A year ago, the Song army defeated the Xia army again in Pingxia City, and then won a big victory in Tiandu Mountain, and finally completely defeated Xixia in Hengshan.

After Xixia sent envoys to apologize and nominally returned to the Song Dynasty, a split occurred within the Qingtang Tubo. Zhao Xu took the opportunity to start the Hehuang Campaign and sent troops to Qingtang Yusiluo.

The Song army set out in June, and went to Long Zhuheicheng in July to capture Miaochuan. In August, many tribes in Tubo surrendered, and in September, they successfully occupied Tubo. Subsequently, Qing Tang was used as Shanzhou and Miaochuan was used as Huangzhou.

The territory of the Song Dynasty increased to two states.

But at this moment, news came out that Zhao Xu was seriously ill.

Zhao Xu is only twenty-four years old now, and it was when he was young and strong. No one in the Song Dynasty thought that he would die. Only Xiong Qi combined history and suspected that this time the disease would be difficult to improve.

In history, Zhao Xu died of illness shortly after the victory of the Battle of Hehuang, and had not issued a last order, so that Empress Dowager Xu colluded with her old party and supported Zhao Ji as the emperor.

Empress Dowager Xu is not Zhao Xu's biological mother, but because she is the queen of Song Shenzong, she has the orthodox name. Without leaving a will, Zhao Xu strongly advocated that Zhao Ji ascend the throne in order to maintain his own status.

There are naturally many factors mixed in between, and it is not detailed here.

...

"Xiaojiu, you are here!"

Zhao Xu, who was on the sickbed, sat up with the help of the palace maid, looked at Xiong Qi with a pale face and greeted him.

Xiong Qi looked at Zhao Xu for a long time and finally sighed.

Not only did he have good medical skills, he also knew the structure of the human body and was very sensitive to the sense of vitality. In his senses, Zhao Xu was extremely weak and could not be saved by medicine.

Zhao Xu's life is less than a month!

"What's wrong?"

Zhao Xu looked at Xiong Qi strangely and asked with great difficulty.

At this moment, he never thought that he would die, after all, he was only twenty-four years old.

This is also the reason why Zhao Xu did not leave a will in history. Who would think that he would die at the age of 24?

"Brother!"

Xiong Qi looked at Zhao Xu, with pity on his face and said slowly:

"You're going to die!"

“…”

The palace maids and eunuchs in the room were shocked and all looked at Xiong Qi in horror.

"King Shen, you are bold and dare to curse the official family!"

The eunuch Tian, ​​who was on the side of Sui, jumped out and protected Zhao Xu, pointed at Xiong Qi's nose and shouted loudly.

Xiong Qi seemed to have not heard it, and even ignored the dozens of horrifying gazes in the room. After saying a word, he stood there and shut up.

"Come here, where are the imperial guards, come and protect the car!"

Eunuch Tian, ​​who was loyal to Zhao Xu, pulled the duck's voice and shouted loudly.

With his voice, a large number of palace guards and imperial guards broke in with armor and spears, surrounding Xiong Qi.

Xiong Qi was unmoved and even closed his eyelids, closing his eyes without saying a word.

"Cough, cough..."

The cough sounded, and after a while, Zhao Xu's weak voice came out.

"Everyone retreats, Tian Gui, you will also retreat!"

The footsteps moved quickly. When Xiong Qi opened his eyes, all the imperial guards had withdrawn. Tian Gui also retreated to Zhao Xu's bed, but he stared at him fiercely.

"Xiao Jiu, say, cough, say, why am I going to die?"

Zhao Xu, who was pale, sat upright on the bed under the protection of the palace maids, looked at Xiong Qi calmly and said.

Although he was weak, his calm eyes contained infinite power. Just simply looking at Xiong Qi made him feel tremendous pressure.

"After saying that, why am I going to die? Do you want to kill me? Want to be the emperor?"

Zhao Xu held back his anger and stared at Xiong Qi and asked.

This time, Xiong Qi really angered him and did not give him a satisfactory answer. All the imperial guards and hidden masters will send out a thunderous blow.

Xiong Qi didn't care about this, but just looked at Zhao Xu again with a firm look, sighed, and said:

"Brother, your meridians are all shrinking, mostly blocked, and your breath cannot be reached, especially your heart meridians, which are extremely depressed and last for a month at most. No matter how skilled the doctor is, you can't save it!"

"absurd……!"

Tian Gui, who was beside Sui, was furious when he heard this. He immediately pointed at Xiong Qi and scolded him, but was stopped by Zhao Xu.

"really?"

Zhao Xu stared at Xiong Qi and asked.

"really!"

Xiong Qi sighed and said slowly and firmly.

Zhao Xu stared at Xiong Qi's face without turning his eyes, and then smiled for a while:

"I can only live for one month? Haha, but the imperial doctor said that I was just overworking and I would be cured after a while. Is your medical skills better than the imperial doctor?"

"The imperial doctor cherishes his life and dares not speak out!"

Xiong Qi shook his head and said straightforwardly.

After hearing this, Zhao Xu's eyes suddenly became wrong.

Even Tian Gui's face changed drastically behind him.

silence.

There was no one in the room, and the eunuchs and palace maids were so angry that they didn't dare to take a breath. The quiet needle could be heard.

"Transfer to the Imperial Doctor!"

Zhao Xu coughed a few times and ordered.

...

Two hours later.

All the eunuchs and palace maids in the room were driven out by Zhao Xu, and even Tian Gui was no exception.

"Haha, no, cough, I didn't expect that I really only have one month's life!"

Zhao Xu sat on the bed with a miserable face, staring at the beams of the roof with a pale face, muttering to himself.

Two imperial doctors were executed one after another, and finally let the remaining imperial doctors tell the truth. Zhao Xu felt mixed feelings when he learned that his life was not long.

"I have not yet taken back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and have not yet defeated the Liao Kingdom. The new law has not been successful yet. I am unwilling to accept it, I am unwilling to accept it!"

After a long time, Zhao Xu sighed and said unwillingly.

"Actually, the condition of the emperor is not completely impossible!"

Xiong Qi, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said.

"Um?"

Zhao Xu turned his head suddenly, stared at Xiong Qi, and said hurriedly:

"What's the solution? Xiaojiu, come on!"

"There is no way to do this, but it is possible to extend the lifespan of the emperor for decades, but...!"

Xiong Qi said slowly:

"Using this method, the emperor must stay away from heavy court affairs, be cleansing his heart and has few desires, and self-regard!"

...

Xiong Qi does have a way.

This method is that he personally took action to condense a drop of essence for Zhao Xu. When the origin of life increases by nearly ten times, the functions of the body will be greatly enhanced, thereby continuing his life.

If you are a person who dies, this method is useless, but Zhao Xu’s problem is that his body is so empty that he cannot maintain basic operation, rather than reaching the end of his life. After condensing essence, his vitality can naturally prolong his life.

If this were the case, it would be impossible to save Zhao Xu, because his body was too weak, so weak that he could not wait to condense his essence, and he would die because his body essence was withdrawn.

Therefore, in addition to Xiong Qi taking action himself, Zhao Xu also needs to cultivate his internal strength and strengthen his body, which will inevitably take a long time and will not be effective immediately.

Unless you are innate in internal skills, you need to be wholehearted and not tolerate distractions, let alone dealing with heavy government affairs. Therefore, if Zhao Xu wants to survive, he must stay away from court affairs.

After explaining all the relevant points to Zhao Xu in detail, Zhao Xu finally understood.

"Is this why you can cure eye diseases and even become a congenital master?"

Zhao Xu, who understood, asked curiously as he looked at Xiong Qi.

“It’s basically the case!”

Xiong Qi said with a smile.
Chapter completed!