Li Aung Yi supported one of his sick legs and walked to the door to respectfully escort the saint away.
Gu Yuanbai walked farther, his footsteps suddenly stopped and he looked sideways towards the back, Li Aon Yi was still standing in the same place, still respectfully escorting him.
The distance blurred the expressions on the faces of the two men, but Li Aon Yi looked as if his right leg had never been broken, his back slightly hunched, no different from before.
As long as he doesn't move, the onlookers can't see through it.
Gu Yuanbai turned back and boarded the carriage, Tian Fusheng accidentally glanced down, then saw the saint's eyes slightly narrowed, the corner of the lips slightly picking up the appearance of turning the jade trigger finger. Tian Fusheng hurriedly bowed his head, the saint is clearly already moved to kill.
Two years ago, when His Majesty executed Lu Feng, he looked like this.
The carriage slowly moved and slowly disappeared behind the street corner. Li Aung Yi was still standing at the gate, and the attendant behind him held him up and whispered, "Your Highness, why don't you hide?"
"Hiding?" Li Aung Yi laughed as he patted his right leg, "Broke a leg and saved a life. Isn't this deal worth it?"
Squire: "That's a broken leg."
"But to settle the Emperor's heart," Li Aung Yi narrowed his eyes and was assisted towards the bedroom, "If I hide, this life is going to be completely taken by Emperor Daheng."
Emperor Daheng really kills and decides, he has already given his hands to his own handle, Gu Convergence still does not believe him.
*
Gu Yuanbai's carriage arrived at the Ministry of Industry's shipbuilding workshop.
The Minister of Industry and the left and right ministers have been waiting here, accompanying the saint to look at the recently built building ships, car ships, sea migratory birds and other sea warships.
This one behemoth appeared in front of the eyes, tilting his head and looking up, amazed and marveling in more ways than one.
Ancient shipbuilding technology is the world's first-class, which is Gu Yuanbai dared to fanfare anti-drug and send sailors to the coast of the bottom of the large warships are not in short supply, small and medium-sized warships is more solid, in the car ship on both sides of the installation of the winch, turn up will be able to horror of the enemy ship will be strangled in the depths of the sea.
The weapons that matched the battleships were equipped, and Gu Yuanbai looked over the specifications of the cannonballs and bows and arrows. Every battleship had to be prepared with war equipment for fire attacks, and oil, a combustion aid, was essential.
Because of the Tang Dynasty's powerful navy, the Ministry of Public Works has never had a lot of money to build ships. After Gu Yuanbai came to power, he even invested millions and millions of taels into it for shipbuilding supplies. From the previous dynasty to now, the battleships that Daheng can take out to fight are counted in thousands.
Even if Daheng's ships were small or medium-sized, one ship could take about two hundred soldiers, and a traditional large warship like a building ship could take about five hundred soldiers.
Gu Yuanbai believed that even if a sudden war broke out now, he wouldn't lose even if he wouldn't win.
The only weakness is that the Daheng Marine Division has been deserted for many years.
If a weapon is sharp, and if the person in charge of the weapon fails to utilize its power, what is the difference between a child with a sword and an adult with bare shoulders?
Gu Yuanbai naturally hadn't forgotten about the training of the sailors, but if the people behind the Western Xia had long been preparing for decades, how could the soldiers he had urged out in just two years fight with others? In this battle, Daheng must be cautious and careful.
After coming out of the shipbuilding workshop, Gu Yuanbai went back to the palace with full blood and wariness. His expression was sharp, and his robe and feet flew between his steps. Xue Yuan looked at him several times, and always had the feeling that the little emperor was about to charge into battle.
But His Holiness was walking fast for a few steps, and then he felt some slight gasping for breath.
As his steps slowed down, Gu Yuanbai turned his head sideways and asked Tian Fusheng, "There has been no news of Lady Doctor Jiang's uncle so far?"
Xue Yuan followed behind, after hearing the three words "female doctor Jiang", he frowned slightly. After he returned to the court, he deliberately went to inquire about the woman who was rumored to be in love with the saint, and the "female doctor" mentioned by the palace attendant should be this one.
Tian Fusheng lowered his voice: "Your Majesty, Dr. Jiang's grandfather and uncle were separated while fleeing the famine in Hebei. Our people have gone from house to house to check, and so far there is no news, but Hebei is so big and there are so many remote places, it is not surprising that the investigation has been slow."
"And this fleeing people ah, back then where there are rations to eat, will go where," Tian Fusheng thought about it, "Maybe the ginger lady doctor's uncle has long left Hebei, the world is big, the left is only three provinces around, we can definitely find him this person."
"It's been forty years since they were separated," Gu Yuanbai sighed, his demeanor calm, "Even if her uncle was only in the year of the dancing spoon back then1, he's now fifty years old."
Are they really alive?
The chance was so remote that Gu Yuanbai hadn't held out much hope. But as long as there was a formula for treating him in this world, it was bound to be known by more than one person. What he wanted most was not the ginger lady doctor's uncle, but the medical skills in her uncle's hands.
Books, sometimes, are better to find than people.
Gu Yuanbai suddenly frowned in thought, "I seem to have heard the word Hebei some time ago."
"Pure Dust Temple, a famous monk from Hebei," Xue Yuan suddenly spoke, "I still remember it clearly. That day when Yu Lu stopped him in front of the courtyard before, the words that came out of this monk's mouth carried a Hebei accent."
Yes, Gu Yuanbai came to a realization as he casually asked, "How old does that monk look?"
"Still young in age," Xue Yuan said, "but calm in his replies."
Gu Yuanbai nodded gently and didn't ask again.
When it comes to nap time, Xue Yuan personally went up to wait for the saint to go to bed, gently tugging on the saint's waist ribbon, asked in a low voice: "The saint, this Jiang female doctor and who is it?"
"A native of Lizhou." Gu Yuanbai returned.
Xue Yuan abruptly jerked off his belt, his smooth and bright outer robe scattering in all directions as if it were a flower in bloom, he got up and bent over, removing the garment at the saint's shoulders, "The saint knows full well that this is not the thing I want to ask about."
The arm was lifted, and the outer robe was removed from the cuffs. Xue Yuan was close and moved slowly, Gu Yuanbai's face brushing past his chest from time to time. Xue Yuan had been marching for many years, and was originally a person who did not pay attention to himself, but the smell of his body was not unpleasant, but instead had a unique, as if accumulated over the years, smell of the clash of arms.
The smell is of sand, desert, and fireworks.
Gu Yuanbai was somewhat lost in thought until her fingertips were touched, "Her ancestors studied medicine, and medical books are useful to me."
Xue Yuan's expression was stark, "I know."
The palace guards in the inner hall were all burying their heads in their own business, and the guards outside the hall stood straight with their backs to this. Xue Yuan lowered his head and happened to meet Gu Yuanbai's raised face, the corners of his lips met and flew away from each other.
This is clearly cheating.
Such an unintentional touch in turn provoked an itch. There was something missing inside his lips, and he only wanted the other party to lick it and gently bite on it. The feeling in his memories was too comfortable, so comfortable that Gu Yuanbai wanted to pull Xue Yuan's collar at this moment, forcing him to lower his head and forcibly kiss him again. But if he did so, wouldn't he be completely haunted by Xue Yuan?
Gu Yuanbai said not to whore Xue Yuan, the first few times of intimacy can not be regarded as his whoring people. Now if the pro pro whored, that can really be responsible for it.
Gu Yuanbai's face remained unchanged, not wanting to take charge, "Go down."
Xue Yuan's eyes darkened, he touched his lips, and his chest began to be unfaithful again, beating as if several crazy-like wolf horses were banging around.
Standing still, unable to leave.
Gu Yuanbai lowered his head to straighten the hem of his coat, and looking at him not leaving yet, he raised his eyebrows and looked up. He was about to laugh at him for a few moments, but as soon as this head was raised, Xue Yuan bent down violently and sucked vigorously on his lips, and with a pain on his lips, Xue Yuan had already stood up and left in large strides.
"...... "Gu Yuanbai tsked and whispered, "Sick."
He slowly got into bed and was about to close his eyes and fall asleep. Outside, however, a few hurried footsteps sounded, accompanied by inaudible whispers, and the door to the bedchamber was suddenly knocked on.
The knocking grew more urgent and disturbing.
An unpleasant premonition rose in Gu Yuanbai's heart, and he abruptly propped himself up from the bed, his black hair hanging down behind him, scattered and messy.
"What?" Clutching the bedding.
The guards' voices outside tightened, "Your Holiness, Mrs. Wan, Mrs. Wan ......"
Gu Yuanbai's breath sank and his entire body had frozen on the bed as he heard himself ask, "What happened to Mrs. Wan?"
"Consort Wan is seriously ill and her life is in danger," the guards said with difficulty, "the guards of the palace are waiting in the hall with their waist tags."
The heavens and the earth seemed to be still.
Gu Yuanbai was clearly sitting on the bed, but it was as if he was floating between the clouds, without a solid landing spot. Only after a long time did he say, "I don't believe it."
This is certainly again which enemy in the dark tricks. The palace is protected by Gu Yuanbai's people impermeable, the Imperial Doctor had also written a few days ago, said that the Wan Tai Fei rare in recent days have some spirit, how can it be so life-threatening it?
Gu Yuanbai laughed, "A trick, do you really think I will step in twice?"
He wanted to get out of bed to punish those guards who dared to inform false news, the covers were raised, but he was abruptly weak and dizzy when his feet hit the ground.
Gu Yuanbai violently grabbed the bed frame, and the peace button tied next to the bed was hooked by the tail finger and fell to the ground, "snapping", breaking into pieces.
The door was violently slammed open, but in an instant, Gu Yuanbai was picked up by Xue Yuan. Gu Yuanbai was lost in thought as he looked at his tail finger, how could he be so careless, it was too unlucky.
"Take me out." The voice was low.
Xue Yuan held Gu Yuanbai in silence as he walked out, and the people kneeling outside were the very people Gu Yuanbai had sent to protect Mrs. Wan. These people were loyal and Gu Yuanbai trusted them, but seeing them at this moment, the young and thin emperor's eyes were red and his face was frozen.
"Your Holiness," the guards of the Palace were haggard, their eyes overflowing with blood, "Mrs. Wan, she--"
"I don't believe it," Gu Yuanbai interrupted them gently, "It's not enough to lie to me once, but you want to lie to me a second time? Come on, prepare the horses, I want to rush to the palace quickly."
Tian Fusheng flung himself to his knees and risked his life to advise, "Your Majesty, your body can't take it!"
Gu Yuanbai said, "Prepare the horses."
The head guard with his men also sank to his knees, anxious, "Please think twice, Your Majesty!"
Naturally, they couldn't stop Gu Yuanbai, but Gu Yuanbai looked at the people kneeling all over the ground, and the color of blood slowly dyed his expression red.
Consort Wan was seriously ill, perhaps she would die tomorrow, perhaps before he had even gotten the news. The only way to get there to see Mrs. Wan for the last time was to hurry up, so why stop him?
Because of his body? Was it because of this useless body that he couldn't even see Princess Wan one last time?
Gu Yuanbai gritted his teeth, an odor of blood spreading in his throat, his teeth trembled as he squeezed out one word at a time, "Xue Yuan, prepare a horse and take me to the palace."
The hall was silent, and no one dared to make a sound. Just when Gu Yuanbai thought that Xue Yuan wouldn't make a sound either, Xue Yuan suddenly turned back to the inner hall with Gu Yuanbai in his arms, found a cloak and shoes and socks, and walked briskly in front of the crowd with the saint in his arms, saying succinctly, "Now go."
Gu Yuanbai's hand around his neck slowly tightened, the back of his shoulders trembling.
He didn't look at the road under his feet, only knowing that Xue Yuan's footsteps were extremely fast, and without knowing how long he had been walking, he had already walked into the middle of the stables, and said in a loud voice, "Red Cloud!"
The fiery horse neighs a few times, Gu Yuanbai turns around and is carried by Xue Yuan onto the back of the red cloud, her shoes and socks are put on by a pair of warm and dry palms, and a thick cloak covers her body as Xue Yuan rolls onto the horse and pulls over the reins with a flourish.
The mane fluttered, and a cold wind came through. June was clearly already warm with spring winds, but Gu Yuanbai felt unusually cold at this time, so cold that his fingers were so stiff that he couldn't bend them.
The palace gates faded, the bustling markets faded, the walls of the capital faded.
Xue Yuan reached out from behind him and held Gu Yuanbai's stiff fingers.
"I must go and see her one last time," Gu Yuanbai murmured, "If I don't see her this time, I will never see her, she will never see me again."
At that time, even if you run to the ends of the earth, even if you call out loudly, even if you have the power, even if you have the money, you can't change this side of Princess Wan.
It's the little emperor's mother. It's his mother, too.
Xue Yuan said forcefully, "See."