Xiao Qiao was tortured to the point of numbness by the sound of the howling harps, but due to her appearance, she could only endure the urging sound. After playing the song, she praised her against her will.
Lu Lingqi listened and said with a smile: "You don't need to comfort me. I'm not good at musical instruments. Maybe in my ears, the sounds between heaven and earth are like this."
Xiao Qiao seemed to understand this, but Hua Tuo's voice rang outside the window, "I have a guess that my wife is not suitable for the south. Instead, the plains and rivers of the north can make my wife feel more at ease."
Xiao Qiao quickly opened the door, and Hua Tuo walked in carrying the medicine box on his back. Lu Lingqi stood up, gathered her clothes and said, "Sir is here."
Hua Tuo nodded and sat down to feel Lu Lingqi's pulse. Lu Lingqi asked curiously: "What is the truth of what Mr. just said?"
Hua Tuo said aloud: "Does Madam have very sensitive hearing on weekdays?"
Lu Lingqi nodded and said, "That's true. In the dead of night, I can even hear the sound of the stream a few miles away."
Hua Tuo stroked his beard and said, "That's it."
"Madam, you hear too much noise inside on weekdays, but people need to be quiet when they are resting."
"Not to mention the previous wars that Madam has participated in, which are extremely noisy and disturbing. On weekdays, because there are many water systems in the Southland and rivers are everywhere, the sound of water flow is constant day and night."
"My wife's hearing is too sensitive, which causes constant sounds in her ears day and night. People don't get enough rest. How can they be in good spirits?"
"Originally, my wife was in good health, and she should not have suffered from such a serious illness. The current situation is like this, which shows that my wife's spirit is already quite fragile. Even though it has eased in the past few days, in the long run, the minor illnesses will accumulate sooner or later. When it becomes a serious illness, it will eventually become like a river bursting its dam, and the situation will get worse.”
“The so-called treatment of a disease must find its root cause before it can be eradicated.”
Lu Lingqi listened and said thoughtfully: "Sir, what do you mean?"
Hua Tuo nodded heavily, "Madam, think about it, did you always have no problems when you lived in Beidi?"
"Is it because in recent years it has been either at sea or on the river, so the situation has begun to deteriorate?"
"Although I'm not completely sure it's effective, it's best for Madam to return to the Northland to rest as soon as possible."
After hearing this, Lu Lingqi had a look of reluctance on her face. She was ambitious and wanted to help Yuan Xi establish a career, but she ended up going back in such an anticlimactic manner?
After checking Lu Lingqi's pulse, Hua Tuo said, "The situation is indeed better than before. It seems that the previous Anshen Powder was effective."
After he finished speaking, he took out a few more medicines from the medicine box, "This is a ten-day supply. Madam, drink it every day before going to bed to ensure a deep and restless sleep. The condition should not get worse. But if you stop taking the medicine, it will Not necessarily.”
Lu Lingqi said aloud: "But after drinking this medicine, I can't wake up at night at all. If I were to march and fight, wouldn't it be a mistake?"
Hua Tuo said in a deep voice: "According to Madam's current physical condition, she is really not suitable for fighting."
After hearing this, Lu Lingqi became thoughtful. She raised her head and said, "Have you ever mentioned this to your husband?"
Hua Tuo shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Of course not. According to the prince's temperament, after hearing about this, he will immediately send his wife back to Youzhou."
"This kind of matter should be discussed between the madam and the envoy. It is inconvenient for me to comment."
After hearing this, Lu Lingqi pondered and said nothing. Has she become a burden to her husband now?
When Hua Tuo saw that the diagnosis and treatment were completed, he said, "Madam, just take a good rest in the next few days. I will take my leave now."
Lu Lingqi sent Hua Tuo out. Hua Tuo turned around and said, "It's windy and cold outside, madam, please stay."
Xiao Qiao saw him and said, "Let me see you off, sir."
After hearing this, Lu Lingqi could only say: "There is a working girl."
Xiao Qiao led Hua Tuo to the door, and when he walked to the corridor outside, he happened to meet Da Qiao and Mrs. Liu walking over. Mrs. Liu glanced at him, and suddenly looked surprised. This time I meet Mr.
"My husband's life-saving grace will never be forgotten by me!"
Hua Tuo looked at Mrs. Liu carefully and was surprised: "How can she be a girl?"
More than three years ago, Hua Tuo did not go to Xuzhou to treat Chen Deng, but practiced medicine along the river. He happened to meet Liu Xun and learned that his daughter Liu had been suffering from a strange disease for several years, so he diagnosed and treated Liu Xun's leg sores. Among them, a white snake was taken out.
In fact, from the perspective of future generations, the so-called white snake is more likely to be a parasite, but in any case, Hua Tuo cured Liu's disease and allowed her to get married smoothly.
At the age of thirteen or fourteen girls in the late Han Dynasty, Liu's age of seventeen or eighteen was obviously a bit old. Coupled with the rumors about White Snake, she finally married into the Jiao family in a hurry, which was actually quite embarrassing.
But no matter what, Mrs. Liu was still very grateful to Hua Tuo for her kindness. Now that she suddenly met her benefactor again, she was immediately surprised and happy. Hua Tuo also stroked his beard and smiled and said: "How are you doing, Madam? I respect you, Madam. how?"
After he cured Liu's illness last time, he was invited by Liu Xun to attend the wedding of the two families, so he asked this question. When Liu heard this, he looked bitter and said, "We divorced half a month ago, and I will be here in three days." Remarried."
Hua Tuo was startled, then looked at Mrs. Liu and said, "There is a deep depression in Madam's eyebrows."
"Is there something on your mind, madam?"
Mrs. Liu's heart skipped a beat, and she forced a smile and said, "Sir, perhaps you have made a mistake. I have to go back to prepare the dowry, so I will leave first."
Da Qiao watched Mrs. Liu get into the carriage, and even the etiquette when saying goodbye was missing. Seeing the carriage leaving the house, Da Qiao turned to Hua Tuo and said, "Sir, is Mrs. Liu sick?"
Hua Tuo shook his head and said, "I don't think so. If you really get sick, it won't be your body, but your heart."
"It's strange. A few years ago, this girl was a straightforward person. How come today when we meet her, she doesn't say anything about it. It's just a wedding. Why didn't I invite me? It's so boring."
Xiao Qiao sent Hua Tuo out and couldn't help but look at each other. Xiao Qiao muttered: "It's really weird. Sister Liu didn't even talk to me!"
Da Qiao sighed: "I'm afraid there is something hidden about this marriage."
At Wancheng Wharf, Yuan Xizheng took Tai Shici and Lu Xun to count the ships. They could not hide the joy on their faces.
As the administrative seat of Lujiang County, Wancheng is also an important transit point on the Yangtze River. The trade routes and water transportation are extremely complicated, so the number of ships has also reached an astonishing number.
Later, when Sun Ce attacked Lujiang, he defeated Liu Xun and obtained thousands of ships. In this world, Yuan Xi obtained Wancheng, and these thousands of ships fell into Yuan Xi's hands.
You must know that Yuan Xi has been operating in Youzhou and Xuzhou for such a long time. With the financial resources of the Zhen family caravan, there are only more than 200 small and large ships. Now there are several times as many in Lujiang County!
Although most of them are merchant ships and there are very few large sea ships and warships, they are enough for combat navigation on inland rivers with a little modification.
The key is that with a surplus of ships, Yuan Xi can expand his navy and establish a defense line along the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers!
Previously, when Yuan Xi was running the navy in Xuzhou, he still had considerable margin, but it was limited to the size of the ships. There were only a few dozen warships among the more than 200 ships, and the other ships were used to transport food and baggage.
With such a size, it is already quite difficult to control a river. The two generals Lu Xun and Tai Shici were left alone, and they had to be forced to put them together.
But now that he had extra ships, Yuan Xi was finally able to branch out all the way back to Guangling, and then enter from the Huai River to plot the defense line north of Shouchun!
Yuan Xi asked some people from Jushu to come to the house, took out the map and said: "After reorganizing the ships and surrendered troops in Wancheng, I plan to leave 3,000 men for Li Shu, and we will take the rest away. Go north in two ways."
"Still entering Chaohu all the way, advancing on Hefei, and cooperating with Liu Yuzhou to capture Hefei."
"The other route will go to Guangling, go north from the Han River, enter the Huai River via Haixi, and then go west to Shouchun. Cooperate with Zilong to send troops to control the surrounding areas of the Huai River."
"Two groups attack at the same time, leaving Shouchun to worry about one thing and not the other. Then we wait for the opportunity to seize Shouchun and control this important river and Huaihe river."
Yuan Xi finally smiled and said: "Of course, this is just the most ideal situation I can predict. There may be many variables in it. Please work hard and make contributions now!"
Everyone responded, and Lu Xun hesitated and said, "But if Sun Ce plans to plot Wancheng, I'm afraid Li Shu's three thousand troops and horses won't be able to stop him."
Jushou smiled and said, "Just by giving Li Shu 30,000 troops and horses, can he stop him?"
"Unless Wancheng is guarded by General Ziyi or Mr. Yuanlong, no matter how many soldiers others give, it will be difficult to stop Sun Ce's tiger."
"In that case, it's better to show off. After all, by controlling Hefei, even if Wancheng falls into the hands of the enemy, there will be a way to take it back."
Everyone nodded in agreement. The most important targets at the moment were Hefei and Shouchun. If they were tied up because of Wancheng, it would be to sacrifice the first and the last.
Yuan Xi nodded and said: "I will give Li Shu a hint when the time comes. If Sun Ce attacks and cannot resist it, Kaicheng can surrender to prevent him from poisoning the soldiers and people in the city."
"But during this period, the possibility of him breaking his promise is very small. After all, he is attacking Xiakou by water and Xise by land. Both sides are not easy."
Speaking of this, Yuan Xi felt a little regretful. This may be the closest he has been to Zhuge Liang so far. Calculating the time, he was now in Nanyang, Jingzhou, only a few hundred miles away from Lujiang County.
But he couldn't go there. Huang Zu Zhang Xiu refused to defend Jingzhou. Although Liu Biao had a good relationship with Yuan Shao, he was actually joining forces with Sun Ce. Liu Biao would never give him a good look.
He looked to the west and thought that the world was huge and the sea of people was vast. He might not be able to meet Zhuge Liang in his life, so he could only resign himself to fate.
He arranged for Taishi Ci, Lu Xun and others to assign ship sergeants. He was worried about Lu Lingqi's condition, so he returned to the house to take care of Lu Lingqi. He found that the other party seemed to be worried. The two had dinner together and talked. Lu Lingqi drank the medicine and fell asleep. go.
Yuan Xi called the maid over and learned that Hua Tuo was here today. It was Xiao Qiao who was accompanying Lu Lingqi at that time. After thinking about it, he walked all the way to Xiao Qiao's room.
(End of chapter)
