Chapter Forty-Seven: August Comes

When Wen Zhesang rushed back to the guest room, the doctor had already left, and Shui Yanwei had just drunk the medicine and fell asleep. Her face was still bad, her cheeks were red, but her lips were pale.

Wen Zhesang didn't go in to disturb her. Qingluo relayed the doctor's words to her very clearly, and told Wen Zhesang everything in detail.

Shui Yanwei's illness was accumulated after a lot of work, and she didn't recuperate well on the way, and she had a hangover just here, which led to the illness. However, the doctor also said that although the disease came urgently, the body would be fine if the illness was forced out of the unhappiness in the bones.

Wen Zhesang didn't stay long and left. In the next few days, Shui Yanwei has been recuperating, and Wen Zhisang has also been to see her a few times, only to see that her face is getting more and more ruddy, and her spirit is getting better and better, so she is relieved.

On the other hand, Xia Solstice also followed Dongxue for several days, she pretended to be well-behaved, and she really didn't provoke Dongxue again.

Half a month later, Shui Yanwei recovered from a serious illness. Yunting Academy began to recruit students. Taoli School also divided a group of students who couldn't keep up with their homework to go to Lexia School. The mountain chief of the Lexia School is the master of the Taoli School, although he is young, but his knowledge is real, and he is also better at a young age, so he has more energy to discipline students.

So far, the three schools in Qingfeng County are fragrant with peach and plum.

That Wang Ze also kept silent and became the mountain chief of the Yunting Academy, but he hid when he saw Wen Zhesang. It's like a mouse seeing a cat. Old Man Wei didn't come out to make trouble again, and he stayed at home with peace of mind, which meant spending his old age in peace.

In the blink of an eye, it is August, and the early blooming osmanthus wafts fragrant. This is the best time of the year, and there is a saying that "the fragrance of rice flowers says a good year, and listens to the sound of frogs". The people of Qingfeng County ended the days of being oppressed by Wang De, and now they saw the golden rice in their eyes, full of tears, and almost cried with joy.

The harvest in the northern suburbs was particularly good, and a few people from Xia Qingshan in Shantang went to help all day long, so busy that their feet did not touch the ground, and they felt happy - this was the first autumn harvest after they abandoned the days of licking blood from the tip of their knives.

Xie Yikou passed by Shantang with a patrolling catcher, and he stopped and ordered: "You continue to patrol, I'll borrow a thatched house." ”

The catchers are familiar with him, and they should hear it with a wave of their hands.

August is the autumn harvest season, few people in the good hall have land, and there are a few young men in Xia Qingshan who are helping Baili Song, which saves a lot of time.

The weather was very good, the dog mother and Aunt Chun were sweeping a flat ground with a broom, Xie Yikou greeted them and went to the thatched house, and when they came back, they met Baili Song who was waiting in the corner.

"Recently, some brothers have been restless, and I checked and found that they have contact with outsiders." Baili Song is also the first two big when he talks about this, when they fell into the grass and lived a precarious life, they were all worried. Now that I finally have a place to settle down, and I have a source of food and clothing, I didn't expect that it was destroyed by a few fools in less than half a year.

Xie Yikou waited for his words, but found that he was also waiting for himself to speak, "If you have something to say, I'm too lazy to ask." ”

Baili Song coughed lightly and continued: "That group of people is also mountain bandits, I don't know where they came from, they hid deeply, and I also had people follow those brothers to find their traces." At the beginning, a large group of brothers, you expelled the people who had their hands on their hands, and some of them were afraid of the government, so they left by themselves, and in the past few months, a few more have left one after another, and now there are less than fifty people in Shantang and Xia Qingshan combined. ”

Xie Yikou has been in the yamen for the past few months, and his identity is still kept secret, so he and Baili Song have not met much in private, and they don't know what happened.

"Do they want Qingfeng County? But you should be looking for me, what are you looking for a few useless minions? Xie Yikou pondered to himself, "Do you know where they are hiding?" ”

Baili Song shook his head regretfully, "I don't know for the time being, they all ask people to meet in a hidden place, and I have people follow them a few times, but they can't keep up at all." Or tell Lord Wen that no matter what their purpose is, let Lord Wen prepare in advance and take precautions. ”

"Don't worry." Xie Yikou said, "Have those people dealt with it?" ”

"How dare I?" Baili Song was shocked, "I have been familiar with the laws of my country in the past few months, and I will not do anything that violates the laws." I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of those people, but I plan to do it, and it is best to find out their lair. ”

Xie Yikou scratched his ears, and Hang'er Lang didn't look like he was in the yamen, "I'll just ask casually, I didn't want to encourage you to go to prison, you let the brothers also be vigilant, and read the law to them more if you have nothing to do." You know, we're all honest people who keep to ourselves. ”

Baili Song, one of the "honest people", glanced at Xie Yikou, his sleeves had not been put down, sweat was dripping on his forehead, and his skin had become darker and rougher. From the cottage "fourth master" to an inconspicuous bookkeeper in the good hall, from time to time he has to roll up his sleeves to repair the roof and carry food - but it only took less than half a year.

Xie Yikou said shamelessly that the smell of sweat on his body had smoked himself, and asked him to go away. Baili Song almost slapped Xie Yikou in the face.

"Go, go, I don't have time to talk to you." Baili Song just wants to be out of sight, chasing Xie Yikou like a fly.

Before leaving, the dog mother stopped Xie Yikou and asked him to bring back some cooking cakes made by himself.

"Oh, thanks to the adults, my bastard boy has the opportunity to study, this is a great kindness, I always remember it." A heavy bag of cooking cakes was stuffed into Xie Yikou's arms, and the dog mother instructed, "I heard that adults are often tired, and they were tired and sick last time, Xie Zhutou, you have to persuade adults well, the body is the most important thing." ”

Xie Yikou put on a hearty smile at this time, "I know, the adult said yesterday that he hadn't eaten the cake made by his aunt for a long time, so I will bring it back to the adult, and the adult will keep it and like it." ”

The dog girl smiled so hard that her teeth couldn't see her eyes: "Hey, it's good if you like it!" Wait for the osmanthus to bloom, and then make osmanthus cake for adults to eat, it's not that I exaggerate, my best thing is osmanthus cake! ”

In the yamen, Wen Zhesang still couldn't be idle. She fell ill half a month ago, and the doctor said that she was sick from overwork, but she herself felt that there was no big problem, and she still slept every day. However, Dongxue and Xie Yikou managed her tightly, and even dared to "set rules" for her - no more than two hours a day in the study.

Wen Zhesang took the last few county chronicles out of the study, the sun is good today, she wants to dry these books to avoid dampness.

"Sister Wen, what are you doing?" Shui Yanwei led the summer solstice over.

"The weather is good, I'll take these books out and dry them." Wen Zhesang said.

"The slave has seen the adult." Xia Zhi hung her head to salute Wen Zhesang, she called Wen Zhesang "Miss Wen" when she first came, and after following Dongxue for half a day, she learned to change her words.

The sun is a little big, Wen Zhesang went back to the eaves to cool off after drying the book, Dongxue had already prepared a chair, and when he saw that Shui Yanwei was also there, he prepared together. also moved a low table with tea and snacks.

The books in the study are dried in different days, and today is the last part, which doesn't look like much.

Shui Yanwei was curious, took the book and looked at it, "This is the county chronicle?" Why are there so many breakages? The book she was holding was missing several corners, and there were scraps of paper in the middle that had been gnawed by rats.

Wen Zhesang washed his hands with the water prepared by Dongxue, and replied, "The book in your hand was found from under the bookshelf. The other scrolls are placed high and preserved. These county chronicles are not so lucky, except for the last three years, which are basically damaged. ”

Three-year ...... Isn't that when Wang De was in office? Shui Yanwei shook her head, almost imagining that Wang De would be powerful after coming here, and he would cultivate the county chronicles when he was in office, but he would abandon the county chronicles cultivated by his predecessors as if they were shoehorny.

She frowned and put the book down, "This book that is not seriously damaged can still be repaired, but some of the serious ones have lost several sheets, how can this be repaired?" ”

Dongxue is preparing a summer tea brewed with white chrysanthemum and honeysuckle, and the fragrance of white chrysanthemum wrapped in heat wafts out of the smoke, which is the mildest and lightest taste in the hot summer.

"Don't worry, I heard that when the county chronicles were revised in the past, two copies would be repaired, one would be placed in the yamen, and the other would be handed over to Shangfeng for review, and after the review, it would be returned and sent to the ...... Old man Wei is there. Wen Zhisang drank tea quietly, she had already planned to meet Old Man Wei again, but she didn't expect to have to go.

"It's a novelty." Shui Yanwei looked surprised, "Sister Wen wants to repair the county chronicles?" Since there is still a copy of Old Man Wei in hand, just ask someone to copy it, which is also worry-free. ”

She sat in the shadows, but the surroundings were warm, so smoked that people just wanted to doze off.

"Then I...... Can I go and take a look? ”

"What?" Wen Zhesang raised his hand, and the sleepiness in his eyes was startled.

Shui Yanwei looked shy and said: "I have been here for more than a month, and it took a lot of time to recuperate before, and after I recovered from my illness, I saw that Sister Wen was always busy, and I didn't dare to mention going out and walking." But I thought, since Sister Wen is looking for the county chronicle, is it, can I also go out for a walk? ”

If you are in the home of Shangjing, you will not go out if you don't go out, the Imperial Shi Dafu Mansion covers a wide area, there are many courtyards, more than a dozen large and small flower gardens have been built, and several ponds have been dug up. When she is idle, she wanders around, always passing the time.

But this yamen is different, there is no scenery and it is extremely dilapidated, although it is also a rather large mansion, but there are many unrepaired places, where the weeds are overgrown, and there may be some snakes, insects, rats and ants hidden. Shui Yanwei just didn't dare to go to those places no matter how idle she was. As a result, she wanted to go out for a walk.

As soon as she said this, Wen Zhesang's face showed a little helplessness, "It's my negligence, if you want to go out, just bring two or three servants, you don't need me to nod." Qingfeng County is so big, it won't get lost after all. ”

Shui Yanwei laughed, her face like a peach blossom.