Adhere to the gentleman's principles

Chapter 119 Typhoid fever appears and seeks medicine

Lucheng, "General, we have been fighting for a month. The Handan-Chi army is too cunning. If this continues, the brothers will definitely not be able to bear it." Su Han said a little frustrated. Zhao Junhao looked at the terrain, "Don't panic, how is the defense of Beishan now?"

"The defense of Beishan is very solid and backed by a high cliff. If the enemy goes in, they will be in a dead end." Zhao Junhao nodded after hearing this. "It seems that we have been retreating and suffering losses, but in fact, what we can't bear is that after the last attack on Lucheng, all the guards in the city know how to repel the enemy. In addition to the terrain, we have actually won half the battle. Next, we will play a game of chess with them, and we are the players and they are the pawns."

Shangguan Kou, who was listening at the side, suddenly said, "Are you going to use the method of seeing every tree and grass as an enemy?" Zhao Junhao nodded and shook his head, "This method of seeing every tree and grass as an enemy won't work for long. I have another step, which is to draw in the north from the south."

As he said that, he explained to the people beside him, "You see, we are now in Lucheng. We have no shortage of food and weapons. We have a backup that they didn't expect." Shangguan Kou asked, "What?" Zhao Junhao pointed to the topographic map, "Yingshan, we can give them this mountain as a gift. The second prince of Beimeng only knows how to fight but has no strategy. We can invite him to this mountain. The prince of Handan Chi has some strategy and has read military books. So we can confront him head-on."

"Junhao, the guy from Handan Chi has been on the battlefield since he was a child. Are you sure you want to fight him head-on?" Shangguan Kou asked with some concern. Zhao Junhao nodded, "Don't worry, I'm sure. Just follow my instructions to make good defenses in Yingshan. Once Keerqi is trapped, we'll capture the leader first." Shangguan Kou listened to Zhao Junhao's explanation and said, "Okay."

In Sangping City, Bingzhou, "Give me something to eat." An old woman knelt on the ground begging. Li Ziyan put a cake and a banknote in the old woman's bowl. The old woman looked at Li Ziyan's back as he walked away and said, "Good people will have a peaceful life. Thank you, thank you."

Li Ziyan and Xiao Xuantang walked side by side, "Your Highness, why did you come with me to Bingzhou?" Xiao Xuantang smiled gently, "I think you are a friend worth making. I rarely have friends like you who are smart and good at everything.

Father asked you and Zhengshu to come to Bingzhou. I have also heard about the conflict between you and him. If you two come together, the people of Sangping City will not be able to escape from the sea of ​​suffering. "Li Ziyan nodded after hearing this: "Your Highness is right, but I am a person with a big heart and don't hold grudges. As long as he doesn't touch my bottom line, I won't care about him."

"The bottom line is Zhao Junning, right?" Xiao Xuantang asked. Li Ziyan sighed, "Yeah."

"I thought you and her were just a matchmaker and had no feelings for each other. Later, I heard that you knelt in front of Xiao Zhengshu and took thirty sticks in order to make him apologize. I was thinking that the arrogant and unruly young marquis knelt for someone he didn't like. It really makes people suspect that you like Zhao Junning."

"I really didn't like her at first. Maybe it was because she used long thorns to catch me and take me back to the mansion when she went to the gambling house before she married me, or because she used a long whip to beat me and took me home when she went to the dance house, or because she left food at the door every day after she married me, urged me to study hard, stood up to encourage and praise me when outsiders belittled me, and told me that I could do it when I was frustrated. She is just that kind of person. She always thinks of me in her heart, and fills in my gaps again and again. How can such a girl not be liked?"

Then he said, "She is never dull. I thought she would be a girl who abides by the rules and is closed off. Later I found that she is very courageous. She is so good that I want to give her all the best and protect her. My father once told me that in the future there will be a girl in my life who will love me like a mother, but I must love her a little more than she does. So I think Jun Ning is the best.

So I have to climb higher until no one dares to bully me and her." Xiao Xuantang listened to what Li Ziyan said and nodded, "That's right, you can do it." Li Ziyan stretched his waist, "I, Li Ziyan, have always been very good."

"Your Highness Prince Qin, Your Highness Prince Yue asks you to discuss some matters with Lord Li." The two looked at each other and arrived at where Xiao Zhengshu lived. "Your Highness, the Second Prince and Lord Li are here." Xiao Zhengshu nodded, "What does my brother want to see me about?"

"Brother, Lord Li, you are here. I have a perfect plan. Would you like to hear it?" Xiao Xuantang agreed: "What is it?"

Xiao Zhengshu gave Lu Wu a look and said, "Your Highness, let me speak."

"Sangping City is cold and miserable. I think that your highness and the King of Yue are precious people. It is not appropriate for them to stay in this cold and miserable place. Lord Li is different. Lord Li is the Minister of Works who came to repair this city. Naturally, he also knows how to help the people. After all, in Lucheng, as a county magistrate, he had to manage the affairs of the city and take care of the people." Li Ziyan understood what Lu Wu meant, that is, to let Li Ziyan stay in Bingzhou Sangping City alone, and the others go to Rucheng. Li Ziyan thought: What a good plan, this Lu Wu is really not simple! "Then the two highnesses are not staying in Sangping City, then I wonder if you, Lord Lu, are staying here?"

Xiao Zhengshu said unhappily, "He is the counselor that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave me, so naturally he has to follow me."

Xiao Xuantang also saw through the two's plan, "No, Lord Li was recommended by me, so I will stay here with Lord Li."

"Brother, why do you want to stay in Sangping City when it's so hard?" Xiao Zhengshu asked in confusion. Xiao Xuantang nodded, "I spent a year in the village when I was a child. I feel at home here."

"Sir, Your Highness, something bad has happened. Ten people in the city have fainted today. They seem to be poisoned." A soldier came running to report. Li Ziyan asked, "Where are you taking me?" The soldier took Li Ziyan and Xiao Xuantang to the disaster relief area. Before they entered, they could hear continuous coughing. "Can we find a doctor?"

"Your Excellency, the doctor is on the way." Xiao Zhengshu and Lu Wu also followed.

After the two entered, they saw a coughing and weak person. Li Ziyan walked to the nearest person, looked around and remembered what Zhao Junning had told him, "The white of the eyes of the poisoned person will become more white, bloodshot, the fingertips will be bloodless, and there will be blood between the teeth."

Li Ziyan looked at these places one by one and said, "It may not be poisoning."

Xiao Xuantang asked, "What is that?" Xiao Zhengshu glanced at the patient on the bed, "Master Li, have you studied medicine?"

Li Ziyan didn't look at Xiao Zhengshu. "My wife knows medicine." Then he said, "He is cold and sweating. It may be typhoid fever, but we can confirm everything after the doctor comes."

As Li Ziyan spoke, he recalled what Zhao Junning had told him, "If it's common typhoid fever, the cough will not stop and the fever will not go away. If it's serious, it's hard to say. The limbs may become weak and coughing up blood will also show signs of coughing."

Li Ziyan also suspected that this was a severe form of typhoid fever. "Your Highness, please put on a mask just in case."

The doctor came, took the pulse and stood up quickly, "Everyone, put on your masks, this is typhoid fever." The four were stunned after hearing this, "Now I don't know how many people in the city have this disease. If this disease spreads, I'm afraid the whole city will fall. The four adults should move on."

After the four people and the doctor came out, Li Ziyan asked, "Do you have a way to cure this disease?" The doctor looked inside the tent and said, "Yes, but it's hard to get the herbs. After the last attack on Sangping City, all the precious herbs are gone." Xiao Xuantang asked, "What medicine do you need?"

The doctor said one by one, "Astragalus, Schisandra, Evodia, Dragon Bone, Ophiopogon, Terminalia Terminalia, these six herbs are in urgent need." Xiao Zhengshu thought after hearing this, "Where can I buy them?" The four of them looked at the doctor, who thought for a while, "You can buy them in Handanchi. Bingzhou and Handanchi are not far apart, and these herbs were brought in by Handanchi merchants to sell. Now that Sangping City has been destroyed, the merchants have stopped coming." The doctor sighed as he spoke, "How long can your medicines last?"

"Ten days."

"Ten days...Okay, I'll go buy medicine." Li Ziyan was very determined. Zhou Aoyang, who arrived later, only heard Li Ziyan say that he was going to buy medicine. Xiao Zhengshu had the same intention and Li Ziyan also volunteered to go. He and Lu Wu looked at each other, but Lu Wu was not happy. He knew that Li Ziyan's going to Handan Chi meant that he didn't really understand Li Ziyan. After all, he wanted Xiao Zhengshu to go to Handan Chi to buy medicine.