Chapter 1: A baby

In the rainy season of Gu, it was slightly cloudy.
There was a light rain in Jiangling, the tile wall was stained with dark gray, and the rainwater slowly dripped from the cracks and flowed into the river on the ground.
Black clouds converged on the top of the head, and cold winds blew, causing people to roll their hats.
Xu Zhen lay on the low wall for a while and saw that there was no one outside, so he took out a stack of rice paper from his home, held the roll in his arms, and walked to Yunmofang.
Yunmofang is a shop that sells books and buys books. It has a large customer flow. It is said that selling books is fast. As long as you give money, any book will help sell it.
A few days ago, Xu Zhen wrote a popular book on flowers, birds and fishes, and introduced some of the common plants and animals in Jiangling, which are poisonous and which can be eaten. In this era when there was no "Compendium of Materia Medica", it was a rare good book.
It's a pity that the sales volume is not very good. Twenty copies were transcribed in total, and only five copies were finally sold. When the deadline reached, they were returned.
Today, she brought ten "Guide to the Imperial Examination", hoping that this kind of book similar to the modern May 3rd book can bring her some wealth.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered Yunmofang, I heard the noise.
She went to the owner's book to sell books first, and after that, she walked towards the noisy place.
At the small alley by the back door of Yunmofang, a servant in dark blue clothes shouted on his hips: "Fight! Call me!!!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Rattan whipped made a sound, and a pool of dark red blood dripped from the ground.
Xu Zhen thought at first that he was playing a wild dog on the side of the road, probably biting a person or something.
After watching around for a while, she suddenly discovered that the pile of ash was not dog hair, but ragged clothes.
The man wrapped in his clothes was thin and weak, lying face down, his hair yellow like weeds, covering his back in a mess, covered in colors.
It was a child who seemed to be seven or eight years old.
Is this enough?
Xu Zhen was terrified and walked over to ask loudly, "What's wrong with this?"
Several people stopped to look at her, and the servants led by the commander did not continue to command, glancing at Xu Zhen.
Seeing Xu Zhen familiar with her, she told her: "This kid steals books."
Xu Zhen said: "It's just stealing books, why do you all want to kill her?"
The servant Yizheng said: "This kid has stolen several books, no money to pay, and no one in the family. Shouldn't he get his life?"
Xu Zhen couldn't bear it, and quickly said, "Stop, I will help her pay back the money."
Several people stared at her as if they didn't expect that there would be such stupid characters in the world.
Xu Zhen asked: "How much is it?"
Recalling for the first man, looking at Xu Zhen for a long time, don't think this man is rich, he reached out and said casually: "Twelve!"
Xu Zhen almost didn't faint.
Twelve? ! She had been passing by for almost three years, and finally recognized the currency unit. She saved a dozen or two by doing handwriting and writing books.
But she couldn't leave the children on the ground alone.
It is one thing for her to look down, and she also needs to help the child to benefit herself.
Because she is not an ordinary traverser.
It is a stowaway who lives on the merits. Once her merits become negative, she will be killed and she will be dragged back to the government.
After all, this life was stolen by her.
As for how to obtain merit points, it is actually very simple to say, that is, to do good deeds, or to let the bad guys correct evil.
Generally, the second day after doing good things, you will receive merit points.
Unfortunately, it is very expensive to maintain life.
Over the past month, she has looked around. Although she has done a lot of good deeds, she now has only five points.
Too few points, if there is a slight accident, she will be killed.
Therefore, this child, she had to save.
Xu Zhen was preparing to pay, and suddenly thought of something.
She glanced at the servant and asked carefully: "Can it be cheaper..."
The servant shouted: "No!"
Xu Zhen didn't dare to delay, and took out his money bag miserably, grabbed two large sums of gold from the inside and handed it to the servant.
Seeing this, the servant froze for a moment, but didn't expect Xu Zhen to pay out the money.
I don't know what the origin of this person is.
He didn't think much, and smiled with his broken teeth, reaching for his hand while saying that the girl had a good heart.
Xu Zhen was reluctant, and did not let go for a long time.
The servant turned angry and shouted: "The girl will not let go, but she will continue to whip!"
Xu Zhen's face was distressed, she let go of her hand, looked at it for a few times, and finally gave up.
The beaters dragged the cane away.
Xu Zhen stepped forward and leaned over to explore the little girl's breath. The breath felt between her fingers was sprayed with blood foam, and the burning could make people burn.
She didn't dare to make trouble, and let the servants help find a medical worker. After dealing with the trauma, and stuffing the little girl's mouth with some unknown herbs, she was at ease.
The servants are still standing beside.
Xu Zhen asked: "Where is her home?"
The servant said: "I don't know."
Xu Zhen thought for a moment that she was not right: "How do you know that there is no one in her family and she can't pay back?"
The servant received Xu Zhen's money, and was told by the owner to patiently answer: "The owner occasionally saw her in the abandoned temple, not like a domicile."
Xu Zhen understood that it turned out to be a little call for flowers.
To save people in the end, she borrowed a stretcher to let the servants help, and sent them to her home together.
Xu Zhen’s body was not too poor. The house was covered with tiles, and the exterior walls were covered with white lime. There were not many relatives in the clan. There were three dirt houses, all of which were used by her.
At this time there was a little call for flowers, and Xu Zhen wanted her to live alone.
Unexpectedly, when the person was put down, the screaming flower suddenly turned sideways, vomiting, and spit out all the Chinese herbs in the mouth, standing on the white bedclothes with gray and green, accompanied by a strong smell.
Xu Zhen screamed: "My quilt!"
Then came another black blood.
Xu Zhen was even more terrified and said, "Don't die."
She brought warm water to the lips of Xiaohuahua, and then wiped her face and body with a towel, wiped the dust off the injured area, and reapplied medicine.
Almost at night, Xu Zhen was taking a nap, but was awakened by the sound of heavy breathing.
She rubbed her eyes, touched her forehead, and almost scalded her hand with high temperature.
She wore a plain robe, and ran into the pharmacy in a panic, grabbed the cooling medicine, and fed it to the little girl.
Xiaohua took a spit and spit twice, her lips were chapped, and she began to ooze again.
Xu Zhen was very distressed. He just poured it in, and then jumped into bed to give the younger girl a caressing back: "But you saved me with a dozen or two dollars. If I don't give me more merit, I won't let you go."
The little the bed was frowning and her brows were tighter.
Three more days, heavy rain fell outside the window.
Xu Zhen was awakened by the sound of falling rain, and thought of the little flower he had brought back, he probed his hands and touched it.
However, within the reach of the arm, no obstacle was touched.
Xu Zhen opened her eyes diligently, raised her hand to light a candle to see what happened, and kicked a soft thing as soon as she extended her foot.
She yelled: "Lying trough!"
The soft objects on the ground moved, revealing two faint lights.
Xu Zhen thought that he was so frightened that he withdrew his legs in horror.
She stepped back a few steps, and after a long delay, looked at the light on the ground while taking advantage of the moonlight, and finally found out that it was the light reflected by her eyes.
Looking at the details, the shape of the eyes is beautiful, and it is a peach blossom eye that is popular in later generations. The curvature is just right, and the end of the eye is upward.
It seems to be forcibly propped up now, with scattered eyes and no focus.
Xu Zhen was relieved to learn that it was not a ghost.
She asked, "How are you?"
The little girl ignored the flowers and was still spreading her head, not knowing what she was looking at.
Xu Zhen asked: "What's your name?"
The little girl still ignored it.
Xu Zhen didn't care, and introduced herself directly: "My name is Xu Zhen. I just spent twelve to buy you, and I have someone to see you for treatment. It's your benefactor."
The twitching eyelid gradually droops.
Xu Zhen asked: "Are you going to sleep? You have to remember that you still owe me twelve dollars, and your parents will send them over the next day."
Xiao Huahua moved her lips.
The voice is too soft, Xu Zhen can only guess: "Are you asking me to go directly to your house for money? Where do you live?"
Xiao Huahua moved her lower lip again.
Xu Zhen couldn't hear clearly, so she leaned over and asked, "Where?"
Xiao Hua said in a very low voice: "Go away."
Xu Zhen was almost mad.
She was treated like this when she saved her life. If she didn’t look at the merit, she would throw the person out.
"Little white-eyed wolf." Xu Zhen scolded, rolled the quilt over himself, and continued to sleep.
Moonlight stars are rare, under the light of moonlight, in the bedroom, empty and dark, quiet as a deep well.
Any faint sound can be amplified numerous times and become nails into Xu Zhen's ears.
Whether it is a frog or a breath.
Around him, Huh's breathing became heavier and heavier and heavier, seeming to be deliberately against Xu Zhen.
Xu Zhen listened upset, scolded, and then turned over again, looking up at the night sky.
Finally, she was upset, she got up, dragged the little girl to the bed, covered it with a quilt, and dared to fall asleep after her breathing was stable.
Early the next morning, the heavy rain stopped and cicadas screamed outside the window.
Xu Zhen had a rare morning because of his concerns, and summoned the stowaway system to check his merits.
Since the points are not the same every time, before checking, Xu Zhen also has a special fun-
Guess the points.
Before opening the merit point interface this time, she tried to guess: ten o'clock, ten o'clock, ten o'clock!
Open it up: eight o'clock.
Xu Zhen: "..."
Although less than expected, it is still a good number.
After all, you can only get one or two points when you help people build a house.
At the same time this time, I can get several points, it is not a loss, but just spent more money.
And eight o'clock means you can live eight days easily.
She thought of herself in the next eight days without having to worry, she was a little happy.
At the beginning of the day, there was sunlight coming in.
Xu Zhen turned her head and found that Xiaohuahua lay quietly on her face, and her complexion had returned to fairness from gold paper.
She looked for a while and found that the little girl had a slender figure, sunken cheeks, long eyelashes and deep eye sockets, which seemed to be of mixed foreign origin.
Although it did not exist in history in the dynasty, there were also Hu people, divided into dozens of small countries, facing the Han people from north to south.
Hu Han was incompatible, and they must have beaten each other when they met each other. If the little girl had been in exile, she must have suffered a lot.
She reached out to touch the cheeky face.
When I just touched it, the people under him suddenly opened their eyes, their eyes burning and shining, and they looked much more spiritual than they were yesterday.
Xu Zhen withdrew her hand and asked, "Wake up?"
The little girl said nothing.
Xu Zhen asked: "Forgot to ask you yesterday, what is your name?"
The screaming flower moved slightly, and several pieces of skin fell off from the chapped lips, revealing deep red flesh.
Xu Zhen quickly took the kettle and towel from the side and dipped her lips.
Dipping and saying, "Yesterday you scolded me, I don't blame you anymore, you talked well today, can't you?"
Xiao Jiaohua's eyes were shrouded in shadows, deep and bottomless, staring at Xu Zhen for a long time, and in the end he said nothing.
Xu Zhen was a little disappointed and touched her head: "Then you should raise your body in me. If you want to go, you should wait until your body is well."
The screaming flower should be a little tired, with a droopy eyelids, and it seems to be closed.
Xu Zhen said: "Little dumb."
In response to her, there was only a faint breath that was inaudible.
After Xu Zhen scolded, he was ready to go out to work.
When passing by her room, she saw the "Compendium of Popular Science for Flowers, Birds and Fish" returned from Yunmofang. It would be a pity if it was lost, but it would be useless if left.
Xu Zhen was tangled, and suddenly he got a chance, picked up ten books to get to the market, and was ready to sell books.
Many people have sat in the fair.
She squatted down the corner, waiting for the buyer.
After waiting for a long time, an old man with a gray beard came.
Old Man trembling squatted down and looked at the books on her stall and asked, "What is this book?"
Xu Zhen was afraid that he wouldn’t hear it and replied aloud: "Grow flowers! Birds! Fish!"
Old Man looked at her and said, "I can hear it."
Xu Zhen immediately lowered her voice and asked, "Then do you buy it? If you buy it back, make sure you double the production of flowers, birds, fish and fish!"
Old Man shook his head.
Xu Zhen sighed.
Old Man continued to squat, squatting for a while and said: "I can't see clearly, what does it say?"
Xu Zhen said: "That's what the symptoms of flowers are, what should I do -" She said halfway, seeing old man's fingers full of dirt, asked, "Seo, do you grow flowers at home?"
Old Man nodded: "Some people gave me a lot, but I don't understand these, and I can't keep the flowers."
Xu Zhen said: "Different flowers and plants have different ways of raising them." She turned over the book to old man, "You can't see the light when you see this kind of grass. If you want to plant this kind of flower, you should water it every 20 days, otherwise it will be rotten."
The old man stared at the picture drawn by Xu Zhen, fascinated, and asked, "What else?"
Xu Zhen said: "You can buy the rest and see for yourself."
Old Man looked up at Xu Zhen. He often came to the market. This was the first time he saw Xu Zhen. He always felt that this person was a liar, but the content in the book was attractive.
He saw the little sapling painted on the next page, which was the one planted in his house. He had just glanced at it. He only glimpsed the words "water once every seven days, pour through".
I don’t know if it’s true or not, and I don’t know what else to pay attention to.
Old man hesitated for a moment, asked the price, and learned that as long as three copies and one copy, he ended up ruthlessly, bought one, and left the market.