Chapter 48: Chivalry and Benevolence

"Brother Mo sent two children for me to take care of?"

Gu Dan was more or less confused.

Especially when he saw the baby in Gong Shangguo's arms, who was probably just born and still in swaddling clothes, he felt overwhelmed.

How could he have any experience in taking care of children? Such a small child looked interesting and cute in the arms of others, but it would be difficult for him to take care of it himself.

"Yes, Brother Gu has medical skills and can ensure that the child will not die young. It is most appropriate to leave the child with you." Gong Shangguo said affirmatively.

In this era, the child mortality rate is extremely terrifying, especially in childhood.

Even children of royal families often die young even if they receive the best care. This is also partly the reason why ordinary people have more children even if they are extremely poor.

He would rather let the extra children starve to death than gamble on the chance of having one child grow up lucky enough! Gu Dan was a family doctor, and his medical skills were at the pinnacle in this era, but his biological mother still died after giving birth to him. It was beyond human power to save her and she was powerless.

It may sound ridiculous that a big butt makes it easier to give birth, but it is actually a lesson learned from blood and tears by the people.

From this point of view, leaving the child with him is indeed the best option. At worst, we can hire a wet nurse to feed the child.

"All right."

Gu Dan sighed softly, he really couldn't refuse.

Mo Qiu was willing to work for the people of Dawn, regardless of his own safety. The child entrusted to him before he left was more or less a thought.

Taking the little baby from Gong Shangguo's arms, Gu Dan gently lifted a corner of the swaddling cloth and took a look. It was a boy, so he asked, "Does he have a name?"

"name."

Gong Shangguo thought for a moment, and saw the orange sunset in the distance about to sink into darkness. The red clouds in the sky left only a wisp of smoke. The sky was infinite and boundless, carrying everything alone. He was silent and blurted out for a moment: "How about calling Cang?"

"Cang? It's a very grand name."

Gu Dan nodded, "Then let's call him Mo Cang? This..."

Mo Cang, that means black sky, which is really not very auspicious and does not conform to the naming aesthetics of this era.

Gong Shangguo also shook his head repeatedly. The surname Mo and the name Cang were really inappropriate, so he couldn't help but say, "Since Brother Gu adopted him, why not call him Gu Cang?"

"That would be too big."

Gu Dan thought it was inappropriate, "Just call him Cang for now, and we can talk about his last name later. He is still a little kid."

"Okay."

Gong Shangguo nodded slightly, there would be plenty of time to think about these things slowly in the future.

"Come in and talk first. I'll take care of the child."

Gu Dan carried the baby to the bedside, thought for a moment, and placed the spirit stone that had not yet been fully absorbed next to the baby.

Anyway, even if no one absorbs the spirit stone, the spiritual energy will continue to dissipate outwards. His absorption capacity has already been saturated at this point, so he might as well give it to the little guy.

Cang was very well-behaved. He didn't make any noise or trouble. He just looked at Gu Dan quietly with his big eyes without blinking.

Gong Shangguo and Xun Ke walked in together, and Gu Dan brought out some tea. It was a cold winter day, and tea was indeed needed to warm the body.

"How did the trip to Yuzhou go? Who caused Brother Mo's injury?"

After finishing these trivial matters, Gu Dan finally asked.

Although he had not set foot in Yuzhou, he had received news from the imperial capital. The information he had obtained at great expense might have indicated that Yuzhou was extremely dangerous at this time.

"After learning that Yuzhou was hit by a celestial star, Brother Mo began to gather Mo practitioners, intending to go to Yuzhou to help with the disaster. But there was news that the celestial star was a so-called immortal stone, and even if one was just beside it, one could stay young and immortal.

After confirming that the source of the news was credible, Brother Mo knew that the matter was of great importance. If it went wrong, it would be a disaster that would overthrow the Nine Provinces. So he set out day and night to rush to Yuzhou alone, working day and night for ten days before arriving at the scene. "Gong Shangguo held the steaming teacup, his face full of admiration.

Yuzhou is thousands of miles away from the imperial capital, and most of the way is through dangerous mountains and forests. It took fifteen days for the news of the star falling into Yuzhou to be transmitted back to the imperial capital!

This is the shortest time taken by riding a horse at full speed, traveling day and night, running on a flat official road and at roadside post stations where one can change to a faster horse at any time.

"Traveling for ten days to reach Yuzhou?!"

Gu Dan's pupils shrank slightly. Although he expected Mo Qiu to be able to come from behind and get 20% of Tianxing, it was not easy, but he did not expect Mo Qiu to have such great perseverance.

The running speed of a martial arts master is indeed much faster than that of a fast horse. In a short period of time, even a thousand-mile horse has to move back a little and cannot even get the ashes.

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But such speed has a price. How can the true energy be endless? Wouldn't the body feel exhausted? Running for three or four hours is already a great achievement, but Mo Qiu ran for a full ten days, which is more than 60% faster than the urgent court documents! "It took me and a group of Mohists nearly twenty days to get to Yuzhou, and this was when all the Mohists were martial arts masters who worked day and night. In order to get to Yuzhou quickly, Brother Mo had no flesh on his legs, no hair on his shins, and he was bathed in heavy rain and combed by strong winds. Ordinary people can never do it!"

Gong Shangguo expressed admiration when he talked about this matter. "When we arrived, there were still countless Jianghu tyrants fighting each other. Some people were so bloodthirsty that as long as they saw someone, they would think that the other party had hidden the immortal stone. They would either hand it over or die. They had no rationality at all.

Brother Mo has already obtained the Immortal Stone and confirmed that it is not as useful as rumored, so it should not cause chaos in the world. But everyone has their own desires, and if they don't witness it with their own eyes and try it, they will not believe what outsiders say.

In addition, waves of Jianghu heroes who received the news poured into Yuzhou, wanting to compete for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become immortals. The chaos in Yuzhou was getting worse and worse! In order to avoid the most dangerous situation, Brother Mo stepped forward, holding the immortal stone, and visited the heroes who came one by one.

You can let them feel the authenticity of the immortal stone first, and then withdraw on their own. If they are unwilling to withdraw from Yuzhou, you can beat them into submission and then ask them again. If they still refuse to withdraw, you would rather kill them than spare their lives.

Many Mohists and I did not participate in the fight for the immortal stones. We just held the tiny pieces of immortal stones to tell those martial arts masters that these things could not make people immortal, or even make them become immortals.

Even so, more than half of the 180 Mohists who went there have been killed or injured!"

Gong Shang's eyes flashed with coldness and his voice was extremely cold.

It sounds simple, as if it can be summarized in just a few sentences.

But those Mohists who died in Yuzhou will never stand up again.

The matter in Yuzhou was able to be settled after three months, not because no one wanted to steal the immortal stones anymore, but because a group of Mohists left a warning with their lives.

Gu Dan opened his lips slightly. Gong Shangguo did not tell him the details in detail, but if you think about it, you will know that there are countless warriors who took the opportunity to attack Mo Qiu and Mo Zhe. It is not wrong to say "please don't try hard".

Being chivalrous and benevolent really requires risking one's life.

After a pause, Gu Dan asked, "Where is Xiong Qihu?"

Gong Shangguo was silent for a moment, then said, "He died at the hands of a martial arts master named Huang Chao."

(End of this chapter)