I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 574 Tao Qian’s panic and anger

"Uh, cough, cough!"

Tao Qian's condition was getting worse and worse. He was lying on the bed coughing hard, his face was gray and he didn't look good.

Sitting next to him was a middle-aged man in his forties with a very rosy complexion and a head full of black hair. He seemed to be extremely strong.

The man was stroking his short beard and checking Tao Qian's pulse.

This person is Hua Tuo, a miracle doctor from Peiguo Qiao County who is now very famous in the southeastern territory of the Han Dynasty.

Tao Qian turned to look at Hua Tuo, who was checking his pulse, and let out a long sigh, with an extremely lonely expression on his face.

"Mr. Hua, I wonder how old you are?"

Hua Tuo said with a smile: "To be honest with you, Hua is already eighty-eight years old this year."

Tao Qian's face showed an expression of extreme surprise.

"I think Mr. seems to be about 37 or [-] years old. Don't you think he's nearly fifty years old?"

Hua Tuo heard this and said, "Thank you for your compliments."

Tao Qian supported his body vigorously and looked at Hua Tuo and humbly asked for advice: "I dare not ask you the secret method of taking care of yourself."

Hua Tuo did not hide his secrets and said to Tao Qian solemnly:

"There are many ways to take care of yourself, but from a certain point of view, the most direct and effective way is to regulate your mood. If a person is moody, it will lead to imbalance of yin and yang, qi and blood in the body. Overwork will damage the temper, and damage to the diet will cause health problems. Dampness, heat, phlegm and turbidity. If the six evils are offended and external evils are injured, all kinds of diseases will arise."

Tao Qian listened attentively, and then saw him arching his hand towards Hua Tuo.

"In your opinion, sir, can Mr. Tao's body be saved?"

Hua Tuo slowly removed his hand from Tao Qian's wrist.

After stroking his beard and thinking seriously for a while, he slowly said:
"I dare not deceive the envoy. In fact, it is already a bit late."

"According to your current physical condition, if you don't take good care of it and treat it properly, your life span will definitely be less than half a year."

"However, if you are willing to let go of your authority, be content in the mountains and forests, and adjust your mood, you can probably extend your life by up to five years."

When Tao Qian heard this, there was a somewhat excited expression on his face.

"I am already over sixty years old. If I can extend my life for another five years, I can say that I will live a long life. I am willing to follow your teacher's teachings."

Hua Tuo nodded, and then said: "I have trouble asking you to lend me some slips and pen and ink."

Tao Qian naturally understood that Hua Tuo was going to give him a prescription and asked his men to prepare pens, inks and slips.

Then I saw Hua Tuo writing seriously on the slips one by one. When he was young, he wrote out a prescription.

Hua Tuo was not in a hurry. He picked up the pen again and wrote seriously on another slip - another prescription.

Later, Hua Tuo handed the two prescriptions to Tao Qian for his review.

"Mr. Tao, the first of these two prescriptions is a symptomatic prescription for treating your current chronic illness. According to the dosage I wrote above, take it three times a day for one season. After three months, Your illness will be greatly alleviated."

"As for this second medicine, and even the tonic used to regulate the body after three months, it is just that this medicine cannot simply extend the life of the envoy. It also needs to take care of the body, not to be disturbed by worldly things, take good care of it, and be happy. Only by cultivating your emotions and nature can you gain longevity. If you are unable to cultivate your moral character and cultivate your nature, you will still be burdened by the worldly world. I am afraid that this will not be of much help to your life span."

When Tao Qian heard this, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.

"Thank you so much to the miracle doctor. Thank you so much to the miracle doctor. Tao was able to meet and be rescued by the miracle doctor. It is really a blessing given to Tao by heaven."

Hua Tuo smiled and said nothing more.

At this time, I saw an attendant outside the door saying to Tao Qian: "Envoy, General Cao sent someone to deliver an urgent message!"

Cao Bao has now received Tao Qian's order to recruit soldiers and generals from all over the East China Sea and organize a new Xuzhou Army. He has not been in Tancheng for a while.

He would never send someone to send an urgent letter to Tao Qian unless there was something important.

Tao Qian was in a good mood now. He didn't think much about it. He waved his hand towards the serving bucket and said, "Bring the letter to me and have a look at it."

"No!" Then the guard stepped forward and handed a piece of silk into Tao Qian's hand.

Tao Qian opened it slowly and read it, but after only reading a few lines, his expression changed.

Then he saw an indescribable look of ferocity on his face.

His two eyes were as big as copper bells, with unspeakable anger spurting out of them.

His teeth chattered loudly, wishing he could almost break both rows of teeth.

"Why are there such rumors among the people? Isn't this slandering me? Isn't this slandering the reputation of my Tao family? Who is so vicious?!"

Tao Qian's voice was loud. His face suddenly turned red, then he leaned over and coughed heavily again.

An attendant hurriedly stepped forward to calm Tao Qian's chest and handed the water to him.

Hua Tuo had been watching with cold eyes, watching all this quietly.

When he saw Tao Qian suddenly getting angry and finally coughing so heavily, Hua Tuo sighed and shook his head.

He didn't say anything more.

Afterwards, Hua Tuo made an excuse and went down to get medicine for Tao Qian.

After Hua Tuo left, Tao Qian immediately ordered his men: "Hurry and call Chen Gui, Cao Hong, Mi Zhu, and Wang Lang."

Seeing Tao Qian being so angry, the attendant did not dare to neglect and hurriedly followed the instructions.

Half an hour later, Mi Zhu, Chen Gui, Wang Lang, and Cao Hong came to Tao Qian.

Tao Qian's chest was still rising and falling with anger. He handed the silk in his hand to the four people present who took turns to look at it.

"Look at what's written on it?"

Several people took turns looking at the silk that Tao Qian handed over.

The above content is roughly written as follows:

When Cao Bao was recruiting troops in the East China Sea, he learned that it was widely spread among the people, including scholars and powerful men, that Liu Bei had made great contributions to Xuzhou this time. However, when he was besieged by Sun Jian and Cao Ren, the Xuzhou army No troops were sent to support him, which almost led to the annihilation of Liu Bei's army.

Some people seem to be guiding public opinion now, saying that Liu Bei is the truly benevolent and righteous gentleman. He traveled thousands of miles to help Xuzhou and fought on the front line for the people of Xuzhou, while Tao Qian and others Narrow-minded, in order to fear that Liu Bei would seize his foundation, he deliberately let Liu Bei be attacked by Cao Ren and Sun Jian, and did not send troops at the critical moment, hoping to kill Liu Bei.

After reading the silk that Tao Qian handed over, these people all bowed their heads and remained silent.

It’s not that they don’t want to say anything, it’s that they feel they have nothing to say.

Because if you read the content carefully, you will find that there is nothing wrong with the content in this letter!
Tao Qian is indeed not very particular. Liu Bei comes to help him fight, but you abandon him at the last critical moment. Who do you think you are?
However, ideas are ideas, but in the end, in front of Tao Qian, he still couldn't say these words.

But Chen Gui sighed and said:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly. In the past, I reminded my lord to send troops to assist Liu Xuande. Even if it is not a large army to help, at least some troops must be sent around Yi County. Now, Liu Xuande's danger has been resolved, and his men have conquered Xuzhou. People's hearts and minds in Xuzhou will naturally lean towards Liu Bei, and in this matter, it is true that we did not handle things well."

Cao Hong said: "How come we didn't handle this matter well? Didn't the envoy want to give Xuzhou to Liu Bei several times at the beginning? But Liu Bei didn't want it!"

Chen Gui shook his head and said: "One thing comes to another. Liu Bei didn't take over Xuzhou, which means he doesn't covet Xuzhou. However, when Liu Bei was in trouble, we didn't rescue him, which means we owe Liu Bei a debt. , We have forgotten our roots in this matter, Mr. Cao, even if you argue in front of me, you can argue better than me, how can you still stop everyone in Xuzhou from talking?"

"What we are discussing now is how to resolve this matter. With all due respect, if this matter is not brought under control, the position of Lord Qi Lian, the lord of Xuzhou, will remain undetermined in the end."

After hearing this, Cao Hong looked unconvinced and remained silent.

Tao Qian looked back and forth at the people present, and suddenly said: "What ideas do you have, or are there any solutions? Tell me quickly?"

"Are we just going to let my reputation be slandered?"

After saying that, Tao Qian was staring at Chen Gui.

Chen Gui felt helpless and uncomfortable. Don't look at me. There's nothing I can do about it. It's not like I didn't tell you at the beginning that you didn't follow my method. Now that you look at me, I can't help you. What can be done?
In the end, Wang Lang said: "It is useless to explain this matter from our own point of view. After all, it is Liu Xuande who has to come forward to explain."

"Liu Xuande?"

Tao Qian immediately fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)