At the eastern foothills of Cuihua Mountain, the atmosphere in the valley where the Li family rested became very solemn because of Li Xuanba. Li Xuanba coughed so hard that his face became flushed, and finally he coughed up blood and fainted.

In this regard, the most anxious ones are undoubtedly Dou, as the mother, and Li Jiancheng, the eldest brother. Li Jian, in particular, grabs a handful of his hair with his hands from time to time, clenching his fists, and his face is full of regret.

He looked as if he had committed a huge mistake, and occasionally looked at the woman in yellow who was sitting cross-legged on the grass with Li Xuanba in her arms with guilt in her eyes.

The woman in the yellow shirt is Li Yuan's wife, and Li Jiancheng's mother is Dou; Dou is the granddaughter of Emperor Wen of Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Tai, and the daughter of Dou Yi, the Duke of Shenwu County. Her mother is Princess Xiangyang of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. She was raised in the palace in her early years and was married to her uncle, Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Yong.

Love. Dou grew up in the palace, was familiar with politics, liked to read history books, and was good at calligraphy. When she was six years old, she

When he was seven years old, he saw his uncle neglecting Queen Ashina, whom he had married from the Turks. He quietly persuaded Emperor Wu of Zhou: "There is no peace in all directions, and the Turks are still very powerful. I hope my uncle will consider the common people, suppress his feelings, and treat my aunt well. As long as there is peace, the Turks are still very powerful."

With the help of the Turkic Khanate, neither Nanchen nor Northern Qi can cause you any trouble."

Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty, Yu Wenyong, initially thought that she was just whispering about the children and didn't take it to heart at all. However, he doted on his little niece and pretended to listen carefully. But when he heard his niece's opinion,

He was immediately shocked and immediately responded with a serious attitude. In the end, he accepted her advice and his attitude towards Queen Ashina changed greatly.

Dou Yi knew that his daughter advised Emperor Wu of Zhou to raise her as a politician, and he also heard her crying and saying when Yang Jian usurped Zhou and ascended the throne, "I only regret that I am not a man and can't save my uncle's family from danger!"

So he was very worried and made a request to his wife, the eldest princess of Xiangyang: "This girl is so talented and beautiful. She should not be promised to others. She should be looking for a virtuous husband."

"Xian" has several meanings, but the "Xian" Dou Yi refers to is undoubtedly kind and honest. Apparently, after seeing his daughter's domineering side, he felt that ordinary men or men with the same temperament could not control her, so he

I plan to find her a husband who is kind, honest, honest, and obedient, instead of a husband who is also arrogant, otherwise this marriage will not last long.

Later, she married Li Yuan, who was "honest, honest, and obedient", and gave birth to Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Xuanba, Li Yuanji, and Li Xiuning for her husband. However, although Dou now has a nineteen-year-old eldest son, she actually

age

She is only thirty-eight years old and has a beautiful and radiant appearance. Time seems to be particularly gentle and partial to her. Not only is there no wrinkle on her eyebrows, but her figure is also slim and graceful. She does not look like a woman who has given birth to four sons and one daughter.

appearance.

But at this time, Mrs. Dou's expression was dull, and two lines of clear tears were streaming down from the corners of her eyes. The clothes on her chest were already wet with Li Xuanba's vomited blood and her tears; her eyes were extremely empty, and her red lips were already wet.

The blood she bit out showed how nervous and worried she was at the moment. She seemed to have lost her soul, staring stupidly at the son in her arms, reluctant to blink.

Mrs. Dou has always felt guilty about the children she raised at home. She could actually take care of her children at home, and there was no need to follow Li Yuan around, but she couldn't worry about Li Yuan.

She was worried mainly from two aspects: on the one hand, Dou had grown up in the palace, and her uncle saw that she had extraordinary political talent. Instead of suppressing it, he tried his best to teach her; after hearing and witnessing her political talent,

Her wisdom even surpassed that of Li Yuan. When she saw her "honest and honest" husband working as an official outside, she was afraid that her husband would be deceived and suffered a loss, so she ran to be a cheater.

On the other hand, Li Yuan is more lecherous. If Li Yuan likes women, that's fine. The key is that her husband seems to have lost confidence in women because she is too strong.

He was bewitched and contracted the bad habit of raising "book boys" in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, so Dou supervised her husband and worked hard to make her husband change his ways.

Li Yuan changed his ways, but the children he raised at home did not even know their biological parents when the couple came back to "visit relatives." Only then did Dou realize that although he had saved and helped her husband, he had left the children

After "losing" their parents, they felt condemned in their hearts and tried to improve their relationship with their children. However, the children could not get close to their more powerful mother at all. When they looked for their mother, they turned to Wan instead of her.

.

Not to mention the younger one, even Li Jiancheng, who understood her, treated her like an ordinary elder. He was polite and respectful, but that was not the attitude and emotion a son should have when facing his mother.

, on the contrary, it is like treating your boss in a formulaic manner, and this kind of attitude and emotion is not the affection Dou needs.

She has returned not long ago, and the only thing she can do is to try her best to meet the children's requirements, hoping to slowly turn things around. And this time Li Xuanba is like this because of her guilt, her heart to make amends, and her motherly heart.

of.

Due to congenital deficiencies, Li Xuanba grew up to be frail and sickly, with insufficient blood and vitality, and often went into shock, so he stayed at home. However, as he grew older, he yearned for the outside world. This time he begged Mr. Dou, hoping to see...

Look at the Zhongnan Sacred Mountain, which is so close but far away to him.

Mrs. Dou originally felt that she owed her children, but Li Xuanba grew up like this mainly because she was a mother, which made her feel particularly guilty about whether Li Xuanba could survive. This time, she really couldn't bear to refuse.

Her thin son made a small plea, but also thought that Zhongnan Cuihua Mountain was not far away, and as long as the carriage and horses drove slowly, it shouldn't be a problem, so she agreed to Li Xuanba's request regardless of the objections of Li Jiancheng, Wan Shi, and Li Xiuning.

Then, Li Xuanba, who was not good at walking and was not suitable for jolting, was jolted into this state.

There was no doctor accompanying the Li family this time, and there was no village or shop here. Everyone was at a loss. Li Jiancheng learned some medical skills because of Li Xuanba, but his medical skills were not very good. Li Xuan

Ba was unconscious and couldn't tell how he was feeling. How could he save him? Just when everyone was resigned to their fate and hoped that Li Xuanba would survive, a deep and steady voice suddenly sounded: "Is there anyone here who is sick?

Can you let me see it?"

Everyone followed the sound and saw a middle-aged man, a middle-aged Taoist priest, and a young man walking quickly this way.

The middle-aged man is dressed as a secular person and wears short shorts for easy movement. This man is tall and has a dark complexion, but he is full of energy and righteousness, which makes people feel heartbroken. He walks as fast as a shooting star.

As light as a raccoon cat.

The middle-aged Taoist priest has clear eyebrows and a jade-like appearance. His slender body is dressed in a light Taoist robe that fits well. He carries a sword on his back. Judging from the hilt exposed on his shoulder, the sword looks extraordinary. In addition, he also carries a baggage.

It seemed that he was about to travel a long distance. Although he was walking quickly, he was so leisurely and calm in his steps.

Behind the two men was a young man with a jade-like face and sword-like eyebrows. This young man was wearing a warrior uniform, carrying a spear that was taller than himself, and a large bow. Judging from his appearance, he looked a bit like a Taoist priest.

Similar, and he also carries a baggage.

Seeing that the three people were in high spirits and that they were all skilled in martial arts, several Li family dead soldiers spontaneously formed a defensive formation.

Madam Dou was already devastated, but after hearing that reassuring voice, she couldn't help but cheer up. She got up from the ground with Li Xuanba in her arms. She glanced at the middle-aged man walking in front, her eyes filled with confusion.

It's like being attracted by a magnet and can't move away anymore.

This middle-aged man was coming from the side. He was carrying a large medicine basket full of medicinal herbs on his back, a medicine hoe in his hand, and a gourd that seemed to contain pills. What he said just now was obvious.

That's what this middle-aged man said.

"Are you a doctor?" Seeing this doctor, Dou and Li Jiancheng felt like they were seeing a savior. However, just as they were about to speak, a young boy came over first.

This little boy was about ten years old. He was strong and handsome. He was wearing a white satin brocade robe and holding a horizontal knife to block the way of three strangers. This was Li Yuan and Dou.

His second son Li Shimin.

The middle-aged man nodded: "Exactly!"

Li Shimin asked in a skeptical tone: "Can you do it?"

The middle-aged man naturally did not care about a child. He smiled bitterly and said directly to Li Jiancheng who ran over: "Can you let me see the patient?"

Li Jiancheng pondered for a moment, thinking that he had no enemies, and then said to the dead soldiers gathered around him: "You can disperse on your own and do whatever you have to do."

The dead soldiers slowly dispersed, but they did not go far, and still guarded the position where they could rush for help. Li Jiancheng was so distraught that he had no intention of meeting them anymore. He turned around and took his brother from his mother's hand, and carried him to the middle

In front of a young man.

The middle-aged man hurriedly came over, put his hand on Li Xuanba's pulse, carefully examined it for a moment, opened his mouth and looked at the tongue coating, stretched out his hand to scrape a little on the tongue, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it, raised his head and said

: "The mother of this child was born with deficiencies and lack of Qi and blood, so she became pregnant with him, and this disease was directly reflected in the fetus." At this point, he looked at Mrs. Dou, and then

He looked at Li Jiancheng and said solemnly: "What's more important is that the child was not born naturally, but the mother ate something poisonous, which caused him to give birth prematurely. This is also because the child and his mother were destined to be together, otherwise he would have been stillborn.

However, despite this, the poison that was aimed at him remained in his body. After giving birth, he continued to use strong medicine to prolong his life, which caused the symptoms of overexertion."

Although this middle-aged man said it more politely, Dou, Li Jiancheng and other elders all heard this man secretly accusing him. He accused the child's parents of not wanting the child. When they confirmed that they were pregnant, the mother would eat it.

A large amount of abortion drugs were given, but Li Xuanba was blessed with a long life, and no amount of poison could kill him. But despite this, after he was born, he also suffered from illness and torment from poisons. For him, it was not as good as

He was poisoned to death early in his mother's womb.

Mrs. Dou burst into tears when she heard this. She tried her best to suppress her emotions and said in a trembling voice: "Please, sir, save my son."

Although the medical skills at this time were not as good as those of later generations, doctors and some people from well-off families, and powerful families who had their own doctors, all knew that mothers needed good health and care after childbirth, and it was not advisable to get pregnant and give birth immediately. Otherwise, at least a child with congenital deficiencies and defects would be born, and more seriously.

One corpse and two lives.

However, after giving birth, it is very easy for a mother to become pregnant with the next child. This is what happened to Ms. Dou. Not long after she gave birth to Li Shimin, she soon became pregnant with Li Xuanba. For the sake of herself and her child, Ms. Dou did not give birth to her child.

He planned to get Li Xuanba, the accidental product. However, as the middle-aged man said, Li Xuanba was destined to be lucky and could not fall no matter how hard he tried.

When the couple created humans, they were very happy, but what they did at that time and what Dou did after that had to be shouldered by poor Li Xuanba. In fact, Dou's weird things not only caused Li Xuanba to suffer

In addition, the extremely ugly Li Yuanji is not much better.

It is said that a son is not dissatisfied with his mother's ugliness, but a tiger's poison is a bad one. The opposite is also true. As a mother, there is no reason to despise her own flesh and blood. However, the Dou family is quite different. When Li Yuanji was born, Dou

He felt that Li Yuanji was too ugly and was unwilling to raise him. He just took one look at him and had Li Yuanji thrown away. Fortunately, Chen Shan, the maid who was ordered to throw him away, was kind-hearted and secretly took back Li Yuanji's secret.

They were raised closely, so that Li Yuanji did not die in infancy. However, the old saying "lost in the east and reaped in the east" applies to Li Yuanji. Although he does not have good looks, he is born with supernatural powers.

He was extremely powerful; although the Dou family disliked him, Li Yuan not only did not dislike him, but actually liked this ugly son who was born with supernatural powers and had the appearance of a fierce general. He not only persuaded the Dou family to raise him, but also hired a famous teacher to teach him martial arts.

Of course, people's moods will change with the passage of time and changes in the environment, and Mrs. Dou is no exception. She cares about Li Xuanba very much now. Compared with Li Xuanba, Li Yuanji is miserable. Although he lives

After he was born, his father and brother also liked him, but because of his terrible appearance, he is still despised by the Dou family and has not been recognized and taught by his mother.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man glanced at Mr. Dou and asked the Li family to find a blanket and spread it on the ground. He asked Li Jiancheng to put Li Xuanba on it. Then he untied Li Xuanba's shirt and saw that Li Xuanba was in the north.

There were more than a dozen pus-filled pustules the size of walnuts. The opening and closing of these pustules was very strange. They were not the usual blood-red color, but an eerie black color.

"Brother Xie, what do you think?" The middle-aged man watched for a long time and asked in a deep voice to the middle-aged Taoist priest who squatted down to watch.

The middle-aged Taoist priest, whose surname is Xie and whose name is Hong, is a descendant of Xie An, Xie Xuan and Xie Shi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He became a monk and practiced Taoism at Sanqing Temple in Zhongnan Mountain. He lived a secluded life with a pure heart and few desires. He was famous in Guanzhong and was proficient in many hundred things.

The Taoist priests Yang Jian and Yang Guang recruited him to serve the country many times. However, he had no intention of pursuing an official career and lived a happy life like a wandering cloud and wild crane. The young man was none other than his nephews Xie Ke and Xie Yingdeng.

As for the "middle-aged man" who treated Li Xuanba, that's even less remarkable. His name was Sun Simiao. Although he was not well-known in the Sui Dynasty now, he was known as the "King of Medicine" in later generations. Look at it.

He looks like a middle-aged man, but he is actually sixty-six years old.

Xie Hong was friends with Sun Simiao, who was proficient in the common sayings of hundreds of schools of thought and was also a man with excellent medical skills. At this time, when he saw that Li Xuanba's relatively intact skin was also bright red, he shook his head and sighed: "Brother Sun, in my opinion, this
To be continued...