Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 381 Baoyu is sick?

Qingwen, who was about to get on the sedan, heard someone calling her name in the distance. She couldn't help but look back and saw Jia Baoyu standing not far away like a goose, staring at her.

Qingwen was also a little stunned when she saw Jia Baoyu who was missing her.

At this time, an old nun next to her stepped forward to block Qingwen's gaze, and then said in a low voice: "Auntie, it's time to get on the sedan."

Only then did Qingwen come back to her senses. There were already tears in her eyes, but she held it back, pretended to be very calm, nodded, and then got on the sedan.

Jia Baoyu, who was in the distance, also realized it at this time, and hurriedly ran forward to block the sedan, "Qingwen, is that you?"

Several old ladies nearby were also shocked when they saw this situation. They did not expect that Jia Baoyu would be so crazy, so they quickly stepped forward and dragged Jia Baoyu aside.

Although Jia Baoyu was a grown man, he was still a little inferior to the two stout nannies, so he was involuntarily dragged aside.

But Jia Baoyu didn't give up on him yet. He struggled and shouted: "Qingwen, is that you? Why are you here? I went to see you several times, but your cousin sister-in-law blocked her."

Qingwen in the sedan trembled after hearing Jia Baoyu's words, and she stamped the bottom of the sedan with her foot.

The sedan stopped.

Then the sedan curtain was opened, and Qingwen stuck her head out from inside, looking at Jia Baoyu who was struggling not far away, with love in her eyes.

However, Qingwen soon thought of her current identity, and her eyes became dim again.

Then Qingwen looked at Jia Baoyu fiercely for a while, as if she wanted to see his figure in her heart.

Then she lowered the sedan curtain and said, "Let's go."

The sedan started again and quickly moved away.

Only then did the two old ladies let go of Jia Baoyu, bowed, said a few words of apology, then left Jia Baoyu and chased Qingwen's sedan.

But at this time, Jia Baoyu stood on the roadside looking into the distance like a goose, motionless.

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Jia Rui returned home from the cabinet worried.

The reason why he did this was because news of the successive defeats of the navy led by the Prince of Nan'an came by ship from the south coast.

Judging from the intelligence, the navy trained by Prince Nan'an is indeed very capable in combat, but to be honest, they have only been trained for less than a year. Compared to other pirates who live at sea all year round, they are still worse.

What's even more terrible is that among these pirates, there are also some barbarians of unknown nationality involved, and even occupy a very high status among them.

Therefore, in the tug-of-war that lasted for nearly a year, from the beginning, it had the absolute upper hand to being slowly led by others until now it can only be in a defensive state.

Of course, the naval force of Prince Nan'an was still very strong, and it also caused a large number of casualties to the pirates during this period of fighting.

However, precisely because of this, the pirates are now crazy, and they don't know where they recruited the people. Not only did the number of pirates not decrease, but there were more than before, which made Prince Nan'an a little exhausted.

The imperial court turned a blind eye to the Nan'an County Prince's successive memorials requesting additional troops.

Of course, the emperor repeatedly asked for more troops, but he was suppressed by the Supreme Emperor.

Therefore, although the emperor was so anxious that he could not do anything about the war in the south. He could only watch the navy of Prince Nan'an being slowly disintegrated.

Jia Rui is now worried that as King Nan'an's navy becomes weaker and weaker, the pirates may refocus their attention on land.

At that time, the people along the coast will suffer again.

Of course, the imperial court did not take precautions against this situation. The city walls in coastal counties have been reinforced, and Ding Yong was trained at the same time.

Faced with these precautions, the county town should be able to guarantee that it would not be captured by pirates, but the people outside the county town would not have it so easy.

Jia Rui walked into Xue Baochai's yard with his head lowered and a sigh.

When I entered the room, I found that Xue Baochai was not there, and even the two personal maids Ying'er and Brother Ying were nowhere to be seen.

This is not common.

You must know that even if Xue Baochai goes out for business, she will leave a maid in the room, not only to prepare to serve Jia Rui, but also to deal with the housekeepers who come to report every day.

There was not a single soul like today, which was really rare.

Just when Jia Rui was wondering, several maids walked in from outside. They carried tea and toiletries, came to Jia Rui's side, and began to wash and change clothes for him.

Jia Rui stretched out his hands and asked the maids to change his clothes, "Why doesn't your grandma see anyone?"

One of them looked at the smart-looking little maid and said in a crisp voice: "Back to the uncle, Mr. Bao who lives in front is sick, and the eldest grandma went over to see him."

Jia Rui frowned, Jia Baoyu is sick, what's going on?

"Is it okay if you are sick?"

One of the maids covered her mouth and tried to laugh, but was glared at by the leading maid and immediately suppressed it.

"Back to uncle, I heard that Second Master Bao was stunned and stood on the side of the road in a daze for the whole day."

After hearing this, Jia Rui rubbed his forehead.

Jia Baoyu was forcibly brought back to Dingxihou Mansion by himself. If there was really something wrong, he would not be able to explain it to Rong Guo Mansion.

So after Jia Rui changed his clothes, he hurried out and went straight to Jia Baoyu's yard in front. When I came over, I found that it was in a mess, and there was a woman crying.

Jia Rui hurried into the main room and saw that it was already full of people.

Xue Baochai was comforting Lin Daiyu at the side, and Xiren was sitting there crying by Jia Baoyu's bedside.

Xue Baochai heard the footsteps, turned around and saw Jia Rui coming in, so he showed a reluctant smile.

Jia Rui coughed, and then the people in the room looked up and saw Jia Rui. Many maids quickly said their blessings and then left.

At this time, Jia Rui walked up to Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai and asked in a low voice: "What's going on? You're fine. Why are you sick? Have you called the doctor?"

Lin Daiyu was so out of breath from crying that she couldn't answer Jia Rui's words at all. Xue Baochai next to her whispered:

"According to the people below, when they found Baoyu, he was standing on the side of the road blankly, like a wooden man. Later, he was carried back to the room. Although his eyes were open, he didn't respond to anyone's call. I have sent someone I’m going to ask the doctor, he should be here soon.”

Jia Rui nodded, then walked to Jia Baoyu's bed and looked at Jia Baoyu on the bed.

At this moment, Jia Baoyu was seen looking at the roof with his eyes open, making no other movements except breathing.

Jia Rui frowned and touched Jia Baoyu with his hand, but the guy didn't react at all.

Jia Rui saw that Jia Baoyu's behavior was very similar to his previous seizures. Did someone stimulate him today?

Jia Rui had an idea and left the room, summoning all the maids in Jia Baoyu's room for questioning.

After asking around, all the little maids were busy with their own affairs. No one paid attention to Jia Baoyu, and no one stimulated this precious egg.

Now Jia Rui has no choice but to wait for the doctor.

Just as Jia Rui was anxiously circling in the yard, his personal servant Wangcai hurried in from outside with two people.

Jia Rui took a quick look and saw that the leaders were Dr. Wang, the deputy director of the Taiyuan Hospital, and his nephew, Dr. Wang Zhishan.

How many lifetimes have the family of Dr. Wang and the Rongguo Mansion been friends? Usually when Jia Rui and Rong Guofu have headaches and fever at home, they always go to Dr. Wang Zhishan.

As for Dr. Wang, she usually does not make medical appointments.

It seems that Xue Baochai used Jia Rui's name card today, so Dr. Wang came in a hurry.

Doctor Wang and Wang Zhishan saluted quickly when they saw Jia Rui, and Jia Rui stepped forward to help them up.

"Sorry to bother you two."

"Don't dare, don't dare, this is the responsibility of a humble position."

Then Jia Rui also said a few polite words, and then led the two of them into the house.

When Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu saw Jia Rui and two imperial doctors coming in, they quickly stood up to greet them.

After both sides bowed, Jia Rui quickly led the two imperial doctors to Jia Baoyu's bedside.

After arriving at the bedside, Imperial Physician Wang Zhishan began diagnosis and treatment first.

He sat on the embroidered pier brought by the maid and began to take Jia Baoyu's pulse.

As time went by, Imperial Physician Wang Zhishan's brows became more and more frowned, and his face began to become gloomy.

Lin Daiyu, who was watching from the side, had her heart sink to the bottom. If she hadn't been too worried about Jia Baoyu, she might have passed out by now.

After a while, Imperial Physician Wang Zhishan withdrew his hand, stood up, looked at his uncle, and then said to Jia Rui:

"Sir, your family member's condition is very strange. I am not very knowledgeable and have no clues."

After saying this, his face turned red with shame, and he did not dare to look at Jia Rui and his uncle.

Several other people had serious expressions after hearing this.

You must know that Imperial Physician Wang Zhishan is also ranked high among imperial hospitals, and his medical skills are recognized by the powerful.

But even in this way, he could not see Jia Baoyu's illness, which showed that Jia Baoyu was already seriously ill.

At this time, Lin Daiyu couldn't bear it any longer. She rolled her eyes and fainted. Fortunately, some Baochai was holding her up, otherwise she would have fallen to the ground and would have to fall out.

Then there was another fuss, and everyone finally helped Lin Daiyu to the room next to her.

It happened that Wang Zhishan took Lin Daiyu's pulse again, and then everyone knew that it was just a matter of anger and worry, nothing serious.

After arranging people to serve Lin Daiyu, several people returned to Jia Baoyu's room.

"Two imperial doctors, is there really no way to do this?" Jia Rui was also a little anxious. He was really afraid that Jia Baoyu would die here.

The doctor next to her, Mrs. Wang, walked to Jia Baoyu's bed stroking her beard.

He stretched out his hand to open Jia Baoyu's eyelids, took a look, checked his pulse again, and suddenly smiled.

When Jia Rui saw it, he immediately felt relieved.

"Mr. Wang, is there still hope?"

"Master Jia, don't worry. Although this disease is strange, it is very simple to treat."

After hearing this, Jia Rui was overjoyed and said quickly: "Mr. Wang, please do your magic quickly."

(End of this chapter)