Chapter 245
Remember to eat but not to fight
Chapter 245 Remember to eat but not to fight
The eunuch lowered his head respectfully and said, "My dearest son, the Holy One heard that the general was assassinated on the way to the palace, and ordered the Za family to invite an imperial doctor for consultation."
Song Chengye was puzzled. Although he was not favored by the emperor, he had visited the palace frequently since he was a child. Naturally, he knew that the eunuch beside the emperor was not the one in front of him, but no one dared to pretend to be him. The several eunuchs behind him also looked vaguely familiar. I didn’t ask any more questions.
The eunuch explained with a smile that he was sent to the emperor just after the New Year, and his surname was Lu.
Song Chengye thought of Song Hengye's injuries and couldn't help but sigh: "My second brother was seriously injured and is still in a coma. Not only that, my mother also fainted from grief. The doctor is working on rescuing her."
Mr. Lu said fairly: "Your Majesty, please be at ease. Madam and General Ji Ren have their own destiny, and they will definitely get well soon."
The imperial doctor caught his eye and went directly to Song Hengye's yard. He came out not long after and shook his head slightly at Eunuch Lu.
Song Chengye was in a bad mood, so he said a few words and then stood aside, not paying attention to the exchange of glances between the few people.
Not long after, Gu Qingyou walked out again, this time holding a piece of prescription paper in his hand with a serious expression.
He hurriedly stretched his head to see: "What's wrong, but mother's condition is not good?"
"It's not life-threatening at the moment, but there is a very important medicine in the prescription. The doctor said that it must use fresh flower pistils that have only been picked for half a day. However, this medicine is grown in the south and only blooms in spring, so it is a bit difficult to handle."
Song Chengye's eyes widened: "What should we do?"
Not to mention the long journey to the south and whether my mother's illness can be tolerated. It is now the hottest summer, and even if I go to the south, I may not be able to find the stamens.
He looked at the doctors following Gu Qingyou, and his eyes couldn't help but be suspicious: "Can't I use other medicines instead? Isn't this a charlatan? There happens to be an imperial doctor here, so it's better to ask the imperial doctor to prescribe a prescription for insurance. "
The doctor had been practicing medicine for many years and was well-known in Beijing. Now that his medical skills were questioned, he felt unhappy. However, due to the identity of the other party, he could only hold back his anger and replied: "Ordinary medicine only removes the surface, but the noble man's disease is in the heart. If it is not cured, the limbs will become numb for three to five years, making it difficult to walk, and the rest of the life will have to be spent on a wheel."
Song Chengye didn't expect the consequences to be so serious, and he didn't dare to refute for a while. After all, he didn't dare to gamble with his mother's rest of his life, so he went to see the imperial doctor.
The imperial doctor glanced at the prescription and responded, "That's true."
Seeing his hesitation, Gu Qingyou wrote down the prescription and told the doctor: "No matter what, mother's health is the most important thing. I will take care of the medicine."
"What can you do not to tell me that you are going to the south to look for medicine yourself?"
Gu Qingyou took a look inside the room and saw that Xue Lan had not yet woken up, and said worriedly: "Besides this, do you have any better ideas?"
Song Chengye thought for a while: "You are a weak woman, and you can't ride a horse. If you take a carriage, it will take at least a month or two. Doesn't the delivery shop owned by my mother have branches in the south? How about I write a letter? Feng, would it be cheaper to have someone deliver it immediately and ask the guy over there to find the medicine and deliver it?"
In fact, secretly, he was worried about Gu Qingyou's safety. It was a long way to the south. As a young girl, he didn't dare to imagine what the consequences would be if she met someone like Meng Yan again.
It was rare for him to use his brain. Gu Qingyou was somewhat impressed, and his eyebrows relaxed slightly.
"This medicine is for my mother, and others are always worried about it. You are right, the carriage is really too slow, so I decided to take a detour to Wenzhou first, and then take the waterway to the south."
Wenzhou is northwest of Kyoto. The Wen River (apocryphal) in the territory can directly connect to the South China Sea. It is the longest canal in Dajin, almost running from north to south. A detour sounds troublesome, but it can actually reduce the time by more than half.
Who would have thought that Song Chengye still refused, but he also knew that Gu Qingyou's temper would be difficult to change once he sat down and made a decision, so he said: "In that case, it's better for me to go. It will take three days to go from the capital to Wenzhou by carriage. , If I ride a horse, it will only take a day and a half, and you will be at home to take good care of your mother...and your second brother."
This was something Gu Qingyou never expected.
But Song Chengye's attitude obviously could not be refused. He snatched the prescription from her hand and stuffed it into his arms. Seeing Gu Qingyou's disbelieving look, he felt inexplicably embarrassed and said, "What's wrong? That's my son's mother. The medicine is not what it is supposed to be, why are you looking at me like this?”
"It's nothing, then please pay attention to safety on the road."
Seeing that Gu Qingyou didn't quarrel with him, Song Chengye felt unnatural and gave an awkward hum before immediately ordering someone to prepare his horse and prepare to set off.
After seeing off Song Chengye, Gu Qingyou turned around and went back to the palace, only to see that Eunuch Lu was still at the door and had no intention of returning to the palace.
It was not easy for her to drive people away directly, so she had to ask politely, but she heard Eunuch Lu smile and say: "The emperor is not worried about General Song's injury. He specially ordered the imperial doctors to wait at the Duke's mansion for a few days before going back to revive him."
Gu Qingyou was noncommittal and said a few words of sympathy to the emperor against his will, and then asked Zhang Yong to clean up a clean courtyard for the imperial physician and his team to settle in.
The news that the two masters of the Duke of Guo's Mansion had fallen in one day somehow spread throughout the capital overnight. Even the urchins on the street knew that the medicinal materials that had filled the capital recently were flowing towards the Duke of Guo's Mansion. Here, there is a strong smell of herbs every day.
The group of imperial doctors said they were ordered to take care of Song Hengye, but in fact they got up early every day and went to his room to check on him. Gu Qingyou was originally worried about letting them interact with Song Hengye alone, but he was relieved when he saw this.
It's just that I personally took care of the two patients, and the business was a little overwhelmed. In addition, recently, I paid a lot of money to hire famous doctors, and the medicines given to Xue Lan and Song Hengye were hard to buy. It was obvious to the naked eye that the accounts of the Duke's Mansion turned from a surplus to a deficit. She thought over and over again and decided to sell out the tea shop.
After Shuangjiang followed her around recently and saw her making such a decision, he couldn't bear to say: "Miss, the tea shop is your first hard work, are you really willing to sell it?"
"Compared to people, what do a few shops mean?"
Gu Qingyou flipped through the account book with her left hand, and wrote and drew on the paper with her right hand. Although she was reluctant to sell the shop, in the hot summer, it was the right time for the tea shop to make money, and the price she paid for it was also very impressive. Not a loss.
Xu Shi saw that there was no hope that Song Hengye would wake up. After staying for a few days, the imperial doctors also left. Since then, no one has come to the palace again.
The people in the capital know how to look at the wind. It is obvious that the emperor is giving up the Ningguo Palace. The most proud among them is undoubtedly the Meng family.
Meng Yan was previously tortured by Xue Lan in the dungeon for nearly half a month. When he first returned home, his limbs became weak instinctively when he heard the words Guogong's Mansion. Now that he heard that the Duke's Mansion was about to fall, Song Chengye went out to look for medicine, leaving only The head of the house, Gu Qingyou, whose name was unjust and unreasonable, suddenly felt a fire in his heart, and he took his men and went to the Duke's Mansion. Gu Qingyou had just finished giving Xue Lan the medicine and was about to go to Song Hengye's room to take a look. As soon as he went out, he was grabbed by the hair and thrown against the pillar by a brute force.
"You stinky bitch! You must have fallen into my hands after all!"
It's Meng Yan!
The strong smell of alcohol sprayed on his side, making Gu Qingyou feel pain. He looked up and looked around, and found that several servants and maids who were outside had been gagged, tied up and thrown in the corner.
The government soldiers were patrolling the outer courtyard and would not take the initiative to enter the inner courtyard without being summoned by their master. Meng Yan took a fancy to this and went directly to the inner courtyard to do evil things.
Recently, she was running back and forth between the two yards, and the few ounces of meat she had raised before had long since disappeared. And because she hadn't had a good rest for several days, her strength was naturally no longer as strong as that of Meng Yan, who was in his prime. But there was no timidity on his face, and he wanted to grab the hairpin on his head with his backhand.
Although Meng Yan was drunk, he moved swiftly. He pulled off the hairpin first, put her hands behind her back and pressed them against the pillar. The sharp hairpin scratched her fair side, and sneered: "Move again, why?" Don't you want to move? Damn it, you're just a broken man, you dare to refuse my marriage proposal, but don't worry, I'm the most generous, I will take good care of you in bed later, and you can't stop. "
After that, he dragged Gu Qingyou directly to Xue Lan's room.
Gu Qingyou blushed, not because of shyness, but because of the lewd words. While struggling hard, he spat viciously and opened his mouth to call for help.
Meng Yan said confidently: "You can call me. If you can call all the neighbors, I will tell everyone that you took advantage of the fact that the Duke's mansion was not in charge and took the initiative to invite me for a tryst. Who do you think everyone will believe?"
This move is not without its evil deeds. Since ancient times, people have been full of gossip, and everyone will only believe what they want to believe. If the trouble really became known to everyone, who would listen to the excuse of a weak woman like her?
But Gu Qingyou came from modern times, so of course she didn't like him. But the strange thing was that no one came after she called for a long time, so she had to try to delay as much time as possible.
"Meng Yan, are you born in the year of the dog? Do you remember eating but not fighting? Did you not spend enough time in the dungeon?"
In the past, at this time, she would go to Song Hengye's yard after settling her mother down. She just hoped that Bu Cai would notice something was wrong and come over to take a look.
Meng Yan was not in a hurry, just like a civet cat catching a mouse, always teasing it before slowly tasting it. Seeing her looking at the door of the courtyard, he said with a sinister smile: "Why, are you still hoping that someone will come to save you? How about that?" I’ll deal with you on the spot, let’s see if you can survive that coward or the half-dead general!”
With a stab, Gu Qingyou's thin outer filament was torn open by him, revealing a back as delicate as warm jade. He used his little finger to hook up the strap of the lotus-colored bellyband, put it on the tip of his nose and took a deep breath, his eyes changed. He became more enthusiastic, and his words became even more obscene.
"Such a seductive thing, and that loser Song Chengye is willing to reconcile. Could it be that he can't satisfy you in bed? Huh?"
As he spoke, he impatiently moved towards Gu Qingyou's neck.
Gu Qingyou couldn't use his hands very well, so he yelled "bastard" and kicked his right foot backwards in desperation. However, the two were too close and he could only use less than three points of strength. Not only did he not kick anyone, Instead, Meng Yan held her ankles, lifted her legs back, and said with a lewd smile: "So you like this position. You are indeed a slut, so I will satisfy you!"
In such a shameful posture, Gu Qingyou clearly felt the change in a certain part of his body, and said angrily: "Meng Yan, if you dare to touch even a hair on my head today, I guarantee that you will not be able to live or die!"
"Really, then let's see who is so ecstatic? Hahahaha~~~Ugh!"
The proud smile stopped suddenly, Gu Qingyou felt a lightness on his body, turned around, and a long sword pierced Meng Yan's heart.
He lowered his head in disbelief, looked at the sword tip still dripping with blood, and slowly fell to the ground.
Next to him, Song Hengye stood like a pine tree in black clothes. His face was as cold as ever, but the veins on the arm holding the long sword were protruding. He lowered his eyes, looked at the gasping Meng Yan on the ground, and swung his sword to cut him off without hesitation. With his hands, it seemed as if he was chopping just two bamboo shoots.
"Ah!!!~"
Meng Yan looked at him in horror. At that moment, he seemed to be seeing Shura from hell.
The next moment, Shura took off his coat and gently wrapped Gu Qingyou's exposed part. He even gently raised his left hand to cover her eyes. His voice was also gentler than ever before: "Don't look at it, it's dirty."
The long sword was like a rainbow, wiping out Meng Yan's last breath.
His eyes widened, blood was gurgling from his throat, and his severed hands fell to his side, which was as weird as it could be.
Several guards quickly ran in outside the door, and just as they were dragging up the body on the ground, they heard their master say calmly: "Wait a minute, castrated, the body will be sent to the Meng family, and the body will be fed to the dogs."
Several people had followed Song Hengye to the battlefield. They were not shocked when they saw Meng Yan's death, but they shuddered when they heard this sentence. Meng Yan was the only son of the Meng family. The general wanted to kill someone. Heart-breaking!
"Sorry, I'm late."
Gu Qingyou wanted to say it was okay, and also wanted to ask when he woke up, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he almost vomited due to the strong smell of blood in the air.
Song Hengye frowned and ordered people to clean up the scene. Thinking of the scene he saw when he came here, the coldness in his heart went straight to his fingertips. Gu Qingyou endured retching and pulled away his hand covering his eyes. Seeing him After he was intact, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Thank you, Second Young Master, for saving me, otherwise I~"
Thinking of the disgusting guy Meng Yan who almost succeeded, Gu Qingyou's eyes turned red uncontrollably, and he choked up when speaking. She was a little girl after all. No matter how strong she was when she faced Meng Yan just now, she would still be lying if she said she wasn't afraid. .
Song Hengye resisted the urge to hug the person into his arms, clenched his fists again and again, and then said: "You have a good rest first, and leave the rest to me."
Gu Qingyou wrapped his clothes tightly, looked at the door worriedly, and said guiltily: "I'm sorry, I caused you trouble."
Even in modern times, rape is not punishable by death, and what they did was considered an attempt at most.
What's more, if Meng Yan's identity were replaced by an ordinary woman, even if she was really ruined, the emperor would probably just reprimand her with a few words, pretend to ask Meng Yan to apologize, or even directly accept the girl into Meng Yan's family. Mansion, in the end it became a legend.
But now, Meng Yan was not only killed, but also became a real "dead eunuch". The Meng family would definitely not let it go, and with Concubine Meng turning a deaf ear, I wonder what the emperor would do with Song Hengye.
(End of this chapter)