Chapter 46 Chapter Sixteen Chapter Sixteen

Rebellion of Xiaoqiang, Part Two, Chapter Sixteen, Life and Death Zhe's life was dying, and the king rescued him with Scrophulariaceae, and with a trace of his soul, Li Xian, the king of Qi, and Princess Changle all sent medicine to save him.In the middle of the month, he wandered about life and death with the clouds day and night. The king couldn't take off his clothes all day long, and his board and lodging were all in the cold garden. ——"The History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties·Jiang Suiyun Biography" He reluctantly said, "How is Suiyun?" Xiao Shunzi turned his head, his handsome face was extremely ferocious at the moment, and the blood red eyes were even more frightening to see, and said: "I don't know why the young master is still breathing, the servant is using his true strength to continue the life of the young master, just now the guards have gone Please be too medical."

Li Zhi felt relieved, and quickly said: "Go to the princess and get the thousand-year-old scrophulariaceae that my father gave me last year, and some of the best ginseng, and fry some ginseng soup first to hang Mr. Jiang's life. I thought it was okay, so I fried the Scrophulariaceae as well." Xiao Shunzi's eyes showed gratitude, but he didn't have the energy to distract himself from speaking. In less than a moment, a few guards almost rushed over with two or three imperial doctors. The imperial doctors had already learned of their injuries on the way and came into the house. Ignoring the salute to Li Zhi, they immediately went to the couch and treated Jiang Zhe's injuries. They were busy, fetching arrows and treating the wounds. After pouring down the bowl of ginseng soup, Jiang Zhe's aura gradually became stronger, but if Xiao Shunzi hadn't helped him with his internal strength, he might still die at any time.

After discussing with several imperial doctors, they came forward and said to Li Zhi: "Your Highness, that Scrophulariaceae plant is too powerful, please divide it into three decoctions, and take it every four hours, and then you can use it without interruption. Good ginseng hangs his life, so that at least half a month will be safe for this lord, and this lord is also very fateful, his heart is deflected by a point, so although the arrow hurt his heart, he did not die at the time. But then there’s really nothing we can do.” Li Zhi slumped down on the chair sadly, waved his hands and said, "Do it right away." Someone ordered to go down.Li Zhi pondered for a while, then suddenly asked, "Who knows where Mr. Sang, the medical sage, is?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, the whereabouts of the medical sage were vague, like a dragon seeing its head but not its tail, how did he know, Li Zhi said in despair: "If you can find the medical sage, you still have a chance of livelihood, so send someone to look for it immediately." Xiao Shunzi suddenly shouted: "Your Highness, the young master is a disciple of the sage of medicine, and he is also quite skilled in medicine. Can you let the young master wake up for a while, let him prescribe a prescription first, so as to keep his life alive." Li Zhi was pleasantly surprised, and said, "Really, Sui Yun is actually a disciple of a medical sage?"

Xiao Shunzi nodded and said, "Young master once studied medicine under the doctor's school when he was young, but it wasn't long, but your medical skills are indeed outstanding." Li Zhi looked at several imperial doctors, they discussed it, and said: "Your Highness, we can use a strong medicine to revive Mr. Jiang for a while, but in this way, I'm afraid it will aggravate Mr. Jiang's injuries." Li Zhi said decisively: "The whereabouts of the medical sage are uncertain. If you can't keep Mr. Jiang alive for a month, I'm afraid it will be difficult to wait for the medical sage to come. You should prepare the medicine first and wait for my order. You have to work hard these few days and don't leave this place." For a moment, if something happens to Mr. Jiang, I will definitely kill you."

Several imperial physicians only claim to be right. At this moment, Dong Zhi came in a hurry, and he stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the front is very chaotic and those guests are very disturbed. Ziyou said, please send an order, how to deal with it." Li Zhi frowned and walked out of the room, he didn't want to disturb Jiang Zhe's treatment.Going outside the door, he saw a guard standing at the door of another room. He glanced at it, and Gou Lian immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, when the guards arrived, Pei Yun, the commander of the imperial army, was also in Hanyuan. Because Xiao Shunzi only said to settle him properly, I sent guards to put him under house arrest, and arranged for an imperial doctor to treat him, it is said that he is covered in injuries, and he may be the one who protected Suiyun."

Li Zhi said in surprise, "Why is Pei Yun in Hanyuan?" He turned around and walked in. This room was Xiao Shunzi's residence, and it was very solemnly furnished. Pei Yun was sitting on a chair, his shirt had been taken off, and there were bruises on his palms. An imperial doctor was applying medicine for him.Seeing Li Zhi coming in, the two bowed down together. Li Zhi waved his hands and said, "Go ahead." Not long after, the imperial doctor put away the medical box and left. Li Zhi looked at the very disturbed Pei Yun, sighed, and asked, "Why is General Pei in Hanyuan?"

Pei Yun thought to himself, could it be that Lord Jiang sent to inform King Yong that his bodyguards who stayed in Hanyuan were also killed? He didn't ask any more questions, but just told the story in detail. It turned out that when Jiang Zhe was hit by an arrow, Pei Yun was also shocked He could hardly react, and was about to support him, when he heard Xiao Shunzi's mournful cry, his figure was like lightning, and he was beside the two of them in the blink of an eye. Xiao Shunzi had followed Suiyun for many years, and he also knew some trauma medicine skills. Unable to pull out the arrow easily, he could only touch a few acupoints to stop the bleeding, and then use his true energy to save Sui Yun's life. He glanced at Pei Yun with a stern look on his face. Pei Yun knew the young man's martial arts just by looking at his body skills. Far above him, he quickly and concisely explained the situation, Xiao Shunzi picked up Suiyun and walked into the cold garden, but saw that the poisonous hand and evil heart had escaped at some point, leaving only bloodstains on the ground.

Not long after the guards arrived, Xiao Shunzi told them to call for the imperial doctor immediately, and then only told them to look after Pei Yun before entering the room. Pei Yun naturally knew that he was temporarily under house arrest, but he was open and aboveboard, so naturally he would not be afraid. After listening to Pei Yun's words, Li Zhi stood up and bowed deeply, "General Pei, you sacrificed your life to save Jiang Sima today, whether he is alive or dead, I feel the same way, but the situation is unclear now, please stay in the palace temporarily." For a few days, and the general's injury is so serious, it's inconvenient to go back to worry your father, I don't know if the general has the elders of the division here, with their help, the general's injury is easier to heal."

Pei Yun hurriedly said: "Your Highness is serious. Pei Yun is willing to obey His Highness's orders. In the end, there will be two uncles who will be cultivating in Fuyun Temple outside Chang'an City. Your Highness can send someone there. The two uncles are very caring for Pei Yun." , will come immediately." Li Zhi nodded. Most of the guards around him were selected from the army. Some of them were extremely skilled in martial arts, and their external skills were stronger than their internal skills. Nowadays, there is even a shortage of such internal masters. With two Shaolin eminent monks, he can Don't worry about Jiang Zhe's safety.

At this time, Gou Lian hurried in and said: "Your Highness, it has been found out that all the guards guarding Hanyuan have been killed, and one of them died on the road. It seems that he is going to the front. In addition to the others, the cook from Nanchu is missing, and the rest of the people are all in their positions, and there are witnesses for each other, so it can basically be concluded that no one is involved in this matter." Li Zhi said coldly, "Where are those guests?" Gou Lian glanced at Li Zhi's expression and said: "At that time, His Highness had already started the banquet, so almost all the guests were in the hall, but there were a few people who were unusual. According to the servants, when the incident happened, these few people were not at the banquet. I'm afraid they will ask His Highness to inquire in person." He said and handed over a list. Li Zhi took it, and there were five names written on it, namely Wei Guogong Cheng Shu, Prince Jingjiang Princess Li Hanyou, Huwei General Qin Qing, Forbidden Army Commander Pei Yun, and Deputy Chief Xiahou Yuanfeng.Li Zhi's face was gloomy. Gou Lian said again: "We found a strong bow and a bag of white-feathered arrows outside the gate of the garden. It seems that the assassins discarded them there." Pei Yun suddenly interjected: "Your Highness, Yun once caught a glimpse of the assassin. This man is slightly shorter than Yun, wearing a blue robe and a silk scarf covering his face. Please forgive Pei Yun for not seeing clearly." Li Zhi only felt his heart move, and said lightly, "Gou Lian, I remember Qin Qing was wearing blue clothes." Gou Lian said: "Your Highness, don't judge rashly. How could General Qin come from a famous family to be an assassin." As he spoke, he glanced at Pei Yun.Pei Yun said sensibly: "Yun's injury is not serious, may I ask if His Highness can temporarily resign." Li Zhi said: "There are still a few guest rooms in the Han Garden, all of which have been tidied up. General Pei can choose one by himself. The general's two uncles are here. Please also stay in the Han Garden temporarily. I have important matters to attend to. , General, please rest well." After speaking, Li Zhi walked out of the room. Gou Lian hurriedly followed.Li Zhi said coldly, "If what Pei Yun sees is correct, then Qin Qing is most suspected?" Gou Lian said: "You can't say that, although Qin Qing is involved, but..." Walking out of the room, Li Zhi looked at Gou Lian, and said coldly: "Xiahou Yuanfeng's figure is similar to Qin Qing's, and his arrow skills are as good, it may not be his fault, and Princess Jingjiang, although Li Hanyou is a daughter of the imperial family, she is Feng Yi Disciple of the sect, there are rumors that she is the ninth direct disciple under the head of Fengyi sect, the master of Fengyi sect is a master of assassination, if Li Hanyou is wearing men's clothing, it may be the person General Pei saw." Li Zhi stomped his feet and said, "No matter who it is, I will never let him go. You can ask Pei Yun carefully later, and you must ask all the details. My king will go to see these people first, and you will let Zi go first." You withdrew the banquet and said that the king, Sima, was assassinated and had no intention of having a banquet, so you immediately send someone to the military camp outside the city, and let Sima Xiong bring a thousand guards into the city to take over the defense of Prince Yong's mansion, and promised that military affairs will be temporarily managed by Dong Zhi." Gou Lian hesitated and said: "Your Highness, I'm afraid it's inconvenient for Duke Wei to stay by force, and if he privately mobilizes troops into the city, he might be impeached." Li Zhi said coldly: "Duke Wei doesn't need to force you to stay. I don't believe he would do such a thing. You don't have to worry about mobilizing the army. I will enter the palace and report to my father. Hmph, in the imperial city of Chang'an, the assassins are so arrogant. Jing Zhaoyin should be punished." Gou Lian hurriedly said: "Your Highness has considered it carefully, and I will do it now." An hour later, after taking the first dose of Scrophulariae decoction, Jiang Zhe's breath became stronger, and Xiao Shunzi didn't need to spend his breath all the time to continue his life. Xiao Shunzi immediately practiced his skills silently and recovered his skills. At this moment, he was completely calm Come down, before saving Jiang Zhe, he will never be impulsive again.Not long after, the two elders of Shaolin Dharma Hall, Ciku and Ciyuan rushed over, and after seeing his nephew's injuries, he was relieved. King Yong and Li Zhi personally asked them to guard the cold garden on their behalf. They were a little hesitant at first , but Pei Yun blushed and secretly whispered something into Ciyuan's ear, and Ciyuan readily agreed. Although he didn't know how Pei Yun persuaded the two elders, Li Zhi thanked the three of them gratefully, and then hurried out of the mansion. Pegasus rushed to the palace. When the incident happened, Li Yuan was playing chess with the Empress Changsun in the harem, and Princess Changle was watching the game beside her. The three of them shared the family happiness, and it was a joyful time. Although the news of the accident in Yongwang's Mansion had spread in the imperial city, it had not yet reached In Li Yuan's ears, when Li Yuan was thinking hard, suddenly there was a commotion outside the palace, Li Yuan asked angrily: "What's going on, who is making the noise outside?" Before he sent anyone out to have a look, Li Zhi had already rushed in. He looked furious and his clothes were messy. As soon as he rushed to Li Yuan's side, he suddenly knelt down and burst into tears. Li Yuan was shocked. This son has always been tenacious. He has never seen him cry since he was ten years old. Why is this happening today? He didn't care about getting angry, and quickly got up to help him: "Zhi'er, what happened, please speak slowly, father." Do it for you." Li Zhi refused to get up, and wept, "Father, my son held a banquet today to see Jun'er off, but someone took the opportunity to break into the mansion, killed twenty-one guards and two eunuchs, and seriously injured Jiang, who was in the mansion of the minister." Sima, now Jiang Sima is seriously injured and dying, and seeing that his life is in danger, the father, the child is so forbearing, and still leads to a catastrophe, how can the child still live in Chang'an, or if the father agrees, the child will leave Chang'an and go to Youzhou That's it." Hearing this, Li Yuan's anger rose, and he said angrily: "Come here, tell Jing Zhaoyin and the commander of the imperial army to enter the palace immediately. How did he manage to have someone assassinate him in Yongwang's mansion." Li Zhi sneered in his heart, knowing that his father didn't want to be held accountable at all, after all, it was very likely that the crown prince did it, so he should forgive him, and said: "Father calm down, my son thinks that the assassin is a top expert, so Beijing Zhao Yin is probably powerless, but my son is really worried about the safety of the mansion, so I beg my father to allow my son to mobilize 1,000 guards to enrich the old guards of King Yong's mansion, and several guests are suspected of being assassinated, so I ask my father to allow me to investigate this matter thing." Li Yuan calmed down and said: "Okay, a thousand guards is not too much, you have to arrange them carefully, don't let them violate military regulations and laws, as for the suspected guests, you can deal with them yourself, but officials of the third rank or above or relatives of the emperor are you If you want to be executed, you need to get my will. How is Jiang Sima's injury? He is the champion of Southern Chu. If he dies like this, someone will take the opportunity to spread rumors, saying that I, Dayong, are unable to protect the surrendered ministers, and who will surrender at that time." Li Zhi said sadly: "Jiang Sima had an arrow in his heart. If his heart hadn't been a little off, he would have died immediately. Now that life and death are unpredictable, my son has already used the Scrophulariaceae rewarded by his father to hang him, and sent someone else to go. Look for Mr. Sheng Sang, the doctor, if you can't find anyone, I'm afraid Jiang Sima's life will be lost." Li Yuan sighed and said, "I'm going to send a decree to order all the states in the world to look for Mr. Sang, don't worry." Li Zhi kowtowed to thank him, and said: "The matter in the minister's house is chaotic, we need to go back and deal with it." Li Yuan nodded and said, "You go." Li Zhi got up, and just as he was about to leave, Princess Changle stood up and said, "Father, I will see off my second elder brother." Li Yuan just waved his hand in agreement.Li Zhi saw that Princess Changle's complexion was pale, and her expression was very disturbed.When the two walked outside the palace, Princess Changle asked in a low voice, "Second brother, is Jiang Sima's life really in danger?" Li Zhi sighed: "If you use Scrophulariaceae to hang your life, you can keep him safe for half a month, but in order to let him wake up temporarily and prescribe a prescription for himself, I'm afraid it can only last for ten days." Princess Changle's complexion was pale, and she said in a low voice: "Mr. Sang's whereabouts are uncertain in ten days, I'm afraid he won't be able to arrive." She suddenly stopped Li Zhi and said, "Brother Wang, I also have a scrophulariaceae that my father rewarded me, half a plant I have to leave it to my concubine, she is not in good health, I need to be careful, I will give you the other half, and a pair of bear bile that my father gave me a few days ago, I refrigerated it with ice cubes, but it is still useless , Brother Wang, take it with you." Li Zhi was overjoyed. Scrophulariaceae and bear gallbladder are hard to come by. Only the emperor's father will occasionally have tributes. Unexpectedly, the father would reward the emperor's sister with these precious medicines. My sister saved my life." Princess Changle pulled Li Zhi and walked towards the Cuiluan Palace, saying, "Brother Emperor, if Jiang Sima has a chance to wake up, you can thank him for me, he understands." Although Li Zhi didn't understand Princess Changle's Meaning, but getting the expensive medicine by accident made him ecstatic, and he didn't have time to think about it. Back at the palace, Li Zhi kept looking at Jiang Zhe's injuries, walked into Hanyuan Jiang Zhe's residence, saw Xiao Shunzi sitting beside Jiang Zhe, paying attention to Jiang Zhe's injuries, Li Zhi stepped forward to take a look , the imperial doctor who stayed beside him stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Master Jiang almost died of breath just now. Fortunately, this Eunuch Shun was rescued, but he doesn't have to breathe all the time." Li Zhi said in a low voice: "My king brought back half a plant of Scrophulariaceae and a pair of bear bile, are you sure you can extend it for a few more days?" The imperial doctor said happily: "If that's the case, the little doctor can guarantee that at least ten more days can be extended." Li Zhi nodded happily and said, "I will give you the medicine. You must do your best. If you can rescue Jiang Sima, I will reward you very much." The imperial doctor thanked him again and again, but Xiao Shunzi didn't seem to hear it, he still looked at Jiang Zhe, he regretted infinitely, regretted that he should not leave Jiang Zhe's side, his heart was full of murderous intent, he wished to cut his enemy into pieces. The days that followed seemed like a nightmare. Jiang Zhe was on the verge of danger several times, and the imperial doctors could barely hang his life. Twenty-seven days after Sui Yun was assassinated, Li Zhi finally made up his mind and asked the imperial physician to use strong medicine to save Jiang Zhe. .When Jiang Zhe opened his eyes, he saw the bloodless faces of Xiao Shunzi and Li Zhi. Xiao Shunzi quickly said, "My lord, your life is in danger. If you don't wait for the medical sage to save you, you may not be able to survive now. Young Master, is there any way to delay it for a few days, now there are only three liang of Scrophulariaceae left in the palace, and a pair of bear bile sent by His Royal Highness King Qi, what should Young Master do?" Jiang Zhe understood the situation, and said in a low voice: "Go get my golden needle, remember the execution needle method I taught you?" Xiao Shunzi nodded desperately, and said, "I remember, I remember very clearly." Jiang Zhe said with difficulty: "In my study there is a hand-copied book of acupuncture methods. It was originally my own creation of the golden needle for seizing souls. There are thirteen sets of acupuncture methods. The first twelve sets are all methods of torture, and the last set It is a method that can force out the full potential of the human body and save people from the situation of death. In this way, when torture is used, people can suffer from pain and not die. The higher your martial arts, the more inevitable you will be born and die. I would like to teach you the last acupuncture method. Here it is, if there is an emergency, it can save your life, so I have taught you the methods of using needles in pieces. This set of acupuncture methods can force out all the potential of my life, and at least it can save my life for nine days. After taking it, there is no other way, since there are Scrophulariaceae and bear bile, I will give you a prescription, after you use the needle, take it for me, it can last for a few more days." Hearing Jiang Zhe finish the prescription and seeing that the imperial doctor had recorded it, Xiao Shunzi burst into tears. Jiang Zhe always thought of himself all the time, but he left Jiang Zhe and left him seriously injured. Jiang Zhe stretched out his hand to wipe With tears in his eyes, he said in a low voice: "Don't be sad, if I die unfortunately, you will report all my plans to His Highness, let His Highness be the master, so as not to fail, and you don't want to avenge me, take Roulan back to Nanchu to live in seclusion , remember, take my ashes back to be buried with my wife." Xiao Shunzi saw that Jiang Zhe's expression was already relaxed, and suddenly shouted: "Master, you must wake up, do you remember that the murderer who killed Madam is still at large, Miss is young, if you die, I can only die to replace you You take revenge, but you are only afraid of dying, if I die, who will take care of the helpless lady, young master, it won’t work, without you, I really don’t know how to take revenge, you have to live for Madam and Miss.” Jiang Zhe's expression froze, he nodded slightly, and then passed out again. Xiao Shunzi wiped away his tears indiscriminately, seeing that Jiang Zhe would be fine for the time being, he hurried to get the books.Next, with acupuncture and moxibustion, Xiao Shunzi could feel Jiang Zhe’s skin trembling again. This acupuncture method is not perfect, so the recipient still feels pain. After pouring Jiang Zhe’s new prescription, Xiao Shunzi will see Jiang Zhe was breathing evenly, so he was relieved, and suddenly remembered something, Xiao Shunzi's eyes showed a fierce look, and he looked at the imperial doctor, just now what their master and servant said was confidential, if outsiders knew it, it might cause trouble . Although Li Zhi has been thinking about the conversation between Jiang Zhe's master and servant, he still has no clue. He doesn't understand why Jiang Zhe never talked about his wife's murder and his family's enemies. With murderous eyes in his eyes, he didn't know what was going on in his mind, so he said, "Xiao Shunzi, don't worry, this Imperial Physician Jia is also someone I can trust, he won't go out and talk nonsense." Xiao Shunzi took a look at Li Zhi, Li Zhi tried his best to save him these days, and he felt the same way, he had to show Yong King's face, so he said coldly: "Prince doctor, if you say a single word, don't blame me for being merciless." ." After finishing speaking, even though he touched the desk with his fingers, there was a one-inch-deep finger hole on the hard red pine tabletop. Doctor Jia shuddered and said hastily: "The little doctor will keep his mouth shut." The next time was even more difficult, Jiang Zhe was always angry, and Xiao Shunzi waited by his side every day, with a cold expression, as if everything had nothing to do with him.King Yong and the others were also full of sadness. On this day, the imperial doctor came to report that Jiang Zhe's life might be tonight. Li Zhi sat down slumped, unable to say a word. After that, if Jiang Zhe passed away, Li Zhi would feel cold, what should he do.Just when he was panicking, suddenly Gou Lian ran in with surprise and shouted: "Your Highness, Your Highness, Mr. Sang is here." Li Zhi was overjoyed, just about to stand up, but felt that his hands and feet were weak, and he couldn't stand up anymore.