Still waiting for Zhaoyang

Chapter 25 Smoke and dust in the deep east (3)
"My lord, what should I tell Li Ji, what kind of illness is it? What kind of medicine and medical equipment should I bring with me? Do I need to bring a helper?" Hong Wu asked outside the house.

Shang Rui pondered for a moment, then glanced at Xia Yue again: "I'm afraid I'll be wasting time again." After saying this, he pulled down a cloak on the screen and put it on Xia Yue's head , "There is a lack of medical care here, why don't you come with me." The last sentence was for Xia Yue.

Xia Yue's thoughts were all on Li Ji, and she asked again: "Who is Li Ji?"

Hearing her questioning, Shang Rui calmed down and examined her slowly.

Li Ji?

In a short time, Shang Rui thought about these two words back and forth silently, but couldn't find any clues in his mind, so he asked back: "He is the judge of the Supreme Hospital, and he is also a friend of mine. Do you know him?" ?”

"Is it really Li Ji, the imperial doctor of the Imperial Hospital?"

Shang Rui looked at her, his eyes wandering, he nodded and replied: "Exactly."

"where are we going?"

"Go to his house."

When Xia Yue heard it, she was almost ecstatic in her heart, she put on her cloak and forced herself to go out with him without thinking too much.

Tian Yuan found a carriage, and said to Xia Yue: "The illness can't be delayed. Miss Min will go first. I'll ask Miss He Xiang to pack up and I'll be there soon."

Sitting alone in the carriage, Xia Yue recalled what that doctor Jinluo said before, and never thought that she could really meet Li Ji in the imperial capital.She was so excited that her hands trembled a little, and she completely ignored the pain in her body.

She reviewed Zijin's condition in her heart, and secretly thought about how to describe it simply and clearly if she saw Li Jihou, so she organized her own speech silently.She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she even forgot Shang Rui's original intention of taking her to find Li Ji.

After finishing all this, before reaching Li Ji's place, as soon as her heart relaxed, she felt weak in limbs and very tired.

When he arrived at Li Ji's mansion, Minglian got out of the car to invite Xia Yue, and called out softly, but there was no response from inside, so he glanced at Shang Rui.

Shang Rui walked over and opened the curtain.

The carriage was spacious, with a small table and cushions.But she didn't touch anything at all, she curled up in a corner, fell asleep hugging her knees, and didn't even take off the cloak on her body.

He called her, but she didn't move.

The car was very wide, and he wanted to pull her over, but he couldn't reach her, so he lifted the corner of his robe and got into the car.

There was an elegant and warm fragrance in the car, which was like two worlds compared with the bitter cold wind outside. Her face was turned to one side, her eyelids were closed tightly, and there was also a sore on her brow bone, which was so red. Dazzling, the complexion is very bad, it can almost be described as earthy, and the breathing seems to be inaudible.

Thinking of this, he suddenly paused, and almost without thinking, he stretched out two fingers to explore her neck veins.

Unexpectedly, at the moment when his fingertips were about to touch her skin, she suddenly moved.

He suddenly withdrew his hands, and stood up with a "chuckle". When he stood up straight, his head hit the roof of the carriage. With a "boom", the entire carriage shook.

Minglian was taken aback by the movement in the car, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, what's the matter?"

Xia Yue was awakened from her sleep by this movement, she opened her eyes and saw Shang Rui in front of her, her eyes were sleepy.

Suddenly, he felt a little ridiculous.

"Are there?" she asked.

He answered no one, and got out of the carriage without a word.

Xia Yue came out from behind, but she didn't expect her heels to hit the ground, probably because she was weak due to illness, and because she had sat in the car for too long and blocked her blood vessels, her eyes suddenly went dark, and her knees suddenly went limp.Seeing this, Minglian hurried to help her up, but before she had time, the back of her head hit the side of the carriage heavily.

The people around were all exclaimed.

Shang Rui turned his head when he heard the sound, but he didn't move when he saw this scene. He just quietly asked Li Ji to ask the servants in the mansion to carry her in, and then took her back to the palace.

Because Shang Rui didn't close his eyes all night last night, when he arrived at the Kangning Hall, he suddenly felt a little tired. After eating something, he went to bed and lay quietly, thinking of the old things.

When he was young, his mother often taught him secretly.

"It's difficult for a ruler and a minister to meet each other. There are two kinds of generals, virtuous generals and talented generals. The imperial ministers use courtesy, and the imperial generals use skills. Does Rui'er know how to do it?" asked the mother.

As a young man, he replied: "The skill of a virtuous general should be based on faith, and the skill of a talented general should be based on the wisdom of a gentleman."

"That's why it is difficult to defend a general, but it is even more difficult to defend a talented general. Does Rui'er love a talented general, or a talented general?"

"My son thinks that when a ruler appoints a general to go to war, besides controlling the general, the most important thing is the strength of the army. However," he glanced at his mother and said, "Mother, my son, I only want to be a good general for Brother Ning, and for Brother Ning Fighting on the battlefield, I don’t want to learn how to control people. In the future, how about I be a general who guards the frontier?”

As soon as he finished speaking, the concubine mother slapped him on the left cheek angrily: "Look at your future!"

At that time, Shang Rui didn't know why he made the concubine mother so angry, but he still endured the pain and smiled at Concubine Xu: "Concubine mother, don't be angry, the child just studies hard."

After finishing speaking, he quickly sat down at the table and carefully read what his mother found.Just after reading a few sentences, his mother suddenly hugged him tightly again: "Rui'er, mother shouldn't hit you, shouldn't be angry, but in this deep palace, if you don't fight, others will fight with you. Sometimes what you want to own and protect will be trampled on the ground.”

Now, Shang Rui would like to ask, what do I have now?
Wealthy all over the world, take whatever you want?
He smiled sadly.

four

"what's your name?"

"Min Xiayue."

"Where's your father?"

"Daddy's name is Min Yi."

"Who is he?"

"He's my brother."

"how old are you?"

In her sleep, she kept chanting these words.In that year, both mother and father always told her to memorize it, and used it to test her from time to time. She was afraid that she would accidentally miss something, so she kept repeating, memorizing and memorizing, so that later I feel that this is the truth.

"Call Li Jilai, hurry up." Shang Rui's voice suddenly entered Xia Yue's mind.

Suddenly, Xia Yue sat up startled, looked around suspiciously: "Where is this?"

It's already midnight, He Xiang just dozed off, but at this moment she woke up suddenly when she heard Xia Yue's voice: "Miss, you're awake."

"This is?" Xia Yue felt a splitting headache.

"This is Li Yuanjuan's mansion. Mr. Hong sent you here. He is worried about your illness, so he took you away first. I packed up my things and came with Mr. Tian."

He Xiang complained again: "I don't know how Mr. Hong took care of you on the way, it almost broke your head."

Xia Yue ignored her and just asked, "Li Ji? I want to see Li Ji, He Xiang, I want to see Li Ji."

He Xiang replied: "Yes, yes. Master Li has come to give you an injection just now, and he has been waiting for you. He told me that if you wake up, you should also call him immediately." After speaking, he went to pass the message outside the door.

After a while, Li Ji came.

Xia Yue took a look at him, he was about forty years old, with a medium build, his clothes and face were plain, completely different from the fairy style of a national player she expected in her heart.

"Li Ji, Lord Li?" Xia Yue asked.

"It's my humble servant." Li Ji nodded.

Xia Yue's heart skipped a beat: "Master Li, my little girl has something to ask for."

"Miss needless to say, Li was entrusted by someone, and will do everything he can to heal the girl." He sat on the side with a calm expression, answered calmly, and stretched out his hand to diagnose Xia Yue's pulse.

"It's not for me, it's for another person..."

Li Ji glanced at her indifferently, interrupted her and said: "The girl is hard to protect herself, let's talk about it after living these few days."

In one sentence, he expressed the danger of Xia Yue's condition.

"Is this black Yin Sha?" Xia Yue asked.

Li Ji nodded.

"Master Li, isn't he afraid of my infection?"

"So I heard Master Tian said that you locked yourself up?" Li Ji asked her back.

"I……"

"In fact, people in the world have misunderstood that this disease is not contagious unless it comes into contact with the pus inside."

Hearing what he said, Xia Yue felt relieved.

Later, Li Ji cleaned his hands and asked Yaotong to open a black lacquer box.Inside the box were long and short silver needles lined up neatly and evenly.He lit a fire, took out a slightly longer needle, gently twitched it with two fingers, burned it twice on the fire, then moved to Xia Yue's body, and pierced towards Quchi acupoint.

He laid the needle faster than the average person, without hesitation.Xia Yue only felt a tingling pain the moment the needle tip pierced her skin, followed by a tingling numbness.

"This can relieve the pain on the girl."

Xia Yue suddenly said: "My lord, be careful too." What she meant was that Li Ji should not accidentally puncture those pustules and get infected by herself.

"I'm a doctor and know how to measure." Li Ji replied.

"By the way, how is Mr. Hong?" Xia Yue asked, "He is very close to me, I don't know if I have met him."

Li Ji was roasting the second needle on the fire, but when he heard Xia Yue's words, he paused slightly: "The Mr. Hong who sent you to me?"

Xia Yue nodded, suddenly a little worried.

"How close?" Li Ji asked.

Xia Yue has a free and easy personality, her life is at stake, and her injustice is minor, so she said generously: "He touched my hand." After saying that, she rolled up her sleeves and showed it to Li Ji.

The sore on that arm had now turned dark red.

Li Ji had a serious face, but he continued to have the needle without saying a word.

His acupuncture skills are extremely good, and he is very particular about the depth of each acupuncture point, which impressed Xia Yue.

After getting the last needle, a fine layer of sweat broke out on Xia Yue's forehead.

After the injection was finished, Li Ji prescribed a new prescription, and asked the medicine boy to fetch the medicine, and after a few instructions, he hurried into the palace.

When we arrived at Kangning Hall, Shang Rui had just changed his clothes and was about to have breakfast.

"It's rare to see you in such a hurry." Shang Rui said.

"The emperor knows that the black Yin Sha is so dangerous, why doesn't he hide it, but also demonstrates it by himself?" Li Ji said.

Shang Rui was slightly taken aback, and said slowly: "Didn't you say before that the infection is only when the thing is broken?"

"But don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case. The emperor is the pillar of the country, and the fate of the world depends on it. How can you be so careless."

Shang Rui suddenly felt a headache, and took the initiative to stretch out his hand and said, "Then show me, see if I can still be saved."

Li Ji was choked by him, saluted, walked to the front and silently checked his pulse, and then asked the palace people to burn all the clothes on Shang Rui's body yesterday, and changed a group of people who had touched him.

In the middle, Shang Rui couldn't help asking: "Min Xiayue, how is she?"

"The minister will do his best."

Shang Rui asked slowly: "Is there help?"

"It's up to people, but Miss Min can take it easy."

"Why?"

"Before I left, I said that when the effect of the medicine wears off, she will have a high fever again, and there won't be too many chances of waking up, so if you have anything to say to your family, you can ask me to do it for you."

"You are sincere." Shang Rui said.

"The girl said that she didn't have any wish, but she has a younger brother, and she wants Chen to see a doctor for him."

When Shang Rui heard this, his eyes darkened, and he asked, "What's wrong?"

"She didn't say anything."

"and then?"

"She said that if she dies, Qiuchen can fulfill her last wish."

Hearing this, Shang Rui sneered suddenly: "She is very careful, and she doesn't want to suffer a little bit if she dies."

At this moment, Wei Chuang came in a hurry with a confidential letter.

"Your Majesty, report urgently."

Shang Rui unpacked it and read it quickly, frowning silently.

Apart from Shang Rui, there were only Ming Lian, Yao Chuang and Li Ji in the hall. They were originally very quiet, but now they held their breath, without any sound.

Afterwards, Shang Rui said calmly: "King Liang voted for King Yanping."

五

In the evening, Xia Yue woke up, ate some porridge drowsily, and almost didn't even have the strength to speak.Seeing this, He Xiang had to secretly wipe away tears.

"Now we live in the city, close to our home, but don't disturb your aunt and grandmother, lest they will be sad and cause trouble to Mr. Li." Xia Yue explained.

"If anything happens to me..." She took a breath and said again, "You just wait in Mingshantang, don't go anywhere, Zijin will find him, when he comes, you tell him."

He Xiang cried: "Miss, what are you talking about, tell the young master yourself when he comes."

Xia Yue continued: "When he comes, you tell him that I have hidden his things in a place he knows."

He Xiang cried: "Miss, don't be like this, you will be fine. I'll go to Mr. Li, or I'll go to Mr. Hong to see if he can find a better doctor."

Xia Yue smiled: "After seeing the young master, he will take good care of you, but I don't know what you have in mind."

"Also, that Mr. Hong... Although he saved me, he is not a kind person. You tell Zijin, beware of him." Xia Yue said again.

After saying these words, she lost energy, and gradually fell asleep after taking the medicine.

On the way, Li Ji came several times, but he frowned and said nothing, got the needles and changed the prescription.He Xiang was anxious but didn't dare to make a fuss, so she had to grab the little drug boy behind and question her.

Hearing the sound, Li Ji turned around and said, "This disease is terminally ill. I just try it according to the method in the ancient book, and see if she can survive these few days."

After hearing this, He Xiang almost cried.

Li Ji stood at the door, glanced at Xia Yue on the couch, and said: "Life and death are impermanent in the world. Who doesn't live one day at a time? Maybe some people suffer from incurable diseases, but they can reach their sixtieth birthday. Strong and strong people die unexpectedly every day. Just like the mutiny in the southern region, the Huai family, who knows their own fate tomorrow." At this point, Li Ji sighed lightly and turned around with his hands behind his back.

"But there is only one person in this world, and he turns his hands into clouds..." He sighed again to himself, his voice was almost inaudible.

In the next few days, when the weather warmed up, Prime Minister Wang Ji had a cough.

His cough is a long-standing disease, he is old and cannot be cured, but he takes Li Ji's prescription the most. After taking the medicine, his condition will usually be relieved. Unexpectedly, he even went to the imperial hospital twice and failed to find Li Ji, so he came here Jinde Palace visited Wang Xiaoxiang.

"I heard that you are angry with the emperor today?" Wang Xiaoxiang asked, stepping back and forth.

"Yeah." Wang Xiang sipped his tea, "The rebels have captured Yunzhong."

"In the clouds?" The farthest trip she took as a child was to go there, the famous land of fish and rice in the southern region.

"Xu Jingye is just self-willed."

"The life and death of my dear son Xu Yang is still unknown, General Xu is eager to save his son." The Queen murmured.

"Although this cloud is not a fortress, it is a granary in the southern region. It is estimated that Xu Jingye was bound to win it, but I didn't expect..."

"What about food and grass?" Wang Xiaoxiang said.

"It can last for a few days for the time being, so I have to send it urgently."

"How could such an important Yunzhong be easily obtained by the rebels?"

Wang Ji put down the teacup and asked, "Do you know who won the cloud?"

Wang Xiaoxiang shook his head puzzled.

"It's King Yanping."

"King Yanping?" Wang Xiaoxiang was surprised.

"The first orphan, Wei Ranyu." Wang Ji said again.

"That child, is he really alive?" She once thought it was just a cover for Duke Huai to make trouble.

"No one has seen it with their own eyes, and no one can confirm it."

"More than ten years have passed, even if I see him, I may not be able to recognize him." Wang Xiaoxiang sighed softly.

The father and daughter had their own concerns, and they didn't speak for a long time.

Later, Wang Xiaoxiang said again: "Now that King Huai is even more powerful, it's no wonder His Majesty is angry."

"Your Majesty reprimanded Xu Jingye in the hall, and even sent Sima Lin to supervise the battle. You also know that Sima Lin was born as a military general and had a little prestige in the army. Being at odds with the Xu family, Xu Jingye has been constrained this time. This battle is not effective, and a place like Yunzhong has stumbled. It is only natural for His Majesty to be angry, and Xu Jingye's party arrogance has also been reduced. But... ..." Wang Ji looked at his daughter meaningfully, "As a father, I don't think it's real anger."

Wang Xiaoxiang knew that his father had been immersed in the imperial court for many years, and he was the best at observing words and expressions, so he couldn't help asking softly, "Could it be within His Majesty's expectation?"

"After King Yanping captured Yunzhong, he didn't hand it over to King Huai, and became one with him. Instead, he stood still."

"Then how could Duke Huai allow him to act like this?"

"King Huai's army originally used the banner of Kuangfu's royal family. Many people went to the first prince and King Yanping. Then, King Liang suddenly rose up, and King Yanping cooperated with him and quickly seized Yunzhong. Now King Yanping has With King Liang's support, even though King Huai has a large army, he can't do anything to him for a while."

(End of this chapter)