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As soon as Xu Lai received the news, he hurried to the county magistrate's mansion with the doctor.Xie Qiao's whereabouts are unknown now, and there may even be an accident. He was so anxious that several bubbles appeared on his mouth overnight.If Lu Jue hadn't told him to stay at the inn when he left, he would have been unable to resist going to the county magistrate's mansion to ask for someone.At this time, as soon as he received Lu Jue's message, he was so anxious that he rushed to the county magistrate's mansion without even caring about saluting.

The doctor had an extremely weird and withdrawn temper. In Jinling City, he always looked down on the rich and powerful, so although his medical skills were good, he was not famous.

But he was inexplicably brought to a small county town, and at this time, Xu Laizhu hurriedly dragged him to the county magistrate's mansion, without any anger on his face, and even cheerful.It was all because Lu Huaiyu was the one who invited him that day.The old doctor looked down on all the rich and powerful in Jinling City, but he only admired Lu Huaiyu.He admired his character and his strength of character.So that day when Lu Jue went to his home to invite him, he packed his bags and left without saying a word, without even asking why, which made his family and children stunned.

It was precisely because Xie Qiao knew this that he left a letter asking Lu Jue to invite someone.When he left the letter, he felt a little emotional. Li Mingbei said "everyone loves Lu Huaiyu" at the beginning, but he had to admit that this sentence was really true.

When Xu Lai rushed to the county magistrate's mansion, he saw that the gate of the county magistrate's mansion was open at this time, and Lu Jue was standing at the door waiting for him.Standing beside him was a tall stranger in strange clothes, Xu Lai was taken aback when he saw it, but he was anxious, so he didn't have time to ask the man, but asked eagerly: "Lord Lu, where is our Highness?"

Lu Jue pulled Xu Lai aside to avoid the person beside him, and said, "Qiaoer is fine. I'm in Zhoucun right now, I'll go find him later."

"I'll go with the adults!" Xu Lai immediately answered.

Lu Jue took out a gold medal from his bosom and put it in his hand, saying: "This is His Majesty's badge, you take this badge and ride a fast horse to the prefect of Luzhou to transfer troops. You tell him that the soldiers and horses are directly secret." Transfer to Zhoucun, and assign people to clear up the affairs here."

"My lord..." Xu Lai was really worried about Xie Qiao, and just wanted to rush to Xie Qiao's side to confirm that Xie Qiao was really safe.

Lu Jue knew what he was thinking, and said, "Xu Lai, there is a plague in Zhoucun, and the soldiers and horses must be dispatched as soon as possible." In order to prevent the spread of the plague, there must be troops to maintain order. The current situation of the epidemic has not yet been confirmed. If it caused panic among the people, they could not transfer manpower from the neighboring county government, but could only secretly transfer troops from Luzhou.

Xu Lai was shocked: "Plague?! Then our Highness..."

Lu Jue frowned slightly when he heard the words, and said with anger, "Your Highness is so talented that you dare to deal with the plague alone!" Now he finally knew that Xie Qiao rushed to Tai County in such an inexplicable and anxious way for What, but knowing it can only make you angrier.

Xu Lai glanced down at Lu Jue's clenched fist and the sunken veins on the back of the fist, and knew that the other party was no less worried than him at the moment: "My lord, you...you see our Highness..." He originally wanted to He said, 'Don't blame him too much' when he saw someone, but after thinking about it, he felt that Xie Qiao lacked a lesson, so he changed his words halfway: "Our Highness, please ask your lord. I will go to Luzhou to find someone!"

Lu Jue nodded, then led a horse to him, and said, "Be careful on the road."

Xu Lai saluted Lu Jue, then got on his horse and headed towards Luzhou immediately.

After sending Xu Lai away, Lu Jue turned around, clasped his fists in salute to the old doctor, and said, "Mr., now, I need to bother you to go to Zhou Village with me."

The old doctor smiled and supported Lu Jue's saluting arms, and said, "It's not in the way, it's not in the way. I think you're in a hurry, I'm in good health, so you just have to hurry."

"Thank you sir."

Lu Jue did not disclose the identity of the old gentleman and doctor, so the person he caught did not know.But seeing Lu Jue rushing to Zhoucun with people in such a hurry, he still frowned slightly.

……

On the carriage going to Zhoucun.

The old doctor and the man were both in the carriage. Lu Jue was driving the carriage, when the man opened the curtain and sat beside Lu Jue.Feeling him coming out, Lu Jue didn't make a sound, didn't even turn his head, just concentrated on his way.

The man was wearing a bamboo hat on his head at this time, and his eyes were buried under the hat.He said, "What exactly are you going to Zhoucun for?"

Lu Jue whispered two words: "Looking for someone." Then he asked: "What are you doing in Zhoucun again?"

The man supported the bamboo hat on his head, looked at the darkness in his eyes, kept silent for a while, and then said: "Zhoucun is my hometown, do people need any reason to go back to their hometown?" Added a sentence: "Some things should be done." There was a cold sarcasm in his tone.

He glanced at Lu Jue with the eyes under the bamboo hat, and said: "You are not from here, so naturally the person you are looking for is not, Zhoucun is not a good place, why would he go there?"

Only then did Lu Jue turn around and look at him, his face was sullen, but there was some tenderness in his eyes as if he couldn't help it: "Because he is a fool who should be taught a good lesson." He can only teach him a lesson himself ——That child was raised by him, and he taught him everything about that child, so he is naturally qualified to teach him.

The man was silent for a while after listening, and said: "If you find someone, take him and leave quickly. Although Zhoucun is my hometown, it is not a good place." Although, the person this person is looking for is probably not good. He will be in the village, because he used to guard the entrance of the village every day, preventing strangers from entering the village.

After the man finished speaking, he turned and went back into the carriage, but Lu Jue's face became more serious: This man knew about the plague in his village, but he went to Tai County not to invite a doctor, but to kill the county magistrate.When this person mentioned Zhoucun, his tone was full of unacceptable hatred that could not be suppressed even if he tried his best... This is not an ordinary plague at all, and perhaps it is not a natural disaster at all...

He thought of Xie Qiao again—he didn't know how Xie Qiao knew about the plague in a small village in Luzhou City in Jinling, but since the plague made Xie Qiao come here in such a hurry, it was impossible not to be serious... Would Xie Qiao be in danger there?Thinking of this, he frowned fiercely, and lost his usual calmness at all: now he is so worried about Xie Qiao that he can't wait to put his heart into Xie Qiao's chest, so that Xie Qiao will never be able to leave him. His heart will always be able to sense the existence of Xie Qiao, and he no longer has to worry about Xie Qiao leaving him...

The horse was running forward with the cart, and because of its high speed, the nose of the horse made a "squeaky" sound from time to time. Lu Jue stopped holding the rein, and his pupils shrank: what was he thinking just now... he just now, I thought about it, what...

Obviously, Xie Qiao has grown up, and sooner or later, he will leave him.He is no longer the child who needs to be protected and cared for by himself.He is already, one day, he will meet his beloved woman, he will form a family with his sweetheart, and then he will have his own child with that woman...

All of this is so logical... He has raised Xie Qiao from the age of nine to the present. Obviously, Xie Qiao has grown up and started a family, so he should be happy... That is a child he raised with his own hands. He has poured countless efforts into it. He has grown up, he is an adult, obviously he should be happy...

but……

Lu Jue took a deep breath. For some reason, his heart was beating faster than usual. There was a strange and strong dull pain in his heart. This dull pain made him so helpless. He felt that the dull pain was painful, but Inexplicably afraid that it will stop on its own initiative...

The moon hangs high, the night road is vast, and the sound of carriages rumbles. Lu Jue feels that a fog has formed in his heart. He doesn't know what's in the fog, and he doesn't know what's in the fog when he walks out of it. It floats up uncontrollably, like a treacherous piano sound, which cannot be dispelled or grasped.

That voice seemed to be singing an endless ballad: "The child you care about is looking for you in the fog, and the child you care about is waiting for you outside the fog."You obviously want it that way, don't you? '

"Bang, bang, bang"

Lu Jue closed his eyes, his instinct felt danger, but his instinct longed for that danger.He suddenly felt that he was about to see something clearly...

……

Xie Qiao wore a bamboo hat turned over from the wooden house, and with a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth, he sat on a big bluestone by the bamboo forest like a country boy. Beyond this bluestone was the stone tablet at the entrance of Zhoucun Village.In the past two days, as long as there are strangers walking here, Xie Qiao will stop them and throw money to make them detour.There is a mountain behind Zhoucun, and a stranger passing through Zhoucun is no different than going over the mountain to another county. The mountain is not only attached to this village, so the detour is only a long way away.

Seeing Xie Qiao's strange behavior, those people thought he was a fool, but it's okay to take a long detour if you have money, so Xie Qiao went smoothly these two days.But what made him feel strange was that none of the people in this village had left the village in the past few days.

He looked at the stone tablet at the entrance of the village and squinted his eyes: I don't know what's going on there...

Suddenly, there was a sound of carriages and horses, Xie Qiao was taken aback, and a smile appeared on his face.He stood up, patted the dirt on his clothes, and walked forward along the road, a carriage broke into his field of vision.Xie Qiao looked over in the morning sun, smiling even more on his face: the person he was thinking about so much that his heart ached and burned was indeed in that car.

It's just that the bright and angry expression on the other side is also clear in the morning sunlight.

At least, in this life, he has never seen Lu Jue's face so dark.

Now that beating is unavoidable.Xie Qiao stroked his fair chin, thinking with a smile on his face.

Lu Jue was on the carriage and saw the man standing in the middle of the road ahead at a glance.He was dressed in coarse linen and a bamboo hat, and his handsome eyes shone brightly in the morning sun.He looked straight at himself, so focused, there seemed to be stars twinkling in his eyes.

As soon as Lu Jue saw that lively face, he felt that his hanging heart had finally returned to reality.