Seeing Empress Lu coughing uncontrollably, Chen Xiaomu, with her consent, put his fingers on her wrist and started taking her pulse.
Queen Lu's pulse beat very fast, especially the moment Chen Xiaomu put his finger on it. Chen Xiaomu searched for knowledge in this area in his mind and realized that this was called a reflex pulse, which was a typical symptom of pneumonia.
"How's it going? What's the disease in the mother's body?" Su Xingchen asked anxiously when Chen Xiaomu retracted his fingers and said nothing.
Chen Xiaomu looked at the almost airtight basement and said: "Now that the outside has been occupied by us, it is very safe. I want to move the queen out of this cave first and go outside to get some air. This may have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort." .”
Empress Lu immediately nodded and said, "The Ai family has been suffocating in this cave for more than two months. They have long wanted to go out and take a breather!"
The old eunuch was so frightened that he knelt down in front of Queen Lu and said, "Empress, I have no choice but to hide you here."
Empress Lu waved her hand gently to the old eunuch, "My lord, don't think too much. You saved the lives of the Ai family and the princess. When the emperor returns to the palace, I will definitely ask the emperor to reward you greatly!"
The prince immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said to Chen Xiaomu: "Master Ma, please wait for a moment, the queen is in poor health. When the old slave goes up, we can find a few more people to help carry the queen out.
Chen Xiaomu nodded in agreement.
The prince quickly went up and found four more old eunuchs who were about the same age as him. They tied the four corners of the silk quilt with ropes. Su Xingchen and the two maids first carried Queen Lu onto the silk quilt and pushed it to the entrance of the cave, and then to the entrance of the well. The people above tightened the rope, and the prince went down into the well water, holding the silk quilt with both hands. Together, they pulled Queen Lu, who was wrapped in the silk quilt, to the mouth of the well. The other one went down early and waited at the well. The maid at the entrance of the well immediately stepped forward and hugged Empress Lu together with the silk quilt wrapped around her.
After coming up from the cave, Queen Lu didn't want to be wrapped in a quilt anymore. Su Xingchen and a palace maid supported her on the left and right, and under the guidance of two eunuchs holding lanterns, she went to Cining, where she used to live in the palace. Palace walked over.
The Cining Palace was not crowded, and all the valuable items inside were robbed by the Chu army. Fortunately, there was still one bed that had not been moved away. The three maids quickly cleaned the dust in the house. The prince and the eunuchs were there. She found a few clean silk quilts somewhere and spread them on the bed. Su Xingchen first helped Queen Lu lie down on the bed and covered her with silk quilts. Then she walked up to Chen Xiaomu who was standing in a daze, lowered her head and asked softly, "Brother-in-law, What happened to the queen mother’s body?”
"Queen, you have pneumonia!" Chen Xiaomu replied.
"Pneumonia?" Su Xingchen raised his head and looked at Chen Xiaomu in surprise.
Chen Xiaomu was startled, and then he remembered that there was pneumonia in ancient times. He quickly changed his words and said, "Oh, it's consumption!"
"What? What my mother has is actually tuberculosis!" Su Xingchen was stunned. tuberculosis is almost a terminal disease in this era. Because there are no modern antibacterial drugs such as penicillin and streptomycin, all patients with tuberculosis almost have only one ending. , that is waiting to die.
"Brother-in-law, what should we do?" Su Xingchen suddenly became confused and asked Chen Xiaomu with a cry.
While Chen Xiaomu began to search for a good cure for pneumonia in his mind, he comforted Su Xingchen and said: "It's okay. I'll make a prescription later and ask them to go to the street to grab the medicine and fry it for the queen to drink. It will slowly heal." alright."
"Can you cure tuberculosis?" Su Xingchen looked at Chen Xiaomu suspiciously, because she had never heard of a gentleman who could cure tuberculosis since she was a child. Even the doctors in the palace could not do it. Prolong the survival time of some tuberculosis patients.
But what Su Xingchen doesn't know is that Chen Xiaomu's mind now contains the cure for pneumonia that humans will find out for thousands of years. At this time, Chen Xiaomu is still talking to Su Xingchen while searching for a cure for pneumonia in future generations. .
After searching for a recipe, a prescription suddenly popped into his mind. It turned out that it was a master of traditional Chinese medicine in later generations. He worked out a method to treat pneumonia using the extract of the soul-returning grass. The effect was amazing. He even wrote a paper about it and was published by the British. The authoritative medical weekly, "The Lancet" contains the opening article in one issue.
Seeing Chen Xiaomu's absent-minded look, Su Xingchen was a little angry, "Brother-in-law, what are you thinking about? What kind of elixir can I use to cure my mother's illness?"
"Have you ever heard of the medicine Resurrection Herb?" Chen Xiaomu asked Su Xingchen in a low voice.
Su Xingchen shook his head blankly, "I have never heard of the name of this medicine, but you should ask the imperial doctor about these medicines, right?"
"Is there still an imperial doctor in the palace now?" Chen Xiaomu was delighted when he heard this.
"No, the imperial doctors were all driven away by the Chu army!" Su Xingchen said gloomily.
Chen Xiaomu didn't know whether to laugh or cry without you saying anything about the imperial doctor.
"Then the imperial doctors used to have a pharmacy to treat patients in the palace?" Chen Xiaomu continued to ask without giving up.
"I don't know. Every time I feel slightly unwell, my personal maid will go to fetch the imperial physician. After reading, the imperial physician will grab some medicine from the medicine box he carries with him and give it to the maids. After giving them the method of torment, Just go back to the Imperial Medical Office!"
After asking three questions, Chen Xiaomu regretted that he wasted time by questioning Su Xingchen, a princess who was so high in the palace. He had known that questioning the three maids earlier would be better than her.
Chen Xiaomu found the old eunuch Wang Eunuch who had brought him in just now, and asked him about the place where the imperial physician hid the medicine. The prince knew a little bit about it. When Chen Xiaomu said that the medicine he was looking for was for Empress Lu's illness, he quickly picked up the lantern and brought it with him. Chen Xiaomu began to circle around the palace again.
Chen Xiaomu followed the old eunuch Wang Gonggong for a long time, and finally stopped in front of a courtyard with a corridor in front. On the lintel of the courtyard hung a black and gold-plated horizontal plaque with three large gold-plated characters written on it. , "The Imperial Medical Office"
The prince stepped forward and tried to push the two closed doors. He only heard a "squeak" sound and the door was pushed open by him. The prince walked in first and raised the lantern in his hand to shine. The floor in the house was in a mess, all kinds of pots and jars were scattered all over the floor, the medicine cabinet at the back was also staggered, the drawers of the medicine cabinet were scattered all over the floor, and the herbs inside were all empty.
Eunuch Wang held up the lantern and turned to look at Chen Xiaomu who was following him. Chen Xiaomu pointed at the backyard, "Old man, can you go to the backyard and have a look?"
The prince nodded, pushed open the small door leading to the backyard next to the medicine cabinet, and ducked out. Then he turned around and held up a lantern to light the way for Chen Xiaomu. The east wing of the backyard was where the imperial physician was on duty at night, and the west wing was on duty at night. The side room is the kitchen, and the main room has six rooms in a row, with two floors. The middle of the lower floor is the medical room where the imperial doctors discuss their illnesses. Next to it is the official office of the boss of the imperial medical office, the imperial doctor. The rest of the rooms are arranged by the imperial doctors. The positions in the Imperial Medical Office are divided into two people per office and three people per office.
Chen Xiaomu didn't go in, he just opened the door and looked at the door. Seeing that there was no hope, he backed out. Then he followed the prince holding the lantern to the second floor, stood at the wooden staircase and looked in, and then lost interest. , it turns out that all the rooms on the second floor were dormitories for the imperial doctors.
Chen Xiaomu sighed. It seemed that he had to wait until dawn and have people go to various pharmacies in Xinjing City to buy some.
After exiting the Imperial Medical Office in the palace, Chen Xiaomu found nothing. He followed the old eunuch Wang Gonggong and walked back. When he was approaching Cining Palace, several strong figures came from a distance, holding torches in their hands. Chen Xiaomu knew it at a glance. It was Zhang Yun's group. They probably came back after not seeing him in the political palace for a long time, and they were afraid of something happening, so they came in!
Chen Xiaomu's heart moved, and he immediately rushed up from behind the prince. When Simon Ruoen saw Chen Xiaomu coming from a distance, he was as happy as a deer, and ran towards him, and was still a few steps away from him. He jumped forward suddenly, threw himself into Chen Xiaomu's arms and held him tightly.
A group of people holding torches from behind also gathered around. Tang Huai, who he sent out to rescue the people who were captured by the Chu army and used as human shields, was actually among this group of people.
It turned out that after Tang Huai led the cavalry to catch up with the Chu army that was escorting the people, the Chu army had long been frightened by the overwhelming bangs and explosions behind them and disappeared. On the road, they were left sitting on the carriage at a loss, not knowing what to do. Men, women and children, they were also frightened by the explosions behind them and the occasional flashes of fire.
Tang Huai stepped forward to reveal his identity as Zheng Jun and brought them back. Coincidentally, when he returned to the original battlefield, Chen Xiaomu and the others had already disappeared, because he had heard Chen Xiaomu say before that tonight To enter the new capital, he led his cavalry and the people he rescued to pursue him.
When approaching Xinjing City, he received a report from a scout, saying that there were a dozen Chu troops on horseback not far in front of them, and they were running towards Xinjing City. At first, Tang Huai thought they were Zhang Yun's men, so he urged his horses to catch up. , wanted to ask about the situation of Chen Xiaomu and others, but when the group saw someone chasing them on horseback, they ran as fast as they could. Tang Huai shouted to them from behind, but the group ignored them and just kept their heads down and ran away. .
Tang Huai chased after him. As he chased, he began to feel that something was wrong. These people clearly heard his shouts but did not even reply. He left some cavalry to protect the people, and he led another part of the cavalry behind the group. Chase.
When they caught up to Xinjing City, the group saw that the suspension bridge had been placed on the moat and the main city gate behind was wide open. Knowing that something was wrong, they turned their horses and ran towards Xinhe County. Unexpectedly, they were stunned for a moment. , Tang Huai led the cavalry to chase them. After a brief fight, except for a few of the group who were hacked to death and injured, the rest were all captured. Tang Huai simply asked, there are still some people in this group. There are two leaders of the Chu army stationed in the new capital, Wu Yan and Fu Tong. Among them, Fu Tongji was hacked to death by random knives in the fight just now.
After hearing about Tang Huai's pursuit and escape, especially the capture of the leader of the Chu army stationed in the new capital, Chen Xiaomu was very excited. After witnessing the Chu army capturing ordinary people and using them as human shields tonight, he thought that if there was a chance in the future, , in the form of a public sentencing meeting in later generations, these Chu army generals who seized the common people as human shields were publicly pronounced, sentenced to death on the spot, and beheaded on the spot, in order to deter the Chu army generals who wanted to do this in the future, but they did not expect such an opportunity. Coming soon.
Chen Xiaomu immediately arranged for Zhang Yun to find a place in the city that could accommodate a large number of people. At dawn, he started posting announcements to make the noise louder. At three quarters of noon, Wu Yan's head would fall to the ground on time! As for the ceremony for Zheng Jun's entry into the city that he had previously thought about, he felt that it should be done, at least to give some reassurance to the people of Xinjing City who had been massacred by Meng Da before, and to have some comfort. This matter had to be left to Tang Huai. After all, He is now the official general of the Zheng Army. He asked the soldiers to change into clean uniforms and form a neat queue. They drove out from the main city gate before dawn, and then lined up and drove in after dawn. At that time, they asked the Queen to come to the city gate. The military parade upstairs may make my mother-in-law happy, and her condition may be half cured.
After making arrangements for what to do tomorrow, Chen Xiaomu called Li Gui again and assigned him to send all the scouts in the reconnaissance company out to various pharmacies in the city to buy as much of the herb as Resurrection Grass at dawn tomorrow morning. .
Seeing that Chen Xiaomu was almost busy, the prince who was standing nearby and setting up the lantern came over and said attentively: "Master Ma, it's getting late. Can I arrange a place for you to stay in this palace?"
"Master Ma?" Ximen Ruoen, who was held in Chen Xiaomu's arms, was shocked all over. He raised his head and asked Chen Xiaomu in a low voice, how come you have become Zheng Guo's vassal again when you have been away for such a short time? "
