Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 609
After reading the official document for a while, Gao Yushi felt a little overwhelmed, because the scope of jurisdiction of the inspector censor was too broad, regardless of military affairs, government affairs, civil affairs, and criminal punishments, he could manage all kinds of bad things, even Gao Yushi himself The two pits that were buried that year - with the help of the tax clearance team sent by the Ministry of Households, the accounts of the provincial post station and the commercial tax accounts were checked.

The reform of the post station was presided over by Gao Wushi Shangshu and Guo Pu. This matter is one of his achievements. It can even be said that he was able to become a patrol censor and send a big commissioner this time, largely thanks to Some of his achievements in the past.

Because if you start counting from the time when Gao Yushi became the crown prince's companion, he is certainly not a "beginning official". historical standards.As for how the "official" with the crown prince's companion will have the opportunity to be greedy, that's another question.It's like the Hanlin official has no chance to be greedy, but when he is transferred to the censor, who would say that this person is not greedy because he has no place to be greedy?

If you really want to be greedy, as long as you are an official, you can always find opportunities.

He rested for a while, looked at it for a while, and approved some relatively simple official documents first, leaving some that need to be checked in detail for the time being. He was planning to go for a walk in the backyard, walk around a few times, and rest his mind, when suddenly a subordinate came in It was reported that Zhang Zhongcheng, please pass the mansion according to the master of Taiwan.

This made Gao Wushi a little surprised.According to reason, he just arrived today. According to the custom, he must go to the capital to meet the governor tomorrow, but tonight, the governor usually throws a big banquet for Gao Yushi to clean up his dust.

However, Zhang Ren was seriously ill. When he greeted Gao Yushi before, he looked like he might die at any time. Naturally, the reception banquet was impossible. Some visits can not wait, why is this?
But regardless of Zhang Ren's reason for inviting Gao Yushi, he had to go anyway, so he didn't bother to think about it, so he said to the subordinate official: "You go and report back, I will be here as soon as I take a bath and change clothes."

The south is hot, even in October, Guilin does not feel cool at all. The high-practice bath is not a scrub bath in the north, but a cold shower, changing into another patrol uniform and going out, taking Gao Zhang and Cao Ke The two went to the Governor's Courtyard.

It is impossible for the three hundred family members brought by Gao Wushi to live in the procuratorate. Gao Zhang had gone to find a place to resettle. When he came back just now, Gao Wushi immediately arrested the young man and went out with him.

The governor's capital is not far from the procuratorate, but the regulation is much higher than that of the procuratorate. The vermilion lacquer gate, stone lion and golden plaque are extraordinary, not to mention the area occupied, which is at least four larger than the procuratorate.

Cao Ke looked at it, and was a little dissatisfied: "This Guangxi is really closed. Nowadays, the procuratorates in many places such as Jiangnan and Huguang are regulated like the Metropolitan Court. When I was born in Guangxi, the procuratorate where the master lives is actually worse than the Metropolitan Court. so much."

Gao Wushi glared at him: "Don't make trouble out of nothing. The Metropolitan Court handles major military and political affairs in a province. There are many officials, so naturally it should be bigger. Why should the Procuratorate be so big?"

Cao Ke didn't dare to argue with him, so he immediately fell silent.

Naturally, the members of the Metropolitan Academy would not be ignorant of Gao Yushi's official uniform, so they nodded and bowed to welcome Gao Yushi in through the gate.Then the person who came out to lead the way for Gao Yushi was not a subordinate official of the capital courtyard, but Zhang Futai's servant who looked dressed.

Gao Yushi's heart moved, and he followed him quietly, and he went directly into the inner hall of the backyard, while Gao Zhang and Cao Ke were naturally left outside to drink tea.

It stands to reason that as Gao Yushi's inspector censor, even if Zhang Ren didn't go out to greet him, he should have come forward at this time, but until Gao Yushi entered the backyard, he didn't see Zhang Ren.

He frowned a little, thinking that Zhang has been an official for many years, and he has become a governor. It is impossible for him not to understand these rules. Could it be that he went out of the city to meet me in the morning, and his condition worsened again?

If this is the case, that would be a bit bad. After all, Liu Yaohui is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Guangxi is only half of his rule. If I fight against him alone without the support of the governor of Guangxi, I am afraid it will be difficult to win. he.

But having said that, Gao Wushi also knew that it would be very difficult for Zhang Ren to support him, after all, he was Xu Jie's township party.

At this time, a family member of the Zhang family said apologetically to Gao Wushi: "Master, I'm really sorry, my master is sick and bedridden and cannot greet him in person..."

Gao Wushi nodded and asked, "Is Zhongcheng in the house?"

The servant bowed slightly and said: "Yes, the master is in the bedroom, he invites you to come in and talk, if you are negligent, I beg your forgiveness."

Although Gao Yushi felt that it was rude to go to the bedroom to talk, but he looked like he was dying of illness, so there was nothing he could do, so he reluctantly nodded and said, "It's okay."

Then he walked in, walked around the screen and turned left, and sure enough, he saw Zhang Ren half lying on the bed with a few thick pillows behind him, as if he thought it would be more or less impolite to straighten up a bit.There were two maids standing in front of his bed, they didn't seem to be dressed like Han girls, but Gao Wushi didn't know much about ethnic minority costumes, so he didn't know whether the two girls were Tongren, Yao people or Miao people.

"The attendants have seen Futai." Gao Wushi bowed his hands and saluted.

"Lao Zhizhi came to the backyard. The old man is very rude. Please point to Haihan. Kualuo, Mengdang, quickly prepare a seat for Gao Zhizhi." The two maids bowed and brought a pineapple armchair to him. Gao Pragmatic sits down.

Zhang Ren saw that Gao Wushi was looking at the two girls with some doubts, and explained: "The two of them are Bai Miao, who have some skills, and they were recently invited to treat the old man."

Gao Wushi was taken aback for a moment: "Ask them...to see a doctor?" As he spoke, he couldn't help but glanced at the two Miao girls again. Seeing that they were fair and beautiful, with clear eyes, he couldn't help but wondered to himself: "Your illness is not a widow's disease." Illness" right?

At this time Zhang Ren said again: "They said that the old man can live for more than two months."

Gao Wushi was taken aback: "Ah, how come... what kind of disease is this?" He said so, but he thought in his heart: Could it be that these two Miao doctors don't know how to see a doctor at all, so they just talk nonsense?
Zhang Ren sighed, "It's not a disease, it's Gu."

"Gu... Gu worm's Gu?" Gao Wushi was even more surprised, and then suddenly remembered that the two in front of him were Miao girls. Many weird and disgusting bugs may emerge from the body at any time.

Zhang Ren nodded, and said with a wry smile: "Speaking of it, if it weren't for the fact that the old man was fair when he was an official in Pianyuan, he saved their clansmen in mediating a conflict between several Miao people's villages. The old man may already be a pile of dead bones."

Gao Wushi didn't care much about the relationship between him and the two Miao girls, but asked questions about the Gu, saying: "You can listen to Mr. Li Binhu (Li Shizhen), the author of "Compendium of Materia Medica", saying that Gu is It's medicine."

Zhang Ren smiled wryly and said to the two white Miao girls: "Kua Luo, Meng Dang, who of you can explain to Gao Zhizhi?"

The two women looked at each other, and one of them said: "Gu can be medicine or poison, it just depends on what the person who casts the Gu wants to do."

Although her Chinese accent is a bit strange, she is fluent. Gao Yushi reckoned that the Miao Village where she lives should be relatively close to the Han people's settlement, but seeing her answer so concisely, she probably didn't want to explain too clearly.

Gao Wushi couldn't ask any more questions, so he turned to Zhang Ren and said, "How could Futai be poisoned? Are there many Miao people in Guangxi?"

Zhang Ren shook his head and said: "The old man is not trapped by Miao Gu, but Yao Gu, so Kualuo and Mengdang can't solve it. They can only help the old man live for half a year... Now there are more than two months left."

"Yao people also use Gu?" Gao Wushi was taken aback.

Zhang Rendao: "Gu poison has existed since ancient times. It refers to the six champions with extensive knowledge. You should know that there are many miraculous arts in the land of Chu Wu, and using Gu is one of them. Miao Gu is just the best developed one among them. , there are still many wild and alien races in the past who knew Gu skills. Yao people and Tongren have their own different Gu skills, but relatively speaking, Tong people have been educated by our Han people the most, and they have lost the most Gu skills, but Yao people But it’s different, their Gu skills are less lost, and their magic is not weaker than Miao Gu.”

After Gao Wushi heard this, he couldn't help frowning: "Then the Gu in Futai was made by the Yao people from Bazhai?"

Zhang Ren shook his head slightly and said, "Maybe, maybe not." He said, looking at the two girls again.

It was the woman who spoke before who opened her mouth and said: "Gu poison is not a witchcraft, it is impossible to plant it without meeting."

This point can be understood by being highly pragmatic. He guessed in his heart that the so-called Gu worms might be similar to some kind of parasitic worms.

Gao Wushi frowned and said: "Then, Futai must have met the person who laid the Gu before three or four months ago?"

Zhang Ren sighed, and said: "It should be so, but the old man can't remember it. During that time, the old man has been sitting in Guilin, and he obviously has no contact with the Yao people."

Since he couldn't remember it, Gao Wushi naturally had no choice but to frown and think for a while, then asked: "Since the Yao Gu is different from the Miao Gu, these two girls can't help Futai unravel the poison, then...Futai After all, it is the governor of Guangxi, and there are many Yao people under his rule, so why can't we recruit some people who can relieve Futai?"

Zhang Ren smiled with difficulty, and said: "Gao Zhizhi, China has been a state of etiquette since ancient times, but look at how many people have read books in Ming Dynasty today? How many people out of a hundred? That Gu Among the ethnic groups in the southwest, just like our knowledge, not everyone knows it. Even among them, there are far fewer people who know how to read Gu art than among the Han people. How can I be so old? Is it easy to find someone who can dispel Gu?"

Only then did Gao Wushi suddenly realize, and thought: Fortunately, not everyone knows how to do it, or else it would be okay to fight?At that time, the parasites will fly all over the sky, just like locusts crossing the border. I'm afraid that no army will be easy to use, and they will all be poisoned to death before they reach the ground.

Zhang Ren seems to have the ability to read minds, but when he saw Gao Yushi's face, he smiled and said: "I was worried about it when I was young, but it was unnecessary, because raising Gu is very troublesome and often fails. As far as I know, for the same type of Gu, if you are lucky, you may be able to refine one Gu in a year or two. If you are unlucky, it may take several years, and it will be a waste of effort. I heard that there are some more miraculous ones, which cost more than ten Years or even 20 years, I don't know if it's true or not..."

When he said this, he paused, and added: "Besides, Li Binhu is actually right. Most people use Gu as medicine, but only a few harm people."

Gao Wushi couldn't help but smile, thinking that Zhang Futai must have had my worries at the beginning when he dealt with the Miao people in the Pianyuan area.

But think about it, if Gu can really be cultivated on a large scale, how can these Miao people and Yao people retreat and lose again and again?Besides, Li Shizhen was originally from Huguang, and he often went south to Pianyuan to collect medicine in his early years. Since he said that Gu is medicine, he must have a basis.

As for the fact that he didn't mention Gu poison, that's easy to understand. Even if a great doctor sees a poison, all he thinks about is how to use it to practice medicine. Maybe he will mention its toxicity a little bit, but he will never talk about it. It is best to talk about how this poison is used to harm people.

Seeing that Gao Wushi was thoughtful, Zhang Ren waited for a while before opening his mouth again: "Not only are there few people who know how to use Gu, but I also support the reformation of the Bazhai area. How can any Yao people be willing to help me?" Detoxification?"

(End of this chapter)