Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3089 I'm sick (continued)

Even if he is asked to lead troops into battle, he is not afraid.

When he arrived in the army, he stayed in Liangzhou and did not leave. He used the excuse of recuperation to observe the situation, and if the situation was not good, he immediately ran back to Chang'an... This is not because he did not want to fight to the death. He died for the country wholeheartedly. How do you line up your troops and go into battle to kill the enemy when your energy is low?
It wasn't his fault that he fell ill like a mountain.

Of course, as long as he is sick, there is a high probability that he will not need to go to war. The crown prince would not dare to use the urgent military situation to reject dissidents, and send a patient to the battlefield. If he fails, the crown prince will be more responsible than Chai Zhewei...

Having made up his mind, Chai Zhewei assigned his confidants to move all the ice cubes used in the mansion to escape the summer heat to the side hall.

In the past, ice cubes for escaping the summer heat were hard to come by, and shaved ice had to be stored in the cellar in winter and taken out in hot summer.Things like ice cubes are consumed extremely quickly, and storage takes up a lot of space. Where are there so many cellars for storage?So every summer, ice cubes are frighteningly expensive, even if it is a royal family, it has to save some.

However, since Fang Jun found the method of making ice from nowhere, the production has increased sharply, and he has been operating together with several princes, which has greatly increased the sales of ice cubes in Beijing, and the price has also inevitably dropped.

Now the ice cubes in Beijing Zhonghaofu House are open for supply every day, so within a short time, the floor of the side hall is full of large and small ice cubes.

Chai Zhewei ordered people to stand guard outside the door and not allow the servants at home to approach, so as not to leak the news, then closed the doors and windows, and took off his clothes.

The ice cubes melted slowly, and the temperature in the side hall became cooler and cooler.

But this kind of coolness can only make the body and mind feel comfortable, how can one get sick?Chai Zhewei took off his clothes, kicked off his shoes, and got into the middle of the ice.

This time it was much colder, but it was not enough...

He simply ordered someone to fetch cold water, poured it on his body, and then lay down among the ice cubes, and then asked someone to take a big fan and fan it vigorously to speed up the melting of the ice cubes.

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At noon, Guo Fushan, the right servant of the Ministry of War, dressed in official uniform, rode a horse to Duke Qiao's mansion.The weather in Guanzhong in July is already very hot, especially at noon, Guo Fushan first ran around half of Chang'an City to the Zuo Tunwei garrison outside the Xuanwu Gate.

After tossing such a long way, he was already sweating profusely, but he didn't dare to be negligent. When he got to the gate of the mansion, he got off his horse and said to the servant of the Chai family in front of the gate: "The right servant of the military department is here, and I am ordered to meet Duke Qiao. Please trouble Tong Bing."

The servant of the family said politely: "My Duke caught wind and cold in the military camp. He returned to the mansion this morning for medical treatment, and he is already bedridden. If Guo Shilang has nothing important to do, why not wait for my Duke to recover from his illness? Go to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to pay a visit in person?"

Guo Fushan was taken aback, Chai Zhewei is sick?
What a coincidence...

He thought it was a coincidence, and said calmly, "I have a military order, and I must meet Qiao Guogong, please also ask Tong Bing."

The servant didn't evade any more, and said: "Then please ask Guo Shilang to go to the gatehouse first, and the servants will enter Tongbing now."

Guo Fushan cupped his hands, and in front of the Duke's mansion, he, the Minister of the Ministry of War, really couldn't get tough, so he could only be polite.

Sitting in the gatehouse for a long time, drank a pot of tea, felt a little anxious, then saw his servant hurried back and said: "The Duke just woke up and took the medicine, please go to Guo Shilang. "

"So good."

Guo Fushan got up quickly, walked through the courtyard with his servants, walked into the mansion with heavy eaves, and arrived at the door of Chai Zhewei's bedroom, tidied up his clothes, and walked in.

As soon as I entered the room, I felt that the light was very dark, the windows were closed tightly, and a strong smell of medicine came to my face...

Could it be that he was really sick?

Guo Fushan was suspicious from the bottom of his heart. When he walked into the house, he saw Chai Zhewei lying on a soft couch, covered with a thick quilt, with an abnormal crimson complexion, surrounded by several young and beautiful concubines. Wait around.

Chai Zhewei reluctantly waved his hand, and said weakly: "I accidentally caught the wind and cold, my whole body is weak, I can't breathe well, it's hard to get out of bed, and I don't know how to be polite. I hope Guo Shilang Haihan...cough cough cough."

Coughing for a while, the redness on his face deepened, and he looked out of breath.

The concubines around him were a little panicked, they got up quickly and asked, and it took a long time for Chai Zhewei's cough to stop.

Guo Fushan didn't seem to be pretending to be sick, so he asked with concern: "Why is the Duke so sick?"

Chai Zhewei took a breath and said weakly: "These days there are turmoil in the capital and people's hearts are not stable. I dare not leave the barracks without permission. I am afraid that something unexpected will happen. I patrol the barracks every night and urge the soldiers to practice. I can't live up to your majesty's trust. As a result, I accidentally contracted a cold... Cough cough, Guo Shilang came here, I don't know what it is?"

Guo Fushan had no choice but to say: "All the prime ministers and assistants in the Political Affairs Hall have discussed that you, the Duke, will lead the Zuo Tunwei out of Beijing and go to Hexi to guard against Tuyuhun's chaos. Sunrise expedition. It's just that the Duke's condition..."

"It's okay, it's okay!"

Chai Zhewei was struggling to get up on the bed, but the concubine beside him hurriedly stepped forward to support his shoulders, making him sit up slightly, and then he stuffed a pillow in the younger generation, and leaned against the head of the bed like this.

Chai Zhewei coughed a few more times, and said solemnly: "When the country is in crisis, we are soldiers. How can a mere ailment prevent us from serving the country? The military orders and seals have been put down. I beg Guo Shilang to reply to His Royal Highness. The emperor's grace has long been sworn to repay it with death, even if the body is shrouded in horse leather, he will not hesitate! Tomorrow, I will go to the barracks to prepare troops and horses, and choose another day to go to war! Tuyuhun, a clown, dare to act wild in front of the empire? Even if I drag this suit Sick, he also wants to lead Erlang, his subordinate, to charge into the battle, kill this group of barbarians, and deter the masses! Cough, cough, cough..."

The concubines hurried up to pat his junior again, giving him comfort...

Guo Fushan said with emotion: "The Duke is lingering on the sick bed, but he is doing his best for the country, with arrogance and arrogance. The lower officials have no place to admire, so I will return to His Highness, and ask the Duke to take care of his illness and serve the country."

"Hmm, Guo Shilang, please come back, please forgive me for not being able to see you off..."

"I don't dare to be an official, so I leave."

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Watching Guo Fushan walk out of the room and go away led by the servants, Chai Zhewei let out a long breath, and then coughed violently again.

He is not pretending to be sick, but really sick, with a fever...

The concubines didn't know what was going on, and they all said worriedly: "Duke, hurry up and drink the medicine, it will be more bitter when it's cold."

Chai Zhewei looked at the medicine bowl on the bedside, gritted his teeth, shook his head and said, "I won't drink it for now, this medicine is too bitter. You all quit, I'm a little tired, I want to sleep."

drink medicine?

That is absolutely unacceptable. After drinking the medicine, the disease will be cured...

Anyway, it's just a cold, and it won't kill anyone. It's better to get sick for a few more days and get through this crisis.

Normally, he was one-sided in the mansion, and his temper was very grumpy. Although the concubines were very concerned about his condition, they didn't dare to say more when they heard him say that he wanted to sleep, and hurried out of the room.

*****
Li Zhengdian.

Li Chengqian was discussing with Fang Jun and Li Daozong about the defense of the capital after Zuo Tunwei left the capital, and he was informed by his servant that it was Guo Fushan who came to return.

When Guo Fushan entered the main hall, he would describe in detail what he had seen and heard in Duke Qiao's mansion...

Li Chengqian and the others couldn't help looking at each other.

Chai Zhewei is actually sick?This is too coincidental...

Li Daozong asked: "Have you ever seen Qiao Guogong with your own eyes?"

Guo Fushan understood the meaning of this question, and replied: "Your official entered Qiao Guogong's bedroom, and seeing Qiao Guogong with his own eyes, it really seems to be sick."

Li Daozong frowned and said: "In the morning, the Zhengshitang decided that Zuo Tunwei would go out of Beijing to guard Hexi, and he fell ill before noon? This is too coincidental."

Where do so many coincidences come from in the world?The more coincidental, the more it actually shows that there is a ghost in it.

Li Chengqian thought for a while, called the servant at the side to him, and ordered: "Choose a few Korean ginseng plants from the warehouse, and then ask an imperial doctor to send it to Qiao Guogong's mansion, and give Qiao Guogong a diagnosis and treatment by the way. Right now The situation in Guanzhong is tense, and it is the time when the imperial court employs people, Duke Qiao is the general in charge of the army, the pillar of the army, he must not be seriously ill at such a time, he must be treated carefully."

"Here!"

The inner servant understood, and hurried out to prepare medicinal materials, and then went to the Imperial Hospital to invite an imperial physician who was close to the Eastern Palace to go to Qiao Guogong's mansion to diagnose and treat the sick Chai Zhewei.

When the servant went out, Fang Jun shook his head and said, "Since Qiao Guogong is sick in bed, it is natural that he is seriously ill and unable to get out of bed."

Chai Zhewei is not a fool, how could he not know that the crown prince will definitely suspect that he is pretending to be sick, and then he will send the imperial physician there.
(End of this chapter)