Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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"Amitabha, Brother Guo is still thoughtful, so let's do this."

Early the next morning, Guo Ye, together with Xuanzang, led a hundred soldiers to ambush in the forest.

The hard work paid off, and when it was almost noon, I heard the sound of piccolos and bursts of crying. A group of people, all dressed in white, came towards this side carrying a dozen corpses.

Guo Ye waved his hand and said, "Take it!"

Chapter 1877

The response of the man in white was far beyond Guo Ye's expectations.In his imagination, when this group of people saw a group of people surrounded themselves with waist knives, there were nothing more than two possibilities for their response.

First, take out your weapons and fight stubbornly.

Second, terrified and waiting to die.

However, in fact, they neither resisted nor frightened, but shouted joyfully, and even danced.

In the dense forest, there are dead bodies hanging all over, and a group of men in white are dancing inexplicable dances. How weird and weird this scene is!

A sergeant was frightened, and with the back of his knife facing outwards, he slashed at a man, saying, "Don't move! Stand still for me!"

Unexpectedly, this person would be even happier when he saw the knife. Not only did he not dodge at all, but he stretched his neck and made a hooting sound, as if he was afraid that the sergeant's knife would not be able to cut him accurately, and he would not be able to kill himself with a single blow.

What exactly is going on?

Guo Ye didn't order to kill people, and the sergeant just wanted to scare him, but now he didn't even dare to scare him, and said, "Qin... Qin Guogong... what should I do?"

Guo Ye also frowned. This group of white-clothed people, both male and female, were all hair-haired. Obviously, they were all Khitan people, and I wondered if they could understand Chinese.

He said in a loud voice: "Listen carefully, I am the imperial envoy of the Tang Dynasty, Guo Ye Guo Ziyi, the Duke of Qin, and I am sent to Khitan by the order of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Is there anyone among you who can speak Chinese? I have something to say." ask."

As soon as he finished speaking, the group of people fell silent.

A brawny man came out of the crowd and said, "I know you are from Tang Dynasty, you can tell from the clothes you wear. As for Chinese, we can understand and speak it."

"That's easy. Let me ask you, what are you doing here with a dozen dead bodies?"

"Isn't this obvious?" The burly man stretched out his hand and said, "Hang them all up."

"Hang it up?" Guo Ye pointed to the surrounding trees and said, "So, you hung up these corpses?"

"Yes."

"Then you killed these people too?"

"Kill? Fart!" The brawny man stared bull-eyed and said, "These people are all my clansmen, it's too late for me to protect them? How could I kill them? You're an asshole, you don't have a good heart, don't talk nonsense Eight ways!"

"You didn't kill it, so who killed it? I think these dead bodies are all in their prime of life, so they couldn't all die of illness, right?"

"Of course they didn't die of illness, they were killed by the devil!"

As soon as this remark came out, Tang Jun around was all horrified!

Originally, they felt that today's incident was a bit evil, but now they heard the strong man's own testimony, and they believed in the ghosts and gods even more.

When it comes to fighting on the battlefield, everyone is fearless, even if there is a sea of ​​corpses and blood in front of them, they will deal with it calmly, frowning is not considered a hero.

But the problem is, the current enemy is the devil!This thing is invisible and intangible, but it can kill people invisible!

Everyone's unique knowledge is useless in front of ghosts.Only ghosts kill people, but I can't fight back against ghosts in the slightest, I can only wait for death.

This way of dying is too aggrieved, how can you not be afraid?

Swish!

The eyes of the sergeants were all on Monk Xuanzang!

Xuanzang chanted the Buddha's name and said: "Amitabha, this benefactor, you said that they were all killed by demons, what proof do you have?"

"Certificate? Isn't it easy to get a certificate?" The big man pushed off the sleeve of a corpse and said, "Master, please look! Is this the work of a devil?"

Monk Xuanzang only glanced at it, and was so frightened that his ghosts froze. He said loudly, "Get out of the way! Everyone, get out of the way! Brother Guo, go, go! The farther you can get away from them, the better."

After speaking, he turned and ran!

As soon as Guo Ye stretched out his hand, he pinched Xuanzang's neck and said, "Great monk, what are you doing? Don't tell me you are a good monk, are you afraid of some devil?"

Xuanzang said: "I'm not afraid of the devil, but I'm really afraid of this thing! Let's go, we're late, I'm afraid everyone's life will be lost!"

"I really don't believe in evil!"

Guo Ye came to the corpse and looked carefully, only to see more than a dozen scars on the corpse's arms.Each scar is about the size of a coin, round in shape, with a depression in the middle, resembling a navel.

His heart moved, and he said, "Is this 'acne'? Or 'smallpox'?"

The big man shook his head and said: "What kind of acne or smallpox, I have never heard of it, I only know that it is called ghost face sore."

"Ghost sores?"

"Yes, whoever is possessed by the devil will have this mark on his body. People who get ghost sores will suffer from a serious illness, and nine out of ten of them will die. Even if they survive by chance, they will be covered with scars all over their bodies. The evil spirits are cast aside by the world!"

Monk Xuanzang pulled Guo Ye aside, and whispered in his ear: "Don't listen to his nonsense, these barbarians probably named it so because they saw that scar looks like a ghost's face. In fact, this is smallpox. Medicine can cure! Leave him alone, let's go."

Guo Ye shook his head slightly and said, "Run now, I'm afraid it's too late."

"late?"

"That's right. In the beginning, quite a few brothers had physical contact with these people. How do you know they weren't infected?"

"Whether the brothers are infected, let's talk about it later. The problem now is that there must be something wrong with this group of people. It's better for us to leave this place first."

"That can't be done! Smallpox is extremely contagious. Since the epidemic has already occurred, it may not be the only few people in front of us. Should we escape once we see each other? Can we escape exactly every time?"

"Brother Guo, what do you mean..."

"At this point, we can only find a way to let everyone gain the ability to fight against smallpox."

Xuanzang smiled wryly, and said, "Brother Guo, you are too imaginative. This is smallpox, one of the most incurable diseases in the world, even the genius doctor Sun Simiao is helpless! If you want people to gain the ability to fight against smallpox, you must let the Tathagata Buddha appear holy!"

Guo Ye said: "Don't be so absolute, I really don't have the ability to let the Tathagata Buddha, but I can easily deal with smallpox."

Xuanzang said seriously, "Brother Guo...no, Lord Qin, are you serious?"

"Why am I lying to you? Monk, think about it carefully. We have known each other for so many years. When did I say big things?"

"That's not true. But this matter is a bit too unbelievable. From ancient times to the present, countless people have died of this disease. If you can really research a way to restrain smallpox, such merits and virtues, I am afraid that even the Buddha would be ashamed of himself."

"I don't care if it's meritorious or not. As long as my brothers are safe and sound, I'm satisfied."