At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 859 Plague?

Let’s say that after Chai Shao left Gao Bufan’s imperial tent, he returned to the camp outside Tonghua Gate with the gifts from the imperial court. When he saw Ma Sanbao waiting anxiously outside the camp gate, he smiled and said, “It’s as you expected, Sanbao, Your Majesty.” Not only did he not mind the matter, he also gave Da Lang and Er Lang some rewards as a meeting gift."

But Ma Sanbao said anxiously: "Let's not talk about this first, Erlang suddenly fell ill, with a persistent high fever, and he kept talking about his headache."

Chai Shao's complexion changed drastically, and he said palely, "How could this be, he was obviously fine this morning."

Ma Sanbao shook his head and said: "I don't know about it, the doctor said it was wind-heat after diagnosis and treatment, and prescribed a medicine to eliminate wind and heat dissipation, and now I am ordering someone to decoct it, but I haven't taken it yet."

Chai Shao hurriedly stepped into the camp. Seeing his father coming back, the eldest son Chai Zhewei hurriedly greeted his father with a pale face and said anxiously: "Father, the second brother is sick."

Chai Shao looked up and saw his second son, Chai Lingwu, curled up in the bed, his eyes closed, his little face flushed, his body was covered with two quilts, he was still shivering, his mouth kept humming, his expression pain.

Chai Shao couldn't help but shudder in his heart, and stretched out his hand to stroke his second son's forehead, only to feel that his hand was burning like fire, and he couldn't help but turn pale with shock.

At this moment, Chai Lingwu opened his eyes, and said in a crying voice, "Father, my baby's head hurts, and my back hurts too."

Chai Lingwu is the second son of Chai Shao and Princess Pingyang. He is less than eight years old this year. In addition, he looks like his mother, so Chai Shao usually loves him very much. Seeing that the child is suffering so much, he can't help feeling distressed, and asked urgently : "Doctor, what disease does the child suffer from, why is it so serious all of a sudden?"

Seeing that the military doctor said so firmly, Chai Shao was relieved a little. The military doctor carried the medicine box on his back and said, "Erlang drank the subordinate's medicine and sweated all over, and he should be able to reduce the fever. Give Erlang another medicine."

Gao Bufan naturally understood and understood Li Jing's actions, but he really couldn't do such a cruel and cruel thing. After pondering for a moment, he finally shook his head and said: "The situation is still unclear, let me understand it before making a decision!"

"Father, go and eat something, as long as there are children watching over here." The eldest son Chai Zhewei walked up to Chai Shao and said.

Changsun Wuji was in charge of the counting, and after finishing the counting, he went to the throne to report: "My Majesty, everyone is here except Chai Shao!"

Chai Zhewei turned pale, shook his head and said, "The child is fine, but... just feels a little cold and tired."

In the imperial tent at this time, Gao Bufan was sitting in the middle, and all the civil and military personnel lined up on both sides, tsk tsk, needless to say the achievements of the lineup, any one of them is a famous "big boss" in history.

"Congratulations to my emperor, congratulations to my emperor!" Everyone congratulated Gao Bufan one after another.

"I want to go and see for myself, but I hope it's not what I thought." Gao Bufan said again in a deep voice.

Chai Shao made up his mind and forcibly gulped down the medicine. Fortunately, he didn't spit it out again this time, and the military doctor left with peace of mind when he saw this. As a result, half an hour later, Chai Lingwu began to have diarrhea, which made the whole station paralyzed. I couldn't stand still, but the fever subsided.

"What's the problem?" Changsun Wuji blurted out.

Du Ruhui, Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji were all terrified. They had obviously guessed what Li Jing was going to do, so they all looked at Gao Bufan.

"Li Xuanba will do anything to achieve his goals. I'm worried that he will go crazy and take advantage of sending Chai Shao's second son out of the city to spread poison in our army." Gao Bufan said in a deep voice.

Everyone couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief, including Li Jing. For the safety of the army and the country of Daqi, they naturally hope that Gao Bufan will act decisively, but as subjects, they still prefer Gao Bufan to be a benevolent monarch instead of A ruthless emperor.

"If you can't drink the medicine, I'm afraid the disease will be cured." The military doctor said regretfully.

This military doctor is not a famous doctor, he just suggested to drink it with sugar, so Chai Shao asked someone to get a piece of sugar, and asked the child to drink the medicine as soon as he licked the sugar, but he still vomited in the end.

Gao Bufan continued: "A few days ago, Li Shimin suddenly sent the two imprisoned sons of Chai Shao out of the city to meet with Chai Shao. For this reason, Chai Shao came here to explain to me. It can be seen that he has no other intentions, but I suspect that there is something wrong with his two sons-in-law."

The military doctor replied: "It's just a wind-heat syndrome, which can be relieved by taking medicine. General Chai needn't worry too much."

Thinking of this, all the civil and military personnel couldn't help being energetic and excited!
Du Ruhui smiled and said: "Bashu is established, Guanzhong is in the bag, and the world can be settled. Congratulations to my emperor, congratulations to my emperor."

When it was late at night, Chai Lingwu started to have a fever again and again. He only drank a little water and didn't eat for a day.

Gao Bufan's imperial tent was in the north of Chang'an City. On this day, the generals were called to discuss matters, and Li Jing, the General of You Xiaowei who was stationed in the west of Chang'an City, also came.

Gao Bufan nodded and said: "This is the reason why I keep you."

Gao Bufan waved his hand and said: "No need, don't be suspicious of employing people, don't be suspicious of people, let's start, the emperor received the good news from Shiji yesterday, he has already defeated Li Xiaogong, led the army to occupy Hanzhong, and Li Xiaogong threw himself into the Han River and disappeared .”

The four looked at each other, waiting for Gao Bufan's next words.

Cheng Yaojin said roughly: "Your Majesty, this kid Chai Shao is not pretending to be sick, is he? Why don't we just check this out, so that this kid won't make trouble."

Chai Zhewei nodded, hesitantly said: "Father, how do you think about returning to the Tang Dynasty?"

Gao Bufan frowned lightly and said: "It is reported that Chai Shao has indeed fallen ill, and the three of them, the father and son, fell ill one after another. They all had symptoms of fever, headache, back pain, and diarrhea."

Everyone couldn't help but gasped, if that was the case, then Li Xuanba's plan was too vicious, not just killing people with a borrowed knife, it was simply devoid of conscience, struck by lightning.

A cold light flashed in Li Jing's eyes. He knew the horror of the plague. Once it spread in the army, the consequences would be unimaginable. For the safety of the 20 troops, let alone Chai Shao, it would be impossible to kill all the 2 people under his command. Do whatever it takes.

"At least block Chai Shao and his cronies, otherwise there is no other way!" Li Jing said decisively: "It's not too late, the emperor is inconvenient to come forward, so I leave it to my ministers to find a solution. There is absolutely no hesitation at this time.”

"I'm not hungry for my father!" Chai Shao looked up, suddenly felt something was wrong, reached out to shake Chai Zhewei's little hand, and said in surprise, "Wei'er, why are your hands so cold, why are you uncomfortable?"

"It's not too late. The emperor immediately orders Chai Shao and his son to be imprisoned and guarded. They must not be allowed to run around." Gao Shilian said solemnly.

Li Jing shook his head and said: "It's too late, unless everyone under Chai Shao's subordinates is isolated, it won't help. I have encountered plague twice before. The most effective way is to completely seal off the place where the plague occurred, otherwise the plague will It will continue to spread, and the consequences will be disastrous."

Gao Bufan nodded, Changsun Wuji and the others changed their faces slightly, but all infectious diseases are terrible, especially in ancient times, they classified almost all infectious diseases into one type and called it plague, the worst thing is that there is no Effective treatment methods have a very high case fatality rate, so once a plague occurs in a certain place, it can only be blocked and left to fend for itself. It will not be unblocked until the people here die and the plague is over.

Pei Xingyan couldn't help admiring: "Li Xiaogong is a loyal and heroic man. Although his defeat is glorious, he is worthy of being the No.1 general of Li Tang's clan, stronger than Li Shentong."

"General Chai is ill and cannot come to attend the court meeting. Don't wait, let's start." Gao Bufan said calmly.

Du Ruhui frowned and said: "Chai Shao has more than [-] men and horses, and if they are all imprisoned, there will be trouble."

Everyone nodded their beards in agreement, feeling sorry for such a talented person as Li Xiaogong, and also happy that the three regions of Ba, Han and Shu were completely included in Daqi's territory. As long as Chang'an is conquered and the regime of Li and Tang is overthrown, then the unification of Gaoqi will be accomplished. Well, my emperor will become the emperor of Yuji Kyushu, and everyone present here is the founding hero.

"Wei'er, if you are tired, go to rest first, don't fall ill too." Chai Shao said softly.

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Chai Shao frowned and reprimanded: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you add clothes to Da Lang?"

"Your majesty is wise!" All the officials said in unison.

Everyone couldn't help looking at each other, Li Jing said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty suspects that this disease is contagious?"

After congratulating each other, the monarchs and ministers returned to the main topic and discussed the plan to attack Chang'an City. After finishing, Gao Bufan left Li Jing, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, and Gao Shilian behind.

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "Congratulations, my world is your world, my country is your country, and I would like to rule the world with you."

Chai Shao frowned and said, "We'll talk about it when your second brother recovers."

"Your Majesty, Chai Shao is not completely trustworthy, will it be tricky to suddenly fall ill?" Gao Shilian said with a little worry.

Chai Shao nodded and waved his hands. The military doctor left the tent. Soon, the soldiers brought the decoction. They called the military doctor back.

The old servant standing behind Chai Zhewei ran awkwardly to get a robe and put it on the former.

Chai Zhewei let out a disappointment, turned around and left sadly.

All the ministers present showed displeasure when they heard the words, Chai Shao is too arrogant, isn't he, the emperor dared not come to the court meeting?Could it be that you are proud of your meritorious deeds?
Gao Bufan frowned, and was about to speak when a soldier came in and whispered something in his ear.A flash of surprise flashed in Gao Bufan's eyes, he waved his hand to make the soldiers retreat, then coughed lightly, and the tent suddenly became quiet.

"No!" The four of Li Jing said almost in unison.

"Your majesty is a man of gold, and you must never put yourself in danger!" Gao Shilian's face darkened.

"If the emperor wants to risk himself, he should go up through the body of the subject!" Du Ruhui lifted his robe and fell to his knees on the ground, as if turning into Wei Heimian.

"Think twice, Your Majesty!" Li Jing and Changsun Wuji also said.

(End of this chapter)