Chapter 216: Dying Old Man
In that battle that day, Chu Mu was so seriously injured that he didn't expect it, and he didn't expect that it would still have a continuous impact on his body afterwards for at least two years.
The most critical point was that every time he thought of the situation at that time, he became more and more uncertain whether the Taoist priest was really dead or faked.
was affected by his mood, and the hand holding the letterhead subconsciously tightened a little.
The disciple of Ziwei Mountain, who was standing in front of him, bowed slightly, and asked cautiously, "What's the matter, Mountain Master, but the letter said something bad." ”
"No, don't guess. Chu Mu's eyes slowly fell on the letter and said casually.
In this way, the Taoist priest who was holding the dust whisk did not dare to say anything more.
A few months ago, the master of the Seven Star Cave made a big fuss on Ziwei Mountain, but the mountain lord didn't make a move in the end, causing many people's suspicion and a slight dissatisfaction among the low-level disciples.
He was one of those who were suspicious, but he was only the mountain master practicing in retreat, and when he left the pass, it was when that person was in great trouble.
There is not much content in the letter, and it is important to be concise and to the point.
The specific situation is that in many places, there are people in a small area who flee and rebel, plus the family is in turmoil.
For the imperial court, it's terrible, but for him or Ziwei Mountain, it's very good.
Let the world be chaotic and force those people to have no way out is one of his purposes in promoting the palace of the Son of Heaven in the first place.
But the appearance of the outcasts of that Dao Sect has ruined his major events one after another, and now his injuries have not healed, which has had a certain impact on his future plans.
There was no turning back from the bow, Chu Mu burned the letter paper to ashes, opened his mouth and said slowly, "Please ask Elder Yang to come here." ”
"Yes. ”
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If you shoot a bird in the head, even if it is an uprising and rebellion, if you are not the first to jump out, you will not be the first to be exposed.
Of course, there are also advantages and disadvantages to this kind of thing, for example, Chai Tingshan, a peasant who took the lead in shouting slogans to rebel, has not only not been exterminated, but his men have gathered more and more.
But as long as they can live, eat enough and dress warmly, the common people will not want to rebel, and their stomachs will decide to act.
The disadvantages are not a momentary occurrence, but a long-term accumulation, and the reason why the Great Internal Supervisor and the Yuan Imperial Pavilion fought openly and secretly was indispensable, but the matter of the Son of Heaven Palace made the outbreak earlier.
Da Wei is a big tree that looks stout and tall on the outside, but it has broken down from its roots.
There was really no way to be oppressed, and someone took the lead and immediately swarmed away.
Not only Liyang, but many other places have produced such local armed forces, and Chai Tingshan is like a torch under the dark night, attracting these people to gather towards him.
Those family gate valves are in line with another plan, and the Xiling Xia family can hide it for as long as they can.
Therefore, when the imperial court learned that the garrison of Dingtai County in Southwest Province had no siege and self-respect, killed the imperial court to make a sacrifice flag, and rebelled, it was already a long time later.
First, Chai Tingshan rebelled, gathered a group of rabble, and the surrounding counties couldn't take it for a long time, and then they were shocked to hear the news of the rebellion in the southwest province.
But now the heavy troops of the imperial court have been sent to the frontier to suppress the rebellion.
Above the court, without the pillar stone of the town hall of Zhou Gelao, it has become a pot of porridge.
The heavy blow of the two news made Zhou Ge fall ill, and it is still difficult to get up.
"Zhu'er ......" A weak cry sounded from the bed, and Zhou Zhengzhong opened his eyes tiredly.
The Holy Lord sent two imperial doctors, who lived in the old mansion of Zhou Ge, and gave a death order to cure the old man's illness.
And when the two imperial doctors came to Zhou Ge's old mansion to see a doctor, they were really surprised.
The old mansion of Zhou Ge, which is the head of the civil officials, is so empty, in addition to its large area, it is not as good as the residence of the two imperial doctors outside the palace.
The servants and maids who should be there are also uneven, everyone knows that Zhou Ge has no children and no daughters, and he has not taken a concubine since his wife's early death.
At this time, it seems that even the superfluous decency of the mansion is gone. After the surprise, the two imperial doctors only had two words of admiration left in their hearts.
Ge Lao had just taken the medicine, and he hadn't been lying down for a while, but he woke up again at this moment.
"Eh, sir, here you are, you command. A young girl sat on a single stool in front of the bed, and when she heard the sound, she stepped forward and said, "Is there anything uncomfortable, Zhu'er immediately went to call Imperial Doctor Zhao." ”
As if he hadn't heard Zhu'er's words, Zhou Ge Lao just asked, "What day is it?"
"Back to the master, Renshen day, Chenshi. ”
"It's time......" The voice lost its breath, and it was a little unspeakably lonely.
The bandit leader Chai listened to the rebellion of the mountain, and he couldn't complain about others, and the matter of the Son of Heaven's palace, he Zhou Zhengzhong, as the first auxiliary minister, tried his best to dissuade him, but it was useless after all.
As for the latter, the tail of the family is too big, so he can only slowly figure it out, and he has come up with a method for the saint, which can boil frogs in warm water.
But judging from what happened later, it is clear that the Holy One did not adopt his method, but chose more radical measures.
Smack-
Zhou Zhengzhong, who was suddenly, slapped the bed board, startled Zhu'er, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked nervously: "Master, master, what are you doing? "My eyes were full of worry.
"God don't bless me Da Wei!"
With that, Zhou Ge Lao slowly closed his eyes, as if the movement just now had taken all his strength, and a tear slid down the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.
After a while, the room was quiet, and Zhou Zhengzhong, who suddenly listened, said softly: "Zhu'er, get a pen and paper for the master." ”
"Huh. Zhu'er agreed, and immediately took a pen and paper.
Zhou Zhengzhong took it and sat up tremblingly by Zhu'er.
Leaning back on the soft pillow, he wrote down a sentence, folded the paper, handed it over, and said: "Put it in the hands of the imperial doctor, and be sure to present it to the emperor." ”
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On the way back, Liu Yuan was a little anxious, because the days had not been peaceful recently, and he was worried about his inn and his guys.
So I urged the donkey, ran faster, bumped all the way, and soon saw the gate of Qingchuan County.
The city gate was under martial law, and after some interrogation, fortunately, a soldier recognized Liu Yuan as the shopkeeper of the world's first inn and let him in.
Walking in the direction of the inn with a donkey, there were not many pedestrians on the long streets.
A gust of wind blew, and it looked a little bleak.
"I'm back!" Liu Yuan shouted when he got closer. In just a few blinks of an eye, Zheng Dongxi and Dan Tangerine Dongzhu sisters both came out.
hugged Zheng Shifu fiercely, and in a blink of an eye, he saw that Dongzhu, the girl, was looking at him with teary eyes.
Suddenly, his heart twitched, and he glanced behind a few people, and then asked very solemnly, "What about Li Lanxin?"