Yesterday's heavy snowfall, although it has stopped, all the hanging branches have frozen into ice strips, hitting the face and causing pain.

Looking at the official who came today, a small face was buried in the fox fur collar, and his thin body could be blown away by a gust of wind.

Whoever has enough to eat and support, he still comes to investigate the epidemic with this body and bones, and he is not afraid of being infected by the plague.

"Young Master Cousin, let's go back, what kind of place is this!" Leafhopper Road.

General Ye Qiu also secretly scolded himself, not to mention anything else, Miss Biao has a noble status, she shouldn't have come to this mixed place, if something happens, how to explain to the old master when she goes home.

"Young Master Cousin, why don't we come back another day?"

Ye Qiu is a big man, he has been following Grandpa Guo to fight in the killing field since he was a child, what kind of harsh environment has he never seen, where is this, and he has seen a place that is a hundred times worse than this.

Miss Biao is delicate and expensive, and she has not experienced any wind and rain, so it is indeed not suitable to come here.

But since it's here, there's no reason to and sit back.

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Ziyan pushed the fox fur collar back, revealing a small face.

"Since you're here, let's explore this place thoroughly."

The guide ran to the front: "Okay, the little one will take the adults around." ”

Small, what kind of hero. I'll call you crying dad and mom for a while.

The further you go, the narrower and more winding the streets become, and the water gets deeper and deeper.

A puddle of water blocked the way in front of him, and the guide stood on the edge of the puddle and looked at Jiang Ziyan.

Forward or back?

Jiang Ziyan walked up to the guide, didn't say a word, and stepped in directly.

The muddy water splashed by the white deerskin cotton boots before and after.

The puddle was not very deep, and he walked out in the blink of an eye.

The further I went, the more I finally saw passers-by.

Jiang Ziyan and the others appeared here, and immediately attracted the attention of passers-by, who turned to their homes one after another, peeking out through the crack in the door.

Not to mention Jiang Ziyan, even Ye Yu and Ye Cicada also have a calm expression and a noble temperament, which is not comparable to ordinary people.

After Jiang Ziyan and the others passed, people came out of their homes again and chased after Jiang Ziyan and them.

Jiang Ziyan stopped: "Call them over." ”

General Ye Qiu hurriedly sent two soldiers over, and two bold ones followed.

Jiang Ziyan asked everyone to retreat three steps away, turned his back to everyone, and talked to the two.

Everyone didn't know what Jiang Ziyan couldn't let them know, so they were sent away.

When Jiang Ziyan faced these two people, he had already recruited a medical mask from the small clinic and put it on.

The two of them saw Jiang Ziyan covering his mouth and nose, because they were afraid of being infected by themselves: "Don't worry, this official, we didn't stick to that strange disease, although we have no money, we drink all the water from Dongcheng." ”

"What? What water do you drink from the East Side? Isn't it possible to drink the water of Dongcheng and not get infected? ”

"Ask the official to be kind and save us, we don't want to die." Two men knelt on the ground and prostrated as if they were pounding garlic.

"Are you sure you won't get infected if you drink Dongcheng's water?"

"The two of us originally sold water, and every day we went to the official well in Dongcheng to fetch water here to sell it, and our family naturally ate the water from the official well in Dongcheng." Two heads rested on the ground, one of them said.

"You two get up and talk."

The two of them stood up, took a step back, and moved farther away from Jiang Ziyan.

"Where does the water go to ordinary people's homes?"

Originally, there were only two official wells in the city of Shunde Prefecture, both of which were in Dongcheng. The Shunde Mansion and the mansions of a number of officials are also in the Mansion, which has been followed for many years, from the boundary of Shunde Mansion.

Almost every house in Dongcheng has a well, and the official well is just a decoration, and most people use it.

This gave some people in the West Side a career as selling water.

Those who are strong sell water for a living.

"What about people who can't afford water?" It's a difficult place, and not everyone can afford to buy water.

"People who don't have wells have water cellars at home. At the end of summer and the beginning of spring every year, the government will put the heavenly water saved on the West Mountain into the city, and everyone will store the water cellar full, which is enough for half a year. ”

"Why doesn't Xicheng dig a well at home like Dongcheng does, but build a water cellar?"

"We can't dig a well with water here."

And what's going on?

If you live in a city, how can you have groundwater on one side and not on the other?

It's not something to worry about right now.

The source of the spread of the plague is in the drinking water source.

"Can you show me your water cellar?"

"Yes, yes." Seeing that this young official spoke kindly, he did not have the frame of an ordinary official, and the two of them were not as restrained as before.

The two turned around and pushed open a chai door behind them, "Daddy Hu!" You okay? ”

Jiang Ziyan raised his legs and walked in.

Ye Yu Ye Qiu saw Jiang Ziyan enter the courtyard and strode over.

"Young Master Cousin."

Jiang Ziyan entered the house and saw three grass-roofed houses, the snow on the roofs had not yet melted, and the eaves were full of pots and pots, which were obviously used to catch water.

Out of the room came an old woman in her fifties, dressed in cotton clothes of no visible color, with wrinkles on her face, and there seemed to be mud in the wrinkles.

I don't know how many days this old woman hasn't washed her face.

The clothes on the body may also have never been washed.

When the old woman saw the person with a face, she grabbed the hem of her clothes with both hands: "Li Er, little third son, ······ are you?" ”

"This is someone from the government, come and see our water cellar." Li Er stepped forward and said.

"Don't be afraid, this official is easy to talk to, don't be afraid." The third son also came to the old woman, and although the voice was small, the old woman still heard it clearly.

"Uncle, this is our family's water cellar." The old woman pointed to a pool in the corner of the courtyard.

The pools are generally bare and generally covered with straw made of cattails.

Melting snow is slowly flowing into the pool.

"Old woman, is the water here for drinking or washing?"

Jiang Ziyan tried his best to slow down his voice and pointed to the pool.

"Back to the official, this is for eating, washing is a luxury, we are untouchables, we are unworthy." The old woman lowered her head, not daring to look at Jiang Ziyan.

"Where's your father-in-law?"

Jiang Ziyan remembered that Li Er shouted 'Hu Dad' when he entered the door, presumably there should be a man in the family.

"My old man went to the workshop to inspect the house, and there were dead people every day, which was miserable." The old woman wiped the corners of her eyes with her shabby sleeves.

"Your father-in-law went to the street to pull the dead?"

Jiang Ziyan was shocked, the people in the family often came into contact with people who died of the plague, and the couple had not been infected, and it seemed that the old woman was not particularly strong.

"Back to the official, Daddy Hu is old and can't make a living, so he is in charge of our workshop. Now with this terrible plague, no one does this kind of business, so Daddy Hu does it. Li Er stepped forward and said.

"Sending dead people outside the city, no one has done it except for Daddy Hu. In this way, if you earn more money, you will be able to eat the water distributed by the official family in the coming year. The little third son also rushed to reply.

"How long have you been doing this?"

Jiang Ziyan asked Li Er this time.

"Since Master Yin concluded that the plague, the dead man was Daddy Hu and they were transported, and the government said that they would pay the wages, could it be a lie?" Before Li Er could answer, the third son shouted.

Seeing that the little third son was standing in front of Jiang Ziyan, Ye Yu used the saber to separate the little third son from Jiang Ziyan, although the saber was not unsheathed, the little third son was still frightened and retreated.

Jiang Ziyan glanced at Ye Yu, Ye Yu withdrew his saber and stood behind Jiang Ziyan.

"Don't worry, with the King of Chu in charge, the plague will end soon, and whose wages will not be less."

Jiang Ziyan couldn't see such a poor person being exploited.

If it is said that it is a business, competing with each other for victory and defeat, there is companionship and earning, if it is squeezing money on these poor people whose lives are like ants, then it is not as good as pigs and dogs.

Jiang Ziyan took everyone with him, ordered Li Er and Xiao Sanzi to lead the way, and turned many people's houses.

Indeed, there is not one left dead in some families, but in some there is not a single one infected with the plague.

Those who may have been infected with the plague are all dead, and those who are alive are not infected with the plague, and Daddy Hu returned home early, saying that he did not see any dead people today.

Seeing that it was noon, he rewarded Li Erxiao and the third son with some broken silver, and the guide took them back the same way.

I was in a hurry to go out early in the morning, ate something indiscriminately, and didn't bother to wash, but now I have been outside for a long time, and when I returned to the post house, Jiang Ziyan asked the two little girls in the room to prepare water for washing.

After a while, the two little girls brought the water over.

Jiang Ziyan saw that these two Yahuan were only twelve or thirteen years old, and they were skinny, they must be children from poor families, they had just come out to work, and it was common for them to be clever without the usual Yahuan, so he ignored them.

Ye Yu is straightforward: "What's the matter with the two of you, just take a face wash, grinding, don't want to wait and say it directly, don't look at my cousin's good temper, annoyed, I, Ye Yu, want your life every minute." ”