Chapter Twenty-Five: Something Else
Unable to take a break, Yu Ruyan, accompanied by Tang Yunluo, galloped all the way to Beiguang Mansion. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Stupid woman, you can't do this, your body will not be able to bear it." Tang Yunluo, who was on the horse, looked at the crumbling Yu Ruyan and shouted worriedly.
Yu Ruyan held on and said, "It's okay, let's hurry up." ”
Tang Yunluo said anxiously: "You haven't rested much for five or six days, you will collapse if you continue like this!" ”
Seeing that Yu Ruyan still didn't listen, Tang Yun was in a hurry, and one flew forward and dragged Yu Ruyan off the horse. After Yu Ruyan stood still, Tang Yunluo hurriedly flew over to stop the two horses that were still galloping.
"What are you doing?" Yu Ruyan asked loudly.
Tang Yunluo originally wanted to persuade her, but when he saw her black face, his fire arched up, and he yelled at her: "You're not tired, the horse is still tired!" ”
Stupid woman, I'm not all for your own good! It's really a dog biting Lu Dongbin, and he doesn't know the hearts of good people.
Yu Ruyan was deflated, but seeing that Tang Yunluo was also tired, since he left Beijing, he had not had a good rest, and he couldn't bear it, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's take a rest in the town in front." ”
"That's right." Tang Yunluo said.
The two came to the town and settled in a small inn.
"Shopkeeper, give us two upper rooms." Yu Ruyan said.
The shopkeeper pulled the abacus and didn't raise his head, but said, "There is only one room left in this store." ”
"Really, not?" Yu Ruyan asked.
"I really don't, and if I do, won't I make any money?" The shopkeeper was a little impatient, "Just one room, I don't like to sleep." ”
Tang Yunluo laughed secretly, immediately looked at Yu Ruyan with flattery, and said, "Lady, I know my mistake for my husband." ”
Yu Ruyan stared at Tang Yunluo, what was he talking about just now?
"Lady, the husband just glanced at that girl, and it didn't matter, why should you be angry?" Tang Yunluo took a somewhat coquettish tone, and turned to the shopkeeper with a smile and said, "Shopkeeper, please give us an upper room." ”
Tang Yunluo cheekily pulled Yu Ruyan into the room under Yu Ruyan's vicious glare.
"What are your intentions?" After the shopkeeper closed the door, Yu Ruyan asked coldly.
Tang Yunluo smiled: "Scholar, how dare I, a grass citizen, have any intentions for the auxiliary minister of the dynasty?" There's only one room left, don't you sleep? ”
"And where do you sleep?" Yu Ruyan asked.
Tang Yunluo had a reasonable expression and said, "Of course I slept here!" You always have to pay more attention when you go out, and I will keep you safe. ”
Tang Yunluo saw Yu Ruyan's expression, obviously saying: I am not safe with you. Tang Yunluo carefully prepared hot water for Yu Ruyan, laid out the bedding, and took a roll of bedding for himself and spread it on the ground.
As the head of the Tang Sect, he should have been clothed and fed since he was a child, and he hugged him from front to back, but he didn't expect to have such a careful side. Yu Ruyan was really tired, so she washed her face and fell asleep.
When she woke up the next day, Yu Ruyan found that she had an extra quilt on her body. It's getting colder and colder, and I can't imagine that he is so careful to add a quilt for himself.
Towards noon, the two finally arrived in Beiguang Province, where several severely affected villages had become "dead villages", with no grass and starvation. Local officials could only gather the victims together, but there were still cases of freezing and starvation.
Yu Ruyan came to the home of the prefect of Beiguang Prefecture and deployed the specific matters of disaster relief here.
First of all, all prefectures and counties in Beiguang Prefecture must open warehouses to release grain, and not a single grain of rice is allowed to be corrupted, and the gentry and wealthy people in various places also encourage disaster relief. Secondly, the people of the Ministry of Industry led the soldiers of the government to pay close attention to the construction of fortifications and increase the height and fortification. Third, local doctors were convened to distribute decoctions to prevent cold and vomiting every day, and to treat the sick victims in a timely manner. Finally, those who are able to do so advocate participating in disaster relief, and if there is merit, the court should recognize them. In addition, Yu Ruyan also played Zhao Wenzheng, Beiguang Mansion was seriously affected by the disaster and urgently needed to transfer grain for disaster relief.
Yu Ruyan personally went into battle and distributed porridge and steamed buns to the victims of Yizhuang. Tang Yunluo traveled for a few days, and finally had a "place to use", with his assistance, the first batch of mung bean soup and ginger soup were boiled out and distributed to the victims.
When the people of Beiguang Mansion heard this, even the scholars of the imperial court personally rescued the people in Yizhuang, and the squires and officials of Beiguang Mansion also went out one after another to participate in disaster relief matters in various places.
At this time, the Beiguang Prefecture, both officialdom and the people, were automatically and spontaneously participating in the disaster relief under the infection. Some were responsible for distributing food, some were responsible for distributing decoctions, some helped the doctors cut and pound medicines, and even some women participated in sewing winter cotton clothes for the victims.
Due to the timely rescue, there was no plague after this flood. However, the weather was bitterly cold, and the imperial court urgently transferred a sum of money to buy winter clothes and firewood.
After more than 10 days of busyness, the victims finally stabilized. Seeing that the situation of the victims was stable, Yu Ruyan's hard work for so many days was finally not in vain.
The first snow of early winter came, and the salty form at the beginning gradually turned into snowflakes, and within half a day, the ground was white.
Yu Ruyan stepped slowly on the snow, and behind her, a plush cloak was draped over herself.
The air is clean, and although it is still cold and dry, the ground is covered in snow, and it looks pleasant. In the fluttering snowflakes, the sky, the earth, the river, and the mountains are pure and clean, and there is no quagmire.
"Suddenly, like a night of spring breeze, thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloom." Yu Ruyan muttered.
"Beware of the cold." Tang Yunluo said softly, "But what I like the most are the last two lines of this poem: Luntai sent you to the east gate, and when you went there, the snow was full of snow on the mountain road." The mountain loop turns around, and the snow leaves a place for horses. ”
Yu Ruyan smiled lightly, Tang Yunluo had indeed helped a lot during this time, otherwise he would have been a little too busy to be alone. Among the victims, Tang Yunluo's good story gradually spread.
"It's almost the end of the year, I thought I could have a good New Year." Yu Ruyan said worriedly, "I don't want disasters to fall from the sky, but I have suffered them." ”
Tang Yunluo chuckled: "Scholars are so worried about the country and the people, aren't they afraid of being tired?" ”
At this time, a contemptuous voice came from behind him: "Bah! What kind of disaster from heaven is almost the same as a man-made disaster from heaven! ”
The two were stunned for a moment, followed the sound and looked for it, only to see a middle-aged man wrapped in cotton clothes sitting on the side of the road, looking at the sky with disdain, and his cheeks were bulging with anger.
"Uncle, what do you mean by that?" Yu Ruyan stepped forward and asked.
The man glanced at Yu Ruyan, snorted, and turned his head away.
Yu Ruyan squatted down, smiled and asked, "Uncle, what do you mean when you say that man-made disasters fell from the sky?" ”
The man looked a little roe deer, but the shreak in his eyes and the shrewdness between his eyebrows made others doubt his words.
"Hmph." The man said contemptuously, "You don't think about it, this is not the flood season of the Yellow River, how can a flood suddenly break out?" ”
Yu Ruyan and Tang Yunluo glanced at each other, what does this sentence mean? Could it be that the flooding of the Yellow River is not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster?
"Uncle, do you know anything?" Yu Ruyan asked.
The man still had an arrogant look, ignoring Yu Ruyan's love.
Yu Ruyan then persuaded: "Uncle, I am a bachelor of the imperial court, if you know what is behind this matter, you must tell me!" ”
"Why am I telling you that you're a scholar?" The man asked.
Yu Ruyan said anxiously: "Uncle, I beg you, do you really know anything?" ”
"I don't know." The man said.
Tang Yunluo had already seen that this person was still a little similar to his temper in some aspects, so he immediately pulled up Yu Ruyan and said, "You are really a stupid woman, you believe everything others say!" How did you become a university scholar with such stupidity? ”
"No, I ......"
As soon as Yu Ruyan wanted to explain, she was interrupted by Tang Yunluo: "No, what's not?" I don't know anything about this person at all, but he just talks about it and wants to get you two money to spend. ”
Yu Ruyan looked at the man, and said to Tang Yunluo: "But, if ......"
"Do you have enough experience or mine?" Tang Yunluo pulled Yu Ruyan and left, "Let's go, he lied to you, he didn't know anything at all." ”
As soon as he had taken two steps, the man stood up and shouted, "You two stop, who said I didn't know?!" ”
"You know, then you say!" Tang Yun fell.
Yu Ruyan smiled and looked at Tang Yunluo, these two people are really a temper.
The man beckoned to the two mysteriously, and after Tang Yunluo pulled Yu Ruyan closer, the man looked around, but no one passed by, and then said, "You two think about it, isn't it a sudden flood during the flood season, for what?" On the day of the flood, many of us heard a few loud bangs, and the levee was not washed away by the flood at all, but blown up! ”
"Uncle, are you telling the truth?" Yu Ruyan asked, "Is the embankment really blown up?" Who has the guts of this monstrous! ”
The man snorted and muttered, "How would I know?" ”
Yu Ruyan scolded angrily: "Bastard! Blowing up the embankment caused the flooding of the Yellow River, the destruction of fertile land, and the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people. ”
Tang Yunluo said: "It's a pity that the flood has been flooding for so long now, and we may not find obvious evidence of the embankment blowing up." This matter should be reported to the emperor and discussed in the long run. ”