Chapter 119: Warm Medicine
Chu Xinyun originally thought that it was just people who came to thank her, but when she just wanted to say that she was not polite, she heard the child's words, she subconsciously frowned and asked: "Xiaobai, you tell my sister, where did you eat moldy rice grains Xiaobai honestly replied that it was the city they passed by before, saying that many people had stomach aches after eating, and looked down on the doctor, so they began to endure it, vomited and diarrhea, and finally died."
After Chu Xinyun sent Xiaobai away, he secretly went to visit other homeless people, and verified that this moldy rice grain thing was indeed true.
She originally wanted to find Sun County's order to deal with it, but she thought that since even His Majesty didn't know what these people were doing, it was bound to be someone operating in the back in the dark, and I was afraid that there would be no way to pass on the news by relying on Sun County's order alone.
At this time, she remembered the token that Yan Qin Chang had left here before leaving.
He once said that if you encounter something that can't be solved, you can take the token to Fucheng, and you can contact yourself at a place called Baiyun Teahouse.
Immediately, she handed over all the affairs of the family to Sun Ping, and she and Wang Dalin set off for Fucheng.
After arriving in Fucheng, I found the Baiyun Tea House in a remote corner, and as soon as I entered the door, I could see only a few people sporadically sitting, and the business was very deserted.
Nowadays, disasters are everywhere, and naturally no one has the leisure time to drink tea and listen to the play.
Chu Xinyun walked in and looked around, and quietly walked to the shopkeeper who dialed the abacus in front of the counter.
The shopkeeper didn't raise his head and said directly: "I didn't come to sing today, if you want to drink tea, please go up to the second floor and someone will receive you." ”
Chu Xinyun directly took out the token and threw it in front of him, the shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he quickly picked up the token and handed it back to her, and said with a smile: "It turns out that a distinguished guest is here, please come with me." ”
Chu Xinyun followed him to the innermost private room on the second floor, and the shopkeeper asked her to sit for a while, and it didn't take long for someone to hurriedly push the door and walk in.
"See the Lord of Chu County!" As soon as the man came in, he saluted her and asked, "I wonder what the county lord is doing this time?"
Chu Xinyun even told this person about the moldy rice grain that he asked from the victims, and asked him to inform Yan Qinchang as soon as possible, "Don't worry, the county lord, I will notify the commander immediately!"
The news sent from Fucheng was sent to Yan Qinchang as soon as possible, and during this time, he was running around because of the various disasters caused by the heavy snow, and after receiving the news from Chu Xinyun, he immediately ordered someone to find out whether the news was true.
After confirming that the news was true, he ordered Qi An to enter the palace and inform Emperor Wei of the matter.
Emperor Wei was furious when he learned of this, and immediately ordered him to strictly investigate who was doing it in secret.
And Yan Qinchang was ordered to strictly investigate the matter of disaster relief grain, which also reached Wei Jingqi's ears for the first time, since the incident of this temple last year, he was grounded by Emperor Wei for a year, and it was all up to the courtiers of the court and his own faction to convey the latest news.
After learning that Yan Qinchang began to accept this, Wei Jingqi made a big fire in the mansion.
"Check it out for the king at once! How could anyone know about this matter that is so impenetrable!"
This matter of secretly replacing the disaster relief food was secretly operated by him, and the number of people who knew about this matter would not exceed three, and they were all the closest subordinates around him, how could such a secret information be revealed if it was revealed?!
He immediately wondered if there was a ghost on his side, but after the spy came back, he learned that none of the three people had revealed any news about the relief food, and I was afraid that it was not their doing.
"Lord Wang, Lei Wu asks to see you."
"Let him in."
Lei Wu, who was dressed in armor, walked in from outside the house with a cold air, saluted him and said: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid this news has leaked from elsewhere, my subordinates have found that Yan Qinchang's secret guards have passed the news to Fucheng, do you see if you send someone to Fucheng to check, it is estimated that there will be clues." ”
"Fucheng?" Wei Jingqi squinted his eyes as if he had thought of something, and then ordered someone to hurry up and check it.
Sure enough, it was verified by the secret agent that the news was indeed transmitted from Fucheng, and the person who passed it on was none other than Chu Xinyun, who he wanted but couldn't ask for.
"You said she got the news from the homeless?!"
Wei Jingqi's face was very ugly at the moment, he never thought that his delicate operation would be ruined in the hands of a few surviving homeless!
Lei Wu said: "Lord Wang, this homeless person is not a big deal, when the time comes, let people go directly to extinguish the mouth, and the subordinates think that the most important thing should be this woman named Chu Xinyun." ”
Wei Jingqi said, "You go on." ”
"His subordinates said bluntly, if the prince wants to succeed, then he will be soft-hearted, if you get rid of it before, then this will not happen today, and please make a decision!"
After hearing his words, Wei Jingqi fell silent, and after a long time, he slowly raised his head and looked cold: "Lei Wu!"
"The subordinates are here!"
"This king ordered someone to immediately send someone to get rid of Chu Xinyun, at any cost!"
"Yes!"
And Chu Xinyun, who returned to Yunlai County at this moment, specially went to find Sun County's order and discussed with him about the relief of the victims.
She has no shortage of sweet potatoes here, but there is still some shortage of rice grain, and she wants to join in with those merchants who buy and sell rice and grain through the relationship of Sun Xianling, so that everyone can share it together to help these victims get through this difficult period.
You can put less rice and grain, and sweet potatoes are a good choice whether they are steamed with water or boiled porridge, Sun Xianling naturally agreed, and even went to those vendors' houses to run Zhao to get this matter done.
She was not idle when dealing with the affairs of the victims, and a large part of the reason why this people were so prone to starvation was because there were too few crops that could be planted, and a crop was planted from spring to autumn, which was too long, and if it encountered some natural disaster, it would be waiting to starve to death.
She thought of modern wheat, a crop that is cold and drought resistant and relatively simple, so she drew a picture and sent it to the Baiyun Teahouse she had contacted before, asking them to help keep an eye on this crop.
It was another day of disaster relief porridge, Chu Xinyun rolled up his sleeves and personally distributed sweet potatoes to the victims, which was also mixed with some potatoes, which also prevented eating the same thing for several days in a row from being too greasy, and mixed with something else to add some different tastes. As the crowd gradually advanced, hot sweat gradually appeared on Chu Xinyun's forehead, and when she handed the sweet potato and potatoes to a ragged man in front of her, the man did not reach out to take it.
Chu Xinyun saw that he didn't speak and said kindly: "What's wrong?" Do you not like to eat? There is also rice porridge next to it......
"Bang!"
Before he could finish speaking, the man kicked over the bamboo basket containing the food, took out a dagger with a cold light from his wide and worn sleeves, and stabbed at her!
Chu Xinyun was startled, and hurriedly dodged his spurt, but her arm didn't have time to retract for a while, and it was slashed fiercely, and with the stinging pain of the heart, dark red blood seeped out of her pale clothes....
Seeing that the man missed the blow and suddenly rushed towards her, Chu Xinyun covered his arm and fell to the ground, with nowhere to escape, he could only watch the dagger stabbing at her.....
“!” The sound of weapons colliding sounded in her ears, and along with it sounded the sound of Dao Xizheng.
"Hey, what are you doing sitting on the ground?"
Chu Xinyun turned around suddenly, and saw Li Xiuqi, who was dressed in white, holding a sword and forcing the man back, while the guards behind him rushed up to capture him and escort him to his master.
"Li Xiuqi?!"
Chu Xinyun blinked his eyes and was really a little surprised to see him, after all, he had been away for a long time, how could he appear in Yunlai County at this time?
Li Xiuqi then threw the long sword to the attendant, stepped forward to help her up from the ground, and immediately frowned after seeing the dazzling bloodstains: "He caused this injury?"
It's okay if he doesn't say it, but at this moment, Chu Xinyun felt the stinging sensation again, and his face turned a little pale.
Li Xiuqi turned his head and said to the attendant: "Go find the doctor, and prepare a clean set of clothes." ”
"Yes!"
After Li Xiuqi gave the order, he asked the attendant to take Chu Xinyun to the inn to treat his wounds, and he came to the man and looked at it carefully, chuckling and said, "King Jing's spies?"
The man bowed his head and said nothing.
His tone was a little colder: "It seems that if you don't answer, Wei Jingqi is interesting, he didn't handle things well, and now he wants to kill an innocent person, he really lives to a dog!"
Hearing the words of remorse, the man's eyes flickered and he said in a hoarse voice: "You won't know anything!"
As soon as the words fell, dark red blood oozed from the corners of his mouth, and his body collapsed.
Li Xiuqi took out a handkerchief, wiped his fingers, and said with a disgusted expression: "This is the case again, drag it down and deal with it." ”
Wei Jingqi has always been a person who only believes in himself, every spy will hide an incurable poison with him before the assassination, and once he is captured by the enemy, he will immediately take poison and commit suicide, but he didn't expect this spy to hide the poison directly in his mouth, and he must have swallowed it the moment he was caught.
After dealing with this matter, he went to the inn, at this moment Chu Xinyun had already taken care of the wound, maybe this spy was too confident that he could kill with one blow and did not apply poison to the dagger, otherwise she would have suffered at the moment.
Chu Xinyun's right hand was bandaged for a while, and he couldn't move at the moment, so he had to carefully drink the warm medicinal juice with his left hand.
Li Xiuqi sat calmly and watched her frown and drink the medicine, and snorted: "I haven't seen you for half a year, you seem to have gained some weight?"
Chu Xinyun's body stiffened, he took a deep breath and tried his best to calm himself down in his heart, if this guy hadn't saved himself, this medicine bowl would have smashed into his face at this moment.
Why is his mouth so poisonous when he looks so good-looking?
"Don't look at me like that, don't you want to know why I'm coming to you?" Saying that, he stood up and hooked his finger at her, Chu Xinyun subconsciously leaned over, only to hear him say lightly: "You were ordered to be rewarded, and 50,000 taels of silver were exchanged for your life." ”
"Bounty Order?!" Chu Xinyun's eyes widened subconsciously.
"Yes, this thing is specially prepared for some outlaws on the rivers and lakes, if the life of the bandits in the past 50,000 taels for a village was enough, but now it is used on you a weak woman who is powerless, think about it yourself, how many people will come one after another to pick up the cheap."
Chu Xinyun frowned: "This is under King Jing?"
"Clever."
"If he is so rich, why doesn't he go to the people? Now that there are many people in this disaster, what can he do even if he becomes the emperor?"
Li Xiuqi tugged at the corners of his mouth and showed a mocking smile: "Song Guifei, who is now in power, has been favored by Emperor Wei in recent years, and her son is ten years old this year, but he is already very smart and highly valued by Emperor Wei. ”
"Wei Jingqi was afraid that Emperor Wei would pass on the position to him, so he wanted to strike first, and secretly raised money to win over the courtiers and private soldiers, all of which symbolized his ambition, but he didn't know that the more he was like this, the more Emperor Wei would dislike him, originally he was the most exceptional among many princes, and Emperor Wei also praised him in front of the courtiers at that time, but now he has stirred up the overall situation because of a Song Guifei."