Hou Desheng came out after a while, wrote a prescription in the hall and handed it to Xu He: "Go ahead and get the medicine. The patient has been delayed for too long, so we can only give it a try!"
At this stall, Xu He became the backbone of the family. It was difficult for him to show up, so he had to let Xie Xiu go to the pharmacy to get medicine with the last money he had.
Rugao would not be able to go back for a while, Xu He asked Hou Desheng to rest temporarily in the guest room.
After finishing his work, he sat on the chair in the main room and was still bored.
I don’t know if Xie Liangcai can reach Hailing safely and in time to pass the news to Li Zhijie.
Now, Xu He and Li Zhijie are both prospering and losing.
If something happened to Hailing, he himself would undoubtedly be the one who suffered huge losses.
Everyone waited for a while, and Xie Xiu hurried back from outside with the medicine: "It's not good, everyone in the town is spreading rumors about thieves. Many businesses have closed down, and there are also rumors that thieves from Rugao are coming towards us. Got it!"
Sure enough, after everyone listened carefully, there was a lot of noise outside.
Xu He could no longer sit still at home. If the thieves from Rugao came over, the town would undoubtedly face disaster.
"Quickly, you clean up your belongings at home, and I'll go outside to inquire first!" Xu He said this to the Xie brothers.
At this time, he turned to Guo Xiaoer and said: "Brother Xiaoer, please go to the boat immediately. Brother Peng will go with you. It's too chaotic now. Prevent someone from robbing the boat!"
Xu Peng nodded: "We'll wait for you on the boat!"
After Xu He finished explaining, he walked towards the direction of the inspection division's water village.
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the water village, the soldiers watching from the tower stopped him: "No one is allowed to approach the water village!"
Xu He said: "I am Inspector Xie's nephew! I'm here to talk to the Deputy Inspector!"
The soldier saw that Xu He was alone and had no weapons, so he let him in.
As soon as Xu He entered the water village, he discovered that this place was not a village, but a bamboo building made of bamboo.
The bamboo tower was built on a small river. The lower part was elevated and boats could pass through. The upper part was an observation deck. When Xu He went upstairs, he found a thin old man in his fifties looking nervously to the east.
"Sir!" Xu He bowed and introduced himself: "I am inspecting Xie Bin's nephew!"
Hearing this, the old man said: "It turns out that he is Mr. Xie's nephew. If you don't stay at home, why do you come to my water village?"
Xu He said: "The town is in chaos, and the people are saying that thieves are coming towards us. Is this happening?"
The old man said with a complex expression: "This is what an acquaintance businessman just reported to the Inspection Department. I have ordered people to go and check the authenticity of the news!"
"Have you ever come back?"
The old man shook his head: "Logically speaking, he should have come back, but there has been no news, and I am waiting for him!"
When Xu He heard this, his heart sank.
Ordinary people would not cheat on such a big thing. If you don't come back on time, it can only mean that something happened on the road, or you took a detour.
Neither of these two situations is good news for the current Dong'an Ji.
"We can't wait any longer, sir, evacuate the residents of the town quickly!" Xu He made a prompt decision.
"But..." The old man was still hesitating!
"It's nothing!" Xu He said, "Even if the thief didn't come, you took the people to hide, it was for the sake of the people's wealth and lives! The county will investigate when the time comes, you have a clear conscience!"
The deputy inspector was wandering without a master, and his heart suddenly moved when he heard Xu He's words.
Seeing that he was still hesitating, Xu He finally became anxious: "I am the head of the county examination case for undergraduate students, and County Magistrate Li is my teacher. When I return to the county, I will explain it to you!"
Upon hearing that Xu He was a student of the county magistrate, the old man finally made up his mind: "Let's go, let's arrange for the people to evacuate!"
The old man was still very loyal to his duty. He came outside and asked the only soldier in the village to hold a gong and shout through the streets.
Upon seeing this, Xu He immediately went downstairs and returned to Xie's house.
When everyone saw him coming back, they all gathered around him.
"Come on, let's carry my aunt on the boat!" Xu He said.
Xie Xiu was a little older and asked, "Cousin, where are you going?"
"I don't know, let's get on the boat first!"
Fortunately, Xu He had already ordered Xinruan to be packed away before.
The old concierge and Xie Xiu quickly entered the house and carried Xu He's aunt out.
Xu He glanced at his aunt and saw that she was still unconscious, but her face seemed not as pale as in the morning.
At this time, things were going crazy in Jishang, and some families even took the chickens and ducks that laid eggs at home with them to escape.
When we arrived at the pier, the scene was even more exaggerated. Everyone was crowded looking for the boat.
With sharp eyes, Xu He discovered that Xu Peng and the waiter were arguing with someone at the bow of the boat.
Xu He quickly pushed aside the crowd and came to the shore.
It turned out that a caravan on the dock had no ships and wanted to take over the ships of foreigners like Xu Peng and others. Of course Xu Peng and the waiter refused, so the two sides had a dispute.
"Made, your ship's labor and wages are about to be decided, come on board and seize the ship!" The shopkeeper waved his hand, and his men swarmed up and jumped on the bow.
Seeing this, Xu Peng and the waiter took the poles and swept them towards the men. In a blink of an eye, two or three men were swept off the boat.
But unfortunately there were too many people in the group, and Penny had little offensive power. Soon Xu Peng and the two were approached by guys holding sticks.
At this critical moment, Xu He finally squeezed through the crowd and came to the dock.
I saw him pull out the Baihong Sword with a "crack" sound and point it at the shopkeeper: "Tell your people to get off our ship!"
The situation suddenly changed. The shopkeeper who had a chance to win was suddenly struck by a sword with cold light across his neck, which frightened him so much that he turned pale.
"You, who are you? How dare you point weapons at people in broad daylight!" The shopkeeper yelled at Xu He, holding on to his limp body.
But anyone could hear the lack of confidence in his words.
Xu He snorted coldly: "You robbed our ship in broad daylight. According to the "Laws of the Great Wei Dynasty", you are charged with robbery and are not guilty of murder!"
After speaking, he handed the sword forward in his hand, and the sharp blade immediately opened a gash in the shopkeeper's neck, and blood immediately seeped out from the skin.
Seeing that Xu He was serious, the shopkeeper quickly called to the crew on board: "Quick, get down quickly!"
When Xu He saw the group of people disembarking from Guo Xiaoer's boat, he immediately turned around and said, "Hurry up and get my aunt on board, you all!"
Everyone looked back, and everyone in the Xie family took the opportunity to carry the patient onto the boat.
After everyone got on the boat, Xu He glanced at the shopkeeper, put away the Baihong Sword and jumped onto the bow.
When Guo Xiaoer saw this, he immediately tapped his pennant, and the boat turned around and merged into the busy waterway.
At this moment, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The Xie brothers looked at their cousin in surprise.
At this time, Hou Desheng sighed: "If Mr. Xu hadn't made a decisive decision, he might not have been able to leave today!"
Xu He shook his head and said to the waiter who was taking a punt, "Xiaoer, you often walk on the river. Is there any place to hide near here?"
The waiter thought for a while and then said to Xu He: "There is a reed swamp not far ahead. You can go there to hide temporarily."
Seeing Xu He nod, the waiter drove the boat into the branch and went straight to the reed swamp.
