A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 34 The Sick Tiger Qin Shubao

Chang'an City.

Wannian County, Yongxingfang.

Suzakumen Street East Third Street from North Third Square.

It is close to the imperial city, and there are many honors and relatives.

Princess Qin's eldest grandson's natal family is also in this workshop.

To the north of the west gate in the square is the mansion of Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao, Duke of Shangzhu Kingdom and Yi Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty. Cheng Yaojin came riding Wu Huaiyu with him, and he took Huaiyu in without waiting for the door to inform him. The servants of the Qin family were also surprised Strange, quickly send someone to run to report.

"Uncle Bao,"

Cheng Yaojin went straight to the front hall, Qin Shubao was lying on the couch, seeing him rushing in, he thought something serious happened, "Yizhen, what happened, the Turks broke into the Guanzhong?"

He was about to sit up as he spoke, "Get my armor and prepare my horse. I'm going to fight the Turkic Hu Kou."

Huaiyu has long heard the name like thunder, the door god, who has to be posted on the gate every year, especially the number one hero in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the loyal second brother Qin, the number one in Shandong A good man, the horse rides on both sides of the Yellow River, and the mace beats the six mansions of Shandong. That yellow puma horse, that mace with a tile-faced gold, was Huaiyu's number one idol when he was young.

Later, when I grew up, I realized that it was a romance story, but I also read from history books that Qin Qiong was also a peerless and brave cavalry general with thousands of troops and horses who took the heads of enemy generals. The thief, who later voted for Wagang, was also a real hussar general and general of the five tigers.Later, he voted for Li Tang, and became Li Shimin's cavalry chief in Qin Wangfu, commanding the Xuanjia cavalry.

Whenever Li Shimin went on a conquest, if there were generals in the enemy's formation who dared to show off their strength and pretend to beep in front of the formation, Li Shimin would let Qin Qiong go out.

Shubao obeyed his orders, leaping forward with a spear in his hands, he would stab the people among the crowd, and the horses and men would be replaced by Yi!
How brave and majestic should such a real general who is the enemy of ten thousand people be? Cheng Yaojin has always been Qin Qiong's good partner. Before seeing Lao Cheng's sumo-like size, Huaiyu thought Qin Qiong should be so big and majestic .

But I never thought that what appeared in front of my eyes was a skinny sick man.

Pale complexion, low voice, shortness of breath and fatigue.

It can be seen that Qin Qiong is tall, should be taller than Cheng Yaojin, more than eight feet tall, but now he is thin and thin, but only has a thick skeleton, and the clothes hang loosely on his body.

Cheng Yaojin stepped forward to support him, "The Turkic wolf cubs were still kept out of Xiaoguan by Li Yaoshi, and they are still looting in Longyou. Li Youliang was closed in Liangzhou, and Chai Shao had no choice but to retreat. In the Longguan area, His Highness is dispatching troops, you should rest at home, don't worry."

"This is Ying Guogong's nephew. He has been cultivating Taoism with an expert in Zhongnan Mountain before. He is proficient in medicine and alchemy. I specially brought him here to show you."

Qin Qiong heard that it wasn't a Turkic caller, so she sat back and leaned there, "Many doctors have seen my body, and His Highness has given you many precious medicines, but they are all useless. In his life as a soldier, he has gone through more than two hundred battles, big and small, and has been seriously injured many times, bleeding back and forth, how can he not be sick."

It is difficult for a hero to mention his bravery.

She used to have a belt around her waist, but now she is thin and out of shape.

"Greetings to Lord Yi, little nephew Wu Huaiyu, who is friends with Chu Mo, who practiced Taoism in Zhongnan Mountain for nine years, and also learned some superficial medicine. If Lord Yi doesn't mind, can you ask my nephew to take the pulse? "

Qin Qiong is very polite.

Huaiyu took his pulse, checked his tongue and fetus, and asked about his physical condition, the medicines he took and his reactions.

"Frequent dizziness, loss of appetite, lack of food and loose stools, lack of energy, even palpitation and shortness of breath, dry mouth and tongue, thirst and irritability..."

Cheng Yaojin waited for him to see, hear and ask, and asked impatiently, "How is it?"

"Duke Yi has a pale tongue with white fur, weak and rapid pulse, dry mouth and tongue, thirst and irritability. My nephew infers that Duke Yi's condition is due to many years of battle injuries, he used to bleed too much, and now he is anemic. Deficiency of both qi and blood, if what I expected is correct, the prescriptions used by Yi Guogong before should be the prescriptions for nourishing blood and nourishing qi, and he may even have used the prescriptions for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Ginseng, deer and donkey-hide gelatin, etc. , especially ginseng, should be taken all the time.”

Qin Qiong nodded, "It seems that Wu Erlang has indeed learned a lot of skills, and what he said is not bad. I have been getting worse and worse in the past two years, especially this year. Both His Majesty and the King of Qin often give medicines, ginseng, deer, and donkey-hide gelatin. There are also bezoar and musk, etc., and the prescriptions prescribed by several imperial doctors are indeed what Wu Erlang said, and my wife and concubines have been making ginseng tea for me."

Huaiyu asked him to tell him the prescription he had recently taken, and Qin Qiong told him that the prescription contained more than a dozen herbs such as ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, licorice, angelica, rehmannia glutinosa, astragalus, chenpi schisandra, etc. The imperial doctor said that this prescription has warming and tonic properties The role of Qi and blood, regulating deficiency and nourishing the heart.

The prescription I ate before was composed of rehmannia glutinosa, angelica, peony, Chuanxiong, etc. The imperial doctor said that it promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis.

In addition to these two medicines, I still drink ginseng tea every day.

"Mr. Yi, these two prescriptions do have the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis and warming and nourishing qi and blood. Duke Yi's body had blood stasis before, which led to deficiency of both qi and blood. Use the previous prescription to activate blood and remove blood stasis first. , and then enrich the blood and nourish the blood, and then switch to warming qi and blood, regulating deficiency and nourishing the heart.”

The idea is right, the two prescriptions sound good, but why did Qin Qiong become more ill instead.

"The first prescription, the problem is that long-term use breaks the qi, improper care, the result is nourishing the blood but stagnating the blood, and harming the blood, which leads to the deficiency of both qi and blood, but the situation worsens. Although Duke Yi is still young, But in the previous battles, there were indeed too many injuries, excessive blood loss, and the symptoms of anemia, so the usage of this first prescription was somewhat inappropriate.

Immediately afterwards, I changed the second prescription, and I must have understood the situation, but the second sub-medicine mainly uses ginseng. Although this medicine has a neutral nature and flavor, it is warm in nature, and warm and hot medicine will hurt yin if taken for a long time. Dry mouth and tongue, thirsty drink and irritability symptoms.

And Duke Yi's mansion also prepares extra ginseng soup every day, which is a bad thing done with good intentions.

Duke Yi's body is too weak, which leads to deficiency of yin and hyperactivity of fire, so he should nourish yin and reduce fire.Ginseng is a good thing to invigorate qi, but if there is excess qi, it is fire. The fire at this time is a strong fire and a pathological fire.Strengthening fire and eating qi will make people excited and irritable, and the body's vitality will be consumed more. If you take ginseng, it will add fuel to the fire and consume more yin qi. "

The first formula clears the blood stasis and enriches the blood, but it repairs the qi, and the second warms and nourishes the qi, but it hurts the yin after long-term use.

The wives and concubines in the family don't know how to use ginseng soup as a tonic and keep drinking it for him, which is even more serious.

The two prescriptions were correct, but they were not adjusted in time to address the symptoms.

Qin Qiong used high-grade ginseng bestowed by Emperor Li Yuan and King Qin Li Shimin, but the better the ginseng, the more counterproductive it would be if it was used wrongly.

To put it bluntly, it means nothing can be filled.

Ginseng is swollen and painful, nosebleeds are caused by eating astragalus, and hair loss is caused by eating deer.

"Then what's the remedy?"

"The Sanjiao must be cleared first, and ginseng can no longer be eaten, so stop for a while."

"Then Erlang quickly prescribed a good prescription!" Cheng Yaojin hurriedly said.

"The medicine is three-point poisonous. The weaker the body, the less he can take too much medicine. Now Duke Yi's body cannot withstand the attack of various medicines, and his body is too weak."

Clearing stasis and dissolving blood is too aggressive, qi is broken, qi is replenished too much, yin is deficient, now both qi and blood are deficient, the body is too weak, the more tonic, the worse.

"First soak water with raw gardenia to drink, clear the triple burner, and balance the warm energy stored in the lower body."

Wu Huaiyu suggested to let the body get some rest time first.

"Although ginseng and cinnamon are good for Qi and spirit, it is not advisable to eat too much. Now the main thing is to calm the liver and strengthen the stomach. If the liver is calmed, it cannot restrain the soil, and the stomach qi is free from disease. Instead, use medicated food, which can also nourish people.

Nourish yin with medicinal food first.

When the body recovers a little, then replace it with a prescription that soothes the liver, nourishes blood and regulates qi, and slowly recuperates. Duke Yi's body needs rest, especially peace of mind. "

Although Cheng Yaojin didn't understand these pharmacological things, he felt that what he said was very reasonable, even Qin Qiong, who had been ill for a long time, thought it was very reasonable. I don't know how to treat it, but I can tell that what he said is right for his symptoms.

"Na Erlang prescribed a medicinal recipe and a prescription for soothing the liver, nourishing blood and regulating qi." Cheng Yaojin begged.

"You can eat lily and longan porridge, or you can mash raw lily, asparagus, jujube, and white tuckahoe into a puree, add milk and honey, pour it into the hole of lotus root, steam it in a pot, and eat it. Bird's nest porridge is also fine."

"As for soothing the liver, nourishing blood and regulating qi, the four-flavored main medicine in the first prescription is only selected for the combination of rehmannia root, angelica and peony, and Chuanxiong is not used.

Although the combination of the four medicines is a good prescription for nourishing blood, the leader of Chuanxiong goes up to the sea of ​​blood. .

You can remove Chuanxiong and add a little tangerine peel. The tangerine peel is mild and not so dry, and the tangerine peel can dissolve the greasy and stagnant nature of Rehmannia glutinosa, so it is easier to digest in the stomach and will not increase the burden on the spleen and stomach. Yi Guogong used to often Loose stools and abdominal distension are also due to this medicine.

Tangerine peel can also regulate qi, prevent the stagnation of qi replenished, and remove liver fire.

After that, depending on the situation, you can consider adding Schisandra chinensis to nourish the mind and calm the nerves. "

Huaiyu looked at Qin Qiong, "It's best for Yi Guogong to leave Chang'an and go to a quiet rural place to recuperate and recuperate. Don't think too much. Too many things in your heart will consume energy and blood. , If you think wildly and restlessly all day long, it means filling in the leaks here and there, and if there are more leaks, then there will be very little to fill in."

This means something.

Qin Qiong froze for a moment, and Cheng Yaojin on the side also looked over.

A few days ago, during the Xuanwu Gate incident, although Qin Qiong was ill, he also put on armor and went into battle. However, at that time, he was mainly in charge of sitting in the Qin Palace with Cheng Yaojin. After the Xuanwu Gate launched first, Qin Qiong let Cheng Yaojin Jin then led some troops to attack Xue Wanche and other palace soldiers from the outside.

Such an arrangement means that Qin Wangfu only had [-] guards available at the time, and secondly, in order to keep his actions secret, Li Shimin could not bring too many people to the Xuanwu Gate at that time, so he had to hide most of them in Qin Wangfu first, and waited After starting, rush over.

However, Qin Qiong, who has always been the cavalry chief of Qin Wangfu who Li Shimin relied on most, was in charge of staying behind during this critical battle. Apart from Qin Qiong's serious illness and weakness, it also has something to do with his hesitation on this matter.

Back then when Qin Qiong abandoned Wang Shichong to vote for Li Tang, Li Yuan was very moved, and he was extremely enticing and rewarding to Qin Qiong, a heroic general in the world. Cut off to give you, what about the children's jade?

This is what I said, if Qin Qiong needs to eat Li Yuan's meat to get well if he gets sick, he will immediately cut the meat for Qin Qiong to eat, not to mention gold, silver, money and silk. In the future, we will hang out with Li Yuan, and we will eat delicious food and drink spicy food together, good luck share.

Li Yuan was really good to Qin Qiong. Tang, who only voted for Tang in the second year of Wu De, was directly arranged as the horse army chief of Qin Wangfu. In the fifth year of Deping Liu Heita, he gave a lot of gold and silver.

He made a great contribution when he first came to vote, and Li Yuan directly bestowed two large silver vases filled with jewels.

In the Battle of Hedong Bobi, Qin Qiong defeated Yuchi Gong Song Jingang for Li Yuan and regained the foundation of Hedong. Li Yuan not only gave Qin Qiong Shang Guozhu, but also directly rewarded [-] catties of gold and [-] pieces of miscellaneous colors.

In the early Tang Dynasty, various colors were given to meritorious officials. Each ten-segment unit included two bolts of silk cloth, two bolts of silk, two bolts of silk, and four bolts of unadorned fabric. For a lot of money, three horses are worth more than a guan, and six thousand pieces of miscellaneous colors are worth at least tens of thousands of guan.

And a hundred catties of gold is worth tens of thousands more.

Even this mansion in Yongxingfang, which covers an area of ​​several tens of mu, was rewarded by Li Yuan. Cheng Yaojin, Fan Shixing and many other ministers and dukes lived in Xicheng, but Qin Qiong gave the mansion in the root of the imperial city.

Even Li Yuan often called Qin Qiong into the palace for banquets, rewarding gold vases, silver vases, servants and maidservants at every turn.

So when Li Shimin was about to launch a mutiny, Qin Qiong was somewhat hesitant. Although in the end he was sick and put on armor to follow the rebellion, he took the initiative to ask to be responsible for guarding the Qin Palace and protecting Li Shimin's wife and children on the grounds of his health. His defeated general Yu Chigong also went to Xuanwumen, not to mention holding Li Yuan to coerce Li Yuan into the dragon boat in Haichi.

On that day, Li Shimin murdered his brother and imprisoned his father. Yu Chigong not only shot Yuan Ji to death with an arrow, but also took Li Yuan from the palace to the dragon boat in Haichi with a bloody horse, and forced him to issue an edict to hand over the power to Li Shimin. .

Although the incident had passed for many days, Qin Qiong fell into deep pain. He felt sorry for Emperor Li Yuan, and blamed himself for failing to live up to Li Shimin's expectations.

That day, after Qin Qiong returned to the mansion, he fell ill and never got up again. He didn't know how to face Li Shimin, or even Li Yuan.

At this time, Huaiyu faintly reminded Qin Qiong not to think wildly, which is why.

"When my little nephew was studying Taoism with Master in Zhongnan Mountain, Master gave me sixteen characters. Things come and go, but the future is not welcome. At that time, it was not miscellaneous. I have lived without love. Now I send it to Duke Yi. It is important to take care of your health first. .”

"Things come and go, the future doesn't welcome, the time is not mixed, and the past is not love." Qin Qiong murmured these four sentences, and sighed for a long time.

"Your master is definitely a real expert. Well, it seems that I am too stubborn. When I went hunting with His Majesty in Bailuyuan, His Majesty gave me a Zhuangzi. I have never had time to go there. This time I will live in Sanyuan. For a while, it happens that Erlang's family is also in Sanyuan, we will be neighbors then, and you will be my companion."

"It is my honor to have the opportunity to listen to Duke Yi's teachings."

Qin Qiong patted, "You and I hit it off right away. We are very close, so don't be so polite. From now on, you can just call me uncle, and I will treat you as my nephew."

Cheng Yaojin said from the side at this time, "You may not know that Shubao has a son named Huaiyu. That year we saw Wang Shichong abandoning Zheng to the Tang Dynasty for no reason. Wang Shichong was angry and arrested Shubao's wife and children who stayed in Luoyang. It's a pity that they were so cruelly murdered, if they were still there, he should be about the same age as you at this time."

When mentioning this past event, Qin Qiong sighed even more. Back then, he and Cheng Yaojin planned to abandon Zheng to Tang before the battle, and arranged for someone to take his wife and children away quietly. In the end, Qin Qiong's wife and children were still chased by Wang Shichong.So Li Yuan was also very moved when he told Qin Qiong that you came to vote for me regardless of your wife and children.

Although Li Yuan later selected a daughter from a famous family for Qin Qiong to continue his strings, and gave birth to another son, Qin Huaidao, who was also two years old, but the death of Yuan's wife and eldest son and other relatives still made him depressed and aggravated his condition. .

"Shubao, this kid is pretty good. Let him come to accompany you more in the future. If you get along well, let him be your godson in the future." Old Cheng laughed loudly.

Qin Qiong nodded, "Well, good."

Huaiyu was stunned for a moment, he was the lost second son of Wu Shike before, now Cheng Yaojin wants him to recognize Qin Qiong as godfather, Qin Qiong is actually willing?
Is this too casual?
Seeing that he didn't hit the snake with the stick, Qin Cheng and the two directly knelt down and called him godfather. There was a little accident, but they were not dissatisfied. On the contrary, they seemed to appreciate Huaiyu more.

(End of this chapter)