The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

Chapter 130

The mission left Tokyo and went north all the way, intending to pass through the Daming Mansion and leave the country from Cangzhou through Baigou.

Walking in the Song Dynasty was very comfortable, there were post stations everywhere, and officials from all over the country treated him wholeheartedly, and he did not encounter any difficulties.

But as we continued to move north, problems started to come.

It was getting dark, and it was Gao Ming's last night staying at the Cangzhou post station. The next morning, they would leave the country after crossing Baigou.

Not surprisingly, this should be the last comfortable station they lived in in the Great Song Dynasty.

Gao Ming was talking with Hua Rong in the room, when a follower knocked on the door and called him, "Master Gao, Vice Envoy Wang seems to be getting sicker, you should go over quickly."

After Gao Ming heard this, a sneer appeared on the corner of his lips, "I see, I'll be there right away."

Hua Rong frowned, "He's not finished yet."

This Wang Fu has been "ill" since he passed the Daming Mansion, either with a headache or brain fever, and seeing that he was about to leave the country, his "illness" became even worse.

As for the purpose, of course it is to stay and recuperate, and then pack up and go back to Tokyo when Gao Ming and the others leave.

I went to the emperor to cry and complained, saying that it wasn't because the minister didn't want to contribute to the country, but because his body didn't allow it, and he was afraid of delaying the trip, and successfully avoided a "death trip".

Gao Ming said to Hua Rong: "You wait for me here, I'll go over and have a look."

"I'll go with you too." Hua Rong said, "We are also deputy envoys, how can we not care about it?"

"Hey, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold back your anger and hit him." Gao Ming laughed.

Hua Rong snorted: "Can I?"

The two walked out the door talking and laughing, and went down to Wang Fu's room on the second floor.

The two of them knocked on the door and went in. Seeing Wang Fu surrounded by several of his cronies, and seeing Gao Ming and Hua Rong coming, before Wang Fu could speak, they said with tears, "Master Gao, General Hua, hurry up, both of you." Let's see, our adults are really in poor health, what should we do, there are no good doctors in Cangzhou, something will happen, what should we do?"

Wang Fu lay on the bed, as thin as a gossamer, and said: "It's all my fault. I can't bear the big responsibility and delayed the trip to the north. I am like this. When I arrive in Liao Kingdom, they will see us and say that we southerners are weak."

Look, how serious it is, it is a matter of the country's face, so don't let him continue to go as a burden.

Huarong said coldly: "By the way, Master Wang, since he left Tokyo, he has been sighing and frowning, maybe he has been unwell since that time, and it is not easy to be able to last until the Daming Mansion before he started to fall ill. This persistence, Impressive."

He knew that Gao Ming was recommended by this guy to go to Liao, but Gao Ming took him on the road, and he wanted to pretend to be sick and return to Tokyo, which is really abominable.

Wang Fu will not go north, no matter what, he will not go north, although he is not used to Huarong's words, but in order to pretend to be sick, he admits, "Yes, people say that scholars are weak, I didn't agree with it before, but The facts convinced me, I am really not as good as a martial arts practitioner like General Hua."

Hua Rong kept a smile on his face, and his eyes were full of contempt.

He believed that as long as he beat him up, everything would be fine.

Gao Ming, who had been silent all this time, pursed his lips, and walked forward with a smile on his face, "My lord, An Daoquan, the doctor in our mission, has also seen it for you, and he said he didn't find any problems. What's the matter?"

He was too lazy to save face for Wang Fu.

When they went north this time, Gao Ming was afraid of getting sick, so he brought An Daoquan with him.

Although there was also a doctor from the Imperial Hospital accompanying him, Gao Ming invited An Daoquan to be on the safe side.

When An Daoquan heard that he was going to the Liao Kingdom, he refused in every possible way, but when he saw the small golden bars, he decided to take the risk.

And Wang Fu was fortunate to be his first patient for treatment. He told Gao Ming the truth about the results of the consultation. Wang Fu was not sick at all.

Originally, Gao Ming thought that Wang Fu was pretending to be sick, but with the doctor's diagnosis result, he was even more sure.

Wang Fu sighed: "Then An Daoquan is a folk doctor, how can you believe it? Dr. Zhang from Taiyuan Hospital said that I have evil spirits in my body. If I don't rest, I'm afraid I won't last long."

The implication is that your An Dao has no qualifications at all, and you have to listen to the experts of the Tai Hospital. He said that I am sick, but I am sick!

And the doctor from the Imperial Hospital at the side immediately brought out what he had said before, and said a lot of medical terms. In fact, it was just one sentence, Mr. Wang is dying, and he must go back to Tokyo to recuperate.

Gao Ming looked at Doctor Zhang with a smile, needless to say, he must have been bribed by Wang Fu.

When the emperor asked, he could still testify. As for An Daoquan, he was not an imperial physician after all, and he had no authority to speak.

Wang Fu pretended that he was ill. He recommended Gao Ming to go to the Liao Kingdom, purely to trick him, but he didn't expect Gao Ming to turn back and tell the officials to bring him.

Where is the Northland?All kinds of uncivilized barbarians live together, the folk customs are tough, the Liao Lord Yelu Yanxi is very cruel, and many people around him have been cut off, not to mention the southerners from the north who asked him to negotiate to reduce the annual currency.

So as long as he has breath, he will not go north, unless he has no breath.

He also knew that Gao Ming had seen through, but so what?He didn't believe that Gao Ming dared to disregard his physical safety and insisted on going north.

Everyone is an official in the same dynasty, and he does not believe that Gao Ming can do such a trick.

Sure enough, Gao Ming sighed, "Master Wang, can you really not move?"

Wang Fu nodded sadly with tears in his eyes, "I'm afraid I really can't help Zheng Shi go north. I didn't expect that I would be so incompetent when the country is employing people. I really hate myself!" The heart is more than enough but the strength is not enough.

Gao Ming smiled, "In that case, don't bother your lord, you should have a good rest. If it doesn't work, I'll send you back to Tokyo for recuperation." He left with Hua Rong.

When they returned to their house, Hua Rong said angrily: "Just let him go back like this? How can it be reasonable? He came to slander you, but now he wants to be alone. How can there be such a good thing. It's better to wait for him to go back halfway and ask Shi Jin to lead someone." Pretend to be a robber and beat him up!"

Gao Ming smiled at Hua Rong: "Hey Yoyo, is your heart so dark?"

Hua Rong snorted and said with a smile: "Who is my dark heart for?"

Gao Ming said righteously: "How can we beat Deputy Wang violently? We have to treat him."

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"My lord, Mr. Gao and General Hua have gone upstairs."

Wang Fu's followers watched the movement outside from the crack of the door, and seeing that Gao Ming and Hua Rong had indeed left, they turned back and told their masters.

"Hmph!" Wang Fu sat up from the bed, and it was uncomfortable to lie down all the time. He put on his shoes and got off the ground, stretched his waist lazily, thinking to himself, let's see how that guy Gao Ming can stand him?

Doctor Zhang testified to him that he was really ill.As for An Daoquan next to Gao Ming, it is said that he had a suspended animation incident before, and his background is not clean, so who would believe him.

He decided to return to Tokyo, but he didn't believe that Gao Ming carried him to Liao Kingdom to Beijing.

After that, he drank tea to see who he was, took a walk in the house, and was still not at ease. He waited until it was dark before he lay down and fell asleep.

In his sleep, he smelled a burnt smell, sat up suddenly, and saw thick smoke drifting in from the house.

At this time, I heard someone outside shouting, "Going into the water!"

He turned pale with fright, jumped out of bed and was about to run, but as soon as his feet touched the ground, he suddenly had an idea that he couldn't just go out like this.

He lay down on the ground, crawled forward, and when he came to the door, he opened the door, struggled and stretched out a hand, whimpering, "Help, help—"

At this time, the corridor was full of people, and his entourage also rushed to rescue him.

His appearance was seen by many people, and those who did not believe that he was sick now believed it.

"It seems that Mr. Wang is really sick. He walked into the water and can only crawl."

"Yeah, it's really sick."

At this time someone came out and shouted: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, it's not water, someone is eating charcoal-grilled meat in the house and made a lot of smoke and dust, go back, it's a false alarm."

A sinister smile appeared in Wang Fu's heart, especially when he saw Gao Ming standing at the end of the corridor with a gloomy face, he snorted proudly, you made the so-called running water to test me, right?Hehe, this little trick is fighting with me?

Wang Fu was carried back to the room, and the accompanying officials from the Ministry of Rituals came to express their condolences. He expressed his gratitude to everyone weakly and just wanted to rest.

Everyone stopped disturbing him and went back separately.

Falling asleep again, in his sleep, he suddenly felt the chill of the wind blowing across his face. Although the clothes were warm and the flowers were blooming, this season was far from the point of opening the window to sleep at night. He clearly remembered to ask someone to close the window.

He opened his eyes, and found a tiny amount outside the bed curtain, as if the moonlight was shining in. At this moment, suddenly, a black shadow flashed past his bed. Although it was only for a moment, he could see it clearly.

He was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, opened the curtain to look outside, and with the moonlight coming in from the open window, he inspected the house and found nothing unusual.

Just when he was about to put down the curtains and continue to sleep, he suddenly heard a strange noise from the beam. He subconsciously looked at it. It didn’t matter. He almost fell out of bed in fright, and saw a man with disheveled hair hanging on the beam. Judging by the clothes, it should be a woman.

He was so frightened that all the pores in his body were opened, and he just wanted to get off the ground and run away, but in an instant he realized that Gao Ming had asked someone to pretend again, in order to scare him away.

How could he have fallen for the trap, pretending to be scared, covered his head with the quilt, and looked again after a while, but he did not see the person on the beam.

Only then did he yell, "Ah—come here, there is a ghost."

His voice pierced the silence of the night, and soon his followers, Gao Ming, Hua Rong and others all arrived in his room.

This time he was confident, "There is a ghost in this station!" He repeated what he saw just now, "I can't stay here anymore, I really want to leave."

Hehe, I didn't expect it, but it gave me an excuse to leave.

Gao Ming frowned and said: "It seems that Mr. Wang is sick, and the firepower is low to see these dirty things. It is easy to be entangled by these dirty things."

"Yeah, so I'm really sick to see these dirty things." Wang Fu sighed, "What should I do?"

Gao Ming said: "Well then, you rest first, and then rest for two days, if you still don't get better, you can go back to Tokyo."

Wang Fu pretended to be forced to accept, "This is the only way."

He was overjoyed in his heart, and moved out of this room, and asked his followers to live in the room with him, and slept peacefully for the night.

Since Gao Ming told him to leave after another two days if he didn't get better, Wang Fu naturally couldn't recover, but got sicker and sicker.

After two days like this, on the third morning, Wang Wei felt that he could request to return to Tokyo tomorrow.

At this time, someone knocked on the door, and he asked his followers to open the door, and he saw Shi Jin, one of Hua Rong's subordinates, begging to see him, and he brought two soldiers with him.

"Master Wang, Mr. Gao said that the sun is shining today, so he ordered us to take you to the courtyard to bask in the sun, which is good for your health. It's only because of the heavy cloudiness in the house that we saw the dirty things."

Wang Fu saw that the sun was shining brightly outside, it was indeed a sunny day, he happened to be in the house and he was suffocated enough, he didn't dare to go out to bask in the sun for fear of showing off his feet, but today Gao Ming asked him to go, he would rather obey his orders than be respectful.

Shi Jin ordered the two soldiers he brought, "You carry Mr. Wang out."

Sitting on an armchair, Wang Fu was carried by these two soldiers, and went downstairs without touching his feet, and came to the courtyard.

The spring breeze is pleasant, and there is a hint of coolness in the warmth. With the sunshine above the head, it is really neither cold nor hot.

Wang Fu raised his head slightly, sniffing the smell of green grass in the air, and thought that he would be able to return to Tokyo tomorrow, so he only had two words: comfortable.

He was basking comfortably in the sun in the backyard of the station, bathed in the warm sunshine all over his body, and almost fell asleep.

Suddenly, from the corner of his eye, he saw Gao Ming walking towards him. Wang Fu didn't want to pay attention to him, and pretended to be asleep, pretending not to see him.

And Gao Ming walked up to him, without hesitation, directly patted his shoulder hard, causing Wang Fu to ask loudly in pain: "What are you doing? You scared me, hey, my head hurts again."

"Lord Wang, don't worry, you're saved!" Gao Ming said excitedly.

Wang Fu sneered in his heart, did you go to ask some doctor to tell you that it is useless, hehe, only people from the Tai Hospital can decide my condition.

No matter what the other party said, as long as Doctor Zhang insisted that he was sick.

He pretended to be excited, "Really, really?"

Then Gao Ming waved his hand, and a man with yellow hair and beard came up holding a falcon in leather gloves.

This yellow-haired man, Wang Fu remembers, was called Duan Jingzhu, because of his strange appearance, he asked casually, Gao Ming said that he could speak the Khitan dialect, so he brought it with him.

Gao Ming then said to Duan Jingzhu: "You take down the letter from Tokyo."

Duan Jingzhu took a small paper tube from the eagle's right paw and handed it to Gao Ming.

Gao Ming opened it and said to Wang Fu: "Master Wang, I felt something bad when you met a ghost that night. I was afraid that the ghost would haunt the seriously ill person. If you go back to Tokyo, she will go back with you."

Doesn't this tell me to go back to Tokyo?Wang Fu hurriedly said: "Although that is the case, I am afraid that the longer I stay here, the more I will be entangled with her. As long as I recover from my illness and become stronger, she will not be able to do anything to me."

"That being said, I'm just in case. So I sent Falcon back to Tokyo to ask Daoist Gongsun how to treat him. He was also very worried about Mr. Wang, and immediately sent him a solution."

Wang Fu was stunned for a moment, and said with a half-hearted smile, "This eagle can fly back to Tokyo? Unexpectedly, there is such a good eagle."

"Master Wang doesn't believe it? You can inquire about it. Duan Jingzhu, a golden retriever, sells Haidongqing and eagle falcons, but even King Yun is a frequent visitor to his house."

With such a mention, Wang Wei seems to have a little impression. The last time he was hunting, he saw King Yun let Hai Dongqing go.

Gao Ming unfolded the note taken from the eagle's leg, his face gradually became heavy, and then he said something to that Duan Jingzhu, and he went down.

Wang Fu asked Gao Ming, "What did Daoist Gongsun say on the note?"

Seeing Gao Ming pursed his lips, his eyes were full of eager joy, "In short, Mr. Wang, you are saved, and Daoist Gongsun is on the way, don't you believe it?"

Even the emperor believes in Gongsun Sheng, so there is no reason for others not to believe it.

At this time, I saw Hua Rong walking into the backyard, holding a hemp rope in his hand, walking straight to Gao Ming, "This is the rope, and other things are also being prepared."

Gao Ming took the rope, weighed it in his hand, glanced at Wang Fu, and threw it at him abruptly.

Smash your bastard to death!

Wang Fu couldn't dodge in time, he was whipped several times, the pain made him almost stand up, "What are you doing?! Stop!"

"Lord Wang, don't be upset! This is what Mr. Gongsun said. He is afraid that the female ghost will possess you and beat you severely with the hemp rope she hanged when she was alive. If she is on you, she will be afraid of killing her." The hemp rope should have left."

It was well-founded, Wang Fu couldn't tell if it was true, or if Gao Ming was talking nonsense and deliberately punishing him, staring blankly at him, but he made up his mind that even so, he would not admit defeat and pretend to be sick to the end.

"In the final analysis, I am sick. Although I have seen female ghosts, I have only seen them and have not been attacked. You are so concerned about the female ghost, but you do not treat my real illness. .”

Wang Fu thought to himself, in this way, the method you obtained from Gongsun Sheng to "beat the female ghost" with a rope will not work, Gao Ming, let's see how you deal with me.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the voice fell, Gao Ming clapped his hands, "You don't have to worry about this, Daoist Gongsun also wrote me a prescription, which is called the world's largest tonifying soup, which can cure all diseases. Lord Wang."

At this time, Gao Ming's attendants came in carrying an iron pot, and simply built a stove with stones, added firewood, poured water into the pot, and started to boil.

Wang Fu sneered, then Gongsun Sheng must have miscalculated, he had never heard that he could heal someone who pretended to be sick.

Even if he drank the decoction, he would not get well.

But he had to ask Gao Ming to cook the medicine, otherwise it would appear that he didn't cooperate with the treatment, so he said hypocritically: "That's good, I can't wait."

At this time, Shi Qian came in, carrying a cloth bag with disgust, and holding the tongs for holding charcoal in his hand.

"My lord, I found them all."

Gao Ming said with a smile as if relieved: "That's great, Mr. Wang is saved. Then let's start cooking the medicine. You listen to my instructions, put the medicinal materials in it, and the dosage is all right? Listen to who I read Just put the medicine in there, don't leave it behind."

Shi Qian said: "You can rest assured."

Gao Ming unfolded the so-called prescription given to him by Gongsun Sheng, and read: "Baicaoshuang two liang. Oolong tail two liang."

Shi Qian took out a large paper bag from the cloth bag and poured a pile of black dust into the pot.

Although Wang Fu's knowledge is not as good as Cai Jing's, but in the Song Dynasty, there are no ignorant people, especially scholars, who also read medical books on weekdays. Of course, he knows that Baicao Shuang is the bottom of the pot, and Wulongwei is the beam of the house. .

At this time, the temperature of the water in the pot rose, showing a pile of black and viscous state, the whole pot of muddy water.

Wang Fu was taken aback, did he want to drink this thing?

I heard Gao Ming continue to say: "Two liang of charcoal left in blood."

Wang Fu was startled, this thing was hair that had been burnt into coke, Shi Qian picked up a black lump from the cloth bag with tongs, and threw it into the pot.

A pot of water, glowing with black flowers.

Wang Fu winked at the left and right, and said to Gao Ming: "You guys are cooking slowly, it's cool here, I'll go back first."

He will never drink this stuff, and when he returns to the room, he will pretend to be asleep, and he will never get up to drink this stuff.

Gao Ming ignored him, and continued: "Wangyuesha, Yemingsha, and Wulingzhi, three or two each."

Wang Fu only patted the handrail, and said to the left and right: "It's windy, I want to go back." The three flavors are the feces of rabbits, bats and flying squirrels.

His two entourages had only lifted his chair when Shi Jin and the two soldiers he brought blocked their way, and said with a smile, "We won't be cold if we shield you from the wind."

"Get out of the way!" Wang Fu scolded.But these three people did not obey his orders at all.

Wang Fu's two attendants put down the chair Wang Fu was sitting on, and pushed Shi Jin with a dark face, "I tell you to get out of the way!"

Shi Jin had already received Gao Ming's orders, so he didn't get used to him, so he grabbed the man's hands and cut them behind his back, and pushed him aside, while the other Wang Fu's entourage was also controlled by the other two.

Wang Fu yelled at Gao Ming: "What are you doing? Let me go!"

Gao Ming said unhurriedly: "These two people don't let Mr. Wang treat their illnesses. It's too bad. We can't get used to this kind of servant. Good medicine tastes bitter and is good for the disease. Oh, there is only one medicine left, that's it , a used riding cloth."

Shi Qian took out a black and red cloth strip with tongs and threw it into the pot.

Wang Fu was stunned, the riding cloth was the cloth that the woman Guishui put on when she came.

He couldn't wait any longer, so he simply stood up and was about to run.

Gao Ming exclaimed happily, "God, look at Mr. Wang, you can get up and walk as soon as you smell the decoction. It's really a miracle medicine. You must have a bowl. The medicine will definitely cure your illness."

Hua Rong, who had been standing all this time, stepped forward to control Wang Fu, pushed him back on the seat, pressed his shoulder with one hand, pinched his cheeks with the other, and forced him to open his mouth, "My lord, don't worry!" You have to drink a bowl first."

Wang Fu was struggling, at this time Gao Ming had asked Shi Qian to scoop out a bowl to hold it, he came to Wang Fu, and said with a smile: "I just smelled the smell, Master Wang is so energetic, if this is a bowl Go on, maybe Lord Wang will be rejuvenated, and even the Khitan people will no longer be his opponents."

Wang Fu stared at the approaching bowl of decoction with a strange smell, and exclaimed, "Take it away quickly! Take it away quickly! Gao Ming, let me tell you, don't act recklessly, if you really drink it, you will die!"

"How can someone die? This is a good prescription given by Immortal Gongsun. If you have any troubles, he will take care of you." Gao Ming said.

"Come on, come on—" Wang Fu screamed.

A lot of people gathered at the gate of the courtyard, including many officials from the court's Ministry of Rites who accompanied them, but Gao Ming's people blocked them from entering, and they just watched the fun outside.

Seeing that Gao Ming had no intention of softening his hand, Wang Fu threatened: "If I die, you can't explain it."

Gao Ming said with a smile: "No one in the mission knows that you are seriously ill. You can't even stand up when you catch fire. You are so sick that you don't live long. If you drank the soup and died, I think the treatment method is improper. Retire To put it another way, if you really had an accident, don’t worry, we will cherish your memory, and the great sentiment of Mr. Wang’s devotion to the cause of medicine will always be remembered by others.”

Wang Fu gasped, he didn't want to drink soup and medicine, and he didn't want to go to Liao Kingdom.

After drinking this decoction, if he is not sick, he will get sick after drinking it, so he doesn't have to go to Liao Kingdom.

He went out suddenly, and closed his eyes in resignation, but at this moment Gao Ming said: "Drink slowly, this is the first course of treatment, and there will be a second course of treatment tomorrow."

Wang Fu suddenly opened his eyes, do he have to drink tomorrow?

Gao Ming didn't care about Wang Fu anymore, and said to Shi Qian, "Feed Mr. Wang some medicine."

Hua Rong squeezed Wang Fu's cheeks tightly, "It's hard work, it will be bad if it spills, don't move around."

Wang Fu saw the spoon filled with black juice approaching, almost reaching his mouth, he couldn't hold it anymore, and said anxiously: "Stop, I'm fine."

"Okay?" Gao Ming smiled and said, "Really?"

Wang Fu said loudly: "It's all healed, I won't lie to you, just smell the immortal decoction and you'll be cured."

"Don't mind, just to be on the safe side, let's take a few sips to strengthen the curative effect." Gao Ming took the spoon and bowl, "Come on, I'll feed Lord Wang myself."

Wang Fu howled, "My illness is all cured, so I don't need to drink."

"How good is it? How easy is it to climb snow-capped mountains and cross grasslands, and go to Beijing in one go?"

Wang Fu held his breath and nodded, "That's right, it's completely fine. It's absolutely fine to go to Shangjing."

Gao Ming raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "I feel relieved with Mr. Wang's words. Come on, everyone applaud to celebrate Mr. Wang's recovery." As he spoke, he took the lead in applauding, but he still had a bowl of soup and medicine in his hand. When the spoon moved, the soup in the spoon poured out and splashed on Wang Fu's face.

Wang Fu yelled loudly, Hua Rong let him go at the right time, he jumped three feet high, wiped his face with his sleeves and spat out the soup in his mouth, then hurried out of the courtyard door, Go back to the station to find water to wash your face.

Gao Ming walked to the door and said to the crowd, "Look, Mr. Wang is walking like flying, and he has completely recovered. Is there anyone else who is sick like him?"

The people who originally thought they were sick and quit midway shook their heads when they saw that even Wang Fu and Gao Ming dared to play tricks.

Gao Ming nodded, "That's good."

Everyone nodded desperately.

Gao Ming smiled warmly, "Since everyone is healthy, let's continue on the road tomorrow."

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Wang Fu had a nightmare all night. In the dream, Gao Ming's face was approaching, and he said with a smile, "Master Wang, it's time to drink the medicine."

When I woke up, I felt that there was still a strange smell in my mouth, so I quickly brushed it with salt, and kept pissing and spitting.

To prevent Gao Ming from refilling the medicine, he didn't dare to pretend to be sick again. He woke up the next day and prepared his bags early to leave.

Gao Ming smiled: "Master Wang, are you really all right?"

Wang Fu tried to smile, "It's really all right."

Seeing that Wang Fu was alive and kicking again, Gao Ming immediately announced: "Let's go."

No one got sick again, and the mission set off smoothly, out of Cangzhou, and arrived at Baigou, the river that divides the border between Song and Liao.

Received by the Liao State border guards, they crossed the river smoothly and arrived in the territory of Liao State.

Gao Ming glanced back at the territory of Song Dynasty, and continued to move forward with the others.

And Wang Fu also looked back, his eyes were full of tears, God damn it, he was really coerced by Gao Ming into the territory of Liao Kingdom,