Snake Tale

After many days of fierce fighting, leaving the city full of holes and tens of thousands of corpses, the battle that brought Qi State to the brink of extinction finally came to an end.The people in Guizhou are determined, and the soldiers who survived the battle are looking forward to returning to the capital as soon as possible, to be rewarded for their meritorious service, and to shine in the village.However, on that day, when the chief general of the Qi army changed his crown, held his breath, and listened to the order announced by the Linzi envoy, everyone couldn't help but looked at each other in blank amazement.It turned out that although Qi Jun's edict was full of rhetoric and greatly boasted of the achievements of the soldiers in securing the country, it did not mention anything related to the triumphant return of the Qi army. Sheng led his troops to occupy the capital of Yan State, Jicheng, and signed a truce with Yan State to prevent the people from suffering from the war again.

Everyone turned their attention to Luo Yi.However, Luo Yi's expression remained unchanged, Jishou kowtowed to accept the imperial order, thanked the envoy humbly and earnestly, arranged for people to reward and pick him up, and handled it impeccably.It wasn't until he sent the person away that he turned back to the meeting hall with a gloomy face, and sneered at his cronies, "Linzi hasn't made any moves for a long time, so it turned out that he was planning this trick!"

The staff copied the imperial order and studied it word by word.Everyone always believed that Lord Qi assigned Luo Yi to a heavy position and transferred him to Yanbei. Although the reason was high-sounding, it seemed to be between promotion and demotion, and the sense of fear and precaution was already on the paper.However, it is still unknown whether Zhong Lichun is purely concerned about Luo Yi's reputation and achievements, or whether he has already noticed their secret activities in Linzi.Therefore, there are also differences in the strategy of coping.Some people think that Luo Yi's foundation in Qi State is still young, so it is not appropriate for him to confront Qi Jun head-on and become the target of public criticism, but he should deal with him in a perfunctory manner, and then do it after fully grasping the power and contacts of the court; , Saving the country from the fire and water, the limelight is unprecedented, it can be said that it is expected by everyone, if you don't strike while the iron is hot, when will you wait?And nights are long and dreams are many, blindly giving in and procrastinating will cause trouble.

Luo Yi didn't say a word, he quietly listened to the suggestions of the staff, when he raised his eyes, he saw the personal servant quietly stepping in from behind the curtain, and gave him a salute.Luo Yi understood, and said, "I understand everyone's opinions. I will carefully consider them. For now, please settle down and wait for my decision."

Everyone was ordered to retreat in order.The attendant stepped up and said in a low voice: "Report to the general, Mr. Xianying is already waiting in the hall."

After a pause, he continued: "He has studied the prescription prescribed by Mr. Shen..."

"Oh," Luo Yi said indifferently, "How would Xianying say it?"

"Master Xianying saw the prescription, his face changed drastically after reading two lines, he shook his head and sighed more and more, and finally fell down and cursed, saying it was 'a medicine for tigers and wolves, with endless poison'—"

The servant hesitated to speak, and finally said in a low voice: "Say, 'The person who prescribes the prescription can be punished!'"

When Shen Yuzhu received the summons, he thought it was Luo Yi's old illness, so he rushed to the hall with his attendants, and as soon as he stepped in, he felt that the atmosphere was abnormal.Luo Yi sat in front of the desk calmly, talking and drinking with an old man with beard and hair.The old man was serious, holding up a prescription and saying something to him.

As soon as Luo Yi saw him, Luo Yi introduced him with a smile: "This is Song Dynasty Imperial Physician Cheng Xianying. Mr. Xian has been famous in the apricot altar since he was young, and you must have heard of it. Qin Shizi's diabetes , the stupor of the King of Chu, and the heart palpitations of the Empress Dowager Lu were all healed by the rejuvenation and one medicine of the late master. Shen Yuzhu, you have studied the way of Qihuang, and now it is the right time. Why don't you ask this senior Xinglin for advice? One or two."

Of course Shen Yuzhu had heard of Xian Ying's name.Since Qinyue, the medical sage, established his family a hundred years ago, there have been no doctors in the world who have come out of Bian Que's family, and Xianying is one of the best.It has been rumored for a long time that he devoted himself to preaching and teaching, and he no longer went out to see patients in person for a long time.Now that he has come here all the way from thousands of miles, is it possible that he really came here to give advice to Shen Yuzhu, an unknown person?

Shen Yuzhu looked at a loss.After all, facing such a senior with excellent teeth and virtues, he still saluted respectfully. Before he could say "I have admired your name for a long time", the other party directly handed him the prescription in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "This is what you prescribed. prescription?"

Shen Yuzhu took it over and took a look, it was the prescription that he personally prescribed for Luo Yi these days.An ominous premonition arose in his heart, and he said, "That's right. This was done by the younger generation."

Xianying snorted coldly, pointed at Luo Yi, and said, "I've heard about your mentorship. There are also many famous masters in Qingyan Mansion who are proficient in Qihuang. Yin, follow the way of holding the middle; Xuanweizi and Gongqin advocate following the way of heaven, making up for the inadequacy if the excess is damaged, curbing the yin and regulating the yang, reducing the adversity and harmonizing the middle. Different schools of thought have different theories, and each has its own advantages in medicine. You I have never heard of the number of routes Zhang Fangzi has traveled. May I ask you which sect did you learn from?"

Shen Yuzhu said: "I don't dare to do it. It's ashamed to say that the younger generation is too busy to learn from other people. Apart from being different from Huang Zhengdao, he has also traveled around the barbarian borders and dabbled in the witch doctor's poisonous art. It's hard to be elegant. What's more, I I'm not good at learning, and I haven't studied many medical principles thoroughly, so I'm going to ask my lord to correct me first."

Xianying sneered and said, "I'm not afraid that I'm not good at learning, but I'm afraid that I'm too good at learning, and I'm going to devote all my attention to heretics!"

These words pointed directly at his heart, and Shen Yuzhu's face changed slightly.Xianying didn't allow him to distinguish, pointing to the prescriptions and asked one by one: "This pre-medication is based on bamboo leaves, and dried ginger is combined with pinellia, Sichuan pepper, and asarum. How can the strength of the year be developed so exquisitely? But since the patient has been diagnosed as a disease of external hyperactivity and internal deficiency, it is natural to use righteousness to eliminate evil, and continue to use warming and tonic decoction to eradicate the remaining poison of the golden sore. Why are you in the latter medicine? Add citrus aurantium, ephedra, wang buliuxing and other anti-inflammatory medicines? Don’t you know that this is to drive fish from the deep, and drive the residual poison from the skin into the skin! Ephedra is a highly poisonous thing, and a medicine shop can’t make more than half of it at a time. Two, otherwise you will have to report to the government, and you have prescribed a dose of one or two! As well as cold attack to heat, it can be said to tie a thousand weights in one shot, and a slight error may cause dizziness, convulsions, and tremors All kinds of nasty diseases; what's more, turning an emergency into an incurable disease with deep roots of disasters—using medicine as a poison to support the enemy's self-respect is not the way of medicine!"

Luo Yi doesn't understand medical theory, but he can understand a thing or two by distinguishing appearance and color.Xianying has a rich belly and a high prestige, and he considers himself advocating the righteous way.But looking at his expression, it seemed that he had no intention of refuting.He just lowered his eyebrows and remained silent.It took a long time before he slowly said: "This prescription was originally an emergency measure to cut out the flesh and heal the sores. In fact... there is a reason for it."

He didn't go any further.And Luo Yi already understood what he meant.At the beginning, this prescription was prescribed under the force of Luo Yi's strong words, and Shen Yu Zhumoto had said it beforehand, the medicinal properties were very strong and harsh, and he was persuaded several times to stop taking it.Now being scolded by Fang's family for this reason, in all fairness, it is indeed somewhat unfair.

But Shen Yuzhu paused for a moment, and said again: "The patient's disease is very difficult, I have little talent and learning, and I am generous, so I dare not act arbitrarily. It coincides with my lord's advice, I would like to listen to your advice, please give me another prescription... "

He spoke very earnestly, without any angry look on his face, then turned his eyes to Luo Yi who was watching the fire from the other side, and asked calmly, "What do you think, General?"

Luo Yi put down the teacup and said with a smile: "Mr. Shen is young and inexperienced, so it is inevitable that he will be careless and careless. As the saying goes, there is nothing better than good. How to prescribe this new medicine requires the trouble of an adult. "

Xianying respected her identity, and since she had Shen Yuzhu's frank recognition, she naturally stopped chasing and beating her fiercely.Talking about the solution, he couldn't help frowning and said: "The current plan is to reorganize the tendons and veins, and to invigorate the middle and Qi as the most important thing. However, the patient's constitution is special, and this prescription needs an extremely rare thing as medicine. lead……"

Shen Yuzhu said: "My lord, please feel free to speak up. There are many places in the world, but we will definitely be able to find them."

Xianying shook his head incessantly: "No. It is hard to find this medicine, even if it is powerful and wealthy, it may not be possible to get it!"

Shen Yuzhu couldn't help but said in surprise: "Oh? Dare I ask what it is?"

Xianying said: "A dear one pays every inch of his heart."

As soon as the words fell to the ground, the room was instantly so quiet that a needle could be heard.Suddenly, Shen Yuzhu let out a burst of laughter, turned to look at Luo Yi, and said with a smile, "This is so far away in the sky, so close in front of us!"

Sending off Xianying, the two of them were alone in the room, drinking a pot of Biluochun silently.It was dusk, and the golden twilight slowly walked from one end of the tea table to the other end.Shen Yuzhu finally spoke.

"Speaking of Yaoyin," he said with a comfortable smile, "do you want to choose the one in the sky, or the one in front of you?"

"What about you?" Luo Yi asked coldly, "Do you want me to trust him, or do you want me to trust you?"

"Of course I hope you believe me."

Luo Yi's expression was gloomy, and he took out a stack of secret reports from the side of the case and threw it on him, and said coldly: "Then you should do more things to convince me!"

Shen Yuzhu was startled, and opened the secret reports one by one.But I saw that it listed everything in detail about his movements when he went to various countries on that day.His expression became more serious, but Luo Yi said coldly: "October [-]st, you went to the Song Kingdom to discuss the withdrawal of troops with the ruler, but you were absent from the banquet that night for some reason—I don't know why? "

Shen Yuzhu didn't look any further, closed the scroll and put the secret report on the case, and replied: "It's the 'story' of an 'old man'."

He raised his eyes and said calmly: "As you know, the person I met that night was the envoy sent by Zhong Lichun."