Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Sickness

A few days passed, Huo Qubing did not show up, Honggu and Xinyan didn't understand what happened.Aunt Hong tentatively asked me a few times, but I refused to say a word. The atmosphere gradually became serious, and everyone talked less and less, and their voices became lower and lower.Influenced by each other, when the maidservants meet at the end, they simply talk with winks, you throw me a flying eye, I wink at you, and you give me a meaningful look again, back and forth, full of meaning.I just couldn't understand what they were saying, how they understood each other's meaning.

I pointed to the "beautiful dance" between Xinlan and Xinyan, the maid who delivered the meal, and asked Honggu, "Can you understand what they are talking about?" Hong Gu said: "What is there that I don't understand? Xin Lan looked at Xin Yan questioningly, and asked: "Have you eaten today?" Xin Yan shook her head: "No." Xin Lan frowned and shook her head : "I haven't eaten, I'm so hungry!" Xinyan glanced at you secretly, then nodded to Xinlan: "Let's secretly eat together behind Yuniang's back later!" The two exchanged a look to express agree."

I sprayed all the sweet syrup on the ground, coughed, and said with a smile: "Honggu, it seems that when you entered the room just now, the few eye exchanges with Xinyan were also asking each other if they had eaten, and we made an appointment later Let's eat together." Hong Gu said calmly, "What I asked was not 'did you eat today', but 'did you drink today'." I wiped my mouth with a silk handkerchief: "Just talk nonsense!" Hong Gu said: "How can you make you laugh without talking nonsense? The face has been so ugly these days, you are uncomfortable, and it makes all of us feel uncomfortable. Yu'er, why do you have to get along with yourself? You are clearly thinking about others and have a lot of worries. Why not take a look?"

I lowered my head and said nothing. Xin Yan raised the curtain, came in and replied, "Yu Niang, the housekeeper of General Huo's residence wants to see you." Hong Gu immediately said: "Please come in quickly." She stood up and went to the outsider: "The peacemaker is here, and I am relieved. If you keep suppressing like this, you two can stand it, but I can't stand it." .” As soon as Uncle Chen came in, without saying a word, he would kneel down to me, so I couldn't help him, so I could only jump and dodge: "Uncle Chen, you have something to say. I can't stand this state."

Uncle Chen still knelt down, his face was gray, as if he hadn't slept all night: "Miss Yu, at that time Master Meng Jiu of Shifang came to ask me about the girl, and he ran three times in a row, but I blocked him back , indeed... It did give the other party a look. Although the general ordered someone to detain the driver of the carriage and blocked the news of the Liangzhou Inn, he only ordered me not to reveal your whereabouts, but he definitely did not embarrass me. Master Jiu, the general is arrogant and protective, he doesn't even bother to explain, and he doesn't want to argue, but this old slave can't just watch the two of you grow estranged because of what I did wrong that day."

I held my breath in my heart and asked awkwardly: "Uncle Chen, why did you do this? Is our current situation the happiness you want Qubing to get?" Uncle Chen was silent, turned around and kowtowed to me three times. Although I tried my best to dodge, I still received him: "Get up! This is the end of the matter, what can I do? No matter whether I beat or punish, nothing can be undone. If you want to talk, just get up and talk, I'm not used to listening to a kneeling person talk." Uncle Chen still knelt and did not move for a long time. I stared at him wonderingly, but he avoided my sight. He seemed to be gathering courage before he could say the following: "The general went out to ride a horse yesterday morning. He fell off his horse and has been in a coma since then.”

The content of the words was too weird. I heard it, but my heart seemed to refuse to accept it. I couldn't understand it: "What? What did you say?" Uncle Chen said in a steady voice: "The imperial physicians in the palace have been changed several times, but they are still at a loss. Usually, they all look like Bian Que reborn, fighting for fame and refusing to give up to each other, but they are really sick. You push me, I push you. The palace is already in chaos. His Majesty is so angry that he just wants to kill all those trash to relieve his hatred. If you kill them, you can wake up the general and cut down a hundred of them. There is nothing wrong with the head, but now we can only rely on them to save lives."

I finally understood some of his words, and it was as if the sky had fallen in an instant. Shock, panic, fear, regret, and all kinds of emotions rolled in my heart. I ignored him and rushed out.Uncle Chen rushed behind me and called out repeatedly: "Miss Yu, please slow down, you still have something to say." Seeing that the carriage parked at the door happened to belong to Huo's residence, I had already stepped into the carriage with all my strength from a long distance away: "Go back to the residence immediately." Uncle Chen shouted in the distance: "Wait a minute." The coachman hesitated and didn't move, I grabbed the whip and wanted to drive by myself, Uncle Chen shouted: "Miss Yu, I haven't finished my words yet. Grandpa understands medical skills, I mean..."

Only then did I understand why he didn't directly tell me about Huo Qubing's illness, but knelt and kowtowed to apologize. There was another reason. Uncle Chen ran to the carriage, gasping for breath, and said: "Please be different from others. Even if you force him to come, if he refuses to look at it wholeheartedly, everything will be in vain. I know that with a girl's temperament, she must hate me like this." Talking around a corner, but I really feel ashamed, it's really hard to speak if I don't speak clearly. If Meng Jiuye can take care of the general, even if he wants my head to apologize, I will never blink my eyes."

I said angrily: "You underestimate Lord Jiu!" My heart was burning with desire to see Qu Bing, but I could only suppress it, and handed the whip back to the coachman: "Go to Shifu." Uncle Chen immediately said: "Then I'll go back and wait for you." Master Jiu was reading a book before the case. When he looked up and saw me, the bamboo slip in his hand fell to the ground.He had an unbelievable surprise on his face, and his black jewel-like eyes were shining brightly: "Yu'er, I have been waiting for a long time, and you are finally willing to take the initiative to enter the Bamboo Pavilion again."

I felt sore, I didn't dare to look at him: "I came here to ask you to see a doctor for Qu Bing. He has been in a coma since yesterday. I heard that the imperial physicians in the palace can't help him." Yiyi's expression dimmed in an instant, and only black shadows remained in his pupils, showing coldness, disappointment, and pain.He didn't ask any more questions, just said "yes", then pushed the wheelchair and went to the layman. Uncle Chen has been waiting at the door of Huo's mansion. When he saw Master Jiu, his old face turned red like never before in a century. He bowed his head and bowed. Cooked like crab. Two servants brought a bamboo bag, Master Jiu looked at Uncle Chen questioningly, Uncle Chen said slowly: "It's not convenient for wheelchairs to walk in the mansion, it can be faster at this speed." Master Jiu smiled casually: "Let them put the bamboo bag away, I can go up by myself, send someone to help bring the wheelchair in, and I will still need it later." Uncle Chen lowered his head and only knew that he should be good. Seeing his current appearance, he wondered how he could be negligent that day, so he could be so careful today. An old man blushed again and again, angry in his heart, and sarcastically Said: "I don't know how wheelchairs used to walk in the mansion?" Uncle Chen didn't say a word, and walked quickly ahead with his head down.Master Jiu turned his head to look at me, the coldness hidden in his eyes subsided a bit, and after a while, he said in a low voice: "I thought you only cared about him and didn't care about my feelings at all." As soon as he entered the room, Wei Shaoer, who was guarding by the couch, heard the noise and rushed over immediately. When he saw Master Jiu, he looked like a drowning man seeing a branch, with longing in despair.I was just the opposite of her, I didn't even bother to give her the gift, so I rushed to the bed. He lay there quietly, with his thin lips tightly pursed, and a pair of sword eyebrows locked together, as if he had infinite thoughts.Ever since I knew him, I always felt that he was like sunshine, full of life and high spirits at all times. It was the first time I saw him like this, so quiet that I felt a little helpless. I rubbed his brows lightly with my fingers, my nose was sore, and my face was full of tears before I knew it: "Qubing, Qubing... Yu'er is here! I was wrong, I shouldn't be fighting with you." Master Jiu's hand resting on Huo Qubing's wrist trembled, he clenched his fist, trying to get his pulse again, but still failed, he turned his head and ordered: "Bring a basin of ice water, I'll clean my hands." The maidservant standing beside him immediately ran out.Jiu Ye soaked his hands for a while in the water where ice cubes were still floating, and slowly dried them with a handkerchief, as if he was using this cold and slow process to calm his heart.After a while, he put his hand on Huo Qubing's wrist again. Both Wei Shaoer and I stared at Master Jiu without blinking, as if we were trying to wake Huo Qubing up through him.Master Jiu closed his eyes slightly, and focused all his attention on his fingertips. Everyone in the room held their breath, so quiet that he could hear the sound of ice melting in the basin. The longer the time, the stronger the fear in my heart, why did it take so long?Jiu Ye's face was as calm as water, without a single ripple, and he couldn't see what was under the water.Master Jiu put away his hands, and I stared at him closely, with pleading and fear in his voice: "He's going to be fine, is he?" Jiuye's eyes are dark and gloomy, like an ancient well, even if there are turbulent waves in the depths, when they reach the mouth of the well, it is calm and nothing can be seen.He was silent for a moment, then nodded heavily: "He will be fine, I will definitely try to wake him up." My heart, which had been standing on the tip of the needle, slowly returned to its original place. Master Jiu carefully looked at Huo Qubing's face, put his ear on Huo Qubing's chest and listened quietly for a while, put his hand on Huo Qubing's wrist again, and asked, "What did the imperial doctor say?" Uncle Chen turned his head to look at the few people standing beside him with his hands down. One of them, an old man with white beard and hair, stepped forward and said, "After the consultations by several of us, none of us could make a conclusion. Although the heart pulse is weak, it is still very regular. It could have been treated with medicine. Shi stimulated me, and tried my best to wake up the general before proceeding to the next step of recuperation. However, the general's symptoms were a bit strange. Usually, a comatose person could still slowly pour down the decoction as long as he opened his mouth, but the general refused to take the medicine. It is difficult to send it down, and acupuncture has no effect, so we searched the medical books, but there is no proper method." Master Jiu nodded, turned his head and said to Wei Shao'er: "General Huo's heart is stagnant. It's nothing to do with it, but it caused the hidden symptoms of internal qi disorder that he accumulated on the battlefield. However, General Huo is different from ordinary people. His will is very strong. General Huo should have a strong sense of self-protection just before he fell into a coma, so now he refuses the medicine stones that are forcibly injected from the outside world without his consent. Ma'am, the medical skills of the imperial physicians are beyond doubt. Since they have all kinds of methods I've tried everything, and I can't do better, but..." Wei Shaoer was too anxious, his voice became sharp and harsh: "But what?" "However, there is a method that can be tried, but this method is just an idea when I am thinking about cases in my spare time, and I haven't really used it yet." Wei Shao'er hurriedly said: "Sir, please tell me!" Master Jiu said: "Humans have five orifices, and the mouth is only one of them. The nose and skin are also connected to the five internal organs. The effect of medicine cannot enter the five internal organs through the mouth. You may wish to consider other methods. My idea is to take off all the general's clothes and stay in a closed room." In the middle, the surrounding area is fumigated with medicinal herbs." Wei Shao'er turned his head to look at the imperial physicians. The imperial physicians exchanged glances with each other, and one of them said: "It sounds like it is indeed a good way to let the medicine enter the blood vessels and five internal organs, but the room will be very hot if the medicine is steamed. Speaking of it, it is really not good for patients with mystia, it may aggravate the condition, and Madam has to make up her mind, I dare not make a decision.” Wei Shao'er glared at them bitterly, looking at the unconscious Huo Qubing, he still couldn't make up his mind for a while.No one around dared to speak out, they were all afraid that if something happened, they couldn't bear the consequences.Wei Shaoer looked at her husband Chen Zhang begging for help, but it was not his own flesh and blood, after all, there was a layer of separation, Chen Zhang seemed very anxious, but he only said vaguely, "I follow Madam's wishes". I stood up and bowed to Wei Shaoer: "I beg Madam to agree, the longer the delay, the worse it will be." Wei Shao'er's voice choked up: "But what if... what if the illness gets worse?" I said: "Master Jiu said that if he can be saved, he will be able to be saved." Wei Shaoer was still hesitant to make up his mind, and I became more and more anxious, but who am I for Huo Qubing?It was only at this moment that I realized the importance of status even more. I was clearly a person who was as important as my own life, but I couldn't even say a word, I could only look at Wei Shao'er pleadingly. Master Jiu's eyes were full of pity under the pain, and he saluted Wei Qing who had been sitting silently by the side: "I don't know what General Wei means?" Wei Qing, who cherishes his words like gold, didn't expect Master Jiu to point the finger at him, and looked at Master Jiu carefully: "Second sister, the matter has come to this point, there is no other way but to take a little risk, so I let Meng Prescribe the medicine, Mister! Your Majesty attaches great importance to Qubing, Mr. Meng will never dare to be hasty, and must have made a decision after careful consideration." Wei Shaoer nodded and finally agreed. As expected of General Wei, who even Liu Che was helpless, there was a needle hidden in a sentence, the decision that should be made was made, the responsibility that should be cleared was also cleared, and the warning that should be warned was also warned, and nothing leaked. Master Jiu carefully told Uncle Chen what to prepare. When the door of the small room was slowly closed, I stared at the room motionless. From the time when the sky was still bright until it was completely dark, there was still no movement in the small room.There was only Jiuye's "ice cube" sound after a long time, and the servants kept sending the ice in. There was no blood on Wei Shaoer's lips. I walked to her side and wanted to hold her hand. After she hesitated for a while, she let me hold her hand. Both of our hands were as cold as ice, but we held her hand. When we lived with each other, we gradually felt some warmth.At this moment, among so many people, our pain and anxiety are somewhat similar. She grabbed my hand more and more tightly, and her eyes became more and more trance.She looked at me begging for help, and I looked back at her firmly, Qubing will wake up.She rested her head on my shoulder unbearably, and I straightened my back and stared at the room without blinking.Qubing, you must have nothing to do, absolutely not! The door was opened silently. Master Jiu's face was pale and his lips were black. Seeing that we were all staring at him, he held on to the door frame weakly and nodded slowly.Everyone burst into cheers immediately, Wei Shaoer rushed into the room a few steps, and suddenly shouted: "Why haven't you woken up yet?" Several imperial physicians were in a hurry, and they all ran in to see Huo Qubing. I immediately turned to look at Master Jiu, only to find that Master Jiu had passed out in a wheelchair.Only a middle-aged imperial doctor glanced at the people gathered around Huo Qubing, and rushed to Jiuye's side to take a closer look. Half of my heart is in ice, half of my heart is in fire, the pain, worry and guilt seem to tear people apart.I was in a hurry to see Huo Qubing just now, but I didn't notice that Master Jiu had fainted. What was he thinking in the moment before he fainted? "Congratulations madam, you are indeed awake. Mr. Meng used some benzoin to regulate General Huo's body, so General Huo still couldn't wake up for a while, but this time he was just sleeping, not comatose." Happy, Wei Shaoer was so happy that he limp and sat on the ground. Hearing that Huo Qubing was fine, I let go of half of my mental calculations, but the other half started to hurt even more. Jiuye's hands hanging on both sides of the wheelchair were white and blue, and I held his hands in surprise, like holding ice cubes. :"What's up with him? " The middle-aged imperial doctor put down Jiuye's hand: "His body is weaker than ordinary people, and the humidity in the room is overwhelming, even a normal person can't bear it after staying for so many hours, not to mention he has to use ice cubes to replace it." General Huo's body temperature dropped, and it was freezing cold, it was a miracle that he could last for so long." I rubbed Jiuye's hands vigorously, and kept breathing on them. Uncle Chen bowed to the imperial physician: "Please also ask the imperial physician to treat Mr. Meng carefully. The general will be grateful when he wakes up." The imperial physician waved his hand and said, "It's the first time I've met a physician who would not even care about his own life to save others. I will do my best without the housekeeper's orders." I told Uncle Chen: "Please prepare the carriage, and we will take Master Jiu back to Shifu first." Uncle Chen looked at Huo Qubing who was still asleep: "The general must be looking forward to seeing you when he wakes up." Like the stars holding the moon, Huo Qubing's bed was full of people, from imperial physicians to maidservants, and relatives, I said: "I will try to come back as soon as possible, it doesn't matter if I am here or not." Uncle Chen looked at Master Jiu's pale face and black lips, with a look of unbearable expression on his face, and sighed slightly: "Miss Yu, don't worry! We will take care of the general with all our heart." When getting into the carriage, the servant carrying the bamboo bag wanted to help, I waved my hand to signal them to get out of the way, carefully picked up Master Jiu, and gently jumped onto the carriage.The middle-aged imperial doctor followed and praised: "Good work. It didn't shake the patient's body at all." I forced a smile: "I'm overwhelmed, I haven't asked Mr. for your last name yet." He said: "My surname is Zhang. In fact, we have met before. At that time, General Huo invited me to Shifu to treat the girl." "It turns out that I have troubled Imperial Doctor Zhang a long time ago." He shook his head: "Meng Jiuye's medical skills are of no use to me. I should thank you girl for having a chance to listen to Meng Jiuye's medical skills." After returning to the Shifu, Doctor Zhang personally decocted the medicine, poured it for me to Jiuye, and carefully instructed Amaterasu and me what we should pay attention to before leaving. When Jiuye and I left, Jiuye was still in normal condition, but when he came back, he didn’t know about his personnel, Amaterasu was fine, but Uncle Shi was visibly unhappy, he looked at me a few times and wanted to talk, but Amaterasu begged him to go back with his eyes . Because he was afraid that Master Jiu would want to drink water or have other requests, he stayed by the side of the couch all the time.Master Jiu didn't sleep well, as if he was worrying about something in his dream, his brows would frown from time to time, and pain would often flash across his face. It was the first time for me to see him so close, the first time to look at him so unscrupulously, and it was also the first time that he didn't hide himself at all, and didn't use a spring-like smile to cover up other expressions. I leaned over beside his pillow and hummed a pastoral song softly: Master Jiu's brows gradually relaxed, and he fell asleep peacefully.I hummed the song over and over again, tears welling up in my eyes.This is a ballad widely sung among the Huns herdsmen, telling the love story between the noble lady Yizhu and the slave Bayar.When I was a child, I saw Yu Dan's mother, Yan Shi, who was in a daze when she heard this song, with tears in her eyes.Back then, I never understood why it was Yizhu looking at Bayar's back in the sorghum field first, and then Bayar looking at her back in the sorghum field? Feeling a hand caressing my cheek, I woke up immediately.I don't know when I became confused, and my head was leaning on the couch. At this time, Master Jiu was sleeping on his side, facing me face to face, and we could hear each other's breathing. His five fingers slowly slid down from my forehead, the eyebrows, eyes, nose, lips, and jaw seemed to be remembering, nostalgic, and engraved; Unwilling to regret, the sorrow and sorrow of heaven and earth. I was confused by his eyes, and my mind was shaken.He was always calm and calm, and no matter how sad he was, there was only a smile on his face.The two small selves in his pitch-black pupils were panic-stricken and frightened, but stubbornly pursed the corners of their lips. He slowly withdrew his hand, and suddenly smiled, that warm smile again.The clouds are light and the wind is light, the sea and sky are clear and wide, but you can no longer see clearly what is in the depths of your eyes.He pushed himself up and moved into the couch, motioning for me to lie down beside him.I have long been used to obeying his request, my actions preceded my thinking, and before I could think clearly, I was already lying on the couch. There was a distance of a palm between the two of them, lying silently. After a while, he looked at me with a smile and said, "Sing me the song you sang earlier." I nodded numbly, cleared my throat: After singing for a long time, both of them were still lying motionless. His voice was almost silent: "How could Bayar be so stupid? Why did he never look back at Yizhu? Why did he always let Yizhu guess his mind? Why didn't he tell Yizhu what was on his mind?" What? He is smarter than the most cunning fox on the grassland, but he doesn't understand that Yizhu will never dislike his origin, nor will she be afraid to follow him to suffer." I thought he didn't know the language of the Huns, so I sang this song boldly, but I forgot his erudition, and I also forgot that when the Huns Empire was strong, all the countries in the Western Regions surrendered to the Huns, and the language of the Huns was very popular in the countries of the Western Regions. He asked a silly question: "Do you understand the Hun dialect? Do you know the story of Bayar and Yizhu in pastoral songs?" He half chanted and half sang: "The clouds are chasing the moon, Bayar is with Yizhu, even ten thousand nightingales on the grassland can't finish singing their joy!" He stared at me without blinking: "Ba Yar Although Yaer failed Yizhu, the ballad sang that they were happy together in the end, do you believe what the song sang?" Instead of answering his question, I said to myself, "I'm leaving." He turned his head and didn't look at me, and said softly: "I really want you to stay here with me if I never wake up, but you will be anxious and sad." The tears I held back when I was singing just now suddenly welled up, I hurriedly jumped down on the bed, turned my back on my back, and wiped away the tears: "Take good care of yourself, and I will come to see you when I am free." After speaking, he wanted to leave, but he Grabbing my hand suddenly, he asked slowly: "Yu'er, tell me! Who do you care about more in your heart? Don't think about any promises. When you don't think about anything, who do you think more about? Who do you want to be with?" I bit my lower lip tightly and wanted to withdraw my hand, but he didn't let go, and slowly repeated the question just now. My lips were trembling and I wanted to say something, but I couldn't say a word, and my body kept shaking . Seeing me like this, he felt pain in his eyes, pity and heartache, all kinds of emotions were mixed together, and he let go of his hand at once: "Go!" I didn't dare to look back, and ran out of the house like flying.Facing the cold wind, running in the night, my heart still couldn't calm down.How can I see Qubing like this?It's fine if he doesn't wake up, but if he wakes up, wouldn't he be able to see through my forced smile with his shrewdness?