Chapter Twenty-Four: All the Way South
Post-disaster reconstruction is a major undertaking that cannot be completed overnight. Lu Anjin knew that if he wanted to lead everyone, he had to take the lead.
Therefore, the villagers can often see her working hard without fear of dirty, no matter who talks about her, she will really give her a thumbs up!
Looking forward to the stars and the moon, Lu Anjin finally looked forward to the person she had been waiting for.
The person who came had a handsome face, full of bookishness, gentle and elegant, and polite.
"Miss!" He saluted respectfully, "I have been delayed on the road for a few days, and I ask the young lady to punish me!" ”
"It's okay," Lu Anjin took him to the city, and the villagers he met greeted her with a smile, and she responded with a smile while introducing: "Those are all the people of Pingcheng, and they are all very lovely people. ”
"I don't know what happened when Miss was in such a hurry to let Xiaosheng come?"
Lu Anjin stopped and stretched out his hands. I saw that the originally narrow and slender, but plump and white green jade fingers, at this time were scarred and miserable!
"Miss," exclaimed the scholar, "what is this?" ”
"In the past, there was a plague in Pingcheng, and the people were killed and injured countless times, but now Pingcheng is rebuilt, and a leader is needed."
The scholar took a step back in disbelief, "What Miss means, is it to let Xiaosheng..."
"Yes, that's what you think!"
The scholar's face changed several times, he stood there, frowning and pursing his mouth, reason and courage were constantly pulling his nerves, and he hesitated for a long time, but he still didn't say a word after all.
Lu Anjin frowned and asked, "Are you afraid?" ”
Fear? Sort of.
"Miss, Xiaosheng is not afraid, but because..."
Lu Anjin hit the nail on the head, "Afraid of failure? ”
The scholar's face suddenly turned blood-red, and he nodded a little embarrassedly, "Yes!" ”
Lu Anjin raised his eyebrows and said unceremoniously, "That is the case, then that's it." Miss Ben never had to be a coward! ”
Cowards are equivalent to bad seeds, and they are both existences that she looks down on.
"Miss!" The scholar was anxious, "I'm not a coward!" ”
"If you are not a coward, why do you look ahead and cower? If you haven't tried it, how do you know you can't? ”
The scholar hurriedly explained, "The young student is shallow in learning, and I am afraid that I will live up to the trust of the young lady." ”
Let her down, it makes him worse than killing him!
Lu Anjin sneered, "In your life, the person who can't live up to it the most is yourself, I'm just a passerby in your life, don't use me as a shield for your cowardice!" ”
She will not carry this pot.
The scholar wanted to say something, his face turned red, but when it came to his mouth, he couldn't say anything.
"In this life, it is only a few dozen springs and autumns, and it is a life of choosing to do nothing, and in the end it is as light as a feather; Or choose to make a difference, and in the end it is heavier than Taishan's death. Choose one or the other, see for yourself! ”
Lu Anjin turned her head and left, she still had a bunch of things to do, and she was really in no mood to waste time on chatting!
The scholar stood in place, savoring what she had just said, his face was blue for a while, white for a while, red for a while, colorful, very good-looking!
Ling Zuo held the sword in both hands, looked at his face that kept changing colors, waited for a long time, and saw that he was still like a piece of wood, and finally couldn't help but speak, "Let's go if you want to." ”
grinding, chirping, really doesn't look like a man.
Suddenly hearing him speak, the scholar was startled, "Why are you here?" ”
Ling Zuo didn't bother to listen to his nonsense, and asked aggressively, "Are you a man, if you are a man, you will have a little blood, so that you can be called a man who stands up to the sky!" ”
"Xiaosheng..."
Xu was infected by Lu Anjin, and Ling Zuo's speech became more and more direct, and he did not hesitate to ask, "What is Xiaosheng, Xiaosheng, since Miss called you, she naturally believes you." Why are you still hesitating here! ”
How can there be such a hypocritical man!
The scholar was so anxious that he didn't know how important Miss Lu was in his heart, and they didn't know each other, so what qualifications did he have to make a big deal here!
"I don't know anything about you, and I certainly don't want to. But I know that if you don't come back, Mademoiselle will be very disappointed in you! ”
These words were like a thunderbolt from the sky, blowing up his already uncalm heart to the bottom, stormy and surging!
The scholar didn't want anything else, and hurriedly chased after him.
"Miss!"
Lu Anjin looked at him silently for a moment, and then asked, "Do you know why I chose you?" ”
The scholar shook his head.
"Remember when you told me about your dreams?"
The scholar nodded.
"Your hometown no longer exists, but I hope that you can treat Pingcheng as your hometown that you miss, and then use your wisdom and hands to build it into your ideal hometown."
The scholar lowered his head in shame, "Miss..."
How could he forget his original ideals!
Lu Anjin smiled lightly, changed his previous aggressiveness, and said gently, "Mu Zhe, if you don't go through some training, you will never know how powerful you are." I believe in you, and you have to believe in yourself, okay? ”
Liu Muzhe's eyes were full of tears, but the man didn't flick when he had tears. He held back his tears and choked up: "Miss, I will definitely live up to your expectations!" ”
Lu Anjin nodded with satisfaction, "You come with me." ”
She took Liu Muzhe back to her temporary residence, took out a few books and handed them to him, "These are all books that tell the basic way of being an official, and when everything is stable, you must study it carefully." ”
"Yes."
After Lu Anjin introduced Liu Muzhe to the villagers, he didn't stay too long and left.
The people were reluctant to give up, and they lined up to send them off, until they could no longer see the carriage that Lu Anjin was riding, and then they reluctantly returned to the city.
Lu Anjin was also reluctant to leave, but this disaster was menacing, and she couldn't delay in Pingcheng for too long.
Now, the two cities have suffered such serious damage, and the territory of Yinnan is very wide, she can't imagine whether other cities will be in the same situation.
"Daddy."
Father Lu looked at his daughter, who had lost a lot of weight, with tears in his eyes.
"An Jin, thank you for your hard work."
"It's okay," Lu Anjin showed a long-standing smile, "Daddy, can you clean it up?" ”
"Your mother is still cleaning up."
"Daddy, I'll go back to the room to rest for a while, and when my mother is cleaned up, remember to call me."
Father Lu hurriedly said, "Go and rest." ”
After days of rushing and sleepless nights, Lu Anjin was indeed tired, and almost the moment she climbed into bed, she fell asleep.
Locusts, devastated cities, dead bodies all over the mountains, pale and desperate faces... Frame by frame, scene by scene, vivid, shocking.
Lu Anjin woke up from her sleep, sweat fell down her cheeks and fell on the quilt, she gasped for breath, her heartbeat was like a wild horse, uncontrollable!
"Miss, are you awake?"
Lu Anjin still had palpitations, she took a few deep breaths, calmed down her anxious mood, and then replied in a hoarse voice: "Wake up, what's the matter?" ”
"Everything is ready, Lord Lu ordered his subordinates to come and see if Miss woke up."
"Wait a moment, let me wash up."
Ling Zuo and Ling Zuo stood dutifully by the door, like two door gods, exuding a chilling aura that no one should enter.
Lu Anjin didn't delay too long, time is precious, and there is no room for waste.
"Let's go."
As soon as Lu's mother saw Lu Anjin, she immediately greeted her, she cried before she could say anything, and the tears fell one by one, and she couldn't stop it.
"Mother, don't cry," Lu Anjin comforted her with a smile, "Look, isn't it good for me?" ”
"Jin'er, if you have three long and two short, how can you let your mother live."
Lu's mother is crying, no matter how Lu Anjin persuades, her tears are like endless Nanhe water, which has not yet fallen, and has come back!
In desperation, Lu Anjin had no choice but to ask for help from his father with his eyes.
Father Lu took Lu's mother's shoulders and comforted him gently, "Madam, An Jin finally came back, you don't cry." ”
"You don't understand, I'm crying with joy."
If you are sad, you have to cry, and if you are happy, Lu's father said that a woman's heart is really a needle under the sea, and he can't understand it.
"Mother, don't cry, if you cry again, I want to cry too."
Lu Mu had red eyes, looked at her haggard daughter, sobbed for a long time, and finally calmed down.
"Jin'er, don't be like this, my mother can't stand such a fright."
"Mother, my daughter is not doing anything wrong, now the situation in Yinnan is critical, if there is still the same situation, I think, I will definitely make the same choice!"
Lu's mother was speechless, this father and daughter are really more stubborn than the other!
"My mother is old..."
"Who said that, my mother is fragrant and young!"
Lu Mu burst into tears and smiled, and nodded her nose, "It's your little mouth sweet!" ”
"Mother, don't be angry, wipe your tears, we're ready to go."
When the county magistrate heard this, he was overjoyed, he had long wanted to send these Buddhas away. I can't afford to provoke, I can't offend, and when I'm angry, I can only break my teeth and swallow blood, this feeling is really terrible!
"My lord, this is some of the caution prepared by the lower officials, and please smile at it."
The county magistrate smiled flatteringly, and carried a red tray covered with a layer of red cloth.
Father Lu grimaced, frowned, and asked puzzledly, "What does this mean?" ”
"My lord Mo Duo thinks, this is the care of the lower officials."
Lu Anjin walked over slowly, lifted the red cloth, and saw that the plate was full of silver.
"Yo," Lu Anjin looked at him with a smile, "My lord is really rich, he just donated two hundred and fifty yuan of food, and he can still take out so much silver, he is really a real local tyrant." ”
Two hundred and fifty stones? Two hundred and five, and it really matches him very well!
The county magistrate's face turned the color of pig liver, he kept wiping his sweat, and hurriedly explained, "Miss, don't misunderstand the lower officials, the lower officials are so tired to see the adults and young ladies so tired, so they prepared a little heart." ”
"So, you mean, you didn't mean to give us a gift?"
The head of the prefectural order shook like a rattle.
Even if it is, I don't dare to admit it at this time.
The county magistrate cried with a sad face, thinking, this time it's over again, and the horse's fart slapped the horse's leg again.
If it was in normal times, Lu Anjin would definitely clean him up mercilessly, and he could take off the black gauze hat on the board. But now, in extraordinary times, let's unite all the forces that can be united.
"Thank you for your kindness, but we still have urgent things to do, so we won't delay. Leave! ”
The county commander swallowed his saliva and said busily, "Your Excellency!" Have a nice trip! ”
Until he got into the carriage, Father Lu was expressionless, he secretly hated that there were so many moths in the court now, but he didn't have any way, this feeling of powerlessness was really terrible.
"Ling Zuo."
"The subordinates are here!"
"Let's go!" Lu Anjin looked firmly into the distance, "Let's go all the way south!" ”