Chapter 252: Save the King!

Before arriving at the royal capital of Hue, Du Bian felt a strong atmosphere of celebration.

It turned out that a few days ago, there was a great victory, and the Nguyen rebel king lost tens of thousands of troops, and at this time the army had been withdrawn, and the siege of the royal capital of Hue had been lifted.

Du Chang couldn't help but be overjoyed, God blessed the Daning Empire.

It has been nearly half a year since the Duke of Zhennan led an army of 100,000 to the south, and it has been a few months since the war, and now he has finally achieved a phased victory.

The rebel king of the Nguyen clan also tried his best to attack the royal capital of Hue this time, and after being frustrated, it was not so easy to organize the next large-scale attack.

Counting, there is also a great credit to the father-in-law Li Wenyu, as well as Du Chang. They successively donated more than one million taels of silver to the military expenses of Zhennan Gong, and the money was not only the courage of heroes, but also the courage of the army.

Coming to the gate of the royal capital of Hue, Du Bian took out his official plate.

After the general guarding the door took it, he was stunned at first, and then he was extremely awe-struck, and knelt down on one knee and said, "Meet your lord." ”

He spoke Chinese.

"The villain is the army that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess married, and because he made a mistake, he was degraded to guard the city gate. The chief said embarrassedly.

It turned out to be the queen of Princess Ning Chen.

"What mistake did you make?" Du Bian asked with a smile.

"Gambling mistakes, Her Royal Highness the princess was going to behead me, but it was Her Majesty who personally interceded that I was lucky enough to survive, made meritorious service on the battlefield, and was finally promoted from a small soldier to a pick-up leader. ”

Du Bian said: "My father-in-law, Lord Li Wenyu, is now in Hue Mansion?"

"Lord Prison is your father-in-law?" The voice of the chief trembled, Lord Prison Army, a big person, this eunuch in front of him is already an agent of the East Factory at such a young age, it turns out that he has such a strong backer, it is really more popular than people.

Du Chang was stunned, when did his godfather become a prisoner?

The level of the 100,000 army of the Duke of Zhennan is very high, even if the father-in-law is promoted to the eunuch of Guangxi Town, the level is not enough.

Of course, he wouldn't know that His Majesty the Emperor, who had passed through the Ghost Gate, had completely opened up, and now that he had almost broken with the group of civil and military officials, he had raced against time to promote his descendants.

"Yes, is Master Li Wenyu in Hue Mansion?" Du Bian asked.

"Here, in ......," the chief said: "Today is a ceremony to celebrate the victory and commemorate the fallen soldiers, Lord Supervisor, Duke Zhennan will definitely be there." ”

Du Bian said: "Then you take me there." ”

The chief said: "The villain dreams of taking the adult there, but the villain never has this qualification, please wait for the adult, and the villain will report to the official." ”

Then, he galloped away.

His soldiers immediately brought chairs to Du Bian, and temporarily closed the entrance and exit of the door on Du Bian's side, in order to ensure Du Bian's safety.

Of course, a thousand households in Dubian did not dare to enjoy such treatment, so they immediately entered the city and waited under the city wall, so as not to disturb the people and block the entrance and exit of the doorway.

A moment later, the pick-up commander rushed over with two thousand households, one from the Duke of Zhennan's legion and the other from the Annan Kingdom legion.

Before the two Qianhu approached, they knelt down on one knee and said, "Meet Lord Baron." ”

Du Bian hurriedly returned the salute and said, "I'm just an agent of a thousand households, and the two generals don't have to make this big gift." ”

The Qianhu of the Daning Empire said: "My lord is a thousand households in Dongchang, and it is ten thousand different from thousands of households in the army like us. Moreover, the lord is also a baron canonized by His Majesty the Emperor himself, and the lower official should bow down. ”

And the Qianhu of the Annan Kingdom said: "I kneel down to the Lord because the Lord donated 100,000 taels of gold for military expenses. This great victory in Hue is a great credit to you. I, the soldiers and civilians of the Kingdom of Annam, are unforgettable. ”

He spoke Chinese very well, and in fact almost every one of the kingdoms of Annam, from the king to the officials below, was proficient in Chinese characters.

Next, two thousand households with dozens of cavalry escorted Du Chang to the palace.

Because these two thousand households had just finished attending the sacrificial ceremony, they saw Lord Li Wenyu accompany His Majesty the King into the palace.

However, as a foreign minister, if Du Bian wants to enter the palace, he still has to go through the internal official report, which is more than the scope of the authority of two thousand households.

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Li Wenyu and Zhennan Gong Song Que were really anxious at this time.

Queen Ning Chen, Princess Ning Chen, woke up after fainting for half an hour, and then sat on the edge of the bed and grabbed King Li Chang's hand.

King Lichang's face was like gold paper at this time, and cold sweat continued to burst out all over his body, not only his clothes were wet, but even the sheets were soaked.

Unlike Emperor Tianyun's mysterious illness, King Lichang's illness was easy to see, and almost in a moment, all the imperial physicians and alchemists were confirmed.

King Le Chang got a carbuncle in his intestines.

This disease, also known as acute appendicitis in modern times, was almost an absolute incurable disease in ancient China.

Of course, it is rumored that the rhubarb peony skin soup of the miracle doctor Zhang Zhongjing can treat intestinal carbuncles, but in fact it cannot. This medicine is really good, it can treat a lot of abdominal pain and enteritis, and this recipe is still used even in modern times.

But if you want to treat appendicitis, you can't.

What's more, there is no Eastern Han Dynasty in this world, and there is no Zhang Zhongjing. If you have a carbuncle in your intestines, you will die, and you will die of torment, and you will die after a few days of wailing.

King Lichang's martial arts are okay, but his body is very weak, and he can't even support it for a few days after getting an intestinal carbuncle.

He couldn't suppress the pain just now, but he was a king, he couldn't roll, he couldn't howl, so the pain made his whole body bruise, his teeth were clenched, his gums were all broken, and his mouth was full of blood.

But from beginning to end, he didn't roll and struggle, nor did he cry out in pain.

Empress Ning Chen's heart was about to break, and Duke Zhennan and Li Wenyu were also heartbroken.

King Li Chang was not only the absolute leader of this war, but also a close friend of Li Wenyu and Song Que.

Because he couldn't bear to see King Lichang in such pain, he asked the imperial physician to prepare anesthetic powder (a plant extract, a relatively primitive anesthetic drug), and let King Lichang drink it and fall asleep temporarily, so as not to bear this boundless pain.

This kind of pain, which is really many times more than a woman gives birth, is simply unbearable.

Even if the anesthesia was dispersed, it only made King Lichang fall asleep for half an hour, and he soon woke up from the terrible pain.

This kind of pain really makes people want to die immediately.

Queen Ning Chen, Princess Ningchen, really wanted to treat her body, she couldn't do anything but hold her husband's hand tightly.

"Brother Song, Brother Li......" King Li Chang spoke with difficulty, his cold sweat burst out at a speed that almost exceeded the speed of feeding water, so his lips were almost chapped, his face was extremely yellow, and every word he said was extremely difficult.

"The foreign minister is here!" Song Que, the Duke of Zhennan, immediately knelt in front of the bed.

Li Wenyu also knelt in front of the bed.

In fact, whether it is the identity of Zhennan Gong Song Que or Li Wenyu, there is usually no need to kneel, but now is a special moment.

Because, King Li Chang is going to explain the future.

"The two brothers focused on the war in the south, and the crown prince ascended the throne in Thang Long Province in the north, which is simpler. ”

Zhennan Gong Song Que and Li Wenyu kowtowed: "Yes." ”

King Li Chang said: "If Brother Gui is free, let him preside over the crown prince's enthronement ceremony." ”

Li Wenyu kowtowed and said: "The foreign minister must ask His Majesty the Emperor to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come down and preside over the enthronement ceremony of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

Li Chang trembled and said, "Thank you, brother." ”

Queen Ning Chen said softly: "Husband, don't speak. You have worked hard all your life, and you have hardly lived a good life since you ascended the throne as king, and now you can be regarded as liberated, let go of the burden on your body. ”

King Li Chang looked at his wife, his eyes welled up with incomparable affection and attachment, and tears welled up and said: "Morning, don't die, the child is still young!"

Queen Princess Ning Chen shook her head and said, "Impossible! Min'er will be handed over to Li Wenyu to accompany her, and Senior Brother Song Que will take care of it." ”

Li Chang couldn't say anything, desperately trying to stop his wife from martyrdom, but he couldn't say half a word, just countless tears welled up.

The boundless pain struck again, and every muscle and green tendon in King Lichang's body twisted and burst out, and his whole body was wet and cold.

Seeing her husband in such pain, Queen Ning Chen was almost heartbroken, and cried: "Go to anesthesia, don't let him hurt so much." ”

The doctor was very embarrassed, and he couldn't eat more of this anesthetic powder.

Normal people can still hold on for a few days with acute appendicitis, and King Lichang's body is too overdrawn, plus he deliberately suppresses the struggle and screams, and all the pain is released wildly inside the body.

Therefore, the vitality in his eyes gradually weakened.

Zhennan Gong Song Que's eyes were full of tears, and he said in a trembling voice: "Imperial Doctor, save, can't you really cure it?"

The imperial doctor also had tears in his eyes, knelt down and said, "Lord Duke, you know, the carbuncle is incurable." ”

Zhennan Gong Song Que really hated it so much that he wanted to grit his teeth.

"God bless good people, God bless the Daning Empire!"

King Le Chang is the absolute leader of this war, and when he falls, the sky falls.

Even if the crown prince ascends the throne, he is only nine years old, and he simply does not have enough prestige to support this war. Although he Song Que has high prestige, he is a foreign minister after all, how can he lead the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Annan Kingdom?

King Lichang is the faith of all the subject armies in the northern half of the country, and as soon as he falls, it will be a devastating blow to the morale of hundreds of thousands of troops, and even hundreds of thousands of troops can not find spiritual sustenance and allegiance, and the crown prince is too small after all.

This war was originally strong in the south and weak in the north, and the Nguyen clan was almost overwhelming and captured half of the country.

Because the 100,000 troops of the Daning Empire joined this battle, it instantly boosted morale, and this great victory was achieved. And once King Le Chang falls, it will be a devastating disaster for this war.

The battle of national fortunes!

Once the Li clan of the Kingdom of Annam was destroyed, the only ally in the south of the Daning Empire was gone. The Ruan clan and the Li clan immediately formed a semi-encirclement posture in the southwest of the Daning Empire, which was a catastrophe for the entire Daning Empire.

"My Daning Empire, is it really going to die? God does not bless, God does not bless......"

And at this moment, the eunuch who was King Lichang's henchman outside whispered: "Lord Li Wenyu, your righteous son Du Bian is asking to see you outside the palace. ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole room was as silent as death.

Li Wenyu almost couldn't believe his ears?

How could his son Du Bian come to Hue at this time? Is it an illusion?

Didn't wait for him to react.

Queen Ning Chen let go of her husband's hand and rushed out.

rushed out of the room, rushed out of the palace in one go, and rushed directly in front of Du Bian.

"Child, you, are you Du Chang?" asked Queen Ning Chen.

Du was stunned, because of a fragrant wind, and then a peerless, stunningly luxurious, but extremely haggard woman rushed in front of her. The face is vaguely similar to Princess Ning Xue.

Du Bian nodded and said, "Yes, I'm Du Bian." ”

Queen Ning Chen said: "You, you are the one who cured my imperial brother?"

Du Bian nodded and said, "Yes, I am!

He's going to make a big salute!

But in the next second, Queen Ning Chen directly took his hand and rushed towards the palace quickly.

Because the speed was too fast, Du Chang was like a kite, and he was almost dragged to the ground.

Queen Ning Chen took Du Chang and rushed directly into King Lichang's room, and then the door was closed.

"Good boy, this is my aunt's husband, do you see if you can save it?" Queen Ning Chen said in a trembling voice, and then stared at Du Yan with her eyes like seeing a life-saving straw, lest he shake his head.

At this time, Du Bian found out that his father-in-law Li Wenyu and Zhennan Gong Song Que were all there.

Seeing his appearance, Li Wenyu and Song Que were overjoyed and extremely nervous.

"Chang'er, this is King Lichang, who has committed an incurable disease, which is related to the country's social welfare, can it be saved?" said his father-in-law, Li Wenyu.

The situation is urgent, and it is not even too late to talk about the relationship between father and son.

Du Yan came to the bed, looking at the person on the bed whose face was like gold paper, cold sweat broke out, and his whole body was trembling.

He...... It's King Li Chang, he's so thin, he's only in his forties, a few years younger than Emperor Tianyun, why is his hair half white?

Condense the spiritual power in the pineal gland, the red light and shadow light up, and the eye of the system opens.

Almost at first glance, Du Yan saw the frighteningly swollen appendix in King Lichang's abdomen.

"Carbuncles, appendicitis?" said Du.

"Yes, Lord Baron. The imperial doctor stepped forward and said, "It is the carbuncle of the intestines, which has been an incurable disease for generations, can the baron rejuvenate and reappear miracles?"

Everyone looked at him nervously.

King Lichang must not die, he is not only related to the fate of King Annam, but also to the fate of the Daning Empire.

Du Bian said: "It can be cured, but it ...... The success rate is only 50%!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and surged with infinite hope.

Especially Queen Ning Chen said: "Don't say fifty percent, even one percent of the hope is blessed by God." Good boy, you do it now, do it now......"

Du Bian is not a doctor, perhaps because he has read basic medical books out of curiosity, but not to study medicine, but to increase his understanding of the human body.

For appendicitis, he only knew that the appendix needed to be removed directly, and he didn't know much about it.

Although Emperor Tianyun's illness is mysterious and weird, it is a very, very small operation after all.

The removal of the appendix, at least an incision in the abdomen, and sutures after the removal of the appendix, is no longer a minor operation, beyond the scope of Du Chang's ability. With such a large wound, without antibiotics and only dandelan, can it resist postoperative infection?

Du Chang is completely unknown.

So he said fifty percent, which is really comforting, he doesn't even have a grasp of thirty percent.

Soon, he met an acquaintance, the imperial physician who had witnessed him saving Emperor Tianyun at that time, but he didn't expect the emperor to send him to King Lichang.

Du Bian summoned several imperial physicians and alchemists to the corner to discuss.

"His Majesty's illness is due to suppuration and inflammation at the end of the intestines, and the only cure is to remove the enlarged and inflamed area. Du Bian said: "Just now I told the queen that I was fifty percent sure, but in fact, I wasn't even two percent sure." It is not difficult to remove the appendix, but what I am afraid of is the sutures after the excision, and His Majesty the King is too weak to resist the postoperative infection.

At this time, Du Bian really thought of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, those doctors in Europe were completely synonymous with butchers. In that harsh environment like a slaughterhouse, all kinds of surgeries are brutally performed, and whether or not they can be saved depends entirely on the destiny of heaven, and the probability of even being killed on the spot is much greater than that of being saved.

Du Bian was really driven to the shelves at this time.

"Lord Baron, the lower officer has some experience in sewing wounds. A Tai Doctor said: "Usually Xia Guan likes to use some animals to observe the internal structure of the body. ”

Suddenly, the gazes of the others looking at him became strange, too ferocious.

"Okay, good ......," Du said, "After I cut off the appendix, the suturing work will be handed over to you." ”

Another alchemist said, "I have a certain understanding of the pharmacology of dandelion's swelling, and I can assist other medicines to resist the symptoms of wound ulceration and redness you mentioned. ”

Du Bian said: "Okay, the postoperative anti-infection will be handed over to you." ”

In this way, a grass platform team was established.

Because Du Bian was a baron and had saved Emperor Tianyun with his miraculous means, all the imperial doctors and alchemists present obeyed him unconditionally.

Next, prepare countless candles and prepare a large mirror.

A lot of secret gold knives were prepared, and they were sterilized with boiling water and spirits.

Countless gauze was boiled, and countless medicines were prepared.

Zhennan Gong Song Que, Li Wenyu and others directly used internal strength to clean the room and tried to expel all the dust.

Then he invited the queen Princess Ning Chen out, leaving Li Wenyu and Duke Song Que of Zhennan two masters of internal strength.

Princess Ning Chen looked at Du Bian, and said seriously with beautiful eyes: "Good boy, even if you do it boldly, even if you kill my husband on the spot, I am grateful for your kindness, don't keep it." ”

Du Chang bowed and said, "Yes, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." ”

Princess Ning Chen held Du Bian's face, kissed him solemnly on the forehead and said, "Good boy, my husband's life and my aunt's life will all be handed over to you." ”

Du Bian bowed down to the end and said, "Minister, you must do your best." ”

Then, Princess Ning Chen walked out, knelt down in the open space outside, and folded her hands for her husband's airway.

Du Bian felt the weight on his shoulders, like the weight of a thousand catties.

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This kind of operation, it is not enough to use anesthesia to disperse, and Zhennan Gong Song Que directly used internal strength to directly make King Lichang completely fall asleep.

Then, Du Chang began the operation!

Let the imperial physician, who was skilled in dissection and suturing, make an incision in King Lichang's abdomen.

Because of the eye of the system, Du Chang quickly found an inflamed, abscessed and enlarged appendix in a complex pile of intestines.

"Whoosh ......" quickly cut and cut it directly.

Then, the Imperial Physician took over.

Meticulous sutures are performed on the severed wound.

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The whole process is primitive and precise.

Du Chang is a leader, but everyone else is the most professional.

Under the guidance of Du Bian, everyone has a very high degree of completion of their work, and even Du Bian is very surprised.

What these imperial doctors and alchemists lack is definitely not technology, but vision.

Although it was the first time, the fit was almost perfect.

There was no hand trembling, and after receiving the order, everyone moved delicately and agilely.

About an hour and a half later, the surgery was over!

The incisions in King Lichang's abdomen were finely stitched together.

Next, it depends on whether King Le Chang can wake up in time, which is the first sign of success.

And the second and biggest sign of success is whether it can successfully resist the postoperative infection, whether the wound will speak, and whether the king will have a high fever.

And Queen Ning Chen always knelt in the square outside, folded her hands, closed her eyes and prayed to the heavens!

And Du Chang can only pray! Everything he can do has been done, and everything that follows is completely dependent on the will of God.

Praying for God's blessing, expecting King Lichang's will to survive to the extreme, and praying that his grass platform team can successfully save the king's life.

Begging for heaven to favor the Kingdom of Annam and the Daning Empire.

However, Du Bian was originally only 20% sure, but because these Tai Doctors and Alchemists were very professional, they hoped to be promoted to 40%.

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Two hours later!

Suddenly there was a sound of surprise inside.

"Your Majesty is awake!"

Queen Ning Chen got up quickly, and the wind rushed into the room.

Du Bian's body was also shocked and rushed into the room.

The first thing King Li Chang said when he opened his eyes and woke up was, "Huh, it doesn't hurt much......

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