And it was this kind of kung fu that Xu Zhicai walked to the small table where the medicine box was placed with his hands behind his back, and when no one was paying attention, he took out a medicine bottle from the box.

Pour out a pill from it.

When no one was paying attention, he poured it into his mouth.

When Gu Zheng cleaned up the empty tea set, turned around and knelt in front of Xu Zhicai, and wanted to ask his master whether he wanted to make tea or sencha, he found that the teacher in front of him had a wrong look on his face.

"Master, what's wrong with you!"

Based on years of experience as a doctor, Gu Zheng could see at a glance that Xu Zhicai's face and appearance were wrong.

Then I watched Xu Zhicai covering his abdomen, and his performance was dripping with cold sweat, and it was so painful that his legs and feet were weak and he couldn't sit upright.

Seeing this, Gu Zheng exclaimed again: "Heding Red!"

"Master, you're crazy!"

"Quick, Master, spit it out!"

"Milk, yes, egg whites, it's okay, Master, you wait for me and I'll let someone get it for you!!"

"Master, come on, come on, bastard, where are these people dying now!"

Seeing Gu Zheng's performance, Xu Zhicai, who was lying crookedly on the ground, smiled, twisted his face, and pulled Gu Zheng's shirt with his weak hand, so that he could listen carefully to what he said.

"Gu Zheng, listen to me. This is your own choice, Master, and me. ”

"You should know who my old lord is, and the grievances between your old lord and Nanqi, I think even a common people in this country are clear. ”

"Today, what Your Majesty has asked me to do, I, as an old minister of Southern Qi, must not do. ”

And the consequence of not being able to do so is to meet the wrath of the king of a country. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Zhicai's huge pain in his abdomen surged again, he gasped a few breaths of cold air, and the sweat on his forehead instantly emerged.

After the dizziness for a while passed, Xu Zhicai looked at the panicked Gu Zheng and smiled again.

He pushed away the water that the other party sent him, trying to make what he wanted to say a little easier: "You stupid apprentice, and some of you are learning, vomiting is salt water, if you pour this big cup of white water into Master and me, it will become a poison that urges life." ”

But Gu Zheng was itching with hatred, pointing to the peppers, spices, salt, etc. from the sencha on the side, and defended himself one more sentence: "Your apprentice, my psychological tolerance is not so bad." It's just that I can't figure out why I, a master who has no desires and no desires, seems to have sacrificed my life for righteousness today. ”

Hearing this, Xu Zhicai finally smiled, with a relieved face, he seemed to be accustomed to the waves of sharp pain, the twitching of his limbs, but he turned his back up, looked at the familiar carved beams and paintings, and continued to say what he wanted to express.

"Actually, if I really have as free and easy as you imagined, I will fight to the end today, for the sake of my own medical name, and I will give a reputation that will be recited through the ages. ”

"But I was originally from the Shi clan, and although only I, an old man, was left alone in my lineage, there were 379 people in the clan behind me. ”

"In the middle of the day, if I disobey Your Majesty's decision, but dare to step out of this palace, then these hundreds of clansmen behind me will accompany me, an old man, to the underworld tomorrow. ”

"If they die because of my backbone, it will be my Xu Zhicai's biggest sin. ”

"So, after thinking about it, I came up with such a clumsy method. ”

"It not only preserves my reputation and loyalty, but also allows Your Majesty to forgive my innocent people for the sake of me being a pitiful person. ”

"It's just a pity, the fate of you and my master and apprentice will end here. ”

"And Master, I will never see the time for you to become a generation of famous doctors and become famous all over the world. ”

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

With Xu Zhicai's laughter, the corners of his mouth flowed uncontrollably with a mixture of jet-black blood and saliva, down his cheeks, dripping in this empty and uninhabited hall.

"Master!!"

At this time, Gu Zheng was inexplicably sad and indignant, he reluctantly propped up Xu Zhicai's body, and wanted to pry the other party's mouth to pour the salt water in the bowl into it.

But he found that the current Xu Zhicai had already locked his teeth, and he planned to meet his death in the most painful way.

Seeing Gu Zheng here, he didn't want to give up, he paused the bowl in his hand heavily, and roared angrily at his master: "Master, have you forgotten the six incurables you once taught me?"

"This Baling King is clearly sinister, he doesn't want to die, he wants to live in the world, but he has pushed you, Master, to a dead end. ”

"He knew that Master, you are a rare loyal and former minister of Southern Qi in this world, and he was willing to give up the position of the imperial medical institute and go home, but he was unwilling to serve the new court. ”

"For the only remaining old ministers who defend him, he is so willing to abandon them, just like such an old master, why should he let the old ministers who are useful to this world give up his life!"

"Could it be that the life of King Baling is his life, and your life is not your life, Master?"

"A child like this who has lost all the inheritance of his ancestors and has not grown his hair is not the old master you should really serve at all, Master. ”

"Master, the emperor of Southern Qi who appreciates you, befriends you, and reuses you, he died ten years ago!!"

Gu Zheng, who shouted here, finally burst out with tears.

The longer he lingered in these dynasties, the more loyal he was to his family and country...... I felt deeply lost.

He has always looked at the loyal people around him through the eyes of a bystander.

But when the person closest to him in this world, who was not only his teacher of preaching, but also a father who laughed and scolded him, was bound and hurt by the so-called loyalty, his confusion completely exploded.

Looking at his apprentice who was moody, he had a rare true temperament.

Xu Zhicai, whose pupils on the opposite side had begun to diverge a little, used his last strength, stroked his palm on the top of Gu Zheng's boundless and lonely head, and said softly: "This is the last way of medicine that Master taught you." ”

"There are many unsatisfactory things in the world, but those who are doctors still have to hold on to the final bottom line. ”

That is, never take the initiative to harm others, in front of the doctor, there is no reason to kill a person for ten thousand lives. ”

"Because even if you save 10,000 people, you can't cover up your mistake of killing a person with medical skills. ”

"This is not the Tao of a doctor, and it is not the Tao that a teacher wants to teach you. ”

"Gu Zheng, remember, after the death of the master, don't get stained with anyone's blood. ”

"Don't do anything to King Baling, it's not his fault, he just wants to live in this world. ”

"Don't complain against Your Majesty, because he is an old master who has been kind to you. ”

"Heaven and earth, the monarch is the master, the father is the first, and the master is the last. ”

"If I have the heart, Master, I am tired, and my task of guarding the last bit of bloodline for Nanqi will also be blown away with my death wind. ”

"Actually, Master, I'm really happy, because Master, I'm very tired and tired, and now, I'm ...... I can finally go back to my hometown. ”

"Huh. ”

The big hand that stroked the top of Gu Zheng's hair finally hung down weakly.

The slender mosquito-like voice can't be sustained anymore after all.

The pair that always had a faint medicinal fragrance said, holding the medicine hoe, chasing after Gu Zheng and whipping him to spur his hands, no longer had the strength to support them, and since then they have been silent forever.

Looking at the arms that were still swaying in front of him because of inertia.

Gu Zheng seemed to be unable to believe the fact that the master had passed away, but with trembling hands, he once again lifted the arms of the master who had lost his strength to the top of his head, as if he was making a pilgrimage, and covered the top of his head again.

It's a pity that as his hands were put down, these hands that were gradually cold fell down again.

And this time, Gu Zheng finally burst out of his throat and screamed with all his might.

"Master!!ahhh

As Gu Zheng's roar sounded like a wounded beast, the startled waiter who had just brought hot water fell to the ground with a frightened bang.

"This ...... What's this???"

This clanging sound finally pulled Gu Zheng's thoughts back, and he only then thought that he and his master were in this harem.

Seeing Gu Zheng here, he wiped a handful of tears with all his might, and finished packing up the medicine box that the master was accustomed to on the side.

After fumbling with the small bottle containing the poison and trying to calm his hatred, he slammed the medicine box shut.

Then Gu Zheng picked up the medicine box with one hand, and resisted the master's body with the other.

He didn't dislike Xu Zhicai's filthy body, as if he was like the most devout believer on a pilgrimage, and paced in the direction of the palace gate step by step.

When passing by the blind waiter here, Gu Zheng coldly threw down a sentence: "Trouble to tell Your Majesty, my master Xu Zhicai, died of a sudden illness in the side hall just now, I'm afraid I won't be able to complete the task assigned to him by His Majesty." ”

"When Gu Zheng completes Master's last wish, I will ask for guilt for Master. ”

After speaking, regardless of the reaction of the chamberlain, he accelerated his pace and struggled to move in the direction of the palace gate.

"Hehe, Master, apprentice, I follow your teachings. ”

"You say, if you don't let me kill, I won't kill. ”

"You say, "If there is no distinction between the high and the low of the healer's patient, I will not distinguish between the high and the low." ”

"But apprentice, I always have my own temper, I can't kill it, can't I be cured?"

"In this world, don't offend a famous doctor if you offend anyone. ”

"Master, you wait, wait to see my apprentice, the apricot forest is fragrant, and you will leave a name for eternity!"

"One day, they will kneel at my feet, and one day, they will know the fate of offending a famous doctor. ”

After whispering these cold words, Gu Zheng, who turned his head, saw Chen Qingzhi dressed in white at the gate of the palace.