Placid Chang'an

Prince Ning fainted, and immediately caused an uproar in the palace, from governor Liang Fang down to representatives of the country gentry, all crowded in Li Shi's bedroom, stretched their necks and waited, not daring to breathe.

But when Li Shi woke up and glanced at the crowd, he said coldly, "Get out."

Liang Fang stepped forward cautiously: "My lord, do you feel..."

Li Shi frowned: "Get lost!"

Everybody fuck off.

Li Shi told Qi Lin: "Go and call Qu Ling'er."

Qi Lin hesitated for a moment: "Master, tomorrow."

Li Shi closed his eyes with a tired look on his face, but the meaning in his words was beyond doubt: "Go."

Qi Lin could only bring Qu Linger here.

Qu Ling'er had already learned that Prince Ning vomited blood for his elder brother Su, and only then did she know that it wasn't that she didn't care, but that she pretended that everything was normal for him, and that person would come back again, Yan Xiaoyan complained to him, "It's been a tiring journey. died".

Those who deceive themselves and others are unwilling to face reality.It turns out that the invincible Prince Ning also has such a weakness, once it breaks, the inside is bloody.

Qu Ling'er recounted everything that happened that day. He watched his elder brother Su fall into the abyss, and he knew how slim the hope of surviving was. Even if he was reluctant, he could only believe that this was the truth.

Li Shi sat on the bed and listened quietly, and finally waved his hand without saying a word, sending Qu Linger away.

"Take people, go to the bottom of the cliff, and bring them back to me." Li Shi closed his eyes and said, "My people, even if they die, they will die by my side."

Su Cen had been lying down for two days before he could get up. Walking around the cave while holding on to the stone wall, he was panting like a cow. Beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, his lips were pale, hot sweat mixed with cold sweat, and the whole portrait Fished out of the water.

This body is too weak, and his legs trembled almost unsteadily after walking a few steps. How could he get to Xuzhou City with these legs?

Su Cen gritted his teeth and let go of the stone wall in anger. He fell to the ground after taking two steps. One hand rested anxiously on the uneven stone, and immediately cut a bloody hole.

Su Cen gasped in pain, tears came out of the corners of her eyes, she looked at this disfigured body in annoyance, pointed at it and couldn't walk two steps, but the pain was unambiguous at all.

After resting enough, it took a long time to get up. Su Cen stopped humiliating himself and sat down looking at the blood on his hand in a daze.

He can't go on like this anymore, Xuzhou City doesn't know what's going on, and Li Shi doesn't know what's going on either, he came here with a holy order, but was trapped in such a cave and couldn't move.

But what can he do?He couldn't climb the sixty-mile mountain road?

When Huzi came in, he was startled by the blood all over the floor, and then by Su Cen who was indifferent to the blood on his hand, and hurriedly put down the bowl in his hand to check on Su Cen's injuries.

Fortunately, the hole was not big, but the blood on his hands looked scary. After washing it with water and pressing some herbs on it, Hu Zi handed the bowl to Su Cen, "Brother, it's time to eat."

It is said to be a bowl, but it is actually only half a gourd head, which contains a muddy soup with a slightly earthy color, and there are a few black strips floating on the surface of the soup.

Su Cen took the gourd head and frowned at the earthy yellow color, closed his eyes and drank it down before he could recall anything.

Throat moved a few times, and there was a tendency to gag again. Su Cen raised his head, gritted his teeth and endured it for a while. After suppressing the tendency, he lowered his head again, returned the gourd head to the tiger's hand, and smiled on the human head. He touched it, "Thank you."

Huzi looked at the fingerprints that had been pinched out on the gourd's head, made a face at someone and went out.

Uncle Cao said that this man used to be a young master, and it was not easy to support him, but since they picked him up, they should take good care of him. It is best to eat some live animals, which will help his injuries.So in the past few days, he led Erya to the sky and into the earth, and searched for food for the young master.The earthworms that were planed, Cao Ershu said that they are called earthworms, can clear away heat and relieve pain, and if caught cicadas, they can also quench wind and calm convulsions. Even the cicada sloughs picked up are medicinal materials.In the end, he didn't ask any more, and stuffed everything he could find into the pot anyway.

At first, Su Cen asked what was in the soup, but after being vomited several times by him, he simply didn't ask. He just asked him to mash it up while cooking, so that he could not see the original appearance clearly.

No, this man's complexion has improved a lot after drinking for a few days, and Hu Zi sincerely thinks that this young master is quite easy to support.

After another two days, Su Cen was finally able to get out of the cave, leaning on a branch and following Hu Zi, watching Hu Zi digging around for him to catch earthworms.

In the end, he even secretly picked up a dung beetle that pushed the dung ball and threw it into the cloth bag.

Su Cen had black lines all over his head: "...that can't be eaten."

"Can't you?" Huzi picked out the dung beetle with a bit of regret, "It looks delicious."

Su Cen's throat rolled up: "I really can't eat it."

"Oh." Huzi put the dung beetle back next to its dung ball with a helpless expression.

Back in the cave, Huzi excitedly took a cloth bag of live animals to make soup for Su Cen, but Su Cen hid far away in case he couldn't drink it for a while.

After entering the cave, I found that the villagers were all surrounded inside and didn't know what they were doing. Su Cen casually pulled a person on the outside and asked a question, only to realize that Er Ya had a fever, her whole body was hot, and she was unconscious at the moment.

Su Cen suddenly had a bad thought in his heart, and said, "Everyone go out first!"

Everyone turned their heads to look at him, and went to see Erya's condition one after another.

"Get out!" Su Cen frowned, "It might be the plague."

Everyone turned pale, and immediately retreated a foot away.

Su Cen leaned on crutches and tried it on the second girl, and it really burned badly.Plague is easy to happen after a flood. It starts with fever, and then there may be symptoms such as joint pain and vomiting blood, and the spread is extremely strong.

Su Cen said: "Everyone go out first, don't allow anyone to come in the cave for the next two days, just let Hu Zi boil the medicinal soup and put it at the entrance of the cave. I will take care of her for the next two days, is it because the plague waited overnight?" Let’s see if the fever subsides.”

There was no other way but the villagers nodded and retreated in panic.

Huzi cooked the soup and brought it to the entrance of the cave. He stood outside the cave and kept looking in. He was stopped by Su Cen several times before he gave up.Both he and Erya were orphans, they grew up eating hundreds of meals together, and their relationship was naturally extraordinary, so they wandered back and forth at the entrance of the cave, asking from time to time, "Is Erya getting better?"

Su Cen could only ask again and again—it's still not good, stay away, and within a cup of tea, I saw the little head wandering around the entrance of the cave again.

Su Cen fed her Baichong soup to Erya. There are several heat-clearing medicinal materials in it. Now that there is a shortage of medicinal materials in this broken cave, he can only use a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

As a result, the little girl was so delirious from the fever, she still knew that the soup was not good, Su Cen managed to feed it, and the little girl vomited as soon as she turned her head.

Su Cen: "..." Didn't you feel very happy when you dug for him?

After feeding a bowl of soup, Su Cen was sweating from exhaustion, the little girl cried out that she was cold, and Su Cen hugged her again.

In the middle of the night, the little girl's fever subsided and she showed signs of waking up.

Su Cen finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was unlucky, luckily his fate was tough.

As soon as Er Ya let go of him, she opened her eyes and looked at Su Cen: "Big brother, do you like me?"

Su Cen: "...Why do you ask that?"

Er Ya curled her lips: "I heard it all. You said that I might be a plague. You drove everyone away, but you stayed to take care of me. You didn't want to kill me because of me. What is it if you don't like me?"

The corners of Su Cen's mouth twitched, thinking that such a young child doesn't know what liking means, so he said perfunctorily, "You saved me and are so obedient, so I naturally like you."

Erya smiled weakly: "Then I'll be your wife, okay?"

Su Cen: "..."

Er Ya looked at Su Cen with wide eyes, "Although I also promised Brother Hu Zi to be his wife, but recently I don't like him anymore."

Su Cen felt amused, "Why?"

"Because Brother Huzi is not as good-looking as Big Brother," Erya said seriously, "Brother Huzi used to be the prettiest person in Cao Village, but after Big Brother came here, he is no longer, and I don't like him anymore."

Su Cen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, if he wanted to let Huzi know that he had taken his love from him, he wondered if that little man would dig worms for him to eat.

Su Cen cleared his throat, suppressed a smile and replied, "But big brother already has someone he likes, and if he wants to marry him as his wife, he can't marry you."

Erya pouted, "Does she look as good as me?"

Su Cen smiled: "He is very good-looking."

The little girl was wronged, she pouted and said, "Then is she as young as me?"

Su Cen smiled wryly, not ashamed to say that he was more than enough to be your father at that age, he stroked Erya's little braid and smiled while saying: "He is a very powerful person, he can fight wars, he can also plan tricks, and he can save many, many people He is very fierce to outsiders, but treats me well. He is now in Xuzhou City, and I came here this time to find him, but unfortunately I was injured halfway, and he has no news from me now, so he must be very anxious."

Erya frowned and thought for a moment, then gave up. She is not strong, she doesn't know how to fight, and she doesn't know what scheming is. Finally, she curled her lips: "Then I'll be Brother Huzi's wife."

Su Cen smiled and pinned her sideburns behind her ears, "Tell him yourself when you get well tomorrow."

Although it was just a false alarm, it was considered a wake-up call for these people. Su Cen called the villagers together the next day and taught them how to make water. They cut out a thin Guangling shirt and asked them to filter the water before boiling it. After that, all the imported food must be cooked before eating, and wild fruits must be washed and drained before eating.

After settling these people, Su Cen went to look for Second Uncle Cao, and explained straight to the point: He wanted to take these people to Xuzhou City.

Second Uncle Cao took a drag on his cigarette, "Isn't Xuzhou City flooded?"

But there is that person in Xuzhou City, Su Cen believes that even if Xuzhou City is really flooded, with that person, the aftermath can be dealt with, and the people affected by the disaster can be arranged in an orderly manner.These words can't be humane to outsiders, Su Cen just said: "Then we can't just take them to live in the cave, right? It's summer, and there are wild fruits and vegetables to eat, what will you do in winter? Fortunately, Erya is just Cold, if you really catch the plague, there is not even any medicinal materials here, how can you treat it? This is not a long-term solution. There are tens of thousands of people in Xuzhou City, and the supplies are more abundant than here. Once the disaster relief funds from the imperial court come down, you can get them as soon as possible, right?"

Uncle Cao bit his cigarette stick and squinted his eyes for a while, and said, "Shall we ask that dog official to help us?"

"He is a parent official sent by the imperial court. If he is really guilty, the imperial court will naturally make him responsible. Haven't you heard that the imperial court has sent imperial envoys to thoroughly investigate the breach of the dam and will give you an explanation."

Uncle Cao looked at Su Cen through the thick smoke barrier, "Who are you? How can a businessman know so much about the imperial court?"

"It doesn't matter who I am," Su Cen lowered her eyes and said sincerely, "You have saved me, and I will never bite you back."

Uncle Cao sucked on his cigarette again, let it out slowly and sighed, "But even if we go, they may not be willing to take us in. With so many people and so many mouths, why should they give us food."

Seeing people finally let go, Su Cen smiled: "Don't worry about this, I'll take care of it."

As long as Li Shi is still in Xuzhou City, he is not afraid that he will not be able to enter the city gate of Xuzhou.

Second Uncle Cao swallowed his clouds and fog for a long time, finally nodded: "Okay, I will listen to you once."