At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 252 Zhicai was suddenly critically ill, and Zhou Qi was angry and raised troops

Although the academic debate at Lujiang Academy ended, its impact spread quickly throughout Jing and Yang states like a storm passing by.

In particular, Zhou Qi's sentence "Filial piety is the first among all the good deeds, but the heart does not care about deeds. There is no filial son in a poor family; all evils include sexual immorality, but the heart does not matter when talking about deeds. There is no perfect person in the world when it comes to heart."

This academic discussion at Lujiang Academy not only changed the fate of Wang Hui, but also gave hope to many children from poor families.

Zhou Qi stayed in Shu County for a while, talking with Du Ji about politics and the current situation of Lujiang River. However, he was surprised to find that General Ru's taxes far exceeded his imagination, and he couldn't help but admire him.

Immediately, Zhou Qi met with Zhang Liao and Hao Meng, comforted them, and then headed to Anfeng County, intending to visit his fiefdom.

After arriving in Anfeng County, Zhou Qi was surprised to find that the previous low city walls had been torn down and rebuilt, replacing them with a city wall that was not inferior to the county.

no doubt.

The last time Yuan Shu's troops came to the city, Du Ji was wary.

Anfeng County not only brings together various cutting-edge technologies from Lujiang County, but as Zhou Qi's fiefdom, it must be extremely protected.

Therefore, Du Jicai ordered Chen Mu, the magistrate of Anfeng County, to re-plan and build Anfeng County.

Today's Anfeng County has not only a new look on the city walls, but also the city has been expanded several times, making it more prosperous than before.

Zhou Qi cordially received Chen Mu again and praised Chen Mu for his achievements over the years. He also praised Chen Mu for staying calm in the face of danger, discovering the spies sent by Yuan Shu in advance, and recruiting volunteers on the spot to defend Anfeng County.

After leaving Anfeng County, Zhou Qi returned to Shu County and appointed Wang Hui as the magistrate of Anfeng County and Chen Mu as the magistrate of Lujiang County.

For Chen Mu, changing his position from Anfeng County Magistrate to Lujiang County Magistrate seemed to cost him only [-] shi, but his rank was not improved.

However, one is a county official and the other is a county official, and their status is second only to Du Ji, the governor of Lujiang County. Chen Mu naturally knows which one is more important.

Although Wang Hui and Chen Mu both came from humble backgrounds, others had nothing to say about Zhou Qi's appointment.

Just after the New Year, Zhou Qi attended the family ceremony at the Zhou family in Lujiang, and was ready to continue his inspection eastward with Xi Zhicai, Dian Wei, Zhou Yu and others.

Unexpectedly, just as everyone left Shu County, a strong cold wind suddenly blew.

Xi Zhicai, who was riding on the horse, felt his whole body trembling, his head was dizzy, and he actually fell off the horse.

"military adviser!"

Zhou Qi was horrified when he saw this, and hurriedly got off his horse and picked up Xi Zhicai, only to see that Xi Zhicai had been injured on his forehead and was already unconscious.

Zhou Qi was frightened and hurriedly shouted: "Go back to the city, go back to the city, find a doctor quickly, someone with the best medical skills!"

It was only then that Zhou Qi suddenly woke up. Historically, Xi Zhicai died young.

He originally thought that he had changed history after time travel, and he had previously assigned Xi Zhicai a dedicated personal physician and often gave him better supplements.

As time passed, Zhou Qi gradually forgot about Xi Zhicai's untimely death, thinking that Xi Zhicai could accompany him in all directions until the end.

But today, Xi Zhicai suddenly fell off his horse and fell into coma. However, Zhou Qi, who had made Mount Tai collapse in front of him without changing his expression, could not help but feel fear.

Xi Zhicai is not only Zhou Qi's mastermind, but also his best friend.

The two met at a young age. When Zhou Qi was at his most desperate and lacked advisers, Xi Zhicai resolutely surrendered despite Zhou Qi's humble status.

Since then, Zhou Qi's life has begun to rise rapidly, as if a cheat was turned on.

Unknowingly, the two have known each other and worked hand in hand for more than ten years, and Zhou Qi has long been accustomed to having Xi Zhicai around him.

As long as he has talent, Zhou Qi can feel at ease no matter what difficulties he encounters.

It is no exaggeration to say that Xi Zhicai is the Dinghai Shenzhen of Jing and Yangzhou!
But now, Xi Zhicai suddenly fell into a coma and fell from his horse. Zhou Qi suddenly felt that the sky was falling and the earth was falling, and he was already a little panicked.

County Sheriff's Office.

Zhou Qi paced back and forth anxiously at the door, looking into the room from time to time, but ultimately did not dare to push the door in and disturb the doctor who was diagnosing and treating Xi Zhicai's condition.

"Crench!"

Just when Zhou Qi felt that his days were like years, the door was finally slowly opened.

Zhou Qi saw the doctor coming out and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is the military advisor doing? Have you woken up?"

The doctor bowed deeply to Zhou Qi, and then said: "The military advisor has woken up, but..."

At this point, the doctor looked confused and didn't know how to speak.

Zhou Qi's heart sank slightly and he asked hurriedly: "Please tell me frankly!"

The doctor sighed: "I see that the military advisor's body is quite weak. There seems to be a foreign body between his heart and lungs. Logically speaking, he does not have much time left."

"Today when I was out of the city, I was blown by a cold wind, which caused the cold evil to enter my body and stimulated the foreign matter between my heart and lungs, causing poor blood circulation. That's why I fell into a coma and fell off my horse."

"Compared to the bruise from falling from a horse, foreign objects between the heart and lungs are the most deadly."

When Zhou Qi heard this, his heart sank to the bottom of his heart.

If there is a foreign body between the heart and lungs, it is most likely a tumor. A benign tumor is fine, but if it is a malignant tumor, it may be in the late stage of cancer by now.

Not to mention this era, even in later generations with advanced medical science, it is basically impossible to cure this disease.

Even so, Zhou Qi still held on to a glimmer of hope and asked, "Is there a cure?"

The doctor shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I'm not good at medical skills, so I'm afraid there is no cure."

Zhou Qi was upset, but he couldn't get angry with the doctor, so he hurried in to visit Xi Zhicai.

At this time, Xi Zhicai's bruised head had been bandaged, but his exposed face was very pale.

Zhou Qi stepped forward and held Xi Zhicai's hands, and asked with a trembling voice: "Zhicai, how do you feel?"

Xi Zhicai forced a smile and sighed: "This day has finally come."

Zhou Qi's heart sank, and he asked with a serious face: "Has Zhicai been feeling unwell for a long time?"

Xi Zhicai said: "I originally wanted to provide advice to the Lord for a few more years, but my health has been deteriorating in the past two years. I have lost my appetite and often feel difficulty breathing."

"I consulted a doctor privately, and only after diagnosis did I realize it was a terminal illness."

"At that time, my lord was preparing to attack Yizhou. I didn't want my lord to worry about me, so I hid my illness."

"I thought this body could last for a few more years."

"I never thought that I would fall ill like this when I was hit by the cold wind when I went out of the city today."

Xi Zhi then knew that he couldn't hide it, so he could only tell the truth.

When Zhou Qi heard this, he couldn't help but feel angry, and shouted slightly reproachfully: "Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

"In this world, as long as there are doctors who can't cure diseases, there is no disease that cannot be cured." "If I had known that Zhicai had suffered from such a serious illness, how could I have taken you to the rescue of Xuzhou or taken you on a tour eastward?"

In addition to blaming him, Zhou Qi also felt extremely regretful.

In the past two years, Xi Zhicai's health has indeed been poor and his figure has gradually become thinner. If Zhou Qi had paid more attention to him, he should have known about his condition long ago.

Unfortunately, Zhou Qi was always busy with government affairs and foreign conquests, and he didn't even have much free time, so he neglected to care for Xi Zhicai.

He never thought that it was because of his own negligence that Xi Zhicai's condition worsened, so Zhou Qi naturally blamed himself extremely.

If he had known that Xi Zhicai was terminally ill, Zhou Qi would have visited famous doctors all over the place, and he would never have taken Xi Zhicai with him when he went on an expedition to avoid overtiring the other party.

It's a pity that it's useless to regret now.

Zhou Qi grabbed Xi Zhicai's shoulders and said, "Zhicai, please relax and rest in Shu County. I will summon Zhang Zhongjing to come and diagnose you."

Although Zhang Zhongjing has not yet completed Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases, he is already a famous contemporary doctor.

The most important thing is that Zhang Zhongjing was promoted to Xiaolian in his early years and had served in Jingzhou before.

After Zhou Qi occupied Jingzhou, he specially set up a medical school and appointed Zhang Zhongjing as the dean. He also recruited many famous doctors and asked them to study medical skills together, and compiled the medical skills into a book for dissemination.

Therefore, Zhang Zhongjing's current medical skills are even better than those at his peak in history.

Zhou Qi didn't believe that even a miracle doctor like Zhang Zhongjing couldn't cure Xi Zhicai's illness.

Unexpectedly, Xi Zhicai shook his head when he heard this and said: "Master, please don't bother. I have secretly looked for Zhang Zhongjing before, but Zhang Zhongjing is unable to do anything about this disease."

When Zhou Qi heard this, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his eye circles turned red.

Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and said with some excitement: "In addition to Zhang Zhongjing, there is another miracle doctor named Hua Tuo. He is from the same county as me and is very good at treating difficult and complicated diseases."

"I will send someone to look for Hua Tuo right away. He will definitely be able to cure Zhicai!"

Hua Tuo can be said to be the originator of surgery in Chinese history. Since Xi Zhicai had a growth between his heart and lungs, which is difficult to treat with ordinary Chinese medicine, if Hua Tuo was allowed to perform an epoch-making surgical operation, Xi Zhicai might not be able to be saved. Talent's fate.

Zhou Qi only hoped that the tumor growing between Xi Zhicai's heart and lungs was not a malignant tumor.

If this is the case, even taking huge risks to perform surgical removal will be useless.

Xi Zhicai did not refuse Zhou Qi's kindness.

But in his heart, he didn't have much hope, because Xi Zhi only knew Zhang Zhongjing's medical skills, and even the other party couldn't do anything about it. What could Hua Tuo do?
The reason why Xi Zhicai didn't reject Zhou Qi was just to make his protagonist feel at ease.

Zhou Qi was worried that Xi Zhicai's long journey back to Xiangyang would worsen his condition, so he directly summoned Zhang Zhongjing and more powerful doctors from the medical school to Shu County.

Not only that, Zhou Qi asked Chen Wen to use all the connections at his disposal to explore Hua Tuo's traces, and offered a sky-high reward, hoping to find famous doctors all over the world to treat Xi Zhicai.

Guanzhong, Chang'an.

Guo Jia walked up to Cao Cao with a reward document and said, "This reward document was issued by Zhou Ziyi. It seems that an extremely important person must be seriously ill."

When Cao Cao heard this, he took out another letter from his arms and said with a smile: "According to the report from the spy, Xi Zhicai, Zhou Ziyi's military advisor, is critically ill. He has been searching for famous doctors all over the world."

"Not only that, I also know that he is looking for Hua Tuo."

Guo Jia's face was solemn and he said: "There are rumors that Hua Tuo's medical skills have reached the pinnacle and can revive human flesh and bones."

"Although these rumors are somewhat exaggerated, they must be guarded against."

"Xi Zhicai is good at using cunning strategies. He is Zhou Ziyi's right-hand man. He can achieve today's achievements because of Xi Zhicai's indispensable contribution."

"His brothers and feet are my enemies."

"If Xi Zhicai dies of illness, it will be a great blessing for Ming Gong."

"Therefore, I suggest that Ming Gong go around to explore the news about Hua Tuo and detain him before Zhou Ziyi. If no one can treat him for Xi Zhicai, Zhou Ziyi's arm will be cut off!"

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Fengxiao's thoughts coincide with mine!"

"Fengxiao may not know it, but Hua Tuo is a fellow countryman of mine. He heard about the famine and plague in Guanzhong, so he entered Guanzhong alone long before us and went around practicing medicine to save people."

"Because we are fellow villagers, after I occupied Chang'an, I also learned about Hua Tuo's traces from my fellow villagers."

"If nothing unexpected happens, Zixiao should have found Hua Tuo by now!"

Lujiang County, Shu County.

Zhang Zhongjing and others came all night long, but Xi Zhicai's condition began to deteriorate rapidly after falling off his horse.

Even though all the famous doctors from the medical school gathered here, nothing could be changed.

While Zhou Qi was anxiously waiting for Hua Tuo's arrival, Chen Wen rushed over and said, "Hua Tuo's whereabouts have been discovered, and he is now at Cao Ren's residence in Chang'an."

"I sent people to visit Hua Tuo, but they were all captured by Cao Ren's soldiers."

"I know the matter is very important. Almost all the agents deployed in Chang'an City were used, but Cao Ren designed to kill them all."

"From what I see, this must be Cao Cao's plan. He doesn't want Hua Tuo to treat his illness as a military advisor!"

When Zhou Qi heard this, he couldn't help but became furious.

Xi Zhicai was not only Zhou Qi's most trusted military advisor, but also Zhou Qi's brother.

Seeing Xi Zhicai's condition deteriorating, Hua Tuo, the only one who could cure him, was detained in Chang'an by Cao Cao. How could Zhou Qi not be angry?
He suddenly pulled out his sword, cut off the case with one blow, and shouted: "Pass on Gu's order to recruit all the soldiers and horses from Jing and Yangzhou, and follow Gu to Wuguan."

"Order to send an envoy to Cao Mengde to ask for someone."

"If he doesn't let Hua Tuo come to treat Zhicai, I will definitely use all his troops to break through Wuguan and let blood flow in the pass!"

Now is not the best time to start a war with Cao Cao.

What's more, not long after the war in Xuzhou ended, Jing and Yangzhou had not yet recovered their strength, and the food and grass were not enough to support a long-term large-scale battle.

The most important thing is that the New Year has just passed and spring plowing is approaching.

If we attack Guanzhong on a large scale at this time, it will inevitably delay spring plowing and affect this year's harvest.

But Cao Cao's despicable actions had completely angered Zhou Qi.

Even with his eyes closed, Zhou Qi could imagine that Cao Cao must have wanted to cut off Xi Zhicai's only chance of survival.

If it were anyone else, Zhou Qi would weigh the pros and cons and wouldn't necessarily go to war.

Xi Zhicai was different. Even if he tried his best to fight Cao Cao, Zhou Qi would not give up the chance to keep his own military division.

As for rationality, let’s put it aside for now.

No one is a saint. After all, he has his own emotions and desires. What’s the harm in being selfish sometimes?
(End of this chapter)