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Chapter 57 Candlelight
Su Mu was taken aback by the question, and almost blurted out, "Why do I want to leave?"
Liu Xiaoran saw that his expression was taken for granted, and knew that what she said was futile.
The man still took it all on himself.
He sighed slightly and shook his head.
"nothing."
Su Mu saw that he walked forward without finishing his sentence. Although he was still very puzzled, he didn't continue to ask. He just exposed the matter and walked a few steps forward to Liu Xiaoran's side.
The warm sun in the afternoon made people feel particularly comfortable, Su Muwei raised his head and enjoyed this rare leisure with satisfaction.
The only thing that haunted his heart in the past few days was the haze, so that he never realized that autumn had already arrived, and the midsummer when he came had already passed for a long time.
Although these days are not so peaceful, Su Mu is still very contented and happy.
In this era, people who can not consider the cost of food and clothing are the existences favored by the god of fate.
Everything in Jiangzhou City is gradually getting better, and the patients are gradually able to go home and rest under the treatment of the doctors. After understanding the prescription, Bai Zhi found a more effective prescription for preventing and curing the disease overnight.This allows people to resume their daily work one after another without having to stay at home all day.
And just when everything in Jiang Prefecture was recovering, the rescue soldiers who came from afar from Capital City finally arrived after a long time.
As soon as Su Mu was persuaded by Bai Zhi to leave the hospital, he saw a lot of battles on the street when he walked out. Although the prosperity of the past has been gradually restored on the street, it is not like today. Even the children were carried by their parents to the street to watchlively.
Relying on his height advantage, Su Mu still easily looked out from the crowd. After waiting for a long time, he heard the sound of horseshoes, followed by a few rather majestic soldiers in armor, riding tall horses in linePassing in front of them, even Su Mu was in Capital City before, and he had never seen any official go out on the street with such pomp.
Su Mu suddenly became curious, could this be the person from the imperial court in the legend?It's just that there is such a huge momentum, could it be that some particularly big official brought people here in person?
After a while, a rather gorgeous sedan chair finally appeared, pulled forward by eight horses, the curtains were covered with jewels, it looked more than expensive——
Simply expensive.
Su Mu took a deep breath, and the people around him whispered even more quietly, they were all excitedly discussing who this big shot was. Su Mu was about to listen to what they were talking about when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.
Liu Xiaoran was riding behind the sedan chair in a red official uniform, and beside her was Du Han with the same serious face. Among the crowd following them, except for Lu Lingjue, whom Su Mu was more familiar with, and other Jiangzhou city officials, and many new faces.
Thinking of today, when he woke up, he found that Liu Xiaoran and Lu Lingjue had disappeared.
Now he finally understood that they were all going to the gate of the city to meet this big man.
Su Mu stood in the crowd, and when the long line was finally exhausted, the crowd dispersed.
He thought for a moment, and then slipped back to the hospital where Bai Zhi was staying.
Bai Zhi was dispensing the medicine and was asking the little drug boy to pass things, when in a blink of an eye Su Mu came back wandering around again.
"Madam Bai, don't rush me away, I have a reason!" Su Mu preemptively told what he saw and heard on the street, and then analyzed very seriously, "Now the government mustReceive that big man, if I go back, it will cause trouble, Madam Bai, please take me in."
Bai Zhi made sense, she never liked dealing with officials, and Su Mu looked pitiful, so she couldn't bear to drive away this dedicated and gentle young man.He left, but he still said seriously: "Of course there is nothing wrong with taking you in - then Yu Zhi can go to the backyard and help me look after the medicine."
"I"
"I won't take you if you're not obedient?" Bai Zhi said with a smile, her tone was not negotiable, and Su Mu could only compromise, and obediently went to do this errand, which was no different from sitting and resting.
When Bai Zhi didn't pay attention, Su Mu stuffed the cattail leaf fan to the little drug boy, and went to the front hall to take care of the patients. She had no choice but to let Su Mu go.
The child was fine in everything, but he cared too much for others.
This busy work went into the middle of the night, and the family members of two more patients came to pick them up. Su Mu stood at the door and watched the staggering figures walk away with each other's support, and felt quite relieved.
It won't take long for the people here to go home.
Although it was unavoidable that some people still passed away due to the epidemic, after experiencing several deaths, witnessing this scene of rebirth still made him feel a sense of emotion from the bottom of his heart.
Bai Zhi had already been busy all day, and at night, Su Mu tried every means to persuade her to rest.
"Just leave it to me to watch over here. Madam Bai, go and rest for a while." Su Mu blocked the door resolutely, as if to prevent Bai Zhi from entering.
Bai Zhi never expected that Su Mu, who was always easy-going and good-natured, would be so persistent. In the end, she was defeated, and after a few instructions, she took the maid back to the government office.
Su Mu originally planned to pack up and leave, but he didn't expect that by the time he finally settled everyone, it was already Si Shi, and even the yamen servants on duty at night had already dozed off.
For the ancient people who were used to resting at sunset, this time has already exceeded the time for rest.
Su Mu tilted his head and thought for a while, there must be a lot of things going on in the government office now, he might as well stay here and watch, and save the trouble of coming back tomorrow.
Fortunately, Mo Shu was sent back with Mrs. Bai just now. Now that he is alone, it is much easier to make some decisions. Therefore, Su Mu closed the door without hesitation, and planned to lie down on the table in the front hall of the medical hall.Night.
After working hard all day, Su Mu felt drowsy not long after, but when he was about to fall asleep, there were two knocks on the door.
He thought he had misheard, but he didn't want to close his eyes twice again, which was clearer than the previous time, and even the dozing yamen servant rubbed his eyes, showing a somewhat dazed expression.
Su Mu stood up, shook his head, walked to the door, and asked in a drawn-out voice, "Who—ah—"
There was no sound coming from outside the door, and Su Mu's heart trembled suddenly. How can there be normal people wandering on the street in the middle of the night? It's impossible...
Many figures flashed through his mind at once, and finally settled on Silla and his own brother whom he had never met.
He took a deep breath and carefully opened the door a crack.
"what?"
As soon as he looked up, he saw a pair of very familiar eyes, and then he let out a sound of sincere doubt.
"Liu Shaoqing?"
The person standing outside the door was indeed not an ordinary person, but Liu Xiaoran, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple himself.
After seeing who was coming, Su Mu quickly opened the door halfway. In this short period of time, he had already thought of countless reasons for Liu Xiaoran to come here, and finally sifted out the one he thought was the most reliable.
"Has Mrs. Bai not gone back yet? I just asked Mo Shu to take her back. Could it be that she hasn't arrived yet?"
he asked a little nervously.
"It's early in the morning." Liu Xiaoran replied lightly.
"What's the matter?" Su Mu didn't understand, so Liu Xiaoran's expression didn't look like something serious had happened, so what else could make Liu Xiaoran, who is in a high position, stay in the middle of the night without resting?Wandering in the street?
Seeing that Su Mu's expression was really puzzled, Liu Xiaoran didn't know how to speak for a moment. After a long silence, he asked, "Why didn't you come back so late?"
Su Mu blinked twice, but did not turn around.
"what?"
Seeing his appearance, Liu Xiaoran felt even more helpless, so she could only repeat her own words: "Why didn't you go back to the government office for so long?"
In order to prevent Su Mu, who seemed very puzzled, from misunderstood, he also added the location, which made the meaning clearer.
Su Mu finally understood, but maybe he was really sleepy, and he didn't know how to answer.
"I saw that you seem to have picked up some important person to the government office today, and I think there should be a lot of things going on, so—"
"Aren't you used to crowds?" Liu Xiaoran frowned slightly. He got the news too suddenly this morning, and he didn't have time to tell Su Mu about it, but he didn't want to be free at night and wait for the delay.people come back.
Thinking that Silla and Su Qi might still be in Jiangzhou City now, he felt a little uneasy, so he found out, but he didn't expect that Su Mu didn't come back because of this reason.
"If you think the government office is noisy...I'll tell the shopkeeper of the original inn to clean up the original room." Liu Xiaoran thought for a while, then hesitated and said, "Today the government office has been settled, you can rest assured.”
Su Mu was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to respond, and the phrase "not really" stuck in his throat.
I don't have any prejudice against people, but I'm just afraid of meeting such a big man. If I make any mistakes and implicate Liu Xiaoran and the others, it will be a big sin. But now that I think about this reason, it seems a little hard to say. I always feel a little inexplicably hypocritical, so I alsoI could only swallow it as if nothing happened.
"No need, it's too late to finish the things here today, I'm afraid you'll bother you when you come back after you've all fallen asleep, so I'll just settle here for a while, so that I don't have to go all the way tomorrow!" SoThinking about it, Su Mu felt that he was quite wise, and even showed a small smug smile.
After saying this, he found that Liu Xiaoran looked at him even more strangely. Before he could figure out what was going on, the latter sighed faintly again, and his tone was even more helpless.
"You should take care of yourself first." He raised his eyes and looked straight into Su Mu's eyes. "Since there are night watchers here, let's go back and rest."
It was the first time for Su Mu to see Liu Xiaoran able to speak so many words in a row, and her demeanor was a bit like—a bit like Mrs. Bai!
Thinking of this, he felt that what Lu Lingjue said was quite reasonable, Liu Xiaoran and Mrs. Bai were indeed very similar at some point.
Seeing Su Mu's ecstasy, Liu Xiaoran coughed twice and said, "Let's go."
Su Mu has no reason to refuse this time, after all, Liu Xiaoran has come to pick her up in person, if she doesn't go back——eh?
His sluggish brain finally turned around.
Did Liu Xiaoran come here on purpose to ask her to go back and rest?
When he was finally convinced of this, he had already followed Liu Xiaoran to the deserted road, every house had their doors and windows tightly closed, and it was indeed much more gloomy than in the daytime.
Even Su Mu was not afraid of any gods and ghosts, and the cool night wind gave him goosebumps all over his body.
But half a step away, Liu Xiaoran was walking quietly beside him holding a lantern with candlelight on. The bright yellow candlelight was beating slightly by the wind, but it still exuded bursts of warmth.
Under the reflection of the candlelight, Liu Xiaoran's brows became much gentler, and Su Mu didn't even want to speak to break the silence with his focused expression.
"What?" Liu Xiaoran noticed that Su Mu was looking at her, and asked slightly turning her head.
"Huh? Nothing?" Su Mu quickly withdrew his gaze, and looked at the ground with a pretentious look.
Liu Xiaoran didn't continue talking, and the two of them walked side by side on the lonely long street like this.
All the way silent.
The author has something to say:
Hehehe, can you guess the identity of this person who finally arrived?