A group of seven people hurried to Xiazhou, because they didn't rest, and they spared no effort in horsepower, they directly bypassed Yongzhou City, and Shen Shi arrived at the post station.
Man Bao and the others stopped, went directly to the post station to replenish dry food and hot water, and then continued on their way. Seeing that they were about to leave, Yicheng hurriedly said: "It takes a day to travel from here to the next station. Missed Sutou."
Man Bao said: "We found a village shop on the way to stay."
"What if I miss the village?" Yicheng said, "My lord, it's not Xiaqiu now. If you sleep outside at this time, you will freeze to death."
Man Bao looked at Daji.
After calculating the schedule, Daji confirmed: "We can find a village to settle down."
Man Bao thanked Yi Cheng for reminding him, and took the people away.
Watching them run away, Yi Cheng couldn't help frowning, he's too busy in the hospital, why should he be in such a hurry
The Man Bao seven continued to run until it was dark before they heard the dog barking faintly.
Daji got off his horse and lit the torch, followed the sound and walked down the path. After a quarter of an hour, he saw the village with lights on.
Man Bao and the others reined in the horse beside him, and the doctor's assistant felt cold when he saw it, "It looks like there are only two lights."
Bai Shan glanced at him and said, "It means this village is not too small, let's go."
Only two lights are not too small
The medical assistant followed them forward in a daze, and he understood what Bai Shan meant when he entered the village. It was dark now, but some houses could barely be seen under the moonlight.
There are still many, but the lights are not on.
There are people who raise dogs in the village, and they bark loudly when they enter the village, even the chickens coo, and the originally quiet village suddenly becomes lively.
Daji went directly to knock on the house that could light the lamp.
Coincidentally, it is the village chief's house.
So Man Bao and the others lived in with a string of money.
Two and a half rooms for 100 yuan, plus hot water and some ordinary food, it is still very cost-effective.
Man Bao lived with their granddaughter, so it was two and a half rooms.
Man Bao said to Daji: "Let them make a pot of ginger soup, so that everyone can disperse the cold."
Daji responded, took out a piece of ginger from the bag, and picked a piece from a square piece of brown sugar and handed it to the host.
The host was stunned for a moment, and quickly took it over to cook.
While Man Bao was drinking the soup, Bai Shan had already communicated with the village head, turned his head and said to Man Bao, "It's not far from here to the official road, we should get up early tomorrow, and we should be able to reach the next post station around Weishi, and we can get there in the evening." When we reach the third station, our horses will have to be changed."
Man Bao understood that such a high-intensity journey would definitely damage the horses, so they had to be replaced in order not to affect the rest of the journey.
Not only horses, but people are also very tired.
Man Bao took out a jar of ointment from the bag, handed it to Bai Shan, and said, "You can wipe it on at night."
Bai Shan didn't refuse, and took it.
The seven stayed in the village for one night, got up before dawn the next day, asked the village chief to prepare a breakfast meal, and changed a lot of white steamed buns for dry food, then set off in discredit.
It wasn't until they got on the official road that it became brighter, and they could barely see the road clearly.
There was no one on the official road, and the seven of them let the horse gallop on the official road without worry.
As soon as they left, the village head glanced at the thirty cents in his hand, turned around and said to his family humanely: "Recently, don't go to the county town, and don't go to crowded places. If there are passers-by from the north, try to Don't stay overnight."
His eldest son asked, "Why?"
"I don't know," the village head said confidently, "The nobleman didn't say the reason, he just told us to go to busy places if we have nothing to do."
A group of people arrived at the third station before dark. The horses were almost tired and fell down. Man Bao and the others almost couldn't stand still. They handed the horses to the people in the station to wash up, and then communicated with the postman to change the horses. thing.
Man Bao took out an ingot of gold, worth twelve taels, and she had her official seal and documents from the imperial hospital, so Yicheng promised to change the horses for them, and the documents were also ready.
Because Man Bao is an official, this time he is on a business trip, so he doesn't need money for accommodation and food.
The next day, when it was still dark, I got up and had breakfast, and then I took the dry food prepared by the post station and set off.
Yi Cheng watched them leave sleepily, finally believing that they were in a hurry.
Going out on business in such a cold place, and still being on such an urgent errand, what a lifespan. Sure enough, being a high official is not so easy.
In this way, hurriedly and slowly, changing horses three times in the middle, they finally approached Xiazhou on the fifth day.
As soon as they approached Xiazhou, they noticed it, because there was no car going north on the official road, and occasionally they would meet cars coming in the opposite direction. Cars and people walking straight away.
It was getting dark, and they hadn't seen the city yet. Daji glanced and saw that there were only three people coming from the opposite side on the official road. It looked like a family of four, a young man with an old woman and a young woman, Pushing a cart, carrying a pannier and luggage on his back.
Daji stepped forward to stop the group and asked, "How far is it from Xiazhou City?"
The people who were stopped looked at them in surprise, "Are you going to Xiazhou City? You can't enter Xiazhou City. There is an epidemic there, and it has been sealed off. You can leave quickly."
Daji said quickly: "We know that we are going to Xiazhou City for business, but now that the sky is getting dark, I don't know how far we have to go to Xiazhou City."
The man took a look at their tall horse, stepped back a little, blocked the family behind him and said, "Yes, it's not very far. If you ride horses, you should arrive in about two hours."
Man Bao looked at them condescendingly on his horse, glanced at their cart, and asked, "Are you from Xiazhou City?"
"No," the man eagerly denied, probably because he realized that he was too hasty, and after a pause, he said: "Our family is nearby, and our livelihood is not good now. We are going to the child's grandparent's house to ask for a living."
Man Bao looked at him for a long time, finally dismounted, stepped forward to look at the cart, and stretched out his hand to lift the quilt, the man quickly grabbed her hand, "What are you doing?"
Daji immediately stepped forward and grabbed his hand, pressing him, "Let go."
Man Bao stared at him and said, "I am a doctor."
The man stood in front of the cart to prevent them from moving.
Man Bao signaled Daji to let go, and Bai Shan groped in the bag, found Man Bao's official seal, stepped forward and said: "We are from the Tai Hospital, are you sure you don't want us to take a look?"
The man was so surprised, he glanced at the official seal, um, he didn't recognize it.
But…
His eyes slid over their clothes and the tall horses behind them, and then looked at their demeanor, he hesitated for a moment before letting go of Man Bao's hand, stood a little to the side, but still looked at them warily.