"The time is difficult to heal, peeling bones and breaking skin, all are witchcraft!" On the top of the magnificent hall, a majestic man with a single eyebrow was holding a book, and he was angrily scolding the ministers and nobles kneeling at the bottom of the steps.

As if he had an understanding, the man in the hall suddenly got up, frowned slightly, and said: "The illness of the princess of my country, is there really no one in this world to treat?!" Although the voice was not loud, it reached the ears of everyone under the steps.

Hearing this, the ministers looked at each other for a while, and there was a commotion below, and finally Dong Qing, the civil official who protected the country, replied: "My country is in the center of Shenzhou, and there are countless comings and goings. Rao is a symptom of the princess.."

Dong Qing's palms trembled slightly, knowing that it was not against the touch, he sighed lightly and said: "The princess has a sudden abnormality, the former His Majesty has just entered Yaoguan, and the princess is still waiting with me in the Ximen Palace, but unexpectedly before she meets the king, she is sick in bed." With such a sudden illness, the Manchu Dynasty was helpless, and the noble doctors in the palace were helpless. There is no prescription for the material, and the ministers dare not fail to face the king."

The lord of a country with a dragon bell with a graceful posture angrily scolded, threw the book he was holding in front of Dong Qing, pointed at the group and scolded: "The people of the whole country, except for this reckless madman, no one dares to speak out!"

Everyone lowered their heads, Rao looked afraid of guilt, and no one made a sound.

The lord of a country above the main hall stared at everyone, and after looking at it for a while, the anger on his face was even more victorious, and he was angry before he could speak, and was suddenly interrupted by a fast horse in the hall outside the door, "Report! The alien races in the western regions of the frontier gathered troops to plot against Bianguan, and General Sun resisted desperately, and the grain and grass were not supported, so he reported urgently!"

Hearing this, the monarch who had been drinking with the ministers finally frowned, and slightly transferred to the border war, "Northwest Gucang gathers more grain and salary, I once said to General Sun Ziwu that the situation has taken a sharp turn and cannot be directly submitted." Ziwu is cautious, if it is not urgent, he will not report it, I am afraid that there are too many enemy troops..."In other words, looking around, it seems that hatred of iron is not steel, this group of courtiers is still kneeling without speaking, telling this courtier how to solve the king's worries... It seems that this is used to being comfortable, and the palace really needs to be rectified...

"General Sun Ziwu once said in the past that if his younger brother Sun Ziyang was transferred to the southeast, he would be able to send an order to transfer it. General Ziwu has embraced the pass, and the grain and grass have been continued, and the troops will be relieved of this siege, and the king does not have to worry." The Son of Heaven felt at ease, looked at what Dong Qing had said, sighed, and nodded his head.

"Immediately, let Sun Ziyang lead more than 10,000 troops to help Sun Ziwu, and specially order the 3,000 ironclad battalion to go away quickly to relieve this siege! When this siege is resolved, let Sun Ziwu return to see me, I have something to ask." After receiving this edict, the fast horse envoy took the lead and left.

"What!" the anger continued, and the Son of Heaven yelled again, "Now the war on the frontier is non-stop, and there is no way to advance, and the princess's illness has no end. What do you think you can do with this group of rice buckets!" A group of courtiers sensed their anger, and finally raised their heads and shouted in unison: "The ministers should die!

"I can't wait for you, but your old ministers don't take me seriously!" sighed, and reluctantly continued: "I was ordered by my brother, because my three sons were not successful, and I was addicted to the dream of gold paper all day long, so I took the throne. Some of you are waiting for your brother to protect you, and some are several generations of old ministers, I respect you as a teacher, but you are waiting like this... That's it, that's it!"

After saying that, the Son of Heaven looked gloomy, waved his sleeves and turned into the cabinet, and the courtiers dispersed. Dong Qing's originally resolute face also showed a moment of confusion, and finally followed the cabinet.

Bypassing the extravagant gold carved jade, the floating dragon pillars on both sides, I heard a sigh from afar.

After a sound came into the bead curtain, the original sigh seemed to be deliberately put away, "Dong Aiqing, please come in!"

The perimeter of this hall does not match its interior, which is decorated with countless gold and jade, but the interior is a simple wooden table, a wooden bed against the wall, and the whole room is empty.

Dong Qing saluted slightly, "The weather is getting colder, please buy more clothes, don't overwork."

"Dong Aiqing, where am I, Chu Qianze, sorry for the courtiers, why are they treating me more and more silently?" In front of Dong Qing, Chu Tianzi put down his figure and changed his words to me, which shows the breadth of the deep friendship between the two in private.

"Back to Your Majesty, Dong Qingrao can't answer, but he has to ask His Majesty for guilt, if the minister likes to learn from soldiers and horses, this situation can not make His Majesty feel uneasy." Saying this, Dong Qing changed from standing to kneeling.

After losing his mind for a moment, Chu Qianze was still frowning, and was about to talk to Dong Qing, but suddenly saw that he was kneeling on the ground, and hurriedly got up and helped him up, "I know that Aiqing knows good and evil, knows loyalty and bravery, and has nothing untrue." Now Wu's self-guilt, this will only make me blame myself, Aiqing don't want to be like this, everything is only to blame me. In the past, there were many princes, and I stopped them, and the old ministers were not allowed to let my brother's eldest son be the throne, but now they treat me like this, and I transfer the throne as an uncle, and I don't have the confidence to compete with them. ”

was helped up, Dong Qingyi saluted, "The two generals of the Sun family to protect the country and the country are all elected by His Majesty in the past, and the two generals treat the country like a mountain, because of them, the country can be stable." Your Majesty is self-explanatory, don't take your body lightly, and say that the emperor's eldest son, who in the whole world does not know that he is drunk and obsessed, if the country and him are together, it will only bring suffering to the people, and the hearts of the people in the world are on His Majesty's side, please Your Majesty must take care of your body."

Dong Qing's words really made Chu Qianze's heart feel relieved, and he looked up to heaven and said, "Since I took office for two years, I have relied on the hearts of the two generals of the Sun family and the people to consolidate my throne, but the hostility around me has become more and more serious, if my country continues like this, sooner or later it will become the meat in the mouths and hearts of others." In the past two years, it has been really hard work for the soldiers of the frontier... And when I returned to the capital from outside, my daughter was actually sick, could it be that I was really going to be punished this day?

"Your Majesty must rest assured, the minister and the doctor Xiran have found a good prescription for the princess, and the royal blessing is beyond the boundless heaven. ”

Looking at his Aichen, who had aged very fast in the past two years, Chu Qianze's heart became even more uncomfortable, and he paused several times before speaking: "The princess is my only backroom, and my wife left early, so this is the door, I hope you will think about it more... Hearing that Dr. Xiran has been sick in bed for the past few days, Aiqing Dai I went to visit his old man with a little courtesy, and he has been in charge of intrauterine medicine for three generations, which is really hard for his old man!"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, Dr. Xiran is a medical family, and he has resisted some stubborn diseases since he was a child, and this minor illness is not enough to worry about" The words have come to this point, Dong Qing knows that he should say everything, that is, he bowed down and resigned.

"Leng Yu, I, Chu Qianze, swore in the past to protect Yi'er, and today's matter, you must protect our daughter in the spirit of heaven," the king of a country, who was originally as strong as a pine, turned his eyes slightly red at this moment, "If the Son of Heaven needs to give up so much, then I am really willing to take you and Yi'er away together, regardless of how his family is and how his world is!"

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said that Dong Qing said goodbye to Chu Tianzi, walked the palace road for a long time, and finally walked out of the outer palace gate. Wiping his sweat, there was a street full of people in front of him, and one after another greetings came to Dong Qing: "Yo, Master Guan, are you not riding in a carriage?" After a moment's rest, Dong Qing just wanted to pace and set off, and wanted to go straight to the Xiran Doctor's mansion, when suddenly a carriage stopped in front of Dong Huguo, and the head of the carriage smiled and said: "Lord Dong, it's good to catch up, my master invites you over." ”

Dong Huguo was stunned, took a closer look at the coachman, and then smiled: "Why do you want you to dress up like this?"

If you want to say that Dong Huguo can't recognize the coachman of his old friend Dr. Xiran's family for a while, if you want to say who will go out wrapped in full cloth and wear a headgear of various patterns and tones, I am afraid that I will be treated as a person with a serious illness or fetish.

Sitting in the carriage, Dong Huguo straightened his feet, trying to make himself comfortable, and couldn't help but feel that he was really old.

"Master Dong, if you want me to say, you should really go with a groom," the coachman said while driving the horses: "No one in the government and the opposition knows that you are simple, but you are really old, taking care of yourself is actually a kind of appeasement to the people."

If you want to say that Dong Huguo's character, no one in the government and the opposition can really choose, the three meals are just ordinary people's dishes, and they can save money for life, there are good wives and husbands and children in the family, and the conduct outside the family is famous, and if you insist on finding some faults, it is really stubborn, and it is difficult for others to change Dong Huguo's things that he approves.

I don't know whether to admit that I am old or thinking about things, Dong Huguo did not reply as usual, but said calmly: "Domestic stability, the people do not suffer is my honor, but also my responsibility. ”

"Oh yes, let's talk about Dr. Xiran's recent illness," Dong Huguo adjusted his sitting posture, and asked in a deep voice after getting used to his body shape, "Xiran doesn't have much illness, right?

Silent.

Dong Huguo, who was originally asking with a smile on his face, saw that the horseman was silent, and Dong Qing asked several times, but the former still did not answer. Dong Qing's heart sank, like the sound of a carriage clattering.

Xiran Deyi's mansion was only ten miles away from the palace, and under the urging of the horseman, he rushed to the gate of Xiran Mansion in the afternoon of the same day.

With his support, Dong Huguo pushed open the curtain of the car and got off the horse, looking at this seemingly familiar and strange mansion, his brows furrowed. Originally, the medicinal fragrance was strong, and the scene in front of the door guarded by Ding Zhengwang was gone, and the bluestone slabs and messy vines, the cracked ground and the mottled stone walls looked messy. There are also all kinds of charms pasted on the door of the house, which seems to be improvised by some literati.

"Why is this?" Dong Huguo asked the coachman suspiciously, who just lowered his head and made a gesture to invite him into the house. Seeing this, Dong Huguo quickened his pace and walked to the inner courtyard, and with the familiarity of his old friend's former residence, he came to Dr. Xiran's bedroom in three steps and two turns. At this time, the place was full of people, and the simple wooden door was covered with sigils like a gate.

"Why are you doing this?!" Dong Huguo asked in a loud voice, "Xiran is in this house, what are you waiting to gather here?"

"Brother Qing," a weak and familiar voice responded to Dong Huguo, "Please come in, don't embarrass me, the boys, I made them do it." ”

Seeing his old friend's answer, Dong Huguo didn't care about the dust, and pushed the door straight into the Xiran bedroom. The layout here is still the same as before, the same as Chu Tianzi's room, a simple wooden bed and a simple wooden table. The only difference is those sigils, there is a circle drawn on the ground in this room, and there are different characters written around it: 'Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang'. The whole room gave Dong Huguo a sense of dazzle, and his brain became a little dizzy.

"Xiran, why are you doing this?"

"Brother Qing, I'm afraid. The fate has come to this..."The old man who was lying on the wooden bed, dressed in white, with a messy beard, was looking at Dong Qing with tears in his eyes, a kind of reluctance, a kind of helplessness.

Dong Qing leaned in, half-squatted beside Xiran Deyi, and asked in a soft tone: "Why do you say this! Brother Deyi, the ups and downs have come, isn't this just a minor illness?"

Xi Ran Deyi didn't answer immediately, but laboriously raised his trembling hands, revealing his wrinkled arms, which was a dazzling talisman in Dong Qing's eyes. This rune array is lifelike, with two eagles on both sides, a pattern of four swords crossing in the center, and two snake-like patterns on the top and bottom of the four swords in the middle of the two eagles. Seeing this, Dong Qing's heart chilled, and he exclaimed, "Gu curse?"

"It's the first time that my old man has encountered this kind of thing in the Quartet," Xi Ran Deyi withdrew his arm and said slowly, "I have been a doctor all my life, and I have suffered from no less than 100 cases of illness, no less than 100 cases of medicinal herbs and herbs, and I have rarely missed a diagnosis of stubborn diseases in the world. If I have this disease today, God has called me!" sighed, sighed, and was helpless.

"Virtue and righteousness cannot be said lightly, this spell only exists in legends, maybe you have encountered it for a long time, but it is similar to it. Dong Qing has been frowning, he has lived for most of his life, he naturally knows that the existence of Gu curses generally only exists in rumors and internal affairs official fights, how can it appear in this good doctor who has helped the world for a lifetime?

"This is the first time I have encountered this kind of disease, all kinds of methods have not been fruitful, in an ancient scroll, I know that this Gu therapy is extremely abnormal, so I will draw a scoop according to the gourd, when this time the quack, take myself as an example, do this absurd ghost drawing talisman thing. Haha!" Xi Ran Deyi laughed suddenly, "I have no regrets to be able to work with Dong Qing for half my life, and then die in the place of birth!"

Although he seems to see through and look down, Dong Qing is very unhappy in his heart, the border of this country is in the flames of war, it is difficult to carry out the government, and although the people are ploughing the people for a while, they have no peace and happiness. There are too many barriers between the monarch and the minister, and there are too many things to do, but he and his colleagues are so old, and they leave one after another, and they send themselves to the west... Thinking of this, Dong Qing, who has always been steady and elegant, laughed wildly, but his smile was full of bitterness.

While looking at each other without saying a word, Dong Qing suddenly thought of the book played this morning, 'Medicine is the soul, medicine is the medicine, the doctor is the body, the doctor is difficult to heal himself, the doctor abandons life and death, the doctor leaves the body with the body, and the doctor borrows the corpse to return the soul to the doctor. With the five elements, open the heaven and the earth, break the bones for healing, and abandon the body for treatment...' Between contemplation, Dong Qing actually muttered to himself, and Xi Ran Deyi listened to it, his face became more and more serious.

"Brother Qing. Xiran shouted Dong Qing many times, and finally woke Dong Qing up, "What you just said is full of strange news, I don't know where you learned about it?"

Dong Qing sorted out his language and replied: "The person who was able to heal the princess at the city gate this morning had a local man who gave him a prescription, and it was very strange to say so. Ben presented himself to the king with the idea that no one could mention, but he was scolded a lot..."

"Strange people use strange laws to cure strange diseases," Xi Ran Deyi's eyes were solemn, and his palms clenched suddenly, "This person can be invited in tomorrow, let him come to my house first, and I will talk to him." Isn't it an uneducated person who is shocked, and then make a plan?"

"Brother Xiran really thinks it's reliable?" couldn't believe that this thing of believing in gods and ghosts could be said by him, Dong Qing was stunned and speechless for a while.

"My Mangguo is famous for its geographical four seasons, rich water and soil in the mainland, known as 'the palace of human affinity, all things are happy in Mangcheng'. The many snoops are like cattle hair, and in the past two years, it is even more so, as the saying goes: If you get its happiness, you will not be able to get its wonderful law. The princess suddenly encountered a bad omen, I suddenly encountered a Gu curse, Rao has changed the situation at this time, or has Shenzhou changed, people can't help but believe it!"

"Although I don't want to believe it, if you really have this idea, and I can't think about it anymore. You have a little rest today, and I'll wait there early tomorrow morning to see if I can meet him again. ”

Xiran Deyi and Dong Qing, who have always been rigorous, have to seek the only hope left in the face of helpless and unprovoked illness.