The old man put his hand on Chen Deng's pulse gate, closed the door and meditated. After a long time, he said: "It's not all gone yet."
"Keep taking your medicine."
After hearing this, Chen Deng said with a grimace: "I have vomited several pots of worms in the past few days. When will this end?"
The old man glared, "How do I know? Who told you to eat fish and meat as a meal?"
The old man who treated him was Hua Tuo, whom Chen Deng had been looking for for more than half a year and finally invited.
Seeing that Hua Tuo looked unhappy, Chen Deng asked tentatively: "Mr. Yuanhua, can my disease be cured?"
Hua Tuo pondered. In fact, he was not sure. Chen Deng had eaten too much fish meat. Just looking at the way he vomited out several pots of worms, he was afraid that there were quite a few in his heart.
He twirled his beard and said, "I'll prescribe some more medicine for you. After you take it, come back to me in three years."
After hearing this, Chen Deng asked: "Will the bugs in the internal organs attack?"
Hua Tuo's face froze, "Who told you?"
Chen Deng said honestly: "It's Yuan Xianyi, the second son of the Yuan family. As soon as he saw my appearance, he directed me to invite sir."
After Hua Tuo heard this, he was very surprised. It took him several days of diagnosis to determine Chen Deng's condition. How could that person named Yuan Xi see it at a glance?
And how did he know that he could cure Chen Deng's disease?
But Hua Tuo really had no cure for Chen Deng's illness. Would it be possible to disembowell the bugs in his internal organs and take them out?
He shook his head. This was all his imagination. Not to mention whether he could hold back the pain, it was difficult to stop the bleeding from the cut.
Thinking of this, he made a plan to get away quickly so as not to ruin his reputation.
Seeing Hua Tuo's hesitation, Chen Deng said, "Sir, if you can cure the stubborn disease, I will be richly rewarded."
"Besides, there are wars all over Xuzhou now, so it's hard for me to return home."
Hua Tuo thought the same thing. Staying there is not a place to stay. Since someone is taking care of the food, he should live there first and slowly think of a solution.
He said aloud: "Can I meet the young master of the Yuan family you are talking about?"
After hearing this, Chen Deng smiled bitterly and said, "That person may be in Youzhou or Yecheng now. Deng can send someone to deliver the message, but it's hard to say whether he can come over."
After hearing this, Hua Tuo calmed down and thought that since there was no fate, then forget it.
Yuan Xi's mansion welcomed a special guest.
He saw the name on the tattoo and said to Sun Li, "Come out with me."
The two of them arrived at the door of the mansion one after another, and saw Liu He dressed as a scholar already waiting outside. Yuan Xi walked forward quickly and said, "I have seen the servant."
Liu He didn't see Yuan Xi come out in person, so he was stunned for a moment before returning the courtesy: "I've met Mr. Xian Yi."
"I would like to thank you personally for saving my life the day before yesterday, and I have never been able to find the opportunity. Now that I heard that the young master has returned to Yecheng, I came here to visit you."
He then smiled bitterly and said: "Young master, just call me Liu He. Now I am no longer a civil servant, and I have long ceased to be a servant."
Liu He, a native of Tancheng, Donghai County, a clan minister of the Han Dynasty, was the son of Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou.
This Tancheng is the current Xuzhou administrative office where Liu Bei is located, located in Xiapi.
Liu He's experience was also quite tortuous. He was initially worshiped as a servant, and returned to Youzhou with the secret edict of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, allowing Liu Yu to lead troops to welcome the emperor.
Liu He was still a real person at that time. When he passed through Yuan Shu's territory, he told Yuan Shu the truth. After Yuan Shu found out, he instead detained Liu He to threaten Liu Yu.
After Gongsun Zan learned about this, he did not want Liu Yu to help Yuan Shu, and because of this, he had a disagreement with Liu Yu, so he privately sent his cousin Gongsun Yue to see Yuan Shu.
As a result, when the two sides met, Gongsun Zan formed an alliance with Yuan Shu and detained Liu Yu's troops. From then on, he and Liu Yu became enemies.
Soon after, Liu He looked for an opportunity to escape from Yuan Shu. When he passed through Jizhou, he was detained by Yuan Shao, who also wanted to take the opportunity to negotiate terms with Liu Yu.
It can only be said that the Yuan brothers sometimes have similar brain circuits.
But it was already too late. Liu Yu then launched an army to attack Gongsun Zan. He had no time to take care of Liu He until he was defeated and died. Yuan Shao became a villain in vain.
After Liu Yu's death, Liu He took refuge with Yuan Shao in order to avenge Gongsun Zan, and went north to Youzhou to join forces with Yan Rou and others to deal with Gongsun Zan, but his whereabouts were unknown when he attacked Yi Jing last time.
It was not until this battle in Yijing that he was rescued by Yuan Xi.
Yuan Xi looked at Liu Hexian's mature look and could not tell what he was thinking at all. After so many things in his mind, he was afraid that his true thoughts would only be buried deep in his heart.
Yuan Xi thought that if he were Liu He, he would have extremely complicated feelings for Yuan, and there should be a lot of resentment mixed in, right?
It is said that the Hou family and his son, as well as Liu He, he rescued can be used in the future expansion of Youzhou, but if they are not grasped well, it will be like playing with fire and burning themselves.
Thinking of this, Yuan Xi said to Liu He humbly: "I don't dare. Xi has always admired Liu Hou very much. If he is honored by his servants and will not abandon him, he should be called his brother."
The two made concessions, and Yuan Xi welcomed Liu He in.
Yuan Xi brought Liu He into the guest room, screened away everyone, and said to Liu He: "Brother, can you give me some advice when you come here?"
Liu He saw that Yuan Xi spoke straight to the point without beating around the bush, so he sat up straight and said, "To be honest, I came here this time to ask you for something."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said, "It's just right. I have something to ask my brother for."
After hearing this, Liu He asked doubtfully: "Master, are you so sure that I can help you? You don't even ask me what I want from you?"
Yuan Xi said: "Brother, do you want to return to Youzhou or Hanting?"
Liu He was startled and his expression became serious.
In Beixin Town, it’s dead of night.
In a small room in the city lord's mansion, Mrs. Hou had just put the child in her arms to sleep when she heard a slight noise outside the room.
She held her breath, listened attentively, and vaguely recognized the sound of footsteps!
She suddenly became nervous, picked up a pair of scissors, and put it inside her sleeve.
Not long after, the door was pushed down, only to be blocked by the latch, and then there was a gentle knock.
Ms. Hou became nervous and thought that luckily she had bolted the door in advance. She picked up the oil lamp, walked behind the door and whispered, "Who is it?"
There was a moment of hesitation outside, and then he said, "But General Gongsun's wife?"
Hou's heart skipped a beat and said, "Who are you?"
The man outside breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "Madam, I am the general's former subordinate!"
"The general died, and his subordinates failed to save him. I feel extremely regretful."
"I found out that my wife and young son were trapped by the Yuan family, and I came here to rescue them!"
"Please Madam, please follow me and leave quickly. We will rescue Madam out of the city and escape from Zhuo County. From now on, we will take the General's young son as our master, rise up to avenge the General, reoccupy Youzhou, and expel the Yuan family!"
After hearing this, Mrs. Hou bit her lip and said, "How old is the child? What's the use?"
"Moreover, most of Youzhou has rebelled against my late husband. Where is there any place to stay?"
"We, the orphans and widows, are also a burden, so you should leave as soon as possible."
Another voice said angrily: "Madam, don't you want to avenge the general?"
"No wonder you didn't die with the general at the beginning. I'm afraid my wife has already become Yuan's forbidden love, right?"
Hou's face was pale, his lips were trembling and he could not speak, but he heard shouts and shouts coming from everywhere.
Someone outside said in shock: "No, we were ambushed!"
Another person cursed: "This bitch actually used his body as bait to deceive us. Damn it!"
With a pop, a sharp knife pierced the door leaf, and several inches of the knife tip showed through. Hou Shi turned pale in fright and sat down on the ground.
Then I heard another person yell: "What are you doing stabbing the door? Cut off the door bolt!"
"When the time comes to seize the mother and son as hostages, we can still escape!"
The other person woke up as if from a dream, inserted a knife into the crack of the door, and pressed it down. Wherever the blade passed, the door latch snapped.
Hou was so frightened that she ran back to the bed, picked up the infant child and retreated to the corner of the room. She took out the scissors from her sleeve with her other hand.
With a bang, the door was kicked open, and two masked men rushed in with knives in hand.
At this moment, a loud shout was heard, and behind the two of them, Qu Yi held a broadsword with a ring-shaped head and struck it down on the head!
The two of them had no time to rush to the door, so they had to turn around and fight back. The three long knives collided together, sputtering out sparks in the dark night.
The two of them were obviously not weak in martial arts. They managed to survive Qu Yi's wind-like attacks and were able to wait for opportunities to counterattack with a few moves.
The three of them rolled around and executed dozens of moves. Qu Yi faced the two of them and failed to take down a round of violent attacks. However, he was a little weak at this time. When the two saw each other, they took the opportunity to attack, and their swords were close to Qu Yi's. Righteousness.
Qu Yi had no choice but to retreat while fighting. The two of them looked at each other and ran away separately.
At this moment, something unexpected happened, and a person jumped lightly from the roof, landing just behind the two of them.
Hou recognized that this was Tian Yu, Gongsun Zan's former general. He saw him holding a wooden stick and hitting the crooks of the legs of the two of them hard. The two of them had been drained of a lot of energy by Qu Yi, and now they wanted to He dodged, but his reaction was half a beat too slow, and he was knocked to the ground.
The surrounding soldiers came over and trapped the two men tightly while they were shouting and cursing.
Qu Yi scolded: "It's really troublesome to catch you alive, otherwise I would have killed you long ago!"
Tian Yu went up, pulled off the two people's masks, and after identifying their faces, he said, "It is indeed you."
He recognized the two men and they were indeed Gongsun Zan's generals.
One person shouted: "Tian Yu, you are a salesman seeking glory!"
"Yuan killed the general, but you are still working as a slave under him!"
Tian Yu's face turned cold and he shouted: "Don't think that I don't know your thoughts!"
"You are just using your wife and children as a cover to gather the remnants of the general and separatist forces!"
"If you are really serious, why didn't Yi Jing show up when he besieged the city?"
The two of them were speechless for a moment, and Qu Yi sneered: "Why are you talking nonsense to them? Those who are willing to take the bait will get as much as they want." After that, he led the soldiers and escorted them away.
Tian Yu turned around and said to the shocked Hou: "I was on the roof just now, and I heard everything Madam said."
"Madam is right, these people do not have good intentions."
Hou showed a self-deprecating look on his face, "Anyway, I was still used as bait to attract them, wasn't I?"
"I thought the young master was so kind before, but in the end, it was just because I could take advantage of him."
Tian Yu turned his head and said, "Madam, you can ask the young master in person about these things."
"But I think that it was not possible for just anyone for the young master to step on the plank himself and rescue his wife."
Hou looked at Tian Yu's leaving figure with mixed emotions.
(End of chapter)
