Chapter 437: Asking the Truth
Gan Zhao was still smashing the stone with a hammer in high spirits a moment ago, although he was a little tired, but he was in good spirits, and suddenly said that he would sit down and sit down, which startled Xu Ji, and secretly screamed that it was not good, he was in big trouble this time.
Xu Ji hurriedly stepped forward to help, and was already one step ahead of the car.
"Shu King ......"
"Help me out, quick." Gan Zhao's voice was also wrong, as if there was a breath in his chest, and he couldn't breathe.
Che Quanyi couldn't help one person, raised his hand to call three palace maids, and the four of them worked together to carry the king of Shu away, and Che Quanyi didn't forget to order when he left: "Look at Xu Ji, don't let him ......"
Gan Zhao couldn't say a word.
The female soldiers who came with him surrounded Xu Ji, and the halberds in their hands pointed at him, Xu Ji could see clearly, and the weapon was indeed wooden.
From a "miracle doctor" to a "sinner" all of a sudden, Xu Ji couldn't use any more tricks at this time, so he had to stand there honestly, and smiled at the female soldier opposite: "The King of Shu is probably flashing to the waist, and it won't be a big problem." ”
The female soldier's face sank like water, and she didn't say a word.
After waiting for a while, there was no news from the King of Shu, and a young palace maid walked out of the main room, stood on the periphery of the female soldier and said to Xu Ji: "You are the seventeenth son of the general who married the lord of Fangde County?" ”
"Exactly, I have changed my surname to Xu now."
"Well, my lord...... The queen ordered me to ask: Have you seen the two county lords of Huanyan and Fangde again? How are they? ”
Only then did Xu Ji remember that the newly married queen was the daughter of the king of Yidu, and she probably knew Huan Yan and others, and was very familiar with them.
"I saw it a few months ago, and as far as I know, the county lord of Huanyan currently lives in Yuyang, the county lord of Fangde...... She is now a princess, and it is rumored that she once fled to Xijing and went north with the Descending Army, but I have no information on where she is. ”
The palace maid snorted, went back to her life, and came out quickly, "Why did Princess Fangde flee to the anti-thief army?" ”
Yizhou is far away, and the news of Jizhou rarely comes here, and Xu Ji's words are inexplicable to the queen.
Xu Ji then explained from the beginning, as brief as possible, the palace maid nodded again and again, and when she heard half of it, "Stop, you say this first, I can't remember any more." ”
The palace maid entered the house to pass the word, and when she came out for the third time, she became much more polite, "Please Xu Gongzi continue." ”
Although the palace maid was only responsible for passing the word, after listening to the whole story, she couldn't help but say: "Princess Fangde's courage is really boundless. Later, you will talk about the deeds of the county lord of Huanyan, the queen and the county lord were once close friends, but it is a pity that ......"
The palace maid went in again to pass the word, and before she came out again, the car came wholeheartedly, sweating, gasping a few times, and said coldly: "Follow me." ”
"Shu King ......" Xu Ji was anxious to know the situation of Gan Zhao, but Che Quanyi didn't answer, just walked ahead, and the female soldier urged with a wooden halberd, and Xu Ji had to follow.
Gan Zhao returned to the wide low couch, looking very embarrassed, but at least he was still alive, the curtains were open, the doors and windows were wide open, and the smell of medicine in the room had become much lighter.
Che Quanyi went straight to the couch, knelt on the ground, stretched out his hands to hold the feet of the King of Shu, and said sadly: "It's all because of Xu Ji's fallacy, the King of Shu has suffered so much, please let the King of Shu ......"
"It's not that serious, you stand aside and let me ask first."
"Yes." Che Quanyi just shut up and did not go to the side, but knelt in the same place, pinching the feet of the King of Shu.
"Xu Ji, come here." Gan Zhao's tone was weak, and he called him by his name, obviously a little annoyed.
Xu Ji took two steps forward, "King Shu, please speak." ”
"You said that the wandering Taoist priest once passed on your "Thousand Strange Directions", where is the book?"
"Burned."
"Why burn it?"
"I thought the book was useless, just a joke, so I burned it."
"Then you can memorize a few paragraphs for me."
Che nodded his head again and again, agreeing with the idea.
Xu Ji couldn't memorize a word, and said with a smile: "How can you remember the words of the books you read when you were a teenager?" The king of Shu is not restrictive, and only says that my strange prescription for curing diseases is good or not? ”
Che Quanyi wanted to speak, but was kicked lightly by the King of Shu, and immediately lowered his head and continued to pinch his feet.
"I did everything you said, and I didn't feel better, but weaker."
"I think the King of Shu's complexion is much better than before."
"Xu Ji, I treat you as a character, don't tease me." Gan Zhao showed a visibly angry expression, and his favor for Xu Ji was rapidly disappearing.
"How dare you?" Xu Ji took another small step forward, "The King of Shu was in a hurry to leave just now, what did he do?" ”
"I'm ......" Gan Zhao looked even angrier, and a little embarrassed.
"King Shu, don't treat me as an old man Xu Ji, please treat me as a famous man."
"Hmph, I've never seen a man like you, I just ...... The abdominal pain was unbearable, and when I came back to relieve my hands, my legs are still weak. ”
"Is it much?"
"Huh?"
"As Langzhong, I need to know everything."
Gan Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly, his heart became more and more angry, and his expression calmed down, "Since you want to know everything...... , take Xu Ji to see. ”
The car made a low noise.
Gan Zhao kicked hard this time, "What, even you don't like it?" ”
"How so? The ...... that came out of the body of the King of Shu "Rao is car is full intention, and he couldn't think of suitable words at this time, so he got up and came to Xu Ji, and said coldly: "In the middle." ”
Xu Ji covered his nose and glanced at it, immediately came out, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the King of Shu." ”
"Again?"
"The King of Shu has been cured."
"Nonsense, I used to be able to walk a few steps, but now I can't even stand up, but you say I'm cured?"
"With my prescription, the king of Shu has exhausted the body evil poison, but the first recovery from a serious illness, it is inevitable to be weak, this is not a body weakness, but the accumulation of deficiency left when he is sick, at most three days, the king of Shu will be able to recover as before, galloping on horseback, dancing knives and guns, all without a problem."
Gan Zhao was suspicious, and Che Quanyi whispered: "Xu Ji didn't mention the evil poison before, but now he says it, and it's obviously a temporary lie." ”
"Does the King of Shu feel a little hungry in his stomach?" Xu Ji asked.
Gan Zhao thought for a moment and nodded.
"That's right, I think when I first recovered, I lay in bed for three whole days, I had a great appetite, and then I didn't have anything to do. It's just a pity that the best stones were not used, and the evil poison was not eliminated......"
"Don't say it again, Xu Ji, you said three days, then wait three days. You stay in the palace, and after three days, if I am healed, I will treat you as a god, and if you don't get better......"
"I plead guilty with my head." Things came to this point, and Xu Ji had to say such things.
"Please go down and rest, don't be bad." Gan Zhao became a little more polite.
Che wholeheartedly took Xu Ji to another room and locked the door outside, "Xu Gongzi is staying here, you can be allowed to live in the palace, it is your blessing, remember not to make a noise and disturb the rest of the King of Shu." ”
The room is not big, obviously the servant's residence, and the beds, tables, chairs and stools are mostly made of bamboo, which has a unique flavor.
Not long after, someone unlocked the door and brought some tea and food to show that there was no "mistreatment" to the guests, and then locked the door again.
Xu Ji was indeed hungry, ate some food, sat on the bed in a daze, thinking that he was afraid that he was a little too bold this time, and only based on a few signs he speculated that Gan Zhao was not sick, if he was wrong, he would definitely die, and all the benefits of Gan Zhao in the past were useless.
At this point, he couldn't care too much, and seeing that it was getting dark outside, he simply lay down and went to sleep.
Before he could fully fall asleep, he heard someone open the lock and hurriedly rolled over and got up.
It was a palace maid who came in, carrying a lantern in her hand, but she didn't come to clean up the cups and plates, and said softly: "Please come with me." ”
Xu Ji stepped forward and said, "Is the King of Shu better?" ”
The palace maid refused to answer anything, and turned to lead the way.
To Xu Ji's great surprise, the palace maid actually took him out of the courtyard gate and went to the Bodhisattva Palace next door, and the female soldiers guarding the door did not stop him.
In the courtyard of the Bodhisattva Palace, the gravel had not yet been cleaned up, Xu Ji was still standing in the place where he had stayed during the day, and the queen's maid came out, "Please Xu Gongzi continue." ”
"Say what?"
"The matter of the county lord of Huanyan."
"Uh, may I ask the king of Shu ......"
"Xu Gongzi just say, don't ask."
Xu Ji had to tell the general story of what he knew, he hadn't seen the county lord of Huanyan much in Yecheng, so he couldn't provide details, and he wanted to put the word "rumored" on his lips.
The palace maid listened with relish, and did not interrupt halfway, obviously the queen was hidden not far away, and could hear Xu Ji's voice.
The palace maid entered the house and soon came out with questions, all of which were to ask about the whereabouts of the deceased, Xu Ji chose the answers he knew, and learned more about the emperor Zhang Shiyu, and tried to talk about it as straightforwardly as possible, without making an evaluation, but when it came to the emperor Lishan Yu's sister as the queen, there was still a clear sigh in the house.
After talking endlessly for nearly an hour, the queen was finally satisfied, and the palace maid came out and said, "Young Master Xu can go back." ”
"The King of Shu ...... there," Xu Ji wanted to ask clearly when the other party had a good impression.
The palace maid was not polite at all, "The queen can't handle the affairs of the King of Shu, and it is already very troublesome to summon you over, please don't make any more trouble." ”
Xu Ji returned to his residence, the cups and plates on the table had been taken away, and a candle was lit, he sat down to rest, vaguely feeling that the queen who was married by Gan Zhao had a temper more similar to Zhang Shiqing, and she summoned herself to listen to a few interesting stories before the king of Shu killed him, and would never be grateful for this, let alone help him get out of trouble.
This seems like a bad omen.
Xu Ji couldn't sleep, and thought hard, the next time he saw Gan Zhao, what to say could immediately arouse the other party's interest, so as not to be killed immediately.
Until the candle went out, Xu Ji came to a conclusion that if Gan Zhao found out that he had been deceived, no matter what Xu Ji said, he would not be angry.
This sleep was not very sound, and Xu Ji opened his eyes early in the morning, dressed neatly, and waited for the summons.
On the third pole of the day, Che Quanyi personally unlocked the lock to call people, and from his expression and tone, Xu Ji couldn't hear any hints.
Xu Ji was taken to another room, which was full of all kinds of weapons, and Xu Ji was asked to stand at the door and not be allowed to approach any of them.
Gan Zhao was wiping a steel knife, glanced up at Xu Ji, and continued to wipe the knife.