Chapter 174 Chapter 174 is the only genuine version...
"good."
Yin Xiyan said softly with tears in her eyes.
It’s not easy for anyone to survive after being apart for ten years.
He didn't want to say, and Yin Xiyan didn't ask.
No matter what, he is her brother, and that is enough.
She closed her eyes, trying hard to hold back her tears, and placed the imperial edict beside the bed with care. She said cheerfully, "We'll take care of it together."
The corners of Shen Xu's mouth curved up in a tiny arc.
He could no longer remember what his innocent self was like when he was still in Blackwater Castle. He could only continue to imitate Gu Zhizhuo's sweet talk and coaxing behavior.
His eyelashes trembled slightly, and he smiled sweetly and innocently: "Sister, I have to go to Qingzhou on a serious errand."
Chen Xu emphasized the last four words and handed over the transfer order: "Leave after the tenth day of September and return soon."
Those who dare to cause trouble, those who pretend to obey but secretly disobey, and those who enrich themselves will all be chopped off. Anyway, the Spring Examination will be held next year, and a few more Jinshi, Tongjinshi, etc. can fill the vacancies.
It doesn't take much time to go back and forth.
Xie Yingchen was a decent person in other aspects except that he was not ruthless enough and was unwilling to kill people in large numbers.
In fact, no matter who is guilty or not, drag them out and kill them in batches. As long as enough blood is shed, I guarantee that no one will dare to show up again.
Chen Xu raised his eyelids slightly, revealing a hint of sternness. The next moment, he remembered that his sister was still there, and immediately lowered his eyelashes. He said softly, "Sister, you stay here for the time being. When I come back, we will buy a house."
Yin Xiyan looked at his little finger and smiled: "Okay."
"Return mother."
Ting Lian knocked on the window a few times outside, then opened it halfway with practiced ease, and said cheerfully, "I made some sugar cakes and brought them to you to try..."
Halfway through her words, Ting Lian was startled to realize that there was someone else in the room.
He was Gui Niang's younger brother, and she recognized him after having met him once.
Gui Niang was recuperating from illness and might not know that when her brother came back last time, he was surrounded by people, all holding weapons and with fierce eyes. It was obvious that he was not an ordinary person.
Just like now, when Gui Niang's brother looked up at her, Ting Lian felt as if she was being stared at by a poisonous snake. The hairs on her back stood up, and she was terrified. She didn't dare to look him in the eye.
Why did I come at such a bad time! Ting Lian was extremely annoyed, and even began to stammer before she could finish her words.
"Brother Xian, help me peel an apple."
Lady Gui spoke appropriately, and Shen Xu obediently stood up to get the apple.
Without that stare, Ting Lian breathed a sigh of relief, her expression became much more natural, and she handed over a bamboo basket.
"Sugar cookies."
A layer of oil paper was laid at the bottom of the bamboo basket, and six golden fried sugar-coated cakes were placed on it.
The two of them lived close to each other, so whenever Ting Lian got some food, he would send some to her.
Yin Xiyan was the same before she fell ill.
Whether the other person is in the room or not, just open the window and put it on the small table by the window.
Ting Lian put down the bamboo basket and said, "It's filled with red bean paste."
"Thank you very much."
"There's no need for us to thank you." Ting Lian's every move was naturally gentle and charming. "Gui Niang, I'm going to Taiqing Temple soon. I'll bring you a peace amulet. I heard that the amulets there are quite effective."
"Are you going now?"
Yin Xiyan looked at the sky. It was already past noon. If she went back and forth, she might not be able to make it in time for the city gate to close.
At this point, Ting Lian's delicate features lit up. She leaned her arms against the windowsill and spoke excitedly, "Just now, while I was singing in front, I heard a guest say that at noon, a ray of light suddenly appeared at Taiqing Temple, enveloping the entire mountaintop."
"Sunlight?"
Ting Lian nodded repeatedly, a glimmer in her eyes, and said excitedly, "Some people have speculated that there might be a real person in Taiqing Temple who is about to ascend to heaven. I'll go over and take a look. Maybe burning incense and praying for a peace talisman will be more effective than usual."
Shen Xu was peeling an apple with a dagger, and his hand paused when he heard the words.
Xie Yingchen seemed to be saying that Miss Gu was still living in Taiqing Temple.
He lowered his eyes silently and continued to peel the apple.
He had a feeling that this glow was either someone playing tricks or was related to her.
Let the East Factory investigate and you’ll find out.
Such unusual events have occurred in the capital, and the East Factory must keep a close eye on them to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the opportunity to incite civil unrest.
However, the East Factory did not find anything unusual. The rosy glow appeared without any warning, covering the entire mountain of Taiqing Temple, as light as a layer of mist.
“It’s merit.”
Wuweizi looked up at the sky and muttered to himself.
Gu Zhizhuo gradually became weak and frail, relying only on Wuweizi's pills and silver needles to hold on. In the past two days, Wuweizi had a sad face, until now, he finally showed his first smile.
"Zhuo'er, she didn't deserve to die."
"Master, this is truly meritorious?" Qingping's mouth opened wide in surprise, his mustache curling up as he exclaimed in amazement. "Such a rich meritorious service! What extraordinary deed has my unfortunate little sister done again?"
"Save people."
Wuweizi smiled and lowered his arm holding the whisk.
"It's not just one person who is saved, but the merits of ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million people..."
Wuweizi thought for a moment, then he counted with his fingers and understood.
He said, "It's Qingzhou."
Qingping thought, "Qingzhou... could it be an epidemic?"
In Taiqing Temple, there are still young Taoist priests helping the court make pills. During the most urgent period, even the master went to help for a few days.
The epidemic in Qingzhou was very severe.
Qingping heard that adults might be able to survive, but if a child was infected, there would be no chance of survival.
The epidemic spread from Wujiang Prefecture in Qingzhou.
Wujiang Prefecture was also the epicenter of this earthquake.
After the landslide, many died, many were injured, and most of the survivors fled far away to find a way out. But some could no longer escape and resigned themselves to picking up the rubble and continuing their lives.
When Zhang Zinan and his friends returned from Yihe County, they saw a town that was more than half empty.
Their house had collapsed the day of the earthquake, and even now the ground was covered in rubble. After Zhang Zinan gave his daughter Hu Niu to his wife, he went to move the bricks and stones one by one.
The neighbor heard the noise and poked his head out from behind a tattered curtain: "Hey, why are you back?"
She was very thin, her clothes were tattered, her hair was messy, and her face was covered with patches of mud.
"Aunt."
"It's not easy out there, is it?"
"Yes." Kong forced a smile. "We walked all the way to Yanzhou. The government gave us some grain and silver and sent us back. The court forbade us from wandering around and told us to return home. They said they would exempt Qingzhou from taxes for three years."
"Oh, that's great, God bless you." Aunt Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing how hard Zhang Zinan was working to move the stones, she said, "I'll ask my husband to come and help."
"Aunt Zhao!"
A daughter-in-law came hurriedly over and shouted anxiously: "Did your daughter-in-law and Yinzi play with the boy from the Wang family the other day?"
"The Wang family kid has caught an epidemic and has a fever."
What! ?
Aunt Zhao's face turned pale with fright, and she shouted into the house, "Girl, girl! Silver!"
Seeing that no one answered, she hurried to the street to look for him. In her panic, she almost tripped over the gravel on the ground and ran stumblingly.
Why.
The daughter-in-law sighed repeatedly, and only then noticed Kong: "Hey, Zhang's sister, you are back?!"
She was a kindhearted person, and quickly reminded them, "You've returned at a terrible time! Our town is experiencing an epidemic. You must take good care of your little Huniu and don't let her go out. Many children have died, including the grandchildren of Mrs. Zheng's family. There are so many new graves on the mountain that we can hardly fit them all."
"Mrs. Zheng?" Kong asked. "I remember her son and daughter-in-law were both crushed to death."
"Yes, yes. Both sons and both daughters-in-law are dead. The head of the family had his leg broken and died within two days. She only has a pair of grandchildren left. Mrs. Zheng begged for food everywhere but fed the grandchildren first. I didn't expect she would get infected too. I heard Mrs. Zheng crying all night last night. She was crying miserably, as if both of her family members were going to die."
"If these two children die, I'm afraid Mrs. Zheng will die with them."
"Hey. I'm going to take food to my husband. Your Hu Niu must be careful."
The daughter-in-law carried the bamboo basket and left quickly.
The government hired young men from the town to repair the wall, and they were paid four steamed buns a day. Her husband wanted to save the steamed buns for her and the child, and asked her to send some wild vegetable cakes every day to fill their stomachs.
"Brother Nan."
Kong quickly returned home and told her what had just happened. She then asked, "Could it be the same disease as Hu Niu's?"
"That's for sure." Zhang Zinan wiped his sweat and said in a serious tone, "Miss Gu said that the epidemic was brought from Qingzhou by us."
"Baby."
Suddenly, a mournful cry was heard. Kong recognized the voice as that of Mrs. Zheng at the end of the alley. She was crying heart-wrenchingly, grief-stricken and desperate.
"Is there something wrong with her child?"
Kong said with a trembling voice.
She also felt the same despair. If it weren't for Miss Gu's rescue, their Hu Niu would definitely be gone.
"By the way, I have some medicine here!"
When they were leaving, Miss Gu divided the extra pills into several packets and gave one packet to each of them, saying that if they met anyone who was sick on the road, they could share it with them.
Along the way, Zhang Zinan had used up all the pills, but Kong still had some.
She took the pills out of her bag and said, "I'll be back soon. Please look after Hu Niu."
Kong rushed out in a hurry, panting.
Turning the alley, I saw Mrs. Zheng as expected. She was no longer howling, but only sobbing softly. With a numb look on her face, she put the firewood into a basin and walked into the house carrying the basin.
She walked unsteadily, her back looking lifeless and without any hope.
"Grandma Zheng."
Kong had a bad feeling in her heart and shouted loudly.
Mrs. Zheng didn't stop, so Kong had to catch up with her in two steps.
What Kong saw in her eyes was emptiness and death.
Kong took a look at the firewood in the basin, her heart skipped a beat, and she asked cautiously, "Grandma Zheng, is your baby okay?"
It would have been fine if she hadn't asked. But when she did, Mrs. Zheng couldn't stop crying: "I'm useless! I can't even support two children. I'm really useless."
"Are they gone?"
Kong was startled and followed Mrs. Zheng into the house.
"Don't come in. You still have Hu Niu at home. Don't get infected too."
"fine."
Miss Gu said that once you get it, you won’t get it again.
Half of Zheng Pozi's house collapsed, and it was barely propped up with wood and oilcloth to keep out the wind and rain.
When she opened the door curtain, Kong saw two lifeless children lying on the couch. She thought of her own daughter Hu Niu, who had also been lying in her arms, dying, almost dying.
Kong hurried over and touched the foreheads of the two children.
It's hot!
Still alive!
The corners of the two children's mouths were covered in blood, as if they had just vomited blood. Their breathing was extremely weak, almost imperceptible, but they were indeed still alive.
Mrs. Kong took the pills out of her bosom and shouted, "Hurry up and get some water. Your baby can still be saved."
ah?
"My Hu Niu also caught an epidemic a while ago. Miss Gu gave us some medicine, and we recovered right away. You're so fast. Even if you don't believe it, you should still try it."
Mrs. Zheng's mind was blank and buzzing. When Mrs. Kong asked her to pour water, she went to pour water.
Soon, the water was poured over, and Kong had already fed the pills into the mouths of the two children, one pill for each.
Both of them were so sick that they couldn't even swallow. Kong could only give them some more water, hold one of them in her arms, and rub their throats desperately.
Finally, the boy's throat moved and he swallowed the pill. Kong put him down and went to rub the girl with Mrs. Zheng.
She held the pill in her mouth for a long time without any reaction.
Her body temperature was dropping and her breathing was getting weaker.
Kong gritted her teeth, took the pill out of her mouth, mixed it with water, pried her mouth open, and poured the medicine in.
Seeing her granddaughter's lips turning pale from holding back the medicine, and the medicine leaking out from between her tightly closed teeth, unable to feed her a single drop, Granny Zheng wiped her tears and said in despair, "Forget it, let her go in peace."
She would accompany the two children to the underworld and would not let them be afraid.
"grandmother……"
An extremely faint voice sounded.
Mrs. Zheng was startled and found that it was her grandson who was calling her in a daze. She touched his face and found that it was warmer, not at all like he was dying.
Kong said happily, "I told you, the pills are effective. My Hu Niu was also saved by Miss Gu."
"it works!"
Mother Zheng gritted her teeth and hardened her heart. She pried open the girl's mouth and teeth, and Kong helped her drink the medicine all in one breath.
Kong did not leave.
They waited from dusk to midnight, and then waited until the first ray of sunlight appeared at dawn. Someone force-fed them another pill, and this time, they were able to swallow it.
Another hour passed, the sun shone all over the earth, and the two children opened their eyes one after another.
"grandmother."
"Hungry."
Mrs. Zheng burst into tears, and all her emotions were released at this moment.
She cried uncontrollably, holding Kong's hand, kneeling on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Lan, you are our family's savior."
There were eight people in their family, and five of them were gone. She had already made up her mind: once the two children died, she would follow them, so they would be company on the road to the underworld.
"No, no."
Mrs. Kong quickly helped her up and said, "This pill was given to me by Miss Gu. It was Miss Gu who saved them."
"Miss Gu?"
Mrs. Zheng didn't know who that was.
"It was Miss Gu from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion in the capital. At that time, many of us were about to die, but Miss Gu snatched us from the underworld and saved us all! This pill was also formulated by Miss Gu herself."
When talking about Gu Zhizhuo, Kong's eyes lit up and her voice was full of admiration and respect.
They had no way to survive, but Miss Gu gave them a chance to live.
"Miss Gu, Miss Gu."
Mrs. Zheng repeated the name over and over again, memorizing it firmly. She had saved her family's lives, and now she could finally raise her two children properly.
Mrs. Zheng was both happy and sad.
Kong gave the two children some water and asked them if they had anything to eat, even rice soup would be fine.
Mrs. Zheng reacted quickly and poured out a handful of rice from the locked cabinet.
She wiped her tears with her tattered sleeve and said sincerely, "I must go and set up a longevity tablet for Miss Gu. When the two children grow up, I will have them worship her every day."
Mrs. Kong nodded repeatedly. On her way back, whenever she saw a Taoist temple, she and her family would go in and kowtow, praying for Miss Gu's safety and longevity.
After the house is tidied up, she will also set up a longevity tablet.
The two children ate some rice porridge and felt better. Kong was worried about Huniu, so she decided to go back. Zheng Po went with her. She wanted to go to the small Taoist temple on the corner to burn incense for Miss Gu, and then go to pick up some food for the two children.
Turning out of the alley, a burst of noise exploded in my ears.
Seeing them approach, an auntie they knew hurriedly said, "Mrs. Zheng, is your child still alive? An official from the capital has sent us medicine. I heard it's for this epidemic."
Mrs. Kong was overjoyed. "It must be Miss Gu who sent it to the court. When we left, Miss Gu said she would send the medicine to all parts of Qingzhou as quickly as possible."
On the way back, she also saw the government distributing medicine.
Wujiang Prefecture is too far away, but it’s finally my turn.
She said, "This medicine is very effective. If any of your children are sick, go get it right away."
Mrs. Zheng smiled happily and said quickly, "Yes, yes. My child has taken the medicine and is alive again."
"Miss Gu is truly divine!"
Everyone knew that Mrs. Zheng's two grandsons were seriously ill and dying.
Seeing how happy she is now, could it be that she was really saved?
The epidemic was extremely severe. Every household had sick children, and children died of the disease every day.
Can this medicine really save their child?
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