After staying in Monk Benming's house for another day, when Lian'er had clearly memorized the soup songs and medicines that Qin Zhihong had explained, Zhu Honglan decided to let the two of them leave for Xujialou in CQ County.

In fact, Lian'er originally planned to pretend to be a medicine boy to accompany her, but how could she be seen through at a glance. In fact, it is not easy for a man to pretend to be a woman, and it takes a skilled disguiser to do it, and Lian'er is already fourteen years old, and she should have reached the age of whipping, but how can she agree to let her cut her hair? So I had to pretend to be husband and wife or brother and sister.

On the way, Qin Zhihong was also happy to be idle, and asked Lian'er to carry the medicine box for him, saying that once she didn't take anything, she would show the posture of a martial arts practitioner. And Qin Zhihong himself only held a disguise and a string of bells, if there was anything else, even if there was another medicinal wine gourd on his waist. - This Qin Zhihong didn't dare to give it to Lian'er, for fear that she would secretly drink up the little medicine and wine left on the way.

In early spring, the weather is getting warmer, and the willow trees on the roadside are starting to bud, and you can already feel a faint greenery from a distance.

On the way, Qin Zhihong suddenly asked Lian'er: "Lian'er, everyone calls you Lian'er, but what's your surname?" ”

Lian'er was a little puzzled by this sudden question, and Qin Zhihong hurriedly explained: "I mean, when I deal with others, people ask me, 'Young man, what is your beautiful daughter-in-law's name and surname?' 'I've got to have an answer, let's not get into the goofs......"

"I don't have a surname...... Lian'er hurriedly said: "Actually, I picked it up at the door by the master, and I don't know who my parents are, if you want to ask me what my surname is, just call my master's surname, his old man's surname is Jiang." ”

Qin Zhihong also heard his cousin say that his master was Jiang Yixian, the former head of the famous Plum Blossom Boxing, so he said "oh" and stopped asking.

After traveling for dozens of miles, he has reached the boundary of CQ County, and there are many people begging along the road with his family on the road, Qin Zhihong also understands that he has just escaped with his family, and this time he walked back, he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Xujialou is in the southeast of Changcq County, and on the way he passed by Da Li Zhuang, where his family once lived, Qin Zhihong looked at his village on the road, and he didn't feel like a world away. At this time, the village was already sparsely populated, with the occasional one or two people coming in and out, and most of the people had already fled with their families.

After Da Li Zhuang and then go south for about ten miles, and then go east for about twenty miles to Xujialou, in fact, around such a circle is completely because Mount Tai in the middle of the straight into the sky to cut off the road. And when Qin Zhihong first arrived in JN Mansion, he asked the godfather how he got to SS County, and he said the same. It is almost impossible to cross Mount Tai directly, especially in the north, the terrain is dangerous, there are many steep cliffs, and the tigers and wolves are infested in the mountains and forests, so pedestrians are willing to take a long detour, and they are not far from danger.

After a day of traveling, the two finally arrived near Xujialou, but it was already night, so the two were not in a hurry to inquire about the situation, but first found an inn restaurant. Due to the fact that at the foot of Mount Tai, tourists from all over the world gathered, and there were many hostels in this place, so the two of them found a clean shop pù and walked in.

As soon as I entered the store, the owner greeted me and asked, "Are you staying in the store or eating?" ”

Qin Zhihong replied: "I live in the hotel, but I also hurry up to prepare meals, I haven't eaten a full meal for a day." ”

The boss asked again: "It's easy to eat, dare to ask if the two are husband and wife?" ”

Qin Zhihong replied impatiently: "Of course it's husband and wife......" But as soon as he finished speaking, he realized that since he said that he was husband and wife, he couldn't live in two rooms.

When the boss heard this, he immediately asked the servant to pack up a big room and come out, turned his head and said with a smile: "This master, you go up first, and I will bring you the food later." ”

Qin Zhihong paid the deposit, took the luggage and went upstairs with Lian'er, and when he arrived at the house, Lian'er said angrily: "You were kicked in the brain by a donkey, or did it on purpose, why do you say that you are husband and wife?" This time it's good, what should I do if two people sleep in one bed? ”

Qin Zhihong smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll think of a way." ”

"How to figure it out, what can you do?!" Lian'er couldn't help but say a little annoyed.

But the matter has come to this point, and there is no way, Qin Zhihong said again: "Otherwise, let's separate, you sleep in the bed in the first half of the night and I will work around the table, and I will sleep again when you come here in the second half of the night, how about it?" ”

Lian'er said: "It's not good, you get into trouble yourself, I don't care, you can sleep on the ground by yourself." ”

After the meal, both of them were also sleepy, so the two took turns to go to the bathhouse in the store and couldn't open their eyes after taking a bath, so Lian'er slept on the bed, and Qin Zhihong slept on the floor for a while before falling asleep.

The next morning, the birds were crying, Qin Zhihong woke up and couldn't help screaming, Lian'er was also woken up by him, Qin Zhihong said:

"Why didn't you wake me up in the middle of the night? How did I sleep on the floor all night? ”

Lian'er couldn't help laughing, hugged the pillow and said, "How do I know, who is to blame for not waking up yourself?" ”

"No, I need to sleep all night tonight!" Qin Zhihong said with annoyance.

"That's not going to work!" Lian'er grabbed Bai and said: "Whoever makes you don't wake up can't complain about others." ”

When Qin Zhihong heard this, he also felt that he was at a loss, so he said: "Then who will I go to bed first at night, you ask me to change in the middle of the night, if you can't wake up, don't trouble me!" ”

Lian'er just smiled and didn't speak. So the two packed up their things, especially re-folded the bedding on the ground and put it on the bed, while the boss became suspicious, and then went out together to run business and inquire about Xu's house.

Xujialou does have a church, and it is also the highest building in the local area, it is easy to find, the west is Chai Jiawa around, the back is Houyan, the front is Qianzhuang, the hotel where the two live is the hotel on the official road outside Qianzhuang. However, as soon as it gets dark, the people here are closed, only the men who take care of the home and the nursing home continue to patrol regularly, and people outside the three villages must come out of the village before dark, otherwise they will be driven over, a bit like Zhujiazhuang in "Water Margin".

Moreover, these three villages are on the sunny side of Mount Tai, that is, in the south, and the terrain is high in the north and low in the south, so each village has built many lookouts and parapets along the mountain. As for the garrison in the village, it is also composed of the guards of each household, who are on duty in turns, changing shifts regularly, and immediately ringing the bell to warn if there is a problem, while the women and children fall into the cave that has been repaired in advance, while the men take up homemade weapons and gather to deal with the invasion.

This set of defensive measures is especially important for villages that have lived deep in the mountains for hundreds of years. Because there are many bandits and grass bandits in the mountains, if there is no such institutionalized defense, it is easy to be looted by bandits. When Qin Zhihong was a child, he had heard that some mountain villages were invaded by bandits, and in the end, they were killed and looted, which was really appalling.

But now, there are too many displaced people in the CQ territory, and these villages are also afraid that these displaced people will jump over the wall in a hurry because they will not have enough to eat, and gather to rob their homes, so they have strengthened their garrison. Besides, the government's opening documents have not been implemented in these villages relying on foreigners, think about it from another angle, but how can anyone in the village agree that their year's harvest will be taken away? Even if the disaster relief money issued by the imperial court will be compensated when it is issued, these people also know that they have suffered such a loss, to be exact, and know that the silver has been peeled layer by layer, and it is like a drop in the bucket in their hands. Therefore, as soon as the landlords and bishops led by a few people instigated it, the villagers were very supportive and refused to open a warehouse, so this kind of warning process dù was ostensibly said to be a defense against thieves, but in fact, it was also to beware of the government to investigate.

Moreover, Qianzhuang, Houyan and Chai Jiawa, each other has been united, one side is in difficulty, as long as the fire prepared in advance is lit on the lookout at the highest place in the village, the duty personnel of other villages will immediately report, respectively, leading the villagers to respond, this time, the three villages around the Xulou Church, forming a corner trend, plus the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is really a man who is not open.

After a day of inquiry, the two of them also knew the general situation, but Qin Zhihong seemed to be running from time to time, and there were a lot of transactions, and if you calculated carefully, you would make a lot of money in one day today.

Lian'er was also very happy, thinking to herself, Senior Brother Zhu gave a total of more than 20 taels of silver, if these are spent, and no more valuable information can be spied out, he will have to go back to his life. I didn't expect that Qin Zhihong, this kid, could not only spend less silver, but also have a balance, and the silver did not decrease but increased, which was the only happy event when he first came to Xujialou.

However, according to what was said in the morning, Qin Zhihong will sleep on the bed tonight, and Lian'er can only make a living on the ground. After Qin Zhihong finished washing, he fell on the bed, and deliberately stretched out loudly, so that Lian'er could see and hear it, and he was very proud.

But Lian'er didn't react, and at some point, the two fell asleep in a daze. But it was like a quarter of an hour's work, Qin Zhihong heard Lian'er tugging at his ear and calling him to get up, Qin Zhihong opened his eyes impatiently and asked what was the matter.

Lian'er said: "Yo, you are really a noble person who forgets things, said that you slept under the bed in the first half of the night, why, forgot?" ”

Qin Zhihong said in a daze: "You are cheating, you just fell asleep, why do you call me?" ”

Lian'er grabbed Qin Zhihong's ears harder and said, "Listen carefully, it's the sound of the watch outside, it's already three watches, hurry up!" ”

Qin Zhihong listened carefully, and there was really a faint sound of the third watch beating outside, so he scolded: "This watchman, is he sleeping!" ”

But I couldn't deny it, so I had to take advantage of the fact that Lian'er's quilt was still hot, and quickly got in, saying, "I didn't expect you to wake up in the middle of the night." ”

Lian'er didn't answer, just took a sip and fell on the bed, so she stretched her waist so that Qin Zhihong could understand and fall asleep proudly, but Qin Zhihong had no choice.

Unconsciously, it was dawning again, and after the two of them finished cleaning up, Qin Zhihong said, "Don't go out with me today." ”

Lian'er asked puzzled, "Why?" ”

Qin Zhihong said proudly: "It's not because I have excellent medical skills and surprisingly good business, the family in the medicine box has been used up, I have to find a decent pharmacy in the town to catch some commonly used herbs to make up for it, or even if I can see a doctor, I can only let people grab the medicine themselves, so I will make a lot less money." ”

When Lian'er heard this, she said, "Then what should I do?" ”

Qin Zhihong replied: "You, just stay here honestly, don't go anywhere, I'll be back in the afternoon at the latest, and we'll go to Xujialou together tomorrow to inquire." ”

Lian'er said: "Okay, you should also pay attention on the road, I will wait for you to come back here." ”

"But there are a few things you need to listen to me." Qin Zhihong continued: "First of all, you can't go out, so as not to expose your feet without the cover of me, a man in the rivers and lakes; Secondly, I must be tired when I come back, and I have to sleep in bed tonight; Third ......"

Lian'er said with a snort: "What else?" ”

Qin Zhihong hurriedly said: "Okay, it's gone, that's all." In fact, he wanted to say that the medicinal wine in his medicinal gourd could not be drunk secretly, but after thinking about it, if he said it, he gave her a hint, so he didn't say anything about Lian'er's question.

So Qin Zhihong went out alone with the medicine box on his back, and he didn't delay and went straight to the town.

Because the road to the west to the town has to pass through Chaijiawa, so he also entered the village of Chaijiawa to borrow a shortcut, yesterday he and Lian'er just went to the Xujialou Church and the front village in front of the mountain to walk around, has not been to this place yet.

Chaijiawa is a village built on the mountain, said to be "wa", in fact, it is relatively speaking, lower than the previous village, for Houyan, it is simply under the feet of others! But in the village at the foot of Daiyue, where can you go? Although the entrance of the village is in the valley to the east, the terrain rises higher to the west, and the whole village is not in the center of the valley, and the north side is a hewn cliff, which is unclimbable; To the south is a high parapet wall made of stones, and if you catch up with the heavy fog and stick your head out, the valley looks bottomless. There is only one ladder to get out of the village from the west, so there is only one entrance to the east gate to attack the village. Such a village, it is almost impossible for thieves to attack it, and such a village is also a combination of God's magic and the "discerning and psychic" of the people who came here to settle down. Thinking of this, Qin Zhihong realized that this village is called Chaijiawa, and it is just a "self-humble" name.

Qin Zhihong planned to go down the suspension ladder to the west, so that he could save a long way around a big circle, so he didn't care about the situation in the village, he just wanted to go back quickly.

But when I arrived at the place about the middle of the village, which is also the largest street in the whole Chaijiawa, I suddenly saw a lot of people gathered at the door of a house, chattering non-stop. Qin Zhihong usually likes to join in the fun, and when he saw this situation, he unconsciously came over.

When I got to the crowd, I listened to everyone's discussion, and I realized that it was a medical list, Qin Zhihong thought that he was a doctor, and if the salary was high, he could also go. So he carried the medicine box on his back and squeezed it inside, and finally arrived at a place, sewed it alone, and saw the content of the help. Book:

The mother of Shanyin Chai, the father of the Mu family, is committed to accompanying him. Since passing through the door, he has been riddled with serious diseases, unable to stay overnight, and visited famous doctors, but to no avail. My father was sad, asked three times a day, sighed all night, and described him as haggard. Those who are filial to their husbands, those who cover the diseases of their relatives, and those who seek the world's famous doctors to relieve their mother's pain and father's worries should be rewarded with a heavy reward. Bye-bye.

Many people around him didn't understand what it meant, Qin Zhihong thought that this family member wrote this, just to let those quacks respect him from afar. Qin Zhihong also understood that this list was written by a person in the tone of his son, saying that his stepmother was sick after passing the door and couldn't take care of herself, and his father was very worried.

Qin Zhihong thought, I don't know what kind of disease the grandmother inside has, I might as well give it a try, if I look at it, I won't make a lot of money, this family can't be a true god for themselves! If you don't see it well, it doesn't matter if you come out in a gloomy way, you can also help your cousin inquire about the situation in Chai Jiawa, thinking of this, Qin Zhihong felt that he could give it a try.