Chapter 28 Chapter 28 Risking Death to Donate Prescriptions

What is in the oil-paper bag? What was wrapped in the paper bag was a kind of medicine pill for curing qi that had been passed down by the Zeng family for dozens of generations. There were a total of twenty pills. On the night when Zeng Guofan came to Beijing, his grandfather Zeng Xinggang had already boiled it according to the secret prescription. Prepare it for him to carry on his body.Speaking of these pills, there is a little history. The ancestors of the Zeng family, Zeng Shen, knew very well that the Zeng family was full of anger, and if they were careless in the summer and autumn, they would suffer from Qi syndrome; Zeng Shen's father and uncle all died of this disease in their thirties.Later, when Zeng Chan was giving lectures, he ran into an expert in a Taoist temple.When the outsider learned that the person who asked for the medicine was Zeng Shen, he passed on the prescription to him.According to this prescription, Zeng Shen collected hundreds of herbs and brewed them. After a trial, it was really effective, and it was passed down from generation to generation.Zeng Xinggang's several qi diseases also relied on this prescription to survive the catastrophe.Zeng Guofan fell into a coma for two days and two nights when he was ten years old. It was Mr. Xinggang who mixed the pills with water, pried open Zeng Guofan's mouth and forcefully poured them down, and he survived to this day.According to Zeng Guofan's intention, he wanted to publish the prescription to save all sentient beings, but Zeng Xinggang refused.Zeng Xinggang said that one medicine is suitable for one symptom, and the right medicine is to save people, but if the medicine is not right, it is harming people.The Zeng family had nothing to say when they died from this kind of pill, but if the world died from this kind of pill, would the Zeng family still want to live a stable life?

Zeng Guofan put the pills in his arms, decided to go to the emperor overnight, risked his life to present the pills, and let the emperor decide whether it was necessary or not.Zeng Guofan knew that qi disease could not survive the fifth day, and if he did not take medicine within five days, he would definitely die.Zeng Guofan dares to delay the life of heaven and man! Emperor Daoguang made an exception that night and summoned him in the former study of the Imperial Garden.I haven't seen him for a few months, and Emperor Daoguang is much older. Zeng Guofan held back his tears and prostrated himself in front of the emperor. He choked up and said, "I kowtow to the emperor. I heard that the queen's empress is in poor health, and the court is full of anxiety, so I can't swallow my food. Here is the pill for curing qi. This pill has been passed down from generation to generation from the ancestor Zeng Shenshi. It is very effective and has saved the lives of several Zeng family ancestors. When I was ten years old, I also relied on this medicine when my qi attack occurred. I saved my life, and I haven't committed any crimes so far. Please the emperor clearly observe." As he spoke, he put the oiled paper bag on his hands.Eunuch Cao took the oiled paper package, opened it, and presented it to the emperor with both hands.

Emperor Daoguang sniffed it with his nose, and then became pensive, as if making up his mind.About half an hour later, Emperor Daoguang said: "Prince Xuan Li is coming to see you." Eunuch Cao hurriedly agreed with a "Hey", put the medicine on the table, and slowly stepped back. Emperor Daoguang suddenly said again: "Wait a minute." Eunuch Cao, who had retreated outside the door, stopped quickly. It took a long time for Emperor Daoguang to say: "Doctor Li, please don't announce it, you can go down first." Zeng Guofan stole a look at Emperor Daoguang, and when he saw Emperor Daoguang, he turned his eyes to the pill again.

Emperor Daoguang suddenly asked: "Zeng Guofan, you said you are a descendant of Zeng Shen?" Zeng Guofan bowed his head and replied: "As the emperor said, I am the seventieth descendant of Zeng Shen." "Well," Emperor Daoguang nodded, and asked again, "How do you take the pill you presented?" "If you go back to the emperor, use the whole live earth-boring worm as a primer, dry it with green tiles and grind it into powder, then add half a coin of pure gold powder, and then add water. The water from the eaves that has been stored for three years must be used, and then put in one A bronze coin must be the one with copper rust, boil it in a stone pot for three hours before taking it."

Emperor Daoguang pondered again.For a while, he put his eyes close to the pill for a closer look, for a while he sniffed it with his nose, and for a while he walked back and forth a few steps beside the desk.Obviously hesitant. "The rusty ancient copper coins seem to be used as medicine." Emperor Daoguang said to himself.At this time, Eunuch Cao hurried in, knelt in front of Emperor Daoguang and said, "Your Majesty, someone from Kunning Palace said that the queen is getting worse and worse, but fortunately she still has a pulse. Does the empress dowager mean to let the ministers stop Recommend a famous doctor outside to have a look. Doctor Li is crying!" Emperor Daoguang sat down slumped, and waved his hand distractedly: "You wait outside first, let me calm down for a while."

Seeing Eunuch Cao retreat, Emperor Daoguang said to Zeng Guofan: "O Zeng Guofan, I decided to try the pills you presented. I asked Eunuch Cao to take you to the imperial pharmacy. If you need anything, just let Eunuch Cao take care of Li Taiyi." , you boil this pill for the queen yourself! Remember, don’t leak any rumors. After the medicine is ready, ask Eunuch Cao to announce that Li Taiyi will bring it to the queen, and don’t say anything.” "I understand, I obey the order." Zeng Guofan kowtowed again and again, reaching out to take the oiled paper package handed over by Emperor Daoguang.Emperor Daoguang felt that Zeng Guofan's hands were visibly shaking.

"Eunuch Cao!" As soon as Emperor Daoguang's words fell, Eunuch Cao pushed the door and walked in, with both hands down, and said, "Please show me, Your Majesty." Emperor Daoguang pointed at Zeng Guofan and said, "Take Zeng Guofan to the imperial pharmacy immediately, and Zeng Guofan will make medicine for the queen himself. If you need anything, ask Li Taiyi for it, and no one is allowed to approach it. After the medicine is ready, you personally send it to Li Taiyi. Come on, tell him that it is what I mean, and let him give it to the queen to drink. No one is allowed to know about Zeng Guofan's delivery and brewing of medicine, understand?"

Eunuch Cao said "嗻" in his mouth, and withdrew with Zeng Guofan.When he arrived at the imperial pharmacy, Zeng Guofan immediately asked the eunuch on duty to prepare the stone pot, the earth-boring worm, a Kaiyuan Tongbao made in the Tang Dynasty, and the eaves water and gold powder that had been stored for three years, and then lit the fire. Zeng Guofan first dried the ground borer with blue tiles and ground it into a powder, then mixed it with pure gold powder and stirred it evenly, then put it in a stone pot and added water to boil it.When Zeng Guofan was doing this, Eunuch Cao kept standing beside Zeng Guofan and stared at him with wide eyes. He didn't wipe the sweat off his head until Zeng Guofan put the pills in and the fire ignited.The first pill quickly turned into porridge, and it took another three hours before Zeng Guofan turned off the fire and nodded to Eunuch Cao, meaning that the medicine was ready.

Eunuch Cao immediately asked the eunuch on duty to go to the Queen's room to call for Doctor Li to come over.After Imperial Physician Li arrived, Eunuch Cao held the medicine bowl to Imperial Physician Li with both hands, and said: "The Emperor has an order, please use the medicine immediately, Empress Dowager." Doctor Li quickly took the medicine bowl, and the two hurried out.Just as Zeng Guofan was about to take a step, the eunuch on duty hurried over and said, "Eunuch Cao ordered, let your lord rest in the imperial pharmacy." Zeng Guofan immediately retracted his feet and didn't dare to move, his whole body was just shaking.About two cups of tea, Zeng Guofan suddenly noticed that there was a commotion in the palace compound. Several academicians were led by the eunuchs to rush to the imperial study, and many eunuchs rushed from all directions to the Queen's Kunning Palace.

Zeng Guofan immediately concluded that something serious must have happened in the palace, and his heart started beating non-stop. After a while, Eunuch Cao rushed to the imperial pharmacy with two big inner guards. Zeng Guofan went up to meet him and was about to speak, but saw Eunuch Cao waved his hands with a cold face and said, "Go away." The two Ouchi guards couldn't help but set up Zeng Guofan and left.Zeng Guofan immediately felt like he was soaring into the clouds, his heels couldn't touch the ground, and he went all the way to the prison of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.As soon as he entered the prison, before Zeng Guofan could come to his senses, a guard had already tied a piece of white silk behind his mouth, and he only listened to Eunuch Cao's instructions: "Look carefully, when to strangle him to death, wait for the emperor's order." .This dog is too courageous!"

If Zeng Guofan didn't listen to it, he would just let it go. When he heard it, he felt a thunder explosion out of nowhere, which made his eyes go black and he passed out immediately. It was midnight when Zeng Guofan woke up.He found that he had been hung on a large iron ring, but fortunately his feet were still on the ground.Although he was hoisting with his hands tied behind his back, thanks to another rope tied around his waist to withstand the pressure of his whole body, otherwise his arms would have been broken.Several guards sat in different directions and dozed off. It seemed that he had only been hung up and had not yet been tortured.He tried his best to move his arm, but he didn't feel it, his blood was blocked.He had to try to stand on his feet to relieve the pressure on his arms. He was dizzy and his ears were ringing.He tried hard to recall, but his mind was blank. He could only remember the words Eunuch Cao said before he left: "When to strangle to death, wait for the emperor's will." It also started to ache.He's finally sober now.He knew that the queen must have been killed by his own pills, and the emperor would soon secretly execute himself, and then go to Xiangxiang to search and destroy the family. Zeng's family in Xiangxiang was completely ruined by him .He still has a towel in his mouth, leaving him with only two nostrils for exhaling and inhaling.He tried to shout something out of his mouth, but nothing came out.He was hung like this, quietly waiting for the time of death to come.But he always felt unwilling, he shook his head, stamped his feet, and struggled desperately. Zeng Guofan's struggling sound finally woke up a guard.After the guard opened his eyes, he looked at him first, then stood up and walked over, walked around him and checked the rope buckle with his eyes, then patted his shoulder with his hand without saying a word, and then said indifferently. Sitting back to the original position, tilting his head, he fell asleep again, as if what was hanging was not a big living person, but a pig about to go to the slaughterhouse. Suddenly big tears rolled down Zeng Guofan's eyes.He didn't know why he was so impulsive, but how he resolutely offered the ancestor's pills!Isn't this sticking your head out and hitting the knife edge?He thought of his grandfather, his words that "one medicine works for one disease", the bird that threw itself into the net, and Wang Zhaoji during the Qianlong period. Wang Zhao was basically a scholar in the countryside. He thought he had some literary talents, and he concocted a few crooked poems, but he failed many times. So on the birthday of Lord Qianlong, he became so passionate about poetry that he even broke into the Tongzhi yamen of Fenzhou Prefecture. He showed off a couplet of longevity poems, hoping that the yamen could present it to the emperor for him, and ask for a half-time official position.Naturally, the Tongzhi yamen did not dare to neglect in the slightest, so they sent his soldiers to the capital together with Shilian overnight.Wang Xianggong was so happy that he sang wildly all the way, as if the big black gauze hat was about to fly over from the slanting thorns. In a few days, the imperial edict was promulgated, and the content was: Wang Zhaoji acted ignorantly and slandered the sages, and he was immediately sent to the Meridian Gate to be executed.This is it. Wang Zhaoji turned out to be courting death.People at the time said that Wang Zhaoji's name was unlucky.This is the execution case of Wang Zhaoji, who caused a sensation in the capital by presenting poems.Wang Zhaoji thought he was talented and failed to please the emperor, so he got his head in a different place.What about Zeng Guofan? If Wang Zhaoji is said to be stupid, Zeng Guofan is even more stupid.Wang Zhaoji died alone, but Zeng Guofan may have to destroy the nine clans, and the one who died was the same.Zeng Guofan's tears flowed until the next morning. It was already dawn, and the guards all stood up and moved their bodies.At this moment, Eunuch Cao walked in, and the guards hurriedly bowed to greet him.Eunuch Cao waved his hands, walked straight to Zeng Guofan, and said slowly: "Untie Mr. Zeng, the emperor will summon him. Clean Mr. Zeng's face and dust him off. How can he see the emperor in this state."