Chapter 83: Only One Possibility
Xianyang Palace.
Zhangtai Palace.
"Your Majesty, Xia Wuqie is here to see you." Gai Nie had a cold face and his voice was emotionless.
Listening to Gai Nie's voice, Ying Zheng felt a little uncomfortable at first, as if he owed Gai Nie money.
Fortunately, after a few days, Ying Zheng was used to hearing this, so he nodded and said, "Call him in."
"only."
Gai Nie left the hall and led Xia Wuqie into the hall.
"Your Majesty."
"No need to be so polite."
Ying Zheng put away the brush and bamboo slips, and ordered the eunuch to bring a cushion to Xia Wuqie, and the eunuch did as he was told.
Ying Zheng extended his hand, inviting Xia Wuqie to sit on the cushion, and asked curiously, "Today is not the day for me to recuperate. Why did the imperial physician suddenly come here? Is there something urgent?"
Xia Wuqie thanked Ying Zheng first, then sat on the cushion with his medicine box on his back and looked around.
Ying Zheng was even more surprised.
If other ministers did this, Ying Zheng would not feel anything, thinking that they might want to tell some secrets or make some reports.
But Xia Wuqie is a doctor. Is there anything a doctor needs to put others aside before saying anything?
"Everyone go down, Gai Nie stays."
In the past, when Zhao Gao was issuing seal and talisman orders, Ying Zheng would only say the three words "all go down", and would not deliberately add the last four words - Zhao Gao would automatically leave them.
As for Gai Nie, Ying Zheng did not doubt him, he was extremely sure - if he added four less words, Gai Nie would definitely follow him out.
"only."
"only."
“…”
After everyone responded, Ying Zheng, Xia Wuqie and Gai Nie were the only ones left in Zhangtai Palace.
Ying Zheng asked: "Grand Doctor, can you tell me this?"
Xia Wuqie looked at Gai Nie.
I often see Mr. Gai and Chang'an Jun chatting together in the palace. They must have known each other for a long time...
"Your Majesty, could you please ask Mr. Gai to stay outside the door? I want to use my unique acupuncture method to treat your Majesty's body. Mr. Gai is a master of swordsmanship and has a photographic memory. I am afraid that Mr. Gai will learn the acupuncture method passed down in my family."
A peerless swordsman, are you afraid that he will secretly learn your acupuncture skills?
Ying Zheng said: "Gai Nie is a peerless swordsman, he would never do such a thing."
Xia Wuqie insisted, "Your Majesty, please let me judge you with my own heart. This acupuncture method is a family acupuncture method that must not be leaked to others. I dare not take the risk."
After Xia Wuqi insisted twice in a row, Ying Zheng knew that it was not a problem with acupuncture, but a problem with people.
Ying Zheng tapped the table twice with his index finger.
Gai Nie and Xia Wuqie usually have little interaction, and Xia Wuqie's decision not to have Gai Nie present should not be for personal reasons.
Gai Nie is usually aloof and self-admiring, and there are not many people he is familiar with.
If Gai Nie wasn't present, this feeling...could it be that Cheng Jiao was mentioned again?
Forget it. If you want to know what Xia Wuqie is thinking, just let Gai Nie go out first.
Ying Zheng looked at Gai Nie and gave him a look.
Gai Nie looked at Ying Zheng and understood the look in his eyes, but he did not move.
Ying Zheng was helpless, thinking that Gai Nie didn't understand what he meant, so he said, "Gai Nie, go out first and wait outside the door."
Gai Nie did not respond. Instead, he moved closer to Ying Zheng, holding his sword in his hand, and said coldly, "If the imperial physician orders a fight with Your Majesty, I am outside the Zhangtai Palace and I am not absolutely sure I can stop him."
Xia Wuqie: ...
I was still suspecting you, and you're the first to blame me?
"Mr. Gai, Wuqie is a doctor. Have you ever heard of a doctor killing someone?" Xia Wuqie's voice sounded very unhappy.
Gai Nie nodded coldly with no expression on his face.
"Chang'an Jun once told Nie that there is a Peach Blossom Island in the Endless Ocean. There is a doctor with great medical skills on it. He is known as Huang Yaoshi in the martial arts world. He is both good and evil. He kills and saves people based on his own likes and dislikes."
Xia Wuqie said angrily: "A doctor should not kill people. If he kills people, he is not a doctor!"
Gai Nie remained indifferent and remained highly alert against Xia Wuqie.
It’s none of my business whether you’re a doctor or not. I just know that you’re in danger.
"I am the descendant of a family of doctors. How could I kill anyone? You are questioning my identity as a doctor!"
"Nie doesn't care whether the Imperial Physician is a doctor or not. Nie only knows that medicine and martial arts are inseparable. The more advanced the Imperial Physician's medical skills are, the more people he can save. The more advanced his martial arts skills are, the easier it is to kill people."
Xia Wuqie: ...
He wanted Gai Nie to see the doctor's martial arts.
When the two were arguing with each other, they didn't notice that Ying Zheng had a strange look on his face when Gai Nie mentioned Huang Laoxie from Peach Blossom Island in a serious tone.
If I remember correctly, that bastard also told me about Peach Blossom Island, which belonged to Huang Lao Xie, but wasn’t that something that bastard made up?
"Gai Nie, you go out first." Ying Zheng said solemnly, "The Imperial Physician will not harm me. If he wanted to, he would have succeeded long ago."
Ying Zheng thought that he was so serious this time that he could make Gai Nie say "Yes" and walk out of Zhangtai Palace.
He didn't expect that Gai Nie would have a cold face, shake his head and refuse again.
"Your Majesty trusts him, but I don't. If you just want me to be unable to see him move his needles, I will just turn my back."
Gai Nie turned around, facing away from Ying Zheng and Xia Wuqie, and said, "That's good."
This was the first time that Ying Zheng encountered a guard like Gai Nie who had such strong personal ideas. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should be angry at Gai Nie for disrespecting the king's orders, or admire Gai Nie's awareness of vigilance .
"Since Mr. Gai doesn't want to go out, then just stay here." Xia Wuqie's voice also turned cold, and he said, "Just don't be left alone at this time."
Xia Wuqie was not Li Si. He did not get involved in officialdom and was not afraid of offending the First Emperor's close associates.
He didn't want Gai Nie to hear what he was going to say about Ying Chengjiao, but he was afraid that Gai Nie would tell the truth, not that he was afraid of being hated by Gai Nie.
With me by your Majesty's side, even if Gai Niebing takes a dangerous path and commits a heinous act, it will be difficult for him to succeed. What's wrong with telling you?
Xia Wuqi calmed down and spoke slowly to Ying Zheng: "A few days ago, Queen Mother Han asked me to treat Lord Chang'an. She said that Lord Chang'an had been sneezing for a day for some reason. When I was examining Lord Chang'an's pulse, I found something strange."
What's odd?
Gai Nie turned around.
Is it really Cheng Jiao?
Ying Zheng felt much more relaxed.
Xia Wuqie observed Gai Nie out of the corner of his eye, and said in a low and steady voice: "Chang'an Jun has been lingering in the tower all year round, but his vitality has not been depleted at all, on the contrary, it is very full, and..."
Xia Wuqie gritted his teeth and said, "It is the body of a boy."
The body of a boy is commonly known as a virgin.
The corners of Gai Nie's mouth twitched slightly, and his expressionless face seemed to be unable to remain expressionless.
The young master has been lingering in villas all year round and has slept with countless beauties. It is more believable than saying that he is planning a rebellion.
Ying Zheng's face was not expressionless, so Ying Zheng's reaction was stronger than Gai Nie's.
He couldn't help laughing and said, "Isn't this a joke to me?"
Saying that boy is a virgin is the funniest thing I have heard in recent years.
Xia Wuqi also knew how ridiculous his diagnosis was, and he raised three fingers to the sky and said, "I swear as a descendant of a medical family that I did not make a wrong diagnosis. The manager of the tower attempted suicide last night but failed. I am leaving here today without permission, just to find out whether Chang'an Jun is a virgin."
Ying Zheng asked with a smile: "What was the result?"
Xia Wuqie said solemnly, "From the pulse, the tower manager is empty and should be good at sex. And from the statements of the women in the tower, the tower manager's sexual partner is indeed Chang'an Jun. Chang'an Jun is not only not a virgin, but should also be good at this. This is inconsistent with my diagnosis of Chang'an Jun. But I am absolutely sure that from Chang'an Jun's pulse, Chang'an Jun is indeed a virgin."
"This is consistent with my understanding of that bastard." Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Perhaps Cheng Jiao is different from ordinary people. His pulse is different from that of ordinary people. It is reasonable that the imperial physician cannot find out."
Xia Wuqi had thought of Ying Zheng's explanation early on. There are indeed people in the world whose pulses are different from those of ordinary people.
Even if Bian Que, the founder of medicine, were alive today, he would not dare to claim that he could see all the pulses in the world.
But Xia Wuqi was well aware of this matter, yet he still came to meet the First Emperor today.
The reason was simple. He was sure that Ying Chengjiao was not one in a million.
Xia Wuqi has taken too many pulses in his life. Three years ago, he took the pulse of a person whose pulse was not at the wrist below the palm, but at the wrist below the back of the hand.
People whose pulse is obviously different from others as soon as they feel it are what doctors call extraordinary people, not people like Ying Chengjiao whose pulse is inconsistent with the public's perception.
No matter what the public thinks of Ying Chengjiao, Xia Wuqie can clearly feel Ying Chengjiao's pulse. Even if he is a virgin, his pulse will not lie.
So Xia Wuqie shook his head, disagreeing with Ying Zheng's opinion, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, the pulse will not lie. There is only one possibility for this situation."
