Qin Daochuan waited for Du Ruoshu and his party to walk by, only to realize that he hadn't even said hello.

In fact, it's no wonder that he hasn't seen him for nearly a year, if he has grown taller, his appearance has changed a little, he didn't recognize it at first glance, but he suddenly saw several female relatives opposite, and he was thinking about avoiding it, but he didn't think that the other party didn't shy away from it, passed by, and nodded at him, and he found out that it was Du Ruoshu at this time.

He subconsciously glanced back, several female dependents had disappeared, only a half-old child, was looking back at him, his eyes swept from top to bottom, saw him turn around, but immediately turned his head and walked upstairs quickly.

Qin Daochuan heard Lu Erye say that the third floor was a style drawing drawn by their young owner, and now that it has been repaired, he naturally wants to take a look.

At this time, Qin Dong, who was bolting a horse downstairs, came up and was a little surprised to see Qin Daochuan waiting for him here.

After Qin Daochuan entered the private room, Qin Dong and Qingyun, who were standing outside together, looked at each other and smiled, which was regarded as a courtesy.

There was already a person waiting here, Qin Daochuan hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "I've seen the Seventh Prince, Daochuan is late, it's rude, and I hope the Seventh Prince won't blame it." ”

The Seventh Prince smiled and said: "It's different to be a relative, I know more etiquette!" ”

Qin Daochuan replied: "The Seven Princes are looking for me, just to make fun of me? ”

The Seventh Prince said: "That's not it, naturally there are 100,000 urgent things. ”

The Seventh Prince said: "Have you heard about the insect plague in Dongjun, the explosion of displaced people, and the killing of officials by grabbing grain?" ”

After hearing this, Qin Daochuan said, "The dynasty has already quarreled this morning. ”

The Seventh Prince said: "Deceiving the subordinates and concealing the superiors and handling them ineffectively, resulting in the situation getting out of control. With such a good timing, how could Zuo Xiang not grasp it well. ”

Qin Daochuan sighed.

The Seventh Prince continued: "Dongjun is your father-in-law's territory, I heard that there is a rumor that wants you to quell the chaos, you better prepare early, so as not to be caught off guard." ”

When Qin Daochuan heard this, he said: "You don't have to hearsay, you have always done your duty in the outside and the inside, and this kind of civil unrest should be the responsibility of the Xiang army of Dongjun." ”

The Seventh Prince smiled and said: "Isn't the situation different now, your father-in-law's backyard is on fire, and it is most appropriate for you to put out the fire!" ”

Qin Daochuan said: "If the Seventh Prince has nothing to do, Daochuan will retire first. ”

The Seventh Prince hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, count me for my gaffe, I will punish myself with a cup." ”

After speaking, he raised the wine cup and drank it all, and poured a Gu wine for himself and Qin Daochuan.

Qin Daochuan raised his glass, the two saluted each other, and they both drank it all.

The Seventh Prince took a bite of food, and Zhengse said: "What I said just now, although it seems like a joke, but the rumor is true, I heard that Concubine He went to ask the emperor yesterday and wanted you to accompany the Nine Emperor Princes to quell the chaos, but the emperor did not allow it for the time being." ”

Qin Daochuan listened, frowned slightly, took the empty wine cup, and turned it around in his hand without speaking.

The Seventh Prince didn't speak, just looked at him.

Qin Daochuan was extremely unhappy in his heart, since the great ancestor founded the sect, the Qin family has been fighting against the Tartars in the north, and has never participated in the government politics, everyone knows it. This morning, the right and left factions quarreled. Fan Rukui, the leader of the forbidden army, had a flickering eye, looking at him as if he was smiling, he was still a little confused at the time, it turned out that the moth was here. Don't say that the ancestral precepts cannot be violated, just in the current situation in the court, this troubled water must not be waded.

Thinking of this, Qin Daochuan made up his mind not to mix.

Seeing that his face was cloudy, the Seventh Prince lowered his head and smiled, and said, "Maybe it's groundless." ”

Qin Daochuan said: "The ancestral training of the Qin family, everyone in the world knows, Daochuan is a person who forgets his ancestors and tends to be inflammatory. ”

Seeing that he was serious, the Seventh Prince hurriedly said: "You and I have grown up together since childhood, how can I not understand the truth, I am afraid that you will be calculated and caught off guard when the time comes, so I will inform you in advance, and I have no other intentions." ”

Qin Daochuan said: "Daochuan understands, thank you to the Seventh Prince. ”

The Seventh Prince said: "You didn't have so many politeness before, could it be that you really became a parent, can you understand etiquette?" ”

Qin Daochuan poured wine for the two of them, drank it all first, and did not answer.

Upstairs, Ruoshu deliberately went to Aunt Lan's room and found that Aunt Lan was standing in front of the bed, and the little girl was asleep, but her mouth was still moving.

Aunt Lan saw Ruoshu coming, and said a little embarrassed: "Shu'er, I gave her some pastries to eat yesterday, but somehow she vomited, I didn't want to go, so I stayed here, and forgot to tell you for a while." ”

Ruoshu said: "I heard Lan Xuan say, I was worried that you wouldn't sleep all night, so I came to see you." ”

Aunt Lan said, "I'm fine. ”

Ruoshu said: "You have been like this, once I had a headache and brain fever when I was a child, you guarded me all night long." ”

Aunt Lan looked at Ruoshu, then at the little girl on the bed, and said, "No! You were more noisy than she was when you were a kid. ”

Ruoshu said: "Aunt Lan, rest in bed, I'll let Lan Zhi guard her." ”

Ruoshu mentioned this, Aunt Lan really felt that she couldn't stand it anymore, so she gently lay down next to the little girl and fell asleep after a while.

At this time, Ruoshu heard a knock on the door, Du Jiuqi stood outside the door with a bowl of medicine, Lan Zhi saw it and hurriedly went up to take it.

Du Jiuqi said softly to Lan Zhi: "It's a little hot, you can feed it later." ”

Lan Zhi nodded and put the medicine in front of the bed, when the little girl on the bed suddenly shouted: "Don't beat my father anymore!" He's bleeding! Don't pull my mother's hair, don't... ”

A pair of hands scratching on the bed.

Ruoshu and the others were stunned, Aunt Lan woke up, hugged the little girl, and coaxed: "Don't be afraid, dreaming!" It's not true, Ruoxian is not afraid, not afraid. ”

Ruoshu found Du Jiuqi standing there outside the door, his hands clenched, and his eyes gradually became bloodshot.

Du Jiuqi stopped the carriage on the official road from Laizhou to Jicheng, this age is not far, most of them are from Laizhou, if it is really as Lu Liuye said, what the brother and sister roughly encountered, can be imagined.

Ruoshu thought of this and sighed.

Du Jiuqi noticed that Ruoshu had been looking at him, pursed his lips, and turned to leave.

In the middle of the night, Du Jiuqi and the other hall helpers in the same room all slept, quietly got up, climbed onto the roof, and looked in the direction of Laizhou City. Ruoxian's words stabbed him in the heart like a knife during the day, making the already blood-drenched place even more bloody and blurry.

Half a month later, Laizhou City could no longer buy rice, and the family's food storage was limited, so the porridge water could only become thinner.

Suddenly, one day, the victims outside the city came like locusts, and the guards at the city gate could not stop them.

When the displaced people poured into the city, my father had to stop them at the door with his brothers in order to protect himself, but he never thought that it was because of their obstruction that the victims mistakenly thought that there must be food in this place, so the victims became a mob. They didn't want to hurt people's lives so they didn't bring knives and guns, they were hard to beat with four hands, and finally died tragically at the hands of the mob, everything happened in an instant, the mother saw this tragic situation, hid their brothers and sisters in the water tank in the courtyard, and stopped herself outside, she only heard the noise in the rare mother's shout: "Don't pull my hair, I'll give it to you, give it to you... ”

He squatted in the half tank of water, covering the mouth of his sister in his arms, biting his lip, and waited until the sound dissipated and the surroundings were quiet, before gently pushing away the debris piled up on it and crawling out, in the night he saw his mother lying not far away, his father at the door, and the brothers outside the door.

The younger sister standing behind him threw herself into her mother's arms, screaming, shaking...

He remembered that he dragged the corpses into the hall with great difficulty, and found a quilt to cover them, fearing that they would be cold, and he lit a fire.

While he was doing all this, his sister was standing in the corner and watching him.

The mob probed his head at the door, he picked up a burning stick and threw it at them, and finally the fire grew louder and bigger, and he picked up his sister and ran out.

There was chaos everywhere in the city, he went all the way out of the city, and his uncle's house was in Taizhou, so there was no need to go. He took his sister to find a shack on the mountain to live in, fortunately there were hares in the mountain to satisfy hunger, but within a few days his sister was sick, and her forehead was hot, and he learned from his mother's practice when he had a fever, cold compresses, wiping his body, and feeding water. When he was almost desperate, he saw a team of carriages and horses on the official road in the distance, he almost didn't think much about it, rushed down the hill with his sister in his arms, and knelt straight in the middle of the road...