Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Chapter 446 Objects of Entertainment

In Jingping City, inside a medical clinic filled with the aroma of herbs.

A doctor in a simple long gown and with a focused look in his eyes was concentrating on giving acupuncture treatment to Zhuang Zheng.

I saw that he had a very skillful technique and the needle flew like flying, and he quickly inserted several needles.

As the silver needle pierced into his body, the big bump on Zhuang Zheng's forehead gradually disappeared as if by magic.

However, there was still a large bruise at the original location of the bulge, which was purple in color and would not disappear for a while.

The doctor stopped what he was doing, straightened his back slightly, and looked at Li Zhi beside him. With a hint of emotion in his tone, he said, "Let him lie down for a while. He should wake up after a while. However, the thief who attacked him was too cruel and used too much force."

Li Zhi nodded slightly, a trace of solemnity on his face, and responded: "It is indeed crazy."

Not long after, Zhuang Zheng, who was lying on the hospital bed, hissed softly and let out a painful groan.

He slowly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with confusion and dullness. He slowly glanced around and asked weakly, "Where is this? Why am I here?"

As he spoke, he subconsciously tried to prop himself up and sit up, but as soon as he moved, a piercing pain came from his forehead. This pain not only made him grimace, but also brought with it a strong feeling of dizziness, making him almost faint again.

The doctor beside him was quick to move forward and gently pushed him back to the bed. He said gently, "You just woke up and are still very weak. Don't rush to get up. Lie down for a while."

Zhuang Zheng also felt unwell, so he stopped struggling and lay down obediently.

Seeing that Zhuang Zheng had calmed down, the doctor turned to Li Zhi and said, "That's enough. Once he has a good rest, he should be fine. I'll be leaving first. If anything happens, call me."

Li Zhi nodded again and said gratefully, "Thank you, doctor."

After the doctor left, Li Zhi walked gently to the bedside and looked at Zhuang Zheng who was lying on the bed.

Zhuang Zheng slowly opened his eyes, looked at Li Zhi, and asked weakly, "What happened?"

Li Zhi did not answer directly, but asked: "Don't you remember anything?"

Zhuang Zheng frowned, straining to recall what had happened, then said, "I remember... the young master of the Jia family came to me and asked if the Xiahoushan token was for me. I told him no, it was for you. And then... I don't remember anything."

Li Zhi sighed softly, and then told Zhuang Zheng the details of how Jia Jiajia came to see him and the fight between the two.

Zhuang Zheng's face showed a trace of embarrassment and guilt after hearing this. He smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said, "There are rumors outside that the young master of the Jia family is mentally ill. I saw it with my own eyes today, and it is indeed true. It's all my fault. I told your story to others and almost put you at his mercy."

Li Zhi glanced at Zhuang Zheng and disagreed with what he said.

After all, in Li Zhi's opinion, someone like Zhuang Zheng who has been working in officialdom for many years cannot be lacking in understanding of a famous family like the Jia family.

But Zhuang Zheng was indeed suffering at the moment, and since he had already said so, if he did not follow his words, it would probably put both parties in an embarrassing situation.

So, Li Zhi said, "This man does act strangely. Lord Zhuang should know something about him. Could you tell me about him?"

When Zhuang Zheng heard Li Zhi's question, he did not hide anything and began to tell the story about Jia Jiajia.

It turns out that Jia Jiajia was not as crazy as he is now when he was a child.

He is gifted with extraordinary strength, and has a very high understanding of martial arts, making rapid progress in learning martial arts.

Therefore, the Jia family placed high hopes on him, hoping that he would join the military in the future, make great achievements, and bring honor to the family.

something unexpected may happen any time.

When Jia Jiajia was nine years old, he suddenly fell seriously ill and was in critical condition, with his life in danger.

In order to save him, the Jia family tried every possible means, even going so far as to ask the emperor for mercy.

Fortunately, the emperor, mindful of the Jia family's loyalty and outstanding achievements for generations, sent imperial physicians from the palace to treat the case.

After the full efforts of several imperial doctors, Jia Jiajia finally saved his life.

But since then, Jia Jiajia's intelligence has remained at the level of a nine-year-old and has never grown.

The originally talented son of the Jia family turned into a stupid idiot overnight.

However, although Jia Jiajia has low intelligence, he is still a direct descendant of the Jia family and has a noble status.

Therefore, no one dared to provoke him easily just because of his stupidity.

Even people from other families with similar status to the Jia family were unwilling to get into trouble.

This also made Jia Jiajia accustomed to doing whatever he wanted in Jingping City. However, one time, Xiahou Shan first arrived in Jingping City.

At that time, Xiahou Shan was drunk and accidentally bumped into Jia Jiajia.

The two of them didn't see eye to eye and started fighting after a disagreement.

This was originally a trivial matter. You know, in their family of nobility, people of the same generation often fought with each other, and the elders in the family did not care about it.

If it were someone else, they would either go back in disgrace after losing, or practice hard to avenge their previous defeat in the future.

Or just avoid that person when you see him next time.

But Jia Jiajia was different. He had been in Jingping City for so many years, and no one dared to do this to him. This made him extremely interested in Xia Houshan, so he pestered Xia Houshan every day.

Xiahou Shan was also very annoyed, but he had no way to deal with this madman.

As for the matter of the token, according to Zhuang Zheng's guess, Xiahou Shan was probably annoyed by Jia Jiajia's pestering, so he deliberately found an excuse, saying that the token would only be given to the most powerful person, in order to get rid of Jia Jiajia.

Listening to Zhuang Zheng's story, Li Zhi's brows furrowed involuntarily.

So it seems that Xiahou Shan really had bad intentions in handing the token to him?

However, Li Zhi was full of doubts and couldn't understand what Xiahou Shan's purpose was.

Is it that he just wants to use Jia Jiajia to get rid of this envoy from a vassal state?

Or does he want to use me to deal with Jia Jiajia and get rid of Jia Jiajia with my own hands?

But Li Zhi calmed down and thought about it carefully, and felt that both of these speculations were unlikely to be true.

After all, he was just an envoy of a vassal state. In the Wei Dynasty, such status and position was probably not much different from those of the lowly Shang people.

With Xiahou Shan's power and ability, if he really wanted to get rid of me, there would be no need to go through so much trouble. He could easily put me to death by finding a reason. Why would he go through so much trouble?

As for the speculation that he used his own hands to get rid of Jia Jiajia, it is also untenable.

Although Jia Jiajia was unconscious, he was quite strong. When Li Zhi fought with him, he realized that it was not easy to defeat him, let alone take his life.

Li Zhike didn't believe that Xiahou Shan had such high confidence in his ability and thought that he could successfully get rid of Jia Jiajia.

What's more, Jia Jiajia is a direct descendant of the Jia family and has a noble status.

If Jia Jiajia unfortunately dies, the Jia family will definitely not give up easily. They will thoroughly investigate the matter and may even implicate Xiahou Shan.

Therefore, if Xiahou Shan really wanted to take action against Jia Jiajia, he would not choose such a method that would easily bring trouble to himself.

However, Li Zhi didn't know that Xiahou Shan's idea was actually very simple. He didn't have any complicated conspiracy or calculations, he just thought it was fun.

In Xiahou Shan's view, giving the token to Li Zhi would trigger a fight between Jia Jiajia and Li Zhi. This scene full of variables and drama was exactly what he wanted and would give him pleasure.

Just like he ordered his Shanzi Camp to attack the envoys from vassal states who came from afar just because he thought it was fun.

In the eyes of these aristocratic families, people of low status like Li Zhi were perhaps born just to be objects of their entertainment.