Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Child
When the day was just dawning, Ruyi had already dressed and freshened up.
Chun Tao yawned and packed the luggage of several people. Ruyi watched Chun Tao tie the last knot, and couldn't wait to push open the door and walk out.
The cold wave struck suddenly, and the trees outside the door were covered with thick frost, and Ruyi only felt refreshed, and the fatigue of a night of insomnia was swept away.
Su'er trotted open Luo Ziyang's door, and tossed Cheng Yi to clean up together.
Ruyi was a little embarrassed.
Originally, everyone was running all the way, and it was rare to get a good night's sleep, but she tossed it so early.
But fortunately, no one complained, and when he saw that everyone had arrived, Cheng Yi habitually led two horses.
Speaking of which, this horse was given to them by Lu Zixiu last night, if it hadn't been for them, Ruyi and a few people might have to sleep outside the city last night, looking at the weather this morning, many people must have frozen to death last night.
Luo Ziyang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Ruyi, what about the prefect and his wife?" Aren't they also going back to the Lu family? Why don't you wait for them to come along?"
Ruyi reluctantly smiled: "Sister, she is pregnant, how can she get up so early?" Let's go first. I left a note for my sister in the room, and I think she will understand when she sees it, and I can't wait. ”
Luo Ziyang nodded and stopped talking.
Xu is because Lu Zixiu let in a large number of refugees yesterday, and when he came in, he looked empty and crowded with people sleeping on the streets at this time, but this time he saw them riding horses, but no one was as crazy as yesterday.
Ruyi quietly breathed a sigh of relief and urged Luo Ziyang to speed up.
Suyang City was not big, and there were not many people on the streets in the early morning, so they soon approached the city gate.
From here, it will only take two days to go to Sanli Town.
Ruyi almost couldn't hold back the anxiety in his heart, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the road ahead, for fear that something would happen.
It's a pity that the sky is not satisfactory, and I am always afraid of what will come.
When the city gate of Suyang was close in front of him, a large number of refugees suddenly poured out from all directions, although they were not aimed at them. But still a few people rushed around.
Ruyi's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
She just wants to go back to Sanli Town, why is it so difficult?
Unlike Ruyi, Lhotze Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and he held his horse on the street corner. A panicked passer-by casually stopped and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
The man was in a hurry to run, and he didn't want to speak, but when he saw that Luo Ziyang was dressed extraordinarily, he was afraid of offending the nobles, so he had to say patiently: "The plague in Dongcheng has broken out!" One night's work killed a street of people. Who would dare to stay there? A few nobles, the little one went first, if you have another way, let's go around! ”
Pestilence?
Actually came so soon, Ruyi looked at Luo Ziyang with his mouth half open: "What should I do?" ”
Luo Ziyang looked solemn, looked at the frightened crowd, and looked firm: "Ruyi, since this kind of thing has happened, I can't ignore it." ”
Ruyi lowered her head. Didn't speak.
Why did she ask Luo Ziyang to give up the people in a city and accompany her to save Lu Ziqian?
The heart of the doctor's parents, Lu Ziqian is not dying, but a street person died in the city overnight, and he knows at a glance which is more important.
Ruyi's voice was dry: "Okay, it's just that if you don't go, I'll go back by myself, no matter what." I want to see him. ”
Luo Ziyang tightened the reins and asked, "What if I don't allow it?" ”
"If you don't allow me to go, I don't have legs, I can't ride a horse, I can hire a car. I can walk, anyway I have to go back! Ruyi's voice trembled, but the firmness in his tone was not less than half a point.
Luo Ziyang grabbed her arm: "You also saw such a mess outside!" If it weren't for me and Cheng Yi yesterday, what would happen to you and your maids, don't you know in your heart? ”
Ruyi shook Luo Ziyang's hand and showed no weakness: "I know!" But so what? If I'm a day late. What should I do if Ziqian's injury is a little more serious? How can I rest assured? ”
Luo Ziyang wanted to speak, but the horse under him was hit by something, and the horse shook to the side, a little unstable.
A tattered man with a child in his arms lay on the side of their horse, looking dying, holding the horse's front hooves with one hand, motionless.
Luo Ziyang frowned, turned over and dismounted, and reached out to probe the man's pulse: "People can't do it." ”
Ruyi always rides a horse these days, and no one needs to help him get on and off the horse, so after listening to Luo Ziyang's words, he jumped off the horse and wanted to help people up.
"Don't touch him! This man is afraid that he is infected with the plague, and the child can still be saved, so take the child away! Luo Ziyang scolded in a low voice.
Ruyi was startled, retracted his hand, listened to Luo Ziyang's words, and hugged the child in his arms again.
The child looked to be only a few months old, with abnormal flushing on a small face, and a few locks of sparse yellow hair stuck to his forehead, which was distressing.
Ruyi's heart was sour.
I'm afraid that the child has not eaten enough since he was born, and looking at it like this, I am afraid that the parents are infected with the plague and want to save the child.
There are more and more people on the street, rampage. Ruyi was a little unsteady holding the child, and Chun Tao Su'er was separated on the other side of the street, and she couldn't get over if she thought about it.
Luo Ziyang dragged the man to the corner of the street and covered him with a straw mat, leading the horse to protect Ruyi's side.
"There's a tea shop over there, let's go and avoid it for a while." There was a lot of noise around him, and Luo Ziyang had to shout loudly, and with his other hand, he motioned for Chun Tao and the three of them to follow, while moving towards the tea shop.
Ruyi looked around, everyone was trying their best to stay away from here, and it was true that no one went to the tea shop, so he nodded, hugged the child tightly and followed behind Luo Ziyang.
………
In the early morning, Lu Ziqian rode a horse to Suyang City.
Except for the fact that there are a few beggars wandering in the streets, the city is no different from what it used to be.
The tea shops on the street are still open, although there are not many people, but they are a little more peaceful than in previous cities.
Lu Ziqian turned over and dismounted, handed the reins to the shopkeeper who came up to greet customers, and walked into a tea shop, ready to eat a little.
"Have you heard? Doctor Luo Shen is in our Suyang City! ”
Doctor Roselle?
Lu Ziqian frowned and thought about it for a while, Mrs. Lu seemed to have written to Ruyi and asked her to invite Dr. Luo Shen to treat him.
If Dr. Luo Shen is here, is Ruyi also there?
Lu Ziqian's heart beat and he listened.
"When?"
"Just yesterday, I heard that there was a prefect who came and opened the grain depot to distribute food to everyone, the city lord, cough cough, I was stunned, it was saved by Dr. Luoshen!"
"Nonsense, how do you know about the City Lord's Mansion?"
"Who said I didn't know?! My third cousin's cousin's little sister is working as a maid in the city lord's mansion, Doctor Luo Shen didn't come by himself, and there is a little lady by his side, I heard that the long one is called a beautiful ......"
Lu Ziqian's wound hurt suddenly, causing his chest to stagnate.
Just as he was about to get up and ask about the two people, there was a commotion outside the tea shop.
"Plague in the east of the city, everyone go quickly!!"
PS: The next chapter two people meet, dear, I'm going to cry and faint in the toilet, where are you...... I'm sorry, I'm late, I forgot to set up automatic updates... (To be continued.) )