That night, just as Li Qingling and the rest fell asleep, loud knocking sounds came from outside.Liu Zhimo crawled out of the bed, and as soon as he walked out of the room, he met Li Qingling.
"It"s already so late. I wonder who is it that has come?" Li Qingling frowned, upon hearing that urgent voice, could it be that something big happened?
Liu Zhimo reached out and patted Li Qingling"s head, "Go back and sleep, I"m going out to see who it is."
"It"s fine, I"ll go with you to see who it is." If there was any sudden situation, she could be of some help.
Liu Zhimo could not force her, and nodded his head helplessly.
When the two of them were about to grab the raincoats, Tiger immediately ran out. It was too late for Li Qingling to call him.
Looking at Tiger was like looking at a drowned chicken? She smiled helplessly and quickly put on his raincoat before walking out in large strides.
She rubbed Tiger"s big head and said, "Don"t make any noise later, okay?" She was afraid that the people who came were from the village. If they saw Tiger, they would definitely be scared.
Tiger snorted, his big eyes staring at the door. His body tensed up, ready to attack at any moment.
"I"m not nervous, so why are you nervous?" Seeing her idol so nervous, Li Qingling laughed and patted Tiger"s head, "You hide at the side for now, I"ll go open the door."
Liu Zhimo immediately extended his hand out to hold hers, and spoke with a serious tone: "I"ll do it, go stand by Ah Huang"s side." He was a man, and it was up to him to do that.
Li Qingling tilted his head and looked at him, raising his eyebrows. Under his insistence, he then nodded his head, and obediently stood beside Ah Huang.
After she was done standing, Liu Zhimo asked the person outside loudly, "May I ask who you are? "What"s the matter at this late hour?"
When the person outside heard the question, he paused for a moment before replying in a sharp voice. He was here on the orders of the emperor to look for Imperial Physician Xue and ask him to open the door quickly.
Your majesty?
Doctor Xue?
When Liu Zhimo and Li Qingling heard this, they looked at each other, and frowned even more.
"Zhi Moge, this old man"s surname is Xue, right?"
She seemed to have heard that the old man"s surname was Xue. Could it be that he used to be an imperial physician?
That"s great, they just randomly picked someone to bring back. If he wasn"t an imperial physician or a general, would that be a blessing or a curse?
"Yes, grandfather is surnamed Xue." Liu Zhimo replied calmly, "I wonder if the people outside are speaking the truth?" What if his grandfather"s enemies come? He had to be careful in this matter.
"May I know your name?"
As soon as he asked this question, another voice came out. "Young master, this subordinate is the General Liu"s guard. We have come to ask Doctor Xue to save him." Pausing for a moment, he continued, "There was a plague in Shuangyang County. The situation was urgent, and we had no choice but to come and disturb it. I hope that young master can forgive me."
General Liu?
When Liu Zhimo heard this, his heart sank for a moment. "Please wait a moment, I"ll go ask Imperial Physician Xue to come out." He did not open the door, and signalled to Li Qingling with his eyes, telling him to go call someone.
Li Qingling nodded to him, turned and quickly ran into the house, ran to the old man"s room and knocked on his door.
"Old man, are you asleep? I have something urgent for you. "
"What is it?" A voice came out from the old man"s room, it was probably because he heard Li Qingling"s words, and crawled out of bed.
Li Qingling quickly told him everything. The moment she finished speaking, the old man"s room door opened.
The old man"s face was solemn. He said that he would go and take a look, then strode towards the door.
Li Qingling quickly took off his raincoat and gave it to the old man. The old man put it on and grabbed the bamboo hat on Li Qingling"s head, then went back into the rain.
He walked to Liu Zhimo"s side, patted his shoulder, and asked, who was it?
"Doctor Xue, our family is little Ceng Zi!"
Upon hearing Xiao Sixi"s voice, the old man recognized him. He reached to open the door, and saw Xiao Sixi and Liu Zhihao"s bodyguards standing outside.
Little Ceng walked in, his body trembling a little. As soon as he walked in, he was shocked by Tiger"s glaring eyes. He screamed and ran behind the old man, "T-t-this …" How could there be a big bug? " This was absolutely terrifying.
Even the guard was frightened. He was about to pull out his sword.
"Don"t be afraid, I"m raised here, I won"t bite anyone if I don"t provoke it." The old man smiled and comforted her, "Let"s go in first!"
Little Ceng looked back at Tiger as she walked beside the old man. When she saw Tiger"s eyes shining in the dark, her legs started shaking even more.
He muttered to himself, Imperial Physician Xue is indeed not an ordinary person. He even dared to raise a big bug.
The old man brought Little Ceng Zi and the guard into the living room. Li Qingling had already prepared the tea for them, the old man praised her as he waved her back and forth without a sound, telling her to go back to sleep.
"Come, come, drink a cup of hot tea and warm your body." The old man pushed a cup of tea in front of Little Ceng Zi. "What is your name, young hero?"
"This subordinate is General Liu"s guard, Liu Yi. He was sent by the general to lead the way because he was afraid that Eunuch Zeng would not know the way."
The old man nodded and went to another cup of hot tea. He pushed it in front of Liu Yi and let him drink it to warm his body.
As soon as Ceng Zi finished his tea, he felt that his body wasn"t as cold anymore. He took out an imperial edict from his sleeve and stood up, reading it out loud, "Doctor Xue, accept the edict …"
The old man pulled Liu Zhimo who was standing by the side and kneeled down, "This official accepts the order." Logically speaking, he should have long since returned to his hometown. He was no longer an imperial physician, so he shouldn"t have called himself a subject.
However, the edict said that it was Doctor Xue. If he didn"t call himself an official, it would be slapping the emperor in the face.
He was willing to offend no one and not the emperor!
Since he had no other options, he could only follow along.
While the old man was lost in his thoughts, Little Ceng Zi had already finished reading the imperial edict. The contents of the edict were most likely that there was a plague in Shuangyang County that had sent him to save the man.
Only then did Li Qingling ask him. If there was a plague, would he go and save his?
In the evening, his job came.
"Doctor Xue, accept the decree!"
"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!" As soon as the old man finished speaking, he took the imperial edict and stood up. "Eunuch Zeng, are we leaving now?"
"Right, let"s go now."
Hearing this, the old man nodded, telling Little Ceng and the others to wait a moment as he went to pack up his clothes.
The moment he returned to his room, the smile on his face was no longer there. He looked at Liu Zhimo seriously, "Little Mo, I don"t know when I"ll be able to return after leaving this time. I"ll leave my home to you." The ones he was most worried about were his children, but there was nothing he could do about it. The emperor"s royal decree had already been pa.s.sed down, so he couldn"t refuse it. You have to take precautions, and fry the rest of the medicine in the house every day for the children to drink. "
The old man talked about many things, but Liu Zhimo could not interrupt him. He could only nod his head.
The old man stopped talking only when the guards came to urge him on. He quickly tidied up his clothes, held them in his hand and opened the door.
Seeing Li Qingling who was standing in front of the door, he was stunned for a moment, then laughed again, "Ling"er, I"ll be leaving now. I"ll leave the house to you and Mo Kid to take care of the children, wait for me to return home."
Li Qingling pursed his lips, and said: "Old man, you have to be fine. We will wait at home for you to come back." Plague was not a joke. Even doctors could be infected easily.
The old man rubbed Li Qingling"s head, smiled and nodded, then walked out.
Li Qingling and Liu Zhimo accompanied them to the entrance of the courtyard and watched them board the carriage.
"Big rain, let"s go back!" Take good care of the family. " When the old man entered the carriage, he turned and waved towards Liu Zhimo, telling them to return home.
"Grandfather, you take care too!" Li Qingling and Liu Zhimo spoke out at the same time.
The old man nodded and walked into the carriage.
When the carriage disappeared, Li Qingling shrugged his shoulders.
She was really worried about the old man this time and hoped that he would return safely.
Liu Zhimo locked the courtyard door again, reached out and hugged Li Qingling, then walked back into the house, "It"s okay, Grandfather has an appearance, he will be fine." He put out his hand to smooth her wrinkled brow.
Li Qingling lightly rested his head on Liu Zhimo"s chest, and asked with a m.u.f.fled voice, "Is Shuangyang County far from us?" If they got too close, the chances of the plague getting in would be very high.
Liu Zhimo gently patted Li Qingling"s head and softly replied, "Shuangyang County is the county next door to Anyang County." "Tomorrow morning, I will go tell Cun Zhangyeye about this matter. I will advise him to take precautions in the village during this period of time, and do not allow anyone from the village to come and go as they please." He hoped that this would have a preventive effect.
"Hmm …" Li Qingling nodded and sighed softly. In this period of time, she had truly experienced everything that she had never experienced in his previous life, making her, a person who lived in peaceful times before, a little unable to accept it.
Thinking of her previous life, then thinking of her current life, such a comparison was enough to compare how blissful she was while living in peaceful times.
Liu Zhimo lowered his head and kissed the top of Li Qingling"s hair, "Don"t think too much, I"m here!" He let go of her, led her back to her room, and pushed her to bed. "Sleep!"
The sky is falling, and I"m holding it up.
Li Qingling looked at Liu Zhimo with wide eyes. At this moment, she realised that he was special.
Unable to restrain herself, she got up, kissed him on the cheek, said good night, and lay down again.
Liu Zhimo"s face flushed red uncontrollably. He coughed dryly, forced himself to pretend that he was calm and said good night, then stood up and left in large strides.
Seeing him like that, Li Qingling hid in her bed and snickered. In her life, she felt that she was also very happy.