When Guo Shao and the others returned to the barracks, they happened to pass by the pharmacy where Doctor Lu Shen was sitting on the front street, and the injured military general Deng Fei was on the way, so they stopped by to find their acquaintance Doctor Lu Shen.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I was at the door, I heard a woman calling for help. The people in the lobby also heard it, and an old man hurried inside; Guo Shao felt that it seemed to be the voice of the lady of the Lu family, and hurriedly followed in through the back door.

The old man stood under the eaves and shouted, "Dalang? ”

Guo Shao heard movement in a side room not far away, so he hurried over, but when he saw that the door was empty, he stretched out his left hand and gently opened the wooden door. Sure enough, I saw that a pair of men and women were entangled, who was the woman who was not the lady of the Lu family? The man pressed her against the wall and was grabbing her by the collar to pull off her coat.

The old man in the pharmacy stepped forward and scolded, and saw Guo Shao, the military general of the Zhou army, with a cold face, and hurriedly said: "The general is angry, the dog and the little lady of the Lu family are already engaged." ”

When Guo Shao heard this, although he was unhappy, he didn't want to say anything. Since he was doing things with his fiancée in his later life, and he was in his own home, it was difficult to break even if he was a clean official.

The lady of the Lu family broke free and ran out of it, grabbed her neckline with her hand, teary-eyed, glanced at Guo Shao pitifully, and then lowered her head and walked out. The old man shouted to the younger people in the house: "Evil animal, get out of here!" ”

The latter was embarrassed, and he didn't talk back, and hurriedly slipped out of the room. He walked out the back door and saw Lu Lan stuffing things into the basket, and suddenly said angrily: "I heard that you have a military general living in your house?" Hmph, I see! Lu Lan choked up and said, "What's the matter with me?" My father brought it back. People are much more gentlemanly than you. ”

When Guo Shao came out, he didn't care about what happened just now, asked Doctor Lu to treat the wounded soldiers in the army, and left the pharmacy with Deng Fei at the moment. Another soldier was sent to call the Lu Shen Doctor.

He also told Li Chuyun to send more scouts out and keep an eye on the movements of Xiao Siwen's people.

Li Chuyun said: "The captives in the north are more difficult to deal with than the countries in the south, and even if we can win them, it will not be easy to make a difference." The captives ran away if they couldn't beat them, and they couldn't catch up with them; The 2,000 cavalry of the Hujie army were all chased out, and they were about to be counterattacked, so they didn't dare to chase them out...... It would be nice to be able to lure Xiao Siwen into the city. ”

After hearing this, Guo Shao remembered Li Chuyun's idea again, and deceived the enemy, and couldn't help but mutter: "Brother Li's strategy is a good idea, but the way is unsatisfactory, maybe Xiao Siwen will not be fooled." ”

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In the camp of the Zhou army on the south bank of the Juma River, the scouts also found out the news that the Liao army in Gu'an County had sent out to enter Zhuozhou. Shi Chai Rong's palace was located in Xiongzhou (Waqiao Pass), and the generals gathered in the lobby and discussed a lot.

But the emperor did not come to see him, and there were only a few eunuchs on both sides of the public seat in the lobby.

Some people discussed: "The Great Zhou army can cross the Juma River again, reinforce Zhuozhou, and deter Xiao Siwen, the king of the Southern Courtyard, and then force the Khitan lord to go south for a decisive battle." If the battlefield can be premeditated to the city of Zhuozhou, the internal and external attacks may still be able to fight! ”

Shi Shouxin, the general of the Iron Cavalry Army, said: "Now that I am in a hurry to send troops, Xiao Siwen may retreat." Unless we wait for the Khitan lord to lead the Liao army to Zhuozhou, we will make a move to reinforce Zhuozhou, and we can fight a decisive battle under the city. ”

Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin, who were standing in front, did not say a word.

Because the emperor didn't come, it doesn't work to say anything now.

Emperor Chai Rong was in the inner hall, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and the eunuch Wang Zhong was holding a hot towel and carefully dipping it on his face, moving very carefully. Wang Zhong said: "Official, do you want to let the imperial doctor come in and have a look?" ”

Chai Rong shook his head thoughtfully and said, "You go outside and listen, what are the civil and military saying." ”

"Whoa." Wang Zhong hurriedly put down the towel, walked to the door, and called another eunuch to come in and serve.

Chai Rong took advantage of Wang Zhong's departure and took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, which was crumpled into a ball with faint blood stains. He threw the handkerchief into the fire of the clay stove beside him.

A few days ago, he lost the decisive battle in the south of Youzhou, he was very disappointed and angry, and when he retreated, he rode a horse for dozens of miles, and the internal and external toss made his body unbearable; Today, the sulking did not ease, and he vomited a mouthful of blood. But Chai Rong didn't want anyone to know about it for a while...... Once the people around him leak the news that he is sick, it will definitely affect the morale of the army and he can only retire.

Chai Rong was unwilling to give up the Northern Expedition like this. Although the first decisive battle was not smooth, and it was not as light as the acquisition of the three passes and five states (including Yi and Zhuo), the main force was not damaged. He wants to rest and recuperate, but what he needs now is to boost his morale and get the support of more generals.

But he found that his body was a little unbearable.

So at present, Chai Rong's mood is very hesitant. On the one hand, he felt that he needed to recuperate, and he had reached the point where he could not be reckless; On the other hand, since the Battle of Gaoping, the greatest wish of the emperor for several years is to obtain the merit of recovering the sixteen states of Youyun.

The strength of the Zhou army was slightly inferior, mainly because of the small number of elite cavalry, but Chai Rong believed that it was not completely hopeless, and he could make up for this gap with other efforts.

If it weren't for the fact that his body was really not at the right time, Chai Rong's willpower would not have hesitated as much as he did now.

After a short time, Wang Zhong came back and stepped forward to report on the situation and discussions in the lobby. Chai Rong listened, and after a while, he said, "Tell everyone else to go down." His voice was deep and a little weak.

The white fat eunuch retreated left and right according to his words. At this time, Chai Rong beckoned him to come over and said in a deep voice: "Go and call Imperial Doctor Sun in to take a look at me, and tell him that you must not disclose my condition for the time being." ”

Wang Zhong received the order and hurriedly went out to find the imperial doctor. Then quietly took an old man carrying a medicine box from the small gate to carry the palace, and the palace was the requisitioned Xiongzhou official mansion. Things are done very quietly, but complete secrecy is difficult, and there are always a few people who will notice when they come and go.

Imperial Doctor Sun bowed down and entered the room, first cut his pulse, and then asked Sin to observe Chai Rong's face and facial features, and asked a question. Chai Rong truthfully said that he vomited a mouthful of blood in a hurry, and described some other symptoms.

The imperial doctor knelt down and asked: "Your Majesty had better focus on the dragon body, return to the court first, and take care of your noble body." ”

Chai Rong frowned and said, "What disease do I have?" ”

"This ......," the imperial doctor said, "the ministers alone dare not make a judgment, it is better to go back to the court and ask the imperial doctors to consult together." But in the opinion of the ministers, His Majesty's noble body ...... Ahem, you can't afford to procrastinate outside. ”

Chai Rong listened to the imperial doctor's vague words, and was immediately annoyed. In fact, he himself understands what the condition of his body is, but he is a little unwilling. Seeing that the imperial doctor looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, this made Chai Rong wake up and realize the seriousness of the matter.

Suddenly, Chai Rong thought of death!

If he dies, how will future generations judge him? There is still a legacy left, where should we go?

In an instant, some consciousness suddenly poured into Chai Rong's heart, and he suddenly felt panicked.

Chai Rong thought about it for a while, and said in a fierce voice: "You must not reveal my physical condition, otherwise you will not be spared!" ”

The imperial physician and eunuch Wang Zhong hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed in agreement.

…… Wang Zhong suddenly thought of Chai Zongxun, the emperor's eldest son, who was only more than four years old! Then there was Chai Zongxun's "queen mother" Fu Shi, he felt a chill down his spine for a while, why did the official family say no, it wouldn't work?

Wang Zhong thought about it and felt that it was difficult to say what would happen in the future, but the queen was not a fuel-efficient lamp, at least she couldn't be too offended. At the moment, he quietly wrote a secret letter, wanting to send it to Tokyo to take the opportunity to make a contribution in front of the queen. But the letter must be sent by the most trusted person, so he found his godson eunuch Wang Jien and told Wang Jien to secretly return to Beijing and hand over the secret letter to the queen.

Wang Jien is a young eunuch in his twenties, with a big pie face, the flesh on his face is very loose as if it is swollen, his face is very broad, but his facial features are crowded together. is usually loyal, but when he got the secret letter at this time, he didn't go back to Beijing immediately, but first went to Zhao Kuangyin's camp to see Zhao Pu privately!

Zhao Kuangyin quickly returned to the residence, and the three of them looked at the secret letter on the table.

I saw that the credit was sealed with paint, and it was very stable, and it must have left traces when it moved. Wang Jien was helpless and said: "The old goods Wang Zhong asked the miscellaneous family to go back to Tokyo to send a letter to the queen...... Previously, the miscellaneous family saw Imperial Doctor Sun in the palace, could this letter mean that the official family was sick? ”

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhao Pu suddenly picked up the secret letter and tore it up very rudely. Wang Jien was in a hurry, his eyes widened, and when he stretched out his hand to grab it, it was too late.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Wang Jien indifferently and said, "Do you really want to report the matter back to the palace?" ”

Wang Jien was speechless when he heard this.

Zhao Pu read the secret letter for a while, and then handed it to Zhao Kuangyin and said: "Wang Zhong, the eunuch is really stepping on two boats, and now he has to think about himself." "Let's just take a look at Wang Jien.

Wang Jien said: "The miscellaneous family has no other intentions, but I am afraid that Wang Zhong will find out that the miscellaneous family has not sent a letter, and the miscellaneous family will be in danger." ”

But the matter has come to this, and the letter has been torn like that, and it is really impossible to send it again.

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However, Fu Shi also heard the news quickly, she did not get the most accurate information from Wang Zhong, but the minister Wang Pu still asked the servants to return to Beijing to reveal some things. There are two main things, Guo Shao was transferred to Zhuozhou to guard the city, and the emperor did not see anyone for several days and may be in poor health.

Fu Shi was very uneasy when he heard the news.

It was raining heavily in Tokyo for a while, and it was wind and rain, and in the wind and rain, she only felt as if the tall and majestic Miyagi was about to be overturned, and the lightning and thunder made people's hearts tremble.

Is the emperor ill? That should be a quick retirement. This kind of news may not have spread yet, and even the people of Prime Minister Wang Pu are unknown; I don't know if Wang Pu will reveal it to Guo Shao.

But Guo Shao doesn't care about the emperor now, he has to find a way to go back to Tokyo!

Fu is also concerned about one thing: to what extent is the emperor's health sick? I hope the emperor can hold on, at least return to Beijing first! Otherwise, hundreds of thousands of troops and the most elite army of the Zhou Dynasty are outside, and as soon as the emperor dies, who should those troops listen to?

If it comes to that point, will Zhao Kuangyin summon Guo Shao to the Chinese army to ambush him without Guo Shao's knowledge...... Even if it is not easy to ambush, the left wing of the Hujie army in Zhuozhou is not the opponent of the main force of the Zhou army.

Fu immediately called the eunuch Cao Tai and asked him to immediately send the Jingniang of Guo's Mansion to the palace.