"Yes, this is the reason why the Imperial Medical Bureau is located in Bian Que Temple." Zhao Zongshi nodded.
"But not long after, Mr. Xu disappeared without a trace. He said he was traveling around to help the world, but in the past few decades, there has been no news about him." Looking at Zhao Zongshi's expression, Mrs. Gao thought with a thought: "Is it possible?
Has the prince found him?"
"Haha..." Zhao Zongshi shook his head and said: "It's not me, it's my father. After Zhao Zhen recovered and no longer had any symptoms, everyone no longer cared about what disease he had. But my father was an exception. He must get rid of it.
I understand the reason, because Zhao Heng also suffered from similar problems!"
"Zhao Heng... the late emperor also has to go through this?" Zhao Zongzhen now called the official father and son by their first names, which made Gao quite uncomfortable.
"Well, in the ninth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, Zhao Heng also fell ill like this once. The reason was also unknown, and he woke up a few days later. Unlike Zhao Zhen who pretended to be honest, what Zhao Heng loved to do most was to whitewash the peace.
, he didn’t want the news of his illness to spread, so he even removed the record from his daily note.”
Mrs. Gao wanted to ask, how did you know, but considering the relationship between the father-in-law and the late emperor, there was nothing to ask.
"But he became confused and confused from then on, woke up in and out of consciousness, and was forgetful and aphasic!" Zhao Zongshi said solemnly.
"So that's the reason!" Mrs. Gao said suddenly. She also heard that the late emperor behaved erratically in his later years, sometimes chaotic and sometimes normal. Too many people and things at that time died because of this... They all thought he was fatuous in his later years.
, it turned out to be because of illness.
"Because my father was well aware of the reason, when Zhao Zhen became ill, he guessed that he might have inherited it from Zhao Heng," Zhao Zongshi said quietly, "And Zhao Heng eventually died of this disease. My father, like me, also went to court.
Simu hopes that Zhao Zhen will die, so naturally she wants to find out!"
Gao wanted to make independent judgments, so he carefully recalled what his elders said about the beginning of the fifth year of Tianxi. The late emperor, who had been chattering all the time, suddenly returned to normal. He resumed governing the government, and even plowed and encouraged farmers in the spring... But after entering
In March, he suddenly collapsed, became critically ill, entered a semi-coma state, and died five days later!
Although Zhao Heng had been ill for many years, his death was too sudden and he left no testament! Thinking of this, Mrs. Gao shuddered.
"My father deliberately made friends with Xu Xizhen, but this person was very strict and refused to reveal anything about Zhao Heng's condition." Zhao Zongshi said coldly: "Later, my father finally became impatient and thought of a way to lure him out of Bianjing and arrest him repeatedly.
After torture, he finally pried his mouth open."
Mrs. Gao thought about her father-in-law, who looked like a skin and skeleton. Even though he had been dead for a long time, he still shuddered.
"Xu Xizhen said that Zhao Zhen actually suffered from a rare stroke disease." Zhao Zongshi said solemnly: "This kind of disease can be found in Ge Hong's "Emergency Prescriptions" of Jin Dynasty and Sun Simiao's "Qianjin Prescriptions".
It is a pity that these books were lost during the war. Folk doctors may have family traditions, but they also keep them to themselves and never pass them on to the outside world. Even the imperial doctors do not know about it. They only know that Zhao Zhen probably suffered a stroke, but the symptoms are not what they usually see.
are different, so I can’t draw a conclusion.”
"Xu Xizhen confirmed her father's suspicion. Children whose parents have had this disease are also susceptible to the disease. Excessive worry, overwork, and a sweet and fat diet can easily induce such hidden dangers. When Zhao Zhen got sick, he worked day and night.
The review memorial was caused by overwork and overthinking. And Zhao Heng's time that year was because of a rare locust plague, which exposed his auspicious lie. It is said that he stood outside Funing Hall and saw locusts covering the sky.
He flew by and then fell ill..."
"He also said that this kind of disease usually only occurs when people are over forty or fifty years old. Even if they don't die at that time, it will last a lifetime, and it is very easy to relapse, and it will be fatal when it relapses. It is very rare for Zhao Zhen to get sick at the age of twenty, but it is also
Because he was young and had a good foundation, he almost recovered. After hearing this, his father was very depressed and ignored the matter." Zhao Zongshi said quietly: "Who knew that Zhao Zhen would get sick again twenty-two years later, and Xu Xizhen had already died a lot at that time.
year, but his manuscript on apoplexy is still there. After my father checked it, he estimated that Zhao Zhen’s illness was caused by the New Year and the days of feasting.”
"After this relapse, although Zhao Zhen escaped death again, the sequelae were obviously very serious. According to Xu Xizhen, it is very easy to relapse, and relapse will lead to death!" Zhao Zongshi sighed: "So my father and son waited and waited.
, who would have expected that after seven years of waiting, Zhao Zhen is still alive! But my father couldn't survive it, so he went first..."
"Then we continue to wait?" Gao asked in a low voice.
"We can't wait any longer. Once the crown prince is established, it will be useless for Zhao Zhen to die immediately." Zhao Zongshi said in a low voice: "Xu Xizhen's manuscripts also recorded several situations that can easily induce the recurrence of this disease, which mentioned
A holy medicine made of human flesh and bones, but for people who have suffered a stroke, it is like Yama's life-killing patch!"
"So that's it..." Mrs. Gao suddenly realized that Zhao Zongshi had such an iron calculation! As long as Zhao Zhen takes this holy medicine, he will most likely get sick and die. And there is nothing wrong with this holy medicine itself, it is extremely precious.
Medicinal materials, who would have thought that it was the poison that poisoned the official family?
"Now you understand," Zhao Zongshi told the big secret in his heart, and felt a sense of relief after passing stool. He looked at Mr. Gao and said, "There is no danger. At most, this trick failed. Zhao Zhen is not dead, so we should respect him."
once."
"Yeah." Gao thought about it and realized that it was indeed like this. After closing his eyes and thinking for a long time, he finally nodded and said, "Then let's do it..."
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At the same time, at the border of Xiongzhou, Chen Ke finally waited for the envoy from the Liao Kingdom.
Looking at the two-mile-long team, Chen Ke's eyes were a little straight. The deputy envoy Lu Gongzhu next to him also widened his eyes and said: "This is at least five thousand people. Is the Liao Kingdom planning to attack us?"
"
"It's not that exaggerated." Chen Ke, who had led troops after all, shook his head and said, "They all have one man and two or three horses, and there are at most two or three thousand people."
"That's enough!" Lu Gong said: "How many people did you take as an envoy that year?"
"Five hundred." Chen Ke thought about it and said, "It's mainly just to support the scene."
"Usually the Liao envoys have fewer people, only two hundred people." Lu Gongzhu couldn't help but shook his head and said: "This time is really abnormal." But think about it, with just this small number of people, they can't make waves in the Song Dynasty.
, then laughed and said: "The Liao people are here to eat big food!"
"Let them go back in large numbers, and only five hundred people are allowed to enter." Zeng Bu, who was behind Chen Ke, said angrily. He was the Prime Minister of Honglu Temple. He came this time to take care of all the expenses of the Liao envoys in the Song Dynasty.
"Don't be so petty," Lu Gongzhu said, shaking his head: "The visitors are guests, and they have all entered the Song Dynasty. Then they drove most of them back and spread the news. Where can the dignity of the Song Dynasty be spared?"
"I'm just joking." Zeng Bu curled his lips and said with a smile. In fact, as a realist, he was very dissatisfied with this kind of behavior of trying to make someone look fat.
"Okay," Chen Ke coughed lightly and said, "They are coming, let's go up to them."
The two of them stopped talking and followed Chen Ke to ride forward to greet them. Behind them were the cavalrymen of the Song Dynasty who supported the Japanese army. They were the best in the Song Dynasty in terms of combat power and dignity. There was no way, who could let the envoys of the two countries Do you like to compete when you meet someone?
In the blink of an eye, the two teams met, and the Liao Dynasty envoy came out on horseback. Chen Ke had good eyes and recognized him at a glance. The envoy was the favored minister of the Lord of Liao, Yelu Yixin, King of Zhao of Liao Kingdom, and the deputy envoy was Xiao Feng, an old acquaintance. .
After seeing clearly that the escort was Chen Ke, Yelu Yixin and Xiao Feng were both a little surprised and looked at each other. The former actually turned over and dismounted, saluted him respectfully and said: "I am really honored to have Bachelor Chen come from afar to welcome you! "The same is true for Xiao Feng.
Lu Gongzhu and Zeng Bu couldn't help but drop their jaws. They had never seen a Liao prince treat an ordinary Song official with such respect.
They could not have imagined how famous Chen Ke was in the Liao Kingdom. His poems are now very popular in the Liao Kingdom, and are known to all women and children. The people of the Liao Kingdom have long regarded him as a poetic fairy. And his "Great University Chapters" The two monographs "Collected Annotations" and "Collected Annotations on Zhongyong Zhangs and Sentences" had also spread to the Liao Kingdom long ago, causing a sensation and attention that was even greater than that of the Song Dynasty.
This is not surprising, because there are many mountains and scholars here in the Song Dynasty. Any new theory will naturally be rejected and belittled as soon as it is born, and Chen Ke’s Neo-Confucianism is no exception. But in the Liao Kingdom, there was no decent theory. Chen Ke took advantage of the limelight and successfully occupied the top of the mountain.
Now in the Liao Kingdom, Chen Ke not only has the title of great poet, but also has the aura of a great philosopher. The Lord of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Hongji, simply designated it as a compulsory reading for the children of the aristocracy. The disgusting point is that when the Liao people saw him, they It was like meeting a living saint...
Chen Ke supported the two of them, smiled and said to Yelu Yixin: "Your Majesty, you are well. Your Majesty is willing to send you as an envoy. It's really surprising!" As far as he knew, Yelu Yixin and Yelu Hongji were inseparable. , that is never separated for a moment.
"It was only because of my hard work that I took this trip." Yelu Yixin looked a little weird and laughed, "I have long wanted to come and see the prosperity of the Southern Dynasties and see the magnificence of the bachelor again. This time I finally got my wish."
"You'll have a lot of fun then." Chen Ke nodded with a smile. After the two parties greeted each other according to etiquette, they introduced the envoys to each other, and then headed towards Xiongzhou City.
Chen Ke and Yelu Yixin walked side by side, looking at the Liao delegation that could not be seen. Chen Ke smiled and said: "Your Majesty really values the prince, and actually sent a whole battalion of leather troops to protect him."
"I know that I can't hide it from the discerning eyes of the bachelor," Yelu Yixin said with an apologetic smile: "Yes, these are not ordinary guards, but the Pishi Army. But bachelor, please don't worry, we have no ill intentions towards the Song Dynasty." He said with a self-deprecating smile: "Thousands of people are not enough for Song to fill his teeth..."
Regarding whether the disease of Zhao Zhen and his son is hereditary, I basically figured it out myself based on historical data, so don’t go into details.