The Cannon Fodder and Villain’s Happy Ending

The banquet hall on the second floor was even more chaotic, and the shouts of the crowd rang out one after another:

"Master Shi!"

"Master Shizi fainted!"

At this time, Gu Zezhi had already left the Xixiang Building and got on his horse.

Hearing the noisy sound from the second floor of the restaurant, Gu Zezhi smiled, and meaningfully instructed the servant, "Find a 'good' doctor for the prince."

"Yes, third master."

The little servant immediately understood and took orders respectfully.

Gu Zezhi didn't rush back to the palace, but instead looked at a dim sum shop in the other direction, thinking: This shop is still there, he remembered that the concubine said that this shop sells crispy candy, and he just sold every kind of candy. Buy some to go back and give Xiaoji a taste.

Gu Zezhi rode away, and after a while, someone hurriedly entered the Xixianglou with a gray-haired old doctor.

The hall on the second floor was still in chaos, Gu Chenzhi was lying on the beautiful couch behind a screen, his eyes were closed, and he was unconscious.

Those young generals didn't dare to leave, after all, they didn't know how Gu Chenzhi's condition was.

The people including the Xixiang Building did not dare to move without permission, so the blood coughed up by Gu Chenzhi was still dazzlingly left on the floor, and no one was cleaning it.

As soon as the old doctor came, everyone seemed to be amnesty, and the chief guard quickly said to the old doctor: "Doctor, just now, Shizi has coughed up a lot of blood, please show Shizi."

The others quickly made way for the old doctor.

The old doctor sat down on a round stool beside the beauty's couch, and first checked Gu Chenzhi's pulse, frowning slightly.

The surroundings fell into silence, and no one dared to make a sound to disturb the old doctor.

After a short while, the old doctor withdrew his finger, took out the silver needle, and after burning it with a candle, he quickly stabbed Gu Chenzhi with a few needles on several large acupoints.

Soon, Gu Chenzhi, whose eyes were closed, reacted, and the eyeballs under his eyelids moved slightly.

The captain of the guard couldn't help but whispered: "Master Shizi!"

Gu Chenzhi slowly opened his eyes, but his eyes were obviously dazed, as if he didn't know where he was.

The old doctor took the silver needle and gave Gu Chenzhi a pulse again, with a very solemn expression.

This time, he took a long time to detect the pulse, and the people around him were anxious, wanting to ask what kind of illness Gu Chenzhi had, but he didn't dare to ask.

Gu Chenzhi gradually woke up a lot, and also remembered what happened before he fell into a coma, and asked weakly, "Doctor, what's wrong with me?"

His face was as pale as paper, and his voice was hoarse and weak, but just saying such a simple word made his breathing become rapid and difficult.

At this moment, Gu Chenzhi also felt that what he got was not an ordinary cold.

The old doctor had a hesitant look on his face. The captain of the guard was very good at winking, and he immediately understood. He said to the young generals around him, "The prince needs to rest" and so on, and sent all the irrelevant people away.

After a while, only Gu Chenzhi, the old doctor, the chief guard, and Gu Chenzhi's personal servant were left on the second floor. The servant cleverly went to the stairs to guard.

Then the old doctor asked politely, "Has Shizi ate something bad recently?"

Gu Chenzhi: "?"

In the past six months, Gu Chenzhi also clearly felt that his body was getting worse and worse, especially recently.

He has hired a lot of doctors back and forth, and each doctor said that he was overworked and overworked.

Only the old doctor in front of him said something different from other doctors.

Gu Chenzhi clenched his fists, his heart sank little by little, and the ominous feeling in his heart gradually thickened.

He shook his head weakly and said, "I haven't eaten anything special..."

"impossible."

The old doctor seemed to refute, but also seemed to say to himself, "Shi Ziye's pulse is clearly poisoned. The old man has been to the western country of Bogo, and I have seen this kind of medical record there, and the pulse is exactly the same."

"Yes, Lord Shizi was poisoned."

Hearing the other party mentioning Pogo Country, Gu Chenzhi was startled, and subconsciously wanted to sit up from the beauty's couch, but his body was so weak that he almost fell back again. Fortunately, the guard quickly gave him a hand.

Gu Chenzhi took two deep breaths, managed to calm down, and then asked, "Doctor, what kind of poison is it?"

In fact, he already had a guess in his heart, and his voice trembled slightly.

The old doctor looked embarrassed, and replied respectfully: "Sir, the old man can't say it well, it seems to be a poisonous weed."

"The patient was terminally ill at that time.

If it weren't for his family saying that he was poisoned, the old man would just think that he was weak and tired, so the real yin lost, and his pulse was exactly the same as that of the prince. "

After speaking, the old doctor stroked the goatee and sighed faintly, "The old man failed to save the patient!"

With his words, the faces of Gu Chenzhi and the captain of the guard became more and more ugly, mixed with emotions such as suspicion, fear, anxiety, and disbelief.

"Cough cough cough..."

Gu Chenzhi felt that his throat was itching again, and he coughed again, his body shaking like the leaves in the autumn wind.

The blood stained his handkerchief, the slits of his fingers and his sleeves.

Gu Chenzhi's whole body was cold to the bone, and a boundless despair instantly enveloped him.

Jiuhexiang, it must be Jiuhexiang!

Only now did Gu Chenzhi fully understand.

No wonder he is getting weaker and weaker these days, no wonder he has sought out many famous doctors in the city, all those doctors said that he was just overworked, and it turned out that he was actually poisoned!

He managed to get Jiuhexiang from the country of Pogo, and it is very rare with the grass juice of red phoenix grass added.

At that time, the merchant from Bogo who sold Jiuhe incense to him said that the person who used this incense would become weaker day by day, his body would be gradually hollowed out by toxins, and he would die silently within a year.

But others will only think that this person is weak and sickly, and it is the death of the disease.

However, why did he get poisoned by the red phoenix grass?

!

The poison of the red phoenix grass is a chronic poison, it only takes a day or two, it is not harmful at all, and it will erode the body a little bit over time, and he has been poisoned for some time.

He began to feel unwell last fall. At first, he couldn't sleep well at night, and he often woke up. Later, he began to have nosebleeds for no reason...

Gu Chenzhi thought of something, and his body trembled violently.

Counting the days, I am afraid that not long after the father returned to Luo'an City, he was poisoned.

At that time, Gu Zezhi was thousands of miles away in the capital, and no matter how long his hand was, he couldn't reach Duan Wangfu...

Yes, since the father returned to the Western Xinjiang last year, he has not treated him as well as before.

The father kept saying that he believed that he would not poison the princess, but he was actually coaxing him on purpose.

What's more, the father and the king deliberately made a quarrel with the princess, just to lower his defenses, so that he could attack him.

But because the princess and Gu Zezhi were no longer in the western border, he thought that the palace was his, and he was so stupid that he was completely defenseless...

Just thinking about it, Gu Chenzhi's heart is like a knife, and the pain is unbearable.

"Cough cough cough..."

He coughed harder and harder, spitting up blood.

Pools of blood stained half of the beauty's couch.

While the old doctor gave Gu Chenzhi two more needles, he persuaded: "Shizi, you have a good rest, don't think too much, you have been poisoned, don't be tired, don't think too much."

"Otherwise..." He sighed with a sigh, his brows raised, looking like he was hesitating to speak, he considered his words and said, "Otherwise, the condition will be repeated and it will gradually worsen."

He said it euphemistically, but the implication was obvious. If Gu Chenzhi had a good rest, he would have been able to live a few more days, otherwise he was afraid that his life would not be long.

Gu Chenzhi's heart became even colder, and the chill that came out of his bone marrow made his mind even more confused.

He grabbed the old doctor's sleeve and asked eagerly, "Can this poison be cured?"

The old doctor shook his head in embarrassment, and was about to speak, when there was a sound of "dengdengdeng" going upstairs, and the boy guarding the entrance of the stairs shouted: "My lord."

As soon as he heard the word "Wang Ye", Gu Chenzhi's face instantly became even more ugly.

Even the sound of "dengdengdeng" going upstairs sounded like the sound of Black and White Impermanence approaching him with a soul-locking chain.

"Morning!"

Duan Wang quickly went up to the second floor, with worry written on his face, and walked to Gu Chenzhi's side in three steps.

Seeing Gu Chenzhi coughing up so much blood, Duan Wang was anxious and worried. He knew that the eldest son had not been in good health for the past six months, but he just thought he was overworked, but he didn't expect him to be so ill.

Gu Chenzhi was still coughing, but he was looking at Duan Wang from the corner of his eyes, and a storm seemed to be brewing in his pupils, becoming more and more violent.

He wanted to ask if Duan Wang had poisoned him.

"father……"

However, he opened his mouth and vomited out another mouthful of blood.

Duan Wang became more and more anxious, and hurriedly said: "Chenzhi, stop talking."

He hurriedly turned his head and asked the old doctor, "Doctor, what happened to the prince?"

"My lord, please take a step to speak."

The old doctor bowed to Duan Wang.

Duan Wang moved his brows, followed the old doctor around the screen next to him, and went to the window at the other end to speak.

"My lord, this old man is ignorant of talent and knowledge," the old doctor bowed again, sighed helplessly, and said in a low voice, "I am really helpless with the illness of the eldest son."

Duan Wang's brows furrowed even tighter.

The prince is just overworked, and he is not a terminally ill or seriously ill. This doctor must be incompetent.

Since the other party said there was nothing he could do, King Duan didn't force it, and dismissed him casually.

Following that, he returned to Gu Chenzhi's side again and comforted him: "Chenzhi, that's a quack doctor! This king will immediately go and hire another famous doctor for you."

However, at this moment, no matter what Duan Wang said, it was full of deep meaning in Gu Chenzhi's ears, or in other words, malicious.

Seeing that the old doctor was gone, Duan Wang said that he would "appoint another famous doctor" for him. Gu Chenzhi had no choice but to suspect that Duan Wang was deliberately driving the old doctor away.

In other words, the father wants him to die!

This cruel fact stabbed in his heart like a knife.

He vomited another mouthful of blood, rolled his eyes, and passed out.

Duan Wang was so anxious that he shouted, "Morning! Morning!"

"Come on, bring the prince back to the palace!"

"..."

There was another flutter, and Gu Chenzhi was carried off the second floor by a guard and put into the carriage.

The group returned to the palace in a mighty manner. Next, the entire palace was blown up. Some people went to call the good doctor in the palace, some went out to ask for a doctor, some people were busy placing Gu Chenzhi, and some people ran to inform the prince. Concubine, grandchildren, etc.

Naturally, some people ran to Zhaohui Garden to tell Gu Zezhi and Qin Di.

Gu Zezhi returned to the palace for half an hour early, and after hearing the news, he immediately took Qin Di to visit Gu Chenzhi.

Duan Wang was still guarding in the main room, sitting with a big horse with a golden knife, his eyebrows furrowed, and he was very worried.

"Father."

Gu Zezhi and Qin Di bowed to King Duan together, and King Duan made a gesture to signal his son and daughter-in-law to sit down.

Gu Zezhi frowned in confusion and asked, "Father, when I left Xixianglou today, the prince was fine, what happened?"

Qin Di had actually heard Gu Zezhi talk about what happened at the Xixianglou, but he still looked worried appropriately.

Duan Wang was holding back his words and had nowhere to talk. Gu Zezhi's question was like opening a valve, and he couldn't help but poured out to his son:

"Zezhi, you didn't see it, the prince coughed up a lot of blood just now."

"Hey, he probably worked too hard, so that the accumulation became a disease."

"In the past few months, his health has not been good. He contracted a cold in the first month of the month. Not only has he not recovered, but it has gotten worse.

This king is really afraid that he will hurt his heart and lungs. "

Speaking, Duan Wang rubbed his eyebrows, exhausted.

Gu Zezhi asked worriedly, "Father, what did the doctor say?"

Duan Dynasty looked at the curtain leading to the inner room, and said solemnly: "The doctor and the good doctor are still inside to consult the prince."

"This king has also told the prince several times before that he wants him to rest and recuperate, but the prince should respond and work very hard in private."

"His illness is the result of hard work."

Gu Zezhi's brows furrowed a little more, and he sighed, "Your son really worked hard."

"A few days ago, when I took Xiaoji to walk a horse outside the city, I happened to pass by the big camp and met the prince.

At that time, the prince was coughing, and I persuaded the prince to return to the residence to recuperate..."

His words ended with a sigh, meaning that Gu Chenzhi didn't listen to his advice after all.

When Duan Wang heard the words, he looked at Gu Zezhi with three more loving eyes. He felt that although Gu Zezhi had misunderstood the prince, he still cared about the eldest brother in his heart, and thought for the sake of the prince.

"Zezhi, you have a heart."

Duan Wang couldn't help but sighed in his heart: After Zezhi became a pro, he grew up a lot.

Gu Zezhi reassured: "Father, don't worry too much. As long as your son's illness is well rested, I believe he will be fully recovered within a year and a half."

Duan Wang still frowned.

The problem is that the prince is afraid that he will not be able to calm down and take good care of him, and the time is not right.

The imperial court and Yuzhou are about to go to war soon. Originally, on the western side of the border, he was sitting in the rear, and it was best for the prince to lead the army, but now, the prince is so ill, he will definitely not be able to lead the army.

Although there are many outstanding generals in the Western Xinjiang Army, due to the battle with Xidi in the past few years, the generals in the army have been broken. Now the generals above the second rank in the Western Xinjiang Army are mostly old, and the following are some lack of experience. Young soldiers, these people are far from enough to convince the crowd.

Furthermore, Duan Wangfu has always been the backbone of the Western Border Army. If Yu Wang rebelled and the people of Duan Wangfu did not go to the battlefield in person, it would lead to some groundless speculations, which would eventually lead to instability in the army.

Duan Wang rubbed his eyebrows again, and said solemnly: "Zezhi, the battle is imminent, I am worried that the prince's body will not be able to lead the army..."

The prince is ill, this is not only a family affair of the palace, but also affects state affairs.

In the house, it was quiet.

"Father is right."

Gu Zezhi pondered and said, "But hemoptysis is the most difficult thing to do. The prince is going to the battlefield at this time, I'm afraid he will get sicker."

Duan Wang felt more and more comforted, thinking that the relationship between the two brothers must have eased.

Hey, after all, they are brothers, blood is thicker than water.

In fact, Zezhi has respected the eldest brother of the prince since he was a child.

Qin Di on the side silently picked up the tea cup, and watched Gu Zezhi calmly dig a big hole for Duan Wang with his own eyes.

And Duan Wang was obviously hooked.

really--

"Zezhi, why don't you stay?"

Duan Wang originally just blurted out, but after he said it, he thought it was a good idea.

If Gu Zezhi stayed, he could lead the troops of the Western Border Army. Then, the prince could rest well, and the emperor could rest assured that he would not worry about Duan Wangfu's support of troops and help Yu Wangfu.

The more Duan Wang thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was the safest, and said sternly: "Zezhi, if you stay, you can lead the troops."

Duan Wang stared at Gu Zezhi with burning eyes, but did not notice that Qin Di's hand holding the tea cup on the other side of Gu Zezhi shook slightly.

Qin Di hurriedly made a gesture of lowering his eyebrows and pleasing his eyes, and by the way, he shed tears of sympathy in his heart.

Gu Zezhi looked embarrassed and hesitantly said, "Father, isn't that bad?"

"I still have errands in the capital, and I promised the emperor to return to the capital before summer."

"Besides, there can be no two masters in the army."

Gu Zezhi's expression was sincere, his eyes were clear, and his words came from the bottom of his heart.

When Duan Wang heard Gu Zezhi's words, his heart was completely relieved.

If Gu Zezhi agreed, Duan Wang would still have some doubts, for fear that he would be tempted by the position of the prince, but Gu Zezhi categorically refused. He was so firm, but Duan Wang believed that Gu Zezhi had no second thoughts.

You Qi thought about how Gu Chenzhi coughed up blood just now, and Duan Wang became more firm about his idea.

Zezhi had been in the Western Xinjiang Army for several years, and he also made a lot of military exploits. Last year, he pacified Fujian Province for the emperor. He is a general, and he should be the most suitable candidate to replace the prince.

So, King Duan persuaded Gu Zezhi righteously: "Zezhi, this king knows that you are in trouble, but now we must focus on the overall situation."

"You can't be without a handsome man in the army!"

"Zezhi, you and the prince are brothers, this king doesn't believe that who else can you believe?

The prince is now ill, and his illness is not too light, and he needs someone to share his worries. "

"The battle between the imperial court and Yuzhou is approaching, and the Western Xinjiang has a heavy responsibility, and there must be no mistakes."

Duan Wang righteously persuaded Gu Zezhi to take a two-pronged approach from the overall situation to family affection.

Gu Zezhi pursed his thin lips slightly, his eyes were half-drooping, showing a contemplative expression, as if he was still a little hesitant.

After a while, Gu Zezhi raised his eyes to look at King Duan, and said, "Father, you have to ask your son about this."

Gu Zezhi didn't refuse, which made King Duan relieved.

"The prince will definitely agree."

Duan Wang nodded happily.

In Duan Wang's view, it was impossible for Gu Chenzhi not to agree.

The eldest son, Gu Chen, has a stable temperament. He and his younger brothers are brothers and sisters. He has the demeanor of an eldest brother like a father.

Hearing King Duan's promise, Qin Di couldn't help but glance at him, and once again lamented that the old man was as blind and blind as ever when it comes to the issue of the heir.

Qin Di's eyes turned to Gu Zezhi again, Gu Zezhi didn't speak any more, but he acted like his father and brother made the decisions.

He looked at the water, and outsiders couldn't see what he was thinking at all.

Qin Di stared at his handsome profile, his heart was slightly tight, and he felt a little distressed.

At this time, the door curtain leading to the inner room was knocked up, and a thin middle-aged doctor and Wang Liangyi came out one after the other.

The middle-aged doctor respectfully bowed to King Duan, and said, "My lord, the eldest son is overly concerned, laborious, and even weak.

Originally, it was a small typhoid fever, and after a long period of time, the liver and wood were stagnant, the kidney qi was not captured, and the lung gold was damaged, so the coughing up blood continued. "

"I will give you a prescription to calm the liver, moisten the lungs, lower the stomach, and invigorate the kidneys.

However, this disease still needs more rest, and it will be raised slowly.

Shizi must not work hard, otherwise the cough blood will be more serious, and the minor illness will become a major illness..."

He said it euphemistically, thinking that if the prince continued like this, he might endanger his life, but he didn't dare to tell Duan Wang about this, because he was afraid that Duan Wang would think he was alarmist.

Wang Liangyi nodded and agreed with him.

Duan Wang waved his hand and asked the doctor to prescribe medicine.

"Zezhi, look, the doctors all say that, after taking this medicine for so long, the prince's illness has not improved at all."

Duan Wang sighed again, "The prince is just too tired, so the situation will get worse. He still has to have someone to help him and let him recuperate in peace."

Duan Wang babbled and led Gu Zezhi into the inner room, while Qin Di stayed in the main room and waited.

In the inner room, quietly, the needle drop could be heard.

The maids were all silent, staring at the toes of their shoes.

Gu Chenzhi was lying on the bed, the robe that had been stained with blood had been taken off, only the frosty white middle shirt was covered with a thin quilt, and the whole person looked thinner and thinner.

The prince and concubine were also there. Seeing that Duan Wang and Gu Zezhi came in, they got up and greeted them: "Father, third brother."

Gu Chenzhi had already woken up, and his eyes were staring at Duan Wang and Gu Zezhi, his eyes were as gloomy as owls, with a frightening cold glow.

He closed his eyes, and when Duan Wang came to the bed, he was back to normal, weak and haggard.

Looking at Gu Chenzhi, Duan Wang felt distressed and comforted: "Chenzhi, Wang Liangyi and Dr. Xu from Huichuntang have both shown you, don't worry, there's nothing serious, you just need to rest and take medicine, no problem. day will be healed.”

Gu Chenzhi's eyelashes trembled slightly, staring at Duan Wang and asking, "Father, what does the doctor say?"

Duan Wang replied: "The doctor said that you are overworked and will give you a prescription to adjust your internal organs."

Gu Chenzhi felt as if he had been stabbed by Duan Wang again, like falling into an ice cellar.

Father is lying!

It's impossible that the old doctor in Xixianglou didn't tell his father that he was poisoned, but his father still said so, what does it mean?

The father must have known about this for a long time, and he has been hiding it from him.

The father wanted to let him die like this without understanding!

Thinking about it, Gu Chenzhi's face turned pale again.

Duan Wang just thought he was worried about his illness, and comforted him: "Chenzhi, don't worry too much.

Since these doctors say that you are not seriously ill, it must be fine.

You are the worst offender to think about this disease. "

Duan Wang said in a kind voice, with a kind father's heart, but the more Gu Chenzhi listened, the colder his heart became, and his heart plummeted.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Gu Zezhi said appropriately, "Prince should rest more, don't worry about it."

Duan Wang didn't think much, he followed Gu Zezhi's words and said, "Zezhi is right, you need to rest in peace."

This sentence is actually very common, however, the speaker has no intention of the listener.

Gu Chenzhi's pupils shrank, and Duan Wang's words echoed repeatedly in his mind: Zezhi is right.

Duan Wang didn't pay attention, and said again: "Chenzhi, this king wants to keep Zezhi in the western border for a longer time, to share your worries, you can rest in peace, and don't pay attention to other things for the time being."

"Chenzhi, what do you think?"

Gu Chenzhi: "!"

Gu Chenzhi only felt a burning sensation in his chest, as if there was a volcano in his heart.

The father did all this, really, to let him make a seat for Gu Zezhi!

"Cough cough cough..."

Gu Chenzhi's face turned pale, and he coughed violently again, coughing up a pool of blood again, spattering the thin sheet blood red.

"Sir!"

Concubine Shizi was terrified and made a sharp shout, almost overturning the roof.

Duan Wang's complexion changed greatly, and he also lost his voice and called out: "Morning..."

Duan Wang was really anxious, even if he had planned to listen to Gu Chenzhi's opinion, he didn't dare to listen to him now when he saw his appearance.

He said decisively: "This matter is so decided!"

"Zezhi, don't go back to Beijing, stay in the western border."

"Chenzhi, take a good rest, let Zezhi do the rest."