Located on the southern edge of the town, the inn is mostly a storehouse with few dwellings, and the streets are full of wagons pulled by horses or mules, as well as passers-by who have to hitchhike with their burdens.

There is a large compound behind the post house, and the merchants who settle down can park their cars in it, and there are more than a dozen night watchmen watching at night.

The real post house looks very inconspicuous, a dilapidated two-story building, the first floor is a place for food, there is wine and meat, and there is food after paying. The second floor is the place where the merchant rests, no matter what the upper and lower rooms, all of them are a row of wooden beds, and those who stay overnight will choose one by themselves to sleep on the ground.

Shen Shuyi took Ah Liu all the way to stop and stop, and when he came slowly after delivering the salt, the sky was already a little heavy, but fortunately, there was no rain, and he passed by the vendor and bought a small bag of melon seeds, and he was very leisurely while walking.

When he arrived, he deliberately went to the back yard to take a look, and there were indeed a lot fewer goods in the rainy season, but the rows of cars also filled most of the yard, half of which went to Wuzhong and Shanghai, and the remaining more than half also had to borrow Wuzhong.

There are a lot of people on the first floor of the post house, but fortunately, not all of them eat, because many people can't afford to eat wine and meat, so they are all squatting under the wall next to the gate to eat dry food, and they sleep under the wall at night.

Shen Shuyi entered the door and sat down, the red costume on his body had been replaced by a half-new black cotton coat, which was extremely inconspicuous at first glance.

The shopkeeper of the inn was a widow named Guan Niang, and she greeted her nearby.

"What do you want to eat, two little brothers? Would you like a jug of my good wine that just arrived yesterday? She laughs.

Shen Shuyi is the most familiar with the way, and said with a smile: "My brother can't drink wine, he gets drunk when he gets drunk, and I'm embarrassed to drink alone." As he spoke, he pointed to Ah Liu, "The shopkeeper will give us two brothers a plate of meat and a few side dishes." ”

Guan Niang glanced at them a few times and responded with a chuckle.

The meat had been prepared in the kitchen, and soon a guy brought it up, steaming hot.

Not to mention that Ah Liu has suffered enough sins in the past few days, Shen Shuyi was so hungry that he walked the streets and alleys all afternoon, and he didn't say much at the moment, he took chopsticks to eat together, and a plate of meat quickly bottomed out.

"Another plate of meat from the shopkeeper!" Ah Liu got a look and shouted, and a guy over there immediately responded.

A few side dishes have been served, and the stomach has a bottom, and I began to eat slowly.

"Young master, let's go sleep on it at night?" Ah Liu asked.

Squeezed into a bed with a dozen people? Even if Shen Shuyi doesn't go home often, he is a little bit of a young master's temper, when he first studied opera, he was in his own cabin, and he couldn't sleep with a bunch of people if he said anything!

"Eat yours, eat slowly, don't rush." He said.

Outside the door, it was getting dark, and the rain was falling again, with only a few people occasionally coming in. Shen Shuyi said to eat slowly, really eat slowly, and the merchants on the first floor all went to the second floor to rest, and ordered a plate of peanuts and half a plate of meat to continue eating.

The inn closed at nine o'clock in the evening, and the time was almost at this time, and when the lady went to insert the door, two more came in. Shen Shuyi looked at it twice, one was wearing a cardigan and a short coat, and it was estimated that he was a businessman, but the other was different, not the different, it was unusual.

The man was dressed in a black robe, tall and thin, with a pair of low boots on his feet and a large-brimmed hat on his head, and his face was not clear, but this was not strange.

Shen Shuyi has always had a precise eye, and the braid behind him was exposed between one side of the person's body, which was fake!

According to the current fashion, it has become an unspoken rule for a man to shave his hair and keep braids since he was a child, and it can be seen from the hardships of his father that he sent him into the troupe in order not to shave his hair, this man actually cut his braids.

Shen Shuyi's mind flickered and suddenly remembered that a few days ago, there was a rumor that a group of revolutionary parties organized a hair-breaking meeting in Taiwan. In the three years since Cixi's death, the Qing Dynasty has been in a precarious situation, and there are revolutionary and chaotic parties everywhere, especially in Beijing, Guangdong and other places.

Inconspicuous small towns such as Xingzhen and Quyun have always been peaceful, but Shen Shuyi has a hunch that this person must be a revolutionary party, and he can see that he is not an ordinary person from the moment he enters the door.

Ah Liu didn't dare to look at him when he saw that his face had changed, and asked in a low voice, "Young Master, are we still eating?" ”

The man's eyes seemed to have looked at him several times, and Shen Shuyi had already taken a bite of meat indiscriminately.

"The meat has to be eaten, don't waste it." He said.

They are all ordinary people, and these bloody battles are far away from them, just look at it, we are not afraid to see it. Shen Shuyi said in his heart, there are only these two tables left on the first floor and still eating, there is no need to rub it any longer, after eating a few mouthfuls of meat, he personally ran to the steward to pay.

Shen Shuyi took out two pieces of Xian Dayang from the placket and stuffed them into Guan Niang's hand, and said: "The shopkeeper is not welcome, tomorrow morning our brother is going to take a ride on the road, you can leave us some meat and rice, and then borrow us a few benches to sleep under for a night." ”

The rules of this world are that if you have money, you can do things. Guan Niang blew a mouthful of silver dollars and listened to it, and suddenly a smile came.

"Little brother, don't worry, this little thing will be done well." As he spoke, he stuffed the money into his sleeve like a baby.

A guy came over to clean up the table, Shen Shuyi left the remaining half of the peanuts, and the two of them each set up two benches and leaned against the wall to lie down.

"Don't sleep too hard, you'll have to leave tomorrow at dawn." Shen Shuyi said.

Ah Liuzheng picked up peanuts and ate them one by one.

"Young master, just put a hundred hearts, I've slept enough in the past few days." He said.

Shen Shuyi said in his heart, that is obviously lazy. It's just that I can't bear to be so tired that I don't bother to say anything about him.

The lights in the post house were turned off twice, only the remaining table was still lit, and those people squatting by the door had slept early, and Shen Shuyi quietly looked at the man in the black robe, not knowing when he had fallen asleep.

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There is a large compound to the east of Quyun, which is more than twice as large as the Shen family, although it is late at night, there is a place that is brightly lit.

The two subordinates in front of the porch were waiting eagerly, and after coming for a long time, they heard the sound of chaotic footsteps from the front yard, and the housekeeper walked in front with a lantern, followed by a middle-aged man with a goatee, and a few subordinate girls were hugging before and after.

One of the two subordinates hurriedly said: "Mr. Yang, you are here, our master is afraid that it will not work!" ”

The butler was also sweaty, but without saying much, he led the gentleman into the house quickly. In the inner room, Mrs. Young Master and others stood facing a man who looked fairly young on the bed.

As soon as Yang Zuochuan came in, everyone looked at him excitedly as if they had seen a savior, and a few people in front of the bed hurriedly got out of the way and asked him to seek medical treatment quickly.

After a moment and a half, Yang Zuochuan withdrew his hand, his face slightly gloomy.

"Master Zhou's current situation, there is nothing that can be done about it." He shook his head, it was a pity that a person of the right age was so fateful.

The closest to the bedside was Mrs. Zhou, and her face couldn't help but feel like ashes when she heard this.

"Mr. Yang, our Zhou family has begged you, only you can save the master's life, as long as you save the master, we will give you whatever you want!" Mrs. Zhou burst into tears, and she knelt down to plead.

Yang Zuochuan hurriedly stretched out his hand to support her, and the girl on the side also came over to help.

"Madam, if you have the slightest way to get to this point, you will definitely try it, but it is too late." He said in a straight voice, "Master Zhou's yang energy has been exhausted, and there is no way to return to heaven." ”

Mrs. Zhou's eyes were already swollen from crying, and the two aunts next to her kept wiping away tears.

"How can this be, the master is still so young, why can't he go back to heaven......" she said in a trembling voice.

Before Mrs. Zhou finished speaking, many footsteps sounded outside, and a girl in a particularly gorgeous dress hurriedly walked in with a gray-haired Mrs. Tai.

"Mother-in-law......" Mrs. Zhou half-cried and gave a salute.

Mrs. Tai, who was already in her sixties, couldn't help but panic when she saw such a scene, and hurriedly walked past a group of people to the bed to see her own son.

"What's going on?" The old lady asked sharply, "Isn't the afternoon okay?" How did it become like this? ”

Mrs. Zhou couldn't help but shake her head, "My daughter-in-law doesn't know either...... It was fine in the afternoon, but half an hour ago, I suddenly vomited blood and fell unconscious, I hurriedly sent someone to invite Dr. Yang, but I didn't expect ......"

Mrs. Tai took a closer look and saw that there was an outsider standing in the room.

"Doctor Yang, our two families have been friends for several generations, you can read carefully." Mrs. Tai said.

The name of Mrs. Zhou is known to everyone, Yang Zuochuan did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "Yang can guarantee the accuracy of this pulse diagnosis with his net worth, if Mrs. Tai does not believe it, she can quickly invite Dr. Hua of Linxian Tang to come for a follow-up." ”

Yang Zuochuan is already the most authoritative doctor in the local area, this must be credible, when Mrs. Tai heard it, she couldn't help but feel soft under her feet, and was supported by the girl in brocade.

"Yang Zuochuan, your ancestor is the imperial doctor who diagnosed the emperor's pulse, isn't there any miracle recipe that has been handed down to save people from danger?" Mrs. Tai's tone had weakened a lot, and she slowly sat down on the edge of the bed and took her son's hand.

Yang Zuochuan sighed in his heart, and he didn't dare to loosen his face in the slightest.

"There are indeed strange recipes handed down by my ancestors in my family, but I'm afraid they can't save Master Zhou's life." He shook his head and said, "Old Master Zhou's pulse is extremely weird, his five internal organs are declining, and his yang qi is completely exhausted, and he has never seen such a patient before." ”

The people in the room listened to the verdict-like words for a moment, and their faces were different, and they didn't dare to speak when they looked at each other. Death at the end of the sun is a very taboo thing in the local area.

Looking at the dying person on the hospital bed, Mrs. Tai couldn't help but shed tears, and after a while, she said in a shocking voice: "But I have seen it, and your father has seen it." ”

Yang Zuochuan's face was shocked, he was also a person with an active mind, and after thinking about it carefully, he had a guess.

"That man is my husband." Mrs. Tai has already given the answer, "It was your father who came to see him that day, and what he said was the same as yours. ”

Everyone in the room looked at each other, and Yang Zuochuan was even more shocked. He had also heard his father say about the past of the Zhou family, and he thought that nearly twenty years had passed and should have subsided, but he didn't expect it to ......

"I thought that if there was one person who could save Master Zhou now, I am afraid that only the Shen family would be the ......," he said in a low voice.

Mrs. Tai stubbornly held her son's hand, very few people in the Zhou family's generation knew about what happened back then, and even Mrs. only heard about it, just as the man said back then.

After a long time, she also suddenly felt that everything had passed, the future of the Zhou family was still bright, and the mistakes of the year had disappeared with the death of a generation.

Or is she too naïve.

"They can't save it." Mrs. Tai stroked the face on the sickbed and said softly: "It's all fate, if you want to blame, you can only blame our Zhou family themselves, and no one can escape." ”