Miao Peilan said again: "This old man is a person of many blessings and longevity at first glance, he will definitely be able to turn evil into good fortune, and he will be lucky in trouble, and he will be fine!" ”

Mrs. Qu smiled reluctantly and said with tears: "Girl, thank you Chrysostom, I hope the master can entrust you with auspicious words......"

As soon as he said this, he heard the faint sound of shouting outside, and heard the sound of the armor of the fallen soldier lying outside the door, and the sound of the sword out of the body.

Everyone in the room was taken aback. Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly came to the door, thought about it, but still didn't open the door, and then stepped to the side of the window next to him, carefully pulled out the bolt, opened a crack, and saw smoke billowing in the distance. After a few moments, the bottom of the smoke began to turn red, and then, the red light grew louder and louder, and in an instant, the night sky was red.

Zuo Shaoyang turned his head and said in a low voice: "It's a fire, it's not too far from us, and the fire looks very big." ”

Everyone in the room panicked, Mrs. Qu, Mrs. Qu, and Aunt Long hugged each other and trembled, but Bai Zhihan sat alone on the edge of her grandfather's bed, only looked up at the fire outside the window, her complexion did not change anything, she was still cold, she didn't look at others, and lowered her head again, looking at her grandfather who was critically ill.

Miao Peilan woke up her mother and younger siblings, got dressed, and nervously looked out the window in the lobby at the red light.

Zuo Gui paced over, glanced at the fire in the distance from the window, and his face changed a little: "Zhong'er, you pay attention to it, if it burns here, we have to move things and evacuate quickly." "I thought that luckily the food I just bought was buried in the ground, and even if it burned, it should be able to avoid the fire.

At this time, Liang also came out of the house, and took Zuo Gui's hand in a panic: "Master, this ......, what can I do about this?" ”

"What's the panic? It's still far away! Go back to sleep! Zuo Guidao.

"Oh!" Liang agreed, looked out the window at the fire, and then cowered back into the house.

Zuo Shaoyang stood outside the window and watched carefully, feeling a little nervous, seeing that although the soldiers on the street outside the window all stood up and guarded with their blades, their expressions were also a little panicked, but they didn't walk around, just waited in place.

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves galloping in the distance was heard, and soon, I saw several fast horses galloping by, and the sound of horses' hooves was particularly loud in the quiet night. Presumably to check the situation.

At this time, the soldiers outside the door shouted one after another: "It's snowing!" ”

"No, it's sleet!"

"Hey, it's pretty sleet!"

"The rain is coming at the right time, the fire should be saved!"

As they spoke, the soldiers hid under the eaves of the street to avoid the rain. Zuo Shaoyang had the heart to open the door and let them come in to hide from the rain, but a room full of old and young, especially the ladies and ladies of the Qu family, was even more inconvenient, and there were too many soldiers, where could they take care of it.

Although the sleet was not large, it was fluttering and dripping, and after a meal, in the rain and snow, the fire in the distance finally gradually decreased. A room of people breathed a sigh of relief. Outside the door, the soldiers on the street also unsheathed their swords, curled up under the eaves of the street, wrapped in quilts and went to sleep.

At this time, the decoction was also boiled, and Zuo Shaoyang was busy and poured it into the old lady Qu with a crane's beak pot.

Seeing that the decoction was poured down, the Qu family's hearts had a little more hope, and they sat around the bed and waited.

Zuo Shaoyang returned to the window, looked at the rain and snow falling outside the window, the flames in the distance turned into red light, and the red light disappeared, so he closed the doors and windows: "It's okay, the fire should be extinguished." ”

Zuo Gui shook his head and went back to sleep.

Miao Peilan's family also went back to the house to sleep, and Zuo Shaoyang gave Mrs. Qu a follow-up examination, and saw that the condition was still very heavy, and he couldn't help but feel heavy. Go back to the house, climb up to the attic and lie down. I was so tired that I listened to the rustle of rain and snow outside the window, like a lullaby, and soon fell asleep again.

When the sky was dark, Zuo Shaoyang woke up.

He was used to getting up early, so he stepped down the stairs lightly, and glanced sideways at the eldest son and second son who were sleeping sweetly on the floor of the pavilion. bypassed them, opened the door and came out, and saw that Mrs. Qu, Mrs. Qu and Aunt Long were all leaning crookedly and napping, but Bai Zhihan was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding his grandfather's hand, and when he saw Zuo Shaoyang coming out, he turned his head to look at him, and then stood up and stepped aside, his eyes full of sadness.

Zuo Shaoyang walked over, sat down on the round stool, didn't look at Bai Zhihan, and asked lightly: "How is the old man?" ”

"I have been asleep, and I vomited again during the fifth watch, and the amount is not much."

Zuo Shaoyang lifted his wrist to check the pulse, pinched his cheeks and looked at his tongue, it was still the appearance of yang qi outward, and the appearance of violent detachment, checked the left limb of the old lady Qu, and found that the tension decreased, the pinching did not respond, and the pain disappeared completely. I couldn't help but feel very heavy in my heart, shook my head slightly, didn't speak, got up and walked to the door, moved my arm, opened the door, and looked out, the soldiers all over the street were gone, and there was not even any garbage left on the ground, and I admired the strict discipline of the Tang Army in my heart.

At this time, the door of the oil and salt shop next door also opened, and the old man pushed a wheelbarrow out, and then put things on both sides of the wheelbarrow, all of which were wrapped in large packages, as well as bedding, pots and pans and other sundries.

Zuo Shaoyang looked surprised and said, "Uncle, where are you going?" ”

"Out of town!"

"Out of town? Why? ”

"The rebels are coming! I don't want to die here. Don't you run away? ”

"It should be fine, they all say that the rebels are also very benevolent, and even if the city is broken, they will not kill the people."

The old man glanced at Zuo Shaoyang: "You believe it, I don't believe it!" I want to live a few more years! Then he put the rope of the wheelbarrow handlebar around his neck and picked up the cart to leave.

Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly said: "Then what about your oil and salt shop?" Would you like us to take care of it for you? ”

"No need! This shop belongs to Zhao Sanniang, and she has already told her to quit the lease. The goods in the store have been transferred to someone else, and they will pull it away themselves today. As he spoke, the old man pushed the wheelbarrow without looking back, and walked along the bluestone road that was still covered with snow to the outside of the city.

Zuo Shaoyang watched his back disappear, sighed, turned around and was about to enter the house, when he saw a man in white standing behind him, he was startled, and looked at it, but it was Bai Zhihan, and said angrily: "What are you doing, you want to scare people to death?" ”

Bai Zhihan's voice was still cold: "How is my grandfather's condition?" ”

"Not good!" Zuo Shaoyang was too lazy to look at her, walked around, walked to the kitchen, and wanted to get a bucket to carry water, and suddenly remembered that Miao Peilan and her mother and daughter lived in it, and stood up again, at this moment, the kitchen door creaked open, Miao Peilan walked out, smiled at him, but did not speak.

"Morning!" Zuo Shaoyang also smiled, "Why don't you sleep for a while, it's still early!" ”

"Don't sleep anymore. I've boiled hot water, you wash up. ”

"Where's the aunt?"

"They're all up, and they're all washed." Miao Peilan walked to the door of the concocted room, pushed open the door, and shouted: "Eldest son, second son, two slackers, get up quickly!" ”

The two little guys were obviously a little afraid of the eldest sister, and as soon as they heard this, they immediately got up, and they were also lying in their clothes, so they just had to get dressed.

Miao Peilan said: "I'm going to carry water, where is the well?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled: "You don't know where it is, I'll pick it, you just clean up." ”

"No, no, the water is heavy, you just tell me the general direction, I can find it. And it's likely that we're not staying for a day or two, and I'm going to pick it out later. ”

"Well...... that's fine, then I'll take it with you. It's not far away, turn two streets and you're there. ”

"That's good." Miao Peilan carried the bucket, followed Zuo Shaoyang out, and walked forward along the bluestone road.

As soon as he arrived at the street in front, he was stopped by a group of officers and soldiers, holding a portrait in his hand, calling Zuo Shaoyang aside, comparing the portrait for a while, before saying no, and then continued to walk forward.

Zuo Shaoyang was a little confused, and he didn't know who these officers and soldiers were arresting. But it seems that the men are arrested, not the women, because Miao Peilan and they didn't look at it at all, maybe they were arresting fugitives.

The two came to the well on the bank of the river, and saw several big girls and little daughters-in-law standing by the well, muttering something.

Zuo Shaoyang saw Sang Xiaomei and Huang Qin at a glance and smiled.

When Sang Xiaomei saw him, her pretty face was slightly red and she turned her face away. Huang Qin smiled and said, "Hey! Xiaolangzhong, you pick ......, hey, where is your bucket? Don't carry water? ”

"Pick, ah no, I don't pick, someone has helped me pick these days." After that, he pointed to the well by the river and said to Miao Peilan, "Oh, the well is there." ”

Miao Peilan nodded and went down with the bucket.

Huang Qin glanced at Miao Peilan, stabbed Sang Xiaomei with her elbow, and slammed Miao Peilan Nunu's mouth.

Sang Xiaomei glanced at Miao Peilan, her expression was also a little strange, and she looked at Zuo Shaoyang. Zuo Shaoyang didn't have a ghost in his heart, but when he saw her coming over, he felt a little guilty of being a thief, and smiled.

Miao Peilan put down the bucket and prepared to fetch water, Sang Xiaomei bit her lip lightly and said, "Hey! This water can't be beaten! ”

Miao Peilan was stunned for a moment, glanced at them, and found that the buckets under their feet were also empty, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly walked down the steps and asked, "Why can't you fight?" ”

Huang Qin snorted and glanced at Miao Peilan: "It's okay, if you want to die, you can fight." ”

"What do you mean? Sister-in-law? ”

As soon as she heard him call herself like this, Huang Qin was happy again, stabbed Sang Xiaomei, and said to Zuo Shaoyang: "You still don't know? I heard that the wells in the whole city have been poisoned by the rebels, and they can't drink it! ”

"Poisoned? The rebels' finesse? ”

"yes, it's spread all over the city."

"Who passed it on?" Zuo Shaoyang frowned, what he was most worried about now was this, rumors were flying all over the sky, disturbing people's hearts.

"Then who knows, that's what it says anyway."

Zuo Shaoyang walked to the well, and Miao Peilan looked at him worriedly.

Zuo Shaoyang squatted down by the well, his eyes slowly searching in the well. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, he reached out and took the water scoop, scooped a scoop of well water, stood up, and smiled at Sang Xiaomei and other girls and daughters-in-law: "That's a rumor, the water in this well is not poisonous, you can drink it!" - I'll show you a drink! ”

(To be continued)