Chapter 229 Returning to Lushan, the anxious Niu Gao
The relationship between Xiao Tang and Tang Pengxiu also made substantial progress at this time, but after all, Tang Pengxiu abided by etiquette, and she was a young girl who had not left the court. It was okay to rub their hair together and be intimate, but Xiao Tang did not
I was eager to force myself to go beyond the thunder pool with Tang Pengxiu. "
The team returning to the capital entered the territory of Ruzhou on the northwest road of Beijing from Dengzhou, and returned to Lushan County within a few days. Xiao Tang again thought of Niu Gao, who was extremely powerful and addicted to alcohol. He took advantage of this opportunity to
Let's see if we can take that future ZTE hero under our wing.
Three miles ahead of Lushan County, Magistrate Yang of the county government heard that Xiao Tang had sent a horse to report in advance. Originally, Xiao Tang’s official position was several levels higher than his, but Magistrate Yang had also heard that Xiao Tang was on the southwestern road of Beijing before he went on an expedition.
He killed two soldiers and horses and stood in front of the public to show his authority. He even arrested high-ranking military officials such as the commander-in-chief of soldiers and horses, and escorted him to the capital to be punished. How could he dare to show any signs of neglect? He had already led his government to Yazhong County.
The lieutenants, custodians, governors, subordinate officials and other officials were all waiting to greet them.
All the officials in the county were alarmed, and the people in the city were also very curious. When Yang Zhixian accompanied Xin Xin and Xiao Tang's army into the city, they also gathered on both sides of the long street. For a while, the crowd was pushing and shoving, and it was extremely lively.
Originally, the horse soldiers and infantrymen in the county were all at attention and ordered the government officials to sound the gongs and clear the way. Suddenly, a big man wandered into the long street in despair. He seemed not to have heard the government officials' gongs and orders, and was blocking Xiaotang's honor guard.
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Everyone in the county was furious for the first time. Most of the people in the county who were striving for promotion were usually very honest and responsible. Why were they so blind when someone came to the imperial court? Those who were involved in public security and anti-theft matters in the county were all worried.
In front of the accompanying generals of the Forbidden Army, I couldn't help but feel that my face was shameless. One of them jumped up on his horse and shouted: "How dare you! How dare you, a unruly man, to collide with the ceremonial guard of the pacifier. You and I will drive him away!"
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Lifting the sword and chanting, Hao Siwen stood in front of the guard of honor and looked at Guan Sheng from a distance. He saw that the big man looked familiar, so he rode up to him to take a closer look. When he saw the man clearly, he couldn't help but be surprised. That big man was not upright.
Is this Niu Gao who had a hearty drink with Mr. Xiao when he passed by Lushan?
Guan Sheng knew that Xiao Tang valued Niu Gao very much, so he persuaded all the officials in the county to rush to Niu Gao, got off his horse, stepped forward and said to him: "Niu... strong man, why are you here?"
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Niu Gao, who used to be bold, forthright and majestic, now had a sunken-eyed look and a haggard look. He listened to Guan Sheng's question in a daze, and he turned his head slowly, looking at the red-faced man in front of him with his wandering eyes.
The bearded officer had been thinking about it for a long time, and then he remembered that he had a pleasant meal with a high-ranking official named Xiao Tang that day, and the bearded military attaché had also dined with him at the same table.
There seemed to be some hope in Niu Gao's ashen eyes. He suddenly reached out and grabbed Guan Sheng's arms and said anxiously: "Where is Xiao Daguan? Has he arrived in Lushan!? I want to see him.
Him!" In desperation, Niu Gao grabbed Guan Sheng's arms and shook them hard. If Guan Sheng hadn't been born with a tiger's back and a wolf's waist, he was also a big man with extraordinary strength. I'm afraid ordinary people would have been overpowered by Niu Gao with his strange strength.
All the bones in his body were shaken apart.
Guan Shengkan held Niu Gao down and said to him hurriedly: "Don't panic, Mr. Niu. I will take you to see Mr. Xiao right now."
Seeing that the car battle had stopped and heard the noise and commotion in front of him, Xiao Tang was also curious. When he saw Guan Sheng and Lushan mountain man Niu Gao, whom he had not seen for a long time, hurried over. When Niu Gao saw Xiao Tang, he Without answering, he bent his knees and knelt straight in front of Xiao Tang.
Xiao Tang was shocked when he saw this. He immediately got off his horse and rushed to Niu Gao to help him up, and said: "Brother Niu Gao, what are you doing!? It's okay to say something if you have something to do!"
Niu Gao was kneeling on the ground as if he was embedded in the ground. No matter how hard Xiao Tang tried, he could not pull him up. Niu Gao just anxiously shouted to Xiao Tang: "Master Xiao! I know you are a capable person. Please save my mother and my wife! If you don’t agree to this, I won’t get up!!”
Niu Gao had a simple temperament. When he suddenly met Xiao Tang, he begged Xiao Tang as the last straw to save his life. Some of the officials in Lushan County around him knew Niu Gao, and Xiao Tang seemed to be in constant contact with this man. The mountain people who came to the city to sell firewood and game were very close to each other, so they did not dare to scold them. The eyes of the entire street's imperial officers and generals, county officials, and villagers were all focused on Xiao Tang and Niu Gao. Xiao Tang tried hard to pull Niu Gao up, but to no avail.
Xiao Tang bent down to support Niu Gao's elbow and said, "Brother Niu Gao, even if you have something to ask of me, you must let me know what you are asking for, right?"
Niu Gao nodded quickly and said anxiously: "Xiao Daguan'er, my wife and my wife are both seriously ill. I hired many doctors, but I can't make them recover even after spending all the family's money... I know you can do it." A high official must have more ideas than a rough guy like me. If you can save my mother and my wife, I, Niugao, will repay your kindness even if I am a bull or a horse!"
No wonder this rough man was so anxious and panicked at this time. Xiao Tang immediately said after hearing this: "Brother Niugao, don't worry! I will do my best to help my family members cure their illness."
"Where is the patient now?" At this moment, Tang Pengxiu poked her little head out of the carriage, blinked her big eyes and asked Xiao Tang and Niu Gao: "Without further delay, since this Niu Gao My eldest brother’s family member is seriously ill, please take me to get a diagnosis soon.”
Xiao Tang hurriedly said to Tang Pengxiu: "Rescuing people is indeed the most important thing, but although the journey is tiring, I have to trouble sister Pengxiu again."
"It's no trouble, why are you telling me this?" Tang Peng rolled her eyes at Xiao Tang, then her playful and lively expression dropped, and she said seriously: "Besides, as a doctor, you should have the benevolence to save the world, no matter what. It is our Tang family's motto that patients must be carefully observed, now that I have encountered it, how can I just sit back and ignore it?"
Yang Zhixian of Lushan stared blankly at Xiao Tang, Niu Gao, and Tang Pengxiu, and he said in a nagging voice: "But... Sir the pacifier, I have already prepared the court." The banquet is just for you to catch the wind and wash away the dust, this is nothing more than..."
Speaking of this, Yang Zhixian hesitated to speak. Tangtang comforted the envoys all the way through the county, and was accompanied by all the county officials. However, because of such a wild man who ran out of nowhere, he left all the officials aside to save him. What about the old village woman in his family? Isn't this inappropriate? But seeing how much Xiao Tang valued this humble citizen, Yang Zhixian finally swallowed the second half of the sentence.
Xiao Tang only raised his hand to Magistrate Yang and said: "I am negligent, Magistrate Yang is considerate. I am just saving people like putting out fires. After I finish consulting my brother's family, I will accuse the magistrate again."
After hearing this, Yang Zhixian hurriedly waved his hands and said some polite words such as adults' words are serious and the subordinates are scared. Xiao Tang did not delay much, and hurriedly went out of the city with Niu Gao, Tang Pengxiu and others, and went straight to Niu Gao outside Lushan County.
They drove away from the deep mountains and old forests where they lived, leaving only the brigade of forbidden officers and generals, county government officials, etc. looking at each other and standing there blankly.
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Niu Gao's home is located in the deep mountains and old forests more than ten miles away from the county seat. Traffic is blocked and sparsely populated. There are only a dozen or so hunting households around and woodcutters are neighbors. When Xiao Tang, Tang Pengxiu and others hurried away under Niu Gao's guidance
After arriving at his home, Tang Pengxiu consulted Niugao's mother and his wife who were sick in the thatched hut, and her slightly frowning eyebrows relaxed.
Because Niu Gao's mother and his wife were not suffering from any terminal or serious illness. To put it simply, they were illnesses caused by overwork.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, the "Five Labors", "Six Extremes", and "Seven Injuries" recorded in the Huangdi Nei Jing "Su Wen·Xuan Ming Five Qi Chapter" are all due to the accumulation of accumulated fatigue in the human body.
Deficiency leads to damage, and accumulated damage leads to overwork and illness. Niu Gao comes from a poor family, and his mother and wife both suffered from chronic diseases because they had worked for many years without getting the proper rest and recovery. Tang Pengxiu diagnosed that they both
It is caused by internal energy depletion, fatigue, and illness, and does not require any strong medication to treat it.
Although Niu Gao's mother and wife could gradually recover through nourishing prescriptions, there were no doctors with skilled medical skills in the county who could not tell, like Tang Pengxiu, why the patients were overworked and how to accurately prescribe the right medicine.
To restore the patient's vitality, and secondly, to see the doctor, Niu Gao had already spent all his savings selling firewood and game. He had no energy left to support his mother and wife, and to buy long-term nourishing medicines for the disease.
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Xiao Tang also ordered his subordinates to take Niu Gao's mother and wife to the county town. For three consecutive days, he ordered his subordinates to prepare medicine and brew it according to the recipe Tang Pengxiu had prescribed. Niu Gao's mother and wife looked pale.
It has gotten much better.
Seeing that his family's complexion gradually improved under Tang Pengxiu's consultation and treatment, Niu Gao knelt down in front of Tang Pengxiu and kowtowed to her. Although a man has gold under his knees, he is filial and affectionate, and he is simple and straightforward.
Niu Gao could only express his gratitude to Tang Pengxiu in the simplest and most direct way.
Tang Pengxiu exclaimed and hurriedly hid behind Xiao Tang. Xiao Tang wanted to help Niu Gao up, but he also knew that this upright man might not be as easy as lifting a thousand-jin cauldron. Xiao Tang touched it
Nose, smiled bitterly and said: "Although your wife's condition has improved for a while, this is not a long-term solution. Brother Niu Gao, please get up first, and we will worry about it later."
After hearing this, Niu Gao stood up and hurriedly asked Xiao Tang: "My mother and my wife are recovering from their illness, but what hidden diseases are there!?"
Xiao Tang shook his head and said: "I, a beautiful girl like me, said that Brother Niu Gao's family members all fell ill due to overwork and did not recover completely overnight. And brother Niu Gao lives in poverty in the mountains, but there is no guarantee that he will not fall ill again in the future.
"Furthermore, since we are dying, why don't brothers Niu Gao and my family go to the capital's mansion with me so that we can take good care of ourselves? What do you think of brother Niu Gao?"
