Gongziyu nodded, and then spoke: "General, Gu will send an envoy to climb out of Wucheng tonight, and then go to Yingdu to ask for help." Calculate the time required from Wucheng to Yingdu, but only six or seven days. And now it is the time of the summer flood, and the army of Chu set off from Yingdu and rushed down the river to Guyang, I am afraid it will only take five or six days. Perhaps, the preparation of the Chu army will also take one or two days, so the fast will be ten days, and the slow will be half a month, and the Chu army will arrive in Guyang. ”

Saying that, Gongziyu looked at Zhang Yi with a heavy face and said, "General, ten days, or fifteen days, can you be ready to control the palace and Wu Cheng in one sentence?" ”

Zhang Yi arched his hand and said: "Please rest assured, our warriors have rushed to the south of Wucheng one after another in the past month or so. At that time, as long as Gongzi gives an order, he can enter Wucheng and wait for Gongzi's dispatch. ”

"Okay." Gongziyu showed a hint of joy, and bowed to Zhang Yi and said, "In this way, there is General Lao." ”

"Don't dare."

Next.

Gongzi Yu declared that he was ill, and then entrusted all political affairs to Yue Meng, who was an auxiliary minister.

After three days of illness, the ministers of the Yue Kingdom saw that Gongzi Yu was still closed, and the imperial doctor in the palace was running to Gongzi Yu's mansion every day, and he was running more and more frequently day by day.

So, for a while, rumors spread in Wu City.

Some say that Gongzi Yu's old illness recurred and he couldn't sleep all night, some said that Gongzi Yu was injured by wine and fell ill, and some said that Gongzi Yu suddenly suffered from a serious illness.

Of course, there are also some people who say that Gongziyu only occasionally feels cold, and even say that Gongziyu is not sick at all, but is just lazy.

If it is the general manager, it is difficult for all the ministers to distinguish.

On the fourth day, some ministers who were still neutral began to visit Gongzi Yu's mansion.

As a result, through these ministers, the news of Gongzi Yu's sudden serious illness soon spread throughout Wucheng.

On the fifth day, Yue Meng, who was an auxiliary government, finally couldn't hold it back, and after dealing with the affairs of the day, he took his entourage and came to Gongzi's Jade Mansion in person.

in the inner chamber.

Yue Meng was taken aback when he saw Gongzi Yu lying on the bed with blank eyes, chapped lips, a yellow complexion, and a very thin face, as if he was very sick.

Then, Yue Meng quickly approached the bedside and whispered worriedly, "Childe..."

After calling a few times in a row, Gongziyu slowly turned his head, looked at Yue Meng with numb eyes for a while, and then said in a weak voice: "It turns out, yes, sir." ”

After finishing the words intermittently, Gongziyu closed his eyes and stopped talking, as if this sentence used up all his strength.

Seeing this, Yue Meng's heart sank, and then he looked at the imperial doctor who was diagnosing Gongzi Yu on the side, and asked heavily, "What disease does Gongzi suffer?" Is there a solution? ”

The imperial doctor lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Yue Meng, and replied in a whisper: "Back to Shangqing's words, minister... Incompetence..."

Yue Meng was stunned when he heard this, and then he was furious, grabbed the imperial doctor's clothes, and then pulled him over, and then looked at Gongziyu who seemed to be sleeping on the bed, so he stared at the imperial doctor with round eyes, and scolded in a low voice: "Gongzi is so seriously ill, you are helpless, so incompetent, what do you want?" ”

When the imperial doctor heard this, his body was weak, and he collapsed directly to the ground, and bowed again and again: "Shangqing, the child's illness is not in the body, but in the heart disease, and the worry becomes a disease." Besides, the previous son couldn't sleep for a long time, although he later improved, but the root of the disease had been planted at that time, and now the disease is prominent, so that it is so. It's just that the body is easy to treat, the heart disease is difficult to treat, and the minister is incompetent. ”

When Yue Meng heard this, he suddenly sighed.

Where Gongziyu's heart disease is, he naturally knows, but if he wants to get rid of his heart disease, Yue Meng has no way.

Thinking about it, Yue Meng approached Gongziyu's bedside again, looked at Gongziyu's emaciated face, and said sadly while feeling heartache: "Not long ago, before the king left, he entrusted Gongzi to me and asked me to assist Gongzi in governing the Yue Kingdom. As a result, the king has only been gone for less than two months, and the prince has done this. In the future, when the king returns, how can I explain to the king? ”

As soon as Gongzi Yu heard this, Yue Meng mentioned King Yue, worried that Yue Meng would pass the news on to King Yue who was still in Langya, so he immediately stretched out a hand.

Yue Meng saw Gongzi Yu stretch out his hand and shake it in front of him, as if he wanted to grab something.

So, he immediately took the initiative to reach out and hold Gongziyu's hand.

Holding this hand, Yue Meng immediately felt that Gongziyu's hand was very cold, but now this time is June and July, the hottest time of the year, and Gongziyu's hand...

Aware of this, Yue Meng's heart suddenly stagnated and grieved.

After Gongziyu held Yue Meng's hand, he immediately shook it hard, and then suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes exuded a strange look, and he said in a low voice: "Sir, at this moment, don't pass this news to your father!" Otherwise, I will die without a blind eye. ”

Yue Meng was stunned when he heard this.

Now that the Yue Kingdom is at a critical moment in negotiations with the Qi State, it is indeed difficult for the Yue King to be distracted at this time.

Although Yue Meng did not think about it, he would pass the news of Gongzi Yu's serious illness to the king of Yue, lest the king of Yue worry that he would hastily end the negotiations with the state of Qi and return to Wucheng.

However, now Gongziyu took the initiative to mention this matter, but it made Yuemeng's heart soften.

Gongziyu is seriously ill, he still thinks about Yue Guo all the time, and thinks about Yue Guo wholeheartedly, isn't this exactly what Yue Guo needs?

Thinking about it, Yue Meng responded: "Don't worry, the old minister can promise the son in this matter, and..."

Yue Meng solemnly promised: "Please also ask the prince to recuperate with peace of mind, and when the king returns, even if the old minister gives up this old life, he will let the king make the prince the prince." ”

When Gongziyu heard this, his heart was moved, and then, after a long silence, he finally closed his eyes.

After a while, Yue Meng saw that Gongziyu seemed to be asleep, so he sighed and turned to leave.

After Yue Meng left, after a long while, Gongziyu suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Order, eat!" ”

When the imperial doctor on the side heard this, he immediately spoke: "No, the minister is going to prepare rice porridge!" ”

On the other side, not long after Yue Meng left Gongzi Yufuzhong.

The palace of the public teacher.

Gongshiyu asked the doorman who inquired about the news: "How, has Yue Meng seen Gongziyu, and also, what is Gongziyu's condition?" ”

At this time, the doorman responded excitedly: "General, Yue Meng has seen Gongzi Yu." As for Gongziyu, he is indeed sick now, and he is very sick, I am afraid that death is not far away. ”

Gongshiyu was overjoyed when he heard this: "Providence, this is Providence, Providence also favors the son's hoof!" ”

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Day 10.

The messenger to Yingdu returned to Wucheng.

"Childe, after the prince of Chu received our request for help, he immediately ordered Zuo Sima Tang to lead 80,000 Chu troops to help. Two days ago, Tang Wu had already set off from Yingdu, and after Tang Wu set off, he immediately returned to Wucheng to report, and at the latest, the Chu army could arrive in Guyang. ”