Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1602 Li Er's Illness

Tai Chi Palace, Dragon Palace.

His Majesty Li Er wore a loose robe and sat barefoot on the brocade couch. His hair was loose and was being tied up with a brocade belt by the court lady. Leaning on the knee, press the thumb and middle finger of the right hand on the temples on both sides respectively, and press down hard to relieve the discomfort in the head.

As he got older, his headaches became more and more severe, which often kept him awake at night.

Especially since the death of Empress Changsun, he had become seriously ill due to depression. Since then, not only had his headaches intensified, but he was also accompanied by symptoms such as chest tightness and heart palpitations, and his memory gradually faded.This caused him to be tortured, mentally exhausted, and even the affairs of the bed, which had always been fierce and fierce, gradually decreased, causing complaints in the harem...

His Majesty Li Er was very upset when he was awakened from his sleep.

It is impossible for ordinary people to fathom the amount of energy required to govern such a large empire. After all the painstaking efforts, they can't even sleep well. Who can not be irritable?

Rubbing his temples, he drank the double ginseng tea handed over by the maid, put down the jade bowl, and asked in a low voice, "Where is Li Junxian?"

The maid did not dare to answer the words, Wang De, the head servant at the side, bowed and said, "Return to Your Majesty, General Li is waiting outside."

His Majesty Li Er snorted, and said: "Let him come in, Kui Ye Kou Que, if there is no urgent matter that has to be done, let's see whether I will spare him or not!"

People who get up angry are unreasonable.

Wang Dequan pretended not to hear, and replied: "Here!"

He took two steps back, turned around and walked out of the hall, and called Li Junxian in.

Li Junxian dressed in military uniform, strode into the hall, knelt down on one knee in front of His Majesty Li Er, and said loudly: "The last general will hold the gate late at night, and report to Your Majesty in case of an emergency."

His Majesty Li Er hummed, straightened his body, and said in a deep voice: "Let's hear it, is it the rebellion in the Western Regions, or is it because the bureaucrats gathered together to rebel and attack prefectures and counties?"

"Uh……"

Li Junxian froze for a moment, thinking what kind of tone was this?
It's a bit baffling...

Thinking about the meaning of the emperor's words, he simply ignored them and said, "Malaria broke out in Shilipo, more than ten miles south of the city, and the village was empty. It can ravage Chang'an, and now the Jingzhao government has put all the surrounding villages under martial law, and it is not yet known whether other nearby villages will be infected."

"what?!"

His Majesty Li Er was startled, and subconsciously stood up, all the exhaustion disappeared in an instant, and his spirit suddenly became clear.

"Didn't it mean that cases of malaria were only found in the northern mountainous area? When did the infection reach Chang'an?"

He couldn't help but not be nervous. A plague of a certain scale is enough to shake the foundation of the empire. All the wealth and stability will be wiped out in front of the raging plague. No matter how powerful the empire is, it can't stop the raging plague.

But right now, malaria has actually invaded the important areas of Gyeonggi, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are still unaware...

"What does the Jingzhao Mansion do? Such an important matter has not been discovered until now?"

The emperor was furious and shouted loudly.

In fact, this is not entirely to blame for Jingzhao Mansion's inaction...

These days, seeing a doctor is all about checking the pulse. The poor don’t even go to a doctor when they have a headache.

The common people don't know it themselves, they think it's a common disease and it will pass after an anti-resistance, so naturally they won't spread it everywhere. The Jingzhao Mansion manages more than a dozen counties in Guanzhong, as well as Chang'an, which is a big city. It is inevitable that there will be insufficient manpower. Everything is under control, and omissions are inevitable...

Li Junxian didn't dare to answer this question. It is not appropriate to excuse Ma Zhou, and it is even more inappropriate to add insult to injury, so he continued: "There is still one thing that needs to be decided by His Majesty. Dozens of soldiers from the army are hiding in the hills north of Shilipo Above, he intended to wait for an opportunity to murder Hou Fangjun of Huating, but Fang Jun found out about the situation and led his troops to destroy it. According to the confession of the captured soldiers, there were suspected spies lurking in Shilipo. When Fang Jun and others arrived, the spies But they still withdrew, that's why they accidentally discovered the situation of Shilipo."

"Someone mobilized soldiers to hide near Gyeonggi with the intention of murdering Fang Jun?"

His Majesty Li Er's head hurt, and his anger rose!

It just doesn't make sense!
Compared with spies, what made him more angry were those hidden soldiers!In an important place in the capital, it is already a capital offense to dare to privately transfer troops and horses, but how dare you murder a marquis and son-in-law?
Today is to murder Fang Er, so will it be Li Er's turn tomorrow? !

What audacity!
"Investigate! Let me check clearly! I want to see who has the courage to set up troops to commit murder in Chang'an? Find out, I will punish his nine clans and destroy his whole family!"

The already irritable emotions were completely aroused, His Majesty the Emperor was furious, and the thunder was furious!
Li Junxian fell on the ground and did not dare to make a sound. After the emperor vented, he said: "The final general has already found out that there are many soldiers from Youwu Houwei among the soldiers. It's just that these soldiers only admit that they want to murder Fang Jun, but refuse. Confess who was instigating, and even more deny that the mastermind behind the scenes is General Qiu."

His Majesty Li Er was full of anger, but he was taken aback for a moment: "Youwu Marquis Wei? Can't make mistakes?"

If you say it out loud, you know you can't go wrong.How could he not know what virtue that old man Qiu Xinggong possessed?The most is a person who must take revenge, his son died so miserable, it would be a ghost if he didn't seek revenge.

Li Junxian said: "There will be no mistakes."

His Majesty Li Er pondered for a while, then sat back on the brocade couch, sighed, rubbed his temples, and said: "Execute all those soldiers, and then you go and order Qiu Xinggong for me, so that he can do it for himself... ..."

After a pause, he changed his mind: "It's better to wait until the funeral of the Qiu family is over, and then go to the door to warn."

After all, Qiu Xinggong was a veteran who followed him on the saddle and charged into battle. Although he was a bit tyrannical, his loyalty was unquestionable. Moreover, Qiu Shenji's death was extremely miserable. As a father, how could he remain indifferent?The methods are a little harsher, even if the national law is intolerable, after all, there are excusable circumstances.

Of course, this is based on the fact that Fang Jun is not injured. If Fang Jun has any accidents, it is definitely not as simple as a warning.

You Qiu Xinggong is an old brother, isn't Fang Xuanling?

In terms of meritorious service, two Qiu Xinggongs are no match for one Fang Xuanling...

Li Junxian replied: "No! Now the Jingzhao Mansion has sealed off Pingkangfang, searching for Sun Wu, the captain of the guarding school, trying to find out the whereabouts of the spies. I wonder if Your Majesty has an order?"

His Majesty Li Er looked dimly: "Eldest Sun Wu? Is he a child of the eldest grandson's family?"

"It's a distant branch of the eldest grandson's family."

His Majesty Li Er was silent for a while, and said in a deep tone: "Then wait until after the arrest and interrogation, no matter what the result is, send him to Zhao Guogong's mansion."

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Yanping Gate.

On the upper floor of the city gate, candles are brightly lit.

The soldiers on duty were divided into several waves. Except for the soldiers who went out to patrol the city, the rest did not sleep peacefully, and they all talked about Fang Jun's entry into the city just now.

"Lieutenant Changsun may suffer disaster this time."

"That's right, who doesn't know that Fang Jun and the eldest grandson's family have been at loggerheads? It's been rumored that Fang Er had an affair with Princess Changle, so he planned to frame Changsun Chong. Later, eldest grandson Dan also died inexplicably, and was also involved with Fang Jun." Because of the relationship, even Zhao Guogong was repeatedly contradicted by Fang Jun in the court, and he couldn't get down..."

"Didn't you hear? The city is noisy, and I'm afraid something big will happen."

"Is that guy wearing the hat really a spy?"

"Who knows, maybe Fang Er just wants to deal with Captain Sun Xiaowei, and wants to impose a crime on him?"

"That's hard to say, I also feel suspicious when I look at that guy wearing a bamboo hat..."

Everyone talked a lot, and they lost their sleepiness. In fact, they were a little nervous in their hearts. If it is true that Grandson Wu has something to do with spies, so many soldiers will be implicated. After all, once spies are involved, strict investigation is certain. What else will it cause?

At this moment, someone outside the city suddenly heard shouting: "Open the city gate!"

The soldiers looked at each other, what happened tonight?

Knock on the gate of the city one after another, go to the market...

The soldiers patrolling the city outside shouted loudly on the tower, "Who is the one who detained the city?"

There were two people riding horses in the city, and one of them said: "We are the imperial physicians of the imperial hospital. We were ordered by the emperor to develop a medicine to treat malaria. Now that the medicine test is successful, I will come to the city to report to your majesty! You open the door quickly, if you miss it Such a major event is unforgivable!"

What?
Under the orders of the emperor to develop a medicine to treat malaria?

Doesn't that mean that there is now a cure for malaria? !
No one is unaware of the dangers of malaria. These days, it has been rumored that malaria patients have been sporadically found in some counties in the north, and people in Chang'an are also in panic...

The soldiers who were not on duty got up one after another, rushed out in a swarm, lay down on the edge of the arrow stack, and asked loudly: "This statement is true!"

The imperial doctor in the city was also very excited, and replied: "It is true, open the city gate quickly, and we will enter the palace to announce the good news to His Majesty! The people of the world will never suffer from malaria again!"

The city guards hung a hanging basket to the bottom of the city, and asked the imperial physician to put the seal certificate into the hanging basket, hang it up to check carefully, and immediately opened the city gate.

The two imperial physicians were so excited that they didn't get off their horses. They passed through the city gate and galloped towards the palace...

(End of this chapter)