Chastity Layman

  Chapter 993 Dragon Beard Heals Tiger General

  Qin Qiong is ill.

  Countless old injuries and old diseases left over from years of war relapsed, and the illness came like a mountain, and the whole person fell ill on the couch all of a sudden, unable to get up.

  The envoy sent by the emperor from Luoyang to Songzhou originally wanted to worship Qin Qiong as the deputy marshal of Helong soldiers and horses, and ask him to go to Qinghai to take over from Hou Junji and preside over the Qinghai Pingtuyuhun campaign.

  The position of Grand Marshal was reserved for Cheng Qian, who nominally assumed command, but actually handed over to Qin Qiong to lead the army.

  For this reason, the emperor also specially added the title of Prime Minister of Pingzhang Military and State Affairs to Qin Qiong, but Qin Qiong couldn't even stay at the hotel to greet him.

  The envoy hurried back to Luoyang to report to the emperor.

   "Shubao has only been away from Beijing for half a year. When we parted earlier, I saw that he was still in good health."

   Li Shimin sighed deeply. Qin Qiong's injury problems became more and more serious before, and he deliberately forced Qin Qiong to stay in Beijing for two years, just to let him adjust and recuperate.

  After staying in Beijing for two years, although my health didn’t get better, it didn’t get worse either. Why did it become so serious so soon after returning to Songzhou?

   "Call the imperial physician!"

  Shang Medical Bureau, Shang Food Bureau, Imperial Medical Bureau, etc., all medical institutions enshrining famous doctors, Li Shimin sent people to call those famous doctors to come.

   Let the envoy tell them about Qin Qiong's current physical condition in detail, and a group of famous doctors listened to the envoy's experience and came to prescribe Qin Qiong's prescription. It was really hard for everyone.

  However, these famous doctors have actually shown Qin Qiong before by order, knowing that Qin Qiong is due to old injuries from the war, especially the serious problem of blood loss.

  Earlier, Qin Qiong ate some folk remedies given by Qin Lang, various prescriptions for nourishing blood and nourishing qi, and the effect was indeed good after eating. These prescriptions surprised the censors, and they carefully asked Qin Lang for advice.

  Now it has also been verified, and many new prescriptions have even been made based on Qin Lang's prescriptions. Before Qin Qiong returned to Jiannan, Li Shimin specially asked the imperial doctor to prepare many medicines and bring them back.

   "Earlier, Shubao was fine after taking the prescription prescribed by Qin Lang, but now he collapsed after taking the medicine prescribed by you?"

  The imperial doctors felt wronged. They carefully verified and improved Qin Lang's formula for nourishing blood and nourishing qi, and then improved it.

  As for the materials used, it is even more refined. For example, ginseng only uses old ginseng from Baishan in Liaodong, at least a hundred-year-old ginseng. They are all tributes from the Mohe people in Baishan in Liaodong. The emperor specially took them out from the palace and gave them.

  In addition, astragalus, donkey-hide gelatin, deer antler, etc., use the best materials, and the compatibility and dosage of various materials are very careful.

An old imperial doctor with a gray beard bluntly said that Qin Qiong's current condition is not caused by taking bad medicine. The prescription is fine, no matter Qin Lang's prescription, their prescription, or even the prescription Qin Qiong took the first time, there is no problem. The prescriptions are all good prescriptions, and one is better than the other.

"Qin Taibao relied on these precious prescriptions to renew his essence. Taibao's body lost too much energy and blood. When he was younger, he was stronger and had the ability to make blood, barely nourishing. But the older The older you are, the more harmful your old diseases will be, and the older you are, the more old diseases you have, and the body's own hematopoietic function is getting weaker and weaker, so relying on ginseng and astragalus alone is just a drop in the bucket!"

This old imperial doctor is enshrined in the Shangyao Bureau, and he is the most skilled in the Yaoshang Bureau, and the Shangyao Bureau is the highest official medical institution in the Tang Dynasty. The Imperial Medical Office is just an institution under the Taichang Temple. It is in charge of teaching, cultivating and managing medicinal materials for medical students, but there are not many famous doctors in it.

   Li Shimin could only believe what the old priest said.

"Is there no other prescription? Shubao is the founding hero of our Tang Dynasty, and he has made great contributions to our Tang Dynasty. I fought side by side with Shubao back then. Shubao's big spear and my long bow are invincible. Unstoppable, invincible!"

   "Shubao is still very young!"

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  The emperor sat there and fondly recalled the glorious days of the golden and iron horse that fought side by side with Qin Qiong.

   "No matter what, you must cure Shubao!"

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   This is a worry for a group of imperial doctors.

  Although they have excellent medical skills, they don't have the ability to bring the dead back to life. Even if the king of medicine is alive, they may be helpless.

   Just as they were powerless to deal with Empress Changsun's condition, they also had no way to deal with the terminally ill Qin Qiong.

   But today the emperor was angry.

   Facing these imperial doctors who said they could do nothing, the emperor was furious.

  He suddenly kicked over the imperial case in front of him, pointed at the panicked imperial doctors and cursed.

"At the beginning when King Jiang was infected with acne, you said that he was powerless. Prime Minister Ma Zhou suffered from diabetes. You said that there was no cure. The queen was suffering from an illness. You said it was an incurable disease. Now that Qin Qiong is sick, you said it again. Heaven is powerless!"

   "What use do I want you people? You brag about your medical skills every day, and you talk like hype, you are deceiving the emperor!"

  The imperial doctors all knelt on the ground.

   Even the old priest with white beard fell on the ground.

  The wrath of the Son of Heaven is really astonishing, like the sky falling apart.

  It is something that extraordinary people can resist and bear.

   "Say, what is the prescription!"

   But who has any prescriptions, all the good ones have been used.

   Silence.

  All the imperial doctors were sweating in panic, but no one dared to speak casually. After all, it is easy to make up nonsense, but it will have no effect. Then it will be a serious crime of deceiving the emperor.

   "Aren't you all so conceited, why are you all speechless now?"

  During this period, the queen's condition became more and more serious. Li Shimin felt uncomfortable every day watching the queen's getting thinner and thinner, and seeing her forcefully smile at him.

  Even the Crown Princess Su, whom I personally chose for the prince, was born barren. He asked the imperial hospital for treatment, but there was no progress.

  Li Shimin became more and more dissatisfied with the imperial doctors, and even blamed the incompetence of the imperial doctors for Prince Chengqian's fighting against him and running to Longyou.

  If the queen hadn’t been in poor health these past few years, she could have helped manage Chengqian. Chengqian was a very virtuous prince in the past. He respected his parents, respected his teachers, and loved his brothers.

  If Su's illness could be cured and he could conceive a son for Chengqian, their father and son would not be in trouble like they are now.

   All these dissatisfaction piled up in my heart, and all of them burst out today.

  The emperor, who hadn't kicked the imperial case for a long time, kicked the imperial case again.

  The imperial doctors were trembling and lying there, no one dared to breathe.

   "If you can't figure it out, no one is allowed to leave!"

  The emperor showed a rare tyrant's temperament. Under the dragon's power, all the medical officers were trembling and sweating.

   "Saint, why don't you send an order to ask the Duke of Wei."

  An imperial physician boldly spoke out.

   "Qin Lang? You are the most famous medical officer in the Tang Dynasty, but now let me ask Qin Lang?"

"Saint, Duke Wei has met Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, and I heard that he has to be kissed by the king of medicine. The method of inoculation of acne by Duke Wei is not proof. Even the blood-nourishing formula that Duke Qi used before is also from Duke Wei. We are just following Duke Wei's prescription and making adjustments to suit Duke Qi's physical condition."

  Li Shimin let out a long breath.

   Gritting his teeth, "Come here, send someone to see Qin Lang in Lingnan immediately, and tell him that Shu Bao is seriously ill, and my imperial doctors are all trash, so Qin Lang should quickly find a way to come up with a prescription."

  The servant carefully reminded the emperor.

"At Zhaijia, Duke Wei has led his troops to patrol the west. Yesterday, Duke Wei gave a memorial to enter the palace, saying that he has left Qianzhong Road and entered Yunnan Road. He is currently in the newly established Weining Prefecture, meeting Duan Zhixuan, Cheng Chumo, Zhang Shigui and the three generals will meet to declare and fuss all the barbarians in the south!"

   Li Shimin patted his head.

   Really confused, I forgot that Qin Lang was no longer in Lingnan, and went west to Yunnan.

  I praised him yesterday in the badge I posted on him, and some officials who recommended him also agreed, and the requests for the establishment of the Weining Dudu Mansion, Qujing Dudu Mansion, and Yingzhou Dudu Mansion were all approved.

   This will be completely forgotten.

   "Yes, Qin Lang has already arrived in Yunnan, and he asked people to hurry up and send them to Yunnan along the post road, and take the water post!"

   After thinking about it, the emperor made another special confession.

Depart from Luoyang, first go to Xiangyang, then go down to Jingzhou, then go up the Yangtze River, go straight to Luzhou, and enter Yunnan through the Wuchi Road in Rongzhou. This road is basically a waterway. If the military order is delivered, it can be delivered faster.

  All the imperial doctors breathed a sigh of relief.

  But the emperor didn't mean to let them back down.

  The emperor stared at them for a long time, making everyone's scalp numb.

   "Although Qin Lang is ignorant and knowledgeable, he may not have a good prescription. Don't just throw your hands away like this. Keep thinking about it. Is there a good prescription?"

  The imperial physicians are suffering incomparably, there is no need to wait until now for a good prescription.

   But the emperor is so aggressive, even unreasonable, what can they do.

  A middle-aged imperial doctor couldn't take it anymore.

   "Saint, I heard that there is a folk remedy that may be useful, but it has not been verified."

"explain!"

The imperial doctor was sweating and said, "The folk prescription mainly uses two ingredients. One is donkeys on the ground, which are slaughtered, peeled and boiled to make donkey glue, and then added... and then added..." The imperial doctor concluded He stammered and dared not speak, sweating profusely.

   "Speak!" Li Shimin's tone became a little more serious.

  The imperial doctor's face was pale, so he had to tremble and said, "I heard that donkey skins are boiled in glue on the ground, and they are paired with dragon whiskers in the sky..."

   "Dragon beard in the sky?" Li Shimin's long face was furious. The dragon could see its head but not its tail. The illusory things only existed in legends and myths. Where could he find them?

   "The saint calms down, the saint is the emperor of the real dragon, and the beard of the saint is the beard of the dragon!" Seeing that the emperor was furious, the imperial doctor hurriedly said.

   "My beard?" Li Shimin reached out and stroked his beard.

   Today, the son has a beautiful beard, and the emperor's mother, the Dou family, was born in a famous family. However, since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the famous families in Guanlong have basically intermarried with Xianbei people. Li Shimin's grandmother, the Dugu family, was originally from the Xianbei family.

  Especially since the Northern Dynasties, Hu and Han merged, Xianbei and many other Hu people took the initiative to sinicize, integrated into the Han nationality, and Han and Hu were integrated. Even today's Xianbei people are no different from Han people, but there will still be some inheritance after all.

  For example, since the Northern Dynasties, men in the Central Plains have considered big beards to be beautiful, and even those men with some mixed races are prone to grow big beards.

  Li Shimin's beard is very beautiful. Like the world, he also likes to comb and even decorate his beard. It is carefully trimmed and maintained, and he takes care of it every day.

  The first thing I do when I wake up every day is to take care of my beard and hair.

   This mighty beard took a lot of attention. When Li Shimin was in command of the army in his twenties, he purposely grew his beard very long to make himself look more mature.

  After becoming the emperor, his beard style changed again, making himself look more majestic.

"Cut!"

   "For my general, a little beard is nothing!"

   After Li Shimin finished speaking, he went directly to the side, picked up a pair of golden scissors for cutting candle wicks, and cut it for himself, and cut off the beautiful beard in two or three strokes.

   "Is it enough? I can cut off those on my lips, and I still have two cheeks."

  The imperial doctor swallowed his throat, but felt that it was very hoarse.

   "Saint, in fact, the dragon's whiskers are used as a guide, just pull out a few." He lowered his voice as he spoke.

  The emperor's eyes showed murderous intent, his chest heaved and heaved.

   After a long time, the emperor calmed down a little.

   "It's okay, send them to Songzhou as soon as possible, and keep them as spares. Songzhou and Luoyang are thousands of miles away, so it's better to keep more spares!"

  A group of imperial doctors bowed their heads and dared not speak.

   Li Shimin reached out to stroke his beard, but it was empty.

   Touching his chin with stubble, the emperor smiled, "If I can heal a great general with a handful of beards, I will grow beards in the future, and I will cut them off regularly for medicine."

   "You all step back, go back and think about it again, is there any good cure!"

  A group of imperial doctors retreated sweating, and some imperial doctors who were good at maintaining health almost fainted after walking out of the hall.

   "The power of a real dragon!"

  The middle-aged imperial doctor who suggested using dragon's whiskers as medicine said with a pale face.

  The other imperial doctors didn't say a word. They were all famous doctors, and they knew very well that the prescription prescribed by this colleague just now was actually nothing special.

  It's just donkey glue, which indeed has the function of nourishing blood, but if it can cure Qin Qiong, it is difficult to cure Qin Qiong's current situation.

  But this colleague just stood up and donated donkey glue and dragon beard, which also saved everyone. Everyone owes him a favor, so no one will tear him down.

  Maybe a dead horse can be effective when used as a living horse medicine. After all, this donkey glue is really a good thing for nourishing blood. If you add some ginseng or deer grass, it can also replenish Qi.

  As for the dragon beard as a guide, I hope this really has such a good effect.

   "God's grace is mighty!"

  The imperial doctor who presented the prescription sighed again, feeling like he had escaped from death, standing here and blowing in the wind, his heart felt cold.

  When he said that he used the dragon's beard as a guide, he really didn't expect that the emperor would really cut off his own beard!

  (end of this chapter)