After coming to Kaifeng for many years, it was the first time that Lu Gang saw Shao Qing's illness so urgent and serious.

On that day, the two of them rowed the bamboo rows from the East Water Gate to the Lijing Gate, back and forth, but still did not find Shen Fuzhi and Yao Niangzi. Lu Gang held the basket, and when he turned around, he saw Shao Qing squatting on the raft, pressing the bamboo plaque on the footbasin full of black shrimp, and his eyes became more and more wooden.

Lu Gang, the son of the Han official of the Liao State, practiced riding and archery with this Xiao Shizi when he was a teenager, and later lurked in Kaifeng for several years, and he has long regarded the prince as closer than his brother.

He was in a heartache, Shao Qing finally spoke: "It's not a way to find it like this, let's go back to Fushunfang first, Ye Rou may have gone back." ”

When the two of them returned to Fushunfang, which was also flooded, Ye Rou was not there, and a high-nosed and deep-eyed Hu man was waiting for them in a hidden place.

"Son, God bless, you are safe and sound." The Hu man opened his mouth and spoke Khitan language.

Although Shao Qing was listless, he still whispered to him: "If you change your Chinese dialect, don't call me the son." ”

The Hu man hurriedly said: "Yes, Cheri is stupid! Sir, where can anyone still live here, please go to the mansion in the north and raise it for a few days. ”

The son of the Da Liao Yelu family is doing secret work in Kaifeng City, how could his father Xiao Linya not leave help. In the place where Hu merchants live in the western regions of the north of the city, there are wealthy people who have become Liao, who have arranged and provided resources for Shao Qing over the years, and also took care of the safety of the prince.

This Hu man, called "Qili", was one of the errand workers.

"Then wait for Ye Rou to come back and go together." Shao Qingdao.

But as soon as he finished saying this, he fainted.

On the second day, when Lü Gang came to the Hushang compound, the spice merchant Tumat and the Qili who served Shao Qing told Lü Gang that Shao Qing had a fever all night, vomited as soon as he ate, and couldn't even enter the porridge water.

"Don't say bad words, the water has only been sent for a day or two, how can you say that the water is plagued? Shizi is just too tired and catches a cold again. ”

Lu Gang's voice was not small, and he woke up Shao Qing who was asleep.

"Where's Ye Rou?"

That's the first thing he asked.

Lu Gang looked at Tumat and Chiri, and the two Hu people walked out of the room in understanding. No matter how rich and wealthy they are to the outside world and in Kaifeng City, the Liao people are always their masters, and the masters do not want them to be present to listen to some words, and they must not be without eyes.

Lu Gang went to cover the door, returned to Shao Qing and said, "Sir, don't worry, Ye Rou is fine, and she is still with that Yang Yu." ”

A stone fell to the ground in Shao Qing's heart. If Ye Thorn Shi's baby daughter has three long and two short in Kaifeng, how can he explain it to others.

But he wondered, "Why didn't she come back?" She was found ......"

Lu Gang waved his hand: "She didn't show her stuffing, she was accompanying Yang Yu." The Yang family, something big happened. His woman let the water wash away, and the two children hid on the roof, but they lived. ”

Shao Qing opened his shriveled lips, which had lost moisture due to high fever, and was stunned for a long time, wanting to speak, but couldn't say anything.

But his mind, his thinking, his judgment, were all working.

How small people are in the face of natural disasters.

Even in this glorious capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, when the flood came, disappearances and deaths were so within reach.

Shao Qing painfully realized two things.

First, if they hadn't designed to find and trace the construction of the Divine Arm Crossbow, Yang Yu would not have been deceived by Ye Rouyu into staying in the Bow Crossbow Courtyard that night, and maybe when the flood came, his wife should be rescued by a strong husband and not die!

In this way, he Shao Qing, in Kaifeng, still killed the Song people.

The second thing, of course, is about Yao Huan. Where are she, her aunt, and her brother now, and are they ......

That's right, aunt, uncle! Yao Huan said that she has an uncle who works in Taixue.

"Lu Gang, bother you, go to Taixue south of the Cai River. Yao Niangzi has an uncle who is Xuezheng, maybe he has news of Yao Niangzi and them. ”

Lu Gang said: "What Mr. ordered, Lu Gang will do his best, but his subordinates should invite Mr. Lang Zhong to take a look first." ”

Shao Qing gasped and said hurriedly: "I am Lang Zhong myself, don't I know how to catch medicine?" What are you worried about, I slept for a day and a night just to regain my strength, and now I got up and wrote a prescription for them to grab medicine to boil. Don't worry, I can't die, you go to the south of the city. I was also in a daze, how could I not think of her uncle. ”

Shao Qing seemed to have found the direction of the road in the dark night, and the flame of hope ignited in his heart again, and he felt that the whole person suddenly grew three points of spirit and five points of strength out of thin air because of hope.

Lu Gang sat up suddenly when he saw Shizi, and he also sighed secretly, obediently, Shizi is really the same as his grandfather, he is a lover.

He didn't say anything more, turned around and was about to leave the house, but he heard Shao Qing ask behind him again: "What about those shrimp raised by Yao Niangzi?" ”

Lu Gang couldn't cry or laugh, and said comfortingly: "It's all here, and it's feeding in the deed." I haven't counted the Hu people who are in business, but Na Qili took the initiative to count them with me, a total of thirty-eight, many of which are still holding seeds. “

……

Five or six days later, Shao Qing, who had just recovered from a serious illness, came to Dongshuimen.

The medicine is not in vain, who said that the doctor does not treat himself, he is so sick that he is groggy again, and the prescription is still correct.

The heart was not tormented in vain, and Lu Gang brought him good news in the end.

The Shen family is alive!

Yao Huan is alive!

Not only is he alive, but he also gives soup soup and relief to the students and servants of Guozixue and Taixue on the bank of the Bianhe River.

She's really, what a tough and vital little lady like the prawns!

When Shao Qing expressed his joy so unabashedly, Lu Gang, the honest eldest brother, added another detail in the good news that may be a little disappointing.

The informant of the Zeng Mansion said that Yao Niangzi's life should have been saved by Zeng Jiashilang. The informant followed Zeng Ti out to find someone, and he was never mistaken.

Shao Qing was stunned.

It turned out that this woman, like the crow shrimp she raised, was not strong, but someone came down from the sky to save her life.

But so what, the important thing is that she is alive.

For a moment, Shao Qing was even extremely grateful for Zeng Wei's existence.

He is a good man and a responsible son!

Shao Qing had such a thought at that time, and this thought became stronger and stronger when he saw Yao Huan busy on the bank of the Bianhe River where the flood had receded.

The autumn wind is bleak, but at the soup kitchen, a hot mist is steaming.

In front of seven or eight large clay pots, there are two teams of old men, two teams of boys, three teams of women, and one team of adult men.

In addition to the person in charge of the spoon, there was also a person at the stove who seemed to be collecting the contents from the porridge leader's hand and throwing it into the bamboo basket at his feet.

There are also two military masters of the military patrol shop, with a few young men who look like students wearing scarves on their heads, walking back and forth to maintain order.

Shao Qing looked at it for a while, stopped a little lang who came out with hot porridge, and asked Wen Yan: "Brother, how do you get this porridge?" ”

Xiao Lang first drank a large mouthful of thick porridge, chewed the two red dates together, spit out the core, and said: "There are many rules here, but the rules are also reasonable, and they are indeed not chaotic." You first go to the sister-in-law under the willow tree to ask for a lot, and line up with the men, don't make a mistake. When you get in line, give the skewers and you can drink the porridge. Don't want to repeat the collar, the eyes of the woman under the willow tree are very sharp, and anyone's face remembers that she is a businessman, shrewd. ”

Shao Qing thanked him.

He looked up again in the direction of the stove.

Through the dense heat, Yao Huan's figure loomed. Her hands and feet look more nimble than Taixue's servants, even if she has a few words with the Meituan around her from time to time, she will not delay the porridge.

What a nice guy.

Shao Qing praised from the bottom of his heart.

But I felt lonely again.

He watched from a distance, until he passed by a mother and son, and the mother said to the child, "Eat it here, don't get cold and get infected with the epidemic." ”

When Shao Qing heard this, he suddenly had a thought in his heart.