Chapter Twenty-Five: Encounter in the Water (I)
The next day, Gao Qi asked the peasant for a quilt to spread at the bottom of the carriage, and before the two children woke up, Gao Qi carried them into the carriage and thanked the peasant for a few taels of silver, and the peasant might not be able to save this lot of silver in a few years, so he received it with a thousand thanks. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Gao Qi drove the carriage out of the farmhouse, the road was rough, and he didn't dare to go too fast, for fear that the two children would not sleep well.
After driving for two hours, Li Qingshi woke up from his sleep and saw that he was in the car, with Lin Gongyu lying beside him, and he didn't see Gao Qi, so he panicked for a moment and called "Uncle Gao". Gao Qi heard the sound and looked back from the curtain of the carriage, and Li Qingshi saw it, so he was relieved. Lin Gongyu was awakened by Li Qingshi's scream, rubbing his eyes and not knowing where he was. Gao Qi asked, "Are you hungry?" Li Qingshi said, "I'm not hungry, are you hungry?" He turned his head and asked Lin Gongyu. Lin Gongyu hummed softly, Li Qingshi took out a corn tortilla from his arms and handed it to him, Lin Gongyu timidly took it, ate a few bites, broke a piece from the cake and handed it to Li Qingshi. Li Qingshi didn't answer and said, "I'm not hungry, you can eat." ”
Lin Gongyu has been pampered since he was a child, he has never eaten tortillas, and after eating a few bites, he felt that the taste was not good, his mouth was dry, and it was difficult to swallow, so he stopped eating.
When they arrived at the town in front, Gao Qi took his two children to the store and had a full meal. After nightfall, Gao Qi Yungong expelled the cold poison for Lin Gongyu, but found that since leaving the Shaolin Temple in Putian, the cold poison in Lin Gongyu's body could not be completely removed. I didn't know that I was exhausted, but the cold poison in Lin Gongyu's body was still looming and difficult to eradicate. Gao Qi had been working for three hours, his internal strength was almost exhausted, his lips were pale, and he fell on the bed. Li Qingshi hurriedly poured a cup of tea and fed it to Gao Qi, Gao Qi opened his eyes slightly, and then closed them again.
Although Lin Gongyu was young, he knew that Gao Qi had spent a lot of effort to save himself, and he was very moved in his heart, and he couldn't help but sob, crying: "Uncle Gao, don't treat my injuries anymore, even if I don't get better, I don't care, I can see my father and mother when I die." Gao Qi opened his eyes and said, "Uncle Gao is fine, but he is tired, you won't die, I promised your mother that I won't let you die." Li Qingshi came over and grabbed Lin Gongyu and said, "Let's not disturb Uncle Gao, let Uncle Gao sleep, and it will be fine tomorrow." ”
Li Qingshi took Lin Gongyu's hand and went out of the door, and the two came to the backyard of the inn and sat under a plane tree, Lin Gongyu still cried. Li Qingshi held him in his arms, Lin Gongyu's heart softened, and he cried even more.
The two are of the same age, and they both suffered misfortunes, and after a few days of getting along, the feelings became deeper because of the same illness and sympathy, and there was a sense of dependence on each other at this night.
Early in the morning of the second day, Gao Quan's body was still weak, and he couldn't adjust his internal breath after several exercises, so he knew that his illness was not light. He has profound internal strength, and he has never had a single illness for more than ten years, and he never thought that Lin Gongyu's cold poison was so powerful that he would treat his injuries until he became seriously ill.
Gao Qi didn't have much money left, and he was on a trip with his two children, and he couldn't be too hard, so he relied on his own internal strength and didn't invite a doctor, but his condition worsened. Li Qingshi was older, smart and sensible, and saw Gao Qi's thoughts, so he quietly discussed with Lin Gongyu to ask for a doctor.
The two children asked the shopkeeper where there was a medical hall, and the shopkeeper said, "When you go out of the store to the left, there is a medical hall not far away, and the doctor sitting in the hall can still talk about his medical skills." The two children were about to go to invite, and the shopkeeper said: "If you talk about medical skills, out of the town to the east of the road for five miles, there is a bamboo forest, where there is a secluded doctor, medical skills are superb, but the temper is strange, the general people do not move, it is said that last year the queen mother was sick, the emperor sent the prime minister of the dynasty to ask for the move." Such a person is naturally more noble than an ordinary doctor, and if he does not want to go, it is difficult to teach him to take a step even if the knife is on his neck. I heard that martial arts are also very powerful, who can have the ability to put a knife on his neck?"
When Li Qingshi heard this, he asked, "Is there a pawnshop in the town?" The shopkeeper said: "There are naturally pawnshops, turn right when you go out, and you can see it after walking a few steps." When Li Qingshi heard this, he pulled Lin Gongyu out of the inn and went straight to the pawnshop. He had already made up his mind in his heart, Gao Qi was very sick, so he naturally wanted to hire the best doctor, so he had to take the valuable things on his body first. The two of them came to the pawnshop, Li Qingshi took out a piece of jade pendant from his arms, the color was dark green and dull, the shape was like a crescent moon, stood on tiptoe, and handed the jade pendant to the pawnshop guy, the guy saw the jade pendant, and saw that both of them were children, he was overjoyed, and said: "How much silver do you want to be?" Li Qingshi said: "How much do you think it's worth?" The guy said in his heart: "This child must not know the goods." He said, "Five hundred denarii." Li Qingshi said: "Give me back the jade pendant, I don't deserve it." The man said, "Don't, wait, I'll go and find the shopkeeper, and let the shopkeeper give you long eyes." ”
Li Qingshi snatched the jade pendant, pulled Lin Gongyu out of the pawnshop, and ran a mile away before standing still, Li Qingshi laughed, Lin Gongyu asked: "Brother Qingshi, what are you running? Are we not right?" Li Qingshi said: "My father said that this piece of jade is worth a lot of money, where can such a small pawnshop have so much silver, even if I have you, I can't take it." Lin Gongyu said: "Then what are you going to do in the pawnshop?" Li Qingshi said: "I don't know how much this jade pendant is worth, if it is an ordinary jade pendant, let's go to ask for a miracle doctor, it will inevitably be looked down upon, and I refuse to come to treat Uncle Gao, go to the pawnshop and ask them to have long eyes, if it is a valuable thing, we will have a good calculation in our hearts." ”
Lin Gongyu didn't understand what he said, he just nodded, and the two of them followed the path pointed out by the shopkeeper to find the doctor's medical hall.
The two of them went out of the town, and after walking for a long time, they suddenly saw a green bamboo forest in front of them, and the bamboo was dense and there were no gaps, and the two children did not find the entrance to the bamboo forest after going around for a long time. Just as he was anxious, a snow-white horse suddenly galloped from a distance, and immediately rode a little girl of eight or nine years old, laughing and holding the reins of the horse, although young, but heroic. Li Qingshi pulled Lin Gongyu to the side of the road, but saw eight or nine horses running behind him, all of them were bearded men, only one was in his thirties, dressed in green clothes and robes, riding in front, obviously these people's horses and feet were not enough, and they could not catch up with the little girl. The man in the green robe suddenly shouted, "Little girl, if you don't get off the horse again, don't blame me for being polite." The little girl didn't look back, laughed coquettishly, let out a silver bell-like laugh, and said: "You fools, if you have the ability, catch up, what are you doing?" The man in the green robe was furious, and suddenly raised his hand, and two copper coins shot out. The man in the green robe looked thin, but his wrist strength was amazing, and the two copper coins neighed like the wind, hitting the crook of the horse's leg like iron nails, and the horse neighed and fell to the ground.