"Your Majesty! There is an urgent message from His Majesty the King of Wei~!"
In the Ganlu Hall, Li Er, who had received spiritual comfort from Queen Changsun, was reviewing the memorial. A young eunuch from Qintian Prison urgently asked for an audience. After the young eunuch entered the hall, he held a piece of paper in his hands and said to Li Er Leaning over the report.
"Huh? Qingque sent an urgent report?"
Li Er raised his brows, and a bad premonition suddenly appeared in his heart. He quickly said to the little eunuch: "What's the urgent report? Come up and show it to me!"
"Yes! Your Majesty~!"
The little eunuch raised the note above his head with both hands. Zhao Song quickly walked down, took the note, then quickly stepped forward and handed it to Li Er.
"What? Duguxin was assassinated in Taiyuan City~?"
Taking the note from Zhao Song, after seeing the content clearly, Li Er's expression suddenly changed and he exclaimed.
There was deep anger and disbelief in his tone. Just a few quarters of an hour ago, he claimed in front of Queen Changsun how many guards Li Tai had in Taiyuan City and how safe he was. However, Just a few quarters of an hour later, the cruel reality hit Li Er hard in the face. The strongest combatant around Li Tai, the commander of the Tang Bei Ya Forbidden Army, was actually assassinated in Taiyuan City!
Although it is not yet known what Dugu Xin's current condition is, whether he was injured or whether the injury was not fatal, the fact that Dugu Xin was assassinated alone shows that there is a force in Taiyuan City that is plotting to resist the Tang Dynasty. What are they planning? They even dare to assassinate the generals of the imperial court. This shows that Li Tai is not absolutely safe in Taiyuan City, and may be the next target of the assassins. This also reflects that the current situation in Taiyuan City is already very serious!
Zhao Song, who was standing next to Li Er, also had a look of shock on his face after hearing Li Er's words. Zhao Song was very aware of Dugu Xin's strength. For a master-level martial arts master who was less than thirty years old, looking at the military generals in the court, except for Li Zexuan, Dugu Xin's martial arts talent was probably the best! Moreover, after being taught by Li Zexuan, Dugu Xin's attainments in swordsmanship improved rapidly. If he used his swordsmanship with all his strength, even Zhao Song would feel a headache!
How could such a great master be assassinated in Taiyuan City? How powerful and confident does the enemy have to be
"Send a telegram quickly and ask Qingque to inform me of the details of Duguxin's assassination! And order Wang Liaoyuan, the governor of Bingzhou, to catch the assassin within seven days, otherwise, I will not be lenient! Order Bingzhou to attack Fang Gongteng of the Mansion , temporarily holds the title of Captain, and temporarily has the right to directly command troops and horses, assist Wang Liaoyuan in maintaining public security in Taiyuan, and protect the safety of King Wei and the teachers and students of Yanhuang Academy! The imperial edict of appointment will be sent to Taiyuan City by carrier pigeon!"
After reading all the contents on the note, Li Er's face was as sinking as water. After thinking for a moment, he gave instructions to the young eunuch of Qin Tianjian.
Changing generals before the battle is a taboo for military strategists, so Li Er did not directly take over Wang Liaoyuan's official position, but gave the latter a chance to make up for his past mistakes!
"Yes! Your Majesty~!"
The little eunuch responded and quickly exited the hall.
"Zhao Song, you can formulate what I just said into an imperial edict, and then use the Wang family's carrier pigeon to quickly convey it to Taiyuan!"
After the little eunuch left, Li Er gave instructions to Zhao Song next to him.
Regarding the appointment of military generals and the mobilization of troops and horses, telegraphs alone are not feasible at all, and a formal imperial edict is required. After all, the telegraph machine is a new thing. Nowadays, people in Taiyuan City, except for Li Tai and Tiedan and other people from Yanhuang Academy, the rest of them will not believe that the person on the other end of the telegraph machine is sending the telegram to Li Er's people, so they cannot To determine the authenticity of the imperial edict, this matter must ultimately have an imperial edict stamped with a seal!
Thinking back to when Wu Jie sneaked into Yunshan and stole the confidential files of Yanhuang Academy, Li Zexuan, who was managing the locust plague in the north, got the news immediately through the telegram sent from Chang'an, and was ordered to mobilize troops from the northern states to stop the attack. Wu Jie would not let him leave the Tang Dynasty.
At that time, Li Zexuan's first thought was to mobilize troops to Taiyuan, because Taiyuan was the closest to him at that time, and Taiyuan's soldiers had many generals and strong soldiers and horses. However, at that time, he only had an imperial edict in the form of a telegram, and there was no one with a seal. He could not move the soldiers and horses of Taiyuan City with this traditional imperial edict in physical form. Even if he put a knife on Wang Liaoyuan's neck, he could not move any of the soldiers of Taiyuan City!
In the end, it was Li Er who used the Wang family's carrier pigeon to urgently airlift the edict to Taiyuan City, and Li Zexuan was able to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Bingzhou camp!
Now that the situation in Taiyuan City is critical, and it is also related to the safety of his son, Li Er has to repeat his old tricks. Otherwise, if he follows the normal edict-issuing process, if this imperial edict of appointment and troop deployment wants to reach Taiyuan City, he will have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest. ! And one day late will lead to one more day of variability, which Li Er cannot tolerate!
"Old slave obeys the order~!"
Zhao Song looked solemn and answered with his hands raised.
But he did not immediately draft the decree. Instead, after hesitating on the spot for a moment, he tentatively asked: "Your Majesty, the queen is still waiting for news. What should I say..."
The person who asked the Qintian Supervisor to send a telegram to inquire about Li Tai's situation was Empress Changsun. Now that the Qintian Supervisor had received such bad news, Zhao Song was really not sure whether he should tell the truth to Empress Changsun.
Li Er pondered for a moment and then said: "I will personally go to the Queen's side to tell you, but you can go and draw up the decree!"
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
When Zhao Song heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly left.
Although Queen Changsun has paid great attention to taking care of her body in the past year, such as practicing Tai Chi, eating locusts, etc., her Qi disease is an old disease after all, and she does not have the same opportunity as Changle, so it is naturally impossible for her to be like this. Changle also fully recovered. In addition, she had lost a lot of energy in raising children for Li Ersheng over the years, so her body was still very weak!
If you rashly tell Queen Changsun about the news in Taiyuan City, the other party might be frightened. Zhao Song cannot afford such a result!
Therefore, it is best for Li Er to talk to Queen Changsun about this matter.
Suddenly, only Li Er was left in the Ganlu Palace, and he no longer had any thoughts about reviewing the memorial. After a while, Li Er stood up, left the Tai Chi Palace, and walked straight towards the West Garden of the Imperial Palace.
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Taiyuan City, Post House.
"Didi~didi~didi..."
Li Tai, who had waited for a long time but saw no movement from the telegraph machine again, was about to leave the room to see how the situation was at Dugu Xin's side. Suddenly, the telegraph machine on the table rang again!
After confirming the identity of the other party through the password, the other party sent a long string of codes. After Li Tai finished translating, he learned that Li Er planned to order the soldiers and horses of Bingzhou Camp to protect the safety of their group. Li Tai's face showed a trace of solemnity at this time. It seemed that the situation in Taiyuan City was far more terrifying than he imagined, otherwise Li Er would not be so "making a fuss out of a molehill."
"It seems that my father must have noticed something..."
Li Tai thought to himself.
Li Tai understood that Li Er's sense of danger was far beyond his own. Since Li Er was so serious about mobilizing soldiers and horses from Bingzhou Camp to protect him and the teachers and students of Yanhuang Academy, it proved that today's Taiyuan The city is far more dangerous than they expected!
"Didi~didi~didi..."
After a moment of silence, Li Tai controlled the telegraph machine and sent the details of Dugu Xin's assassination because Li Er requested this in the telegram.
After sending it, Li Tai took the telegram he had just received, walked out of the door, and walked towards the room where Dugu Xin was.
On Duguxin's side, the treatment was coming to an end.
"Mr. Gongsun, how is the poison in my brother's body?"
Seeing that Gongsun Liang began to withdraw the needles and Dugu Xin also regained his composure, Dugu Feiying hurriedly asked.
God knows how dangerous the treatment just now was? Not to mention how intense Dugu Xin's subconscious struggle was, during the treatment process alone, Dugu Xin vomited three mouthfuls of blood. Of course, all the vomited out was black poisonous blood. This situation made everyone in the room stunned. Breaking into a cold sweat, as Dugu Xin's younger brother, Dugu Feiying was naturally more nervous than anyone else.
Listening to Dugu Feiying's question, Gongsun Liang took off the needle from Dugu Xin's chest and replied calmly: "Most of the poison in this general's body has been discharged, and his life is no longer in danger. Within an hour, He will wake up! As for the remaining poison, just feed him more water and cooperate with the detoxification prescription prescribed by me, and it will be completely eliminated within seven days! But remember not to let him use force within these seven days~ !”
There was some weakness in Gongsun Liang's voice. The treatment just now must have consumed a lot of his energy and physical strength. Seeing that Gongsun Liang was sweating again, the little medicine boy quickly picked up a handkerchief and went to help Gongsun Liang. Liang wiped his sweat, but there were already three soaked handkerchiefs on the table next to him!
One can imagine how tired Gongsun Liang was during the treatment just now!
"Brother, I would like to thank Mr. Gongsun for saving my life!"
Hearing this, Dugu Feiying was immediately overjoyed, and he hurriedly said solemnly to Gongsun Liang, clasping his fists.
"General Dugu is out of danger? That's great!"
As soon as Li Tai entered the door, he heard Dugu Feiying thanking Gongsun Liang. He couldn't help but have a look of surprise on his face and asked.
"Thanks to Mr. Gongsun's superb medical skills, otherwise General Dugu would have been in trouble this time!"
Wang Yu on the side stroked his beard and smiled.
Wang Liaoyuan, who was standing next to him, could not help but breathe a sigh of relief at this time.
It is said that as long as Dugu Xin survives, he will have the opportunity to redeem himself, otherwise there will really be no room for redemption!
"Mr. Gongsun has excellent medical skills. Xiao Wang apologizes to you for being rude before!"
Li Tai walked up to Gongsun Liang, bowed his hands solemnly, and said sincerely.
Something strange suddenly flashed in Gongsun Liang's eyes. He must have not expected that Li Tai would actually apologize to him face to face. After being stunned for a moment, Gongsun Liang waved his hand and said: "Haha! It's impossible to say that you have great medical skills. There is a world outside the world, and there are people outside the world. , Besides, His Highness’ previous criticism is not unreasonable. My rule of “only sitting in the hall and not visiting the clinic” is indeed a pretext for fame~! Haha~!”
Speaking of this, Gongsun Liang shook his head with a complicated expression. He put the needle into the medicine box, and the little medicine boy consciously covered the medicine box. Gongsun Liang looked at Wang Yu at this time and said: "President Wang, since this general is no longer seriously ill, I will go back to the hospital." Yes! As for the detoxification prescription, after I go back and prescribe it, I will have someone send it over with the prescription and medicine!"
Wang Yu nodded, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Gongsun!"
Dugu Feiying hurriedly said: "Mr. Dugu, I will send this to you! Also, I will deliver the reward promised earlier to the Huichun Hall in person within two days!"
Although he wanted to stay and take care of Dugu Xin, Gongsun Liang was Dugu Xin's savior, and he did not dare to neglect him.
Hearing this, Li Tai also hurriedly said: "Oh, by the way! Earlier, Xiao Wang said who could cure General Dugu, so Xiao Wang rewarded him with three thousand guan. This reward will be sent to the Huichun Hall within two days. !”
With a reward of six thousand yuan, plus a favor from the Dugu family, Gongsun Liang would only make a visit to the clinic. The consultation fee earned from one visit to the clinic is completely worth the consultation fees of other doctors in a lifetime!
But who knows, Gongsun Liang waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need! I came here today just to be entrusted by others and to be a loyal person. I will not accept any more remuneration from you! Xiaobao, let's go!"
After saying that, Gongsun Liang waved to the little medicine boy and left directly without any hesitation.
"Yes! Master!"
The little medicine boy seemed to listen to Gongsun Liang's words. Without any hesitation, he directly picked up the medicine box and followed Gongsun Liang away.
"Doctor Gongsun, it seems that I misunderstood him..."
Looking at Gongsun Liang's leaving figure, Li Tai was thoughtful and murmured to himself.
When Li Tai first heard some things about Gongsun Liang from the mouth of the state captor, Li Tai had a very bad impression of Gongsun Liang. He thought that this man was deliberately putting on airs and seeking fame with a little medical skill, and he was really not a doctor; but just now Gongsun Liang was unmoved by the heavy reward of 6,000 yuan, and even refused, which made Li Tai a little surprised. Moreover, what Gongsun Liang said before leaving seemed to have a deeper meaning!
It seems that this is a person with a story!
A trace of curiosity flashed in Li Tai's eyes.
"Water... water... water..."
At this moment, Dugu Xin, who was lying on the couch, moved his fingers, and then he shouted intermittently in a low voice.
Everyone was shocked. Previously, Gongsun Liang said that Dugu Xin would wake up within an hour. Who would have thought that Dugu Xin would wake up right away as soon as the other party stepped forward? Gongsun Liang’s medical skills are truly incredible!
"Brother, are you awake?"
Dugu Feiying was the closest and heard Dugu Xin's voice first. He quickly squatted down, grabbed Dugu Xin's arm, and said excitedly.
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