Careerist in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 165 Return to the Medical Village
There is an ecological and natural village on the southeast side of Jinghu Lake. There are about 100 families living together in the lake for more than [-] years.

The last time Lu Wei brought the two daughters of the doctor's family, the boat across the river was bought in this village.

But the village is quite far from the boat dock on the main road.

When Nian Duan was studying medicine at Jinghu Medical Village when he was young, he always had a harmonious relationship with the elderly in the village.Now that she is back with her disciples, Duan Murong will definitely come here often to exchange medicinal materials for certain necessary daily necessities with the villagers.

When the village learned that the doctor was living in the mysterious medical village on the lake again, his attitude was very cordial and enthusiastic.

However, since Duan Murong was now focusing more on her master's physical condition, she only had two contacts with the village on the seventh day and No. 15 after returning.The second time, he only received Lu Wei's letter from Shouchun at the entrance of the village and hurried back to the medical village.

At other times, Duan Murong would go to a town further away to purchase supplies.

There are more options to choose from there, and the prices for medicines purchased by pharmacies are also higher.

Although the journey is indeed far, some of the small ingredients needed to prepare master's medicine can only be bought in the town.

But the trouble is that it is very inconvenient to travel from the medical village to the small town.

It takes two days to go back and forth.

Duan Murong always set out from the medical village in the early morning before it was fully dark, rowing first and then walking, and could only reach the town after dark.

You need to stay in the town to rest that night, and you have to leave early the next day and return to the doctor's village after dark.

Almost every seven days, Duanmu has to go through this hard trek.
On this afternoon, the sun hung high in the sky and refused to set. Duan Murong looked at the lake that had been reflected into a golden color and took a long breath.

Raising her hands to support the big bamboo basket behind her, she quickened her pace and walked to the simple pier.

The Yi Zhuang ship is still parked here and has not been stolen.

After all, although they don’t have much contact with each other, I can be sure that the villagers living near Jing Lake are all good people!
"I haven't been to Dahu Village for a long time."

Putting the bamboo basket close to the bow of the boat, the bamboo basket made a dull thunk sound with the bottom of the boat.

Duan Murong wiped the sweat from her forehead, picked up the long oar again, and took advantage of the rowing period to relax her mind and start thinking wildly:
"Master said that the village has always given her a lot of help."

"After I'm done with this, I'll go to the village to check them out!"

It has been more than a month since she last went to Dahuzhuang.
For some unknown reason, it's extremely hot today, and it's obviously autumn already.

Duanmu Rong had only rowed about twenty meters away when sweat started to break out again. It was sticky and greasy, and she felt very uncomfortable.

Pulling off the green and white scarf on his head, he used it as a handkerchief to wipe his forehead and neck. Facing the hot air waves that continued to blow in the breeze, little Duanmu couldn't help but sigh:
"The air seems to be burning."

The wings of her nose twitched slightly, and she seemed to actually smell the burning smell.

"That's not right!" Duan Murong suddenly stood upright with a sharp look in his eyes. He turned around and looked around: "Something is really burnt!"

The slender eyebrows were raised slightly. The burnt smell in the nose was real and not an illusion.

And the burning smell is getting stronger and stronger, indicating that the fire is very strong!

There are reeds near the lake shore. If the reeds catch fire, you can easily see it.

So the fire is farther away.

"I have to help Master prepare medicine today."

Duanmu Rong struggled for a moment, but quickly made a decision: follow the burning smell and take a look.

Every time she goes out, she will set aside a long period of time to prevent emergencies. This time, the unknown burning smell is an emergency!
There would be no fire with such a strong burning smell burning out of thin air in and around Jinghu Lake.

Using her small and straight nose, which she usually used to smell the difference between herbs, she could distinguish the air, and she quickly found the direction from which the burnt smell was coming:
"That's the direction of Dahuzhuang!"

There was an inexplicable feeling in my heart: If there was a fire in Dahu Village, how big would the fire be that could bring the burning smell here?
Turning the bow around, Duan Murong speeded up the manual rowing.
Since the first generation of ancestors moved to the vicinity of Dahu, Dahu Villa has been peaceful and peaceful for 110 years.

But a month ago, since a wanderer who had been traveling for many years returned home, Dahu Village faced a nightmare that would lead to destruction for everyone.

The returning wanderer's physical condition was very poor. He looked like he was recovering from a serious illness. His face was pale and skinny.

The elder man in the village invited some villagers who knew some medical skills to diagnose him, and they used precious and powerful medicines. As a result, the young man was so weak that he died.
The villagers in the village, like their fathers and grandfathers, have never left the vicinity of the lake for more than 100 years. The dead young man was the only one among the three generations of the village who had left the area.

After he was executed, the village elder felt guilty, so he sent someone to bury the body behind the village.

How could the ignorant and simple villagers know that the wanderer had come back after contracting an epidemic?
Soon, villagers one after another in the village contracted unknown strange diseases. They subconsciously wanted to ask for help from Jinghu Medical Village, but Duan Murong never came again because she had to take care of Nian Duan's body. They drove the boat and also found Nian Duan. Not close to the location of Jinghu Medical Village.

The only village elder who had been to the medical village had too much contact with wanderers. He was the first to contract the disease and soon fell into coma and died.
The able-bodied fisherman in the village ran to the town to ask for help, but instead of a doctor, he was summoned to the village by a team of heavily armed soldiers.

The doctor in the town diagnosed the symptoms of the fisherman who reported the news and found that it was most likely an epidemic from Vietnam, and it was very contagious!
The town officials hurriedly reported to the county, and the county magistrate made a prompt decision:

The epidemic now only occurs in a remote village of 300 people. The source of the epidemic must be completely eliminated!

In order to ensure the killing effect, the county magistrate personally went to the army station and borrowed kerosene.
When Duan Murong saw the village in flames on the distant lake, she was shocked and hurriedly maneuvered the boat to get to the shore. However, due to the obstruction of the soldiers, she was not allowed to enter:

"This is an epidemic area, and you are also from this village?"

The soldier who covered his mouth and nose raised his spear to stop Duan Murong from approaching: Although this young girl is pretty, if she is also from Dahu Village, she is a lively source of news!

Thinking of this, the two soldiers looked dangerously outside.

"What happened here?"

Duan Murong looked anxious. She clearly smelled another indescribable burning smell besides the burning smell of thatch and beams, which made her chest tight and nauseated. "They are also dangerous elements, let's execute them together!"

The two soldiers who were sent to deal with the epidemic were frightened and lacked patience.When they saw that Duan Murong was unwilling to leave at the first moment, they immediately stabbed her in the chest with their spears without saying a word.

Faced with the sharpness, Duan Murong's pupils shrank, and she subconsciously threw out a few silver needles, piercing the hands of the two soldiers and forcing them to drop their weapons.

"Ah, there's a mob!"

"Come and support!"

The two screamed, and the sound attracted a dozen soldiers who were guarding other places.

The tense nerves drove them to raise their spears and stab Duan Murong without asking for any reason.
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Lu Wei had been calculating the time accurately: Nian Duan could still survive for three months in physical condition when he left. Later, the situation described in Duan Murong's letter was consistent with his estimate.

However, the Hall Master cannot wait until exactly three months before setting off for Jinghu Lake. Arriving one month in advance can briefly explore the situation around Jinghu Lake in advance, and also determine the future position of Jinghu Lake in Gonggong Hall. Be aware of it.

Hurrying on, one afternoon, Lu Wei returned to Jinghu Lake.

Looking at the familiar ship docking at the main road pier, he understood that Duan Murong had come out of the medical village.

But there was no time to look for and wait for little Duanmu Rong to come over. The same burnt smell in the air attracted him to Dahu Village: he arrived an hour earlier than Duanmu Rong.

Using the soul-stirring technique to hypnotize a soldier, Hall Master Lu learned about the epidemic here and learned that no young girl who was good at pricking people with silver needles was found in the village. He was relieved.

Nian Duan and Duan Murong's original route has now changed beyond recognition. They are generally following Lu Wei's plan, but some details may change dramatically.

The ship of the medical village was at the dock, but Duan Murong disappeared, and there was a fire in the burning village. The worst result was that the little medical fairy who had not grown up was trying to rescue the epidemic in the village, but was killed by the soldiers together.

Now even though it is clear that Duan Murong is not here, Lu Wei can't leave yet, at least he can't leave before these soldiers leave.

This kind of burnt smell from burning fire oil will make Duanmu Rong come over to take a look whenever he gets to Jinghu Lake.

If he leaves by land and Xiao Duanmu rows his boat from the lake and the two of them miss him, then no matter how things turn out in the end, it will definitely deviate from his plan.

Just in case, and just in time to experiment with the art of hiding in the market that he had learned in the past two months, he stayed and waited.

When the village was almost finished burning, the slender figure finally appeared on the lake, but Duan Murong's subsequent recklessness prevented Hall Master Lu from coming forward immediately.

He waited until she was trapped in a tight siege and received a lesson, then he turned around and took little Duanmu to the boat and ran away.

"Brother Lu!"

Duan Murong was out of breath and shouted in surprise.

Her hair was now messy and she was in a very embarrassed state. The material on her shoulders and chest was also torn, and the spear almost penetrated deeply into her bones.

Compared with the incident of thieves he met on the road last time, Lu Wei could say righteously this time: If he didn't show up in time, the little girl would definitely be in trouble this time.

There should be some medicinal powder hidden on Duanmu Rong's body that could help her escape, but even if she escaped, her injuries would not be minor.

"Stop talking, adjust your breath first."

Ignoring the scoldings of the soldiers on the shore, Lu Wei took hold of the oar, glanced sideways at Xiao Duanmu, and figured out the direction to move towards the medical village.

"Yeah." Duan Murong also reflected on his carelessness and danger.She was so excited that she wanted to ask what happened in Dahu Villa, but she was attacked. By the time she tried to evacuate, it was already too late.

Regarding what happened to Dahu Village, Duan Murong was unwilling to express the myriad of emotions in her heart now.

She took out the scarf she had taken off before, rinsed it in the clear lake water, wiped the dust from the fight on her face and arms, and straightened her hair, she completely calmed down.

"Brother Lu, thank you for saving me again."

Looking at the master paddling in the stern of the boat, Duan Murong quickly ducked away and looked at herself reflected in the lake. Duan Murong gathered her strength and muttered in a low voice.

"You owe me three times, just remember to pay it back in the future."

Lu Wei responded lightly.

"Three times?" The girl on the bow looked at him again with wide eyes. The latter nodded naturally and stared back: "The other time was the deception of the nourishing soup."

"Oh", Xiao Duanmu didn't raise any objection.

After night falls, the starry sky over Jinghu Lake seems to be always cloudless, with one vast Milky Way in the sky and one under the boat.

I haven't been to the medical village for two months, and the brand-new environment of the medical village proves that Duan Murong's diligence has not diminished during this period.

"Master has probably gone to bed at this time." Little Duanmu gently warned before entering the door of the medical village:
"Brother Lu, please go to your room to rest first. Your room has been kept very clean."

"I'm going to make some medicine for Master, and I'll call you later after dinner is heated!"

The two separated in the middle courtyard, and Duan Murong walked quickly into the cooking pharmacy. The moment the firewood started burning, a small sob could be heard quietly.

It was probably because of the people in Dahu Village that Duan Murong would only express her embarrassment when she was alone.
If Lu Weiruo walks into the pharmacy now, there is a high probability that he will receive a hug from a girl~
Different from the peace and tranquility in Jinghu Medical Village, on the Zhaodi battlefield, Handan Dan, who had been besieged for many days, opened the city gate a little earlier amidst noisy crying.

After many days of dissuasion from Prime Minister Guo Kai, Zhao Wangqian surrendered.

The state of Zhao died.

(End of this chapter)