Emperor Zhang sneered: "You are also guilty? Hmph, do you think Shi Xiu will never come back? ”

Li Yi was sweating profusely and begged: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life!" ”

Emperor Zhang said: "Li Yi, this lie is really seamless, it deceived me all over the place, and also sent Geng Gong into the dungeon!" Hmph, I have become a faint king, and there is no distinction between loyalty and treachery! He paused and shouted, "Say, who taught you?" ”

Where did Li Yi dare to say? Just kowtowed, banging, bleeding all over the ground.

Emperor Zhang roared: "Li Yi, if you don't say it, don't I know?" Okay, I don't want you to say it, come on, drag him down, cut him in half! Rushed into a few wolf-like royal forest troops, grabbed Li Yi, and dragged them out.

Li Yi was so frightened that he hurriedly said: "The emperor spares his life, it was General Dou who asked me to say this, and it was General Dou who asked me to say this......"

Emperor Zhang's heart was bright, his angry eyes revealed a murderous aura, and he said angrily: "Bold! Who is General Dou? How could I teach you to do these things? Hmph, let's talk about the twenty boards first! ”

The Imperial Forest Army hated Li Yi deeply, and when they heard Emperor Zhang's words, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, rushed up, overturned Li Yi, pressed it on the ground, raised the board, and beat it hard, pouring all their anger on Li Yi. Poor Li Yi, who is already a literati and has no power to restrain chickens, how can he afford to be beaten like this? After the 20 boards were played, he passed out early. The Guards brought cold water and poured it on their heads. Li Yi was excited, woke up again, looked at Emperor Zhang, and was terrified.

Emperor Zhang said slowly: "Li Yi, at present, Ban Chao is still in Ning, waiting for the summoning order, I will order you to be the messenger again, go to the Western Regions, inform Ban Chao, the Western Regions are peaceful, and I will make him Dingyuan!" ”

After Li Yi left, Emperor Zhang was full of sorrow and thought: "Dou Gu is powerful, and he frames Zhongliang day and night, but in the Manchu Dynasty, all his minions, I am just a puppet." Hmph, I swear to kill this thief! But there was no way for a while, the dragon's eyebrows were tightly locked, and he only felt that everything in the world was tasteless, his chest suddenly churned, his throat was itchy, and he couldn't help coughing, and his face was flushed, and he couldn't breathe, Concubine Song was startled, and while patting Emperor Zhang's back, she told the maid to call the imperial doctor.

After a while, the imperial doctor carried the wooden box on his back and hurriedly ran over, too late to salute, hurriedly checked the pulse, held it, looked suspicious, shook his head again and again, and said: "The emperor's pulse is like not floating or sinking, gentle and steady, the ulnar pulse sinks strongly, there should be no illness, but the emperor coughs so badly, it's really strange, it's really strange......

Concubine Song said angrily: "The emperor coughed so badly, but you said it was okay, so what's the use of the palace asking you to come?" ”

The imperial doctor was startled, sweating, scratching his head and scratching his ears, and spitting: "This, this, this ......" is the so-called urgency to produce wisdom, the imperial doctor "this" for a while, and suddenly said: "Concubine Song, the minister has a law, but the emperor can be treated, but it is just ......"

"Come on, don't buy it!" Concubine Song patted Emperor Zhang's back and said hurriedly.

"Concubine Song, some time ago, wasn't there a night owl in Shuhua Palace who caused the prince to get sick? That Li Daoren drove away the night owl, and invited the emperor to come to Longxi to worship in person, and the prince's illness was cured. Now the emperor's pulse is normal, but he coughs profusely, and the emperor must be evil, if he calls Li Daoren over and casts a spell slightly, the emperor's illness will ......"

Concubine Song was angry and interrupted: "You are really a doctor in vain, you can't find out the disease, but you believe in witchcraft, hum, come here, pull him down......"

Unexpectedly, Emperor Zhang coughed and said: "And, slowly, he, he is also reasonable, let him go......"

The imperial doctor was overjoyed when he heard this, carried the wooden box on his back, walked out of the palace, and slipped away.

Emperor Zhang's cough gradually stopped, and he said worriedly: "I was in Longxi a few days ago, I was frightened, and I was drenched in wind and rain, and I felt weak all over my body, and my limbs were sore. That Imperial Physician Sun has superb medical skills, but he said that I am not sick, I am really happy and worried, do you really want to summon Li Daoren? ”

Concubine Song was shocked, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Emperor Qin and Han Wu, superstitious witchcraft, all want to live forever, Taoist priests and wizards come and go to the palace, they are deeply favored by the emperor, interfere with national politics, and disturb the people. But everything in the world, there will be life and death, prosperity and decline, how can people be an exception? Those spells and witchcraft are just tricks to deceive people, and the emperor is wise, so why should he believe it? ”

Emperor Zhang's whole body was weak, he shook his head, and said: "I'm tired, I won't discuss this matter today, I will go back to Weiyang Palace first, and rest for a night." After speaking, he boarded the dragon chariot and left Shuhua Palace.

This night, Emperor Zhang coughed nonstop, and called Imperial Doctor Sun again, but the shadow was long gone. In desperation, he had to call other imperial doctors, but their words were exactly the same as those of Imperial Doctor Sun, and Emperor Zhang couldn't help but wonder. In the second half of the night, the cough was a little quieter, and he was very tired, lying on the dragon bed, squinting his eyes, and slowly fell asleep. Sleeping until midnight, he suddenly shouted: "Someone! Someone has come to kill me, someone has come to kill me......"

Fan Qiang was patrolling Weiyang Palace, and when he heard Emperor Zhang's terrible shout, he hurriedly led the Imperial Forest Army and rushed into the palace. Weiyang Palace was brightly lit, like day, Emperor Zhang had woken up, leaning on the dragon bed, his chest rising and falling violently, his eyes were blank, his hair was messy, and he was in a daze. Fan Qiang said: "Your Majesty, the minister has been outside the palace, no one has entered or left, everything is safe, please rest assured." ”

At this time, Queen Dou also came and stood aside. Emperor Zhang's heart was a little stable, and he gasped: "Since returning to Luoyang, I have always been restless, I finally fell asleep last night, and suddenly dreamed that a tiger came from the southwest, I hurriedly chased it, and I was about to chase it, but the tiger ran into Weiyang Palace, and then drilled into the ground, and disappeared." I was very strange, suddenly, there were countless puppets in the ground, armed with bows and arrows, all came to shoot me, I had nowhere to avoid, and I was hit by many arrows, and there was a puppet general, armed with sharp arrows, who came to kill me, I hurriedly shouted. Speaking of this, Emperor Zhang had palpitations, looked around, and said: "Fan Qiang, from today on, you are guarding Weiyang Palace, you are just a fly, and you don't allow him to fly in!" ”

"Yes!" Fan Qiang bent down and replied loudly.

Queen Dou's eyes rolled, as if she had something to say, but she swallowed it back, paused for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, there must be a reason for this dream, and please be careful in everything." ”

Emperor Zhang nodded slowly.