In the third year of the Han Dynasty, 223 AD, the first day of the first lunar month of spring.

The first day of the first lunar month, referred to as the first day of the first lunar month, is actually the first day of the first lunar month, which is the first day of the year.

In ancient times, when a dynasty wanted to emphasize its orthodox status, it usually had to correct the new calendar, which meant promulgating a new calendar and stipulating the day on which the year should start.

By using the new calendar, the people can know whose family the emperor is sitting on today.

The meaning of the word Zhengshuo gradually converges with Zhengshuo.

According to Shu's practice, a year-end meeting is held every year on Zhengshuo Day to reward the officials and soldiers who have been busy for a year.

On this day, there are also related folk sacrifices and celebrations. Although the grandness is not as grand as that of the later Spring Festival, it is still a rare day of relaxation and rest in the year.

However, this year's year-end conference held in Yong'an seemed particularly deserted.

Liu Bei was seriously ill and was unable to attend, and many officials also took leave of absence.

The shadow of Yiling's fiasco still hangs over people's minds and cannot be dissipated. People are not in the mood to celebrate the festival.

After all, regardless of common people, wealthy families or officials, almost every household has relatives who died or disappeared in this war.

In addition, Emperor Liu Bei fell ill again, which is really not a good sign.

……

At night, Zhou Mo stood guard outside Liu Bei's palace, holding a piece of paper, writing and drawing, and studying basic geometry out of boredom.

Although it is only a bit of knowledge from modern primary and secondary schools, and people who can sing Gu Yongzha have generally learned it, but in the Han Dynasty, it was definitely considered cutting-edge science.

Even in the Ming Dynasty, 1,400 years after the Han Dynasty, the great scholar Xu Guangqi also highly praised this book in the preface of his translation of "Elements of Geometry".

In particular, the purely rational logical thinking contained in it is particularly valuable. For example, what is a definition, how to define it, what are axioms, and how to make logical deductions based on these definitions and axioms.

Xu Guangqi commented on this book and said: It can be said to be the form of all things and the sea of ​​learning of hundreds of schools of thought.

Zhou Mo thought that when he returned to Chengdu, he would definitely add this course to Liu Chan's curriculum.

While he was concentrating, two guards and a medical officer hurried over. As soon as they met, they said hurriedly: "General Zhou, it's not good. Your Majesty is seriously ill and I'm afraid he is in danger!"

"What?"

"Your Majesty is in danger. General, go and have a look."

Zhou Mo's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself: "It shouldn't be right. The Liu Bei in history hasn't died yet. Could it be that the butterfly's wings are flapping, and Liu Bei's death has also been advanced?"

He stood up in a hurry and said: "Quick, take me to have a look."

There is still a short distance from Zhou Mo's barracks to Liu Bei's dormitory. Everyone hurried to Liu Bei's dormitory. Zhou Mo asked the medical officer: "What is your Majesty's condition? How did you medical officers examine it?"

?"

The medical officer was obviously very frightened and said hurriedly: "An hour ago, His Majesty said that his body was too hot and he could not sleep. He called me for questioning. I took His Majesty's pulse and gave him a soothing decoction. After drinking the decoction, His Majesty felt much better.

But my mouth felt bitter again, so I ate some snacks. For some reason, I suddenly felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, my face turned red and purple, and I couldn't even speak."

Zhou Mo said: "Did you choke on something and block your airway? Did your Majesty eat while lying down?"

The medical officer said: "Yes, I also suspected that he was choking on food, so I ordered several palace maids and eunuchs to keep rubbing your majesty's chest and patting his back, but they didn't get better at all."

While they were talking, everyone had already arrived at Liu Bei's chamber. They saw that Liu Bei's face was red, his lips were purple, and his mouth was opening and closing, but he couldn't say a word. It was obviously a symptom of suffocation.

Several palace maids and eunuchs gathered around Liu Bei, patting him on the back and even picking his throat with their hands, hoping that he would cough up the foreign matter. But Liu Bei was extremely weak and could not even cough hard.

His face became more and more purple, and his breath became weaker and weaker.

"Get out of the way, I'll do it!" Zhou Mo jumped onto Liu Bei's dragon couch, hugged him from behind with one arm, and tilted Liu Bei's body forward. Then he made a fist with the other hand and jerked upward.

Squeeze his abdomen hard.

After squeezing four or five times in succession, Liu Bei let out a loud noise and spurted out a large ball of sticky food. His breath became smoother instantly, and his lips that had turned purple from holding back gradually returned to their normal bright red color.<

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This method is called the Hai's first aid method. Zhou Mo learned it when he was camping outdoors in college, but he had never used it. Unexpectedly, it came in handy at this time.

Liu Bei was leaning on the bed, breathing heavily. The palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly cleaned up the vomit on the bed, and brought water to Liu Bei to rinse his mouth.

"Si Qian, you saved my life again."

After a long time, Liu Bei finally had the strength to say his first sentence.

Zhou Mo said: "Your Majesty should not talk too much, you need to take a good rest."

The medical officer also said: "What General Zhou said is true."

Liu Bei said: "Si Qian, you are very good. From now on, you will stay by my bed every night and never stay away."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhou Mo said.

Liu Bei stopped talking. After a lot of tossing, he was extremely exhausted and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Zhou Mo had no choice but to obey orders and moved his duty room directly from the barracks outside the palace into Liu Bei's palace.

Accompanied by the snoring of the old man beside him like a broken bellows, Zhou Mo lit the oil lamp and continued to study his points, lines, planes, triangles, and quadrilaterals.

In the early morning, the sky is still slightly bright.

Liu Bei woke up again.

"Si Qian." He called softly.

"Your Majesty, I am here." Zhou Mo replied.

"I just dreamed that the clouds were growing. Across a river, he was calling me. I wanted to go over there, but I couldn't find a bridge or a ferry. I felt anxious and suddenly woke up."

"Alas..." Liu Bei let out a sad sigh and said slowly, "Yun Chang is calling me from the underworld. I'm afraid I will die soon."

Zhou Mo comforted him and said: "I think about it every day and dream about it at night. Your Majesty and Marquis Guan have a deep friendship. I just miss you too much. This dream has no other meaning. Besides, even if Marquis Guan is in the underworld, he will definitely hope that your majesty will be prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period."

, live a long life, and will definitely not call His Majesty over there."

"You don't need to comfort me." Liu Bei said, "I know my body. People say that you never grow old at fifty. I am already over sixty years old. I feel that my life has been wonderful. I have nothing to regret and I don't feel sad.

."

Zhou Mo didn't want to continue this heavy topic. Suddenly he thought of something and said:

"Let me tell your Majesty a story."

"Can you still tell stories?"

"In my early years in the countryside of Langzhong, I listened to a poor Confucian scholar from a poor family telling children on the street. I found it quite interesting, so I kept it in my heart."

"Since it's interesting, please tell me."

Zhou Mo cleared his throat and said: "Speaking of the general trend of the world, if we divide for a long time, we will unite, and if we unite for a long time, we will divide. The Warring States Period was divided, and it was merged into Qin. After Qin was destroyed, Chu and Han fought for hegemony, and then merged into Han..."

"...But it is said that Liu Yan, the governor of Youzhou, went out to recruit volunteers in order to fight for the Yellow Turban..."

"Wait a minute." Liu Bei said, "The person mentioned here must be Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, and he was mistakenly called Liu Yan. He has never been to Youzhou, even Liu Yan, so how could he ever be the governor of Youzhou? Besides, Youzhou

It’s not a county, so how can we have the post of governor?”

Liu Bei said again: "This Confucian scholar is really ignorant and infuriating. Do you know his name?"
Chapter completed!