When Du He heard this, he was shocked at first. He was as smart as him. He immediately guessed something and asked, "Could it be... that's a... plague patient?"

Sun Simiao gave Du He a look of approval and nodded, "The young man is extremely intelligent. Yes, that's a patient with smallpox. He ran from Caozhou to this place, and the Taoist priest chased him all the way. What a pity... The Taoist priest was old and could not ride a horse, otherwise he would have caught up with him long ago."

Du He couldn't help but nodded and said, "This person really has to be captured, otherwise it will harm the people. By the way, Caozhou has a smallpox?"

"It's been released." Sun Simiao sighed softly, "Fortunately, the local government discovered it in time, and the village where smallpox was produced was very remote and it didn't spread much, so the plague did not spread."

"No." Du He frowned and puzzled, "Smallopsis patients fled and fled, and they had their own government officials to pursue them. Why did they..."

Sun Simiao said the following words on behalf of Du He: "Why did I, an old Taoist priest like me, come to chase me, right?"

"Yes." Du He nodded.

"This is a disaster caused by the Taoist priest. It's a long time to talk about it." Sun Simiao's eyes showed a lingering look, as if recalling the past. "The Taoist priest had to pass smallpox when he was young. The smallpox epidemic killed many people. The Taoist priest was lucky and survived. After that, the Taoist priest studied medicine and secretly decided to find a way to cure smallpox. Unfortunately, the Taoist priest was dull and had shallow medical skills. He wasted his whole life and failed to find a good prescription. More than ten years ago, the Taoist priest had a sudden idea that even if he survived smallpox, he would not get infected with smallpox even if he ate and lived with smallpox patients, he would not get infected with smallpox. The Taoist priest wanted to do something from here."

Du He was slightly shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect Sun Simiao to think of this level. This is the first step to conquer smallpox and the core idea of ​​vaccination.

Sun Simiao continued: "The Taoist priest began to think that if ordinary people were slightly infected with smallpox in advance, the disease was not too severe and not fatal, then after he was cured, would he not be infected with smallpox again? The Taoist priest worked hard for more than a year and came up with a method, which was to pick smallpox acne from the milder smallpox patient, squeeze a little poison from the smallpox acne into the nose of ordinary people, so that it could slightly infect smallpox. This method is called the flower planting method by Taoist priest. However, this method is also extremely dangerous and needs verification. To verify this method, there must be a source of smallpox disease. However, smallpox is not common, and Taoist priests cannot look forward to smallpox every day. In recent years, whenever the Taoist priest heard that smallpox was out of smallpox, he would immediately rushed over, and even no matter how far away he would go."

Du He suddenly said, "So this time Caozhou has smallpox, you went to Caozhou."

"That's right." Sun Simiao took a sip of water, moistened his throat, and continued to preach, "The Taoist priest went to Caozhou, where there was no shortage of small flower patients, but no one was willing to help the Taoist priest verify this flower planting."

Du He understood, no one was willing to be a guinea pig.

"Later, the Taoist priests found the government and put forward their own ideas. They asked if they were willing to help the Taoist priests. The Taoist priests had been rewarded by saints, but the government gave the Taoist priests a little bit of shame. After asking the state government, they were willing to give the Taoist priest a death row prisoner and let the Taoist priest grow flowers. The government also said that as long as the death row prisoner survived after planting flowers, the government would ask the Ministry of Justice to pardon him for his death sentence."

When Du He heard this, he finally understood and asked, "So... this escaped smallpox patient is the death row prisoner who planted flowers, right?"

"That's right, it's him." Sun Simiao sighed, "The death row prisoner originally said he was willing to help the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest was less wary of him, took him into the mountain hut and planted flowers for him. Unexpectedly, he took the opportunity to escape. The Taoist priest was far away in the mountains and could not seek help from the government. He could only chase him all the way, and he walked in a hurry, without taking any money, and slept in the open all the way. He begged for alms, so he was so embarrassed."

Du He asked, "He has walked so far, but hasn't spread smallpox to people along the way?"

Sun Simiao said: "He is like a dog who is stranded, walking in a wilderness. He hides when he meets people and does not spread it to others. This is also a blessing. However, he is from Ci County. After he arrives in Ci County, he may go to find his old friends. This is what Taoist priests are most worried about. Calculate the days. It has been nearly twenty days since he planted flowers. The flowers he planted... should have fruit."

Du He said: "The sea of ​​people is vast, like looking for a needle in a haystack. Senior, the magistrate of Ci County is my brother. It is better to walk with me with me. When I go to Ci County, I ask my brother to help search for this person. Isn't that convenient?"

"Ah, thank you for being so." Sun Simiao said with gratitude, "It's a great blessing to meet a young man on this trip. By the way, I haven't asked the young man yet, what do you call him?"

Du He crossed his hands and said, "My younger generation Du He."

"Mr. Du, I'm lucky to meet." Sun Simiao gave his hands and gave him a greeting.

At this time, there was a noise outside, as if the man with a numb face who was going to buy a coffin was back. He heard that his wife had been resurrected from death and gave birth to a baby boy, and cried with joy.

Not long after, someone knocked on Du He's door, and the voice of a man with a numb face rang outside: "Is the old god here? Chen Dashan specially came to thank the old god for his great kindness."

Du He and Sun Simiao looked at each other, stood up, went to open the door, and saw Sun Simiao, Chen Dashan knelt down on the ground with a thud and kowtowed: "Thank you the old god to save your life, thank you the old god to save your life..."

"How can you get up quickly, get up quickly..." Sun Simiao pulled Chen Dashan up with great effort and said with a smile, "The Taoist priest is just a little bit of medical skills. What kind of immortal is it? Have you ever seen a god who can't even eat? Haha..."

Chen Dashan also grinned and said, "In my heart, you are even more immortal than a god. Old god. I have bought all my money for the coffin. You are here for a day. I will go and return the coffin tomorrow. Please eat for three days..."

"No need." Sun Simiao waved his hand and smiled, "You go back and take good care of your wife and children. This is the main business. The Taoist priest has urgent matters and wants to go to the county town. Life is at stake, so he dare not delay it for a day."

Although he was a little disappointed, when Chen Dashan heard that Sun Simiao was going to save people again, he praised him repeatedly: "The old god is a god. He saves people everywhere, and is more bodhisattva's heart than a Bodhisattva..."

"This kid, hahaha..." Sun Simiao laughed happily. He was also a mortal and liked to listen to such plain words. Of course, he just laughed at him. After that, he forgot that he was never complacent and proud of it. Even if he was the best in the world, he would always have an apprentice's heart.

After laughing, Sun Simiao reminded: "Go back to your room to take care of your wife and children. I will leave the coffin tomorrow and buy more supplements for her. This time she has a great loss of energy and is weak. She must make up for it well, otherwise the disease will be caused."

"Yes, thank you for the old god!" Chen Dashan thanked him again and then left and went back to his room.

After sending Chen Dashan away, Sun Simiao closed the door and said, "It's dark, I'll have to hurry up tomorrow morning, let's rest."

Du He pointed to the bed and said, "Senior, let's go to bed, juniors bring bedding and just put on the floor."

"No need." Sun Simiao waved his hand and said, "The Taoist priest meditated in meditation all year round, as usual. This bed is big enough. When you fall asleep, the Taoist priest can meditate in the corner."

Du He was not pretentious, and responded, then took off his coat and went to bed to rest. Sun Simiao also went to bed and meditated in the corner of the bed.

Du He had been traveling for a day and was very tired. He fell asleep after lying down for a while. I don’t know how long he had been sleeping. He vaguely felt something was moving his legs, so he woke up. He opened his eyes and used the moonlight coming in from the window to see Sun Simiao reaching out to tinker with something on his crotch.

Du He screamed in shock, turned over and jumped out of the bed, and asked in shock: "Senior...what are you doing!"

Sun Simiao covered his chest and said angrily: "You want to scare the Taoist priest to death."

"Senior, why... pick my peach?"

"What are you picking peaches?" Sun Simiao said, "You have injuries on the inner side of your legs, and the Taoist priest is giving you medicine."

Du He looked down at the inner side of his thighs. Indeed, the blood stains had dyed his pants red, and he was wearing white underwear. After dyeing the blood stains, it was particularly conspicuous. In fact, he knew that the injury to his thigh was almost healed, but today he might have broken the blood eggplant, so he shed some blood.

"Come here quickly and give you medicine." Sun Simiao waved to him.

Du He walked over and said, "No need, senior, I don't feel any pain."

Sun Simiao said: "Don't underestimate minor illnesses and injuries, which will worsen into serious illnesses."

Du He shook his head again and refused: "It's really no need. Senior, let's take a break. We have to get up early tomorrow to rush."

Seeing that his attitude was firm, Sun Simiao was not good at forcing it, so he sighed helplessly: "That's fine." So he put away the ointment and continued to meditate and enter into meditation.

Seeing that he had meditated, Du He also returned to the bed to continue sleeping.

There was nothing to say all night. The next morning, Dongfang had just turned white, and Sun Simiao got out of bed, woke Du He up, and urged: "Mr. Du Xiaolang, get up and prepare to go."

Originally, Du He liked to stay in bed, but when he thought about arriving at the county town of Ci County today, he was full of motivation and shouted: "One! Two! Three! Get up!" He jumped out of the bed and dressed quickly.

As soon as the sun rose from the east, Du He's carriage had left the inn. Sun Simiao and Du He rode together on the carriage. He found that Du He was motion sickness, so he stabbed several acupoints on his body with silver needles. Du He immediately felt much more comfortable and couldn't help but sigh that Sun Simiao's medical skills were so advanced that he was simply a pair of moving motion sickness medicine.

They set out in the early morning and did not stop all the way. At noon, they entered Cixian County and entered the city. After a while, they learned about the location of the county government and headed straight for the county government.

The carriage stopped in front of the county yamen. Sun Simiao and Du He got off the car one after another. Wang Dainian went to the county yamen gate and said to the yamen runners at the door: "Du He, the second son of the Duke of Lai, came to visit the magistrate of County Duke Du, please let me know."

When he heard that it was the county magistrate's younger brother who had arrived, the guards and yamen runners did not dare to neglect them, so he hurried in and informed him.

Not long after, a young man in a green casual dress walked out with his wife's support. The young man was Du Gou. Du Gou was very young, in his early twenties, with a bit similar to Du He's eyebrows and eyes, which looked quite delicate, but he now had a sick face and a bad complexion.

Du Gou's wife Tian was gentle and generous, and she was a lady from a noble family at first glance.

"Erlang!" Du Gou shouted happily when he saw Du He.

Du He stepped forward and saluted: "Brother, sister-in-law."

"Erlang, why are you here? Why are you thinking about seeing me?" Du Gou walked in front of Du He and patted Du He on the shoulder with joy.

Du He grinned: "I miss you brother."

Sun Simiao went forward to salute: "Sun Simiao, the Taoist in the mountains and fields, visit the magistrate Du."

"Sun Simiao?" Du Gou was stunned when he heard this, and then he was not surprised. "Are you the Senior Sun of the Medicine King?"

"I don't dare to take the word "The King of Medicine." Sun Simiao said modestly, "Mr. Du, look at your complexion, is it because you are infected with the cold?"

Du Gou's wife Tian hurriedly said, "Senior Sun has been making a clear picture. It's been half a month since he was not going to get better. Senior Sun, you have a profound medical knowledge. I wonder if you can take a look at your husband."

Sun Simiao nodded: "Of course, it is OK to treat diseases and treat people, which is the duty of Taoist priests."

Du Gou hurriedly said, "Come on, come in, let's go into the house and talk." As he spoke, he welcomed them all into the county government office.

After coming to the side hall, Sun Simiao took the initiative to take the pulse of Du Gou as soon as he sat down.

After a long time, Sun Simiao withdrew his hand and said, "It's wind and cold."

Tian asked hurriedly: "It's been half a month, but it's not cured for a long time. Is the doctor's prescription wrong?"

Sun Simiao said: "Where is the prescription? Let the Taoist priest take a look."

"I have always carried it with me." Tian said, then took out a prescription and handed it to Sun Simiao.

Sun Simiao looked at the prescription for two eyes and nodded and said, "The prescription is good, the medicines prescribed are peaceful and peaceful. If a Taoist priest prescribes it, it will be similar to it."

"Oh." Tian was a little disappointed when he heard this.

Du Gou comforted him: "Jiahe, don't be impatient. Didn't the doctor say that the disease comes like a mountain of falling, and the disease goes like a thread to draw. It's not that easy to cure the disease."

Sun Simiao nodded in agreement: "The wind and cold are long or short, and the Taoist priests have also seen cases of wind and cold not healing for more than a month."

Seeing that Sun Simiao had said this, Tian felt much more at ease, and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to see if the medicine is ready, and you guys will talk to each other." After that, he left.

Du Gou looked at Du He and said, "Some day ago, my uncle sent someone to send a letter from home, saying that you fell into the water and almost got possessed by evil spirits. Are you better now?"

Du He grinned and said, "Aren't I sitting here so well?"

Du Gou nodded slowly and asked Sun Simiao: "Senior Sun is traveling around the world?"

Sun Simiao said: "This time the Taoist priest came to Ci County, there is a big deal. I hope that County Magistrate Du can help the Taoist priests."

"Oh?" Du Gou hurriedly spread his hands when he heard this, "What's the difficulty of the old senior? Just speak."

Sun Simiao said: "On the eighth day of last month, smallpox appeared in Caozhou. Although the epidemic was controlled, a smallpox patient escaped. The Taoist priest followed him all the way. The man was from Ci County and he must meet his old man in Ci County. At that time, it will probably cause great trouble. I hope that County Magistrate Du can help find this person and make preparations for epidemic prevention in advance."

"This is actually happening!" Du Gou was so shocked that he stood up directly when he heard this.

He immediately called the yamen runners and asked the county magistrate Wang Guang to come to see him.

While waiting for the county magistrate, Tian walked in with a bowl of medicine and said, "Dalang, it's time to take medicine."
Chapter completed!