Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1054 Need to read "Materia Medica"

The commotion at the door has alarmed the Cao family.

A concierge had informed the butler a long time ago, saying that it was the young masters of the Li and Sun families who had come.

Cao Yuan sent people to pass the news inside, and at the same time took two young men to the door.

Li Cheng's eyes were closed tightly, and he passed out on Li Yu's body.The uncles and nephews of the Sun family obviously didn't expect such an accident, and they all stood aside with pale faces.

"Master Biao, what's the matter? Hurry up and help him to the mansion." Seeing this, Cao Yuan didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly asked someone to help Li Cheng to enter the house.

Cao Yong is in the hall, seeing the housekeeper of Prince Jane's mansion.

Because Cao Yong served as the Bank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was run by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Prince Jane took the lead. Prince Jane has been close to Cao Yong over the years, and the two governments also have human relations.

Hearing that Cao Yong will not hold a birthday party this year, Prince Jane sent a housekeeper to send a birthday gift one day in advance.

Seeing that a young man came to report and knew that Cao Yong had other guests, the housekeeper got up and said goodbye.Cao Yong sent someone to call Wu Mao to send the housekeeper away.

At this moment, Cao Yuan and his two sons, Li and Sun, spared Yingbi and entered the courtyard.

Cao Yong heard the complicated footsteps outside in the living room, felt that something was wrong, and went to the door of the living room to look around.

Seeing Li Cheng, who didn't know about his personnel, Cao Yong was taken aback, and hurriedly sent someone to invite the imperial physician.

Li Cheng was just furious, and after being carried into the living room, he woke up not long after.

Seeing everyone surrounding him, he was a little embarrassed, his eyes fell on Cao Yong, he struggled to get up, and said auspicious words of congratulations to his birthday.

Seeing his thin face and blue eyes, Cao Yong felt a little unbearable.This Li Cheng was once the most proud descendant of the Li family, but now he is suffering from illness.

Cao Yong remembered that Li Shi had ordered him to ask Fang Zhonggong to diagnose Li Cheng's pulse, but he was busy all the time and forgot about it.

"You are not comfortable, why do you come here? Fortunately, you are not on the horse, or else something big will happen!" Cao Yong said, and then said to Li Yu: "You are a brother, why don't you persuade him and let him mess around ?”

Although it was a lesson, it unconsciously brought the concern of the elders.

After hearing this, Li Cheng had mixed feelings in his heart.

Since Li's family came to Beijing, although Cao Yong had many helping hands, he was not very warm to them.The Wang family and the Sun family are women in a deep house, and they have resentment.However, Li Cheng knew that the Cao family was able to do this because of their utmost benevolence.

As early as when Cao Yin was still alive, the relationship between the Cao and Li families had been estranged.

Over the years, it was probably the grandfather who took the initiative to arrange for the two families to maintain contact.But on Cao Yong's side, due to the young man's coming to Beijing, he had limited contact with the members of the Li family, and the relationship became more and more alienated.

In fact, Cao Yong thought of "A Dream of Red Mansions" from Li Cheng.Now that the Cao family survived and the Li family did not harm their descendants, the subtleties of history have changed.

Li Cheng is not very old, but there are times when he is angry with his clothes.

Cao Yong has heard about Li Cheng studying hard to prepare for the exam.Cao Yong does not agree with the fact that everyone in the Li family pinned their hope of revival on Li Cheng.

People in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are not from a professional background, but there are many people who have risen from officials to become prominent.

The hope of a family's revival rests on a 17-year-old half-grown child. Let alone Li Cheng has a serious illness, even if he is good, he may not be able to bear it.

Seeing that the reprimand was on his own head, Li Yu couldn't tell the difference. He said that he was angered by his uncle's words, so he could only bow down and say, "It's my nephew who was negligent."

Seeing him so obedient, Cao Yong blushed a little.As my cousin, I'm not very good at being an uncle. I just want to save my worries, but I treat others a little coldly.

Sun Jin was fine, but kept his hands down; Sun Ban saw that Cao Yong was only talking to Li's family, and he felt annoyed.

Cao Yong was surprised when he saw his chin raised high, and his arrogance could not be concealed between his brows and eyes.

An old man like Sun Wencheng couldn't teach his sons, one or two.This Sun Ban is worthy of being Sun Jue's brother. This kind of empty stomach and haughty face is generally the same.

The nephew fainted. As a real uncle, he didn't say a word of concern. This was not only cold, but also heartless.

Immediately, Cao Yong glanced at Sun Jin and Sun Li who were standing next to him with their hands hanging down. Although their uncles and nephews did not speak, they all looked at Li Cheng with worried expressions on their faces.

It seems that "it is the father's fault if the son does not teach" is not very polite, and the words and deeds of the child are easily influenced by the biological mother.Sun Wencheng has many heirs, and the eldest grandson will grow up again, which is a great advantage.

"If my cousin is busy, I won't keep guests." Cao Yong said lightly.

Sun Ban did not lose his courtesy, bowed and said: "Then the younger brother will go ahead." Then, he looked at Sun Jin and Sun Li, and said loudly: "Brother Li, second brother, hurry up and say goodbye, um ?”

Seeing this, Cao Yong became even more unhappy.

The second wife of the Cao family also has a concubine, not to mention how the elder brothers treat the concubine, even though Cao Fu, who is younger than Cao Xiang, is loved all the time, he still remembers that his elders are orderly, his brothers are respectful, and he treats his concubine no differently from other brothers.

Just as Sun Jin and Sun Li were about to speak, they heard Cao Yong say, "Our old lady was talking about you a few days ago, so it's rare for you to come here and go back after eating." At this point, they said to Li Yu and Li Cheng brothers : "The two of you are staying too. The old matriarch has been back for a long time, but I haven't seen you come to say hello. I must be happy to know that you are here today."

Sun Jin was taken aback when he heard the words, and unconsciously looked at Sun Ban; Sun Li bowed and said, "Uncle has his life, so my nephew is bothering with my second uncle."

He and Li Cheng's cousins ​​are about the same age, and seeing Sun Ban's meanness before, Li Cheng was stunned by anger, thinking that his mother and son have been under Sun Ban's anger for the past two months, and they have developed the same hatred; If my uncle is rude, I won't save face for him.

Seeing this, Sun Jin took a look at Sun Li, and then said to Cao Yong: "My cousin has an order, and I should obey it. It's just that I made an appointment early today, and I will go back with my fifth brother first, and I will come back another day to greet my aunt and my cousin. .”

Cao Yong saw that he was neither humble nor overbearing, but he didn't say anything to persuade him to stay, and asked people to send their brothers away.

Sun Li looked at their backs, his face turned red and turned white.

He could clearly see the anger in Sun Ban's eyes and the condemnation in Sun Jin's eyes.

Everyone is indeed a family, and it is not appropriate to fight among relatives, but this fifth uncle does not look like an uncle.He is not kind, so is he obedient?

On Li Cheng's side, he was also thoughtful.

It is said that the first son inherits the family, and the two first sons of the Sun family, the eldest son has lost his virtue, and the five sons are not in good shape. In the future, it will be either the eldest grandson or the bastard son who will support the family.

Why was it not like this in my own home?
I only care about "keep my ears out of the window, and only read the books of sages and sages", and my family's livelihood is all on the shoulders of my uncle...

At this moment, the imperial physician has arrived.

The imperial physician Chen who visited Cao's family in the early years has returned to his hometown, and the imperial physician who is now visiting Cao's family is surnamed Le, who is a child of the "Tongrentang" Le family.Although there is no formal apprenticeship, this Imperial Physician Yue respects Fang Zhonggong very much, and the two have a lot of exchanges on medical skills.

The reason why Imperial Physician Le was able to enter the Imperial Hospital was because of Cao Yong's recommendation.After Imperial Physician Chen returned to his hometown, Imperial Physician Le took over for him and went to Cao Mansion for consultation.

Seeing that the patient was not from the Cao family, Doctor Le was surprised, but he didn't ask any more questions. He continued to "look, smell, ask, and cut", and then his expression was a little weird.

In the eyes of everyone, they were surprised and uncertain.

On Li Cheng's side, his heart was cold.It was okay in Suzhou earlier, but it was a little lack of energy, but now in the capital these days, it is more prone to insomnia, night sweats, and nosebleeds a few times.

Cao Yong looked at it, and was also worried. He didn't want to ask about his condition in front of Li Cheng, for fear of adding to his burden, he said: "There is no paper and pen here, please follow me to the study room."

Imperial Physician Le got up and said, "Your Majesty Cao orders."

The two went to the study one after the other.

The remaining three cousins ​​looked at each other in blank dismay.

At this moment, Li Cheng also felt scared.No matter how precocious he is, after all, he is only a 17-year-old boy, how can he judge life and death?

"Second Brother..." Li Cheng raised his head, fear already in his eyes.

Although Li Yu was also uneasy, he still tried to calm down, and comforted him in a gentle voice: "Don't worry, third brother, nothing will happen."

In the study, Cao Yong couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the words of Imperial Physician Le: "What, have you made up your hair?"

Doctor Le nodded, and said: "From the symptoms, it is so. If the tonic prescription he used has ginseng and angelica on it, it can't be wrong. Looking at this young master, some liver and gallbladder are out of tune. Some stomachs are weak and need long-term conditioning. But this tonic formula also needs to be divided into seasons. Now it is the hot summer season, and this powerful tonic formula is still used. The external heat plus internal fire, even good people can’t bear it. Not to mention This young master already has deficiencies. It’s not easy to make up for it, if this continues, I’m afraid it will damage the vitality of life.”

Regarding the "ginseng" incident caused by the Sun family, Cao Yong knew the details.

Although he was angry with her, but because the starting point was for her son, even if he did something unfilial, Cao Yong could be sympathetic.Unexpectedly, the kindness of a loving mother actually backfired. Not only did it not help, but it made up for half of Li Cheng's life.

"Then the imperial physician, what should I do?" Cao Yong said.

Doctor Le thought for a while, and said: "You can no longer use big tonic things, and there must be taboos in terms of diet. You can't use hot and cold things, and you should use warm things. Wait until after the Mid-Autumn Festival, when it is time to nourish , then check the pulse again and prescribe the right medicine.”

Supplementing or eating things with hot nature will add fuel to the fire; things with cold nature will restrain the internal fire. Given Li Cheng's current weakness, he may not be able to bear it.

Cao Yong knew it in his heart, and he didn't invite Le Taiyi to come down, so he sent him out of the mansion with a consultation fee.

In the living room, everyone was already worried.

Seeing that the imperial doctor left, Cao Yong came in empty-handed, without a prescription, and felt frightened.

"Cousin, nephew... Please tell me the truth..." Li Cheng felt his whole body go stiff, and said woodenly.

Cao Yong took his seat, glanced at him, and said: "There is nothing to hide from you. You are said to be smart. Haven't you read "Materia Medica"? Such a big man, still makes people worry?"

"Huh?" Li Cheng originally clenched his fists tightly, waiting to hear the "bad news", but unexpectedly, he was stunned, and he couldn't get over it.

Cao Yong didn't talk too much, and said: "Tonic is great. At the age of teenagers, the firepower is already strong. It's strange to use ginseng for a long time in summer. The doctor said that before the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can't supplement. Diet There must also be some taboos, things that are hot or cold in nature are forbidden, and only things that are mild in nature and warm in nature can be used. For the specifics, you can read the "Materia Medica" by yourself..."

(End of this chapter)