong Fengxian, An Yanxia and Luo Sushang were sitting around a stone table in the backyard, drinking tea.

Doctor Xiong said, "I'll make arrangements for Doctor Ling's matter later. But I heard from the tuberculosis patient that the pharmacies in the city have raised their prices. This is probably not a coincidence. We must be prepared for a shortage of medicinal materials."

indeed.

If there are no medicinal herbs, it would be like a good cook without rice, and nothing you say would be of any use.

Yanxia actually has some ideas.

What should they do if there is no medicine in the city or they are not sold to them?

Go look outside the city!

Of course, this doesn’t mean you have to go door to door to buy from the herbal farmers. You can’t buy them in the autumn and winter.

However, there are many places with medicinal fields and medicinal materials stored. For example:

——Kaiyuan Temple.

However, the situation is not that urgent yet, so there is no need to use Yan Xia's trump cards in a hurry.

They were chatting here when the boy sitting in the hall came over and said that someone who claimed to be the manager of "Huimin Pharmacy" wanted to see Xiong Fengxian and An Yanxia.

After the old man and the young man left, Luo Sushang felt that it was not good to just sit there in a daze.

She had just heard that they were still short of several pills, so she decided to continue helping out and working as a pill drudge at the pharmacy. The sooner she finished her work, the easier it would be to continue her journey westward to deliver the decree to the reincarnation.

The art of making pills is simple: boil the medicine into a paste, roll it into pills, stick them together with maltose, and place them in a cabinet to dry. At the same time, take out the dried pills and put them into a gourd, which is then sealed with a yellow talisman.

Luo Sushang became familiar with all these things after spending the whole morning.

To be honest, he is worthy of being an immortal. He makes medicine pills non-stop for 24 hours, and his work is fast and effective.

But not long after she arrived at the pharmacy, a gust of wind blew over.

A cold wind blew and the door was blown open.

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the other side.

"What are you doing following me, you down-and-out Southern Dynasty bastards?"

Jiang Banxia shouted and called the merchants outside the alley into the alley.

One is a businessman dressed in fine clothes, and the other is an emaciated evil ghost.

"I have long heard of your great name, and have come specially to pay my respects to you!"

Jiang Banxia remained unmoved. He glanced at the emaciated ghost and sneered, "How dare you raise a six-day-old ghost!"

"Don't dare! Don't dare!"

The merchant laughed dryly twice, obviously not wanting to talk about this topic.

He smiled and said, "The envoys came to Cangzhou Prefecture to dispel the plague. Naturally, they also have targets. Am I correct?"

Jiang Banxia nodded.

"Can I ask?"

"What does it have to do with you?"

The merchant was met with a cold shoulder, but he wasn't upset. He just smiled and said, "I've already made arrangements with the drugstores and pharmacies in the city. We can temporarily raise prices while the envoys are dispersing the plague."

"By then, the envoy will not only be able to complete the target, but may even achieve greater achievements!"

This is indeed true.

The target given to her by the Plague Department was the number of people who got sick this year. She had come all the way from Beihai and had completed almost two-thirds of it, and she still had to complete the last one-third in Cangzhou Prefecture.

With these people's help, it is indeed much easier to complete the work.

But...

The Plague Girl chuckled and said, "I don't like doing business with cesspool maggots."

But the merchant remained expressionless, chuckling, "Whatever the envoy thinks, it doesn't matter. A price increase is inevitable. As for the target figures, consider them our gift to the envoy."

"I don't care."

Jiang Banxia's expression instantly turned indifferent. "Spreading the plague is a matter of utmost importance to the world. As long as you don't interfere with my work, you can do whatever you want. But don't expect me to help you. I never seek help from the tiger."

"It's good to have the messenger say this."

The merchant chuckled, bowed and left.

When Jiang Banxia saw the merchant leave, the indifference on his face completely disappeared, and was followed by full of gloating.

"Now we have trouble dealing with the old doctor and the young celestial official. We've said everything we need to say to them, and the rest depends on their own abilities.

"But these remnants of the Southern Dynasty are really elusive. Once I'm done with the plague, I'll report all their affairs to the Exorcism Institute and give them a headache!"

When Jiang Banxia thought about suing these Southern Dynasty ghosts and gods to the Heavenly Court, she felt a sense of joy from the bottom of her heart.

This is not a sense of justice.

She simply thought: This is quite fun...

The merchant in splendid clothes walked out of the alley, surrounded by a cloud of evil spirits like smoke.

This is a ghost, which ordinary people cannot see.

The merchant turned and went to Xiong's pharmacy. He whispered, "Go inside the pharmacy later and spread some plague. It would be best if the herbs were all contaminated with the plague."

This businessman obviously has no good intentions.