Miao Changning returned to the valley after seeing Fang Changsheng off, went to the study on the second floor, opened the secret compartment on the floor, and took out two medicinal books, one of which was the "Baicao Jing". This "Baicao Jing" is like the "Hundred Insects and Poisons Jing"
"Generally, it is the work of several generations of the Miao family who have devoted all their efforts.
The "Baicao Jing" records the shape, medicinal properties, taste, and growth environment of many exotic flowers and herbs in the world. The last time Miao Changning and Huangfu Xiu went out to search for medicine, they brought the "Baicao Jing" with them before Gan Shaolong and the "Hundred Insects"
"Poison Sutra" was stolen.
Looking at these two ancestral scriptures, Miao Changning had a lot of thoughts. His ancestors were just like the legendary Shen Nong who tasted hundreds of herbs. They traveled all over the world's mountains and valleys, tasted many plants and trees that had not been recorded in the traditional pharmacopoeia, and understood the coldness of all kinds of grasses.
The warm, flat, and hot nature is beneficial to the practice of medicine and saving people, but it also comes at a lot of cost.
Two of the ancestors of the Miao family almost died of poisoning after tasting medicinal herbs. However, Huangfuxiu was diligent and studious. When he went out to make medicine, he also tasted the medicinal herbs himself. As a result, the yin and yang were imbalanced and unable to conceive. Even though the Miao family's medical skills were superb, they could not cure it.
One year after Miao Xiuzhu married Huangfu Xiu, he knew that there was no cure for infertility, so he wanted to adopt a child or two. When passing through Anzhou nine years ago, he met a woman in her twenties dressed as a servant.
He was begging with a baby who was only a few months old. After asking around, he found out that the baby was still the child of a family in Huangzhou. When the family was moving inland during the war, they were robbed by thieves on the road, and the whole family was killed by a group of thieves.
Only she and the child were spared.
Miao Xiuzhu and his wife wanted to adopt her, and the servant named Qing'e was so happy that she followed the Miao and his wife to Yaowang Valley. When they returned to the valley, it happened to be snowing, so they named her Miao Kexue.
When Miao Changning saw Miao Xiuzhu and his wife adopted Miao Kexue, he treated her like his own granddaughter. Perhaps the Miao couple were usually too doting on Miao Kexue, and Miao Kexue had a very willful and unreasonable temper.
Very headache.
For more than ten days, he observed Chang Qingqing's words and deeds, but she was sensible and polite. He also saw her sad state when she mentioned Gan Shaolong's death, and Chang Sheng's unwillingness to leave her. He knew that she was a kind and righteous person, so he
Shen Sheng wanted Miao Xiuzhu and his wife to accept Chang Qingqing as their adopted daughter. Thinking of this, he called Miao Xiuzhu and his wife to the study.
"It's been two months since your Grandpa An passed away, and Qing'e couldn't handle some chores in the valley alone. Fortunately, Qingqing brought Uncle Yuan here, and she also had a helper for drying and storing some herbs. After all, Uncle Yuan is not your Grandpa An.
As you are familiar with the principles of storing medicinal herbs, you should teach Uncle Yuan more about bamboo cultivation." It turns out that the old man surnamed An has passed away.
When Miao Xiuzhu heard this, he nodded in agreement. Miao Changning looked at the two scriptures on the table, sighed, and said: "Hey, my father promised Mr. Chu that he would not teach the medical skills of this scripture to anyone other than my Miao family.
This Hundred Insect Poison Scripture records the techniques for refining the toxins of many poisonous insects in the world, and also records the method of rescuing them. If it is passed down to the hands of good people, it will help the world and save people. If it is passed on to the hands of evil people, it will harm others. Therefore, it must be passed down to others.
Be cautious, like people like Liu Gongwen..."
After a pause, his eyes turned to Huangfu Xiu, "Xiu'er, you didn't listen to your father's words back then... Hey, forget it, future generations must follow their ancestors' instructions and not try medicinal herbs again."
Huangfu Xiu looked at Miao Xiuzhu with a look of shame and nodded. Miao Changning shook his head helplessly, stood up and took out a book with "Zhu Cao Za Lun" on the cover from the many medicinal scriptures on the bookcase.
He opened the medicine book and took out two folded yellowed pages. "This is the "Qianji Powder" prescription that Mr. Chu never destroyed. I, the Medicine King Valley, practice medicine to save people, but inadvertently hurt people."
Mr. Chu... originally wanted to destroy this recipe, but he thought that it was still the work of our ancestors, so he was reluctant to give it up. You two must remember that in the future, if you are not a member of the Miao family, you cannot pass it on."
"And..." Miao Changning seemed to be worried, and pondered for a moment before saying: "Although Kexue is not your biological child, I still treat her like my own granddaughter. Unfortunately, she is unruly and willful, and she may not be the inheritor of my Miao family's medical skills."
Miao Xiuzhu and his wife were shocked for a moment. After looking at each other, Miao Xiuzhu said in fear: "It's all my fault that the two children usually don't teach well. I hope dad will calm down."
Miao Changning waved his right hand and said slowly: "This is not entirely the fault of you and your wife... When a person is conceived with the essence and blood of his parents, after six months of conception in the mother's body, the spiritual consciousness is born, and the mother's
The fetus can also feel happiness, anger, sorrow and joy. If the mother is jealous, then most of the child's nature will be the same. Haha, this is the so-called nature."
"I think it was because Kexue's biological mother had a lot of troubles when she was pregnant with her that she became moody, which led to Kexue's temperament. But it also has something to do with your normal teachings. Don't follow her will in the future. On the contrary, it will harm her.
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"My father saw that this Qingqing could escape from Liu Gongwen's hands, which shows that he is extremely intelligent, courageous and determined. He is unparalleled by ordinary children. He is also affectionate and righteous at a young age. I am a talented student in medicine. I want him to
What do you think about the two of you accepting her as your daughter?"
The couple were greatly surprised when they heard this. They were stunned for a moment, but they both looked happy. Miao Xiuzhu said happily: "But according to dad's arrangement, if Qingqing can agree, the two children will be overjoyed." This is indeed what he said.
It's true, he and his wife knew that Chang Qingqing's parents had died, so they had this idea.
"Then you two ask Qingqing what she wants. If she agrees, my father will teach her the medical skills based on these two scriptures. This will not violate the oath I promised Mr. Chu not to teach to outsiders. As for Kexue... first
The teaching of martial arts will stimulate the mind, and the medical skills will wait until her temperament stabilizes."
Miao Xiuzhu and his wife smiled bitterly at each other again, knowing that Miao Changning did not dislike Miao Kexue, but as Miao Changning said, with Miao Kexue's moody character, this was not the time to inherit medical skills.
The two resigned and went out. Huangfuxiu took Chang Qingqing to the creek in front of the hospital, squatted down, straightened the two braids hanging on Chang Qingqing's shoulders, and said with a smile: "Qingqing, it's better than half a year."
When I saw her in that small temple, she had grown much taller, and she was much more beautiful and attractive."
When Gan Shaolong and Chang Qingqing stayed at the mountain temple, Huangfuxiu and his wife also met Chang Qingqing.
Chang Qingqing opened her watery eyes and smiled shyly. Huangfuxiu touched her little face lovingly and said softly: "Auntie knows about your changes in recent years, and it's very difficult for you... I miss my parents.
Bar?"
Chang Qingqing bit her lip and nodded when she heard this, "I miss my adoptive father..."
Before she finished speaking, her eyes were wet. Huangfu Xiu sighed and hugged her into his arms, gently patting her back that was shaking due to sobs. "Then, can Auntie and Uncle Miao be your parents?"
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Chang Qingqing must have not felt the protection of mother's love for a long time. At this moment, she only felt that Huangfuxiu's embrace was as gentle and considerate as her mother Xu's. In an instant, the heartache and pain of nearly a year surged into her heart, and she couldn't help crying, with tears streaming down her face. Huangfu
Xiu Sheng was kind-hearted, but she felt that Chang Qingqing in her arms was crying with sadness. She felt sad, but her eyes were wet with tears.
After a long time, Changqing Qingfang left Huangfuxiu's embrace and wiped her tears. When she saw Huangfuxiu's eyes were filled with tears, she wanted to use her sleeves to help Huangfuxiu wipe them, but Huangfuxiu held her hand and said, "What did Auntie just say?"
, have you ever understood?"
Chang Qingqing was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Huangfu Xiu wanted to adopt her as his adopted daughter, and immediately asked: "Then... will she be called Miao Qingqing in the future?"
Huangfuxiu was also stunned, then smiled and said: "That's natural. Why, you don't want to change your surname?"
Chang Qingqing has been in Yaowang Valley for nearly half a month, and she feels the goodwill of Miao Changning and others. She is also willing to accept Miao Xiuzhu and his wife as their adopted daughter. But knowing that her brother Chang Shan is still in the world, she doesn't want to
I was willing to change my name, fearing that I would miss the opportunity to recognize each other in the future, so I nodded and told Huangfu Xiu what I was worried about.
After hearing this, Huangfuxiu sighed again, "Qingqing is so sensible, I think my father will not care about the surname issue. Well, does Qingqing want to change her name now?"
Chang Qingqing burst into tears after hearing this, hesitated for a moment, and finally sweetly called out "Mother" and felt something in her heart, and tears fell down again.
Huangfuxiu smiled with tears in her eyes and said, "Okay, okay, good daughter." But he hugged Chang Qingqing into his arms.
Miao Changning was overjoyed to learn that Chang Qingqing agreed. He chose an auspicious day to hold the adoption ceremony and even invited the surrounding hunters to attend the banquet, which showed how happy he was in his heart.
After Chang Qingqing practiced the Miao family's "Zhou Tian Gong Technique" every day, he took her into the mountains to identify herbs and medicines, and taught her the art of catching poisonous insects. Chang Qingqing was very diligent, coupled with her extraordinary courage, and her rapid progress, which made Miao Changning great.
To praise.
One morning after more than a month like this, a group of people suddenly came to the valley. The leader was a middle-aged scribe with a handsome face, about forty years old, followed by three children of fourteen or fifteen years old, and seven people around the age of
A young man in his twenties, and more than a dozen well-dressed men. Miao Changning, who was about to take Chang Qingqing into the mountains to collect herbs, was stunned. He looked at the crowd of people standing outside the bamboo wall, and when he looked puzzled, the scribe handed over his hand.
The greeting was, "Jiang Qiubai of Taibai Academy has met Master Miao Valley."
"Taibai Academy?" Miao Changning was startled. When he went to the academy to seek help from Chu Nanfeng that day, he was walking in a hurry and had never seen Jiang Qiubai. After hearing this, he raised his hand and returned the greeting: "Rare visitor, rare visitor."
He hurriedly opened the bamboo door and led Jiang Qiubai into the courtyard to sit down. He didn't know Jiang Qiubai's purpose for a while, so he glanced at the people and horses outside the bamboo fence and said, "How is Mr. Chu?"
"Thank you Valley Master for your concern. The mountain chief left the courtyard to look for Princess Ma."
Miao Changning was silent for a moment after hearing this. He had always been worried about Liu Gongwen's murder of Ma Xilan.
"This junior is here under the order of the Marquis, to ask Master Miao Valley for assistance." Jiang Qiubai got straight to the point and made his intention clear.
"Master Hou?" Miao Changning was puzzled for a moment.
Jiang Qiubai nodded, "The governor of Chanzhou, Marquis Guo Rongguo of Taiyuan County."
Looking at Miao Changning's increasingly puzzled appearance, Jiang Qiubai elaborated on his future intentions. It turned out that at that time, Min Zhenghua was entrusted by Guo Rong to prepare a batch of "March Pills" in the academy and took Cheng Rou there.
When he arrived at Guo Rong's office in Chanzhou, Guo Rong was overjoyed to see his master Min Zhenghua arrive. When Min Zhenghua was about to return, he tried his best to persuade him to stay, hoping that Min Zhenghua could stay and help. Unfortunately, Min Zhenghua had no intention of pursuing an official career and refused to resign. Guo Rong had no choice but to do so.
Then he asked Min Zhenghua to bring some military disciples to teach him the art of Qihuang.
There were a lot of wars at that time, and it was even harder to find medical officers in the army. Although Min Zhenghua was also proficient in the art of Qihuang, he was not good at wounds caused by swords and arrows, and some medicinal herbs were in short supply. I remembered that Chu Nanfeng had mentioned the Lord of the Medicine King Valley, and knew
With all the herbs in the valley, he introduced Miao Changning to Guo Rong. When Guo Rong found out, he entrusted Jiang Qiubai to come to Yaowang Valley and his party.
Miao Changning was silent for a while after hearing the purpose of Jiang Qiubai and his party. However, he wanted to be a healer, and it was his duty to save lives and heal the wounded, but he did not want to get involved in the official career. After Liu Gongwen's incident, he was very concerned about choosing disciples.
Rigorous, not only in terms of character, but also not wanting to spread the Miao family's medical skills easily.
I also thought that in the world, could it be the king's land? As a citizen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I might not be able to evade it, so I couldn't help but hesitate. However, I heard Jiang Qiubai smile and say: "Master Hou knows the rules of accepting disciples in the rivers and lakes, and he does not dare to embarrass Miao Gu.
Lord, I just hope that the Valley Master can teach me the method of detoxifying and avoiding diseases, such as knife and arrow wound therapy."
After saying this, Miao Changning knew that it would be difficult to refuse, so he nodded and said: "Even if Lord Guo has high hopes, I can't refuse."
He glanced at the people outside the courtyard and then around the bamboo tower inside the courtyard, with a wry smile on his face, "It's just..."
Jiang Qiubai thought he understood what he meant and said with a smile: "There are ten students in this group. The Marquis was afraid of disturbing the valley owner's Qing Xiu, so he ordered Jiang to find a place nearby to build a wooden house so as not to disturb the valley owner's family.
rest."
"Master Hou is so considerate of Miao, which makes Miao ashamed." Miao Changninglu did not expect Guo Rong to make such an arrangement, but he was filled with emotion.
Jiang Qiubai turned to look at the people outside the courtyard and pointed at the three children standing at the entrance of the courtyard. "These three children are talented and kind-hearted. Two of them are students of the academy. The tallest one on the left is named Yan Qiu."
, the one on the right is Gong Shaowen, and the young man in the middle is Zhao Kuangyi, the younger brother of Commander Zhao in Huazhou. I hope the Valley Master can give me more advice in the future."
It turned out that Guo Rong learned that Chu Nanfeng had left the hospital to look for Ma Xilan, and at the same time tacitly allowed the disciples in the hospital to make their own choices, so he asked Jiang Qiubai to go back to the hospital and ask each disciple if there was anyone who was willing to come to Yaowang Valley to study medicine, so that he could serve the future army.
Yan Qiu and Gong Shaowen were very good at Qihuang's skills, so they happily came together.
Miao Changning heard Jiang Qiubai specifically point out the origins of the three children, and knew that he wanted to accept the three of them as his disciples. He thought for a moment, "Let's talk about it if we are destined."
Jiang Qiubai knew that he couldn't ask for it, so he stood up and saluted: "Then, I will thank Master Miao Valley on behalf of the Marquis."
After greeting everyone and meeting Miao Valley Master, he led everyone to find a place not far from the bamboo house where Miao Changning lived, and prepared to build a wooden house.
The dozen or so well-dressed men seemed to be specially sent to build the wooden house. However, they had all the tools including axes, planes, saws and so on. By the evening, they also built a wooden house to stay temporarily. By the evening of the next day,
On the way, he actually built four wooden houses and purchased many daily necessities outside the valley, making it look like he was living there for a long time.
At noon on the third day, thinking that everything had been arranged, Jiang Qiubai came to the Zhulou Courtyard to say goodbye to Miao Changning.
Miao Changning recalled the promise he made to Chu Nanfeng in Youzhou that day. He looked at Chang Qingqing's figure by the creek and said, "I was saved by Mr. Chu in Youzhou that day. I was extremely grateful. I wanted to live a good life."
In the previous paragraph, I took Qingqing with me to say thank you. Today I learned that Mr. Chu was out, so I had to wait for another day. If Mr. Jiang meets Mr. Chu, please tell me... It is said that the little girl who escaped from the villain Liu Gongwen has arrived in the Valley of the Dead.
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Jiang Qiubai didn't know about Chang Qingqing, nor did he know that she was the younger sister of his junior brother Chang Shan. However, he nodded in agreement after hearing Miao Changning's instructions, leaving three children and seven young people behind, and left with those well-dressed men.
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It is a pity that Chang Qingqing is not around at this time. If she had not been smart, she would have asked who Chu Nanfeng was who was concerned about her whereabouts. Then she would naturally ask about Weng Mu and Luo Xiaoyao.
Looking at the ten disciples in front of him, Miao Changning smiled bitterly. After thinking for a while, he called Miao Xiuzhu, "Most of these disciples will be in the military in the future. Now you can teach them the antipyretic Marching Powder and Jinchuang Medicine."
Such as the identification of herbs... As for the pharmacology and preparation, we will teach them slowly. There are quite a lot of herbs for these medicinal herbs in the mountains, so you should first take them into the mountains to identify the herbs and medicines."
Miao Xiuzhu's medical skills were already quite impressive. Naturally, he learned these prescriptions by hand. He had been in the valley for a long time and had no place to display his unique skills. However, he was overjoyed to have ten more disciples in vain. Hearing this, he beamed with joy, "
The child obeys."
After saying that, he happily led everyone into the mountain to collect herbs. Looking at her husband with a child-like expression, Huangfuxiu couldn't help but smile.
Chang Qingqing and Miao Kexue were children. They usually collected herbs and practiced martial arts all day long, but they felt bored. Now that there were ten more children, they were naturally happy. In their spare time, they hunted birds with Zhao Kuangyi, Yan Qiu and others.
Yu was very happy. Miao Changning was originally very quiet, but when he saw his two granddaughters happy, he did not restrain himself.
For a period of time, I secretly observed Yan Qiu, Zhao Kuangyi, and Gong Shaowen, and felt that these three people were talents that could be developed. Considering that they were people from Taibai Academy and the imperial court, they were well-established, and they also felt that Chu Nanfeng was there.
Because of Youzhou's life-saving grace, he had the intention to teach medical skills. He thought that as long as he didn't teach the poisonous skills based on the Hundred Insects Poison Classic, it would be fine. Besides, his two granddaughters were young. If there were difficulties in the future, there would be someone there.
In response, thinking of this, he instructed Miao Xiuzhu to accept the three of them as disciples.
In mid-June, Jiang Qiubai, who had been away from the valley for less than twenty days, came to Yaowang Valley with several guards. On that day, Miao Changning and Chang Qingqing happened to go to the mountains to collect herbs. Miao Xiuzhu saw his expression.
In a hurry, he summoned the eagle "Cangmang" to send a message to Miao Changning in the mountains.
Miao Changning and Chang Qingqing hurried back and were surprised when they saw Jiang Qiubai. Before he could ask, Jiang Qiubai explained his intention.
It turns out that a plague suddenly broke out in the frontier troops in the northwest prefecture. At first, the military medical officer thought it was a common typhoid fever and treated it with "Sini Decoction". Unexpectedly, it did not work. Many officers and soldiers were crouched in aversion to cold, vomiting, exhausted, five or six
Twenty or thirty people died during the day. The commander of the border army felt bad and hurriedly reported the incident to the court in Bianjing.
Emperor Guo Wei of the Later Zhou Dynasty sent an imperial doctor there, but was unable to do anything. After Guo Rong learned about it, he ordered Jiang Qiubai to come to Yaowang Valley and ask Miao Changning for treatment.
Miao Changning pondered for a long time after hearing this. He thought that Fuzhou was located in a fortress, separated by the Yellow River and there were natural dangers. There was no severe drought or war here, so it was probably not a cholera epidemic. But Jiang Qiubai did not come from the border, and the officers and soldiers were ill.
The description was only approximate, and he thought he had to go to Fuzhou in person. He acted carefully, fearing that the herbs in the military camp at the border would not be complete, so he ordered Miao Xiuzhu to prepare various stored herbs and prepare a carriage to carry them, before he and Jiang Qiu arrived in Baiji.
Go to Fuzhou.
When he came to the isolated soldiers' camp in Fuzhou and checked the soldiers' pulse symptoms, Miao Changning was shocked. He immediately asked Jiang Qiubai to find out the source of the water, and at the same time strictly prohibited the soldiers from taking water for drinking.
It turned out that he had found out that the poison that these soldiers were poisoned by was the "Chao Xi Powder" from Yaowang Valley. This "Chao Xi Powder" was made from a poisonous herb called "Chaoyang Cao" mixed with some medicinal herbs in the Baicao Jing.
The name "Chao Xi San" means that people who are poisoned in the morning will die in the evening.
The person who used the poison diluted it in water to reduce the toxicity so that people would not die immediately, and added insect poison in order to spread the infection and infect the soldiers and civilians of Fuzhou.
Few people knew that Miao Changning vaguely guessed that it was Liu Gongwen who did it, and he was naturally shocked.
During the twenty days since the outbreak of the virus, more than a hundred soldiers had died, and more than a thousand people had been infected. Fortunately, the Fuzhou defense envoy Zhe Deqing isolated the soldiers in time, and the virus did not spread to the city.
Although Miao Changning had thought carefully, he did not expect that the soldiers had been poisoned by "Chaoxi Powder". To prepare the antidote, the herbs he brought were missing several herbs, so he had to take the soldiers to the nearby mountains to collect them.
It took five days before the antidote was prepared and the danger of the poisonous epidemic was relieved.