142 Call for help
Because of the strict epidemic situation, the former prosperity of Zhaojia Town has long been gone, and the pedestrians on the street are gone, Fang Geng hurriedly asked someone about the situation, and after learning that the Zhao family had long been closed to avoid the epidemic, he hurriedly went to the ferry and returned to Fangjia Town by boat to prepare, while Chen Yu went directly to the county office, intending to find out the second master to assist Fang Geng in curing the epidemic.
As soon as he arrived at the county office, he learned that the second master had already said that he was sick and hid back to Zhao's house to recuperate, otherwise the epidemic would not have spread so quickly, and the people in the county government also closed the door and all of them took refuge in the county office.
When Chen Yu broke into the door and whipped down the plaque with the words 'Mirror Hanging' hanging on the county hall with a whip, the people in the entire county government were in good spirits, and immediately got ready to go, and after gathering people, they were led by the master and went to Fangjia Town to help together according to Chen Yu's instructions.
Coming out of the county office, Chen Yu rode his horse to Zhao's house.
The Zhao family had already closed the door, and even the people guarding behind the door had withdrawn, only tied behind the door with wooden bolts, Chen Yu was wearing a wide cloak, and he was wearing the blue-faced fanged beast mask that he had only worn on his face when marching and fighting in the past, blocking his mouth and nose, and the eyes under the sword eyebrows were deep and sharp.
Chen Yu has been to the Zhao family countless times, some were welcomed in from the gate, some were invited in from the corner gate, and a few times he walked through the wall and quietly entered, but this time it was different from the past, he broke into the door.
After many years of fighting, he was accustomed to weapons never leaving his body, a soft sword was hidden in the brocade belt around his waist, a whip in his sleeve pocket never left his body, and a dagger never left his body, although the door of the Zhao family was heavy, the door bolt was only an arm-thick horizontal log, and the soft sword he wore with him was as thin as paper. A flash of lightning flashed through the crack in the door, and the deadbolt behind the door split in two.
After two 'bangs', the deadbolt fell behind the door in two sections, and then the door was kicked heavily, and in the crunch, the door suddenly retreated vigorously to both sides, until it bounced back against the walls on both sides, and then stopped castration.
The movement on the gate was so loud that the nursing home in the courtyard heard it. A swarm of bees came over with sticks. I want to see who is the madman who is presumptuous here, and plans to teach him a hard lesson.
Chen Yuzheng came to the Zhao family several times in a bright way, and the second master specially told the people on the door that this was a noble person from the capital. Don't slack off. Coupled with his handsome and delicate face. It was extremely recognizable, and it was a sparkle everywhere he went, even though half of his face was obscured by the blue-faced fanged beast mask he was wearing. The Zhao family's nursing home could still recognize him at a glance.
Everyone looked at each other, the stick in their hands didn't know where to put it, the group of people, you look at me, I look at you, no one knows what to do.
"Where is Zhao Guicai?" Chen Yu put his hands behind his back, walked down the steps step by step, and approached the Zhao family's nursing home step by step, frightening the group to retreat again and again.
"The second master is here...... ...... in the West Courtyard," replied a nurse.
"Lead the way." Chen Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, and his tone was condensed, as if he had ice cubes in his mouth, which made people shudder.
"This ...... This...... Please ...... here" A middle-aged man dressed as the captain of the nursing home stood out from the crowd, stretched out his trembling hand, made a 'please' gesture to Chen Yu, and led Chen Yu to the second room.
Now in this house, the eldest man is not at home, Zhao Da Steward accompanied the younger generations of the family to Beijing to catch the exam, Grandma Song was under house arrest in Tonghua Courtyard and could not get out, the whole big house is the world of the second aunt Qian, although the second girl has the heart to rescue the old ancestor, but now the shape of the family is obviously biased towards the side of the second aunt, the old ancestor is infected with the plague, no one is willing to take the risk of being infected to take the old ancestor back, the second girl can only swallow her anger, wait for the time to come, and then overthrow the second aunt in one fell swoop.
Not long after Chen Yu broke into the door, she learned the news, and rushed to the gate.
At this time, the captain of the front yard had already taken Chen Yu to the place where the east courtyard and the west courtyard met, which was originally an arched round door, but now a new wall was built with bricks, completely cutting off the connection between the east courtyard and the west courtyard.
"What's going on?" Chen Yu squinted at the captain of the nursing home and raised his eyebrows and asked.
The captain of the nursing home lowered his head weakly and whispered: "A while ago, someone in our big room was infected with the plague, and the second room said that it was to avoid the plague and go to the second room, so he asked people to build this wall......
Chen Yu's heart shrank suddenly, his heart suddenly slowed down by half a beat, and he immediately asked, "Who is infected with the plague in the big house?" ”
When he asked this, he didn't even notice that his voice was a little vibrato, and his heart seemed to be floating in mid-air, unable to find the focus point, and he was unsteady for no reason.
"It's the people in our ancestor's courtyard, and Mrs. Tai......" In Chen Yu's increasingly terrifying Xue Liang eyes, the more the captain spoke, the more weak his heart became, and in the end, he was only like a mosquito humming, and only he could hear it.
"Is anyone dead? And how is it handled? Chen Yu's hand under the cloak clenched into a fist, clenched it with a clattering sound, pursed his lips, and popped out these two words from between his teeth, the tone was something he hadn't even noticed, unprecedented tension and coldness, as if traveling from midwinter to early summer, bringing bursts of biting chill.
The captain of the nursing home broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and said: "I was sent to a secluded place by my second aunt to quarantine, and I was alive when I left, and now it's been a few days, and no one knows the situation, so it's hard to ......say."
A loud bang, followed by a crackling sound, interrupted the narration of the captain of the nursing home, and when he looked up, he saw that the wall blocking the two of them had been kicked down by Chen Yu, and a large cloud of dust rose from the arch, blocking the sight of the two. ”
Hearing the voice, the captain of the nursing home stood on end, shivered unconsciously, and hurriedly lowered his head and walked into the arch, taking Chen Yu to the second master's residence.
No matter what the second master says, he is also a member of the Zhao family, and the failure to control the spread of the epidemic this time is Yan zhòng's dereliction of duty, and later he pretended to be sick and hid at home, which is even more dereliction of duty, if Chen Yu finds out, the entire Zhao family will suffer with the second master, and the captain of the nursing home is also a fierce person, on the way to the second master's residence, he seized the opportunity to quietly rush to the maid passing by the second room.
The people in the second room all know that their master's approach is wrong. But one person was convicted, and the whole family suffered, and when he saw that the person behind the big house was extraordinary, he knew that he was a great person, and he went to the second master to report the news in a hurry.
"What is that man? Can you see clearly? The second old man, who was lying in the rocking chair, stood up with a pu fan and asked anxiously.
"I didn't see clearly, the boy was wearing a mask on his face, blocking half of his face, but judging from his figure. It's quite like Chen Shizi, who came to the big house last time...... "The maid tried to remember. So replied.
With a 'snap', the pu fan in the second master's hand fell under his feet, and his brain seemed to have been poured with a large spoonful of hot oil, and it exploded with a buzz. After being stunned for three seconds. The second master didn't even have time to put on shoes. Ran barefoot into the house......
When Chen Yu arrived, he saw the second master lying on the wooden couch in the main room, his face pale. There was not a trace of blood, and there was a weak lie there, with a few ** sounds from time to time.
The second lady held a bowl of black potion, sat on the pestle in front of the wooden couch, wiped her tears, and choked up: "Master, you must hold on, I know you can't let go of the people in the town, and you work hard day and night to lead to the recurrence of the old disease, but the doctor said, master, you must not work hard anymore, otherwise the gods will not be able to save you, if you leave, what will the people in the town do, and what should we do as a family......
The second master seemed to hear the words of the second lady, and immediately coughed a few times, tilted his head in the direction of the door, and a mouthful of bright red blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth......
"Sir! Master! The second lady panicked, the medicine bowl in her hand fell to the ground with a 'snap', and she hurriedly covered the mouth and nose of the second master with a handkerchief, and shouted loudly to the door: "Lu Chun, the master vomited blood again, go and cut a piece of ginseng and put it in the mouth of the master, you must hold this breath and wait for the doctor to come!" ”
Chen Yu outside the door saw it, and he was embarrassed to go in again, the second lady's maid Lu Chun ran out of the house in a panic, and Chen Yu, who was blocking the door, sighed silently and stepped aside.
Lu Chun immediately blessed him, and after saying, "Thank you, son", he ran away in a hurry.
The second lady noticed that there was someone at the door, turned around to look, got up and stepped forward, knelt down directly at Chen Yu, wiped the tears on her cheeks with a handkerchief, and then said in a trembling voice: "I don't know that the prince is coming, the little woman is not welcome, please forgive the son." ”
"Mrs. Zhao, please get up." Chen Yu stood with his hands in his hands, his expression was cold, he looked at the second lady condescendingly, and said, "Dare to ask what disease the honored husband is suffering from?" Can I ask a doctor for treatment? ”
"My husband has a heart disease, he has urinated since he was a child, but he has been controlling it well, and this time he worked too hard for the epidemic to cause the recurrence of his heart disease, and he vomited blood several times, and the doctor said, if he can't survive, I'm afraid he ...... I'm afraid it's just ......" The second lady choked up and said this, but she couldn't say any more, only sobbing remained.
Chen Yu exhaled a long breath heavily, squinted his eyes and looked at the second master in the house, and was about to go in and see it in person, but a crisp female voice like a yellow warbler out of the valley sounded behind him, and called loudly: "Chen Shizi! ”
Hearing the sound and turning around, I saw a girl in a plain dress hurrying with a skirt, Chen Yu quickly went through it in his mind, and basically confirmed that he didn't know this person, he couldn't help frowning, watching her walk in, the fingers under the cloak quietly held the whip in the sleeve pocket, and said coldly: "Who are you?" ”
Walking to a place about five steps in front of Chen Yu, the woman suddenly paused, faced Chen Yu, knelt directly on the cobblestones on the ground, and said hurriedly: "See the son, the little girl is the daughter of the Zhao family, and she took the liberty to come here to ask the son to save the lives of my great-grandmother and grandmother, and to ask the son to help, and the little girl is grateful......"
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chen Yu and said, "Where is your grandmother now, and why did you let me save people?" ”
The second girl hated the second aunt and her party, and she was not afraid to publicize the ugliness of the family, and said hatefully: "A few days ago, my great-grandmother who stayed at home was inexplicably infected with the plague, and the second aunt was ambitious, and took advantage of the fact that her father and brother were not at home to win people's hearts, first sent my great-grandmother out, and sent away the grandmother who had been taking care of her great-grandmother, even my mother, who was imprisoned by her in Tonghua Courtyard and couldn't get out, now my grandmother's life and death are unknown, I ask the son of the world to be merciful and help the little girl to find her grandmother anyway, The little girl will remember the great kindness of the world for the rest of her life. ”
"Where is your grandmother now?" Chen Yu grasped the point of her words and asked directly.
The second girl shook her head and said, "The person was sent away by the second aunt, only she knows where the person was sent......
"Take me to her." Chen Yu was concise and clear, put aside the second master in the house, turned around and walked down the steps.
"Shizi, please come with me!" The second girl wept with joy, stood up with her body propped up, and strode forward, much faster than when she came.
The second aunt had already gotten the news, and was packing up her things and wanted to go out to hide, the second girl was fast-paced, and when she led Chen Yu from the west courtyard, she happened to bump into the second aunt who was carrying a burden and wanted to go out in the front yard.
"Second aunt!" Chen Yu didn't know the second aunt, but the second girl was an old acquaintance with her, and she knew her when she turned into ashes. ”
The gate of the front yard was cut down by Chen Yu, and it was being repaired, and there were many people gathered in the courtyard, but only the second aunt was carrying the burden alone, and the second girl shouted like this, and immediately gave Chen Yu an accurate message, the second aunt sped up and wanted to run, Chen Yu had already volleyed up in the air, crossed the square in three or two, turned around and landed on the ground, and the whip in the sleeve also shot at the same time, like a poisonous snake spitting out the core, and wrapped around the second aunt's neck accurately.
The second aunt still wanted to run, as soon as she took a step, she heard a crisp click on her neck, as long as she moved again, Chen Yu would break her neck, the second aunt did not dare to risk her life, immediately stopped her steps, eyes full of horror carefully looked at Chen Yu, did not dare to move.
At this time, the second girl also rushed over, stepped forward and asked sharply, "Second aunt, where did you send the ancestor?" Speed take us to pick up the ancestor and Mrs. Tai back! ”
The second aunt was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly glanced at the nursing homes around her who were repairing the gate.
The people of the Zhao family can stand on the side of the second aunt, most of them are afraid of being infected with the plague, which will kill people, and now the second girl said that she was going to take the old ancestor back, and they couldn't help but stop what they were doing, and they all looked at the second girl with a pleading look, and no one hoped that she could go and take the old ancestor who was infected with the plague back.
The second aunt squinted at the second girl, snorted, and said, "Second girl, you have to think clearly, it is easy to take back an old ancestor, but it is easier to take the lives of hundreds of people in the Zhao family!" (To be continued......)