In autumn, the night is as cold as water, and the women and children crowded in the carriage have quilts to cover them, and they sleep quite peacefully. In the open air, the night watchman put on his clothes, guarded the fire, threw a few dry branches into the fire from time to time, and made rounds around from time to time. Those who are not worth the night, hold their respective covers, lie in a circle around the fire and hurry up to sleep. Gu Qiang has arranged it, and everyone can rest after changing the two hours for a round of night duty.

As the sky dawned, the men got up one by one, rolled up the blankets on the ground, and put them on the ox carts. The last group on duty at night quickly disposed of the embers on the ground and made sure that it was in order, before walking away.

The women also woke up, and made an appointment, took the children, and went to the place where the trees were sheltered to relieve themselves.

Qing Shu was worried about Gu Yuanhe, and he woke up from his sleep, and he didn't sleep well all night. Everyone stood together, although the sound was not loud, she woke up, sat up as lightly as possible, and did not wake up the sweet Qingyang who was sleeping. She pulled the thick curtain on the car window, and with the faint light, she made a quilt for Qingyang, and quickly closed the thick curtain, outside, it was really cold.

After the carriage and horses were set up and everyone was sure to come back, Gu Qiang waved his hand, and everyone hurried silently, leaving the leeward accommodation and waiting outside the small city gate.

If you want to say that the happiest person in the group is none other than the Gu Ye clan. There are maids to serve, there is a comfortable carriage to sit in, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, and you don't have to worry about anything. As soon as the carriage moved, Qingyang woke up, sat up, leaned on his sister and yawned and whispered if he would be able to see Yuanbao's brother soon. And Gu Ye's family was still asleep covered with a silk quilt, so she didn't care if Su's mother, who was worried about her son, was red and her eyes turned white.

In the morning light, the small city gate finally opened. The group from Gufu entered Kangxi Town with the farmers who were carrying vegetables and firewood and grass on their backs. While inquiring, they looked for a suitable inn, and finally chose a "Shiji Inn" to charter and paid a three-day deposit.

There are three upper rooms, six ordinary rooms, four large shops, if there is no caravan or rich family passing by on weekdays, the three upper rooms are all empty, and the ordinary rooms are at least three or two empty, and only the business of the chase shop is good.

The shopkeeper got this good business early in the morning, and shouted at the guys to work, boiling water in the kitchen to cook, feeding horses and cows in the backyard, making tea and pouring water in the front hall, and worked for a while. On the side of the Chase Shop, there were three or five people who didn't leave in the morning, and the store also sent a guy to introduce people to other inns.

There are three upper rooms, the best and largest one is given to Gu Ye's family, Qingshu uses one, and Qingyang uses one. There are six ordinary guest rooms, one for Gu Qiang and Su's mother, one for Wu Langtou, three for women and children, and one for Gu Yuanhe. The rest of the men were happily divided into four large shops. On weekdays, a Chase shop arranges ten people, and when there are many people and business is booming, a Chase shop can squeeze out fifteen or sixteen people.

After Wu Langtou arranged the problem of food and accommodation, Qingshu, who had no appetite, ate a few bites of food, and waited anxiously for news. As soon as he had a place to stay, Qing Shu asked Gu Qiang to take people to find Gu Yuanhe as soon as possible. That's the number one thing they need to do right now, more so than they have to buy a house in town.

Gu Qiang, Zhang Da, Wei Tiezhu, Wu Xiaoshan and Kang Xuanzhu left the town and traveled all the way to Dagujia Village in the southeast.

Forty or fifty years ago, more than 40 people with the ancient surname fled to Kangxi Town, and chose a nameless small village with only 30 or 40 households, settled down and multiplied. However, in five years, the number of people with the ancient surname increased from more than 40 to more than 60, and the original surnames of thirty or forty families were very mixed, and there was no unity of the people with the ancient surname.

Gu Yunhu was born in Gujia Village, and when he was ten years old, hundreds of miles nearby were hit by a disaster, and the entire Gujia Village fell into a gloomy fog. Someone mentioned that yì fled the famine again and went out to find another place to live, but the patriarch and half of the clansmen did not agree, and finally the patriarch gritted his teeth and ordered, no one is allowed to mention the word escape from the famine, their ancient surname, to be born here, to die here, no more than that turbulent days.

On the second day, six or seven families with ancient surnames in Gujia Village went out to escape with other surnames, and the remaining people with ancient surnames lived a life where they couldn't fill their stomachs even if they ate chaff and vegetables.

Gu Yunhu grew up stronger than other children, with a large amount of food, and his mother was not in good health and pregnant, so she couldn't work. Every day, his father would take him all over the mountains to look for wild vegetables, pick up tree bark, dig up tree roots, and occasionally see small prey, so he chased after him lifelessly.

Gu Yunfu, as his elder brother, hides at home and complains every day with sighs. Before the famine, he sat in a private school every day to study, and his father and mother pointed out that he would be able to work in the future, and never let him do field work. After the famine, he couldn't study in private school, and he couldn't eat bran vegetables every day, and he couldn't get enough stomach, he complained about the sky, complained about his brother's large amount of food, and complained that his mother had to give birth to a younger brother or sister to grab food with him.

A few months later, Gu Yunfu gave birth to his mother-in-law prematurely, and three or four experienced mothers-in-law in the clan came, all shaking their heads, and finally tried their best to save his mother, and the child was not saved.

Eleven-year-old Gu Yunhu was very protective of his mother and wanted to beat Gu Yunfu's brother, but his father protected his eldest son who was going to be born in the future. Since then, there has been a rift between brothers, father and son. When his mother's body is better and he can go to the field to do work, the young Gu Yunhu said that he would go out to find a job to do, earn copper plates and come back to give his mother a good job.

Everyone said that the child's words were not credible and did not take it seriously. Unexpectedly, a few days later, Gu Yunhu disappeared from Gujia Village. After more than a year, someone suddenly came back with thirty copper plates, and Gu Yunhu's mother, who was half white, held the copper plates brought back by her son, crying hoarsely. And Gu Yunfu encouraged his father to send him to a private school again. His father had red eyes, slapped him, and scolded his eldest son for being a wolf, regardless of whether the whole family lived or died.

Many years later, Gu Yunhu brought back the silver coins from thirty copper plates to fifty copper plates, to one hundred copper plates, to a few taels of silver, and finally, he brought his newly married lady back to his hometown and kowtowed to his father and mother. He wanted to take his father and mother into Beijing, but his father and mother refused, so he had to leave two silver taels for his father, hurriedly returned to Beijing, and then set out on the expedition.

Two years later, when the frontier was pacified, he returned from the battlefield and learned that his father and mother had passed away more than two days ago more than half a year ago.

After Gu Yunfu took five hundred taels of silver from Gu Ye's hand to handle his father's funeral, his family came to the capital to take refuge in them.

Once lost the pain of a younger brother, Gu Yunhu has never forgotten jì, he can help his brother, but he still can't forgive his brother for the mistakes he made when he was young. It's just that this kind of pain, he never told anyone, for the sake of his brother who has been by his father's side all these years, he didn't care about his brother reaching out to him every year to ask for money.

On the battlefield, thirty-five-year-old Gu Yunhu was hit by three arrows in the chest. When he was carried back to the camp by his brother, he knew that he was going to die, and before he died, he told Gu Qiang the secret that he had always resented his brother for killing his unborn brother, and told Gu Qiang that he could not always be by his father's side when he was alive, and he must go back after death, lie at his father's feet, and accompany the second elder under the yellow spring.

Therefore, Gu Qiang first took Gu Yunhu's body back to Beijing, let Gu Ye see it, and after consulting the imperial court, he followed Gu Yunhu's last words and sent him back to his hometown. At that time, the imperial court sent officials and feng shui masters, who looked at the feng shui around Gujia Village, and finally pointed out a barren slope surrounded by trees seven or eight miles away from Gujia Village.

Gu Yunhu was buried on the barren slope, and the imperial court built a general's tomb for him, and moved the bones of his father and mother to this cemetery, fulfilling his last wish to lie at the feet of his father.

The closer he got to the general's tomb, the more sad Gu Qiang's face became. His generals, his brothers, his masters, lie on this land.

Along the boulevard, a few people walked briskly uphill. On the slope, there is an open field, flat and clean, the magnificent blue bricks and ashlar stone made of the general's tomb and "the tomb of the loyal general" five big characters quickly come into view. Gu Qiang was in front, Zhang Da and Wei Tiehammer were behind, the three of them solemnly straightened their clothes, walked forward step by step, knelt in front of the tombstone, and shouted "General" in unison, choked up and couldn't make a sound, just snorted.

Wu Xiaoshan, who was stunned, quickly came back to his senses, knelt behind the three of them, and kowtowed.

Kang Xuanzhu, who was left at the back, did not step forward, but only snorted three heads in place, looking for Gu Yuanhe's figure everywhere. Seeing that there were no Gu Yuanhe people here, he felt strange, so he ran downhill, Brother Yuanhe, Brother Yuanhe shouted, and while shouting, he went to the thatched house that Gu Yuanhe had erected when he came last time.

The door of the thatched hut was hidden, and Kang Xuanzhu pushed the door in. There were sparks in the stove pit, some scattered firewood and grass were thrown on the ground, and an empty wooden basin was placed on the stove, and a water tank and a wooden bucket for carrying water were placed against the wall next to it. This is something that you can see clearly as soon as you enter the door. Kang Xuanzhu didn't stop at all, entered the inner room, and saw that the person on the bed board coughed a few times, struggling to get up, he was startled, and hurriedly came over, "Brother Yuanhe, what's wrong with you?" ”

Gu Yuanhe, who had followed his father and had a red face, was blushing abnormally at the moment, and his red face seemed to be on fire. A person who is usually very strong, but now he is weak and can't get up, and he asks in a low voice in a hoarse voice, "Just yourself?" What about emboli? ”

Kang Xuanzhu stretched out his hand and touched his forehead, and immediately retracted his hand in fright, and didn't care about what he asked, he turned around and ran out, running up the hill and shouting, "Uncle Gu, Uncle Gu, it's broken, Brother Yuanhe has a fever, it's about to burn out, you guys come and ......"

When the men who were in grief heard this, they didn't have time to sort out their feelings, so they got up and ran down the slope one after another.

Gu Qiang ran at the forefront, "Where is my son?" ”

Kang Xuanzhu turned around and led the way, "Here, walk from this path, behind the tree is the thatched house built by Brother Yuanhe, hurry up, Brother Yuanhe is burning very badly." ”

When Gu Qiang saw his eldest son who couldn't get out of bed, he burst into tears, but he didn't lose his mind, so he had to carry his son away. At this time, the most important thing is to find a doctor, and the other ones are behind.

Zhang Da squeezed him away and squatted down, "I'll come, quickly put Yuanhe on my back." ”

Wei Tiezhu and Wu Xiaoshan hurriedly stepped forward, supported Gu Yuanhe, who was burned to the point of weakness, left and right, and put it on Zhang Da's back.

Gu Qiang wiped his face, quickly dragged the sheet on the bed to cover his son's body, and wrapped his son's hot and cold body, "Let's go." ”

Zhang Da carried the person, worried that the low threshold of the thatched house would touch the head of the person on his back, so he lowered his body as much as possible and got out of the door of the thatched house. Then he let go and ran.

Gu Qiang also followed, taking care of his son beside him, while talking to his son, "Yuanhe, it's Dad, Dad will take you to see the doctor immediately, you bear with it, let's go into the town to find a doctor immediately." You have to be well, your mother is still in town waiting to be reunited with you. ”

Gu Yuanhe lay on Zhang Da's back, stared at Gu Qiang for a moment, smiled slightly, and shouted Dad.

"Hey." Gu Qiang agreed loudly and tucked the quilt corner for him, "Coming out of the capital, along the way, Yuanbao kept talking about you, thinking about seeing your big brother earlier." Dad estimates that your mother and Yuan Bao must be standing at the entrance of the town looking at you at this time! ”

"Mother...... Brother, they're all here. Gu Yuanhe's voice was low, with joy in his eyes.

"It's all here." Gu Qiang agreed, and tightened the single quilt wrapped around his son.

Staying behind, Kang Xuanzhu and Wu Xiaoshan, who had packed up a burden for Gu Yuanhe, caught up with them breathlessly. Kang Shuzi stuffed the burden into Wei Tiezhu's arms, "You go first, I'll take Xiaoshan to inquire about some news, and I'll go back to the town after I have inquired." He didn't believe that the strong and healthy Brother Yuanhe would get sick for no reason, and he would definitely ask the reason.

Gu Qiang wanted to stop it, but Kang Xuanzhu said: "It's going to be fine, because of Brother Yuanhe's relationship, many people in the nearby villages recognize me and won't embarrass me." I asked Brother Yuanhe about his recent situation, and the villagers definitely sued me. If it were a different face, it would be hard to say. ”

Gu Qiang thought about it and agreed, "Don't go into the village, you won't have to make trouble." In an hour you will have to go back, and if you don't go back, I will send someone out to find you at once. ”

Hurriedly said that the two parties acted separately.

Zhang Da ran out five or six miles with people on his back, and he was sweating profusely. Wei Tiehammer was about to change his size, when a driver approached them quickly with a whip and shouted, "What's wrong?" ”

Gu Qiang and the others looked over and found that the people who came were actually Li Dalang and Ding Jiabao who came in a cart.

Wei Tiehammer hurriedly shouted, "Come here, Yuanhe is burning badly, you have to send it to the town to see the doctor quickly." ”

Li Dalang didn't dare to delay for a moment, urged the horse to catch up with them, and a few people quickly put Gu Yuanhe on the board car, covered the quilt, and drove to the town. Zhang Da, who stayed in place, wiped the sweat from his forehead, returned the same way, and went to find Kang Xuanzhu and Wu Xiaoshan.

It turned out that the more Qing Shu waited at the inn, the more uneasy he became, feeling that there were fewer people brought by Gu Qiang, if there was no long-sighted trouble, and there was a shortage of manpower, he was afraid that he would suffer a loss, so he called Wu Hammer to send someone again. Wu Langtou persuaded her, saying that there were many people who went, but it attracted the attention of others, and it was easy to startle the snake. Qing Shu thought about it, and finally ordered Li Dalang and Ding Jiabao, and asked them to catch the board car and pick them up halfway, without approaching the village.

Outside the door of the "Shiji Inn", Su's mother and Gu Yuanbao looked down the street from time to time, and they couldn't wait to see Gu Yuanhe immediately. In the anxious waiting, they saw Wei Tiehammer running fast, so they happily greeted him, and wanted to ask, but saw that Wei Tiehammer did not stop, ran directly into the inn past them, grabbed one person and asked, "Where is Steward Wu?" ”

Hearing the movement, Wu Hammer hurriedly came out of it, "What's the matter?" How about yourself? ”

Wei Tiehammer breathed a sigh of relief, "Gu Yuanhe is burning badly, the housekeeper sent it to the Tzu Chi Pharmacy and sent me back to report the news." ”

Wu Lang was taken aback, "What did the doctor say?" How sick can you be? ”

Wei Tiehammer shook his head, "As soon as I entered the town, the housekeeper inquired about the pharmacy and sent me back. ”

Wu Langtou was very anxious, but ordered: "Wait for me here, I will reply to the young lady." ”

Qing Shu was also startled when he heard that Gu Yuanhe was burning badly, and wanted to see it with his own eyes, but he felt that it was inappropriate, so he took out twenty taels of silver and handed it to Qingyang, "Xiaoyang, the silver should be put away, my sister will arrange for you to give the carriage immediately, and when you get to the pharmacy, you give the silver to the housekeeper and let the housekeeper take it to settle the account of the pharmacy." When you see the doctor, you have to take Gu Yuanhe back in a carriage, you know? ”

Qingyang solemnly agreed, "Xiaoyang remembers, sister rest assured." ”

Qing Shu straightened his clothes for him, "Bring Mother Su and Yuanbao." ”

Qingyang: "Okay. ”

Xiaojuan came in, "Miss, the carriage is ready." ”

Qingshu sent Qingyang out, and immediately gave Wu Hammer again, asking the store to clean up the house left for Gu Yuanhe again, see if there is anything needed, and quickly add it.

Qing Shu waited on pins and needles, and after about two quarters of an hour, Wei Tiezhu, who had gone to the Tzu Chi Pharmacy to check on the situation, returned. He reported that the old owner of Tzu Chi Pharmacy had personally come out to diagnose the pulse, saying that Gu Yuanhe had been injured in his left leg, and the wound was very deep, and because it had not been treated in time, the wound was ulcerated and the high fever did not go away. He also said that if the patient was sent half an hour late, it would be a fool to save him.

The old doctor is an experienced man, it takes time to boil the medicine, and the fever is slow to subside after boiling the medicine, so he first used soju to wipe Gu Yuanhe's body to reduce the fever, and only waited for the young man in the pharmacy to boil the medicine and drink a dose, and then clean up the festering wound, and the person can take it back.

After another quarter of an hour, Ding Jiabao came back and reported that Gu Yuanhe was fine, and the doctor asked Gu Yuanhe to sleep behind the pharmacy, and then change the medicine for the wound in the afternoon to bring the person back, and take the medicine on time.

When he was the only one left in the room, Qingshu collapsed on the bed with relief. If Gu Yuanhe has a good one, she will not be at ease in her life. Gu Yuanhe is a person who has faithfully guarded her father's cemetery for five years, and in a sense, Gu Yuanhe is doing filial piety instead of her and Qingyang. This affection, she and Qingyang will remember for a lifetime.

Yes, Gu Yunhu did save Gu Qiang's life and was the benefactor of Gu Qiang's family.

But you see, Gu Yunfu is Gu Yunhu's own brother, when Gu Yunhu was alive, he was the elder brother and relied on his younger brother to support the family. Later, the younger brother was gone, what is the difference between him, who is the elder brother who robbed and robbed, and bandits!

Let's talk about Sun Renhuai's family, Sun Renhuai can gain a firm foothold in the capital and make a fortune, and Sun Renhuai's brother can be promoted, not because of Gu Yunhu. But what is the result? Not only did he not repay the favor, but he also allowed his family to bully the Gu family.

In such a comparison, the loyalty and affection of Gu Qiang's family have become the most precious thing in the world. Therefore, if there was news that Gu Yunfu's family was dead, or Sun Renhuai's family was dead, she Gu Qingshu didn't even frown. However, if anything happens to anyone in Gu Qiang's family, she Gu Qingshu will be sad for the rest of her life.

Thinking of the doctor's diagnosis that Gu Yuanhe was injured in his left leg and the wound was very deep, he sat up comfortably. Who did this to you? The people who dared to move the tomb of General Zhongwu borrowed courage from the sky?