Chapter 86: The Monarch's Envoy (II)
"The beacon fire lasted for three months, and the family letter was worth 10,000 dollars.
The problem of writing letters in this military is really not a small problem.
The soldiers with broken bones waited in line one by one, and this would not have been possible without a military order. β
In the wing room of the medical hall, Fang Chongyong sighed with emotion, and asked Anaya to massage his arms and wrists, so tired that he was about to fall asleep in bed.
These Tang Army wounded were from the Chishui Army, the Dadou Army and part of the border army in Ganzhou, and there were only four or five of them. Let these people obey orders, and that can only be done if they are willing to take the initiative to cooperate.
There were bursts of soreness and numbness from his arms and wrists, so happy that Fang Chongyong was about to moan.
I have to say that Anaye's massage technique is very clever, which makes Fang Chongyong have doubts in his heart.
"The imperial court divided medical skills into eight subjects: physical therapy (internal medicine), sores (surgery), shaoxiao (pediatrics), ears, eyes, mouth, keratinization (or moxibustion), acupuncture, massage, and incantation.
I see that you are at least very skilled in treating sores and massages, and your father's medical skills are not simple. β
Fang Chongyong couldn't help but ask tentatively. Anaye's medical theories are very poor, and in some aspects they are inferior to themselves. But the practical operation is very skillful, and it is obvious that there are experts to guide and even teach by hand.
"I don't know what my father taught, I learned. It was you who wrote to the wounded soldiers, and I was surprised.
Many of these wounded soldiers can no longer go to the battlefield, and after returning to their hometowns, farming can only be regarded as half a labor, so what is the point of buying the hearts of these people? β
Anaye was born in Liangzhou City, and has seen and ushered in all kinds of people since she was a child. Far from being naΓ―ve, her mind was very precocious.
The logic of the behavior of the magnates who are courteous and must have something to ask for is understood thoroughly by Anaya at a very young age.
Fang Chongyong wrote a letter to these wounded soldiers, didn't he just want to buy people's hearts? Otherwise, if you write your hands numbly, is it just because you are cheap?
"Life is not about business, where can you be so careful about gains and losses.
These wounded soldiers were all lucky ones who fought to the death with the Tibetan people and survived the catastrophe. When we were chatting in Liangzhou City, they were desperately trying on the plateau.
How big of a deal is it to write a letter home to these people? Do you want to calculate so clearly?
You are used to giving money and medicine in the medical hall in Liangzhou, but you have not learned the essence of your father's doctor's parents' hearts.
The outside world is so chaotic, and when you interact with people, you always think about money and goods and don't owe each other, can you still live that life? β
Fang Chongyong looked like a little adult and taught Anaye a lesson.
"It's because you don't understand!"
Anaye sighed, "Many of them don't even know the words, or they only know their names. Having a powerful person like you write a letter to them is enough to glorify the ancestors. β
Her words were full of sourness, like a housekeeper's wife. seems to have forgotten Fang Chongyong's life and death, but in fact, it has nothing to do with her, a Liangzhou native girl with Western Regions blood.
"Am I a magnate?"
Fang Chongyong asked with a look of surprise, this really scared him, he always felt that his style was quite low-key.
"Or else? A nine-year-old deputy military envoy of the Baiting Army is not a powerful person, who believes it? You're not going to say that you're in this position after the rest of your life, are you?
Xin Jun's body was covered with knife wounds, do you have a half-grown child with fine skin and tender meat? β
Anaya glanced at Fang Chongyong, then walked to the table and poured him a cup of Sanle pulp to clear the heat and relieve the heat.
Sanle pulp from the Western Regions (mainly Dunhuang) is much lower than the price of Chang'an because of the origin and distance of raw materials. And the raw materials do not use grain, so it is very popular and widely respected in the Hexi Corridor.
The businessmen and travelers who were exposed to the scorching sun during the day, went to the restaurant in Liangzhou City at night, and came to a pot of Sanle pulp to clear the heat and relieve the heat, and the sweet and slightly drunk taste was indescribable.
Anaye was so attentive to her service that it couldn't have been more obvious what she wanted to say. She even knew very well what unspeakable things would happen to this half-grown child in the future.
Her father made it clear.
She needs a Han surname, and she can't be called Anaye in front of outsiders.
She also needs to go to Chang'an to learn medical skills to establish her life.
She is a vine, no matter how enchanting she grows, she needs a big tree to rely on.
Anaye vaguely felt that her father's attitude towards her was strange, but she didn't think too deeply.
"Let's go, rest well, and go down to business."
Fang Chongyong sat up from the bed and prepared to go out.
Anaya sighed faintly and followed behind the other. It's just that what she didn't expect was that the "serious matter" in Fang Chongyong's mouth was actually looking for her father, Medical Officer Li, and then sent a note.
It was a prescription that Fang Chongyong "created".
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This is the pharmacy of the medical hall, and there is a smell of Chinese medicine everywhere, specifically, a mixture of various smells, but the nose can't smell anything.
Medical Officer Li lit the oil lamp, withdrew Anaye, and didn't look at Fang Chongyong, who was sitting opposite, his eyes were only fixed on the prescription in his hand.
"This recipe is a good medicine to strengthen the foundation and cultivate the yuan."
Dr. Li put the note on the table and said with emotion.
As a former personal staff member of the clan vassal king, his mission is to ensure the health of the royal staff. There are too many Mr. Nan Guo in the Tai Yi Department, who can only write books and talk about it and have no practical experience.
However, Dr. Li is not that kind of person, but has very rich medical experience and a solid theoretical foundation.
Normal Chinese medicine prescriptions can be seen to be good or bad. Good medicine requires constant adjustment of the formula ratio, but the recipe is messy and experienced medical officers can see it at a glance.
"Where did Xiao Langjun get this recipe?"
Doctor Li asked in a deep voice.
"I got it in my dreams, so I only know the formula, I don't know the proportions. Pharmacology has a monarch and a minister, and it seems that there is no shortage of monarchs and ministers in this prescription, so Dr. Li thinks that he can adjust a prescription? β
Fang Chongyong asked quietly.
The prescription that has been passed down for hundreds of years in later generations is a good thing that has withstood the test of practice by countless people for a long time, and it would be strange if something went wrong.
"What's the use of pulling it out?"
Medical Officer Li didn't let go, and looked at Fang Chongyong with burning eyes and asked. His leg was lame, but his heart was not blind.
"What the saints of Chang'an need...... You don't need to be too clear, right? β
Fang Chongyong used his index finger to point to the top of his head and said.
"Got it. Anaye, you'll take her to Chang'an to study medicine in the future, right? β
"Yes, I'll let her meet her biological father."
Fang Chongyong nodded cautiously.
"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you."
Doctor Li sighed, but shook his head and flatly refused:
"Anaye's mother is buried in the courtyard of the pharmacy, and she is just a wretched person who is greedy for vanity. I am not her husband, but a medical officer in the palace of Li Yi, the king of Xin'an County.
In that year, Shibao City defeated Tibet, and Anaye's mother at the celebration banquet was the orchid who led the dance.
King Xin'an, who was over sixty years old, drank too much, and then ...... I had a romantic time with Anaye's mother here in Liangzhou City. Later, I was disabled because of the injury of my legs during the battle against Tubo, and I had to stay in Liangzhou City to recuperate, so I took care of Anaye's mother, who was already pregnant with Liujia at that time, for King Xin'an.
Later, she died in childbirth, and I didn't want Anaya to go to King Xin'an, who is now nearly eighty years old.
Even if you find it, what's the point? I'm afraid he won't remember what happened back then.
Therefore, please let her study medicine hard and be self-reliant, don't talk about her biological father, let alone go to King Xin'an. β
Medical Officer Li, who has always been known for his toughness, did not change his face with disabled legs, and at this moment, he actually showed a pleading look, which made Fang Chongyong unbearable.
This is a very common story in today's world, and the orchids of the Western Regions have always been proud of climbing high branches and regarded honesty as nothing. The young girl is upside down to the Li family clan in her sixties, which seems to be reasonable.
As long as the body is good, the girl will play until she is old!
This era is truly a paradise for the powerful, and as long as they live, they can enjoy the top luxury.
Fang Chongyong couldn't help but feel related.
"I remember that King Xin'an used a stratagem to seize Shibao City, and the Tubo people have always been unwilling, right?"
Fang Chongyong didn't want to continue to dwell on the topic of Anaye, he wanted to ask the people who had participated in this battle back then, what was the situation in Stone Castle City.
That's true. However, Stone Castle City will definitely be lost in the future, it depends on the time. The Tubo people only need one point of strength to attack the stone fort city, but we need ten points of strength to defend it.
Just like two people wrestling their wrists, the strength required by both parties is not the same.
If the confrontation continues like this for a long time, if you want to maintain the balance of power, the manpower and material resources that Datang will spend will be more than ten times that of the Tubo people, and the loss on the way to transport grain is even more amazing. It depends on whether the saint is willing to continue to throw human life and wealth in this bottomless pit. β
Medical Officer Li shook his head in disappointment, he didn't think that Tang Jun was a clever idea to confront the Tubo people on the front line of Qingtang. If Tibet cannot be destroyed in one battle, then such a battle will not be able to distinguish the winner even for 20 or 50 years.
Fang Chongyong, who was not familiar with the history of Tangbian Town in the middle and late periods, nodded slightly, and said earnestly: "Then this prescription, please ask Medical Officer Li." β
"It's not a big problem, have you found someone to test the medicine?"
Doctor Li smiled and nodded, for him, Anaye's matter is the big deal, and the matter of the prescription is not. Because of these medicinal materials, the use of them alone is very common in Liangzhou, and the medicinal properties are very stable, but I don't know what the reaction will be when mixed together.
But most of them don't poison people.
Like wolfberry, cistanche, and Suoyang, they are all common medicinal materials and even ingredients in Liangzhou. This prescription is obviously not a medicine for tigers and wolves, so it doesn't hurt to try it.
"I've found it, ten people in the Baiting Army."
"Well, the trial time should be at least a month, and two months is not unusual. Can you wait? β
Dr. Li continued to ask.
"I can wait, but it's hard to say whether the saint can wait, it's better to wait as soon as possible."
Seeing that Medical Officer Li did not express his position, Fang Chongyong continued to increase: "After I leave Liangzhou, Anaye will walk with me." After arriving in Chang'an, I arranged for her to enter the Imperial Medical Department to study medicine and not enter the palace. How is this arrangement? β
Hearing Fang Chongyong's solemn statement, Medical Officer Li was relieved. He looked at Fang Chongyong with complicated eyes, and finally sighed helplessly: "Be kind to her in the future." Don't be like King Xin'an, start in chaos and abandon in the end. β
Men know men best.
Dr. Li knows very well what kind of thing a powerful person is.
When Fang Chongyong grows up, he won't let the meat in his mouth not eat it, and Anaye will definitely fall into the tiger's mouth in the end. Under the condition of getting along day and night, there is no relatives in Chang'an, and only Fang Chongyong can rely on.
At that time, even if Fang Chongyong can endure it, Anaye will not be able to bear it.
But these are the prices that this poor girl must pay to climb up!
Life is not easy, and there is never something that is not earned for nothing.
In order to have a better life, Anaye must provide Fang Chongyong's daily life and health care services in the future, escort his identity with medical skills, and must serve as a concubine to recommend a pillow and even have children, which are unavoidable.
Paying the price in exchange for a better life is the unbreakable truth of life.
Dr. Li sees people very accurately, and he knows that this may be the last chance in his life to help Anaye get on the "right track". Otherwise, in the future, Anaye would definitely marry a so-called "well-off" military family, and her fate would swing with the war.
If you are lucky, you can be a low-level officer in the border army, but if you are unlucky, you will be gone in the first battle.
But on the battlefield, who dares to say that he is invincible in luck and can save the day every time he goes into battle a hundred times?
If this path is taken, the end of Anaye's widowhood is doomed.
"Understood, I will."
Fang Chongyong nodded slightly and said.
In the face of a physically disabled old man's solemn entrustment, it is a great humiliation to be hypocritical and wrongful and pretend to be stupid. Only a clear promise or a simple refusal is what a big husband does.
Seeing that Fang Chongyong had completely understood his words, Medical Officer Li nodded with satisfaction and said, "Lang Jun, go by yourself, wait for me to study whether to add or subtract any medicinal materials from this recipe first." I think the prescription is very proper, and there is no problem in dispensing it. β
As soon as he heard this, Fang Chongyong immediately made up his mind!
As a "health care drug", the efficacy of the drug is secondary, and finding ways to neutralize the toxicity in the main drug is what the famous doctors of the past generations have been striving for, and many people have gone down in history because of a good prescription.
For Brother Ji, whether the effect is secondary, eating safely and securely, and not eating will be the primary competitiveness.
Medical Officer Li actually understood this truth after just listening to what he said, and he could only say ...... It is worthy of being a health doctor who came out of the palace of Xin'an! Professionals understand the truth!
Fang Chongyong heard that this King of Xin'an is now recuperating in Chang'an, and he can still dance with a knife and stick in his seventies. Dr. Li's "daily health care" back then was only indispensable. You must know that Li Yi, the king of Xin'an, is still fighting in Hexi for many years at the age of sixty, and he has fought many battles elsewhere, and he is only afraid of a lot of dark injuries on his body.
If there is no maintenance before and after the saddle, it is estimated that the grass will grow on the grave long ago.
Fang Chongyong only looked at Anaye's skillful massage techniques, and knew that this Li Medical Officer had a unique ability, and it was not for vain to be able to gain a foothold in Liangzhou City, where humanities are gathered.
"Then everything is please, saint's business...... Please do your best. β
Fang Chongyong bowed deeply to Doctor Li and saluted.
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"Li Bai, you step back first."
In a side hall of Princess Yuzhen's mansion, Princess Yuzhen, who was wearing a Taoist robe and dressed plainly, said to Li Bai beside her.
Li Bai, as a special "scholar of Hallym University", followed Li Longji and blew the "rainbow fart" on call. After entering the palace for almost a year, he has left a lot of poems describing court life. This time, he came to Princess Yuzhen's Mansion with Li Longji.
Li Longji is called to visit his sister, but in fact, he has a tryst with Yang Yuhuan, and the secrets here are almost known to everyone in the elite circle in Chang'an, but they pretend to be deaf and dumb one by one.
After Li Bai retreated, Princess Yuzhen saluted the Tang Dynasty sage Li Longji in front of her with a sad face.
"Why is my sister so polite?"
Li Longji was shocked and hurriedly supported his sister-in-law, Princess Yuzhen.
"Brother, there are many people outside, and there are many criticisms about my brother's dusting. My sister wanted to take Yang Yuhuan to Jiyuan Wangwu Mountain Lingdu Temple to cultivate, and asked my brother to fulfill it. β
Princess Yuzhen bowed deeply to Li Longji and knelt down.
"Alas! You guys! You are one or two, why do you want to force me! β
Li Longji sighed and hurriedly helped Princess Yuzhen up.
The dark years of his early years of life were spent with his brothers and sisters, so Li Longji's feelings for his brothers and sisters are far better than those of his sons who can be slaughtered at any time.
Besides, the sons will usurp the throne, but the brothers and sisters will not, and Li Longji's emotional tendencies also have realistic considerations.
"Brother, after King Shou got married, I took Yang Yuhuan to become a monk and cultivate, this is a complete merit, please fulfill my brother."
Goodbye to Princess Yuzhen.
But this time, she also annoyed Li Longji.
"In that case, I don't have to mention it in the future."
Li Longji didn't care about Princess Yuzhen who knelt on the ground, and went straight away!
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(End of chapter)