After the Chinese New Year, Xie Hao officially brought San'er to Mrs. Xie, she didn't want to tell him that San'er had suffered a lot of hardships that were not suitable for his age, but to tell him that there were so many disasters in the village that they didn't know.

The rich people in the capital sang peacefully every night, but the poor struggled to survive in the rat's nest.

The life of a person in a place is precious, and the life of a person in a place is cheap.

God is unfair!

But there were some things she still couldn't say in front of San'er, so after Mrs. Xie agreed to San'er to stay, she found an excuse to send San'er out.

Shrewdness and Old Lady Xie naturally saw her thoughts, so they took the initiative to ask, "Do you have anything to say to me?" ”

Xie Zhen nodded and asked, "Grandfather, do you know Pingle County?" ”

Old lady Xie didn't expect that she would suddenly ask about an irrelevant place, but this didn't bother him, because the great rivers and mountains of the Great Jin Dynasty had long been deeply stored in his broad heart.

"Pingle County is a backer, the people are more engaged in farming, the people are simple, and the county guard is quite conscientious." Old Lady Xie came easily, and said strangely: "What are you asking these for?" ”

Xie Zhen sighed softly and said, "Grandfather, don't you know, San'er is from Pingle County, and his family is in a small village in Pingle County. ”

"So what?" Old lady Xie still didn't understand.

Xie Hao said simply: "I don't know if my grandfather knows that Pingle County has not had a good harvest in the field because of the climate in the past two years?" ”

"Is there such a thing?" Old Lady Xie frowned, "I haven't heard of this, but the imperial grain of Pingle County has always been paid in a timely manner!" ”

"That's what the good county guard is!" Xie Zhen bit the tone on the good word, and sneered: "The people of Pingle County are very simple farmers, so even if they can't eat enough, they must pay the imperial grain on time, but the county guard should know the inside story, why didn't he hide it?" ”

Old Lady Xie's face was slightly gloomy.

Xie Hao continued: "Also, I heard San'er say that after they paid the imperial grain, they were even very reluctant to live, and at this time, the county guard asked them to pay something. As far as I know, that was not the time to pay taxes, so why did the county warden make them pay? Do you want to take it for yourself and tie up with your boss? ”

At this moment, Old Lady Xie had to face up to his little granddaughter.

If it is said that the previous analysis of the county guard's accumulation of wealth was due to her aggrieved heart for the people of Pingle County. The sentence "take it for yourself and use it to tie up with your boss" is to effectively control the evil disease in today's officialdom!

His little granddaughter is amazing!

Xie Hao didn't know what Old Lady Xie was thinking, and she still explained her own opinions.

"Even more severely, there was a plague in San'er's village."

"What!" Old Lady Xie lost her voice and said, "What did you say?" ”

Xie Hao repeated the two cold and ruthless words in a solemn voice, "Plague." ”

"How do you know it's the plague?" Old Lady Xie's face was also very strict, because this matter was really a very strict thing.

Xie Zhen replied, "I asked San'er for some details. At first, there were a lot of rats in their village, and the rats stole their few stored food, and then San'er left the village for a while, and then heard the news that his father was critically ill, and when he rushed back, his father was dead, and what was even more terrible was that within a few days, his mother and sister also died. ”

"Does they have a genetic history in their family?" Old Lady Xie asked.

Xie Zhen shook her head, "I haven't asked San'er about this, but I asked about another matter. That is, during the time period when his parents died, other people in the village also died one after another, and all men, women, young and old, old, weak, sick and disabled, all of them suddenly fell ill, and there were rotten sores on their bodies, and they all died after a few days. ”

"Grandfather, I think you must be well aware that so many people suddenly fall ill and die all at once without any human harm. This must be because of some kind of epidemic disease, similar to the plague, combined with the situation mentioned above that there are many rats in the village, so I deduced that it was the plague. ”

Old Lady Xie said in a deep voice: "But under normal circumstances. It is unlikely that the plague will spread on a large scale, and if the people in the village find someone dying from the plague, they will definitely do something. ”

"This is the disadvantage of the dilapidated and backward village." Xie Zhen sighed heavily, "They didn't realize that it was the plague, until now, San'er still didn't understand what was going on in their village, and it was unimaginable that their village's knowledge was lagging behind. Grandfather. As you know, it is the custom in their village that people should be mortuary at home for 7749 days after death, and I guess that's why the plague broke out all at once. ”

"If so, what about the little beggar?" Old Lady Xie frowned.

Xie Zhen hurriedly said: "San'er has never been infected with the plague, although this is a little strange, but a doctor has already done a detailed and comprehensive examination for him, and he is very healthy." ”

Old Lady Xie nodded slowly. Because if San'er contracted the plague, it would be very difficult to deal with it, and then he would probably have to order San'er to be burned to death.

Xie Hao knew this very well, so she waited until Jiang He had done an examination for San'er before she was relieved to tell Old Lady Xie about it.

"Is there still anyone living in that village?" Old lady Xie went with Xie Zhen at that time.

Xie Hao couldn't help but sigh again, "Yes, the land is the life of the peasants, even if they die, they must die on that land, but I don't know what kind of people they have become now, the only thing that is certain is that their bodies must not be able to withstand the plague, even if they survive, they must ......."

She paused suddenly, unable to bear to say any more. Even if you can survive in that kind of place, you will definitely become a nondescript monster......

Of course, Old Lady Xie knew what she was going to say.

"I see." He said in a deep voice: "When I go to court tomorrow, I will let people start the emperor, you go back now first, and call your uncle to come." ”

Xie Zhen knew that he was going to discuss this matter with his uncle, so he didn't stay long, bent his knees slightly, and went to invite Master Xie in person.

When Master Xie heard this, he dropped the teacup in his hand.

"How can there be such a ridiculous thing?" He exclaimed, "It's incredible! ”

Old Lady Xie glared at him unhappily and said, "What's all the fuss?" ”

Master Xie frowned and said, "This matter is really extraordinary, I want to enter the palace immediately and report it to the emperor." ”

Old Lady Xie said in a deep voice: "No. Now that our father and son know about this matter, we must think carefully and not act rashly, otherwise not only will we not be able to save those people, but we may also anger the emperor. Encountering unjustified disasters. ”

"But those people ......," Master Xie said hurriedly.

Old Lady Xie interrupted him and said, "Those people have already fallen into such a situation, no matter how anxious they are, they won't be in a hurry for a while." Don't mess with yourself. ”

Master Xie printed the sweat on his forehead, and his voice should be in a deep voice.

After seeing the calm Xie Zhen again, Old Lady Xie felt more and more that Master Xie was not as good as a child, so he said, "You are still a cabinet bachelor." The knowledge is not as good as that of a child, and you can know that the head of her analysis is much stronger than your headless fly-like fluttering. ”

Master Xie said embarrassedly: "Although I was not present just now, when I heard your father praise Zhen'er like this, I can also imagine her insightful opinion. I think this is inseparable from my father's teaching to her on a daily basis. ”

Old lady Xie snorted: "Don't pat me on the back, you are also trained by me, why don't you see that you have half of Zhen'er's brain?" It can be seen that in addition to acquired training, innate talent is also very important. ”

Master Xie couldn't help but touch his nose and said, "Father, you said so much, don't you mean that I'm stupid......"

"What? Can't I tell you? Old Lady Xie glared and said, "You must know that you are burdened with the rise and fall of the fate of the Xie family. After I am a hundred years old, the descendants of the Xie family will rely on you to promote. Although Zhen'er is different from ordinary people, but she is a daughter in the end, and she can't enter the cabinet in the future, since you know her talent, you will pay attention to finding a good husband for her in the future. ”

Master Xie nodded, "I should do my best, but if you want Zhen'er to have the opportunity to display her talents, then you must choose a very unusual husband." ”

When he said this, he pretended to be casual and said: "That **** plays chess with the emperor." The emperor also asked about Zhen'er's age. ”

Old Lady Xie's gaze suddenly became sharp, and he shot at Old Master Xie like an arrow.

"Do you want Zhen'er to marry into a heavenly family? I know that you and the emperor are like brothers, but don't forget, those are not your real brothers. Your own brother is still living in Lin'an City for the sake of the Xie family, especially your fourth brother, do you want to marry his daughter to a man who is older than you? ”

Master Xie hurriedly said: "The emperor asked if Zhen'er didn't mean to accept Zhen'er as a concubine, I guess in the past, several princes have reached the age of marriage......"

"That's not going to work either." Old Lady Xie said categorically.

Master Xie had no choice but to keep his mouth shut and stop talking.

Old Lady Xie sighed and said, "Shenzhi, I know that you are also for the good of the Xie family." But you still don't think about it comprehensively enough, don't you know that the emperor has not yet chosen a prince, in this stalemate scene, which prince do you want Zhen'er to marry? No matter which prince Zhen'er marries, she will undoubtedly sue others, and that is where my Xie family stands, even if that prince can ascend to the crown prince because of this. And what about after that? As long as he does not inherit the unification for a day, there will often be accidents, once an accident occurs, how do you want our Xie family to deal with themselves? You are putting the Xie family on the fire! ”

Master Xie disagreed, "Father, do you think that as long as we don't stand in line, we can be safe?" The princes privately don't know how many times they've competed. Although the emperor has not yet chosen the crown prince, I think it will only be within one or two years, as for the candidates, I think it is only among those relatively outstanding princes, the most advantageous of which is undoubtedly the eldest prince with the backing of the queen's mother, and the four princes with the backing of the lady should not be underestimated, but the four princes are simple and kind by nature, and the emperor may not be willing to pass the throne to him. ”

Old lady Xie said lightly: "Don't forget, the emperor asked me to teach the fourth prince to read, but he didn't let me teach the eldest prince to read." ”

Sometimes, the emperor's personal preferences are also the key to determining the overall situation.

Master Xie said neither softly nor hardly: "Maybe it's because the eldest prince has passed the age of studying, and he has learned enough before, didn't he go out of the palace on behalf of the emperor last year for a private visit?" It can be seen that the emperor attaches great importance to the eldest prince. ”

Old lady Xie said: "Do you want Zhen'er to marry the eldest prince?" ”

Master Xie smiled slightly: "This is not necessarily impossible, I saw it very clearly at the plum banquet that day, and the queen mother is very concerned about Zhen'er." ”

"Huh." Old Lady Xie sneered and said, "So you hit Ah Hao with the idea because of this?" Have you decided to side with the Great Prince? ”

Master Xie said: "I am also thinking about the Xie family, the eldest prince is undoubtedly a very safe person." ”

"Safe? The battle for the throne, who dares to say that there is absolute certainty? Old Lady Xie shouted.

Master Xie had no choice but to say: "Even if our Xie family doesn't stand in line, it is always necessary to maintain a good relationship with each prince, right?" ”

Old Lady Xie naturally wouldn't say that this was wrong, so she said: "I'll mention the matter of standing in line in the future, let's take care of the things in front of you now!" ”

Master Xie nodded, the differences and disputes between the father and son were as if they had never happened, and the hearts of the father and son were now twisted into a rope.

Old lady Xie arranged: "I will ask people to explain this matter to the emperor in the early dynasty tomorrow, the emperor will definitely be furious, and then it is very likely that you will stay and ask for your opinion. ”

Master Xie nodded and said, "I know." ”

He thought of one more thing, so he said: "Father, you said that this matter of Pingle County, if you peel off the cocoon and touch the melon, which minister will be pulled out in the end?" ”

Old Lady Xie glanced at him and said, "Haven't you already guessed it?" And ask me what to do? ”

Master Xie smiled: "Of course, I want to hear what you mean, father." ”

Old Lady Xie couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's strange to you, don't you still want to support the eldest prince, why are you going to cut off his arm in the blink of an eye?" You must know that Master Dong is his strongest backing. ”

Master Xie interlaced his fingers disapprerovingly, made a cutting gesture, and said: "It is because Master Dong is the solid backing of the Great Prince, so I have to get rid of Master Dong, if the Great Prince can only rely on our Xie family, wouldn't it be even more foolproof?" ”

At that time, if the eldest prince can really inherit the great treasure, then the Xie family will be the number one hero!

What a treacherous and cunning Xie Shenzhi!

What an ambitious Xie Shenzhi!

(To be continued.) )