Just when the two brothers of the Zhang family were shocked by the continuous big boats on the Huaishui side, the youngest daughter of the Zhang family noticed that there was another boat not far away.

"Brother, you see there's another ship going over there!"

The youngest daughter of the Zhang family pointed to the boat not far away to remind her two elder brothers.

The two brothers of the Zhang family immediately shifted their gaze to the ship that was still moving.

"Xianggong, how do I feel that this ship is different from these ships on the shore?"

Lao Zhang's eldest daughter-in-law hugged the child and reminded in a whisper.

After being reminded by his daughter-in-law, Lao Zhang's eldest son found that the boat on the Huaishui River was indeed very different from the boat docked on the shore of the Huaishui.

The first is the size of the ship, which is much smaller than the other ships on the shore of the Huaishui.

Secondly, the style of this ship is also significantly different from the others.

This one has three tiers, so it's significantly taller than the others.

Finally, this ship is clearly more ornate than the others.

Just by looking at the carved beams and paintings on the ship, you can get a glimpse of the ship's price.

"Big brother, this ship doesn't seem to be in the same group as other ships!"

After comparison, the elder Zhang said to his brother.

"Looking at the direction of the boat, it seems that it is preparing to go to Sizhou County, they must not know that there is smallpox plague in the city, if they enter Sizhou County so rashly, it is very likely to be infected with smallpox."

The eldest son of the Zhang family said worriedly.

"So what? Just by looking at this ship, we can know that the owner of this ship must be a high-ranking official, such a person must have a lot of fish and flesh, and the common people have nothing to do with their lives and deaths! ”

The second child of the Zhang family said disapprovingly.

But when he said this, he was slapped the back of the head.

"Brother, what are you doing beating me?"

After the second child of the Zhang family was slapped inexplicably, he turned his head dissatisfied and questioned his eldest brother.

"It's a shame that you've been reading the books of the sages for so many years, is that how the sages taught you to be a man?"

The eldest son of the Zhang family stared at his younger brother with an angry face and scolded.

"What I'm saying is that the people on that boat may be all those lawless nobles who are fishy and fleshy, and wouldn't it be better if they die."

The second child of the Zhang family was unconvinced.

"You bastard, have you forgotten the ancestral teachings of our Zhang family? Have you forgotten what my Zhang family made a fortune on? ”

The eldest son of the Zhang family kicked his younger brother in the ass again.

Now the old daughter-in-law on the side really felt a little sorry for her younger son, so she immediately rushed up and persuaded her eldest son away.

"Second son, your eldest brother is right, my Zhang family's ancestral training will teach the younger generations: have good thoughts, and the blessings that God will give will repay them with kindness."

Although Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law was still crying and making trouble because of Lao Zhang's secret concubine just now, she seemed to be a fierce shrew.

But now she is using the ancestral teachings of the Zhang family to teach her second son with a serious face, and she is like a loving mother who keeps the family steadily.

Although this may seem a bit incongruous, it is also the multifaceted nature of being human.

"But Mother, if this ship is full of evil nobles, wouldn't we have harmed other good people by saving them?"

Although the second child of the Zhang family knew that he was wrong, he couldn't pull his head in front of his sister-in-law and sister and apologized to his eldest brother.

"Second son, we can't consider the identity of the other party before saving people, after all, we can't think about human life so much, if we really and unfortunately save people who shouldn't be saved, it is also a test for us by God."

The old daughter-in-law continued to explain to the second son of the Zhang family.

When his mother said this, the second son of the Zhang family finally lowered his head in shame.

At the same time, the eldest son of the Zhang family had already taken out the fire fold on his waist, and then pulled some dead grass from the bank of Huaishui and lit it.

Then he stood by the fire, waving his arms to get the attention of the people on board.

After a while, the people in the boat seemed to see his signal, and the boat, which had been going down the river, began to slow down slowly, and the boat began to move closer to the shore.

When the boat reached the silt edge of the embankment, the boat finally stopped.

"Dare you ask if your Excellency is sending us a signal?"

When the ship stopped, two men stood at the bow of the boat.

One of them was an old man with gray hair, and the other was a young man with good manners.

And the person who asked just now was the young man.

"Yes, I see that the direction of your ship is Sizhou County, but at this time, something big happened in the city, so I want to inform the two of you in advance."

The eldest son of the Zhang family saw that this young man was humble and polite, and when he spoke, he had an extraordinary bearing, and at a glance, he knew that the other party should be a child of the family.

"Oh? Something happened to Sizhou County? ”

Li Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard this.

"Don't hide this brother, it's this Sizhou county town that is returning from other places this time, I don't know what happened in the city?"

At this time, Li Yi's heart was already worried about whether the grassland army had succeeded in raiding Sizhou County.

However, he carefully observed the Zhang family, but he did not see the baptism of war on them.

"Oh, so we're fellow villagers!"

The eldest son of the Zhang family couldn't help but get closer to each other.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that there is an outbreak of smallpox in the city, and the whole city has fled from the city."

Before the eldest son of the Zhang family could speak, the second son of the Zhang family took the lead in rushing to speak.

"What is the outbreak of smallpox in the city?"

At this moment, a woman's voice was heard on the deck.

The Zhang family and his entourage followed the sound and saw that there was an extra woman on the deck at this time.

However, this woman is different from ordinary women, and the Zhang brothers feel some heroic spirit in her body.

"Yes, a few people infected with smallpox suddenly appeared in the Duowen Gang in the city, and the soldiers of the city guard battalion immediately began to arrest them after discovering them, but the leader of the Duowen Gang and the other two gangs who were already infected were nowhere to be found, so all the people in the city ran out of the city in panic."

The eldest son of the Zhang family told the story in general.

Hearing this, the two sisters and brothers of the Qi family immediately became anxious.

They were originally worried that the county town of Sizhou would be breached by the grassland tribes, but they did not expect that the smallpox plague would break out first before the grassland army could attack the city.

Isn't this the county seat of Sizhou going to die?

But after Jingzi on the side listened to what the eldest son of the Zhang family said, his brows suddenly wrinkled.

At this moment, he felt as if this matter might have something to do with his junior brother.

"Brother Jing, let's hurry up and go back to the city now! I don't know if you and my family are out of town. ”

Qi Chao said to Jing Zizheng with an eager face.

"Don't worry, think calmly about whether this is too coincidental!"

Although Li Yi had said before separating from them that he would find a way to get all the people of Sizhou County out of the city, he did not say his own method.

If it was because of other reasons that all the people in the city fled, then Jingzizheng would 100% think that Li Yi did it.

But now this matter is because of the smallpox plague, which makes Jingzizheng uncertain.

After all, the smallpox plague is too uncontrollable, if Li Yi really dared to introduce the smallpox plague into Sizhou County, he believed that Mu Junhe, the senior brother, would definitely cut Li Yi first.

As for Li Yi making a fake smallpox plague, it is possible.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's getting late now, and I see that there is no place to stay around you, so why don't you come to our ship and rest!"

Thinking that this smallpox plague might be a trick made by Li Yi, Jing Zizheng invited everyone from the Zhang family to get on the boat, so he asked carefully.

But in the face of Jing Zizheng's invitation, the Zhang family made a difficulty, because they had not found Lao Zhang at this time.

"Is there any difficulty with you? If there's anything that can help you, please ask. ”

Jing Zizheng could see the embarrassed look on these people's faces at a glance.

"That's right, under the father······

The eldest son of the Zhang family thought for a moment, and then he told him about the separation of his people from his father.

Of course, this is hidden because his father privately accepted a concubine, which caused the two sides to be separated.

"Brother Zhang, although I don't want you to worry, I have to tell you that these big ships on the shore and the horses' hooves you see are not left behind by our Dayu army."

After listening to the narration of the eldest son of the Zhang family, Jing Zizheng roughly guessed where Lao Zhang went.

"Not the army of our Dayu Dynasty? Could it be that Brother Tai meant that these armies were the private army of which vassal king? ”

The eldest son of the Zhang family couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, he didn't expect that this Dayu Dynasty would have such a powerful vassal king.

"Nope! No! Brother Zhang, you misunderstood what I meant, these armies are not the army of the Dayu Dynasty, let alone the private army of the Dayu Domain! ”

Jingzi saw that the eldest son of the Zhang family couldn't understand what he meant, so he opened his mouth to explain.

"Brother, what this brother Tai means is that these troops are not our Dayu people!"

The second child of the Zhang family couldn't help but sneer and explained to the eldest brother beside him.

But when he finished saying this, he himself was stunned.

"Brother Tai, you said that these troops are not the army of the Dayu Dynasty, are they ······?"

All of a sudden, the eldest son of the Zhang family didn't dare to say the answer he guessed.

Because if these people are really the people they think, then my father may be more than lucky this time.

"I don't want to admit it, but it's true, these people are indeed the army of the steppe."

Keiko finally told the truth.

"The Prairie Army?"

Hearing these four words, everyone in the Zhang family was stunned.

They stood there like pillars until a cry of pain rang out.

"Lao Zhang! How could you have met a steppe barbarian! It's all my fault that I shouldn't be angry with you! ”

Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law suddenly sat down on the ground and began to cry.

"It's all my fault······"

Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law cried and beat her chest with her own hands.

One of his sons immediately squatted down and even went to help his mother.

But the next moment, Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law suddenly twitched, and then she rolled her eyes and fainted.

"Mother! Mother, what's wrong with you? ”

The two sons couldn't help but be shocked when they saw this.

Keiko Masashi and the others on the boat immediately became nervous when they saw this.

"Quickly pinch him and neutralize the tiger's mouth!"

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded on the deck.

Everyone looked at it and found that the person who spoke turned out to be Mu Qingliang's servant Axia.

Since Mu Qingliang and A Xia made up their minds to follow Li Yi and them south, Li Yi and his party began to slowly accept these two people.

They were so proud to move out of the dark cabin.

During this time, their movements were no longer monitored, and they were free on board.

And the two of them also slowly felt that their decision was the right one from the bottom of their hearts through communication with others.

Although Mu Qingliang still posed in front of everyone from time to time to put the genealogy of the prince of Qi Kingdom in front of everyone, he also began to learn to correct his mentality after being ignored several times.

On the contrary, Asha blended into the crowd at an astonishing speed.

He was originally a person who knew how to observe words and feelings, and he was born poor before, so in Li Yi's line, he was basically not much different from others.

Coupled with his own active attempt to blend in with the crowd, he soon became familiar with Xu Yan and others.

At this time, Ah Xia saw that Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law was suddenly angry because of excitement, and he knew that this was a good opportunity to show his worth, so he immediately shouted.

And the Zhang brothers immediately began to neutralize their mother after hearing his reminder.

"Brother Zhang, hurry up and carry your mother to the boat!"

Jing Zizheng also said anxiously to the Zhang brothers.

The two brothers, who were still hesitating, looked at their mother, so they immediately carried their mother onto Li Yi's boat.

Once on the boat, Keiko arranged for the two brothers to carry their mother to a bed in the cabin.

"Mother! Wake up! Don't scare your son! ”

The eldest son of the Zhang family had tears in his eyes at this time, and he had been trying hard to neutralize his mother's mouth.

But his mother still didn't wake up.

And the second son of the Zhang family is already teary-eyed, and he is now completely at a loss.

"Get out of the way!"

At this moment, the crowd gathered in front of the bed was pushed away by a person.

Everyone turned their heads to look, but found that the person who pushed them away was Asha.

At this time, Ah Xia stepped forward with a calm face.

"Don't cry here, it's no big deal to faint just because you're excited!"

With that, he sat on the edge of the bed, and then pressed his fingers on the wrist of Zhang's daughter-in-law.

After a moment, he raised an eyebrow and turned to the crowd.

"Bring me an oil lamp."

Everyone was a little surprised to see him so calm and composed.

In their impressions, this Ah Xia was just a servant with a beard and a horse, and they had no idea that he could even heal.

"Where's the oil lamp?"

Ah Xia had already taken out a small ball from his clothes at this time, and when he saw that everyone was not moving, he asked again.

Immediately, everyone reacted, and soon Chen Chao took an oil lamp from the table.

Ah Xia then pulled out a very thin silver needle from the cloth ball and roasted it on the flame for a while.

Then he used a silver needle to prick the lobes of each of the two ears of Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law a few times.

Soon, dark purple blood flowed from the earlobes of Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law.

"Alright, she'll wake up soon!"

After doing this, Ah Xia roasted his silver needle on the fire again, and then inserted it back into the cloth ball.