The official ship traveled for more than half a month, went out of the Shandong boundary, and soon entered the Nanzhili area. I just want to go back to Ningbo, but I still have a long way to go.

Ahem......

Yuan Wei's condition continued to deteriorate, coughing incessantly along the way, and he often vomited. In these days alone, the whole person has lost more than ten pounds, and his eye sockets have sunken.

"Xiaomo in the south of the city is in spring again, and I see plum blossoms and no one in sight."

"People have three thousand diseases in life and old age, and only lovesickness cannot be cured."

……

Yuan Wei sat on the bamboo chair of the observation deck, looking at the spring scenery on both sides of the strait, his eyes seemed to have broken through the vicissitudes of the world, and he chanted a poem with emotion.

Yuan Longhui and Yuan Longhuang have been serving their father, and now they listen to their father reciting this sentence "People have three thousand diseases in life, only lovesickness cannot be cured", and they couldn't help but look at each other speechlessly.

"Where are we?" Yuan Wei spent most of his time in the room, looking at the atmosphere of the Jiangnan water town gradually increasing on both sides of the strait, but he suddenly asked.

When Yuan Longhui heard this hoarse voice, he responded honestly: "Dad, now that we have reached the boundary of Huai'an, we will be able to reach Huai'an City in half a day!" ”

"Huai'an? Where the yamen of the governor of Caoyun is located, the current governor of Caoyun is Wang Zizheng, so let's not enter the city! Yuan Wei admonished, and whispered again: "I just hope to be faster, even if I take a look at Ningbo City!" ”

Along the way, he deeply realized his physical malaise, and it became his greatest long-cherished wish to return to his hometown to take a look.

Yuan Longhui immediately comforted: "Dad, you will definitely be fine!" It's windy outside, the child helps you back to the room, you should also take the medicine, Doctor Chen said that this medicine can't be stopped! ”

Yuan Wei originally wanted to say more, but the words came to his lips, but he swallowed them back. Yuan Longhui picked up his father and prepared to go back to the room, and at the same time gave Yuan Longhuang a look.

Yuan Longhuang nodded lightly in understanding, and immediately went to the kitchen to bring the boiled medicine.

Although he had realized that the effect of this prescription was not good, and his father's condition was obviously deteriorating, it was finally from the hands of the imperial doctor, and he could only hope for this prescription.

"Daddy! Father! ”

When Yuan Longhuang was about to bring the medicine into the room, he first heard the sound of an object falling to the ground, followed by his brother's exclamation.

Syllable!

He hurriedly walked into the door, and immediately saw his father lying on the ground, seeing this seemingly unexpected change, Yuan Longhuang suddenly felt that the end of the world was coming, and the medicine bowl in his hand also fell to the ground and shattered, and the medicine stains on the ground were also splashed all over the ground.

He has been watching his father's illness all this time, and he actually has the worst plan in his heart. It's just that when it really happened, his brain was buzzing, and he only felt like the sky was falling.

His father had always been the object of his pride, but now that he was suddenly gone, he didn't know how to face the rest of his life.

Yuan Longhui trembled and probed his father's snort, but shouted loudly at Yuan Longhuang, who was at the door of the room: "Quick! Hurry up and let the boatman rush to Huai'an to find the husband! ”

Yuan Longhuang woke up like a dream, and hurriedly turned around and ran to find the boatman.

Due to the hurry of leaving Beijing this time, he only brought some medicines prescribed by the hospital to take on the road, and did not accompany Lang Zhong. I saw Lang Zhong in Liaocheng, Shandong, but the level of that Lang Zhong was obviously not good, and he couldn't even figure out his father's illness.

It's just that the situation is so bad now, and the person has already fainted, but he can no longer count on the prescription prescribed by Imperial Doctor Chen, and only hopes that this Huai'an City can find a powerful Langzhong.

Although the boatmen worked hard and the boat sailed downstream, the distance between the two places was not close after all, and by the time the ship came to the Huai'an wharf, the sun had already set in the west.

When Yuan Longhuang docked, he took the house slave off the boat to the city to prepare to look for Langzhong, but a rather Confucian old man came from the dock and asked, "But Yuan Ge's old ship?" ”

Along the way, the Yuan family was not too ostentatious, but they did not deliberately conceal it.

Although Yuan Longhuang was very anxious, he still nodded politely and responded: "Exactly, I don't know what Your Excellency will call?" ”

"I'm Yangzhou Cao Meng, I've been waiting here for a long time!" Cao Meng immediately reported his name and responded gently.

With becoming a salt merchant of Lianghuai, the past two years have been very nourishing, so that the whole person is refreshed, and his eyes are full of confidence.

Yuan Longhuang learned that the person in front of him was Yangzhou Cao Meng, and he was busy reaching out and groping for the letter on his body, only to remember that the letter was placed in the cabin, and he also explained the situation: "When I left Beijing, the teacher gave me a letter, asking me to contact you when I go to Yangzhou!" ”

"Lord Lin has already written to me, I don't know how Yuan Ge Lao's condition is now?" Cao Meng naturally did not appear here for no reason, but also explained.

Yuan Longhuang's face was worried, and he also confided the truth: "My father has not eaten for three days, he has just passed out, and he is about to go to the city to find a good doctor!" ”

"I've already brought the good doctor, so you better quickly lead us to the boat!" Cao Meng pointed to a little old man behind him, and urged seriously.

Yuan Longhuang looked at the little old man behind Cao Meng, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded lightly: "Yes!" ”

This little old man is nearly fifty years old, like a goat with a long beard, and has a strong reading temperament. It was this temperament that made Yuan Longhuang doubt his medical skills.

However, people have already come to the door, which can be said to be a relief in the snow, and it is already the teacher's arrangement, so that he also led people onto the boat.

When the group came to the room, Yuan Wei was lying quietly on the bed, like a zombie.

Yuan Longhui was wiping his father with a wet towel, and seeing that his younger brother brought Lang Zhong back so quickly, he didn't think much about it, so he said to that Lang Zhong: "Doctor, please hurry up and show my father, he ...... What's wrong with him? ”

The little old man came to the bed, first looked at Yuan Wei's face seriously, then sat down in front of the bed, put his finger on Yuan Wei's pulse, and listened quietly.

Yuan Longhui looked at the little old man with a very powerful look, but he asked Yuan Longhuang directly: "Second brother, where did you invite Langzhong?" ”

"I didn't invite it, this is Cao Meng mentioned by my master, and he brought this Langzhong over!" Yuan Longhuang pointed to Cao Meng next to him to introduce him, and explained to his brother seriously.

Cao Meng, who was standing on the side, was looking at Yuan Wei seriously, but he raised his hand to stop him: "We don't need to be polite, let's let Dean Li see what is going on with Elder Ge first!" ”

Dean Lee?

When the two brothers Yuan Longhui heard this strange name, they were slightly stunned at first, then nodded silently, and then looked at Dean Li, the little old man who was treating his father with concern.

Dean Li took the pulse, but his face was very solemn, and he turned his head to the two young apprentices behind him and ordered, "Pull his clothes apart!" ”

"Why did you tear open my father's clothes?" Yuan Longhui stopped the two young men and immediately questioned.

Dean Li's brows furrowed slightly, and he was very dissatisfied with Yuan Longhui's stop, and asked angrily, "Does your father have red spots on his body?" ”

When the two brothers Yuan Longhui heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, and found that the level of this Lang Zhong was indeed higher than that of Lang Zhong on the road, and even more reliable than the imperial doctor of Tai Hospital.

The clothes were untied, but I saw that the white chest was really speckled, and the red spots on it were shocking.

Seeing this situation, Cao Meng first secretly swallowed and spit, and asked respectfully to the little old man, "Dean Li, what is the disease of Yuan Ge?" ”

The two brothers Yuan Longhui also looked at Dean Li, and their hearts were up and down at this time, looking solemnly at this Dean Li, who was quite skilled in medicine.

Dean Li sighed, shook his head solemnly, and said, "Yuan Ge is not sick, he has been infected with erysipelas, and now erysipelas has entered the internal organs!" ”

Everyone doesn't need to look at Dean Li's stinky face that looks like he is about to die, just listening to the tone of his voice, everyone knows that this problem is extremely serious, serious enough to prepare for what happens after death.

As soon as the words fell, Yuan Longhuang earnestly asked: "Li ...... Dean Li, you said that my father did not have a strange disease, but ...... Erysipelas! ”

"Not bad!" Dean Li was very confident in his judgment and nodded solemnly.

Yuan Longhuang hesitated for a moment, but said suspiciously: "My father showed the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital in advance, but they didn't say that he had erysipelas, but only said that my father had a strange disease, are you mistaken?"

Compared with this unknown Lang Zhong, even if it was arranged by his teacher, at this moment, he undoubtedly believed in the imperial doctor of the Beijing Tai Hospital.

When Cao Meng heard this, he also turned his head to look at Dean Li,

"How could I be mistaken, as for the Tai Hospital...... I'm afraid it's not that they can't see it, but they don't dare to say it! Dean Li raised his eyes and replied with a thoughtful expression.

Yuan Longhuang was about to continue questioning, but Yuan Longhui next to him stopped his younger brother and said thoughtfully: "I should have thought of it, that Imperial Doctor Chen was devastating, he is indeed ...... Don't dare to say! ”

Yuan Longhuang looked at Yuan Longhui in confusion, and then slowly reacted.

When today's son was obsessed with cultivating Xuan, he was extremely enthusiastic about pills. In the past, many imperial doctors in the Tai Hospital were because they pointed out the shortcomings of the pills, but as a result, the hereditary imperial doctors obtained by the ancestors were ruthlessly stripped off by the current emperor.

Today, even if those imperial doctors knew that his father had erysipelas, it was already a taboo. If they tell the truth, they will probably be implicated in the event of a big problem.

It is for this reason that even if he smashed his own signboard, that Imperial Doctor Chen would not say that it was an elixir, and could only use a strange disease to perfunctory.

Cao Meng was calm, as if it was his own business, and asked seriously: "Dean Li, what is the matter now?" ”

"If I could have found it in advance at the beginning, I could still take some medicine to recuperate, but now...... I'm afraid I won't be able to survive for three days! Dean Li put Yuan Wei's hand back into the quilt, but shook his head gently.

Yuan Longhui and the two brothers knew that this Langzhong had real skills, and immediately the world was spinning, so they said together: "Please also ask the divine doctor to save my father's life!" ”

"I haven't encountered this erysipelas, but when I was in the hospital, I read some ancient books, but ......!" Dean Li sighed, but he wanted to speak and stopped.

Yuan Longhuang immediately said: "Please make it clear to the divine doctor!" ”

"Let's talk about this later!" Dean Li waved his hand and stretched out a hand to the apprentice behind him.

Although the apprentice was young, he was very clever enough to take out the silver needle bun. Dean Li took out a silver needle and skillfully pierced several acupuncture points on Yuan Wei's body, and his expression seemed very focused.

Yuan Longhui and the two brothers watched Dean Li's needle pricking action, and their palms were full of sweat.

After the last needle, Yuan Wei suddenly coughed, and the whole person opened his eyes leisurely and woke up. It's just that he doesn't have the official authority of the past, and the whole person is like a dying old man.

"Daddy!" When the two brothers Yuan Longhui saw this, they pounced on them and cried.

Dean Li's brows frowned slightly, and he reminded them, "Be careful! ”

"What's wrong with me?" Yuan Wei just knew that his son helped him back to the room, but after entering the door just now, he didn't remember anything, and asked with a vague look.

Yuan Longhui immediately said that he had fainted, and stretched out his hand to Dean Li next to him.

Yuan Wei looked at the unsmiling Lang Zhong in front of him, and said with surprise: "Imperial Doctor Li, I didn't expect that after many years, we met here, but I don't know how you are here?" ”

This person is none other than Li Shizhen, a famous miracle doctor in later generations. After Li Shizhen was disappointed in the imperial examination, he turned to inherit his ancestral profession and practice medicine, and after making a name for himself, he naturally became the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital.

It's just that Li Shizhen, who is straightforward by nature, failed to stay in the hospital for a lifetime, but chose to resign a few years ago and became an idle cloud and wild crane with no official body.

When he was in the capital, one was a minister who often accompanied the emperor, and the other was the most famous imperial doctor in the Tai Hospital, so the two naturally knew each other.

Cao Meng stood up at this time and explained: "He is the director of the United Hospital, and it was Lord Lin who wrote a letter to him to enter Beijing quickly, and then ordered to wait for Yuan Ge Lao here!" ”

"So that's the case, I'm afraid Lin Shilang has seen a clue!" Yuan Wei sighed, and thanked Li Shizhen again: "This time I have more Imperial Doctor Li!" ”

"You don't have to thank me! The erysipelas in your body has penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and the elder Ge will stay up for three days at most! Li Shizhen refused the words of thanks and said truthfully.

Three days?

When the two brothers Yuan Longhui heard this, their hearts almost stopped.

Yuan Wei looked very open, and responded bitterly: "Imperial Doctor Li, you are still as rectum as the Imperial Hospital, no wonder the emperor doesn't like you!" ”

Cao Meng asked with concern: "Dean Li, you are the most powerful miracle doctor in the United Hospital, even my old man's serious illness has been cured by you for many years, is Yuan Ge Lao's disease really incurable?" ”

The two brothers Yuan Longhui looked at Li Shizhen hopefully, their eyes showing longing.

"I have seen an ancient recipe from the Saigon period in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion of the Tai Hospital, and if the Pavilion Elder can trust me, I can give it a try, but ...... I'm only 30% sure, and you'll have a lot of damage to your five organs! Li Shizhen said to Yuan Wei seriously.

When Yuan Longhui and Yuan Longhuang heard this, they looked at their father with great concern.

Along the way, they saw their father's condition deteriorate with their own eyes, from just coughing at the beginning, to coughing up blood these days, and now they still eat more and vomit less, but now they eat as much as they vomit.

If his father had just died, they really weren't too surprised.

Li Shizhen didn't say anything, kept looking at Yuan Wei, waiting for Yuan Wei's answer.

Yuan Wei sighed, and said to Li Shizhen: "Then there is Imperial Doctor Lao Li to prepare!" Hui'er, Huang'er, Dad has to explain something to you! ”

The world is very wonderful, Yuan Wei met Li Shizhen who rushed to the capital on the way back, and things seemed to be different.