eurekapd Chapter 425: I met the General here
Chapter 425: I met the General here
Li Shizhen kowtowed and replied.
"My name is Li Shizhen, and I greet you, General."
Zhong Zicheng seemed not to hear, staring at Fang Xiaoxiao and the other person with his big, round eyes and laughing.
"May I ask how you two ladies are addressed?"
Fang Xiao glanced at the other party and her first impression was that he was exactly the same as the villainous monk and others she had encountered before—a group of people who held positions without doing any work.
But she quickly concealed the displeasure in her eyes and returned to her original position.
"My name is Li Die, General. You may call me Father."
Zhong Zicheng was completely taken aback and burst into laughter, a hearty and loud laugh.
"What a beautiful name! It has the grace of a lotus flower. Your father, your father, it seems that the girl must have been born into a scholarly family. Her father and his generation were all scholars!"
It's your father.
Fang Xiaoxiao smiled ingratiatingly without showing any emotion and corrected the other party.
"General, you are right. My daughter is your father, and of course you can call me by my childhood name!"
"Oh? What was your childhood name, my lady?"
"Ba Ba!"
"Daddy???"
Zhong Zicheng was completely bewildered, wondering why a girl would have such a strange nickname.
His name carries an air of dominance, making him seem like a completely different person from his appearance.
In ancient times, there was no such thing as calling someone "father," which is why Fang Xiaoxiao dared to make up such a story.
If this were modern times, the other party would probably beat him so badly he'd shit himself.
Zhong Zicheng then looked at Li Wan'er.
Li Wan'er was trembling like a leaf, whether from fear or something else, and even Fang Xiaoxiao mistook her for someone with epilepsy.
Zhong Zicheng looked at the petite, lovely, delicate woman with skin as smooth as jade and couldn't help but want to reach out and touch her. Fortunately, Fang Xiaoxiao stepped forward and blocked Li Wan'er behind her.
Fang Xiaoxiao said with a worried look on her face.
"General, do not approach. My sister may have epilepsy."
As someone who only knew how to lead charges and kill people, Zhong Zicheng had no idea about epilepsy, he joked.
"Baba, what's wrong with your sister? Why can't I, the general, get even a little closer?"
Li Shizhen immediately understood what Fang Xiaoxiao meant and stepped forward with a smile to dissuade Zhong Zicheng.
"Reporting to the General, what Lady Li said about epilepsy is an extremely rare and incurable disease. When it occurs, the patient will tremble uncontrollably and may also bite people."
"Bite?"
Zhong Zicheng stroked his beard, looking at Fang Xiaoxiao in front of him and Li Wan'er, who was trembling behind him, with a puzzled expression.
He was about to question them when he heard his lieutenant mutter something about how he had heard of this strange, incurable disease in his hometown, which not only bites people but also infects those bitten.
Upon hearing this, Zhong Zicheng's heart trembled, and he involuntarily took two steps back, staring at the people in front of him with disgust.
He immediately waved his hand, signaling the group to get lost.
Li Shizhen nodded and bowed hurriedly, leading Fang Xiaoxiao and Li Wan'er into the city.
No one stopped him from entering the city this time; after all, a dying man has no right to be cared for.
Furthermore, Zhong Zicheng's purpose this time was to seal off the city and trap all the people of Suzhou inside.
If there are still survivors, then set the city ablaze and burn it to the ground. In this way, the people in the city can be classified as bandits or barbarians.
It should be noted that the policy of controlling the army in the Great Yu Dynasty was almost one of giving them titles but not money or provisions.
The only way for that army to survive was to kill its commanders or rob them outright.
Since they were, after all, soldiers, they could not openly rob ordinary people and gentry.
As a result, a group of people came up with the idea of creating feuds and banditry in order to obtain money and food.
Since no war is going to happen, then we should create one ourselves.
Zhong Zicheng looked at Fang Xiaoxiao and her group entering the city with a mixture of disgust and regret on his face.
"That's what the lieutenant beside me said."
"General, there's nothing to regret. As long as we can seize all the treasures of Suzhou, we can have any women we want."
Zhong Zicheng pondered for a moment and then burst into laughter.
"Yes, yes, as long as you get the money, women are just a matter of price."
Inside Suzhou city.
Fang Xiaoxiao and Li Shizhen first settled down at the inn where they had stayed before, and then planned how to get all the pharmacies and clinics in the city to work together to create a treatment plan for plague patients.
She knew that the medicinal herbs she had were far from enough to save the entire population of Suzhou.
Li Wan'er had already taken a sedative and was no longer trembling.
She sat down at the square table, took a sip of tea, and paused before speaking.
"Xiao Xiao, you really scared me to death just now! I thought..."
Fang Xiaoxiao quickly interrupted.
"What do you think? Don't worry, Princess. As long as I'm here, no one will be able to bully you unless they can step over me!"
As he spoke, he stood up, looking quite smug.
In her opinion, having been here for over a year, some principles could be abandoned. Things like being low-key and learning to be tolerant were completely out of place in this dog-eat-dog world.
You must understand that in ancient times, it was a slave dynasty system; if you were afraid of things, you would be at the mercy of others.
Only feudal dynasties like this could produce an era where people ate each other.
However, upon hearing this, Li Shizhen almost laughed so hard that he dropped the wine pot he was holding.
"Madam Fang, you are quite humorous. If we hadn't cooperated well just now, that general would probably have stepped over you."
"Master, if you don't know how to have a conversation, don't force it!"
Fang Xiaoxiao knew what the Taoist priest meant, so she could only awkwardly but politely retort.
The three of them chatted and ate in the room.
As the sun began to set, Fang Xiaoxiao realized she could ask the prefect for help.
Li Shizhen nodded.
“Madam Fang, I think this is quite good. It just so happens that I know Prefect Qian.”
"!!!"
Does this disheveled old Taoist priest know the prefect?
Confused, Fang Xiaoxiao quickly asked for details.
"Taoist Master, don't talk nonsense while you're drunk. Just like my friend, before drinking he was from Sichuan, but after drinking he's all Sichuanese!"
"Sichuan? I've never heard of the place Madam Fang mentioned."
"Oh, none of that matters. What matters is that you actually know the prefect, not that you're just joking around with us."
“Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, I have never spoken falsely.”
The old Taoist priest took a sip of the murky, inferior wine, his eyes filled with certainty.
Now that the agreement has been reached, we can wait for each of us to perform our duties tomorrow.
Fang Xiaoxiao and Li Wan'er slept in the same bed, while the old Taoist slept alone.
Just as Fang Xiaoxiao was dreaming of singing with seven male models in a KTV, she suddenly heard the door open. The person who appeared was none other than Pei Yan, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
"Xiao Xiao, wake up quickly!"
"Stop fooling around, Pei Yan. If you want to drink whiskey, pour it yourself. Don't bother your sister while she's touching her abs."
"???"
Pei Yan, who jumped in through the window, was puzzled by her sleep-talking and even pressed her for an explanation.
"What whiskey? What male model? Wake up! We need to get out of here right now!"
Before arriving in Suzhou, he learned about the army's plan to destroy the city from his scouts.