Chapter 984: Lu Zhi Is Critically Ill

In Luoyang City, Huangfu Chaobo has been completely free. Everything has been arranged. Now the river has frozen, and the entire area north of the Huai River is covered with heavy snow. Huangfu Chaobo doesn't believe that anyone around him dares to go to war at this time.

However, his mood is not good, because Lu Zhi, who should have died a few years ago, fell ill. According to the doctor, Lu Zhonglang is due to a relapse of his old illness, and now he is incurable. If he is lucky, he can survive until the beginning of next spring. If his condition continues to worsen, he may not survive until the end of the year.

Huangfu Chaobo heard this and couldn't help but secretly headache. Now there are only a few days until the end of the year. Now Lu Zhi's eldest son is still in Wei County. Fortunately, the second son is still in Luoyang, and now he is taking care of Lu Zhi. This is still secondary. Huangfu Chaobo's headache is the war next year, because both Lu Zhong and Lu Ling have a very important position in the war next year.

Lu Zhong guards Wei County, which is an important city to defend against the westward invasion of Yuan Shao's army; and Lu Ling will be a member of Huangfu Li's army in the Ru'nan battlefield next year. But if Lu Zhi dies, according to the convention of this era, the two of them will resign and send Lu Zhi's coffin back to Youzhou, and they will also observe mourning for three years. In this way, they will have two huge pits.

But if Huangfu Chaobo firmly disagrees, the two should still obey, but it will cause great loss to Huangfu Chaobo's reputation. How can Huangfu Chaobo not be anxious about such a dilemma.

After sending a pigeon to Wei County to urgently recall Lu Zhong, Huangfu Chaobo hurried to Lu Zhi's mansion in the city. Because Lu Zhi was seriously ill, for convenience, Huangfu Chaobo sent someone to send him back to the mansion in the inner city from the academy outside the city. After all, it is still much more convenient in the city.

Since Lu Zhi came to Luoyang from Youzhou to serve as the principal of Luoyang Academy at the invitation of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun a few years ago, he has trained many talents for Huangfu Chaobo in the past few years. It can be said that 30% of the middle and low-level generals and officials under Huangfu Chaobo have stayed in Luoyang Academy and can be called disciples of Lu Zhi.

When Huangfu Chaobo entered the Lu Mansion, several carriages had been parked outside. They were the carriages of Huangfu Song and others. Hearing the doorman announce that Huangfu Chaobo was coming, Lu Ling hurried out of the inner room to greet him.

The two met just outside the gate. Seeing this, Lu Ling bowed and saluted: "Lu Ling greets the lord!"

"Brother Zizhi, there is no need to be polite," Huangfu Chaobo hurriedly helped Lu Ling up. After not seeing him for a few days, the elegant Lu Ling in the past had become haggard, with bloodshot eyes. He was completely different from what Huangfu Chaobo saw when Lu Zhi just fell ill.

"Brother Zizhi, how is Master Lu doing?"

Lu Ling shook his head: "Master Fan has been treating my father these days, but... Alas..."

"Don't worry, Master Lu is a lucky person, he will get better..." Huangfu Chaobo had to pat his shoulder to comfort him;

Both of them were speechless, and hurried to the inner room, and came to Lu Zhi's bedroom, only to see that several people were already sitting outside, including Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Han Fu, Kong Rong and Cai Yong, and several of Fan A's disciples were waiting there with several medicine boxes on their backs.

Huangfu Chaobo saw this and knew that it should be Fan A who was treating inside, so he hurried forward to greet him, and then asked: "How is the situation inside?"

Several old men shook their heads and said nothing.

After a long time, the door of the inner room opened, and Fan A walked out. When he looked up, he saw Huangfu Chaobo in the outer room, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Fan A greets the Marquis!"

"Master Fan, there is no need to be polite," Huangfu Chaobo quickly reached out and helped Fan A up: "Master Fan, how is Master Lu?"

Fan A shook his head and said, "The old general was injured on the battlefield, and then he was thrown into prison before he fully recovered, so he got the root of this disease. Then he lived in the bitter cold of Youzhou for a few years, which made him more serious. After coming to Luoyang, although Fan A thought of many ways, he could not completely cure him.

At that time, Fan told the old general that he could only extend his life for a few years. Now the old disease has relapsed and there is no medicine to save him."

As he said, Fan A bowed to Lu Ling and Huangfu Chaobo and said, "Fan A is really powerless, please forgive me, Lord Marquis and Lord Lu!"

Huangfu Chaobo was disappointed, and Lu Ling looked even more ashen.

Fan A said again: "The old general has woken up, Lord Lu should go in first! Fan A has finished acupuncture for the old general, and he is much better now."

Lu Ling came to his senses and bowed to Fan A, then walked into the inner room carefully. When he looked at the head of the bed, Lu Zhi had already sat up with the help of the maid.

Seeing his youngest son coming in, Lu Zhi smiled at him and said: "Has the Marquis come outside?"

Lu Ling nodded and said: "The lord just arrived and is talking to Master Fan. Uncle Huangfu, Uncle Zhu and Uncle Cai have all come and are waiting outside."

"Please invite them all in!" Lu Zhi ordered his youngest son in a weak voice;

"But, father..." Lu Ling looked at Lu Zhi hesitantly.

"It doesn't matter, I know what I am doing!"

Lu Ling had no choice but to return to the outer room and invite Huangfu Chaobo and his people into the inner room.

Everyone entered the inner room one after another, and each of them entered the inner room lightly.

When Huangfu Chaobo looked at Lu Zhi, he was also shocked. The old man who was still ruddy a few days ago has now become haggard, gray, and his hands are skinny.

Lu Zhi nodded to several old friends and said, "Old guys, I will go first. I will go to explore the way for you. But the current situation in the world, if I meet the late emperor in the underworld, what should I do, alas..."

Huangfu Song and others also smiled bitterly at each other. When they were about to speak to comfort them, they saw Lu Zhi raised his head again and said, "It's cold, you don't have to stay here any longer, go home and have a good rest, I still want to save some energy to chat with the marquis."

Everyone also understood what Lu Zhi meant, so they walked up to him one by one, patted his hands gently, and then left Lu Zhi's mansion.

Seeing that everyone had left, Lu Zhi turned to look at his son and said, "You go out too. Your father will have a few words with the Marquis."

Lu Ling looked at his father, then at Huangfu Chaobo, and hesitated to speak. Huangfu Chaobo saw this and gently patted his arm, indicating that he knew he would not let him get too tired. Helplessly, Lu Ling had to salute each of them, then gently turned around and left Lu Zhi's room. When he left, he closed the door of the inner room again.