Chen Chong's illness came out of nowhere. There were no signs at all before, but the onset was extremely rapid, like a thunderbolt passing through the chest and abdomen, making people unaware of where he was. The night he returned to Dong Bai, Chen Chong had not yet recovered.
Nothing strange, but early the next morning, Chen Chong developed a high fever on the bed, and then coughed non-stop. Dong Bai invited a doctor to see him. At first, he said it was wind disease and prescribed a prescription, but it didn't help.
, by noon on the third day, Chen Chong had already begun to cough up blood.
Dong Bai had no choice but to send someone to ask the famous doctor Zhang Zhongjing. After Zhang Zhongjing heard about it, he couldn't help but look troubled. After a long time, he said to Dong Bai that Chen Chong was probably suffering from tuberculosis. At this age, tuberculosis is almost a terminal disease, even for someone who is known as the "Medical Sage"
Zhang Zhongjing was not sure of being cured at this time. Even among the people, some people who had tuberculosis were lucky enough to recover, often just because they were young. But Chen Chong was already over fifty at this time, and he had many hidden wounds on his body. The prospect
It was really not optimistic. Therefore, he implicitly hinted to Dong Bai that all he could do was to do his best and obey fate.
Dong Bai was greatly frightened by this statement. She quickly reported the matter to the palace and asked Liu Bei to send an imperial doctor to consult her. Liu Bei was also shocked when he heard this and quickly sent more than ten imperial doctors from the palace to see the doctor. However,
Zhang Zhongjing was unable to deal with the disease, and the rest of them just dealt with it randomly. In the end, they only prescribed some tonics and asked Chen Chong to drink some fish soup every day. After several days, Chen Chong stopped coughing up blood, but
After being unconscious for several days, Zhang Zhongjing sighed repeatedly and returned to the palace to report to Liu Bei: "I'm afraid the Prime Minister's deadline is not far away."
At this point, Liu Bei ignored everyone's dissuasion and summoned Guan, Zhang and other brothers that night to visit Chen Chong. At this time, Chen Chong was still unconscious, his whole body was hot, and his face was withered. Liu Bei sat by the couch for a long time, and couldn't help but express his gratitude to Dong Bai.
Sighing: "Not long ago, I was discussing national affairs with Ting Jian, how come it has become like this in a few days?"
Seeing that Dong Bai was silent, he probably guessed that it was because Princess Wannian died of illness, and he couldn't help but shed tears and blamed himself: "Now that I think about it, it was really useless for me to let Ting Jian marry the princess in order to settle the court dispute.
I didn't intend to implicate Ting Jian like this." But the words were in vain. Liu Bei thought about it a little and promised Dong Bai that if something happened to Chen Chong, he would take good care of the rest of the family.
But even though Chen Chong's condition deteriorated to this point, Chen Zhang had no intention of returning home to take a look. News of the quarrel between the prime minister and his son gradually spread among the capital. Although Dong Bai knew the reason, he also
It was not easy to intervene, so we could only declare to the outside world that he was susceptible to tuberculosis, and it was she who made Chen Zhang die outside.
As for the baby born in the mansion ten thousand years ago, Chen Qun has been helping to take care of it. Due to various reasons, Chen Chong didn't even name him before he fell ill. Chen Qun didn't dare to do it for him, so he only gave him a name.
His nickname was Pheasant Nu, and his wife, Xun, took him back to his home and raised him on his behalf.
A few days later, Zhang Zhongjing came to visit again and whispered to Dong Bai: "Prime Minister, I'm afraid he doesn't have much time. It's better to prepare for the worst and let all the relatives come to see it."
After Zhang Zhongjing left, Dong Bai sat in the courtyard for a long time, at a loss. It was already early spring. At this time in previous years, the garden would be filled with flowers of all colors, such as the walls covered with golden osmanthus.
The outside of the wall will be covered with clouds of white apricots, and the beautiful Du Juan will bloom on both sides of the corridor. In the center of the courtyard, there will be a lush peach tree, with flowers and leaves growing together, and it will soon bear small but sweet flowers.
The peach.
But now Dong Bai had no intention of cleaning up, and let the flowers and weeds grow wildly in the spring breeze. She thought about the past, and tears fell down at some point, and then she covered her face and cried. When her two daughters heard it, they gathered around
She cried together. Only then did she wipe her tears and cheer up. After comforting the two of them, she sent people to notify Chen Qun and other tribesmen to prepare for the last time they saw Chen Chong.
On this day, Chen Qun, his wife Xun, and a group of family members came to pay homage to Chen Chong. In addition to his eldest son Chen Tai, he also had family members Chen Zuo, Chen Tan, and others, all of whom were rising stars of the Chen family in Yingchuan.
Of course, the second son, Pheasant Nu, was also brought here by the Xun family, hoping to see Chen Chong one last time.
At this time, Chen Chong was no longer in a coma, but he was also unconscious. He was usually just like a doll, letting others eat and drink at his mercy. When Chen Qun entered the room, he found that his face was black and black, his eyes were dark, his cheekbones were sunken, and his whole body was as thin as a stick.
.Although his eyes were still open, he was completely lifeless and did not move due to the presence of people in the room. He seemed to be dead.
As people filed in from behind, they all hid their noses and frowned when they smelled the smell of medicine in the room. However, when they thought that the most powerful person in the clan would die soon, they all felt sad, bowed down and cried. But Chen Chong remained unmoved.
, the blank eyes are looking at where they are looking.
But at this time, among the low cries of the crowd, a baby's laughter suddenly came out. This laughter was so clear and sweet, as if a lotus flower burst out of the water. It made everyone quiet for a while, and they couldn't help but look back.
It turned out that it was the child Pheasant Nu who was laughing. He didn’t know why people were crying, and he didn’t know what the relationship was between the old man on the couch and him as a baby. He probably just thought the scene was funny, so he grinned and bit his finger.
, let out a childish laugh that was unclear.
Chen Qun was afraid that Dong Bai would be angry because of this, so he quickly asked Xun to take the pheasant slave out, but was stopped by Dong Bai. Dong Bai looked at the evil offspring of his love rival, and his complicated emotions were indescribable, which made her rarely
Frowning. But she still took the pheasant slave over and gently placed the swaddling clothes next to Chen Chong. She knew that if Chen Chong was still awake, he would definitely like to hear the child's laughter.
Pheasant Nu looked at his nominal father curiously. He felt an inexplicable familiarity, and instinctively wanted to reach out and touch him, but he was a little afraid. Because this was the first time he saw a dying person, even if he did not have wisdom.
But any life has an instinctive fear of death. At the same time, babies are also intuitive creatures. They sense that this is a very important person to them, and they can also distinguish between hostility and love. He feels that the old man in front of him seems to be
It was a constantly burning flame, blazing and gentle, which made him curiously put his palm on the old man's cheek, but strangely, the cheek was cold. The pheasant slave tilted his head in confusion, and then smiled again
Get up.
Mrs. Xun was worried at the side. She stepped forward and said to Dong Bai: "Since we have met the child, there is no need to be here. Don't let him contract tuberculosis again. It's enough for us to guard him here." p>
Dong Bai was about to agree, but when she looked back at Chen Chong, she noticed something strange. Chen Chong, who was sitting on the couch, had his eyes slack and breathless, but at this time, for some unknown reason, his chest was heaving violently, and his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Shivering, as if a drowning person was struggling in the water, trying to grasp the life-saving straw. Dong Bai quickly stepped forward to hold his husband's hand and patted Chen Chong's chest.
A huge force from nowhere made Chen Chong sit up violently, then turned sideways and coughed under the bed. The sound he made was as if he was about to vomit out his soul, which shocked everyone present, but Chen Chong
But he didn't care anymore. After a few hollow coughs, his throat felt sweet, and he finally retched a string of blood clots from his lungs, followed by a pool of blocked blood.
Chen Chong vomited next to the couch for two full moments, and when he finally coughed up bluish-white juice, he lay back on the couch. At this moment, Chen Chong's expression was still sluggish, but to everyone's surprise, the look in his eyes
It was clear now. Chen Chong raised his head and smiled at Dong Bai, then turned to look at the people visiting the patient, and said slowly: "It's a pity that you all came here in vain."
The news of Chen Chong's awakening soon spread to the palace. Zhang Zhongjing rushed to the bed to visit him that day. After some inspections, he couldn't help stroking his beard for a long time, and then said to Chen Chong with emotion: "I didn't expect the prime minister to be able to escape from death. I
In my whole life of practicing medicine, I have never seen such a miracle. The Prime Minister can be said to be a lucky man and has God's blessing." Then he said: "Although the Prime Minister has overcome the danger, the root cause of the disease has not been eradicated. I am afraid that he will need to rest for a while before he can take action.
As usual." Chen Chong smiled and said, "Mr. trouble, I'm concerned." Although his voice was still hoarse and weak, at least his complexion was much better.
The other tribesmen were naturally very happy and congratulated Chen Chong one after another. Liu Bei naturally sent people to greet him, but Chen Chong managed to cope with it and soon fell asleep due to fatigue.
When he woke up the next day, it was already a bright spring noon. Chen Chong had a slight appetite and actually ate some porridge. Then he was helped by Dong Bai to sit down in the courtyard. Although he was out of breath after walking two steps, he still couldn't stop breathing.
He persisted and walked to the peach tree, and then lay down. The shade of the tree swayed slightly on his face, and the sunlight shone through, making Chen Chong squint his eyes slightly, and turned his head to see his wife's worried eyes. p>
Chen Chong waved his hand gently, indicating that she didn't have to worry, and then smiled at Dong Bai and said, "I dreamed of your singing."
Dong Bai looked at his pale, old and innocent face, feeling a little angry with pity in her heart. She said slightly angrily: "How can you remember any songs like this?"
Chen Chong's next words really comforted her. Chen Chong said: "Your daughter's farewell song."
In fact, he did not tell the truth. In addition to Dong Bai's singing, he dreamed of many songs in his dream, including his mother's children's songs, folk songs collected among the people, military songs during the march, witch songs for sacrifices in the mountains and forests, and his wife singing with
His love songs, even the funeral songs recited by Taoist priests during his funeral, and many many songs he thought he had forgotten but always remembered, eventually turned into the tuneless murmur of a baby. So he felt a joy in his dream,
Feeling countless loves, hates, and countless possibilities, he found it incredible and extremely beautiful. So when he felt a warmth on his face, he used all his strength to get up, and finally saw a picture of a child.
Smiley face.
Soon after, Chen Chong sent someone to Chen Qun's mansion to take the pheasant slave home, named him Chen Xiu, and then adopted him to Dong Bai and raised her as his legitimate son.