Chapter 80: The Scourge of Lotus Seeds and Croton
Croton, traditional Chinese medicine into the fruit medicine, hot, pungent taste, function of accumulation, water, spitting and salivation, help to treat cold constipation, ascites * swelling, chest and abdomen fullness, stool, diarrhea, dysentery, edema and abdomen, phlegm and panting, throat and throat paralysis, carbuncle, scabies, there is a small poison, must be used with caution, in the novel often used to drug the opponent, causing diarrhea.
Zhao Yan was lying on the bed with a pale face, looking half-dead, Li Yun stood on the edge of the bed with his head down, blowing in small gulps to cool down the decoction in the bowl as soon as possible, although there was a faint fishy smell in the room, Li Yun, who had always loved cleanliness, did not frown.
"Xiaolang, it's time to drink medicine." Li Yun sat lightly on the edge of the bed, her dress was suddenly tight, and the round and seductive arc was close to Zhao Yan's eyes, but Zhao Yan couldn't even raise the strength to sneak a look.
Rolling his eyes, Zhao Yan tried to sit up, but in the end it was in vain, Li Yun put the medicine bowl on the small table next to him, helped Zhao Yan up understandingly, leaned his head on his arms, and then picked up the medicine bowl and fed Zhao Yan medicine spoonful by spoonful.
The touch on the back of his head is warm and soft, and in addition to the smell of medicine, there is also a wisp of virgin fragrance in his nose that refreshes people's hearts and lungs, but Zhao Yan is embarrassed and wants to cry.
Once upon a time, Zhao Yan had never been fed medicine in his arms like today, he felt that he was as weak as an ignorant baby at this time, he hated himself for not being strong-willed a few days ago, knowing that Li Yun belonged to the kind of person who did not distinguish between grains and grains, but he still drank the 'lotus seed soup' that she specially made for herself.
Lotus seeds and croton do look slightly similar, but you can still see the difference after careful distinction, but Li Yun wanted to make 'love soup' for Zhao Yan alone, but instead drove all the people in the kitchen out, and finally mistook croton for lotus seeds.
In order to give Zhao Yan more 'fire', Li Yun also specially put more 'lotus seeds', Zhao Yan began to have diarrhea not long after drinking, fortunately, Qian Liangcai and Liu Jing heard the news and came to congratulate Zhao Yan Zhongju, Qian Liangcai knew some medical skills, and used an earthwork to temporarily stop Zhao Yan's diarrhea, and then invited his father Dr. Qian to check the pulse, which can be regarded as saving Zhao Yan's life, otherwise according to the amount of croton put by Li Yun, Zhao Yan would have to peel off his skin even if he did not die.
Knowing that he almost killed Zhao Yan, Li Yun was naturally very guilty, so he voluntarily took over the responsibility of taking care of Zhao Yan, but with Li Yun's temperament of not distinguishing between grains and not knowing vulgar things, no one dared to rest assured that she would take care of Zhao Yan alone, but Li Yun insisted again and again, and even Zhao Xin couldn't persuade him, so he had to agree, but he didn't dare to let her touch things like boiling medicinal soup again, so he only let her accompany Zhao Yan in the house, serving tea and water, and doing it well in a few days.
Zhao Yan was really out of breath at this time, he closed his eyes and rested for a while after drinking the medicine, feeling the soft touch on the back of his head, smelling the refreshing aroma on the tip of his nose, and fell asleep in a daze.
This sleep was very peaceful, and when Zhao Yan woke up, he felt that his energy had recovered a lot, and he also had some strength in his body, and he looked around with his neck slightly, but there was no one else in the room, and it seemed very quiet.
Zhao Yan was thinking about when his body would recover, when he heard the conversation of several people in the hospital, including Li Yan and Zhang Wenyuan.
"The official heard that Gome was unfortunate and came to visit, but Zhao Yuanwai didn't have to be too polite." Zhizhou Li Yan's tone of speech was quite easy-going, and he seemed very approachable.
The first thing is that someone calls himself 'Zhao Yuanwai', and he is also the master of Zhizhou, Zhao Xin was immediately flattered, and he didn't even dare to call it, but it was only in exchange for Li Yan's smile.
Zhang Wenyuan stood behind the two with a solemn face, he had already heard Liu Jing say the origin of Zhao Yan's 'serious illness' this time, and he was very worried, but he was entangled in mundane things at home, and he didn't have time to visit until today, but he didn't expect to meet Li Yan of Zhizhou, who also came to visit Zhao Yan at the door.
"Uncle, I don't know how Brother Zhao is doing these days?"
Zhao Xin replied with a smile: "With the rich doctor coming to the clinic, Xiaolang's illness has been stabilized, but he is weak and needs to recuperate for some days to recover." β
The three of them walked into the house in turn, and after opening the curtain, they saw Zhao Yan lying on the bed and looking over, Li Yan stopped and said: "I heard that Guomei is sick, and I came to visit you today, you can recuperate with peace of mind, no need to be polite, and after you recover, this official will celebrate you and your studiousness." β
Zhao Yan didn't mean to get up to salute, and said with a light smile when he heard the words: "Then the student thanked Li Zhizhou." β
Li Yan didn't care about Zhao Yan's strangeness when he heard Zhao Yan's call, and after soothing Zhao Yan with a few words, he excused himself to leave under the pretext that the state government affairs were busy, and Zhao Xin, as the owner, naturally wanted to send him out, and only Zhao Yan and Zhang Wenyuan were left in the room.
"Brother Zhang, I don't know how many of your high school laurels you have this time?" Zhao Yan sat on the bed and chatted with Zhang Wenyuan.
Zhang Wenyuan said with a smile: "I heard that Brother Zhao is ranked eighteen in high school this time, but he is much better than me, and I am just one place higher than Sun Shan." β
That is the penultimate place, the news of the township test has come one after another in the past few days, Zhao Yan also knows that a total of forty-five people have been admitted to the Beizhili Township Examination, but it is much less than other provinces, only equivalent to almost half of the admission quota of Nanzhili, the reason is naturally because someone leaked the exam questions before the exam, resulting in the last twenty or thirty students who should have been on the list were deposed, and I heard that several people's heads were chopped.
"That's not bad, except for 'Xie Yuan', the rest of this Qiu Yu is just a foil, and it doesn't matter how much you rank."
Zhang Wenyuan nodded and said, "Brother Zhao has also heard about it?" Someone leaked the exam questions in the Beizhili Township Test, the mastermind has been cut off, and the accomplices have been severely punished, I don't know how many people applauded, but this matter is not as simple as it seems. β
Zhao Yan was puzzled and asked, "What news did Brother Zhang hear?" β
Zhang Wenyuan said with a smile: "Yes, an elder in the clan is doing business in Beijing, and recently came back to visit relatives, and accidentally mentioned this matter to me, saying that this matter also involved Wang Zhen, a eunuch in the palace. If this leaked exam questions is carried out secretly, it will naturally be fine, but if the matter is not secret, it will be in an uproar, not to mention the officials of the imperial court, just say that Wang Zhen in the palace will be the first to spare this mastermind, Brother Zhao knows why? β
Zhao Yan took a nap before, his mind was still quite clear, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "Isn't it that the mastermind didn't give a gift to the eunuch Wang?" β
"Ahh Zhang Wenyuan patted his thigh and praised: "Brother Zhao is the smartest person I have ever met, and his ability to draw inferences from others is really extraordinary." β
Zhao Yan said modestly, Zhang Wenyuan continued: "As Brother Zhao said, the mastermind thought that the thing was done secretly, and because of the different regions of origin, he had always looked at Wang Zhen unpleasantly, so he did not communicate with Wang Zhen in advance, let alone give Wang Zhen a gift, but after Wang Zhen knew about this, he directly said that the emperor would execute the mastermind Ling Chi, but many ministers in the court said that Ling Chi's punishment could only be enjoyed by heinous people, and it was finally changed to beheading. β
"Brother Zhang, do you know who the mastermind is?" Zhao Yan was quite curious in his heart, the person who dared to fight against Wang Zhen at this stage would definitely not be small, but he didn't expect that he would still be able to escape death in the end.
Zhang Wenyuan said apologetically: "I don't know much about this, the elders of the clan are also hearsay, saying that the mastermind is an old eunuch in the palace, it seems that he is a person left behind by the first emperor, his ancestral home is Yunnan, and he has always looked at the eunuchs led by Wang Zhen who were born in the northern provinces unpleasantly. β
Regional discrimination, this is something that cannot be avoided in any era, Zhao Yan shook his head and continued to ask: "Spring is approaching, I don't know how Brother Zhang plans it?" β
Zhang Wenyuan replied: "If you learn literature and martial arts, you will be with the emperor's family." Although it was a fluke that I was on the list in the autumn this time, I also want to go to Beijing to give it a try in the coming year, is Brother Zhao willing to go with me? β
"It's nature." Zhao Yan pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, and then suddenly remembered Liu Ji who he had seen in Taocun, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, his heart shouldn't be so coincidental, right? This Liu Ji seems to be the orthodox thirteen-year-old Jinshi, if he tries to meet Liu Ji this time, wouldn't it be possible to meet Wan An and Liu Jue? The three of them are Jinshi of the same department, and later they all entered the cabinet, known as the 'Papier-mΓ’chΓ© Three Pavilion Elders', if they try to meet them this time, it would be really interesting, and I don't know if they had begun to have the qualifications of 'Papier-mΓ’chΓ©' when they were young.
The two talked for a while, Zhang Wenyuan said goodbye and left, as soon as he left with his front foot, Li Yun walked in with a small bowl of celadon that was still steaming.
"Xiaolang, drink some gruel." Li Yun put the small bowl on the table, reached out to support the back of Zhao Yan's head, and leaned it against his chest like he had fed medicine before.
Zhao Yan's energy has recovered a lot, and he has the strength in his body, and there must be no problem with drinking gruel with a bowl, but he didn't say anything, but leaned on Li Yun's arms to eat tofu with peace of mind, anyway, there is no one else in the house, although this posture is not very good-looking, but ...... You know.
Well...... I haven't found it before, so why does it feel a lot bigger? Zhao Yan moved the back of his head and rubbed on Li Yun's chest, and it took a while to find a comfortable position to settle down, and Li Yun's face was already flushed, but she didn't say a word and let Zhao Yan take advantage of her.
"Xiaolang......" Li Yun bit his ruddy lip, scooped up a spoonful of gruel and blew it on the side of his mouth, and then sent it to Zhao Yan's mouth and waited for him to open his mouth.
Zhao Yan looked at the gruel in the spoon and was about to open his mouth, suddenly remembered something, and suddenly turned his face sideways and asked, "You cooked this porridge?" β
Li Yun's little face turned white when she heard this, and a layer of mist surged in her two beautiful big eyes in an instant, but she still endured the grievances in her heart and replied: "It was cooked by Aunt Song, and I just went to the kitchen to bring it." β
Zhao Yan noticed the change in Li Yun's mood, tilted his head slightly and glanced at it, and when he saw Li Yun's crying and pitiful appearance, his heart couldn't help but soften, and he couldn't bear to continue to take advantage of her, so he sat up with his hands on the bed.
"Look, I'm almost fine, you just didn't make a mistake, and I don't blame you. Fang is that I am wrong, I shouldn't have asked that sentence, as compensation, can I feed you porridge? You cry-nosed little liar. β
'Poof', Li Yun was amused by Zhao Yan's last sentence, although the tears flowed uncontrollably, the haze in her heart dissipated a lot.
"You're a little liar, you're crying." Li Yun wiped his tears, and said with a rain-like sneer: "Dengzi, you deliberately took advantage of others just now, you are not a little liar, you are a big liar, a big liar who loves to cry." β