The east is white, and the county seat of Wu'an is gradually showing its outline.

The old legend of this city is built by Wu Anjun Bai Qi in the Qin period, two hundred and seventy steps around three miles, the original city wall is only one zhang eight feet high, fortunately met the former Liang Min Zhengliang Lord of Haozhi County, Zhengde is easy to take the brick city in five years, three zhang high, two zhang five wide, strong and defensible.

Only then did it block the repeated onslaught of the bandits.

On the city wall, Liu Cong, the classic history of Wu'an County, squeezed his dry and sore eyes, shook his head, as if he wanted to make himself more sober, spat on the ground, raised his leg and kicked the tired eyelids almost stuck to the side of him, scolded the mother in a dumb voice, and urged, "Hurry up and wake up, it's dawn, be careful of the beasts raised by the son of a bitch over the wall." ”

As soon as one of the spirits came to his senses, he was too busy to summon the others, and with their shouts, the officers and soldiers who had slept for a while on the city wall in the second half of the night rose up one after another, reminded each other to cheer up, and were vigilant to get up and down the city.

Although the bandits ransacked the Guzhen Inspection Division, they did not obtain many weapons, and there was nothing that could be used to attack the city, and they themselves had no experience in attacking the city, so they could only adopt the most primitive method of piling up the earth, leaning on the city wall to pile a mound to step on, and then people climbed on top of each other.

This is inefficient, but it can't stand the crowd.

Especially life and death are at stake - if you don't enter the city, you will freeze to death and starve to death, and there are always brave people who can step on others and jump on the top of the city.

And the people who defend the city are also inexperienced, not to mention rolling wood and oil, and in the year of great drought, the well is only shallow, and there is not even boiling water. The only thing that is stronger than the outcasts is the weapons, there are always long knives, spears and a few arrows available.

For the people in the city, it is also a matter of life and death - the officers and soldiers of the Guzhen Inspection Department were all beheaded, Xixiang and Nanxiang were looted, Ding Zhuang was driven to attack the city, and there were rumors that the homeless people were short of food and wanted to eat people! If you really let the homeless people attack the city, if there is one person in the city, how can it end well?

The tunnel attacked and defended, and they all fought fiercely with their lives, and the battle situation was fierce and abnormal.

Within two days, the city ran out of food, and the hungry homeless people really began to eat people!

The corpses of those who died of hunger and freezing in battle were not enough, and even the wounded were dismantled with a single knife, which frightened the people in the city.

Even if the soldiers and civilians defending the city have heard the rumors of homeless people eating people, how can they see it with their own eyes to be terrifying!

Everyone almost collapsed, and they defended the city desperately, for fear of becoming the meat of the homeless people.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the magistrate, the county officer, the chief secretary and other officials all went up to the city wall and held on with the army and the people, even if they were injured by the murderers, they did not retreat, which greatly boosted morale.

The county government also preached that as soon as the news of the bloodbath in Guzhen reached the county government that day, the county magistrate sent several horsemen to the surrounding prefectures and counties and the capital city to ask for help—long before the siege of the city, so the reinforcements would arrive in the next few days.

is so united in order to defend this Wu'an county.

But in fact, several commanders had little confidence in reinforcements......

"Even if Lin County has a long way to go, it is time to climb." Wang Cong, the county prince, had a gloomy face, and found a place with Liu Dianshi to whisper.

Zhangde Mansion has set up a thousand-household office in Zhilin County, with a total of more than 2,300 soldiers, and it is about seventy or eighty miles away from Wu'an County. At this time, it has not yet arrived, and it is obvious that the army is not saved.

"Cizhou can't be counted on. The surname Du slipped away quickly, and I saw that he could be stable in Cizhou for a few days. Liu Dianshi gritted his teeth and said, "This group of brutes raised by bitches have eaten all of them, and they can't gnaw Wu'an, so they must be going to Cizhou." ”

This surnamed Du is talking about the Henan Provincial Patrol according to the imperial history Du Min.

As soon as the news of the rebellion arrived at the county government that day, Du Min immediately said that he could go to Cizhou and even Fucheng to transfer troops, and then quickly took his servants out of the city.

Even if the county government knows that this guy is going to run, no one dares to stop him in the face of figures like the patrol royal history.

Wang Xiancheng also nodded, his voice was a little lower, and said, "Lao Liu, think of a way to lead them to Cizhou?" ”

Liu Dianshi was stunned, it was one thing for the displaced people to go to Cizhou by themselves, and it was another thing for them to make trouble to the east.

Hearing Wang Xiancheng: "Don't say that this group of rabble can't go down to Cizhou, even if they do, they will go to Fucheng, and they won't turn around and gnaw a little Wu'an." If the thousands of households in Linxian County dare not come to save Wu'an, do they dare not save Cizhou and not save Fucheng? ”

Liu Dianshi was hesitating, and suddenly heard the people over there shouting that breakfast had been delivered, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly complained to Wang Xiancheng, saying that it was important to fill his stomach while the city was not responding.

Wang Xiancheng had no choice but to stop, get up to get the food, and then say hello to the county magistrate who took the lead in delivering the food.

Although Wu'an County is a small place, there are a lot of intrigues in the officialdom, and the magistrate, county, and chief secretary are not very harmonious.

The current magistrate is from a lifting position, but he is older than the previous magistrate from Jinshi, and he looks arrogant, which makes the county who is just a prisoner very unhappy.

However, at this critical juncture, the magistrate was quite responsible, and went to the city for the first time to encourage the soldiers and civilians defending the city, and he kept it all the time, and he was cut by the murderer and did not go down to the city.

And the county magistrate's wife, who looked thin and thin, and fell down in the wind, was even more surprising, she was always happy and quiet, and she was able to take the initiative to stand up and take care of things, lobbying rich households to donate food and help.

At a time when all the men in the city were on the city wall to guard and there was a shortage of labor, a group of women's troops, including officials and wealthy women, were organized to coordinate the mobilization of food and other materials, and uniformly cook dry food and distribute it to the four cities.

It is even more uncommanding, and it is necessary to go to the four city walls twice a day, personally distribute dry food, thank all the soldiers and civilians defending the city, and boost morale.

And when the food is delivered every day, there must be a simple document written on the situation in the city and the balance of grain and rice to be sent to the county, the county, the main book, and the canonical history, so that they can know it in their hearts and make the next plan.

Wang Xiancheng was a little disappreciative of the county lonely, but he really admired the county lady, and met with the master book and the history, and privately said that this county lady is not inferior to a man, and she is really a heroine.

At this moment, Wang Xiancheng saw that Mrs. Zhixian said a few polite words as usual, and asked about Zhixian's injury, and was talking, when suddenly a piercing gong sounded on the watchtower.

Everyone was shocked, thinking that it was the homeless people attacking the city again, and they panicked and stuffed the dry food into their mouths while the guys.

Unexpectedly, the shouts from the middle of the watchtower over there were smoke and dust billowing from the north, and a large group of people and horses were coming.

Linxian is south of Wu'an, Cizhou is east of Wu'an, and people suddenly come to the north, but I am afraid that they are friends and foes!

The crowd was even more frightened, and there was some confusion in the city, especially the woman who had come to deliver the food.

Liu Dianshi didn't have time to choke on the cake in his mouth, he hurriedly spit it out, pulling his neck and shouting: "Don't mess up!" Return to your place and defend the city! The people over there are still far away, don't let these beasts under your nose take advantage of the chaos to pick up the cheap! ”

Wang Xiancheng didn't care about the county magistrate's wife, so he hurriedly said that you should go down to the city to avoid it, and he was busy arranging people.

The county magistrate's wife was even more anxious, but it was the magistrate who led people to guard the north gate. If the bandits come from the north, they are afraid that the north gate will be in danger.

It's just that the women's army who delivered the meal gradually gathered around her, all of them were six gods and no masters, and it was when she was needed to be the backbone of this backbone.

The magistrate's wife tried his best to calm down, and ordered a few people who had always been able to use it to lead everyone to gather the remaining dry food and put it in one place to be picked up by the soldiers when they turned back, and then quickly retreated from one side to the city wall in turn.

The women's army hurriedly acted according to her orders, and just went down to the city, suddenly heard a burst of cheers in the city, and couldn't help but pause on the spot, looking up at the city wall.

Mrs. Zhixian suddenly had hope in her heart, but she didn't dare to say it easily, and just instructed the big-footed maid beside her: "You are fast, hurry up and ask what's going on?" ”

At this time, the shout of "reinforcements have arrived" was clearly heard on the city wall over there!

After a brief moment, the women were overjoyed and laughed with joy.

Some people turned around and ran to the city wall, wanting to see it with their own eyes, and some suddenly wailed and cried, venting the fear that had been suppressed in their hearts these days.

Mrs. Zhixian also cried with joy, and hurriedly wiped away her tears, and greeted several leading female dependents, saying that she was going to Beicheng and asked them to take care of this side.

Those few people all knew that there were reinforcements coming, and they must know the county to greet them, and they were busy and should come down.

Mrs. Zhixian got on the ox cart that pulled the dry food and hurried away.

Halfway through the car, he met a small official guarding the north gate, and the man shouted from afar: "When you learn that reinforcements are coming, you faint with joy, and you have a high fever, and you have been sent back to the palace. ”

Where is what rejoices! But the magistrate has been going into battle with injuries these days, all with one breath, and now that he knows that the reinforcements have arrived, as soon as he vents his breath, he is sick.

Mrs. Zhixian was anxious and distressed, and hurried to the mansion, and did not forget to tell the little official to go and inform Wang Xiancheng quickly, but the county magistrate was in a coma, so he could only ask the county to meet the reinforcement generals.

However, it was said that when the little official arrived at the city, Wang Xiancheng and Liu Dianshi were watching the battle with great interest.

The reinforcements from the north were all cavalry, really fast and ruthless, like a steel knife cutting into tofu, instantly rushing through the camp of the homeless, and directly taking the bandits who drove the homeless people to resist after the formation.

After a brief panic, several of the bandits suddenly met them with swords, and the rest began to run desperately in multiple directions.

But the cavalry was willing to let them escape, and when they heard a few sharp whistles from the forwards, dozens of horsemen scattered as they boarded, each staring at the road, and pursued them closely, and many of them bent their bows and arrows on their horses and began to shoot at the bandits.

And those who stayed behind did not let the cavalry stay for a moment, but they lost their lives in a round or two.

After the army of homeless people over there was rushed away, due to the lack of organization, they were in chaos, and some of them were crazy and waved their guys and ran to the cavalry, so they were naturally easily killed, and more of them scattered and fled in a panic.

The cavalry came in a steady stream, and began to run horses to form a large encirclement, shouting and throwing their whips, and encircling the homeless people back like driving cattle and sheep, and thousands of homeless people were encircled in one place.

In the end, most of them are the people who have been caught in the trap, who are used to being obedient to the people, and in the face of the powerful imperial army without coercion and instigation, where is there still the heart of resistance, only trembling.

When dozens of cavalrymen shouted and lowered their weapons, the homeless people were only stunned for a moment, and then they threw down their long sticks, wooden shovels, bamboo forks and other household belongings in their hands, and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.

The hungry wolves who were extremely ferocious in the eyes of the soldiers and civilians defending the city in Wu'an County became obedient lambs in this way, and everyone who had never seen such a scene was stupid.

Liu Dianshi smacked his lips and spit out a sentence after a while, "Which way is this immortal?" This, this, that's all there is to the border army, right?! ”

In his heart, only the border army of the Nine Sides Fighting Tartars has such ability.

He put his hand on the pergola and looked into the distance, but when he saw a big flag fluttering in the wind in the army over there, embroidered with the word "high", he couldn't help but read the surnames of the generals of the guards he knew about the vicinity.

Wang Xiancheng had a flash of inspiration in his mind, remembering the official document earlier, from the north, surnamed Gao! He became excited for a moment, and said loudly: "Isn't it General Gao Wenhu Gao who has arrived?!" General Gao who escorted the governor Lord Shen! ”

Liu Dianshi was stunned for a moment, and then he was also ecstatic, and then turned his head and shouted at the little official who was passing the word: "Go, go, please teach the king!" Tell him that Governor Shen is coming! Oh, lead the donkey, he will come running, don't be tired of him! ”

Wang Xiancheng originally thought that he would take over from the magistrate to meet the big man, but he was very nervous, and subconsciously tugged at the placket, and couldn't help laughing out loud when Liu Dianshi shouted at him.

He shook his head again and stopped: "How can the governor be in danger!" It must have been General Gao who sent a team of people to save Wu'an, and Lord Shen should have taken the post road and crossed Handan to Cizhou. Don't make Lao Wang Bai happy......"

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"The student is from Qidong, Jinan Prefecture, Shandong. Although he came to Wu'an in the first year of Zhengde, the students learned from their own books that the people in their hometowns were grateful for the kindness of the adults! There are adults in Shandong, it is really a great blessing for the people!! ”

Sect Counselor Wang Yuan's face was fanatical as he spoke, and his eyes lit up, as if a devout disciple had seen the true God.

"Many of the good governance of the adults in Shandong, the students have told the county and the county, and the adults are also very admired, and try to implement it in Wu'an, which really benefits the people a lot! Now that the adults have arrived in Henan, the blessings of the people of Henan have also arrived! ”

After the people of Wu'an County welcomed Shen Rui into the city, because there were still many chaotic people outside the city to be resettled, and the people who had been exhausted for several days in the city were also to be appeased, Shen Rui asked everyone to go to work on official business.

Wang Xiancheng arranged for Wang Yuan to accompany Shen Rui to understand the situation in Wu'an County.

This Wang Jiao has always admired Shen Rui, and he always likes to talk about how Shandong is on weekdays, and he also tries his best to recommend some practices in Shandong to the county magistrates and county officials. Both the former and current magistrates have adopted it, and it has indeed improved the situation in Wu'an County.

The county chief bookkeeper hopes that the king's edict can win Shen Rui's favor, after all, there was a civil unrest under the rule, and it is reasonable to say that Wu'an County will be questioned, but if the governor can say a word, they will be stable.

Shen Rui didn't expect that there would be a loyal fan of him in Wu'an County, Henan, and he couldn't help but wonder.

He was also very happy that his administration could be so recognized by the people, and he was even more interested in what Shandong policies Wu'an County had implemented and the results it had achieved.

This time in Henan, the original intention was to promote the experience of Shandong, but in the end the situation of the two places is different, Henan has been in drought for many years, and the vitality is greatly damaged, so I want to build some experimental sites, and it takes more than a year to see the results to persuade Henan.

Now, if there is a precedent in Wu'an County, wouldn't it be better! I don't know how much time to save down!

It's just that it's not the time to discuss this in detail, and he still has a few important things to do.

On that day, when they got the news of the chaotic people, the staff group all analyzed that Wu'an was only afraid that the city had been broken, and the chaotic people came from Wu'an Xixiang, and they were afraid that there would be more and less luck in Shexian County, southwest of Wu'an.

The bandits are entrapping the people, and after calculation, the chaos is likely to break 10,000 or even more, although Gao Wenhu has great experience in suppressing bandits, and his subordinates are also elite soldiers, but in the end, the number of people is there, it is difficult to say that there is no risk.

All the staff persuaded Shen Rui that even if he didn't stay in Shahe, he would go to Handan to Anyang, the city of Zhangde Mansion, first, and Gao Wenhu would transfer troops to see what was going on.

The so-called son of a daughter can't sit down, and there is really no need to risk himself.

Even if there will be political enemies who take advantage of this attack, it can also be explained that going to the capital city is a scheduled itinerary, and a large number of disaster relief grain and grass will be escorted, and the troops will also be divided to rescue, which can be said to be completely faultless, and the emperor will not blame it for this.

But Shen Rui thinks that if the chaotic people break the city, even if Gao Wenhu regains the county, it will be difficult to appease for a while, and he is afraid that there will be even greater chaos.

And the purpose of his trip is to pacify Henan, if something happens, he will be afraid, and the patrol who escaped from the battle is not much different from the patrol Yu Shi Du Min, that is, to escape impeachment, to leave such an impression on the officials and people of Henan, and how to play in Henan in the future, who will listen?

Later, he learned of a major case involving Zhao Fan from Du Min's mouth, and the staff group finally stopped objecting, and all the people came to Wu'an City with the army.

Unexpectedly, the officials and people of Wu'an County could defend the city, and the chaotic people outside the city were far from imagining, Shen Rui was greatly relieved.

Gao Wenhu's large army was stationed outside the city, continuing to pursue and suppress the bandits, and further guarding and subdividing the rebels, Li Erlang had been a two-term magistrate in Beizhili, and took the master Yu who was proficient in general affairs to help Wu'an master Xiao Lian and Liu Cong in the past.

Here Shen Rui refused to live in the house of a wealthy family, and the group was settled in the west of the city according to the inspection division, speaking of which according to the inspection division was built in the eleventh year of Yongle, which was in disrepair for a long time.

At this time, Du Min moved in again, but he was detained in the wing, there was always a guard at the door, Du Min looked out the window, and couldn't help but sigh that he was unlucky, he knew that Wu'an could hold it, how could he escape!

Defending the city is also a great achievement! With this great credit, plus that case, maybe he will be transferred!

How could he ...... I've been memorizing words for so many years!

When he was supervising the imperial history, Du Min came out in order to gain a reputation, and wrote that most of the nobles were born in poverty and did not know etiquette, and suggested that Xia Ru, who had just become the ruler of the country, arrange a teaching master.

This move won the favor of the cabinet bosses, but it annoyed the little emperor, and he was kicked to Henan, which was also affected by the disaster, by the title of Inspector Yushi.

If it is an ordinary patrol according to the imperial history, although the position is low, it is a weight, in the local area, it is an existence that can call the wind and rain, but it is said that Du Min's release is Liu Jin's handiwork, and he is angry for the emperor, so who in the local area still wants to see Du Min.

Especially when Liu Jin became Liu Chitose later, the local people were even more eager to step on his Du Min's feet.

Therefore, Du Min's performance appraisal has never been good over the years, not to mention that there is no chance of promotion, even if he wants to be transferred elsewhere, he is not allowed.

When he received an official document from the imperial court a month ago and learned that Liu Jin had fallen, Du Min was really happy, and he couldn't wait to look up to the sky and laugh three hundred times.

He came to Zhangde Mansion in the name of inspection just to get closer to the Beijing Division, and he had any news to respond in time, but unexpectedly, with the keen sense of smell of many years of imperial history, he found a major case involving Zhao Fan.

From the rebellion of King Anhua to the introduction of the clan regulations, thinking about the attitude of the court and the emperor towards the clan, Du Min felt that the day of his emergence was finally coming, and he didn't dare to stay in Cizhou, where there were many feudal mansions, so he came to Wu'an to prepare to quietly dig up further evidence.

However, he was unlucky, only a few days after he came, he encountered a rebellion by the chaotic people, killing officials, and he had to protect his good head, so he resolutely abandoned the city and ran away.

I didn't dare to stay in other parts of Zhangde Mansion, because I was afraid that I would be questioned for abandoning the city as the imperial historian and escaping, after all, in Zhangde Mansion, it was easy to find out when he left the city.

And going north is different, when he disguises himself and quietly whips into Beijing, who knows when he will come out of Wu'an? As long as this big case involving the clan is presented to the emperor, who cares when he came out of Wu'an?!

It's a pity that his bad luck is far from over, because he disguised himself as a commoner, he didn't dare to take the post road, and as a result, he was kidnapped by the robbers.

He threw out his identity as an official and threatened that if he was injured, the government would come to suppress the bandits, but he didn't expect the mountain bandits to send him to the people who suppressed the bandits-Governor Shen Rui.

If the imperial history violates the law, the crime will be added to the third degree. In the end, he could only use the case that could make him famous and have a bright career as a bargaining chip to trade with Shen Rui.

In this way, he was brought back to Wu'an by Shen Rui, looking at Wu'an, who had never been breached, and looking at the reinforcements who quickly relieved the siege like chopping melons and vegetables, Du Min really regretted his intestines.

But regret was useless, he began to rack his brains to think about how to play with Shen Rui and tear off a piece of meat in this case.

didn't know that Shen Rui wouldn't pay attention to him for a while.

Zhao Fan's case is extraordinary, and Shen Rui has to be cautious, to collect evidence and verify it.

The current Shen Rui is led by Wang Jiaoyu, and is about to visit the injured magistrate, Shen Xiu.

The place of origin and name match, but Shen Rui couldn't be sure if this magistrate was the Shen Xiu he recognized.

The last time I heard the news of Shen Xiu was when the Shen family and the He family were in a lawsuit, and his brother Shen Yan told Shen Rui about the Qiao family's actions.

At that time, Shen Xiu was still studying in Nanjing, and he and Shen Jin were promoted in the same year, ranking eighty-nine.

With Shen Zhou's return to Beijing and his face torn apart with the Qiao family, the Qiao family left Beijing with a bad reputation, and Shen Rui had no news of Shen Yan and Shen Xiu's brothers. In the first year, there was no Enko, three years, six years, and there was no name of their brother on the list.

For Shen Xiu, Shen Rui's mood is extremely complicated.

Not to mention the grievances of the previous generation in the second room of the Shen family, no matter what, Shen Jue died of the wind and cold because of Shen Xiu.

For so many years, every time I think of Brother Jue, it hurts my heart, Shen Rui does not get angry, and there is always a pimple in his heart.

But back then, the second wife Qiao's crazy demon wanted to strangle Shen Rui, but in the end, it was Shen Xiu who prevented Shen Rui from the disaster and almost lost his life, and Shen Yan had always deliberately reconciled with Shen Rui.

Shen Rui is not the person who holds grudges and does not remember gratitude, not to mention grievances and grievances, but he just wants to be an ordinary stranger, and he doesn't want to have anything to do with it.

Now...... The magistrate was heroically wounded for defending the city, and as a senior official, the governor should have visited and condoled with one or two.

Wang Jiaoyu praised the magistrate along the way, mainly because the magistrate adopted many of his suggestions to emulate Shandong.

He was full of praise for Mrs. Zhixian, and told Shen Rui all kinds of deeds in this city defense battle.

Shen Rui thought of Shen Yan who married the daughter of the Qiao family, and it seemed that Shen Xiu had married a good wife.

In the back house of the county government, a little boy in the courtyard dragged a burning stick and ran fast, and crisp and cheerful laughter sprinkled all over the courtyard.

A rough servant woman jingled by the well and washed a pot of clothes, and from time to time raised her head and shouted in the vernacular dialect, "Slow down and don't fall."

But the boy will listen and have fun.

The winter sun is warm on the body, and seeing this scene full of fireworks in the world makes people smile unconsciously.

Shen Rui couldn't help but smile, and he missed Tian'er and the son he hadn't met yet.

Wang Jiaoyu sighed almost inaudibly, "It's a loss." "When I think of the displaced people outside the city, and then look at the children in front of me, I am really scared and sweaty.

"This is the little son of the county magistrate, three years old, clever and tight, you see how fast you run! It's just that the nobleman is late, and his words are not very clear. As he introduced, the king called the servant woman to go in and pass it on.

After a while, a woman in a plain shirt walked out quickly, and when the boy saw it, he immediately threw down the burning stick, and the girl ran over, hugged the woman's thigh, and called out to his mother in a muffled mouth.

The woman smiled helplessly and poked the boy's forehead, then turned to Shen Rui and Wang Jiaoyu and smiled: "It's rude, forgive me." ”

Because of the deeds of this widow mentioned by the king's teaching, seeing that it was a cool woman, Shen Rui couldn't help but look at her more, but felt a little kind.

As she spoke, the woman was already dressed and solemnly saluted, and said, "Dong Shuang has seen adults. ”

Wang Jiaoyu was stunned when he heard this, although there is a life-and-death moment in front of the city, and there is no need to talk about the great defense of dogs and men at this time, but the widow directly reported his name like this, isn't it...... It's too heroic......

Dong Shuang? Dong Shuang!

Shen Rui couldn't help but be stunned, and heard the woman say again: "In the past, the school thanked the adults for their help, because of the hardships, I had to do it, and I ask the adults to forgive me." ”

It's her.

Shen Rui smiled dumbly, he didn't expect to see him again after so many years, but he didn't expect Shen Xiu to marry her.

He waved his hand, he had already guessed that Dong Shuang was a woman disguised as a man, and it was not popular in Daming to Zhu Yingtai, knowing that she had a widowed mother and sick brother in her family, and it was difficult to deceive everyone, so what was the blame.

Because of the said: "When I learned the name and surname of the county before, I wondered if I had met someone with the same name and surname. Now it seems that it is indeed an old man. ”

Seeing that Wang Jiaoyu looked dumbfounded, Shen Rui explained with a smile, "This official was a classmate with Shen Zhixian when he was young. ”

Wang Jiaoyu suddenly realized, and nodded hurriedly, but he thought in his heart, he was in Kuazhi County just now, and he had to quickly tell Wang Xiancheng when he turned around - the governor's classmates, it seems that the governor and the county magistrate and his wife are familiar with each other, and the strange Taoist people will sign up when they come up. The county and the county were still a little dirty before, it seems that in the future, the county will have to be offered as a big Buddha.

Dong Shuang called the servant woman to take the boy away, and asked Shen Rui and Wang Jiaoyu to serve tea in the inner hall.

The king would not stay here without eyes to hinder the governor from catching up with the old people, so he found a reason to go to the county school to see it, and said that he would come back later to listen to the governor's dispatch.

Shen Rui entered the inner hall, Shen Xiu had already woken up, leaning on the head of the bed, his injured left arm was tightly wrapped, and his face was sickly pale.

Shen Xiu looked at Shen Rui with complicated eyes, trying to squeeze out a smile, but in the end he failed, and only said weakly: "I really can't get up, Lord Haihan." ”

Shen Rui sat down in the circle chair opposite and waved his hand, "You bravely defended the city and were injured, why do you need to talk about false courtesy." He asked Shen Xiu about his injuries step by step.

After a few kind words, the room fell into an awkward silence.

It was Dong Shuangdu who came in to break the deadlock, and gently put the tea cup in Shen Rui's hand, "It's not very good tea, forgive me." ”

put another cup of warm water on the table in front of Shen Xiu, and said softly: "Doctor Tang said that it is not easy to drink tea for the time being. ”

After saying that, he bowed his head to the two of them, and retreated.

Shen Xiu's eyes followed Dong Shuang's figure until the door was closed, and his footsteps were getting farther and farther away, and then he slowly turned his head, laughed at himself, and suddenly opened his mouth to talk about the old things, and seemed to have some explanation.

At the beginning, it was not intentional deception, but her brother was in bed, and there was only a widowed mother at home, and there was no way out if he didn't study. Helpless, she had to go to school for her brother. Hard-working endorsement and copying of books, go back to talk to her brother, and don't ask for anything else, I just hope that her brother can be a talent, accept a few students in the future, collect a few constraints, and be able to support the family......"

But in Jiangnan, where the literary style is at its peak, Xiucai is not so easy to test. The eldest brother of the Dong family has recovered his body and can enter the examination room, but he has never passed the examination.

Dong Shuang was arranged by his mother to marry early, in exchange for a large dowry.

After her husband died unexpectedly, her husband's family scolded Dong Shuangkefu and drove her back to her parents' house.

The neighborhood gossiped, her sister-in-law did not have a good face, and Dong's mother was still thinking about planning her daughter's remarriage.

Dong Shuang only felt cornered, and when he wanted to get out of the house, he reunited with Shen Xiu, who was doing things for his mother, in the nunnery.

Bai was bent on waiting for his son to marry a famous lady in high school, so he let the matchmaker break through the threshold, and he never let go of Shen Xiu's marriage, but he didn't want to die of illness before his daughter-in-law entered the door.

If she was still there, she would never allow Dong Shuang to enter the door.

But she was gone, Shen Yan was open-minded and kind, and after a deep talk with Shen Xiu, he agreed to his marriage.

Shen Xiu fulfilled his wish and married Dong Shuang, Dong Shuang also got out of the sea of suffering, and the husband and wife were extremely harmonious.

It's just that the love field is proud and the examination room is frustrated, there is no Enke in the first year of Zhengde, Shen Xiu missed the spring for three years because of filial piety, and in the sixth year of Zhengde, Shen Xiu ended up full of confidence, but he fell to Sun Shan.

This failure is really a big blow to Shen Xiu's self-confidence, Dong Shuang is pregnant again, and Shen Xiu doesn't want to spend money and time to gamble on the next Spring Festival.

At that time, Shen Yan was coincidental and found a magistrate in Guangdong by the Qiao family in the first year, gave up the imperial examination and went to office, and was able to display his talents in the local area, which was really good.

This also touched Shen Xiu greatly, and he finally asked for the relationship between his mentor and sought an official vacancy.

Over the years, Henan has been plagued by major disasters and small disasters, and people with some backgrounds do not like to go, and Wu'an County is a county with many mountains and few fields, and ordinary people can't look down on it.

Liang Minzheng, the former magistrate of the county, was a jinshi of Zhengde for three years, and in the performance appraisal of his three years, it was easy to get a promotion opportunity and leave, so Shen Xiu spent a lot of money to seek the position of Wu'an Zhi County.

Over the years, Shen Xiu has heard all kinds of rumors about Shen Rui, and when he arrived in Wu'an, there was even a king who sang praises to Shen Rui.

Shen Xiu's feelings towards Shen Rui are also extremely complicated, and Shen Jue is also a hurdle that he can't get over in his heart. Every year during the Qingming Festival, Zhongyuan, New Year's Festival and Shen Jue's death, he will solemnly pay tribute.

Although Shen Xiu was almost strangled to death by the second wife in the second room that year, it can be regarded as saving Shen Rui's life, and it can be regarded as a life for a life.

But, after all, isn't he dead......

When he first arrived at the place, he was filled with an ear of how Shen Rui was capable, he was not convinced, and he was also ambitious to do a big career.

But reality soon woke him up.

In the end, I have to admit that Shen Rui's ability is far inferior to him.

Some of the policies recommended to him by Wang Jiaoyu are indeed good governance for the benefit of the people, and Shen Xiu will not be jealous of the virtuous and can adopt the meaning, because he is enthusiastic and wants to govern Wu'an well.

"Previously, Liang Minzheng had tried to implement the Zhuzi Shecang in several villages, but some of the effects were okay, and some of the effects were not good. Wu An or Tian is too little. Uchiko has tried to raise silkworms in the mountains, but this drought ......"

Shen Xiu talked about his family affairs in a few words, and quickly talked about Wu'an's political affairs.

And when he said this, he immediately came to his senses, took the tea cup and moistened his mouth, and talked eloquently.

“…… Doctor Tang, who sat in the pharmacy in the county, once said that there are some medicinal herbs in the mountains, such as atractylodes, psyllium, and fragrant aconite...... I don't know much, but it's a good thing......"

“…… I thought about establishing a good house, but I didn't have enough prestige before, and I couldn't move those rich families, and I don't know how long this famine would last, and who would give up their money and food. However, after working together to defend the city this time, I think it can improve somewhat. Now that you're in Henan, they have to be more confident......"

Shen Rui listened quietly, and occasionally bowed his head. "When I was in Beijing, I wrote a letter to Shandong to recruit some big farmers who are good at planting to come to Henan. Including the Lei family, who raised mountain silkworms. Counting the days, it's almost coming. ”

Shen Xiu couldn't help but be overjoyed and praised again and again.

Shen Rui waved his hand and said: "These are not in a hurry, after winter, many things cannot be done, and wait for the spring of the next year." You should also go into the mountains to see what you can plant. ”

He paused, stared at Shen Xiu, and said, "I'm here mainly to ask, the case that Du Min came to Wu'an County to investigate before......

Seeing that Shen Xiu's face changed color slightly, Shen Rui already knew it, and said in a low voice: "The matter of Zhu Youxing, the auxiliary general of the Linzhang Palace, of the Zhao Mansion, privately setting up a field at the waterway wharves of Cizhou, Gaoshi, and Liuli......"

Shen Xiu subconsciously looked out the window, then shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "With your personal guard, what am I afraid of." That is, if you come to ask, I dare to say, Du Min villain, I will never believe it. ”

He stared at Shen Rui, remembering that he had heard that Shen Rui and Shen Hui's brothers had initiated the reform of the clan policy, and sighed in his heart, not to mention Tao Strategy, this courage is far inferior to himself.

He took a deep breath and lowered his voice to a very low level, "Don't just set up a private scene, that person is famous." I also suspect that there is a cottage set up by him on Cishan Mountain, and he will do some outlaws...... There have also been several cases on the Cishan mine, which is quite strange. ”

Shen Rui's eyes flashed, "What do you mean, ...... this civil unrest?" ”

Shen Xiu gritted his teeth and said, "It's hard to say." Although it was from Xixiang, it was not peaceful on Taihang Mountain. But...... Now there is this reason for catching the bandits, you have soldiers in your hands, can you go to the magnetic mountain by chasing and suppressing the bandits? ”