Chapter III: Healing
Traveling into an unfamiliar environment must be extremely careful, Zhao Qing finally resolutely planned to contact them after considering the potential threats to him from this group of homeless people in his heart. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
He was a social creature after all, and being alone for five or six days on a line was driving him crazy, and he needed some information from these outcasts about what era it was and how to escape the seemingly endless wasteland.
He tried to relax as much as he could, and then walked towards the group of homeless people step by step.
"What people!" A dirty-looking young man on the periphery saw Zhao Qing and shouted loudly. There was some commotion throughout the camp.
"Don't get me wrong! Don't get me wrong! I'm Han! ”
Hearing the familiar Chinese, Zhao Qing burst into tears with excitement, and wanted to rush to the camp immediately, but two or three sharpened wooden forks blocked his way, and Zhao Qing had to raise his hands and quickly explain.
A middle-aged man wrapped in fur and looking very calm walked up and patted the shoulder of the young man who was trembling with a wooden fork, and the young man showed a relieved expression when he saw the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man pointed to the wooden fork, and the young man immediately put it away, and the other two people also put away their rudimentary weapons, but they were still vigilantly staring at Zhao Qing, who suddenly appeared.
"Little brother, don't get me wrong, these people are a little nervous, seeing that the little brother is uniquely dressed and alone, he will face each other with swords as soon as they meet, and I hope to forgive me." The middle-aged man was very self-contained and politely apologized to Zhao Qing, but he didn't mean to get out of the way. That sentence of being alone pointed out the suspicion of Zhao Qing who suddenly appeared, and if he didn't explain it clearly, it seemed that he would not accept him.
Zhao Qing had already thought about his words, and arched his hand and said: "In Xiahuanhe County, Zhao Qing, the county suffered a military disaster, and he had to escape with his family, but unfortunately his family did not escape the pursuit and killing of those Jurchen barbarians, and now there is only one person left, and I hope that the eldest brother can stay here." "He didn't directly take out the copper seal and scroll to prove his identity, he was a rootless person, and the more detailed he said, the more loopholes there were.
"Huanhe County!?" The middle-aged man and the three young men with weapons in their hands all exclaimed in surprise, and their eyes at Zhao Qing were a little softer, but then they were replaced by doubts.
Zhao Qing observed carefully, and this change made his heart sink.
"Huanhe County is a new county outside the Saiwai, most of the people are surnamed Chen Wang, and there is only one surname Zhao, but you are very face-to-face, little brother."
The middle-aged man touched his chin, his eyes looked very wise and full of suspicion, and the rest of the young people listened to it, their faces became more and more unkind, and they quietly raised their weapons again.
Zhao Qing shouted bad luck in his heart, judging from the reflections of the middle-aged people and the three young people, these homeless people came from Huanhe County. The so-called new county outside the Saiwai is the Han people in the Guanwai who migrated to the outside of the Saiwai to settle down, and they must all know the roots, thinking that the surname Zhao who has only one family should be the county guard sent by the imperial court, the Zhao Qi who lost his head. Judging from the content of the scroll, this Zhao Qi Bacheng is a rare parental official, and the relationship between him and the people must be extremely harmonious, and the family of the county guard is estimated to be known by the people.
However, Zhao's ability to lie has been exercised since elementary school, and he has all kinds of ideas for a while, which is really not good, even if the illegitimate child is a little ugly, he is not impossible.
"My father, Zhao Qi, has lived in the mountains and forests for a long time, and I only returned home not long ago, and you think that you should be born in person."
"Nonsense!" The middle-aged man finally showed an angry face, "Mrs. Zhao County Shou died in childbirth that year, and her young son died soon after, and there has been no continuation since then, where did your son come out?" I have lived in the mountains and forests for a long time, I am afraid that it is a generation of chickens and dogs, I am just a homeless person, I can't even eat a mouthful of hot food, there is nothing you want, so hurry up! ”
Zhao Qing was dumbfounded, he didn't expect this guy to know Zhao Qi so well, but at this time, he absolutely couldn't accept his fate, he could only continue to lie: "The eldest brother is slandered, although he was congenitally deficient in the next, but he did not die young, a master from outside the world happened to be a guest at his father's place, and he couldn't bear to see the tragedy of his wife and son, so he took me to the mountains as a baby to continue my life with medicine, and I didn't go out of the mountains and forests for a long time, and finally saved my life." The master of the world, the master of the lower world, died not long ago, and when he went down the mountain, he happened to encounter the Jurchen invasion, and he did not reunite with his father for a long time, and he was separated from life and death. Now it's really no relatives and no reason. As he spoke, he wiped away his tears, this casually made up story was extremely miserable, and it was really sad for the listener to cry.
The three young men were already in tears, and the middle-aged people were also a little touched, but the doubt in their eyes never disappeared.
"So Lord Zhao is already in trouble?" The middle-aged man was still thinking about it, but suddenly thought of a question and hurriedly asked.
Zhao Qing's face was miserable, he nodded with great difficulty, looking very real and haggard, and then took out two things from his arms, which were the copper seal and the parchment scroll.
"This is my father's relic."
Seeing the copper seal, the middle-aged man's pupils shrank sharply, and then he was the first to cry out in pain: "Lord Zhao! What a good official, why did he die so miserably! Yes! Lord Zhao--! ”
Regardless of whether Zhao Qing's identity is true or false, if this copper seal appears in Zhao Qing's hands, then Zhao Qi must have really died in the hands of the Jurchens.
The three young people also cried together, they have experienced the destruction of their families in the past few days, and they need to vent very much, and even Zhao Qing was infected and really cried.
"Master Xiong! Master Bear! The old ancestor is dying, Master Xiong must think of a way. A mournful voice came from the direction of the camp, and a little girl, who was also dirty, ran over crying, one clove of garlic at a time, looking extremely embarrassed and frightened.
"What, what's wrong with the old ancestor?" The middle-aged man named Xiong Ye immediately stopped crying, got up suddenly, grabbed the little girl's shoulders and said loudly, with tears on his face, but his expression was extremely nervous, looking very comedy.
But no one could laugh, the little girl tried hard to stop her tears, choked and said: "The ancestor has been asleep before, but suddenly he has a high fever, and his mouth has been talking nonsense, no matter how he wipes it with ice water, he can't lower the fever, so he will die." ”
"Quick, take me to the Ancestor." Xiong Ye wiped away all his tears and snot, and then followed the little girl to enter the camp, but suddenly stopped, pointed at Zhao Qing and said to the three young men: "Give him a place to stay on the periphery of the camp, keep an eye on it, and don't let him walk around." As he spoke, he was leaving.
Zhao Qing immediately realized that something was wrong, he was obviously here to ask for help, why was he suddenly imprisoned, obviously Xiong Ye didn't believe his words at all. This is not good, and you may have to torture yourself later on how you got the copper seal and scroll, which is not the result you want.
In a hurry, Zhao Qing suddenly thought of a method, and hurriedly shouted: "Master Xiong, I have a way to treat high fever, my master is a master of medicine, I can cure the high fever of your ancestors!" ”
Xiong Ye stopped, looked at Zhao Qing, his face looked very hideous, but he still didn't stop, and left in a hurry, the little girl glanced at Zhao Qing, and left immediately.
"Master Xiong! Master Bear! Zhao Qing shouted in despair, but Xiong Ye quickly disappeared into the camp, and the three young men slowly surrounded him, but he didn't have the appearance of being touched by Zhao Qing before, he looked very indifferent, and threatened Zhao Qing with a wooden fork, Zhao Qing had no choice but to go to a tree under the hostage of the wooden fork, and then simply sat down, took out the mutton from the sleeping bag, and walked to the bonfire to prepare for the barbecue.
Shirley had been quiet since before, and it was the first time she saw so many people, she looked very scared, and she kept nesting next to Zhao Qing.
The moment Zhao Qing took out the mutton, he felt dozens of eyes gather together, but the movements did not pause at all, and continued to process the mutton with a handmade knife, only taking the amount of himself and Shirley, and then skewered it with a branch lightly.
Soon, the smell of meat spread in the camp like a plague, and the three young men had already put down their weapons, looking at Zhao Qing's bulging sleeping bag in surprise, swallowing their saliva, they hadn't eaten meat for a long time. And around, there are more people who are attracted by the smell of meat.
When Zhao Qing was almost done, he found that he and the bonfire had been surrounded by people, and every homeless person looked at the mutton in Zhao Qing's hand with salivation, and his eyes were full of longing.
This is a very dangerous move, just like using blood to tease a hungry shark, there are no bones left that are easy to eat, but Zhao Qing doesn't care anymore, when that bear master comes back, these muttons of his own will definitely not be kept, it is better to share it generously now, leave a good impression among other homeless people, and let himself be able to integrate into this group.
Everyone stared at the small piece of mutton, and there was a dangerous light in their eyes, like a beast that was about to lose their minds, surrounded by such a group of beasts, Zhao Qing was very uncomfortable, and when he was about to share all the mutton, there was a commotion in the crowd.
The originally dense crowd opened a way, and Master Xiong came out of it, and at first glance, he saw the mutton in Zhao Qing's hand, and was taken aback, but quickly calmed down and said in a deep voice: "Can you really cure a high fever?" ”
Hearing this, Zhao Qing felt a lot more relaxed, and he was not in a hurry to reply, and began to chew the mutton in his hand, and Shirley was also very happy, as if there were not so many people watching.
The crowd became more and more impatient, but Xiong Ye did not interrupt Zhao Qing, but patiently waited for Zhao Qing to eat a whole piece of mutton. Xiong Ye obviously has a very high reputation among this group of homeless people, he didn't make a move, and those who were ready to move could only be suppressed.
"Absolutely."
I was needed, and I was no longer ignored, this feeling was very comfortable, Zhao licked his fingers, and then stood up, without bothering to say more, and said bluntly: "Lead the way." ”
Xiong Ye arched his hand, then made a gesture of please, and waited until Zhao Qing walked over and said to the surrounding homeless people: "No one is allowed to touch this thing, once I find it, just wait for me to drive it out of the camp." ”
All the homeless people retreated tremblingly, and they no longer dared to fight Zhao Qing's idea of sleeping bag, looking very frustrated.
Zhao Qing looked at these poor homeless people, sighed and said, "There is some mutton in the sleeping bag, you can take it and eat it." "The displaced people had not lost their minds and attacked him for the sake of mutton, and he decided to repay them so that he could better integrate into the group.
The homeless people turned back again with joy, the mutton was not very much, it was just a stuff between the teeth of a dozen people, but there was no robbery, and several women carefully lifted the sleeping bag, took out the mutton inside, and then handed it down hand by hand, and there was a large cauldron burning snow at the end.
Humanity triumphs over desire.
Xiong Ye glanced at Zhao Qing deeply, and arched his hand: "Chen Xiong thanks Zhao Gongzi for these homeless people, he has offended a lot before, and he still looks at Haihan." ”
"They are all Chinese people, and they should help each other. Don't say polite words, your ancestors should be very dangerous. Zhao said lightly.
Xiong Ye's face changed, and he quickened his pace.
Zhao Qing trotted all the way to the other side of the camp, and the only carriage was surrounded by water at the moment, and the sound of crying was everywhere.
"Get out of the way, this Zhao Gongzi is here to treat the old ancestor."
The weeping women and children immediately stepped out of the way.
Zhao walked briskly into the carriage, there were only the little girl and an old man lying in the carriage, and at this moment the little girl was moistening and squeezing dry in a copper basin with a piece of linen, and then put it on the old man's head, with an anxious and frightened expression.
Seeing Zhao Qing break in, the little girl was taken aback, and was about to stop it, but found that it was the young man who was dressed strangely before, saying that he could cure the high fever of the old ancestor, and then the Xiong Ye, who followed up, nodded to her, and the little girl obediently let go.
Lifted the wet towel and touched the old man's head, sure enough, it was very hot, of course Zhao Qing was not a miracle doctor, but he dared to come to the wild to explore, how could he not bring medicine, these are the reasons why he dared to say that he could cure a high fever. There was only one candle in the carriage, and the light was very dim, Zhao Qing quickly groped in the backpack, and finally found a cardboard box, opened the cardboard casually, took out the tin foil board from it, and then with a light pull, a capsule fell into Zhao Qing's hand.
"Bring the water!"
As soon as Zhao Qing raised his hand, the little girl immediately took out a wooden cup, and then under Zhao Qing's signal, she carefully helped the old man up, stuffed the capsule into the old man's mouth, and carefully fed the water. That capsule is an antibiotic agent, used to treat a cold and high fever, it stands to reason that only one pill of this medicine will definitely not cure such a heavy high fever, but this is in ancient times, the human body has not been exposed to antibiotics, and there is no resistance, this antibiotic agent can play a life-saving role, Zhao Qing did not dare to feed more.
Zhao Qing motioned to the little girl to put the old man down, touched the futon covering the old man, it was very rough linen, there was no cotton or cashmere, frowned, then took off his down jacket and covered the old man, and then carefully covered the burlap futon, after doing all this, he was already sweating profusely.
"Zhao Gongzi, is this all right?" Xiong Ye looked at Zhao Qing a little strangely, especially the tin foil board in his hand, he had never seen this kind of thing, or he had never seen this way of seeing a doctor, the general Lang Zhong saw a doctor to look forward to asking, and then open an order, he was ready to hand over the few remaining herbs, but he only saw Zhao Qing touch the old man's head, and then fed him something like a pill, and then covered his strange clothes, and it was over.
How can anyone see a doctor like this?
"Don't worry, the fever should go away early tomorrow morning, your ancestors are frostbitten, it's gloomy in this carriage, it's better to send it down to roast the fire, but forget it now, my clothes are very warm, you take this medicine first, and wait for your ancestors to eat tomorrow morning and feed another pill, don't feed too much."
Zhao lightly ordered and got out of the carriage, and the little girl took the tin foil board and nodded hurriedly. She looked at the old ancestor and seemed to be really much more comfortable, and looked at the capsule in the tin foil board in her hand in surprise, clutching it tightly in her hand.
Back at his campfire, the forest was filled with a rich smell of mutton soup, which seemed to be much more delicious than the mutton he roasted and ate, and everyone looked at them with kindness.
There was also a leg of mutton left in the sleeping bag, Zhao Qing smiled lightly, took out the leg of mutton, threw it out casually, and then got in, closed the zipper, Shirley was very excited to get in before the zipper was closed, and it was the familiar smell of sheep, Zhao Qing soon fell asleep.