Practicing Medicine in Three Kingdoms

The young man's gloomy expression was like dark rain, beating a chaotic rhythm in his heart.

"Where is the general?"

Ji Yan raised her eyes, there was momentary hesitation in her bright eyes, she was about to say something when she was interrupted by a clear voice.

"Ayan, you have been guarding him for a long time, the sky is almost dawn, you go to rest."

Sun Shangxiang pushed the door and walked in with his head down, pressed Ji Yan's shoulder with trembling fingertips, and pushed him out of the door without any explanation: "Go."

Through the half-closed door, Li Yinzhou saw that the sky was already half bright, and a red star flickered faintly in the gray-blue sky, as if it was about to sink into the dark night sky.

Sun Shangxiang's back looks extraordinarily thin in the empty night.

"What's going on?" He didn't care about the exhaustion around him, he pulled the straw sandals and walked to Sun Shangxiang, stretched out his hand to shake her shoulder, "Tell me first how the general is doing now?"

Hearing this, Sun Shangxiang's back suddenly twitched.

She whispered: "Brother, he's gone."

Li Yinzhou didn't react for a moment: "Where did you go?"

Sun Shangxiang suddenly turned around and looked at him with piercing eyes.

He forced out a sentence almost word by word: "He fought with three thieves, and died of poison in the end."

Li Yinzhou has not yet recovered from the sad news of Sun Ce's death. The words "death from poison" stung his eardrums like a rain of arrows. He suddenly raised his head, his throat trembling slightly: "Impossible, I obviously gave him charcoal powder .”

He watched him swallow the whole bag with his own eyes.

Sun Shangxiang raised his hand and wiped the corners of his eyes fiercely, lowered his voice, and tried his best to keep calm in his choked throat: "I checked my brother's body, the wound on his face was not covered with the kind of charcoal powder you made, It's just ordinary medicinal charcoal."

In the dull late night of midsummer, the hot and humid air seems to be able to wring out sweat drop by drop.

Li Yinzhou couldn't help shivering.

"Ayin, I believe you won't harm your brother, so you didn't say anything, but you have to tell me." She finally couldn't help crying, coughing, "Tell me who it is."

Amidst the girl's mournful cries, the whole day passed by like a revolving lantern.

In the morning, he was in a hurry to go to the general's mansion, and he didn't have time to turn back in person, so he ordered Ji Yan to get the charcoal powder.

He said that he was only a moment late because he couldn't find the horse, and he didn't suspect anything at all.

The light in the cave was very dim, and he never thought about the possibility of the charcoal powder being dropped.

boom--

Push

The sound of the door entering was like a loud slap to his face.

"It has nothing to do with my brother, I changed the charcoal powder."

The young man was alone and independent, with stubborn and empty eyes.

Although Sun Shangxiang thought it was him, it was only a momentary thought, and she even felt ashamed and remorseful for this moment, but she never thought it was true.She looked straight at Ji Yan, and could hardly speak for a moment.

"When did you know that Gong Ji had an affair with Xu Gong's disciple?" Li Yinzhou lowered his voice and asked.

"On the day Marquis Wu married my concubine, my brother's clothes were torn by an arrow." Ji Yan turned to look at her brother, and smiled helplessly, "But my brother always kept it from me, and he didn't tell me that day either. Something happened. Later I asked Gong Ji if he knew about it, so I knew about those things."

In the early morning of that day, the snow fell all night, he slept with his clothes on, and the thoughtful young man added a thick coat for him.

"When my brother visited the Lu residence, Gong Ji already knew the news of Yuan Shu's death. He just wanted an answer, but he just couldn't get it, and he won't get it again."

Jiyan's voice became colder and colder, as if it had been frozen for a whole winter, and at this moment the ice finally cracked.

He lowered his eyes wearily, and slightly curled his lips: "Although Gong Ji didn't want to tell me more, but I knew it when I saw Yan Yu, and they must be going to attack. Sun Ce will take revenge if he survives." , Gong Ji will not be able to live. Brother, I have no choice."

Seeing his desperate and lonely expression, Li Yinzhou suddenly felt regretful, why he was so eager to see Lu Xun and Sun Quan that day, leaving the two teenagers in the freezing winter.

He asked hoarsely, "Then you never thought that Gong Ji would be held accountable and die if the general passed away."

"No!" Ji Yan's expression trembled, she raised her head suddenly, her cold eyes were burning like fireworks, "As long as you don't tell me, brother, now no one will know that Gong Ji tricked Marquis Wu out. , brother..."

Under Li Yinzhou's gloomy gaze, his eyes became cold little by little, as if he had made up his mind, he suddenly threw off his robe and knelt down, hurriedly kneeled to his brother's feet, and said in a low voice:

"Brother, have you ever thought that Gong Ji is also Boyan's son-in-law, and he is a member of the Lu family. Once he is held accountable, the entire Lu family will bear the blame. Besides, Sun Ce and the Lu family have old grievances, and others will definitely I thought it was Boyan who instigated him to do such a thing."

He raised his head and stared at Li Yinzhou: "Also, since Boyan and Young Master Sun are friends, others will speculate whether it is the young master who killed him."

bro.There are more than two brothers in the Sun family, and his concubine brothers will definitely make a fuss about it. The young master is unpopular after losing a battle. If the matter of Gongji is revealed, he will not be able to inherit the family business! "

Li Yinzhou looked down at Jiyan coldly.

He had always thought that a young man was a pure white piece of paper, untouched by worldliness and scheming.

In fact, Ji Yan is a very smart child. As long as he wants, he can easily use the most hated secularism to threaten the secular people.

Fold a body proudly and cast an awl knife.

He thought he could protect Lu Ji in this way.

Li Yinzhou only felt the bone-chilling cold for a moment, as if the harshest wind in Wu County's deep winter had blown through his lungs, leaving only countless bloody and bone-piercing remains.

"You said Gong Ji tricked Marquis Wu out?"

Jiyan pursed her lips and remained silent.

During the long silence, the light of the sky broke through the heavy night, and fell straight on his snow-like pale and cold face through the well-arranged windows.

Li Yinzhou raised his hand, exhausted all his strength, and slapped him hard.

There was a sound like broken porcelain, and Ji Yan pulled the corners of her mouth in pain, her eyes were calm: "It's okay for brother to vent his anger, originally..."

"Do you think you protected Gongji?" Li Yinzhou looked at him coldly and asked, "Gongjiming knew that you and I were going to find him to deliver medicine that day, so how could he easily leave evidence with his care?"

Jiyan's eyes trembled slightly: "Gongji he..."

"Zixiu." He interrupted Jiyan's words, and said sadly, "Gong Ji no longer bears any grudges against the general, he did not lie to the general, the wild goose feather was left by him to ask for help."

Sun Ce's attitude yesterday also confirmed his conjecture that Lu Ji deliberately left the wild goose feathers so that Li Yinzhou, who is good at detoxification, could detect the hidden danger.

Perhaps only Lu Ji himself knows what the two have gone through, but his original intention was to redeem his mistakes.

"I'm going to find Gongji." Ji Yan staggered back a step in disbelief, he knocked open the door, and ran out almost like escaping.

Li Yinzhou wanted to chase him out, but was blocked by a silver gun.

The long red tassel floated in front of my eyes.

At this moment, he almost had an illusion and blurted out: "General!"

What answered him was Ling Cao's cold voice: "Are you awake? Mr. Zhang asked me to take you to the barracks."

Before he could resist, Ling Cao scooped him up on the horse, and said to Ling Tong who was not far away, "Look at Ah Xiang."

Then he swung his whip and went away.

……

The horseshoes trample all the way quietly

At dawn, he ran to the camp of the garrison outside the city.

Li Yinzhou almost rolled off the horse, his legs went limp, but Ling Cao forcefully lifted him up: "Mr. Zhang, I brought him here."

Zhang Zhao stood under Lie Lie Changshu's military banner.

Seeing this young man, the cold fire in his eyes seemed to be suddenly splashed by cold water, and a faint smoke and sorrow rose.However, it was only a moment of darkness, like a charcoal that had diluted the embers, and became even hotter after the cold silence.

His tone was light: "Come with me."

Ling Cao gave Li Yinzhou a push: "Go, it's safe here, I'll follow you from afar."

Li Yinzhou staggered and followed Zhang Zhao, no longer able to guess what he wanted to do.

Was it threatening him to tell the truth?Or force him to hide the truth?Holding the bell around his waist, he followed Zhang Zhao like a wandering soul.

"Look." Zhang Zhao was extremely calm. He pointed at the soldiers who got up for morning drill without sadness or joy, and even greeted them with a smile.

The news of Sun Ce's death must have been hidden. The ignorant soldiers took off their uniforms and put on their armor, gearing up to attack Xudu.

Zhang Zhao stopped in front of a small soldier.

He smiled gently: "How old are you?"

The little soldier got out of the queue and replied crisply: "Twelve."

Li Yinzhou raised his eyes in surprise, and saw an immature face with circles of sweat on it.

Zhang Zhao asked the doubts in his heart for him: "Why did you join the army at such a young age?"

Xiao Bing raised his hand and scratched his head, the baggy clothes caught his arm, he blushed shyly, he was a little afraid of the majestic Zhang Zhao, but he was also a little curious.

Still honestly confessed: "Because I, Aunt, starved to death, and Auntie remarried, and I would drag her down by following Auntie, so I decided to join the army."

Zhang Zhao looked at him deeply: "But people will die in war, aren't you afraid of death?"

The soldier hesitated for a moment.

Finally, he shook his head: "If you don't fight, you will starve to death. At least you can make a living in the barracks, and dying in battle is more comfortable than starving to death."

"You are very honest." Zhang Zhao was not angry, but patted him on the head, "Go back."

The young soldier retreated into the ranks, posing in the first cool breeze in the morning, followed by the other soldiers and shouted: "Drink!"

For the first time, Li Yinzhou carefully looked at these faces that have not been described in any words in history. From the age of 12 to 60, some people's bodies have not grown up yet, and some people's faces are already wrinkled. There is no imagination on their faces. The excitement and fighting spirit in the

Get up early to practice according to the orders of the superiors.

Zhang Zhao raised his head and continued to lead him down, asking as he walked, "Do you know how many soldiers there are in the barracks?"

Li Yinzhou didn't expect this question, he shook his head: "I don't know."

Zhang Zhao asked again: "Then do you know how much food these people eat every day and how much military supplies they consume?"

"……do not know."

From Lujiang to Wujun, he avoided disputes and wars all the way. Except for a short stay in Jiujiang military camp, he always lived in the city protected by Lu Kang and Sun Ce, leading a peaceful and peaceful life.

He had never actually experienced war.

Zhang Zhao turned his head, Huafa was flying in the air, he looked at Li Yinzhou with a strange look: "You have the ability, you don't need to live here, but you don't know anything about the army, which is enough to prove that you No ambition. So why did you come?"

Why?

It was because of Sun Quan's critical illness, and because they needed a doctor. He only wanted to protect the important people in his life, and it had nothing to do with their identity, status, or future glory.

His cheeks twitched for a moment, and he smiled forcedly: "I thought I could save people, at least my friends. I want to protect them, but..."

But he failed to save Sun Ce.

He was protected again.

Depressed grief rushed out like a flood, and in the tenth year of this era, he shed tears for the first time.

I couldn't cry.

Zhang Zhao stopped walking, and pressed his vigorous hands on his trembling shoulders with great strength.

"It's the same with the general." He said, "This old man has been with the general for nearly ten years. In fact, he is not as arrogant as outsiders say. He just wants to protect the people he values."

"Yes, I know." Li Yinzhou nodded hurriedly, "I always knew."

Lujiang's release, Ah Xiang's escape from home, the red-tasseled gun in Ling Cao's hand, the bell around his waist, and... the white tiger fur for Ji Yan.

It's all about his unknown tenderness.

Zhang Zhao gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, pointed to the southwest skyline: "Look."

The blurred vision gradually became clear in the fine cool wind, and the red star flickered faintly in the sky.

Zhang Zhaodao: "This is Shangxing, also known as Dahuo. Both the people and the court know about this star. In the past, there were special officials observing its trajectory."

The sky covered by heavy clouds is like a gray-blue sea, filled with thin stars and moons, and the blazing Shang star seems to be extinguished.

"I know." Li Yinzhou looked at him sadly.

Looking at the sky, "Fire flows in July, clothes are given in September, and after Shang Xing disappears, the sky becomes colder."

Zhang Zhao stood for a long time against the wind blowing.

After a while, he said: "But in the coming year, it will return to people's sight."

The voice of the elder is like the emptiness of the world in the vast night.

He asked: "There are many stars in the sky that are brighter and longer than Shang, but do you know why the common people value Shang?"

Scabs of tears condensed on the face, like a hand that was slowly loosened, no longer covering the eyes.

Zhang Zhao said slowly and deeply: "Because the day when it reappears is the time of spring plowing. So even if it leaves the night sky, people will miss it day and night."

No matter how bright the starlight is, it will eventually perish one day. People look up at the starry sky day after day, but what they remember is not its dazzling brilliance.

It is the night and the road ahead that they once illuminated.

Li Yinzhou stared at the big red star that was about to fall.

The night wind was blowing his forehead hair, the light of dawn was in his dancing sight, Shang Xing finally dragged the red flame slowly down the sky.

He looked at the sky for the last time, closed his eyes heavily, and prayed silently in his heart.

After a hundred years, when we meet again, it must be spring.

……

When dawn came, the mud on the road ahead became more slippery. Zhang Zhao led him through the barracks until he reached a tent.

Li Yinzhou could vaguely guess his intentions.

Zhang Zhao didn't hide it: "The young master has a withdrawn temperament and is always alienated from his subordinates. He won't be willing to listen to me, so please ask the master to do it for you."

"What kind of virtue and ability, let Mr. Zhang call you a gentleman." Li Yinzhou looked at Zhang Zhao's old face, and saw the shadows of many people on it, Lu Kang, Zhang Ji, Sheng Xian... those figures who had gone away at this moment It seemed that they were all back in front of him.

He couldn't help but said: "You don't like the young master, why..."

Zhang Zhao seemed to think of something, and suddenly smiled: "Actually, I don't like the general very much. He is too unruly. He always persuades me to drink and likes to make fun of the old man. The young master is not as good as him in everything, but he is considerate of the old man." This bone."

While talking, he also closed his eyes, still smiling: "So this time, let's choose someone who obeys the rules and doesn't make trouble."

Li Yinzhou suddenly had an impulse. He wanted to tell Zhang Zhao that this time the person you chose was also very rebellious and impulsive. He didn't even know how to lead troops. He made a joke. Of course he also has a lot of achievements, but it was because of your opposition. ongoing.He will be angry with you all day long, like a child who will never obey discipline.

but he will stay with you for a long time

It's time for you to send black-haired people away.

He endured it for a long time, but in the end he didn't say it.

Just nodded: "OK."

Zhang Zhao waved his hand and set foot on the road when he came, his lonely back straightened up vigorously, then he beat his back in pain, shook his head and walked towards a busy day.

Li Yinzhou looked back and pushed open the heavy door.

In the dim light, the small tent was like a lonely den.A ray of light that came out the moment the door was pushed open spread in, reflected on a stern face, and cast a deep shadow under the nose.

With the faint smell of alcohol lingering on the tip of his nose, Li Yinzhou jumped over the motionless and half-lying young man like an ice sculpture, and pushed open the closed windows on both sides.

The morning light suddenly filled the whole room, but Sun Quan shrunk in desperately as if his whole body was burning, until a shadow fell in front of his eyes, and the nervously shrunken pupils stopped trembling.

Li Yinzhou stood in front of him, looking down at him for the first time.

He asked: "How long does the young master want to hide?"

Sun Quan turned his head and covered his eyes with his arm: "Go out."

Li Yinzhou looked at the young man who looked like a trapped beast, and thought of Zhang Zhao's rare gentleness just now. Perhaps his expression before was the same as Sun Quan's now, so fragile that he could be shattered by a harsh word.

His arm was still wrapped in a bandage, and it was soaked with blood, and the new flesh that had just grown had burst open again.

But how can we get rid of the spreading carrion without experiencing the pain of cutting the flesh to the bone?

Li Yinzhou then lowered his voice and almost questioned: "Does the young master know how much food and grass the garrison spends on a day?"

What answered him was a silent silence, the fine dust fluttered in the bright morning sun, which made the young man's eyes turn red.

Sun Quan suddenly jumped up like a leopard, raised his fist and slammed hard in front of him.With a loud bang, the military newspapers all over the floor were scattered one by one.

The patrolling soldiers exclaimed outside: "Young master!"

Li Yinzhou replied loudly: "It's okay, I accidentally bumped into a lamp."

He didn't turn his face until Xiaobing walked away in doubt.

Sun Quan's voice seemed to be cracked into pieces of difficult bamboo slips: "I don't know how to fight, and I don't know how much food and grass I spend a day. I'm just a waste, and I don't deserve to inherit the family business. Everyone says that Sun Yi is more like me than me." Brother, you should ask him this question."

In the year when he lost his father, he still had the protection of his elder brother, but now that his elder brother has also left, the young man who was suddenly exposed to the storm realized how small he was.

"Father has gone, and so has elder brother." He hiccupped and his shoulders were shaking with a smile, "I want

What is this army doing?What do I want the world to do? "

The chaotic smell of alcohol fluttered on his neck, and a scorching drop of water suddenly dripped from his shoulder.

Li Yinzhou thought of Sun Ce who lost his father that year. He also lost the old family of the Sun family and the honor of the past. The 16-year-old Sun Ce didn't even have time to grieve, so he had to pick up the gun and start planning for the future of the Sun family. .

As for Sun Quan, he is a child who is overprotected by his elder brother.He still has a lot of things left by Sun Ce, and Zhang Zhao and a group of former ministers have tried their best to plan for him, with unlimited time and future.

There are countless springs.

Li Yinzhou suddenly settled down, swallowed the gentle words Zhang Zhao taught him, and asked coldly, "Then have you seen the soldiers in the barracks?"

Sun Quan nodded blankly.

"Do you think you are miserable? You lost your father, and you also lost your brother." He gritted his teeth, and almost bleed with a creak, "But have you ever thought that with so many soldiers under your brother's command, how many Parents and brothers? They can't cry because they still have to live, and all their hopes are pinned on you."

"The general has passed away. In the eyes of outsiders, Jiangdong is now a piece of boneless flesh. Do you want those soldiers to die for you? Do you want the people of Jiangdong to be buried with them?"

He almost pressed against Sun Quan's ear, and said in an almost cruel tone: "You can continue to cry, anyway, someone will help you bear it, right?"

Leaning against him, the young body trembled.

"But I can't even win against Chen Deng." Sun Quan's voice sounded in his ears, but it seemed very far away, and he was as confused as a fog. "I still said Cao Cao. In fact, I don't know how to lead troops to fight at all."

Guangling's failure has never dissipated in his heart, and the jokes of others are not as sharp as his own suspicion.

Li Yinzhou put his fingers together and straightened his body, forcing him to look directly at the heavy military tents outside the window.

"If you don't know how to use soldiers, Gongjin can teach you. If you don't know how to employ people, Duke Zhang can teach you. If you are worried about family rebellion, Boyan will help you find a way. If you are afraid of not having a good doctor, I can stay by your side " He squeezed Sun Quan's shoulders tightly, "But there is one thing that we can't compare to you, not even the general. Do you still remember that you thought Cao Cao would defeat Yuan Shao before the general decided to attack Xudu. Until now, few people think so."

He lowered his voice and revealed a lot of hidden secrets: "Young master, only you are right."

Bright daylight shone through the wide open windows,

It lit up the person who hadn't slept all night, and there was a throbbing ripple in the seemingly frozen eyes.

Blood color finally appeared on Sun Quan's pale face. He frowned, stared deeply at the north, and the shattered confidence resurfaced in his eyes little by little.

Li Yinzhou knew that he never believed in prophecy, even without himself, Sun Quan could get out of the mourning and shoulder the responsibility that his brother had borne.

But if he can heal the wound in his heart, perhaps many tragedies in the future can be avoided.

The stubborn and paranoid face of the young man seemed to be reflected in front of his eyes.

He watched Ji Yan grow up, from a three-year-old child who could not speak a word to a 13-year-old boy who could fight with the Confucianists with his tongue. They supported each other and grew up for nearly ten years, but they didn't know what happened. When did you step on a stranger's road.

Maybe it was the day when he seriously asked about Lujiang but was concealed, or maybe it was the day when he hid the hole in his clothes.

He closed his eyes wearily, and slowly sorted out the truth in his heart. He was about to tell Sun Quan everything, but he heard the hasty sound of horseshoes breaking through the morning mist.

Ling Tong flew down from his horse and rushed towards the two of them like an arrow. He glanced cautiously at Sun Quan and saw that although he was disheveled, his expression was no longer depressed, so he dared to pull Li Yinzhou's wrist and pull it away.

Sun Quan turned his eyes to look at Ling Tong, retracted his eyes from his hiding sight, and said indifferently: "Go."

It wasn't until he ran all the way out of the barracks that Li Yinzhou lowered his voice and asked him, "What happened?"

Only then did Ling Tong show an anxious expression: "Zixiu went to find Gongji, didn't know what he said, and ran out of the city like crazy. Boyan has already ordered someone to look for him. Let me come to you to see you." he."

The author has something to say: There are probably many friends who will abandon the article, and I am very grateful for the company along the way, but I still don’t think it is respect and love to give historical figures "immortality".

When Sun Ce appears in people's impression, he is always fiery and arrogant. He is deified as a god of war, a dreamer who burns himself, but everyone seems to forget that he also has a gentle side.

War is a double-edged sword. It protects peace and destroys it. On the premise that history must be respected, I hope that Sun Ce in my writing will be the eternal protector of Jiangdong and the merchant star who brings hope. Although the curtain will eventually come to an end, his The will will return in the spring through posterity.

And about Ji Yan, the next chapter will explain the whole story, there will be a price to pay for making mistakes, and misunderstandings have inevitable factors.