After leaving Beijing, Feng Liao and his team quickly discovered that it was neither Yong Ruo nor Hua Rou, but Imperial Physician Xu, who slowed down everyone's schedule.
When Feng Liao left Beijing this time, she did not bring the prince's ceremonial car with her. Apart from a few large wagons for supplies, there were only two low-key carriages for people to sit in.
One was prepared for Imperial Physician Xu, and the other was originally prepared for Yong Ruo and Hua Rou.
But most of the time, Yong Ruo and Hua Rou accompanied them on horseback, and the reason given was: to practice riding.
Feng Liao felt: Since Ruoruo has already followed, it is also necessary to practice riding skills in case of emergencies, so let them do as well.
Doctor Xu can't ride a horse, so he can only ride a car.
But in this era, there are neither cement roads nor asphalt roads. Even the official roads are just dirt roads, which are only slightly wider and flatter than ordinary dirt roads.
In addition, the carriages of this era lack effective shock-absorbing devices, and the speed of the carriage is fast, and the degree of bumps can shake people's hearts, liver, spleen, stomach and kidneys.
Less than ten miles out of the city, Feng Liao and the others had just trotted for a while on horseback, and Doctor Xu couldn't stand it anymore.
His little apprentice Dang Gui poked his head out of the carriage, and shouted at Feng Liao and the others: "My lord, can you slow down a bit? My master is almost unbearable!"
Feng Liao, who was riding with Yong Ruo and enjoying it very much, couldn't help saying sorry secretly.
He turned his horse's head around and trotted to Doctor Xu's carriage, and asked through the window, "Is Doctor Xu okay?"
Doctor Xu in the carriage showed a wry smile: "My lord, please slow down. My old bones can't stand such bumps!"
"I'm sorry! I was negligent." Feng Liao smiled apologetically at Dr. Xu, and loudly told Su Mingjian and others to slow down.
"Is this okay?" After slowing down and walking for a while, Feng Liao asked Doctor Xu through the window.
Doctor Xu nodded, but did not speak.
By the time of the lunch break, Imperial Physician Xu hadn't recovered yet.
When he was helped out of the carriage by Angelica and helped him to rest under the shade of a tree, his steps were floating and his face was pale.
It's convenient for Feng Liao to go.
Yong Ruo walked up to Imperial Physician Xu, looked at him, and asked very worriedly: "How do you feel?"
"It's not that good!" Imperial Physician Xu said angrily, almost bursting into tears, "Hey! It's an old bone, and I still suffer from it!"
He glanced at Yong Ruo, who was as if nothing had happened, and felt even more depressed. He couldn't help muttering: "It's clearly a woman, but she can ride a horse! It's nothing more than being able to ride a horse, but she can ride so well and easily. Is this still a woman?"
Yong Ruo couldn't help laughing at Imperial Physician Xu's resentful expression.
She pretended that she misunderstood the doctor Xu's words, deliberately took a look at the busy Huarou, and nodded: "That's right, that girl is so good at riding a horse, it's too hateful!"
"I'm talking about you!" Imperial Physician Xu gave Yong Ruo a bitter look, "What's a girl who can ride a horse? Anyway, it's hard work, let alone know how to ride a horse, even if she can pull a mill, it's not surprising. But you, Yong Ruo Ma'am! You can obviously pamper yourself at home and hurt the spring and the autumn, but you just come out to suffer, why are you here?"
He thought super annoyed: Riding a horse is also very bumpy, right? Why is this woman acting like nothing happened
If you are not here to compare, I am an old man, and it is not too shameful to delay the itinerary. But now with such a comparison, where can I put my face as a big man? Old men are men too!
Yong Ruo could vaguely guess the resentment in Imperial Physician Xu's heart, so he smiled and said, "Why did the imperial physician follow, that's why I followed. My goal and the imperial physician's are the same."
Imperial Physician Xu squinted at her: "The old man was sent by the emperor! You too?"
Yong Ruo said brazenly: "Of course, without the emperor's permission, how dare I go with the prince? Are you afraid of being impeached by the Imperial Censor?"
Doctor Xu looked her up and down, closed his eyes and stopped talking.
With lasagna tears in his heart, he let Danggui beat his legs and rub his waist.
He also massaged several acupuncture points with his own hands.
Seeing him like this, Yong Ruo stopped making noise, so as not to annoy him even more.
She backed away a few steps and stood aside to look at the scenery.
The place where they rested happened to be between two hills.
The narrow pipe effect makes the mountain wind here stronger than elsewhere. In the midsummer season, it is very cool to blow on the body.
There is a cool breeze behind you, a tree shade on your head, a green field in front of your eyes, curling smoke from cooking cooking, and winding streams in the distance...
Looking at such a scene, Yong Ruo felt extremely peaceful in his heart.
After coming back, Feng Liao was also looking at Yong Ruo's back.
When she was standing, her back was always straight, and her posture was always upright, like a tall and straight winter plum in the wind and snow.
But now, the corners of her clothes are fluttering in the wind, and the shawl wrapped around her head and shoulders has also been blown far away by the mountain wind... In this situation, it is her proud and lonely figure. , adding a bit of extreme agility and softness.
Standing quietly with fluttering robes like this, Yong Ruo, against the backdrop of picturesque green hills and shady trees, has a special sense of independence from the world.
He felt an uncontrollable sense of fear and tension in his heart, afraid that at the next moment, she would suddenly turn her head and smile at him, and then ride the wind without looking back, disappearing into the boundless world.
He shook his head hastily, and got rid of this terrifying thought that made his heart tremble.
Then he took a few steps, stood beside her, and held her hand tightly.
"What are you looking at?" He asked softly, feeling his heart beating a little faster.
"Looking at the scenery." Yong Ruohui held his hand, but without looking back, he just pointed forward with the other finger, "Look, this scenery is really beautiful!"
Feng Liao looked in the direction of her finger and agreed with her: "It's really beautiful!"
He didn't say anything more, just stood beside her quietly, holding her hand, watching the scenery with her.
Doctor Xu opened his eyes slightly, looked at their backs standing side by side, and sighed softly.
Everything is good, but the background is too low, what a pity! After this thought flashed through his mind, he closed his eyes again, slowly recovering the vitality consumed by the bumps all the way.
The break at noon was very short, but Hua Rou still seized the time to cook two side dishes, one meat and one vegetarian, and the ingredients were all brought from Hengjun Palace.
The portions of the two side dishes were very small, so they were divided into three smaller portions, and served to Feng Liao, Yong Ruo, and Imperial Physician Xu on three plates, and asked them to eat with snacks.
of course! Before serving these dishes to Feng Liao and Yong Ruo, Imperial Physician Xu had to have a look and a taste to avoid any "unclean things". This was one of the main responsibilities of Imperial Physician Xu during this trip.
"It's really hard for Dr. Xu!" Feng Liao said to Dr. Xu very apologetically.
Imperial Physician Xu smiled wryly: "My lord, you are too polite! Those who are able can work harder... Who can tell me that this old man is so capable?"
Yong Ruo heard that Imperial Physician Xu was so immodest and completely different from the previous style, and felt that Imperial Physician Xu might be really depressed.
She had heard Feng Liao talk about Dr. Xu.
Speaking of which, Imperial Physician Xu is still Feng Liao's savior!
Doctor Xu was born in a medical family in the south of the Yangtze River. He has been a medical student since he was a primary school. He is extremely talented and has a great spirit of research. Internal medicine, surgery, toxicology... There is nothing he is not interested in or is not good at.
When he was in his thirties, he was already a famous local doctor. In more than ten years, he will already be famous all over the south of the Yangtze River.
Feng Liao suffered a serious illness when she was a child, and the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital were helpless. The emperor, in desperation, issued an edict to the governments all over the world, ordering them to recommend famous doctors.
Dr. Xu, who is well-known in the south of the Yangtze River, was jointly recommended by officials from many places in the south of the Yangtze River, and then he was recruited by the emperor.
Doctor Xu entered the imperial hospital and cured Feng Liao's illness, and the emperor was reluctant to let him go.
His Majesty the Emperor used the imperial power to coerce him, and at the same time coaxed him with the treasures of the Ether Hospital, and forcibly retained Imperial Doctor Xu.
Originally, the emperor wanted Imperial Physician Xu to be an envoy or judge, but Imperial Physician Xu refused because of his lack of qualifications.
Feng Liao speculates privately: Doctor Xu doesn't really care about qualifications or not, but she just finds it annoying and doesn't want to care about it.
After lunch, everyone continued on their way. Feng Liao made people slow down again, so as not to break up Dr. Xu before arriving in Lunan.
He went to the disaster area to inspect, not to provide disaster relief. It would be great if we could arrive earlier, but if there is no way to arrive earlier, a little later will not affect the overall situation of disaster relief.
After slowing down again, Imperial Physician Xu finally felt better.
When he got off the car at night, his face was not so pale, and his footsteps were not so vain, Feng Liao felt relieved.
A group of people walked towards Lunan under the scorching sun of midsummer.
At night, most of them live in post stations in various places. If there is no post station, go to an inn or stay in a private house.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the sun is tirelessly scorching the earth.
The scorching sun and scorching heat made traveling a very difficult task.
Feng Liao repeatedly persuaded Yong Ruo to sit in the car.
Although it was very hot in the car, it was better than being exposed to the hot sun.
But Yong Ruo felt that just by looking at Doctor Xu's face, he knew that riding in the car would not be pleasant.
Besides, this is a rare opportunity to further improve riding skills, sharpen willpower, walk with Feng Liao, and experience nature—perhaps this is also the only opportunity in her life, and she does not want to miss it or waste it.
Therefore, she still rides on the horse every day, and together with Feng Liao, she endures the test of high temperature, scorching heat and dust all the way.
She wore a hat on her head, wrapped her head and face with a shawl, and she had the demeanor of the heroines in the movies she had seen in her previous life.
After entering the territory of southern Shandong, the ferocious face of the drought became more and more clear in front of them.
The trees are stunned, and in more and more fields, the seedlings are dead, the land has huge cracks, and some small rivers have even stopped flowing.
Feng Liao frowned and walked all the way, her expression getting more dignified day by day.
One afternoon, when they were rushing to Wulin County, which was said to be severely affected by the disaster, Rob, who was leading the way ahead, suddenly reported that a refugee had died and a little girl had passed out.
refugees
Feng Liao's heart suddenly tightened: Have there been refugees
There is a popular saying in this era: People who leave their hometowns are cheap.
If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't survive, the common people would not leave their hometown at will!