Suddenly, the prince suddenly opened his eyes!

Gu Zhirong was startled, his hand was still on his eyes, and it was too late to retreat. He grabbed her hand suddenly, and his movements were as swift as lightning, and his face, which was so deep that it could never be forgotten at first glance, was in front of her, so close as a hand.

His lips moved slightly, but his voice was inaudible, as if muttering to himself. Gu Zhirong was too close to him, and it was not easy to hear clearly, it turned out that he was talking about "mother concubine".

Gu Zhirong frowned, she remembered that the prince's mother was the queen's mother, although she was the mother of a country, but she was so beautiful that she died when the prince was young. The emperor is very affectionate, and the position of emperor and queen has been vacant since then. Even if the princess of Liangguo entered the palace later, she failed to win the queen's throne.

At this time, Gu Zhirong heard his ardent longing for his deceased mother from his call to his mother, she couldn't help but be moved, what she didn't expect was that he was as cold and hard as him, and he would have such a soft side, and he would be so deeply in love with his mother.

Does every bad boy have a crippled childhood?

But this prince is not an ordinary bad boy, he still holds the power of life and death of the superiors, so he has to be on guard.

She tried to withdraw her hand, but with a slight movement, she was grabbed tighter. She simply stopped and looked into the prince's eyes. She found that although the prince's eyes were open and facing him, his gaze was dull and uncohesive, and she was sure that this person must still be immersed in her own dreams at this time.

So, she patted him lightly on the face. Softly said, "Sleep." ”

The prince seemed unwilling to sleep.

Gu Zhirong couldn't help but be a little anxious, she knew that the person in her sleep would catch something. It's going to be caught. If Shang Wu saw the prince holding her hand tightly the next day, it would be a big misunderstanding?

So she thought for a moment and said, "Sister will sing you a lullaby?" She sang softly, "Sleep, sleep, my dear darling, my sister's hands gently shake you......"

I don't know how many times after singing it, Gu Zhirong suddenly thought that this lullaby was often sung to him by his mother when he was a child. Now the melody, as well as my mother's unique tactful voice, still seems to be ringing in my ears, oh. own past life......

Gu Zhirong shook his head, he was destined to not be able to go back, he couldn't think about it anymore!

She went to see the prince again, and saw that the prince had closed his eyes. I slept very peacefully. She let out a soft breath. Slowly retracting his grip on his hand, he walked outside and made another round.

When Shang Wu woke up the next day, it was already dawn, and Gu Zhirong had already boiled a crockpot of medicine, poured it in a porcelain bowl and put it on the window to cool.

With the experience of the first dose of medicine, it will be much faster not to feed the medicine this time, and the prince is also very cooperative, and it will take a while. I drank all the medicine in one bowl. Gu Zhirong touched the prince's forehead again, although the high fever subsided. However, the low-grade fever still recurred, which was due to the fact that the back wound was not treated in time.

Gu Zhirong looked outside and said, "That carriage is too big to be used anymore." You carry the prince, and we will go down the mountain. When we got to the bottom of the mountain, we first found an abandoned farm to settle down, and then found a doctor to treat the prince. Now that the wind is tight, maybe those men in black have set up ambushes at the intersections of various official roads, and we must not act recklessly. ”

Shang Wu couldn't help but nod: "Miss Gu Wu said very much, it is important to protect the prince's safety. ”

After the discussion, the two of them briefly cleaned up, put the straw on the ground outside the house, and put the bowls and cans back in their original places. Gu Zhirong thought about it, used charcoal to write on his behalf, tore off a piece of window paper, and wrote a few words briefly, which was nothing more than a thank you to the owner of this house, and then left a silver ingot. The letter and the silver were hidden under the straw on the kang so that they would not be taken away by trespassers.

After doing all this, Shangwu had already carried the prince on his back. He felt a little strange: "Miss Gu Wu, the prince's high fever has subsided, and his forehead is not so hot, why haven't he woken up yet?"

Gu Zhirong rolled his eyes and kicked him: "The high fever has subsided, but the condition will still recur, how can it get better so quickly?" Okay, don't rub it off, let's go quickly, take advantage of the fact that the sky is not bright to go down the mountain, if it is later, those people should go up the mountain to catch us." ”

Shang Wu stopped talking, he was young, in good health, and had strength, so he carried the prince on his back without difficulty, walked outside the door, Gu Zhirong covered the wooden door, and the two walked down the winding mountain road.

After walking for more than half an hour, I finally came to the foot of the mountain. Along the way, Gu Zhirong and the others did not go down from the main mountain roads for safety reasons, and chose some winding paths, even so, Gu Zhirong was so tired that he was out of breath, not to mention that Shangwu was still carrying a big living person on his back. Finally walked down the mountain, he also felt that he couldn't bear it, so he stopped Gu Zhirong and said, "Miss Gu Wu, find a place to rest." ”

Gu Zhirong nodded, she was just about to do something. So she looked around, and saw a small village about fifty meters away, so she beckoned Shangwu to come over.

It was a dilapidated village, with mud-brick houses as withered and yellow as the weeds growing around it, and mud-brick houses scattered in the east and west. At this time, the whole village fell into silence, and occasionally there was one or two dog crows, and it was obvious that the whole village was asleep.

Gu Zhirong frowned slightly, it stands to reason that people in the countryside have a lot of work, and many people get up before dawn to work, and they don't go home until sunset. At this time, the sky was already bright, and the people of the whole village had not yet gotten up to work, so you can imagine how lonely this village is.

Gu Zhirong thought as he walked into the village. At this time, they happened to walk in front of a house with a slightly larger yard, and at this time, someone opened the door with a "squeak", and then a basin of water splashed out. Gu Zhirong had already taken precautions, and stopped his steps early, Rao was like this, and also startled the lady who splashed the water, poked the probe, and walked out, with a sincere smile on her face, rubbed her two hands on the apron around her body, and said quite embarrassedly: "This...... I'm really sorry, you guys take care of it. ”

Gu Zhirong looked at the puddle of water on the ground, stepped forward and said: "This eldest lady, we went to the capital to join our relatives, we took a fork in the road, the entanglement was almost used up, and even the carriage was sold, and now my eldest brother is sick again, you can see if it is convenient to fill your stomach with something, and we also have the strength to continue to hurry." ”

The old lady wearing Ge cloth looked at Gu Zhirong and the three of them very seriously, and saw that the clothes on their bodies were silky, which was obviously not something that a poor family like them could afford to wear. Seeing that the three of them looked tired, one of them also carried a person who looked as if he had passed out. The people in the countryside are simple in nature, and they will lend a helping hand to those in distress in other places. So he said very cheerfully: "What is this, come in, come in." I'm boiling corn paste for my grandson, so come in and eat a bowl of it." ”

Gu Zhirong thanked him and entered the old lady's house with Shang Wu.

Sure enough, corn paste was boiling in the house, and the smell of sweet corn wafted through the whole yard. The eldest lady was very enthusiastic, and filled a bowl full of corn paste for each of them, and called her grandson out to vacate the kang to place the prince for them.

Gu Zhirong was eating corn paste with his grandparents and grandchildren, and asked by the way why this village was so ruined.

The old lady sighed and said: "This girl, don't hide it, originally there were more than 200 people in our Hunan taro village at the beginning, and it can be regarded as a big village." For a long time, the sunrise and the sunset returned, planting some grain and melons, fruits and vegetables in the field, and living a passable life. Two years ago, a group of people suddenly came here, saying that they had found gold in the mountains near the village, and then opened a kiln to dig it, and recruited strong men in the local area, and paid them handsomely, fifteen taels of silver per month. Think about it, fifteen taels of silver, and the monthly silver of those rich and noble ladies is only five taels. So all of a sudden, the young and strong guys in the village went to most of the ......"

Hearing this, Gu Zhirong couldn't help but interject: "Digging gold mines, isn't it forbidden by the imperial court to mine privately?"

In all dynasties, the right to mine gold has always been monopolized by the government, and the people are absolutely not allowed to mine, even if someone discovers a vein in private, they must report it to the government. Of course, if you don't want to report to the government and keep it for mining, it will be done secretly, and it is indeed counterintuitive to mine gold like this.

The old lady didn't feel anything wrong at all: "Those people are the people sent by the imperial court." There are official documents and everything, and they are still hung out for people to see, and the seal on it is clear. ”

"Oh, I see. Gu Zhirong nodded, indicating that he had no doubts, and motioned for the eldest lady to go on.

After eating half a bowl of corn paste, the old lady sandwiched a handful of pickled sauerkraut, ate it, wiped her mouth, and continued: "Soon, the first batch of people did it for a month, and they really asked someone to bring back the silver, fifteen taels of white silver, which made people's eyes red. So all the people in the village who didn't catch up with the first group to go went on the second recruitment, including my only son. ”

Speaking of this, the old lady wiped away her tears.

Shang Wu was puzzled: "This lady, your son can be recruited, this is a good thing, fifteen taels of silver a month, if it were me, I would definitely be the first to run away." ”

It's okay that Shangwu didn't say it, but as soon as he said it, the old lady couldn't hold back, and suddenly burst into tears, which scared Shangwu a lot, and he didn't know where he said it wrong.

"Son, my mother can't stand you. If your mother doesn't let you go, you won't dig up your life. Also, my good daughter-in-law will not climb to the top of the mountain to cut wood, and if she falls, she will be gone......" The old lady cried a handful of snot and tears, and even her five or six-year-old grandson cried together. (To be continued......)