Chapter 184: Rescue from the Tiger's Mouth (2)
The northwest wind for two consecutive days added a lot of chill to Wangjing in early spring. People on the streets had to find the thick clothes that had been locked in boxes and put them on their bodies to protect themselves from the somewhat chilly cold snap from Siberia.
Since being captured by Kato Kiyomasa, the commander of the Second Army of the invading Japanese Kingdom, the two princes of North Korea, Linhae-kun and Shunhe-kun, have been living under house arrest.
Although the Japanese did not embarrass the two princes too much in terms of life and diet, the loss of personal freedom still made the two princes depressed all day long, and their physical condition deteriorated. Especially Shunhejun, his physique is weak, and since he was placed under house arrest, he has had a cold and fever for three days.
After the two princes came to Wangjing, they were imprisoned in the Lieguan by the Japanese people. This column hall has been in disrepair for a long time, coupled with the invasion of the Japanese army after the capture of Wangjing, the palace and other buildings in Wangjing City were wreathed, and the houses and buildings in the column hall were seriously damaged, and the doors and windows of many houses had long been broken and ventilated.
The cold northwest wind blew through the broken windows into the house where the two princes lived, causing Shun and Jun to have a high fever again.
"Hurry up and ask Imperial Doctor Huang to come!" Seeing Shun Hejun lying on the bed in pain, Lin Haijun hurriedly slapped the locked door and shouted outside.
"I hear you." A woman's voice came from outside.
As the door opened, three Japanese people dressed in ninja costumes walked in from the outside. At the forefront is the Koga female ninja Mieko Kato.
Since the Wakoku took the initiative to propose peace to the Daming, the Koga ninja Yoshino and Michiko Kato were sent to the Daming to spy on information. Mieko Kato was sent by Ichiro Sugitani to assist Kato Kiyomasa's troops in the task of guarding the two princes and princesses and their courtiers.
"What's wrong again?" Mieko Kato, who walked in the door, asked Linkai-kun a little impatiently.
Since coming to this pavilion, in the process of taking care of the two princes and others, Mieko Kato has looked down on the two Korean princes who are a little grinding. She felt that the two of them, who were princes, had an obnoxious arrogance.
Although they were prisoners, the two princes often couldn't help but exude their sense of superiority that had been cultivated by their long-term pampering, as if the ninjas of the Wa Kingdom in this column were not in charge of supervising their guards, but a group of court attendants who were in charge of serving them.
If it weren't for President Ichiro Sugitani's repeated reminders to Mieko Kato to treat these captured members of the Joseon royal family well, she would have given the two princes a little color.
"Shun He-kun has a fever again. Quickly ask Imperial Physician Huang to come and show him. Linhai-kun pointed to Shunwa-kun on the bed and said to Mieko Kato.
Mieko Kato walked to Shunwa-kun's bed, tested Shunwa-kun's forehead with her hand, and then turned to the two Japanese ninjas who followed behind her and said, "It's not lightly burned." Go, call Imperial Doctor Huang. ”
The two ninjas said yes and turned to leave.
Imperial Physician Hwang was the chief medical officer of the Joseon royal court and was the director of the Imperial Physician Pavilion of Joseon. When the Japanese captured Wangjing, the medical officers of the Taiyi Pavilion fled from Wangjing City one after another with the members of the royal family and the civil and military officials who had fled.
Imperial Physician Huang was occasionally caught with a cold at that time, and he was already old and frail, so he was worried that his body would not be able to withstand the upheaval of exile, so he simply stayed in Wangjingcheng.
After the Japanese occupied Wangjing, Huang Taiyi, who had taken refuge in a dilapidated house, was discovered by the Japanese people. Under the coercion of the Japanese people, Imperial Physician Huang had to return to the Imperial Doctor's Hall, and his daily work was to be responsible for diagnosing and treating the high-ranking Japanese military officials in Wangjing City.
After the two princes were escorted back to Wangjing, Imperial Physician Huang naturally took on the task of serving the two princes.
The Imperial Physician's Pavilion was less than twenty minutes away from the Column Pavilion where the two princes were imprisoned. Soon, Imperial Physician Huang was invited.
"It's okay, it's okay. His Royal Highness the Prince suffered from a cold and fever caused by an occasional cold. After the old man prescribes a few doses of medicine and asks him to take it regularly, the symptoms will naturally subside. After seeing Shun Hejun's condition, Imperial Physician Huang said.
"Imperial Doctor Huang, you can't be sloppy. My father doesn't treat you badly on weekdays. Seeing that Imperial Physician Huang simply took Shunhejun's pulse and immediately prescribed medicine, Linhai Jun said with some dissatisfaction.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, rest assured. The old man has been practicing medicine for many years, and this little illness is not difficult to diagnose. As long as I take the medicine according to the prescription, I can't keep it for two days, and he will have a fever and get rid of it. Imperial Physician Huang said to Linhaijun while lying on the desk to prescribe medicine.
"I'm relieved." Pro
Haijun said with his head held high.
After prescribing the prescription, Imperial Physician Huang handed the prescription to a Japanese ninja beside him, and then said goodbye to the two princes.
Accompanied by the two Japanese ninjas, Imperial Physician Huang returned to the Imperial Physician Pavilion.
Seeing that Imperial Physician Huang had already entered the door of the Imperial Physician's Pavilion, the two Japanese ninjas turned around and returned.
Just as Imperial Physician Huang walked out of the Imperial Pavilion, behind him and the two Japanese ninjas, four mysterious figures dressed as merchants quietly followed them to the Imperial Physician Pavilion. After the two ninjas left, the four of them saw that there was no one around, and then they jumped over, jumped over the tall wall of the Taiyi Pavilion, and landed lightly on the grass in the courtyard of the Taiyi Pavilion.
"...... you" Imperial Physician Huang, who had not yet entered the door, asked in surprise when he saw four strangers leaping in from outside the hospital.
"Imperial Physician Huang. I am Li Ruzhu, a former general of the Pyongyang garrison. You may not know me. But I've heard of your name. These three are my friends. One of the four walked up to Imperial Physician Huang and whispered.
"What are you looking for from me?" Imperial Physician Huang will be suspicious of the identity of the person who came.
"It's not convenient to talk outside, so let's go inside." The one who called himself Li Ruzhu whispered again.
"That'...... Good. Imperial Physician Huang hesitated for a moment and said.
One of the people came to the gate of the courtyard, bolted it from the inside, and followed the house.
"Imperial Physician Huang. You don't know me, but you know it. The person who called himself Li Ruzhu saw that Imperial Doctor Huang was suspicious of him, so he took out a jade waist card from his waist and held it up in front of the other party.
"Your Majesty. The old minister deserves to die, and he can't wait for you with him. I'm doing well! As soon as he saw the waist card, Imperial Physician Huang immediately recognized that it was the belongings of King Li of Joseon, and he couldn't help but "pounce" and fell to his knees, lying on the ground and crying bitterly.
"Imperial Physician Huang, don't get too excited. Hurry up, please. I waited for this time to ask for something important. Li Ruzhu, who was holding a jade waist card, bowed down and helped up Imperial Doctor Huang on the ground.
Yes, the person holding the waist card is Li Ruzhu, who once galloped with the team led by Luo Shiyin in the north and south of Korea. The other three people who accompanied him were Shi Lang, Ye Ruliu and Fang Shan.
On that day, after Luo Shiyin made the decision to rescue the two princes in the North Elliptical Mountain, Shi Lang and Fang Shan, as subordinates, naturally obeyed absolutely. However, Shi Lang suggested that Luo Shiyin, as the commander, could not personally participate in the operation because of the huge risks. Shi Lang's proposal was also strongly approved by Fang Shan.
Luo Shiyin didn't want to see his subordinates in danger, but he stayed out of danger and insisted on carrying out this dangerous mission with everyone.
Shi Lang had no choice but to once again propose that the members of the team in the North Ellipse and Fang Shan, by a show of hands, decide whether to agree to command Luo Shiyin to participate in the operation.
The result of the vote was naturally two to one, and Shi Lang and Fang Handle did not agree with Luo Shiyin's adventure in Wang Jing.
Luo Shiyin understood the kindness of his subordinates, so he had to give up the idea of coming in person.
In order to ensure the successful completion of this mission, Luo Shiyin decided that the rescue mission was mainly completed by the Jinyi Guard in Wang Jingcheng. Shi Lang followed Fang Handle into Wangjing City to assist Fang Handle in carrying out the rescue mission.
Ye Ruliu took the initiative to ask Ying to go with Shi Lang, and Luo Shiyin finally agreed to her request.
On the North Korean side, after receiving the news that the Ming Jinyi Guard agreed to rescue the two princes, they immediately sent Li Ruzhu, who was very familiar with the same Korean team, to carry the jade waist card of the King of North Korea to assist in the rescue operation.
Before Imperial Physician Huang entered the Column Hall to diagnose Shun Hejun's illness, Li Ruzhu, Shi Lang, Ye Ruliu, and Fang Shan, four people, had been on the roofs of the buildings outside the Column Hall for two consecutive days, secretly observing the environment inside and outside the Column Hall and the deployment of enemy soldiers.
Seeing an elderly man dressed as a doctor being invited into the hall by the ninjas of the Japanese Kingdom, Li Ruzhu immediately recognized Imperial Doctor Huang, who had a relationship with him.
The four people hidden on the roof were worried that they couldn't enter the column hall to spy on the situation, and when they saw that Huang Taiyi came out of the column hall after a while, the four of them decided to follow Huang Taiyi, intending to learn about the situation in the column hall through Huang Taiyi.
Li Ruzhu helped Imperial Doctor Huang, who was a little excited, to a chair and sat down.
Imperial Physician Huang steadied himself and barely calmed down from the violent reaction after seeing the king's waist card. Back then, he won the respect of Xuanzu Li with his superb medical skills, and was appointed as the director of the Taiyi Museum
When all members of the royal family, including Lee, were ill, they were all treated by Imperial Doctor Huang. The hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China have no respect for Imperial Doctor Huang.
Now, Wang Jing has been invaded by the Japanese people, and only Huang Taiyi is left in the entire Taiyi Pavilion.
Whenever night came, Imperial Physician Huang looked at the cold Imperial Physician Pavilion alone, thinking of the busy and lively Imperial Physician Pavilion in the past, his heart was full of infinite sadness.
Xuanzu Lee's voice and smile often appear in Imperial Physician Huang's dreams.
Now seeing the king's portable waist card, Imperial Physician Huang is as excited as if he has seen Xuanzu himself.
"How is the king?" After sitting down, Imperial Physician Huang asked Li Ruzhu.
"The king is now living in the city of Pyongyang. Everything was fine. You don't have to worry. Li Ruzhu said.
"That's good. The king is used to staying in the capital, and I am afraid that he will not be able to stand the cold outside. Did you say that you have something to ask me for? After sitting down and settling down for a while, Imperial Physician Huang suddenly remembered what Li Ruzhu said just now.
"Yes. Dissatisfied with Imperial Doctor Huang, your old man, we came here this time to rescue the two princes. Just now we saw you coming out of the column and want to know from you about the situation in the following museums. Li Ruzhu said.
"If you want to talk about the situation in this column, I know it. Ever since the two princes and princesses, Park and their courtiers, were imprisoned in the Pavilion, I have been called several times to treat their illnesses. Imperial Physician Huang said.
"Then tell us about it." Li Ruzhu said.
"This ...... cough, cough...... Where to start? All the personnel, including the two princes, were held in the row of main rooms north of the Liekan. Specifically, the two princes were locked up in the room in the middle of the main house, while the princess Park and the courtiers were locked up in the other two rooms on the east and west sides of the room where the two princes were staying. Imperial Physician Huang said.
"Do you know the guards inside?" Fang Handle couldn't help but ask Imperial Physician Huang.
"Every time I went, the Japanese people inside had to search me. Throughout the whole process of diagnosis and treatment, I was always followed by the Japanese people, and I was not allowed to say anything unrelated to the diagnosis to all the detainees inside.
"The Japanese people inside are all wearing black tights, carrying long knives behind their backs, and they look mysterious and secretive, which makes people feel uncomfortable.
"On weekdays, they are distributed in all corners of the courtyard of the column, closely monitoring any disturbances in the column. In the evenings, they take turns resting in the East Wing.
"As for the situation outside the courtyard, you must have seen it as well, every day there are Japanese soldiers armed with knives and guns patrolling the guards." Imperial Physician Huang said.
"yes. The inside and outside of this column are heavily guarded. We're wondering how to rescue the two princes. Li Ruzhu sighed after listening to Imperial Doctor Huang's words.
"If you want me to say, you might as well give up this plan. Even if you can successfully rescue the two princes from the Lieguan, I am afraid it will be difficult to rescue them from this heavily guarded royal capital. If you don't get it right, not only will you not save the prince, but you will harm them. Imperial Physician Huang said.
"Uncle, it's man-made. Now that we're here, we've got to give it a try. Shi Lang said to Imperial Physician Huang.
"You see, I've been talking to you for a long time. These three are ......" Imperial Physician Huang noticed Shi Lang, Ye Ruliu and Fang Shan, who were standing beside Li Ruzhu, and hurriedly asked Li Ruzhu.
"These three friends are from Daming, and they have come to help us rescue the prince." Li Ruzhu introduced to Imperial Physician Huang.
"Disrespectful, disrespectful! It turned out to be the arrival of three Ming heroes. Old decay is rude. When Imperial Physician Huang heard that it was the Ming allies coming, he quickly stood up from his chair and saluted.
"Uncle, you're welcome." Ye Ruliu hurriedly sat the trembling Imperial Physician Huang on the chair.
Imperial Physician Huang heard her daughter's body from Ye Ruliu's accent, and couldn't help but look up at Ye Ruliu, who was dressed as a man.
"Uncle, sit down and think about it, and see if there is anything else that can help us." Seeing Imperial Physician Huang looking at him, Ye Ruliu smiled slightly and said.
"It seems that the old decay is really old, and he always thinks about the bad in everything. Why don't you believe that you can save the prince? By the way, I remembered that if you can get the two princes out of the Pavilion, I know of a place that can help you evacuate quickly outside the city. Imperial Physician Huang said.