Chapter 36: Departure
Xue Jingyan looked at Li Xiangyun with a sharp gaze, but he didn't speak.
Li Xiangyun saw that he didn't answer, and he didn't care, but continued to say, "Xia Guan has long heard that the prince and the sixth young master are filial to their mothers, and they didn't have the opportunity to go to the capital to meet before, but now they have the opportunity to serve the prince and the princess, and Xia Guan is extremely satisfied." ”
An Shenmu is very expensive, even if the regent is in power, he can't blatantly take too much silver, Xue Jingyan is also very distressed about his mother's inability to sleep at night on weekdays, and Doctor Sun's prescription has always been precious, and it is difficult to find gold.
But if you are courteous to others, you must ask for something, and I don't know why Li Xiangyun took out these two things.
"Master Li, you still say it directly, what do you want me to do? And where are my people? He didn't think that Xue Yuan and a few people would leave him alone in the Li Mansion, and Zhu Yan, who had been sticking to him before, although he didn't see her that day, he just felt that she should have come over.
"Hehe, don't worry Xue Gongzi, they are all fine. Xia Guan didn't have any requirements, but I just hoped that when the prince told the prince what happened in Muzhou, he could plead for us a little. This time, the Yunlan River burst the embankment because of the heavy rain for too long, beyond the reach of manpower, our Muzhou officials are sincerely afraid, and finally the rain is clear, everyone is also busy with disaster relief and rescue, and some losses are being counted. ”
Xue Jingyan couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hand to take the thing in front of him, and said, "It turns out that it's for this, I'll just say a few words in front of my father then." Is it worth such a big gift? ”
"You said you went to disaster relief, why don't you take me to see it."
Li Xiangyun saw that Xue Jingyan had accepted something, thinking that the son of the dignified regent would never go back on his word, so he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Childe don't need to be in such a hurry, the little girl Zhu was recuperating in the west wing before, I don't know if Childe wants to take a look."
"You let people lead the way!" He didn't expect that Zhu Yan's cold had only been a few days away, and now he was sick again.
A maid stepped forward and prepared to take him to the West Wing. But Xue Jingyan quickly changed his words and said, "Master Li, let's send someone to take me to the disaster relief place." "Zhu Yan alone is still not as important as the victims. It rained so hard a few days ago, and the embankment broke, I don't know what happened to the people of Muzhou.
When he came to a hill in the southeast of Qingyun Mansion City, he was greeted by tens of thousands of victims. The terrain is quite high, and some soldiers in military uniforms are coming and going from tent to tent. It looks fairly orderly.
I have to say that the disaster relief manual formulated by Lu Taizu was implemented well by the commander of the military camp. It is also possible for a large country with a vast territory to have some occasional droughts and floods, as well as plagues and the like, but this is by no means due to the king's negligence. Lu Taizu recruited some talented people to develop this disaster relief plan that is now customary.
For example, in the event of a flood, the survivors can be gathered on a high place and boiled water can be drunk. When there is a plague, the thing that causes the plague must be burned and buried.
However, people in the military still know a lot about these things, and no one in the Xue family is in the army, so they don't know a lot about them. He came here out of concern for the people of Muzhou, and found that there was nothing to do, but there was a burst of joy in his heart, at least, it seemed that all the qiē were developing in a good way. In this way, I can also explain to my father when I go back.
So, he turned around and prepared to go to the Li Mansion to see Zhu Yan.
The people on the mountain looked at his distant figure and didn't care.
The west wing of the Li Mansion.
Zhu Yan was still asleep. But her brows were furrowed tightly, and beside her was a maid from the Li Mansion sitting on a low stool next to her and taking care of her.
Xue Jingyan pushed the door in, and the maid stood up and saluted.
"Childe is good."
Xue Jingyan waved his hand and said, "You go down first......"
The maid went down quickly, and he looked at Zhu Yan, who was a little weak on the bed, with a wry smile on the corner of his mouth.
This time, he didn't wake up Zhu Yan, but walked over and sat down, thinking carefully about what had happened in the past few days.
After careful reflection, he found that his appearance in this trip to Muzhou could be regarded as unbearable, and if his father knew, he would probably have to discipline him. Sometimes you can choose another option, but you choose one that is not very suitable for the current situation, no wonder some people say that he is still too tender. In officialdom, he really can't play these people. He is accustomed to doing things directly and clearly. He still has a lot to learn.
After pondering for a long time, he still decided to leave Qingyun Mansion early, otherwise under Li Xiangyun's nose, he would always feel a little constrained in doing things. I don't know where Xue Yuan and they went.
Zhu Yan was sleeping, vaguely feeling that someone was watching her, and when she opened her eyes and saw the master she hadn't seen for several days, she couldn't help but doubt her eyes. But when I looked closely, I found that the person in front of me was indeed a living master.
She said happily, "Master, are you better?" ”
Her voice was a little weak and hoarse, Xue Jingyan poured a glass of water from the table, Zhu Yan took it and drank it, and it was much more comfortable to speak.
"Master, are you alright?"
Xue Jingyan shook his head and said, "It's okay." He saw that Zhu Yan's condition was fine, and he had asked about Zhu Yan's condition before, and knew that she was just sick from exhaustion, and it would be good to rest for a few days. Since he decided to leave as soon as possible, he told Zhu Yan about it first.
Zhu Yan's heart tightened, and he asked, "Master, we are leaving, what about the victims of Qingyun Mansion?" It has rained for so many days, and the Yunlan River has burst its banks, and there must be many people who are homeless......"
Xue Jingyan remembered the situation on the mountain before, and said: "Xiao Yan don't worry, the people from Governor Li's Mansion and the army have settled the victims well, I have gone to see it." ”
Zhu Yan didn't believe it, but she couldn't say her own reason, and besides, she hadn't seen the situation on the mountain at all, and she didn't know if those victims had really been properly resettled.
Maybe it's a mistake in your memory? Zhu Yan shook his head, no longer thinking about this, just whispered.
The two sat quietly, each thinking about his own business.
After about half a cup of tea, Xue Yuan came back with news. He saw that Li Xiangyun had already arranged the young master and Zhu Yan before, and knew that he didn't dare to do anything, so he sneaked into the official office with a few other people to search for things, and he always remembered the purpose of coming to Muzhou. Since you are going to stay in Qingyun Mansion for a few days, this is also a good opportunity.
It's a pity that this trip didn't gain anything.
And Qingyun Mansion can also be regarded as mourning, and he also has a sense of concern when he sees it, but he knows that he can't help much, so he wants to send the news back to the capital and let the people in the capital deal with the affairs here. He didn't think that the people in the Muzhou Mansion dared to speak out about the news, and he had to carefully verify the specific situation of the disaster in Qingyun Mansion.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he came back, he heard the news that Xue Jingyan had decided to leave.
Xue Yuan frowned and said, "Young Master, I'm afraid that this time the flood is very severe, I think it's better to stay here and take a look." ”
Xue Jingyan had made up his mind, but seeing that Xue Yuan insisted on staying here, seeing that Zhu Yan didn't want to leave, he said, "Let's go to Munan City first, and then turn around and take a look at the situation in Qingyun Mansion." I don't know what Governor Li was thinking, but I knew I couldn't stay here and be used as a scapegoat. ”
Zhu Yan didn't quite understand what Xue Jingyan meant, but Xue Yuan's eyes flashed but he seemed to think of something, so he also nodded in agreement. As for the other three guards, Xue Yuan would naturally inform them one by one, but there was no need for Xue Jingyan to say anything.
Li Xiangyun was very surprised when he heard the news that Xue Jingyan was leaving, but he still arranged a table of dishes to see them off. The dishes are also quite generous.
Zhu Yan was unhappy in his heart, but he didn't show it on the surface. In the current situation, many people outside have been displaced, but there are meat and vegetables on the table. As for Xue Jingyan, he has always kept a calm face, making people wonder what he is thinking.
When they left Qingyun Mansion, Li Xiangyun did not come to see them off, saying that they had gone to visit the victims.
Xue Jingyan didn't care, he just galloped all the way in the direction of Mu Nan City.
The weather was too weird, the rain for the first 20 days, but after that, the sky was clear, and a few people walked on the road that was still a little muddy, and their hearts were a little heavy. In order to be in a hurry, everyone rode horses. Zhu Yan is young, but he still rides with Xue Jingyan, which is convenient for him to take care of her.
Li Xiangyun didn't have that much ability to make the people of the whole city and the whole mansion make a show to Xue Jingyan, so when Xue Jingyan saw the victims along the way, his heart was extremely complicated.
Before, he saw that Li Xiangyun had settled the victims very well, and he put a big stone in his heart, but he forgot to pay attention to the fact that Muzhou was very large, and the area covered by the heavy rain was also very large, so he could imagine what the situation was like in the lower reaches of the Yunlan River.
Because it was determined that he would come to Qingyun Mansion instead of returning to Beijing in the future, Xue Jingyan asked Xue Yuan to arrange for a person to stay in Qingyun Mansion. It just so happened that Xu Ze didn't want to go back and forth, so he took the initiative to take this task. He felt that it should be very relaxed, much better than running to Munan City under the big sun. Of course, what happened in the future, he would not have thought that he would lose his life for the sake of this moment's comfort.
There were a lot of people on the road, but there were a lot of people on the whole road.
There was a woman in cloth clothes on the side of the road holding a body that had cooled down and crying, Xue Yuan received a hint from Xue Jingyan, and got off the horse to ask.
"This eldest sister, where are you from? Why don't you go to the government's shelter? ”
The woman turned around, looked Xue Yuan and his party up and down, and found that they were all riding horses, and they were also characters with some status, so she said with tears in her eyes: "Listen to the accent, you are from out of town." My husband and I are from Pingyang County, but we didn't have the money to enter the government's shelter, so the government kicked us out. I didn't expect it, I didn't expect my husband to be sick after a rainstorm before, so he ...... That's it......"
Pingyang County is on the edge of Qingyun Mansion, Xue Jingyan really didn't expect the government to dare to do such a thing, he was a little incredulous.