Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 34 Disease

He Bo came to Tongdi,

I plan to wait quietly for the moment when the progress bar is loaded.

If nothing else,

Tongdi Mountain will be the first mountain he controls.

He Bo didn’t know if the feeling of controlling the river would be different from before, but since it was the “first time”, there had to be some sense of ritual.

So he continued to walk in the mountains, occasionally glancing at the green progress bar.

In Tongdi City,

Liu, who came all the way from Hexi County, temporarily settled in this ancient city.

However, they had no interest in looking for ancient sites or traveling in the mountains while passing by here.

Tongdi Palace is the same as Fan's.
It had long been blown away by the wind and rain in the internal struggles in Jin.

What's the point of looking at those broken walls and ruins other than shedding tears of sadness?
……

"Is He feeling better?"

Watching the servants packing the few luggages, Liu Ping called his son to ask about the news of his grandson Liu He.

Children are not as good as adults.
During the migration,

Liu He naturally fell ill and had a low fever for a few days. He looked listless and it was unclear whether he was frightened or had caught a cold.

"It's still not working." Liu Sheng was also worried about his offspring.

Liu He was not his first child.
She had given birth to two children before, but both died young.

At this time, Liu had already fallen, and his remaining savings had to be used for settling down and developing in Ye County. Basically, it was impossible for him to take concubines.

All his previous concubines were sold or taken away by other nobles, leaving Liu Sheng with only his wife.

Therefore, Liu He, who was born to his wife, was most likely Liu Sheng's successor.

After all, Liu Sheng didn't have much money to give him other half-brothers, and he was the only legitimate son at the moment.

"Well, let He take good care of himself while he is in Tongdi."

Liu Ping was also a little worried about his grandson who had fallen ill several times on the road.

On the way from Hexi County of Wei State through Han State to Ye County, Liu encountered a lot of trouble.

As a poor family who had lost their noble status, many people wanted to take some benefits from the Liu family.

Fortunately, Han was the weakest among the Three Jins, and its territory was sandwiched by Wei, so it was not advisable to be too rude to people coming from Wei.

The Liu family itself was not important to the Wei State.
But if something happened to the Liu family in Han, its importance in Wei would increase rapidly.

So Liu Ping endured the extortion along the way and gave away as much money as possible in order to seek safety.

Now that they had finally arrived at Tongdi and were about to go downstream to Ye County, their grandson fell ill again.

"What a disaster, what a disaster!"

Liu Ping sighed and said to his son, "Go and ask the doctor in the city to come. Don't be stingy with the money."

So Liu Sheng went to the city to inquire about which doctor was reliable, and finally found the old man who had had contact with ghosts and gods.

Although the doctor named Zhonglu was best at treating livestock, in that era, the lives of livestock were far more precious than those of humans, so his status was very high.

Not to mention, after the mountain god sent a wild boar to send him back to the city, the old doctor's reputation became even more prominent.

Doctor Zhonglu followed Liu Sheng to the courtyard they rented. Before he could ask about the situation, Liu Sheng's wife came out and said anxiously, "He just vomited all over the floor and had a few convulsions. He doesn't look well!"

During these days, my wife looked very haggard as she had to travel and take care of the frail child.

"Sir, please save my son!" the wife pleaded to the old doctor.

She had already lost two young children, and now she had finally raised Liu He to a certain age. How could she let him leave again?

"I'll do my best!"

Zhong Lu sighed and went to see the child.

He touched the child's head, then the palm of his hand. "It's very hot. Was it like this before?"

"It was just a low-grade fever, but after I vomited, it became serious."

"Go get some cool water first!"

Zhonglu wet a piece of cloth with cold water and wiped the child's wrists and forehead. Then he took off the child's shoes and rubbed the "Yongquan" on the soles of the feet and the "Dazhui" on the back with ginger.

Then, he asked Liu's wife to hold the child and let him soak his feet in hot ginger water. "Wait a little while, it will take some time to boil the medicine."

"Can I have acupuncture?" Liu Sheng asked.

Zhong Lu said ashamedly, "The old man is good at identifying herbs, but he is not familiar with acupuncture."

Not every doctor can possess the medical skills of Bian Que.

The old doctor's ancestral medical skills were not very advanced.

After all, if he was really that skilled, Zhong Lu wouldn’t be in Tongdi.

Even though the Zhi clan, whom they had once served, was defeated and divided up by the three clans of Zhao, Wei and Han, the three clans would not let go of Zhi clan's retainers and guests as long as they had enough power.

It was a regret for Zhonglu and his father that he was not able to become one of the spoils of war and serve a noble again.

"Then let's cook the medicine first."

Liu Sheng continued to sigh, worrying that if he couldn't keep this heir, his father would choose a nephew from the family to inherit the family business.

Because a legitimate son who cannot give birth to healthy children cannot fundamentally continue the family line.

In such an era of moral decay and social disarray, the so-called system of legitimate and illegitimate children can be easily abandoned in order to ensure the long-term reproduction of the family.

Seeing his worry and his wife crying while holding the child, Zhong Lu said, "If human power is powerless, we can still seek help from ghosts and gods."

"The mountain god He Bo is very powerful."

Liu Sheng responded casually, "I understand."

But he thought in his heart: If ghosts and gods still have spirits, his previous descendants would not have died young.

Even though Liu Sheng himself initially relied on his youth and concubines and did not care much about it, his wife kowtowed devoutly for a long time, but in the end she was unable to keep the two children.

After taking the medicine,

After about an hour,
Liu He's situation was even more serious.

He spat out the potion, his temperature quickly rose, and his body began to twitch.

Taking medicine is useless, and acupuncture and bloodletting are also useless.

Zhong Lu tried to massage his meridians, but soon Liu He's convulsions became even more violent.

He was helpless and watched Liu He fall silent. Then he remembered something and ran out.

Liu Sheng didn't care about him.

Since it can't be cured, it doesn't matter.

He just asked anxiously, "Am I destined to have a hard time having children and not be protected by my ancestors?"

Wiping tears, the wife held the child and asked, "Where is Dad? Why doesn't Dad come to see He?"

Liu Sheng remained silent, opened his mouth to speak, but stopped.

The wife was about to collapse. She hugged the child and burst into tears, "Do you think you can't keep this child of mine?"

"He's too lazy to see it, and too lazy to feel sorry for it, right?"

"A father is the head of the family. How can he worry too much over a little child?"

Liu Sheng wanted to say that they still had the ability to have another child and there was no need to be too sad, but seeing the child in such a state, he didn't want to say anything and upset his wife.

So he remained silent, mentally prepared.

But suddenly, Liu He, who had lost consciousness, opened his eyes and whispered to his mother, "Mom, it hurts."

Turn around,
He looked towards the door again, his mouth moving with difficulty, "It hurts to be sick."

The mother held the child and kissed his forehead, "It's okay, He, you will be fine soon."

"It won't hurt. Mommy won't let you feel any pain!"

Even though she said this, the wife couldn't help but shed tears on her clothes.

Liu He gently grabbed his mother's sleeve, his eyes still looking outside the door.

outside,

He Bo, who was invisible to everyone, was smiling at the child.

"It's okay, it won't hurt in a while."

(End of this chapter)