Chapter 129:

The banquet room on the second floor was even more chaotic, and everyone shouted one after another:
"Shi Ziye!"
"Shi Ziye passed out!"
At this time, Gu Zezhi had already left Xixianglou and turned on his horse.
Hearing the noisy noise from the second floor of the restaurant, Gu Zezhi smiled and told the young man meaningfully: "Find a'good' doctor for your son."
"Yes, San Ye." Xiao Si immediately understood, and took his command.
Gu Zezhi was not in a hurry to return to the palace. Instead, he looked at a dim sum shop in the other direction and thought: This shop is still there. He remembers his mother said that the shop sells crispy sweets. Buy some back and give Xiao Jiu a taste.
Gu Zezhi rode his horse away, and soon someone hurriedly brought a gray-haired old doctor into the Xixianglou.
The hall on the second floor was still noisy. Gu Chenzhi was lying on the beauty couch behind a screen, his eyes closed and unconscious.
None of the teenagers dared to leave, after all, they still don't know how Gu Chenzhi's condition is.
Even the people in Xixianglou didn't dare to move, so the blood that Gu Chenzhi coughed up still dazzled on the floor, no one cleaned it.
As soon as the old doctor came, everyone was amnesty, and the chief guard quickly said to the old doctor: "Doctor, the eldest son has coughed up a lot of blood, please show it to him."
Others quickly gave way to the old doctor.
The old doctor sat down on a round stool next to the beauty's couch, and got Gu Chenzhi's pulse first, frowning slightly.
The surroundings fell into silence, and no one dared to disturb the old doctor.
After a while, the old doctor retracted his finger, took out the silver needle, and after burning it with candlelight, he quickly pierced Gu Chenzhi into several large holes.
Soon, Gu Chenzhi, who had closed his eyes tightly, reacted, and the eyeballs under his eyelids moved slightly.
The head guard couldn't help but whispered: "My son!"
Gu Chenzhi opened his eyes slowly, but his eyes were obviously in a trance, as if he didn't know where he was.
The old doctor received the silver needle and pulsed Gu Chenzhi again, his expression very solemn.
This time, he spent a long time exploring his pulse, and everyone around him was waiting anxiously. He wanted to ask Gu Chenzhi what the was wrong, but he didn't dare to ask.
Gu Chenzhi gradually became awake a lot, and remembered what happened before he went into a coma, and asked weakly, "Doctor, what is wrong with me?"
His face was as pale as paper, and his voice was hoarse and weak. He just said such a simple sentence, and his breathing became quick and hard.
At this moment, Gu Chenzhi also felt that what he had had was not ordinary wind chill.
The old doctor was hesitant, and the chief guard would look at his eyes very well and immediately understood. He said to the surrounding young generals that "the world needs a rest" soaring polite words, and dismissed all irrelevant people.
After a short while, only the close-fitting servants of Gu Chenzhi, the old doctor, the chief guard, and Gu Chenzhi were left on the second floor. The servants went to the stairs to guard wisely.
The old doctor asked euphemistically: "Did Shi Ziye have eaten something recently?"
Gu Chenzhi: "?"
In the past six months, Gu Chenzhi has also clearly felt that his body is getting worse and worse, especially recently.
He had hired many doctors back and forth, and every doctor said that he was overworked, and he was really losing money, and the prescriptions were the same.
Only the old doctor in front of him said something different from other doctors.
Gu Chenzhi clenched his fists, his heart sank little by little, and the ominous feeling in his heart grew stronger.
He shook his head weakly and said, "I haven't eaten anything special..."
"Impossible." The old doctor seemed to retort, and he seemed to mutter to himself, "The pulse of the elder son is clearly poisoned. The old man has been to the western country of Pogo, where he has seen such medical records and pulse conditions. It's exactly the same."
"Yes, Shi Ziye was poisoned."
Gu Chen was shocked when he heard the other party mention Pogo Country, and subconsciously wanted to sit up on the beauty couch, but his body was too weak, and he almost fell back. Fortunately, the guard gave him a hand with clear eyes.
Gu Chenzhi took two deep breaths, reluctantly settled, and then asked, "Doctor, what kind of poison is it?"
He actually had guesses in his heart, and his voice trembled slightly.
The old doctor looked embarrassed, and replied respectfully: "My son, the old man can't say it, it seems to be a poisonous weed."
"At that time, the patient was very ill. If it weren't for his family to say that he was poisoned, the old man would only regard him as weak and exhausted, so the true yin was lost, and his pulse was exactly the same as that of the old man."
As he said, the old doctor stroked his goatee and sighed quietly, "The old man failed to save the patient!"
Following his remarks, the faces of Gu Chenzhi and the head guard became more and more ugly, mixed with emotions of surprise, fear, anxiety, disbelief and so on.
"Cough cough cough..."
Gu Chenzhi felt that his throat was itchy again, and coughed again, his body trembling like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.
The blood stained his veil, fingers and sleeves.
Gu Chenzhi was cold to the bones, and a boundless despair instantly enveloped him.
Jiuhexiang, it must be Jiuhexiang!
Until now, Gu Chenzhi understood everything.
No wonder he is getting weaker and weaker these days, no wonder he has sought out many famous doctors in the city, and the doctors all said he was just overworked, and it turns out that he was poisoned!
He managed to get Jiuhexiang from the country of Bogo, with the juice of Chifeng grass in it, which is very rare.
At that time, the Pogo country merchant who sold Jiuhe incense to him said that the person who used the incense would become weaker and weaker, slowly being hollowed out by toxins, and dying silently within a year.
But others would only think that this human body is weak and sickly and died.
However, why was he poisoned by Chifeng Grass? !
The poison of Chifengcao is chronic. It only takes a day or two, and it doesn't hurt at all. It will erode the body a little over time, and he has been poisoned for some time.
He started to feel unwell in the fall of last year. At first he didn't sleep well at night and often woke up. Later he started bleeding inexplicably...
When Gu Chenzhi thought of something, his body trembled violently.
Counting the days, I was afraid that soon after the father returned to Luoan City, he was poisoned.
At that time, Gu Zezhiyuan was in the capital thousands of miles away, no matter how long his hands were, he couldn't reach Duanwangfu...
Yes, since Father Wang returned to Xijiang last year, he has not treated him as well as before.
The father kept saying that he believed he would not poison the princess, but he was actually deliberately coaxing him. Moreover, the father and the princess deliberately quarreled with the princess in order to reduce his defense, so as to attack him.
But because the princess and Gu Zezhi were not in Xijiang, he thought that this palace belonged to him, and he was so stupid that he was completely defenseless...
Just thinking about it, Gu Chenzhi's heart was cut like a knife, and the pain couldn't get worse.
"Cough cough cough cough..."
He was coughing harder and vomiting blood.
A pool of blood stained half of the beauty couch.
The old doctor gave Gu Chenzhi two more shots while persuading him: "My son, take a good rest and don't think too much about it. Don't worry about being tired and thinking too much."
"Otherwise..." He sighed and sighed, his brows bulged, and he looked like he wanted to say nothing, and said, considering his words, "Otherwise, if the condition is repeated, it will gradually get worse."
He spoke euphemistically, but the implication was obvious. If Gu Chenzhi had a good rest, he could live a few more days, otherwise he would die soon.
Gu Chenzhi's heart was getting colder, and the chill from his bone marrow made his mind more confused.
He grabbed one of the old doctor's sleeves and asked eagerly: "Can this poison be solved?"
The old doctor shook his head in embarrassment, and was about to speak, when there was a sound of "pegging" coming upstairs from below, and the young man guarding the stairs shouted: "Lord."
As soon as he heard the words "Wang Ye", Gu Chenzhi's face suddenly became even more ugly.
Even the sound of going upstairs was like the sound of black and white impermanence holding the soul chain approaching him.
"Morning!"
King Duan quickly went up to the second floor with worry written on his face, and walked to Gu Chen's side in three steps and two steps.
Seeing Gu Chenzhi coughing up so much blood, King Duan was anxious and worried. He knew that the eldest son had not been in good health over the past six months. He thought he was overworked, and never thought he was so sick.
Gu Chenzhi was still coughing, but the corner of his eyes was looking at King Duan, and a storm seemed to be brewing in his pupils, becoming more and more violent.
He wanted to ask if he was poisoned by Duan Wang.
"father……"
However, he opened his mouth and vomited another mouthful of blood.
King Duan became more anxious, and hurriedly said, "Chenzhi, stop talking."
He hurriedly turned his head and asked the old doctor: "Doctor, how is the son?"
"Master, please take a step to speak." The old doctor bowed to Duan Wang.
King Duan moved his eyebrows, followed the old doctor around the side screen, and went to the window on the other end to talk.
"My lord, the old man is only incompetent," the old doctor said again, sighing helplessly, and said in a low voice, "The old man is really helpless because of his illness."
Duan Wang frowned even more tightly. The eldest son is just overworked, and he is not a terminally ill. This doctor must be an incompetent person who is so evasive.
Since the other party said there was nothing he could do, Duan Wang didn't force him, so he sent him casually.
After that, he returned to Gu Chenzhi's side and comforted: "Chenzhi, that's a quack doctor! This king will immediately go and ask you another famous doctor."
However, at this moment, no matter what King Duan said, it was full of deep meaning in Gu Chenzhi's ears, or rather, with bad intentions.
Seeing that the old doctor was gone, King Duan said that he would "call another famous doctor" for him. Gu Chenzhi had to suspect that King Duan had deliberately sent the old doctor away.
In other words, the father wants him to die!
This cruel fact pierced his heart like a knife.
He vomited another mouthful of blood, rolled his eyes, and fainted.
The king of Duan was anxious and shouted: "Chenzhi! Chenzhi!"
"Come on, take the world son back to the palace!"
"..."
There was another fluttering, Gu Chenzhi was carried from the second floor by a guard and put into the carriage.
The group of people returned to the palace in a mighty manner. Then, the whole palace was exploded. Some people went to call the good doctor in the palace, some went out to ask the doctor, some were busy to settle Gu Chenzhi, and some ran to inform the son Concubine, grandson and so on.
Naturally, someone ran to Zhaohuiyuan to report to Gu Zezhi and Qin Jiao.
Gu Zezhi took the king and the others back to the palace in half an hour. After hearing the news, he immediately took Qin Jiao to visit Gu Chenzhi.
King Duan was still guarding in the hall, sitting with a golden sword, his brows furrowed, worried.
"Father."
Gu Zezhi and Qin Jiu saluted King Duan together, and King Duan made a gesture to signal his son and daughter-in-law to sit down.
Gu Zezhi frowned incomprehensibly and asked, "Father, when I left Xixianglou today, the son was fine. What's wrong?"
Qin Zhuo had actually listened to Gu Zezhi's account of what happened in Xiaxianglou, but he still looked appropriately worried.
Duan Wang was holding his stomach and there was nowhere to talk. Gu Zezhi's question, as if he had opened a valve, couldn't help but pour out to his son:
"Zezhi, you didn't see it, Shizi coughed a lot of blood just now."
"Hey, he is probably overworked, so that he has accumulated a disease."
"In the past few months, he has been in poor health. He contracted a cold in the first month. Not only has he not healed, but he is getting worse. This king is really afraid that he is hurting his heart and lungs."
As he said, Duan Wang rubbed his eyebrows, exhausted.
Gu Zezhi asked worriedly: "Father, what did the doctor say?"
Duan Dynasty looked at the door curtain leading to the inner room, and said solemnly: "The doctor and the good doctor are still in the consultation with the son."
"This king also told the eldest son several times before, asking him to take a good rest, but the eldest son should go and work very hard in private."
"He was born out of this illness through hard work."
Gu Zezhi frowned again, and sighed, "My son is really working hard."
"A few days ago, when I took Xiao Jiu to walk the horse outside the city, I happened to pass by near Daying and I ran into my son. My son was coughing at the time, and I also persuaded my son to go back to the house to recuperate..."
His words ended with a sigh, which meant that Gu Chenzhi did not listen to his advice after all.
After the king heard the words, he looked at Gu Zezhi's eyes with more love by three points, and felt that although Gu Zezhi had misunderstood the eldest son in his heart, he still cared about the eldest brother in his heart, and was wholeheartedly thinking about the eldest son.
"Ze Zhi, you have a heart." Duan Wang couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Ze Zhi has grown up a lot after he became a relative.
Gu Zezhi also counseled: "Father, don't worry too much. As long as the sickness of the world's son is taken well, I believe that it will be cured in one and a half years."
Duan Wang still frowned.
The problem is that the elder son is afraid that he can't calm down and take care of it. The timing is wrong.
The imperial court and Yuzhou are about to go to war. Originally, on the western frontier side, he was sitting in the rear, and it was best for the elder son to lead the soldiers, but now that the elder son is so ill, he must be unable to lead the soldiers.
Although there are many outstanding generals in the Xijiang Army, due to the battle with Xidi in the past few years, the lieutenant generals have been cut off. Now the second-rank and above generals in the Xijiang Army are mostly old, and the following are those with insufficient experience. Young soldiers, these people are far from enough to convince the public.
Moreover, Duanwang Mansion has always been the backbone of the Western Frontier Army. If the King Yu conspires, and the people in Duanwang Mansion do not go to the battlefield in person, it may lead to some unprovoked speculations, which will eventually lead to instability of the military.
King Duan rubbed his eyebrows again, and said solemnly: "Zezhi, the battle is coming soon, I am worried that the body of the son will not be able to lead the soldiers..."
The son is sick. This is not only a family affair for the palace, but also affects state affairs.
There was silence in the room.
"My father is right." Gu Zezhi echoed in a deep voice, "but hemoptysis is the most difficult to work hard. When the elder son is on the battlefield, he might get sicker."
King Duan felt more and more comforted, thinking that the relationship between the two brothers must have eased. Hey, he is a brother after all, blood is thicker than water. Zezhi actually respected his eldest brother since childhood.
Qin Jiu quietly picked up the tea cup on the side, watched Gu Zezhi with his own eyes and dug a big hole for King Duan. And Duan Wang is obviously already hooked.
really--
"Zezhi, why don't you stay and don't leave."
Duan Wang had just blurted it out, but after speaking, he thought it was a good idea.
Gu Zezhi stayed, and the Western Army could lead the army. Then, the elder son could take a good rest, and the emperor could rest assured that he would not worry about supporting the royal mansion and supporting himself and helping the Yu Mansion.
The more King Duan thinks about it, the more he feels that this idea is the safest, and he said sternly: "Zezhi, if you stay, you can lead the army."
King Duan stared at Gu Zezhi with scorching eyes, and did not notice that Qin Jiu's hand holding the tea cup shook slightly on the other side of Gu Zezhi.
Qin Jiu hurriedly made a gesture of lowering his eyebrows and pleasing his eyes, and by the way he drew tears of sympathy in his heart.
Gu Zezhi showed embarrassment and hesitated: "Father, isn't this bad?"
"I still have errands in Beijing, and I promised the emperor to return to Beijing before entering summer."
"Besides, there can be no two masters in the army."
Gu Zezhi's expression was sincere, his eyes were clear, and the words came from the bottom of his heart.
King Duan was completely relieved after hearing Gu Zezhi's words.
If Gu Ze agreed in one word, King Duan would still have some doubts, for fear that he would think about the position of the son, but Gu Zezhi flatly refused. He was so firm, on the contrary, he convinced King Duan that Gu Zezhi had no two minds.
Especially thinking about Gu Chenzhi's coughing up blood just now, Duan Wang became more determined about his idea.
Ze Zhi had been in the Xijiang Army for several years and made a lot of military merits. Last year, he put down Minzhou for the emperor. He is a general and he should be the most suitable candidate to replace his son.
So, King Duan justly persuaded Gu Zezhi to come: "Zezhi, this king knows that you are embarrassed, but now we must focus on the overall situation."
"There can be no handsome men in the army!"
"Zezhi, you and the eldest son are brothers, who else can you believe if this king does not believe? The eldest son is now ill, and he is still very ill. Someone needs to share his concerns.
"The battle between the imperial court and Yuzhou is approaching, and Xijiang has a heavy responsibility, and there must be no mistake."
Duan Wang righteously persuaded Gu Zezhi, from the overall situation to the family love, two-pronged approach.
Gu Zezhi pursed his thin lips slightly, and his eyes were half drooping, showing a pensive expression, seeming to hesitate a bit.
After a while, Gu Zezhi raised his eyes to look at King Duan, and said, "Father, this matter has to be asked."
Gu Zezhi did not refuse, which made Duan Wang feel relieved.
"The son of the world will definitely agree." Duan Wang nodded with joy.
From King Duan's point of view, Gu Chenzhi could not fail to agree.
The eldest son, Gu Chen, has a prudent temperament, and he is very respectful with the brothers below, and he is like a father.
Hearing what King Duan said so swearingly, Qin Jiu couldn't help but glance at him, and once again felt that his old man was blind and blind as he used to be in the world.
Qin Jiu's gaze shifted to Gu Zezhi again, and Gu Zezhi did not speak any more, acting like a father and brother.
He looked at the dripping water, and outsiders couldn't see what he was thinking.
Qin Jiao stared at his handsome profile, his heart was slightly tight, and he felt distressed.
At this time, the door curtain leading to the inner room was knocked up, and a thin middle-aged doctor and Wang Liangyi came out one after another.
The middle-aged doctor respectfully saluted Duan Wang, and said: "Master, the son of the world is too worried, overworked, and even weak. It was originally a small typhoid fever. , The kidney qi is not ingested, and the lungs are injured, so the hemoptysis will not stop."
"I'm waiting for you to prescribe a prescription for calming the liver, moisturizing the lungs, lowering the stomach, and invigorating the kidneys. However, this disease still needs more rest and will be raised gradually. The old man must not work anymore, otherwise the cough I'm afraid it will be worse, and minor illnesses will become serious..."
He said tactfully, feeling in his heart that the son of the world would endanger his life if he continued to do this, but he didn't dare to say this to King Duan, and was afraid that King Duan would think he was alarmist.
Doctor Wang Liang nodded aside and agreed with him.
King Duan waved his hand and asked the doctor to prescribe the medicine.
"Zezhi, you see, the doctors all say that. After taking this medicine for so long, the elder's illness has not improved at all." Duan Wang sighed again, "the elder is too tired to get worse. Help him to recover from illness."
King Duan was babbling and talking, while leading Gu Zezhi into the inner room, Qin Jiu stayed in the main room and waited.
In the inner room, quietly, the needle drop can be heard.
The maids were silent, staring at the toes of their shoes.
Gu Chenzhi was lying on the bed. The blood-stained robe had been taken off. He was only covered in a frosty white coat and covered with a thin quilt. He looked thinner and thinner.
The concubine was also here. Seeing King Duan and Gu Zezhi came in, they hurriedly got up to meet them: "Father, third brother."
Gu Chenzhi had already woke up, and his eyes were staring at King Duan and Gu Zezhi, his eyes were sullen like an owl, with a horrible cold glow.
He closed his eyes, and when King Duan walked to the bed, he recovered as usual, weak and haggard.
King Duan felt distressed when he saw Gu Chenzhi like this, and comforted him: "Chenzhi, just now Dr. Wang Liang and Doctor Xu from Huichuntang have shown it to you. Don’t worry, it’s fine. You just need to recuperate and take the medicine. Day will be cured."
Gu Chenzhi's eyelashes trembled slightly, staring at King Duan and asked: "Father, what did the doctor say?"
Duan Wang replied: "The doctor said that you are overworked, and he will prescribe a prescription to adjust the viscera."
Gu Chenzhi felt as if he had been stabbed by Duan Wang again, like falling into an ice cellar.
Father is lying!
It’s impossible that the old doctor in the Xixianglou didn’t tell his father that he was poisoned, but his father still said so. What does this mean?
The father must have known about this a long time ago, and kept it from him.
The father wanted him to die so unclearly! !
Thinking about it, Gu Chenzhi's face turned white again.
King Duan only thought he was worried about his illness, and soothed: "Chenzhi, don't worry too much. Since these doctors say that you are not a serious illness, you must be fine. You are the most afraid of thinking about this illness."
King Duan said kindly, with a fatherly heart, but the more Gu Chenzhi listened, the colder his heart became, and his heart fell anxiously.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Gu Zezhi spoke appropriately: "The world should rest more and don't bother."
King Duan didn't think much, and followed Gu Zezhi's words and said: "Zezhi is right, you have to rest in peace."
This sentence is actually quite common, however, the speaker does not intend to listen to it.
Gu Chenzhi's pupils shrank slightly, and Duan Wang's words echoed repeatedly in his mind: Zezhi was right.
King Duan didn't pay attention, and said: "Chenzhi, this king wants to stay in Western Xinjiang for a few more days, so that you can share your worries. You can also rest in peace and ignore other things for the time being."
"Chenzhi, what do you think?"
Gu Chenzhi: "!!!"
Gu Chenzhi only felt a burning sensation in his chest, as if there was a volcano in his heart.
All this father king did was really to let him make a seat for Gu Zezhi!
"Cough cough cough..."
Gu Chenzhi's face turned pale, and he coughed violently, coughing out a puddle of blood again, splashing the thin sheet with blood red.
"Shizi!" The concubine Shizi was frightened and let out a sharp shout, almost overturning the roof.
Duan Wang's expression changed drastically, and he also called out: "Morning..."
King Duan is really anxious, even if he originally planned to listen to Gu Chenzhi's opinion, seeing him like this at the moment, he dare not listen.
He said decisively: "That's how it is decided!"
"Zezhi, don't go back to Beijing, stay in Xijiang."
"Chenzhi, take a good rest, let Zezhi do everything else."
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After walking the son and the king~