In the room, one person and one fox sat opposite each other.
The Taoist sitting cross-legged was very tired. The fox had traveled continuously for more than a thousand miles. When he came back, he was fighting with the gods again, and he couldn't even open his eyes.
Lin Jue touched its head with some distress:
"Thank you so much for your hard work."
"Hey!"
The fox had no strength and let him stroke it.
"When did you find them? I thought you wouldn't be able to come back until tomorrow at least." Lin Jue said.
"Run very fast~"
The fox replied briefly.
"Thank you."
"No thanks!"
"How many senior brothers have rushed back?"
"Fifth Senior Brother~"
"Fifth senior brother? How did you come back?"
"Ride the horse!"
"I don't know when we will be able to come back." Lin Jue frowned and said, "Cuiwei has sealed the city now. If the fifth senior brother arrives and we don't pick him up, he may not be able to get in."
"I met him on the road and pressed his paw prints!" the fox replied simply.
"Huh?" Lin Jue was surprised, "You are smart."
"Hmm~"
"Did you have meal?"
"My stomach is growling! I want to sleep!"
"Then wait, I'm going to cook something for you. At this moment, the innkeeper, cook, accountant and waiter are all gone. We are the only ones left. I have to go to the back kitchen to see if there are any clean ingredients. Just in time.
It’s better to sleep soundly when you’re full, so just eat and then sleep.”
"Woo~"
The fox then lay down obediently, put his chin on the floor, and narrowed his eyes to a narrow slit. But he had to wait for the meal, so he couldn't bear to close his eyes, so he blinked and blinked. The whole fox was wandering between sleeping and not sleeping.
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It's true that no one is taking care of the inn anymore.
Perhaps because of frequent contact with people, the innkeeper, cook, accountant and clerk were all spared. Fortunately, although this disease is terrible, it does not kill people in a day or two. This morning the inn's cook was still in a daze.
I cooked a pot of rice and ate it until evening.
But Lin Jue went to take a look and found that there was nothing left.
Even the pots and dishes were not washed.
Lin Jue then washed the pots and bowls, found a piece of bacon and some spring bamboo shoots, and cooked a pot of bacon and bamboo shoot soup.
Back in the room, the fox was still in the same position, lying on the ground like a big fluffy white blanket, and had closed his eyes and fell asleep.
But it has a special ability——
Just put the food in front of it, and it will wake up naturally when it smells the smell.
Get up, not wake up.
Maybe it won't open its eyes, or maybe it won't be conscious when it opens its eyes. Anyway, this dazed state does not affect its ability to eat, and it can still finish the meal, and continue to sleep after eating, seamlessly.
There was a chirping sound in the room.
Lin Jue also lay on the bed. He was also tired and sleepy. He covered himself with a bearskin blanket, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The next morning.
Lin Jue was still pouring potions in the lobby of the inn, while the fox sat motionless at his feet, watching the people coming and going and being alert to see if any official ghosts would come back to cause trouble.
The city government has begun to quarantine all those who are sick. Because of Lin Jue's presence, there were also powerful officials in the city among the people who came to receive the potion yesterday, so the quarantine location was set here.
In this day and age, it was called a disaster place, and this is what the saying goes: "Those who are sick of the people will give up their empty houses to buy medicine."
This makes it easier for people to receive medicine.
People still lined up in long queues.
But Lin Jue's medicine is about to run out.
One after another, Chinese doctors from the city came to him and respectfully asked him how the elixir was refined and what methods it had to cure the epidemic. When they heard that it was a spiritual elixir refined by Taoists, they had no choice but to give up with regret.
As for how to treat the epidemic, Lin Jue didn't know how to do it. He could only say that his senior brother was already on the way.
About noon——
The fox was concentrating on guarding. He turned his head as if he noticed something. He turned his head and glanced south, then looked at Lin Jue.
"Woo!"
"Um?"
Lin Jue immediately understood its meaning.
So he put down the melon gourd in his hand and glanced at the half bucket of water left next to him. It happened that the doctor who had just come to ask him, who was also infected with the plague, had not gone far, so Lin Jue called him back and asked him to cast the potion for him.
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At the same time he said to everyone:
"Sorry, my senior brother has already arrived outside the city. Maybe he can find a way. I have to pick him up and take him into the city. I will leave for a while."
After saying that, he stood up and walked out.
This area of ​​​​the neighborhood has been sealed off, but the guard guard also knows Lin Jue and knows that he is a wise man. When he sees Lin Jue come out, he immediately respectfully lets him go.
Lin Jue went all the way to the city gate.
The city gate has also been closed long ago and is guarded.
"Who is coming? Stop!"
"The county magistrate has issued an order that no one can leave the city!"
"Don't be rude! That's the immortal master who used the elixir in the city! My mother and younger brother have both gone to ask for his elixir!" Someone recognized Lin Jue and saluted quickly, "Where are the immortals?"
"I'm just a Taoist, not a god. Don't worry, I won't leave the city."
Lin Jue was afraid of scaring them, so he stopped a few feet away from them and said to them:
"My senior brother majors in medicine. He heard about the severe epidemic here. He traveled through the starry night and rushed here. At this time, he has arrived outside the city. If you see a Taoist priest on horseback, please let him in."
"Fairy senior brother..."
Many guards couldn't help but look at each other.
In fact, from the night before yesterday to the day today, people have been getting sick one after another, but there is a sequence. There have been rumors in the city that everyone has been sick. Those who don't seem to be sick are just because the worms in their stomachs have not hatched yet. Still
Some people say that if the epidemic cannot be cured, the military camps outside the city may besiege the city and not let anyone out, leaving them to fend for themselves.
Therefore, even though they may not appear to be sick, they are actually feeling anxious and uneasy inside.
Now I heard that a Taoist who is good at medical skills is willing to come to the city, and he is still the senior brother of this immortal. I am grateful before it is too late, so how can I have any intention of rejecting him.
"The county magistrate has an order not to go out, but he didn't say not to come in. Senior brother who doesn't know the gods..."
As soon as I said this, there was the sound of horse hooves in the distance.
At this moment, it was much quieter than usual outside Cuiwei City. The sound of horse hooves seemed to be echoing in the mountains. It came from a distance, but it was very clear.
Many guards looked towards the city wall.
There are also guards on the city walls.
But at this time, they did not shout or report.
All because they were already stunned at this time——
To be continued...