Xiao He originally thought that Mu Churan would go to the scene of the plague in person, and then he would contact the local officials to step up the treatment, but who knew that he would order Liu Zixin to set off to Huaizuo that night.

She couldn't help but ask Mu Churan in front of the carriage: "Could it be that Your Majesty just left like this?" ”

Mu Churan glanced at her and corrected her coldly: "You are calling it wrong." ”

Xiao He saw his indifferent expression, and his heart ached, "That Mu Gongzi, are you going to leave, regardless of whether the people in the village live or die?" ”

Mu Churan stepped into the carriage and said to her, "Get in the carriage first, and I'll explain to you." ”

Xiao He was reluctant to move in front of the car.

Liu Zixin and Hongzhu were on the side, looking at each other.

Mu Churan could probably understand what Xiao He was throwing a temper with, but at this time he was not in the mood to spend it like this with her, and when he saw that she was still struggling to get on the train, he said in the carriage: "Xiao He, I order you to get on the train immediately now!" ”

Although Xiao He accepted the emperor's order and got into the car, his face was not good.

She sighed in her heart that she was really confused before, and she actually felt that he had a heart. It turned out that he had just leaned down to look at the man in the dust, and sat back down in his high position.

"I don't have time to waste here, go to Huaizuo to confirm the last thing, and then return to the court immediately. If you stand in my place, you know my intentions. Mu Churan stopped and closed his eyes.

His heart hurts, he hurts for his carelessness, he hurts for being constrained by ministers in the court, he hurts for the innocent people who suffer, and he hurts for the reasons that he can't even explain clearly to his sweetheart now. He is still far from a Ming Jun.

Xiao He had no intention of riding with him again, so he used the excuse of alternating with Liu Zixin to catch the car, and also sat outside, changed to Hongzhu and went in to sit.

On the morning of the second day, they arrived at Huaizuo. It seems that the others have not yet arrived, and it is also because Mu Churan ordered them to hurry overnight that they arrived first.

As soon as I entered the city gate, I caught someone out of the funeral, and there were many people on both sides of the road to see them off, all wearing filial piety clothes or white scarves on their heads. Liu Zixin stopped a person and asked, "Let me ask, which big family is this funeral?" ”

The man looked angry and said: "Brother Tai is from out of town, this is our Huaizuo Uncle Sun Tongsun ......" said and burst into tears, crying silently, "Lord Sun is not a big family, but he is a great benefactor of the people of Huaizuo......"

"Uncle Sun?" Mu Churan remembered this name, and Xiao He naturally remembered it too.

She stepped forward and asked the man in front of Mu Churan: "The Lord Sun in your mouth is the Huaizuo County Order?" ”

"Exactly, does Childe also know Master Sun?" The man looked puzzled.

"The Lord Sun I heard about is a bastard county order who is corrupt and perverts the law and cares about people's lives." Xiao He sneered.

When the man heard this, he was furious and said, "Who did you listen to? How dare you slander Lord Sun like this?! He raised his voice and shook his fist, and for a moment the crowd around him heard him.

As soon as he heard that someone was slandering Lord Sun, dozens of people came over from the funeral procession, glaring at Mu Churan and his party.

Xiao He did it on purpose. She deliberately said this kind of thing in front of these people, deliberately provoking the crowd to stir up, so that Mu Churan could see with his own eyes how stupid it was for him not to distinguish between loyalty and treachery.

Sun Shutong is the person Ji Changge trusts, and he must be the person Xiao He trusts.

And only a faint monarch like Mu Churan would believe in the so-called letter of request for fortune from all the people, and judge the Qing officials as corrupt officials.

Liu Zixin escorted Mu Churan and them to withdraw from the city, in such a situation, it was inevitable that they could no longer force themselves into the city and clashed with the people. So they walked around the city, looking for an opportunity to look at and inquire about the collapse of the river embankment some time ago, and at the same time to find out why Sun Shutong died in the city.

There is a city god temple outside the city, although it is simple, you can see that you receive some incense on weekdays, and there are temple blessings guarding. So Mu Churan led a few of them and went in to ask the temple if they knew about the county order Sun Shutong.

Miao Zhu saw that several of them were alive, and he was quite vigilant. Xiao He then spoke: "Don't worry, we were just entrusted by someone to inquire about Lord Sun's situation. There is no disrespect for Lord Sun. ”

Xu saw Xiao He's sincerity, and Miao Zhu said a thing or two about Sun Shutong before his death.

Since Sun Shutong was transferred to Huaizuo, he has loved the people like a son. In particular, when the embankment was ordered to be renovated by the grace of God, Uncle Sun went to the Huaizuo River section every day to check the progress of the project, but because he saw it with his own eyes, he learned that the state governments at all levels had deducted the project money, resulting in not much silver on the actual embankment construction site, and the construction workers were short of manpower, and cut corners with materials.

Uncle Sun went around complaining, but he was frustrated everywhere. A few days ago, suddenly a so-called holy decree came from above, saying that he was an improper official, demoted him to a city guard, and a group of wicked people rushed to Sun's mansion and injured him.

This injury caused him to fall ill, and the epidemic broke out in Taiping Village. Taiping Village was originally under the jurisdiction of Huaizuo, but the newly appointed county magistrate not only did not send people to deal with the plague, but also made people seal the village, and no one was strictly forbidden to leave the village regardless of whether they were infected with the epidemic or not.

For the sake of Taiping Village, Sun Shutong sold the meager family property left by his ancestors and sent medicine and grain to Taiping Village. However, because of the fatigue of the day, the old injuries in the body did not heal, and new diseases were added, and finally the oil ran out, and he died at a young age.

The poor bride of the Sun family has only been in the door for a year, and she has to be widowed.

After Miaozhu finished talking about Sun Shutong, not only did his eyes redden, but he sighed for a generation of good officials: "Why can't good people live long in this world?" ”

Xiao He glanced at Mu Churan, and said to Miao Zhu: "This world inherits the illusion of peace, everyone in the officialdom protects each other, bullying the upper and lower has become a trend, it has become turbid, and good people can't survive." ”

Mu Churan narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Xiao He, he could see that she was deliberately saying it to herself. She was angry in her heart, complaining about herself, and he was not angry. It has only been more than four years since he regained power from Taifu Tang Qinghua, so can't she forgive him a little?

Then several of them went out of the City God Temple. Mu Churan saw Xiao He walking in front, so he reached out and pulled her back, under the cover of his long sleeves, he grabbed her hand and forced her to look up at himself, "You are very bold just now, aren't you afraid that I will punish you?" ”

Xiao He sneered, "The so-called monarch and minister are just such a relationship, if you want me to die, I have to die." If you want to listen to good words, I can only say good things. Now you have seen with your own eyes that the suffering of the common people is because someone is in a high position, but he is blinded and does not know it. If you want to cure me, I have nothing to say. ”

She shouldn't have said this, but now that she has completely said it, she also regrets in her heart that she shouldn't have said so much.

But she did say it, all because she cherished the suffering of the people, regretted that Brother Ji was exiled in vain, and regretted that she regarded her enemy as the holy lord in her heart. Xu is Mu Churan's gaze at that moment moved her and made her confused.

Along the way, Mu Churan never said a word to Xiao He again.

He's not mad at her, he's just disappointed in himself.

It was only after Uncle Sun had gone out of the city that they returned to the city. At noon, they met up with the others in the inn. Han Qiu was a little excited when he saw Xiao He again, "Childe, can the journey go smoothly?" Xiao He nodded slightly, but his expression could not hide his anger.

The group of them followed Mu Churan south, and naturally understood what Mu Churan wanted to verify with his own eyes. Now Mu Churan has seen the cruel reality, but he can't accept it for a while, and he is even more depressed and unable to face it. As a subordinate, no one dared to say anything.

There is only Xiao He, but she can't say good things, she can only describe this tragic situation more heroically.

That night, Mu Churan was resting in the room, because of worry and tiredness, the unhealed wound on his leg had a tendency to deteriorate, so he called Dr. Song to check. When Doctor Song saw his injury, he was a little shocked, "How can this be?" I'm afraid I'm going to have a scar. ”

Mu Churan smiled indifferently, "If you leave a scar, you will leave a scar, I am a big man, and I don't care about this." ”

Doctor Song bowed his head and said yes, but he couldn't help but say a few more words, "If the dragon's body is damaged, it must be unlucky, and I was negligent." ”

In fact, Dr. Song did explain the medicine and usage of the external application to Xiao He in detail, but Xiao He only gave Mu Churan one lesson along the way, and then he didn't care anymore. If Mu Churan wants to ask for sin, he just needs to pull Xiao He in front of him. But he could never blame her.

Mu Churan doesn't say it, it doesn't mean that others won't.

As soon as Liu Zixin heard the news, he immediately found Xiao He, glared at him angrily, and asked him why he didn't apply the wound medicine to His Majesty in time according to the method explained by Dr. Song, and now His Majesty will have a scar on his leg, and he can afford this crime.

Xiao He glanced at him quietly and sneered, "It's just a scar, dozens of lives in Taiping Village can turn into dust day and night, what else is there to care about?" ”

Liu Zixin grabbed Xiao He's collar, "Do you dare to compare those people's cheap lives with Gongzi?" ”

Not to be outdone, Xiao He looked directly into his eyes, "Why don't you dare?" ”

When Dr. Song next to him saw this incompatible situation, he hurriedly persuaded: "Stop, stop." ”

Liu Zixin was angry before letting go and retreating to the side, he was not really dizzy. And Han Qiu, who was behind Xiao He, had already put his hand on the soft sword on his waist, and he was ready for Xiao He to give an order, no matter what kind of imperial guard he was, he should also make him look good.

Doctor Song continued to persuade: "Forget it, Gongzi himself said that he didn't care, Liu Huwei, don't worry too much." The old man seemed to be deliberately letting go of his leg injury, and he was probably trying to punish himself by using the wound. ”

In the second half of the sentence, it was Doctor Song who sighed softly in an indifferent tone, but it fell into Xiao He's ears.

She thought that she deliberately didn't change his dressing, and he forgot about it, so the leg injury didn't heal for a long time. Listening to Dr. Song's words now, she woke up instantly. And so it should be. What a shrewd person Mu Churan was, how could he not know what kind of situation a small injury would fester.