The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 28 An Old Fox

Zhu Zhi sat obliquely in the hall, sipping the fine wine Sun Shao sent, two patches of wine red appeared on his vicissitudes of cheeks, and his usually sharp eyes became hazy.

"Give some more to Ah Weng." Zhu Zhi stretched lazily, and extended the cup in his hand to his youngest son Zhu Wansui.

Zhu Wansui is only 13 years old today, with red lips and white teeth, very cute.Zhu Zhi's eldest son, Zhu Cai, and his second son, Zhu Ji, were all waiting outside to lead the army. The third son, Zhu Wei, just died young last year, and now he is the only one left to accompany Zhu Zhi, who is over sixty years old, and is very much loved by Zhu Zhi.He is the only one who dares to joke in front of the strict Zhu Zhi.

"Ah Weng, stop drinking." Zhu Wansui snatched the wine glass from Zhu Zhi's hand, stepped forward to help Zhu Zhi up, and wanted to mix him into the inner room.Zhu Zhi chuckled, and held his son's shoulder affectionately: "Zhuzi, it's rare for me to have a couple of glasses of wine, so you're stopping me?"

Zhu Wansui was struggling to carry Zhu Zhi on his back, his face was flushed, and he said as he walked: "It's not that I don't want to drink it for Ah Weng, it's just that Brother Sun's family only sent two jars of this wine, and it's only the third day, so drink it quickly Almost half of the altar is full, if you finish drinking it, it will be gone."

"No more? No more, let him give it away." Zhu Zhi squinted his eyes, pretending to be annoyed and cursed: "I am also his elder, so drinking two jars of wine from him is not too much."

"Father has been an official all his life, and he never received gifts indiscriminately, and he always said that wine is a thing of immorality, but this time it is for a jar of wine..." Zhu Wansui looked up at Zhu Zhi, a little nervous, although Zhu Zhi doted on him , but it was not something he dared to say casually.

Zhu Zhi was stunned for a moment, let go of Zhu Wansui, and straightened his body. The drunken state just now disappeared in an instant. He straightened his neck and looked at Zhu Wansui's flushed little face, and suddenly smiled: "Zizi, you know the lesson? I'm here. But you're right, Ah Weng is a bit..." Zhu Zhi sighed a long time, walked to the front of the hall with his hands behind his back, looked at the gloomy sky, and was silent for a while: "I don't know why, After drinking this wine, I feel a little tired and want to go back to Danyang's hometown. Together with this nostalgia, I can't control myself."

After Zhu Wansui heard this, he felt a little sad. In the past two years, Zhu Zhi has obviously aged. Not only has his brows turned white a lot, but his spirit is also not as good as before. Although he still looks very smart and capable in front of others, he can sit alone in his spare time. At that time, I often saw him in a daze.

"Ah Weng, why don't you...resign from the Supreme and return to the field?" Zhu Wansui carefully made a suggestion, and as soon as the words came out, he immediately regretted it and lowered his head without saying a word.Although he is only 13 years old, he knows that Zhu Zhi is not rich and lustful, but he is a bit greedy for power. He attaches great importance to the current position of the prefect of Wu County. Drinking is much worse.

However, what surprised him was that Zhu Zhi didn't show any displeasure. He just thought for a while, sighed, turned around and walked slowly to the inner room without saying anything.Zhu Wansui was a little curious, and before he had time to look at Zhu Zhi's face, there were a few hurried footsteps outside.Zhu Zhi stopped in his tracks, turned his head and looked outside.

Prison official Cao Jiyan hurried in with a medical craftsman.

Zhu Zhi's eyes lit up, his spirits lifted, he turned around and sat in front of the desk: "Zixiu (Jiyan's character), how about it?"

Jiyan raised her sleeve to wipe the sweat from her forehead, pushed the happy-looking doctor to Zhu Zhi, and couldn't help laughing: "Master Fu, the wine you gave is so good, let's try it out." After three days, five of the seven wounded improved significantly, and only one with the most serious injury did not improve. Judging from the results, it was indeed much better than salt water. It was a bit worse than a hundred times, but it must be ten times." He pointed again. The medical craftsman said: "I don't know the specifics, let him tell Mingfu."

Zhu Zhi raised his eyebrows, leaned forward, and urged, "Say it quickly."

The doctor felt a little guilty when he stared at him, he opened his mouth, but there was no sound, Jiyan became a little anxious, frowned, and was about to get angry, but Zhu Zhi, who was always strict, stopped him, and said calmly: "You don't Hurry up, speak slowly."

Both Jiyan and Zhu Wansui looked at Zhu Zhi in surprise, even the doctor couldn't figure it out for a while, but Zhu Zhi's appearance made him calm down a lot, organized his words, and explained the situation of the experiment .

When Zhu Zhi took the wine from Sun Shao, he was a little skeptical, thinking that Sun Shao was a little sloppy and not doing things well, but he just wanted to make more money.But he also hoped that what Sun Shao said was true. If the death rate of the wounded soldiers could be reduced, it would be too important for Jiangdong, which had no superiority in military strength, so he still arranged prison officials Cao Jiyan to arrange people to experiment.There are many prisoners in prison, so it is not difficult to find a few test subjects. In order to be convincing, Jiyan specially selected a dozen of similar injuries, and divided them into two groups. One group washed the wounds with salt water, and the other group used Three days have passed since Sun Shao washed the wine, and the effect is obvious. The wine is obviously much better than the salt water, and more importantly, the wine is less irritating than the salt water.It has to be said that human ingenuity is immeasurable. When the medical craftsman was cleaning a wounded man, he was annoyed by the wounded man's howling and howling. The boy died of drunkenness and never yelled again.

After hearing the medical craftsman's story, although Zhu Zhi didn't change his expression and didn't look too excited, his eyes were a little bright, he waved the medical craftsman to go down, leaving behind Ji Yan: "How much wine is there? "

"For the accuracy of the experiment, a lot was used, and now there is only a little left." Jiyan replied softly.

"Not at all." Zhu Zhi frowned, thought for a moment, then raised his head and said to Ji Yan: "Zixiu, pack up and go to Jianye to report this matter to the Supreme Master."

When Ji Yan heard this, she opened her mouth wide in surprise, she didn't know what to say for a moment, she was stunned for a while, took a step back, and paid her respects, her voice trembling a little: "My lord's kindness, Ji Yan has no teeth to forget."

Jiyan is from Wu County, Wu County. He is very smart and talented, but his family background is not very good.His father once colluded with Shanyue, and although he left the mountain to settle down, Sun Quan never forgot about it. Zhu Zhi listed Ji Yan in the recommendation list several times, but Sun Quan didn't accept it, so he always felt that he was underappreciated.This time Zhu Zhi asked him to go to Jianye to report this matter to Sun Quan, which obviously gave him a great opportunity to show himself in front of Sun Quan. The question is, then there is still a great possibility that Ji Yan will stay as an official in Jianye, so Zhu Zhi asked him to prepare, not just casually, but pointedly, so if things go well, he may stay In Jianye, I won't be able to come back for a while.

Zhu Zhi looked at Ji Yan who was prostrate on the ground, and a satisfied smile flashed in his eyes. He enjoyed this feeling the most, watching a group of young talents kneeling in front of him in gratitude.

Ji Yan went out excitedly, Zhu Zhi looked at his back, smiled and said nothing.Zhu Wansui frowned, pondered for a while, but still couldn't hold back: "Ah Weng, aren't you afraid of angering the Supreme Being by doing this?"

Zhu Zhi turned his head and looked at Zhu Wansui with a sly smile in his eyes: "If you don't try, how do you know?" He paused for a moment, and then said: "Besides, I just arranged him for an errand, not recommending him, my lord. Whether I use it or not, has nothing to do with me?"

Zhu Wansui was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

(End of this chapter)