Chapter 229: Hold back and keep quiet
Whether it is extreme or not, it will be peaceful. The Tao is always the same. It refers to the time between care and attention, and it will eventually recover and recover. ----------Anonymous
It is said that Chen Long tried his best, despite his injured back, and finally broke through the corner of the sword formation, crashed out of the row window, and escaped. The wounds on his left rib, right arm and back were aching. Before he fainted, Huangfu Song came back and shot down the flying sword that was about to pierce his back.
In the dim wedding room of Cai Mansion, Chen Long's eyes were closed tightly and he was temporarily comatose due to excessive blood loss. Zou Shi, Tong Feifei and Cai Yan gathered around the bed to take care of her, while Huang Gai and Xu Shu went outside. When the Young Emperor of the Han Dynasty heard that Chen Long was injured in an assassination, he specially sent the imperial physician Ji Ping to help with the wound and apply medicine to treat the injury. Cai Yan also urged the imperial physician to quickly prescribe some prescriptions for replenishing qi and nourishing the body.
If Chen Long was awake and heard that Ji Ping was treating him, he would probably faint on the spot. If Shi A is a swordsman in reality, Ji Ping is an assassin in the medical world. Standing behind Shi A and Ji Ping are people who want Chen Long dead.
Ji Ping, whose real name is Ji Tai and whose given name is Ping, was an imperial physician in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In the novel, Cao Cao became the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and he did not take the emperor seriously. Since his uncle Dong Cheng read the edict written by the emperor on his belt and had no way to get rid of Cao Cao, he felt angry and worried, so he fell ill. . Emperor Xian asked the imperial physician Ji Ping to treat him. Ji Ping read the emperor's secret edict and was determined to get rid of Cao Cao. The two of them discussed together and devised a plan.
Unexpectedly, walls have ears. Dong Cheng's slave Qin Qingtong was beaten forty times with a stick by Dong Cheng because he had an affair with Dong Cheng's little wife. He held a grudge. When he heard about this, he reported Dong Cheng and Ji Ping to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao received a tip-off and faked a headache. He trapped Ji Ping and tortured him to find out who was responsible. Ji Ping resisted death and finally died after touching the steps. Cao Cao killed Dong Cheng and five other family members, and hanged Dong Guifei to death. He sent troops to guard the palace and monitor the emperor and his ministers.
This passage in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is very exciting: Ji Ping cursed: "Cao Cao is a traitor!" Cao pointed to Cheng and said: "This man once climbed down to the prince's uniform and four other people, and I have captured the court captain. There is still one person who has not yet been Capture him." Yin asked Ping, "Who asked you to come and cure me? Get out quickly!" Ping said, "I'll kill the traitor!" Cao Nu taught him to beat him. There is no place for punishment on the body. As everyone here looks at it, my heart is like a knife. Cao Cao asked Ping again, "You originally had ten fingers, but now you only have nine." Ping said, "Chew it to make an oath, and I swear to kill the traitors!" Cao taught him to get the knife, cut off nine of his fingers at the foot of the steps, and said, " Once the hair is cut off, I will teach you how to swear!" Ping said, "I still have a mouth to swallow the thief, and a tongue to scold the thief!" Cao ordered his tongue to be cut. Ping said: "Don't do anything. I can't survive the punishment now, so I have to surrender. You can release me from my bonds." Cao said, "What's the obstacle to my release?" Then he ordered him to be released from his bonds. Ping stood up, looked at the tower and bowed, saying, "I can't get rid of thieves for the country, it's only a matter of days!" After bowing, he bumped into the steps and died. Cao orders are divided into body orders. It was the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an. A historian wrote a poem: "The Han Dynasty has not improved, and the country has been called peaceful. I vowed to eliminate the traitors and sacrifice my life to serve the saint. The words of capital punishment became more intense, and the tragic death was as angry as life. The dripping fingers have different names for thousands of years." Ji Ping was captured and executed. He tortured and eventually committed suicide, becoming a typical representative of "loyalty" in the novel.
But at this moment, Chen Long, a heroic time traveler who thought he was responsible for the world, was also regarded as a target of purge by the royalists because he threatened the supreme imperial power. In the eyes of these people, Chen Long first captured Jingzhou and then Wancheng with great momentum, and he was exactly the Cao thief of later generations.
Ji Ping looked calm, sat at the desk, slowly wrote a prescription, asked someone to get the medicine, and Yan Dao cooked it for Chen Long himself. Xu Shu was well versed in pharmacology and saw that there was nothing wrong with the prescription for stopping bleeding and promoting muscle growth, so he hurriedly went to get it. After a while, Ji Ping finished purchasing the medicinal materials and cooked them over a slow fire. He was very calm and no one noticed that Ji Ping took out a packet of white medicinal powder from his sleeve and sprinkled it into the small frying pan.
That white powder is actually arsenic. Ji Ping poured a bowl of medicine, and Cai Yan took it personally and went to feed Chen Long. Ji Ping was overjoyed and secretly said: "The thieves are dead together!" Unexpectedly, Chen Long was unconscious and clenched his teeth, unable to feed him. Ji Ping took a flat bamboo stick, pried open Chen Long's mouth himself, and fed him. Huang Gai and Xu Shu, who were standing next to them, could not help much. Suddenly they saw Ji Ping's face was quite ferocious when he pried open Chen Long's mouth. They were secretly frightened. They glanced at each other and realized that they were not the only ones to notice the strange look in Ji Ping's face. .
But the little fright only passed by for a moment. Who would have thought that there was something wrong with the imperial doctor? Ji Ping was done, he said a few high-sounding words, stood up and left, and everyone was grateful. Ji Ping walked out of the door and took a deep breath. Chen Long should not be able to see the sun tomorrow, right? He escaped from Chang'an overnight. The King of Luoyang must have prepared everything for him.
If Xu Shu could think deeper, he would definitely find that someone seemed to be weaving a big web against Chen Long. Every node of this big net is related to imperial power, and the fisherman who casts the net should be the emperor himself. But the real facts are even more unpredictable and unpredictable.
When Chen Long drank the poison, his intestines should have been pierced, his stomach was rotten, and his mouth would spurt blood, but Chen Long still slept like a newborn baby, breathing as smoothly as ever.
On the night after Chen Long was assassinated, I don't know how many leaders of forces in Chang'an held an urgent meeting to study. In the corner of the palace where King Chen Liu was imprisoned, King Chen Liu Liu Xie, who had grown an Adam's apple, sat quietly at the corner of the tea table and handed Dong Cheng to him. A cup of cloudy green tea was served.
Dong Cheng was originally Niu Fubuqu, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law. Later, he became a general of the Wei Dynasty for his meritorious service and was granted the title of Marquis. Later, his daughter married Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, and was promoted to general of chariots and cavalry. During the period of the two emperors of the East and West, he followed Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty until the fall of Dong Zhuo. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was imprisoned in Chang'an by Chen Long. Only he could approach Liu Xie as his father-in-law.
Liu Xie took a sip of green tea and asked in a deep voice: "Shi A and the others didn't succeed?"
Dong Cheng's voice was hoarse and he whispered: "I was disturbed by this bastard Huangfu Song. Fortunately, the current emperor is smart and immediately sent Ji Ping to pretend to do inspection and treatment. It is perfect and foolproof. Even if Chen Long is not seriously injured, he will die in Ji Ping's hands." .”
Liu Xie grimaced, took another sip of green tea, and said nothing. Liu Bian and Liu Xie were originally demoted and praised by Dong Zhuo. Not only did they lose their brotherhood, but they also had a life-and-death relationship. After all, there are no two people and no two masters in heaven. Unexpectedly, in order to deal with Chen Long, the two brothers actually cooperated , no one can think of it.
In the deep palace, Liu Bian, the current Young Emperor of the Han Dynasty, was also restless. He was the emperor who was helped up by Chen Long. This time he did things without telling his mother, and what he wanted in his heart was to regain the former glory of the Han royal family. Liu Bian's health had always been poor, so he had a lot of contact with Ling Jiping, the imperial physician, and gradually became his confidant. Ji Ping volunteered for such a good opportunity to get rid of Chen Long, how could he miss it.
Footsteps sounded, and the female officer's voice greeted her at the door. It turned out that Queen Mother He had arrived. When the bedroom door opened, Queen Mother He hurriedly came up to her and asked in a sharp voice: "Nanxiang Marquis has been attacked? Does Your Majesty know about it?" Her anxiety was palpable.
Liu Bian, the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, expressed his emotions and said softly: "Mother, I heard that Nanxiang Marquis was attacked, and I was almost dying of panic. Don't worry, mother, I have asked Ji Ping to go to Cai Mansion. There should be no serious problem."
Empress Dowager He breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Your Majesty, without Nanxiang Hou, we, mother and son, would have become caged birds and prisoners. We are both powerful ministers, Dong Zhuo is cruel, but Chen Long is loyal."
Liu Bian couldn't help but curl his lips in his heart. Although Chen Long was not as cruel as Dong Zhuo, his determination to eliminate the imperial power was well known to the world, and he was admired by the untouchables all over the world. If he doesn't do something, it will only be a matter of time before the imperial power of the Han Dynasty falls.
After Queen Mother He left, the guards who escorted Ji Ping out of the city reported that Chen Long had drunk the poisonous soup. Liu Bian was so happy that he informed the ministers who participated in the anti-Chen movement overnight. They all celebrated with their foreheads and hands, waiting for the good news the next morning.
As for Chen Long, in his confusion, he felt a stream of hot medicinal soup flowing down his throat. It was instantly wrapped up by the internal energy of Tuanxi Gong, forming a red pill of internal energy, hidden in a corner of his body, and it seemed that it had not been absorbed. Chen Long breathed calmly, and the astonishing effect of the Tuanxi Kung Fu appeared again. The wound healed early the next morning, and he woke up naturally, refreshed again, and the dejection after blood loss was gone.
Sanmei's wife and the generals were extremely happy to see Chen Long wake up. Chen Long ordered to block the news and only said that he was unconscious. Lu Zhi came to visit him in the afternoon. He heard that Chen Long was unconscious and had difficulty seeing guests, so he left disappointed. Chen Long ordered Huang Gai and Xu Shu to return to their posts and secretly investigate whether there were assassins in the palace and ministers' mansions.
Cai Yan mentioned in his words that Imperial Physician Ji Ping was indeed a miraculous doctor, and a decoction made Chen Long recover as before. Chen Long was surprised and asked, "You said I drank Ji Ping's decoction?"
Cai Yan didn't know what he meant, so he nodded in agreement. Chen Long calmed down instantly, and while using his internal energy to inspect his body, he called Lu Chang and sent someone to inspect the hospital. Ji Ping has most likely fled in fear of crime, but how should he deal with the subsequent situation?
Chen Long inspected the inside of his body and found no signs of poisoning, and he was very surprised. Looking around the internal organs carefully, I found that there was a red ball of internal force stuck under the mucosa of the stomach, wrapped in some liquid. However, the outer wall of the internal force was not thick and seemed to rupture at any time. Once the internal force ball ruptures, the gastric mucosa will immediately absorb it, and of course it will be over immediately.
Chen Long tried to use internal force to force the red ball out of the esophagus. Unexpectedly, when the red ball reached the edge of the esophagus, its wall thickness would decrease to adapt to the narrow esophagus, and it would easily rupture. After many attempts, Chen Long never dared to risk moving the internal force ball. The outer wall of the red ball was thickened by the internal force, but if it was too thick, there was a danger of blocking the cardia.
Chen Long temporarily put down the pain in his body and began to think about the follow-up actions. If the news of his death has not been spread, then the mission of annihilating himself has not been confirmed to be completed, so is he the biggest bait?
Also, those mysterious swordsmen were so skilled in martial arts, but Huangfu Song obviously did not participate in this operation, and Huangfu Song should be a member of the Han Shao Emperor, so why did Ji Ping, who was also part of the Han Shao Emperor's men, come to poison him? Sword If the hand was not sent by the Young Emperor of the Han Dynasty, then whose orders would it take?
Chen Long tried hard but couldn't figure it out, so he had to wait until Xu Shu came tomorrow. Thinking of the dangerous red pill in his stomach, Meng Keli remembered a person and called Lu Chang again: "Go to Huang Gai and ask him to send someone to find the miracle doctor Hua Tuo for me!"
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
