The shadow of Xianyuntan is long, and the stars change a few degrees of autumn.

Where is the emperor in the cabinet now? The Yangtze River outside the threshold is empty and artesian.

The day of the pro-government ceremony finally came, but Emperor Ping fell ill. At first, it was just a loss of appetite, but then it began to vomit and diarrhea, and the day before the pro-government ceremony, it actually began to fall unconscious. The Empress Dowager was even more angry several times, killing three imperial doctors in a row, and the entire imperial hospital became a pot of porridge, and the imperial doctors were in a panic. Wang Zhengjun realized that no matter how many people he killed, it would be useless, and there were two most important things at the moment, one was to find out the cause of Emperor Ping's illness, and the other was who should replace Emperor Ping tomorrow to participate in the pro-government ceremony.

However, the imperial doctors investigated for half a month, but they couldn't find any cause, only saying that His Majesty the Emperor might be poisoned, but the poison in the body still couldn't be detected. Wang Zhengjun scolded a word of waste, ordered the whole country to look for capable people, and said that anyone who can find out the cause of His Majesty's illness will be rewarded with 100,000 yuan and given to the county marquis. Although it is not indicated which prefecture it is, applicants are still flocking to it. Since five days ago, dozens of people have come to hit this fortune with various home remedies, but none of them have any effect, and as a result, the empress dowager was angry and sent everyone to the Tingwei Mansion on the charge of "bullying the king". So the people began to spread all kinds of rumors, saying that there must be someone who doesn't want His Majesty the Emperor to be in power, so they will be poisoned. As soon as these words came out, the public opinion of the court and the people suddenly pressed on Wang Mang, which caught Wang Mang a little off guard.

Tomorrow will be held a pro-government ceremony, Wang Zhengjun summoned more than 600 stone civil and military officials to discuss politics in Changle Palace. When the quarrel was raging, suddenly a yellow door order entered the hall and played, saying that there was a person who claimed to be Zhan Lu Xinshi, who could cure His Majesty the Emperor's illness, and the noisy hall suddenly quieted down, and everyone looked at the yellow door order, and the yellow door order, who was nervous by everyone, trembled and said: "The empress dowager, that person looks like a fairy wind and bones, and his eyebrows and beard are white. ”

Wang Zhengjun didn't expect that there would be people to see the emperor at this moment, thinking that he should have real skills, so he stopped the meeting and took the civil and military officials to Weiyang Palace.

When Du Wu followed the civil and military officials to Weiyang Palace, Zhan Lu Xinshi was already waiting outside the palace. The sky was blue that day, and Du Wu swore that he had never seen such a blue sky. Zhan Lu Xinshi stood on the steps of the palace, the breeze blowing through the clothes covering his thin body, looking from a distance, like a white crane with wings ready to fly. At that moment, the image of the old immortal in Du Wu's heart was suddenly filled.

Many years later, when Du Wu was drinking with Zhan Lu Xinshi in Taishan County, he couldn't help but be afraid: "I really sweated for you at the beginning, for fear that you would be a big liar." ”

And Zhan Lu Xinshi habitually stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I have a technique of escape, so I will naturally regard the palace guards as nothing." ”

Du Wu pouted: "Come on, it's okay to deceive others with your escape technique, I have already seen through your tricks." You're a folk juggler. ”

Zhan Lu Xinshi laughed: "That's why I lied to you!" ”

In front of Weiyang Palace, Wang Zhengjun looked at Zhan Lu Xinshi from a distance, and at this moment she also felt that this person was an immortal sent by God to save the Han Dynasty and Emperor Ping of Han. After having the impression of judging people by their appearance, Zhan Lu Xinshi quickly gained the trust of all the civil and military forces in the court. I saw him take out a silver needle and prick a few acupuncture points on Emperor Ping's body, and after a while, Emperor Ping suddenly vomited, and then the room was filled with the sour smell of filth.

Everyone left the inner hall one after another, leaving only Wang Yan and a few people to take care of it here, Du Wu's grade was too low, and he didn't want to squeeze in to join in the fun, so he waited in the outer hall. About half an hour later, the newly appointed Imperial Physician Ling ran out excitedly: "Your Majesty is alive!" Your Majesty is alive! ”

Everyone looked up one after another, and the imperial physician realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly changed his words: "Your Majesty is awake, Your Majesty is awake!" The Divine Doctor is truly a god! ”

Wang Zhengjun was overjoyed, and the ministers were also full of praise.

After a while, the Empress Dowager privately summoned Zhan Lu Xinshi.

"The Empress Dowager, Your Majesty is indeed poisoned, and the poison in it is Lei Gongteng. This substance is highly poisonous, and if it is ingested by mistake, all internal organs will bleed, which is extremely difficult to treat. In the early stage of poisoning, the patient will have symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea, and then in the later stage, he will be dizzy and weak, and palpitations. If treatment is not prompt, fainting may occur. Your Majesty is now in a state of fainting. ”

"That miracle doctor, when will the emperor be cured?" Wang Zhengjun asked anxiously. Tomorrow is going to hold a pro-government ceremony.,The protagonist has a problem.,How can this be good?

"Back to the Empress Dowager's words, Your Majesty's Yang Shou is not much left. Judging from the symptoms, His Majesty has been poisoned for half a month, and he has been poisoned twice. If it weren't for the ginseng of the previous imperial doctors, I'm afraid it would be difficult for His Majesty to persist until now. ”

"What did you say?!" Wang Zhengjun couldn't believe his ears. The dignified Son of Heaven was poisoned twice, and no one found out, what did these eunuchs who tested the poison and those fools in Shaofu eat? Wang Zhengjun was furious, and immediately ordered people to put the Taiguan Order, Tang Guanling and Shaofu Qing Shaofu Cheng all to prison, and transferred Guang Luxun to lead Lang Zhongsan General to assist Tingwei Mansion to thoroughly investigate Shaofu, for a time Chang'an City was full of smoke and dust, and from time to time someone was pulled out and sent to prison. The ministers were as pale as the earth, and they inquired left and right. Du Wu saw that the three generals in Langzhong were dispatched, and couldn't help but sigh, what was the big thing that had been discovered, even Guangluxun, who was in charge of the palace guards, worked tirelessly, this is a high-ranking official of two thousand stones!

However, Guangluxun and Tingweifu were busy for a long time, seeing that it was almost dark, and there was still no result. Shao Fuqing has been beaten to death, and Taiguan Ling and Tang Guan Ling have already been beaten to death. Everyone was busy for a long time, but they still couldn't find any clues.

When Shen Shi, Wang Zhengjun had no choice but to summon the ministers who were stranded in the Weiyang Palace and formulated two sets of plans. If the emperor can hold on early tomorrow morning, then the emperor will still participate in the pro-government ceremony, and of course all the processes will be halved. If the emperor is unable to appear, the emperor will be replaced by Zai Heng Wang Mang. It's a bit unruly, but there's no better way to do it at this time. After the people had consulted, they went home one by one to prepare.

The cause of the disease could not be found out for a long time, so Wang Zhengjun pinned his hope on Zhan Lu Xinshi again. That Zhan Lu Xinshi really has some ability. He carefully examined the various physical evidence collected by the Tingwei Mansion, and finally found half-eaten Tripterygium wilfordii leaves in a pile of forage. After carefully asking the palace maid, I learned that it was fed to rabbits.

The palace maid was one of the two palace maids who sent the rabbit to the palace that day. Under Zhan Lu Xinshi's careful interrogation, the palace maid remembered that Du Wu had sent two rabbits for the queen to play with, but she was stopped by Aunt Ci halfway, and after making one rabbit into rabbit meat soup, the other had been raised for half a month. Aunt Ci also specially sent her to the Great Sima Mansion to loot all the concentrate feed that Du Wu bought at a high price. After making the second rabbit into rabbit soup the day before yesterday, Emperor Ping began to feel dizzy and vomited until he fell into a coma.

Wang Zhengjun immediately sent Guangluxun to lead Hu Ben Yulin to the Great Sima Mansion to confront Du Wu, and by the way, he took all the other rabbits raised by Zisu away. Poor Du Wu had just arrived home, and before his ass was hot, he was politely invited out of the Da Sima Mansion by General Huben Zhonglang, and Pipa and Shiso looked at each other, not knowing what Du Wu had done. Wang Mang saw that the matter involved the Great Sima Mansion, so he came uninvited and followed the Zhonglang generals to Weiyang Palace.

At this time, Emperor Ping was already able to sit up. At the third moment of Shen Shi, Zhan Lu Xinshi performed another needle for Emperor Ping, and Emperor Ping felt a lot better. Wang Zhengjun had already gotten the news, and when he first entered the side hall, he was told by Zhan Lu Xinshi that Emperor Ping was afraid that he would not be able to survive tonight.

Wang Zhengjun's heart was shocked, and this was another blow to her. She is actually an old lady, and she hates to fight wits and courage with the old foxes in the court. I thought that this time Emperor Ping was in power, she could live for the rest of her life, but she didn't expect this to happen. At this moment, she hated Du Wu, Aunt Ci, and Wang Mang. Although Wang Mang is her own nephew, she has always been the daughter-in-law, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother of the Liu family of the Han royal family. Her fate has long been tied to the Liu family, if it weren't for the fact that Empress Dowager Ding and Empress Dowager Fu were too arrogant and domineering, she wouldn't want to hold on to power tightly and not let go. She was so tired all these years that she wanted to rest.

But things always work against her.

She entered the inner sanctum with some sorrow, and Emperor Ping was leaning on the bed at this time, without a trace of ruddy on his pale face. At this moment, she suddenly remembered Emperor Wai, remembered that five years ago, it was also a night, and there was such a young man lying on the bed that night, a young man without a trace of ruddy on his face.

Emperor Ping saw Wang Zhengjun come in and wanted to get up and salute, but was stopped by Wang Zhengjun.

"The emperor is recovering from a serious illness, don't move, take care of it."

Emperor Ping shook his head gently, he was too bitter in his heart, and he was too unwilling. He could proclaim the world tomorrow that he would reign over the Great Han, but he had been terminally ill the night before. What a great irony this is.

Before the two could speak, the Huangmen Order reported that Guangluxun had brought Du Wu, and Zai Heng had also followed.

In front of Emperor Ping's hospital bed, there was still a strong smell of medicine. Divine Doctor Zhan Lu Xinshi carefully examined the rabbits he had caught from the Great Sima Mansion and was surprised to find that these rabbits were actually red-eyed. Everyone thought it was incredible, and called the palace maid and the aunt to confront each other again.

The truth is finally revealed.

The rabbit that Qingfeng Lou gave to Du Wu was indeed a thunderbolt vine to eat. Tripterygium wilfordii is highly toxic, but its toxicity to various animals varies. If people, dogs, and pigs eat Tripterygium wilfordii directly, even a few leaves, they will die in one day. Even if you are as strong as an ox, you will not last more than four days. However, such a poisonous Tripterygium wilfordii has no effect on sheep, rabbits, cats, rats, etc.

Zhan Lu Xinshi in front of Emperor Ping and Wang Zhengjun, for sheep, rabbits, dogs, pigs respectively to eat Thunder Vine, as a result, the sheep and rabbits are still alive, and the dog after a while foaming at the mouth and falling to the ground, the pig persisted for an hour, and also died. Wang Zhengjun was so angry that he ordered the rabbit to be bled and poured directly into the mouth of the palace maid, and he didn't know if it was scared or indeed poisonous.

Du Wu was innocent. Wang Yan is innocent. Wang Mang is also innocent. Wang Zhengjun vented all his anger on Cigu, and ordered her to be sent to Yongxiang, where she was tried overnight in the Tingwei Mansion, and she must be severely punished.

Listening to Aunt Ci's terrible scream, Du Wu's face changed instantly. It was the first time he had faced death so closely. At this time, Du Wu missed the Roman family that he left at the foot of Mount Tai, and heard Du Yi say that they had expanded to two hundred, and he didn't know if they would be discovered by the Yanzhou Thorn Mansion.

Wang Zhengjun has dealt with these things, and it is already the third watch. At this time, Emperor Ping had also begun to wander his gaze. At this time, the three princes and nine ministers had already come to Weiyang Palace, and from the moment they were called open by the Zhonglang generals, they had already understood everything in their hearts.

Wang Mang, Wang Shun, Kong Guang, Zhen Feng, Liu Xin, Kuang Xian, Wang Hong, Lin Lan, Du Wu and other officials knelt on the ground in unison. Emperor Ping, supported by the palace maid, slowly sat up, and the historian on the side hurriedly began to record:

Since I ascended the throne, there has not been a day when I have not been diligent. However, the sky is not fake, I have a special edict today, and all the secretaries must remember:

"Although I have been on the throne for five years, I have no children under my knees, so I can choose those who have both ability and political integrity among the descendants of the royal family and become the new king. Kong Guang, Wang Mang, Liu Xin, and Kuang Xian were the ministers of Tuogu and jointly assisted the new monarch. Dr. Du Wu, who is brilliant in writing and has the strategy of a military general, can be of great use, and was promoted to Situ Changshi, assisting Kong Guang. He was crowned the general of Zhenbei, controlled the Jinwu and the Northern Army, and was in charge of the Beijing Division. Aunt Ci is my nursing mother, although this matter started because of her, but it is not her original intention, I will do it lightly. The Empress Dowager, your grandson can't be filial piety in front of your knees, I hope the Empress Dowager takes care of her body and doesn't hurt. Master, I envy the emperor you talked about in the release of military power with a glass of wine! It's a pity that there will never be another chance. I hate, I really hate, I am only one step away from pro-government, but the sky bears me, the sky bears me! ”

He died of exhaustion at the age of fourteen and reigned for five years.