As usual, he was dressed in men's clothes, and when Zhang Erzhen walked on the street, his eyes were hot and he choked up several times. When I came last night, it was already dark, and the signs of collapse and ruin of the houses and huts everywhere in the city of Tai'an told of the terrible disaster. Occasionally, a child walked over wrapped in an adult's clothes and a pair of eyes, and Mingyue asked in a low voice: "Childe, why are they all children, where can they go if they are homeless and parentsless?"

Zhang Erzhen watched the child go away and said, "When I came yesterday, I said that there were a few houses arranged in the suburbs, where did the imperial court open a canopy porridge." But ......" Zhang Erzhen looked at a few more children walking by the side, and there was an amazing little boy with a dark face and only a pair of bright eyes staggering forward with the older child, so blindly moving forward, when can he get there, Zhang Erzhen sighed: "Mingyue, do you remember that Xiangcui'an?"

"The minion remembers that it's not far from here, but it's going to take a few turns. ”

"Look at how many children there are, take them to the temple, and go back to the inn to find me. ”

After Zhang Erzhen finished speaking, Mingyue had already tightly pulled the sleeves of the girl's clothes, and said resolutely: "The slave promised the nurse and did not leave the son for half a step." Or...... Childe is waiting here, the slave will go to the inn first and call Jin Qiu, let's go again?"

"Go ahead, I'll wait for you here. ”

Mingyue walked away step by step, Zhang Erzhen stood by herself, rolled up her sleeves and didn't look at the children who were far away, and suddenly a coquettish voice in her ear asked: "The clothes you are wearing are so good, aren't they very warm?" My father and mother are buried underneath, they say that I am not buried underneath, but I feel that I am also dying, because I am very cold......

The little girl's emaciated cheeks were embedded with a pair of big black grape-like eyes, and she looked up at the rich boy with longing and timidity. Zhang Erzhen felt that this was a familiar scene, many years ago, she also brought back Ruyue like this, and after being slightly stunned, she smiled slowly: "If you feel cold, go faster, follow them, and you can have warm clothes and food." ”

"But everyone said that it was full of people, and they wouldn't care if they were extra people. You look so good, I heard adults say that the children of rich families need to be served, if I can serve you, can I wear the same clothes as you, and I can eat enough?" Don't worry, when someone comes to my family, I will arrange for you to go to a warm and good place to rest, you just follow your brothers and sisters, and you will be a free person when you grow up. If you had gone with me, you might have lost your life. ”

The little girl wrung her fingers and said, "When my mother hid me, let me live well...... , then I won't go with you, you are so good-looking, even better than the elder brother of the Lizheng family in our village. ”

Zhang Erzhen smiled and praised: "You are also good-looking, your eyes are big and round, and you are very beautiful." But you also have to remember that don't judge a person just by his appearance, it's very inaccurate. You wait here for a while, I will send someone to settle you, and in the future you will have to learn to be independent, no matter how hard and tired you are, you have to live well. ”

The little girl nodded as if she didn't understand, and her big ignorant eyes were still staring at Zhang Erzhen longingly. Zhang Erzhen helped her wrap the cotton clothes on her body tightly, the little girl was very thin, and the wide cotton clothes covered her tightly, "I will settle you, don't worry." ”

When Mingyue returned, she not only brought the golden autumn, but also the force and the column. Jin Qiu led a group of children towards the outside of the city, and Li Wei and Li Zhu either held the young children or led the children, and slowly walked out of the city. The little girl reluctantly took a few steps and turned around, Zhang Erzhen smiled and waved her hand, signaling her to go quickly, and her heart was sour.

Zhang Erzhen sighed, Mingyue looked at the girl suspiciously, Zhang Erzhen pointed to the thin little figure and said: "When we saw Ruyue, she was not very old, that day, her mother drowned in the river, Ruyue lay on the corpse and cried sadly, I thought she was a good child who was filial." Mr. also said that people's hearts and filial piety come first, and how bad can a filial child be. So seeing that the force is gone, but Ruyue is indifferent, I really ...... Disappointment. ”

Mingyue has always wondered why Ruyue suddenly made a living in another courtyard, and when she heard the girl's words of loss and decadence, she wondered: "The slave knows Ruyue is a kind and diligent person, and when the slave and maid are most impatient to learn those things, Ruyue can also be patient and serious in learning, and the girl's handkerchief and handkerchief are all taken over by Ruyue." Slaves...... Quietly went to the other courtyard to see Ruyue, she was sitting in the courtyard in a daze, looking really pitiful...... , girl, is it ......" Mingyue wanted to speak and stopped, Zhang Erzhen didn't make a sound, strode forward a few times with her hands behind her back, and then said slowly: "I didn't plan to deal with her, you don't have to worry." ”

Mingyue happily followed, looked at the girl's handsome side face and praised: "It is a blessing to be able to follow the girl, Ruyue also told the slave and maid this, if there was no girl, she would have been sleeping on the street a long time ago, and now I don't know what will happen." ”

Zhang Erzhen smiled and said nothing, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes. The streets were very cold, and there were survivors with their young sons walking towards the suburbs with a broken bowl with an open opening. Zhang Erzhen strolled through the silent streets, contemplating how to find Zhu Youji......

Suddenly, an embroidered package with a small pebble flew towards Zhang Erzhen's body, Zhang Erzhen was shrewd and dodged over, Mingyue was about to scream, Zhang Erzhen had already picked up the purse and opened it, inside was a palm-sized rice paper, and sure enough, it was Yi Qian's handwriting - Tai'an is not safe, go back and !! Zhang Erzhen Yile who looked at a few exclamation points, this guy, the ability to track people is a must, and he doesn't show up or make a sound. Zhang Erzhen put away the rice paper and put it back in her purse before looking around, the floating maroon restaurant signs, the collapsed red lacquered wood gold pillars fell crookedly on one side, you can imagine how violent the earthquake was at that time, between the desolate ruins on both sides, there may still be the old and weak corpses, and occasionally a disgusting smell came from the wind. Five days have passed since the disaster, and no one can go without food or drink for five days, and the officers and soldiers from the imperial court have given up rescuing the people under the ruins, and the adults in the yamen are busy, cleaning up the ruins of the palace, distributing clothes and porridge, and clinging to the living first, but ignoring these potential dangers. Yi Qian is right, it is indeed very dangerous here. But since Yi Qian has appeared here, there may be another meaning, that is, there are people in the Wan family who are also here, and against Zhu Youji, I am afraid that there will be no living people in the city.

It's drowsy and handing over the pillow, which couldn't be better......

"I want to find the leader sent by the imperial court, if Brother Heitu is kind, sue me!"

Zhang Erzhen said the same thing three times, making Mingyue confused. Zhang Erzhen didn't know where Yi Qian's hiding was, but he could indeed hear it, and at the end, Zhang Erzhen added, "As soon as possible, I want to know!"

Mingyue, who was walking behind with her master, thought that the girl was enchanted, and broke out in a cold sweat: "Childe, are you okay?"

Zhang Erzhen waved her hand casually, and continued to walk forward with her robe: "I'm fine, but just say a few words to my old friend." ”

Mingyue glanced at the bleak scene around her, and shuddered for no reason: "Childe, do you have an old friend in Tai'an, Childe, there is no one else here except for slaves and maids." Seeing the girl walking fast, Mingyue trotted to follow.

Tai'an was badly damaged, but fortunately there were no major aftershocks so far, but only a few small shakes a few days ago. Zhang Erzhen walked to the inn when his calf was sore, Uncle Zhang had already come back first, and was anxiously walking back and forth and stomping his feet, and saw the girl walking in leisurely and said urgently: "Girl, the old slave went to the suburbs to see it today, all of them were women and children, old and weak, all coughing and wheezing, thinking that they were all suffering from the wind and cold, girl, this place should not stay for a long time, we can't live in the inn, we want to go back." ”

"Uncle Zhang, don't worry, just wait another day. Didn't we just come here? ”

"Girl, what are you waiting for? The food, clothing, food, and bedding we brought are ready to be distributed in batches, and I see that Tai'an is not in a good situation, and it is really dangerous to stay. ”

"Wait to see someone, find out what the situation is now......" Zhang Erzhen is naturally afraid of death, but she has a shot in her heart, and she is not worried.

At night, Zhang Erzhen made herself a pot of tea freely, and before she took a sip, another stone broke through the window and smashed on the red lacquered wooden chair where Zhang Erzhen was sitting. is still Yi Qian's handwriting, a few simple words, Zhang Erzhen is like seeing Yi Qian's gritted teeth, and she is also a little puzzled, Yi Qian is so sneaky, can his own safety be guaranteed?

...... At noon, Xiangyulou, so self-sufficient!

The night was very long, Zhang Erzhen squinted and tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and many scenes always flashed in her mind, irritable and restless. When I walked barefoot to the window to look, I saw the empty dark night and the silence was far-reaching, and a kind of amazement rose from the bottom of my heart. Many times Zhang Erzhen can't understand the reason for his sadness every time for no reason, maybe he is a hypocritical character, many times in this life in the disease-free **, but I don't know that the epidemic is spreading in the suburbs tonight, and a sick man is quietly sneaking into the city......

Sure enough, when the next day was slightly cool, Mingyue had already anxiously broken in, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Girl! Girl, something happened! Last night, a few people died of illness in the suburbs, and after an inspection, it was determined that they were infected with the epidemic, and now all the people in the Mingcuian are blocked, and they are not allowed to go anywhere." If the court had known, these people would have been stabbed to death on the spot! Girl, Uncle Zhang said, we must go! We can't stay any longer!"

When Mingyue said the first word, Zhang Erzhen had already sobered up, and the nightmare passed, Zhang Erzhen quickly put on men's clothes, Mingyue helped tie the gap of the belt, Zhang Erzhen ordered: "Let Uncle Zhang retreat with the people in the house, I will leave until noon." The suburban victims were infected with the disease, we unloaded the food and clothes we brought, all handed over to the imperial court, and when we went back, we did not take the Xiangcui Nunnery, the epidemic spread very fast, and if it was stained, it would be dead, and whoever in the house had been to the Xiangcui Nunnery, that is, if they did not get sick, they should be isolated first! Epidemic outbreak, in this era of extremely backward medical technology, death, is the only place to go, "Give the masks we brought when we came to the yamen, that can isolate some toxic gases, and ...... It is necessary to organize personnel to dig up the human and animal carcasses under the rubble and cremate them, otherwise there will be endless disasters in the future!"

"Girl, what are you talking about...... We can't do it!" Mingyue was scared and anxious, and helped Zhang Erzhen tie the double-breasted button several times and didn't tie it. Zhang Erzhen put it up neatly, and the corners of her mouth showed a sarcastic arc and said, "I can probably do it soon." ”