Quick mission: We don't make trouble

Standing inside the house, Mr. Zhu looked anxiously at his daughter, Zhu Qingqing, and asked, "Qingqing, have you prepared all the medicine for Team Leader Yang and the others? Time is running out, I have to go over there quickly."

Zhu Qingqing smiled and handed a heavy backpack to her father, saying softly, "Dad, don't worry! I've packed it a long time ago. It won't delay anything."

Come on, I'll take you out and find a servant to take you back."

The father and daughter walked out of the house and went outside to ask the old man who was sitting in front of the shop. The old man stroked his beard and slowly replied, "Oh, you don't know, the people in the warehouse went out to repair the road early yesterday morning, and even the carriages were driven out. No one has come back yet. I guess they won't come back until the road is repaired."

Zhu Qingqing frowned and said to her father after thinking for a moment: "Dad, please wait here for a while. I will find a way to hire a horse carriage or ox cart for you." Before she finished speaking, she ran out like a gust of wind.

Just as Zhu Qingqing stepped out of the gate, she heard the rapid sound of horse hooves approaching from afar. A steed galloped towards her like lightning, stopping in front of the gate in the blink of an eye. The rider, dressed in a dark blue yamen runner's uniform, looked dusty and exhausted, but his eyes remained sharp and focused.

Judging from the appearance, this person must be an official who came to deliver a letter, Zhu Qingqing thought.

Get out of the way quickly.

The man nimbly leaped off the tall horse's back, landing steadily on the ground. He then quickly walked towards Zhu Qingqing, who was running out. With a look of anxiety and anticipation on his face, he asked, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry to bother you. I'd like to ask you a question. I wonder if Xu Xiaoxiang is here?"

When Zhu Qingqing heard this, she was stunned at first, then asked in confusion: "Xu Xiaoxiang? I don't know this person!"

Seeing this, the man quickly explained, "I heard she had a difficult labor and was in critical condition. She was saved by a doctor named Chen and then sent here."

Zhu Qingqing suddenly realized that the woman who had a difficult delivery was called Xu Xiaoxiang, and hurriedly said, "Oh, so you are talking about her! She is in there, in there. Don't worry, everything is fine, both mother and child are safe. You can go in and take a look." As she spoke, she extended her hand enthusiastically and pointed towards the inside of the house, then turned around and ran away like a gust of wind.

Zhu Qingqing anxiously walked around outside, looking here and there, hoping to see a carriage or an ox cart. However, to her disappointment, there was no sign of a carriage, let alone an ox cart.

She couldn't help but pull over a passerby to ask, only to hear the other person reply, "The Yang family warehouse has paid a high price to hire all the available horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts nearby to go to Dayu Mountain to build the road! Right now, I'm afraid the only people who might have horses are the government office and General Fan, the city commander."

After hearing this, Zhu Qingqing instantly became listless, like a frost-bitten eggplant. She walked back slowly with her head drooping. Just as she was about to reach the door, her eyes suddenly lit up, and her gaze fixed on the horse at the door. She thought to herself, "That's right! Why not borrow this horse and quickly take Dad there!" Thinking of this, Zhu Qingqing's face, which had been covered with gloom, suddenly broke into a bright smile, as charming as a peach blossom in full bloom in spring.