Chapter 1348: Sick or Poisoned
As soon as he entered Ma Zhongxi's room, Chen Xi smelled the strong smell of herbs inside, immediately covered his nose and said, "It seems that Ma Lao Zhongcheng's illness is not bad!"
Guo Shaoheng nodded: "Yes, Lord Zhongcheng, it's been a long time since Ma Fantai's illness is getting worse and worse, and he is about to reach the point where the medicine stone is powerless!"
Chen Xi did not walk into the inner room and sighed: "Ma Lao Zhongcheng is jealous of evil and has always been famous for his virtuous people. He has gone to many places to perform his duties. Could it be that Mr. Lin wants to die in a foreign land?"
Guo Shaoheng was speechless.
Chen Xi waved his hand and said, "Let's go, accompany me in and take a look, just treat it as a condolence to Mr. Ma..."
As he said that, Chen Xi first entered the inner room and saw someone using a stove to make a fire in the house, with a pot of decoction on it. In order to make the fire burn, he was still fanning with a fan. What's strange is that the smoke in the house was shrouded in smoke, but the window was not opened. The person who decoctioned the medicine was choked by the thick smoke and coughed violently.
Chen Xi glanced at the bed and saw that the bed tent was pulled up, and a faint panting sound came. Chen Xi covered his mouth and nose, pointed to the decorator, glared at Guo Shaoheng, and shouted: "Guo Chanzheng, what does this mean?"
Guo Shaoheng felt that he couldn't bear to worry about his face, so he kicked the charcoal stove over and shouted, "Dog thing, who asked you to decoct medicine here?"
"It's not you..."
The decorator coughed so hard that his voice was almost hoarse. He raised his head when he heard the sound. Seeing Guo Shaoheng standing in front of him, he stood up for no reason. As soon as he explained, he noticed that there was an angry boy standing beside Guo Shaoheng.
Guo Shaoheng no longer gave the decorator a chance to speak, and scolded: "Dog, take the stove and medicine jar outside to decoct the medicine, and did not give him any instructions to not come in!"
Chen Xi shook his head after seeing it. This was clearly an attitude of not giving up until Ma Zhongxi was tortured.
Seeing the decorator walking out with a charcoal stove, Chen Xi ordered Ma Jiu: "Open all the windows in the room and have some breathing!"
Guo Shaoheng quickly stopped him: "Mr. Shen, you can't open the window to get some breathing. Ma Fantai is a stroke symptom, and you can't see the wind..."
Chen Xi frowned: "I asked you before, didn't you answer that you didn't know what disease Ma Lao Zhongcheng suffered from?"
Guo Shaoheng then remembered that he had indeed said this, and said a little embarrassedly: "I have only heard of it. I just diagnosed this doctor Liu..."
The doctor was dumbfounded and quickly corrected: "Sir, my surname is Gao!"
Now that Guo Shaoheng has no truth, Chen Xi stopped asking more questions and pointed directly at the window. Ma Jiu took the people over and smashed all the sealed windows.
Chen Xi came to the bed and opened the mosquito net, but saw Ma Zhongxi, who had been in high spirits before, had a face like gold paper, and was as ventilated as if he was terminally ill and had less breath.
Seeing Ma Zhongxi, who is now on the verge of death, Chen Xi could only use the word "poor" to describe his mood.
To put it bluntly, Ma Zhongxi was too impatient to do things and was ready to put three fires when he arrived at the local area, investigate and deal with local bad policies, reform salt and tea transactions, and strive to increase the treasury revenue, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among local officials and gentry.
When the Ma Zhongxi official is one level and crushes people to death, the government officials and local officials and gentry will inevitably make some powerful measures against Ma Zhongxi. The best way is to let the Ma Zhongxi go away. Even if the Ma Zhongxi does not die, it will peel off a layer of skin, so the Ma Zhongxi becomes honest.
Chen Xi saw Ma Zhongxi's miserable appearance, so there was something he didn't need to ask too much, but he couldn't help but question: "Guo Chanzheng, why doesn't he look like a stroke symptom of Ma Lao Zhongcheng's complexion?"
Guo Shaoheng stuttered and replied: "This...This...Shen Zhongcheng, you... aren't a doctor, how can you be so arbitrary?"
Chen Xi was furious when he heard this and asked back: "Can Guo Zheng know that before he became an official, what kind of business did his family do?"
Guo Shaoheng hesitated for a moment and replied: "...xiaguan vaguely remembers that he opened the medicine shop?" This sentence revealed that he had actually conducted in-depth investigations into Chen Xi's background and had a deep understanding of the new governor's foundation.
Chen Xi sneered: "Since I know that I have some understanding of Qi Huang's technique and still hide in front of me, that's what I'm doing! Come on, prepare a clean water supply for Mr. Ma..."
Guo Shaoheng was about to send someone out to bring in, but when he saw Chen Xi's personal soldiers, he came in with a wooden barrel. After opening it, there was heat simmering inside, which was obviously warm water. Guo Shaoheng was stunned when he saw this. He never expected that Chen Xi was so careful that he actually brought drinking water.
Chen Xi personally scooped water with a wooden scoop, sat down on the edge of the bed, and helped the horse Zhongtin to drink water. After drinking the warm water, the horse Zhongtin seemed to be more energetic, his breath was much heavier, and his cheeks had a hint of blood, but he was still in a state of distress.
Chen Xi knew that most of the people from the General Administration Office had tampered with Ma Zhongxi's food and drinking water. Ma Zhongxi now had a life because they dared not let Ma Zhongxi die when they first arrived. If Ma Zhongxi died too quickly and the court felt something strange, they would inevitably send a left governor to take office. In addition to bringing a large number of people to protect themselves, they would also quickly investigate and deal with local bad policies, and they would probably be taken away by the slaughter.
Nowadays, the people of the governor's office hold Ma Zhongxi's life with abnormal means, so that Ma Zhongxi could neither investigate them nor the court could send a next vassal state to come over, and Guo Shaoheng was still responsible for the local government affairs. Even if Ma Zhongxi died in the end, it would be a "natural death" and no one was responsible.
Chen Xi asked, "Is it the only one in the entire yamen of the governor and the envoy, Guo Guanzheng?"
Chen Xi asked this question naturally to let the Right Administrator and other officials come to see him.
Guo Shaoheng refused coldly: "Shen Zhongcheng, it is not convenient for the rest of his colleagues to come and see him!"
As soon as these words are said, they will break up!
Chen Xi sneered: "Since I don't come to see you, I will make a decision on behalf of Mr. Ma. Now Mr. Ma is seriously ill. I will take him back for a good diagnosis and treatment. Is there any problem?"
Guo Shaoheng immediately stopped: "Shen Zhongcheng, you are obviously unruly in accordance with the rules. Ma Lao Zhongcheng is the head of our vassal yamen, so we should naturally be taken care of by our people. You govern the two provinces and should not interfere with the specific matters of the vassal yamen in any province..."
Chen Xi raised his face: "Whether you agree or not, I will make the decision now. Come and ask Mr. Ma to go to my Governor's Office to recuperate!"
"I see which dog is afraid to act rashly!"
Guo Shaoheng was extremely respectful to Chen Xi before, but when he saw that Chen Xi violated his core interests, he immediately showed his fangs and revealed his true nature as a local snake.
Chen Xi looked calm: "What, Guo Guanzheng still wants to detain his official position and poison him again, so that he will be tortured to the stroke like Mr. Ma?"
Guo Shaoheng said: "Shen Zhongcheng has no evidence, please don't rush around and bite people. After Ma Fantai arrived at the local area, he was indeed sick because he was not accustomed to the local environment. This was the result of diagnosis by many doctors!"
"The doctors' diagnosis is just a matter of your vassal yamen. I don't listen to this now. If anyone comes, take the person away!" Chen Xi's attitude was extremely strong.
"Who dares?"
Chapter completed!