In the prime location of Xianyang City, outside the mansion of Marquis Wugong, which occupies a vast area.
There was not a lot of traffic as many people thought, and there was no scene where many Xianyang dignitaries came to visit Wugong Hou.
You must know that Marquis Wu Gong only became seriously ill after taking the medicine given by the emperor.
Just hearing this thing makes people feel abnormal.
Not to mention the various gossips and rumors circulating in Xianyang city now.
It is said that the lieutenant's army has arrested more than ten people who spread rumors in the city, and now their heads have been hung up in public.
Most of the ministers in the court are human beings. Who dares to get involved before the situation is clear?
The only ones who could care about Wu Gonghou and come here to visit him at this time are probably his few true confidants.
"Let us go in, we want to see the king!"
Black Butt stood at the door and shouted loudly to the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion who was blocking the door.
After his death, Shejian, Lu Wan, Zhongli Mei, Li Shiqi, and Li Shang who stayed in Xianyang City all came.
As for Xiao He, Fan Kuai and Cao Shen, after receiving the title, they returned to Sishui County to wait for future appointments and were not here.
Black Hips, Shejian and others all looked excited, hoping to come into the mansion to visit Zhao Tuo.
The man standing in front of the door was named Meng Zhong. He was the dowry of the eldest princess. Because of his seriousness and ability, he was appointed as the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion.
Now facing these high-ranking nobles who were excited and wanted to enter the mansion, Meng Zhong couldn't help but said nervously: "Don't embarrass me, the prince has ordered you not to see guests today, so please go back first."
"Impossible. Your Majesty loves us the most. There's no way he won't see us. Let me see you, Your Majesty."
Black Buttocks screamed, his eyes filled with tears.
Zhong Lizhen and Lu Wan also requested.
Li Shiqi's face changed, he stretched out his hand to stop everyone, and said to Meng Zhong: "Is Mr. Jun sober?"
Meng Zhong knew that the people in front of him were all close associates of Marquis Wugong. He hesitated for a moment and then said: "Back to Li Zuogeng, the Marquis is just ill and unable to move, but the rest is fine. I have informed the Marquis about your arrival.
After the report, he asked you to go back first and recover later, and then invited you to come and talk."
Li Shiqi couldn't help but sigh slightly when he thought of the scene where he was talking to Zhao Tuo yesterday and he was still lively and chatting with him about the alchemist.
He stopped shouting and said: "Since the Lord has said so, we don't want to disturb the Lord here. Let's go back first."
Hei Butt gritted his teeth and said: "The Lord is suddenly ill and I don't know what he is like. It really hurts my heart. If I can't see the Lord with my own eyes, how can I go back."
"That's enough. The Lord has ordered you not to disobey."
It was Shebama who spoke. He stared at the black buttocks with red eyes, and his hands in his sleeves were trembling slightly.
The black buttocks were glared at by Shejian, and he lowered his head and said with tears: "Shejian, your lord..."
There was a sound in the distance.
Everyone looked back with stunned expressions.
That is the emperor's car.
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"Your Majesty, the Wugong Hou Mansion has arrived."
Zhao Gao stopped the carriage skillfully and respectfully responded to the First Emperor in the carriage.
A faint "hmm" sound came from the car.
The First Emperor took off the curtain of the carriage and stepped out of the carriage.
"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Li Shiqi and others saw it from a distance, and they all knelt down and bowed.
The First Emperor glanced at them and saw that they were all members of the "Zhao Party", so he nodded in agreement, waved them off, and then strode towards the Marquis's residence.
Watching the emperor walking towards the Hou Mansion, Hei Butt gritted his teeth and looked at Shejian again.
Shebama's face was expressionless.
Zhong Lizhen and Lu Wan clenched their fists and stared at the emperor's back.
Li Shiqi whispered: "The prince is the emperor's son-in-law and the pillar of the country. He is deeply loved by the emperor. Now the emperor comes to visit the prince in person. I think the person following him is the imperial doctor Xia Wuji. He should be
I came here specifically to treat you. You must not believe in rumors."
No one said anything.
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The magnificent and spacious mansion of Marquis Wugong was in chaos due to the arrival of the emperor.
Facing the First Emperor who strode into the palace, many maids and servants knelt on both sides in panic, trembling with fear.
The First Emperor ignored them, just let the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion lead the way, and strode towards the house with Xia Wuche and others.
"I have met my father."
A slim figure walked out of the house and saluted the First Emperor.
The First Emperor paused and saw that the person in front of him was his daughter Ying Yinman.
Compared to the lively and lively girl she looked like in the palace, now that Ying Yinman is married to a woman, as a mother, she already has a graceful attitude that belongs to a woman.
It's just that today she looks a little pale, and there seems to be a faint trace of tears on her face.
This made the First Emperor's heart suddenly tighten.
He said in a deep voice: "How is Zhao Tuo?"
Ying Yinman stared at the emperor, bit her lip and said: "After my beloved took the medicine yesterday, he suffered from unbearable abdominal pain in the middle of the night. He tossed and turned and had to go to the toilet more than ten times. Now he can only lie in bed and cannot pay his respects to the emperor for the time being."
The expressions of the First Emperor and everyone behind him changed drastically.
The abdominal pain is unbearable.
Used the toilet more than ten times.
Lying on the bed, unable to move.
The First Emperor thought of a disease name in his mind, looked at Xia Wuji behind him, and asked: "Is it pi?"
Intestinal dysentery was described in the "Nei Jing". In later generations, it was also called "dysentery".
In this era when medicine is still relatively immature, this disease can really kill people, and the mortality rate is not low.
Facing the name spoken by the emperor, Xia Wuqi, even though he was a royal physician, felt sweat on his forehead. He shook his head and said, "You have to read it first before talking."
The First Emperor nodded, but his face turned dark.
He motioned for Ying Yinman to lead the way and followed him towards the house.
The four words Ying Yinman just said were still echoing in the ears of the First Emperor.
After taking medicine.
Is Zhao Tuo's illness really caused by taking the medicine I gave him?
Then why is it okay if I eat it?
Thinking of the vicious rumors spread by Yao Jia in the palace, the anger in the Emperor's heart rose again.
He had no intention of harming Zhao Tuo at all.
Now the First Emperor was in the prime of life and had the ambition to suppress the world. No matter how great Zhao Tuo's achievements were, he had never been afraid of it.
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He couldn't even appreciate it, so how could he harm it?
When the First Emperor walked into the house and saw Zhao Tuo lying on the bed with a pale face, his heart became even heavier and uncomfortable.
Zhao Tuo opened his mouth: "I... Zhao Tuo... I have met your Majesty, and I would like to ask your Majesty, please forgive me... I cannot..."
"No need to salute, no need to say anything."
The First Emperor spoke quickly, and felt very uncomfortable when he heard Zhao Tuo's trembling voice and the sweat that broke out on his head as soon as he spoke.
"I... thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhao Tuo spoke weakly, and Ying Yinman quickly stepped forward, took out a piece of silk cloth, and carefully wiped the sweat from Zhao Tuo's forehead.
Seeing this scene, the First Emperor felt panicked.
He thought of what Zhao Tuo once looked like.
Above the main hall, a young man held his head high and scolded the assassin angrily.
On the swearing-in stage, General Qin was full of heroic spirit.
He rode his horse and whipped his whip, destroyed the six kingdoms in the east, and conquered the barbarians in the north. What a heroic spirit, but now he has become so weak.
The First Emperor took a deep breath and said: "Zhao Qing rests first, I will show you Wu. He is the best doctor in Xianyang."
Xia Wuji took the order and stepped forward. He bowed to Zhao Tuo first and said, "I have seen the prince."
"It's time to work."
Zhao Tuo smiled weakly, and a sense of vigilance flashed in his heart.
Xia Wuqi.
This was the most famous doctor in the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Although Xia Wuqie was famous not for his medical skills, but for his "accurate medicine bag throwing skills", he won the Qin Wangzheng's "Wu Qi loves me" and the reward of two hundred yi gold.
But as a doctor, Xia Wuqi was able to appear at the court meeting where King Qin Zheng met with Yan's envoy Jing Ke, which in itself showed that his medical skills were extraordinary, otherwise he would not have been able to go to court with a medicine bag.
Therefore, when Xia Wuqie first looked at Zhao Tuo's face and then asked him to stick out his tongue to look at it, Zhao Tuo's forehead kept breaking out with sweat.
"Please also please tell me your symptoms."
Xia Wuji sat beside the couch, put a hand on Zhao Tuo's wrist, felt his pulse, and asked.
Zhao Tuo took a deep breath, gathered some strength, and said in one breath: "I suddenly had abdominal pain in the middle of the night yesterday. I felt like something was rolling and tingling in my stomach...intestine. I went...to the toilet, about eleven or two times, at the beginning.
The discharge was colored and later turned into pus..."
Zhao Tuo spoke intermittently.
Xia Wuji nodded seriously.
The patient's description of the symptoms is very important and critical.
After all, there are some things that doctors cannot see.
Listen to Zhao Tuo's account.
The First Emperor next to him had begun to sweat on his forehead.
If he remembers correctly, sometimes after taking the strange medicine offered by the alchemist, his excrement would actually appear in other colors.
After a while, Zhao Tuo finished speaking, and Xia Wuji also finished cutting his pulse.
He said in a deep voice: "The Lord's body is indeed in a state of great weakness. The onset of illness is so rapid. It is possible that external evil has entered the body. I don't know what food the Lord ate last night."
Zhao Tuo sighed: "Yesterday I ate some pasta, gourds, sunflower seeds, and some tangerines and fruits from the south. They are all common things. They are also eaten on weekdays, so there should be no problem."
Next to her, Ying Yinman frowned slightly.
If she remembered correctly, Zhao Tuo had never eaten oranges since he got married, but yesterday he suddenly asked someone to bring some oranges from Chudi, and there were quite a lot of them, which is a bit strange now that he thinks about it.
However, Ying Yinman had also eaten those oranges from the Chu region, and there was no difference. She thought for a moment and said, "I also ate the food that the Lord ate yesterday, so there should be no problem."
Xia Wuji nodded.
Zhao Tuo smiled bitterly, lowered his head and said, "I took that medicine again later."
The First Emperor trembled.
Zhao Tuo was pale and weak. He could not even speak intermittently. He sweated every time he opened his mouth. He even went to the toilet more than ten times a night.
All these indicate that there is something wrong with what he eats.
Xia Wuji also said the "big words".
The First Emperor suddenly looked back and looked at Meng Yi, the general who was following behind him.
"Go and bring all the alchemists who are refining medicine to me. No one should be left behind! Bring the medicines they refined as well. Meng Yi, go in person!"
"only!"
Meng Yi immediately accepted the order and stepped back.
Looking at Meng Yi's leaving figure, there was fire burning in the eyes of the First Emperor.
Before he left the palace, he had already asked people to detain the alchemists to prevent them from escaping, and to prepare for interrogation by the Tingwei Mansion.
But now, the First Emperor felt that it was not enough and he had to bring those alchemists over immediately.
He couldn't wait a moment.
If there is really something wrong with the medicine.
Then there will be heads rolling in and blood flowing like rivers.