When they arrived at Tao Qian's mansion, the Mi Zhu Mifang brothers, Chen Deng, Chen Qi and his son, Zhang Xu, Cao Bao and other civil and military dignitaries were all in the lobby, whispering from time to time. Seeing that their faces were heavy, it seemed that Tao Qian's illness was not light.

When everyone saw that Zhang Lang had arrived, they just nodded lightly, and then motioned for him to go in and see Tao Qian.

Zhang Lang grabbed Chen Deng, who was closest to him, and hurriedly said, "Isn't Lord Tao good yesterday?" Why did I suddenly fall ill? ”

Chen Deng shook his head impatiently, and sighed: "Tao Gong is weak and sickly, yesterday he said that General Xi returned victoriously, he was very excited, and drank some wine, he couldn't bear the cold at night, and his old illness was not cured, so he couldn't afford to get sick. ”

The civil and military attachés only sighed and shook their heads.

Zhang Lang was stupid, so Tao Qian's illness was still caused by himself.

Chen Deng seemed to understand Zhang Lang's thoughts, and comforted: "You better go and see Tao Gong first, he has been talking to you for a long time." ”

Zhang Lang and Yang Rong quickly came to Tao Qian's bedroom under the guidance of the maid, and as soon as they stepped on the door, there was a strong pungent smell of medicine. Zhang Lang saw Tao Qian lying flat on the bed, his face was pale in the middle, his cheeks were purple-red, his eyes were deep, and it was difficult to breathe. Beside her sat a dignified woman of about forty or fifty years of age. Her eyes were red and swollen, and she thought she had cried sadly, and she wiped her eyes from time to time.

It's probably Tao Qian's wife, Zhang Lang was thinking. But he walked into the house quickly.

When the woman saw that a visitor was coming, she hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Then he whispered softly in Tao Qian's ear: "Master, a guest is coming." ”

Tao Qian opened his wandering eyes, looked at the visitor, and saw that it was Zhang Lang's expression that perked up, and hurriedly asked the woman to help him up and let him sit up. Then he waved her out and let Zhang Lang come to him.

Zhang Lang hurriedly took two steps, sat on the couch, held the wrinkled hands like pine skin with both hands, looked at the white-haired Tao Qian with a little excitement and said, "Tao Gong, are you better?" ”

Tao Qian shook his head with a wry smile, and said very hoarsely: "It seems that the old man's time has arrived, and he has no power to return to the sky." ”

Zhang Lang hurriedly comforted: "Jiren has his own natural appearance, Tao Gong, you can recuperate with peace of mind, you will get better." ”

Tao Qian motioned for Zhang Lang to help him, making himself more comfortable on the bed, and then said slowly: "The old man's situation is very clear to me, you don't need to comfort me." ”

After a pause, suddenly the old man grabbed Zhang Lang tightly, and said earnestly: "The old man has a good year to live up to this life, and if he goes, he will go, but the old man can not rest assured that he will not go to Xuzhou, the general trend of the world, General Zhang knows very well, the people of Xuzhou have just gone to heart disease, if the old man falls, I am afraid that Huainan Yuan Shu and other princes will take advantage of the unstable heart of the soldiers in Xuzhou Xinzhou Mansion and the people to come to fight each other." I'm afraid that the old man's hard work over the years will be burned. ”

Zhang Lang patted his chest and reassured, and said heavily: "Tao Gong is too worried, as long as there are waves, he will live and die with Xuzhou." ”

Tao Qian nodded, his eyes confused, and said: "Qian has thanked the general here, and only the general can protect Xuzhou." ”

After a pause, he relieved his breath and said: "Qian has two sons, the eldest son Shang, this son is quite talented, but his eyes are above the top, he is ambitious and talented, he likes flattering words, and he is addicted to wine, so he can't take on heavy responsibilities." The second son should be, although loyal and diligent, simple and unpretentious, without great ambition, but timid and afraid of things, get by, and the old man does not have the ability to go through the troubled world, if these two sons are in charge of Xuzhou, they will be defeated in less than three years. ”

Zhang Lang's heart suddenly fluctuated, Tao Qian's words have the taste of Liu Bei and Emperor Baituo, does Tao Qian want Xuzhou to give it to me? Zhang Lang's heart was beating in ecstasy. But when you think about it, it feels very inappropriate.

Tao Qian was a little sad, his face turned even paler, and then said: "The dog merchant, he has a bad heart for Miss Mi Jia, and he has asked the old man to propose to the Mi family several times, but the old man should not be. Ping said that he had a good relationship with Cao Bao, Zhang Xu, and Xu Tan, and often hid from the old man to do something immoral. ”

Zhang Lang was a little puzzled: "Why didn't Tao Gong agree to the marriage of the eldest son?" ”

Tao Qian shook his head with a wry smile again, and said astringently: "Mihuan's eyes are higher than the top, where can she see the eyes of the vulgar man, the businessman is inactive, although the Mi family respects the old man for the history of Xuzhou, he can be the door-to-door propose, Mi Zhu will not agree, because he knows the business very well." The old man also has no ability to influence their decision. ”

Tao Qian seemed to open today's chatbox, gasped twice and said: "Cao Bao, Xu Tan, Shoucheng is there, enterprising is insufficient, the Mi family, the local power of the Chen family in Xuzhou is quite large, I see you among them, left and right, and deal with it easily, just like you are a political talent." ”

Tao Qian suddenly looked excited, grabbed Zhang Lang tightly and said firmly: "As a troubled world, we can't be a woman's benevolence, General Zhang swept the yellow scarf in less than a month to see his merits, after Qian left, if the eldest son Shang can help, if not, the general can replace him." With the ability of the Qing Dynasty, the Chen family will help each other, Cao Bao has no plans, it is not enough, at that time, the Qing Dynasty can be for the benefit of the people of Xuzhou, for the sake of the common people in the world. ”

Zhang Lang was stunned for a while, he couldn't imagine that Tao Qian was so righteous, loved the people like a son, and could sacrifice the rights of his descendants for Xuzhou and the Han Dynasty. But how could Zhang Lang be the princes Liang. Although I really want to have a territory, I know that it is still shallow to come to Xuzhou, and I don't have enough ability to take over Xuzhou. I didn't want to shake my head and said: "Tao Gong don't have to worry too much, my family Yang Rong is proficient in medical skills, and can often bring the dead back to life, and solve incurable diseases that ordinary people can't do. ”

Tao Qian's eyes flashed with surprise, but he didn't object, so he asked Yang Rong to come to see a doctor.

Although there is no medical equipment in the 21st century, it is still a little difficult to look, smell, and ask with traditional Chinese medicine, but what Yang Rong has learned is the essence of Chinese medicine for 5,000 years, so she still confidently gave Tao Qian a pulse, and then asked some questions to take a look at her body.

It didn't take long for Yang Rong to stand up with a solemn expression. smiled at Tao Qian a little reluctantly: "Don't worry, Gong Tao, Rong'er has a way, wait for me to discuss it with my husband." Then he picked up Zhang Lang and walked out the door.

Tao Qian couldn't see it, his expression smiled naturally, and he didn't care.

As soon as the two of them left Tao Qian's bedroom, they felt a burst of fresh air. Zhang Lang hurriedly asked Yang Rong, "What disease does Tao Gong have?" ”

Yang Rong said very heavily: "If you don't guess wrong, it should be rheumatism and heart disease." ”

Zhang Lang was startled and exclaimed, "No." ”

Rheumatic heart disease, also referred to as rheumatic heart disease, is caused by heart damage that varies from severity to severity after an acute or repeated episode of rheumatic fever, especially valvular damage. The disease tends to occur in humid weather, especially in early spring and winter.

Although Yang Rong's face was expressionless, she was very confident and calm: "Although I couldn't take an X-ray, my symptoms are very similar." The first point is that I just asked Tao Gong, who used to have palpitations, shortness of breath, severe dyspnea, upright breathing, and unable to lie flat at night. Second, he can't exercise, otherwise he will cough, cough up bloodshot sputum, hoarseness, edema of the lower limbs will decrease in the morning, and it will worsen in the afternoon, abdominal distension, etc. Thirdly, his cheeks are purplish-red, which is exactly what patients with mitral stenosis can do. ”

Zhang Lang said worriedly: "Is there still salvation?" ”

Yang Rong was silent for a while, shook her head and said, "I've been sick for too long, I will prescribe a prescription, and at most I can only let him live for a year and a half more." There is no way to do anything else. ”

Zhang Lang could only nod helplessly.

Then Yang Rong found a famous doctor who treated Tao Qian, looked at the prescription he prescribed, and then discussed it with him, and then opened a new prescription.

Then Zhang Lang rushed back to his mansion non-stop, and urgently summoned Tian Feng, Cheng Yu, Zhang Liao and others to discuss major matters.

After everyone arrived, seeing that they all looked puzzled, Zhang Lang first spoke in a deep voice: "Do you know the news that Tao Gong is sick?" ”

Everyone said they knew.

Zhang Liao was puzzled and a little worried: "It seems that Master Tao is very sick." ”

Zhang Lang nodded, and then said with a strange face: "When I met Tao Gong today, he said something to me. ”

Dian Weisu was rectum, and he couldn't see others hanging his appetite the most, so he said rudely: "What are you talking about?" ”

Zhang Lang was shocking, and said what Tao Qian said to himself again.

As soon as Zhang Lang's words came out, everyone was stunned together, and then, like an exploding pot, there were contemplative people, and there were happy people, all of whom talked about it.

Dian Wei was very happy and said: "Okay, this old man Tao is still smart, once he goes, only the boss can take on this big responsibility." ”

Zhang Liao's face was also happy and worried: "This is a great thing, if the general wants to achieve great things, he must have his own territory, so that he can start recruiting and selling horses without scruples to map the Central Plains." ”

Zhao Yun also agreed: "That's true, Xuzhou has abundant money and sufficient soldiers, which can be used as the foundation for conquering the world." ”

Zhang Lang only Tian Feng and Cheng Yu bowed their heads and were silent, pondering.

Zhang Lang asked Tian Feng: "Yuan Hao, what do you think?" ”

Tian Feng thought about it carefully, and then said with a solemn expression: "The fraud sounds like a very good news, which shows that Tao Gong trusts the boss very much, but if you think about it carefully, there are still many undesirable points, Tao Daren is sick, and the eldest son Tao Shang will definitely want to take over Xuzhou, and Cao Bao and Xu Tan and other important military ministers will fully support it." Secondly, the power of the great family is ambiguous, and no one knows which side they will support. Third, I waited until Xuzhou was still shallow and had not won the hearts of the people, so this matter had to be discussed from the beginning. ”

Cheng Yu also nodded and agreed: "That's true, the time for the general to take over Xuzhou is not yet ripe, so taking over Xuzhou, in case the relationship between the military and the local family is not handled well, and the descendants of Tao Gong want to fight, it will make Xuzhou have a power imbalance, sword fighting, the most afraid of Yuan Shu and other princes, eyeing the tiger, the army out of Xuzhou, at that time the civil strife is not settled, and the foreign invaders are coming, and in the end the bamboo blue water is empty." ”

Zhang Lang nodded, suddenly stood up, and said with a straight face: "Tao Gong's illness has been anointed, today I will let Xuzhou, I can hurry up the opportunity, you have to train your people well, Tian Feng Chengyu must have a good relationship with the Chen family." When the time comes, we can take over Xuzhou immediately. ”

All the people stood up and said yes in unison.

After Tao Qian took Yang Rong's medicine, his condition improved greatly, at least on the surface.

And Zhang Lang ordered the generals to train at night, and among the 20,000 yellow turban soldiers, after Zhang Lang's strict screening, only 327 people were shortlisted, which shows the great difficulty and also shows that these people have amazing potential. Adding the original 100 guards, there were a total of 427 people, and 73 Yellow Turban soldiers who were not selected but did not differ much were selected to form their own 500 guards. Intensify training overnight.

In a blink of an eye, it has come to the spring of the following year, at this time in the third year of Chuping, 192 AD. Zhang Lang is 22 years old. At this time, the general trend of the world has changed again. Yuan Shao has taken the Jizhou of the state pastor Han Fu and led the Jizhou pastor. Liu Bei was defeated because of the small number of soldiers and the lack of work, and he almost let the trial ration be captured alive, and he was defeated by Cao Ying. Gongsun Chan was also defeated and returned to Youzhou.

Seeing that Wang Yun set up a chain, Lu Bu's killing of Dong Zhuo is getting closer and closer. Zhang Lang suddenly felt very stuffy in his heart, and he couldn't think of Cai Yong's pale face and worried about serving the country. secretly thought that if he didn't think of a good way, then Cai Yong might have to kill Wang Yun, and if his wife Wen Ji knew about it, she would definitely die of sadness. And if you don't save yourself like this, where is your conscience?

At present, Xuzhou is safe, the people are happy, Cheng Yu and Tian Feng are good at internal affairs, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao are good at training, and Gao Shun and his wife are guarding Langya.

Yan Ming, the Black Eagle Guard led by Han Juzi, has made great progress.

Zhang Lang secretly thought that Cai Yong's surname was Ke Ganglie, if the letter told him that he was going to leave Dong Zhuo, it was unlikely, so he could only go out in person, and he could use means if necessary.

Zhang Lang decided to enter Chang'an for the second time.

This time I didn't bring anyone. However, when leaving, Zhang Lang instructed Cheng Yu to write a letter and send it to Guo Jia, a subordinate of Yuan Shao in Hebei, asking him to come to help. He also asked Tian Feng to write a letter and go to Beihai to find Tai Shici. Then I went to Tao Qian to ask for help, Tao Qian took great care of Zhang Lang, almost to the point that he would give whatever he wanted, so he let him go without saying a word, but just told Zhang Lang to come back early.

Zhang Lang then hit the road.

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