Chapter 2 How did you come back?
On the seventh day of the winter moon, snow is flying thousands of miles away.
The tower ships docked on the outskirts of Yueyang City were covered with a layer of snow quilt on the boats. The birds were gone along the coast, and there was no trace of people, as if they were frozen between the ice and snow.
On the terrace of the building boat, doors and windows are closed to prevent the cold wind from entering the house.
The two recliners were placed in their original positions, and no one was lying on them for a long time, and a thick layer of snow had accumulated.
In the flower pot next to it, the petals and leaves have already withered, leaving only the dry stamens, hanging on the bare branches, as if a breeze will completely wither.
In the study on the second floor of the Chuan Tower, medical books are piled up like mountains. From Spring and Autumn to the present, from the secret recipes of the palace to the folk remedies in Chu, basically everything you can find is here. Xiao Qi and Song Yufu are in it, carefully reading them page by page, for fear of missing a little useful information.
On the deck, Zhufanban was covered with a cloak and looked into the south with a telescope. After standing for too long, the red cloak had turned white, and the little black dog waiting with his feet turned into a little white dog without realizing it.
I just waited like this, but I don’t know how long I waited.
Finally, in the afternoon, five fast horses flew from the banks of the Xiang River.
The wind and snow along the river are winding and snowing, and the horse's hooves leave a bowl-like footprint on the snow surface, and are covered by heavy snow in the blink of an eye.
Xu Buling was riding a black horse and walked in front. He had white frost on his heroic eyebrows. He was panting like a cow under his crotch. White mist sprayed out from his mouth and nose. He was overwhelmed. Fortunately, the boat was already in front of him.
After leaving Yongzhou City, Xu Buling rushed back to Chu, crossing nearly two thousand miles of mountains and rivers, and only took more than ten days. The only ones who could support him from head to tail were him and Ning Qingye's two wind-chasing horses. Nightingale and others kept changing horses along the way, so they could barely keep up with their pace.
The long-term running around in the cold winter month consumes a lot of people and horses. Chuchu, who just got married and had a low martial arts skills, was almost exhausted, and Qingye was almost the same. She gritted her teeth and forced herself to rush forward. In order to prevent her horse from falling off, Ning Yuhe and Nightingale kept walking in front of her and paying attention.
Zhongli Jiujiu is a doctor and is about to return to the boat. At this time, she sat behind Xu Buling, preparing to treat and save people later. On the way here, she also received rough news from the inn, but practicing medicine emphasizes looking, listening, asking and touching, and still gets a closer look in front of her to know what disease Xiaowan has.
The little sparrow ran so far and was already stunned. At this time, she directly crawled into Jiujiu's clothes, not even showing her head. Jiujiu had to look down from time to time to make sure that nothing happened to the little sparrow.
Seeing the traces of the boat by the river from afar, Xu Buling's horse speed increased a little more. On the deck of the boat, Zhu Manzhi, who had been looking at him with a telescope, quickly waved his hand and ran back to the boat building to inform the girls who had been waiting for a long time.
Soon, Xiao Xianger's figure appeared on the terrace behind the tower ship.
Xiao Xiang'er was still wearing a red dress, but she was obviously a little haggard and tired. It should be because she took care of her for a long time and had not had enough energy to walk. She just raised her hand and signaled Xu Buling to come over quickly.
Xiao Qi and Song Yufu walked out of the boat building, their faces were also not very good, and quickly arranged for the maids to prepare hot water for food.
Xu Buling walked halfway, and saw that he could no longer sprint after running for a long distance, so he simply jumped off the horse, hugged Jiujiu and rushed to the side of the building, strode to the deck, and asked:
"How is the situation?"
Xiao Qi felt sorry for Xu Buling's hair and eyebrows. However, at this time, she obviously could not worry about the love between children. She took Xu Buling to the boat building and said along the way:
"I, Xiao Jiayi, have invited the best doctor to come here. At first I thought that Xiaowan was alone in the mountains for too long, and she buried her hidden worries over time. After the wind and cold, her body collapsed. But I had already used medicine to carefully regulate it. Many famous doctors invited did not think that they used the wrong medicine. Xiaowan's cough was a little better, but her body was not cured at all, and instead became weaker and weaker."
Song Yufu followed her behind and helped her hold Jiujiu's medicine box, her face also a little anxious:
"Sister Xiang'er thinks it's a heart disease, but the heart disease is very mysterious. It's mostly caused by the difficulty of dissolving the heart knot. We can't figure out what kind of heart knot Sister Cui has, so we hurriedly called my husband and sister Jiujiu back."
Zhu Manzhi regards Eunuch Jia as a friend of his age. After Eunuch Jia leaves, Xiaowan has no one to take care of her. Zhu Manzhi actually always regards this as her responsibility, and she is worried at this time:
"I've finished all the jokes from Sister Xiang'er's club. In the end, I just went to make Sister Cui happy. Unfortunately, Sister Cui doesn't like me, and now she doesn't listen to anyone's words..."
"I thought about all the ways I could think of. Hongluan ran to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha. If I hadn't stopped him, Hongluan could have invited the master of the dancer to come and torture..."
The three girls said one by one, one by one, and the situation in recent days was already at the stern of the boat.
Xu Buling and Zhongli Jiujiu had not yet approached, Xiao Xiang'er had already walked out of the house.
Since Cui Xiaowan got sick, Xiao Xianger had never comforted her and had a good sleep. She was with her day and night, and her body was obviously at its limit. When she saw Xu Buling again, Xiao Xianger's anxiety and grievances on her face were unconcealed, and she waved on tiptoe:
"Xu Buling, run faster, why did you come back? I'm so anxious..."
Xiao Xianger is Xiao Wan's nominal mother-in-law, and she promised Xu Bu Ling to take good care of Xiao Wan. As she did this, although the responsibility was not on her, how could Xiao Xianger feel no guilt or blame herself?
Xu Buling walked up to him quickly, supported Xiao Xiang'er, who had been almost exhausted after staying up late for a long time, and advised softly:
"Don't panic, Qiqi, take Xiang'er to rest first, I'll go in and take a look."
Xiao Xiang'er was not willing to leave, so she pulled the omnipotent Zhongli Jiujiu and ran into the inner room.
There was a smell of medicine in the room, and it was not pungent when burning incense, but the originally clean and tidy room seemed a little messy.
In order to allow Cui Xiaowan to relax, Xiao Xianger basically took out all the rare objects she had collected, but obviously none of these things were useful.
Zhongli Jiujiu carried the medicine box. In order to prevent the tension from affecting the patient, she slowed down her expression and tidied up her dress slightly before she walked into the inner room slowly.
Xu Buling followed closely behind and looked up. The bed was covered with a thick quilt. Cui Xiaowan was lying on the pillow, covering her forehead with a towel, and her small and beautiful melon-shaped face, without the agility of the past, her lips were pale and weak.
Cui Xiaowan is already pitiful, but when she looks like this, she will only feel distressed.
Perhaps because he heard the sound, Cui Xiaowan had woken up and turned her head to look at Xu Buling.
After looking at each other for a while, Cui Xiaowan's eyes showed a little undetectable look. She raised her head slightly, curled her lips and showed a smile:
"Why did you run back?" ——
Chapter completed!