Chapter 872: Night Detective Yamen
Yang Xianmao slowly pulled out the silver needle and observed Luo Laohan's breathing. Luo Laohan's expression was still very painful, and his throat was like a flock of ducks fluttering over the water, making a strange sound. Yang Xianmao decided that he couldn't wait any longer, if acupuncture had no effect, and there was no way for other decoctions, this asthma would kill the old man, and he would have lost all his efforts.
Thinking of this, Yang Xianmao stood up and said to Luo Dakuang and Luo Xiaomei: "I'm going to go out to find medicine, find a medicine that needs to be used in home remedies, if this medicine can be found, it may be able to cure Ling Zun's old asthma problem." ”
Luo Xiaomei said hurriedly: "Brother Yang, what medicine are you going to find, I'll accompany you, you are not familiar with Longzhou." ”
Yang Xianmao said: "Okay. ”
Luo Xiaomei stood up happily and said to her brother: "Brother, you look at the store, I will go with Brother Yang to find medicine." ”
Luo Dakuang didn't ask Yang Xianmao what kind of medicine he was going to find, anyway, with his sister following, he felt a lot more relieved. In fact, he was really worried that Yang Xianmao would not come back once he left, so they could only watch his father die in front of him. He also believed that his sister asked to follow Yang Xianmao to find medicine at this time, and he must have thought the same way.
Yang Xianmao took Luo Xiaomei out of the door and came to the street, and now there is a bright moon hanging in the sky, which is relatively clear in all directions. Now is the time of autumn high and cool, the moonlight is like water, if it weren't for the rush to save Luo Laohan, Yang Xianmao really hopes to be able to take the pretty Luo Xiaomei to sit on the roof and quietly enjoy the beautiful moonlight.
Luo Xiaomei asked him: "Brother Yang, where are we going to find a prescription, I'll take you there." ”
"Zhizhou Yamen. Yang Xianmao said without hesitation, and walked towards the Yamen Mansion in the middle of the city.
Luo Xiaomei exclaimed, seeing that Yang Xianmao had already walked forward, she hurriedly quickened her pace to catch up, and said behind him: "What are you going to do in the yamen now? There is no one in there now, and even the prison people have been escorted to the city wall to guard the city." ”
Yang Xianmao didn't look back, strode forward, and said as he walked: "It's because there is no one in the yamen, so I go now, and the prescription I want is in this yamen." ”
"Is there any medicine in the yamen?"
"Follow me, and you'll know when the time comes. If you're scared, then go back. ”
Luo Xiaomei was really scared, but how could she choose to give up at this time. Yang Xianmao went to find medicine for his father's illness. Yang Xianmao is not afraid, what is there to be afraid of. What's more, she and Yang Xianmao had already experienced such a suspenseful and terrifying thing during the day, what could be more terrifying than that? So he shook his head and didn't ask any more questions, and walked quickly towards the yamen with Yang Xianmao side by side in the moonlight.
During the day, there are few people on the streets, and at night it is even quieter and a little scary. Yang Xianmao's footsteps crackled on the bluestone street, and it came out in the distance in the quiet street.
Yang Xianmao looked up and saw a lantern hanging on the city wall in the distance. However, the light of the castle tower was so bright that it even dispelled the night sky above. It is believed that this kind of bright light is definitely not something that those lanterns can bring, because in areas where there are no lanterns, the night sky is also illuminated.
Then there is only one possibility, that is, Zhizhou sent people to light a number of bonfires within a certain range outside the city. This has the advantage that once the Jin army approaches, the location of the Jin army's army can be clearly seen on the city wall, providing a clear target for the soldiers on the city wall to use bows and crossbows to carry out long-range attacks, and can give early warning. However, this illuminated area is mainly in the northeast, that is, the direction that the Jin army may attack, although there are other areas, but they are not bright, and it is obviously impossible to light a bonfire around the entire city.
It is precisely because of these bonfires that light up the night sky, anyway, the city looks very dark in comparison to the bonfires. Even the bright moon in the sky did not shine more clearly in the city.
Yang Xianmao retracted his gaze and deliberately walked under the eaves, using the house to block the lights and fires that came from afar. In this way, the moonlight in the sky can be clearly spread on the bluestone street, and the road on the ground can be seen more clearly.
Of course, Yang Xianmao didn't need such a clear vision, he was worried about Luo Xiaomei who was following behind.
Luo Xiaomei has been following Yang Xianmao closely, and she even has an idea of wanting to hold Yang Xianmao's arm. But now that she was not in any danger, how could she be embarrassed to do so. What's more, after learning that her father was willing to give himself to this little man, Luo Xiaomei's heart was a little confused, but she was not as indifferent as before.
The two of them came to the outside of the wall of the yamen, which was closed as usual, and they could only enter by climbing over the wall. Because there was no one in the yamen except for the watchman, it became an empty mansion. All the grain of the Yamen has been transferred to the barracks of the army, so that the people in the city will not riot for food when the Jin army is besieged. At that time, the yamen did not have the power to control it.
It's not the same in the barracks. Without abundant food, it is impossible to defend the city. After the most important thing, grain, was moved out of the yamen, there was no need for the yamen to send people to stay behind.
Yang Xianmao walked along the high wall, he found a place where the branches of a big tree extended to the wall, he didn't want Luo Xiaomei to know that he had martial arts, so he didn't plan to go over the wall directly, but like ordinary people, he climbed the big tree and climbed over the tree.
Luo Xiaomei's movements were relatively light, and she followed Yang Xianmao up the tree and went up from the horizontal branch to the wall. The walls of the yamen were high, but relatively wide. They can even move forward on it, Yang Xianmao and Luo Xiaomei are like this, after moving forward along the wall for a while, they found a place where firewood is piled up. In the moonlight, the firewood was piled up about half the height of the wall, and you could jump down to get to the firewood.
It's just that from the firewood pile to the top of the wall, it is more than a person high, and it still takes some guts. Yang Xianmao landed on the firewood pile with a slight jump, then turned to Luo Xiaomei and said, "Jump down, be careful." ”
Luo Xiaomei followed Yang Xianmao's example, half sitting on the wall, and jumped forward with both hands. But after all, she had never learned martial arts, and her body posture was not well controlled, and when she jumped forward, her whole body lost her balance and fell diagonally.
If you fall like this, you will be half dead in pain even if you don't get hurt. Yang Xianmao reached out at the moment when she was about to fall on the firewood, and skillfully wrapped her waist, causing her feet to step on a large horizontal log first.
Luo Xiaomei was so frightened that she almost screamed when she lost her balance just now, but Yang Xianmao held her up, so she didn't fall and hurt herself. She panted with her hands on her high breasts in a panic, and looked around in a panic. Seeing that he was standing steadily on the firewood pile, he breathed a sigh of relief, smiled gratefully at Yang Xianmao, and then found that he was almost half-hugged by Yang Xianmao, and immediately blushed, and quickly said, "I'm fine." ”
Yang Xianmao immediately let go of her, and then got down to the firewood, and Luo Xiaomei also followed. Yang Xianmao stood in the moonlight and said to Luo Xiaomei, "You should have been to the Yamen, right? ”
In fact, the lobby of the Yamen is the easiest place to find in the entire Yamen, because it is the grandest and largest building in the Yamen. And now the bright moon is hanging high, even if Luo Xiaomei doesn't need to lead the way in front, Yang Xianmao can find this lobby. But he had to find something to do for Luo Xiaomei, otherwise it seemed that Luo Xiaomei didn't seem to have any role in this operation to find medicine.
Luo Xiaomei nodded and said, "Come with me, I know where the lobby is, I'll take you there." ”
Luo Xiaomei walked in front, and Yang Xianmao followed behind. The bright moonlight shone on Luo Xiaomei's slender body, and it looked a little strange in this empty and silent yamen.
Yang Xianmao didn't know why such a word popped up in his mind, but he did feel it this way, maybe it was the feeling that this strange yamen gave him. The yamen always feels weird, and Yang Xianmao has heard many weird legends and ghost stories about the yamen before. Now it was a quiet night again, even if there was moonlight, but this moonlight made him feel even more weird.
He shook his head vigorously, not thinking about the feeling. I moved my eyes to a house with a black hole in the high and low of the yamen, and these buildings had no lights. The top was bright in the moonlight, but the lower part that the moonlight did not shine on was gray, and some of the windows were open and black, like the huge eyes staring at him in the night.
Luo Xiaomei seemed to want to complete this task as soon as possible, so she walked extremely fast, almost trotting. Yang Xianmao strode behind the meteor, and it didn't take long for them to come to the front of the lobby.
The lobby stood majestically in the moonlight, like a giant beast crawling in the dark. The open door of the lobby was like a giant mouth, and they were standing in front of it now.
Yang Xianmao took a deep breath, because he felt that his heartbeat was actually accelerating, which was very rare. After he was tempered by the true fire of yin and yang, it could almost be said that he could make Mount Tai collapse without blinking his eyes. Now his heart was beating involuntarily, a feeling that only occurs when he is highly nervous or in danger.
Yang Xianmao's eyes quickly swept around, and he didn't feel the specific direction of the danger, nor did he find the reason for his heart palpitations. Eventually, he put it down to seeing Luang Po in that haunted mansion during the day, and it still affects how he feels. So he decided not to think about it for the time being, shook his head vigorously, and then said to Luo Xiaomei: "You wait for me outside, I'll go inside to get the medicine." ”
Luo Xiaomei finally asked the doubts that had always existed in her heart: "Is the medicine in this lobby?