The woman obviously didn't have any first aid experience, and she was completely panicked, only to know that she threw herself on the old man and cried, Xu Zizhen walked over and stretched out his finger to put his finger on the old man's neck, and immediately put his heart at ease, and comforted softly: "Don't worry, Ling Zun just held his breath for the time being, and he didn't worry about his life." ”

After saying that, he squatted down, untied the old man's collar, bent his thumb and pressed it a few times among others, and artificial respiration was avoided, the other party was a bad old man, and he really couldn't get out of that mouth.

When the woman heard that her father was fine, she gradually stopped crying, and watched unsteadily, and after a while, the old man suddenly let out a breath and slowly woke up.

Xu Zizhen stood up, clapped his hands and smiled: "Okay, it's okay." ”

The woman was surprised and delighted, but she was not in a hurry to step forward to help the old man, but gave Xu Zizhen a deep blessing: "Thank you for your help!" ”

Xu Zizhen saw her appearance clearly at this time, and saw that she was born with a delicate melon seed face, snow-white skin, eyebrows and red lips, slender figure and quiet demeanor, but she was a complete beauty, and he secretly praised in his heart: This girl's tutor is really good, she looks beautiful, no wonder she will be robbed.

He smiled and waved his hand: "It's a trivial matter, you're welcome, you better help your father into the house, it's cold in autumn, don't be cold." ”

Only then did the woman help the old man up, and cried with joy: "Dad, you ...... You're scared your daughter to death. ”

The old man opened his eyes and looked around, but found that the wicked people had long since disappeared, and he was shocked in his heart and asked, "What about Huang Yuanwai?" ”

The woman pointed at Xu Zizhen: "I was driven away by this strong man." ”

The old man was shocked when he heard this, stood up tremblingly, and looked at Xu Zizhen deeply: "Thank you for ...... Engong"

Before he finished speaking, Xu Zizhen interrupted with a smile: "Thank you, don't thank you, I just finished the fight, my mouth is very dry, can I enjoy a bowl of water to drink?" ”

The old man also laughed when he said this, waved his hand and made a gesture of please: "The cold house is rough, if the engong doesn't dislike it, please serve tea in the house." ”

Xu Zizhen followed him into the house, looked at the furnishings in the house, and saw that the room was simple and tidy, with a small low table, and a desk in the middle hall, with pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other four treasures of the study, and there was a row of bookshelves on the left and right sides of the room, neatly stacked with books, Xu Zizhen was a little surprised: "How does this look like a school?" ”

The old man invited him to sit down on a chair next to the case, and said: "The old decay Kouduan, originally a native of Qianzhou, when the plague was rampant in the township, the old decay and the portable woman moved here, and taught the Mengtong of the nearby ten miles and eight townships in this burrow, in exchange for some rice and silk rights to survive. ”

Xu Zizhen suddenly realized that he was really a teacher, no wonder the old arms and legs had no strength, and he was kicked and fainted.

It didn't take much time for the woman to come up with a bowl of hot tea, and Ying Ying smiled lightly: "Engong, please use tea." ”

Xu Zizhen smiled: "My name is Xu Zizhen, you still don't call me Engong, this title sounds awkward to me, by the way, where did those people come from?" robbing people's daughters in broad daylight, isn't there a royal law in this Kuizhou city? ”

Kou Duan sighed lightly, and his helplessness overflowed into words: "The leader is surnamed Huang, known as Huang Yuanwai, who opened a pharmacy in this Kuizhou City, and his family is quite wealthy, and the old man lives in this mountain, and he has no intersection with him, but a few days ago, the little girl went into the city to grab medicine for the old man, and was inadvertently seen by him, so he had a bad heart, and wanted to accept the little girl as his concubine...... Alas! ”

Xu Zizhen said angrily: "A drug seller dares to be so rampant? Why don't you go to the government to sue him? ”

Kou Duan smiled bitterly: "Sue him? Huang Yuanwai has an old relationship with Yin of Kuizhou Mansion, even if he sues, it will be useless, and when he is angry, it will be my father and daughter who will suffer. ”

Xu Zizhen rolled his eyes and asked, "What is the name of the pharmacy opened by his family?" ”

Kou Duan said: "Manchun Hall." ”

Xu Zizhen wrote down the name, took the tea bowl and drank it all, got up and said to Kou Duan: "Mr. Kou, it's getting late today, I'll leave first, you can rest early." ”

Kou Duan originally wanted to keep it, but Xu Zizhen had already seen that in addition to the old man's house, there were not many books at home, and he was afraid that he didn't even have much overnight rice, so he stayed to eat? Isn't that forcing the old man to be pants?

Xu Zizhen finally declined Kou Duan's kindness, went down the mountain and returned to the city, and when he arrived at the inn, it was already dark, and he was just about to enter the door when he happened to see Liu Feng and Li Meng also coming back.

Li Meng was sweating profusely and his face was red, but he couldn't hide his excitement, it seemed that Liu Feng had benefited him a lot from what he had taught him.

Xu Zizhen didn't say a word and pulled the two of them out, today he patronized and drank, he hadn't eaten anything substantial at all, he was so hungry that his chest was attached to his back, the three of them came to the street to find a restaurant, ordered a few dishes and asked for a jar of wine, and when he was sitting and waiting for the food, Xu Zizhen said that he saved Kou Duan's father and daughter today.

Liu Feng was furious after hearing this: "The little medicine merchant is so arrogant? Ignoring the king's law! ”

Xu Zizhen smiled: "It doesn't matter, with this kind of person, you don't need to talk about the king's law and reason, what Confucius can't solve, Lao Tzu will solve!" ”

Liu Feng moved in his heart: "Big brother means ......"

Xu Zizhen said: "I heard what his store is called Manchun Hall, let's eat and drink enough for a while, let's go to his store together." ”

Li Meng had been listening to the side, and then suddenly interjected and asked, "Uncle, what if they see you go and go back to rob people?" ”

Xu Zizhen was reaching out to take the teapot, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and he forgot to take it back when he raised his hand in the air, and after a while, he slapped his forehead and shouted, "Oops! How did I forget this stubble? ”

The so-called bystander Qing, from Xu Zizhen's point of view, he naturally felt that Huang Yuanwai was so frightened by himself that he would definitely not dare to show up again in a short time, but Li Meng inadvertently reminded him.

The more Xu Zizhen thought about it, the more likely it became, how could he still have the heart to eat, so he threw down a piece of silver and Liu Feng and walked quickly with Li Meng to the outside of the city, praying secretly as he walked: Don't have an accident, don't have an accident......

It was completely dark, and the three of them walked cautiously on the mountain road, and when they were about to arrive at Kou Duan's house, a gust of mountain wind suddenly swept by, and the wind was mixed with a burning smell, Xu Zizhen chuckled in his heart, and secretly exclaimed: Oops!

Xu Zizhen didn't care what mountain roads were difficult to walk, so he ran up quickly with three steps and two steps, and only then did he pass the bend, but he was stunned by the scene in front of him.

Under the cold moonlight, there was a pile of charred black ruins, it was the small thatched hut where Kou Duan's father and daughter lived and taught children's studies, the flames had been extinguished, only a few unburned main beams still occasionally flashed a few sparks, Li Meng's eyes were sharp, pointing to the corner of the ruins and exclaiming: "Uncle, look! ”

Xu Zizhen looked in the direction he pointed, but saw a person lying not far from the ruins, it was Kou Duan, he immediately pounced, stretched out his hand to touch it, but found that this polite old scholar had lost his breath at this time, and his eyes were full of anger and unwillingness.

The ruins were empty, there was nothing but the burned family and those books, Xu Zizhen only felt a wave of anger rushing from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, clenching his fists tightly and gritting his teeth and shouting word by word: "Huang Yuanwai! ”