Shen Rui and Xiao Youan followed the servants to the mass grave, and saw them throwing something away and then hurried away.
Xiao Youan felt strange and said to Shen Rui: "Let's go over and have a look."
These mass graves are full of ownerless corpses, piled together and exuding a stench, and some of them have even turned into white bones.
Xiao Youan covered his nose, holding a wooden stick in his hand to open the thing wrapped in rags, and saw a little girl inside.
He looked like he was two or three years old. He was frightened and hurriedly turned back to Shen Rui and said, "It's a child. Come here and see if it's your sister?"
Shen Rui was shocked. He hurriedly ran over. When he saw the person lying on the ground, his expression changed drastically: "Xiao Miao'er!"
The girl with her eyes tightly closed and huddled up was the sister he had been looking for.
Shen Rui picked him up and realized something was wrong. Xiao Miaoer's body was so hot that she felt like she had a fever.
He suddenly panicked: "You'an, my sister seems to be sick."
Xiao Youan hurriedly went over to check. He touched Xiao Miao'er's head and said, "The fever is so severe. It's not possible to continue like this."
He said: "Go back to the doctor quickly."
The two of them were holding Xiao Miao'er and were about to return to the city. Before they walked in, they saw someone in front of the city gate questioning passers-by: "Have you seen these two teenagers who look like they are in their teens?"
Xiao Youan pulled Shen Rui and hurriedly hid and said: "No, we can't go back to Yangzhou City, they are looking for us."
Shen Rui said: "What about Xiao Miao'er?"
Xiao You'an pulled him back and said, "Let's go towards the capital, and we'll find a doctor for Xiao Miao'er on the way."
Shen Rui said: "But she is so ill, what if something happens?"
Xiao Youan looked at him and said: "The Jifeng Tower we burned was the property of Boss Huang. You also saw that the prefect of Yangzhou was working in collusion with Boss Huang.
If Xiao Miaoer hadn't been sick, he wouldn't have been thrown out. If we went back and were caught by them, we would be dead. Not only your sister, but all of us would die by then!"
Shen Rui was stunned for a moment. He hugged the person in his arms tightly, his heart filled with unprecedented fear.
He finally found his sister, but his sister was so sick.
Although the city of Yangzhou was very close, they could not go back and save his sister.
Xiao Youan said: "Don't delay, your sister will be in more danger if you delay any longer."
When he sent Scar Li to the government office, he wrote a letter to the Yangzhou magistrate, telling him Xiao Miao'er's identity.
As a prefect, he must be very cautious when colluding with local wealthy gentry.
So they secretly followed the prefect to see if he would bring Xiao Miao'er out.
What they didn't expect was that they actually threw the person away. If they hadn't been secretly monitoring the activities of the Huang Mansion and felt that the servants were sneaky, it was very likely that Xiao Miaoer would have died in the mass grave.
But the Yangzhou magistrate and Boss Huang actually wanted to kill them all.
When he returned to the capital, he would tell the regent about this, ransack their home, and chop their heads to avenge Xiao Miao'er.
Xiao Youan took a deep breath and pulled Shen Rui away. When passing by the river, they stopped.
Xiao Youan tore off the hem of his own clothes, dipped some water in it and put it on Xiao Miao'er's forehead to relieve her fever. Then he found some herbs nearby that could relieve the fever.
Shen Rui asked: "Are you reliable? You won't harm my sister, right?"
Xiao Youan rolled his eyes at him: "I grew up in a temple, and my master always treated me for headaches and fever.
He also taught me how to identify some basic medicinal materials, and I also learned some medical skills when I was in the General's Mansion. Although I am not as good as a doctor, I can still treat the most basic typhoid fever and so on."
He crushed the herbs into juice and dripped it into Xiao Miao'er's mouth.