Jian An Kee

Note 1: Zhang Ji, courtesy name Zhongjing, a famous doctor in the Eastern Han Dynasty, author of Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases, etc.

Before the words fell, the sword in the guard's hand had already slashed at the monster's body. The monster screamed, kicked its hind paws and jumped on the guard.

Sun Quan rushed over and hugged me: "Are you okay?"

I blushed and pushed him behind the guard: "Be careful! What if you attract monsters..."

The two looked at each other, and both read worry from each other's eyes: obviously he understood the origin of this monster.

"General, that monster's name is Suanyu, you must not touch it. It is a divine beast, and something terrifying is happening now." One person stepped forward to report, but it was Captain Yu Fanyu, who was drunk before the banquet, and fell down at this time. There was no trace of drunkenness on his face.

The female relatives almost ran away, and most of them were generals with swords.Seeing that the monster was only circling around the guard's body and had no intention of hurting anyone, Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief and said to me, "Go into the inner hall quickly, this is not the place for you to stay."

This side of the room didn't know how to end, a guard hurried to the door, "Report to the general, Nanyuan is flooded." He looked at the monster while replying, and couldn't help trembling with fright.

"What?!" Sun Quan's face was ashen, "Send people to put out the fire quickly, strengthen the guard, Shen Yu, add another round of guards."

My head went "buzz".Nanyuan?Doesn't grandma live in Minshan Garden in Nanyuan?

"Tell me, where is the fire?"

"Back, back to Mrs. Zhou, it's Minshan Garden that caught fire..."

I was angry and anxious, "Take me there quickly! Why are you still poking here instead of fighting the fire!"

The guard looked at Sun Quan hesitantly, and Sun Quan pulled me up: "I'll be with you."

At this time, the monster in front stopped howling in a low voice, suddenly raised its head, looked at me with several eyes, and let out a terrifying scream.It made a circle on the spot, and without waiting for any further movement from the crowd, it spread its ugly wings and took off, rushed out of the crowd, and disappeared into the darkness in an instant.

It is clearly telling me: you use other people's souls to continue the life of your own son, have you ever considered the price?

I couldn't hold back any longer, I lifted my skirt and rushed out, ran through four or five courtyards in one breath, and when I arrived at the South Court, I could see the flames soaring into the sky, every time I took a step closer, my cheeks felt burning pain.

These days, the old man's physical condition is very bad. She originally insisted on attending the banquet, but the doctor and I prevented her from going.Unexpectedly, this move put her in danger.

I came to the garden gate recklessly, but the chief guard stopped me: "Madam, please stay."

He knelt down on one knee: "The humble ones must try their best to rescue Mrs. Tai, and please take care of your body..."

Sun Quan caught up and grabbed me, and said sharply: "Look at what you look like! Zhang Chu, take someone to rescue Mrs. Tai again. If she can't be found, you all come to see her."

Running all the way and inhaling the smoke, I choked and coughed.Sun Quan used the brute force of a martial arts practitioner to forcibly drag me out of the fire, and took off his cloak to cover my messy and disheveled appearance.

He said: "You are Ah Li's mother, even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about him. This loss of composure in front of everyone really disappoints me."

I coughed for a while and replied, "That's not your grandma, of course you don't have to worry about it." As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I felt that the words were too heavy, and I refused to apologize.

He let go of his hand in silence, looked at me lightly, then turned and left.

A few minutes later, grandma was finally brought out of the fire.I ran forward to check her injuries: there were burns on her cheeks, her mouth and nose were covered with dust, and she fell into a coma.

The five guards responsible for rescuing her were burned to varying degrees, and the captain of the guard was particularly seriously injured.I bowed deeply to them: "There is no way to repay the grace of saving lives."

After midnight, the menacing fire was finally extinguished, and the entire Nanyuan was burned down.Nanyuan, which is low-lying and has running water canals, has developed such a fierce fire, there must be something hidden in it.

The next day, reed ropes and cattail swords were hung everywhere in the mansion to ward off evil spirits.

I stayed by my grandmother's side, checking her pulse from time to time, and my mind was in turmoil: For Ah Li, it was such a bad omen at the first birthday, and for him, there is no possibility of becoming a great treasure... that's fine.

I don't know when Sun Quan came into the house.I stood up in surprise, and at the same time I was a little embarrassed: "Why are you here, what's going on outside...?"

"Don't worry, everything has been arranged. I'll come and see Mrs. Tai."

I choked up and said, "Dr. Yuan said that her condition is not optimistic. Grandma is old, and she is not used to the environment here. She is already sick. This is very dangerous... She should not be allowed to live here."

This obvious accusation made him a little annoyed: "You...that's all." Then he turned around and hurriedly left the room with the typical steps of a soldier.

I suppressed my physical discomfort and called Dr. Yuan to discuss my grandmother's condition with him.

He said: "I don't want to hide it, Mrs. Tai is indeed very weak, but there were patients like this who got better before, I dare not draw conclusions, at least until tomorrow morning."

Grandma woke up at noon. At that time, I was sleeping on the beauty couch outside. As soon as the maid approached, I woke up with a start.The dark leech in the dream entangled me, I wiped the sweat from my brow, and said to her, "You go first."

The condition of the elderly is definitely not optimistic.The burns greatly depleted her vitality, making her cloudy eyeballs turn yellow.She held my hand tightly and repeated: "Shanyin...go back to Sanyin..."

"Grandma, are you better?" I knelt beside her and asked her ear.

I held back my tears, turned my head and asked Dr. Yuan: "What's wrong with grandma, it's just a burn, how could she be so delirious!"

"Madam Tai has a large edema in her throat, you may be able to see the situation through her eyes..."

"What?" I lost my voice, could it be a respiratory complication?

In the evening, after a few doctors jointly took the pulse, they all described grandma's condition as dangerous and abnormal, and all they could do was express their condolences. For such words and deeds, to the cunning doctors of the rich and powerful, it must be because the patient's condition is so bad that it cannot be added.I had no choice but to cry and beg Sun Quan: "Release that Dong Yuan!"

"No." Sun Quan's face was hesitant, "He is a felon who intends to treason, and he has held you hostage, so he can't be allowed to step out of the cell again."

I tugged on his robe: "I beg you, the old man is so weak, it's dangerous to delay for a moment..."

He sighed: "I have nothing to do with you. Shen Yu."

"The little guy is here."

Sun Quan said: "Take my warrant and bring him out of the prison. Send twenty guards to take you with you. Watch him on the way, and don't make mistakes."

"Little man obeys."

I sent Sun Quan to the corridor, but he didn't leave in a hurry, he stood at the window and discussed something with the guards, I heard a few sporadic words of "round up" and "Dongye thief".

Seeing that I was still staying in the porch, he raised the volume a little and said, "Go and rest, I will send someone to tell you when someone brings it up."

This kind of dialogue, this kind of scene, seems to have been seen in a dream, and even the sky behind the young Jiangdong master has the same layered colors in memory.

The setting sun is like blood, and there will be a massacre in the near future.I know what's coming, but I'm not qualified to speak about the future.For the first time in six years, I felt invincibly tired.

Outside the Xuan window, it was already blooming in March, and the weather in the south began to feel humid and warm. Dong Yuan, who was in prison, decided to keep his time in winter. His long body was wrapped in tattered cotton wool, and his newly born hair was messy. Like decaying grass, with a look of desolation and misery.

He smiled at me, with only a white spot around the eyes left on his dirt-covered face: "Your Madam Zhou thinks of me, Caomin is very grateful."

"Your vitality is really amazing." I approached him, ignoring the stench of his body: "Compared to when you imprisoned me, how can I still have a piece of cloth wrapped around me, not as good as me, when I was so embarrassed There is no fig leaf."

His smile was lifeless: "This house is full of decaying aura of illness, and the grassroots dare to speculate, do you want me to heal someone?"

"You're right." I grabbed his shoulder suddenly, "My grandma is critically ill, and I'm afraid no one in this world can save her except Hua Tuo, who was invited by Prime Minister Cao, and the old Zhang Ji (Note 1) -Of course, and you."

Dong Yuan, who was kneeling on the ground, slowly raised his head and stared at me: "I am a dying person, why should I save the lives of people who have nothing to do with me?"

"Save her, I will protect your wife, children and mother."

He laughed loudly: "Is Mrs. Zhou fooling me? The life and death of the young and old in Cao Min's family is not up to you."

I walked to the desk, picked up the official letter I just got from Sun Quan and threw it in front of him: "Look."

He stretched out his shiny black and dirty hands, held up the silk scroll tremblingly, and held it up to his face for a closer look.

"You have to save my grandma, otherwise your wife and children won't be able to escape..."

"as you wish."

Dong Yuan took the medicine for two days, and her grandmother's condition gradually improved. Although she was still unconscious, most of the edema had subsided, and the high fever had also subsided. Judging from the current situation, it would take less than five days to recover.

Although I was extremely reluctant, I had to admit that Dong Yuan's medical skills were extremely good, and it was a pity to let him die in prison, but in view of his unreliable character, I still agreed to put him in custody again after curing my grandmother.

For many days, Sun Quan was busy investigating the cause of the fire, and wanted to hunt down the ugly monster. In addition, the Shanyue tribe near Danyang rebelled again, so the number of his visits gradually decreased. The guards were reduced to two or three.

So I had to keep up my spirits and stare at him with 12 points of vigilance, especially when he was diagnosing grandma's pulse, I personally looked after him every moment and never left.

"You have to thank me very much, Mrs. Zhou." He finished writing the case, picked up the paper and shook it, and gently dried the ink.His eyes were almost defiant.

"Your wife and children will leave for Ye City as soon as my grandmother recovers completely."

Now he was sitting across from me, stretching out his hand on the case: "You know I don't mean this. I mean-I kept a secret for you, and I would rather suffer torture than reveal it. How can you thank me? "

After only a few days of good life, I actually cheered up and talked about the conditions again. It really was very tenacious.I smiled slightly: "You're not doing it for me. After all, you're only doing it for yourself. Besides, no one will believe you when you say it. Ah, even if someone believes it, you have evidence? In short, it's a crushing defeat, right?"

"Hehe, what about you, Mrs. Zhou, are you like me, being deceived by your husband so that your hands are empty?"

I said coldly: "That's between me and him, you don't need to know."

"Yes, I don't need to know. But Mrs. Zhou, does your husband know about your other little secret?"

"I do not understand what you are saying."

He crossed his hands on the case and touched the brush he used to write the prescription: "When lying, people love to use this sentence to deny the truth."

"Don't try to slander me." I chuckled, snatched the brush from his hand, and drew a small spell on the paper. After a while, the paper ignited and floated in my palm.

He hurriedly got up and shook his head fiercely: "You——what did you do to my family?"

I happily said: "It's just an illusion, doctor, don't take it seriously, just remember the lesson."

His face turned pale: "Sure enough, he is a monster, his nature is hard to change."

I said sharply, "You don't have a shred of evidence."

"The medicine is almost ready, Cao Min will leave first." He lowered his head slightly and hurriedly ended the conversation.

Here I immediately stopped laughing, wiped the sweat off my palms with a handkerchief, and stood up weakly.Dong Yuan is right, my "other secret" must not be discovered by others.