Song Yi

Chapter 316

Chapter 316
Eunuch Jiao said with a smile: "Yes, my ancestors have been focusing on these flowers, trees, and vegetable fields recently. Although their faces are a little tanned, their bodies are much healthier, and they sleep much better at night. Usually, they can sleep well all day long. Feel the dawn."

While Song Shenzong was looking around, Eunuch Jiao secretly gave Du Wenhao a look. Du Wenhao pretended not to know anything and just shrugged his shoulders. Eunuch Jiao could only guess in his heart that the emperor seldom came to visit his ancestor recently. Everyone knows that he has been very busy since he came back from Dongming County. Except for the queen and the others to come to pay his respects every day, he hardly sees anyone. Why did he come today, and Du Wenhao also followed? It revealed the emperor's intention.

Song Shenzong nodded and said, "Where is the old ancestor?"

"I just came back to the room from the flower garden. I am taking a shower and changing clothes. The slave has already reported to the ancestor. Please go to the upper room to rest first, and drink some tea made from roses and honeysuckle that the ancestor planted himself." After finishing speaking. , Eunuch Jiao bowed and sat down in a gesture of invitation.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I want to walk around and have a look, I haven't been here for a long time, I also want to visit the garden of my ancestors, and I also want to find some melons and fruits that grow on the trees to pick and eat by myself , You don’t know this feeling, it’s much more beautiful than washing it on a plate.” Song Shenzong looked very happy, as if his mouth was about to flow from the corner of his mouth.

Everyone laughed, and Mr. Jiao relaxed his mind. It seemed that the emperor was fine, but he was overthinking.

Eunuch Jiao accompanied Song Shenzong and Du Wenhao to wander around, and after about a stick of incense, Song Shenzong and the others made a big circle back and went to the upper room to drink tea, while Eunuch Jiao went to invite the Empress Dowager.

Du Wenhao didn't say anything, he looked at the emperor's absent-minded appearance, so he simply accompanied him all the way to see the flowers and grass at ease, of course he was still anxious.

Just as he was thinking, the Empress Dowager walked in in a refreshed attire, and everyone quickly got up to salute.

The Empress Dowager looked at Du Wenhao first, and said with a smile: "Did you come to make the ancestors cry again? The Ai family thought you had already left, why are you still staying in the capital? Are you reluctant to come here?" Eat and drink well, worrying that once you are on the road, you will not be able to bear the fatigue of traveling, eating and sleeping in the open?"

"Old Ancestor, I must not think so. If this is the case, it will not let down the painstaking efforts of you and the emperor."

The Empress Dowager smiled, and said to Song Shenzong, "Your Majesty, why did you remember to visit me today?"

"Forgive me, grandma. My grandson is unfilial. He should not come here for nothing." Song Shenzong replied with a bow.

Du Wenhao was stunned for a moment, thinking, this Song Shenzong is really fast, so he directly turned to the topic.

The empress dowager went to the chair and sat down, and then asked everyone to sit down, and then said: "The Ai family knows that the emperor has something to do, do you want to go back on your word, and don't want Wen Hao to leave. I don’t worry about someone who has a headache and no one reads it. Ai’s family will trust him, and other doctors will be hard to come by.”

The emperor laughed and said: "If the ancestor is reluctant to keep Wen Hao, it's just that the little eagle that has been under the mother's wings will never be able to fly."

"What the emperor said is that Aijia is just a joke. Tell me, it must be an important matter to come to me at this time, otherwise you just let the queen come."

"Imperial Nanny Shengming, you go down first, Du Aiqing just stay here." Song Shenzong waved his hand, and everyone around him retreated one by one.

The Empress Dowager saw that Song Shenzong also put away her playful face just now, and her expression became serious, feeling that the matter was not trivial, she was slightly taken aback.

Song Shenzong looked at the Empress Dowager solemnly, and after a while, he said slowly: "Imperial Nanny, plague has been found in the harem!"

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she was taken aback. She stood up and said, "Ah? Who is infected? How long has it been since the illness? Who else has been infected?"

"Don't worry, grandma."

"Is it okay to not be in a hurry? Once this disease is contracted, it will be dead. The Ai family has to be in a hurry."

Song Shenzong paused, and then said in a low voice, "It's Chen Meiren who contracted the plague."

The empress dowager let out a cry, then sat down slowly again, glanced at the emperor, and said lightly: "It's her——, it's okay, she's just like that. What's the matter? The emperor still doesn't forget to visit her at this time, the emperor is really A man of deep affection."

Seeing Song Shenzong's embarrassment, Du Wenhao quickly explained: "Old ancestor, it was the humble minister who went to Mrs. Chen to pick up the concubine and went to Sichuan together. Only then did she find Mrs. Chen's eyes were bulging, her complexion was sallow, and she was suspicious, so he examined her and found It's a plague. I don't want to worry about it, but once this plague spreads, it will endanger the safety of your ancestors, the emperor, and the entire harem, so I have to report this matter to the emperor."

The Empress Dowager hummed, her face softened, and she said: "It turns out that it is like this. Since Wen Hao said it, the Ai family can see that there is no fake, but the Ai family still has to go and see for themselves to find out."

"Royal grandma, the plague is intended to infect people, you still..." Song Shenzong persuaded.

The Empress Dowager waved her hand and stood up: "Wen Hao, you support Aijia, let's go and have a look, with him here, what are Aijia afraid of!"

Du Wenhao hurried over to help the Empress Dowager, and walked slowly towards the layman.Song Shenzong hurriedly followed.

As soon as they went out, they found that there was already a strong wind outside, and the sky was overcast, and the yellow umbrellas in the hands of the maids were also blown tottering.

Song Shenzong said: "Imperial Grandma, with such a strong wind, it must rain, why don't we go another day and not be in a hurry?"

The Empress Dowager waved her hand: "This kind of thing is the most urgent thing. There are so many people in the harem, if it gets infected, it will be a big deal. Anyway, the road is not far away, and we should be able to get there before the rain, Xiaojiao My son, don’t go with me, Wen Hao is with you, and you can ask the attendant of the Royal Medicine Academy to prepare some ginger soup at home.”

"Yes, my ancestor."

"Let's go." The Empress Dowager patted the back of Du Wenhao's hand lightly. Du Wenhao understood and helped the Empress Dowager to walk forward.

As soon as they arrived at the gate of the cold palace, big raindrops fell down with a crackling sound. Du Wenhao hurriedly helped the Empress Dowager to the eaves to shelter from the rain, and Song Shenzong and the others followed.

The door of the Leng Palace was ajar, and when a strong wind blew, it opened naturally without being pushed. There was a loud bang, but no one in the yard came out to look.

The Empress Dowager looked into the yard, took out a champagne to cover her mouth, and said hummingly: "No one will come out at this time, let's not go in, let them come out when the rain is lighter. "

"I think that's the only way to go." Song Shenzong suddenly felt a little cold, probably because of his heart, and couldn't help shivering.

"Hahahaha, the flowers are flying, the birds are flying, I want to fly, I want to fly..."

Suddenly everyone heard a burst of crisp laughter coming from the yard, and they all looked out one by one, only to see a woman wearing a phoenix crown and Xiapei rushing into the rain, and a muffled thunder from the sky hit the walnut tree in the yard On the top of the tree, Granny Chen who came out behind the woman screamed: "Your Majesty, come back!"

Chen Meiren turned a deaf ear to it, laughed and danced, walked to the tree and stood there, with her arms outstretched and her head raised, letting the rain fall on her face and body. Luoxia was tightly attached to her still exquisite body. She closed her eyes, with a smile on her face, and slowly raised her hands, as if she was about to hug something.

Since Chen Meiren was imprisoned in the cold palace, this was the first time the Empress Dowager saw her. She saw scars criss-crossing her face, one eye was already blind, and the other eye was bulging and staring. She looked very ferocious. He couldn't help taking two steps back, frowning and said dissatisfiedly. "She...how did she become so crazy?"

Song Shenzong saw that his heart twitched. The phoenix coronet was brought by Chen Meiren when she entered the palace. She often wore it for herself to see. She was the most familiar one. She still thought about herself, but she had almost forgotten her. , Song Shenzong felt apologetic and tender in his heart, but when he saw her ferocious appearance, he trembled in fright again, and the tenderness in his heart immediately disappeared. He sighed and turned his face away.

Du Wenhao said: "Old Ancestor, when I came, the lady went up to the beam when she heard the movement outside the door. I didn't notice anything wrong with her before, but later I found out that apart from the problem of insanity, she was not cured. Throwing up something, and her complexion was sallow, which attracted the attention of my ministers. Now that Mrs. Chen is infected with plague, the ancestors and the emperor must not approach her." After finishing speaking, he stepped forward and closed the door, revealing only a crack , still holding the door knocker with both hands, so that the door can be closed at any time, separating the inside and the outside.All the maids and eunuchs also gathered around, ready to protect the empress dowager and the emperor from leaving.

With these precautions, the Empress Dowager and Song Shenzong felt relieved and looked in through the crack of the door.

The rain came and went quickly, it was just a shower, and soon it cleared up.

Grandma Chen took a piece of clothing from the room and went to Meiren Chen, carefully put it on her, and helped her into the room, who would have guessed that a maid who accidentally kicked the door outside the door sent out a broom At the sound, Chen Meiren immediately turned her head, looked at the door happily, pointed to the door and said to Chen Po: "Chen Po, look, the emperor has picked me up!" Then she ran out of the door.

Chen Po chased up, caught Chen Meiren, and said with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, go back, you look like this now, let alone the emperor, even the eunuchs are scared, let's go back to the house, Chen Po will make you suffer." Medicine, you should take your medicine."

After hearing this, Chen Meiren fell to the ground with a sad face.

Outside the door, Song Shenzong and the Empress Dowager passed through the crack of the door, only a few steps away, and they could clearly see Chen Meiren's appearance, which was no different from what Du Wenhao said. Her face, neck, and hands were all sallow, especially her eyes. The yellow color could not be forgotten, and the two of them took two steps back in fright, almost retreating from the porch and the eaves.

"Ancestor, we can't stay here for too long. The disease is highly contagious, so we should be careful." Du Wenhao said.

The Empress Dowager came back to her senses, and with a wave of her hand, everyone quickly turned around and walked back.

"Oh, woman!" The Empress Dowager said this inexplicably, and there was no other word on the road, and everyone followed back to the bedroom, each with their own concerns.

After drinking a bowl of hot ginger soup, Du Wenhao felt his body warmed up a lot, but the empress dowager and the emperor kept their faces gloomy, and no one dared to speak.

"Since she is already a living dead, it is better to let her suffer less. This matter cannot be delayed, Xiaojiaozi, you hurry up and go with your things and people, but don't stay with anyone who has been in contact with her, so as not to be confused." future trouble."

Eunuch Jiao said yes, and was about to step back when Song Shenzong said loudly, "Wait!"

"Royal grandma, grandson has an unfeeling request."

"Please speak, Your Majesty."

Song Shenzong waved everyone to retreat, leaving Du Wenhao alone.Only then did he walk up to the Empress Dowager: "Since she doesn't have much time, my grandson begs the imperial grandma to let her go home. There are still parents at home who can take care of her. Even if she dies, it can be regarded as Ye Luo's return to her roots." .”

The empress dowager thought for a while: "Oh! That's all, that's all, the Ai family doesn't understand the emperor, this woman has done all kinds of bad things, and even pleaded for her when she was about to die. Let you deal with it, anyway, she may not live long if she is like that. Already... Aijia is tired, you all should step back."

When Du Wenhao heard this, a stone in his heart fell to the ground. He secretly told the emperor first by luck, and saw that the emperor would not be cruel because of his past love, and it was true.

After leaving the empress dowager's bedroom, Song Shenzong said to Du Wenhao in a low voice: "I will entrust her to you. You must send her back out of the city tonight, and let Mrs. Chen take care of her all the way, without any delay."

"Your Majesty, I understand, so let's do it." Du Wenhao replied.

The emperor stared at him for a moment, then slowly said: "Thank you for saving her."

Du Wenhao was taken aback, seeing the complex emotions in the emperor's eyes, could it be that the emperor knew that he was lying to him and the empress dowager? Do whatever you want!"

"Hmm... I just hope that she can be a good person after she goes out. There is no fate for her to be white in this life, and she will have an unfinished fate in the next life."

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Two hours later, a carriage stopped outside the entrance of the palace. Lin Qingdai and Pang Yuqin were waiting anxiously in front of the carriage.

"Sister Qingdai, do you think Mr. Xiang can get things done?" Pang Yuqin was a little anxious, her palms were covered with sweat, and she couldn't wipe it off no matter how hard she tried.

Lin Qingdai's expression was serious, looking at the closed palace gate, she actually had no idea in her heart, although Du Wenhao had thought through the whole plan, but she didn't know if the Empress Dowager could really agree to let that one go. Chen Meiren leaves the palace.

"Here we come, here we come!" Xue Fei'er, who was waiting at the gate of the palace, yelled loudly, only to see the gate of the palace opened, and four or five people came out in a hurry, and the leader was Du Wenhao.

"Wen Hao, you guys are here!" Xue Fei'er went forward, only to see Lian'er and an old woman supporting a handsome woman with a sick face and following behind.

After getting into the car, Du Wenhao handed over the burden in his hands to Mrs. Chen, and said: "I have already asked a few of my men to wait outside the city to take you back. On the way, you'd better address yourself as mother and daughter, and it's better not to be your empress." Said it was Chen."

Granny Chen nodded gratefully and took over the burden, while Beauty Chen held Du Wenhao's hand tightly: "I'm going now, don't know when I'll see you again, Lord Du's kindness of saving my life, Xiaoqiu will repay it in the next life."

Du Wenhao smiled indifferently: "Your Majesty, take care, the money in your baggage is enough for you to go home, but it's just a tiring journey, Your Majesty must insist on taking medicine."

Chen Meiren was already sobbing and unable to speak. Seeing that it was getting late, Du Wenhao was worried that the night would be long and dreamy, so it was better to hurry them on their way: "Okay, we can't stay for long, you guys go."

Lian'er walked to the front of the car, kowtowed three times to Beauty Chen, and said in a mournful voice: "Mother, Lian'er can no longer serve you, you must take care of it."

"My pity, I treated you badly in the past, but fortunately I entrusted you to Mrs. Du. The bad things turned into good things, and I was relieved to give you a good home. If there is a future, you can come to Suzhou to see me. I will miss you very much too."

The crisp sound of the groom whipping his whip passed through the air, and the carriage sped away.

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Early the next morning, the main gate of Tianshui Lane in Du Mansion opened wide, and horse-drawn carriages drove out.A long row filled the alley.There are dozens of cars for people and goods.Except for the Du family who left Hantou and some servants to continue to run Wuweitang, the whole family went to Yazhou with Du Wenhaoxi.

On behalf of the Empress Dowager, Eunuch Jiao came to see Du Wenhao off in person, and Eunuch Ning wanted to set off with Du Wenhao to Huanggang to preach the decree, so he took a carriage and brought the imperial guards here early in the morning.

Pang Yuqin's grandma, her parents' family, Xue Fei'er's father, Du Wenhao's colleagues, a large group of relatives and friends all came to say goodbye, and the Tianshui Lane was packed to the brim.

After Pang Yuqin and Xue Feier's family told their two daughters with tears, everyone got into the car, waved goodbye, and the brigade motorcade set off to the south gate.

Here, the [-] imperial troops led by Han Jiang are ready to go.After the two teams joined forces, they went out of the city ten miles to the farewell pavilion.

They were already waiting here to see off the officials of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War. After some customary congratulations, they drank the farewell wine and headed west.

After traveling for more than ten miles, Han Jiang divided the Forbidden Army into two parts, and one part with 5000 people was led by Du Wenhao as the rear army, and then walked slowly.I took 5000 people with me and rushed to Chengdu in the starry night.

After all, these [-] imperial guards were the emperor's personal guards. They were all elites selected from various armies. They were all big and round, with bright armor and excellent equipment.

Du Wenhao first inspected all the soldiers and introduced Li Pu, his staff member. Then, the army continued to march to Huanggang.

In the evening, they set up camp in the wild. Most of the food and supplies accompanying the army for this expedition were left to Du Wenhao's rear army, so there was no need to worry about military supplies.

Originally, drinking was not allowed on the expedition, but it seems that they have no combat missions now. The 5000 people led by Han Jiang are enough to wipe out the Tubo Xishan Fan Army. In his own tent, a banquet was set up, and everyone had a good drink.

These battalion commanders are all gentlemen, and this banquet made the relationship between the generals a lot better.They all came to toast Du Wenhao one by one with wine glasses, and vowed to express their loyalty.

After that, Du Wenhao called the military academies of the battalions to drink and talk, and at the same time raised the food standard of the soldiers of each battalion. He is so approachable and approachable, he doesn't put on airs at all, they all praise him and are very affectionate to him.

After setting up camp that night, Du Wenhao and the others were drinking and chatting in his big tent. A tooth general came over, holding a wine glass in one hand and covering his head with the other, with a very painful expression on his face: "General Du, the last general Xu San toasts you!"

Du Wenhao is the cavalry captain of Si Wude in front of the Palace of the Forbidden Army, and he is the fifth rank.In the Song Dynasty, the fifth-rank military officer already wanted to be a high-ranking officer, and was entrusted with commanding the rear army of the Western Expedition, so these generals called Du Wenhao a general.

Du Wenhao glanced at him: "What's wrong with you? Your head feels uncomfortable?"

"Yeah, my head hurts a bit."

Du Wenhao saw that his forehead was sweating profusely from the pain, and said with a smile: "Okay, seeing you like this, I'm afraid it's not an ordinary pain, sit down, and I'll show you."

"No...it's okay, general, the last general is fine..."

"This is an order!" Du Wenhao's face darkened, and he said with a straight face, "If you are sick, once the battle ahead is tight, and we really want to send our rear army reserve team into battle, how do you fight? Sergeants don't have good health, yes You can't win the battle!"

Li Pu was also drunk, and he smiled at Xu San from the side: "You don't know what is good or bad, General Du, as a doctor in front of the imperial court, is the imperial doctor of the emperor! It is not necessary to have an imperial doctor to treat your illness." Knowing that you are a blessing that you cultivated in that life, why don't you hurry up and thank the general for your kindness, and sit down!"

"Yes!" Xu San blushed and smiled, drank the wine in one gulp, and sat beside Du Wenhao covering his head.

Du Wenhao asked, "How long has it been in pain?"

"Seven or eight days."

"Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"Hey, I thought it would be fine after a few days, but I didn't expect it to get worse."

"Idiot! 'Hide your debts to be poor, hide your illness and die'! Haven't you heard of it? How can a disease be treated indiscriminately? If you can survive it, what do you want us doctors to do? If a minor illness is not cured, it will become a serious illness, and if the serious illness is not cured, it will become a terminal illness!"

"That's right! Hehe, the general is confused."

"Besides the headache, what other symptoms do you have?"

"I'm a little afraid of the cold, I have a fever, and I still have a cough, but it's not too severe."

"Oh, reach out and let me feel your pulse."

Examining the pulse and looking at the tongue, it was found that the pulse was slightly floating and the tongue coating was thin and white.Du Wenhao said: "Okay, your illness doesn't matter, it's a wind-heat headache, I'll prescribe a mulberry and chrysanthemum drink for you, take a few doses and you'll be fine."

"Yes, hehe, thank you General."

When a large army goes on an expedition, in addition to military supplies, medicine is also indispensable. The army has a sufficient amount of commonly used medicinal materials, and of course there are military doctors accompanying the army.

Du Wenhao asked the serving guards to bring pens, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote a prescription with a pen, and asked Xu Sanna to take the prescription for the military doctor to prescribe the medicine.

Seeing that Du Wenhao took the initiative to inquire about the health of his subordinates, and even took the initiative to see a doctor for his subordinates, all the generals were very moved and stepped forward to toast one after another.Occasionally, if there is a minor illness, he will salivate and ask Du Wenhao to take a look.Of course Du Wenhao didn't refuse. While drinking, he treated these generals and said some medical allusions from time to time. The atmosphere in the tent was harmonious.

After taking Du Wenhao's medicine, Xu San was in a good condition, very happy, and very grateful to Du Wenhao.

(End of this chapter)

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