Chapter 39 fourth quarter

In the early morning of the second day, just as the fifth watch sounded, Bai Shao was already sitting in front of the dressing table for Xiaocui to do her makeup.Xiaocui said: "Listen, it's only five o'clock, what are you doing up so early, looking uneasy?" Bai Shao said while looking at the bronze mirror: "Early this morning, the Prime Minister is going to call Doctor Ji Ping to see a doctor. This time It’s not really seeing a doctor, because I heard people’s reports that Imperial Physician Ji was also involved in some people’s conspiracy. The Prime Minister pretended to be sick, so as to verify whether Imperial Physician Ji had any intention of harming him.” Xiaocui said: “Since there are precautions, then Prime Minister Cao is absolutely safe. Miss, why are you so anxious?" Bai Shao said: "I always feel a little uneasy, I'd better go and have a look." Xiao Cui said while helping to dress up, "Didn't you say that you don't do it yourself, but others will Killing Prime Minister Cao, you don’t care if you see it?” Bai Shao was speechless, paused for a while and said: “Let’s have a look and then talk about it.”

Bai Shao finished dressing, dressed warmly, opened the door and went out. It was just a little hazy.The courtyard was covered with snow all night.She walked out of the courtyard gate, four female soldiers were patrolling around the small courtyard, they saluted her together, two of them followed Bai Shao, and the two remained around the small courtyard.Bai Shao walked forward through the snow-covered garden through the snow. At this time, several servants of the Xiangfu led a small sedan chair to stop at the gate of the Xiangfu.It was Jiping who came down.Then, the domestic servants led Ji Ping up the steps in a hurry, entered the gate, walked through the courtyard, and came to the back hall.Cao Cao was lying on the couch with a handkerchief covering his head.Bai Shao sat by the bed.Ji Ping put down the medicine box and said, "Prime Minister has a headache again?" Cao Cao opened his eyes slightly, and said, "We can only ask the imperial doctor to treat the disease in advance." Then, he motioned for Ji Ping to sit down, and pointed to Bai Shao , introduced weakly: "This is Bai Shao, the master of the Xiangfu, the granddaughter of Mr. Zheng Kangcheng in Xuzhou." Ji Ping sat down by the bed, touched Cao Cao's pulse, and said, "I have met the master. , the last time I treated the prime minister’s arrow wound.” Cao Cao remembered and nodded slightly: “The last time was the emperor’s field hunting, and Yang Diao shot people with arrows. Bad people in this world always use their hands to kill people, and they kill people with knives. What do you think? Is it vicious?"

Ji Ping was slightly taken aback, and said, "Naturally it's vicious." Cao Cao said slowly again: "Last time Yang Diao stole Zhang Liao's arrow and shot Gu. Everyone thought Zhang Liao was the murderer. Gu did not suspect Zhang Liao, and finally caught the real culprit. Gu will never suspect anyone casually, but the suspect will never let go." Pass." When Ji Ping heard this, his eyes reacted slightly. Bai Shao quietly sat aside, observing quietly. Ji Ping changed the subject and said: "Knowing that the prime minister's old illness has relapsed, Ji has pre-prepared the medicine. Where is the medicine jar? Or should I suffer for the prime minister with my own hands. Once the medicine is taken, the pain will stop immediately." Cao Cao raised his finger and pointed to the other side of the house , There is a charcoal furnace medicine tank.Zhu Si led his servants in to serve him.Ji Ping said: "You don't need so many people, I can do it alone." Cao Cao raised his hand slightly: "You all step down." Zhu Si and the others looked around and retreated outside worriedly.Ji Ping poured the herbal medicine into the pot and added water to boil it, and after a while the medicinal fragrance filled the air.After a while, the medicine was ready. Ji Ping poured out a bowl and brought it to Cao Cao's bed: "Drink it while it's hot, and your headache will heal immediately."

Cao Cao opened his eyes slightly, and said: "The imperial doctor can try this medicine first." Ji Ping said: "I have always boiled medicine for the prime minister, but the prime minister never let me taste it first." Cao Cao said: "You boil the medicine for the emperor to see a doctor. No?" Ji Ping said, "Naturally, you have to taste it." Cao Cao said, "Why don't you taste it once when you boil medicine for Gu Gu?" Ji Ping shook his head and said, "The prime minister always says that you don't need to be suspicious, but you don't need to be suspicious when you employ someone." Cao Cao said, "" The situation has changed, and there is a reason for it. It is better to ask the imperial physician to taste it first." Ji Ping shook his head, took a sip of the medicine, and then passed the medicine to Cao Cao.Cao Cao asked Bai Shao to raise the pillow, and lay there still shaking his head.Ji Ping sighed: "Is the Prime Minister still suspicious?" Cao Cao looked at Ji Ping with a thoughtful expression.Ji Ping simply picked up the medicine bowl, drank a few swigs, and put the remaining half bowl of medicine in front of Cao Cao: "Please use it this time, Prime Minister, and there should be no more doubts." Seeing this, Cao Cao immediately came to his senses and said "Prince Ji, please forgive me, Gu Sui made a mistake, Gu should make amends." Then, with Bai Shao's support, he sat up, picked up the medicine and drank it down.

Cao Cao said: "Don't doubt people, and don't doubt people. It's easy to say, but it's hard to do. If you should be suspicious, you should miss it, and if you shouldn't be suspicious, you should be wrong. It's a big crime. Let's hope how many years you and I will know and trust each other." , Forgive me for my suspicion.” After hearing this, Ji Ping looked a little confused, as if he couldn't figure out something for a while.He turned his head and said: "I should drink a bowl, let me drink half a bowl, the dose is short, I will decant the remaining medicine dregs in the medicine pot, and I can pour out half a bowl to make up for the prime minister." .” As he spoke, he took the bowl over, picked up the medicine jar and dumped it.Cao Cao lay on his back and waited, unable to see Ji Ping's direction.Bai Shao sat on one side, but watched Ji Ping's operation from the corner of his eyes.After pouring out the medicine, Ji Ping poured a small packet of medicine powder into the soup medicine in the bowl when no one was prepared.

Although this movement is not easy to detect, it was still seen by Bai Shao. Ji Ping brought the medicine again and asked Cao Cao to drink it.Bai Shao stretched out his hand and said, "I'll wait for the prime minister to take the medicine." Ji Ping hesitated for a moment, looked at Bai Shao instantly, and gave the medicine bowl to Bai Shao.Bai Shao said: "I'll try it first this time." Ji Ping said: "The dosage of the medicine is already insufficient, so there is no need to try it again." Cao Cao also said: "There is no need to try it again, just bring it to me and drink it." sit up.Bai Shao took the medicine and glanced at Ji Ping.Ji Ping dared not face it squarely.Bai Shao took the medicine to feed Cao Cao, and dropped the bowl to the ground when he missed it. The bowl broke and the soup spilled all over the floor.Ji Ping was a little anxious: "Why is the master so careless?" Bai Shao said nothing.Cao Cao waved his hand: "It's okay, just boil it and drink it."

Bai Shao and Ji Ping looked at each other.There was a moment of silence.Both of them looked down at the ground at the same time, black smoke rose from the place where the liquid medicine flowed out, and the masonry cracked.Cao Cao also saw it with his probe, and suddenly raised his eyes, and shouted loudly: "Come on!" Cao Pi and the housekeeper Zhu Si rushed in with all the servants, took Ji Ping down and knocked him to the ground. Cao Cao said to Bai Shao: "Fortunately, you missed it and found the poison. It is really the gods who use your hand to protect my life." Bai Shao lowered his eyes and did not speak.Cao Cao lifted the quilt and got off the bed, stood up straight, pointed at Ji Ping and said, "I said, "Why do you just say that someone killed someone with a knife, and your eyes flickered. I forgive you, a doctor, and you wouldn't think of poisoning me. Say, you come here today." Poison, who will assign it?"

Ji Ping was pressed there, and he said loudly: "No one has assigned you, kill him if you want, and you will die without regret." Cao Cao raised his hand to signal, and everyone lifted Ji Ping who was pinned to the ground, and stood there.Cao Cao said: "I have treated you with sincerity, and I have never owed you anything. Why did you do such a cruel thing?" Ji Ping said bluntly, "It's hard to cover righteousness with personal friendship." Cao Cao stared at Ji Ping and said, "It seems that you are Do you want to tell the truth?" Cao Cao ordered: "Pull him down for trial, and he will be punished!" Ji Ping said, "It's all free, let go, I say."

Cao Cao gave a brief signal, and everyone let go of their hands. Ji Ping said: "Prime Minister Cao, there is a piece of medicine in my medicine box with the word 'Cao' written on it. It is a prescription for treating your head wind. You can take the medicine according to this prescription in the future and you will be cured by yourself. This prescription can be bought in any pharmacy. One look, and one can understand the principles of medicine. A doctor should only be concerned with treating diseases. It’s a pity that fate and human affairs don’t allow the prime minister to die, so I, Ji Ping, will just die.” As he spoke, he bumped his head against the pillar, and his head was bleeding. , collapsed to the ground.Cao Cao was taken aback, and waved his hand. Everyone splashed cold water on Ji Ping to wake him up, turned him over, and lay on his back.Cao Cao asked: "What else do you want to say?" Ji Ping was dying and said: "I just want to die." Cao Cao said: "Is there anything else?" Ji Ping shook his head slightly.Cao Cao asked: "Just now you said that the fate of human affairs will not let me die. What do you mean by so-called human affairs, and who are you referring to?" Ji Ping raised his finger at Bai Shao with the last bit of strength, and his arm froze in the air for a while, then fell down and passed out.Zhu Si squatted down, stretched out his hand to test his breath, and said, "It may be hopeless."

Cao Cao waved his hand: "Put it down first, and then we'll talk about the rest. It is reported that Xun You, the military adviser, and important civil and military officials have come here to discuss urgently." Cao Pi said, "I obey." Everyone carried Ji Ping down. Cao Cao paced back and forth in the room.Bai Shao sat aside and looked at him.Cao Cao stopped, pointed to the ground and said, "This pool is the stain of poison, and this pool is the blood stain from Ji Ping's head bump. How could things be like this?" The medicine can looked at it.He opened the medicine box again, and took out a piece of medicine paper, with the word "Cao" written on the header, followed by the names of ten or twenty medicines.Cao Cao shook the medicine note, put it down, walked a few more steps with his hands behind his back, and said, "How can those people order him? Judging by his appearance today, he hesitated before poisoning me. He wanted to kill me, but he still stayed behind." It’s really hard to understand the prescription.” Cao Cao waved his hand and cut the mess quickly, “It seems that Qin Qingtong’s report is true. The full-body portrait that pierces through me was painted by Wu Zilan, and everyone knows that Wu Zilan has these two tricks. .”

Cao Cao looked at Bai Shao and said, "Emperor Ji Ping finally said that the mandate of heaven and personnel will not let me die. Destiny is the destiny of heaven, so there is no need to talk about it. Human affairs are schemes of man. Why did he point at you? You discovered him at that time?" Bai Shao looked at Bai Shao. Shao sighed: "Prime Minister, don't ask, people often meddle in things they shouldn't be meddling in." Cao Cao was a little puzzled: "What do you mean by that? Didn't you mean you?" Bai Shao was silent, her expression was a little dazed, the matter of the imperial doctor Ji Ping obviously made her a little terrified. Cao Pi hurried in: "Father, military adviser Xun You and important civil and military officials have arrived." Cao Cao arrived at the front lobby.Xun You and the civil and military dignitaries stood neatly in two shifts left and right.Only the military adviser Guo Jia was guarding the front line of the Guandu Supervising Army and did not return.Cao Cao sat down in the middle, and Bai Shao took the secretary's seat on one side as usual.Cao Cao said: "From last night to this morning, two things happened in succession. The first thing is that Qin Qingtong, a slave in Dong Cheng's mansion, the uncle of the state, came here to report. Wu Shuo, General Zhaoxin Wu Zilan and Ji Ping's imperial physician conspired to kill Gu. The second thing, this morning, Gu pretended to be ill and called Ji Ping imperial physician to check whether he had the intention of harming Gu. The pillar fell to the ground, and it is estimated that there is no rescue. What should we do now?" Xun Youlue turned his eyes to think for a moment, and came out and said, "I would like to report to the Prime Minister that the news of Imperial Physician Ji Ping's failure to save him must be strictly sealed. Now it is better to let some rumors out, saying that Imperial Physician Ji Ping has confessed to participating in a party conspiracy. Then There must be people who are panicked and confused, and those suspicious people who are under surveillance will show their feet, and they can be caught in one go." Cao Cao nodded and said: "The strategist's plan is concise and clever, let's let it out. Tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. I have received an order from His Majesty the day before yesterday. On the Lantern Festival, I will entertain all officials in the Xiangfu on behalf of His Majesty. Whoever dares to come will be welcome." There are ghosts, and if there are ghosts, if you dare to come forward, you will have your own plan to knock them out and wipe them out in one fell swoop."