Da Suining

Chapter 137
The carriage stopped at the gate of Min'an Hall.

When I went out, the door of Min'an Hall was closed.

When I came back, the door of Min'an Hall fell off, and the two doors seemed to have slipped down the steps, and the slide was still far away.

Lu Yu once thought it was the doctor from Min'an Hall who came back, after all it is nature to save lives and heal the wounded, maybe the doctor came back for consultation.

Then I changed my mind and thought it was wrong.

If the doctor came back, what would they do with the door open?
Once the door is dropped, how can the Min'an Hall, which is leaking everywhere, look like it has been attacked by thieves?
Was it really a thief?

It is also impossible.Min'an Hall does not charge people for medical treatment, and usually does not put any money on the cabinet, and the medicinal materials on the cabinet are also common medicinal materials, such as Angelica dahurica, star anise, mountain ginger, and malt, which are not worth much.Thieves who dared to steal from the cabinet had to go back crying.

Could it be that something happened to the warehouse in the backyard?

Lu Yu's heart felt cold, and his steps became a little bit bigger.

Xiang Suining hugged the cake and followed closely behind him.

"My lord, you are back. I thought I would never see you again." Liu Shan lay on the door of the warehouse, saw Lu Yu from a distance, and stretched out his hand.

But I haven't seen him for two hours, Liusan's clothes were torn into several holes, his face was scratched by something, and there were several bloody cuts, and the cloth cap on his hair didn't know where he was pulled. The hair was pulled into strands and scattered on the ground like a pile of grass.

It looked like he had just been beaten.

Where is Pearl?
Xiang Suining hurriedly searched for the pearl.

Mingzhu was quite clever, she held a medicine pot in her arms, and hid in an abandoned water tank in the backyard.

Seeing Prime Minister Suining came back, Mingzhu crawled out of the water tank aggrieved, the medicine pot in her hand still did not dare to loosen, it seemed that she was frightened, the medicine pot was her weapon.

Even though she was holding a weapon, Mingzhu also seemed to be frightened. She lost a shoe, and after searching in the yard for a long time, she finally found the shoe in a pile of firewood.

"Mingzhu, are you okay?" Xiang Suining took her hand.

Mingzhu had lingering fears: "Just now when the girl left, a group of people came in, and these people couldn't help but say that they were going to take away those patients. The girl told Mr. Lu that we should take care of the patients. We didn't agree with them, so they came up to scratch us , Liusan was afraid that I would be beaten, so he asked me to hide in the water tank, and he faced the group of people by himself, and was beaten and lay down..."

Lu Yu had already checked Liusan's pulse, and pressed his ribs, thighs, and calves.

Fortunately, the pulse is safe, the bones are not damaged, and there is no serious problem.

Liusan grinned and got up, patted the dirt on his body, and sat against the wall panting: "Young master, don't worry, I'm fine, they just came to snatch the patients, they didn't use weapons guys, but I stopped in front, they got excited , just scratched me a few times, and when they were too anxious to leave, they stepped on me a few more times, but I am strong and I am not in the way."

"Cooking cakes... cooking cakes... I want cooking cakes..." A child stumbled and ran to Xiang Suining's side. Looking at the hem of Xiang Suining's skirt, she begged, "Mother, mother, I want...cooking cakes...eating cooking cakes..."

Xiang Suining knelt down, wiped the ashes from the child's palms with a handkerchief, and picked out another biscuit and put it in his hand.

But the child didn't eat the pancakes, but wobbled back to the storeroom with the pancakes in his arms, until he came to Wang Zhang's side, the child stopped and put the pancakes by Wang Zhang's mouth: "Father, Cooking cakes...cooking cakes...eating cooking cakes..."

It turned out that he was the youngest son in Wang Zhang's mouth.

The little son who always leans against the door and waits for him to come home.

The little son who sat in his basket and ate the pancakes while laughing.

Wang Zhang's face was black and blue, and he lay there motionless.

The child tried to open Wang Zhang's mouth, but no matter how hard he tried, Wang Zhang's mouth did not move at all.

Seeing this, the child sat cross-legged next to Wang Zhang, glanced at Wang Zhang, lowered his head, took a bite of the cooking cake, and then smiled at Wang Zhang.

Maybe he thought that as long as he smiled at Wang Zhang, Wang Zhang would respond to him tenderly and stroke his head as before.

Wang Zhang didn't respond, and a woman next to the child, wearing a dark red skirt and black wide-leg pants, began to cry in a low voice.

The cry was not loud, but her complexion was very bad, she was very haggard, a wisp of hair drooped on her face, and she didn't have time to clean it up.

In addition, there were a few taller children, male and female, standing around the woman, or holding Wang Zhang's hand, looking at the newcomers Suining and Lu Yu in confusion, not daring to say a word.

Except for Wang Zhang, all other patients are gone.

He didn't leave, probably because of an accident.

Xiang Suining distributed a cake to each of the children.

A child is a child after all, and when he got the cake, he let go of Wang Zhang's hand and ate it on his own.

Xiang Suining asked Mingzhu to take the child to the yard, and the child obediently followed.

Lu Yu squatted down, touched Wang Zhang's neck, and pressed his pulse, then leaned down and listened to his chest.

One of the woman's handkerchiefs was almost crumbled in her hand.

She almost didn't dare to breathe out, but her chest was beating "chug-chug", and her heart almost jumped out of her mouth.

"How is it? Wang Zhang..."

Lu Yu looked at Xiang Suining, then at the woman, and shook his head.

"Look carefully, Wang Zhang has really...already..." Xiang Suining looked at the crying woman, but couldn't bear to finish his sentence.

"I don't have a pulse anymore, I can't do it."

Lu Yu's words were like a knife piercing the woman's chest.

She first leaned on Wang Zhang, and then wiped the vomit from the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief, so seriously, as if Wang Zhang was still alive, and they were still the same as before. .

After wiping the corners of Wang Zhang's mouth, the woman held her youngest son in her arms and wept softly, "Don't you like to watch him eat pancakes the most? The child is here too. Don't you take a look at him? It used to be You picked him home, the child is here today, don't you plan to go back with us?"

The child was ignorant, so he tore off a little cake and put it on Wang Zhang's lips: "Daddy, cake, sweet..."

"Is it because we came back late? Maybe we came back earlier..." Xiang Suining blamed himself a little.

"If you have this disease, the medicine is just to do your best. Whether you can live or not depends on yourself. I have given him a silver needle, but it didn't work. In fact, before Wang Zhang... was when he said a lot... ...It's already a flashback... That's why I brought back the pancakes... It's a pity that he can't eat anymore, I was afraid... that I would scare you, so I didn't tell you."

silence.

The last time Xiang Suining was ill, she fell asleep in a daze, and woke up in a daze, the part of her serious illness in the middle seemed to never leave an impression in her mind, so she was never afraid.

But now, such a capable man, the pillar of the family, just collapsed like a ruined wall. He was full of longing for life yesterday, but today life has abandoned him.

He became unable to speak, unable to move, no longer worried, no longer thinking about his wife and children.

The plague had killed him so quickly.

He was not given a chance to breathe at all.

Lu Yu has already used both hands and feet, but with little effect.

It seems that on the other side, there are black and white impermanence, Yan Wang and the little ghosts are pulling the patient, only Lu Yu and Xiang Suining are so weak.

The opposite side is like an abyss, bottomless, it can swallow countless people, but now, these people are walking by the abyss, but they are still laughing and smiling, not aware of the danger at all.

Wang Zhang's death came so suddenly that people were caught off guard. From the time he went to see a doctor in Min'an Hall to his death, in just two days, the world was separated forever.

The woman kowtowed to the two: "Although our family's Wang Zhang is gone, I also know that it is his life. The doctor has already treated him. He can't save his life. It can't be blamed on others. It can only be blamed on us. He works as a porter on the wharf every day, and is accompanied by mice and fleas. Even if he is bitten by a mouse or a wild dog, it will not delay his work. How could he suddenly collapse without knowing why...and never get up again It's..."

"You mean that Wang Zhang was bitten by a mouse?"

"The warehouse at the pier is full of rats. The rats are as big as half a cat, and biting people is common. I remember that Wang Zhang worked there for a year, and at least he was bitten three or four times."

The woman mourned again: "Wang Zhang said that he came to Min'an Hall to see a doctor that day, and he never went back. Later, I heard that there were several patients staying here. It was rumored that they were locked here and would not be allowed to go back. Today I just met someone who came to pick them up. When the patient came home, I followed. I don’t know why, but your fellows didn’t let them take him away, so they grabbed him, pushed and pulled, and left. I wanted to take Wang Zhang away too. Take it back, but when I came, Wang Zhang couldn't move anymore, I knew he was dead, otherwise I wouldn't ignore the children..."

"I'm really sorry that I can't treat his illness."

"What disease does he have?"

"A contagious disease."

"A contagious disease?" The woman was a little shocked. She took her children and lived in Qingcheng like migratory birds. Wherever Wang Zhang went, their home would be there. Wang Zhang had suffered from several illnesses in recent years, but he himself Boil some dandelion water and drink it. It is rare to see a doctor. The woman knows almost nothing about the disease: "Is it a serious disease? Those people are all suffering from Wang Zhang's disease? "

Lu Yu nodded.

The woman's face was pale, and she came back to her senses. She hurriedly gathered several children around her, and held the youngest one in her arms, as if she was afraid that if she turned around, they would disappear like Wang Zhang.

After Wang Zhang's body was sent away, the Min'an Hall returned to its former tranquility.

There is no one to see a doctor, and the door is empty.

Lu Yu installed the two doors of Min'an Hall, and the sky was already dark.

Another day has passed.

The dusky clouds in the evening had already set, and the white walls and gray tiles of the arched houses stood tall. Occasionally, one or two crows screamed and flew over the white walls and gray tiles, flying very fast, like a black bird piercing the clouds. dagger.

It was the crow in the palace, which flew out to relax after eating in the palace.

Xiang Suining and Lu Yu walked side by side in the cramped alley, which was so long that there was almost no end in sight.

Their shadows are stretched very long, and the two shadows run side by side for a while, and overlap for a while.One high and one low, gradually covered by the dim yellow color, when night fell, Qingcheng suddenly went dark, as if falling into the boundless wilderness, only the night wind of Qingcheng Mountain was blowing.

Darkness is only for a short while.

Not long after, thousands of shopfronts began to hang lanterns. When the diamond-shaped lanterns, octagonal palace lanterns, fish lanterns, and revolving horse lanterns are hung, Qingcheng will be lit up.

The night of Qingcheng is also bright. Under the Qingcheng Mountain, the night of Qingcheng is like a huge pearl, surrounded by Qingcheng Mountain, shining with dazzling brilliance.

Since the founding of the country at the beginning of the Xuan Dynasty, to the present years, it is still peaceful.

There were almost no major battles. Occasionally, there were disputes on the border, but they were quickly suppressed and never affected people here.

Qingcheng is like a lady from a great family, staying in the boudoir and never being disturbed by outsiders.

Its nights are peaceful and peaceful.

Especially on the emperor's birthday once a year, the moat is crowded with cruise ships, and the emperor will go to the gate tower in person to look at the slender city and the people in the city, and then parade the streets with lanterns, fireworks shows, and those lanterns With the fireworks, Qingcheng is illuminated like daytime, how bright it is, and the smiles and frowns on the faces of pedestrians across the street can be clearly seen.

Qingcheng has the Water-Sprinkling Festival and the Torch Festival. There are about a dozen festivals, big and small, not counting the Spring Festival.

Qingcheng teenagers will run to the top of the mountain to play the flute for girls at night.

Girls in Qingcheng will sit under the attic window on a clear day to embroider purses for their loved ones.

The old man likes to walk along the moat with his little granddaughter, watching people fishing while walking.

Children like to chase after the hawkers selling candied haws and smell the sweet and sour taste.

Even when she was bullied by Tang Xiaoniang in her last life, Xiang Suining could still remember that birthday of the Empress Dowager, the palace rewarded birthday peaches, and the birthday peaches were big, red and sweet. She was full of belches, and people in the palace were still giving away money, so she just passed by, so she picked up a bunch of money and tied it with a red string.

A bunch of money was quite a lot, and she bought duck tongues, chicken feet, fried buns with these copper coins, and also bought a few big lemons, which were bigger than her fist, and she squeezed her eyes with sour bites.

She lived a short life in her previous life.

Qingcheng has never had many disasters.

What if the plague broke out in Qingcheng?
Mr. Zhou has a concubine in his arms, so he doesn't care about the lives of the people.

He probably didn't care enough for the court lady that the emperor rewarded him with.

It will be hot for half a year and ten months.

Moreover, he always believed that Xiang Suining and others created something out of nothing with impure motives.

The key point, he believes, is that children have no hair on their mouths and cannot do things well.

Time flies by like a horse.

Those patients have been mixed into Qingcheng, lost into the homes of ordinary people, and will never be found again.

They are fish, and Qingcheng is the sea. When the fish enter the sea, where are the traces left?Not even the sound of water.

Lu Yu sighed: "My father will not report this kind of thing. Although the imperial physician is a careful person, but because he is too cautious, he dare not speak up easily. Even if Qingcheng is in trouble, few imperial physicians dare Let's talk about the plague, not to mention that Qingcheng is still calm today."

(End of this chapter)