"Let's go!"

Xue Chen smiled and took Su Qiange's hand, and the two walked towards the Hou Mansion together.

The sun was just right, warm, shining on the position where the old marquis usually stands, Xue Chen raised his eyes, and his figure seemed to appear there, still upright, but his face changed from usual seriousness to kindness.

"Father, I'm sorry!" Xue Chen said silently in his heart and walked in slowly.

"It's good to be back!" There was a sudden sound in his ears, Xue Chen didn't look back, but his heart finally relaxed, his father, waiting for this moment, he had waited too long.

That night, after Xue Chen sent Su Qiange away, he returned to the ancestral hall and stayed there for a whole night.

When the sun rose again, Xue Chen also happened to walk out of the door, all these years of depression and anger, he spent a whole night confiding in Xue Dingshan, since then, the father and son, there is no suspicion.

"Master Hou, the people from the prison sent this letter early in the morning, saying that it was for you." Zheng Yi was guarding outside the ancestral hall early in the morning, and when he saw Xue Chen coming out, he greeted him.

"Left leaf to give?" Now in that prison, the only person Xue Chen knows is that Zuo Ye, but didn't he make things clear yesterday, is there anything that has not been explained?

Xue Chen thought so, raised his hand and took the letter, the letter carried the cold and damp in the prison, and Xue Chen's heart was also a lot heavier.

"The messenger said that it was given to the one in the deepest part of the prison, and I think it was him."

Xue Chen nodded to show that it was clear, opened the letter and looked at it, it was not a familiar font, there were only a few numbers on it, "Boy, I forgot to tell you that the Dragon and Tiger Talisman that Hu Liu'er gave you before can summon the Golden Captain again." ”

There was no payment, but Xue Chen also knew that this letter must have been given to him by Zuo Ye.

The dragon and tiger talisman was given to Xue Chen by Hu Liu'er before he died, Hu Liu'er was Xue Chen's best friend, and what he gave before he died was very important to Xue Chen, and because of this, Xue Chen took the dragon and tiger talisman with him, but he didn't expect it to be so useful.

"Xue Chen, I heard that you are here, I made breakfast for you, let's eat together?" Su Qiange walked in from outside the courtyard with a smile on his face, and he still had his favorite dishes prepared for Xue Chen in his hands.

"Good!" Xue Chen answered, put the letter in his arms, and then walked over to take the food box, and with the other hand, he took Su Qiange into his arms and walked to the front hall.

During the meal, Xue Chen told Su Qiange about the dragon and tiger talisman, which made Su Qiange also feel very surprised, but he was faintly worried in his heart, "Xue Chen, does the emperor know about this matter?" ”

When Xue Chen saw this letter, he also thought of this problem, was silent for a moment, and shook his head, "After the matter in the north is resolved, we will go back to Beijing to report, the emperor is thoughtful, and it will take some time to explain." ”

"That's fine, then let's go today." Xue Chen's worries are not unreasonable, if the emperor investigates Xue Chen's knowledge and does not report it, then this matter will not be explained in a day or two.

Moreover, the drought in the north is a big problem, and if they delay one more day here, the people on the other side will suffer one more day, and there is no room for them to think too much.

"Well, let's go today!" Xue Chen nodded in agreement, and put those worries aside for the time being.

After the two had finished eating, Zheng Yi came in and reported that the carriage had been prepared, and they simply packed their luggage and set out on their journey to the north.

Because there are more important things to do in the north, Xue Chen found a lot of books on water conservancy in the capital before leaving, and he studied and read them along the way, hoping to help the drought in the north.

After going back and forth, Xue Chen's water conservancy experts who stayed in the north had also completed the topographic survey, and Xue Chen and the others came to the north just in time to meet several water conservancy experts.

At night, Xue Chen, who had already settled in the post station, invited several water conservancy experts to discuss ways to deal with the drought.

"Master Hou, this is a survey of the northern terrain by a few of us, you can take a look." The water conservancy experts put the information that had been sorted out in front of Xue Chen, but looking at their expressions, they didn't seem to be optimistic.

"What do you think about this?" Xue Chen asked as he flipped through it, the information was marked in detail, but even so, he was still confused, this drought seemed to be much more difficult to deal with than they thought.

"Master Hou, this place is mostly mountains and rivers and plains and the land is vast and vast, and several of us have run all over the north, and we haven't thought of a way to govern it."

The voices of the water conservancy experts sounded very frustrated, and they were in a vast and sparse area, and even if they were already leaders in water conservancy, they could not come up with a more effective way.

Xue Chen understood the mood of those people, and knew that they were even more anxious about these problems than himself, and now that he could say such things, he would naturally reach a bottleneck and could not make a new breakthrough.

"I've searched the boundaries around here, but can't we find a water source?"

The most direct way to deal with drought is to find water, and it would be great if you could find a few more sources here.

The expert shook his head, "It's just a small water source, and it can't solve the problem at all." ”

"That being the case, then developing those places first, which can temporarily solve the surrounding problems, can be regarded as a big progress." Xue Chen sighed, no matter what, let's take my time first.

"Then we'll arrange for someone to deal with it tomorrow." The water conservancy expert said that he was about to get up and leave, it was already very late, Xue Chen had not rested much since he came here, and they did not want to stay too long.

"I'll go with you tomorrow." Xue Chen nodded, he was indeed not tired, but if he didn't rest, Su Qiange would have been waiting for him, and he couldn't bear it.

There are many things that Xue Chen still needs to decide, and it would be great if he went with him, "Yes, then we will be waiting for you at the post station tomorrow after breakfast." ”

"Good. Go back and rest first, you've worked hard these days. ”

"Master Hou is polite, this is what we should do." A few of them exchanged pleasantries with Xue Chen before going out.

Xue Chen was the only one left in the room, and he sat back at the table, carefully examining the information, trying to find some breakthrough points.

Su Qiange knocked on the door and walked in, cut the candle wick on his desk, the room instantly lit up a lot, and his vision also improved, Xue Chen sat up straight and moved away from the information.

"How's the discussion?" Su Qiange walked behind Xue Chen and put his hands on his temples, wanting to make him easier.

Xue Chen closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, and his body completely relaxed, "The situation is not very optimistic, the geographical conditions here are special, and they can't think of a good way for a while." ”

"If it is solved by you so easily, then it will not bother the north for so long, don't worry, it will be solved."

The candlelight shone on Xue Chen's face, and when he looked at it from Su Qiange's angle, he could just see the tiredness in the corners of his eyes, and Su Qiange said softly and comforted.

Xue Chen didn't reply again, what Su Qiange said was very reasonable, but it was just a comforting word for him, and he couldn't take it completely to heart, after all, once he had this idea, he would take it for granted after the matter couldn't be done, and then the matter would be even more difficult to solve.

"I boiled some porridge, can you drink a little?" Su Qiange didn't mind Xue Chen's silence, the two had been together for a long time, and they could understand each other's meaning in every move.

"Good!" For Xue Chen at this time, Su Qiange's company is the best healing medicine, not to mention the porridge she boiled herself.

Su Qiange stopped her movements when she heard this, went to the kitchen to bring the porridge, and when she returned to the room, Xue Chen was reading the information again, she was so focused that she didn't know whether to talk to him for a while.

Fortunately, Xue Chen has been paying attention to Su Qiange's arrival, but after reading the page at hand, he hurriedly took over the porridge on Su Qiange's singer, "Ge'er, it's really happy to have you by your side." ”

Su Qiange habitually gave Xue Chen a roll of his eyes, "Drink it while it's hot, don't be cold." ”

Early the next morning, a little light had just emerged from the sky, Xue Chen got up, and Su Qiange heard movement outside the door, so he followed out the door.

The cook had already prepared a meal for Xue Chen, he hurriedly ate a few bites, and then hurried out.

"Xue Chen, where are you going?"

"Today, I'm going to take a look at the water sources I found some time ago, maybe there will be some new discoveries."

Xue Chen explained a few words and went out, and Su Qiange didn't have time to say anything if he wanted to go with him.

"That's it!" Su Qiange pouted, she couldn't help with the problem of water conservancy, just this time she came over and asked Mr. Bookkeeper to sort out some of the account books, she just had time to flip through it to see how the restaurant was coming in these days.

Time passed quickly, and Su Qiange finished reading the first account book, and Xue Chen came back.

The knock on the door rang out as the footsteps outside the door stopped, and Su Qiange stretched out, got up and opened the door.

As she expected, the person standing outside the door was Xue Chen, but at this time, he had already changed his appearance.

When I went out in the morning, my clean and tidy clothes were covered with dust, and my shoes looked like they were surrounded by dust, so I couldn't see the original appearance at all. Even his face and hair were not spared, and the whole person seemed to walk in that pile of dust.

"Look at you like this, you shouldn't have been robbed, right?" Su Qiange tried her best to restrain her expression and make herself look very serious.

It's just that the appearance of deliberately holding back a smile, in Xue Chen's opinion, is completely ridiculed, but he is not in the mood to meet her in general, because what happened to him this day is not as happy as being robbed.

"It's good to be robbed." Xue Chen made a dull sound, and went directly to the door and sat on the stool in a daze, not caring about Su Qiange's smile that had already reached his mouth, he was extremely aggrieved.

"What the hell is going on?" Xue Chen didn't look quite right, and Su Qiange didn't care about laughing at him, so he poured him a cup of tea first and let him moisten his throat.

Xue Chen sighed, "It's not a big deal, when I went to check the water source, I was tempted to see where the end of the water source was, and I went up the mountain unconsciously, but not only did I not find the source, but I also fell, and it became what you see now." ”

Xue Chen finished speaking in one breath, then he picked up the water cup and drank it, the clear tea entered his throat, washing away all his irritability for a day, he silently poured another cup for himself, and quietly waited for Su Qiange's ridicule.

"You're not hurt, are you?"

is not quite the same as imagined, Su Qiange not only did not burst into laughter, but said with great concern.

"No, it's just a fall, it's fine." Seeing Su Qiange's worried face, Xue Chen hurriedly stood up and took a turn, telling her that he was okay with practical actions.

"Really?" Su Qiange blinked, and a trace of cunning flashed.

Xue Chen naturally didn't see Su Qiange's careful thoughts, and confirmed seriously again, "Seriously!" ”