Upon hearing the old man's words, Li Qingling's heart skipped a beat. She asked the old man how long it would take to get to the capital from here
The old man thought for a while, and said that it would take at least a month to go from here to the capital by horse-drawn carriage!
The last time Eunuch Zeng came to look for him in a hurry, he traveled all night and did not know how many horses died, and it took him ten days to arrive.
A horse-drawn carriage like him is not particularly driven, and it will take more than a month.
"Then when will you be back?"
As soon as the old man heard Li Qingling's words, he was a little bit uncertain, "As for when I will come back, I don't know." It all depends on the emperor's mood. If the emperor is in a good mood, don't force him to stay. Once in the capital, he can come back sooner. If the emperor is in a bad mood and won't let him go, then he has nothing to do.
Thinking of this, the old man couldn't make the decision, so Li Qingling frowned, "Then you have to be careful all the way, rest when it's time to rest, don't be brave." I'm really worried about his health.
Hearing Li Qingling's soft words finally, the old man was so happy, he stretched out his hand to tangle his beard, and nodded with a smile.
"I know, I won't make fun of my old bones."
He still wanted to come back to take care of these children, how could he ignore himself.
Seeing that the old man didn't look like a messy person, Li Qingling felt a little relieved.
But when she thought that the old man would come back, she felt a little depressed.
At this time, the village head hurriedly followed the original villager.
As soon as he ran in front of Li Qingling and the others and saw the old man, he gasped and asked, "Zhimo, is this the doctor who lives in your house?"
Seeing the village chief's body bouncing, Liu Zhimo quickly reached out to support the village chief, smiled and nodded, "Yes, I haven't told the village chief's grandfather before, Grandpa Xue, he is an imperial doctor. , Half a month ago, he was sent by the emperor to Shuangyang County to treat the plague, and he came back after the plague was cured." He was shocked when he heard that the old man was an imperial doctor, but he didn't expect Saved, saved a big man, "Grandpa Xue is still in a hurry to go to the capital to meet the saint, please ask the village head grandpa to accommodate and let him enter the village, he..."
Before he finished speaking, the village head hurriedly said, hurry in, hurry in...
After the village chief finished speaking, his heart trembled again. The villagers stopped the lord here, hoping that he would not be angry.
"The people in the village don't know your identity, so I'm really sorry to stop you here." The village head knelt down to Yu Yu, "Please also, my lord, you have a lot of people, don't care about the grassroots. "
When the two villagers saw that the village head had knelt down, they were so frightened that they also knelt down with a plop, tremblingly begging the old man for mercy.
It never occurred to them that they blocked a big shot just by blocking it casually.
But when Liu Zhimo told them, they didn't take it to heart, and continued to stop him here, which is really a sin.
The old man quickly helped the village head up, and called the two villagers up again.
"Get up! Don't be too polite to me." The old man smiled, "I'm not at home, and the children in the family need a chance to take care of them."
Although Liu Zhimo and the others are smart, they are still children after all, and he can feel more at ease with the adults in the village looking after them.
When the village chief and the others heard this, they dared not respond. They nodded repeatedly and said that they would take good care of Liu Zhimo and the others.
"The old man is here, thank you." The old man didn't hold back, and directly threatened the village chief and the others. His action shocked the village chief and the others again, and he almost knelt down again. up.
They are just ordinary people, how can they afford to be arrested by adults
The old man saw that they were really scared, and his time was also urgent, so he smiled and said to them, "I really don't have much time, go home and see the other children, and wait for the old man to come back after seeing the saint." , and have a good talk with a few of you."
"My lord, if you have something to do, go and do it first, go and do it first, and the grass people won't bother you."
"good…"
Seeing the old man nod his head, the village head explained a few words to the two villagers before walking away.
The two villagers left the road and asked Liu Yi to drive the carriage into the village.
The old man returned home with Li Qingling and the others. As soon as he got back, he asked Li Qingling to boil a pot of water and let him take a bath. He hadn't had a good bath in the past half a month.
Upon hearing this, Li Qingling nodded in agreement, turned around and entered the kitchen.
When she boiled the water and was about to tell the old man to take a bath, she heard laughter from the main room.
The corners of her mouth curled up. The old man wasn't at home during this time, and the atmosphere in the house was a bit depressed. Now, it's finally getting better.
"Old man, it's okay, let's go take a shower!"
As soon as she entered the main room, she called out to the old man, and the old man stood up.
"You guys are playing here now. Grandpa will come out to play with you after he takes a bath."
"Okay, grandpa, let's go!"
Seeing how happy the children were, it seemed that the old man hadn't told them about his going to Beijing to meet the saint. If the old man had told them, the children would surely cry.
In order to gain more time with the children, the old man took a combat bath, changed into clean clothes, and ran out.
At this moment, he has taken a shower and changed into clean clothes, so he can hold a few children with confidence.
"Oh, grandpa's little heart, do you miss grandpa? Grandpa misses you to death." The old man asked them with a smile, holding Li Qingning in his left hand and Liu Zhirou in his right.
The two little guys are very face-saving, and they both obediently said they thought about it.
With such a simple sentence, the old man was coaxed into laughing so hard that he couldn't see his teeth.
He has never been married in his life, and has no children, but he is destined to be with these children, and he really treats them as his own grandsons and granddaughters.
But the thought of him leaving for so long made me even more reluctant.
"Physician Xue, it's getting late, we really should set off." Seeing that the old man was so happy, Liu bit the bullet and inserted a word.
He really didn't want to interrupt the old man's relationship with these children, but there is really no way, the emperor is still waiting!
As soon as they heard Liu Yi's words, the children looked at the old man and asked him where he was going
The old man also knew that he couldn't stay any longer, he smiled and touched the heads of the children, "Grandpa has something to leave for a while, you guys should obediently listen to your brothers and sisters at home, you know?"
As soon as he said this, the children became unhappy, and their mood became depressed again. "Grandpa sneaked away before, and he just came back. Are you going to leave again?"
The old man left overnight last time, and the children were asleep, so he didn't tell them about it. When they were looking for grandpa the next day, Li Qingling told Liu Zhimo that grandpa had something to leave, and he would soon just came back.
But the children waited for more than half a month before the old man came back. Now that he came back, he was about to leave again, and the children were in a bad mood again.
Seeing the red eyes of the children, the old man felt even more uncomfortable. If he wasn't afraid that the emperor would be unhappy and punish him, he really didn't want to go to the capital.
"When grandpa finishes this matter, hurry home immediately and accompany you well, okay?"
"Grandpa, when will you come back and how long will it take?"
This question stopped the old man, seeing the expectant eyes of the children, he did not dare to speak casually and make a promise.
He could only say with a wry smile that this grandpa was not sure.
He thought about it for a while, and explained the matter to the children in general. If he didn't explain this matter to the children, he was afraid that the children would blame him and dislike him as a grandfather.
Then he really lost more than he gained.
The two little guys didn't understand the old man's words very well, but Qingfeng Li, who was a little older, and the three boys understood.
Knowing that the old man is a face saint, there is no way to shirk it.
They could only suppress the reluctance in their hearts and help the old man coax the two stubborn little guys.
After being coaxed by the brothers for a long time, the two little guys nodded unwillingly and jumped out of the old man's arms, but the little mouths kept talking non-stop, telling the old man that he must come back early .
Seeing these children who cared so much about him, the old man's eyes were a little red.
He smiled and patted the children's heads all over, saying yes, he will definitely try to come back as soon as possible.
For the sake of several children, he didn't want to stay in the capital.
He is the only one in the capital, so it's really meaningless, why not come back early to play with this child!
"Okay, okay, grandpa is in a hurry, don't waste grandpa's time." Liu Zhimo interrupted the children, "Let grandpa go early, and grandpa will come back sooner."
If these little fellows were allowed to continue talking, he felt that the old man would not have to leave tonight.
The old man also knew that he couldn't delay any longer. He stood up, looked at Liu Zhimo and Li Qingling, "Grandpa is gone, I don't know when he will come back? I will leave the family to you, and you must take good care of it." Don't worry about yourself and the children, you know?"
Li Qingling and Liu Zhimo nodded obediently, saying they understood.
The old man frowned, reached out and rubbed his chest, for some reason, he always felt uneasy, as if something big was going to happen
Because of this uneasiness, he babbled and gave a lot of instructions, until Liu Yi urged him again, he had no choice but to stop and leave with his burden on his back.
What he didn't expect was that his premonition really came true, Li Qingling and the others really encountered a major event and almost died.