Chapter Fifteen The Trouble with Pamphlets

  That night, Du He stayed in Luoyang temporarily.

  Plan to rest for one night and continue on the next day.

  Du He stood outside the window, gazing at the bright moon in the sky, thinking about the various changes that had taken place since he came to the Tang Dynasty, and suddenly felt a sense of infinite emotion.

  Due to his own appearance, history has become non-historical, with many changes occurring. Among the greatest of these changes is that Du Ruhui and Empress Changsun are still alive today, as well as the Tibetan affair which he himself had a hand in bringing about.

  As for the matter of Tubo, Du He deeply believed in his own judgment!

  Although it will lead to bloodshed and cause some casualties, it has made the Tang Dynasty aware of the existence of Tubo, and it will not be allowed to develop freely on the plateau as in history. By the time they notice, Tubo's wings are already full, making it difficult to control.

  With the current strength of the Tang Dynasty, Tibet may still have some chance of winning if it hides on the plateau. If it is forced to come down from the highlands to fight, it will not be easy for it to avoid self-destruction.

  Du Ruhui and Empress Changsun are still alive today. Du He also chatted with Princess Changle and found out a bit of the reason why.

  In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Li Jing mysteriously fainted while escorting the "Heirloom Seal of the Realm", and the imperial physicians in Chang'an were at a loss. Emperor Taizong invited the famous physician Sun Simiao to treat Li Jing. At the same time, Du Ruhui's illness recurred, and Sun Simiao cured him with his wonderful skills.

  Li Shimin saw that Sun Simiao had extraordinary abilities and wanted to appoint him as the imperial physician. However, Sun Simiao smiled and declined, saying that he could only improve his medical skills by traveling around the world and investigating its complex and mysterious diseases.

  Li Shimin was open-minded and did not force anything, but only asked Sun Simiao to treat Empress Zhangsun and Princess Yongtai for their illnesses.

  Facing this stubborn disease of Qi Ji, Sun Simiao was also powerless, but he gave many effective opinions and suggestions, and expressed that he would study this difficult and complicated disease day and night.

  Five years later, in the ninth year of Zhenguan, Sun Simiao entered Chang'an again to pay respects to Li Shimin and presented him with the elixir he had researched for five years.

  Sun Simiao was not only the King of Medicine but also a medical fanatic. Once he encountered a difficult and complicated case, he would be so delighted that he forgot about food and sleep, devoting all his energy to it.

  In the past five years, he has been studying the treatment of gas diseases day and night, with remarkable results. He used nearly a hundred kinds of medicinal materials such as Taizi Shen, Cordyceps sinensis, Belamcanda chinensis, Trichosanthes, Areca nut, White Atractylodes, Licorice root, etc. to create the Baicao Dan.

  Although Baizhu Dan cannot cure Qi diseases, it can effectively regulate the spleen and lungs and reduce the incidence of Qi diseases.

  After taking Baicao Dan, Empress Changsun and Princess Changle's asthma attacks became less frequent and even when they did recur, they were not as severe as before. Their bodies also improved as a result.

  According to Du He's judgment, the key to changing the course of history lay in Li Jing's inexplicable coma during the transportation of the imperial jade seal.

  If it weren't for Li Jing's coma, Sun Simiao wouldn't have appeared in Chang'an and wouldn't have cured Du Ruhui's critical illness in time. Li Shimin also wouldn't have let a rustic doctor treat the empress due to Sun Simiao's magical healing skills.

  Empress Changsun also could not obtain the Hundred Herbs Pellet, which suppressed the Qi disease on her body.

  All these changes are unexpected, but in addition to being unexpected, they also make sense.

  As a divine doctor who can rival Bian Que and Hua Tuo, Sun Simiao indeed has the ability to bring people back from the dead!

  Another outstanding historical figure appeared before Du He, a miserable person now, an iron lady who would shake the world in the future, the first female emperor in Chinese history.

  Will she have such fate again because of her own appearance?

  Du He suddenly laughed at himself and thought, when did he become so sentimental.

  Looking at the night scene and listening to the buzzing of mosquitoes around him, Du He suddenly heard a faint moan.

  A horse carriage drove past on the street, and the groaning sound came from inside the carriage. Under the cover of night, Du He suddenly showed an interested expression after getting a clear look at the coachman on the carriage.

  The person driving the horse carriage was someone he knew, one of the bodyguards of that merchant from a few days ago.

  These days, Du He has been studying the meaning of that little booklet, but he still hasn't found any secrets. However, the reaction of that merchant confirms that this little booklet has a special significance.

  Now that I've run into these people again, it's a good opportunity for me to get to the bottom of things.

  Du He changed into his night-traveling clothes and jumped out of the third-floor window, closely following behind.

  The horse carriage was extremely eye-catching in this dark night, and followed from a distance. With Du He's lightness skill, it wouldn't even blow away dust.

  After many twists and turns, Du He followed them to the backyard of an inn in the west of the city.

  Du He hid in a dark place, watching from afar. There were five people in total, two guarding and two carrying down a sack from the car. The sack twisted and turned, occasionally letting out moans, clearly containing a person, and it seemed to be a woman.

  The last person knocked on the back door in a rhythmic manner!

  The back door opened and five people rushed in. The one who opened the door was that sly merchant, who locked it again after making sure no one was around.

  The wall of this inn is far inferior to that of Chang'an Inn, and Du He easily jumped into the courtyard.

  This is an independent backyard, although under the lights, you can still see many flowers planted in the yard, and various potted landscapes are arranged, elegant and quiet, with a lot of thought.

  In the center of the courtyard there is a fish pond and artificial rockery, green grass like a carpet, insects chirping and cicadas singing, making people forget that this is just a temporary residence in an inn, it's as if they have returned home.

  This should be a type of presidential suite that belongs to later generations, an independent villa specially prepared for the rich.

  On the right side of the courtyard stands a two-story small building, with lights shining brightly inside.

  Du He slipped past quietly under the cover of night and the trees, and when he got closer, he saw the group of merchant guards they had met at the tea shed a few days ago.

  Carefully looking around, it can be seen that there are people patrolling and guarding the courtyard all around, extremely tightly.

  But these people are far inferior to those guards of Tibet, although they are strict and not easily defeated.

  This is certainly no challenge for this cunning thief who knows how to fly over eaves and walk on walls!

  Du He looked at the situation and circled to the side of the building, jumping onto the second floor. His foot got stuck on the railing of the second floor, and he hung upside down like a golden hook, poking his head into the ventilation window on the eaves to look inside.

  At that moment, a huge shockwave hit, and I almost fell off the roof.

  In the brightly lit hall, apart from the treacherous merchant and his guards, there was also Wu Zha.

  Her hands and feet were tied up, looking quite disheveled, with an empty hemp sack beside her. The woman who had been caught was actually Wu Zhao.

  Du He saw Wu Zhao and did not show a frightened expression, very calm and rational, forgetting the surroundings, said: "Who are you, why catch me?" But she was still a girl, unintentionally, her slender body still trembled slightly.

  "Girl!" The merchant slowly walked up to Wu Zhen's front, "Don't pretend to be ignorant, if you don't want to suffer, just say it quickly. Besides, the little book is useless in your hands, what you want is only money, as long as you return the little book to me, I'll give you a hundred silver coins!"

  The merchant and Yan Yuese spoke with a smile, but their eyes revealed anxiety and unease.

  Du He's expression changed slightly, and that small booklet indeed had another use, otherwise this cunning merchant wouldn't have used such a tactic. But why did he want to capture Wu Zhao?

  I recalled what happened in the teahouse a few days ago and suddenly felt relieved.

  This swindler was mistaken, he didn't know that the little booklet had been taken away by himself, so he set his target on the most suspicious person.

  Mistaking Wu Zhaoyu's intention of selling jade for trying to attract his attention and steal from him, they thought Wu Zhaoyu had planned to steal from him.

  He couldn't be certain that Wu Zhao was the one who stole the book, but since the book was too important, he had to treat a dead horse as if it were alive.

  So he seized Wu Zhaoshi, who had nothing to do with this matter, for interrogation!

  What secrets does that little book hold!

  Du He became even more curious!

  PS: Fortunately, "The Thief" has already topped the new book chart. It's a bit embarrassing to say that the previous number one might have been due to the end of the monthly period, so it fell off the list and "The Thief" took its place at number one.

  Although it's not glorious, but also because of everyone's support, the second generation has achieved today's results.

  Thank you everyone!

  The second generation will be on the new book chart for only one more week at most, everyone work hard to support it and keep this first place!

  As a thank you, anyway it all blew up for two weeks, no less than the last week.

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