King Yan led his troops back to the border, and the troops along the way were transferred away, Jimo lost his troops in the first battle, and in order to prevent the Zhao army from taking advantage of the situation to cut down Yan, the army was stationed at the border to consolidate the city defense, and he returned to the capital with his own soldiers.

"Why didn't Gongsun Xiangguo come?" When King Yan returned to the capital, he first thought of a person, Gongsun Cao, without this person by his side, he always felt that there were shortcomings, and the fiasco of Jimo was also caused by not adopting the strategy of the old Xiangguo.

"Back to the king, the king's order has been delivered, why is it that Lord Xiangguo is seriously ill and cannot enter the palace."

"Seriously ill! Where did the disease come from? ”

The guard said: "I just listened to the people from the Prime Minister's Mansion like this, and I didn't say anything about the disease." ”

King Yan sneered, "Only a widow can cure this disease. "The matter is already very clear, it must be because Jimo did not listen to his words and was dissatisfied, the purpose of King Yan's insistence on raising troops is also to get rid of Gongsun Cao, but whoever achieves hegemony must have power in his hands instead of obeying others.

Gongsun Cao is indeed sick and not light, he has been in and out of the military camp for many years, and Yan Country is located in the border area with a harsh climate, and his legs have long been sick when he marches on horseback, and he has to work hard for state affairs on weekdays.

People are like this, the more competitive they are, the more serious the physical injury, they don't care about it on weekdays, once they are relieved, all the pain hits at the same time, Gongsun Cao bent over and carefully paced in the yard, and his legs and waist hurt badly.

"Your Excellency, your Excellency."

The family ran in quickly, and Gongsun Cao raised his head, "What are you shouting in the morning?" ”

"Something's wrong."

Gongsun Cao stood up straight instantly after hearing this, "What's the matter?" ”

"The Jimo army was defeated, and the soldiers were killed and wounded countless times."

"Providence! Why didn't the king listen to the old man? ”

Gongsun Cao's arms were opened, and his family's eyes widened and his body moved forward quickly, but when he saw Gongsun Cao's body falling down, "Come on, the adults have fainted!" ”

The Xiangfu family ran out one after another, even beating and beating, it took a long time for this breath to come up, Gongsun Cao covered his chest with tears in his eyes and couldn't say a word, the family knew best, this was heartache.

"Master, I'm getting older, forget it."

Gongsun Cao shook his head, a hoarse sound came out of his throat, and the old lady turned around, and the husband and wife couldn't bear it when they saw it for many years, and they didn't want her husband to see the tears in her eyes.

"Help the old man go back and rest."

The two family members stepped forward to lift Gongsun Cao and went straight to the backyard residence, and the old lady packed up and went straight to the royal city, the purpose of this trip was to invite a medical officer from the royal city.

"Old lady."

The medical officer looked surprised, and he recognized it, and the old lady gave a salute, "I also hope that Mr. will visit the hospital, and the old man will thank Xiangguo." ”

"Madame, why did you say this, Xiangguo is kind to me." After speaking, he picked up the medical box on the side and went straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Time passed slowly, the old lady was guarding the door, a gust of wind blew and sent out a violent cough, and the maid gently thrashed, "Madam, it's windy here, let's rest first." ”

"Out of the way." Her eyes never left the door, and the maid had to step aside.

The door creaked open, and the medic stepped out of it, "How?" ”

"Accumulation of hard work becomes a disease, and a temporary surge of qi and blood will be like this, when I open a pharmacy, I can be cured by taking some blood-invigorating and stasis medicine."

"Okay, Laifu, go to the account office and get some money."

The medical officer waved his hand again and again, "If this is the case, the prescription is simply not available, as a medical officer, it is to treat diseases and save people." ”

"It's strange that the old man is abrupt, come to Fu, send it for me."

One of them agreed to leave with the medical officer, and the old lady walked in quickly, and the maid was stunned, such a speed was unimaginable even for the old lady herself, and Gongsun Cao slept soundly.

The old lady waved her hand, the maid withdrew, her body approached and slowly sat on the edge of the bed, her arms raised, the originally smooth and delicate arms are now also wrinkled, people can defeat their opponents again and again, and finally they can't defeat the years.

"I'm old, I'm really old, I don't dare to ask too much, I'll live a stable life for a few years, I'll be content in this life, if I remember Xiuniang in the next life."

The old lady sat there and read in a low voice, and inadvertently raised her head, a crystal teardrop crossed the corner of Gongsun Cao's eyes, this man who bled and did not shed tears on the battlefield is now in his twilight years.

As the sun set, the sky echoed with a few wisps of residual clouds, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone through the window lattice, and the old lady lay there gently, holding her arms tightly.

King Yan didn't believe it, it was just a trick used by Gongsun Cao, the so-called illness was just a heart disease, and he had to come to the door in person to invite him, and he took the guards out of the royal city and rushed to the inner city Xiangguo Mansion.

"King!"

The Prime Minister's family raised their heads, King Yan and his party had arrived in front of him and hurriedly saluted, King Yan waved his hand, "Don't make a noise, the widow has to hear that Xiang Ye is in poor health, so he came to visit." King Yan was also polite, and mentioned in his words that there was a special visit, not to come over to see or other words.

"The villain immediately informs the adult."

"Not necessarily!"

King Yan stepped in, looked around and was still the same, still remembering the first time he entered the Xiangfu, at that time he was just a down-and-out son, just followed the caravan from the Qin State back to the capital, the Yan State at that time was completely controlled by Gongsun Cao alone, every qiē had to be careful, even if he spoke with the same scruples, after all, his fate was in the hands of others.

King Yan was familiar with the layout and walked straight to the backyard, and when he came to the door, he squeezed out a smile on his face, "Lord Xiangguo, the widow came to see you." ”

With a muffled snort, King Yan was stunned, now that he has arrived at the door, he is always the king no matter what, Gongsun Cao will not be so big, and the smile on his face slowly stares.

The family behind him hurriedly stepped forward, "The king forgives the sin, Lord Xiangguo is so sick that he can't get out of bed at all." ”

"That's it!"

Yan Wang snorted coldly, let's see how long Gongsun Cao can pretend to be today, do things in a measured way, and also have a bottom line in life, once the bottom line is lost, it will only be disgusting.

King Yan made a look, the guard stepped forward and pushed it with his hand, the door opened, and everyone was stunned, but when they saw Gongsun Cao lying on the ground, his arm pressed under him, and his body moved a few times and couldn't get up at all, "Old Xiangguo!" ”

Yan Wang walked a few steps quickly to the front, his hands up, Gongsun Cao's arms were finally withdrawn from under his body, blood marks appeared on his forehead, and most of the quilt fell to the ground, he should have fallen from the bed in a hurry just now.

King Yan gasped, but the scene of February completely changed a person, his hair was gray, his eyes were sunken inward, the original look in his eyes also became dim, his face was gray, and he was only wearing a shabby shirt.

"I haven't seen you for months, why are you tormented like this by illness!"

King Yan saw that his nose was sour, although there was a trace of hatred in his heart, he was more grateful, if there was no Gongsun Cao, how could he come to the throne today.

"The old minister is afraid that his life will not be long in coming, and he just hates that he can no longer serve the king."

The guards stepped forward to help Gongsun Cao up, Gongsun Cao tried to sit up, but King Yan hurriedly held it down, "The body is tight, it's okay to lie down and talk." ”

Gongsun Cao sighed, "In this life, I only want to die on the battlefield, I don't want to end up in such a wretch, can Zhao Jun move?" ”

"The spies came to report, but Zhao Jun was never seen."

"That's good."

King Yan said: "Xiangguo doesn't have to work hard for state affairs, so he can live and recuperate." ”

"If the Zhao army comes to attack, can the king have a way to deal with it?"

King Yan was stunned for a moment, and thought about this question for several days, the battlefield battle was not the opponent of the Zhao army, if the city was held, could it be done, could the Yan country withstand the test, or become the next Qi country.

"The widow will never give up."

Gongsun Cao's right hand stretched out and groped forward, King Yan understood, leaned forward, lifted the quilt to reveal a rolled cloth roll, held it in his hand and slowly opened, King Yan's eyes widened, the cloth scroll was drawn on the topographic map of Yan Kingdom, extremely detailed, among which the mountains and rivers are marked, the most important thing is that where you can ambush the soldiers, where you can guard the danger and contain the opponent one by one.

"It's the last thing I can do for the King."

King Yan's heart is hot, and if he wants to draw this map, he must exhaust a lot of effort, Xiangguo is dedicated to Yan, and he does treat him with the heart of a villain, and he really regrets not being at the beginning, "It's just that he didn't listen to Xiangguo's words that day and finally failed miserably." ”

Gongsun Cao was lying there, his eyes slightly closed, "Don't blame the king, Yan Guo has endured survival for too long, if it continues like this, even the courage to fight on the battlefield is exhausted, this is the biggest tribulation, if you want to pose a threat to the Zhao army, there is only one way." ”

"Xiangguo, please speak."

"Lianhu anti-Zhao."

"Donghu!"