Chapter 12 Li Ziqiu begged for medicine to save his mother, Ning Zihan sent a letter to Di Gong
The fiery sun is swaying the heat wave to the fullest, Emperor Yan is in a bad mood today, the banana fan in his hand keeps fanning the sun, and every time he dances, there is a wave of fire towards the nether world. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info the hot earth that is scorched, emitting dense water vapor, which makes people feel dazzled. Li Ziqiu walked under the scorching sun sweating like rain, but his heart was gloomy.
There are still twenty miles to go to Maijishan, Li Ziqiu's goal is the old abbot of the cave temple, the old monk Tanming, and only by seeking the blazing pill in the hands of the old monk can he cure his mother's cold. As the saying goes, blessing is unparalleled, disaster is not a single line, the house leak coincided with overnight rain, after Li Ziqiu's family fled Liangzhou in a hurry, they went straight to Chang'an, according to Ning Zihan's plan, corrected in Chang'an for a while, and then went to Hebei, and finally settled in Li Benyuan's hometown in Hebei.
Ning Zihan didn't look thin and weak, after taking the pills of Qingfeng Daochang, he could still resist it, and after being busy along the way, only Li Ziqiu could help, and Wang and Li Mochou couldn't help in any way. Wang was quite strong at first, but after escaping from Liangzhou, his mood relaxed a little, his body was not good, his mind was depressed, and he fell ill after days of running and working.
At first, he was just weak and weak, Li Mochou took care of his mother, and the Wang family saw that Ning Zihan and Li Ziqiu were tired all the way, and they were also worried about the tracking of the General's Mansion, so for the safety of their children, they gritted their teeth and insisted on continuing to hurry. Until the morning of one day, Li Mochou shouted loudly in the car: "Ziqiu, Uncle Ning, mother fainted", Li Ziqiu, who was in charge of driving the car, lifted the curtain and was also startled when he saw his mother lying in his sister's arms.
Ning Zihan came over from the car in front of him and looked at Wang's appearance, "It's broken!" ", I can't take care of the defense of men and women, let Li Mochou put the Wang family flat, Li Ziqiu pinched his mother, and finally the Wang family woke up, but his face was full of sweat, and his anger was like a gossamer, Ning Zihan asked Li Mochou to feed his mother water, and asked Li Ziqiu to wipe Wang's face with water, Ning Zihan tied the reins of the rear car to the front car, and accelerated the speed of travel, the front is Jincheng, it seems that he has to rest in Jincheng. In any case, there is no way to rush.
Ning Zihan had a lot of money, and in order to reduce trouble, he directly chartered a small inn and settled the four of them. I asked the shopkeeper of the inn Sun to invite a doctor in the city to diagnose and treat Wang. After the doctor's diagnosis, he thought it was a sudden fever, prescribed herbs, instructed how to take them, and left. Li Mochou and Li Ziqiu, with the help of the shop guys, boiled the medicine for their mother, Wang was lying on the couch, and his spirit was a little better than in the morning.
Ning Zihan has been guarding outside the door, seeing that Wang's situation is quite stable, he put his mind at ease, let the two sisters and brothers, wash and eat, take turns to rest and take care of Wang, after arranging all this, Ning Zihan sat down, and asked the shopkeeper to prepare a pot of wine, a few dishes, pour himself a drink, this way, Ning Zihan has not drunk for many days, three glasses in a row, only to breathe a sigh of relief, straighten up a very thin body, secretly thinking about the current situation.
The fact that he fled with Li Benyuan's wife and children must have been exposed now, and he has not seen the pursuers so far, which means that Helan Bi has not found his whereabouts. Wang has fallen ill, and it seems that he must stay here for a while until Wang recovers before he can continue his journey. Ning Zihan was a little glad that he escaped so easily. What he didn't know was that Qingfeng Dao Chang was following them all the way, and Steward Tian took people to Shawo to track Li Benyuan's traces, and while recovering the goods, Helan Bi had also sent people to track down the traces of Ning Zihan and Li Benyuan's wife and children. It's a pity that it was all resolved by the Qingfeng Road Chief. Once, when the pursuers were a few miles away, a fork in the road turned into a fork in the road, and the pursuers went in the other direction. Ning Zihan's traces were erased by Qingfeng Dao without a trace. The pursuers did not find any information in this direction, and had already turned back and pursued in other directions.
Wang's dim dim saw Li Benyuan walking towards him, Wang was very surprised, "Master, why are you dressed like this", Li Benyuan, who was bald and wearing monk's clothes, folded his hands: "I came to say goodbye to my wife, I have been accompanied by my wife in this life, no complaints and no regrets, I am deeply guilty, and now it can be regarded as evil and evil retribution, Tuo Qiu'er's blessing, Jizo Bodhisattva pointed out that I have taken refuge in Buddhism, practiced in front of the Dizang Bodhisattva, and the grievances of the past generations have been eliminated, and I hope that Mrs. will tell my son not to add karma entanglement for me, so as not to make mistakes", Li Benyuan finished speaking, Turn around and go.
Wang shouted: "Master go slowly, the concubine body wants to practice with you!" Suddenly, I felt that someone was shaking me vigorously, and in a startle, I opened my eyes, and under the dim light, Li Mochou was pushing myself: "Mother, wake up!" Mother, wake up! Seeing Wang open his eyes, Li Mochou let out a "wow" and threw himself on his mother and cried. The door was pushed open, and Li Ziqiu walked in quickly, "Sister, what's wrong with my mother."
Wang raised his hand, stroked his daughter's long hair, and looked at Ziqiu who walked to the bed, "My son, don't worry, it's okay for my mother", Li Ziqiu stood in front of the bed: "Mother, are you better?" ”。 With the support of his daughter, Wang raised his body and leaned on the pillow, "Just now, your father entrusted me with a dream, he has taken refuge in Buddhism, and he also told me not to take revenge, so as not to create another killing." Li Ziqiu bit his lip: "Mother is just frail and dreamy, how can I not avenge the revenge of killing my father!" ”。
"My son, you are still young, you don't know about your father, you can ask Mr. Ning later, just say that your mother asked you to ask, revenge, and don't take it to heart, since your father has converted to Buddhism, I don't want you to kill again" Wang finished speaking, tears rolled down. Li Ziqiu didn't dare to make his mother sad anymore, "The child knows, the mother still has to take care of her body!" Wang wiped his tears, "Your father's bones are not there, we can't take care of the memorial service when we flee in a hurry, since we have stopped here, you will discuss with Mr. Ning tomorrow, set up a tablet for your father, and pay tribute, when I came out, I brought your father's set of clothes, you asked Mr. Ning, is it feasible to make a tomb for your father in your hometown in the future?" ”。“ Yes, tomorrow, the child will say to Mr. Ning, "Li Ziqiu agreed."
Wang thought for a moment: "My family suffered this great disaster, although Mr. Ning and your father are friends of life and death, but for my family, Mr. Ning's move is a great favor, you must treat him as an elder in the future, and you must not be rude, can you remember?" Li Ziqiu promised: "The child knows that Mr. Ning has always treated the child like a nephew, and the child should be treated as an elder, and the mother should rest assured that the body is the most important!" Wang looked at Li Ziqiu and felt very comforted, my son was really an adult in a few days.
Ning Zihan asked the doctor to continue to condition Wang's body, and on the other hand, he made a tablet for Li Benyuan in the city, took it back to the inn, did it himself, wrote the name of Li Gong, and set up an offering table in Li Ziqiu's room. Ning Zihan waited for Wang and Li Ziqiu to finish burning the paper money before giving Li Benyuan a salute and incense, and Li Ziqiu kowtowed beside him to thank him. Wang also returned the salute next to him, "Thank you uncle for your kindness, when Ziqiu grows up, he will definitely repay his uncle's kindness." Ning Zihan hurriedly avoided and said: "Brother Li has a great favor to me, Zihan doesn't dare to take it seriously, this is a matter of duty, and sister-in-law can't take it to heart." ”。
Ning Zihan thought that Wang's body was fine, who would have thought that since the memorial to Li Benyuan, Wang's condition has worsened, and his body has become weaker and weaker, more than 20 days have passed, and he has eaten a lot of herbs, but there is no improvement, Li Mochou and Li Ziqiu are taking care of their mother without untying their clothes, Li Ziqiu is better, Li Mochou is just barely supporting. Ning Zihan was also helpless, and had already invited several doctors, and the diagnosis was that the worries were in the inside, and the heat on the surface was cold, and most of the herbs prescribed were the same, and there was not much effect after eating.
On this day, Li Ziqiu was standing on a stake in the yard, his mother's body was getting weaker and weaker, Li Ziqiu was miserable, Ning Zihan was also worried, in addition to taking care of his mother, Li Ziqiu was in accordance with the knife training method taught by his father, standing on the stake to practice the knife, and turning all the suffering into physical training. There was a quarrel in the front yard of the inn, and then a chubby fairy Taoist walked from the door of the inn to the backyard, and the innkeeper followed behind, "Daoye, I really don't lie to you, the inn is full."
Li Ziqiu was taken aback: "Qingfeng Dao Chief, why are you?" Seeing that Li Ziqiu knew Lao Dao, the shopkeeper Sun asked, "Little Brother Li, do you know this immortal chief?" Li Ziqiu said: "Know, the shopkeeper, you go and get busy, I'll just greet the Taoist", although Li Ziqiu hates Qingfeng Daochang, but at this moment he is extremely kind. Ning Zihan heard the movement in the courtyard, and also walked out of the room, and was overjoyed when he saw Qingfeng Dao Chief: "Qingfeng Dao Chief, why did you come here?" ”。
Qingfeng Dao Chang smiled and made a joke, "The poor Dao has traveled here, I didn't expect to meet you, the poor sour, it just happened that the old Dao was having trouble with the wine worm in my belly, take out the good wine first, feed them!" ”。 Ning Zihan knew that Qingfeng Dao Commander would not come here for no reason. Let the Qingfeng Daoist go to the house, and let Li Ziqiu go to the inn Sun Shopkeeper to order the preparation of wine and good food to entertain the Qingfeng Daochang.
Li Ziqiu was no longer a pampered child at this time, and he had already guessed that Qingfeng Dao must have a good intention to come here, so he immediately went out to find Shopkeeper Sun to arrange wine and food. Qingfeng Dao Chang looked at Li Ziqiu, who usually hated him very much, and was very active in preparing wine and food, shook his head, and sighed, "Hardship and hardship, Yuru is successful, experience wind and rain, and see the rainbow." Ning Zihan invited the Dao Chief to sit down, "The Dao Chief is here for this son?" ”。
Qingfeng Dao Chang picked up the wine jug from the table, like a long dragon sucking water, and drank it all, "If it weren't for this, why would I be tired?" ”。 He shook his head. Ning Zihan smiled instead, "Old Dao, it seems that you and I will bear this matter together." Ning Zihan is really happy, he knows the ability of Qingfeng Dao, and with the old Dao, it seems that there is no problem in keeping Li Ziqiu's family. Li Ziqiu soon returned, standing beside Ning Zihan and Qingfeng Dao Chang to serve.
Qingfeng Daoist was full of food and drink, looked at Li Ziqiu, who had been standing beside him, and said: "My Wuzhuang Guan has received a lot of funding from your father, since we met, I should go to see your mother, you go and report it!" Li Ziqiu knelt on the ground: "Dao Chief, my mother is seriously ill, and I hope that Dao Chang will save her life!" Qingfeng Dao Chang squinted his eyes and didn't speak, Ning Zihan pulled Li Ziqiu up, "You go and prepare, Dao Chang will come to the rescue." Li Ziqiu wiped her tears and went out.
Ning Zihan said: "You old way, why do you suffer for a child", Qingfeng Daoist rolled his eyes: "Don't be nosy, the monkey didn't embarrass me at the beginning", Ning Zihan was surprised: "Monkey, what monkey", Qingfeng saw that he had missed it, and simply stopped talking.
After Qingfeng Dao Chang pretended to finish the pulse of Wang's number, he came out of Wang's room, Ning Zihan and Li Ziqiu accompanied him back to Ning Zihan's room, Li Ziqiu rushed new tea and brought it up, Qingfeng Dao Chang seemed to be very satisfied with Li Ziqiu's attitude, drank tea, and said slowly: "Your mother's illness, the doctor diagnosed it correctly, but the treatment method is not very effective, if you want to eradicate the root, only the blazing pill can completely get rid of the cold that has entered it."
Li Ziqiu hurriedly asked, "Please also ask the Taoist chief to save my mother!" After speaking, he knelt down and kowtowed. Qingfeng didn't embarrass Li Ziqiu this time, and stretched out his hand to pull him up: "Blazing Dan, I don't have either", seeing that Li Ziqiu was about to speak, Qingfeng continued: "Not far from here, there is a Maijishan, the presiding monk of Maijishan Cave Temple, Tanming, you can go and ask for it, as for whether you can ask for it, it depends on your creation."
After Li Ziqiu asked about the location of Maijishan, he set off alone. Ning Zihan was not at ease, and Qingfeng Dao Chang stopped Ning Zihan, "Let him go alone!" Ning Zihan looked at Qingfeng Dao Chang and gave up the idea of going with him.
After Li Ziqiu left, Qingfeng Dao Chang found a room to meditate. Ning Zihan asked the shopkeeper Sun to find his wife and help Li Mochou take care of the Wang family. Ning Zihan can be regarded as putting his heart down.
Qingfeng Daoist didn't even come out to eat dinner, when Ning Zihan went to look for him, Lao Dao was meditating, and Ning Zihan didn't want to disturb him so he had to go back to the house by himself. After dinner, Lao Dao was still meditating, Ning Zihan didn't understand what Lao Dao meant, but he knew that Lao Dao would definitely not harm them, so he didn't care.
Ning Zihan, as Li Benyuan's think tank, is naturally more thoughtful about things, although he didn't think about avenging Li Benyuan, but he didn't want Li Benyuan to disappear silently like this. After thinking about it, he decided to tell the matter, no matter what the result was, he always wanted people to know about Helanbi's smuggling, and he suspected that Helanbi's conspiracy was also involved in this matter.
Helan Bi has a lot of power in Longyoudao, I'm afraid no one can punish him, think about it, Ning Zihan thought of the famous Di Renjie, said that Ning Zihan and Di Renjie took the imperial examination in the same year, but Di Renjie is the son of an official eunuch, and the old man Di moved his hometown to Taiyuan, which added a lot of benefits to Di Renjie, think about it, Li Tang's hometown is Taiyuan, Gaozu is Taiyuan who raised troops to fight for the world, there is always such and such a relationship, Di Renjie is already a civil and military all-rounder, but the stars are the gods and the golden dragon descends to earth, plus the relationship, I won the top prize.
Ning Zihan had met Di Renjie a few times at the pre-exam literati exchange meeting, and the two knew each other, and Ning Zihan also admired Di Renjie's literary talent, but Ning Zihan didn't feel that he was very bad, but unfortunately, Ning Zihan was just an ordinary good family, and being able to take the exam was already a green smoke on the ancestral grave, let alone a middle lift. Originally, even if he didn't win, the imperial court had an arrangement, after all, they were all talents, but unfortunately fate was not good, Ning Zihan's position was given to be topped, and those who could take a good position were naturally the children of the nobility.
Ning Zihan was not convinced, and tried to sue, but he was made very miserable, if Li Benyuan hadn't saved him, it would have been over. Ning Zihan has heard of Di Renjie in recent years, it seems that he is already a temple of Dali Temple, he has been out of prison thousands in a year, he has not wronged a person, his reputation is quite big, I think he should be promoted now, right? , he didn't know that Di Renjie had already gone to Penglai to be the county magistrate. Thinking of this, Ning Zihan prepared pen and ink, and began to write about the cooperation between He Lanbi and Li Benyuan in the past few years, and wrote it down in detail in 1510.
Li Benyuan is already dead, and he will take the children of the Wang family and Li Benyuan to go to Hebei Road in the future, thousands of miles away, and he will not be targeted, so Ning Zihan wrote without scruples, and clearly wrote down the trading of iron, grain and other contraband between Helan Bi and Dali Khan, the number of transactions, and the location. Who were the generals of the Hexi Army who participated in this matter, who Helan Bi sent to contact, etc., are clearly written. Of course, Ning Zihan was not stupid enough to leave his name.
It wasn't until the third watch that Ning Zihan finished writing, and wrote about the interception in great detail, from the process of trading in the Turks, to being robbed on the edge of the desert, and his own speculation about the murderer. The silk full of handwriting was dried, and Ning Zihan carefully folded the silk and wrapped it in cowhide and sealed it.
He thought about it, and when Wang was well and left Jincheng, he would have this letter sent to the capital. I hope Di Renjie can receive it, no matter what happens in the future, someone will finally know about Li Benyuan's robbery and killing, and he will not disappear into the yellow sand silently.