kvmb Chapter 1128 Zhuang Zhou Mengdie
Chapter 1128 Zhuang Zhou Mengdie
The sun rises as usual and life goes on.
The next day, His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who had recovered as normal, brought Zhang Zhenxuan and Li Chunfeng to the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion and showed them the cows he had selected.
"Zhenxuan, Chunfeng, do you know how to prevent and treat pea sores?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu said, pointing to the five cows in front of him and said, "This is the answer."
"Your Highness, I have never heard that you can prevent and treat plague." Zhang Zhenxuan has been almost inseparable from King Chu over the years. He has become accustomed to this old man's bragging, so he naturally did not take seriously what he said before about becoming a "peerless genius doctor."
"I have always kept a low profile, don't you know that?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu blinked when he heard this, then pointed at five cows and explained to the two men, "As long as we inoculate these healthy cows with pea pox, and then wait patiently for half a month, these cows will develop cowpox. By then, we can squeeze the cowpox, take out the pus, and then inoculate it on humans.
People who have been vaccinated against smallpox will probably feel a little unwell for one to five days, but will then return to normal.
And from now on, you will never be infected with pea sores in your life." After His Royal Highness the King of Chu finished speaking, he saw that the two people had complicated expressions, so he immediately frowned and said, "What's wrong?"
"Your Highness, please tell me the truth." Zhang Zhenxuan was silent for a long time before he asked Li Kuan solemnly, "Did Taoist Sun teach you this method?"
"I..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was about to explain when he heard this, but then he changed his mind - what is his reputation, and what is Taoist Sun's reputation?
then……
"All along... I have been hiding my incompetence from others, so as not to make those ministers in the court jealous of my talent. But who would have thought..."
"——Okay, Your Highness, we got it." Li Chunfeng, who was standing by, immediately came up with a god-level rescue plan: "This method was thought up by Taoist Sun based on your suggestion. In the final analysis, this is the credit of both of you."
"Chunfeng...you bastard..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was halfway through his performance when someone came up and pulled the ladder away. He was helpless: "Don't be so considerate next time!"
"Your Highness, is this reliable?" Zhang Zhenxuan frowned slightly when he heard this: "Pea sores... this is..."
"Don't worry, it's definitely reliable!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Besides, I will vaccinate all my family members with this cowpox later."
To be honest, His Royal Highness the King of Chu encountered this kind of thing only after coming to India. Before that, whether in the Tang Dynasty, the Northwest, or Goguryeo, he had never encountered a smallpox epidemic, so he didn't think about it that way.
"Your Highness, you really can do it?" After hearing that His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu was going to vaccinate his family with the so-called 'cowpox', Zhang Zhenxuan finally believed it.
"What else?" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu crossed his arms over his chest, boasting while not forgetting to mention Taoist Sun who knew nothing about this: "Of course, Taoist Sun should be credited with the greatest credit for this matter."
"Then, Your Highness, what are you going to do next?" Li Chunfeng thought for a moment and said, "Although we easily took Luowei City and now we have established a country with this city, there are many small countries around us that are not obedient to us, not to mention that the King of Central India, Alonashun, has also noticed us.
Although we can move freely among these enemies, it may be difficult to make this new Daqian country grow stronger. "
"Alas... it's more comfortable to be a bandit..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu couldn't help but sigh with his hand on his forehead after hearing this. Then he pondered for a moment and said, "As the saying goes, 'to catch a thief, you must first catch the leader'. If you want to establish your authority, the best way is not to 'kill the chicken to scare the monkey', but to 'kill the monkey to scare the chicken'.
Why don't we go directly to the capital of Magadha Kingdom in Central India, Kusumu City, and kill Alonashun with a single blow? "When His Majesty the King of Chu said this, he couldn't help but glow with excitement.
"Then let's just leave this Luowei City..."
"Alas! Chunfeng, how did you cultivate the Tao?!" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu could not help but scolded: "Daoist friend, you are obsessed!"
"Huh?" After King Chu called him "fellow Taoist", Li Chunfeng was afraid that he would not be able to sleep well tonight.
"Anyway, this war is not fought within our borders. We will win no matter how we fight. Why bother about the gains and losses of a city or a piece of land?" At this time, His Royal Highness the King of Chu had a wise smile on his face. "I will find a place in the city and send a few people to keep these five cows in a pen. Then I will take away all the wealth in the city lord's mansion. As for the rest, I have no right to control it, right?"
"Your Highness, you want to use Luowei City as fat meat to attract everyone's attention, and then take advantage of the chaos to go to Qunu City and capture Alona Shun, right?" Zhang Zhenxuan found that if he was not careful, he might miss the important information in the words of His Highness the King of Chu.
"After all, I promised everyone at the beginning that whoever can capture Songtsen Gampo will be rewarded with a city. I will certainly not break my promise."
"Yuwen Qing may not accept this generous reward." Zhang Zhenxuan knew Yuwen Qing. Although he seemed to have a rough temperament, as a retainer of the Dou family, he was always very sensible.
"He doesn't want it? He doesn't want me to give it to Mu Yao!" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu said smugly, "This is not a big deal at all!"
"Well, Your Highness the Prince of Chu is wise!"
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"What's so brilliant?! Call him the Prince of Gu!" - Chang'an in April is full of spring.
Early in the morning of that day, the Crown Prince suddenly woke up from his dream. He didn't know what had gone wrong. After getting angry at the Crown Princess Hou who had expressed concern for him, he hurried to the study, and after searching hurriedly on the bookshelf for a while, he finally took down a palm-sized brocade box from the top of the bookshelf.
“Brother Kuan…” His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stretched out his hand tremblingly, opened the brocade box, and then gently stroked the peach charm fragments lying inside with his fingers. At this moment, his tone was full of incredible pain, as well as guilt and emotion from the bottom of his heart: “It turns out…all these years…you have silently borne so much for my elder brother…for my father…for my mother…for all of us…”
Outside the imperial palace, in the Zhongnan Mountains, in an ancient Taoist temple, an old Taoist priest dressed in a black robe stood under the patio, looking at the big yellow crane that just flew over his head, with a carefree look on his face: "Zhuang Zhou dreamed of being a butterfly, and the butterfly dreamed of Zhuang Zhou. Life is full of ups and downs... Who can tell the difference..." (Note 1)
(The reason for starting with one update is that the book has officially entered the final stage. Facing the final direction of the story, I am a little difficult to decide, so I write it with some caution. I hope you can understand.)