After Jing returned to Jiayuguan, he directly asked Xu Da to take him to see Huo Qijian. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Huo Qijian's place of recuperation was in a remote building. Not far from that building is the city wall, and it is rarely visited by people in normal times. Since being poisoned by Ma Dai, Huo Qijian has been imprisoned there, surrounded by heavy guards, and no one is allowed to enter or leave except Ma Dai.

Jing Chuan followed Xu Da to the front of the building and walked in.

There are very few windows in the building, and the light is dim, so even though it is daytime, there are candles lit inside. Jing Chuan followed Xu Da through a deep passage for a while and walked into a large room.

The room, located in the middle of the building, was a large circular room with a rooftop that went straight to the roof. In the middle of the room lay a large bed, which was covered by a thick curtain, and around it stood eight servants.

There was a musty smell throughout the room, in addition to a pungent smell of herbs and a stench of feces and urine.

"Righteous man, come in. Xu Da walked in front and stretched out his hand to Jing Chuan, "Master Huo is on the bed." ”

Jing Chuan asked, "Why do you cover it with a cloth?"

Xu Da said: "Lord Huo's illness is very strange, he is afraid of seeing the light, so the light in the house is dim and covered with curtains. ”

When Jing Chuan heard this, he was very puzzled, so he followed Xu Da to the bed.

There were two servants standing beside the bed, and when they saw them coming, they drew the curtains.

As soon as Jing Chuan walked in, he smelled a strong rancid smell that made people want to vomit when they smelled it. Jing Chuan and Xu Da both covered their mouths and noses.

Huo Qijian was lying on the bed, his face was black, his lips were white, and his mouth was full of chapped crust. He was covered with a thick quilt, and his forehead was covered with sweat because of the stuffiness.

"Why don't you carry Lord Huo to a cleaner place?"

"I've tried it several times, but Lord Huo can't move at all, as long as he moves gently, even if it's to lift the bed, Lord Huo is in great pain, so he has to put it here first. ”

Jing Chuan was even more puzzled, so he asked, "What wounds are there on your body?"

"There are several, and they're starting to fester. ”

As soon as Xu Da finished speaking, Huo Qijian's throat made a gurgling sound, and his breathing became rapid. Xu Da shouted outside, "Someone." ”

Immediately, four servants walked to the bedside, two of them held a stack of white cloth in their hands, and the other two walked in with a basin of hot water, opening the curtain, and Jing Chuan and Xu Da also followed.

Jing Chuan and Xu Da stood to the side, watching the servant gently uncover the quilt, revealing Huo Qijian's body. Huo Qijian was wearing a white suit, which was already soaked with sweat and was all attached to his skin. The abdomen and both thighs were yellow, and a lot of yellow liquid was leached. After the quilt was lifted, a foul smell came to the nostrils, and several servants smelled it, and they couldn't help it at once, and they all vomited it. Jing Chuan and Xu Da couldn't stand the smell either, and hurriedly covered their noses with their sleeves.

"What's going on?"

Xu Da said: "Lord Huo's body has festered, and the places you saw just now are the festering places. ”

The servants held back the stench and gently untied Huo Qijian's clothes. Because the clothes had stuck together with the festering wounds, although they moved very lightly and slowly, Huo Qijian couldn't help but moan loudly in pain, and the sweat of the bean was constantly coming out of his forehead. Apparently, he was suffering immensely.

When the clothes are untied, the festering area is revealed. Jing Chuan took a closer look and found that the flesh in the ulcer area was bubbling with yellow pus, and the rotting flesh and the surrounding area of the wound had turned black.

Xu Da said: "Adults don't know what kind of poison they have, at first they couldn't speak or move, and they were afraid of seeing the light, but then they began to fester, in addition to these places, there were also on their backs." We searched for famous doctors in the neighborhood, but there was no way. If he doesn't heal, I'm afraid Lord Huo will be in danger. ”

Jing Chuan couldn't stand the smell inside, looked at it for a while, and walked out.

Xu Da followed and asked Jing Chuan: "Yishi, what kind of poison do you think Lord Huo is in?"

Jing Chuan said: "I can't understand medical skills, I can't see it." I do have a friend who is a Miao doctor who knows a little about medicine, but he has already gone to Shanxi. ”

Xu Da knew that Jing Chuan had no choice, so he didn't ask anymore.

Jing Chuan walked out of the room and came outside, thinking about the wounds on Huo Qijian's body. He thought of Chen Mai's previous method of using the purple lotus at the foot of Kunlun Mountain to treat Zhang Blade's lower body ulcers, but Huo Qijian's illness was different from Zhang Blade's disease, Huo Qijian was poisoned, even if he used the purple lotus, he didn't know if it would work.

Jing Chuan said to Xu Da: "If you want to cure Lord Huo's illness, you still have to find a doctor to see and prescribe the right medicine." ”

Xu Da said: "Why don't we think like this? It's just that we invited countless doctors in Fang Yuan to come and see, but there is no way. ”

Jing Chuan said: "Let me think of a way, if there is really no way, then please forgive me for not being able to do anything." ”

"The righteous man can stay and help find a way, we are already grateful, how dare we blame the righteous man? It's just that Lord Huo is critically ill, if something goes wrong, Jiayuguan will be in danger. ”

Jing Chuan probably guessed what Xu Da meant, and he didn't say it, but deliberately asked: "What do you mean by Xu participating in politics?"

Xu Da sighed and said: "It's a long story, I see that the righteous man is a loyal and brave man, and being able to stay to save Lord Huo shows that the righteous man has the country in his heart and admires it." It is inconvenient to speak here, so please come with me. ”

Jing Chuan followed Xu Da out of the building.

Xu Da led Jing Chuan to the conference hall, asked Jing Chuan to serve tea, and then began to say: "The righteous man doesn't know, what I just said is not alarmist. Now the traitors of the court are in charge and are tyrannical, and the emperor is mediocre and does not care about the world. The people in many places are deeply oppressed and are in dire straits, and the fortunes of the country are also in jeopardy! Righteous men walk the rivers and lakes, and they have heard and seen what they have heard, so there is no need for me to say more. This is true of the imperial court, not to mention this desolate northwestern frontier. Although there are seven guards in the northwest, in fact, the seven guards harbor evil intentions and attempt to rebel, which is well known to everyone. Lord Huo had already seen their treacherous schemes, and wrote to the court many times, but the emperor had already been controlled by the traitors, and he was impeached by the traitors, and Lord Huo was excluded! Qiwei once sent someone to send a letter to Lord Huo, and when I saw Lord Huo showing anger behind the letter, I guessed that Qiwei was trying to win over Lord Huo to rebel together. After Lord Huo was a famous general, he was loyal and upright, how could he be willing to do the things of chaotic ministers and thieves? It's just that the imperial court ignores it, and he is isolated and helpless in the northwest, and he has the heart to repay the country and quell the chaos, but he can't do anything, so he is sad all day long, and he doesn't think about tea and dinner. Later, Ma Dai was sent to Jiayuguan by the imperial court, relying on his father to be the minister of Jinyi Wei of the imperial court, who was unscrupulous and did whatever he wanted. Later, Lord Huo was assassinated by Ma Dai with poison, unable to speak, and unable to act, Ma Dai seized the power of Lord Huo, controlled Jiayuguan, colluded with Qiwei, and secretly tried to rebel. Thanks to the timely action of the righteous people, the scourge of Ma Dai was eliminated, otherwise Jiayuguan would not be the Jiayuguan of the past. It's just that now Lord Huo is seriously ill, Jiayuguan has no general soldiers, and if the other seven guards know that Ma Dai is dead, they will inevitably raise troops to besiege it, and Jiayuguan will definitely be difficult to hold. If Jiayuguan is lost, then the imperial court will be in danger!"

After Jing Chuan heard Xu Da say this, he could see that he was a loyal minister, and let down his guard against him, so he said: "I knew about the rebellion of the Seven Guards of Kansai before. ”

Xu Da was a little surprised and asked, "How did the righteous man know?"

Jing Chuan told Xu Da about the secret letter he met a few Jinyi guards when he went to Kunlun Mountain to collect medicine, and then met Wei Guozhong, Han Yannian, Ma Dai and others in Suzhou Wei.

Xu Da was shocked when he heard this: "You mean that even Wei Guozhong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also participated in this rebellion?"

"I saw it with my own eyes, and I didn't dare to say anything. ”

Xu Da suddenly got up from his seat, walked back and forth, looked anxious, and said: "It's too bad, it seems that they have been planning for a long time, and when the time comes, they plan to cooperate with the outside world, so that the world will really be in chaos!"

Jing Chuan thought of the secret letter, so he asked Xu Da: "I have always carried that secret letter with me, but I don't know where it is now." ”

Xu Da said: "The **** was injured, I immediately sent someone to heal, and I saw a letter from your old clothes, I think it is your important items, so everything in the clothes is taken care of." ”

Jing Chuan said, "Can you bring that letter now?"

Xu Da immediately sent someone to fetch the letter from Jing Chuan.

When Jing Chuan saw the letter, it was already damaged after fighting in the rain that day, and he could only vaguely make out a few words on the envelope. Jing Chuan opened the letter and took out the letter inside, and found that the letter paper had been soaked by the rain and then kneaded, and it had already become unrecognizable, and all the words on it could not be seen clearly.

"This is the secret rebellion letter I got by chance, the letter was written by He Ben, the commander of Aruiwei, to Suzhou Wei Han Yannian, I can't remember the specific content, to the effect that several other guards have prepared soldiers and horses, ready to be sent by Han Yannian at any time, ready to rebel. ”

When Xu Da heard this, he became even more anxious, walking back and forth.

Xu Da thought of what Jing Chuan said about Jinyiwei, and couldn't help but wonder: "You said that you got this letter from a messenger, but that messenger was chased and killed by Jinyiwei again; Jin Yiwei is now under the control of Ma Weiyong, since Ma Dai participated in the rebellion, then his father Ma Weiyong must also be one of the rebels, why did Jin Yiwei block the rebellion again?"

"I don't know much about that. ”

Xu Da thought hard for a while, but still couldn't understand it, so he said: "This matter is extremely urgent, but the top priority now is to save Lord Huo, and when Lord Huo is well, then wait for him to come to the idea." ”

Jing Chuan agreed.

But how to find a way to save Huo Qijian made it difficult for the two of them, and after thinking about it for a long time, they still didn't come up with any way.

At this time, a servant came to the door and reported, "Lord Xu, the slave has something to report. ”

Xu Da let him in and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The slave knows that there is a person who may be able to save Lord Huo. ”