The world's ambitions are unparalleled

Chapter 96 Even if there is a Shengge, it will break the heart (4)
"I won't go back." Jinse said suddenly, "I just catch a cold occasionally, and Mr. Pei can be cured with one or two doses of medicine. This is coming and going, bumpy all the way, but it's a torment."

Hearing this, Lu Li immediately looked at her with eyes that were too muddy to support the wall, and with all kinds of winks reminding her, Jinse just pretended not to see.

However, Su Mo didn't seem to care about Jinse's situation. He covered his mouth and coughed a few more times before saying to Lu Li, "It's hot, you'll be cooler if you leave at this time."

Lu Li helplessly stroked his forehead and sighed, then got up and left.

As soon as he left, Pei Yiqing over there came over, lifted his robe and sat down: "My lord, Miss Song."

Su Mo nodded and said, "How are the villagers?"

Hearing his question, Jinse's heart skipped a beat, she raised her head and looked at Pei Yiqing nervously.

"It's complicated." Pei Yiqing drank two mouthfuls of porridge and said, "Although there has been no epidemic yet, I'm afraid it will be soon. The weather has been so hot that those corpses that have not been found must have rotted. I'm afraid it won't take half a month—"

He didn't continue talking, but he noticed Jinse's gaze, and then turned to look at her, and saw her complexion was not good: "Miss Song has a cold?"

Jinse didn't answer, but said: "Mr. Pei, can I help you?"

Pei Yiqing smiled faintly: "How dare you bother the girl with such a thing. If Haitang is still there, it would be best for her to do it."

The blood on Jinse's face faded quickly, Su Mo's eyes flicked across her face, and he remained silent.

After a long time, Jinse finally said softly: "I won't do anything big, but I'm just doing my best."

Although Pei Yiqing politely rejected Jinse, but after eating breakfast, when Jinse followed him to the ruined temple, he still directed Jinse to do things very naturally.

The first thing to do was to boil the medicine. She kept dozens of medicine jars by herself, she couldn't stop her hands, her breath was full of bitter taste of the medicine, but she persisted, boiled the medicines, and sent them to the patients one by one. , but freed Pei Yiqing and those two little medical boys.

In the morning, Jinse got scalded in more than a dozen places on her hands, and in the afternoon she had to take medicine for the night, so she stayed in the medicine room all day, and she only felt that she was also covered with burns. The smell of medicine can't be blown away even by the night wind.

On the way back, Pei Yiqing gave her a small box of medicine for scalding, Jinse wiped it on her hands carefully, and turned to look at the ruined temple, saying, "Mr. Pei, these people are all seriously ill. Lying in this ruined temple all this time?"

"The big house used to accommodate them has not been built yet, and now it's just a temporary settlement." Pei Yiqing replied, and then said, "From tomorrow, I will go to several nearby villages to treat the villagers. I wonder if Miss Song is afraid of hard work. ?”

Jinse shook her head: "I would like to go with Mr. Pei."

Pei Yiqing nodded: "I asked Doctor Tongling to pick out two doses of medicine, one for Miss Song and one for the Prince Regent. When Miss Song boils the medicine for herself, don't forget to boil the Prince Regent's medicine as well. "

Jinse was slightly taken aback, and nodded.

Naturally, it took some time to boil the medicine, and she came back late, and when the medicine was boiled, Su Mo's door was closed, and she seemed to have lay down and rested.

She drank her own bowl of medicine, and seeing that Su Mo's bowl was going to be cold, she finally picked it up and knocked on Su Mo's door.

It took a long time to hear a sound inside. After a cough, the door opened. Su Mo had his hair down and was wearing pajamas. As expected, he had already fallen asleep. Seeing that it was her, he turned back to the bed with no expression on his face. sit down.

Jinse stepped into the door silently, put the medicine on the simple wooden table in the room, and said, "Drink the medicine before resting while it's still warm."

Su Mo raised his eyes to look at her, and saw that she was standing aside with her head slightly lowered, and she didn't say anything more, as if she was waiting for him to drink the medicine before she took out the empty bowl.

The last time they got together alone was the night before Su Mo left Zhongli, that dreamlike night.Up to now, Jinse thinks of that night, and still doesn't know what kind of demon she was in, but that night, his attitude is so clear, even if she fell asleep later because of sleepiness, she can still feel that he hugged her tenderly. language.

Later, she was afraid that when she saw him again, what happened that night would be mentioned.But it never occurred to them that when the two met again, it was Haitang's death.She no longer has to worry that he will be entangled because of what happened that night, because he has stopped talking to her at all.

There was no sadness or joy in her heart, just emptiness.Obviously the chest cavity is only so big, but the heart is empty and boundless.

Before Haitang died, she told her that she was the only one in Su Mo's heart, and in his words, he meant to ask Jinse to treat each other with care.And Jinse once thought that her position in Su Mo's heart was probably a little different, but now that she thinks about it, she just wants to laugh at her overestimation, and can't help but feel regretful.If Haitang is still alive, knowing that she is what Su Mo cares about, probably, she will be very happy, right?

But Haitang is gone, she has no way of knowing, and Jinse has no way of finding out.

Jinse quietly waited for Su Mo to drink the medicine, but he still didn't move. Finally, she couldn't help but raised her head: "The medicine is cold."

Su Mo lowered his eyes lightly: "No need. Only Haitang knows about my habit of taking medicine. It's not her decoction. I can't drink it."

Jinse pursed her lips, paused for a long time, and finally forced a smile: "It's so annoying, you can rest."

After saying that, she reached out to take the bowl of cold medicine, turned around and left Su Mo's room.

She felt guilty, but that guilt was because of Haitang. To Su Mo, she really didn't need to feel guilty, but because he was the person Haitang cared about so much, she felt some strange emotional surges in her heart.

Jinse silently poured out the medicine juice and dregs, returned to her room, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, before dawn, she followed Pei Yiqing on the road to the neighboring village.

The situation in the next few villages is similar to that of Lujia Village. There are also a group of people suffering from various diseases due to the flood. Due to the shortage of manpower, no matter whether it is an imperial doctor or a folk doctor who came down from Beijing, they have no time to take care of such a small village. Pei Yiqing's visit every few days was already a great blessing to everyone.

After following Pei Yiqing through this experience, Jinse realized how serious the flood was this time. Seeing so many people displaced was a shock she had never experienced before.

Ten days later, when she followed Pei Yiqing to the sixth village, she was shocked to hear that several villagers in the village had contracted diseases and died one after another. Seeing Pei Yiqing's heavy expression, Jinse knew that the thing he was most worried about had finally come. --plague!
The whole village was brought under control almost immediately, but it was already too late. Within two days, news of people dying from the plague came from nearby villages one after another.

Under such circumstances, many doctors spontaneously came to the epidemic area to treat and prevent the epidemic. Even so, Pei Yiqing was busier than before, and even Jinse was too busy to touch the ground. The more people there are, the more they realize the seriousness of the epidemic. At the same time, there is also a shortage of medicinal materials.

Every time Pei Yiqing went to a village, he would always call together all the doctors to discuss the problem of medicinal materials, but he still couldn't find a solution.Jinse's worries were no less than anyone else's, especially considering that Pei Yiqing said that if Haitang was there, she would definitely be able to find a way to solve this problem, and the burden on her heart was even heavier.

"Sister... Am I ill and dying?"

Probably because Jinse's face was really serious, the boy who was waiting for her to deliver the medicine opened his mouth weakly.

Jinse came back to her senses suddenly, smiled and stroked his head: "Of course not, you and your friends will be fine."

"But... I heard from my father that your medicinal materials... are not enough, and we will soon have no medicines..."

Jinse felt sad, but still smiled: "No, the medicinal materials to heal you will be delivered soon, so you don't have to worry."

"Sister, my dad knows how to gather herbs... Tell my dad what herbs you need...he will go to the mountains to pick them..."

Jinse reached out to help him up, brought the medicine bowl to his lips, and said while feeding him, "Well, so, you will definitely get better, remember to drink the medicine well every day, and don't feel bitter."

The boy nodded obediently after drinking the medicine.

Jinse took out the silk from her sleeve and opened it, revealing the candied fruit inside.It was brought to her by someone sent by Lu Li a few days ago. In the current environment, she didn't have the heart to eat snacks, so she stayed here and coaxed the children to take medicine, which was very effective.Jinse took one and put it into the boy's mouth, saying: "Today you are good, this is the reward. If you are still so good tomorrow, there is still a reward."

The boy happily put the candied fruit in his mouth and nodded.

Jinse put away the medicine bowl, her eyes touched the medicine dregs at the bottom of the bowl, she recalled what the boy said just now, a thought seemed to flash through her mind, but she couldn't grasp it.

Shaking her head helplessly, she stood up, but that thought suddenly flashed back and entered her mind!

Snapped!
The medicine box in Jinse's hand fell to the ground suddenly, and the empty bowl inside was shattered to pieces on the ground, which shocked many patients to look this way.Jinse didn't care about anything, turned around, lifted her skirt and ran away.

"Mr. Pei!" She quickly ran to the place where Pei Yiqing was, pulled his cuff before she could breathe, and panted, "I know where to find the medicinal materials!"

Pei Yiqing immediately turned her face: "What?"

Jinse tried her best to calm her breathing, and said anxiously: "Nayi Mountain is a herb garden, where...a lot of rare medicinal materials are available...the rolling mountains and forests...are all medicinal materials! If you send a large number of people, you can travel day and night Hurry up, you can go back and forth in less than ten days, and you can collect and transport at the same time, which will definitely alleviate the shortage of medicinal materials!"

Pei Yiqing was startled for a while, but when he came back to his senses, joy appeared in his usually cold eyes: "Come on, send a letter to the magistrate immediately!"

Jinse pressed her heart, looked at him, and finally smiled.

When Jinse returned to Lujiacun with Pei Yiqing, it was already more than half a month later.Su Mo brought local officials to survey the terrain of the river and did not return. Fortunately, the epidemic was finally under control at this time, and the shortage of medicinal materials was replenished. Pei Yiqing's always dignified expression eased a little.Coupled with the fact that the flood season is coming to an end, the villagers' houses have also been officially put into new construction, and everything seems to be moving in a good direction.

However, Jinse did not feel relieved at all. Although the epidemic is under control, there are still many patients who have not recovered from the epidemic. Therefore, she still has a lot of things to do every day. Often, at the end of the day, she can only rest for more than two hours.

This day was busy until late at night as usual, but I also met two little devils who refused to sleep peacefully no matter what, Jinse coaxed them for a long time, finally settled them down, and then got up and left.

Walking out of the big house, being blown by the outside wind, he suddenly felt extremely sleepy, as if the exhaustion accumulated over the past month had swept over him, and he couldn't take a step further.

Jinse sighed inwardly, and sat down along the base of the wall, only wanting to rest for a while before going back, unexpectedly, she could barely open her eyes as soon as she sat down, and fell into a deep sleep that was almost comatose after a while.

The wind at night was originally cold, but this night, it was unusually warm in her sleep.

At Mao the next day, Jinse woke up almost on time. As soon as she opened her eyes, she got up quickly, only thinking that it was time to boil the medicine, but when she was about to wash up, she suddenly realized that she was in a room that seemed to be familiar to her. This bed, warm quilt and soft pillow, is not the cold brick bed in her room at all.

Thinking about it carefully, I remembered that I fell asleep outside the medicine hut last night. Who brought her here?
There were some booklets and cinnabar brushes scattered on the table, Jinse's heart skipped a beat, she stepped forward to pick up a booklet and opened it, it turned out to be a booklet presented to Su Mo by an official from Beijing.

He is back?

She was hesitating, and before she could put down the folder in her hand, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

After more than a month of doing it by myself, eating and sleeping in the open air, Su Mo became darker and thinner, but the expression on his face still didn't change much. Seeing her standing there, he just said indifferently: "Wake up."

Jinse responded in a low voice, without asking any more questions, she walked sideways past him, ready to go out to fetch water and freshen up, but just as she stepped out of the room, she was startled——Su Mo was next to her. But at this moment, there is a pile of collapsed ruins next to her, where is her room?
"That corner of the house collapsed, but luckily you were not in that room last night." Su Mo briefly explained.

Jinse turned her head to look at him, only to find that his hand was injured. Seeing her looking over, she took her hand away calmly.Jinse paused slightly, nodded, and then left the room.

The medicine hut was busy until noon, Jinse managed to catch her breath, picked up a steamed bun, and filled her stomach with tea, when the light in the hut suddenly dimmed, and a tall man came in through the curtain.

Lu Li, who hadn't shown up for a long time, screamed when he saw Jinse: "My lady, I haven't seen you for more than a month, why are you so haggard? Those people outside have eaten rice, why are you still eating this rough steamed bun?"

"There are still some steamed buns left, so I just picked and ate them as long as I can fill my stomach." Jinse saw him suddenly, and there was no surprise of reunion. After eating the steamed buns, he lazily explained, and then he After sizing it up, he found that he still looked like a handsome young man with a jade face a month ago, so he couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

Lu Li seemed to dislike her for being careless, and complained, "This medicine shed is full of bitter medicine. I really don't know how you stayed here." After saying that, he took her hand to look at her, and then he hated it again. Fan Fan: "You're quite happy with your hands until your hands turn yellow after boiling the medicine."

"I'm happier when you're not around." Jinse withdrew her hand and replied unceremoniously.

"It's really heartless." Lu Li immediately looked like he was holding his heart, "I saw your room collapsed last night, and I thought you were buried in it, so I wish I could tear down that room right now. , rescued you, but you treated me like this!"

The corner of Jinse's mouth twitched slightly. For some reason, Su Mo's injured hand suddenly appeared in his mind, and he only responded lightly: "Really?"

Lu Li snorted coldly, and said, "Fortunately, I was calm, and soon realized that you should not be inside, otherwise..." He paused, looking at Jinse with deep meaning: "The hand of the regent, I'm afraid it's gone."

Jinse suddenly hooked the corners of her lips towards him, and said nonchalantly, "Yes."

Lu Li wanted to say something, but Jinse pushed him impatiently and walked out: "I'm going to make medicine again, don't you dislike the taste? Let's go quickly, don't waste my time here."

That night, Jinse did not leave the medicine house.Since the room she lived in had already collapsed, she might as well settle in this medicine hut, which would save a lot of trouble.

On the second day, Pei Yiqing suddenly sent someone to take over Jinse's task of boiling medicine. When he was free for a while, Jinse was not used to it. He stayed in the medicine house for a while, and then simply walked into the big house to accompany the children who had not yet recovered play.

Those children are all taken care of by her, and they often get some snacks from her, so they all like Jinse very much. In addition, she has various ways to play, which makes the children very happy.

When Su Mo walked into the big room with several officials, Jinse was leading a few children in a competition to catch stones. One of the children lost, very unconvinced, and pouted at Jinse, Jinse looked at him After one glance, he suddenly made a big grimace back, which was so funny that the children immediately burst into laughter.

The few officials behind Su Mo couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Jinse turned her head suddenly, and when she saw the people standing at the door, she immediately blushed slightly, quickly picked up the stones, and sent the children back to her berth.

Su Mo and the others came here not only to visit, but also to appease them. They asked about everyone's condition and stayed in the room for a while. Then they were busy with their own affairs. When they were about to leave, Su Mo suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Jinse was staying in the innermost corner of the house, talking to a child, who pestered Jinse to take him out to play, Jinse thought of many tricks, but failed to calm her down.

Suddenly there was the sound of a person's footsteps behind her, Jinse's body froze slightly, she lowered her head even more to comfort the girl, just reached out her hand to touch her head, but was held in mid-air.

Jinse's palms were cold, Su Mo held her tightly, smiled and said to the girl, "Sister Jinse is tired and needs to rest. Take care of your illness. Tomorrow I will have someone make a wooden horse and bring it here for you to play with."

"Really?" The little girl was attracted almost immediately, and looked at him with bright eyes.

Su Mo stretched out the little finger of the other hand, and the girl happily hooked him, and then she was willing to let Jinse go.

Seeing that Su Mo did not let go of Jinse's hand, the officials and other villagers in the house lowered their heads and did not dare to look any further, but the ignorant children clapped their hands and laughed ambiguously.

Jinse bit her lip slightly, followed Su Mo all the way outside, and then said in a low voice, "Let go."

Su Mo turned a deaf ear, still holding her tightly and walking forward.

Jin Se just wanted to break free from him, but her eyes suddenly touched the large and small unhealed wounds on his hands, and her body stiffened slightly.

When she was in a daze for a moment, Su Mo suddenly stopped and turned to look at her.

His expression was still very calm, but he still held her hand tightly: "Jinse, did Haitang say anything before she died?"

She immediately changed her face, and the next moment, she looked away.

Su Mo stretched out his hand to pinch her chin, forcing her to look at him, as if persuading: "Tell me, what did Haitang say before she died?"

Jinse was forced to look at the deep eyes in his eyes, and suddenly felt inexplicable sadness in her heart.

She was sure that she didn't owe him anything, so why did Haitang care about him the most?

There were enough grievances and entanglements with him. In the past, she could try her best to separate those messy entanglements, but after Haitang's death, everything suddenly became chaotic again.

Jinse hated herself more than ever before.

(End of this chapter)