Chapter 40: Mysteries
Pedestrians came and went on the street, and the people passing by saw the scar man pushing Xu Xiaoxiao hard, and couldn't help but show sympathy.
The scar man drove Xu Xiaoxiao to the alley before scolding and leaving, she exhaled and calmly put the bamboo basket on the ground.
"Auntie, help me take a look." Xu Xiaoxiao looked at the woman who helped her relieve the siege with a gentle smile.
The woman didn't know why, so she came to the basket and nodded.
I saw her roll up her sleeves and quickly catch up with the scar man, walked behind the scar man and patted her shoulder, grabbed her arm and shook it hard when he turned around, and the scar man's body slashed through the air and fell to the ground.
The scar man rolled on the ground holding his stomach in pain, and the thin man who was waiting on the steps saw it and pulled out a sharp arrow and stabbed Xu Xiaoxiao, just when the sharp arrow was about to reach her.
"Stop."
The sharp arrow stopped after the sound sounded, and the thin man put down the sharp arrow and looked at Xu Xiaoxiao viciously, Xu Xiaoxiao turned his head sideways and looked at the voice.
Standing on the steps was Chu Qing's guard Wang Duo, Wang Duo kicked the scar man who got up from the ground, "The young master asked you to guard the door, and did not let you prevent others from entering the door to get medicine." ”
As soon as the scar man changed his attitude, he lowered his eyebrows and listened to Wang Duo's words, and the other thin man also withdrew his sword and bowed his head to admit his mistake.
Wang Duo came to the woman and bowed, "I have offended a lot, please forgive me." ”
This bow frightened the woman, who waved her hands in a panic and stood there at a loss.
"You scared her." Xu Xiaoxiao patted her hands and stepped forward to reassure the woman, "It's okay, it's okay, they're all good people, it's important that your child is sick, hurry in and find a doctor." ”
As soon as she heard Xu Xiaoxiao mention her child, she put away her crampedness, nodded her head, lifted her skirt and walked quickly into the store.
"Is that you?" Wang Duo recognized Xu Xiaoxiao and began to look at her again in surprise, "Why are you here?" ”
Xu Xiaoxiao did not reply to Wang Duo's words, but returned to the place where Chu Chu and Tie Zhu were staying, "Thank you, Auntie." ”
She picked up the bamboo basket again, bowed and saluted, and the aunt hurriedly helped her up when she saw this, "It's okay, sister, you have something urgent." ”
Xu Xiaoxiao smiled and nodded, and turned to walk towards Wang Duo, "I want to see your young master." ”
Wang Duo looked at Xu Xiaoxiao with a vigilant expression, "How did the girl enter the city?" ”
"Climb the wall." Xu Xiaoxiao replied without thinking, she did not intend to hide the way into the city.
"When are you looking for our son-in-law?" Wang Duo asked.
The successive questions made Xu Xiaoxiao lose patience, "Plague." ”
After losing her patience, her tone became a little heavier, and naturally she would not consider Wang Duo's shock when she heard the word plague.
"Girl, please come with me." Wang Duo realized the seriousness of the matter, and his attitude eased a little, and he turned sideways and made a gesture of please.
Xu Xiaoxiao followed Wang Duo into the pharmacy, and it happened that an old man hurriedly went out with the woman wandering outside the door with a medicine box.
"Daughter-in-law of the Liu family, why didn't you inform me earlier." Dr. Li wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead as he ran, gasping and scolding angrily.
"I thought it was a mosquito bite, but I didn't know it would turn out like this, so I had seen the village doctor at first." The daughter-in-law of the Liu family wiped the tears in her eyes and sobbed.
Xu Xiaoxiao watched the daughter-in-law of the Liu family and Doctor Li run out of the door, recalling the grandson that the aunt who sold embroidered handkerchiefs talked about in the morning.
Could it be that the place where I used to see the doctor was my aunt's grandson?
She entered the pharmacy with doubts, and a strong smell of Chinese medicine came to her nose, and the smell of medicine came from behind the bamboo curtain in front of her, and Wang Duo stepped forward and lifted the bamboo curtain to signal her to enter.
She paused in front of the curtain and hesitated, Wang Duo saw her confusion, "Don't worry, girl, we are just coming to see a doctor." ”
Xu Xiaoxiao glanced at Chu Chu and Tie Zhu, who were revealing two brains behind him, and then looked at Wang Duo, nodded and lowered his head into the curtain.
Outside the curtain is a backyard, in the backyard there are rows of Chinese herbs that are being dried, and in front of it is a row of bungalows, which have four or five rooms, and two men come out of the white smoke bungalows, holding a bowl of Chinese medicine in their hands.
"Girl, please wait a moment, I'll go and ask the son first." Wang Duo bowed and walked to the bungalow in the middle.
Xu Xiaoxiao put down the bamboo basket and took Chu Chu and Tie Zhu out of the basket.
"Are you all right?" She touched Chu Chu and Tie Zhu's heads and asked distressedly.
"Later, the doctor will come back, and you will ask about the situation." Tie Zhu glanced at the courtyard in front of him.
Chu Chu rearranged the pigtails on his head, walked in the direction of the Chinese medicinal materials with his short legs, walked to the dried medicinal materials and picked them up at random and put them on the tip of his nose and sniffed them.
Wang Duo came out of the middle room and walked up to Xu Xiaoxiao, "Childe is invited." ”
Xu Xiaoxiao said "um", pulled the iron pillar and walked behind Chu Chu, pulled her with the other hand, and followed Wang Duo into the room.
The room is not about fifty square meters, and there is a table in the middle of the room, and there is a bed opposite the table, and the curtain is placed on the bed, so that the person in the curtain cannot be seen clearly.
Chu Qing stood in front of the window and looked thoughtfully at the willow tree outside the window.
"Childe, the people have arrived." Wang Duo came to Chu Qing and bowed.
"Hmm." Chu Qing replied softly, he looked back at Xu Xiaoxiao, and smiled, "See you again." ”
Xu Xiaoxiao sat on the table and poured a cup of tea, sipped a few times and drank it, "Let's open our stomachs and say it." ”
"Who the hell are you?"
Chu Qing came over with a smile, sat on the stool with a flung robe, elegantly picked up the teacup and drank it, and only spoke after a while, "Who am I that has something to do with the girl looking for me today?" ”
"Of course, if you're a nobleman, then I'm right, and if you're just a commoner, then I'm not here." Xu Xiaoxiao carried Chu Chu and Tie Zhu onto the stool and handed the poured tea to them.
"Oh? Is the girl asking for something? Chu Qing replied unhurriedly, with an indifferent expression and a posture of watching a play.
"It's not about asking for help, it's about helping." Xu Xiaoxiao put one hand on the table and said with a sharp gaze.
"How's that to help?"
"Help Anle Town, help the refugees outside Anle Town, help you."
The smile on Chu Qing's face gradually faded, his face was gloomy, and a pair of Danfeng eyes only stared at Xu Xiaoxiao as if they were seductive.
"Why do I need your help?"
Xu Xiaoxiao didn't want to do any more text answers, so she sighed and got up, "It seems that I found the wrong person." ”
"Wait, I'm still a little thin in Anle Town." Chu Qing banged on the table, and his tone was cold, stopping Xu Xiaoxiao, who got up and walked out.
"I found out that the refugees outside Anle Town were infected with smallpox." Xu Xiaoxiao sat down again, watching the change in the expression on Chu Qing's face.
If she guessed correctly, Chu Qing should have known that smallpox had spread to Anle Town, so she left a note to persuade them not to go.
But she still couldn't guess why he was so kind to give them a way out, they only had a one-sided relationship, and saving the boy was also a deal, without any human feelings.