The middle-aged man took the towel and wiped the sweat that didn't seem to exist. said: "Wei Wen, have you insisted on practicing the Five Fowl Opera?" ”

Apprentice Wei Wen said: "Master, the disciple usually practices every day, and his health has been very good over the years. ”

The middle-aged man groaned: "Adjust your breathing, your mind is inward, and your head and body are straight and natural,??? The chest and abdomen are relaxed and the knees are slightly bent, the inducement is to calm into the distracting thoughts, the shoulders and elbows are inhaled and exhaled, the soft and even the intention is simple, the heart is calm and the qi is moving, and the spirit is not outside the dantian.

Hua Shen Doctor is really a celestial man, and the Five Birds Opera is a real health preservation technique.

"Master, your achievements in the medical Tao have long surpassed Hua Divine Doctor, and you are the real Divine Doctor." Wei Wen said respectfully.

This middle-aged man is Sun Simiao, the Tang Dynasty divine doctor, who was born in 541 and is 98 years old this year. Life is 70 years old, and the average life expectancy of people in the Tang Dynasty is only 35 years old, so Sun Simiao is called an old immortal.

At breakfast, Wei Wen said, "Your Majesty summoned you to the palace, what will you talk to you about?" ”

Sun Simiao said: "It's not that I want to stay in Chang'an and serve the imperial court. ”

Wei Wen said, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Sun Simiao said: "As a teacher, I am so old, and I am not interested in being an official. As a teacher, I would rather be idle and free and be at ease. Besides, there are so many imperial doctors in the palace, and Your Majesty has no shortage of doctors. The ordinary people of the people are the ones who really need us.

However, His Majesty's summons cannot help but be a teacher. After eating, you can prepare the car and send me to the palace to see the driver. ”

"Yes, master." Wei Wen said.

Liangyi Palace, study.

Today is the first day of work after the New Year, and after the morning and the morning, Li Shimin is reviewing the recitals. Wang De came in and said, "Your Majesty, Immortal Sun is here." ”

Li Shimin personally stood up to greet Sun Simiao.

"Grass people Sun Simiao, see Your Majesty." Sun Simiao saluted and said.

"The old fairy is quickly exempt." Li Shimin said in a respectful tone.

Li Shimin invited Sun Simiao to sit on the sofa, and he sat next to him and talked with Sun Simiao.

"Old immortal, if I remember correctly, you are 98 years old this year, you look only 40 years old, you are really an immortal." Li Shimin said enviously.

Sun Simiao is not good at polite words, so he is silent.

Li Shimin met Sun Simiao five years ago and knew his temperament very well, so he picked up topics he was familiar with to talk about. He asked, "Do you still insist on practicing the five bird operas every day?" ”

Sure enough, Sun Simiao opened the conversation.

The two began to talk about health.

Li Shimin asked: "Old immortal, how can a person be immortal?" ”

Sun Simiao said: "In ancient times, no one has ever been immortal, and he can only prolong his life. ”

Li Shimin asked, "How to prolong life?" ”

Sun Simiao said: "Self-cultivation and self-cultivation, pay attention to diet and nourishment. ......"He just wanted to say indifferent to fame and fortune, but when he thought that the person in front of him was the top figure of Vanity Fair, he shut up.

Li Shimin knew what he was going to say, he had heard these words more than 100 times from others, and he was not interested. He chatted with Sun Simiao for a while, and then got into the topic.

He said: "Old immortal, five years ago, I invited you to serve the imperial court, and you said at that time that you would compile the "Thousand Golden Prescriptions". I wonder how "The Golden Prescription" is progressing now? ”

Li Shimin, like the powerful emperors of the world, hopes that all the good things in the world belong to him. Sun Simiao is extremely famous, and he cannot be used by the imperial court, which cannot but be said to be a great regret of Li Shimin.

As mentioned earlier, in the Tang Dynasty, the influence of the Li family was not the greatest, especially since the ancestors of the Li family had the blood of the descendants of the Xiliang royal family, which has always been criticized by the family. Li Shimin also felt that his confidence was a little weak.

In order to prove the purity of the bloodline of the Li family, after Li Yuan ascended the throne, his grandfather Li Hu was honored as the emperor, and the temple name was Tang Taizu, and the nickname was Emperor Jing. His father, Li Yumiao, was called Tang Shizu and Emperor Yuan.

Li Shimin is also vigorously recruiting talents, and those who are famous are used for their own use to support the façade. The reason why Xiao Qian has a certain status in the court has a lot to do with his background in the aristocratic family of the previous dynasty.

Sun Simiao was very famous in the former Sui Dynasty, and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty recruited him many times, but he refused. If Li Shimin can recruit Sun Simiao, it means that the Tang Dynasty is more popular than the Sui Dynasty.

Li Shimin wanted to recruit Sun Simiao, not because he cared about his superb medical skills, but because he wanted to use his fame to whitewash the peace.

Sun Simiao knows this very well. Naturally, it will not be used by him as a dispensable ornament.

Sun Simiao once again rejected Li Shimin's invitation.

Li Shimin was very disappointed, and the conversation could not go on. Soon, Sun Simiao said goodbye and left.

The next morning, Taiji Hall.

Li Shimin said: "The divine doctor Sun Simiao is now in Chang'an, and I hope that he can use his medical skills to serve the imperial court. If any of you has a way to persuade him to stay, I will be rewarded. ”

When the princes heard this, they couldn't help but rub their hands and were eager to try.

Li Chengqian has made great progress now, and he no longer directly says that the fifth brother has a way as before. Instead, use your brain first to see if you can solve the problem.

Li Ke moved quickly, and that afternoon, he went to visit Sun Simiao.

Yongping Fang.

Li Ke is doing things now, and he also imitates Li You intentionally or unintentionally, and in order to adjust the atmosphere, he also brought a princess Gao to see Sun Simiao.

Li Ke knew that Sun Simiao was indifferent to fame and fortune, so he did not bring gifts, but sincerely asked him about medical problems and tried to find common topics.

Princess Gao is empathetic and eloquent, creating a good atmosphere for Li Ke to talk.

Li Ke saw that the time had come, so he went straight to the topic, he stood in the perspective of national righteousness, moved with emotion, knew with reason, and what he said was a dry mouth.

Unexpectedly, Sun Simiao was like a piece of wood, without saying a word. In the end, he said: "Your Highness, the grass people are already old, and they just want to be an idle cloud and wild crane and spend their old age in peace." ”

Subsequently, no matter how Li Ke persuaded him, Sun Simiao stopped talking.

Li Ke felt that he had no way to start playing the piano with the cow, so he finally had to give up.

The person sent by Li Tai to monitor Li Ke's whereabouts went back to report to Li Tai, saying that Li Ke and his wife came out with gloomy faces, and it was obvious that they had failed. He was secretly happy in his heart and decided to go out himself.

Li Tai did not go immediately, he made full preparations in advance, and in the afternoon of the next day, he came to the residence of Wei Wen, Sun Simiao's apprentice in Yongpingfang.

Li Tai didn't look for Sun Simiao directly, but found Wei Wen first, took out an approval document from Jingzhao Mansion, and said, "Doctor Wei, don't you want to run a medical center, this is an approval document, I have already done it for you." ”8)