C1290
C1290
"Everyone, don't push. Come one at a time. Everyone has a share." On top of a few large pots filled with white porridge, there were three extremely beautiful women waiting in a long line for the relief of the commoners. The porridge had turned into a breathtaking scene.
"Wushuang, look at how thin these people are. It's almost winter, shouldn't we prepare some cotton robes and give it to them?" Meanwhile, one of the blue clothed young women that had a dignified and generous appearance and extraordinary bearing asked the white clothed young girl beside her.
"Qinglan Sis, if you didn't say anything, I would have really forgotten about it." I will get Commander Li to send a message regarding Holy Dragon Kingdom and deliver a batch of cotton-padded robes over. " The woman in white answered immediately.
These two girls were Ji Wushuang and Cao Qinglan.
"I'm so tired. My waist is sore from standing. Why did I come to this crappy place with you for? If I knew it wouldn't be fun, I wouldn't have come." Shortly after, the other woman in red pouted and complained.
"I'm Miss Xi Men. No one asked you to come. You had to follow them yourself. Who are you blaming?" The woman in white immediately scolded.
"Ji Wushuang, I've tolerated you for a long time. I was just saying that. If you have nothing better to do, then just grab my little braid." When Ximen Xue heard this, she immediately choked.
"If you don't like it, close your ears. Or, return to the Holy Dragon Kingdom to be your big miss. " The woman in white really didn't give him any face at all.
"Hmph, today I must teach you a lesson, or else, I will have your surname." Ximen Xue waved her spoon as she spoke, staring at Ji Wushuang with her round eyes.
"Ji Xue, this name sounds nice, so I'll let you have it." Ji Wushuang retorted sharply.
Ximen Xue was angered to the point that she couldn't even move a muscle. She stretched her body and closed in on Ji Wushuang.
Seeing the situation, Ji Wushuang did not show any signs of backing down and immediately assumed a posture.
When the commoners saw this, they naturally retreated far away in fright.
"Stop messing around, he was scared away by you guys." Cao Qinglan did not know whether to laugh or cry. However, since this was not the first time, she was not surprised.
At this time, an old figure dressed in coarse clothes with a bamboo hat on his head and carrying all kinds of herbs on his back suddenly appeared in the crowd. Under the bamboo hat that was slightly raised, a pair of bright eyes fell on Ji Wushuang and the other two girls. However, the eyes under the bamboo hat grew dimmer as well, full of nostalgia.
Just as this old figure was about to leave, suddenly, a commotion sounded out from within the crowded crowd, and immediately after, the group of people dispersed as if they had seen a terrifying monster. And in the middle of the crowd, a 15 to 16 year old child fell onto the ground, his entire body trembling and his skin black and green.
"Plague... "It's the plague …"
"The plague is here again!"
"Hurry up or we'll be infected."
"..."
Very soon, the entire crowd was in a state of panic, as if they were in a state of chaos.
Upon seeing this, Ji Wushuang and Ximen Xue, who were in the midst of fighting, immediately looked at each other. They hurriedly spread out their bodies in tacit understanding, appearing in the middle of the crowd as they shouted, "Don't panic, everyone move more than ten meters away."
After the shouts from Ji Wushuang and Ximen Xue, the frantic crowd gradually calmed down, as if they had eaten a pill of reassurance. Everyone retreated ten meters away.
On the other side, Cao Qinglan had also led a group of soldiers to seal off the surroundings.
Ji Wushuang and Ximen Xue then walked over to the child and carefully inspected him.
"It really does seem to be a plague, and is extremely similar to the one that erupted from the Holy Dragon Kingdom back then …" Ji Wushuang said lightly as she looked at him with cold eyes.
When the commoners around them heard this, they immediately became restless, as if they were extremely afraid.
"Looks like this area will be isolated." Ji Wushuang said to Ximen Xue.
Ximen Xue nodded.
Just as Ji Wushuang was about to isolate herself, a voice suddenly rang out. "He's not suffering from the plague. Don't be nervous!"
When everyone present heard this, they immediately turned their heads over and saw that the speaker was an old man wearing a bamboo hat.
Ji Wushuang and Ximen Xue also noticed the old man. Ji Wushuang then asked, "Sir, are you a doctor?"
"Something like that." The old man replied.
"Why are you sure it's not the plague?" Ximen Xue asked immediately.
"I just know." The old man answered simply.
At this time, the crowd also began to stir up. They all thought that the old man was pretending to not understand as they all started to talk to each other.
"Does the old gentleman have a way to cure him?" Ji Wushuang asked.
"As long as we can find a large barrel, make a pot of jute, three pieces of delicate dragon grass, eight kilograms of tianji, and some hot water, he'll be able to recover in fifteen minutes." The old man immediately said.
"Are you for real?" Or if you can't cure him, I'll only ask you that. " Ximen Xue didn't seem to believe it either.
"Wushuang, why don't you give it a try?" Cao Qinglan pondered.
Ji Wushuang listened and glanced at the old man. Actually, she had felt a sense of familiarity when she first saw the old man, but she had definitely never seen him before, so she felt a little strange. However, from the old man's words, she had an intuition of believing what he said.
Therefore, Ji Wushuang immediately sent people to prepare the huge vat and the medicinal ingredients that the old man had mentioned.
"Miss Wushuang, apart from Long Jiao Grass, everything else is ready." Not long after, the vat and most of the herbs were delivered, but one herb was still missing.
"I have one here." As he spoke, the old man had already taken out three delicate dragons grass from the medicine basket behind him.
At this moment, Commander Li was about to go and get it, but was immediately stopped by Ji Wushuang. Ji Wushuang was planning to take it herself, but when she saw that Ji Wushuang's gaze was fixated on the old man, her gaze seemed to be suspicious of something. When she took the three delicate dragons from the old man's hands, she intentionally looked at the face under the bamboo hat.
"Thank you." Ji Wushuang couldn't help but retract her gaze, because she felt that perhaps she was overthinking things. This old man was just an old man, there was nothing to doubt.
After Ji Wushuang brought back the three delicate grasses, she ordered someone to fill the vat with hot water. She then soaked all the medicinal plants in hot water. Soon after, she carried the child into the vat and soaked him in hot water.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the strange symptoms of the child began to slowly fade away, and his skin gradually regained its rosy color.
"It really isn't a plague." Upon seeing this, Ximen Xue couldn't help but mutter.
Ji Wushuang immediately turned back to look at the old man, only to discover that he had already disappeared.