amaotonovel Chapter 726 Xiahou Chong's Entrustment
Chapter 726 Xiahou Chong's Entrustment
Although Xiahou Chong's words were few, they contained a great deal of information, leaving Li Gousheng and Cheng Xian looking at each other in astonishment.
Although the two had a lot to say, Xiahou Chong's personal guards were standing behind them, so they dared not talk in front of them and could only communicate with their eyes.
Cheng Xian: "This girl is actually a married woman. Didn't you investigate beforehand?"
Li Gousheng shook his head: "How could I have missed such important information? It was my mistake. I will definitely check it carefully later."
The two had spent more than half a year in the training camp and had long since developed a tacit understanding. They could tell what the other wanted to say with just a glance. They were chatting happily with each other when Xiahou Chong spoke up again.
"Damn it, how could he hit me so hard? Why didn't you tell me?"
The woman said with a pitiful yet understanding expression, "I don't want the general to worry, I... I..."
Her pitiful tone alone evoked a strong desire to protect her, which suggests that there was a reason why Xiahou Chong favored this woman so much.
Not to mention Xiahou Chong, even Li Gousheng and Cheng Xian wanted to give her husband a good beating after hearing this.
Sure enough, all men are the same.
Xiahou Chong felt a lump in his throat as he listened. After a moment of silence, he suddenly threw back the bed curtains, poked his head out, glared at Cheng Xian, and asked, "Is there any way to cure him?"
Cheng Xian nodded hastily and said, "General, I need to examine the wound myself before I can treat it. I suspect that there is blood stasis in the lady's body. If the blood stasis is not cleared, something bad will happen sooner or later. But to clear the blood stasis, massage and acupuncture are needed. After doing these and adding medicine, she may gradually recover, but it is only a possibility. I cannot guarantee a complete cure."
The fact that massage required undressing made Xiahou Chong somewhat uncomfortable, but seeing the woman's haggard face, he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll do as you say. If you cure me, I'll reward you handsomely; if you don't, I'll smash your lousy pharmacy."
Cheng Xian was internally screaming, "What the hell? No doctor can guarantee a diagnosis 100%! Do you high-ranking officials and nobles have any sense of reason?"
Xiahou Chong was clearly not a reasonable person, so Cheng Xian had no choice but to hold his nose and step forward, asking Xiahou Chong to step aside and make way for him.
Xiahou Chong silently retreated, and as he turned around, he caught a glimpse of Li Gousheng and his personal guards still in the room. He immediately shouted, "What are you all standing here for? Get out of here!"
Upon hearing this, the guards decisively grabbed Li Gousheng and pulled him out of the room, thoughtfully closing the door behind them.
Not long after the door closed, a scream that sounded like crying and sobbing came from inside the room. Li Gousheng was so startled that he instinctively pressed his ear to the door to listen, which frightened his bodyguards, who quickly pulled him away.
The guards retreated ten meters away before stopping and said to Li Gousheng, "Just by taking her pulse, they know that the lady was injured by someone and is not actually ill. It seems that this doctor is very skilled. I hope he can cure the lady. Otherwise, the general will be irritable every day, and we will suffer along with him."
Li Gousheng asked instinctively, "Is the general's temper very bad?"
The guard shook his head and said, "No, it's just that we've consulted many quack doctors in the past few days, but none of them have worked. The general is almost desperate. To be honest, we've even consulted local folk healers in the countryside these past two days, but none of them have been able to help. The doctor inside is the last doctor we can find in Xuchang. If he can't cure us, we'll have to go to Luoyang to ask for the legendary physician Hua Tuo."
Li Gousheng didn't care about that. Instead, he asked in a very gossipy way, "Since the general likes this girl so much, why doesn't he just bring her back to the manor instead of keeping her outside? I heard that the general's wife has a very fierce personality, is that right?"
Since Li Gousheng had infiltrated Xuchang, he must have carefully investigated Xiahou Chong beforehand. Xiahou Chong's wife was Cao Chun's daughter, who was strong-willed and jealous, while Xiahou Chong himself was rather weak and had a rather ordinary family status.
Xiahou Chong also had a younger brother named Xiahou Mao, who married Cao Cao's eldest daughter, Princess Qinghe. However, their relationship deteriorated further, as Xiahou Mao was constantly seeking out women outside the marriage, which angered Princess Qinghe to the point that she almost drew her sword and killed him.
It must be said that Xiahou Dun's two sons did not inherit their father's wisdom and martial prowess at all, and were far inferior in quality to Xiahou Yuan's sons.
Xiahou Shang married Cao Zhen's sister, yet he also disliked his wife and favored his concubine. It seems that the men of the Xiahou family did not have a good relationship with their wives. Is this a family tradition?
Upon hearing this, the guards immediately distanced themselves from Li Gousheng and warned, "If you dare to spout nonsense again, believe me, I'll kill you."
Li Gousheng quickly slapped himself a few times and said with a forced smile, "Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue..."
After saying that, he shamelessly leaned closer and said with a smile, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Li Geng, and I'm in the medicinal herb business. The man inside is my good brother, Zhou Xian. You've seen his medical skills; he's definitely the best in Xudu. If you or your family members have any illnesses or ailments in the future, you can consult him. The price is negotiable."
The soldiers' eyes lit up. Everyone gets sick sometimes. Even if they don't need it themselves, their families do, especially their elderly parents, who all suffer from chronic illnesses.
Thinking of the benefits of a good doctor, the soldiers surrounded Li Gousheng and asked him about Cheng Xian's teacher and profession. Li Gousheng was not flustered at all. He must have forged his identity before coming to Xudu and was not afraid of being investigated.
With the bodyguard seeking something and Li Gousheng eager to curry favor, the two men got along very well and chatted for quite some time. Suddenly, the door opened, and Cheng Xian, standing inside, waved to Li Gousheng, saying, "Brother Li, the general wants you to come in."
Li Gousheng clasped his hands in greeting to his personal guards, quickly stepped forward, exchanged a glance with Cheng Xian, and then entered the room to bow to Xiahou Chong, who was sitting by the bed, asking, "General, how are you? Is Madam feeling better?"
Xiahou Chong stood up and smiled, "Your complexion is rosier now. It seems that Doctor Zhou's medical skills are indeed effective. I heard from Doctor Zhou that you are in the business of medicinal herbs?"
Li Gousheng said with a forced smile, "I also do some other business, it depends on the situation."
Xiahou Chong said, "Then just do it if you have money. I have something that I can't do myself, so I need your help. If you do it, no one will dare to make things difficult for you in Xudu. But if you don't do it, you will be extinct in Xudu. Do you understand?"
This means that if things don't work out, Li Gousheng will have to disappear from the face of the earth.
Li Gousheng understood the meaning and quickly bowed, saying, "Please give your orders, General. I will do my utmost."
Xiahou Chong said, "I have a grudge against Ding Shun, the magistrate of Xudu County. You should find a way to make him disappear."
Upon hearing this, the woman on the bed turned pale again and instinctively grabbed Xiahou Chong's arm.
Li Gousheng instantly realized that this so-called Ding Shun was probably the woman's husband.
So Li Gousheng cautiously asked, "How exactly did you disappear? Did you vanish into thin air or...?"
Xiahou Chong shook his head and said, "I don't care, I didn't say anything just now."
Li Gousheng quickly bowed and said, "I didn't hear anything. If there's nothing else, General, I'll take my leave now."
Xiahou Chong raised his hand and waved it out. Li Gousheng pulled Cheng Xian away silently, leaving the courtyard and walking back to the pharmacy.
On the way, Li Gousheng cursed, "We came by carriage, but we're being made to walk back. Is this how Xiahou Chong does things? Isn't this like turning people upside down when they don't need them?"
Cheng Xian laughed and scolded, "It's good that you came out alive. You should think about how to clean up the mess. What are you going to do about Ding Shun?"
Li Gousheng has been given a mission, and whether he can get along well in Xudu in the future depends on this job.
It's better to do one bad thing with your boss than a hundred good things for him. If this goes well, he'll truly become Xiahou Chong's confidant.
So Li Gousheng had already decided to do it, but he hadn't figured out exactly how to do it yet, so he changed the subject and asked with a mocking smile, "Were you giving that girl a massage while she was dressed or naked? What's her figure like?"