Chapter 206

On the same day, Lin Baozhu and his party left the post house and settled down in a wine shop near the yamen.After all, it was getting late, and they were frightened during the day, even the six sons dared not leave the city easily and continue on their way.

However, considering that the first assassination failed, there might be a second one, so they could only find a relatively safe place.Although posthouses are mostly managed and looked after by officials, they cannot avoid opening them in relatively secluded places for convenience, so it is naturally easier to get started.

Now that they settled in a bustling and bustling place in the city, and they were close to the government, even if the person behind the assassin had a high position and authority, they had to be cautious.After all, if you are not careful, you will be involved in the yamen, and you must know that the officials of Yanjing, the boundary government, are out-and-out royalists. Zhang Mandun's return to Beijing was not going well at all.

Not long after the few people entered the inn, they only had a quick bite of food when Lin Baozhu noticed that Da Ya and Hongmei's faces were starting to flush.The child who used to be chattering all the time, now he is listless and uncomfortable.

She stretched out her hand and pulled him to her side, only to find that the skin under her hand was hot.There was no thermometer or anything like that this year, so she didn't know how high the temperature of the two children's fever was. However, when she thought that there were no powerful antipyretics in ancient times, it seemed that many people died of fever, and she became anxious.He didn't dare to delay, so he quickly opened the door and asked the six sons who were guarding the door to find a doctor and come back.

This encounter was a mess, and immediately she didn't let Qingqing take Hongmei to rest next door, she just asked the staff to build a soft couch in the room, and then found two quilts to come over.

"Brother, please bring some hot water." Seeing that his wife was busy taking care of the young lady and Hongmei, Qingqing quickly took out dozens of copper coins and handed them over, then said, "There are two more cloth towels."

The guy was also very winking, he didn't say much after receiving the copper coin, and ran to the backyard in response.After a while, he came over with two basins of hot water. Perhaps he felt that the two cloth towels were just for replacement, so he brought two extra clean ones.

With hot water, Lin Baozhu and Qingqing took care of each other and helped wipe the wrung cloth towels on Da Ya and Hongmei's foreheads. They felt that the cloth towels were a little colder, so they applied them to their foreheads.

While they were waiting anxiously here, Liu Zi also invited the doctor over.The doctor checked the pulse and eyes of the two people before prescribing the medicine, and then said: "Ma'am, don't panic, the two young ladies have a fever caused by fright, and there is nothing serious about it. After taking the medicine and taking a good rest, you will be fine." It'll be all right."

Hearing what the doctor said, Lin Baozhu still didn't dare to be careless, but out of respect for the doctor, she didn't say anything to question her.Traditional Chinese medicine has been handed down since ancient times, and it is extensive and profound. Even if she doesn't understand it, she still knows that sometimes the mysterious and mysterious Chinese medicine is not inferior to Western medicine, and there may be more subtleties.

Seeing that Lin Baozhu had listened to his words, the doctor who spoke just now was still worried, and shook his head, and said: "There is a saying in "Textual Research on the Origin of Diseases" that 'the pulse is erratic due to shock', and it is also said in "Jianmo of Pulse Meaning" that 'wavering, It hurts the gallbladder'. The illnesses of the two young ladies are like this, and in addition to what the lady said, the two were frightened, but they did not see the wind and cold, and there was no cold in the body, so the old man can conclude that the two were frightened."

Seeing what the old doctor said clearly, Lin Baozhu was relieved a little, and hurriedly leaned over to salute and thank her.After seeing off the old doctor, the six sons asked Yang Yong to take the medicine and boil it himself, and he himself led someone to guard the door of the room, so as not to make any mistakes again.Fortunately, they have changed into casual clothes now, and they look like ordinary guards in the eyes of outsiders, so they did not cause disturbance and attention.

Because the old doctor had explained in detail before, if you are worried, you can find some wine to wipe the forehead, armpits and chest of Da Ya and Hong Mei, which will also help to reduce the temperature and fever.So Lin Baozhu couldn't be free at the moment, so he directly asked the buddy to deliver two jars of spirits, and didn't dare to take it lightly for a moment, and wiped it carefully for Da Ya.Of course, Qingqing also learned how to take care of Hongmei on the other side of Babu's bed.

They had just finished wiping twice and were taking a breath when there was a knock on the door.Then, Yang Yong respectfully said that the medicine was ready.

After feeding the two of them with soup and medicine, Lin Baozhu personally coaxed the two who were struggling to sleep, rubbing their foreheads and sitting up straight.Looking at Qingqing again, she also had a tired face, and she was obviously in a daze, she was holding on, she hadn't come out of the dangerous panic before.

Now Daya and Hongmei had drank the antipyretic decoction and fell asleep drowsily, presumably the old doctor added some calming herbs to the medicine.Seeing Qingqing's pale face at this moment, she also felt a little soft in her heart, she pulled someone to sit beside her, and then asked the six sons to go to the cabinet downstairs to find a buddy for some food.

After eating a few more mouthfuls in a hurry, Lin Baozhu softly asked Qingqing to rest on the soft couch for half the night, and then get up to watch for her in the middle of the night.Qingqing shook her head again and again, refusing to say anything, but in the end she couldn't resist Madam's decision, so she could only bite the bullet and lay down on the soft couch with her clothes on.

Originally, she was afraid that she would not be able to fall asleep, because those murder scenes would always come to her mind. You must know that during the day, she was determined to die, and she almost never saw her parents again.At that time, I didn't feel so scared, but when I think about it now, I can't stop shaking.

But she didn't want to, just when her eyes were closed and her mind was full of messy things, the madam sat on the edge of the soft couch, patted her back to comfort herself just like her mother used to coax her to sleep, without knowing it During the sleep, she actually fell asleep in a daze.

Lin Baozhu sighed only after the three little ones had slept soundly, and then touched the foreheads of Daya and Hongmei with her hands. The temperature of the tentacles was not as scorching as before, and she felt relieved a little.Then he helped the two of them tuck up the corners of the quilt, and went to put out a cloth towel to scrub themselves.

It was too embarrassing when I left the post house before, but now, I just washed my hands and face in a hurry, but my body is still covered in cold sweat and greasy clothes are stuck to my body.After washing her hands and wiping her body again, she felt a little better before she let out a sigh of relief.

When he arrived at midnight, Yang Yong knocked on the door lightly again, saying that the second bowl of decoction was ready.Lin Baozhu looked at Qingqing, who was sleeping peacefully, and remembered that she was only a teenager. After being so frightened, she still insisted on taking care of Da Ya and Hongmei with herself. It was not easy at all. Naturally, he didn't open his mouth to wake her up.

He opened the door, took the tray in Yang Yong's hand, then closed the door and entered the room.Maybe it was because the previous decoction helped, or because they slept in the middle of the night, both Da Ya and Hongmei gained a little strength, and it was obviously much easier to feed the medicine this time. Although the two of them were still staring at each other, but Knowing that he actively swallowed the medicine juice near his mouth.

To say anything else, maybe it is untrue, but there is one thing that makes Lin Baozhu both distressed and gratified.It's just that both Da Ya and Hong Mei have eaten too much bitterness, and they have eaten more than astringent and rotten things, so they don't object to drinking medicine.Especially Da Ya, when she saw her mother's worried expression in the haze, she didn't dare to be coquettish and shameless, she just gulped down the bitter and unpalatable soup, and while she was a little bit more energetic, she tugged on her mother's sleeve to comfort her A few words.

She actually wanted to say more, but her eyelids were heavy, and in the end she could only mutter something like "Da Ya is fine, Da Ya is not afraid", and fell asleep again.And Hongmei is about the same.

It took only half an hour to feed this bowl of medicine, and the two of them were sweating again, so Lin Baozhu hurriedly wiped them with a new dry cloth towel.It was only when they saw that the flush on the faces of the two of them subsided a little, and their expressions were not so embarrassing anymore, that they became happy.

Thinking of what the old doctor said, if you sweat in the middle of the night, the symptoms will basically subside, and there is nothing to worry about with fever.Now it seems that it really is so, thinking of this, she let out a sigh of relief, and her heavy heart finally brightened a lot.

After all, it was a famous inn in Yanjing. Even though it was late at night, the clerk was worried that there were patients upstairs, so he came up to ask if he wanted some night food. There was still a fire in the backyard kitchen for his wife.

Looking at Daya and Hongmei who had improved, she thought that the two children hadn't eaten anything before they had a fever last night, and now that they are weak, they will inevitably feel uncomfortable with an empty stomach, so she told the six sons to let the boy stay up early Some millet porridge.

When Liu Zi came back again, he was still carrying a tray with a bowl of small wontons and a small plate of dim sum on the tray, and a pot of hot tea beside it.

"Sister-in-law, thinking that the brothers have been busy all day, I followed the buddy to the kitchen to ask for some food, and thinking that you haven't had a drop of water all night, I brought you some." After a pause, he Scratching his head, he said, "I've sent someone to deliver a letter to elder brother, and maybe I'll get a reply in a day or two."

Hearing news about her own man again, Lin Baozhu felt unspeakable grievances in her heart, but she couldn't express anything in front of her six sons.She nodded, thought for a while, and said, "It's good for you guys to take turns on duty at night. Don't get tired together, or your body won't be able to bear it." After a pause, she said, "Look at the kitchen now What to eat, don’t be stingy, let everyone eat well, and use the money I gave you to settle the bill later, and let everyone buy wine if there is any leftover. If it is not enough, you can just talk to me.”

Before going on the road, Lin Baozhu had given the six sons 500 taels of silver as money, just to avoid any accidents on the road or any troubles where money was spent.What's more, she has never been a pickpocket, she knows that money should be spent wisely, some money can only be spent more but she can't bear it.

(End of this chapter)

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