Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 426 Witch! (4000)

After settling down in Jiani City, you must find an opportunity to visit the temple of Yongzhongben Sect. If you can have a good exchange with the masters in the temple, after understanding the current status and culture of Yongzhongben Sect, some of them It is also a matter of great merit to Wu Liang that important things are recorded in documents and passed on to later generations.

But that's another story.

The most important thing now is to lead the Tuan army to the residence arranged by Apuqiu, teach everyone to eat and drink well, and then rest comfortably for two days, so as to wash off their physical and mental fatigue as soon as possible.

Only those who have really walked through Bailongdui can understand how difficult this road is.

Wu Liang was really worried that these soldiers who had been living in the Central Plains could not adapt to the harsh environment here, and accidentally contracted the hot nest disease that is prevalent in the northwest region. If they are not handled well, they are very likely to be taken away in one pot.

Fortunately, no similar symptoms have appeared in the Tuan army so far.

Now in Jiani City, the environment is much better than Bailongdui, and Wu Liang's hanging heart finally let go.

between speeches.

Under the leadership of Apuqiu, Wu Liang and others have arrived at a courtyard in the north of the city.

Apuqiu is quite a reliable person. After learning about the number of people from the Tuan Army's trip through Yang Wanli, he deliberately chose a relatively sizable courtyard as their residence.

The courtyard wall of this courtyard is the same as the city wall of Jiani City. It is also built with rammed earth layer and adobe with red willow branches.

There is no complex structure of a courtyard in the courtyard, just a square "mouth".

The north, west and east sides of the word "口" are all houses built with adobe.

The roofs of these houses are all flat.

The thicker red willows are arranged in a denser way to build the roof structure, and then the adobes are placed on top of these red willows, and the gaps between the adobes are filled with mud, so that the construction is completed.

This kind of roof construction method is almost invisible in the Central Plains.

Because it is not waterproof at all, once it rains, the accumulated water on the roof cannot be quickly removed, and the adobe will continue to absorb water and become extremely heavy, and it will easily collapse.

However, it is extremely common and most practical in Xenni City.

Because there is almost no rain here throughout the year, there is basically no need to consider waterproof and drainage issues. On the contrary, the most important things to guard against are strong winds, high temperatures, and severe cold.

It is difficult for strong winds to blow such a thick roof away. Even if some places are eroded by wind and sand, it can be easily repaired with some mud.

At the same time, this kind of thick roof can also play the role of heat insulation and heat preservation.

As we all know, the thermal conductivity of soil is actually relatively poor. Even if such a roof is exposed to the scorching sun for a whole day, there will not be too much heat transferred into the house.

And when the heat finally heats up the entire roof, sorry, the sun is about to go down.

The same is true in winter, and the indoor temperature will not lose quickly.

Besides.

The structure of the house is also very characteristic.

Unlike the Central Plains, the houses here are not directly built on the ground, but are dug down to a depth of more than one meter, and then the houses are built on the more than one meter deep pothole.

In other words.

The houses here are half built underground and half built on the ground, and you have to go down several steps to enter the house.

In this way, there are much fewer housing structures left on the ground. This structure can also resist wind and sand erosion. After all, the part that bears the wind force is much smaller.

At the same time, this building method also has the characteristics of warm in winter and cool in summer.

This fully reflects the unique wisdom of local residents against sandstorms, heat and cold.

……

When Wu Liang and others came to this courtyard, Apuqiu's servants had already cleaned up the place.

After taking Wu Liang for a brief tour, Apuqiu enthusiastically taught the servants to help the Huan army move the supplies on the carriage, so as to settle them down.

Wu Liang also did not reject Apuqiu's kindness.

The supplies he was carrying contained no contraband or dangerous items, and even if there were, it would be impossible for people at this time to tell, so naturally there was no need to worry about any accidents.

As for the female corpse found in the mysterious small lake before.

It was also wrapped up by Wu Liang with three layers of linen and three layers outside, and some wooden planks to prevent bumps were added on the outside. From the outside, it is basically impossible to tell that it is a corpse. There are many people, and Apchu's servants will not be taught to touch the female corpse.

As for the unconscious Fang Qiong.

Wu Liang didn't mean to avoid Apuqiu.

According to Fang Qiong's previous statement, it was many years ago that she was a slave in Jiani City, and it was also a long time ago that she killed her master by mistake. I almost forgot, how could outsiders remember her who escaped and never came back?
In addition, it is absolutely impossible for Apchu to be the victim.

On the way here just now, Wu Liang had already learned about the situation in Apuqiu's house through conversations. His family had never bought slaves, and those servants were all hired with money, and he came here alone. In Jiani City, everything today is self-made, and the standard rich generation, if a master of his family is killed by a slave by mistake, then the only person who died will be himself...

and so.

Wu Liang not only didn't mean to avoid Apuqiu, but also wanted to ask Apuqiu to help check Fang Qiong's situation.

There is a specialization in surgery, and Apuqiu is also a doctor anyway, and to be favored by the Shanshan King's family, he must have some real talents. Maybe he can see from Fang Qiong some things that Wu Liang and others can't see. to provide Wu Liang with some enlightenment.

In this way, when the soldiers of the Huan army put Fang Qiong on a wooden board and lifted him out of the carriage in front of Apuqiu.

Sure enough, Apuqiu frowned immediately, turned back to Wu Liang and said, "This...could it be that someone in your team was accidentally injured on the way, or contracted a serious disease?"

"Speaking of this matter, I was just about to ask Mr. Apuqiu for advice."

Wu Liang clasped his hands and said, "To be honest, this person was not injured, nor did he have obvious symptoms of some kind of serious disease, but passed out inexplicably for some reason. To wake him up, I wonder if Mr. Mister has any magical method to help us wake up this person."

"I see."

Apuqiu's brows were frowned more tightly, and there was a look of curiosity in his eyes, "However, there are some serious diseases that do not appear on the surface, or the symptoms are not on the outside, but between the internal organs. This is the most difficult thing in the world. If you allow me to treat the disease, why don't you teach me to check it first?"

"How can you not allow it, sir, please!"

Wu Liang couldn't get what he wanted, so he immediately ordered the soldiers of the Tuan army to carry Fang Qiong into a room, and then followed him into it with Apuqiu.

So wait until the soldiers carefully put Fang Qiongping on the couch.

Apuqiu took out a handkerchief from his arms to cover his mouth and nose, and slowly came to Fang Qiong, but he didn't make close contact with him immediately, but poked his neck towards Fang Qiong from a distance of about one meter. look in the face.

The details of these gestures fully reflect the professional level of Apuqiu.

Covering your mouth and nose is equivalent to wearing a mask.

Keeping distance before confirming the disease is to avoid the spread of certain infectious diseases as much as possible, and to be responsible to the patients and to ourselves.

Physicians in this era who know how to pay attention to these details are all physicians with extremely rich clinical experience. Just these few actions have already made Wu Liang look at Apuqiu with admiration.

But next second.

"Ugh?!"

Apchu suddenly let out a scream.

At the same time, he unconsciously took three steps back, his pale face was filled with horror, and even his pupils kept shrinking slightly.

"Mr. Apchu, what's the matter with you?"

Wu Liang was also suspicious in his heart, and quickly supported A Puqiu.

Apuqiu's performance greatly exceeded Wu Liang's expectations, not to mention that it is almost impossible for him to have any relationship with Fang Qiong. It should behave like this.

After all, Fang Qiong was just a slave back then.

Even if she killed her master by mistake, she was still just a weak woman with no deterrent power.

But Apuqiu's expression at this moment was as if he had seen the most terrifying and frightening ghost in the world, which was extremely unusual no matter how you looked at it.

"Uh...Your Excellency, Your Excellency."

Hearing Wu Liang's voice, Apuqiu finally realized his gaffe, but when he turned around, his face was still in shock, and he swallowed his saliva and answered the wrong question, "Your Excellency, the question shouldn't be If you ask, why did this woman appear in your caravan, and what is your relationship with her?"

"It's nothing special."

Wu Liang kept his eyes on his nose, nose and heart, and lied without changing his face, "A few days ago, my caravan passed through Liangzhou, because I was new here and I was unfamiliar with the place, so I thought of hiring An experienced person led us as a guide, and we happened to meet this woman at that time. She claimed to be very familiar with Bailongdui and Shanshan Kingdom, and she could use it for me as long as she provided me with board and lodging. After a simple inquiry, I asked her to join the caravan, whoever imagined that she passed out inexplicably halfway, and almost caused us to get lost in the pile of white dragons. Although this person passed out, I couldn't leave her in the white dragon pile. Long Duizhong didn't care about it, so he brought it all the way here...Mr. Apuqiu, looking at you, does this girl have some secrets that no one knows?"

"Witch!"

After hearing Wu Liang's words, Apuqiu seemed a little relieved, but his expression was still very strange, "Your Excellency doesn't know, she is the witch who shocked the whole city of mud ten years ago!"

"The witch who shocked the whole city of mud?"

Wu Liang was stunned.

Could it be that what Fang Qiong told him about Shanshan's experience before were all lies?

After all, if it was just a slave who accidentally killed his master and escaped, although this would still spread in the city, it should not be enough to "shock the whole city".

Also... a witch?
Wu Liang was not surprised to hear this title from Apuqiu.

Later generations believed that the term "witch" was a unique product of European medieval religions, and it was used to refer to women with supernatural abilities, and they were judged as heresy.

But in fact, as early as this time, there were already detailed notes on the "witch" in the Buddhism that was introduced here.

In Buddhism, "demons" are divided into three types: high-rank demon kings, middle-rank demons, and low-rank witches.

The witch has the lowest status among demons.

The way they maintain their magical power is to suck the spirit of men, so they often appear in the form of human women to tempt men to degenerate and cause them to die. They are evil and lewd monsters.

and so.

What other earth-shattering events did Fang Qiong do to leave such a "prestige" in Jiani City?
"Exactly!"

Apuqiu nodded solemnly, but after taking another look at Fang Qiong who was in a coma, he immediately lowered his voice with some trepidation, as if he was afraid that the wall had ears and said mysteriously, "Her name is Fang Qiong, and she used to be a slave." One night, she suddenly slit the throat of her master and then fled. At that time, the whole city was searching for her, but she couldn't be found. The matter was supposed to be over, but she disappeared for another ten days for some reason. And then returned to the city again."

"The officers and soldiers of the city captured her, and after being identified by the family of the suffering master, the crime of killing the master was irrefutable, so she was finally sentenced to hang by the royal family, hanged in public in the execution ground outside the city, and then confirmed by my autopsy After death, the body was hastily buried in the yellow sand not far from Jiani City."

"At first, everyone thought that this matter was completely over here."

"But what no one expected was that after just three days, she reappeared in Jiani City without incident. At first, the city guards and soldiers thought she was just a person who looked very similar to Fang Qiong. After all, Fang Qiong He was hanged to death in front of everyone, and many of these city guards directly participated in the execution, which can prove it."

"However, the city guards still took her down first, and reported the matter to the royal family."

"The royal family was also very surprised when they heard that, and immediately sent people to the place where Fang Qiong was buried to find the body for verification. As a result, the sand pile had already changed its appearance under the wind and sand, and the guards and soldiers did not find the body smoothly. The second execution went wrong, which led to Fang Qiong's 'resurrection', and finally the royal family ordered Fang Qiong to execute Fang Qiong again."

"And this time, the royal family requested that Fang Qiong's body must be burned after confirming that Fang Qiong had been hanged. Firstly, it was considered to follow the funeral customs of the Qiang people, and secondly, to ensure that similar things would never happen again."

"As a result, another three days later."

"She actually appeared in the city once again..."

(End of this chapter)