The night was already deep, the bonfire had been extinguished, and more than a dozen men leaned against the trunks and grass, falling asleep, and the snoring sound mixed with the sound of insects in the silent night, blending into nature.

The moonlight gently shone on everyone's body, as if covering them with a thin sheet, and people who had worked hard all day slept soundly, even if they were in the wilderness, they did not feel uncomfortable, and the poor had no conditions for comfort.

Brother Jin quietly leaned under the tree and stayed by Erlang's side, looking sideways at his movements from time to time, changing the cloth that had been roasted by the body temperature and lost its coolness.

The eldest grandson Baozheng left alone, and went to Changzhou City at night to seek medical advice, and his reason was very sufficient: he was Baozheng, with a layer of official clothes, even if he was found without a reason, he could have a saying by virtue of his identity, which was much better than the white Ding of the eldest grandson.

So Brother Jin stayed behind and was responsible for taking care of the comatose eldest grandson Erlang.

The night of July, not cold, although in the wild there is no coolness, the season has passed the summer solstice, but there is some refreshing feeling after the heat of the day, into the brother with a large leaf to drive away mosquitoes, to Erlang fan.

Brother Jin reached out and touched Erlang from time to time, and found that he was still unconscious, his body temperature was very high, his breathing was weak and weak, he sighed in his heart, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Even though he was anxious, but he was helpless, after all, Brother Jin didn't know anything about medicine, and he was a good hand at dancing with a knife and stick, he looked again and again in the lonely night, and the figure of the eldest grandson Baozheng was like the air in the dark, without a trace of shadow.

During the day, he was responsible for opening the road in front of everyone to investigate, in case there was a Cao Si patrol to fortify the front, although this road was deserted, but there were also patrols and haunts. This year, the imperial court's finances were tight, and it was particularly concerned about the salt policy, and strictly ordered all localities to inspect and investigate, and those who caught selling illicit salt were all killed and confiscated into the army.

Brother Jin is quite martial arts, flexible skills, so go out of ten miles, there is a change in the turn back to report the news, the eldest grandson Baozheng immediately led the team to turn, along the way by this method to avoid several dangers, but correspondingly, Brother Jin'er's physical strength also paid much more.

I lasted so long, and the hour was in the second half of the night, and the tiredness was like a tide surging up, rushing in my brother's body, and gradually getting up, and a pair of eyelids began to close uncontrollably, and he changed the cloth strip for Erlang for the last time, leaned against the tree, and involuntarily took a nap. The hand that was holding the leaves also slowly fell, no longer shaking.

No one noticed that Erlang on the stretcher, the hot body temperature began to slowly cool down, the slight undulation showed the tenacious chest of life, and gradually calmed down, and the extremely slight breathing in the nostrils was silent.

Typhoid fever was like a brutal robbery, taking away the young man's not long life, and a lonely soul came out of its shell in the black night sky, leaving behind a corpse that slowly became cold, dissipating in the air.

In the darkness, Brother Jin, who had his eyes closed, didn't notice that in the starry sky overhead, there were a few strange lights flashing, like thunder and lightning that are very common in summer, but there was no sound and raindrops, only flickering electric light.

This is a celestial statue that is very difficult to see, just like the old people say, light thunder does not rain, no, no, no, it should be light and lightning without thunder.

The lightning scribbled a few times, and then suddenly slashed down very abruptly, in the middle of the body of the eldest Sun Erlang, the time was only a blink of an eye, and even the Jin brother who was guarding by his side did not notice it, but even if he closed his eyes, he felt that it seemed to take a moment in front of him, which made him wake up suddenly, and when he looked at it again, everything was as usual.

It seems that the light just now is an illusion, and Brother Jin is noncommittal.

However, he then touched Erlang, and under the probe, he was pleasantly surprised to find that his nephew's body didn't seem to be so hot.

Immediately after, through the moonlight and starlight, he saw Erlang open his eyes.

"Erlang! Are you awake? Almost pinched his heart by an inexplicable big hand, Brother Jin almost jumped, ecstatic, quickly grabbed the young man's hand, and shouted excitedly.

The eldest grandson Erlang opened his eyes and looked at him blankly, his eyes were all confused and strange, he twisted his head, looked left and right, and then actually wanted to struggle to get up.

Brother Jin'er felt sorry for his nephew, hurriedly held his shoulder, let him slowly lean against the trunk of the tree, and instructed with concern: "You are still sick, don't move, and lie down first, I'll go get you some water to drink." ”

Erlang looked at him, as if he was looking at a neurotic, the expression on his face was colorful, but his body was really weak and weak, and he didn't even have the strength to speak, there seemed to be a fire burning in his throat, and his whole body couldn't move, so he had to lie still, and looked at his brother and took a bamboo tube.

Brother Jin pulled out the cloth plug on the bamboo tube and handed it to Erlang's mouth, Erlang looked at the bamboo tube curiously, as if he was looking at a prehistoric relic, his eyes were suspicious, and he seemed to be hesitating whether to drink it or not.

Brother Jin looked at him warmly, like looking at his own son, he has not yet married, let alone an heir, the eldest brother's son is equal to his son, since he was born, Erlang has been very fond of him, and now he is even more overjoyed when he sees Erlang seriously ill, holding a bamboo tube and saying softly: "Come, drink some, drink some water and be comfortable." ”

Erlang met Brother Jin'er's gaze and finally dispelled his doubts, a person who serves you with such a caring look is definitely not someone who wants to harm you. So he opened his mouth and took a sip.

It's so comfortable! Erlang almost shouted out, this kind of unpolluted, completely natural mountain spring water, better than any kind of pure water and nutritious drinks in later generations, the sweet water down the throat all the way down, will be due to high fever and lack of water all kinds of organs moisturized, like a dry and cracked earth for a long time in nectar, so that Erlang is extremely useful.

So he took a few sips, leaned his neck and "gurgling" wildly, the monkey was anxious, and he was so shocked that he grabbed the tail end of the bamboo tube and said vigorously: "Slow down, slow down, don't choke." ”

The water entered his stomach, so that the soft young man recovered a little, he licked the skin of his mouth, felt that the burning sensation in his throat was not the same as at the beginning, tentatively opened his mouth "ah", ah, sounded, he felt that he could speak.

He looked at Brother Jin, who was holding a bamboo tube beside him, and said the first sentence: "Thank you, big brother!" ”

"Thank you, thank you, as long as it's ......" Brother Jin was still happy at the beginning, happy that Erlang was able to speak, and after a few seconds, he realized that something was wrong, his eyes were staring, and he said in surprise: "What do you call me?" ”

Erlang was a little apprehensive, thought about it secretly, and felt that he hadn't said the wrong thing, didn't this person like others to call him big brother?

"Well, I mean, big brother, thank you." Erlang pondered the wording, and said observantly, but found that the eyes of the person in front of him were getting wider and wider, obviously not very comfortable with his new title, and he felt even more strange in his heart, but he couldn't manage so much, after all, there were more serious and urgent problems to figure out, he looked around, looked at the men sleeping on the ground, and asked carefully: "I don't know where this is?" Where can I get to the road? ”

Brother Jin'er opened his mouth wide and was dumbfounded.

Erlang lowered his head and muttered, "Is it a pyramid scheme?" He stood up, as if feeling his pockets, but was surprised to find that his body was actually covered with a linen rag clothes, his pants were also linen, and the wallet, mobile phone and other items he carried with him could not be found.

patted up and down, left and right, and soon, Erlang was sure that in addition to this set of sackcloth, he didn't even have underwear, a pair of tattered straw sandals on his feet, and even the hairstyle that was originally a flat head inexplicably had more than a foot of hair, and he hastily knotted a bun with a chopstick-like wooden stick.

Rob? Robbed? Even the clothes were robbed? Erlang looked at Brother Jin in horror, this man who is not afraid of heaven and earth is still opening his mouth wide and startled, Erlang looked at his body, the same linen clothes, like Hanako, there are several holes, how can there be such a robber?

At this time, Erlang's head suddenly "buzzed" with a pain, the pain was so intense, so that he suddenly screamed, rolled all over the ground with his head in his arms, and went into the brother to hug him, it took the boss's strength to barely let him not hit the tree, and the people around him were woken up, and they all came around, holding him firmly, and when the boy stopped, everyone found that Erlang was unconscious again.

After a long time, when it was almost dawn, Erlang woke up quietly, he opened his eyes, what he saw, what he smelled, was a group of men who smelled of sweat gathered around him, and Brother Jin was soaking a washed coarse cloth in cold water and putting it on his forehead.

The coarse cloth covered his forehead with coolness, and the slightest trace entered his brain, making the pain that had dissipated in Erlang's mind disappear even more, and his mind was clear, he blinked, glanced at the crowd watching him in front of him, and let out a long howl of grief and indignation: "Damn, Lao Tzu has crossed!" ”