Zhou Liang took a boat along the Grand Canal and returned to the capital from Ling'an's hometown, this time fortunately the current saint favored them to go home to visit.

Since entering the palace, Zhou Liang has never had any hope of going home, this time he went home, purely to rebuild the tomb of his late father and mother, as well as to find his long-lost brothers and sisters, and his desire to repair the tomb was fulfilled, but his younger brothers and sisters were not found, it seems that his desire to rely on his family to support the elderly and send him off will eventually be shattered.

These days, the boat just went to Taihu Lake, Zhou Liang saw the sea and sky on a whim, let the boatman divert to Taihu Lake to play for a few days, this day, he made people leave the big boat, alone in a small boat in the middle of the lake fishing, he heard the boatman say, Taihu Lake has "three white" - white fish and white shrimp whitebait, this whitebait is the most delicious, and white shrimp the same, need to be fished under the net to get, so, since they drove the boat out of the boat, they opened the fine net behind the boat, all the way to the net fish and shrimp, the white fish in the "three white" is also fresh and tender, but extremely rare, This is the white fish he is catching now.

Zhou Liang has been sitting in the middle of the lake for two hours, and he has caught a lot of spot fish before and after, but there is no trace of white fish, so he sighed: The opportunity has not yet arrived...... Intending to reel up the rod and go back to the big boat to cook the white shrimp and whitebait, he asked the boatman to reel in the net.

The fisherman slowly collected the net and selected the fish and shrimp, Zhou Liang overlooked the lake and mountains, and a white-purple object in the distance entered his field of vision, the object surged and surged and slowly drifted towards them, Zhou Liang finally saw clearly, it seemed to be a person.

"Boatman, slide forward, there seems to be a person floating on the lake in front of you." Zhou Liang shouted.

"It's a man and a dead man, right?"

"How?"

"A few days ago, the Huaiyin flash flood broke out, washing away many people, the big water, very scary, presumably rushed into the lake, and it was long time gone."

"What do you mean by that?"

"The rocks and branches along the way, the bricks and briquettes of the collapsed houses, and the farm tools that were washed away, what kind of thing is not full of holes when it hits the body? We've seen a lot, and I advise Mr. to save his kindness, I'm afraid he's already dead. ”

"Oh, that's ......" Zhou Liang listened to the boatman's words, and had already given up the idea of saving people, but when he turned back, he found that the object had moved.

"Boatman! Boatman! Quick, let's go over and take a look, and the man moved. Zhou Liang shouted.

"Oh, sir, I told you it must be a dead man, but you don't believe it. Over the years, I have seen a lot of people in the river. "The boatman is a little impatient.

Zhou Liang was not angry, perhaps because of the good temperament cultivated by serving the emperor over the years, but smiled and explained to the boatman.

"Let's go forward and take a look, if it's really a dead person, we will also catch it, I will pay you a favor and help him build a grave and bury him, which is also your and my yin virtue, which is a benefit." If it is really a dying living person, you and I can save it, isn't that a victory over the seventh-level floating slaughter? You and I are even more meritorious, brother! Ha ha! "Zhou is a good persuasion, not a nouveau riche practice of spending money to dictate.

The old man of the boatman thought for a moment and nodded helplessly, "Okay, you are a chartered boat, I will listen to you!" Let's go over and take a look! ”

As he spoke, the old boatman rowed the oar towards the object, and when the boat got closer, the object moved again, which made Zhou Liang more sure of his clip, and the old boatman also saw it, and the movement of the oar was a little faster.

Finally, the ship approached the object.

"Brother, look, it's a child, a little girl!" Zhou Liang shouted happily, and quickly motioned for the boatman to come over and help fish up the female doll.

Zhou Liang and the old boatman worked hard together, and finally fished up the little girl, and at the same time, there was also the piano bag that the girl doll was holding in her hand.

Zhou Liang hurriedly checked the pulse of the female doll and confirmed her signs of life, yes, the little girl is still alive, but the pulse is very weak, her body is cold, she may have been soaked in water for a long time, and she has not eaten. Zhou Liang instructed the old man of the boatman to slide back quickly.

Zhou Liang returned to the big ship with the little girl, and quickly asked the boatman's mother-in-law to boil a pot of japonica rice porridge, and then put the little girl flat on the deck, and was just about to press the little girl's abdomen, but was stopped by the old boatman.

"Sir, if this girl chokes on water, she has to turn over and pat her back, and if she presses her stomach, she will die, and we will save it in vain." The old boatman recounted the experience of the boatman.

Zhou Liang hurriedly concocted the method, and sure enough, after a few clicks, he heard the coughing sound of the female doll, wow, a large mouthful of water spit out of the child's mouth, Zhou Liang thought the child was awake, but no, she just spit out the choked water, but did not regain consciousness.

Soon after, the boatman's wife came in with a bowl of hot porridge.

"Old sister-in-law, you came just in time, the clothes on this child's body are soaked, his hands and feet are cold, and I bother you to help this child find dry clothes to change."

The old lady answered, and came in with a few clothes a short time later.

"I didn't expect that my granddaughter still had all the clothes when she was a child. Just for this kid to wear. The old lady shook her clothes, "Sir, please go out first." ”

Zhou Liang and the old boatman went out temporarily, the mother-in-law was very careful, and dipped the towel in hot water, while helping the child change clothes, he wiped the child with a hot towel while helping the child recover his body temperature, about two incense sticks, the mother-in-law helped the little girl change her clothes, fed her a few mouthfuls of hot porridge, and covered her with a quilt.

"Come in, sir." The mother-in-law called.

Zhou Liang and the old boatman walked in. The mother-in-law took the clothes on the girl's body and some items. Zhou Liang looked at it and already knew that judging from the material of the clothes, this little girl was not a child of ordinary people, I don't know if it was an official family or a rich family, and there were some fragments of silver tickets in the items, all of which were silver tickets with Hengtong ticket numbers, and Hengtong was the ticket number of the thirteen provinces, and the silver tickets were in the upper class, and there were a few gold and silver beads, which were not things that ordinary families could use.

Zhou Liang preliminarily determined that most of this little girl was a girl from a rich family, a young lady, or a young lady's eldest girl. Zhou Liang asked the ship's mother-in-law to help wash the clothes, and after drying, they were wrapped in a furoshiki together with gold and silver beads. Zhou Liang was a careful person, and he was afraid that the boatman would spread the word, so he gave the old couple some silver taels and asked them not to tell others.

Zhou Liang continued to take the boat and still went north along the Grand Canal.

Two days later, in the evening, Zhou Liang came to the cabin as usual to check on the situation of the little girl, and the shipwright's wife was taking care of the child for the past two days. When Zhou Liang walked in, his mother-in-law was sewing and mending clothes, and when she saw Zhou Liang coming, she immediately stood up.

Zhou Liang smiled, and made a downward movement with both hands, signaling that the mother-in-law did not need to get up. Zhou Liang looked at the little girl lying on the bed, the child was sleeping peacefully, and then looked at the things in the mother-in-law's hand, he was slightly relieved, and turned around to go back to his cabin to sleep.

"Look, sir!" The mother-in-law called softly.

Zhou Liang turned around.

"Look, sir, this kid seems to be awake." The mother-in-law made do with the girl, and Zhou Liang had rushed to the bed.

The little girl's eyes opened a faint slit, and she didn't know where she was looking. Zhou Liang and his mother-in-law both approached, stared at him with a smile, called her, the girl finally opened her eyes, she looked at the two people in front of the bed, blinked again, rubbed her eyes unconsciously with her little hands, and looked at Zhou Liang and her mother-in-law carefully and carefully.

The little girl was a little frightened, and the unfamiliar environment was a strange person, so she subconsciously shrank into the quilt.

"Don't be afraid, child, we are not bad people, it was this Mr. Zhou who saved you." The mother-in-law said in a soft and warm voice.

The girl's eyes looked in the direction of the mother-in-law's finger, and an elegant man, standing a little farther away, couldn't tell the age, but felt that he was missing something compared to his father.

Father...... The child thought about it, her father was ...... Zhu Xun, the magistrate of Xingxian County, his mother is Weng's, his mother's is Wan Qi's, and she is ...... Stars! The child rubbed his small forehead and sat up. The two little hands folded in front of him and bowed to Mr. Zhou.

"Mr. Xie's life-saving grace." Xing'er's voice was slightly hoarse, after all, she hadn't eaten much for a few days, and she had been in a coma for several days.

"Oops! Sir, you see, this kid is so sensible that he will salute us! The mother-in-law smiled and said, "I see that this child's gestures are not like ordinary people's, child, where are you from?" ”

Xing'er didn't speak, she shook her head, not that she didn't know, but she wasn't sure where her hometown was? Capital? Fuchun old house? Guan Long? Or Xingxian.

"Yo! Look, sir, this child is probably confused by the water, and the family doesn't know it. The mother-in-law took Xing'er's little hand and held it in the palm of her hand. Do you know what your name is? ”

"Xing'er!" Xing'er whispered.

"Xing'er...... That's a nice name! Zhou Liang repeated, "Since you don't know where your home is, child, let's follow our boat for the time being." ”

"Sir, where is this ship going?" Xing'er asked in a low voice.

"Go north, go to the capital."

"Capital!" Before Zhou Liang finished speaking, Xing'er exclaimed excitedly, she seemed to have seen the house of Master Weng in the capital, it was really good, and she thought silently in her heart.

"Haven't you been?" Zhou Liang looked at her with a warm smile, and only then did he realize that this little star looked like Zhou Zheng's logo.

Xing'er nodded, and her body unconsciously leaned towards her mother-in-law, and her mother-in-law also took advantage of the situation to hold her in her arms. Xing'er drilled her little head in her mother-in-law's arms, and her mother-in-law's arms were like Granny Feng, she thought to herself. Suddenly, she sat up straight again, and then searched privately.

"Kid, what's wrong with you? Looking for what? The mother-in-law asked suspiciously.

Xing'er didn't speak, just searched left and right, as if she had lost some peerless treasure.

"Is this being photographed?" Zhou Liang held up her piano bag.

Xing'er took the piano in her arms and nodded incessantly, with a look of joy on her face. Zhou Liang and his mother-in-law, looking at this cute little girl, smiled with relief.

"Good boy, this piano is your toy? Or, do you really know how to play? Zhou Liang asked carefully.

"This is from my mother to Xing'er." Zhou Liang nodded, understood.

"And you're going to impeach?" Zhou Liang asked again.

"I will only have short songs like mountains and flowing water, and long songs will only be "Qingping Music" and "Yangchun". Xing'er said sincerely.

"So, can you play me a song?" Zhou Liang was tentative.

Kindness! Xing'er nodded, and then played a song "Qingping Le", although her piano skills are not good, but from her raised hand and the relaxed musicality of the tune, she can feel that it is a very advanced way of playing, Zhou Liang confirmed that this little Xing'er is not an ordinary child. He had a vague plan in his heart......