Chapter 318: The choice between saving and killing Hua Tuo
Chapter 318: The choice between saving and killing Hua Tuo
When a sharp arrow is shot, what kind of reaction will people have? Fear? Afraid? There will be no feeling, because before you feel it, the arrow has been shot into your body, and you can only feel pain.
"Ah..." A clear female voice sounded, but it was Cai Yan. For some reason, the sharp arrow originally shot at Xu's mother was shot at Cai Yan.
"No!" The mistress was actually being assassinated in front of his eyes. Dian Man's eyes were filled with anger. He strode forward, grabbed the man holding the short crossbow, and was about to perform Dian Wei's best trick of tearing people alive.
"Leave Alive" is indeed the mother of Xu Shu. When she was assassinated for the first time, she reacted quickly.
Norimitsu was stunned for a moment, and immediately held the assassin's chin with his hand and squeezed it hard. There was a click, and the assassin's mandible broke. Let alone biting his tongue to commit suicide, or biting out the poison hidden in his teeth, the assassin was still alive.
Whether you can speak clearly is a big question
"What are you doing standing there? Why don't you call the doctor?" Seeing Dianman looking at Cai Yan blankly, Xu's mother shouted and called him back to his senses. Dianman quickly handed the assassin to the guards and took him to the prison. He went to call the doctor himself.
Doctor, and informed Tian Feng that Mistress Tian Feng was assassinated in front of her home. This is not a trivial matter.
You know, if you want to enter the inner city of Chang'an, you have to go through a very strict review. Under such strict review, an assassin actually sneaked in. This is not a question of who to assassinate, but a loophole in Chang'an's defense.
At the beginning, Liu Zhang changed the Chang'an Imperial Palace into the inner city in order to ensure the safety of the families under his command so that they would not have to worry about when they were fighting abroad. Now, there are loopholes in the defense of the inner city of Chang'an, which may affect the status of Liu Zhang's people during the war.
And leading to a defeat is more likely to make people under Liu Zhang's rule panic.
After receiving the notice from Dianman, Tian Feng was shocked. The situation in Chang'an was obviously beyond his expectation. While understanding the situation, he asked Jinyang for instructions. Even Xi Zhicai, who was recuperating at home, was also alarmed.
For a time, the city of Chang'an was in turmoil. However, although the situation in the inner city of Chang'an was tense, it did not affect the outer city. There were just a lot more soldiers coming and going. The people thought that Liu Zhang was going to fight Yuan Shao again.
In Jinyang City, looking at Guo Jia and Zhou Yu, they were getting better and better day by day under the treatment of Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo. Liu Zhang was in an unusually good mood. Now, the most unhappy thing in Liu Zhang's heart was the attack in Yangquan City.
Yuan Shao's army refused to attack and retreated.
"Reporting to the lord, information about Chang'an" Liu Zhang was crossing his legs and chatting and laughing with Guo Jia and Zhou Yu in the ward, when a junior high school student rushed into the ward without knowing what was going on.
"Huh?" Seeing the word "urgent" printed on the information, not only Liu Zhang, but also Zhou Yu and Guo Jia snorted. Chang'an was Liu Zhang's seat. Apart from Chengdu, it was the safest place. How could there be urgent information?
Liu Zhang took the information and read it roughly, and his face turned green.
"Lord, what happened?" Seeing Liu Zhang's face ashen, Guo Jia and Zhou Yu felt something was wrong.
"It's nothing, you guys take good care of yourself." Liu Zhang balled up the information and was about to go out.
"Big brother" Zhou Yu shouted: "Although we are not in good health, our minds are still there and we can still make suggestions for big brother. Why should big brother see us as so fragile?"
"Okay." Liu Zhang breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "We will discuss it again when Wen He comes over. You guys take a look at this first."
Passing the information to Zhou Yu and Guo Jia, their expressions changed after reading it. Although Zhou Yu did not have any family members in Chang'an, he always wanted to get married and start a business, and Guo Jia had more family members in Chang'an. An assassin appeared in the inner city of Chang'an. Regardless of whether he assassinated
Whoever it is is a huge threat to everyone under Liu Zhang’s command.
The "Meet the Lord" information was sent by Jia Xu. He knew that after Liu Zhang got the information, he would come to him for discussion. Seeing that the information had been sent to Liu Zhang for a long time without any reply, Jia Xu had to find it himself.
"Wen He, sit down." Liu Zhang asked, holding the information: "Someone assassinated Zhao Ji. What do you think?"
"I don't understand." Jia Xu frowned and said: "Assassinating the mistress will obviously anger the lord. No matter Yuan Shao, Cao Cao or Sun Ce, they should not do such stupid things. Could it be that Yuan Shao was forced by the lord and wanted to distract the lord?
?He can’t be so stupid, right?”
"Who could have done it? Cao Cao? Sun Ce?" Liu Zhang said with some uncertainty, "Or Liu Xuande?"
"Liu Bei has been wandering around for a long time, how could there be any dead soldiers?" Jia Xu frowned and said: "Maybe it was the princes that my lord destroyed before, like Zhang Lu and Han Sui."
"Zhang Lu, Han Sui..." Liu Zhang sneered: "They have already hid in the territory of foreigners. If I don't bother them, they have to burn incense to fulfill their vows. How dare they come against me? Are you really looking for death? Wen He, I listen.
You said you caught him alive?"
"There is a living person, but..." Jia Xu smiled bitterly and said: "This person is a dead man. Yuan Hao tried his best but couldn't pry his mouth open."
"Then don't pry." Liu Zhang sneered and said, "Tell Yuan Hao, if the man doesn't do anything, break his bones into pieces piece by piece starting from the fingers. If he doesn't do anything, use the Ling Chi method to kill him."
I cut it into pieces”
"This..." Jia Xu said with a cold sweat: "Lord, it's a bit difficult."
"It's okay." Liu Zhang said with a sinister smile: "I have an expert tell Yuan Hao to do this. If he can't do it, he should raise the dead soldier for me first."
"Yes..." Jia Xu asked, sweating profusely: "Lord, who has such ability?"
"Doctor Hua Tuo Hua" Liu Zhang bared his teeth and smiled like an owl in the night. He said softly: "Doctor Hua is good at treating trauma, but there are some treatment methods. If you don't experiment, how do you know if they can be used? I love people like
Even if they are prisoners, they will not be used for experiments. Since these dead soldiers have such tough mouths, they can be used by Dr. Hua for research."
"I'm afraid Mr. Hua won't agree," Jia Xu said hesitantly: "After all, doctors are parents. Dr. Hua is a person who treats diseases and saves people. How could he agree to experiment on living people?"
"I will convince him." Liu Zhang asked: "Wenhe, the intelligence does not indicate the extent of Madam's injury. Do you know how Madam is doing?"
"This..." Jia Xu looked troubled, but Liu Zhang asked and he had to say something. After hesitating for a long time, under Liu Zhang's anxious urging, Jia Xu said: "My lord, the situation of the mistress is not optimistic."
"What? The arrow is poisonous?" Seeing Jia Xu hesitating, Liu Zhang immediately thought of the reason.
"Exactly..." Now that he had said it, Jia Xu explained Cai Yan's situation in detail like he was pouring beans through a bamboo tube. Zhou Yu and Guo Jia were shocked, while Liu Zhang's face had turned livid and black.
"Come here, please invite Mr. Zhang and Doctor Hua." Chang'an doctors had no choice but to ask Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo for help. Soon, Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo came. They thought Zhou Yu and Guo Jia were seriously ill.
What repetition?
Seeing that Zhou Yu and Guo Jia were fine and had a piece of information, Zhang Ji said angrily: "Marquis Champion, don't you know that Mr. Guo and General Zhou are weak and need to be recuperated? Why do you come to them with military information?"
"Mr. Zhang, don't be upset. Gong Jin is not dealing with military matters, but urgent reports from Chang'an." Liu Zhang said with a sad face: "My wife was assassinated and is now in danger. I would like to invite two gentlemen to go to Chang'an with me."
"I see." Zhang Jixiao asked, "I wonder how Madam is doing?"
"The body is poisoned, and the doctors in Chang'an are at a loss what to do." Liu Zhang sighed: "If it weren't for this, I wouldn't dare bother you two."
"Then what does the Champion want me to do?" Hua Tuo asked doubtfully: "My wife was hit by a poisonous arrow, so she shouldn't need me."
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "I would like to ask Mr. Hua to help me interrogate a dead soldier."
"Ah?" Hua Tuo exclaimed in surprise: "Marquis Champion, I am a doctor, not an executioner. If you want me to become an executioner, then I have no choice but to say goodbye."
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "Mr. Hua misunderstood, I think you must know what a dead soldier is."
"Of course" Hua Tuo nodded.
"Since he is a dead soldier, after achieving his goal, he can die. It can be said that the dead soldier I captured will only die in the end. I wonder what Mr. Hua thinks?" Liu Zhang smiled with a smile on his face, which made everyone a little confused.
"This is natural, but what does it have to do with me?" Hua Tuo still didn't understand. Whether the dead man was destined to die, and what it had to do with him helping Liu Zhang in interrogating him.
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "When I asked you to stay, I once said that I would provide you with things for medical research, including corpses. It is impossible for me to use the corpses of the people under my rule or the corpses of my soldiers for your research. What do you think?"
"With the character of Champion Hou Aimin and his concern for his soldiers, of course he would not use the corpses of the common people or soldiers under his command, but what does this have to do with me?" Hua Tuo said impatiently: "I would like to ask Champion Hou to speak frankly. otherwise…"
"Doctor Hua, don't be anxious, listen to me carefully." Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Actually, what I mean is very simple. Since a dead man is destined to die, why doesn't Dr. Hua use him for research? It can be considered a waste while using you for research. By the way, Ask for me and see if you can get something out of his mouth. Even if you can't, the value of a living person is always greater than a corpse."
"This..." Hua Tuo frowned and said, "After all, I am a living person, I..."
"Doctor Hua" Liu Zhang said very seriously: "No matter what you do, you have to pay a price. You also know that if you want to study the structure of the human body, it is best to use living people, but you can't pass your level with living people. Now. , I have captured the enemy’s dead soldier, and I will eventually kill him. Whether this dead soldier is studied by you alive or after death, what difference does it make?”
"According to what the Champion Hou said, there really is no difference." Hua Tuo smiled bitterly and said: "Champion Hou, you are forcing me to become yours completely."
"Doctor Hua, do you think you are not one of my people?" Liu Zhang asked back, then laughed and said: "Doctor Hua, if you want to achieve a great career, sometimes you have to give up something. For example, let's say you killed a person today. , tomorrow you can save thousands or ten thousand people, but you don’t like killing, so you can kill some people who are bound to die. In my opinion, among the people who are bound to die, there are the most evil ones, and there are also these dead people.”
"Sigh... The champion Hou is so eloquent that I can't defeat you." Hua Tuo smiled and said, "I will help you reluctantly."
"Thank you so much, Doctor Hua..." Liu Zhang bowed and saluted, leaving everyone dumbfounded...