Chapter 39: Kindness
Shoudu's road to Yingshang, although it is well repaired. However, after taking so long, it is inevitable that there are still some small potholes.
Prince Xia Last's car ran wildly all the way, and even though there were many soft cushions in the carriage, it was still unbearably bumpy.
However, now Xia Yan can't care about so much, and he still urges his entourage to be faster.
The four words that popped out of the mouth of the great eunuch Wang Shu, "Get out of the Yingshang", were the first time in Xia Yan's life that he felt that the crisis was so close to him.
Until this moment, Xia Yan still hadn't recovered from the feeling that the dead soul was rising.
Don't think about it, Xia Yan knew that the matter of digging the river embankment by himself must have been known by Chu Emperor Xia Ze.
Moreover, it is estimated that from the very beginning, the Chu Emperor already knew.
Xia Yan did not suspect Xu Chuchen, who had already gone to Nanyang Changshi, and although there were many people in charge of digging the river embankment, they should all be real cronies.
Xia Yan closed his eyes a little tiredly, how did Chu Emperor Xia Ze know about this matter, he didn't want to delve into it now.
However, this incident also alerted him and made him understand that Xia Ze, who has been an emperor for twenty years, is not comparable to him now.
Moreover, Xia Yan also believes that since he has surveillance from the Chu Emperor here, there must also be one from the Three Princes. Moreover, this kind of surveillance may have been around for a long time.
I have to say that this time he planted a big heel. However, fortunately, since Emperor Chu did not punish him, it means that this matter is not the key, and the key is his younger brother.
If you can let Lao Qi come back alive, he will be fine!
"Li Jin, be faster, don't cherish horsepower!"
"Whoa!"
The sound of the horses galloping became louder and louder, and a layer of smoke rolled up.
On the other hand, in addition to the crown prince Xia Yan, Chen An took a team of more than 30 palace guards and went straight to Yingshang County.
Compared with the crown prince Xia Last, Chen An's speed is faster. However, unlike Xia Last, Chen An is purely out of concern for Xia Huan.
"Boom!"
The north gate of Yingshang County, which had been closed, was opened again. Chen An, who had just arrived on Yingshang, did not dismount, and went straight to the outside of Beicheng.
Even, even his sons, Chen Zhaoming, and Chen An did not say a few words in detail.
The only sentence is to let Chen An continue to stay in Yingshang County and wait for the follow-up people from Shoudu.
The north of the city is very large, especially the people in the workshop near the city have been mostly placed together by Xia Huan, and many places in the workshop have also been burned down, and it takes a lot of effort to find people.
In the north of the city, it is dangerous to stay for a while. Chen Anzhi was not worried about his own safety, but remembered Xia Huan, who had been in the north of the city for a day and a night.
"The soldiers are divided into three ways, there are no villagers here, and they must have been gathered together by His Highness. Find them and immediately tell Her Highness the message of the Queen Mother! ”
"Whoa!"
……
Just when the crown prince Xia Yan came non-stop, Chen An was looking for Xia Huan everywhere. Xia Huan took people again and headed farther away.
Compared with the people in the vicinity of Yingshang City, the closer you get to the river embankment, the more severe the epidemic is.
On the one hand, the water here receded late, and the corpses were in the water and had begun to decompose.
On the other hand, due to the need to allocate supplies at that time, the people who lived here were generally the last to return, and the corpses were disposed of late.
Therefore, the incidence of people here is much higher than in other places.
Moreover, as Xia Huan went all the way, the number of patients also changed from a dozen people in a workshop to dozens of people.
Finally, when Xia Huan stepped into the workshop closest to the river embankment, the scene he saw made almost everyone shudder.
"Officers and soldiers...... The officers and soldiers are coming! ”
At the entrance of the workshop, a few sick people were struggling to carry the water, and when they saw Xia Huan and the others who were rushing towards them, they immediately threw down the bucket in their hands.
This workshop is not big, and it seems that there are only about 20 people at most, and there are only about 100 people with their families.
Xia Huan looked at the wooden barrels on the ground, and he didn't know what it was like.
"Let's see how many families in this workshop are not sick." With a hint of hope, Xia Huan said to Yu Meng beside him.
"Whoa!"
Although Yu Meng answered simply, he was more or less afraid in his heart.
As Xia Huan thought, this workshop is too small, which means that every household must have more frequent contact. The chance of contagion is naturally greater.
"Bang!"
Yu Meng didn't knock on the door, but directly led people and broke in.
"Don't kill us! Don't kill us! Didn't get sick! We're not sick! ”
This family doesn't seem to be wealthy. Or rather, workshops like this, mostly so.
If the output is small, there may not be much business to do. Coupled with the deductions of those families, it is estimated that they can only barely get enough food and clothing.
A small hut with only two beds left except for the stove.
And on one of the beds, a person was lying. Yu Meng made such a big movement, but there was no reaction at all, which shows that he is already very sick.
Not only that, the four people kneeling in front of Yu Meng, except for a middle-aged man, were all young people who were almost as big as Xia Huan.
It's just that among the four people, there are three of them, and they all look pale. Even, one of them had a little cracked lip.
Yu Meng covered his mouth and nose, and closed the door again with the saber at his waist.
Immediately after, the second, the third, a small workshop, only a moment's work, has already been walked through.
"Your Highness......" Yu Meng arched his hand and shook his head with a somewhat solemn expression.
Xia Huan nodded, turned over and got on his horse again, intending to leave.
"Your Highness, what should I do here? Do you still need to be guarded? Seeing that Xia Huan wanted to leave, Yu Meng couldn't help asking.
"No need."
"And what if they run away somewhere else?" Yu Meng still asked a little uneasy.
There are many rivers in Chudi, and it is too close to Yingshui, and there may be very few boats, but there are still some of them.
Now, Yu Meng has appeared in front of them. People always have the instinct to survive. In fear, these people may be able to take a boat and go down the river.
When the time comes, if you go to other places, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles.
It's just that there are more than 100 people in the workshop. If you want to be completely controlled, you need at least thirty or forty people. And now, Xia Huan only has about a hundred or so people around him, and he has to go to other places, so it is obviously impossible to leave so many people.
“……”
Xia Huan thought about it for a long time, and finally said: "Then leave five people and five horses, if someone escapes, they will be killed if they can, and if they can't be killed, leave the report." When the time comes, I will send someone to hunt it down. ”
After speaking, Xia Huan left.
Leaving Yu Meng alone, he sighed.
Xia Huan is good at everything, but he is still too kind. And this kind of mercy may not only harm their subordinates in the future, but also harm Xia Huan himself.
Forgetting to glance at the workshop again, Yu Meng finally did not disobey Xia Huan's order. Perhaps, in his heart, it was precisely because of this kindness that he made up his mind to follow Yu Xia Huan.
PS: I'm not at home today, and there is only this one on the website. There's one more chapter to be filled up tomorrow when I go home