Chapter 66: The Plague of the Fish
The streets of the city after the curfew are eerily quiet. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info doors and windows are closed, and they don't even dare to light the lights.
Chen Fan'er took a sedan chair and soon came to the Eastern District. The royal district is surrounded by a high wall, heavily guarded, and no one is allowed to enter.
The government office was set up outside the Imperial City and north of the Eastern District. The residence that Cheng Zhi booked for Chen Fan'er is in the south of the Eastern District, but it is not an inn.
"Knock knock, knock knock......" After getting off the sedan chair, Song Qingsong has been knocking on the door of this house, and he has knocked louder and louder every time.
However, no one answered.
"Uncle Song, are you sure it's this family? It's really not good, let's find an inn to stay in first, and come back tomorrow. Chen Fan'er stood at the door, her hands were a little cold, and she kept rubbing them.
"It's here, I've been here before." Song Qingsong took a few steps back, observing the height of the wall, intending to climb directly into it. He explained: "From what I have observed along the way, all the inns are closed, and I don't think they would have opened easily if it weren't for the original guests. ”
"But ......" Chen Fan'er was about to say that it was not good to climb over the wall and enter the room after all, when the door creaked open.
It was a little boy who opened the door, holding an oil lamp and looking at Song Qingsong tremblingly.
This Song Qingsong is full of beard, tall and big, and has a light on his back in the night, which does look a little scary.
"Are you...... Leaves? Song Qingsong squatted down and asked softly.
"Who are you? Uncle, do you know me? The little boy asked timidly.
"What about your mother, how did you open the door?"
"Mother, she's sick and can't get out of bed......," the little boy replied with tears in his voice.
"Ye'er, be good, let your uncle in. I am a friend of your mother's and I have written to me to stay here for a few days. Song Qingsong touched the boy's head and said kindly.
The little boy nodded resignedly, and let Chen Fan'er and his party enter the house.
This courtyard is a small courtyard house, and the north and south rooms are dark, and only the west wing is still lit.
After a few people entered the house, the sedan chair driver was sent to clean the bedrooms of the north and south houses, while Chen Fan'er and Song Qingsong went to visit the little boy's sick mother.
But as soon as the door of the room opened, a disgusting fishy smell came to the nostrils, and people couldn't help but raise their hands to cover their noses.
"What's going on!" Song Qingsong saw the middle-aged woman lying on the bed, her face was green, her arm had begun to fester, and she had fallen into a coma.
"Ye'er, your mother is so sick, haven't you ever looked for a doctor?"
"I've been looking for ...... At first, there were doctors who were willing to come for diagnosis and treatment, but later the condition became more and more serious, and the doctors refused to come to the door. Hmmm...... "The little boy began to cry as if he had been wronged, holding his mother's hand as he cried.
"Beware of contagion." Chen Fan'er reminded. But the little boy didn't seem to be afraid, kept holding his hands and softly called "Mommy".
Song Qingsong stood in place, thought for a moment, and said, "Miss Fan'er, let's go out first." ”
Seeing Song Qingsong so serious, Chen Fan'er immediately followed.
"Miss Fan'er, I hope you can keep what you say next." Song Qingsong confirmed that the two palanquin drivers were not nearby, so he whispered:
"This boy's name is Tong Ye, and I hugged him when I was born. His mother, Fan Qing, is the daughter of a family of fishermen. ”
"It's pitiful to say. Once, Fan Qing's family went out to sea to fish, and when they encountered a tsunami, almost all of them died at the bottom of the sea, and she was the only one who survived. However, she did not save herself, but was saved by a fish demon. ”
"Fan Qing is grateful for the fish demon's life-saving grace, and plans to repay her life as a slave and a maid."
"It looks like it's supposed to be a shemale romance. But I remember that in the eyes of the people at the bottom, it seems that being in the company of demons is discriminated against. Chen Fan'er thought of Tong Ye and guessed the development of the story.
"Not only does the human race discriminate, but even the demon race also resists the ladyboy and the ladyboy is good."
"After the news of Fan Qing and the fish demon spread, he was driven out of the Southern District. At that time, the lord was still the prefect, and at the beginning of his career, he received the grace of Fan's father's 'one meal'. Therefore, after learning the news, the two of them settled in this courtyard. ”
"The old man is really a kind-hearted person, but it's a pity that good people are not rewarded." Chen Fan'er sighed inwardly.
"Five years ago, Fan Qing gave birth to a son for the fish demon, which is now Tong Ye. However, if you are in harmony with the demon clan, there will be serious sequelae after giving birth. For example, Fan Qing would get a rare 'pestilence disease'. ”
"Are you saying that Fan Qing's current illness is a disease brought about by the demon clan?" Chen Fan'er was slightly shocked, no wonder the doctors in the city were helpless about this disease.
"I think so. In fact, if the fish demon was there, Fan Qing would not have gotten sick. It is said that the Natal Demon Pill of the Fish Demon can suppress this disease, and as long as it is warmed for a few years, the root of the disease can be removed. ”
Chen Fan'er glanced back at Tong Ye and asked, "What about his father?" ”
"Captured by the Kraken."
"Hey......" Chen Fan'er sighed deeply, this family is really a lot of disasters due to different ethnic groups.
"Miss Fan'er, I said this to ask you for a favor." Song Qingsong continued: "His father's name is Tong Li, and he is actually a good person, oh no, he is a good demon. After coming to the county town, he didn't hurt anyone, and even helped me solve several cases. ”
"Do you want me to ask Divine Doctor Xu to save Fan Qing?" Chen Fan'er was delicate, and after learning that Fan Qing had the disease of the demon clan, she was the first to think of Doctor Xu.
Song Qingsong was stunned, he couldn't imagine that Chen Fan'er could think so far, and he couldn't help but feel a little better in his heart.
"But the master's token needs to be detoxified for Miss Cheng Yu; If you ask Doctor Xu to save people again, I am afraid the price will not be small. Song Qingsong said with a bitter face.
"It's okay, I'll bring it over tomorrow and ask." Chen Fan'er disagreed, she had her own antidote to Cheng Yu's dumb poison, and she didn't need medical treatment at all.
After deciding, Chen Fan'er went back to the bedroom first, while Song Qingsong stayed behind and asked Tong Ye about his mother's condition in detail.
The night is dark and windy, and the moon has risen to its highest. From time to time, there were sounds of fighting in the city, but they came and disappeared quickly.
At this time, the lights were turned off in all the houses of the courtyard, and everyone fell asleep.
Only Chen Fan'er leaned in front of the window, looking at the moonlight, with no sleepiness on her face.
At the beginning, she deliberately left the pearl earrings in Zuiyue Tower, just to let her find out Gu Qingbo's true purpose.
Before leaving with a conscience, he tied a spider silk to Chen Fan'er's little finger so that he could find it smoothly after completing the task.
And the reason why Chen Fan'er hasn't slept is because after entering the bedroom, this spider silk has been moving her little finger, and it seems that her conscience is about to come back.
"Why don't you move?" Chen Fan'er stared at her little finger in the moonlight, but noticed that nearly a quarter of an hour had passed, and the spider silk had not moved.
"Could it be that something is wrong with your heart?" Chen Fan'er was a little worried, and after hesitating for a moment, she decided to go out late at night along the spider silk to meet her conscience.