The first-level Zhaohua Thousand-level Hall

Chapter 50 Gu Insect Harming People
Lang Sheng's voice was sonorous and powerful. In the cold wind, only his figure was as cold as a mountain. He seemed to be able to block all doubts. For a while, no one made a sound. His gaze shot past the soldiers who were slowly lowering their heads, and turned around I want to leave.

"I don't agree!"

A voice suddenly rushed out from the group of soldiers on the left.

"You are a general, so what you say is so good, and it is just lip service. You don't have any relatives and nephews infected with the plague, so you are naturally happy. Those brothers who died are innocent. They are also defending Family members, it is their fault, the crime is not worthy of death, the general ordered a dozen brothers to be beheaded directly, stupid and cruel, ashamed to be a general!"

A skinny soldier rushed out and yelled at Lang Sheng, his voice was even a bit shrill: "We are soldiers to protect our families, what is wrong with us, if we follow the general's words, what's human! I can guarantee that the next person to be infected with the plague will not be my family members!"

Buzzing sounds sounded behind him, and the soldiers who were shaken by Lang Cheng's words just now couldn't help but have a hint of sadness in their eyes.

Xu Qingluo clenched her fists, listening to the slender soldier below talking nonsense, wishing she could kill him directly, she recognized that soldier, he seemed to be the bastard son of Yanshangtian family in Huai County, named Tian Shan, not the same as Mo Qiancheng Is it the existence of Huai County Shuangba, bullying men and women together?
Unexpectedly, this Tian Shan has become a recruit recruited by Lang Sheng. Xu Qingluo knew that this Tian Shan was purely malicious. The fingertips trembled slightly, and the powder between the nails was dotted faintly. It was the 'good' medicine she prepared in the pharmacy. Xu Qingluo raised his foot and was about to step forward, but Lang Sheng blocked her with his arm: "rest assured."

He only said these two words softly, but Xu Qingluo stopped involuntarily.

"How are you doing?"

Lang Sheng's voice was very low, and Xu Qingluo could faintly feel that he was really angry.

Over there, Tian Shan was still clamoring desperately: "The fight against the plague is urgent, but I don't believe in General Lang. I should give up the position of general to Deputy General Kasyapa, and let Vice General Kassapa preside over the fight against the plague, otherwise I will not accept it." !"

"Yes, let Deputy General Kassapa lead us to fight the plague, otherwise we will not accept it!"

"Lang Sheng may not be able to kill us anytime soon, such a brutal general, don't mind!"

One person clamored, and there were sporadic responses. After sporadic, a prairie fire could be seen at sight. Most of the soldiers gathered at the gate of the city were recruits who had just been recruited.

Xu Qingluo turned her head abruptly, and saw the fleeting smugness in Kasyapa's eyes.

The next moment, Kasyapa rushed out, rushed in front of Lang Cheng, and angrily reprimanded Tian Shan, who was the loudest, saying, "The general is a first-rank general appointed by the imperial court, so you can change it at will. What a noble status you are, but you still open your mouth to humiliate the general, what should you do!"

What he said was just and righteous, but he used Lang Sheng's status as a general to talk about things, provoking people's emotions more and more.

"What kind of imperial court personally appointed a first-rank general? He is a useless and incompetent person. I don't know what tricks he used to get this position. He is not worthy of being a general!"

Kassapa listened happily, and was about to 'refute' a few more words, but at this moment: "Get out of the way!"

There was a sound of wind coming from behind him, and he subconsciously flashed, a spear that was as long as his body fell down with a clang, the tip of the spear went straight into the bluestone slab for three points, inserted there obliquely, the barrel buzzed and vibrated.

Jiaye looked at the spear that went straight into the stone slab, his heart was awe-inspiring, and then he burst into anger. Is Langcheng going to deal with him?
Lang Sheng put one hand on Kasyapa's shoulder, seemingly light, but he pushed him aside, standing in front of Na Tian Shan.

"You don't agree?"

"You said that the general's position as a general was obtained by tricks?"

"You said that this general is not worthy to be a general?"

Langcheng's questioning voice was not harsh at all, as if he was just asking casually, but Tian Shan, who was standing in front of him, was facing that person, facing that gun, and couldn't open his mouth or make a sound for a while. .

"The general's position as a general was indeed conferred by the imperial court, but it was the general who fought with swords and swords. When I was in the grassland and the Mobei cavalry for ten days, where are you? I killed you in front of the army. Where were you when the enemy was in the lead, and where were you when I was walking thousands of miles in the vast desert!"

Lang Sheng held the long spear that he had sunk deeply into the stone slab with one hand, and there was another clang, and the pointed tip of the spear appeared. With the horizontal spear in his hand, he pointed directly at Tian Shan, and even pointed at Tian Shan's incitement. The person behind Tian Shan paused word by word: "My general position, I have a clear conscience, I deserve what I deserve, whoever refuses to accept it, let's fight!"

"If anyone can beat this general today, I will give him this seat, so what the hell!"

At that moment, the iron bones were strong and mighty, at that moment, the eyes of the man whose spear was dotted with sunlight hurt, and at that moment, the red tassels on the gun were long, like the blood that had been shed on the battlefield.

Tian Shan stared at the gun point on his chest in horror, unable to move at all: "General, general, subordinate, subordinate—"

I was so scared that I couldn't speak at all.

"General, no, how important the position of the great general is, how can he easily promise—"

Seeing that Tian Shan was so useless, knowing that the arranged game was useless, Kassapa gritted his teeth and wanted to rush forward. The next moment, he seemed to smell a strange fragrance from his nose, and half of his body went numb unexpectedly, unable to move at all. , let alone say a word.

Jiaye's frightened and angry eyes met Xu Qingluo's cold expression, Xu Qingluo suddenly smiled at him with his lips curled up, but there was no smile in his eyes, if it wasn't for the fact that Jiaye's death would be harmful to Lang Cheng , she really doesn't mind replacing the medicinal powder just now with a murderous one.

Jiaye kept finding trouble for Lang Sheng again and again, Xu Qingluo was completely impatient.

On the other hand, Lang Sheng ignored Kasyapa at all. He looked coldly at the speechless and trembling Tian Shan, and suddenly slashed down the iron gun in his hand. Amid Tian Shan's terrified screams, a pair of pants Crash down.

Tian Shan's body softened, there was a sound of dripping water under his body, and faint laughter behind him. Just now those people supported him so much and were encouraged by him. He felt that those people were stupid and ignorant tools, and now these stupid and ignorant people are only worthy of being ignorant. The recruits who used him came to laugh at him.

Tian Shan's face was flushed, and he subconsciously wanted to lift his pants.

The long legs zoomed in before his eyes.

With a groan, Tian Shan was kicked several feet away by Lang Cheng, Gululu rolled into the mud, his face and body were even stained with his own urine, and when he joined the mud, he was extremely embarrassed.

"Such a person."

Lang Cheng spoke these four words softly to the silent soldiers, his eyes were as sharp as blades, no one dared to look at each other, let alone go forward to fight.

With a cold snort, the man walked up to the embarrassed Tian Shan step by step, condescendingly: "When recruits join the army, do you still remember the recruiting records signed by all soldiers? Do you remember?"

He didn't yell, but the voice of his statement was like an evening drum and a morning bell, beating in the center of the human brain: "Leave your family and take care of everyone. This is the first and most important rule. Do something to your colleagues for your own selfishness, and hinder your family members who are sick." Fighting against the plague and disobeying military discipline should be punished, everything that I, Lang Sheng, has done is based on laws and orders, I don’t know if anyone else has any objections, let’s say it together!"

The cold wind was bitter, no one dared to speak, Tian Shan was still rolling there in embarrassment, the corpses of a dozen soldiers who had been beheaded before were still lying there, and that awe-inspiring spear was still in Lang Cheng's hand.

"Ah"

Lang Sheng chuckled, the emotion inside made people tremble in his heart, he looked at Tian Shan, and said lightly: "Tian Shan's subordinates have committed crimes, disrupted the morale of the army, questioned military orders, disrespected military law, dismissed from the army, and will never be hired!"

Throwing the spear on the ground, he turned around and strode away.

The back figure walking in big strides carried a kind of inexplicable loneliness and loneliness.

Xu Qingluo subconsciously wanted to keep up, and stood in front of her alone. The fake smile disappeared from Kasyapa's face, and he lowered his voice: "You plotted against me just now? Good trick!"

The moment Lang Sheng turned around, Kasyapa was able to move again, so inexplicably restrained, with that strange fragrance, and Xu Qingluo's eyes, Xu Qingluo's identity was so involuntary that he couldn't help thinking about it.

"Compared to Lieutenant Kassapa plotting against the position of general, the little girl's methods are much worse."

Facing Kasyapa's attitude as if asking a teacher, Xu Qingluo raised his lips slightly and sarcastically said, "Deputy General Kasyapa should be more careful in the future. If you walk too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts. A gentleman can deceive you. A villain can be seduced for profit, and Lieutenant General Kassapa has done this very well."

Xu Qingluo caught up with Lang Sheng's footsteps, and then grasped his hand, the man's palm was a little cold, different from the warmth in the past.

She clenched her five fingers even more, and without saying a word, she supported her wholeheartedly.

Jiaye looked at the back of Lang Cheng and Xu Qingluo leaving side by side, his eyes gradually became full of cruelty, he didn't have much time.

"Kasyapa has been with me for five years."

Lang Sheng said suddenly.

Xu Qingluo didn't make a sound, all she could do now was to listen.

"Four years ago when I ran across the desert and trekked thousands of miles, when I broke through the enemy's tent, it was Kasyapa who blocked an arrow for me."

"Three years ago, when I was trapped in the enemy's formation and I was hit by arrows, it was Kassapa who carried me out from the dead."

"two years ago"

Lang Cheng's voice became deeper and deeper, Xu Qingluo turned his head suddenly, and pressed his lips with his fingertips: "You only said how Kassapa treated you, so let me ask you today, how many times have you saved Kassapa?" ?”

The friendship in the army has always been a life-and-death relationship. Kasyapa may have done a lot for Lang Sheng and indeed saved him, but Xu Qingluo believes that Lang Sheng will treat his trusted subordinates with his life. , believe with all your heart, and support each other with your back.

Lang Cheng stared blankly at Xu Qingluo, seeing the disapproval in her eyes, and shook his head for a long time: "Forget it, there are some things that I really can't figure out."

Of course, he also saved Kasyapa, and he saved him more times than Kassapa. He not only blocked Kassapa who also joined the army as a soldier at the beginning, but also promoted Kassapa from a small soldier. Now that he is in the position of deputy general, he teaches the opponent martial arts and the art of war, and he wholeheartedly supports him. He entrusts Kasyapa with a heavy responsibility and never doubts that Kassapa is more like Langsheng's disciple than Langwei.

Xu Qingluo didn't ask Lang Sheng how many times he had saved Kasyapa, it didn't matter anymore, the important thing was that Lang Sheng had finally taken precautions against Kassapa, and that was enough.

The two of them were speechless for the rest of the journey, but their hands were always held together.

The number of people under quarantine and observation outside the Xu family pharmacy was much less than when the two of them left. After all, the plague broke out quickly and there was no long incubation period, which saved a lot of things, so compared to when they left The atmosphere outside has also improved a lot.

Just walking into the pharmacy, there was a continuous groaning, some were confirmed to be fine and sent home, and naturally some were sick and sent to the pharmacy.

The clerks in the pharmacy came and went, and when they saw Xu Qingluo, they greeted each other, but Xu Qingluo just nodded slightly.

Earlier, when Lang Sheng found out that the plague was spreading in Huai County at the gate of the city, he went to the Xu family pharmacy by himself, but sent troops to guard the Xu mansion. Therefore, Xu Liang had no way to come when he knew about the accident, and these guys were He came here but didn't dare to come in. He didn't dare to come in until he saw the soldiers left by Lang Sheng sitting on the side of the pharmacy to control the scene.

Xu Qingluo naturally knew about it, but she didn't have any thoughts. After experiencing the experience of being scolded and besieged by those people, although it was chilling, it also made her realize a lot of reality. Everyone has good and bad, just like Everyone has selfishness. Although it doesn't sound very nice to protect oneself at the moment of life or death or in danger, it is human nature. It's just that her heart for these people has finally faded.

"I'll take your pulse later, and I'll give you some pills. Although it can't cure the plague, it can prevent it—"

Xu Qingluo was talking to Langcheng with his head tilted, pulling him in, when Xu Liang's excited voice came from beside him: "Luo'er, come here quickly, I found something, maybe it can help this plague. "

Xu Liang's face and body were covered in black ash, and he ran towards Xu Qingluo and Langcheng holding a torn booklet in his hand.

"I just said I forgot something, this, look at this."

Xu Liang pulled Xu Qingluo's hand, and unfolded the booklet on the table. As he got closer, Xu Qingluo saw the burnt marks on the booklet, saying that it was a booklet, at least half of it was burned.

"This is left by my brother, look here—"

Xu Liang was still talking.

Lang Sheng came with a somewhat excited voice: "Is this book really left by that uncle's brother?"

Lang Sheng thought simply, since Xu Liang's senior brother had experienced the plague in Rehe, maybe there might be some clues left in it.

Only then did Xu Liang see Lang Sheng who was following his daughter, and he couldn't help but glance at the two of them again, feeling a lot of speculation in his heart, but now is not the time to think about these things, seeing that Lang Sheng is quite excited, Xu Liang He directly picked up the booklet, and put it carefully in the other party's hands: "Ah Cheng, I can't help you, but I suddenly remembered this handbook left by my brother when he was dying three years ago. He even told me to keep it carefully two days ago, but I forgot it after so many years, if you see something useful in it, that would be great luck."

Not to mention that Xu Liang had always admired Lang Sheng a lot, but seeing the interaction between Lang Sheng and Xu Qingluo, he became even closer in his heart. He didn't even care about his daughter, so he showed the brochure to Lang Sheng.

Xu Qingluo shook his head helplessly, while his eyes were filled with smiles. It seemed that his father was really satisfied with Langcheng. If he found out that he and the man had made a lifelong commitment, he wouldn't be too angry, right?
"Er"

Lang Cheng held the notebook, looked at the things recorded in the half-burned notebook, his forehead was sweating, who could tell him what was on it, Lang Sheng could read and write, but it was burned There are no complete sentences in most of the booklets. They are all mottled and separated words or one or two words: "Luo'er, you should do it."

In Lang Sheng's heart, Xu Qingluo was extremely talented, and he carefully handed over the too dilapidated booklet to the other party.

Xu Qingluo was not polite either, and this was not the time to be polite. As soon as she saw the contents in the booklet, she knew why Lang Sheng was in trouble just now. She spread out the booklet, walked aside and took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone. It is readily available in pharmacies.

Writing vocabulary one by one on the paper, trying to combine individual words one by one, Lang Sheng watched Xu Qingluo's serious writing with his head bowed, his depressed mood unknowingly relaxed.

For a while, I just felt that the years were quiet, as if all the troubles were gone.

Xu Qingluo frowned. The remaining words in front seemed to be related to the plague, but they were not the plague she and Lang Sheng were looking for. Shi Shi is useless, there are several prescriptions recorded in it, but they are incomplete herbal medicine prescriptions. The prescriptions are missing by a tiny bit, and they are missing by thousands of miles. It is most important that there is no mistake.

Randomly flipped to the last page of the handbook, and then fixed his eyes: Yu Duocha, cattle and sheep, multiple high fevers, weakness, died within a day."

Xu Qingluo read this incomplete record in the last words word by word, his eyes were full of piercing coldness: "The last record of my uncle should be the disease similar to the plague in Rehe, which died in one day. Cattle and sheep rise."

She turned to look at Lang Sheng: "This plague may really be related to the Western Regions."

There are a lot of cattle and sheep in the Western Regions, and Xu Liang's senior brother would not recite the dialect of the Western Regions and Red Snake before his death for no reason. Too many coincidences add up to be inevitable.

Lang Sheng clenched his fists. He was not an idiot: "There is a plague in the Central Plains, and there are many dead cattle and sheep in the Western Regions."

Xu Qingluo and Lang Sheng looked at each other, Xu Qingluo suddenly put the pen and paper in his hand on the table, and pulled Lang Sheng to go outside: "Immediately ask someone to find out where there is Those who raise a lot of cattle, sheep and livestock, today's snowstorm killed many people, and must have also frozen to death a lot of livestock."

Lang Sheng was about to give instructions, when Xu Liang interjected: "You don't need to ask, I know where there is such a place."

Xu Liang's complexion is not good. If the disaster is really caused by cattle and sheep, it is not necessarily a natural disaster but a man-made disaster. After all, cattle and sheep are not mice, and every household has them.

Xu Qingluo originally didn't intend to let Xu Liang run around with her and Lang Sheng, but seeing the seriousness and faint anger on his father's face, he didn't say anything more.

Xu Liang took Lang Sheng and Xu Qingluo to the outside of the city, and Lang Sheng took him with him, and he let them go. The three of them walked very quickly, but they arrived at the place in less than half an hour. Xu Liang stood on the slope and pointed Looking at the valley not far away, one can vaguely see a large black and white shadow, most of which are covered with snow: "That's right there. There is a big family named Qian in Huai County who specializes in breeding and selling cattle and sheep. His family's farm is Putting it aside, I used to treat the farmers who were watching there, and I remember that there were a lot of cattle and sheep at that time."

Xu Liang's words came to an abrupt end, because the three of them finally reached the destination he had mentioned, and what awaited them there was an empty space, except for the dry grass and endless snow, there was not a single cow or sheep.

Xu Liang looked at it in astonishment: "What's going on, I clearly remember that there were a lot of cattle and sheep when I came to visit—"

Xu Qingluo and Lang Sheng had already run to the nearby farmhouse.

A dead body that had been frozen, with wide-open eyes full of horror or disbelief, facial features and limbs twisted, lying on the ground in a weird posture, Lang Sheng subconsciously wanted to block Xu Qingluo.

"General, I am not weak."

Xu Qingluo's face turned cold. This was already the seventh corpse she saw today. The first one was the patient who died in front of her eyes. The remaining five belonged to Mrs. Wang's family, and now one more person was added. .

She pushed Lang Cheng away and strode towards the corpse. She had already taken out a knife and a medicine bottle in her hand. This was the only clue, and she had to find something no matter what. After the ranch and this dead body, Xu Qingluo knew that he and Lang Sheng were looking in the right direction, and what he had to do now was to continue searching in this direction.

Lang Cheng looked at Xu Qingluo's back, that firm back, and was a little stunned for a moment.

Xu Qingluo had already squatted down, and was about to unbutton the corpse's clothes, when Lang Sheng felt inexplicably uncomfortable and was about to say something, when he suddenly saw something out of the corner of his eye.

"Get out of the way!"

The man yelled, with never-before-seen horror in his eyes, Xu Qingluo subconsciously tilted his body to the side, and with a puff, the sound of the dagger piercing through the flesh and getting stuck in the bone made people's teeth ache.

Xu Qingluo was knocked aside, where she was just now, Lang Sheng held the dagger with one hand, and suddenly pulled out the long sword from his waist with the other hand, a cold light flashed, and the man in black had to let go and retreat, even so Still, Lang Sheng's long sword slashed his chest, causing blood and flesh to fly. Seeing that the man in black couldn't do it with one blow, he swayed and wanted to jump out of the window to escape.

The long sword in Lang Cheng's hand came out, piercing through the opponent's thigh, and nailing him under the window.

With a miserable snort, the man in black turned over and looked at Lang Cheng who was approaching step by step, his eyes were full of horror.

"Who sent you here, tell me!"

As soon as Lang Cheng grasped the hilt of the sword, he twisted it violently. It was the twisting of flesh and blood. The man in black screamed. In front of Xu Qingluo, Lang Cheng showed his cruel and cold side for the first time, just for the sake of Just now, the man in black pointed a dagger at Xu Qingluo's neck, and if he hesitated just now, the one who died now was Xu Qingluo.

One of his hands did not let go of the hilt of the sword, and the other hand violently pulled away the assassin's veil. It had an extremely ordinary face, and he looked about 30 years old.

Xu Qingluo stared blankly at Lang Cheng whose back was turned to her, and the corner of his eyes glanced at the face of the man who was about to kill her just now, the horror in that man's eyes turned into desperate madness, and his mouth was wriggling.

"Remove his jaw!"

Xu Qingluo cried out subconsciously.

It's a pity it's too late.

With a sound of "Woo!", the man in black groaned miserably, foaming from his mouth: "They will not let you go."

The man in black tilted his head and was out of breath.

"Dead man."

These two words came out of Lang Sheng's mouth, and his eyes were full of seriousness.

"Let me see your injury!"

Xu Qingluo got up, since the assassin was dead, she should be concerned about the seriousness of Lang Sheng's injury now, looking at the dagger stuck in her shoulder and the big blushing on her clothes, she felt uncomfortable, she had better Don't let her find out who's behind it!

"Why did you think of using your own body to block it just now?"

Xu Qingluo's hand holding the medicine bottle trembled, seeing the hideous wound up close made her dizzy even more. Obviously, when she first met Lang Cheng in this life, the wound on his leg was even more hideous, and she just felt a little uncomfortable. .

"It's just a small injury."

"If it goes a little further in the hand, it will be ruined directly. There is no such thing as a small injury!"

Xu Qingluo complained, Lang Sheng's shoulder was pierced by the dagger, it was not poisonous at all, his hand also suffered a lot of cuts because he just held the dagger, the place where the five fingers connected with the palm were exposed.

Xu Liangfang was still checking outside, and when he heard the commotion inside and ran in, he only saw two corpses on the ground and the wounds on Lang Cheng's hands: "Here, what happened again."

Obviously, what happened one after another made him a little overwhelmed.

Just now the killer was hiding under the table, at the beginning Xu Qingluo and Lang Cheng's attention was on the dead body so they ignored it.

No one thought that there would be a killer hiding here, let alone his attack on Xu Qingluo.

Although Lang Sheng's arm was injured, it was really a minor injury to him. Looking at the farm, he couldn't find any useful clues. He thought about taking Xu Qingluo back first. He was worried about Xu Qingluo's safety. Xu Qingluo objected together, Xu Qingluo was worried about his injury, Xu Liang pointed to the sky and said helplessly that there should be a snowstorm later, I am afraid they will stay overnight tonight.

As a great general, Lang Sheng also had some research on celestial phenomena, looking at the dark sky, he nodded helplessly.

There are two rooms in the farmhouse, Xu Liang is alone, Xu Qingluo wants to be with Langcheng, facing Xu Liang's objecting eyes, Xu Qingluo is extremely calm: "Daddy, he needs to be taken care of because of his injury."

Xu Liang felt that everything was wrong, and that he needed to be taken care of when he was injured, but he didn't have to be in the same room. He wanted to say something, but his daughter pushed him into the room, telling him to 'take a good rest'.

Before the blizzard came, Xu Qingluo came out of the back room, and saw Lang Sheng squatting down in front of the assassin's body, searching for something.

Nothing was found, the assassin's body was extremely clean, without any personal belongings, no marks on his clothes, and no tattoos on his body. For a moment, Lang Sheng's face became more dignified, and the people behind him were more cautious than he imagined.

"I should be able to find some clues."

Xu Qingluo pulled Lang Sheng aside and said.

"you want--"

Lang Sheng saw the knife in Xu Qingluo's hand. The knife that he hadn't had time to use before finally came in handy this time.

Xu Qingluo wants to find clues even more than Lang Sheng. Even though she has never done an autopsy, for a skilled doctor, she knows everything. Lang Sheng is worried that Xu Qingluo will be frightened, but Xu Qingluo After slicing open the assassin's stomach without changing his face, he had no choice but to stand aside and watch.

Xu Qingluo was braver than he imagined, and it moved his heart more than he imagined. Lang Cheng looked at Xu Qingluo's serious side face, his eyes gradually softened.

Xu Qingluo saw what was in the assassin's stomach: "It's not the food from Huai County."

Those are the residues of grilled mutton and beef. Although there are cattle and sheep raised in Huai County, they don't have the habit of eating grilled food.

Xu Qingluo's knife sliced ​​open the assassin's chest, she looked at a slowly wriggling red thread above the heart that was no longer beating, picked it up with the knife, the red thread fell and bounced towards Xu Qingluo's face the next moment, Lang Sheng watched Xu Qingluo all the time, and cut the red line in half with a sword: "This is—"

"Gu worm."

Xu Qingluo's face was grim and cold: "The Gu worm is attached to the heart, the host dies but the Gu worm is not destroyed, it is a Gu person!"

In the court life in her previous life, she once saw a court lady who was parasitized by poisonous poison. That court lady later killed her master who was like a sister and then committed suicide, which caused a bloody storm. Afterwards, no one dared to Believing that the court lady would kill her master, Xu Qingluo is still extremely impressed.

(End of this chapter)