The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 724 Martyrs in their twilight years are full of courage

"Wow——"

Sun Jian stood up abruptly, and the desk in front of him was knocked to the ground because of his sudden standing up, and the bamboo slips and seals were scattered all over the desk.

Sun Jian's expression was terrified, and he couldn't help trembling slightly. Looking at the courier in the tent with the command flag on his back, he couldn't believe his ears.

It wasn't just Sun Jian who changed color, all the generals in the big tent showed panic, and none of them could keep their faces from changing.

Just now, an urgent mail was delivered to the camp.

Gai Xun's back gangrene recurred, and his condition suddenly worsened after he was treated by a doctor. He was afraid that he would pass away within a few days.

Now that this incident happened suddenly at such a critical juncture, I am afraid everyone's first thought was to put the culprit on Sun Jian's head.

After Gai Xun's death, there was no one in the world who could replace Sun Jian as the shepherd of Yuzhou.

Why Gai Xun didn't get sick before, but why did it happen at this time, and why it was only gangrene, but it got worse after he invited the imperial doctor to treat him.

Sun Jian's expression changed, and he clenched his fists tightly. If Gai Xun died, his reputation would drop to the bottom among the ruling and opposition parties. Although there was not enough evidence to convict him, after Gai Xun's death, he It is indisputable that the greatest benefit will be obtained.

Yinglangwei and Qimei also had motives to assassinate Gai Xun, but as a senior official, Gai Xun lived in a deep mansion, accompanied by soldiers, came in and out to guard Jing Cong, and hired an imperial physician, so how could there be any chance.

On the contrary, it was Sun Jian, who had a high position and weight and had a wide range of influence.

And the most deadly thing was that among the several imperial physicians who were invited, one of them was from Wu County, Yangzhou, and he was from the same county as Sun Jian, which added even greater suspicion to Sun Jian.

Sun Jian's complexion turned blue and then pale.

Facing thousands of enemy troops, he never felt afraid or panicked.

Even if Mount Tai collapses before it, it still does not change its color.

But now Sun Jian felt panic like never before.

Now is the critical moment of the Northern Expedition, and at this most critical moment, such incidents happened.

He wanted to get rid of the suspicion, but I'm afraid that many things happened in Chen Du today, which would make him even more guilty.

The best way now is to write a letter to prove himself, and ask for orders to return to Chen Du.

It's just that the opportunity for the Northern Expedition was delayed by this. To continue the Northern Expedition, you can only change generals just before the battle, and changing generals just before the battle is a taboo for military strategists.

Once the war starts, there are millions of possibilities.

On the battlefield, everything is changing rapidly, and any decision may change the course of the war, affect the final result, and determine the lives of millions of people.

Wei Tingxin was defeated, but its power has not weakened too much, but it has fallen into a strategic disadvantage.

The fire in the Luoyang Han Dynasty Ancestral Temple destroyed not only a building, but also the prestige of the Han Dynasty, as well as the imperial power and sacredness accumulated by the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years.

Ordered by heaven, you will live forever.

The emperor is ordered by the sky, and the princes are ordered by the emperor.

A son takes orders from his father, a minister takes orders from the king, and a wife takes orders from her husband.

Those who are ordered are all respected by heaven.

It has to be said that before Yuan Shao proclaimed himself emperor, all the preparations were a heavy blow to the prestige of the Han court.

The fire that soared into the sky in the Luoyang Taimiao, as well as the high-pitched dragon chant, were already extremely frightening.

And the appearance of Chuan Guo Yuxi, and in Ye City, the sound of dragon chant that could be heard in almost the whole city, directly made everyone believe that Yuan Shao was the real destiny.

Destiny to return.

With the decline of red morality, Yuan is Huang Yin, and it is appropriate to follow the will of heaven and follow the hearts of the people.

Yuan Shao enthroned as emperor in Yecheng, and collected the hearts of the people of You, Hebei, and Qing prefectures, and captured Xianbei and Wuhuan in the north.

However, because of the existence of Taipingdao, Yuan Shao was unable to occupy Liaodong and Bingzhou, and was threatened by the Taipingdao that occupied Bingzhou, so he left a lot of soldiers to guard against possible Taipingdao attacks.

There is no way to gather all the forces together to attack Hanting.

What happened in Luoyang and Yecheng, under the promotion of caring people, spread rapidly all over the world.

In the five states of the Han court, the hearts of the people were turbulent, and there were many vacillations among the courtiers.

It has to be said that Wei Ting's action is simply a drudgery.

It's a pity that Wei Jun's attack was frustrated one after another, which also stopped Wei Ting's increasingly inflated Mandate of Heaven and weakened Wei Ting's growing momentum by a bit.

It's just that now is the time to take advantage of the victory and pursue such a major event in Chendu.

Sun Jian's complexion changed. He has always been confident. Even when he was facing hundreds of thousands of Wei soldiers, he didn't panic, but now a trace of panic really appeared in his heart.

Gai Xun was seriously ill at this time, and one of the imperial physicians had a lot to do with him, and the problem happened only after the imperial physician took the medicine.

In other words, if Sun Jian stood in the position of other people, he might feel that he was seriously suspected.

After all, once Gai Xun died, his position as shepherd in Yuzhou would be considered stable.

If Gai Xun really died, even if he wanted to prove his innocence and dismiss Yuzhou Mu, I'm afraid Liu Xie would not agree.

And this move, in the eyes of other courtiers, was nothing more than a hypocritical act, knowing that no one could take the post of Yuzhou shepherd, they did it deliberately.

Sun Jian sat back on the table again, he raised his eyes and looked around the tent, but there was no one to discuss with.

Sun Jing, who was the only one who could negotiate, was not in Puyang at Chendu at this time. He wanted to write a letter to Sun Jing, but he was worried that if he got through to Sun Jing who was in Chendu at this time, it would aggravate the suspicion of others.

Sun Jian's face was solemn, Gai Xun had a high position and was well protected, but he was also in danger.

If it was really done by someone with a heart, then it is enough to see how terrifying its power in Chendu is...

……

The sudden aggravation of Gai Xun's condition caused an uproar in Chendu, and no one knew why.

The Embroidered Clothes Envoy conducted an overnight survey and almost turned Gai Xun's mansion upside down. Everyone's identities were searched several times, and even those who had a slight relationship with the people in Gai Xun's mansion were interrogated and detained.

But no matter how the embroidered clothes emissary tried and tracked down, there was still no way to find out any reason.

The prescription prescribed by the imperial physician who was born in the same county as Sun Jian was also a normal prescription. After seeing it, the rest of the imperial physicians said that there was no problem, and it was a good prescription for the right medicine.

In order to prove the authenticity of the prescription and whether it was harmful, Wang Yue even sent people to pick up several skilled doctors overnight, but without exception, they all said that there was no problem with the prescription.

The people responsible for delivering the medicine and cooking the medicine have all been controlled, and no problem can be found.

These servants are basically old servants who have accompanied Gai Xun for many years, and it may be harder for them to persuade them to abandon Gai Xun.

Moreover, no other ingredients were found in the remaining medicinal liquid.

The worsening of Gai Xun's condition had nothing to do with the treatment by the doctors of the Tai Hospital.

As those imperial physicians said, each patient's constitution is different. Gai Xun's disease has been delayed for too long, and it is deeply rooted and difficult to cure. Even if the medicine is used correctly, there is still a probability of failure in the cure.

There is no conspiracy, and there is no conspiracy, but Gai Xun has really reached his limit.

"Book of the Later Han Dynasty Volume [-] Biography of Yu Fu Gaizang Forty-eighth" records the cause of Gai Xun's death.

"He died with gangrene hair on his back, at the age of fifty-one. Do not accept Zhuo's gift as a bequest. Zhuo wanted to show tolerance, and gave him the secret artifact of Dongyuan, as a gift. He was buried in Anling."

In the original time and space, Gai Xun died in the summer of the third year of Chuping (192).

Xu An led the Yellow Turban Army to change the original course, and the changes caused by it changed the trajectory of many people.

And Gai Xun was one of them who was changed by him. Until the Huayin War broke out and Xu An sent troops to attack Guanzhong, Gai Xun was still alive and well.

The disappearance of Lu Bu prevented Wang Yun from resorting to serial tricks like in history, but Xu An gave Wang Yun the news that he would use Dong Zhuo to go out and raise troops to seize the city internally.

So Wang Yun has been conspiring with Gai Xun, Huang Fusong and others all along.

Gai Xun has been persevering all this time, with a strong breath in his heart, he persisted all the way to Chendu.

But when he arrived at Chen Du, the breath that Gai Xun had raised in his heart had dissipated.

The illness went back and forth, wrapping around Gai Xun's body again.

……

Under the night, Chendu is very quiet, the autumn wind is bleak, and the fallen leaves are fluttering.

Gai Xun was lying on the bed in a drowsy state, his thoughts fluttering along with the constantly rolling autumn wind outside the house.

The leaves are falling, the autumn clothes are getting darker, and the mountains and forests and trees have already put on autumn clothes. The suburbs of Chendu are full of autumn, which is suitable for travelers to go on the road and enjoy the mountains and rivers.

It's just that such a beautiful scenery, but Gai Xun is completely ignorant of it.

The back pain tortured his nerves all the time, dense beads of sweat slowly oozed from Gai Xun's forehead.

The house is filled with the unpleasant temperature of the medicine stone, which makes it difficult to breathe and pant.

Gai Xun's mental exhaustion has already reached the limit, and he has hardly closed his eyes for two days because of the piercing pain. His consciousness has been in a daze, and he has almost forgotten the time and where he is. place, and even who he is.

He drank the bitter medicine for several days in a row, but there was no effect at all.

It is said that good medicine is good for the disease, and good advice is good for the ear, but now the good medicine that tastes bad can't make him feel better.

Huangfusong sat beside Gai Xun, looking at this old friend who used to be high-spirited, but now his complexion is pale, and he is powerless to crawl on the sick collapse, and he doesn't even have the strength to move.

Although the tortoise has a longevity, there is still time.

Soaring snakes ride the fog, and eventually turn into ashes.

A brave man like the overlord of Western Chu could not resist the erosion of time, and a wise man like Zhang Liang and Xiao He could not stop the progress of time.

Unifying the world, sweeping the eight wastelands, and annexing the world, the first emperor, who is called the first emperor through the ages, spent his life in a poor life and spent countless money, but he did not have the longevity he could seek.

Zulong was buried in Lishan Mountain, and together with those elite soldiers of the Qin Army who followed him in the past, fell into a deep sleep in Lishan Mountain forever.

Those soldiers who once made great contributions to the Qin State were carved into one after another terracotta warriors and horses by craftsmen according to their grinding patterns, and they accompanied the first emperor to rest in Lishan Mountain, and they will live together forever.

Birth, old age, sickness and death, no one can defy.

Huangfusong sighed slightly in his heart, they were all old.

The martyrs are young and strong.

Today's emperor is no longer the emperor he enshrined in the first place.

The ministers in the court have changed batch after batch.

"Cough-cough-"

Huangfusong coughed a few times, his voice seemed a little weak.

In fact, not only Gai Xun's health is not good, but Huangfusong's health is almost reaching its limit.

It's just that he didn't have a sudden recurrence of the disease like Gai Xun, and he can still persist.

Up to now, he can't even ride a war horse. As a military general, Huangfu Song has already left a lot of hidden wounds in his years of battles. When he was in his prime, there were no serious problems and no impact. .

But as he got older and older, those minor injuries that he had previously ignored became his problems.

"Yizhen..."

Huangfusong coughed a few times, and suddenly heard a slight cry.

He paused, and heard the voice coming from Gai Xun's mouth.

Gai Xun's hands trembled, as if he wanted to force himself to sit up.

"I'm here."

Huangfu Song bent down and held Gai Xun's right hand.

"Yuan Gu wants to say something, I can convey it on my behalf."

Hearing Huangfusong's voice, Gai Xun also stopped moving, and he gave up the idea of ​​sitting up.

Gai Xun raised his head slowly, because Huangfusong bent down, so he saw Huangfusong's face.

Huangfusong looked at Gai Xun with a haggard face and sweating profusely, and couldn't help but tremble. Gai Xun was tortured by this disease to the point of losing his human form. He knew very well that Gai Xun was suffering from great pain every moment.

For the past few days, Gai Xun has been in a daze every day, and he has never had much time to be conscious.

But now Huangfusong is very sure that Gai Xun's consciousness is absolutely clear.

Gai Xun's face also slowly turned a little blood at this time, but not much, and he seemed to be in better spirits.

Huangfusong's heart trembled slightly, he didn't feel elated because of Gai Xun's improvement, but his complexion became more dignified.

Huangfusong, as a battle-tested general, had also bid farewell to many old friends, so he naturally knew the saying of returning to life.

Gai Xun's condition has not improved in the past few days, and even the medicine has been stopped. The three imperial physicians and the invited famous doctors have given up treatment.

Huangfusong seemed to have thought of something, he took a bowl of ginseng soup from the desk beside him, and brought it to Gai Xun.

After consuming the soup, Gai Xun's face turned rosy again, and his gloomy eyes regained their radiance.

Gai Xun grabbed Huangfusong's body, and with Huangfusong's support, he sat up with difficulty.

The pain on his back seemed to have eased a bit, and Gai Xun's face was no longer in pain, but more calm.

"What day is today?"

"November thirteenth."

　There will be another chapter later, but it is estimated that it will be after 11.30
　　
　
(End of this chapter)