Hedong County, heavy rain poured, after experiencing the drought and heat in spring and summer, with a thunderclap, it finally began to rain, followed by thundershowers, heavy rain, moderate rain, light rain, intermittent has not stopped. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The whole sky is gray, the ground is muddy everywhere, the excitement of the people for a long time has dissipated, they are all hiding at home, the road is less pedestrians, birds are flying, but there are many ducks playing in the water.

On the north bank of the vast salt pond, a new city stands, it is the city that Zhang Liao planned to build when he was in Hedong, and now it has been completely built, becoming an important place in Hedong County, the new city is extremely beautiful, surrounded by forests and canals, the city wall is not rammed with loess, but made of blue bricks, which is washed clean and deep by rainwater.

The new city is named Hedong City, but locals prefer to call it Wenyuan City.

In Hedong City, the cement streets are staggered from east to west, and there is no rainwater under the heavy rain, no mud, clean and tidy, and the red brick and blue tile houses on both sides are neatly arranged.

In the back row on the left side of the Zhengdong General's Mansion, there is a not big house, living in a family, very low-key, most of the people do not know its origin, and even the name of the owner does not know, only a few people know that there are three brothers living here, with the same surname as the county Cheng Jia Kui, named Jia Mu, Jia Wan, Jia Ji, the three brothers of the Jia family are all in the general's mansion and the county government, very important, it seems to follow the old department of the general Zhengdong, and a rich man surnamed Niu has a lot of dealings.

This family is naturally Jia Xu's family, and the rich man surnamed Niu is Niu Fu, but because Jia Xu is in the imperial court, Zhang Liao and Li Dao Guo Yan have grievances, so the three brothers of the Jia family are secretive about their names and identities, and they don't even have much contact with Zhang Liaoming, but they are afraid that they will affect their master Jia Xu.

At this time, in Jia's mansion, Jia's mother, who was over seventy years old, stood tremblingly in front of the window under the support of her eldest grandson Jia Mu, her old eyes were a little cloudy and faint, and she muttered in her mouth: "Grandson, I don't know what's going on, my eldest mother has dreamed that your father is covered in water for the past two days, standing in front of my eldest mother and trembling, how can I not speak, there is always an ominous feeling in my heart, I don't know how my son is in Chang'an?" ”

Jia Mu's body trembled, and he hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Father...... He has always been thoughtful and meticulous, and he will be fine in Chang'an. ”

Mother Jia didn't notice her grandson's abnormality, and sighed: "A few days ago, I heard that Chang'an was in chaos, many people starved to death, and even many people from Liangzhou fled here. ”

Jia Muqiang said with a smile: "The eldest mother thinks too much, my father is a minister of the imperial court, how can he lack food and clothing." ”

"Natural disasters and man-made disasters, how can you know any ministers and people." Jia Mu shook her head: "Next time General Wenyuan comes, my eldest mother will go and tell him that my son will come back." ”

"Big Mother." Jia Mu said in a low voice: "My father is determined to stay in Chang'an, and the general's persuasion has been useless many times. ”

Jia Mu wiped her tears and said: "I'm old, my son won't come back, and I don't know if I can see it again...... In the past few days, your mother went to Chang'an to visit, and I don't know what happened? ”

Jamu stopped talking, and finally lowered his head, a gloomy look in his eyes.

After a while, Jia's mother was sleepy, and Jia Mu and his wife arranged for her to rest, and came to the porch in the middle of the court, looking west at the gray sky, and tears fell like rain.

At this moment, a servant came in a hurry: "Young Master, just now Niu Feng Yi sent someone to report that the general has come back and has gone to Zuo Feng Yi." ”

Jamu's body shook and muttered, "Father, the general has come back to see you." ”

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Guanzhong, is also heavy rain pouring, Weishui rises, but compared to the vitality of the east of the river, it seems to wither a lot, the previous earthquake, drought, locust plague and continuous military disasters, resulting in Guanzhong sparsely populated, only starving bones by the roadside.

What's even more tragic is that a month ago, Li Dao was separated by his nephew, and he wanted to assassinate Fan Chou, who was growing in power, and was alerted by Fan Chou, and then Li Dao, Guo Yan and Fan Chou broke up, and the soldiers and horses of the two sides launched a fierce battle in Chang'an, before Li Dao and Guo Bi moved from Liangzhou 100,000 people were inside and outside Chang'an City, and nearly 10,000 died of starvation in the drought.

Later, Ma Teng and Han Sui also participated, Chang'an, Jing Zhaoyin, and Youfufeng were all tragic battlefields, and Zuo Fengyi was also affected, Xu Rong and Li Ru ordered the soldiers and horses to guard the line of Weishui and Wulingyuan, which was regarded as maintaining the stability of Zuo Fengyi.

But Chang'an, Youfufeng, and Jing Zhaoyin were all over the field, and no one dealt with them, and then they were hit by heavy rain for several days, and the plague broke out!

The plague, fierce enough to terrify the bravest.

Ma Teng, Han Sui, and Fan Chou hurriedly retreated to the west and fought with Li Dao and Guo Yan, but it was too late, and a large number of people, soldiers and horses, and even courtiers were infected, and the situation was extremely grim.

In a hurry, Li Dao and Guo Yan ordered the slaughter of the people and soldiers infected with the plague, but because the corpses could not be disposed of, the plague became more serious, and Chang'an almost became a dead city.

The situation of Jing Zhaoyin and Zuo Fufeng was not good, many people flocked to Zuo Feng Yi in panic, Zuo Feng Yi Cheng Du Yi immediately made a decision, isolated a place in Zuo Fengyi, and settled these people, Zhang Liao had taught them some methods to prevent epidemics, and they were able to deal with it safely.

But what made Du Ji, Li Ru and Xu Rong panic was that there was a person who was also infected with the plague and was driven out of the fort by Li Dao and Guo Yan, and he was Jia Xu.

Jia Xu has the shadow protection by his side, after being expelled from the fort by Li Dao Guo Yan, the shadow immediately sent him to Zuo Fengyi, Du Yi and Li Ru were all shocked when they saw this, they were all Zhang Liao's henchmen, and naturally knew Jia Xu's status in Zhang Liao's heart, and immediately placed Jia Xu well, and hurriedly called a doctor for diagnosis and treatment, while flying pigeons sent a message to Jia Xu's family in Hedong County and Zhang Liao in Qingzhou.

At this time, in a house in Zuo Fengyi's Jincheng, the smell of herbs was strong, and Jia Xu, who was nearly fifty years old, was lying on the couch, his eyes were slightly sunken, his face was red, his breath was short, and he coughed violently from time to time, and his wife Zhang took care of him in front of the couch.

Outside the house, Jia Ji and Jia Wan looked tired and gloomy, their eyes were red, Li Ru and Tian Yi were by their side, they had already invited many doctors, but many doctors did not dare to come in when they heard that it was the plague, and the military doctors came a lot, but they were also helpless against the plague.

Although Jia Xu was infected with the plague, he was sober, he knew that the most terrible thing about the plague was infection, and once it was infected, it would be nine deaths, so it was strictly forbidden for his sons Jia Ji and Jia to visit and take care of him, as for Li Ru and other friends, they were all blocked outside, and Jia Xu did not let people inform Jia's mother and Zhang Liao.

In fact, Jia Xu didn't let his wife Zhang come in, it was Zhang's death that forced Jia Xu to let go and let her in, and the two were ready to live and die together.

"Ahem!" Jia Xu gasped and coughed again, his face flushed, and his whole body burned again.

"Liangjun ......" Zhang wiped his forehead with a hot towel to reduce fever, and when he saw Jia Xu, who had always been wise and indifferent, like this, he couldn't help crying.

Jia Xu could see it, and he actually smiled: "Madame doesn't have to be sad, people are born to die, I am close to knowing the year of the destiny of heaven, not to die young, when Li Dao Guo Yan entered Beijing, I don't know how many people were harmed, and the sky let me die now, which is also a kindness." ”

"Don't say that," Zhang comforted: "I heard that Wen Yuan has a friend Zuo Daochang, who is extremely skilled in medicine, and has sent a message to Bingzhou, he will definitely be able to cure Liangjun." ”

Jia Xu glanced at her: "Presumably, you also sent a message to Wen Yuan?" ”

"Don't ......blame the good monarch," Zhang said with a look of shame: "The concubine thinks, Wen Yuan always has a way, he is not an ordinary person." ”

Jia Xu sighed lightly: "I know that you and others have to inform Wen Yuan, and Mrs. doesn't have to blame herself." ”

He wanted to reach out to pull Zhang's hand, but he retracted it, afraid that the disease would infect her, but Zhang suddenly held his hand tightly and cried on top of him.

Outside the house, Jia Ji and Jia Wan heard their mother crying inside, and wanted to rush in several times, but they were stopped by Li Ru, and the two cried, but they didn't dare to make a sound, lest their father inside hear the sadness.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves outside the courtyard, which stopped in front of the courtyard gate, followed by several people dressed in rain hats.

Li Ru, Jia Ji, and Jia Wan heard the voice, hurriedly went out, and saw a few people coming in, all of them were stunned.

"General!" Li Ru and the others exclaimed, and they were overjoyed.

It was Zhang Liao who came, who traveled day and night from Qingzhou, braving the rain.