Lu Shen put her down, hummed, and turned away without saying anything to her.
Lin Rong snorted and was too lazy to pay attention to him. He turned his head and fell asleep. I slept for a long time, only six or seven hours before I woke up. She used it for meals, and ordered someone to find Shen Yan, and asked in detail: "Where is this ship going? Where is it now? How long does it take to get to Qiantang?"
Shen Yan didn't dare to hide anything, and replied truthfully one by one: "Your Majesty ordered us to sail to Jiangzhou. Now we have arrived at Baiping. This is a big ship, not as good as the small boat we came with. Many rivers in the city cannot be used, so we have to go downstream first." , then turn into the canal, and in another day and a half, we will reach Qiantang."
Lin Rong nodded and let him go, arranging herbal medicine illustrations by herself. She never even took a step out of the door. Lu Shen didn't come to see her, nor did she ask anyone to pass a word. She was very happy and at ease.
It took a day before anyone told her about Lu Shen's illness. At first, when she saw that the boat had stopped and was not leaving, she called Shen Yan and asked, "Why isn't the boat leaving? What is it stopping here for?"
Shen Yan didn't answer at first, but Lin Rongdang said: "You have your own important matters, and I don't dare to bother you. I'll just go down and rent another boat to go back to Qiantang."
Without Lu Shen's instructions, how could Shen Yan dare to ask Lin Rong to disembark alone? He hesitated and finally said: "Your Majesty was soaked in the rain in the mountains the day before yesterday. In addition, the old injury recurred, and he refused in the past two days. Rest, I didn’t take it seriously at first and didn’t stop the ship to call a doctor. I had already had a high fever for two days and fell into a coma. I then ordered people to stop the ship and invited a famous local doctor to come over. I also sent someone to ask Jiangzhou to follow. Very good doctor."
Finally, he raised his head and glanced at the shadow on the screen again: "Your Majesty has given orders not to let Madam know about it, and no one is allowed to invite you over."
Lin Rong sat behind the screen, waving a fan in his hand. He didn't quite believe it and asked, "What did the doctor say?"
Shen Yan said: "I just invited you here, and I'm still diagnosing my pulse."
Lin Rong said, "After you've finished looking, ask them to come over. I have something to ask." She was an expert and could tell whether it was a real illness or a fake one just by asking.
However, I sat there until midnight and saw no one reply. I opened the door and walked out. I saw Lu Shen's cabin was brightly lit, and doctors carrying medicine boxes came and went from time to time.
Chapter 108
When Lin Rong entered, the doctors inside were fumigating with herbs. The room was filled with smoke, and it seemed like it was on fire. She couldn't help but cover her handkerchief and cough for a while.
Shen Yan was standing in front of Lu Shen's bed when he heard the sound and immediately came out, stroking the curtain and bowing: "Madam."
Lin Rong looked inside and saw how many people were gathered inside, one floor after another. He couldn't see Lu Shen and asked, "What's going on? Are you awake? How is your condition?"
Shen Yan looked inside and shook his head. The anxious expression on his face did not look like he was faking it. He lowered his head and said, "It's not good that the arrow wounds from the old years always happen every year, especially in spring and summer. In previous years, it was always treated by Dr. Hu. Now that he is not here, I have invited doctors from all over the city, and I have taken the medicine prescribed by diagnosing the pulse, but it is not very effective and the fever has not subsided."
Lin Rong asked: "Is it on the shoulder?"
Shen Yan replied: "Yes, Your Majesty also asked Mr. Zhang to diagnose and treat me."
Lin Rong understood a little after listening to it, and said silently: "It happens every year, especially in spring and summer. It must be because the wound has not been treated well, and there are some wood chips from the arrow shaft, metal from the arrowhead, and the like. Every spring and summer, the resistance is low." When the bacteria grow, they will attack again.”
Shen Yan stood aside, confused, and asked, "What do you mean, madam?"
Lin Rong waved his hand, but did not go in immediately. Instead, he said: "Call the doctor over and let me ask you something?"
Shen Yan naturally did not dare to ask these foreign men to see Lin Rong like this, so he invited her to the side, set up another screen, and then called the doctors to come.
Lin Rong asked carefully and became more and more sure. He stretched out his hand to hold the teacup. He didn't notice that the sprained wrist was not fully healed yet. It hurt when he moved it. He couldn't use the strength, and the cup of tea suddenly tipped over on the table. Finally unable to do so, he asked, "Which of you has ever had surgery to deal with trauma?"
Doctors at this time, at least most of them, would never perform an operation without performing an operation. Some doctors had never performed an operation once in their lives. They didn't know how to use it even if they didn't need it. They shook their heads for a while. The more courageous ones said: : "The wound has healed. If you operate again, will it worsen the condition?"
Lin Rong was too lazy to tell them, and waved his hand to Shen Yan: "Send them off the ship, and hurry up to pick up Dr. Hu. Since he has been the one to take care of her in the past years, he must have a way. My wrist is sprained and I can't give it to him." Debridement can only treat the symptoms first and not the root cause.”
Then she lifted the curtain and stepped in, rolling up her sleeves and saying, "Go get my set of silver needles, and bring in some ice water..."
He stopped before he finished speaking. When he raised his head, he saw Lu Shen sitting half-sitting. There were two maids standing beside the bed. One of them was taking a piece of brocade and stuffing it behind his waist. The other was holding a tea bowl and said, "Master, please rinse your mouth."
Lu Shen looked very lethargic. He had lost a lot of weight in just two days, but he didn't fall asleep like Shen Yan said. He seemed to have just taken medicine. He took a sip of tea and spit it into the white glazed porcelain bowl. Inside, he finally took the handkerchief from the maid's hand, wiped it with her, and ordered: "Bring me the pen and ink."
The maid responded and immediately brought pen and ink from the desk. Lu Shenqiang continued to write a short message. Although his face did not change, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He put down the pen in vain and ordered: "Go and ask Shen Yan to use the seal." , quickly pass back to Luoyang."
The maid agreed in a low voice, turned around and walked out. She saw a person standing in the dark around the corner. She was so frightened that she almost screamed. Fortunately, she knew Lin Rong, so she saluted: "Madam!" and asked softly: "Who is Madam?" Are you here to see the master? You just woke up and took medicine."
Lin Rong stood there, feeling quite embarrassed. He thought Lu Shen was still awake, so if he went in to diagnose his pulse and prescribe medicine, he wouldn't have to meet him face to face. I just saw him waking up, and he was standing there for a moment, hesitating whether to go in or not.
Lu Shen inside heard this and asked, "Who is outside?"
Lin Rong waved to the maid and told her to go ahead, so she had no choice but to step in and said in silence, "Let me take a look for you."
Lu Shen's face was red, his lips were white, and he was working hard. He looked like he was very hot. He raised his head slightly and looked at Lin Rong. He didn't say yes or no, and after a long time, he nodded: "Okay!"
Lin Rong then sat on the edge of the bed and gently stretched out his right hand to feel his pulse. After a slight touch, he felt a burning sensation. Finally, he took back his hand and asked him: "Did you feel uncomfortable before? It's not just this. How many days does it take?”
Lu Shen didn't answer, and was silent for a long time before letting out a low hum.
Lin Rongfu asked: "When?" Lu Shen didn't want to talk about this topic. No matter how he said it, once he said it, it seemed like he was praying for mercy.
Suddenly the maid twisted the wet towel over and handed it to Lin Rong: "Madam!"
Lin Rong took it, it was warm, and ordered: "Go and get some ice. I have a high fever and need cold compress to cool down." Seeing that Lu Shen's palms were sweaty, he wiped them with the handkerchief. Realizing that Lu Shen didn't reply to her words, she raised her head and saw Lu Shen looking at her quietly, somewhat unspeakably.
Lin Rong asked again: "When?"
Lu Shen then replied: "When I first arrived in Jiangzhou, I occasionally had a low-grade fever." But he only said this, and his mouth closed tightly like a clam shell.
Lin Rong glanced at him and asked, "Then why didn't you say anything?"
Naturally, he wouldn't answer. Lin Rong stood up and said, "Take off your shirt and let me take a look at the wound."
He refused to say anything, and how could he untie his clothes? Lin Rong rolled his eyes in his heart and said silently: There is no need to argue with the patient. He then leaned over to unbutton his shirt with his own hands. Lin Rong remembered the injury on his shoulder when he was in Qiantang. , Mr. Zhang helped him clean it up once, and she bandaged him again. However, it was late at night, so she didn't check whether it was clean.
At this time, she slowly untied his clothes, and what came into view was the red mark on his chest that she had scratched with Danko in the wooden house in the forest a few days ago. Lin Rong just pretended not to see it and turned her head to look at her shoulder. The wound on the wound was red and swollen. When I pressed it, it turned out that the center was hard and compacted, and there were some signs of softening and pus around it. He said: "When the arrow was hit, the wound was not expanded and the debris was left inside. This is why it relapses every year." . In a few days, when my wrist gets better, I will clean it up again for you."
Lu Shen still didn't speak, looking like he didn't care at all.
Lin Rong was too lazy to look at his expression. It seemed as if she was in a hurry. She wiped her hands, turned around and went out. She read the doctors' prescriptions carefully, took another pen and ink, thought about it for a long time, and wrote three words. When the assistant prescription came, he told Shen Yan: "You take the medicine, fry it, give it to him, and ask someone to give him a cold compress with ice water. Leave him alone tonight and ask someone to take care of him."
Shen Yan said yes, he knew Lin Rong's medical skills, but just to be on the safe side, he took it out and asked everyone to discuss it, and there was no objection, so he asked people to get off the boat to get the medicine.
Lin Rong returned to the cabin by herself, took a shower and lay on the bed. She just squinted for a while when the maid came in and said, "Madam?"
Lin Rong put on his clothes, opened the bed curtain, and asked, "What's wrong?"
The maid hurriedly said: "Not only has the master's fever not gone away, but it seems to have gotten worse. I don't know what to do, so I have to come and ask Madam for advice."
Lin Rong opened the door and came out. As he walked, he asked, "Have you taken the medicine? Did you use ice water to apply cold compress?"
The maid nodded: "I took one dose, but after the master fell asleep, I didn't take any more. I started to serve him with ice cold compresses for a while, and then the master ordered the slaves to leave."
Lin Rong shook his head. Lu Shen always disobeyed the doctor's advice. He opened the curtain and went in. He saw that he was sleeping with his eyes closed and his face was pale. He looked at his forehead and saw that the fever was terrible. It was indeed getting worse. He told the maid: "Bring some strong wine."
He added ice cubes to the wine, wetted it with a towel, and wiped it over and over again to cool him down. He also used a jade board to gently scrape the Dazhui, Fengchi, Fengfu, Tiantu and other points.
I don't know how long it took, the sky outside the boat window turned white, and the high fever gradually subsided. I felt a little relieved. I just touched my forehead, and there was still a low-grade fever. I was afraid it would happen again. After all, I was tired all night. Lin Rong sat on the edge of the bed. He held his chin and slowly fell asleep.
I don't know how long it took, but Lin Rong suddenly woke up and saw Lu Shen covering him, asking: "Why are you so crazy..."
He only spoke half a sentence before he immediately stopped. He felt his lower abdomen was sore and numb. He stared blankly at the dark cloud pattern on the tent ceiling and inserted his hand weakly into Lu Shen's hair.
After a long while, she finally came back to her senses, pushed Lu Shen, and was about to frown, when she saw Lu Shen leaning over, pecked her lips gently, hugged her shoulders, and sighed slightly: " If you don't want to go back to Luoyang, then don't go back. I don't want to force you, and I don't dare to force you anymore. Just ask Azhao to stay with you in Jiangzhou. When the war in Mobei stops, I will come to Jiangzhou to see you again."
Lin Rong was stunned for a moment and couldn't care less about his moves. He had already foreseen in his heart that he would use Ah Zhao to manipulate her. He also made up his mind not to see Ah Zhao again in this life. He never expected him to keep Ah Zhao here. Around yourself.
Lu Shen gently sucked the already slightly hot earlobe and said, "Nothing in this world is more important than your life. Whatever you want to do, just do it!"
Lu Shen didn't know how many things Lu Shen had done to her, and Lin Rong naturally refused to believe it. She stretched out her hand to push him, but her hand was weak and powerless. Instead, she seemed to be gently rubbing Lu Shen. Shen's chest. Lu Shen raised his head, his eyes were like deep pools. Lin Rong looked at him and closed her eyes again. She suddenly felt frightened and helpless. The feeling was so unfamiliar that she fell into endless nothingness.
Lu Shen lowered his head, lightly covered her eyes with his thin lips, and said, "Don't think about it, you can't understand it." As he said this, he leaned over and pressed down, swallowing the little woman's cries.
It's really annoying to be involved in such unclear, confusing and sloppy matters. Lin Rongzheng pursed his lips and tried to stop him, but he heard him whisper in his ear: "I'll go back to Luoyang in June, and I'll go on an expedition in July. I can't say we'll see you next time." , it will be another year later. Azhao has always been naughty and playful, so don’t spoil her. She will be four years old in a blink of an eye next year. You can teach her a few words in your free time."
The words 'die by arrow' suddenly popped into Lin Rong's mind. The words that stopped him stopped on his lips, he put a hand on his eyes and said: "I never believe your words, and there is no credibility in them." .”
Lu Shen could only sigh: "This time, it's true." Life is short, and it takes a long time to have fun.
It was already dusk at this time, and the boat had already reached somewhere. The river wind blew through the windows, blowing the lotus-colored tents randomly, and the tents were filled with golden fragments of the sunset.
Chapter 109
Suddenly, the bed was shaking and the curtains were dimly lit by spring light. Lin Rong suddenly opened his eyes, and his voice was cold and not laziest at all: "Are you trying to force yourself again?"
Lu Shen looked up at her and saw that her pink face had been stained with a very heavy rouge color and there were two or three spots of sweat on her forehead. Her eyes were completely cold and showed no sign of emotion. She looked at Lu Shen coldly. I asked again: "Do you think I have your words in my heart that you don't want to go back to Luoyang? I'm just holding on to my identity. If you want to refuse, I will immediately go down the steps and wait for you for a year and a half, or you may become pregnant again, so I won't go back." I have to go back. Even if I am depressed, after three to five years, it will dissipate. Naturally, the husband and wife will be happy and happy with their children, right? In a cabin in the forest, it is natural to be here half-heartedly, right? ?”
Lu Shen choked and could only stare at Lin Rong in a daze. He looked at her for a long time and said, "Is this how I feel in your heart?"
Lin Rong closed her eyes, closed her shirt, stopped looking at him, and said calmly: "Get out!"
Lu Shen looked at her silently in the tent for a long time, and saw that she only had her eyes closed. Melancholy gradually emerged from her beautiful eyebrows. She turned over and sat up. Finally, she put on her clothes, lifted up the tent, and pushed the door open.
Lin Rong heard the sound of the door closing, and then sighed slightly, but did not get up. She closed her eyes to collect her thoughts. She was really tired, and after a while, she unconsciously turned her head and fell asleep.
When she woke up again, it was already the time to turn on the lamp. The smell of the medicine in the tent gradually faded away, leaving only a scent like orchid and musk. She sat up with her hands on her hands, the embroidered curtain shook slightly, and the maid immediately came forward and started playing. He opened the curtain and asked, "Madam, you're awake. Do you want to have a meal? Are you waiting in the kitchen?"
Lin Rong didn't say anything, just put on his clothes and got up, took out pen and ink, went to the table and wrote another prescription, and said: "Go and get the medicine, fry it and bring it to me immediately." After thinking for a while, he said : "Bring the medicinal ingredients and I'll fry them myself."
A maid took the rice paper and asked: "Madam, you are not feeling well, and you have to know whether to heal yourself or not. The doctors outside are still waiting on the boat. Why don't you invite them in and check your pulse through the curtain?"
Lin Rong said nothing and went to the clean room. Another maid saw her sloppy steps and hurriedly stepped forward to help her: "Madam, do you want to take a bath?"
The maid who was ordered to grab the medicine came out quietly, handed the prescription to Shen Yan, and said: "Madam ordered me to hand over the prescription and grab the medicinal materials. She will cook the medicine herself."
Shen Yan looked at it carefully. Although he couldn't quite understand it, there were two medicinal materials on it, cinnabar and musk, which were extremely cold contraceptive substances. He silently put them in his sleeves and invited everyone on the boat. The doctor took a look at it and was convinced that it was indeed Buzi Tang.
Shen Yan turned around and went out, and saw His Majesty still standing solemnly on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back. He was dressed in black clothes and almost blended into the thick night. He bowed forward and said: "Your Majesty, Madam wrote a letter to avoid Zitang." For the prescription, I ordered the maid to grab the medicine and prepare it myself."
Shen Yan lowered his head, not daring to look at Lu Shen's face. As soon as he said these words, he felt a cold silence all over his body. He bowed and waited. After a while, he felt as if his fingers were frozen.
I don't know how long it took before I heard Lu Shen's stern instructions coming from the night wind: "Let her go."
Lin Rong had taken a bath and had a meal here. Although he didn't have much appetite, he still managed to eat an extra bowl of fragrant rice. As soon as he put down his chopsticks, he saw the maid coming in with medicinal materials: "Madam, the person who got off the boat to grab the medicine is back. The wharf we are stationed at is not big, and there is a small county right after we get off the ship. Other medicinal materials are just that, but musk is not available in ordinary medicine stores. We will order the county magistrate here to handle it at dawn tomorrow morning. "
Lin Rong hummed and said, "It's not a big deal." He opened the package of medicines, picked them one by one, and smelled them between his noses to make sure that the medicines were not damaged or lost their medicinal properties, and carefully selected a pair. Pour it into a medicine jar and put it on the small red clay stove to simmer slowly.
While sitting on the small table and fanning the fire, he asked the maid: "Where is this place?"
The maid smiled and shook her head: "The slaves have been on the ship these past two days. I don't know where it is. I only heard that it is not far from Jiangzhou. I think it will be either three or five days. The ship will be able to dock and stop."
Lin Rong listened, hummed, shook his fan silently, and said for a long time: "That's good." He looked at the time again: "It's getting late, you guys go and have a rest. I have nothing to do here."
The two maids knew that the lady was easy-going, and when they saw her letting them go back to thank her, they did not refuse and nodded: "Yes, madam."
After less than half an hour, when the medicine was boiled and allowed to cool down, I then went to bed to rest. Just as I was squinting and feeling drowsy, I heard the sound of brisk footsteps outside the cabin, and then it sounded like Ah Zhao's voice, chasing someone and asking: "Where is it? Is it the one in front of me?" Huh? You didn’t wait for me and left already. Didn’t you tell mother that I was coming? "
A voice next to him whispered, half persuading and half coaxing: "No, no, right in front? Madam is right in front. It's too late, so she must have fallen asleep."
As he spoke, the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer. Lin Rong immediately pushed up the tent and sat up. He saw Ah Zhao running all the way and throwing himself into his arms. His voice was full of grievances: "I thought you had left. What’s up?”
Lin Rong hugged her, gently stroked the top of her head, and comforted her with a smile: "Who said that? I'm not still here? I planned to pick you up from my uncle in Jiangzhou, but who knew you were here. Who sent you You're here. How many days have you been on the road? Are you tired?"
I don’t know who said something to her, but these two comforting words had no effect. The little girl threw herself in her arms, humming softly, as if she was acting coquettishly or sobbing softly, and finally raised her head after a while, There were still tears hanging on her brush-like eyelashes. She sniffed hard and smelled a strong smell of bitter medicine. She raised her little head and asked, "Mother, are you sick?"
