The rain was pouring down, and the dirt roads in the countryside were very muddy and difficult to navigate.

Su Qin was wearing a robe, shook a handful of the rain on his face, and kept whipping the horse with a whip, "Drive, drive!" ”

The horses dragged the cart forward with great difficulty, and walked for most of the hour before they reached the city gate. On weekdays, from Xiaohe Village to the county, it doesn't take a quarter of an hour.

Su Qin lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at it, only to see that the master and servant in the carriage were already in a state of more gas and less air intake.

Mrs. Xia, who came with her, looked at the closed city gate and was so anxious, "Madam, what can I do?" ”

Su Qin asked her to look at the people in the car, jumped down from the carriage neatly, walked to the city gate, picked up a stone and held it in her hand, and knocked the city gate.

The gates were heavy, and the stones were knocked on them to find a dull sound.

After knocking for nearly ten minutes, a small window opened on the city gate, and a city defender said impatiently: "Who, at night, looking for death?" ”

Su Qin hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Brother Cha, please open the city gate, Xu Yuan, the owner of Fenglai Tower, was seriously injured, his life is hanging by a thread, and he needs to be treated immediately, please let Brother Cha be accommodating." ”

The official was sleeping in a daze, and the rain was loud, so he didn't listen carefully to what Su Qin was saying, and only said very impatiently: "Go and go, without a token, you are not allowed to enter the city at night, and the violators will be killed!" ”

As he spoke, he was about to close the little window.

Seeing this, Su Qin quickly flipped his wrist, took out a silver ingot from the space, and stuffed it into the small window.

"Brother Cha, please be accommodating, human life is a matter of heaven, and it can't be delayed."

As soon as the official saw the silver ingot, he immediately sobered up.

But he still didn't dare to open the city gate, "You don't fool me with money, who knows what you people do?" Again, come to the token, or honestly wait for the dawn. ”

Su Qin had to change his approach, "Big brother, please make a hard trip, go to Fenglai Tower, and let Shopkeeper Xu come to the city gate?" When I have brought them in, I will give you double my reward. ”

That's five taels of silver. The monthly salary of the city defenders is only two taels, and if they call someone to come, they will give double it, that is, ten taels or fifteen taels of silver to cover most of his income for half a year.

In the darkness, there was a joyful voice from the official: "Nacheng, you are waiting here." ”

Su Qin hurriedly explained: "Big brother, please be sure to do it as soon as possible, human life is at stake, you must be fast." ”

The official errand really took it seriously, explained to his colleagues, and hurriedly rode a mule and horse all the way to Fenglai Tower.

Shopkeeper Xu lived in the courtyard behind Fenglai Building, and when the guy came to knock on the door, he slept soundly.

"Shopkeeper Xu, there is a woman at the city gate who said that your owner is seriously injured and is outside the city gate. Hurry up and make a trip,"

Shopkeeper Xu was so frightened that his soul was about to fall, and he didn't even bother to take the umbrella, so he plunged into the rain.

When he arrived at the city gate, the shopkeeper Xu shouted to the small window, "The head of the house, the head of the house!" ”

Su Qin hurriedly came over: "Shopkeeper Xu, it's me, Su Qinniang, your owner was killed in the mountains and was seriously injured. Now we can't enter the city gate, you hurry up and find a way to let these officials open the door, and if you delay it any longer, I'm afraid that your host's life is worried. ”

Shopkeeper Xu was so frightened that his family had a problem in Qifu County, and he didn't want to live.

After all, the head of the family will come, and it has something to do with him. And the head of the family has not come back since he took people out today, and he didn't take it to heart, after all, those people are all practicing family members, and with them, the safety of the head of the family is not a problem, so he is careless.

"Su Niangzi, please take care of our host, I'll go to the county government now, and I'll be back soon."

Qifu County is not big, Xu shopkeeper borrowed the mules and horses of the officials, galloped all the way to the county office, and it didn't take much effort to get the token, and hurried back.

When the defenders saw the token, they naturally opened the gate without saying a word.

Su Qin also spoke well, and immediately took out ten taels of silver and gave it to the soldier who went to call people.

Shopkeeper Xu led the way, and Su Qin drove the carriage and sent Xu Yuan to the largest medical hall in the county, "Renxintang".

Although Renxintang is a little darker, the conditions of their medical hall are really good, and there is an old man with superb medical skills.

The shopkeeper Xu is very familiar with the shopkeeper of Renxintang, and when he heard that a very important injured person was sent, the shopkeeper quickly called Lao Langzhong to treat Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan's injuries were severe, and his guards were even more seriously injured.

It didn't take long for the guards to hold their breath.

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Xu almost cried, and he couldn't wait to kneel down and beg God to open his eyes and save his master.

Renxintang is worthy of being the largest medical hall in Qifu County, knowing that the injured person is the head of the Xu family, and the shopkeeper is not ambiguous, he directly took out the treasure of the town store, a two-hundred-year-old ginseng, and gave it to Xu Yuan.

The old man also made a lot of effort, and spent a night forcibly pulling back Xu Yuan, who had already entered the ghost gate with one foot.

When it was dawn, the old man said with some anger: "Okay, my life is saved for the time being." ”

Shopkeeper Xu's legs were weak, and he sat on the ground with a plop.

Lao Langzhong said: "Don't be too happy, the head of the Xu family is too seriously injured, and the wounds everywhere are also very dirty, just cleaning it is a troublesome matter." With such a serious injury, you have to prevent the wound from suppurating and festering, these are fatal things. Lao Qiaocai is a shallow learner, and he also asked the shopkeeper Xu to send the head of the Xu family to Fucheng for treatment. ”

Even if he didn't say it, Shopkeeper Xu was going to send people to Fucheng.

The conditions in Qifu County are too poor, and the life of their family master is too expensive, so he delayed treatment here, just afraid that his wife would twist his head with her own hands.

Shopkeeper Xu was busy arranging, and he couldn't take care of Su Qin's master and servant.

Su Qin didn't care, seeing that the sky was already bright and the rain had stopped, he led Xia Pozi to drive the carriage out of the city and back to Xiaohe City.

After arriving home, I saw Qin Fangrong waiting in the house.

"Madam, quickly change the clothes on your body, the slave maid boiled ginger soup, and drank it for a while and covered the quilt and sweated, so as to prevent typhoid fever. Mother Xia too, hurry up and change your clothes. ”

Although I wore a lily robe last night, the rain was too heavy, and the lily clothes were not very useful, and Su Qin and Xia Pozi's clothes were almost wet.

Fortunately, it's the height of summer, and the temperature is not cold. In addition to the uncomfortable wrapping in wet clothes, there are no symptoms of headache and brain fever.

After changing his clothes, taking a bath, and drinking ginger soup, Su Qin lay comfortably on the bed to dry his hair.

Zhou Zhou and Yueyue were a little curious about what happened last night, and gathered around Su Qin and asked a bunch of questions.

Su Qin didn't hide it from them, told the identity of that person again, and then explained: "Don't mention what happened last night to anyone." Also, if anyone asks you where the Forget-You-Forget wine came from, you will all say that your mother moved out of the mountains, remember? ”