Thinking of Chu Zheng's handsome face, Du Ziyu's cheeks couldn't help but flush slightly.

Mrs. Du looked at her daughter's face in her eyes, she was originally from the past, and she couldn't see that this was clearly the shyness of her daughter's family.

"Yu'er, tell your mother honestly, do you like Master Huo?"

Du Ziyu didn't mention Chu Zheng, and Huo Sijin didn't mention it, in Mrs. Du's eyes, Chu Zheng was just one of Huo Sijin's guards, so she didn't care, and then she didn't think about Chu Zheng, but thought it was Huo Sijin.

"Mother, what are you talking about?" Du Ziyu was extremely embarrassed, because of the embarrassment, the flush on her face not only did not dissipate, but the flush deepened, and her smiling face became more and more red.

In this way, Mrs. Du was even more convinced of the guess in her heart, her daughter really fell in love with Huo Sijin.

"This Lord Huo has a good family background and good looks, but this temperament is too fierce......" Mrs. Du muttered. Even if Du Ziyu was rude, Huo Sijin would not achieve her like this.

"Mother, don't think nonsense, my daughter doesn't have it."

Du Ziyu hurriedly denied that the talent she fancied was not Huo Sijin. But her denial fell on Mrs. Du's ears, and it was automatically understood as its opposite, and her daughter's family was always duplicitous.

Mrs. Du glanced at her daughter with disgust, "That's it, I won't talk about you." Although Huo Sijin's attitude was a little worse before, he apologized today, plus his family background and appearance are indeed the best, and his daughter likes it, so Mrs. Du changed her mind again.

"Yu'er, my mother told you, think about it again." Mrs. Du said earnestly.

Du Ziyu nodded obediently, she really should think about what to do to reverse her image in Engong's heart.

……

However, in the following days, Du Ziyu never saw Chu Zheng again. First, she was too seriously injured, and the doctor told her to stay in bed to recuperate, and secondly, the peach blossom flood has come, and the river water is rising more and more day by day. The flood and heavy rain soon flooded many villages and farmland, Chu Zheng and Huo Sijin and others were busy with their feet not touching the ground, fighting against the flood every day, and they even had little time to sleep, let alone seeing idlers like Du Ziyu.

The torrential rain lasted for three days, and on the fourth day, the rain finally became lighter, gradually changing from a heavy downpour to a gentle drizzle.

Under the thatched eaves, Huo Sijin and Chu Zheng stood side by side, looking at the slanting wind and drizzle floating outside, as well as the rain rolling down from the thatch, like pearls with broken threads. This scene is quite charming, but Huo Sijin didn't have the heart to appreciate the rain scene, she sighed faintly, "I don't know if there will be heavy rain in the future!" ”

At this moment, she regretted it extremely much, she didn't pay too much attention to the situation in Huzhou at this time in her previous life, and she didn't know if the rainstorm would continue.

"If there were no corrupt officials, all the money allocated by the imperial court over the years would have been used to build dikes and rivers, and there would be no disaster today." Chu Zheng's eyes were cold, natural disasters were terrible, and so were man-made disasters.

Huo Sijin knew what Chu Zheng meant by this, and said, "Don't worry, you can't run a single one." Zheng Guard's side already has clues, just waiting for the Taohuaxin to pass, the situation in Huzhou will settle down, and it will not be too late to settle accounts at that time. ”

The original dikes were even more vulnerable than they had imagined, several of them were in disrepair, and the floods burst when the floods came, and the consequences of these were all due to corrupt officials who were interested in their own interests, regardless of whether the people lived or died.

Although they evacuated all the victims in time, the flood inundated villages and farmland, and the victims lost their homes and food, and Huo Sijin clearly knew that the flood would be followed by famine.

At this moment, Huo Sijin suddenly understood why Chu Zheng hated corrupt officials so much.

If it weren't for them, the people of Huzhou would not have returned to such a state.

Damn them!

After a long time, Chu Zheng's low and sighing voice came from his ears: "I should have come back early." ”

If he had come back earlier, maybe Huzhou would have been a different scene.

Huo Sijin turned his head and looked at Chu Zheng, stunned.

He, blaming himself?

It is rumored by outsiders that the violent and ruthless prince Chu Zheng actually has such a compassionate side.

Huo Sijin thought in his heart, probably this is the real Chu Zheng, but the rumors in the market only say that he is ruthless, and it is expected that someone is jealous of him, so he deliberately released such words. And Chu Zheng was arrogant and unwilling to explain, and over time he had the name of being violent and ruthless.

Everyone in the world is prejudiced against Chu Zheng, and Huo Sijin in the past was no exception, but now only when he has more contact can he know what he really is.

Huo Sijin silently said "I'm sorry" in her heart, she misunderstood him in the past, and in her previous life, she actually helped Chu Li snatch his crown prince.

At this time, Zheng Changqing suddenly came to report, "Lord Huo, it's not good, someone has contracted the plague." ”

"Plague!" Huo Sijin's heart jumped, and he said quickly, "How many people are there?" Have you seen a doctor? Confirmed to be an epidemic? ”

"I have already called the doctor, and the people infected with the plague have high fever, headaches, and diarrhea, which are the symptoms of the plague. It is currently found that there are three people, and there are others who are unknown. Zheng Changqing replied.

Huo Sijin immediately decided, "Immediately find a separate room, isolate them from others, and sprinkle quicklime around the house to prevent others from being infected." Quick, do as I say immediately, the situation is urgent, don't delay! ”

Long before he came, Chu Zheng had said that this time the matter was all under Huo Sijin's leadership, and there was no need to ask him what he meant, so Huo Sijin gave an order, and Zheng Changqing immediately went to carry it out.

Huo Sijin said to Chu Zheng again: "Tianxing, I'll go over and take a look, you are waiting here." ”

"You can't go." Chu Zheng immediately objected.

Huo Sijin said: "Tianxing, this is the accusation given to me by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

She bit the four words of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hard, she is the chief of the East Palace, this errand is a task given to her by the crown prince Chu Zheng, she must complete it, and she can't dodge because of danger.

"Changjin, if you are infected with the plague, then who will lead the whole army?"

Chu Zheng also said solemnly, "You said that this is a bitter battle, a battle with God, you are familiar with the form of the entire Huzhou, whether it is floods or plagues, you have a way to deal with it." Huo Changjin, now is not the time for you to be sympathetic to the people's feelings, anyone can be infected with the plague, but you can't. You should understand what the big picture is! ”

Hearing this, Huo Sijin was stunned, "I ......"

"You don't have to deny it, I know that you have a way, you know the situation in Huzhou well, although I don't know why you know so much, but obviously you are very knowledgeable and have a wide range of knowledge, only you have the ability to rescue the victims of Huzhou."

Chu Zheng's tone was serious, and there was undoubted majesty between his words.

Yes, she did know Huzhou well, because she had seen every inch of land here, otherwise how could she draw such a detailed topographic map.

Huo Sijin gritted his teeth, "It's me who is confused." ”

She did know how to deal with the disaster, she had done it all in her previous life, but she was worried that her identity would be exposed, so she deliberately hid it so that Chu Zheng would not be suspicious.

It's because she's selfish, her life is at stake, and she cares about what else to do at this time.

Huo Sijin immediately ordered someone to invite Master Du to come.

After a while, Lord Du walked over with a shallow foot, "Lord Huo, why are you looking for me?" ”

"Lord Du, some of the victims have been infected with the plague."

As soon as Huo Sijin said this, Lord Du's face turned pale, and he hurriedly ordered the officials around him, "Immediately isolate those infected with the plague, and no one is allowed to approach!" ”

How serious the plague is, and how easily it is contagious, Lord Du knows better than anyone else.

"Lord Du, I have heard a method before, although it may not cure the plague, but it can play a preventive role."

As soon as Huo Sijin's words fell, Master Du blurted out: "What method?" ”

In the eyes of Lord Du, the plague is more arrangeable than the flood, and the flood can still be avoided, but the plague is not, and I don't know when it will be infected.

Huo Sijin replied: "Soak Artemisia annua in water, mash it to get its juice, and take it at one time, which can prevent epidemics." Also, during this time, everyone should refrain from drinking river water and drink clean well water. ”

Master Du will be suspicious, "Artemisia annua? Will this work? ”

The plague broke out and he couldn't drink the river water, this Lord Du knew about it, but it was the first time he had heard of the use of artemisia grass to cure the plague.

"Master Du, this method is what I once heard from a rural miracle doctor, and the miracle doctor has excellent medical skills, so there will be no mistakes." Huo Sijin's tone was serious and serious, and his eyes were clear, giving people an invisible sense of trust.

Master Du thought about it, and finally nodded, "I'll give the order!" "The plague is so terrible, Lord Du has been an official in Huzhou for ten years, and there is still no way to deal with the plague. If Huo Sijin's method works, it is naturally good, if it doesn't work, it is just the same as before, and there is no loss.

……

However, it turned out that Huo Sijin's method was indeed effective, and the plague did not spread, and the three people who went out to get the plague at first, no one outside of them were infected with the plague.

Of those three, one of them died of a severe epidemic, and the other two later recovered. The corpse can also be infected with the plague, so the body of the deceased is burned before being buried.

A few days have passed, the sky has cleared, although the water level remains high, but the flood has been reduced, according to past experience, the peach blossom flood is almost over. Huo Sijin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the next thing was to deal with the aftermath, but fortunately, the relief food from the imperial court had arrived. This time, everyone knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally handled the disaster of the Peach Blossom Flood, so no one dared to seek personal gain from it.

The people who breathed a sigh of relief except Huo Sijin and Lord Du, everyone knew that this time it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who personally dealt with the disaster of the Peach Blossom Flood, so no one dared to seek personal gain from it, and the people above did not put pressure on him again.

Master Du thinks in his heart that this time he has a clean breeze on his sleeves that is obvious to all, and he is an official and sympathetic to the people. As everyone knows, the evidence of his previous greed for ink has been placed in front of Huo Sijin.