Uncle Yang simply packed a little luggage and set off to Yueqi City, the imperial city in the hinterland of Tianzhou, he planned to take Aunt Qin with him, but Aunt Qin refused, on the grounds that he was old and didn't want to leave his homeland. Uncle Yang said a thousand things, but Aunt Qin refused, so Uncle Yang had no choice but to go on the road alone. Uncle Yang only led an old horse, carrying a little clothes on the back of the horse and some bamboo books prepared by his mother.

Uncle Yang stood outside Anding City, turned to look at the word Anding on the city wall, and looked at the old appearance of Aunt Qin who sent him out of the city. Stable and stable, mother, Aunt Qin, you bless me with all the best, may I achieve my wish and achieve a career.

The snow is falling heavier and heavier, and the heavens and the earth are in a white vast, and there is no life in this world, only a lonely figure and an old horse with a dull coat slowly moving forward, like a picture of a snow traveler.

Just when Uncle Yang set off to the imperial city, Huan Ji in the imperial city was still worried about the reports delivered from everywhere every day, and he had been sitting in the study since the morning and the morning, and at noon he casually ate a little food brought by the old servant Cheng He, and the boredom in his heart made him not eat a good meal for a long time, and he had almost forgotten what the food cooked by the imperial kitchen tasted like. Recently, Huan Ji felt a little dizzy every time he stood up in the evening, and Cheng He wanted to call the imperial doctor to take a look at him, but he always felt that it was a waste of time.

These days, Huan Ji always has a dream, dreaming that he fell off the cliff, and when he was about to reach the ground, a giant eagle caught him with his wings open, and gently put it on the ground, and then the giant eagle stayed by his side, and he had been repeating the same dream for several days, he couldn't help but tell Cheng He: "Uncle He, what do you think is the sign?" ”

The old chamberlain blinked a pair of eyes without brilliance, and a pair of dark hands gently stirred the flames in the brazier, and said softly: "Congratulations to the emperor, this is to have a good minister come to assist the emperor, I'm afraid it's almost there." ”

Huan Ji was overjoyed after hearing this, no matter what the old chamberlain said was right or not, in short, there was hope, and he hurriedly called the director of the Zhaoxian Pavilion, so that he would always be on guard, and once someone came, he would be brought directly into the palace.

The consul of the Zhaoxian Pavilion is a chubby middle-aged man, he secretly pouted, who dares to come at this time, I'm afraid they are all mediocre talents, I fancy the rewards given by the emperor, but although the rewards are good, you have to have a life to get them, and your life is gone, what's the use of having those.

The snow began to stop slowly, Uncle Yang shook the snow on his clothes, and swept the snow off the horse, the old horse looked back at the master, the loss of this horse can't speak, otherwise I'm afraid I will open my mouth to scold Uncle Yang, I'm afraid I'm not a fool to rush in the snow.

Uncle Yang doesn't care about those, he wants to get to the imperial city faster, but I'm afraid that it will take a lot of work to enter the palace, now the emperor is upright and in his prime, and he has some ambitions, how many days will pass, I'm afraid that the emperor will also be discouraged, where should he go when the time comes? has failed to fulfill her filial piety under her mother's knees, if she can't even fulfill her last wish, what face will she have to see her mother?

Uncle Yang took down the dry cake, which Aunt Qin made for him overnight, just to prevent him from finding a place to eat on the road. He took off the gourd he had brought with him when he had followed his teacher on the mountain, unscrewed the lid and took a sip of it. The old horse was also nibbling hay with the snow in the snow nest next to it.

The sky is gray, I don't know when it will snow, I have to find a place to hide at night, now there is no village in front of this vast snow, there is no store behind, and if there is no place to go at night, you may freeze to death.

Uncle Yang picked up the old horse and went on the road again, stepping on the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow, the surroundings were very quiet, there was no sound, not even birds. Uncle Yang was really worried that there would be a strong man who cut the path here, so he always paid attention to it, and he suddenly regretted why he didn't practice martial arts like his junior brother, he always said that the gentleman didn't use his mouth, so it was useless to practice martial arts, and the junior brother asked what if people wanted to do it? He said that he could use his three-inch tongue to persuade the man not to do anything, but who knew that as soon as he left from the mountain, he met a group of strongmen, and when he was about to reason, the man yelled rudely, "Shut up, if you dare to speak, I will kill you", he regretted it, but now there is no way, his body has long been so stiff that he can't practice martial arts.

Fortunately, there was no strong man who cut the path, and Uncle Yang successfully arrived at the city of Liye in the west of Tianzhou, outside the city lay a woman in shabby clothes and a haggard face, and there was a little boy next to the woman, the child was lying in the woman's arms, his eyes were closed, and a pair of hands like chicken feet were tightly grasping the woman's hands, and his dark face was covered with sweat.

When the woman heard the footsteps, she hurriedly raised her head and said in a hoarse voice, "Save my child, please, please"! Uncle Yang looked at the woman, couldn't help but fantasize about his mother, his heart softened, squatted on the ground, stretched out his hand and touched the child's forehead, it was very hot, it should be a fever, he opened his mouth and asked, "Why don't you send the child to the doctor?" The child is hot. ”

"I didn't have any money, I was kicked out when I went to see a doctor, and no one wanted to save me. Please, I am willing to repay you by being a cow and a horse! The woman hugged Uncle Yang's legs, fearing that he would get up and leave, and cried.

"That's it, let's go, put the child on my horse, I'll take him to the doctor, I'm just bothering you to help me get the things on the horse, I'll not move alone." Uncle Yang took off the things on the horse's back and divided them into two parts, carrying one for himself and one for the woman to carry.

The two walked to the city, but Uncle Yang had never been to the city, so he asked the woman: "I have seen a lot of homeless people along the way, but I don't know what happened to this city?" ”

"The imperial court oppressed, coupled with the continuous natural disasters, the people had no money and food to pay taxes, so they had to flee." The woman probably said absent-mindedly because she was worried about the child's condition. Uncle Yang also roughly understood, according to the law of Zhao State, those who have no money to pay taxes will use the field to replace it, and if the field is gone, they will catch the strong men to serve in the labor, but I am afraid that few of the strong men who have been arrested in this year can come back alive after serving their duties.

Uncle Yang didn't speak again, and the two walked quietly like this, most of the shops on both sides were closed, and there were no pedestrians on the street, which was terrifyingly quiet.

The two walked to the door of the pharmacy, the woman put down Uncle Yang's things, hurriedly picked up the unconscious child from the horse, stared at Uncle Yang with tearful eyes, Uncle Yang tied the horse to the pillar next to him at will, and walked into the pharmacy.

There was only a drowsy guy sitting behind the counter in the pharmacy, and the guy was dazed when he heard someone coming in and said, "What medicine do you want?" Catch it yourself. He yawned again.

The woman quickly stepped into the pharmacy with the child in her arms, crying and saying, "Quick, save my child, he is dying." ”

The man came to his senses and saw that it was a woman who had no money to see a doctor in the morning, and said impatiently: "Hurry up, go quickly, you think this is a good hall, there is no money to see a doctor, and the herbs must not ask for money." The guy looked at Uncle Yang again, although this person was dressed in linen clothes, but he was clean and tidy, it was not easy to do business these days, and he could make a little money. ”

Uncle Yang looked at the man and said expressionlessly: "I will pay for the treatment of that child." ”

The guy was stunned for a moment, and suddenly saw that Uncle Yang's face was a little unhappy, and hurriedly shouted, "Okay, I'll go and ask for a doctor." He turned and ran to the back hall.

After a while, a man dressed as a doctor with a fat face, a two-point beard, and a very small eye oppressed by fat came out, probably the guy had already said the situation, so he didn't ask anything more, directly grabbed the child's arm and began to check the pulse, and after a while, he opened his thick lips and said: "Long-term hunger and the recent cold, I'll take some medicine." After speaking, he stretched out his fat palm and went over to the medicine shelf and began to grab the medicine. Uncle Yang paid the money in the past.