His horse had long since died of emaciation, and now he was still the same as when he left the house, empty-handed, with no bow and arrows, and no rattan sticks. Thinking about walking deep into the mountains and forests, to pick some herbs for later.

As a result, at the entrance of a cave, he met Leng Yue, the female guard of the county guard's mansion, who was infected with the plague and dying, and had to be sent to the cave to wait for death. Because there is no one to cure the serious illness, it has to be so.

Yun Xiaoshui helped Leng Yue diagnose the condition, and it was not incurable. Yun Xiaoshui first pricked Leng Yue's ten fingers, as well as the palms of his hands and feet, with jujube needles, and then pasted the mashed ginger paste on them. After picking a few more Chinese medicines, Yun Xiaoshui boiled out the decoction in a small casserole he was carrying and poured it into Leng Yue.

Staying by Leng Yue's side day and night, Yun Xiaoshui not only boiled medicine, but also went picking and hunting to solve the problem of eating for the two of them. Yun Xiaoshui can't enter the city, he has no money, and he doesn't worry about Leng Yue.

One morning, Yun Xiaoshui was frying mountain bird eggs with a stone slab, and the cold moon at this time could also come out of the cave to bask in the sun. Another maid was brought in the county guard's mansion, but as soon as the maid was put down, she lost her breath, and Yun Xiaoshui didn't have time to rescue her.

Leng Yue is very sad, this maid has a good relationship with her, but she is not as lucky as her. Later, Yun Xiaoshui comforted Leng Yue and said that this maid's body was not as strong as her on weekdays, so she was not as strong as her disease resistance.

After Leng Yue recovered from her illness, she insisted on accompanying Yun Xiaoshui to Shanhaiguan, she didn't listen to what Yun Xiaoshui said, so she recognized a reason, her life was saved by Yun Xiaoshui, so she handed over the whole person to Yun Xiaoshui to repay her kindness.

Later, when Ji Hua, the son of the county guard, came to invite him personally, and Leng Yue kindly asked Yun Xiaoshui to help, Yun Xiaoshui entered the county guard mansion to help cure the disease and eliminate the plague. first saved the old county Shouji Rehuan, and then saved the infected people in the entire Bohai County.

For this reason, Ji Hua wants to become brothers with Yun Xiaoshui and marry Jin Lan! Yun Xiaoshui said that he was from a humble background and did not dare to climb high! When he was about to resign, Ji Hua said another request of his to save his grandfather.

"Is the old lady sick?" Yun Xiaoshui asked suspiciously.

"It's not! Grandpa is sixty years old this year, and he should be buried alive according to the laws of Great Qin, and in the past two days, the regulatory officials have already issued a notice. I don't want Grandpa to die! Please brother help! Ji Hua said with red eyes.

After Yun Xiaoshui promised Ji Hua to find a way, at the residence, Leng Yue told him that Ji Hua had grown up with his grandfather since he was a child, and the family relationship between the grandfather and grandson was extraordinary, and he was very reluctant to let the old lady die.

The old lady in the county guard mansion was stared at by many pairs of eyes every move, if the old man in the ordinary people's house could secretly delay it for a few years, but it was impossible in the county guard mansion.

"Oh—that's it! I've seen old ladies who are physically tough, not at all like a 60-year-old man. It's unbearable to be buried alive like this! Yun Xiaoshui said to Leng Yue leisurely.

"That's it! This law is also unprecedented! "Hey! This girl actually used the idiom "unprecedented", instead of saying "eight lifetimes!" ”

"Holy! Old Qin Tou is really perverted! Buried alive at the age of 60, it turns out that this legend is true! Yun Xiaoshui thought in his heart, and scolded the inhumane decree of the Qin Dynasty.

"In this way, you go and tell the second son, and say that I have a way to let the old lady fake his death to avoid the government's interrogation and live."

"Huh? It's true? Not long after Leng Yue ran away, Ji Hua Gongzi came to see Yun Xiaoshui.

Yun Xiaoshui decided to stay for a few more days to help the county guard's family solve this major anxiety incident. She inquired that there was a large basement in the house, and below the hall, it was made of pure marble.

Yun Xiaoshui first told the second prince to order someone to seal the only door in the basement, or leave no traces, and told people that there was no basement in the house. Then a stone platform was built by the large pond in the back garden, and the middle was empty.

Then dig a hole in the stone platform, and then turn and dig into the basement. And he built two more stone platforms in the corners of the hall, which were also empty in the middle, and dug them into the basement.

Finally, Yun Xiaoshui uses the principle of reflecting light in a large bronze mirror, drawing light into the hole on the platform, and then refracting it into the basement. In this way, sunlight can enter the basement on sunny days, and the smoke of lanterns and candles on cloudy days and nights can quickly escape outward.

As for the breathing of the people in the basement, there is no problem, basically there is air convection of a small cyclone in the basement, and the basement can live for a long time. It is important to note that the three holes should be covered on rainy days.

"Huh? Let my grandpa live in the basement! Ji Gongzi woke up and said with boundless joy!

"That's right! It's just stuffy, it's okay to be ventilated! Occasionally, you can fence the pond with a curtain and let the old lady come out for a walk, fishing, flower viewing, and bird calling! But avoiding people's eyes and ears is very, very important! ”

"How did you let grandpa fake his death and deceive the officials who came to supervise, have you figured out a way?"

Ji Huagongzi's mood improved, and he became anxious.

"Figured it out! The preparations have already been prepared, and we are waiting to go to the cemetery to check it out! ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Ji Gongzi asked Yun Xiaoshui to disguise himself as a young servant, got into the carriage and followed the team to the Ji family cemetery.

In the cemetery, Yun Xiaoshui buried two open bamboo poles on one side of the grave pit, sticking out far from the grave pit perpendicularly, and then exposed the ground.

One end of the bamboo pole in the grave pit, covered with gauze, rests next to the coffin where it will be placed.

Originally, the legal method of living burial was to dig the grave pit and report it to a special official, and set a specific time, which must be before noon.

The family carried the coffin and the old man to the cemetery to wait for the arrival of the officials. The officials in charge had to bring dozens of officers to the scene, fully armed, to personally watch the coffin be placed in the grave, let the old man lie down in it, and then cover the coffin with a lid and nail it with iron nails.

At this time, the official took someone to check again one by one to confirm that the old man was inside, and the coffin was difficult to open with the strength of one person or two people, so he ordered to fill the earth.

After a grave was built, it was not finished, to prevent the family from picking it up again, the officials led the servants to surround the mound, and waited until the night came, and after a watch, the officials and messengers all withdrew, and the process of burying the old man alive was officially over.

In such an afternoon, 100% of the living in the coffin will become dead, and without special measures, miracles will not happen. As for the suffocating pain of the parties involved, no one really knows.

"The key to the whole process is to connect the bamboo pole on the side of the old lady's head without being discovered by the officials and the officers! As long as the bamboo pole outside is inserted into the hole at the bottom of the coffin, the bamboo pipe inside the coffin is under the old lady's clothes, and he can reach it by tilting his head. ”

"Good! I remembered! I'll connect the two bamboo pipes myself! ”

"Be careful! Just connect one of them! ”

When the time came for the old lady to be buried alive, the crying of the Ji Mansion was like thunder, because only a few people knew the truth, so the sadness of the cry still sounded so tear-jerking to outsiders.

From the grave under the empty coffin, the old lady lay down in the coffin, until the coffin lid was covered and nailed with iron nails, Ji Gongzi never left a corner of the coffin's head half a step, and kept wandering there.

Because they all knew that the relationship between the second son and the old lady was deep, no one thought about it, including the officials and servants, and they didn't pay too much attention to him.

All the best. On the second watch, the prince and the county guard couldn't wait, so they were about to dig up the grave and open the coffin, but Yun Xiaoshui stopped him and said:

"Your Excellency and Childe, please rest assured! As long as the bamboo pole is connected, it doesn't matter if it's an hour earlier or an hour later! After the third watch, it is safer to invite the old lady home! Now, if someone finds out and then reveals it, the consequences will be serious! Don't rush for a while, wait! ”

Just after the third watch, a few fast horses and carriages rushed out of Ji's mansion.

Old lady Ji returned home safely and lived in the basement.

Tianmingyun Xiaoshui was about to go on the road, and was suddenly invited by the county guard. Yun Xiaoshui beat a drum in his heart again, he didn't tell the county guard that he was the master of the unveiling craftsman, and lied that he was going to Shanhaiguan to visit relatives.