Chapter 37 Poisoning
After Qu Chensong returned from the palace, he became ill.

It is said that both the queen mother and the emperor were very concerned, and sent an imperial doctor to check it out. The imperial doctor reported that "external evils entered the body and caused a high fever, and they needed to rest in bed", and there was nothing unusual about it.

Empress Dowager Fan never forgot what she told the Qu family. After all the concubines came to pay their respects today, she planned to call the imperial doctor to check, but the little eunuch failed to find the imperial doctor, and the news she brought back really made her suffer. Surprised: "The imperial doctors on duty at the Imperial Hospital all went to the Imperial Army camp. I heard that many officers and soldiers in the military camp were unconscious, and some had hallucinations. Even General Wu fell down. I don't know what the cause is."

"What? You said that General Wu has also fallen?" The queen, who had been waiting beside the queen mother, cried out in shock.

Fan frowned slightly and glanced at the queen. The queen knew she was losing her composure, so she stopped making a sound, but there was still concern on her face that couldn't be concealed.

No wonder the queen was anxious, because the general Wu that the little eunuch was talking about was Wu Yuemin's younger brother Wu Gengming!

Although the empress is the mother of a country, under one person, above ten thousand people, but Wu Yuemin knew very well that in the harem, and even above the court, it is not she and her husband who decide what to say, but The queen mother in front of her.

To put it bluntly, she, the queen, is nothing more than a hostage who has lived in the deep palace for a long time.She has no children, and has to watch her mother-in-law's face from time to time.And her brother, her natal family, is her only support.So when she heard that General Wu had fallen, how could she not be in a hurry!
Although the Empress Dowager was not as anxious as the Empress, she did not dare to neglect at all. After all, the safety of the Imperial Army was a matter of great security and the safety of their mother and child, so she ordered the little eunuch to report to the Emperor quickly, and sent someone to the barracks to investigate the situation .

In the barracks of the Forbidden Army, old general Wu Shixian was sitting in the main tent, his face was so gloomy that water could drip.

Half a year ago, due to the frequent winds during the calendar festival, he handed over the military camp to Wu Gengming, who was then the deputy general. In the past six months, he saw that his son acted cautiously and everything was in order, and the military camp was even more orderly than when he was there. Feel relieved.Who knew that when something happened, it would be a big deal.

"Physician Wang, can you see what kind of illness it is?" Although Old General Wu was anxious, his face was still as steady as Mount Tai.

Doctor Wang frowned, as if he had thought about it, and said: "Reporting to the general, several imperial doctors have just consulted, and the symptoms of the major general and a dozen soldiers are almost the same. They all had hallucinations first, behaved strangely, and then fell into a coma. Wake up, but the subordinate officials checked their mouths, noses and pulses, and found that there was nothing abnormal, and it really didn't seem to be caused by a disease."

"Then, in your opinion, what is the reason? How should it be treated, and when will it get better?" Wu Shixian couldn't bear it after all, and asked a series of questions in his heart.

"In my humble opinion, I may have been poisoned by a poisonous gu."

"What?" Wu Shixian was so startled that he jumped up against the case. Doctor Wang was taken aback and hurriedly explained: "General, this is just my speculation. I am just a medical officer in pulse department. I am afraid there may be a wrong judgment. This matter is too strange , to be on the safe side, it is better to ask our envoy to make a diagnosis in person."

Wu Shixian was about to invite him when Yu Xinglin, the envoy of the imperial hospital, arrived, and the emperor's chief eunuch, Eunuch Li, also came with him.

Yu Xinglin was about 50 years old, and he wore a scarlet official uniform. He was a little short of breath because he ran all the way, but he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and immediately went to Wu Gengming's camp.I saw that the guards outside the camp were strictly guarded and there was no chaos at all. In the camp, Wu Gengming was lying quietly on the bed, his face was as usual, and his lips even had some cherry red.Yu Xinglin opened his upper and lower eyelids, and found that they were full of red blood.After taking the pulse, Yu Xinglin frowned and asked to see the other patients.

Just as he was about to get up, someone outside suddenly reported: "General, a soldier from the warehouse management battalion is also sick!"

"Go, go to the warehouse management camp!" Wu Shixian ordered, and Yu Xinglin and the others followed.

There are a total of 10 soldiers in the warehouse management battalion, which usually work in three shifts. Now the sick ones are the three soldiers who rested last night.Except for 3 people who stood guard at the gate, the other 2 people were in the camp to help hold down the sick comrades so that they would not kill themselves or each other.

When Yu Xinglin arrived in the camp, what he saw was this scene: three soldiers seemed to be extremely frightened, one stretched out his hand to grab the object in front of him, one was scratching his own face, and the other was roaring at the top of his lungs. The soldiers were almost overwhelmed.

"It's a crime!" Eunuch Li turned his face away: "Is this bewitched?"

Old General Wu gasped when he saw this, and immediately ordered someone to come forward to help. Yu Xinglin first picked one who didn't resist too fiercely, and went to feel the pulse, but he didn't find any lesions, only faint signs of poisoning, and then The pulse of the other two people was observed, but there was still no new discovery.

Yu Xinglin frowned, got up and said to Wu Shixian: "Old General Wu, the old man looked at these people, they don't seem to be caused by diseases, they seem to have signs of poisoning, can you check the diet and daily life of all the soldiers involved in the accident?"

"You suspect food poisoning?" Hearing what Yu Xinglin said, Wu Shixian didn't dare to be careless, and immediately ordered someone to do it.Soon, a pamphlet was delivered, which contained the diet and daily life recalled by the major general's personal soldiers and the soldiers of the battalion.

In fact, the life of the barracks is monotonous, and most of the soldiers live the same life.The food, clothing, and housing are basically the same. After Wu Gengming took charge of the military camp, the military discipline was strict, and he himself set an example. In daily life, even the diet is the same as everyone else.

Yu Xinglin looked back and forth several times, but found nothing unusual, and was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.Since everyone eats the same food, if you want to be poisoned, you should be poisoned together, and the current situation will never happen.

Could it be food poisoning?What could be the reason?Yu Xinglin frowned, he is a majestic envoy of the imperial hospital, he can't say that he can't find out the disease, can he?

"Physician Yu?" Wu Shixian couldn't help but urged, "What's the matter?"

Yu Xinglin shuddered all over, and was quick to think: "This... According to the old man, it is not a disease, someone must have poisoned it, but the poison was poisoned very skillfully, and it was not among the food provided by the military camp... I don't know if it will be available in the military camp in the near future. Has a stranger entered?"

Yu Xinglin answered cleverly. Although he was not sure what poison he had been poisoned by, he wanted to shift the focus, hoping to guide Wu Shixian to the military camp to find the reason.

But Wu Shixian didn't take the bait, and went straight to the point: "Physician Yu, can you tell the soldiers what kind of poison they were poisoned, so that I can investigate further?"

Yu Xinglin: ...

Seeing that he hesitated and said nothing, Wu Shixian didn't want to make things difficult, and then asked: "Is there a cure?"

"The old man prescribes a few doses of tranquilizing medicine first, which can be boiled and given to the person who has just suffered from poisoning; as for the comatose person, another prescription is prescribed, take it in the morning and evening, observe for three days first, and then come for diagnosis and treatment." Yu Xinglin said earnestly. There was no other way but to drag it on like this.

"Mm." Wu Shixian was noncommittal, and he acquiesced.

Only after Yu Xinglin and Eunuch Li left...

(End of this chapter)

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