Chapter 49
The news that Gu Fuzhou was about to return to Beijing was passed on to Lin Qingyu by Xiao Songzi. Lin Qingyu and Xiao Cheng had the same doubts and thought that there were too many strange things about this matter.
From the conversation between several people, it is not difficult to see that Gu Fuzhou was allowed to return to Beijing because he was poisoned by the Sky Spider. Now that the emperor is ill and unconscious, whether Gu Fuzhou can return to the capital depends entirely on what Xiao Cheng thinks.
A few months ago, Gu Fuzhou submitted several petitions requesting to return to the capital, but they were all ignored by the emperor and the prince. But the situation this time was completely different. Gu Fuzhou was the military's favorite. No matter how much the court feared the military power in his hands, it could not let him be poisoned to death at this critical juncture. If they did not allow Gu Fuzhou to return to the capital, and allowed him to die of the poison even though there was a way to detoxify him, the 300,000 troops under Gu Fuzhou's command would at best lose confidence in the court, and at worst turn against the court.
But why is it the poison of the sky spider? If it was Xixia who did it just like last time, why did Xixia use the slow-acting poison from the north instead of using the deadly poison that kills instantly on impact? To use Jiang's hometown dialect - doesn't it smell good?
Whatever he can think of, Xiao Cheng can definitely do as well. However, things had come to this point, and for the sake of the overall situation, Xiao Cheng had to issue an order to allow Gu Fuzhou to return to the capital, even though he knew there was a hidden story.
In any case, it’s not a bad thing for him that Gu Fuzhou can come back. When Gu Fuzhou returns, his father will definitely accompany him. His father had been gone for half a year, and now their family of four were finally reunited.
Gu Fuzhou returned to Beijing this time not to recapture the army, but to detoxify. In order to stabilize the situation, the court decided to keep it secret and let Gu Fuzhou return to Beijing secretly. Apart from the important ministers of the cabinet, only the Imperial Hospital knew about this.
It would take ten days for the news to reach Yongliang, a distance of 800 miles, by express delivery. By the time Gu Fuzhou arrived in the capital, it would take at least another half a month. The Imperial Medical Bureau must prepare the antidote for the Sky Spider within half a month.
Since Lin Qingyu returned home from the East Palace that day, he developed a high fever without any warning. He forced himself to write a prescription for himself and asked Hualu to prepare the medicine according to the prescription. He also ordered Huantong to go to the Imperial Medical Bureau to ask for leave for him, and then fell into a deep sleep.
The illness came like a mountain falling on him, and Lin Qingyu slept soundly, not knowing whether it was day or night. In a trance, he heard someone calling his name: "Qingyu, Qingyu..."
His tone was leisurely and smiling, very comfortable.
Lin Qingyu wanted to respond to him, but he couldn't open his eyes. He felt like a heavy stone was pressing down on him. It was difficult for him to move his fingers, and his throat was so dry that he couldn't make a sound.
The strange thing was that even though he had his eyes closed, he could still see a blurry figure. Then the voice of "Qingyu" suddenly changed its tone, and became another man's voice: "Doctor Lin."
Lin Qingyu finally opened his eyes with all his strength, saw the person standing beside his bed, and said in a hoarse voice: "Guard Shen?"
"It's me." Shen Huaishi handed over a cup of tea, "Are you okay? You look very bad."
After drinking the herbal tea, Lin Qingyu gradually woke up. What you think about during the day you dream about at night. He was dreaming.
Lin Qingyu touched his forehead with the back of his hand. The high fever had turned into a low fever, and he had regained some strength. "Why are you in my house?"
"I heard from the Imperial Hospital that you took sick leave..." Shen Huaishi said awkwardly, "I came to visit the patient."
"In the middle of the night, you're standing by the patient's bed without any warning. Is this how you shadow guards visit patients?"
Shen Huaishi was in low spirits: "I can't let others find out, so I can only resort to this last resort."
With Shen Huaishi's skills, let alone a mere Lin Mansion, he might not be discovered if he broke into the palace at night. Lin Qingyu sneered, "It really can't be discovered by the prince, otherwise he will think that he didn't satisfy you and force you to come to my house for a secret affair."
Shen Huaishi’s face flushed with shame: “Your Highness was impulsive after drinking, I…I apologize to you on his behalf.”
Lin Qingyu seemed to have heard a shocking joke: "You apologized for him? Who are you to him? Why do you apologize for him? Just because you climbed into his bed?"
Shen Huaishi's expression was stiff: "Don't, don't say anything."
"If you don't want to hear this, just get out of here." Lin Qingyu's eyes were filled with coldness, "I'm not interested in seeing people being humiliated."
If Shen Huaishi continues to be stubborn and mean and is completely devoted to Xiao Cheng, how can he do things for him?
It was a waste of his time to detoxify and treat Shen Huaishi's injuries, what a waste.
Shen Huaishi was silent for a long time, and said softly: "I, Jingchun, and your highness, the three of us have known each other since childhood. Jingchun is innocent and naive, and she is ignorant of the world. Although she is a 'palace maid', she is always spoiled and cries when she encounters grievances. When Jingchun cries, your highness will go to comfort him. I don't know how to comfort people, so I can only practice martial arts in Tianyumen, thinking that I can protect Jingchun and your highness forever. Later... Jingchun was favored by the King of the North Territory. He didn't want to marry and cried and begged your highness to save him. But the imperial edict has been issued, and even your highness can't do anything. This is a heartache for your highness. Since then, whenever your highness encounters something related to Jingchun, he will become violent and moody. "Shen Huaishi looked up at Lin Qingyu's eyes, "Doctor Lin, your eyes are really too much like Jingchun, so your highness will not be able to control it for a while."
Lin Qingyu found the point in the nonsense: "Tianyumen? Aren't all the royal secret guards from Tianjiying?"
Shen Huaishi hesitated for a moment and said, "The Tianji Camp and the Tianyu Sect are both minions of the emperor. The Tianji Camp is in the open, while the Tianyu Sect is in the dark. People only know the Tianji, not the Tianyu. The two complement each other. Three years ago, the Tianyu Sect was destroyed overnight, and I was the only one left alive among hundreds of people."
Shen Huaishi said it simply, hiding many details. Lin Qingyu asked: "Who destroyed the Heavenly Prison Gate?"
Shen Huaishi shook his head, as if he didn't want to talk about it any more: "Anyway, it was His Highness who saved me. After that, I switched to the Tianji Camp and continued to serve His Highness. I thought there was no one left in the Tianyu Gate except me, but I didn't expect to see the Tianyu Gate jade plaque in your place." Shen Huaishi's eyes moved slightly, "Xuzhou, Suicheng... I must go and see it myself."
Lin Qingyu asked: "When do you plan to leave?"
Shen Huaishi sighed: “General Gu is back in Beijing, so I can’t leave for the time being.”
"Why?"
"General Gu has people from the Tianji Camp around him. From Yongliang to the capital, his every move and every word is under the control of Your Highness."
Lin Qingyu was a little surprised: "You told me this, aren't you afraid that I will leak it out?"
Shen Huaishi smiled and said, "General Gu is so wise, how could he not know that he has been monitored by the Tianji Camp. But this is the condition for him to return to Beijing. If he wants to come back, he can only accept it."
"From your tone, it seems that you admire General Gu very much."
"Who among the men of the Dayu Dynasty would not admire the god of war of a country? Although he has some incredible behaviors recently, but..." Shen Huaishi paused, "There is someone."
Lin Qingyu looked towards the door, but saw nothing. When he turned back, Shen Huaishi had disappeared. After a while, Hua Lu pushed the door open and saw Lin Qingyu sitting at the head of the bed. She said in surprise: "Master, you are awake!"
I don't know when the window was opened, and the wind made the leaves rustle, as if no one had been there.
Lin Qingyu couldn't help but wonder, with Shen Huaishi's skills, could Xiao Cheng withstand a blow from him?
The disease heals quickly. It took Lin Qingyu half a month to recover completely. She lost a lot of weight due to the illness and looked like a weak willow in the wind. Just one look at her could arouse a man's desire to protect her.
With the idea of letting Lin Qingyu have a good rest, Hu Ji took the initiative to take on all the tasks when they were on duty together. But Chu Zhengde couldn't bear to see him idle, so he sent him to the Imperial Medical Bureau to prepare an antidote for the Sky Spider.
In the hottest months of June, there are heat waves and gusts of wind in the valley. Gu Fuzhou quietly entered Beijing one evening.
The reason why the Sky Spider's poison must be cured in the capital is that its medicinal lead - the Northern Snow Lotus must be pounded into the medicine using a warm jade mortar, and after the medicine is ready, it must be taken within one hour. Warm jade mortars are rare in the world. Dayu only has three in total, one of which is in the northern border, and the remaining two are in Qiancaotang of the Imperial Medical Bureau.
As soon as the news of Gu Fuzhou's arrival in Beijing reached the Imperial Medical Bureau, everyone in the bureau became busy.
Everything is ready, except for the last ingredient.
"Where's the medicine? Bring it here quickly!"
"The medicine is under the care of Imperial Doctor Lin. Go find Imperial Doctor Lin."
"Where is Doctor Lin at this critical moment?"
Finally, everyone found Lin Qingyu in the library. Lin Qingyu knew their purpose and frowned, "Wasn't General Gu arriving in Beijing tomorrow?"
"Who told you? General Gu returned home half an hour ago!"
Lin Qingyu's gaze fell on a sixth-rank medical officer, who was the one who came to inform him early in the morning.
The medical officer seemed to feel guilty and did not dare to look Lin Qingyu in the eye. Lin Qingyu didn't have time to deal with him for the time being, so he said, "Give me half an hour, it will be done soon."
The leading medical officer's eyes widened: "Are you just starting to prepare the medicine now?"
"If you keep talking nonsense, it will delay you even longer."
After the medicine was ready, Lin Qingyu did not delay for a moment and personally delivered the antidote to the General's Mansion.
The housekeeper of the general's mansion was so anxious that he was sweating profusely because he couldn't get the medicine for a long time. After waiting for Lin Qingyu for a long time, he quickly took him to the inner courtyard: "General, the medicine is here!"
Without permission, Lin Qingyu could only wait outside the door.
A deep male voice sounded with undisguised sarcasm: "You've come too early. Why don't you just come back next year and chop down the three-meter-high tree on my grave while you're at it."
Lin Qingyu was stunned.
This is...Gu Fuzhou? The god of war of a country, General Gu who is thirty years old?
this……
Chu Zhengde's voice then rang out: "General, please forgive me. It was my negligence that I entrusted such an important matter to a newcomer of the seventh rank. When I return to the office, I will definitely punish this person severely."
"General, please bring the person in first."
Lin Qingyu's heart moved. This was his father's voice. My father's voice sounded a little tired, probably because he didn't get much rest on the way to and from Beijing.
Lin Qingyu calmed his mind and walked in with the antidote. He saw his father and Chu Zhengde both standing in front of an armchair. A tall man was sitting on the armchair. He was wearing a dark military officer's uniform, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. His not-so-fair face looked stern at first glance, with the bloodthirsty ferocity of a warrior. But when it came to his eyes, the ferocity was dispersed a lot, and instead there was a bit of the sense of youthful laxity.
The Sky Spider is a slow-acting poison, and the poison has not yet reached Gu Fuzhou's internal organs, so he looks no different from an ordinary person. At this moment, he is holding a teacup and drinking tea.
Father Lin was always reserved, but he was unprepared to see his eldest son whom he hadn't seen for half a year. He couldn't hide his emotions and blurted out, "Qingyu?"
Gu Fuzhou paused for a moment and looked up. When her eyes met his, her eyes suddenly became bright as if the clouds and mist had been cleared. Then, he seemed a little nervous and quickly looked away.
Lin Qingyu smiled at his father, then bowed to Gu Fuzhou as a subordinate, and said, "I am Lin Qingyu, your humble servant, and I pay my respects to the general."
Gu Fuzhou: “…”
Gu Fuzhou was slow to speak, perhaps blaming him for being late. Lin Qingyu added: "I am sorry to have kept you waiting for so long, General. I hope you will forgive me."
Gu Fuzhou didn't look at him and finally spoke.
"It's okay," he chuckled, "I like waiting for people."
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