There is a topic that has been debated for thousands of years in the medical community in later generations, that is, what caused the sudden stroke of the third prince of Yuan on the eighteenth day of the first month of the sixth year of Jian'an? Who is most responsible? Countless medical experts and professors have published a long amount of research, experience, thinking, and exploration on this topic, published a terrifying number of papers, earned countless manuscript fees, and many ordinary doctors have become blockbusters because of their unique views on this topic, and quickly became one of the brick family beasts, creating countless myths of overnight fame.

There are different opinions, but there are only three recognized suspects, the first is of course the unfilial son-in-law Deputy Director Tao, many medical experts who are proficient in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases have pointed out that it is precisely because of Deputy Director Tao's vicious intentions that he deliberately instigated Yuan Sangong, who has obvious symptoms of high blood pressure, to eat more high-sodium foods, as well as high-fat and high-cholesterol foods, as well as ginseng supplements that are harmful to hypertension patients, which led to the aggravation of Yuan Sangong's condition and laid a solid foundation for Yuan Sangong's sudden stroke.

There is almost a unanimous consensus on this point, but there are also some bricks who point out that after the fiasco of Guandu and Xuchang, Da Yuan Sangong twice vomited blood because of his anger, which actually showed signs of aggravation of high blood pressure, so even if Deputy Director Tao did not give Da Yuan Sangong those foods that were not conducive to high blood pressure, it was only a matter of time before Da Yuan Sangong had a stroke.

Of course, the above are only the opinions of some brick family beasts, and more conscientious medical authorities pointed out that Deputy Director Tao also categorically refused to send troops to Runan, which greatly angered the big Yuan Sangong who made this request, resulting in a violent temper Yuan Sangong's liver fire, and in the angry roar, there was also a precursor to a slurred stroke, and then the disease broke out, so Deputy Director Tao is undoubtedly the culprit and an exemplary example of an unfilial son-in-law!

There are also some scholars who believe that Yuan Xi and Yuan Tan are the biggest suspects, and some scholars believe that Yuan Xi is not competitive enough, and he was defeated in the hands of Cao Jun's team in Bo Xishan, which stimulated the nerves of Yuan Sangong, who was too fragile to be fragile, causing Yuan Sangong's mood to change sharply, and his mood fluctuated too much, which caused the outbreak of the disease, so Yuan Xigongzi was the biggest suspect.

There are also some brick family beasts who refuse to be confused by appearances, and have done the most careful research on the situation at that time, and the detailed evidence is the weight of the clothes on the body of Yuan Sangong at that time, the origin of the ink used by Chen Lin to lift the pen at that time, as well as Cui Yan's athlete's foot and the severity of Mr. Guo Tu's bad breath, from which an important detail was found that was almost forgotten, that is, Yuan Tan Gongzi suddenly opened the door, so that a cold wind mixed with snowflakes rushed into the room, and the room was burning with charcoal fire at that time. Da Yuan Sangong suffered a sudden cooling in a warm environment, the temperature of the space suddenly changed violently, and the blood vessels on the body surface constricted in a large area, resulting in a sharp increase in blood pressure, which led to the aggravation of the condition and the death of a stroke, so Yuan Tan Gongzi was the real murderer of his father!

How to argue in later generations aside, who is the real culprit who harmed Da Yuan Sangong will not be ignored for the time being, in short, more than a dozen famous doctors in the world tossed for almost a day and a night, and finally rescued Da Yuan Sangong When he woke up, Da Yuan Sangong could no longer say a complete sentence, his left hand and left foot were barely able to move, but the right half of his body was completely unconscious, stiff as wood, even if he forced himself to speak, he said some incomprehensible vague voices, and his body was extremely weak, I can't take care of myself after eating and drowning, and I have shown typical hemiplegia symptoms!

"How's it going, doctors? Will the lord recover? ”

After trying countless times, seeing that Da Yuan Sangong could only say some vague words that he couldn't understand at all, and Cui Yan, who had bloodshot eyes, could only pin his hopes on the body of the imperial doctors, and asked the dozen or so imperial doctors present whether there was any hope for Da Yuan Sangong's body to recover? However, what made Cui Yan and Tao Sheng and other confidants of the Great Yuan Sangong desperate and nervous was that whether it was Taiyi Ling, Taiyi Cheng, Yao Cheng, Fang Cheng, or ordinary Tai Yi, they were all silent and depressed, and they didn't dare to open their mouths to play this guarantee.

Sure enough, after Cui Yan asked again and again, the imperial physician Ling replied hesitantly: "Prime Minister's disease, yes, it is a stroke and stroke, there is no precedent for curing it since ancient times, even if it can be saved, it is mild and slurred, inconvenient speech, hemiplegia in gait, and if it is serious, you will never be able to stand up again, you will no longer be able to speak, and your longevity will be greatly reduced." ”

"Prime Minister, this is also a big fate." Taiyi Cheng added: "This disease is very serious, seven or eight out of ten of the dead, the prime minister can be saved, it is already a blessing to invite heaven." ”

Cui Yan was so desperate that he almost sat on the ground on the spot, Tao Sheng, Chen Lin and Yin Kui looked so depressed that they almost cried, and Yuan Tan, Guo Tu, Xin Bi, Feng Ji and Li Fu on the other side had different expressions, Yuan Tan Gongzi and his party were pretending to be sad, but there was joy in their eyes that they couldn't hide anything, and Feng Ji and Li Fu, two members of the Third Gongzi Party, looked nervous, their eyes were rolling wildly and they didn't know what they were thinking - by the way, Yuan Shanggongzi was not in Xuchang City at this time, but was ordered to return to Jizhou to welcome his mother and younger brother to move to Xuchang, and also gathered the Jiyou army to move to Xuchang in order to start the next step of the southern front war.

"Then please ask the medical officers to do their best to heal the prime minister." Cui Yan's voice was so hoarse that even he couldn't hear clearly, and said, "Do everything possible to make the lord speak again." ”

The imperial physicians sang their promises, and then the imperial physician Ling suggested: "Cui Shangshu, as far as the lower officials know, Mr. Zhang Zhongjing of Nanyang has medical skills, not only good at treating typhoid fever, but also has a lot of research on stroke diseases, and there is a section in his medical book "Jin Kui Yaolu" that is dedicated to introducing the treatment of stroke patients, I heard that he is now teaching medicine in Xuzhou, if Cui Shangshu can invite him to treat the prime minister, there should be great hope that the lord will speak again. ”

"Thank you for your advice." Cui Yan was overjoyed, and hurriedly turned to Chen Lin next to him and ordered: "Mr. Kong Zhang, please make a book with Xuzhou Tao Envoy immediately, introduce it to him clearly, and ask him to send Mr. Zhang Zhongjing to Luoyang immediately to ask for the Prime Minister's pulse." ”

Chen Lin agreed, but Yuan Tan Gongzi and his party were in a hurry, and they drank together, and then Yuan Tan Gongzi said angrily: "Cui Jiqi, are you confused?" 's father was so sick that he let Tao Ying's thief know about it immediately, what if Tao Ying's thief took the opportunity to take advantage of the fire to rob? ”

"If Tao Yuanjun wants to take advantage of the fire to rob, he has already done so when he took Xuchang." Cui Yan said with a straight face: "Besides, the prime minister is so sick, Tao Yuanjun will know about it sooner or later, instead of hiding the news, it is better to openly and honestly invite the famous doctor Zhang Zhongjing, so that the prime minister still has hope for recovery." Mr. Kong Zhang, please make a book now. ”

"Shut up!" Mr. Guo Tu said angrily: "The prime minister is critically ill, the eldest prince is still here, you Cui Yan is only the right servant of the first district Shangshu, and the position is still under my left servant, what qualifications do you have to be the commander?" Calling the shots for the prime minister and the eldest prince? ”

Cui Yan pursed his lips, only then did he realize that he was acting a little arrogant in his urgency, and hurriedly arched his hand to Yuan Tan and said: "The eldest prince forgives his sins, and the minister has transgressed, but the prime minister's illness is like fire, and he also asked the eldest prince to immediately order, send someone to inform Xuzhou Tao Envoy, and ask Mr. Zhang Zhongjing to come to Xuchang to treat the prime minister." ”

Yuan Tan Gongzi was a little hesitant, and Mr. Guo Tu hurriedly attached to Yuan Tan's ear and muttered a few words, Yuan Tan Gongzi said: "This matter is very big, I need to allow me to discuss carefully with everyone, and immediately block the gate inside and outside the Prime Minister's Mansion, and strictly prohibit any idle people from entering and leaving, and those who know about my father's illness will all stay in the house to take care of my father, and I will be in charge of foreign affairs!" ”

Cui Yan reluctantly agreed, but at this moment, Mr. Xin Bi suddenly exclaimed, "What about Feng Ji and Li Fu?" Why are they gone? ”

Cui Yan looked up in surprise, only to find that Feng Ji and Li Fu had disappeared, and he didn't know when he quietly slipped out of the door, Yuan Tan Gongzi was furious, and immediately ordered Qin Sheng to send someone to chase him, and also ordered to get Feng Ji and Li Fu couldn't help but say, and immediately put them in prison, Tao Sheng had no choice but to agree, and secretly ordered his guards not to hurt Feng Ji and Li Fu at will. Then Yuan Tan Gongzi ordered Qin Sheng to seal the Prime Minister's Mansion tightly, and he hurried to the secret room with Guo Tu and Xin Bi to discuss matters, leaving Cui Yan and Chen Lin and others in the ward of Yuan Sangong, looking helpless and lost.

After a long sigh, Cui Yan turned around to look at Da Yuan Sangong on the hospital bed, and what surprised Cui Yan and distressed was that after Da Yuan Sangong had a crooked mouth and eyes muttering in his throat for a long time, two tears slowly oozed out of a pair of cloudy old eyes. Seeing these two tears, Cui Yan couldn't help but burst into tears, and choked up: "Lord, you are a tiger father and a dog!" ”

The evaluation of the tiger father and dog son may not be correct enough, at least Yuan Tan Gongzi seized the great opportunity of this father who was seriously ill and the two older brothers were not in Xuchang City, while blocking the news that Yuan Sangong was seriously ill, he couldn't wait to take over the power of Xuchang, and immediately arranged for his henchmen Lu Xiang and Cen Bi to take over the defense of Xuchang City and the Imperial City respectively, and at the same time closed the arsenal, blocked the gate of Xuchang and prohibited the officials and people from entering and leaving, and soon controlled the whole city of Xuchang under control.

Immediately afterwards, Yuan Tan Gongzi listened to Guo Tu's suggestion, and under the pretense of the reputation of the third duke of the great Yuan, he sent three messengers to contact Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang and Gao Gan, and ordered Yuan Xi to hand over the army to his deputy commander Han Meng, and hurriedly returned to Xuchang to discuss the matter, and the same was true for the senior cadres stationed in the northern part of Yanzhou, and ordered the senior cadres to transfer the military power to return to Xuchang as soon as possible, and then pretended that the three dukes of the Great Yuan were going to receive Jiuxi, and ordered Yuan Shang to return to Xuchang immediately to participate in the ceremony, and the military power of Jizhou was temporarily managed by the trial and Meng Dai, ready to deceive these important competitors back to Xuchang, Take it by force and subdue it.

Yuan Tan Gongzi and Guo Tu, Xin Bi's abacus played well, but unfortunately the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, just when Guo Tu and Xin Bi were forging the handwritten letter of the three dukes of the Great Yuan, Lu Kuang, who went to take over the city defense, sent someone to send bad news, saying that Feng Ji and Li Fu had escaped from the Xuchang City Gate first, and fled to Guandu on fast horses. Yuan Tan Gongzi was shocked when he heard the news, and quickly ordered his henchman Peng An to lead three hundred light horsemen out of the city to chase and kill, and viciously ordered that as long as he saw Feng Ji and Li Fu, he would kill them immediately without much words, and he must not let the news of Yuan Sangong's serious illness reach Jizhou!

As early as the afternoon of the first day, when Yuan Sangong had just had a stroke, Feng Ji and Li Fu, who had received the news, had already sent a secret envoy to rush back to Jizhou to report the situation to Yuan Shang Gongzi and the trial, at this time, Feng Ji and Li Fu both went out of the city to flee for their lives, just to report more detailed news and escape, so even if Yuan Tan Gongzi caught up with Feng Ji and Li Fu, it was impossible to block the news that Yuan Sangong had suffered a stroke.

The next thing is simpler, although the imperial doctors in Xuchang City also tried their best to rescue the Great Yuan Sangong, but the Great Yuan Sangong was still too sick to speak, and he could not speak and get up and walk, Yuan Tan Gongzi was not worried about this matter, and quickly found Guo Tu to discuss with Xin Bi, and decided to forge the will of the Great Yuan Sangong and set himself up as the heir of the Yuan family to inherit the great cause, Guo Tu and Xin Bi together called good, and when Mr. Guo Tu put pen to forge the will, there was news outside the door, saying that Cui Yan asked to meet. Yuan Tan Gongzi has always disliked Cui Yan, and when he heard this, he was immediately furious, and said: "No, tell him to go back to take care of his father, if his father has a bad pool, I will kill him and bury him!" ”

The guard took the order and left, but soon returned to Yuan Tan Gongzi, and said: "Your eldest son, Mr. Ji Jue refuses to leave, and said that the eldest prince must see him, and he is ready to discuss with the eldest prince about asking the eldest prince to be the heir." ”

"Cui Jiqi is going to ask my father to make me his heir?" Yuan Tan Gongzi was a little confused, and pinched his thigh, and said in surprise: "I'm not dreaming, right?" Cui Jiju, is you ready to support me in inheriting my father's family business? ”

"Eldest Prince, of course you're not dreaming." Mr. Guo Tu said with a smile: "Cui Jiqi is a smart person, and when life and death are on the line, he will naturally make smart choices." His Majesty thinks that Gongzi might as well accept his surrender, Cui Jiqi is a famous man in Jizhou, born in a wealthy family in Jizhou, and has a great reputation in Jizhou, and Gongzi has his assistance, so he doesn't have to worry too much about the trial thief of the same wealthy family in Jizhou. ”

Yuan Tan Gongzi nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up and invite Mr. Ji Jue, oh no, I will personally go to greet Mr. Ji Jue." ”

When he happily went out to see Cui Yan, he hadn't seen him for a few hours, and the haggard Cui Yan seemed to be much older, and in the face of Yuan Tan's initiative to salute, Cui Yan didn't return the salute, but asked in a weak tone: "Eldest Prince, if Yan didn't guess wrong, your secret conversation with Lord Guo and Lord Xin should be discussing how to forge the lord's will, right?" ”

Yuan Tan Gongzi's vulture face changed a little, and Guo Tu forced a smile: "Mr. Ji Jue said that he was joking, right?" Forging the will of the lord, how could the prince and we do such a thing? ”

Cui Yan showed some ridicule, then suppressed his smile and said lightly: "Eldest prince, don't waste your hands and feet, go with me to see the lord, I advise the lord to be your heir, and ask the lord to give you a real will." ”

"Mr. Ji Jue, what did you say?" Yuan Tan Gongzi was shocked, Cui Yan didn't speak, just turned around and left, Yuan Tan and Guo Tu and others looked at each other, hesitated for a long time, and finally followed Cui Yan to the ward of Yuan Sangong.

When he entered the ward of Da Yuan Sangong, Da Yuan Sangong lay on the hospital bed and moaned unconsciously, Tao Sheng, Chen Lin and Yin Kui and others waited beside him, Cui Yan didn't say anything, and went straight to the sickbed of Da Yuan Sangong and knelt down on his knees, and then said solemnly: "My lord, your subordinates have the courage to invite the eldest prince for you, and I want to discuss with you about the succession of the heir." ”

Da Yuan Sangong opened his eyes violently, revealing some fierce light, and stopped muttering in his throat, Tao Sheng, the chief guard next to him, was furious, and immediately stepped forward and grabbed Cui Yan's collar, and roared angrily: "Cui Jiqi, you are so bold, the lord is still alive, you dare to ask the lord to pass on the throne?!" ”

Cui Yan didn't pay attention to it, but slowly said to the third prince of Da Yuan: "My lord, my subordinates know that this matter is too arrogant, but for the sake of the lord's inheritance, in order not to give outsiders a chance, my subordinates have to trespass once." The imperial doctor has already said before, the lord you will never be able to stand up, and you will never be able to speak, if you don't immediately establish the successor now, wait until the princes fight the world upside down for the succession, and fight to the death, the lord you want to pass on the throne again, and the foundation you have worked so hard to create will also be ruined. ”

The eyes of the third prince of Da Yuan dimmed, and Cui Yan said again: "Lord, your subordinates know that you want to pass on the third son, and the third prince also has outstanding points, and he may not be able to inherit your inheritance, but the lord, the third prince is the youngest son after all, if you abolish the elder and the young, how can the eldest prince and the second prince be convinced?" In order to inherit your family business, they will inevitably meet with the three princes, and when the time comes, the brothers will fight against each other and kill each other, and the Cao thief will have a chance to resurrect, Liu Biao, Ma Teng and Liu Bei will take advantage of the maneuver and hands, these situations, the lord, do you want to see it? ”

"These people are still good, and they may not be able to shake the inheritance you left behind." Cui Yan shook his head painfully, and said: "The most terrible thing is Xuzhou Tao Ying, he is our most terrible and dangerous enemy, the news that Su You brought back the previous time, the Xuzhou army has expanded to 300,000, what are you going to do?" What else is possible except to peek into our land and cities and prepare to turn against our army and start a war?! Now the Xuzhou army is already strong, the strategists are like clouds, the generals are drizzling, and the sons are fighting in the nest to fight themselves, isn't it giving him the opportunity to annex our army? ”

Yuan Sangong, who understood in his heart, closed his eyes, and couldn't help but think of the advice given by Fu Zhi when he was dying-Deputy Director Tao is the most dangerous and terrifying enemy!

"My lord, your majesty knows that you don't like the eldest prince." Cui Yan said sincerely: "But the eldest son, after all, he is the eldest son, inheriting your inheritance, he is right, even if the second son and the third son are unwilling, they do not have the moral upper hand, they can only bow their heads and listen to orders, so the lord you can only pass the throne to the eldest prince, in order to quickly our army and city land, and not give outsiders a chance to take advantage of it." ”

Speaking of this, Cui Yan paused for a moment, and then said: "And the eldest prince is not without merit, when the subordinates discussed privately with Mr. Frustration, who had been killed, they all felt that the eldest prince may not be the master who could be supplemented, the eldest prince does have a lot of problems, the surname is impulsive and irritable, the surname is just killing, and he is narrow-minded, and he will be repaid, but he has an advantage, even the lord you can't compare, this advantage of the eldest prince is that he can listen to people's persuasion, as long as the subordinates are reasonable, the eldest prince can listen to his words, and he can make decisions on the spot, Adopt now. ”

"It's not like you, my lord." Cui Yan smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty has the courage to say a word of offense, the eldest prince is not as indecisive as the lord, when the situation is urgent, the eldest prince can listen to the advice and make a decision immediately, but the lord you are not as good as the eldest prince, when you were in Guandu, if you could make a decision immediately, or go all out to attack the Cao thief camp, or go all out to save the black nest, instead of acting separately and dispersing the forces on your own, how could we have a fiasco in Guandu?" Therefore, His Majesty believed that if the eldest prince had been replaced to lead the whole army at that time, our army would not have lost in Guandu. ”

The eldest Yuan Sangong was even more ashamed, and closed his eyes tighter, while Yuan Tan Gongzi quietly showed joy, and still found that he still had something better than his father.

"My lord, Your Majesty has said a lot, I guess you have made up your mind too." Cui Yan said sincerely: "Your Majesty now asks you to pass on the throne to the eldest prince and inherit your inheritance, if you agree, please blink your eyes twice, if you don't agree to pass on the throne to the eldest prince, please blink your eyes." ”

There was silence in the ward, everyone's eyes were focused on the haggard face of Da Yuan Sangong, Yuan Tan Gongzi was so nervous that even his heartbeat almost stopped, but what made Yuan Tan Gongzi desperate was that Da Yuan Sangong still refused to open his eyes, and he also made a series of indistinct sounds in his throat. And although Cui Yan has followed the eldest Yuan Sangong for the shortest time, he guessed the thoughts of the eldest Yuan Sangong the most, and soon asked tentatively: "Lord, are you worried that after the eldest prince succeeds to the throne, he will not be able to accommodate his brother?" ”

Da Yuan Sangong finally opened his eyes and blinked twice.

"Lord, then do you want the eldest prince to swear in front of your sickbed, swearing that he will never harm his brother?" Cui Yan asked again.

Da Yuan Sangong blinked his eyes twice, Yuan Tan Gongzi was overjoyed, and quickly knelt down on his knees to Da Yuan Sangong, and then respectfully made a heavy and poisonous oath, saying that if he got the throne, he would never move a few brothers, and swore to make several brothers rich and noble for life, and the prince for all generations. It wasn't until Yuan Tan Gongzi finished making a stinky and long poisonous oath that Cui Yan asked the third prince of Yuan again: "Lord, is it okay?" Now Your Majesty has the courage to ask the lord again, are you willing to pass on the throne to the eldest prince? ”

Da Yuan Sangong blinked his eyes twice, and nodded with great difficulty.

Although Yuan Sangong's movements were slight, but in the eyes of Yuan Tan Gongzi, it was as violent as the sky falling apart, and in an instant, Yuan Tan Gongzi was so happy that he didn't know what to say, but he was so excited that his whole body trembled, like a violent trembling like a swing. Cui Yan kowtowed to the Great Yuan Sangong, and said calmly: "Thank you for the invitation of the Lord and the Quasi-Minister, Mr. Fu Zhu should be able to look down under Jiuquan." ”

After saying this, Cui Yan struggled to stand up and said to Guo Tu: "Mr. Gongze, please pass on the throne for the lord." If needed, Mr. Yan and Mr. Kong Zhang can draw a pledge as evidence. ”

Guo Tu agreed, and hurriedly went to the side to draft the succession document, and Yuan Tan Gongzi kowtowed three times to Yuan Sangong, and then quickly got up, grabbed Cui Yan's hand, held it with both hands, and said happily: "Mr. Ji Jue, you have made great contributions, and I will never forget it, please rest assured, as long as Mr. does his best to assist me, I will definitely treat Mr. well, and never disappoint Mr. Today's kindness." ”

"Master Xie, oh no, it should be Lord Xie." Cui Yan nodded and said calmly: "Please rest assured, Yan has eaten the fortune of two generations of lords, and he should do his best to assist the new lord to repay the kindness of the two generations of lords." However, His Majesty still has a request, and he also asked the lord to send an envoy to Xuzhou immediately, and asked Mr. Zhang Zhongjing to come to Xuchang to treat the old lord, so as to alleviate the pain of the old lord as much as possible and prolong his life. ”

"Of course, that's of course." Yuan Tan Gongzi agreed, holding Cui Yan's hand just to comfort him again and again, Cui Yan nodded in thanks, and turned his gaze to Da Yuan Sangong, but saw that in the eyes of Da Yuan Sangong, two lines of turbid tears flowed out.

(To be continued)