〖Zhe's life was in danger, Wang used Xuanshen to save him, and then there was a trace of soul, King Li Xian of Qi and Princess Changle both sent medicine to save him. For half a month, he wandered about life and death with the clouds, day and night, Wang all day long in unresolved clothes, all food and lodging in the cold garden, and all who heard it were amazed.
— "The History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties: The Biography of Jiang Suiyun"〗
He reluctantly said, "How is Suiyun?"
Xiao Shunzi turned his head back, his delicate face was extremely ferocious at the moment, and the blood-red eyes were even more frightening to see, and said, "Young master still has a breath for some reason. Please be very medical."
Li Zhi's heart was slightly relieved, and he said quickly: "Go to the princess to get the thousand-year-old black ginseng that my father gave me last year, and also get some good ginseng, first fry some ginseng soup to hang Mr. Jiang's life, if it is the imperial doctor If you think it's ok, you can fry the scrophularia too."
There was gratitude in Xiao Shunzi's eyes, but he didn't have the energy to distract himself to speak. Within a moment, several guards almost came with two or three imperial physicians. Several imperial physicians had already learned about the injury on the way and came in. Not caring to greet Li Zhi, they immediately went to the soft couch to take care of Jiang Zhe's injury. They were busy picking arrows and treating the wound. The basins of blood and water were brought out, and the fried ginseng soup was also delivered in time. The bowl of ginseng soup was poured down, and sure enough, Jiang Zhe's breath gradually became thicker, but if Xiao Shunzi hadn't helped with his inner strength, I'm afraid he would still die at any time.
The few imperial doctors discussed it, then walked up to Li Zhi and said, "Your Highness, that scrophularia ginseng is too strong, please divide the medicine into three times, and take it every four hours, and then you can use it without interruption. Good ginseng hangs to death, so that the adult's life will be safe for at least half a month. This adult is also very dead. His heart is one point, so although this arrow hurts the heart, it is not killed at that time. But there's really nothing we can do next."
Li Zhi slumped down on the chair, waved his hand and said, "Do it immediately." Someone took the order. Li Zhi pondered for a while, and suddenly asked, "Who knows where Doctor Shengsang is?"
Everyone looked at each other, and the whereabouts of the sage was indistinct, like a dragon seeing the head but not the end. How to know, Li Zhi said desperately: "If the sage can be found, and there is still a first line of livelihood, send someone to look for it immediately."
Xiao Shunzi suddenly shouted: "His Royal Highness, the son is a disciple of the sage of medicine, and he is quite skilled in medicine. Can you let the son wake up for a while, let him prescribe a prescription first, and then save his life."
Li Zhi was pleasantly surprised and said, "Really, Suiyun is actually a disciple of the Medical Saint?"
Xiao Shunzi nodded and said, "Young Master once studied medicine under the Sage of Medicine when he was young, but it was not long, but your medical skills are indeed outstanding."
Li Zhi looked at a few imperial doctors, they discussed it, and said: "Your Highness, we can use a powerful medicine to wake up Lord Jiang for a while, but this way, I am afraid that it will aggravate Lord Jiang's injury."
Li Zhi said categorically: "The whereabouts of the medical sage are uncertain. If you can't maintain Mr. Jiang's life for a month, I am afraid that it will be difficult to wait for the medical sage to come. You should prepare the medicine first, and wait for me to tell you to work hard these few days. Don't leave this place. For a moment, if Mr. Jiang has three strengths and two weaknesses, I will definitely make you die."
Several imperial physicians are just claims.
At this time, Dong Zhi came in a hurry. He stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the front is very messy now, and those guests are very uneasy. Ziyou said, please send an order from Your Highness, how to deal with it."
Li Zhi frowned and walked out of the room. He didn't want to disturb Jiang Zhe's treatment. Walking outside the door, he saw a guard standing at the door of another room. He glanced at it, and Gou Lian immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, when the guards arrived, the commander of the Imperial Army, Pei Yun, was also in Hanyuan. Because Xiao Shunzi only wanted to settle him well, so I sent a bodyguard to put him under house arrest, and also arranged for the imperial doctor to treat him.
Li Zhi asked suspiciously, "Why is Pei Yun in the Cold Garden?" He turned around and walked in.
This room is Xiao Shunzi's residence, and the layout is very cold. Pei Yun is sitting on a chair, his shirt has been taken off, and his palm marks are full of bruises. An imperial doctor is administering medicine for him. When the two saw Li Zhi come in, they bowed down together.
Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "Continue." After a while, the imperial doctor put away the medical box and quit.
Li Zhi looked at Pei Yun who was very uneasy, sighed, and asked, "Why is General Pei in Hanyuan?"
Pei Yun thought to himself, could it be that Lord Jiang sent to inform King Yong that the guards he had left in the Cold Garden were also killed? He didn't ask any further questions, but just explained what happened in detail. It turned out that when Jiang Zhe was shot by the arrow, Pei Yun was also shocked. He was almost unable to respond, and was about to help him when he heard Xiao Shunzi's cry of grief, his figure was like a phantom like electricity, and he was next to the two of them in a blink of an eye. Xiao Shunzi had been following Suiyun for many years, and he also knew a little about trauma medicine, he knew He couldn't pull the arrow easily, so he could only click on a few points to stop the bleeding, and then passed the infuriating energy to continue Suiyun's life. He glanced at Pei Yun with a cold expression. Pei Yun knew the martial arts of this young man just by looking at his movement. Far above him, he quickly and concisely explained the situation. Xiao Shunzi picked up Suiyun and walked into the cold garden, only to see that the evil hand and evil heart had escaped, leaving only patches of blood on the ground.
It didn't take long for the guards to arrive, Xiao Shunzi asked them to go to the imperial doctor immediately, and then only ordered them to take care of Pei Yun before entering the room. Pei Yun naturally knew that he was temporarily under house arrest, but he was bright and upright and naturally not afraid.
After listening to Pei Yun's words, Li Zhi stood up and gave a deep salute: "General Pei, you sacrificed your life to save Jiang Sima today, whether he lives or dies, this king feels the same way, but the situation is unknown now, please stay in the palace temporarily. For a few days, and the general is so seriously injured, it is inconvenient to go back to make Ling Zun worry, I don’t know if the general has the elders of the division here, and with their help, the general’s injury will be easier to heal.”
Pei Yun hurriedly said: "Your Highness is serious, Pei Yun is willing to obey His Highness's orders, and there will be two uncles who will be diving in the Fuyun Temple outside Chang'an City. Your Highness can send someone there. The two uncles are very caring for Pei Yun. , will definitely come immediately.”
Li Zhi nodded. Most of the guards around him were selected from the military. Even some of them were extremely skilled in martial arts, and their external skills were stronger than their internal skills. Nowadays, there is a lack of such internal masters. With two Shaolin monks, he can do it himself. Rest assured that Jiang Zhe is safe.
At this time, Gou Lian hurried in and said, "Your Highness, it has now been ascertained that all the guards guarding the Cold Garden have been killed, and one of them died on the road. It seems that he is going to the front. In addition, except for Hu Wei. In addition to the others, the chef from Nan Chu is missing, and the rest are all in their respective positions, and there is witness to each other, so basically it can be concluded that no one is involved in this matter."
Li Zhi said coldly, "What about those guests?"
Gou Lian glanced at Li Zhi's expression and said, "His Royal Highness had already held a banquet at that time, so almost all the guests were in the hall, but a few were unusual. According to the servant, these people were not at the banquet when the incident happened. I am afraid they will ask His Highness to consult in person." He handed over a list.
Li Zhi took it, and there were five names written on it, namely Cheng Shu, Duke of Wei, Li Hanyou, Lord of King Jingjiang, Qin Qing, General of Tiger Power, Pei Yun, Commander of the Forbidden Army, and Xiahou Yuanfeng, Deputy General Manager of the Big Nei. Li Zhi's face was gloomy.
Gou Lian added: "We found a strong bow and a bag of white-feather arrows outside the gate of the garden. It seems that the assassins dropped them there."
Pei Yun suddenly interjected: "Your Highness, Yun once saw the assassin. This man is slightly shorter than Yun, wearing a blue robe and a silk scarf covering his face. Please forgive Pei Yun for not seeing the others clearly."
Li Zhi only felt a move in his heart, and said lightly, "Gou Lian, I remember that Qin Qing was wearing blue clothes."
Gou Lian said: "Your Highness must not make a rash decision, how could General Qin be an assassin from a famous family." He glanced at Pei Yun as he spoke. Pei Yun said with interest: "Yun's injury is not serious, may I ask your Highness to retire temporarily."
Li Zhi said: "There are still several guest rooms in the Cold Garden, all of which have been tidy and tidy. Please General Pei choose one of your own. The general's two uncles are here, please also stay in the Cold Garden temporarily. This king has other important things to do. , please take a good rest, General." After speaking, Li Zhi walked out of the door.
Gou Lian quickly followed. Li Zhi said coldly, "If what Pei Yun sees is correct, Qin Qing is most suspicious?"
Gou Lian said, "You can't say that either. Although Qin Qing is suspected, but..."
Walking out of the room, Li Zhi looked at Gou Lian and said coldly, "Xiahou Yuanfeng's figure is similar to Qin Qing's, and his arrows are as good, so it may not be because of him, and there is also the Prince of Jingjiang, although Li Hanyou is a clan woman, she is Fengyi. Sect disciple, there are rumors that she is the ninth direct disciple of Fengyi Sect Master, Feng Yi Sect Master is a master of assassination, if Li Hanyou is wearing men's clothes, it may be the person that General Pei saw."
Li Zhi stomped his feet and said: "No matter who it is, I will never let this person go. You can ask Pei Yun well later, and be sure to ask all the details. This king will go to see these people first, and you will let your son go first. You withdraw from the banquet, saying that this king Sima was assassinated, and you have no intention of having a banquet, so you immediately send someone to the military camp outside the city, and ask Sima Xiong to bring a thousand guards into the city to take over the defense of the Yongwang Palace, and promise that the military affairs will be temporarily managed by Dong Zhi."
Gou Lian said hesitantly, "His Royal Highness, I'm afraid it is inconvenient for Duke Wei to stay, and if he even mobilizes troops into the city without permission, he may be impeached."
Li Zhi said coldly: "The Duke of Wei doesn't need to be forced to stay, I don't believe he would do such a thing, you don't have to worry about mobilizing the army, this king will enter the palace and report to the emperor, hum, in the Chang'an imperial city, the assassins are so arrogant, Jing Zhaoyin should be punished."
Gou Lian hurriedly said: "Your Highness has thought about it carefully, this minister will do it now."
An hour later, after taking the first dose of Xuanshen Decoction, Jiang Zhe's breath became strong. He no longer needed Xiao Shunzi to drain his Qi all the time to continue his life. Xiao Shunzi immediately exercised his power silently and recovered his power. At this moment, he was completely calm. Come down, before saving Jiang Zhe, he will never be impulsive again. It didn't take long for the two elders of Shaolin Damo Hall, Ciku and Ciyuan, to rush over. After seeing the injury of their nephew, they were relieved. King Yong Li Zhi personally asked the two to guard the cold garden on their behalf. The two were a little hesitant at first. , but Pei Yun blushed and secretly whispered a word in Ci Yuan's ear, and Ci Yuan readily agreed. Although he did not know how Pei Yun persuaded the two elders, Li Zhi thanked the three of them gratefully, and hurried out of the house. Pegasus rushed to the palace.
When the incident happened, Li Yuan was playing chess at the eldest grandson of the harem, and Princess Changle was watching the game. The three of them shared the happiness of a family. It was a joyous occasion. Although the news of the accident in the Yongwang Mansion had been circulated in the imperial city, it had not yet been reached. In Li Yuan's ears, when Li Yuan was thinking hard, there was a sudden noise outside the palace. Li Yuan asked angrily, "What's the matter, who is making noise outside?" Before sending anyone out to check, Li Zhi had already rushed in. Seeing his furious expression and messy clothes, he rushed to Li Yuan's side and suddenly fell to his knees and burst into tears.
Li Yuan was shocked. This son has always been tenacious. He hasn't seen him cry since he was ten years old. Why is it like this today? He didn't care about being angry, he quickly got up to help and said: "Zhi Er, what happened, tell me slowly, Father rule for you."
Li Zhi refused to get up, sobbing: "Imperial Father, my son is calling a banquet today to see Jun'er off, but someone took the opportunity to break into the mansion, killing twenty-one guards, two eunuchs, and seriously injuring Jiang of the court's mansion. Sima, now Jiang Sima is seriously injured, and his life is in danger. The father, the child is so forbearing, and still brings disaster. How can the child still live in Chang'an, or if the father agrees, the child will leave Chang'an and go to Youzhou. It's a vassal."
Li Yuan's anger rose when he heard it, and he said angrily: "Here, let me tell you that Jing Zhaoyin and the commander of the Imperial Army will enter the palace immediately. How could he do such a thing and let someone assassinate him in Prince Yong's Mansion."
Li Zhi sneered in his heart, knowing that the royal father did not want to be held accountable at all, after all, it is very likely that the crown prince did it, so he should forgive him, and said: "The royal father calms down, my son thinks that the assassin is a superb expert, so Beijing Zhao Yin is probably also powerless, but the son is really worried about the safety of the house, and asked the father to allow the son to mobilize a thousand guards to enrich the guards of the Yongwang mansion. There are several guests suspected of assassination, please allow the son to investigate this. thing."
Li Yuan calmed down and said: "Okay, a thousand guards are not too much, you have to arrange them well, and don't let them violate military regulations. As for the suspected guests, you can deal with them yourself, but you can deal with officials above the third rank or relatives of the royal family. If you want to be executed, you need to get my will. What is Jiang Sima's injury, he is the champion of Southern Chu, if he dies like this, I am afraid that some people will take the opportunity to spread rumors that I am unable to protect the surrendered ministers, and who will be willing to surrender at that time."
Li Zhi said tragically: "Jiang Sima's heart was shot by an arrow, if it weren't for his heart being a little bit biased, I'm afraid he would die immediately, and now his life and death are still unpredictable, my son has already used the Xuan ginseng rewarded by the father to hang his life for him, and send someone to go Looking for Doctor Shengsang, if you can't find anyone, I'm afraid Jiang Sima's life will not be saved."
Li Yuan sighed and said, "I'm here to pass a decree to ask all the prefectures in the world to look for Mr. Sang, don't worry."
Li Zhi kowtowed to thank him, and said, "The affairs in Erchen's mansion are chaotic and need to go back to deal with it."
Li Yuan nodded and said, "Go ahead."
Li Zhi got up and was about to leave when Princess Changle stood up and said, "Imperial father, this son and minister will send off the second brother."
Li Yuan just waved his hand in agreement. Li Zhi looked at it, Princess Changle's face was pale, and her expression was very uneasy. When the two walked outside the palace, Princess Changle asked in a low voice, "Second brother, is Jiang Sima's life really in danger?"
Li Zhi sighed, "If I hang my life with Scrophulariaceae, I can keep him safe for half a month, but in order to temporarily wake him up and prescribe it for himself, I'm afraid it can only last for ten days."
Princess Changle's face was pale, and she whispered: "On the tenth day, Mr. Sang's whereabouts are uncertain, I am afraid that he will not be able to get there." She suddenly grabbed Li Zhi and said, "Brother Wang, I also have a black ginseng plant, half of which was given to me by my father. I have to leave it to my mother-in-law. She is not in good health, so I need to be careful. I will give you the other half, as well as a pair of bear bile that my father gave me a few days ago. I refrigerated it with ice, but it has not been used , Brother Wang take it with you."
Li Zhi was overjoyed. Scrophularia and bear bile were both available but not sought after. Only the emperor would occasionally have tributes from his father. He never thought that the emperor would give these precious medicines to his sister. My sister's life-saving grace."
Princess Changle took Li Zhi and walked towards the Cuiluan Palace, and said as she walked, "Brother, if Jiang Sima has a chance to sober up, thank him for me, he understands." Although Li Zhi did not understand Princess Changle's words I mean, but he was so overjoyed that he accidentally got the precious medicine, and he couldn't think about it.
Back at the palace, Li Zhi kept looking at Jiang Zhe's injury. He walked into Jiang Zhe's residence in Hanyuan, and saw Xiao Shunzi sitting next to Jiang Zhe, paying attention to Jiang Zhe's injury. Li Zhi stepped forward and glanced at Jiang Zhe. , the imperial doctor who stayed next to him stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Sir Fang Caijiang was almost dead. Fortunately, Eunuch Shun rescued him, but he doesn't have to keep breathing."
Li Zhi said in a low voice, "This king brought back half a plant of Scrophulariaceae and a pair of bear bile, are you sure you can delay it for a few more days?"
The imperial doctor said happily: "If this is the case, the little doctor can guarantee that it can be extended for at least ten days."
Li Zhi nodded happily and said, "This king will give you the medicine. You must do your best. If you can save Jiang Sima, this king will give you a great reward."
The imperial doctor thanked him again and again, but Xiao Shunzi still looked at Jiang Zhe as if he hadn't heard him. He regretted endlessly in his heart that he should not have left Jiang Zhe's side.
The days that followed were like a nightmare. Jiang Zhe was endangered several times, and the imperial physicians could only barely hang his life. Twenty-seven days after Suiyun was assassinated, Li Zhi finally resolutely let the imperial physician rescue Jiang Zhe with powerful medicine. . When Jiang Zhe opened his eyes, he saw the bloodless faces of Xiao Shunzi and Li Zhi, Xiao Shunzi quickly said: "Young Master, your life is in danger, if you don't wait for the doctor to save your life, I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive. There is no way for the son to delay it for a few days, and now there are three or two scorpions left in the palace, and there is a pair of bear bile sent by His Royal Highness Qi, what should the son do?"
Jiang Zhe understood the situation and whispered, "Go get my golden needle, remember the execution needle method I taught you?"
Xiao Shunzi nodded desperately and said, "I remember, I remember very clearly."
Jiang Zhe said with difficulty: "There is a hand-written acupuncture in my study. It was originally my own creation of the Golden Needle. There are thirteen sets of acupuncture. The first twelve are all methods of punishment, and the last one It is a method that can force out the full potential of the human body and save people from the situation of forced death. In this way, when the torture is used, it can make people suffer and not die. The higher your martial arts, the more inevitably you will be born and die. For you, if there is an emergency, it will save your life, so I have taught you the method of using acupuncture. After that, there is no other way, since there are still scrophularia and bear bile, let me say a prescription, after you use the needle, take it for me, you can delay it for a few days."
Hearing Jiang Zhe finish the prescription, and seeing that the imperial doctor had recorded it, Xiao Shunzi burst into tears. Jiang Zhe always thought about himself all the time, but he left Jiang Zhe, leaving him seriously injured. Jiang Zhe stretched out his hand to wipe it away. His tears, whispered: "Don't be sad, if I unfortunately die, you will report all my plans to Your Highness, and let His Highness take the lead, so as not to fall short, don't take revenge for me, and take Rou Lan back to Nanchu to live in seclusion. , remember, take my ashes back to be buried with my wife."
When Xiao Shunzi saw that Jiang Zhe had lost his expression, he suddenly called out, "Young Master, you must wake up, do you remember, the murderer who killed the lady is still at large, the lady is young, if you die, I can only fight to death to replace it. You take revenge, but you are only afraid of dying, if I die, who will take care of the lonely young lady, son, I can't do it, without you, I really don't know how to take revenge, you have to live for the sake of the lady."
Jiang Zhe's expression froze, nodded slightly, and then passed out again.
Xiao Shunzi wiped her tears indiscriminately, seeing that Jiang Zhe would be fine for the time being, and hurriedly went to fetch the book. Next, when taking acupuncture and moxibustion, Xiao Shunzi could feel Jiang Zhe's skin tremble again. This acupuncture method is not perfect, so the person receiving the acupuncture still feels pain. Jiang Zhe was already breathing evenly, and then he felt relieved, and suddenly remembered something, Xiao Shunzi's eyes flashed fiercely, and he looked at the imperial doctor. Just now, what their master and servant said were confidential. .
Although Li Zhi has been pondering the dialogue between Jiang Zhe's master and servant, he still has no clue. He doesn't understand why Jiang Zhe never talks about the murder of his wife and the enemy's family, but he has deep thoughts and knows not to ask more. With murderous eyes in his eyes, he didn't know what he was thinking, so he said, "Don't worry, Xiao Shunzi, this Imperial Physician Jia is also someone this king can trust, and he won't go out and talk nonsense."
Xiao Shunzi glanced at Li Zhi. These days, Li Zhi did his best to save him, and he felt the same way. He couldn't help but betray King Yong's face. ."
After speaking, although there was a little desk in his fingers, the hard red pine tabletop immediately left a finger hole one inch deep. Imperial Doctor Jia shivered for a while, and quickly said: "The little doctor will keep his mouth shut."
The next time was even more difficult. Jiang Zhe was always as angry as a gossamer. Xiao Shunzi waited by his side every day with a cold expression, as if everything had nothing to do with him. On the other hand, King Yong and others were also saddened. On this day, the imperial doctor came to report. I was afraid that Jiang Zhe's life would be tonight. Li Zhi sat down and couldn't say a word. After that, if Jiang Zhe passed away, Li Zhi felt a chill in his heart, what should he do. Just when he was in a panic, suddenly Gou Lian ran in in surprise and shouted, "Your Highness, Your Highness, Mr. Sang is here."
Li Zhi was overjoyed. Just as he was about to stand up, he felt that his limbs were weak and he couldn't stand up.