Even one can be saved

Author: Emei Swordsman

The eyes of the man holding the child were hot. He knelt down to Gu Yunji on the spot and kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you, Master! Thank you so much, Master! I will never forget your great kindness and virtue!"

Gu Yunji quickly helped him up: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this. It's important to take the child to see a doctor first."

Perhaps seeing that the officers and soldiers had made an exception, the refugees in the distance gathered around to plead with Gu Yunji. They all described their movements as sluggish and stiff, stretched out their hands and murmured unconsciously, with a voice like a ghost: "Master, please do it. Master, please do it."

Well done. Young Master, well done..."

The officers and soldiers at the city gate reacted quickly. In an instant, they all drew their weapons and lined up in front of the refugees, shouting: "Back off! Everyone, back off!"

The refugees were so frightened that they took several steps back. Seeing that there was no hope of entering the city, they dispersed.

Looking at these refugees who were like walking corpses, Gu Yunji felt particularly uncomfortable. Cheng Yan sighed helplessly and said: "You can save one or two, but can you save tens of millions outside the city? Yunji, what are you doing today?

There is no need to bother with this.”

"I'm not very capable, so I save one person at a time." Gu Yunji tightened his tight-fitting hand, his eyes full of sadness, "I can't just watch this child die of illness."

After saying that, he closed his eyes, collected his emotions, and stuffed a few coins into the man's arms: "Here, I'll give you this money, and you can take your child to see a doctor."

"Thank you, sir!" the man said, and was about to kneel down to Gu Yunji again, but he stopped him.

Gu Yunji wanted to leave like this, but when he saw the man's confused look after entering the city, he felt a little worried, so he simply helped others to the end: "Forget it, you are not familiar with Hangzhou Fucheng, I will take you there

See a doctor."

The man had no reason to refuse. After thanking him profusely, he followed Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan straight to the drug store.

In the medicine shop, after the doctor methodically took the pulse and took the medicine, he warned: "Bake a dose of this medicine in the morning and evening, and drink it for seven days. It should be almost the same. Although wind and cold are not a big problem, children are weak and often

The caretakers here need to be more attentive."

Gu Yunji hesitated and said: "Doctor, is there a faster way? The decoction... they are not very convenient to boil."

Hearing this, the doctor glanced at the father and daughter dressed as refugees behind him, and made up his mind. He sighed: "Okay, then I will change it to pills and take one pill each morning, noon and evening. But the decoction is still good.

To be on the safe side, let's do this. You guys stay in my medicine shop for a while, and I'm going to boil a potion for the children to drink before leaving."

Gu Yunji looked happy: "Thank you doctor!"

While waiting for the decoction, several people were silent. Suddenly, the man seemed to remember something, raised his head and asked: "You haven't asked for the name of your benefactor yet? If there is a chance in the future, I will repay you even if I am a fool."

What a great benefactor!”

Gu Yunji chuckled lightly, not taking these words to heart, and replied casually: "My name is Gu Yunji, and his name is Cheng Yan. I don't need you to repay anything, you just need to live a good life with your daughter."

As he spoke, he looked up at the man: "What about you? What's your name? Where are you from? Where are your other family members?"

"The younger one's name is Liu Dazhuang, and my daughter's name is Liu Yaya. We are from Baoding Mansion. In addition to us, there were originally my wife, my old mother, and a thirteen-year-old son at home, but..." The man's expression darkened.

, his voice was a little choked, "But they all starved to death on the road."

Gu Yunji's expression froze, and he said somewhat sarcastically: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

Liu Dazhuang's eyes were red. He wiped away a few tears and twitched the corners of his lips to squeeze out a smile: "It's okay. At least I still have Yaya, so I still have a family."

Hearing this, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan felt sore in their hearts and fell silent.

After a while, the medicine was ready. After Liu Yaya drank the medicine, her fever quickly subsided, and her face finally became somewhat normal and rosy. Seeing this, Liu Dazhuang gently stroked his daughter's head and relaxed slightly.

Take a breath.

Gu Yunji's eyebrows were filled with sorrow as he asked, "What are your plans now? Are you looking for a job in the city?"

Liu Dazhuang smiled bitterly for a moment: "I want to take my daughter back to the outside of the city."

Cheng Yan frowned, a little confused: "Going back to the outside of the city? You finally got into the city, why do you have to go back? Isn't it better to find something to do in the city and settle down?"

Liu Dazhuang said: "I am a foreigner. People can tell by my accent. No one is willing to hire me. What's more, the way I dress, I may be mistaken for a refugee sneaking into the city by the officers and soldiers.

If you were arrested, it would be safer to go back outside the city and stay with your fellow villagers."

He glanced at Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan, and said with a heart-wrenching cautious tone: "I came to the city under the guarantee of the two young masters. It's nothing wrong with me being caught. I'm just afraid that one mistake will implicate the two benefactors.

, that is the real crime worthy of death."

Gu Yunji felt complicated in his heart. He opened his mouth to say something, but no sound came out. In the end, he could only turn his head to hold back his tears and said with difficulty: "Then...then be careful."

After saying goodbye, Liu Dazhuang bowed to the two of them solemnly and slowly, then left with his daughter in his arms.

Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan stood there, looking at Liu Dazhuang's retreating figure, and did not speak for a long time. It was not until the two figures were completely invisible that Cheng Yan gently said to Gu Yunji: "Yunji, let's go, let's go back to the academy."

Gu Yunji didn't respond, as if he was still lost in thought. Cheng Yan didn't rush him, and just stayed with him quietly.

I don't know how much time passed, but Cheng Yan felt his clothes being yanked violently, and a cold voice came from his ears: "Let's go to the Hangzhou government office!"

Gu Yunji's eyes were filled with ink, and he couldn't hide the anger in his eyes. He tightened his fists on his tight side and gritted his teeth and said, "I want to ask Lu Xianzhi how he sleeps peacefully these days!"

A moment later, outside the Hangzhou government office.

Gu Yunji had a cold face and said to the guard at the door: "Gu Yunji, a student of Luxi Academy, would like to see the prefect. Please let me know."

At the entertainment party before the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, Gu Yunji stole the show in a competition with Ren Yingze, and the news spread throughout Hangzhou. Anyone who is literate knows his glorious deeds.

The guard also went to the entertainment party with Lu Xianzhi at that time, and naturally knew about Gu Yunji. He did not dare to neglect him at this moment, and said in a good voice: "Mr. Gu, the prefect is not here, please come back another day."

Gu Yunji was furious at the moment and thought this was the guard's excuse. Hearing this, the momentum around him suddenly dropped, and his eyes burned as if there was fire: "Aren't you there? Thousands of refugees outside are so hungry that they are eating bark and grass roots. They should have

Mr. Lu, who is in charge of the government office, is not here? I'm afraid you are not trying to trick me!"

The guard was so frightened by him that he begged for mercy: "Mr. Gu, how dare I lie to you? The magistrate is really not here. He leaves early and comes back late these days. I don't know where he has gone."

Cheng Yan was afraid that Gu Yunji would go too far, so he quickly comforted him: "He is just a guard, don't embarrass him. It seems that Mr. Lu is really not here. Let's go back first and ask Chief Xu for his opinion."

"What can you do now that you see Mr. Lu? Scold him in person, or ask him why he doesn't resettle the refugees? Does this make sense? I'm afraid you might accidentally offend him and get yourself involved."

Hearing this, Gu Yunji took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his chest, and tried to calm down.
Chapter completed!