Chapter 16: A Matter of Life and Death
The surname Zhe was dying, and the king saved him with Xuanshen, so there was a trace of the soul, and the king of Qi, Li Xian, and the princess of Changle all sent medicine to save him. In the middle of the month, he wandered with the clouds and lived and died, and the king finally said that his clothes were untied, and the food and lodging were all in the cold garden, and everyone who heard it was impressed-
"The History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties: The Biography of Jiang Suiyun"
He reluctantly said, 'How is Suiyun? ‘
Xiao Shunzi turned around, his delicate face was extremely hideous at the moment, and the blood red in his eyes was even more intimidating, and said: "Childe still has a trace of breath for some reason, and the slave uses his true power to extend Childe's life, and the guards have already gone to ask for a doctor." ‘
Li Zhen's heart was slightly relieved, and he hurriedly said: "Go to the princess to take the thousand-year-old ginseng that my father gave me last year, and bring some of the best ginseng, first fry some ginseng soup for Mr. Jiang's life, if the imperial doctor thinks it's okay, he will also fry the ginseng." ‘
Xiao Shunzi's eyes showed gratitude, but he didn't have the heart to distract himself from speaking, less than a moment, a few guards almost held two or three imperial doctors hostage, a few imperial doctors on the road had learned of the injury, came into the house and didn't care to greet Li Zhen, immediately went to the soft couch, for Jiang Zhe to deal with the injury, they were busy, take arrows, deal with wounds, a basin of blood and water was brought out, the fried ginseng soup was also sent in time, a bowl of ginseng soup was poured down, sure enough, Jiang Zhe's breath gradually thickened, but if it wasn't for Xiao Shunzi's internal help, I'm afraid that I will still die at any time.
Several imperial doctors discussed, stepped forward and said to Li Zhen: "Your Highness, the medicinal power of that ginseng plant is too strong, please Your Highness decoction the medicine three times, take it every four hours, and then it can't be interrupted, you can use the best ginseng to hang your life, so that at least half a month this adult's surname is safe, this adult is also fateful, his heart is deviated by one point, so although this arrow hurt the heart, but it was not killed at that time, but then we really can't do anything." ‘
Li Zhen sat down on the chair gloomily, waved his hand and said, "Go and do it immediately." Someone was commanded to go down. Li Zhen pondered for a while, and suddenly asked, "Who knows where Mr. Yi Shengsan is?" ‘
Everyone looked at each other, the whereabouts of the medical saint were ethereal, like a divine dragon seeing the head and not seeing the end, how did he know, Li Zhen said in despair: "If you can find the medical saint and have a chance of livelihood, send someone to find it immediately." ‘
Xiao Shunzi suddenly shouted: "Your Highness, Gongzi is a disciple of the Holy Medicine, and he is also quite skilled in medicine, can you make Gongzi sober up for a while, let him prescribe a prescription first, and maintain his surname." ‘
Li Zhen was pleasantly surprised, and said, "Really, Suiyun is actually a disciple of the Medical Saint?" ‘
Xiao Shunzi nodded and said, "Childe used to study medicine under the Holy Sect of Medicine when he was young, but it was not for a long time, but Childe's medical skills are indeed outstanding. ‘
Li Zhen looked at a few imperial doctors, they discussed it for a while, and said, "Your Highness, we can use a pair of fierce medicine to revive Lord Jiang for a while, but in this way, I am afraid that it will aggravate Lord Jiang's injuries." ‘
Li Zhen said categorically: "The whereabouts of the medical saint are uncertain, if you can't maintain Mr. Jiang's surname for a month, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to wait for the medical saint to come, you prepare the medicine first, wait for my orders, you have to work hard, don't leave this place for a moment, if Mr. Jiang has three long and two short, I will definitely ask you to die." ‘
A few imperial doctors only claim to be.
At this time, Dong Zhi hurriedly came, and he stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, the front is very messy now, and those guests are very uneasy. ‘
Li Zhen frowned and walked out of the room, he didn't want to disturb Jiang Zhe's healing. Walking outside the door, he saw a guard standing at the door of another room, he took a look, Gou Lian immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, when the guards arrived, Pei Yun, the commander of the forbidden army, was also in Hanyuan, because Xiao Shunzi only said to settle him well, so I sent guards to put him under house arrest there, and I have also arranged for the imperial doctor to treat him, it is said that he is covered in injuries, I am afraid he protected Suiyun." ‘
Li Zhen said in surprise: "How can Pei Yun be in the Cold Garden." Then he turned and walked in.
This room is Xiao Shunzi's residence, and it is very coldly furnished, Pei Yun is sitting on a chair, his shirt has been taken off, and he is covered with bruised palm marks, and an imperial doctor is giving him medicine. The two saw Li Zhen come in and bowed together.
Li Zhen waved his hand and said, "You continue." After a while, the imperial doctor put away the medical box and withdrew.
Li Zhen looked at Pei Yun, who was very uneasy, sighed, and asked, "How can General Pei be in the Cold Garden?" ‘
Pei Yun said in his heart, could it be that Lord Jiang sent to inform King Yong that the guards he left in the cold garden were also killed, he didn't ask much, but just said it in detail, it turned out that when Jiang Zhe was hit by an arrow, Pei Yun was so shocked that he could barely react, and was about to help, when he heard Xiao Shunzi's mournful scream, his figure was like electricity, and in a blink of an eye, he came to the two of them, Xiao Shunzi finally followed Suiyun for many years, and he also knew some about external injury medical skills, he knew that he couldn't easily pull out the arrow, so he could only point a few acupoints to stop the bleeding, and then cross the true qi to continue Suiyun's life, He glanced at Pei Yun, his expression was cold, Pei Yun only looked at his figure and knew that this young man's martial arts were far above him, and quickly explained the situation concisely, Xiao Shunzi picked up Suiyun and walked into the cold garden, but saw that the poisonous hand and evil heart did not know when he had fled, leaving only patches of blood on the ground.
It didn't take long for the guards to arrive, Xiao Shunzi asked them to go to the imperial doctor immediately, and then only ordered them to take care of Pei Yun and entered the room, Pei Yun naturally knew that he was under house arrest for the time being, but he was above board, so he naturally would not be afraid.
Li Zhen listened to Pei Yun's words, stood up and gave a deep salute and said: "General Pei, you are sacrificing your life to save Jiang Sima today, whether he is alive or dead, this king feels the same way, but now the situation is unknown, please stay in the palace for a few days, and the general is seriously injured, it is inconvenient to go back to make Ling Zun worry, I don't know if the general has the elders of the division here, with their help, the general's injuries are relatively easy to heal." ‘
Pei Yun hurriedly said: "Your Highness is serious, Pei Yun is willing to obey His Highness's orders, and there will be two uncles who will be cultivating in Fuyun Temple outside Chang'an City, Your Highness can send someone to go, the two uncles are very caring for Pei Yun, and they will definitely come immediately." ‘
Li Zhen nodded, most of the guards around him were selected from the army, that is, some of them had extremely high martial arts, and their external skills were stronger than their internal skills, and now there was a lack of such internal masters, with two Shaolin monks, he could rest assured of Jiang Zhe's safety.
At this time, Gou Lian hurriedly walked in and said: "Your Highness, it has now been ascertained that all the guards guarding the Hanyuan have been killed, one of them died on the road, it seems that he is going to the front, in addition, in addition to Hu Wei and others, there is also the lack of the cook from Nan Chulai, and the rest of the people are in their respective positions, and they have witnesses to each other, so it can basically be concluded that no one is involved in this matter." ‘
Li Zhen said coldly: "What about those guests? ‘
Gou Lian glanced at Li Zhen's expression and said: "At that time, His Royal Highness had already held a banquet, so almost all the guests were in the hall, but there were a few people who were a little abnormal, according to the servants, these people were not at the table when they were released, and they were afraid that His Highness would consult in person." He handed over a list.
Li Zhen took it, and there were five names written on it, namely Cheng Shu, the Duke of Wei, Li Hanyou, the county lord of Jingjiang, Qin Qing, the general of Huwei, Pei Yun, the commander of the forbidden army, and Xiahou Yuanfeng, the deputy governor of the Great Interior. Li Zhen's face was gloomy.
Gou Lian continued, 'We found a strong bow and a bag of white feather arrows outside the garden gate, which appear to have been discarded by the Assassins. ‘
Pei Yun suddenly interjected: "Your Highness, Yun once saw an assassin, this person is slightly shorter than Yun, wearing a blue robe and a silk scarf covering his face, please forgive Pei Yun for not seeing it clearly. ‘
Li Zhen only felt a move in his heart, and said lightly: "Gou Lian, I remember that Qin Qing was wearing a blue coat. ‘
Gou Lian said: "Your Highness must not be presumptuous, how can General Qin be an assassin from a famous family. As he spoke, he glanced at Pei Yun. Pei Yun said with interest: "Yun's injury is not light, may I ask His Highness if he can retire temporarily." ‘
Li Zhen said: "There are still a few rooms in the cold garden, all of which have been cleaned up, please choose one by yourself General Pei, the general's two uncles are here, please also stay in the cold garden temporarily, this king still has important matters, please have a good rest." With that, Li Zhen walked out of the door.
Gou Lian hurriedly followed. Li Zhen said coldly: "If Pei Yun sees the same, Qin Qing is the most suspicious? ‘
Gou Lian said: "Don't say that, although Qin Qing is suspected, but"
Walking out of the door, Li Zhen looked at Gou Lian and said coldly: "Xiahou Yuanfeng's figure is similar to Qin Qing's, and his archery skills are as clever, it may not be his doing, and the county lord of Jingjiang, although Li Hanyou is a woman from the clan, she is a disciple of Fengyimen, it is rumored that she is the ninth personal disciple under the seat of the master of Fengyimen, and the master of Fengyi is a master of assassination, if Li Hanyou is wearing men's clothes, he may also be the person General Pei sees." ‘
Li Zhen stomped his feet and said: "No matter who it is, I will never let this person go, you will ask Pei Yun later, you must ask all the details, this king will go to meet these people first, you will first let Ziyou withdraw from the banquet, just say that this king Sima was assassinated, and he has no intention of drinking the banquet, you immediately send someone to the military camp outside the city, let Sima Xiong bring a thousand guards into the city, take over the defense of Yongwang's mansion, and promise that the military affairs will be temporarily managed by Dong Zhi." ‘
Gou Lian said hesitantly: "Your Highness, I am afraid that it is inconvenient for Wei Guogong to stay, and if he mobilizes troops into the city without permission, I am afraid that he will be impeached." ‘
Li Zhen said coldly: "Wei Guogong doesn't need to be forced to stay, I don't believe he will do this kind of thing, you don't have to worry about mobilizing the army, this king will enter the palace and tell his father, hmph, in the imperial city of Chang'an, the assassin is so arrogant, Jing Zhaoyin should be punished." ‘
Gou Lian hurriedly said: "Your Highness has thought about it carefully, and the minister will do it." ‘
After an hour, after taking the first dose of Xuanshen decoction, Jiang Zhe's breath became thicker, and he no longer needed Xiao Shunzi to continue his life all the time, Xiao Shunzi immediately silently exercised his skills and recovered his strength, at this moment he had completely calmed down, and he would never be impulsive again before saving Jiang Zhe. It didn't take long for the two elders of Shaolin Dharma Hall to come in a hurry, and after seeing the injuries of their nephews and nephews, they were relieved, and Li Zhen, the king of Yong, personally asked the two to guard the cold garden, the two were a little hesitant at first, but Pei Yun blushed and secretly said a word in Ciyuan's ear, Ciyuan readily agreed, although he didn't know how Pei Yun persuaded the two elders, Li Zhen still thanked the three gratefully, and then hurried out of the house, Pegasus rushed to the palace.
When it happened, Li Yuan was playing chess at the harem eldest grandson Niangniang, Princess Changle was watching the game on the side, the three of them shared the joy of family, it was their happiness, although the news of the accident in the Yongwang Mansion had been circulating in the imperial city, but it had not yet reached Li Yuan's ears, when Li Yuan was meditating, suddenly there was a commotion outside the palace, Li Yuan asked angrily: 'What's the matter, who is making noise outside?' Before he sent someone out to take a look, Li Zhen had already rushed in, only to see that he looked furious and disheveled, and as soon as he rushed to Li Yuan's side, he suddenly fell to his knees and cried.
Li Yuan was shocked, this son has always been tenacious, he has not seen him cry since he was ten years old, why is this so, he didn't care about being angry, and hurriedly got up and said: "Zhen'er, what happened, say slowly, the father is the master for you." ‘
Li Zhen refused to get up, and cried: "Father, the son is calling a banquet today to see off Jun'er, but someone took the opportunity to break into the mansion, killed twenty-one guards, two eunuchs, and seriously injured Jiang Sima of the minister's mansion. ‘
Li Yuan's anger rose when he heard this, and he said angrily: "Come on, immediately spread the news that Jing Zhaoyin and the commander of the forbidden army have entered the palace, how did he do it, and he actually let people assassinate in the Yongwang Mansion." ‘
Li Zhen sneered in his heart, knowing that his father didn't want to be held accountable at all, after all, it was very likely that the prince did it, so he would forgive his heart, so he said: "Father is angry, Erchen thinks that the assassin is a top master, so Jing Zhaoyin is probably powerless, but Erchen is really worried about the safety of the palace, and begged his father to allow Erchen to mobilize a thousand guards to enrich the guards of Yongwang's Mansion, and several guests are suspected of assassination, please ask my father to allow Erchen to investigate this matter." ‘
Li Yuan calmed down and said, "Okay, a thousand guards is not much, you have to make good arrangements, don't let them violate military regulations and laws, as for the suspected guests, you can deal with them yourself, but if you want to execute officials above the third rank or imperial relatives, you need to get my will." How is Jiang Sima's injury, he is the champion of Southern Chu, if he dies like this, I am afraid that some people will take the opportunity to spread rumors, saying that my Dayong is unable to protect the ministers, and who will be willing to surrender at that time. ‘
Li Zhen said miserably: "Jiang Sima has an arrow in his heart, if it is not for the heart to deviate, I am afraid that he will die immediately, now life and death are not yet predictable, the son has used the Xuan Shen rewarded by his father to hang his life, and sent someone to find Mr. Shengsan, if he can't find anyone, I am afraid that Jiang Sima's surname will not be guaranteed." ‘
Li Yuan sighed and said, "I will send an edict to all the state capitals in the world to find Mr. Sang, you can rest assured." ‘
Li Zhen kowtowed and thanked him, and said, "The affairs in the son's mansion are chaotic, and we need to go back to deal with them. ‘
Li Yuan nodded and said, "You go." ‘
Li Zhen got up and was just about to leave, when Princess Changle stood up and said, "Father, the son sends the second brother." ‘
Li Yuan just waved his hand in agreement. Li Zhen looked at it, Princess Changle's face was pale, and her expression was very uneasy. The two walked outside the palace, and Princess Changle asked in a low voice, "Second brother, is Jiang Sima's life really in danger?" ‘
Li Zhen sighed: "If you use Xuanshen to hang your life, you can keep half a moon safe, but in order to make him temporarily sober and prescribe a prescription for himself, I'm afraid it can only last for ten days." ‘
Princess Changle's face turned pale, and she said in a low voice: "Ten days, Mr. Sang's whereabouts are uncertain, I'm afraid he won't be able to get there." She suddenly grabbed Li Zhen and said: "Brother Wang, I also have a spine ginseng given by my father here, half of which I have to leave to my mother, she is not in good health, I need to be careful, I will give you the other half, and a pair of bear bile that my father gave me a few days ago, I refrigerated it with ice cubes, it is not used yet, and Brother Wang will bring it with me." ‘
Li Zhen was overjoyed, Xuanshen and bear bile are all available but not sought, only the father and the emperor will occasionally have tribute, and he can't imagine that the father and the emperor will reward the imperial sister with these precious medicines, he gave a deep salute and said: "This king on behalf of Jiang Sima thanks the imperial sister for saving her life." ‘
Princess Changle pulled Li Zhen and walked towards the Cuiluan Palace, and said as she walked: "Brother Huang, if Jiang Sima can have a chance to sober up, you can say thank you to him on my behalf, he understands." Although Li Zhen didn't understand what Princess Changle meant, he was overjoyed by the unexpected receipt of expensive medicine, and he didn't think much about it.
Back at the palace, Li Zhen kept going to see Jiang Zhe's injury, walked into Jiang Zhe's residence in the cold garden, and saw Xiao Shunzi sitting next to Jiang Zhe, paying attention to Jiang Zhe's injury, Li Zhen stepped forward to take a look, and the imperial doctor who stayed next to him to serve stepped forward and whispered: "Master Jiang was almost out of breath just now, but fortunately, this Shun father-in-law was rescued, but he didn't have to be angry all the time." ‘
Li Zhen said in a low voice: "This king brought back half a stalk of Xuan Shen and a pair of bear bile, are you sure that it will be delayed for a few more days?" ‘
The imperial physician said happily: "If this is the case, the little doctor dares to guarantee that it can be postponed for at least ten more days." ‘
Li Zhen nodded happily and said, "This king will give you the medicine, you must do your best, if you can save Jiang Sima, this king will be rewarded." ‘
The imperial doctor thanked him again and again, Xiao Shunzi still looked at Jiang Zhe as if he hadn't heard it, he regretted infinitely in his heart, regretting that he shouldn't have left Jiang Zhe's side, his heart was full of murderous energy, and he wanted to cut the enemy with a thousand knives.
The next day seemed to be a nightmare, Jiang Zhe was endangered several times, and the imperial doctors could only barely hang his surname, and after Suiyun's assassination for twenty-seven days, Li Zhen finally let the imperial doctor wake up Jiang Zhe with fierce medicine. When Jiang Zhe opened his eyes, he saw the bloodless faces of Xiao Shunzi and Li Zhen, Xiao Shunzi said quickly: "Childe, your surname is in danger, if you can't wait for the doctor to save your life, I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive, now Gongzi can have any way to delay for a few days, now there are still three taels of Xuanshen in the palace, and a pair of bear bile sent by His Royal Highness King Qi, what should Gongzi do." ‘
Jiang Zhe understood the situation and said in a low voice: "Go get my golden needle, do you remember the execution needle method I taught you?" ‘
Xiao Shunzi nodded desperately and said, "I remember, I remember it very clearly." ‘
Jiang Zhe said with difficulty: "In my study, there is a hand-copied needle, which was originally my self-created soul snatching golden needle, a total of thirteen sets of needles, the first twelve sets are the method of punishment, and the last set is the method that can force out the full potential of the human body, and save people from the situation of forced death, so that when the punishment is used, it can make people suffer and not die, the higher your martial arts, the more inevitable it is to be born and die, I would like to teach you the last needle, if there is an emergency, so as to save your life, so I have taught you the method of using needles in a scattered way, This set of acupuncture can force out all my life potential, at least it can protect my life for nine days, but after using it, there is no other way, since there are also Xuanshen and bear bile, I say a prescription, after you use the needle, take it for me, you can delay it a few more days. ‘
After listening to Jiang Zhe finish the prescription, seeing that the imperial doctor had recorded it, Xiao Shunzi burst into tears, Jiang Zhe always thought about himself, but he left Jiang Zhe and left him seriously injured, Jiang Zhe stretched out his hand to wipe away his tears, and said in a low voice: 'Don't be sad, if I die unfortunately, you will tell Your Highness all my plans, let Your Highness be the master, so as not to fall short, you don't avenge me, take Roulan back to Nanchu to live in seclusion, remember, take my ashes back to be buried with my wife. ‘
Xiao Shunzi saw that Jiang Zhe was already distracted, and suddenly shouted: "Childe, you must wake up, do you remember, the murderer who killed Mrs. is still at large, Miss is young, if you die, I can only fight to avenge you, but I am only afraid of nine deaths, if I die, who will take care of the lonely and helpless Miss, Childe, no, without you, I really don't know how to take revenge, you have to live for Mrs. Miss." ‘
Jiang Zhe's expression froze, nodded slightly, and then fainted again.
Xiao Shunzi wiped her tears indiscriminately, seeing that Jiang Zhe would be fine for the time being, and hurriedly went to get the book. Next, acupuncture medication, Xiao Shunzi can feel Jiang Zhe's skin tremble again, this set of acupuncture is not perfect enough, so the person who receives the needle still has a sense of pain, and when Jiang Zhe's new prescription is poured down, Xiao Shunzi saw that Jiang Zhe has even breath, then he put his mind at ease, and suddenly remembered something, Xiao Shunzi's eyes showed a fierce light, and looked at the imperial doctor, just now what their master and servant said are confidential, if outsiders know, I am afraid that something will inevitably happen.
Although Li Zhen has been pondering the dialogue between Jiang Zhe's master and servant, he has never had a clue, and he doesn't understand why Jiang Zhe never talked about the murder of his wife and the enemy's family, but he has a deep mind and knows that he can't ask too much, and now he sees Xiao Shunzi's murderous eyes, how can he not know his thoughts, so he said: 'Xiao Shunzi, don't worry, this Imperial Doctor Jia is also a trustworthy person of this king, he will not go out and talk nonsense. ‘
Xiao Shunzi glanced at Li Zhen, these Li Zhen tried his best to save him, he also felt the same way, and he couldn't help but sell King Yong's face, so he said coldly: "Doctor, if you say a word, don't blame me for being merciless." ‘
After saying that, although the fingers were a little bookcase, the hard red pine wood desktop immediately left a one-inch-deep finger hole, and Imperial Doctor Jia trembled for a while, and hurriedly said: "The little doctor will be tight-lipped like a bottle." ‘
The next time was even more difficult, Jiang Zhe was always angry, and Xiao Shunzi was always by his side, his expression was cold, as if everything had nothing to do with him. And King Yong and others are also full of sadness, this said, the imperial doctor came to report, I am afraid that Jiang Zhe's surname will be tonight, Li Zhen sat down dejectedly, and couldn't say a word, the son Li Jun has already gone to the domain, Shi Yu also went with him, if Jiang Zhe passed away, Li Zhen felt cold, what should he do. Just when he was panicking, Gou Lian suddenly ran in in surprise and shouted, "Your Highness, Your Highness, Mr. Sang is here. ‘
Li Zhen was overjoyed, and was about to stand up, but he felt that his hands and feet were weak and he couldn't stand up.
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