Three Kingdoms

Jingzhou.

Xiangyang.

Spring should be lively and noisy, so Xiangyang is gradually becoming noisy and lively...

Some things can be covered up, but some things, even if they are covered up, will still be exposed.

Liu Biao's disease has exposed his legs, which are black and hairy, with at least three legs.

Although Zhang Ji could use acupuncture to activate blood circulation and activate the functions in Liu Biao's body, the so-called medicinal stones naturally have to be based on medicine first. Especially for an elderly person like Liu Biao, it is impossible to use acupuncture all the time. No medication at all.

Therefore, the more times you do it, the clearer it will become. After all, things like acupuncture can be reused. These medicinal materials are naturally consumed once they are used...

"Excuse me, sir, so-and-so..." Halfway through, Liu Biao coughed twice, "How many days does so-and-so... have a current balance?" 』

Zhang Ji looked at the needle in his hand without looking at Liu Biao. After the silver needle was pricked, he said slowly: "Your body is weak and deficient internally. You should rest more internally, worry less and be less angry externally." It warms and nourishes yin, dispels evil and strengthens the body, and can also prolong life..."

"...You should rest more, worry less and be less angry..." Liu Biao lowered his eyelids and repeated in a low voice.

Zhang Ji nodded, "Exactly." 』

Liu Biao fell silent.

Elderly people all like to be quiet. This is mostly caused by their physical health. One is that their energy cannot keep up, and the other is that even if they are willing, they are not strong enough. But how could Liu Biao calm down?

In which of these years has Liu Biao been able to be quiet?

Jingzhou is like a low underground river, invisible, but with turbulent waves and countless whirlpools. If you are not careful, you will be swallowed up by it, and then no bones will be left.

After Zhang Ji's diagnosis and treatment, he tidied up and left.

After Liu Biao had someone send Zhang Ji away, he looked up at the sky.

If there is a BGM at this time, "Borrow for Another Five Hundred Years" should be played.

It can be said that any person in power, after sitting in a high position, will inevitably have this idea. If they can borrow a few more years, let alone five hundred years, fifty years, or even five years...

Previously, Liu Biao used himself as bait to catch Jingxiang, because Liu Biao still thought he could do it at that time. Just like most people still feel that they are in good health when they are sixty years old, how can they be different from young people?

But the next year was not as good as the previous one. During these days, Liu Biao really felt that he was not good enough.

When sitting, my legs feel cold, as if my feet were placed on ice. Even if I am covered with heavy fur, I still feel cold. I feel a slight chill spreading up from my legs and feet, past my knees, Climbing up the thighs, occupying the waist and abdomen...

Sometimes, Liu Biao couldn't help but look down at his feet, wondering if he was already standing in the underworld, that's why he was so cold. If you move, you won't feel cold, but your lungs can't bear it. If you move a little bit, you'll cough, and your chest and throat will huff and puff, as if a broken bellows is stuffed inside. If you can't breathe for a moment, you'll cough. He was so suffocated that his face turned purple and he almost fainted.

There is also the pain on your back, which seems to remind Liu Biao all the time that your time is running out...

So now Liu Biao didn't dare to talk about his health anymore, because this time, he knew that it was really not going to work.

But Liu Biao still wanted to live.

really want.

The closer he felt that death was, the stronger Liu Biao's desire to live became.

Not only for yourself, but also for your children.

Sometimes, Liu Biao would carefully summarize and think about a series of things that happened after he arrived in Jingzhou. Did he do something wrong or was he delayed in that place? That's why Jingzhou is like this today. Can't go up, can't go down...

But the problem is, it doesn’t! Liu Biao did not rest for a day, nor was he slack for a day!

When he first arrived in Jingxiang, Liu Biao only had a few followers and no soldiers at his disposal. He borrowed money from the local wealthy families in Jingzhou and swallowed up the chief thief to gain some wealth. Is there any waste of time in this? No.

Later, he married the Cai family, linked up with the Pang family, and used the Kuai family and Huang Zu to really gain a firm foothold. During the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Liu Biao actually had very few control points. If it were not for the support of the powerful clans of Jingzhou, Liu Biao's orders would not even be able to get out of the governor's office. Therefore, it was not that Liu Biao did not want to raise his troops to gain righteousness and join the crusade against Dong Zhuo, but it was because Liu Biao simply could not do so. Open your body.

Then the alliance against Dong collapsed. Sun Jian coveted the land of Jingzhou and acted as Yuan Shu's lackey, and wars continued. In the end, Yuan Shu was defeated, but the turmoil in Nanjun broke out again, and he was busy quelling the rebellion. After pacifying Nanjun, he looked back and saw that Fei Qian had already established himself in Guanzhong, and Cao Cao had already established himself in Yuzhou...

Liu Biao was not unambitious, nor did he just wait for the Sun family to cause trouble before passively dealing with it. Liu Biao also secretly sent troops into Yuzhang, preparing to use a monkey to steal peaches for the Sun family, but was slapped back by Sun Ce. Liu Biao even kept an eye on Jiaozhou and sent Wu Ju to Cangwu County to confront Shi Xie.

There are also small actions in Yizhou, etc., which all show that Liu Biao is not without ambition and only thinks about clinging to the weak and waiting for death, but because...

"Alas..." Liu Biao sighed, "If Liu Xuande had...ε=(′ο｀*))) Alas..."

When Cai Shi targeted Liu Bei, Liu Biao did not stop him and pretended not to see it. In fact, he had already planned in his heart that if Cai Shi killed Liu Bei, he would be able to avenge Liu Bei and then accept Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, so he would naturally have the capital. Get rid of Cai Mao...

If it can be done, then with Gan Ning in the navy and Zhang Ning on land, the great cause can naturally be carried out in a grand way! It's a pity that Liu Bei seemed to see through it, and Guan Zhang naturally became wary of himself. In desperation, he ordered him to follow Liu Qi to Sichuan. It was considered a waste, but the result...

In a daze, Liu Biao suddenly remembered the first time he saw the Cavalry General Fei Qian...

“If you want to achieve great things, you can do three things. Liu Biao suddenly laughed bitterly. Yes, in fact, Fei Qian had said what should be done back then, but as for himself, "the face was not completely cleansed, the body was not strengthened, and the momentum was not prepared... The good prescription has been prescribed, but a certain person has failed." It’s not all used up, so what can I do...what can I do about it..."

"Someone is coming!" Liu Biao took a deep breath and tried to straighten his waist, "Go and tell the second young master to come!" "Although I made mistakes, I have gained these experiences after all, and these experiences may help my children take less detours, stand higher and walk faster than myself!"

Liu Cong is here.

In fact, Liu Cong doesn't like coming here, just like he doesn't like reading scriptures either. There is always a vague smell here, or something else, which makes Liu Cong feel uncomfortable, just like the scriptures are basically boring, without the fun and fun of warm-scented nephrite.

It's just that Liu Cong knows how to pretend.

So Liu Cong stepped forward respectfully, first expressed concern about Liu Biao's health, and then asked why Liu Biao asked him to come over.

Liu Biao looked at Liu Cong, took a breath slowly, pointed to the side, and asked casually: "What were you doing just now?" 』

"Go back to Father..." Liu Cong said, "The child is reading..."

"Oh, what can I read?" Liu Biao asked. The whole body is fragrant and there is no smell of ink scroll. How can I read a book?

During this period of time, Liu Biao's health was ups and downs, good and bad. Of course, most of the time he was in bad condition, so he basically had no time to take care of Liu Cong. Now that I heard that Liu Cong also talked about reading, naturally I need to ask more questions.

"This..." Liu Cong's eyes rolled around twice, "The child is watching Zuo Zhuan..."

"Zuo Chuan is good..." Liu Biao nodded, approving Zuo Chuan, "...Yan Zi stood outside the door of the Cui family. The man said, "Die?"... What is its meaning? 』

"ah? Liu Cong was stunned for a moment, "My child, this, that... I haven't read this yet..."

Liu Biao looked at Liu Cong and was about to say something, but he coughed, and then the affected area on his back ached for bursts. Liu Biao gave up his original idea of ​​examining Liu Cong's knowledge. After breathing for a while, he said: "Forget it." Come on...go back and take a closer look...I called you here today because I have some insights for my father, and I want to pass them on to you..."

"My father entered Jingzhou and became a wealthy family. He lost... He also became a wealthy family..." Liu Biao's voice was hoarse and low. "My father borrowed the power of Jingxiang's wealthy family and gained a place between Jiang and Han. However, he also lost his light body and was imprisoned." If you do forbidden things, you won’t get talented people..."

Liu Biao thought of Fei Qian, Huang Zhong, and many people. He couldn't help but close his eyes, sighed, and gasped a few times, "...Remember, if you have a wealthy family, you will live, but if you are trapped by a wealthy family, you will die!" 』

Without the support of the wealthy families, Liu Biao would not have been able to gain a foothold in Jingxiang. However, it was precisely because of the obstruction of the wealthy families that no matter what Liu Biao did, he actually lacked something and did not fall to the lowest level. Fei Qian once said that he needed to "cleanse his face", but Liu Biao only "cleansed his face" at the level of the Jingxiang gentry, and did not let the lower class people feel any changes, because those who collected taxes and supervised labor were still the same people. , the original family...

As for "strengthening the body" and "gaining momentum", the same is true. Liu Biao founded the Imperial Academy, but he only paid attention to those who were already famous, but did not pay attention to the poor and side branches who were not famous but had talents. Many things floated on the surface and did not sink. Therefore, Liu Biao went astray and slowly on this path that should have been correct.

Now, Liu Biao wanted to pour all these insights into Liu Cong, but after all, he had been ill for a long time. When he talked about it, he coughed and wheezed, intermittently, and a little confused. Liu Cong opened his eyes wide. , seemed to be very attentive and listening attentively, nodding in agreement from time to time to show that he heard, understood, understood...

Liu Biao was in pain. After receiving Zhang Ji's acupuncture medicine, the extra energy he gained was quickly consumed, and he became a little uncomfortable again. In order not to expose his ugly appearance, he had no way to study Liu Cong. After listening for a while, Liu Cong was asked to go down first.

Liu Cong returned to his courtyard. Little Cai quickly stepped forward to help Liu Cong change his robe, and asked softly: "My father called you, but what's the important matter?" 』

"Well...it's nothing important..." Liu Cong said nonchalantly, "just repeating some old tunes..." Why does father Liu Biao always mention some things from the past? It’s been four years of Taixing now! What's the point of talking about Zhongping Yanping all day long?

It’s really nagging and long-winded...

So boring.

…… o（￢＿￢）o ……

But it was said that Zhang Ji, escorted by Liu Biao's bodyguard, returned to the city's traditional Chinese medicine clinic in a roundabout way.

Well, after hearing that Fei Qian built a medical clinic in Chang'an, Liu Biao also built one, so he openly placed Zhang Ji in it, so that he could hide his illness.

As soon as Zhang Ji walked into the hospital, he heard an angry roar coming from the hospital: "Bold maniac!" He actually spoke lies! Do you think we all have nothing? 』

Zhang Ji frowned, turned around the screen, and saw that some people had actually gathered in the courtyard. Standing at the top is a "famous doctor" who is said to have the ability to conjure ghosts, gods, and astounding heaven and earth. His surname is also Zhang, a famous businessman.

And standing in front of the famous doctor Zhang Shang, kneeling under the steps was a student. Zhang Ji met Zhang Ji a few times and learned that his parents died of an epidemic, so he decided to study medicine. His experience was somewhat similar to Zhang Ji's own, so he paid a little attention to him and sometimes gave him some advice.

But Zhang Ji pointed out this disciple, which did not mean that Zhang Ji would accept him as his apprentice. After all, doctors in the Han Dynasty were generally very cautious in accepting apprentices. It is also common to examine the conduct of a disciple, sometimes for more than ten years. Virtue is always the focus of examination, and sometimes it is even more important than talent.

"There are many talented people in the medical clinic. When will it be your turn to speak nonsense?" Um? Zhang Shang pointed at the student, frothing at the mouth, and said, "I asked you to cut and grind the medicinal materials to make you understand the properties of the medicine!" In the future, we will practice medicine and understand pharmacology, so as not to delay the disease and harm people's lives! You actually ignored our good intentions and spoke arrogantly, criticizing and complaining! What kind of truth is this? ! 』

"When we practice medicine, we all need to know the properties of medicine so that we can prescribe the right medicine to cure the disease. When we were studying medicine, we made medicines with our own hands, worked hard and never complained! It’s important to know that medical matters are of paramount importance! 』

"Where do you complain?" As the saying goes, if a snake swallows an elephant, how can it be bigger? If you are talented, you will one day practice medicine! Since you are now asked to prepare medicinal materials, it means that your talents are insufficient and your medicine is low! How dare you speak nonsense about medicinal materials and criticize others! ? 』

"For doctors, medical talent is of course important, but medical ethics is even more important! "When Zhang Shang saw Zhang Ji coming, he became more and more excited, and his voice became three points louder. He pointed his fingers, intentionally or unintentionally, at Zhang Ji's place, "How can you follow the trend and cling to the powerful? We, the people of our generation, should know our duty when we behave and do things, and we should know who we are! How can we be presumptuous and resentful and speak arrogant words? ! 』

Everyone also looked at Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji frowned slightly.

Just like there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, it is sometimes embarrassing to have two "Doctor Zhangs" in the medical clinic...

Zhang Shang was very famous before, and of course he had some medical skills, otherwise he wouldn't be famous, but when he came to Zhang Ji, he was a little unsatisfied. After all, even if he came here because of his reputation in the beginning, in the end, it still depends on the curative effect. So Zhang Shang was recruited into the medical clinic, originally thinking that he would be able to achieve great success, but unexpectedly, he was blocked by Zhang Ji. Attack comes out.

In Zhang Shang's eyes, it was obvious that this man was close to Zhang Ji...

Zhang Ji stepped forward, looked at the disciple kneeling in the courtyard, and asked, "What did you say?" 』

"Such arrogant people actually say that our medicinal materials are harmful!" Among all of you present, who has not been immersed in medicine for ten or twenty years, yet no one has said that the medicinal materials are wrong, but you know it? How ridiculous, ridiculous! Young people, you should know your own abilities! Don't blame everyone and try to please others all day long! ” Zhang Shang raised his eyebrows, cocked his nostrils, and shook his beard.

"What did you say?" ” Zhang Ji ignored Zhang Shang and asked again.

"I... I'm..." the young man said, "Tell me, tell me... I'm afraid there's something wrong with this batch of cinnamon... I'm afraid it can't be used as medicine..."

"Is there something wrong with Cinnamon?" ” Zhang Ji frowned. Cinnamon is a commonly used medicine with many indications.

"Haha, ridiculous, ridiculous! Zhang Shang laughed and said, "We have all been practicing medicine for ten or twenty years, but..."

"Take it and see." ” Zhang Ji interrupted Zhang Shang’s words.

"Only..." The young man tried to stand up to get the medicinal materials, but after kneeling for a long time, his blood flow would inevitably be blocked. He staggered and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Zhang Ji helped him, and then he stood firm. He moved his legs and feet a little. Then he took some "cinnamon" and came.

Zhang Ji frowned, looked through the "cinnamon", smelled it again, then broke off a small piece and stuffed it into his mouth...

"There is a problem...this is "Yin Xiang"..." Zhang Ji spit out the residue, glanced at Zhang Shang, and said, "It looks like cinnamon, but it is not cinnamon..."

"What? Zhang Shang was stunned for a moment, then walked down the steps, took the remaining piece from Zhang Ji's hand, smelled it, broke off a piece and threw it into his mouth, and then slowly froze...

After a while, Zhang Shang suddenly threw the "cinnamon", or Yinxiang, on the ground, and said loudly to the young disciple: "Regardless of the medicinal materials, in the medical hall, apprentices are not allowed to discuss medicine. This is the rule." ! rule! If everyone is like you, if you make unreasonable comments about your teachers or your superiors, what kind of behavior will you have? How dignified! Whether these medicinal materials are genuine or not, can a mere apprentice say anything? Young people should study humbly and do things with heart, and don’t worry too much about other things! No need to say more! I think of you today and have not made any big mistakes, so I won’t blame you and just do it myself! Take care of yourself! 』

After saying this, Zhang Shang threw up his sleeves and left.

Seeing this, everyone dispersed.

Zhang Ji turned around and saw Manager Cai, who was responsible for purchasing medicinal materials, lowering his head and leaving among the crowd. Before leaving the yard, he seemed to have a sinister look on his face...

Zhang Ji's heart couldn't help but jump.

"Doctor Zhang..." The young disciple looked at Zhang Ji at a loss.

Zhang Ji sighed in a low voice, then patted the young disciple on the shoulder and said, "I'm afraid you shouldn't stay here for a long time. Pack your bags and leave as soon as possible..."

"Doctor Zhang!" I...I am sincerely studying..."

Zhang Ji stopped and turned his head slightly, "Go quickly, go quickly!" ” After saying that, he ignored the young disciple and left.

The young disciple watched Zhang Ji go away, and then looked at the piece of Yinxiang on the ground. He couldn't help but stand still for a while, and then murmured to himself: "I, I...am I wrong?" I...where did I go wrong..."

A light is like a bean.

Zhang Ji sat in front of the desk, pondered for a long time, finally picked up the pen, and then dropped it. Like a thousand pounds, the thick ink on the paper penetrated the back of the paper!

"Every time I see people from Yue entering Guo's clinic and looking at the color of the Marquis of Qi, I can't help but admire his talent!" It is strange that people living in the world today have not paid attention to medicine and have studied alchemy carefully. The first is to cure the illnesses of kings and relatives, the second is to save the poor and the lowly from misfortune, and the middle is to protect the body and maintain health. However, they compete for glory and position, strive for power and power, work hard, and only focus on fame and fortune. They worship the cosmetics at the end, but neglect their roots, and they are beautiful on the outside and haggard on the inside. If the skin is gone, how will the hair be attached? 』

Zhang Ji wrote this, took a breath, exhaled slowly, and shifted his gaze slightly. On one side of Zhang Ji's writing paper are some of Zhang Ji's patient prescriptions and summaries, and above it are the prescriptions for the patients Zhang Ji recently treated. Among the prescriptions, there is the word "cinnamon". !

Zhang Ji closed his eyes and sighed.

Perhaps, it's time for me to leave...