He's just a stand-in

Chapter 130 The Wheel of Cause and Effect Chapter 5

When Liu Huaiqiu heard what Gu Lichuan said, his heart was pierced like a knife.

The clear and bright eyes were already stained with mist at this moment, and big tears rolled down the red corners of the eyes, making him unable to see the face of the person in front of him clearly.

He didn't care to wipe his tears, held Gu Lichuan's hand tightly, and said firmly: "I won't leave, the Qiuqiu you are calling is not me, I am not your sweetheart."

"I just have eyes like your sweetheart. I'm fine after I die. You don't have to pretend to be affectionate here."

"Even if you die, you can rest assured that your sweetheart will live well somewhere in the corner."

"After all, I only have you. I am your wife. If you die, I will have nothing. Living is like dying. There is no difference."

Liu Huaiqiu said these words for Gu Lichuan, but also seemed to be for himself.

To convince himself to stay here with Gu Lichuan's determination.

Gu Lichuan didn't know how to refute Liu Huaiqiu.

He wanted to tell Liu Huaiqiu that Liu Huaiqiu was his sweetheart.

He has only one sweetheart in his life, right in front of his eyes, because he is in crisis.

He was going to die anyway, why not tell Liu Huaiqiu directly.

In this way, he will not leave any regrets in this world.

"Qiuqiu, I..." Just as Gu Lichuan was about to speak, the county magistrate's anxious and embarrassing voice came from outside the curtain.

"My lord, ma'am, all the doctors in the city are here. The lord's situation is urgent. Why don't we ask the doctor to show the lord first, okay?"

As early as when Gu Lichuan revealed that Liu Huaiqiu was his wife, the magistrate was shocked for a moment, and then consciously withdrew.

Without waiting for Gu Lichuan to speak again, Liu Huaiqiu let go of Gu Lichuan's hand, lifted the curtain, and said excitedly, "Come in and show him, with so many of you, you can definitely cure this damned plague."

Gu Lichuan summoned up all his courage to say what he wanted to say, but it was blocked back into his chest.

He looked thoughtfully at the excited Liu Huaiqiu, and said nothing.

He secretly made up his mind, no matter what, he would not let Liu Huaiqiu stay here.

The ten or twenty doctors in the room all put on face towels, and the county magistrate handed one to Liu Huaiqiu, "Husband...Young master, take it first, the prince guessed that the route of infection should be based on breathing, bring insurance Some."

Naturally, Liu Huaiqiu had nothing to refuse, if he wanted to stay here, he had to follow the order of the county magistrate.

Before Gu Lichuan had an accident, he must not allow himself to have an accident, after all, he had to take care of Gu Lichuan.

Liu Huaiqiu took it obediently, and stood in an inconspicuous corner, watching the doctors wearing face scarves discussing non-stop around Gu Lichuan's bed.

"I don't think this medicine is good. Haven't we already tried it on those people? It doesn't work. Don't waste your time on it for the prince."

One of the doctors heard this and argued with a blushing face: "Why is there no effect? ​​This medicine is taken according to the ancient books. It will definitely have an effect. It is only a matter of time. Although those patients did not take full effect after using it, But at least the disease has improved, from five days of death to ten days, this can be regarded as effective."

The other doctor didn't give face, and said directly: "It is true that it is not completely useless, but it still died in the end, and it is no different from being useless."

The doctor who was hit was blushing, "You... then do you have a better way now? This medicine can't completely remove the roots, but at least it can delay the time. Maybe we can work hard and come up with a better way." way."

Another doctor said to himself: "Of course I have it, but you are not allowed to use it. If you use my prescription, it may not be saved."

These two doctors are the most famous doctors in the city, as long as the two of them speak, other doctors dare not speak.

Besides, there are still conflicts between the two. As long as they meet together, they will quarrel endlessly. If anyone starts a fight, the two will attack the person who started the fight together.

So now everyone shut up and listened silently to the two arguing.

The county magistrate didn't understand these things, so he saw that the two of them were earning endlessly.

He couldn't help but want to speak, Liu Huaiqiu said directly: "Can you two stop arguing? Why are you two arguing, can you explain clearly, Gu Lichuan is still lying on the bed now."

"If it can't be cured, we can only die together."

He listened here for a long time, and then he heard two doctors, one of them let me take the medicine, and the other refused to take it, arguing and arguing endlessly.

He was afraid that if he waited a little longer, Gu Lichuan's condition would become more and more serious.

"Take whatever medicine you have. Since it can't be cured, it's good to delay it for a few days."

"This is the imperial envoy who came with the prince." The doctor who refused to let the medicine see Liu Huaiqiu, without any fear, said generously: "Don't be angry, imperial envoy, just let the imperial envoy do it for us. Decide."

"Now we are faced with two choices. One is that we now have a drug that can delay for a few days, but the final result is still death."

"There is also a medicine that has never been used before. It is a prescription that I saw in ancient books, but the medicine in the prescription is all poison. No one knows what will happen after taking it."

"If the prince is given the time-delaying medicine, although the prince will live a few more days, his physical condition will gradually disappear with the passage of time."

"Even if this poison is given to other patients first, we don't know how long it will take to take effect. Maybe the prince's body will not be able to bear the poison by then."

After hearing this, Liu Huaiqiu wrinkled all over his face.

A tough choice indeed.

One is to allow Gu Lichuan to live a few more days, and the other is that all of them are poisons, which may cause death after taking them, or it may be effective for the plague.

It's a gamble right now.

If the poison is really useful for the plague, maybe you can try it. Anyway, taking the medicine that prolongs the time will kill you in the end.

The most important thing is whether the poison has any effect on the current plague.

Liu Huaiqiu frowned and thought for a moment.

The two arguing doctors also stopped, they all looked at Liu Huaiqiu quietly, waiting for Liu Huaiqiu to make a choice.

After all, Gu Lichuan was ill, and Liu Huaiqiu was also the person who came down with Gu Lichuan from above. Now only Liu Huaiqiu can take charge of the overall situation.

Gu Lichuan's energy was almost exhausted the moment he saw Liu Huaiqiu.

What's more, what he is most worried about now is how to send Liu Huaiqiu away, and he doesn't care about their disputes and which medicine to use.

Anyway, he was dead in the end.

Since the doctor let Liu Huaiqiu make the decision, then he will listen to Liu Huaiqiu.

Liu Huaiqiu had the answer in his mind, and asked directly: "Does that poison ancient book say it will work?"

The doctor quickly replied, "The ancient books say yes, and the ancient books said that it was also a county town because there was a plague after the flood. Most of the symptoms after the plague were similar, but not completely similar."

"And all of them are poisons, which may leave inexplicable sequelae after taking them, so we have been uncertain."

"Since it has some effect, it's fine, but I'm afraid it won't have any effect. If so, use that poison."

Liu Huaiqiu didn't hesitate at all, the doctor who disagreed with the use of poison saw Liu Huaiqiu's calm determination, so he didn't open his mouth to refute.

The imperial envoy has already made the decision, and there is no point in arguing about it.

If something happens after eating, it will be Liu Huaiqiu's responsibility, and it has nothing to do with them.

What's more, if this medicine doesn't work, then everyone really has to wait to die.

Because this is the last medicine discussed by ancient books and doctors, I can only try it.

The doctor took out the prescription that he had prepared early in the morning and handed it to the county magistrate.

The county magistrate was stunned for a moment when he heard it, but he didn't say a word. He took the prescription and gave it to the servant waiting outside the door, and asked the servant to rush to the pharmacy to get the medicine.

His answer was the same as Liu Huaiqiu's, except that as a county magistrate, there was an imperial envoy standing beside him. If he proposed to use poison, the imperial envoy might be dissatisfied and even suspect him of ulterior motives.

The servants ran to grab the medicine, and the doctor started to get busy.

Those doctors who were not skilled left one after another, and now they are no longer needed, and it is unnecessary for them to stay here. It is better to go back and give more soups to those patients who are already infected.

Say it might not be effective, or wait until Gu Lichuan's poison takes effect.

And the remaining few doctors spread out the ancient books and continued to study.

The worry that Gu Lichuan was about to take the medicine was buried in his heart.

After all, they are doctors, so they must not act too flustered.

Even if the emperor is lying on the bed now, if they want to feed the emperor poison, they still have to pretend to be calm.

The room lost more than half of the people at once, and it was empty again.

Liu Huaiqiu's heart also calmed down a lot.

He stepped forward again, held Gu Lichuan's hand and said, "I just selected a pair of poison for you. If you finish eating it and it doesn't work, or you die directly, don't blame me, okay?"

Of course Gu Lichuan knew Liu Huaiqiu's choice, ever since he finished speaking with Xuanying and asked Xuanying to escort Liu Huaiqiu to leave, his eyes never left Liu Huaiqiu.

It was within his expectation that Liu Huaiqiu would choose poison.

That's right, after all, Liu Huaiqiu wouldn't feel at ease if he didn't see him die with his own eyes.

Naturally, he would not blame Liu Huaiqiu.

He had foreseen the result when he kept Liu Huaiqiu by his side, that's why he brought Liu Huaiqiu to Changbei.

After all, if Liu Huaiqiu can accompany him every day, it will be one less day.

Gu Lichuan shook his head, weakly trying to wrestle his hand out of Liu Huaiqiu's.

Liu Huaiqiu's grip was too tight, he couldn't break free, so he could only speak slowly: "No, you...don't think too much."

Gu Lichuan didn't have the strength, so he gasped and said, "You, you will leave with Xuanying in a while."

Speaking of this, Gu Lichuan raised his head and glanced at the beam, and immediately there was another person in the room.

When Liu Huaiqiu heard Gu Lichuan's words, he no longer wanted to be angry.

He didn't even look at Xuanying, and said directly: "Okay, if you let me go, I will go, but I have to watch you finish taking the medicine before leaving. If the medicine is effective, I will stay."