When Yang Xiaohu asked, he hurriedly picked up the Dragon Yin Sword from the edge of the bed and put it next to Dakui: "Father, the Dragon Yin Sword is here, don't worry."
Dakui smiled and said: "Without this sword, my life would be at an end."
The father and son were chatting, but Ouyang De came into the room with a bowl of medicine in his hand.
"General, the medicine is ready. Drink it while it's hot." Ouyang De held the medicine and said to Yang Xiaohu: "Help General, get up. This medicine is precious, so you must drink it while it's hot."
Yang Xiaohu stood up and helped Dakui sit up as instructed. Dakui frowned. He was most worried about taking medicine. When he saw a large bowl of soup in Ouyang De's hand, he couldn't help asking: "What kind of medicine is this?"
Ouyang De said with a smile: "This is a mixture of tiger gall and several kinds of herbs. Panax notoginseng and safflower help the general heal his wounds, and tiger gall helps you detoxify. Take this bowl of medicine
, which is more than ten times more effective than ordinary decoctions." As Ouyang De said, he handed the medicine bowl to Da Kui's mouth, and Da Kui just took a small sip, and suddenly frowned.
Yang Xiaohu smiled and said: "Father, if you are afraid of hardship, I will help you."
Ouyang De nodded and said: "Young General Yang is absolutely right. If you are afraid of the bitterness of the medicine, hold your nose and drink it in one breath."
Dakui didn't say anything after hearing this. He drank a large bowl of medicine with his mouth. After drinking the medicine, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "If you are not afraid of death, why should you be afraid of suffering? Senior, don't underestimate me."
"
Ouyang De chuckled and said, "The general is really brave." After saying that, he took the empty bowl and turned around and walked out of the room with a smile on his face.
As soon as Ouyang De left, Dakui quickly called out: "Bring me some water quickly."
Yang Xiaohu quickly turned around and poured a glass of water into the pot on the table. Dakui couldn't move his arms, so Yang Xiaohu had to feed the water in the cup and drink it. After drinking the water, Dakui breathed a sigh of relief and said: "This medicine
It’s too bitter.”
Yang Xiaohu smiled and said: "Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease. My adoptive father should know this truth."
Hearing this, Dakui complained: "I would rather not get sick." Speaking of this, Dakui not only thought of something, but also hurriedly asked: "My father has been ill in bed these days, and he doesn't know anything about the outside world. This is the only room in this farmhouse.
Bed, but I don’t know where Ouyang’s senior couple is staying?”
Yang Xiaohu then said: "My adoptive father doesn't know something. Senior Ouyang and his wife have been living in a thatched shed under the cliff these days. Senior Ouyang goes into the mountains to collect medicine every day, and when he comes back, he takes good care of you. His wife helps you at the foot of the cliff every day."
The soldiers cook."
Dakui was moved when he heard this and couldn't help but sigh: "Senior Ouyang is so righteous."
Yang Xiaohu continued: "Senior Ouyang said that my adoptive father drove the Tatars out of Pingliang and was the benefactor of the people. He did this to repay the kindness of the people."
Dakui was shocked in his heart and couldn't help but said: "In this case, I should thank my father in person. It is our responsibility to drive out the Tartars. Senior Ouyang understands the righteousness, but we cannot accept favors in vain." As he spoke, Dakui stretched out his legs.
I have to get out of bed.
Yang Xiaohu quickly stopped him and said, "My foster father is still injured and should not move around."
Dakui immediately scolded: "I hurt my arms, not my legs. What does it mean to walk a few steps? Help me up."
Yang Xiaohu couldn't resist, so he had to put on Da Kui's shoes and helped Da Kui out of bed.
After not seeing the sun for a long time, Dakui felt refreshed when he walked outside the house, but when he looked around, he could not see Ouyang De. There was only one soldier in the garden looking at the medicine jar on the fire rack.
Soaking is not just about getting some medicine.
When the soldier saw Dakui, he stood up and saluted: "General."
Dakui nodded slightly and couldn't help asking: "Where did Senior Ouyang go?"
The soldier hurriedly replied: "To tell you what the general said, Senior Ouyang has entered the mountain."
"Well, is this the medicine that Senior Ouyang made for me?" Dakui asked, pointing to the earthen pot on the fire rack.
The soldier said truthfully: "Senior said that the general's energy has recovered in three days and there is no need to take any more medicine. What is stewed in this earthen pot is a tonic."
Hearing this, Dakui not only smiled and said: "Senior Ouyang is really a thoughtful person."
"The general has misunderstood. What is stewed in this earthen pot is tiger kidney. Senior Ouyang said that the general is an extraordinary man in the world and does not need this kind of thing to supplement his body. This tiger kidney is used by senior Ouyang himself."
Dakui was startled when he heard this, and he suddenly understood: 'Ouyang De is old and frail, so he needs to use this tiger kidney to replenish his body...'
Thinking of this, Dakui not only felt great, he immediately took Yang Xiaohu out of the courtyard and prepared to go to the cliffside hut to have a look.
Kang Maocai led his soldiers to guard the chariots and horses. Although there were only twenty people, they could practice as usual every day.
As soon as Dakui entered the camp, Kang Maocai ordered the soldiers to rest for a while, and all the soldiers followed Kang Maocai to greet him.
"General, are you feeling better?" Kang Maocai was the first to ask with concern. All the soldiers also asked questions. Dakui not only smiled and said: "My injury is nothing, it's just because of my impulsiveness that I delayed my return to Lanzhou."
Returning to life is Zhang Dakui's crime."
Kang Maocai laughed when he heard this and said: "Why did the general say this? General Wei is the only one who fights tigers in the Ming army. The general is a role model for us, so what's the crime?"
Dakui just smiled, and a soldier came forward and asked with a smile: "General, the tiger you killed is so big, the tiger meat is enough for us to eat for many days. Hahahaha."
Dakui not only smiled and asked: "How does it taste?"
When Kang Maocai heard this, he kicked the soldier on the butt and cursed with a smile: "You kid, you just know how to eat."
The soldier chuckled and scratched the back of his head, but Kang Maocai said to Dakui: "The general has not recovered yet, and the general has not eaten. How can we eat it? No one has eaten this tiger meat. We have eaten it in the past few days."
Dry food.”
"Hey, why don't you eat?" Dakui said somewhat reproachfully: "Whether in the military or privately, we are all brothers who eat from the same pot. Since we are brothers, we naturally have to share blessings and hardships." Dakui said.
After a while, he asked: "Where is the meat? Come and stew it with me. Today I will eat it with all the brothers."
The soldiers cheered loudly and dispersed to prepare. It was only then that Dakui saw that there were strips of meat hanging under the eaves of those huts. Now that the weather was getting colder, the meat hung there without worrying about getting smelly.
The soldiers gathered firewood and water. In a short time, the pots and stoves were ready, and smoke was rising from the cooking pots.
Ouyang De's wife specially brought several kinds of medicinal materials from home and put them into the pot together. With the help of the soldiers, a large pot of tiger meat was cooked. This good thing cannot be used too much. Tiger meat is a great tonic.
If you eat too much, your body may not be able to bear it.
The tiger meat is slightly sour in the mouth, but very chewy. Especially with the addition of several medicinal herbs, it tastes like taking medicine. Not only did Dakui frown, but the soldiers ate it with gusto.
Ouyang De's wife saw the bitter look on Da Kui's face, but she smiled and said: "The general doesn't know, this stewed tiger meat was specially ordered by my old man. He said that the general is too tired and weak, so this tiger meat
It can replenish the body. Therefore, I specially ordered the servants to prepare the medicine and stew the meat according to the prescription." He chuckled and looked around at the soldiers who were eating meat, and then continued: "Ordinary people eat this tiger meat, which can ward off the cold and strengthen the body.
Sick people can greatly replenish their vitality by eating it, but the general is tall and thin, so he needs to eat more."
It was what Ouyang De had told him, so Dakui naturally believed it and immediately started eating.
Yang Xiaohu, Kang Maocai and all the soldiers each ate a big bowl, but they refused to eat any more. Because some soldiers had nosebleeds after eating the tiger meat and before they had a cup of tea, they kept crying. These people
All of them are in good health, but they have over-replenished themselves by eating tiger meat.
But Dakui had been poisoned by Fang Jiutian, and he was so thin that he needed to take supplements. When he ate this, he was sweating profusely and still kept mouthing. This tiger meat tastes sour at first, but after eating too much, it becomes extremely delicious.
Everyone ate most of the large pot of tiger meat, but there were still five or six bowls left. Da Kui actually ate three large bowls in one go.
Yang Xiaohu was dumbfounded when he sat next to Dakui. It wasn't until Dakui finished eating and wiped his mouth that he asked: "Father, is your injury okay?"
Dakui couldn't help being surprised when he heard this. He had served the dishes and chopsticks by himself when he had just eaten the meat. At first, the injury was a little painful, but now he felt that the injury was slightly warm, but it didn't hurt anymore. Dakui stood up and felt energetic all over his body.
I just want to run around and be happy.
"You wait here to pack your bags and prepare to leave at noon. I'll go for a walk and I'll be back in a few minutes." Dakui said and left the camp alone without waiting for Yang Xiaohu or Kang Mao to say anything.
On the road, Dakui felt that his whole body was unbearably hot. He took off his cotton robe every now and then, leaving only his middle coat on.
This was the east-west post road. Dakui not only took a deep breath but ran all the way towards the due east.
Dakui tried his best to run along this way, but the scenery on both sides seemed to be flying backwards, as if he was riding on the wind.
Da Kui walked this road, and it still took him two hours to reach the south slope. But this time, Da Kui tried his best and reached the west of the south slope in only an hour and a half. Da Kui never expected that he would finish this meal of tiger meat.
, his own power actually increased greatly.
He stopped and looked around, and the surrounding fields were vast. Da Kui adjusted his breath and did not feel tired at all. His whole body was originally hot, but after running, the feeling of hotness in his body was reduced a lot. Da Kui was ecstatic in his heart,
My body finally recovered.
Along the way he came, Dakui ran at full speed again, this time running as fast as the wind and lightning.
It was just after noon when he returned to the camp, and Dakui retrieved the cotton robe thrown on the roadside and dressed neatly. Then he entered the camp and joined everyone.
When he was about to leave, he naturally had to say goodbye to Ouyang De. Da Kui ordered Kang Maocai to lead the troops ahead while he and Yang Xiaohu stayed to wait for Ouyang De.
Less than half an hour later, I finally saw Ouyang De who had returned from going into the mountains to collect herbs.
Seeing Da Kui and Yang Xiaohu wearing armor, they were about to leave.
Ouyang De felt a little reluctant in his heart: "General, if you leave now, when will you come back?"
Dakui smiled and said: "As a soldier, I can't help myself. I have to take care of you these days, senior Ouyang." After saying that, he turned around and took out a bag of silver that had been prepared from the saddlebag of the horse. He was going to hand it to Ouyang De.
De, on the other hand, refused repeatedly.
Dakui sighed: "In the battle of Pingliang, without the help of senior Ouyang, the outcome is probably unknown. Zhang was traveling in danger in the mountains, how could Zhang survive without the help of seniors?"