According to the clues found from the map and the regional chronicles, Shen Shu took Xie Changning to several suspicious places, but the first choice was in Quanzhou, after all, this was Xie Changning's territory. It took a total of several days to walk down, but the time was well spent, because some problems were found in all the places marked, and this was thanks to the rainstorm not long ago, which made some of the original obscure traces more clear, making Shen Shu's words more convincing.

After the field investigation, the two took a carriage back to the county seat, without saying a word all the way, but Xie Changning's eyes never took off Shen Shu, he looked at her, there was surprise and suspicion in his eyes.

A person who is usually silent and doesn't care about anything, suddenly shakes his mouth and shakes out that there will be a great catastrophe in the near future, and has found enough evidence to prove this sentence, and this person is an inner house woman, and so on, how can he not doubt it.

Xie Changning's reaction was also expected by Shen Shu. This matter is not only difficult at the beginning, even after gaining his trust, when a piece of evidence is placed in front of him, it is another difficulty.

She was waiting, waiting for Xie Changning to make a final decision.

The carriage leisurely passed through the lively long street of the county and stopped at the gate of the mansion. Shen Shu followed Xie Changning out of the carriage and followed him into the door, seeing that he was about to part ways, he finally spoke, "You go to the study with me." ”

Shen Shu nodded in response, and followed him around the corner and walked towards the study.

After arriving at the study, Xie Changning asked the little scholar who was guarding the study to guard outside the courtyard, and no one was allowed to come in without his permission. After doing this errand for so long, it was the first time for the little scholar to hear Xie Changning's strict tone, and he was shocked in his heart, and then nodded very solemnly, and ran outside the courtyard to guard it in three or two.

Shen Shu saw it, and somehow, suddenly wanted to laugh.

The two entered the study and sat down at the desk, Xie Changning looked directly at Shen Shu and said with a stern expression, "It is undeniable that this time, it is indeed your credit to be able to discover the omen of the disaster in advance." Shen Shu, I don't care how you know about this, I just need you to promise that if something like this happens in the future, you must sue me first, and you can only sue me alone. ”

"Hmm. Compared with Xie Changning's solemnity, Shen Shu's attitude was a little indifferent. The main reason is that she thinks that Xie Changning's words are purely superfluous, because even if he doesn't say it, she can only sue him for these things, not because of trust, but because he is the only choice.

After Shen Shu responded, he paused and asked, "What are you going to do next?" It's okay to say here in Quanzhou, and ...... other places" Quanzhou is Xie Changning's territory, so he can have the final say, and the rest of the places will not be his turn.

When Xie Changning heard this, he glanced at her and replied, "I have my own plans, so you don't have to worry about it." ”

When Shen Shu heard this, she couldn't help but want to sneer. In a feudal dynasty where science and technology are not developed, how much power can a small county official have? But she endured it in the end, and said in a calm tone, " You should know that time is running out, and all you can do now is to repair the book and send it to the other county orders, and tell them as much as possible what you find, as for whether they believe it or not, you can only resign yourself to fate, because you don't have time to convince them one by one, and you still have to preside over the projects in the whole state, which is the best way to prevent the disaster, if not, is to try to make sufficient preparations before the incident happens, and try to minimize the loss. ”

"There must be a major illness after the disaster, this is a point that needs to be noted, in addition, we must also take into account the post-disaster reconstruction work, people only have the strength to work when they are full, the food problem is equally important, and there will inevitably be people who want to make a windfall by taking advantage of the disaster, how to deal with these people, do you have a plan?"

Xie Changning never expected Shen Shu to say such a thing, and the suspicion in his heart became even worse, and his eyes looking at Shen Shu were even more oppressive, "How do you know?" If it makes sense to say that predicting the disaster is a prompt from God, but these things are not something that an inner house woman should know.

Shen Shu looked at him directly, "I dreamed of it in my dreams, and I saw it in a book later." She said smoothly, and another sentence came out, "Haven't you heard of it, knowledge changes fate." ”

Xie Changning squinted slightly, "Shen Shu, I said, there are some things that can't be said nonsense. The sage said: The people can make it, but they can't know it. It's better to keep that sentence in your heart and don't say it to anyone again. ”

When Shen Shu heard this, she finally couldn't help but sneer, and didn't answer Xie Changning's words again, but said, "I'll write down what I can think of when I go back next time, and let Liuli send it to you when the time comes, I'm a little uncomfortable, so I'll go back first." She got up and walked out of the door, but when she walked to the door and opened it, she saw the little scholar raising his hand and about to knock on the door.

Shen Shu was stunned for a moment, but the little scholar was startled, his eyes widened, and only after a moment did he say, "Madam." ”

Shen Shu nodded slightly and asked him, "What's wrong?"

The little scholar replied, "It was Sister Chunlan in Aunt Zhou's yard who said that she had something to ask to see her uncle, but she refused to leave no matter what the little one said, so she must come over to pass it." He said, and subconsciously looked back at the courtyard gate.

Shen Shu followed his line of sight, and saw a woman in a goose yellow dress standing at the gate of the courtyard, I don't know if it was her illusion, Shen Shu always felt that when she looked over, the other party replied with a somewhat smug smile.

Shen Shu felt that she was probably mistaken, she had nothing to do with the West Courtyard at all, what was the person over there to be proud of her? She was thinking about it, when she heard Xie Changning's voice behind her, "What's wrong?"

The little scholar hurriedly replied, still the same thing that Fang had just said to Shen Shu.

Hearing this, Xie Changning directly asked the little scholar to call someone over.

The maid named Chunlan came, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, who was the age of a flower, and had her own unique style. Walking to the door, he saluted Xie Changning and Shen Shu in a regular manner, "The slave has seen the uncle, madam." ”

Shen Shu didn't care about the affairs of the West Courtyard, and after nodding slightly, she was about to leave, but she heard Chunlan and Xie Changning say, "Uncle, my aunt was a little uncomfortable this morning, and after inviting the doctor to the house to see it, the doctor said that my aunt was almost two months pregnant. She said this, paused, and said, "Congratulations uncle, congratulations to madam." ”

The two people who were congratulated were stunned. Xie Changning was the first to come back to his senses, his face slightly revealed a little joy, and then quickly reined in, subconsciously looked at Shen Shu, only to see her blank expression, he was stunned for a moment, he thought that Shen Shu would be sad when he heard it, and his joy would aggravate her sadness, but he didn't expect this reaction.

Shen Shu was really stunned, because she couldn't figure it out, Xie Changning's aunt was pregnant, why did she say congratulations to her, what joy was there for her?

Sensing Xie Changning's gaze, she turned her head to look at him, and saw that he frowned slightly, and she didn't know what to think. She only struggled for a moment, then decided not to care, nodded at Xie Changning, and said, "I'll go back first." With that, he turned and walked away.

After Xie Changning watched her figure disappear at the gate of the courtyard, his face sank, and he looked down at Chunlan, "Who told you what you said just now?"

Chunlan didn't expect him to have such an attitude, she was stunned, and suddenly panicked in her heart, and hurriedly knelt down and explained, "Uncle Hui, it was the slave and the maid who said it themselves, the slave and the maid thought that after coming to Quanzhou, the lady and the elder sister were sick, and now the aunt is pregnant, which can be regarded as a happy event, so she said those words, it was the slave and the maid who were wrong, please punish the uncle!"

Xie Changning looked at Chunlan and kowtowed three times before he said, "Only this once." Go back to Aunt Zhou and let her take good care of herself, and go to see her when I have free time. With that, he turned and went back to his study.

"The slave knows. Chunlan raised her head, her forehead was obviously red, and after standing up, she glanced at the little scholar next to her, and then returned to a casual appearance, and left.

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When Shen Shu returned to the East Courtyard, Sister Hui and Brother Zhen were already in the house, and when she came back, Sister Hui said with a worried face, "Mother, don't be sad. ”

"What?" Shen Shu was dazed.

Sister Hui stepped forward, took her hand, pulled her to sit on the soft couch, and said softly, "Aunt Zhou's child, even if it is a brother, is just a concubine, and mother doesn't have to be sad about this." Besides, it's not certain whether you can be born safely. ”

It's not that Sister Hui has any bad intentions, but that Aunt Zhou's child was not born in her previous life, and no one did anything in it, she couldn't think about it. Thinking of this, Sister Hui remembered that incident again, and when that time comes, will her mother be even more sad?

Shen Shu listened to Sister Hui'er's words, and only then did she understand what she meant, she couldn't help but be a little funny, thinking that Aunt Zhou would not have children, whether she had a boy or a girl, what did it have to do with her, why should she be sad? But this must not be said, she thought about it, and said to Sister Hui'er, "Thank you Sister Hui for your concern, you and Brother Zhen are so well-behaved, it's too late for me to be happy, how can I be sad for Aunt Zhou's child." ”

Brother Zhen on the side seemed to understand her words, leaned up and hugged her other hand, and rubbed his little face on his arm, "Mother, I will always be obedient, don't be sad." ”

Shen Shu smiled and touched his head, "Okay." ”

After talking to the two sisters and brothers for a while, and after having dinner together, Shen Shu asked Liuli to find her a pen and paper, and wrote down all the information she could remember about how to prevent and control the flood. Before she started writing, she was worried that she would not be able to see people with the brush she wrote, because although her parents mentioned it in her previous life, she was not interested in it, so they did not force her to practice. I didn't expect that when I put down the pen, the handwriting was good, as if it came from the memory of the body, stroke by stroke, clear and beautiful.

After Shen Shu finished writing, she asked Liuli to send it to Xie Changning.

Sister Hui and Brother Zhen are gone, and only Amber and Mother Jiang are left in the house, Shen Shu saw their expressions of wanting to speak and stopped, and said, "Don't mention anything related to Aunt Zhou in front of me, otherwise your wages will be deducted, and I will do what I say, if you don't believe it, try it." ”