The sky rose to noon, the hot air and the chirping of cicadas were tiresome one after another, in the backyard of the mansion, the atmosphere outside the room where Dongfang Sheng lived seemed tense and quiet, and some of the people who were the first to return to the city also gathered inside and out, looking at the closed door, and there were dozens of guards waiting there with the handle of their knives around.

The old man who had brought back with great medical skills left only one or two servants with quick hands and feet in the room, and the rest were all turned away and waited.

In front of the pillar, Gongsun Zhi pressed his knees with his fists and sat silently on the fence, flanked by Dian Wei and Li Ke, Cai Yan came a little later, and stood in the middle of the courtyard with some people, two hours had passed. After waiting a little longer, she walked over to her husband's side.

"Husband, don't worry, Dongfang will definitely be fine."

Hearing the woman's words of relief, Gongsun Zhi only nodded, in fact, there is not much he can do, if Hua Tuo, who is skilled in medicine today, can't save it, just like what his wife said last night, the destiny of heaven has its own certainty.

After handling the official business in the mansion, Li Ru also came quickly from there, and when he saw the scene here, he still stepped forward and said something.

“.…… Lord, the fast horse has already left the city, but it is difficult to say whether Cao Cao's side will reward this throne. ”

"Do your best, obey the destiny of God, what I can do must be done." After saying this, the figure sitting on the fence raised his gaze slightly: "....... Cao Mengde will reward this title to the sour Confucian, my grandson's favor...... Very valuable. ”

"Yes."

After a while, the sun tilted a little, and the closed door finally moved, Hua Tuo sent the servant who had left to decoct the medicine, he came out to look at Gongsun Zhi who was sitting there, and then turned to close the door gently.

Then, he approached the figure.

"How's the sour Confucian's illness?" On the other side, Gongsun Zhi's gaze sank and asked. In the next second, waving his hand to let everyone around him go down, Cai Yan nodded, withdrew dozens of steps with Dian Wei and the others, and stood in the courtyard outside.

Here, the old man looked at them, lowered his head, and said cautiously: "Dudu, the juncheng pulse is weak, and the internal organs are all failing, which is caused by improper treatment of the knife wound in the early years, and the blood damage is serious...... It's been too long. ”

On his knees, his fingers trembled.

Gongsun Zhi looked at the old man who was not lying in front of him, the coldness in his eyes was even more intense, he raised his hand and pointed at the other party: "You just need to say, whether there is any salvation or not...... If you still want any precious medicinal materials, I will find them all for you, even if you want to use people to make medicines, you can tell how many you want! ”

There was murderous indifference in his words, which made Hua Tuo's face a little pale, he shook his head, and hurriedly bowed down: "The governor must not believe the fabricated home remedies outside, thinking that indiscriminately killing people and taking hearts can cure all diseases...... Juncheng's illness is the time when the best treatment is delayed, and the old man has prescribed medicine and takes it on time...... Still...... I can stay in the world for a few more days. ”

"Believe it or not, I killed you-" Gongsun got up suddenly, with a thud on his waist, the blade was raised in the air, but it still didn't fall on the old man's neck after all, and his voice was hoarse and low: "....... How much longer? January or February? ”

“.…… Hard...... But it shouldn't take more than five months. ”

After saying this, Gongsun Zhi pinched the hilt of the knife and hung down, gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, waved his hand to let Hua Tuo go down, and the rest of the people around him came over, Li Ke saw the leader's expression, turned around with a mace and was about to chase the old man over there, and shouted: "I'm going to kill the old guy, he must not have done his best...... It must be ......"

"Come back...... It's supposed to be me. ”

The sky was shining brightly, shining in the courtyard, and everyone in the whole house fell into silence, and the face of Dongfang Yumu Ne, who was standing in the corner, browled down, tears flowed from his eyes, and he squatted on the ground with his mouth covered and cried in a low voice.

Midsummer day, will change face at any time, after a few days of heavy rain fell, a few days in a row, the rain cleared, the official road and saw a bunch of people, at this time Shanggu County is still overcrowded, in such an era is rare, many people talk about the governance of this large county of one-armed county, all of them are thumbs up, praise is good, maybe his ability is still lacking, but after all, it is not the kind of old man who first followed Gongsun to start a family, and occupy the official position, in mid-August, Hearing the news that the imperial court had rewarded Dongfang Sheng as the marquis of the valley, many people ran to the door of the government to congratulate them, but the frail scholar still insisted on getting up and going to the yamen to meet these people.

Gongsun Zhi also accompanied him from beginning to end.

Sometimes I have seen the bustling and lively city, and I will go to the trade area, workshop, or farmhouse where the people of Montenegro are housed to see, go to other people's houses to sit, eat a bite of the other party's food, and the smile on my face will remain for a long time. When the body is better, he will get up early in the morning, take an ox cart to the barracks to have a look, a team of soldiers practice on the school field, the cavalry gallops past, showing an atmosphere of spirit and wolf smoke, and the scholar's face is even more flushed with excitement.

At this time, the sun had not yet risen, and the air in the early morning was still a little cold, the scholar was walking outside the barracks with Gongsun Zhi on crutches, listening to a high-pitched and loud shouting from inside, and his sickly pale face showed a smile: "The leader will continue to manage it well...... Jizhou Yuan Shao, what is it! ”

"All of this was brought to me by you, the Guhou." Gongsun Zhi looked at him.

Dongfang Sheng stood there majestically with his cane in his palm, his lips pursed and he smiled, turned his head to look at the distant city and the farther trade area, the speckled lights were on, the originally barren Shanggu County was getting better and better, and there were more people, and the embarrassment of being hungry in the early years was finally gone.

And he was also a marquis......

The scholar smiled even more, and grabbed his crutches, he knew that he was not a heroic, witty and intelligent talent, pushing forward, he was just a nerd who read dead books, and was even driven out by his brothers who fought for the family property, if he hadn't been dizzy for a while, he wouldn't have run to the grassland to seek death, nor would he have reached the White Wolf Plain, nor would he meet the leader in front of him...... Nor will it struggle to support this huge northland.

From being cowardly and pedantic, and even a little clumsy, to the Guhou who now stands tall in this world and is not underestimated, Shanggu County is like his child, thriving under his knees to the point that he can run on his own...... I was able to eat by myself......

…… I don't need him to continue to care for it anymore.

At the end of the road, there was a carriage parked there, the scholar walked over slowly, the righteous son beside him wanted to help, he pushed away, he climbed up with difficulty, the cold wind blew in front of him, a trace of hair on his forehead was slightly curled, the first beam of light in the east shone down, he stood on the cart with a cane in one hand, and his figure became majestic and majestic.

"Chief, I suddenly want to go home and have a look."

The scholar bowed his head and bowed his hands.