Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1176 Cherries

The person who stopped him, although he was a guard, was an outside guard.There is no backer at the bodyguard, so I was assigned this job.

Although he was on duty in the palace before, he had seen Elder Sixteen from a distance, but he couldn't see it clearly.In addition, the sixteenth elder brother was wearing regular clothes again, so the guard stopped him for a while, and he didn't mean to ask for a reward.

After all, outside, the banner of the palace guard is easy to use most of the time.

Brother Sixteen had a dark face, looked back at Cao Yong and said, "Cao Yong, does the emperor still have this will?"

Cao Yong glanced at the guard, knowing that he was pulling the banner, and said: "The whole guard, this Prince Zhuang, is ordered to go to Qingyuan. He wants to visit the one inside, so that he can report the matter to the emperor in detail in the booklet. "

The whole bodyguard felt that something was wrong when he heard Brother Sixteen call Cao Yong's name directly.

After Cao Yong said the identity of Sixteenth Elder Brother, his face turned red and white, white and red again, and he didn't dare to say anything, he only let the courtyard door open, bowed and stepped aside.

Brother Sixteen didn't even look at him, and strode into the courtyard.

As soon as he entered the room where Brother Nine was, he was greeted by the pungent smell of urine.Although there is still a strong smell of alcohol in it, it is still smoky.

In the room, apart from the kang, there is only one table, one stool and one bucket.

Brother Jiu was lying on the kang, his upper body was bare, his face was red, his eyes were closed tightly, and his lips were cracked due to the severe burn.

Holding a towel next to him, he wiped the body of Brother Jiu. It was Cao Yong's former servant and now his long-term follower Cao Man.

Brother Nine has different identities and has no will. Cao Yong can't arrange people casually, so he arranges his confidant Cao Man to come.For the previous diagnosis, I didn't dare to ask outside doctors, but was seen by a doctor in the Governor's Mansion.

After all, Brother Nine is currently in circles, and every move must be done according to the order.

Seeing the two people come in, Cao Man put down the towel, stood up and said, "Master, Master Sixteen!"

"How?" Cao Yong asked.

"Wipe it twice, but it still burns badly." Cao Man replied.

Cao Yong and Brother Sixteen looked at each other, knowing the danger.

Qingyuan is not the capital city, so the prescriptions prescribed by the doctor are naturally not as good as the offerings in the imperial hospital.But if brother Jiu burns like this, can he wait for the imperial doctor in Beijing?

Brother Sixteen felt a little sad, walked to the edge of the kang and sat down, picked up the towel that Cao Man had put down, poured some wine on it from the wine bottle next to him, and wiped it down along Brother Nine's arm.

After helping Brother Jiu wipe his upper body, Brother Sixteen handed the towel to Cao Man, got up and said to Cao Yong, "Let's go."

After leaving the yard, Elder Sixteen quickened his pace.

Cao Yong knew that Brother Sixteen was in a hurry to write the scriptures.

Although Cao Yong's booklet has already been sent to the capital, if the emperor doesn't take it seriously, the ninth elder brother will die; the sixteenth elder brother also handed over the paper, and let everyone in the capital know that the ninth elder brother is indeed Danger.

Even if the emperor hates the ninth elder brother in his heart, he must take care of the sixteenth elder brother so as not to chill the hearts of brothers.

In the Yin Hotel, there are paper and ink prepared.

Elder Sixteen took it easy, without exaggerating, he only wrote what he had seen and heard, and then called two guards from the palace, telling them to return to Beijing immediately.

After finishing these, Elder Sixteen took a long breath, and said to Cao Yong: "The only thing I can do is these... I remember when I was young in Elder Brother's office, there were slaves who didn't open their eyes and bullied me when I was young. Dedicated. When he saw it, he sent the servant directly to the Punishment Department... Later, because of the seizure of the heir, he was like a red-eyed chicken, wishing to eat one by one, and the brotherhood faded away..."

The sixteenth elder brother can still show sympathy for the ninth elder brother, but Cao Yong is not Maitreya.

He didn't care too much about Brother Jiu's life or death, but the guards guarding Brother Jiu came to tell him when Brother Jiu became ill, which made him very passive.

It’s okay if Brother Jiu can get through it now, but if he can’t, if Yongzheng wants to find a scapegoat for the sake of his "virtuous name", Cao Yong will be charged with "ineffective guarding", so he is a little anxious.

Seeing Elder Sixteen like this, he couldn't help persuading him: "Do your best and depend on the destiny. Master Sixteen should not be too anxious. If Master Sixteen is also sick at this time, there will be no one to take charge of the overall situation."

Brother Sixteen nodded and said, "That's the only way to go!"

While the two were talking, a young servant came in and said, "My lord, thank you for coming to see my lord, and I'll wait outside the courtyard."

Elder Sixteen was feeling annoyed, he didn't have the mood to deal with Xie Tianlai, he stared and said, "I don't have that skill, tell him to get out!"

The boy went out in response, Brother Sixteen couldn't help complaining to Cao Yong: "Fu Ruo, what's the matter with your governor's mansion, cats and dogs can come in and run around?"

Cao Yong rolled his eyes and didn't answer.

Thankfully, the reason why he was able to enter the Governor's Mansion and go straight to the gate of Yin Hotel was due to Brother Sixteen's orders.

Said that Cao Yong was busy, and Xie Tian came to talk and amuse him, so it would be good to relieve his boredom.

Only then did Cao Yong get someone to give Xie Tianlai the badge of the Governor's Mansion, making it cheaper for him to enter the Governor's Mansion...

Outside the Yin Hotel, Xie Tianlai was trembling.Hearing the servant's message, his complexion was even paler and panicked.

He didn't dare to disobey Elder Sixteen's orders, and left Yin Hotel without hesitation.Before he could leave the gate of the governor's mansion, someone chased him and took his badge away.

Thank God to know that Elder Sixteen is really tired of him.

When he left the Governor's Mansion, he really wanted to cry, but he really didn't know how to appease Sixteenth Brother's anger.

Turning around twice like a headless fly at the gate of the governor's mansion, he gritted his teeth and went to the magistrate's yamen to seek advice from his "brother" Zhu Zhilian.

After hearing the reason, Zhu Zhilian looked at Xie Tianlai, speechless.

This cheap brother-in-law has always been in the officialdom, that's what he does, giving money to women.Even my cheap brother-in-law once drank his wine.However, he is insensitive to beauties.

"Wait, wait until the sixteenth master calms down. The sixteenth master has a high status, and he has never seen such a beauty. You still come to make this? Another old bustard that the sixteenth master knew came out and hurt her. You can't blame Sixteenth Master for his face. You don't have to worry too much, seeing Sixteenth Master's actions, he doesn't look like a small-hearted person, after two days, he might forget about it." Zhu Zhilian said.

Xie Tianlai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and said: "This is good, this is good, my little brother is really afraid of offending Master Sixteen."

Zhu Zhilian glanced at him, and said: "You need to think twice about what you do in the future. Even if you don't offend Master Shiliu this time, you will offend Mr. Cao and Fujin Shiliu if you act like this. It's your luck that Master Sixteen confiscated him." Otherwise, Master Sixteen will bring him back to the Governor's Mansion, and then take him to Beijing, Master Cao and Shiliu Fujin may not complain about Lord Sixteen, but they will remember you as the instigator."

Xie Tianlai was born in a businessman and had a clear mind. It was only because of his limited knowledge that he made this oolong.Hearing what Zhu Zhilian said, cold sweat broke out on his forehead again...

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Because there is an official road between the capital city and Qingyuan, if you drive fast, you can reach Beijing in a day and night.

On the afternoon of the third day after discovering that elder brother nine was ill, the capital sent a decree to order sixteenth elder brother and Cao Yong to ask for a doctor to delay the treatment, and the imperial physician would be sent down from Beijing.

On Qingyuan's side, in order to bring down the fever of Brother Jiu, several catties of wine have been used.Wipe the whole body once, but it can only last for an hour.Even so, he didn't dare to stop.

I don't know that Brother Jiu hasn't bathed for several months, and his body is covered with mud. After wiping it for a few days, it is much cleaner.

Although the decree has come, both Cao Yong and Brother Sixteen know that those important doctors in the imperial hospital are all white bearded.Even if you don't take a car, it will take three or four days to ride a horse to Qingyuan.

Finally, there was a will, and the name was justified, so Cao Yong asked people to invite all the famous doctors in Qingyuan City to conduct consultations for Brother Jiu.

The most important thing is to reduce the fever first, the effect of rubbing the body with alcohol is getting smaller and smaller.

After a few days of coma, the rice water was not exhausted, and only drank ginseng soup a few times to hang himself, but Jiu Age still vomited out more and swallowed less.

Even hard-working people can't stand it, not to mention Brother Jiu has been ill several times in the past six months.

Everyone didn't dare to delay any longer, and after brainstorming, scraping, cupping, and sauna took turns.

I don't know which one works, but Jiu's high fever turned into a low fever, and his condition gradually subsided, and he woke up once in the middle, and only said one sentence: "The cherries in Mentougou are ripe..."

Brother Sixteen was not there at the time, and after hearing this sentence relayed by someone, he sent someone to a fruit shop in the city to buy two catties of cherries and brought them back.

When Brother Nine opened his eyes again, this bright red cherry came into his eyes.

He stared at the plate of cherries with a smile on his face, but he couldn't even open his eyes, let alone eat the cherries.

Brother Sixteen happened to be right in front of him. Seeing this, he asked someone to take the gauze, and wrung out a bowl of cherry juice by himself.

Brother Nine didn't seem to see Brother Sixteen, his eyes only followed the plate of cherries.

The sixteenth elder brother came to the ninth elder brother with the cherry juice, filled half a spoonful of the cherry juice with a spoon, and brought it to the ninth elder brother's mouth.

Brother Jiu opened his mouth with great effort.

A lot of cherry juice flowed down the corner of his mouth, it was bright red, it was ominous to see.

"The cherries are ripe..." He closed his eyes, and murmured with his lips moving slightly.

Brother Sixteen took another half spoonful of cherry juice and brought it to Brother Nine.

Brother Nine opened his mouth, but with more effort, more and more cherry juice flowed down the corner of his mouth.

Brother Sixteen put down his bowl, took out his handkerchief, and wiped the corners of Brother Ninth's mouth.

At this moment, Cao Yong had already got the news, knowing that Brother Jiu had woken up, so he hurried over and saw this scene.

Brother Jiu couldn't wipe off the cherry juice from the corner of his mouth. Brother Sixteen shook his hand, showing a bit of panic on his face, and called out loudly: "Brother Ninth!"

Cao Yong also saw that something was wrong, stepped forward two steps, and stood behind Brother Sixteen.

From the mouth of Brother Jiu, what kept vomited was not cherry juice, but scarlet blood.

"Doctor Song, Doctor Bai, come in quickly..." Cao Yong was startled, and hurriedly called several doctors waiting outside to come in.

Hulala, several doctors came in from the outside.

Brother Nine's face had already faded from the previous blue ash, revealing a bit of rosiness.When he opened his eyes, his eyes were clear, and they were no longer muddy and loose like before.

Among several doctors, the oldest Doctor Song stepped forward, grabbed Brother Jiu's wrist, looked at his face, then walked to Cao Yong, and said in a low voice: "My lord, it's time It's..."

Cao Yong also saw that Brother Jiu was returning to the light, and ordered Xiaoman to take a few doctors to avoid it first.Even he himself took a few steps back and moved away from Brother Jiu's sight.

Brother Jiu's gaze was still glued to the plate of cherries, and he said happily, "The cherries are ripe..."

"Brother Ninth..." Brother Sixteen felt sore after hearing this, and said, "Brother Ninth, don't worry, the imperial physician in Beijing is coming soon..."

Brother Nine's gaze shifted from Cherry to Brother Sixteen, and he seemed sad and weeping, and said: "I am really useless... Huang Ama is wise, I must have seen that I am a waste... That time in the Going to the study room, Huang Ama rewarded everyone with cherries, but not me..."

(End of this chapter)