The communication was too backward, and when Xie Yun's letter reached Shudi, a long time had passed, especially in this period of war.

The war was tight, and Wei Tingsi and Zhao Shu put aside the marriage decree for the time being, and did not take it too seriously, and waited for the class teacher to return to the court.

When many people think of war, they may only think of the words floating corpses, rivers of blood, and displacement, which are few words and ink, but they are heavy.

After Zhao Shu and Wei Tingsi disguised, they walked on the streets, and what they saw was that the shops were closed, the streets were deserted, agriculture was deserted, commerce was stagnant, everyone was hiding at home or in the countryside, and no one dared to come out and walk around.

However, there has just been a flood in Shudi, and after the flood, it is necessary to prevent epidemics and diseases, and the ensuing famine, coupled with the war, Shu can be described as hell.

For the first time, Zhao Shu felt that the war was annoying for the first time, and many times she was thinking that the vassal king would send troops to destroy if he was disobedient, and whoever hated it would send troops to pacify, violence is the most effective way to solve the problem, but it is not the best way.

"Actually, it's better to assassinate someone." She muttered to herself.

Wei Tingsi nodded, quite approving, but didn't say anything.

After walking for a while, I gradually found that there were refugees begging on the street, and when I saw people, I rushed over with a broken bowl, "Good Samaritan, give me something to eat, I haven't eaten for three days." ”

"Give it some, the child is going to starve to death."

They were refugees, their faces were dirty, and their eyes looked at Zhao Shu and the others expectantly.

"Master, these refugees are so pitiful." Hatsu Road.

Refugee? What a terrible word, but what are they refugees, they are unclothed, have no money and food, and are waiting for the disaster money of the imperial court, nodding, "Buy them something to eat." ”

After that, he motioned to Xiao Guozi, and Xiao Guozi deliberately asked: "Didn't the imperial court send disaster food?" ”

"I sent it before, but since the King of Shu closed the road, I can't send it, and Lord Luo, who is providing disaster relief, was also injured and wanted by the Shu Palace, I don't know where to catch it." A refugee replied.

When Zhao Shu heard this, she glanced at him deeply, and Xiao Guozi asked again: "Didn't the Shu Wangfu open a warehouse to release grain?" ”

"The King of Shu has become the emperor, he wants to fight, where is there food for us, they wish that we would all die and save trouble." Again, the man answered.

His words resonated, and other refugees spoke out in support of him.

Zhao Shu's heart moved, and then signaled to Xiao Guozi, Xiao Guozi has been with Zhao Shu for many years, so she naturally understands her plans, and immediately said to herself: "Hey, I don't know when I can go home, my parents are afraid that they are worried, and my brother knows which way out of Shudi." ”

"No, the king of Shu has been sealed, and many caravans who came to Shu to do business can't go back, I envy you, and I still have a home to go back to."

Xiao Guozi said quite proudly: "That's natural, my family lives in the capital, and my wife has always been peaceful, before I went out, I thought the world was as peaceful as the capital, but I didn't expect Shu to be not peaceful, it's really a long insight." ”

"The capital is the imperial capital, with the protection of the Son of Heaven, it is naturally peaceful, how can it be compared locally, and the king of Shu is also stupid, so he can't wait for the court to send all the disaster grain and then turn back, isn't this a pit for our people." Answered in early spring.

While talking, he had already led the person to Yipinju, pretending to pay, and asked Yipinju to prepare food for the refugees, and also boiled soup and medicine to prevent the epidemic.

In the evening, Xiao Guozi brought the refugee who answered the call to Zhao Shu, and when the man saw Zhao Shu, he immediately knelt down, brushed off his dirty black hair, and burst into tears, "County Lord, I can be regarded as finding you, if you don't show up again, the old man is afraid that he will starve to death here." ”

Zhao Shu looked at it seriously, it turned out to be the judge of the court, she helped him up in surprise, "Lord judge of the court, what about my teacher?" ”

"Lord Luo is organizing the people to stand up against the Shu king's regime, and sent the old man over to contact the county lord, the old man really hasn't eaten for three days." He remembered the difficulty of hiding from the Shu army and encountering bandits, and he couldn't help but burst into tears.

"In the past, the lower officials couldn't live with the prince, and I hope that the county lord should not be surprised, if the old man can go back alive, he must personally go to the Yongwang Mansion to ask for the guilt." He wept and repented, not at all arrogant when he looked down on the Yongwang Mansion.

Naturally, Zhao Shu will not forgive him easily, but when the national disaster is at hand, personal grievances are no longer important, and it is not too late to report if there are hatreds and grievances after the war subsides.

"This matter will be discussed later, please inform me of the teacher's plan, so that I can cooperate." Zhao Shu ordered someone to help him sit down, after all, he was a lot older, and he had experienced turmoil, and he was no longer as tough as before.

The court judge sat down, wiped his tears, and said: "Lord Luo can't bear the burden of the people being burdened by the war, and is organizing the people to resist the Shu army, and cooperate with the army of the national dynasty to fight for fewer casualties to quell the war in Shu. ”

Wei Tingsi nodded, "As long as Lord Luo can do it, I will let my subordinates cooperate to minimize casualties." ”

The court judge was so excited that he was about to cry, he never wanted to experience the taste of war in this life, and he never wanted to linger in his place again, it was better to be at home in the capital, the world was so big, he didn't want to see it at all now, and he missed Wen Yu's home very much.

It was a good idea to cooperate with the outside world, and Wei Tingsi didn't think about it for long, so he sent the order to Wang Jiyang, and Luo Hu, who was still lobbying the people at this time, was giving an impassioned speech.

"When I come here today, maybe someone will go to the Shu King's Mansion to report for the sake of glory and wealth, for the sake of food and clothing, and let the Shu army come to arrest me, but since this official is standing here, he is not afraid of the Shu army, let alone evil."

Every village has an ancestral hall or altar for sacrifice, and at this time he stands next to the altar and gives an impassioned speech, and the audience is the villagers who have gathered one after another.

"This official came to Shu to control the water, brought disaster silver and disaster grain, but was wanted and persecuted by the Shu Wangfu for no reason, the King of Shu is ambitious and dedicated to becoming the emperor, but what does he want to do, but what do you have to do? He is the emperor, can you get glory and wealth? Can you eat and clothe yourself? No, it can't, it can only bring war, it can only bring greater famine, greater disaster, in the face of natural and man-made disasters, only the imperial court, will put itself in your shoes, will send silver and food. ”

"Perhaps, there are corrupt officials in the imperial court, there are faint officials, but the imperial court has set up a report box, open up the way of speech, as long as you are dissatisfied, as long as you are hurt, the local yamen will not pay attention, you can submit a report letter, it doesn't matter if you can't write, the imperial court is expanding the academy on a large scale, will teach for free, teach everyone to read and write, as long as you have the ability, you can participate in the imperial examination, become the pillar of the country......"

Every word is simple and easy to understand, and it is a fact, although Emperor Mingde is not very good, but the emperor is indeed excellent, Qiu Ji began to expand the academy in the country, Huo Baichuan has already set up report boxes at various post stations, city gates, yamen, and village entrances, and it is also a nationwide reform and innovation.

Get rid of the privileges of the family's monopoly on officialdom, get rid of the family's many privileges in paying taxes, and change the land.

These, with the ability of the Huo family, have already spread in the world, and no imperial court can promise to do this, not the King of Shu who has just been proclaimed emperor, and neither can the King Jing who is far away in Xiliang.

Therefore, Luo Hu's remarks did not have flowery rhetoric, no brainwashing that distorted the facts, but just expounded the facts.

However, someone still went to report it, and as soon as he finished speaking, his henchmen came to report, "My lord, the Shu army is here." ”

Luo Hu said unhurriedly: "The person who reported this official may have risen to prominence and prosperity from now on, what about you?" ”

The people below have exchanged their heads and ears, some are envious of the person who is about to be favored by the Shu Wangfu, and some hate that person, but in the end, most of them understand that the old Shu King is dead, how long can the Shu King exist?

"My lord, please rest assured, as long as I am here, my bastard will never dare to hurt my lord." The Shu army also has parents and brothers, as long as their parents and brothers threaten to protect Luohu, can they still raise their swords against their relatives?

Wang Jiyang received the military order from Wei Tingsi, and immediately gathered troops, 300,000 troops pressed the border, and did not attack, only brought 200,000 loads of food, and sent people to shout every day, "The court comes to relieve the disaster, and the king of Shu opens the door quickly!" ”

"The imperial court came to relieve the disaster, and the king of Shu opened the door quickly!"

This sentence quickly spread in Shudi, whether it was a family, a businessman, or a common people, they were looking forward to it, hoping that the army of the imperial court could attack it, and then send out the disaster grain, it was better than this summer, and autumn was coming soon, and after a few months of fighting, I am afraid that I will not live next year.

Zhao Shu knew that if Luohu wanted to incite something, he would definitely succeed, and the guards pressed the border, facing 200,000 loads of grain, the people of Shu were not calm, and the Shu Wangfu was also panicked.

However, the guards did not attack, and only waited for the Shu Wangfu to withstand the pressure and surrender out of the city.

Wei Tingsi is a marshal, naturally he can't stay in Shu all the time, after Lin Dongxue's injury was almost better, Zhang Chang also came back, leaving Zhang Chang to pick up Luohu in Yizhou, and he took Zhao Shu and Lin Dongxue and others out of Yizhou City, all the way out of Shu, and Wang Jiyang.

Two days after Zhao Shu saw Wang Jiyang, Duozi rushed over overnight, "County Lord, the son is injured, please go and take a look." ”

"Ask me to go?" Zhao Shu frowned, she didn't believe that the Huo family didn't have a good doctor, and the eldest son of the Huo family was injured and asked her to see a doctor, isn't this nonsense?

Duozi nodded, "Yes, now many people want Childe's life, the doctor of the Huo family is no longer credible, for the sake of Childe who has also helped you, please come to the rescue." After she finished speaking, she knelt in front of Zhao Shu.

"Where's Lady Peng?" Zhao Shu felt that when she asked this question, she was self-condemning, and she didn't want to have anything to do with Huo Baichuan anymore, so she repeatedly refused.

Duozi was silent, and she didn't understand why Huo Baichuan had to let Zhao Shu go for treatment, Old Lady Peng was still in Chudi, not too far, but Zhao Shu had to be farther away.

"Okay, I'll go with you." I remember that day in the old Yongwang Mansion, Huo Baichuan rescued her, Yongwang went to find the prince, the Huo family was escorted, if it wasn't for her taking Huo Danlan's illness as a threat, Huo Baichuan would still be his carefree son of the family now.

What has been passed down in history is just an excuse.

From Duozi's mouth, Huo Baichuan was not lightly injured, she didn't want to go to Wei Tingsi in person to explain the situation, left a letter for him, and planned to leave.

But after thinking about it, I still went to explain the reason to him in person, "Huo Baichuan is injured?" ”

"Well, Duozi came to ask me to heal, he saved me before."

Is it a return of kindness? Zhao Shu felt that it was not, but Wei Tingsi thought so, maybe it was a good thing, he didn't ask much, he quickly agreed, and sent Yipinju and the people who borrowed the sword pavilion to protect it secretly.

Huo Baichuan was in Yuecheng, not far from Luoyang, at this time, it was a small town, he rode a horse day and night, and it took five days to arrive, Zhao Shu once guessed, can Huo Baichuan wait for him?

There was no rest for five days, and when he entered the city, he was also dusty, his eyes were bloodshot, and the whole person was haggard.

Huo Baichuan's henchmen were guarding the gate of the city, and when they saw people coming, they immediately took Zhao Shu to a mansion after a simple salute, the house was very complicated, and it could be seen that there were organs here, just like Chamei Villa.

Turning around the verandah, not long before coming to a water pavilion, a house was built on the sparkling lotus pond, stepping on the pile on the lotus pond to come to the house, pushing the door in many ways, letting Zhao Shu in, a smell of blood came to the face, and Huo Baichuan, who had fainted on the couch, came into his eyes.

Huo Baichuan's body is still white-clothed ink bamboo, but the white-clothed ink bamboo is dyed with bright red blood, obviously, the wound has not healed, and it is still bleeding from time to time.

Seeing Zhao Shu, Xiaopang rushed over in surprise, "County Lord, you can come, take a look at Son." ”

"Have you ever caught the medicine?" She took her pulse, checked her eyes at the same time, and walked to the desk as she spoke, and wrote down the herbs she needed and handed them to Chubby, "Go grab these medicines." ”

"There is gold sore medicine, but it has not been good, the pharmacy and the doctor in the city are not allowed to go, the slaves have been there, there are killers all over the place, just waiting for the son to throw himself into the net." Chubby took the prescription, but he didn't know what to do.

After handing the prescription to Xiaopang, Zhao Shu continued to check Huo Baichuan's pulse, his pulse was already very weak, his face was pale, his lips were chapped, and his body was very hot, it seemed that it was caused by new injuries and old diseases together, and he was not treated well, and he lost too much blood.

After checking it, there were a total of seven injuries on his body, some of which had scabbed, because there was no professional person to help treat them, they were simply bandaged, gauze and blood coagulated together, and they had to be carefully untied, "Xiao Guozi, take a hand." ”

She is still young and has little strength, so she can't shake Huo Baichuan who fainted at all.

Xiao Guozi was no longer shocked, but Duozi was extremely shocked, the county lord was like a military doctor on the battlefield, treating the wound unhurriedly, and the action was still very skillful, carefully and meticulously ensuring that the wound would not be opened.

Zhao Shu's words made Xiaopang and Duozi wake up like a dream, and hurriedly came over to help, and the two cooperated, and it took a lot of effort to remove all the gauze on Huo Baichuan's body, revealing the wound that had begun to drain pus.

"Infected." Zhao Shu said unoptimistically.

"Go get some hot water, some clean gauze and alcohol, and some needlework." She was very nervous, although she had learned these things in school and had treated them, Huo Baichuan's injuries were obviously much more serious, and she was not sure that she could save people. (To be continued.) )