Dressed as the sister of the runaway heroine

Chapter 120
Gu Heng couldn't help being curious, she asked, "How is your kung fu?"

Ah Duan replied truthfully: "It's okay."

Gu Heng nodded, thinking that this young man is not humble.

They were walking on the mountain road, but there were many tourists, including many business travelers.

They also brought a carriage of dragon's blood.

The weather was very hot these past few days, Gu Heng and Jing An were both afraid of the heat, so they got out of the carriage and walked along the shade of the trees, but it was still unbearably hot.

Finally found a place with a stream.

But many travelers passing by were by the stream, and some men took off their shirts.

Gu Heng was a little worried, but Jing An said: "Let's go upstream to get some cold stream water for the old man, I think he is almost suffering from heat stroke in the carriage."

Ah Duan escorted the two of them to the upper reaches of the stream.

Gu Heng took off his shoes and socks, soaked in the water for a while, Jing An went to fetch water, and also squatted down to wash his face.

Just staying for a while, I heard a woman screaming.

Several people hurried back.

I only saw a woman with very thin arms but an abnormally large belly among a large group of migrating people, lying on the ground and crying.

There was a large puddle of liquid under her body, and she was about to give birth.

Many people around complained about why the woman's husband asked his wife to follow him on the road when the month was so old.

The woman's husband cried and said that their land had been invaded, but they still had to serve in corvée. There were no people in his family. If he left his wife to go to corvée alone, he might starve to death at home.

So I had to take my pregnant wife to serve in corvee.

The people around couldn't help sighing, many people here were conscripted to do corvee.

For ordinary people in Dayin, men have three years of compulsory labor and two months of regular labor every year.

They don't give money, but they can eat.

Generally, the imperial court arranges to build city walls, build dams and the like, and another category is military service.

These people are from nearby villages and towns who went to Zhending Mansion to serve in corvée.

Jing An hurriedly pulled Gu Heng and said, "A Heng, your mother can deliver babies, can you?"

Gu Heng stammered and said: "My mother taught me some things, but I haven't actually operated it..."

The woman's husband quickly crawled over and knelt down in front of Gu Heng and Jing An. He cried and said, "You two nobles, please, please save her."

The clothes Gu Heng and Jing An wore, the carriage they rode in, and the guards around them told all the people here.

They are not all the way.

Even walking on the same road, many people will subconsciously give way to them.

In fact, Gu Heng has already taken it for granted. When Gu Heng looked at this man, she said, "I will try my best, Duan, go get some pastries and wine from the carriage."

Gu Heng said to the woman's husband, "Go and boil a pot of clean hot water."

Gu Heng took off his robe and covered the woman's lower body. She said, "Don't be afraid, you are born prematurely, the baby is relatively small, and the chance of giving birth is still relatively high, so don't be afraid."

In fact, Gu Heng said this largely to comfort her.

After all, with ancient medical technology, premature birth is often a matter of killing two people.

Gu Heng thought carefully about what Chen would do if he encountered such a thing.

As time passed by, Gu Heng's head became more and more sweaty.

In the final analysis, childbirth is a mother's battle alone, and other people can only assist.

Gu Heng gave her a lot of food.

The woman took a bite of the pastry and burst into tears. She said, "I have never eaten such a delicious thing."

Gu Heng hurriedly said: "Right, there are still many delicious things in this world. If you can survive, your children can also come to this world and enjoy the beauty of the world."

The woman clenched her fists tightly and let out a shrill cry.

The baby came out, wrapped in a white afterbirth. Gu Heng tore the afterbirth and cut the umbilical cord.

Jing'an watched all this with wide eyes, she didn't know that it is so tragic for a woman to give birth.

After the baby was born, the woman let out a long breath and closed her eyes.

Gu Heng hurriedly urged the woman's husband.

"What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and take the child to wash it!"

The woman's husband hugged the kitten-like child and bathed the child with warm water.

Jing'an held the clean child in her arms.

"This child is really good-looking, but a little small."

Gu Heng's body is covered with blood now, she said: "If such a small child is not properly raised, I am afraid that he will not live long."

Jing An looked at the poor couple with some concern.

"But the child's father is going to do corvée."

Jing An returned the child to the two, and the faces of the young couple were full of smiles.

Gu Heng sighed slightly.

"I'll follow me to change clothes first."

Jing'an took clothes for Gu Heng, and Gu Heng went to the stream, found a hidden place, washed his body briefly, and changed into clean clothes.

Jing'an said: "It's really abominable to waste people's money and make people unable to survive."

Gu Heng said: "I look at the law, this kind of situation should be transferred to corvee after discretion."

Jing'an rubbed her chin and said, "I've never heard of any large buildings to be built in Zhending Mansion?"

Many officials in the Dayin area asked the people to build mansions for them, and they treated false claims of corvee service.

Gu Heng changed his clothes and returned to the carriage with Jing An.

Yang Youye sat on the carriage and looked at the group of people in corvee.

Gu Heng opened his mouth and said: "What is the master thinking?"

Yang Youye touched his chin and said, "I just heard from those people that they want to build the city wall for Zhending Mansion."

Gu Heng frowned.

"Is it really a city wall?"

Yang Youye took a sip of the cold water from the creek.

"Isn't it? You'll know when you get there."

A group of people walked for a few days, and after leaving the mountains, they arrived at the plains, and a big city could be seen from a distance.

This big city is Zhendingfu.

Yang Youye waved his fan, and said to Gu Heng: "The fine wines in Zhending Mansion are very famous, you are lucky to enjoy them with me, Master."

Zhending Mansion is extremely prosperous. There are row upon row of shops on both sides of the street. After all, it is the state capital, so it is naturally more prosperous than a small county town.

But Gu Heng felt a little strange.

There is not a single beggar on the streets of Zhending Mansion, even in Nanjing, the most affluent south of the Yangtze River, there are groups of beggars on the streets.

But since they came in, they didn't see a single beggar.

While Gu Heng was going to buy food, he asked the owner of the shop.

Gu Heng said: "This Zhending Mansion is really so rich, you don't even see a beggar on the street."

Listening to Gu Heng's accent, the boss said with a smile: "The girl is from the south of the Yangtze River. Let's make sure that the mansion is not a beggar. Even the fools on the street are dragged to build buildings."

(End of this chapter)