Guo Biao agreed to temporarily replace Shang Cheng as acting Yanshan, and was also willing to accept the recommendation of the governor of Yanshan, but he also repeatedly said that all this was an expedient measure, and he had no long-term plans to stay in Yanshan; As soon as Shang Cheng's injury improved, he would immediately return his duties to Shang Cheng.

This attitude of his has undoubtedly won him the favor of the people around him. At least after he said this, Duan Si didn't sneer at him anymore; In his private letters and official letters to others, Ximen Sheng also said a few good words for him.

Guo Biao did not leave Fangzhou immediately. For the next two days, he stayed in front of Shang Cheng's bamboo couch almost every step of the way. As long as Shang Cheng's situation didn't seem so bad and his mind was relatively clear, he would humbly ask Shang Cheng about something. These things are all related to the autumn campaign to be launched next month, some are about the defensive strategy in the direction of Duanzhou, some are about how to advance when Yanzhong marches into Luhe Mogan, and some are related to how to ensure the safety of Yanshan and minimize losses if this operation fails...... Of course, this is more about the various battlefield changes that may be encountered when the troops are dispatched to the Bailan River Valley, as well as the various plans to cope with these changes.

Three days later, Ximen Sheng, who was about to go to Duanzhou to take charge of the defense of Yandong, instructed the left army to explain all the affairs of the left army, and urged Guo Biao to set off together.

At this time, it was July 13, and it was less than half a month before the army of Liuzhen was dispatched, even if Guo Biao still felt that there was a belly of things that he didn't have time to ask for, but he couldn't delay any longer, and Shang Chengdao was separated, and he took the commander's seal to order the sword of the emperor to rush east with Ximen Sheng.

As soon as they left, Yandong's defense fell on Shang Cheng's shoulders. However, Ximen Sheng is an old military business, and his ability to attack tough positions in the field may be insufficient, but he has a set of methods for operating and defending. Although the strength of the left army is thin, looking at the sketches he left behind, the various walled fort passes in the direction of Fangzhou are still quite orderly. In addition, Captain Sima of the Left Army, who had been in office for less than two months, was also a shrewd and capable person; Shang Cheng was injured and couldn't be a director, so he took care of all the big and small things in the army, and didn't let the daily tedious chores between the battalions and brigades disturb Shang Cheng's peace of mind.

When officials from Fangzhou Prefecture and several nearby counties heard the news, they all came to visit Shang Cheng's condition. Although Duan Si had greeted these people and didn't spread the news of Shang Cheng's cultivation here, there were many people talking, and I don't know who said a few more words, but they still leaked the matter. Shang Cheng had been to Fangzhou three times last year and had met a lot of people, and now these people heard that the admiral had come to Fangzhou again, and they immediately prepared a generous gift to pay their respects. Among these people, many of them are local celebrities, gentry and scholars, and it is not good for anyone to neglect them, so Shang Cheng had to endure the pain to meet them one by one, ask about the harvest in the land, talk about the hardships of buying and selling, listen to the difficulties of studying and gaining fame, and then say a few words of heart-warming ironing...... For three or four days in a row, there was an endless stream of people who came to visit Shangcheng every day. He originally planned to recuperate here, but who knew that he couldn't get a moment of rest right now, and as a result, his condition became more and more serious within a few days. Duan Si hurriedly ordered that no one was allowed to disturb except for the emergency military situation, but he still couldn't stop the people who wanted to make friends with the Admiral; They always find a way to slip in. It wasn't until Duan Sifa ruthlessly transferred a sentry guard and surrounded the three layers inside and outside the place where Shang Cheng lived, that it was finally cleared. For a patient, it is both necessary and necessary to cultivate in a quiet environment.

The two doctors invited by Ximen Sheng to see a doctor and take medicine for Shang Cheng are both well-known good doctors in Fangzhou City. But they saw Shang Cheng's illness for more than ten days in a row, and the prescription was changed three or four times, but Shang Cheng's condition did not improve. Not only did it not improve, but because the two doctors agreed that the pill specially made for him by Dr. Zhu Daichun Zhu was a tiger and wolf medicine that hurt the original yuan, he was not allowed to continue to take it, so Shang Cheng's condition not only did not decrease, but actually worsened.

Fortunately, the trauma to his ankle healed quickly. After stripping off the ointment the day before yesterday, the best bruiser on the ground in Fangzhou held his ankle a few times and proudly announced that he would be able to walk freely in the future, and he would be able to run and ride a horse at all; All in all, his legs and feet were as sharp as they were before he fell.

This is undoubtedly good news!

But he still can't leave Fangzhou now.

In addition to the fact that he had to stay and guard Yandong, his physical condition also hindered him from making a long journey. After taking the decoction for more than ten days in a row, his headache became more and more serious. The pain only occurred once at intervals, and now it was with him almost everywhere. The pain was so fierce at first that it was like the heavens were falling apart, and he soon fell into a coma. Now the pain is like a few centaurs in his head, holding a sharp long needle, poking and stabbing in his head from time to time, teaching him to be annoyed. Sometimes several places hurt at the same time, causing him to have a splitting headache, but his mind was extremely lucid, which made him so irritable that he was angry when he saw everything. Sometimes he couldn't stand the pain, so he walked around the courtyard and smashed the osmanthus tree with his fist, even if the fist made the bark bleed, he still refused to stop, and the visible pain was better than the invisible pain! He would rather smash his knuckles to the ground than endure a headache!

Now, he sat on the bamboo couch tiredly, and Dr. Namian Pa would not let him use the same medicine prescribed by the divine doctor to press his sour right eye one by one, and close his eyes to recuperate.

The sunlight after autumn shines lazily on his body through the fine veil on the window. There was a hot sensation on his face. There was still a throbbing pain in his head, and he could still feel that somewhere above his head or on the right side of his skull, someone was holding a chisel trying to make a hole in his bone; Each blow of the chisel made half of his mind tingle, and most of his cheeks numb. But that's a pretty good situation. Just half a moment ago, he was so tormented by a headache that he hated to take a knife and cut off his head!

Outside the door, the two doctors once again argued quietly because of their different views on the illness and the prescription. Duan Si was afraid that he would disturb Shang Cheng's rest, so he said good things to persuade him. But the two doctors are not ordinary people, they even say that the prescription prescribed by the Divine Doctor, who is highly respected by the Admiral, is to stop using it, and he, the deputy lieutenant of the Admiral's Yamen, is obviously not enough. They didn't pay any attention to the chaotic Lieutenant Duan, and only cared about arguing with themselves, and the more they talked, the louder they became. It seems that no matter where you are, whether in the council chamber of the Admiralty or outside this hall, the sound of your voice is often directly proportional to the amount of truth you have. The louder you speak, the more truth you have in your hands. The more truth you grasp, the more reason you have to make others do what you want......

Shang Cheng didn't want to dissuade the two doctors and tell them not to quarrel. He didn't have the strength to do it.

He was reluctant to dissuade them. He even felt that Duan Si was a bit troublesome. If they want to quarrel, let them quarrel; It doesn't matter what they do! Anyway, the paperwork in Yixian County is clear and clear, and the doctor has been on the road for several days.

The vast majority of people who have been suffering from the same disease for a long time usually have an almost pathological trust in one drug or one doctor, and maintain a vigilant wait-and-see attitude towards other drugs or doctors. Shang Cheng's situation is much like this. He didn't have any dependence on medicine—it was hard to imagine anyone liking that foul-smelling pill, but he had an almost superstitious trust in Dr. Zhu himself. Especially when he took the medicine of these two Fangzhou doctors, the more he took it, the deeper the problem became, if he wasn't still a little sensible, he would have wanted to get out of his belly of anger a long time ago!

He moved on the bamboo couch to make himself lie more comfortable, rubbed his temples and lowered his head to meditate: Alas, thinking about the schedule, I wish the divine doctor should go to Fangzhou in the next two days, why can't I see anyone? It can't be that something happened on the way, delayed, right?

Duan Sijin said that the prefect and magistrate of Fangzhou wanted to see him.

"Nope!" Shang Cheng said impatiently. He now has a headache and wants to pick up a knife to cut people, who has the patience to listen to them say those empty words that do not touch the world and do not touch the ground?

"They said they had an important business and wanted to hear your advice in person." Duan Si said.

The foul words swirled on the tip of Shang Cheng's tongue, but in the end he endured it. He was silent for a long time and asked, "What important official business?" ”

Duan Si took two steps closer, leaned down and whispered, "Fangzhou Mansion has caught a Tuqi man who is doing green salt horse trading......

Shang Cheng glared at Duan Si fiercely. If you catch a smuggler in the locality, you will confiscate it if it should be confiscated, and you will whip it to serve hard labor if you should whip it and serve hard labor, and you will use it to disturb me if it is smaller than sesame seeds?

"Qu Zhifu said that that guy claimed to be from the Wannuer Department, and he was ordered by their Khan King to come to Fangzhou to exchange horses for green salt."

The merchant had come to be listless, and his eyes suddenly narrowed into a slit.

He had always believed that there could never be a monolith within the Turbids, but there was no evidence, so this idea was buried in his heart and not made public. When fighting on the grassland in the spring and summer of this year, the Da Tengliang Department and the Wannuer Department put aside the Fangzhou in front of them, and would rather travel 800 miles to rescue Mo Gan, which seems to support his idea. But he still can't come up with conclusive and detailed first-hand materials to prove that these two tribes and the king of Donglu Valley are separated from each other...... He thought for a while and said, "Can you be sure of that guy's identity?" ”

Duan Si shook his head. He also asked about this, but neither the prefect nor the magistrate of Fangzhou could confirm the identity of that person, nor could they believe that person's words; But they didn't dare not take it seriously, so they came to Shangcheng to ask for ideas.

"Then why do they believe that the man is a close confidant of King Wannur Khan?"

"They didn't believe it either. But the fellow spoke in a loud tone, saying that he would give out gold sand, horses, or cattle and sheep in exchange for salt and tea. If you can get food and medicine and cloth with them, they can pay a lot of money. Duan Si said.

"That guy didn't say if he wanted pig iron and iron tools?" Shang Cheng asked with a frown.

"I didn't say it." Duan Si said very firmly. He also pointed out iron tools, but the prefect and the magistrate said that the man never mentioned buying pig iron or iron tools from beginning to end.

Shang Cheng thought about it and immediately made a decision: "Tell Qu Zhifu that they can exchange some salt tea for them!" But whether it was salt or tea, he asked for ten loads, and at most one load for him. As for other things, not a single rice or cloth is allowed! After a pause, he added, "They can't come forward in this matter, let them go back to the yamen to find a shrewd person who can speak well, and let him deal with that guy." Also, remember to tell Qu Zhifu that when dealing with that guy, you don't have to be afraid that this deal will not be done, and you must press the price to the death! But we have to tell the people we sent to have a good personal relationship with the cronies of the Wannuer Khan, and give him whatever he wants, and we will send him what he can't think of! Moreover, all the expenses were planned from the leniency, and the expenditures were also taken from the books of the left army.! ”

Duan Si smiled and said, "If you arrange it like this, Qu Zhifu will have to get a lot of oil and water." ”

"When it's time to let people dip in oil and water, you can't let people go vegetarian. Rest assured, Qu Zhifu knows in their hearts, and they will not open their mouths to eat a bite and become fat. Shang Cheng also smiled. He added, "Don't forget to tell Qu Zhifu that if there is anything in the future, they will definitely be the first in the credit book." One by one, they naturally weighed in their hearts. ”

Not long after Duan Si went out, he turned back again. This time he was led by three men.

It's Yue'er and Erya, and there is a miracle doctor......