Practicing Medicine in Three Kingdoms

This momentary thought touched the boy's deepest thoughts.

"Aren't you going to talk to them?"

The sound of Lu Xun's footsteps shattered the silence for a moment, and all the thoughts seemed to fade away in an instant, making his beating heart calm down instantly.

Without turning his head back, Gu Shao quietly watched the people looking around: "I'm already planning to decline Sun Bofu."

Only then did the people behind him show a little surprise, but they didn't speak up after all.

"It's not what you think." Gu Shao said sullenly, "I don't care about my grandfather's affairs... I heard A Yin said that Madam Sun gave birth so hard, perhaps because she was too young to reach her due age. When you get married."

Lu Xun knew how stubborn this person was when he was stubborn, so when Zhou Hui was asked to lie to him back home, he would rather chase after him and beat him until his teeth bleed than believe what other people say.

So he didn't persuade him, just asked: "When do you want to wait?"

Gu Shao never took precautions against him: "A Yin said at least eighteen. I want to go to Sun's family to ask for marriage when I am 20 years old and no longer rely on my father."

These words sound like the foolishness of a young master of an inexperienced family.

Even if he replaces his father as the head of the family, as long as his surname is still Gu, the relationship with the family will only be as inseparable as flesh and blood, and will become deeper and deeper.

Lu Xun didn't make fun of this stupid younger brother, but asked seriously: "What if she doesn't want to wait for you to be 20 years old, or if she doesn't want to marry you? What leverage do you have to exchange her with General Sun?"

These words reminded him that Sun Shangxiang was not only his favorite, but also a gift from the Sun family. This gift was clearly priced in exchange for Gu's loyalty.

But Gu Shao didn't seem to notice this at all.The morning light rushing towards his face was like strands of thin needles, making his pupils ache slightly, he raised his head and closed his eyes.

"If she doesn't have someone she likes, she will never marry for the rest of her life. If she has someone she likes, I won't fight that person either."

He turned his head to look at his brother with calm eyes, and felt apologetic in rare ways: "I know that you and Sun Bofu both want to make this happen, and I also know that my in-laws are not up to me, I just happen to like them It’s just a girl who should be married, but it’s still making things difficult for you.”

The young man's expression was sincere and firm.

Lu Xun stood with his hands behind his back, and behind Gu Shao's invisible back, he folded his hands and held a letter on a bamboo slip, his fingers almost wrung out his veins.

However, his expression didn't change at all.

After a long time, the tense arms in the plain clothes relax

Come down.

"Let's go, they should wait in a hurry."

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The funeral of the old head of the Lu family has not yet passed, and the newly completed Lu mansion is even more simple. It should be plain and white at first glance, except for the pomegranates under the tree that were accidentally sown by birds, burning enthusiastically.Unlike the majestic grandeur of the prefect's mansion in the past, this new house is more scholarly.

Jiyan had already gone to study with Lu Ji, and could not wait for the two young masters. Sun Shangxiang was sitting on the railing, plucking the flexible petals of the pomegranate one after another.

She seemed to ask unintentionally: "You used to come to you when you said you wanted to learn medicine, do you still mean it now?"

Li Yinzhou couldn't remember when he said this kind of joke.

Men and women in this era are not defenseless because they respect women so much, but a colder and more thorough disregard—just like the famous beauties in this period are all spoils of showing off their achievements, and women are just for display. The vase on the table, even if others touch it, touch it, or even break it, it will only touch the face of the owner.

Even if Sun Shangxiang came from the powerful Sun family, and was favored by the two elder brothers, the marriage certificate is nothing more than a contract of prostitution.

Sun Ce has done his best to choose the best home for her.

She didn't want to accept it, not because she didn't trust her brother's choice, but because she didn't like being manipulated into being a puppet who would care for her husband and teach her children.

Li Yinzhou leaned on the railing, looking down at her fingers passing through the fiery red flowers.

These are a pair of very nimble hands, not as greasy and tender as the oily women of your family. The fingers that clasp the wall and climb all the year round are fully drawn bowstrings, tight and full of strength.

It is a pair of hands that are very suitable for being a doctor.

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Sun Shangxiang raised his head, his clear eyes did not attract any dust, and he opened his mouth to speak slightly.

……

The handsome young man leaned against the railing and bowed his head, looking at and smiling at the girl making flowers through the misty morning light.

There is a clear shimmer in the eyes.

Gu Shao was very familiar with that look.

The smile on his face faded slowly, and his slightly callused thumbs unconsciously pinched the bamboo slip that Sun Ce had sent before, feeling a chill in his hands, piercing his bone marrow.

When Li Yinzhou and Sun Shangxiang talked in a low voice, Ling Tong lowered his head and played with the leaves of grass tactfully. He knew where the bottom line of adults was.

Unintentionally seeing Gu Shao stop and look from a distance, he raised his face excitedly: "Someone is here!"

Only then did Sun Shangxiang turn his eyes away.

The summer wind blowing warm sunlight passed through the courtyard.

The pomegranates in full bloom are shining with golden brilliance, reflecting a reddish cheek.

The girl dyed with lead is as clear as water, no matter how good the weather is, it is not as bright as her eyes.

Facing the bright eyes, Gu Shao stepped into the cool shadow of the long corridor.

Holding the letter of marriage discussion deeply under his hand, Fang showed a restrained smile: "Ah Xiang, you are here."

Sun Shangxiang wanted to say something, but Gu Shao continued without breath: "I heard that you came to Wu County to escape marriage, and Ah Yan and I will persuade him, you just go back at ease."

The warm and soft wind blew around the neck, tickling the fine and scattered ear hair.

Sun Shangxiang blinked, trying to distinguish the meaning of these words: "You want to drive me away too?"

This is far from the expected scenario.

Li Yinzhou remained silent, his eyes skipped over Gu Shao's drooping shoulders, and just happened to meet a pair of silent eyes, Junxiu's brows were slightly frowned, and there was a trace of almost imperceptible worry in his forehead.

It seems that there is indeed something tricky.

Li Yinzhou looked down at Ling Tong who was also observing cautiously, and with a movement of his wrist, he suddenly pushed him in front of Gu Shao.

"Young master Gu, this is a lost child, can you please take him to find Ah Weng?"

Gu Shao lowered his eyes: "Okay."

Ling Tong knew that this was definitely an intention to fork him out, so that they could discuss it behind their backs. Just as he blinked his eyes and was about to cry, he saw Sun Shangxiang bit his lip in his blurred vision and said, "I'll go too."

Gu Shao looked up in astonishment.

Ling Tong reacted immediately, and before the other two cunning adults could speak, he quickly took the hands of Liang and Wen, and almost dragged them out of the corridor abruptly.

In the empty courtyard, there are only two young people with their own plans left. The brilliant sunlight is shining, but it only makes people feel lonely.

Li Yinzhou sat down on the railing, he didn't intend to show off, he was talking in his head, but he heard Lu Xun speak first.

"General Sun also wants to facilitate this marriage."

This word has already expressed its position.

Li Yinzhou looked at the awkward backs of the three of them gradually disappearing from a distance, and couldn't help wondering: "Young Master Gu has always had this thought, why is it so abnormal today?"

When Lu Xun relayed Gu Shao's words to him just now, Li Yinzhou heard his forehead twitch suddenly.

Gu Shao cherishes and respects his beloved, which is worthy of praise, but if he has to wait until he is 20 years old, the day lily will be cold.

Can't help feeling a little disgusted with this well-known little writer: "Didn't he know to make a marriage contract with the Sun family first? Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds to marry again in a few years?"

Lu Xun's expression was not so relaxed.

He stretched out his wide sleeves,

He took out a roll of bamboo slips and handed it to Li Yinzhou: "His father, Mr. Gu, wrote a letter, hoping that he could marry my elder sister. The Lu and Gu families have been married for generations, and we must not break off their relationship in our generation."

Li Yinzhou read it word by word, although the intention in the letter was to discuss with Lu Xun, the head of the family, but the tone of the letter was full of the indisputable stubbornness of the elders.

Gu Shao's father, Gu Yong, married Lu Kang's daughter, so Gu Shao should marry Lu Ji's daughter, but this little concubine's father was younger than them, so he had to choose from Lu Xun's sisters.

This dilemma was left to Lu Xun.

Sun Ce and Gu Yong expressed their intention to marry at the same time, and choosing to agree to either side is a statement. The eyes of the family are fixed on the young patriarch day and night-Lu Kang's death can temporarily extinguish their doubts, but as Lu Xun Only the attitude of the new Patriarch can prove who he is after.

On the other hand, completely different from the calm and steady Lu Xun, Sun Ce's style has always been domineering and straightforward. Since Lu Xun has chosen to cooperate with the Sun family, he will not give the Lu family and the aristocratic family the opportunity to continue to connect and live together.He wants to take apart the hard bones of the Jiangdong Family and eat them one by one.

So once the Sun family got rid of Yuan Shu's control and no longer had any worries, he immediately forced Lu Xun to take a stand in this kind of soft way.

No wonder even Lu Xun felt embarrassed. Not only did he have to take care of the faces and positions of both parties, but he also had to take care of his younger brother's silly concerns. The patriarch of a huge family is not so easy to do.

The shady tree shadows and the bright sunlight intertwined, and the gentle wind made his eyes flicker.

Li Yinzhou put down the scroll of bamboo slips: "So in the end, because of this, Young Master Gu finally decided to help you deal with the aristocratic family first?"

"No, I didn't tell him." Lu Xun closed his eyes, "What the family and the general want to know is not his choice, but the Lu family."

I don't know when the wind stopped, and there was silence in the courtyard.

"Since he doesn't know the situation behind him..." Li Yinzhou seemed to think of something, his eyes turned like lightning, and he was speechless.

After a long time, he opened his mouth dumbfounded: "He must have misunderstood something, right?"

Lu Xun suddenly opened his eyes to look at him.

Bright eyes had the same thought as Gu Shao.

Li Yinzhou spread his hands, blinked his eyes, and felt for the first time that this young and mature patriarch and Gu Shao were not in the same boat.

Looking at the clouds curling freely in the sky, he couldn't help laughing.

"Ah Xiang just told me that she wanted to stay in Wujun and study medicine with me.

Especially women's disease, she is more convenient than me as a girl.Although Mrs. Sun may not agree, but..."

His eyes narrowed suddenly: "The Sun family won't be in Jiangdu for long, right?"

According to Sun Ce's stance like a raging fire starting a prairie fire, the feudal marquis is only a matter of today and tomorrow.

The world enjoyed guessing where Sun Ce would be sealed off, and most of them still decided on Jiangdu. After all, there was still a prefect in name in Wu County at this time, and Lujiang County was also distributed to others by the dishonest Yuan Shu.

Only Li Yinzhou knew exactly what Sun Ce's fiefdom was.

The overlord of Soochow is of course Marquis Wu.

Therefore, Sun Ce's grand plan and great cause started in Lujiang, and will eventually spread from Wujun.The seemingly peaceful Xanadu will soon become the central city where the four rivers of the Jiangdong River meet.

He smiled slyly, his eyelashes criss-crossed to filter the fine powdery sunlight: "It's only a year or two, let's find an excuse to procrastinate for a while, in case the Sun family moves to Wu County, Ah Xiang will stay in Wu County." Isn’t it a matter of course for the county? At that time, even the family will not dare to disobey General Sun’s will.”

This event is not one ten thousandth of the probability of guessing, it is the only possibility with absolute certainty.

Li Yinzhou did not completely spoil the future history, and the other party must be able to analyze it.

Lu Xun's gaze followed him as he gazed at the heavy clouds, from slight astonishment to peace to deep thought, and finally to affirmation.

"The general persuaded the Lu family to settle down in Wu County, and put Zhu Shen in, and together with the current prefect to check and balance, he must have made a decision long ago." He said, "Even if they didn't marry at that time, the family could see the clues, so Lu The family only needs to cover up the past two years."

And at that time, the Sun family's status in Jiangdong was even more incomparable. With Sun Ce's violent temper, he probably would not dare to attack the Lu family in Wu County under his nose.

At the same time, the Lu family can be safe and sound, and even continue to stand firm in the precarious world, making the Sun family the best example of recruiting security for the aristocratic family.

Acting both hard and soft, coercion and lure, these eight characters are familiar to Sun Ce and handy.

So all in all, for the Lu family today, it's a trick of procrastination.

You can neither turn your head back to the embrace of the family and betray Sun Ce who is in full swing, nor can you dismantle yourself from the family and weaken yourself as Sun Ce forced, so neither side can agree.

Lu Xun turned his eyes to Li Yinzhou.

Suddenly a familiar gentle smile appeared.

Li Yinzhou seemed to sense the other party's intentions, and cautiously posted back: "You don't mean to..."

Opposite eye

The gods are gentle and modest: "I remember that when the Sun family moved to Jiangdu County in the past, the old lady wanted to take you two, master and apprentice, because Mr. Zhang Ji suddenly became critically ill, so she had to give up."

When Lu Xun mentioned the drama in Lujiang City, it was obviously not for reminiscing about the old days.

How could the little trick of pretending to be sick could have fooled him.

However, the manpower is short, not only did he get the book from the prefect's mansion before, but now Jiyan is also taking the class from Lu Ji. Thanks to the care of the Lu family in the past two years, life in Wu County is smooth.

He gritted his teeth with a creak, and sighed resentfully: "The young master doesn't want to worry about the young master, but he always makes things difficult for me."

When Lu Xun heard the word "embarrassment", not only did he not express the sympathy and guilt that he should have, but he looked back at him very frankly, his voice was like the jumping wind, and he repeated Li Yinzhou's words word by word with a chuckle.

"Because the wild geese are in flocks, they will not lose their direction, so I don't have to take care of everything."

"So Mr. Lao Xiao will do Xun a favor and make Gu Shao sick."

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At sunset, Gu Shaocai sent Sun Shangxiang back to the pharmacy.

With the red setting sun reflected on the faces of the two, they lay on the table of the pharmacy to rest together, obviously working all day.

Li Yinzhou asked casually, "Where's Ling Tong?"

Sun Shangxiang gulped down a sip of herbal tea, wiped the water from the corners of his lips, and let out a long and comfortable breath: "I found his father, he is a big man of charcoal black, and he gave birth to such a fair and clean son. We are afraid that something is wrong. He is a disciple, so I questioned him for a while."

After all, it was still a young eagle. The little kid didn’t know that the person who needed to be watched the most was actually the little fox of the Lu family. Probably when the two reconciled, Ling Tong and his father, Ling Cao, secretly tried to avoid suspicion. To communicate, let him pretend to be an ordinary person and take away his little spy.

The father and son will definitely be on the eaves instead of outside the door.

Really dedicated.

Li Yinzhou slandered, sent Sun Shangxiang to help watch the medicine stove, and immediately pulled Gu Shao and told him the way to delay in a soft voice.

It was limited to this, and Bai Tian and Lu Xun's plan did not reveal a word.

As soon as Gu Shao's eyes widened, Li Yinzhou pressed his lips firmly and whispered to him: "If you delay marrying her for a few years, you can only pretend to be sick. I can guarantee that it will be beneficial to your body. Ah Xiang can also use the excuse of taking care of you to stay in Wu Jun, presumably the Sun family will not object."

Under the dim light, Gu Shaomingrun's eyes were shining brightly.

"If you want to agree, just blink, don't

Speaking of which, that child today is from the Sun family. "

Gu Shao blinked vigorously, even moving his head up and down under the shackles of Li Yinzhou's palm.

After making sure that he was emotionally stable, Li Yinzhou let go of his hand: "Ah Xiang wants to stay in Wu County to study medicine, so don't tell her about it for now, the less people know about it, the better."

Gu Shao's eyes were brightly lit, his lips were trembling, and there were tears of guilt in his eyes: "She told me that she wanted to be a doctor. I misunderstood you pettyly today, but you turned out to be so Be considerate of me, I, I will definitely sacrifice my life to repay you in the future."

Li Yinzhou's eyebrows twitched. Seeing his moved face, he couldn't help but think of what he said on the Cold Food Festival that year, and couldn't help teasing: "How many times has the young master given up his body? Can I still get a finger?"

Gu Shao also thought of those ignorant and naive times in his early years, and couldn't help but sneer: "I only told you this, Ayan is my brother, and I have one heart, and there is no need to thank us. Other than that It's just you and... for being nice to me. But I can only thank you."

Li Yinzhou knew who the omitted name was.

Gu Shao has been awkward for so many years, probably because even Sun Shangxiang fled to Wu County, but Sun Quan never showed up.

That cold and serious boy has now become his elder brother's right and left arm, practicing under Sun Ce's harsh teaching.

Li Yinzhou didn't answer Gu Shao, opened the courtyard door and looked up at the moon.

The sixteenth month is indeed more complete than yesterday, and the diffuse brilliance falls on the world, like clouds, like fog, like cold and deep eyes.

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However, within a month or so, news spread that Gu Shao suddenly fell ill and was in critical condition in Wu County.

The bad news spread along the river to the land of Jiangdong.

"He said that Ah Yin has a way to deal with it, so he told his brother not to worry. He also said that Ah Xiang is also taking care of her in Wu County, and the Lu family will protect her, so that Ling Cao and his son don't have to worry about it."

The 16-year-old young general stood up straight with his sword in his hand, his cold eyes motionless, and his tone continued to report without any twists and turns: "I think that since this is the case, let's postpone the matter of Ah Xiang. Ah Yan is doing things. It has always been safe, it seems that brother does not need to worry."

Sun Ce raised his eyelids and glanced at him, took the bamboo slips from his younger brother, but threw them into the fire without even looking at them.

The embers of the charcoal fire were blown by the strong wind, and instantly dimmed. There was a moment of silence, and the tongue of fire licked up from under the bamboo slips without a sound, swallowing up the slender and upright strokes and strokes word by word.

The gloomy tent suddenly brightened up, and the two brothers who were sitting and standing fell down.

Shadows intertwined and swayed in the uncertain firelight.

Sun Ce had a smile in the corner of his eyes: "Do you think he is curing the disease, or creating the disease?"

Although it was a verbal conversation, Sun Quan understood the meaning behind the words.

He doesn't know the plan of the people in Wu Jun, but with A Yan and A Yin present, they must have made sufficient preparations to deal with this attack.

He frowned and remained silent for a moment, then Fang said: "Ah Yan has always been trustworthy and trustworthy, there is no need for my brother to test him again."

Sun Ce leaned back on the back chair with his head held high, his robes were casually lifted, and his feet were put on the case, he even smiled lightly: "You trust him?"

Sun Quan didn't hesitate: "Bo Yan is to me like Gong Jin is to elder brother, will elder brother doubt Gong Jin?"

The silent but blazing flames gradually faded from Sun Ce's cheeks, and a plume of blue smoke rose from the ashes of the bamboo slips.

He only said slowly: "He is different from Gongjin."

The power of the aristocratic family is criss-crossed, so it can devour people, and it is not scary for any one family to mention it alone.This time is not to test the Lu family, and there is no need to doubt Lu Xun's character.

Instead, they want to dismantle the power of the aristocratic family. As long as their alliance disintegrates from the inside and is broken into pieces, there will be no troubles in the future.

Sun Quan's eyes flickered for a moment.

He also knows that with the growth of his own power, the surrender of the family will be a matter of time.But once they all join the Sun family, they will quickly form a single rope to fight against the old Sun family outside the family, forming a xenophobic and stubborn power group.

Once that day comes, if you want to cut through this rope, it will be difficult to guarantee that you won't hurt the Lu family.

There are only two choices right now, take this opportunity to disintegrate the alliance of the aristocratic families, or believe in Lu Xun's loyalty and ability, and believe that he has the ability to suppress all the aristocratic families.

Sun Ce looked at him with his chin raised, and paused every word: "So, do you still dare to trust him?"

A thunderbolt fell outside the tent, and the mountains and rivers were suddenly illuminated like daylight.What followed was torrential rain, pouring one scoop after another to the world.

The corners of Sun Quan's clothes were blown up by the bleak wind in early autumn.

He stared at the rain curtain covering the sky, moved his lips slightly, and his voice was almost swallowed by the sound of rain.

But Sun Ce heard clearly.

He raised his hand and rubbed his tired forehead, looking at the mountains and rivers with lightning and thunder, he seemed to sigh: "You guys will really make me trouble."

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Gu Shao's illness lasted until the autumn of the third year of Jian'an.

The marriage with the family and the Sun family will be over.

The family no longer doubts the attitude of the Lu family, or is not pregnant

Doubts are useless, the best time has been dragged by Gu Shao's illness——

Sun Ce has been named Marquis of Wu, and has been appointed as the general who seeks rebellion.After several years of dormancy, the Sun family finally left Jiangdu County, which was in a corner of Pianan, and came to the central county of Jiangdong land in a dignified manner.

Hearing the expected news, Li Yinzhou was not surprised, he just rolled his eyes and asked Sun Shangxiang: "Do you want to go back and live with your wife?"

Sun Shangxiang used his cattail fan to blow up a gust of wind, took a breath with his mouth regardless of the image, and finally ignited the damp medicine stove.

She wiped the charcoal ashes scattered on her cheeks, without the slightest bit of pampering that a noble woman should have.

"What are you doing when you go back? My mother and elder brother will definitely want to marry me off again. I'll be annoying when I go back, so it's better to relax here." She raised her eyes and smiled happily, not knowing that this year's freedom was all about Sun Ce She acquiesced, and wanted to continue to be at ease.

She probably didn't know that several people had planned for a long time for this leisurely way. This kind of trick could deceive the aristocratic family who was not familiar with Li Yinzhou's Lujiang past, but it couldn't fool the Sun brothers who had watched him grow up.

However, Gu Shao is still the best son-in-law in Sun's eyes. With his elder brother blatantly favoring her, and his future husband silently waiting for her and protecting her, even Mrs. Sun can't force her head.

Li Yinzhou threw her a clean sackcloth, and Sun Shangxiang smiled and said thank you: "You are still considerate, Ah Yin."

"You're welcome, and it's not for wiping your sweat." He let go of his year-long worries, breathed out a mouthful of cold and warm mist, and looked up at the gray-blue sky.

A group of wild geese passed by in groups, like falling logs or swaying boats, stretching their wings in the palpitating long wind and gliding high across the sky.

In Sun Shangxiang's resentful eyes, he said: "Take it to wipe Gu Shao's head, he should be healed too, don't rely on me all day long."

The author has something to say: In order to prevent you from getting caught up in the knife, I worked overtime for 6 days, and finished writing this small twists and turns. I am too conscientious.

In fact, Xiangxiang is a real, career-minded, essence-faced dog, a ten thousand-year-old widow king, what kind of marriage are you here to start a career together!