Chapter 31 Wounded Soldiers in Jizhou
These days, Li Wuchang has neither taken the initiative to do things, nor has anyone taken the initiative to provoke him.
Li Lingwu found out a group of Khitan spies and handed over the matter to the saint, and Xue Laosi's matter came to an end temporarily.
Under such circumstances, Li Wuchang went to Zhao Xun's house every day, either to discuss martial arts with Zhao Xun and Jiang Minglun, or to meditate and practice internal strength, occasionally practice body techniques, and create one or two sword techniques by himself.
Yes, Li Wuchang now has a short knife to hang around his waist and practice his knife skills from time to time.
Because he was afraid of trouble, Li Wuchang did not take anything from the Li family's armory, and went to the best weapons shop in Chongyi Fang to order a short knife.
The blacksmith's craftsmanship is good, the blade is made of the best steel in the shop, the handle is made of fine ebony, and the scabbard is made of wrought copper, about a foot long and an inch wide, delicate and beautiful.
Li Wuchang was very satisfied, and specially showed it to Zhao Xun and Jiang Minglun, who were full of praise and commented that although the materials were not the best, they had fine workmanship and unique shapes.
Zhao Xun also joked that this was the standard configuration of assassins, so Li Wuchang must make good use of it.
The days are so calm and comfortable, practicing martial arts, chatting, during which Zhao Xun also found a super-large house for Li Wuchang in Xuanpingfang, as Li Wuchang's secret base, spending 90,000 taels, the price of the house in Chang'an City is really scary.
Jiang Minglun saw that they had spent so much money, and he didn't blink his eyes, and he was surprised in his heart.
So Zhao Xun told Jiang Minglun about the big things he and Li Wuchang had done a few days ago, which made Jiang Minglun speechless and convinced.
Zhao Xun and Li Wuchang were proud, saying that they would definitely take Jiang Minglun with them if there was any major event in the future, and after a few days of getting along, they had regarded Jiang Minglun as their closest friend.
In a blink of an eye, it was the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, Li Wuchang had breakfast, walked outside the house as usual, and wanted to practice martial arts in the secret base, but the chief housekeeper stopped him, saying that there was a distinguished guest looking for him.
Li Wuchang was inexplicable, and he couldn't remember any friends he could call a distinguished guest by the big butler, so he had to follow the big butler to the east courtyard.
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In the living room of the East Courtyard, Li Lingwu personally entertained distinguished guests.
There are a lot of people here, including Li Wuchang's old acquaintance, Guo Hongyi, the richest man in Chang'an, and a few middle-aged people, looking at their temperament and dress, like generals fighting in war.
"General Zheng is here to find Xiao'er...... Li Wuchang?" Li Lingwu took a sip of tea, very puzzled.
Li Lingwu felt very strange, how could a general who had just returned from the battlefield in Jizhou come to Li Wuchang, and the two couldn't get along at all.
What does this do?
This General Zheng has a great background, his name is Zheng Tongguang, and he is the deputy general under the general Zhou Sheng.
This year, Jizhou suffered a number of Khitan iron cavalry invasions, Liaodong, Liucheng, Anle, Yuyang and other counties were attacked, in early October, Liucheng was attacked, "Beihai King" Lu Yuanke went north, defeated the Khitan iron cavalry, and solved the difficulty of Liucheng.
However, the Khitan did not retreat, and then gathered 20,000 elite troops to attack Anle County.
Anle Yuyang generation was guarded by the general Zhou Sheng, Anle was attacked, but Jizhou had not many elite soldiers to adjust, in desperation, Zhou Sheng hurriedly gathered 40,000 new soldiers to meet the enemy.
The result can be imagined, Zhou Sheng's soldiers are few and little, they are not defeated by the Khitan, Anle was captured in two days, and after the city was broken, the Khitans burned and looted, and killed people when they saw them.
Zhou Sheng was filled with righteous indignation, led the personal guards to fight to the death with the Khitans, prepared to die on the battlefield, and the Khitan army fought for a day and a night, showing tenacious fighting spirit, how did the Khitans send a large number of masters to attack Zhou Sheng, Zhou Sheng was seriously injured, fortunately the guards desperately protected, only to kill a bloody road, fled back to Yuyang County, and came to meet the "King of the North Sea" Lu Yuanke.
Zhou Sheng was seriously injured and unconscious, and there was no famous doctor in the local area, Zhou Sheng's deputy Zheng Tongguang escorted Zhou Sheng back to Chang'an City with a few personal guards after getting Lu Yuanke's permission, and the battlefield was handed over to Lu Yuanke.
Along the way, Zhou Sheng was unconscious, relying on ginseng to hang for a breath.
After returning to Chang'an, the saint asked the imperial doctor to make every effort to treat the hard-working border generals, but all the imperial doctors tried, and Zhou Sheng was still unconscious, and he could only drink a small amount of gruel every day, and still relied on ginseng soup to continue his life.
The imperial doctor said that General Zhou had suffered a heavy blow to the head and did not know when he would wake up.
Seeing that Zhou Sheng was getting weaker and weaker and would die at any time, Zhou Sheng's family was extremely anxious and sought medical treatment everywhere, but the doctors in the imperial hospital couldn't do anything, so what could other doctors do.
And the first doctor in Chang'an, Doctor Song, happened to wander away, and no one could find him.
Zheng Tongguang, as Zhou Sheng's deputy general, saw the situation of his boss, he was so worried all day long, he tried his best, and after his old friend Guo Hongyi learned about it, he took the initiative to ask for help, saying that he recommended a person, maybe he could help.
Zheng Tongguang was overjoyed and hurriedly asked which miracle doctor it was.
Who knew that Guo Hongyi recommended Li Wuchang, the fourth son of the Li Mansion, the famous gentleman.
Zheng Tongguang thought that Guo Hongyi was joking, so he was furious at that time, and wanted to cut off his robe with Guo Hongyi, Guo Hongyi naturally tried to explain, and also brought his old partner Cheng Qiong and his daughter Guo Yunling to be witnesses.
Zheng Tongguang was skeptical.
Didn't this bring Guo Hongyi to the Li Mansion.
Zheng Tongguang looked at Li Lingwu anxiously and said, "Lord Commander, my general has been unconscious, and it won't be possible if it drags on any longer." I heard that Ling Lang's impermanence son has excellent medical skills, and I came to him for help today, and I hope that the commander can explain the benefits and disadvantages to Ling Lang, and he must help with this. ”
Li Lingwu frowned and said, "Impermanence has superb medical skills?...... How did I not know?"
Zheng Tongguang was stunned for a moment, saw that Li Lingwu didn't look like a lie, and looked at Guo Hongyi again.
Guo Hongyi coughed lightly and said, "Lord Commander, it's like this, the little girl Guo Yunling has seen the impermanent son of your mansion use a golden needle to treat his illness. ”
Li Lingwu continued to be dazed.
Guo Hongyi continued: "There is a small hair in the next generation, suffering from dampness and cold for more than ten years, and the pain is unbearable, and many doctors, including the imperial doctor, have been invited, but there has been no way to cure it. Later, I listened to the recommendation of the little girl and asked the son of impermanence to help, and in less than half a month, he was cured in the next little hair, and he never got sick again. ”
After a pause, he said carefully: "I heard that General Zhou's situation is critical, and I thought of the fourth prince, but the stakes are very high, so I came here today to explain the situation to the commander." ”
Helping the general treat his illness is not trivial, but not just anyone can help.
If the situation was not critical, Guo Hongyi would not have mentioned Li Wuchang's name, and if this kind of thing was not done well, he would have to take the blame.
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Li Wuchang walked into the living room of the East Courtyard with a leisurely pace, and saw Guo Hongyi's father and son at a glance, and was immediately happy, and said: "It turned out to be Boss Guo, what, is there any business to take care of the younger brother, I told you ...... last time"
Before he finished speaking, he immediately stopped talking, because he saw his father Li Lingwu looking at him with a serious face, and there were several middle-aged people dressed in military uniforms next to him who were also looking at him curiously.
Li Wuchang immediately put away his expression, bowed his head to Li Lingwu and said, "Father!"
Li Lingwu snorted lightly and said, "Boss Guo won't introduce it, here is General Zheng Tongguang and his soldiers, who have just returned from Jizhou." ”
Li Wuchang arched his hand and said, "Boy Li Wuchang has seen all the generals. ”
Then he looked at Li Lingwu and asked, "I don't know what my father is looking for me?"
"Impermanence, I heard that you know how to heal, and you are very skilled, what's the matter?" Li Lingwu asked.
Li Wuchang glanced at Guo Hongyi, and understood a little in his heart, it should be Guo Hongyi who came to the door and wanted him to treat others, and the identity of the patient was not trivial, so he found his father first.
Thinking of this, he snorted and said, "Superb medical skills are not counted, I studied one or two miscellaneous books when I was fine, and I knew a little bit about small means." ”
Guo Hongyi interjected: "Why should the fourth prince be modest, even Dr. Ye was full of praise for your acupuncture skills last time." ”
Li Wuchang glanced at Guo Hongyi with slanted eyes, and said, "Oh, so Boss Guo is really looking for me to do business this time?"
Guo Hongyi said with a smile: "The fourth prince really knows how to joke, the old man was entrusted by a friend this time, and he wanted to ask the fourth prince to help see a patient, what kind of business is not business...... The old rule is that if the fourth son can help, there will be a lot of thanks. ”
Li Wuchang looked at Li Lingwu and waited for him to decide.
Li Lingwu saw that Guo Hongyi admired Li Wuchang so much, and knew that Li Wuchang should have two sons, and he was slightly annoyed in his heart, his son had given himself too many surprises recently.
First of all, he silently yin the three princes, causing a big commotion, and even the saints were alarmed, and no evidence has been found until now.
Now someone actually came to the door and said that Li Wuchang knew medical skills, and said that his medical skills were exquisite, and even Dr. Ye was full of praise.
What kind of thing is this, he really didn't expect Li Wuchang to have that ability, his reputation has spread outside, and as Li Wuchang's father, he doesn't know anything.
Seeing Li Wuchang looking at him, Li Lingwu coughed lightly and said, "It is General Zhou Sheng Zhou who is sick, since Boss Guo recommended you, you can go over and take a look...... In this way, I haven't seen General Zhou for a long time, let's go and have a look. ”
Li Lingwu and Zhou Sheng have a good personal relationship, but they are not close to each other, one of them is the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and the other is a border general, and it is very inappropriate to talk about it in private.
When Zhou Sheng was injured and returned to Chang'an, although Li Lingwu did not go to visit the patient in person, he sent Li Wufeng to see a doctor on his behalf and sent a heavy gift, and the Zhou family was very grateful.
It just so happens that there are not many things going on today, so it's good to take this opportunity to go over and have a look, and by the way, see how Li Wuchang's medical skills are.
Shen Tongguang and Guo Hongyi were overjoyed when they saw Li Lingwuken go to the Zhou Mansion.
Li Wuchang was shocked in his heart, feeling that this trip to see a doctor was not so easy to pass, and it was naturally a great achievement to see a doctor for the general, and it would be troublesome if he saw it badly.
Thinking like this, Li Wuchang said weakly: "General Shen, Boss Guo, say okay first, I'll go and see first, don't blame me if you can't help." ”
Shen Tongguang said: "Of course, of course, the fourth prince is willing to go." ”