National Simulation: I have countless talents

Chapter 395 Deception
A coffin that can be made of ebony after death must have belonged to a nobleman during his lifetime.

Compared with the conspicuous ebony coffin, Li Hao cared more about the funeral objects inside the coffin.

Perhaps just a small funeral object is enough to exchange for money to heal his sister.

This ebony coffin is two meters long, [-] meters wide, and weighs several hundred catties.

It is impossible to move it away with Li Hao alone.

So Li Hao is going to open the coffin, take some funeral objects, and then backfill the excavated soil.

Mark it well, wait until the right time to return here, and quietly take out all your belongings.

This is how little people survive.

Sudden wealth may not only bring about overnight riches, but exposure to the wilderness.

Li Hao, who grew up in a refugee shack, has seen too many such things.

"boom!"

"Ouch!"

Li Hao kicked hard on the cracked ebony coffin, making a dull sound.

Immediately afterwards, Li Hao felt a shock force coming from the coffin, making Li Hao's thin body back again and again, and sat down on the ground.

A piercing pain came from the bottom of his feet, and Li Hao couldn't help letting out a painful moan.

Li Hao did not expect that the ebony coffin, which seemed to be full of cracks and might fall apart at any time, was unexpectedly strong.

Li Hao got up and looked at the sky, it was completely dark now.

In the darkness, the ruins of the imperial city looked a little gloomy.

A little fear also rose in Li Hao's heart, but when Li Hao thought of his sister who was still sick at home, he forcibly suppressed the fear.

"It can't be delayed any longer."

Li Hao glanced left and right, and picked up a stone the size of a bowl.

Aim at the ebony coffin and knock it down hard!
This ebony coffin itself was full of cracks. If it was intact, it could be sold for several hundred taels of silver, but now, the value is greatly reduced, and it can't be sold for much.

In addition, he was worried that he had been out for too long. If his sister woke up and didn't see him, she might be anxious, so Li Hao didn't feel bad at all.

With a bang bang bang, it spread far away in the empty and silent ruins of the imperial city.

Fortunately, it was getting late, and those wandering around the ruins of the imperial city looking for valuable items had already left.

If it were daytime, such a big commotion might attract other people's prying eyes.

"boom!"

A wave of shock force shattered Li Hao's palm, but Li Hao didn't realize it.

There was a wave of determination on the whole person's face, and the ferocity of a wolf was revealed in his eyes!

I don't know how many times it was smashed, and as the stone in Li Hao's hand shattered into several pieces, the ebony coffin, which was already full of cracks, also reached its limit, and it fell apart completely, with pieces of ebony scattered all over the ground.

With anticipation in Li Hao's eyes, he began to search among the scattered ebony fragments.

Pieces of ebony were removed, not to mention treasures, not even a single copper was found.

Li Hao panicked, how could such a big ebony coffin have no funeral objects?
At this time, Li Hao discovered something that he had neglected.

That is, there is no corpse in this ebony coffin.

"This is an unused coffin?!"

Li Hao's heart couldn't stop sinking. In many areas of the ancient kingdom of Kongming, there would be talk of longevity.

After people get old, they will prepare their coffins in advance and put them at home.

Perhaps it was the earth dragon turning over more than ten years ago, or it might be due to other reasons. In short, the owner of the coffin buried the coffin deep in the ground before he could use it.

Li Hao was not reconciled, like a lunatic, frantically pawing at the ebony fragments in the pit.

Ebony wood is very valuable, and coffins made of ebony wood are even more valuable.

Ebony wood that can be broken into pieces is worthless.

If a complete ebony coffin can be sold for hundreds of taels of silver, then now, the ebony fragments all over the floor can be sold for two taels of silver.

But relying on Li Hao alone, it is obviously impossible to bring back so many pieces of ebony.

When Li Hao felt desperate, a bronze mirror appeared in Li Hao's eyes.

This bronze mirror was only the size of a palm, and it was covered with dense cracks, which were even worse than the cracks on the ebony coffin.

Every crack exudes an atmosphere of simplicity and vicissitudes, as if telling the life of the bronze mirror.

But Li Hao is now focused on making money, and his first thought when he saw the bronze mirror was that it was over.

How much is a cracked bronze mirror worth?

Even if this bronze mirror was a rare treasure when it was intact, what value is it if it is cracked like this?
But no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. At any rate, the material of this mirror is also copper, and it can be exchanged for some money.

Copper coins are made of copper, but this does not mean that the cracked copper mirror can be exchanged for copper coins of the same weight.

A merchant who can exchange for one-tenth of the weight of the bronze mirror is regarded as a merchant with a conscience.

Put the bronze mirror into your arms and put it close to your body.

Li Hao did not give up and searched carefully in the pit again, but naturally found nothing.

Feeling lost, painful, and at a loss, Li Hao backfilled the soil numbly and covered up the ebony fragments.

Then he turned around and staggered towards his home.

By the time Li Hao returned to the shanty town, it was already midnight.

It was quiet in the shanty town, only the stench came into Li Hao's nostrils.

Passing familiarly through the messy and maze-like shantytowns, Li Hao saw familiar buildings.

It was a dilapidated thatched hut that could collapse at any time due to a gust of wind.

Although this thatched hut is so simple, when Li Hao saw this thatched hut built by himself and his sister, his heart was full of warmth.

This is his home with his sister.

But this time, Li Hao stood blankly outside the thatched hut, full of hesitation in his heart, unable to take a step forward.

After a while, Li Hao forced a smile on his face, opened the straw curtain, and walked into the thatched cottage.

The moonlight tonight is extraordinarily bright, shining through the gaps in the thatched roof into the house.

A few pieces of broken boards, on a simple bed covered with hay, a young girl was naked, and a few rays of moonlight reflected on the young girl's skin, making the surface of the young girl's skin seem to emit a hazy halo.

"Sister, I'm back."

Li Hao immediately looked away and called softly.

But I thought in my heart, my sister has grown up before I know it, it seems that I should pay attention to avoid suspicion in the future.

"My brother was lucky today and found a bronze mirror.

It's just a pity that this bronze mirror is full of cracks.

Otherwise, it can be saved for your use. "

Li Hao's words were full of regret.

"Brother will sell it at dawn, and then I will have money for medicine.

With the medicine, sister, your illness will get better soon. "

Li Hao turned his back to the bed, and told his sister about his experience today.

After a long while, Li Hao stopped talking dryly.

"younger sister?"

Li Hao, who didn't get a response, let alone heard the sound, called out with some doubts.

A slight movement of the haystack makes a sound.

But now in the thatched cottage, there is only Li Hao's voice from the beginning to the end, other than that, there is no other sound.

Thinking that when I left this morning, my sister was already so sick that her mind was a little blurred. Now that my sister didn't respond to me, could it be that her condition got worse?Thinking of this, Li Hao's complexion immediately changed.

Not caring about avoiding suspicion anymore, he turned around and strode forward.

It was just a quick glance before, but Li Hao hasn't reacted yet.

But now, getting closer, with the help of the moonlight, Li Hao realized that his sister's skin was a little abnormally white!

It's like... By the way, it looks like a dead man!

Li Hao's heart twitched suddenly, and he almost collapsed to the ground.

In this messy shantytown, corpses would appear in corners from time to time.

For Li Hao, who grew up in this shanty town, dead bodies are nothing new to him.

Li Hao has seen eight corpses instead of ten.

Li Hao couldn't be more familiar with what a person looks like after death.

But now, Li Hao found that his younger sister's appearance was no different from the dead people he had seen!
With trembling hands, Li Hao helped Li Rongrong up, and reached out to touch the tip of Li Rongrong's nose.

"No, no!"

The blood on Li Hao's face disappeared in an instant, and his whole face was pale.

"Rongrong, wake up, don't scare brother!

Open your eyes and look at brother! "

Li Hao shook Li Rongrong's body, not daring or willing to accept this fact.

"That's right, medicine!
buy medicine!

With the medicine, your illness will get better soon!
Brother, I'm going to find a doctor right now. You should rest well at home. When you wake up, you'll be fine. "

Li Hao said suddenly as if he remembered something.

Gently put Li Rongrong down, Li Hao rushed towards the small town.

Li Hao's vision was blurred by tears.

Tears welled up in my eyes.

Did Li Hao really not know that Li Rongrong was dead?

Do not!
he knows!
But Li Hao chose to deceive himself and others!
After all, he only has such a younger sister!
This area is called a shantytown in a good way, or a refugee camp in a bad way.

Of course there are no doctors here.

Once you get sick, you can either use earth prescriptions to cure the disease yourself, whether it can be cured depends on God's will.

Either fight hard, or die if you can't.

There is only one medical clinic in the small town, but the cost of medical treatment is not affordable for people in shanty towns.

The shanty town is next to the small town, so it didn't take long for Li Hao to pass through the shanty town and enter the town.

"Bang bang bang!

Help!

Bang bang bang!
Doctor help! "

Li Hao knocked on the door while shouting eagerly.

"Don't knock, come, come!"

There was movement in the medical hall, and an old voice rang out, speaking angrily.

"Doctor save my sister, my sister is dying!"

Li Hao begged.

"Squeak."

The door panels were removed one by one, and an old man in disheveled clothes came out with a lamp.

Seeing this, Li Hao dragged the old man to leave.

"Do you have money?"

The old man avoided Li Hao calmly, looked Li Hao up and down, and then issued a soul torture.

Don't blame the old man for reality, there is really no way.

These years, there are so many turmoil and there are so many patients.

You can't treat your own illnesses, and you don't earn a penny, so you have to pay for it, right?

Medicinal materials, apprentice wages, shop rent, which one doesn't cost money?
Over the years, the old man has seen too many people like Li Hao.

At first, the old man was soft-hearted and refused to take any money.

But later, the old man really had no choice but to hold on.

Gradually the old man learned to refuse and to be cruel.

With the help of candlelight, the old man looked at Li Hao's clothes and the blackness of his fingernails, and he knew it already.

After hearing the old man's words, Li Hao stayed where he was.

"No money.

Doctor, I beg you, save my sister!
I am still young, as long as I can save my sister, I will spend the rest of my life as a cow and a horse to repay your kindness! "

Li Hao had no money, and couldn't even get a copper coin out.

The things usually found in the ruins of the imperial city are of little value and can only be exchanged for a morsel of food.

The only valuable thing on his body is a cracked bronze mirror.

"No money? No money to find a doctor!
Disturbing dreams!

get out! "

When the old man heard this, his expression changed immediately, and he said viciously to Li Hao.

But he sighed in his heart, when will this damn world pass.

There was a trace of unbearable in the old man's eyes, but he still turned around and was about to go back to the hospital.

If he treats patients for free, it won't be long before he can't even pay for the medicinal materials purchased from merchants. In this way, more patients may die because of it.

Only when the clinic is open can more patients be treated.

"I'm rich, I'm rich!

I dug up an ebony coffin tonight!
This bronze mirror is the funeral object I found in the ebony coffin! "

Li Hao suddenly remembered that although he has no money now, he knows where the ebony coffin is!
Li Hao hurriedly took out the bronze mirror from his pocket and handed it to the old man.

"Boy, you won't make fun of the old man, will you?

To be able to make a coffin out of ebony, he must have been a dignitary during his lifetime. For such a person, who would put such a bronze mirror in the coffin as a funeral object? "

The old man took the bronze mirror, looked at the cracked bronze mirror, shook his head, returned the bronze mirror to Li Hao and said.

This bronze mirror can be sold for [-] to [-] copper coins, and it can also buy a dozen sesame seed cakes.

"I really took this bronze mirror out of the ebony coffin!
The ebony coffin had fallen apart and crumbled to pieces.

But it is still possible to sell it for a few taels of silver. "

After Li Hao finished speaking, he looked at the old man expectantly.

After listening to the doctor, he probably believed it, with regret on his face.

The doctor is also very old, it can be said that half a foot has stepped into the coffin, an ebony coffin, for the doctor, it is simply a dream, if it is complete, it will be great.

But it's the same as what Li Hao said, even if the ebony coffin falls apart and is broken into pieces, the largest piece of which is only about the size of a washbasin, but it is still enough to sell for several taels of silver.

"Wait while I get the medicine box."

After the doctor said something, he turned around and walked into the hospital, leaving Li Hao waiting anxiously outside.

After a short while, the doctor came out of the clinic again.

This time, the doctor was followed by two robust young men.

This is an apprentice in the medical hall, and he hasn't graduated yet.

What is the most important thing in practicing medicine in troubled times?

Not medical skills, nor medical ethics.

But a fist.

When the doctor saw Li Hao, he guessed that Li Hao came from a shanty town outside the town.

It was a lawless place, a group of people were struggling with life and death every day, and everyone was poor and crazy.

Not to mention the elderly and weak doctors, even the official servants dare not go in alone at night.

Maybe he was murdered and robbed.

Therefore, the elderly doctor decided to invite two sturdy apprentices whom he had specially selected to strengthen his courage together.

A group of four left the town, and under the guidance of Li Hao, they entered the shanty town.

Li Hao was leading the way, and he had to look back from time to time, for fear that the doctor would disappear as soon as he turned around.

When I saw that the doctor was still there, I breathed a sigh of relief.

The doctor is his only hope.

At this time, Li Hao is like a blind man who has been unable to see for many years. When there is a glimmer of light in his eyes, he will firmly grasp it!

Even if there is a fire in front of him, he will pursue it without hesitation and step into it!
"Hey, how far is it?"

The doctor is old, and his physical strength is naturally not as good as the three young people. After rushing down the road for a while, he was short of breath and asked panting.

"It's coming, it's coming soon!"

Although Li Hao wanted to arrive as soon as possible, seeing the elderly doctor's out of breath appearance, Li Hao could only hold back his anxiety.

(End of this chapter)