Chang Le was talking nonsense, but he didn't expect Yu Shan to really come to find medicine for his mother, so he couldn't help but feel pity for a while, and his smile was retracted.

"Well, that's a coincidence. Where are you from? ”

"I'm from the Jinshan River."

Yu Shan reported the name of the place, Chang Le didn't know where this place was, and looked at Si Boyan.

Si Boyan said in a deep voice: "This year, there was a big flood near the Jinshan River, and when winter was approaching, there was another snow disaster, and disasters are still frequent. ”

"Who's to say it's not." Yu Dan's face also sank, "There have been so many disasters this year, a lot of people have died, and many people have been displaced and fled to other places. What is hateful is that the imperial court still ignores it and watches. In the area of Jinshanjiang, people's livelihood is difficult, and there are many complaints. ”

When Chang Le heard about this kind of question, he subconsciously looked at Si Boyan.

Si Boyan was also stunned, and quickly calmed down again and smiled reluctantly.

"I heard that Your Majesty has allocated a lot of silver and grain relief to open the Jiangnan granary and transport the grain over. Now that it is snowing heavily, and winter clothes and bedding have been removed, it will not reach the level that Yu Gongzi said. ”

Yu Shan raised his eyes and sneered: "There is always a gap between His Majesty's order and the local implementation. The Jinshan River is the boundary river between the Great Clan and Yuguo, and it is located in a remote area, how can Your Majesty manage it? ”

Si Boyan's eyes grew colder, and the gloomy momentum exuded from his upright body was compelling.

"That's what Yu Gongzi said."

Yu Shan looked at Si Boyan and said, "I don't know where Brother Bu came from?" It seems that he cares about people's livelihood very much. It can also be seen from Brother Bu's words that Brother Bu is not an ordinary person, right? ”

"My family is doing a small business in Guidu." Si Boyan restrained his breath and explained with a light smile, "Usually the family education is very strict. ”

Yu Shan nodded when he heard this, and looked at Chang Le meaningfully, with questioning eyes.

Chang Le hugged each other, and listened to the two of them discuss the national situation, and he didn't understand and didn't dare to interject casually. At this time, Yu Dan's gaze swept over, the corners of his mouth twitched twice, and he glared back unhappily.

"What kind of eyes do you have? I am the youngest in the family, I was spoiled by the family and grew up, naturally different from him, what is there to question? ”

Yu Shan grinned, did not continue to argue with her, everything was silent.

Si Boyan also smiled as if he was watching a good show.

Chang Le felt that the two of them were too bad at taking care of the girl's emotions, so he turned his head, hid in the corner, leaned against the wall and began to sleep.

Yu Shan and Si Boyan originally planned to chat a few more words, but when they saw Changle falling asleep, they held back.

Outside the carriage, Shili's whole face was buried in his knees after being blown by the wind, clinging to the carriage.

Seeing this, Wu Ze hesitated, took off the cloak on his body, and raised his hand to cover Shili's body.

Shili was startled, raised his head suddenly, subconsciously hugged the cloak that was about to fall under the car, and turned his head to look at Wuze suspiciously. Wuze was not covered by the cloak, and his whole person was exposed to the cold wind, still expressionless.

Wu Ze found Shili's gaze, his eyes flashed slightly, and he said stiffly: "I'm a little hot, you can help take it." ”

"Why should I help you get it?"

Shili's cheeks were slightly hot, and he lowered his head with a mutter.

Wu Ze glanced twice, and freed his hand to help her tidy up her cloak, and used the cloak to cover her exposed legs and feet. Finding Shili's ashamed gaze, he sat stiffly upright.

"If you're cold, talk to your master."

"I'm not cold." Ten miles is bound to retain the last bit of stubbornness.

Wu Ze did not argue with her as always, and continued to drive the carriage intently, looking ahead without distraction.

Ten miles pillowed his knees, looking at the scenery, peeking at Wuze.

Suddenly, he found that Wuze's face was a little chapped due to the long wind, and his hands were also rough. What's more, he didn't wear any handguards, and just drove bare-handed. He sat cross-legged, his exposed shoes with a lot of wear and tear on the soles.

All the way south, he has been driving, he must be very tired, right?

……

Chang Le had just fallen asleep, and suddenly heard the ghost crying wolf howling outside, and woke up suddenly.

At this time, the carriage also stopped, and Si Boyan and Yu Dan lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out.

"What's wrong? Someone is fighting again? Chang Le frowned and asked.

What kind of bandit realm is this, where there are fights?

Vaguely, most of the ghosts were shouting "let me out", "help", and so on.

"It looks like an ancestral hall." Yu Dandao.

Si Boyan echoed: "Well, the ancestral hall of the Meng family should be from the village in front." ”

The sight was all blocked by the two of them, and Chang Le listened inexplicably. At this moment, Wuze's voice sounded outside.

"Childe, there is Chuancao Village in front."

"Hmm." Si Boyan got up, left the window, turned his head to look at Chang Le, and said, "Let's go down, walk into the village, just to see the situation in this village." ”

"Huh? Didn't we go straight through the village and not linger in the village? Chang Le was puzzled and asked, "There is a plague in this village, and what strange bugs are there......

"Now it looks like we need to stay for the night. Be careful, you should be fine. ”

Si Boyan said, took out the ruby chain from his arms, and leaned over to put it on for Chang Le.

Chang Le's back was tightly pressed against the wall of the carriage, holding his breath and looking at Si Boyan who was close at hand, his heartbeat was irregular.

Why is this emperor like King Huai, sultry here at every turn?

Seeing this, Yu Shan found that he didn't need to accompany him inside at the moment, so he silently turned around and got out of the carriage and joined the ten miles of Wuze outside.

"You still wear it, remember to let Uncle Baili protect you." Si Boyan admonished, then got up and took two steps out, stretched out his hand and said, "Let's go, go down." ”

Chang Le Mu Ne nodded: "You go down first, I'll follow behind." ”

Si Boyan smiled lightly, withdrew his hand and hid it in his sleeve, turned around and got out of the carriage first.

Chang Le watched the curtain fall, let out a long breath, slapped his face and sobered up for a few minutes, and when Shili complained about why she hadn't gone out yet, he left the carriage.

On the left outside the carriage is a large mansion, but it is different from ordinary dwellings.

Its walls are very high, and the doors are extremely high, and there are various colorful paintings of people and animals carved on it, which looks solemn and mysterious. There is a plaque in the middle with the words "Mengjia Ancestral Hall" written on it.

If you look closely at its appearance, it's been a few years old.

The incessant howl of ghosts and wolves came from this ancestral hall, and the door of the ancestral hall was still tightly locked. Combined with the functional attributes of this house, it is inevitable that people will associate it with ghosts.

"Could it be that the ancestors of the Meng family are making trouble?" Ten miles asked uneasily.

"No, it should be all villagers from Chuancao Village who have contracted the plague." Yu Shan is determined.

After looking at Si Boyan, he heard it and asked curiously: "Yu Gongzi knows the reason for this?" ”

"It's not very clear, just a little bit heard." Yu Shan shook his head, "I heard from the villagers who besieged and robbed me before that the plague people I killed were all brought out of the Meng family ancestral hall, because when the deadline was up, they would be taken to the hill to be burned and cremated. The two men who had been dressed well earlier were the same people who escorted them. ”

"That is, there are a lot of people out there?" Chang Le swallowed in horror and listened to the wails inside, "Are they going to die inside?" ”

"If you get the plague, you will be quarantined, and this is also for the sake of others. They were locked up in the ancestral hall in the hope of being protected by their ancestors. Si Boyan explained lightly, "Let's go, let's go to the village and inquire about it to see what this plague is all about." ”

There was such a severe plague here, but he had never seen a report from the magistrate. If he finds out, he will punish them for a crime of neglect.

"Ahh

Yu Shan suddenly sneezed a few times and rubbed the tip of his nose.

Seeing this, Chang Le said worriedly: "Are you blown by the cold wind?" Otherwise, you should go to the carriage and rest. ”

"Out of the way." Yu Dan waved his hand, "Let's go to the village." ”

"Do you want to take shelter from the cold in the carriage?"

Si Boyan remembered Chang Le's cold body and asked with concern.

Chang Le smiled and shook his head: "It's rare to take two steps down, just sober and sober." It's really cold for a while, I'll go in. ”

Si Boyan nodded reassuringly: "In this way, you take care of yourself." ”

Wu Ze drove behind, and Shili unconsciously walked with Yu Dan, falling behind Si Boyan and Chang Le. The main reason is that Yu Dan's physical condition doesn't look very good, and Shili is used to taking care of people, so he follows Yu Dan's side.

They walked to the entrance of the village and looked up at the simple village name archway, and the wooden plaque with the three big characters "Chuancao Village" written on it had cracks. Even if you stand at the entrance of the village, you can feel the unusual place inside.

The houses in Chuancao Village are very simple, the better ones are wooden houses, and the worse ones are thatched houses. There are very few high-rise buildings, and the highest house in the village is the Meng family ancestral hall at the entrance of the village.

The roads in the village are not paved with bricks or the like, but they are naturally trampled on the loess road. At this moment, the weather is dry, the cold wind is blowing, and the yellow dust is flying, and it is everywhere.

The whole village can be described in two words.

Ancient, dilapidated.

There were not many people in the village, only a few wandering on the road.

The villagers here are dressed in gray linen clothes. The man has a square scarf on his head, and the woman also uses a square scarf to simply tie her hair in a bun. The skin is all authentic earthy yellow, and some are slightly darker. When the neighbors saw each other, they didn't seem very welcoming, and the whole village seemed indifferent and flustered.

When the villagers saw Changle and their group of strangers, they all stopped to take a look. After discovering that Changle and they didn't look like paupers, their eyes lit up suddenly, and they looked at each other, not knowing what they were communicating.

"Why does this place look so much like a primitive tribe?"

Chang Le's first impression of this place was not very good, and he looked at Si Boyan.

Si Boyan subtly reached out and patted his neck, and spread his hand, it was a worm the length of a little thumb.

The little bug has black and red stripes on its body, which has been flattened, and its blood is black and red.

"You got bitten by a bug?" Chang Le is now very sensitive to insects, "Are you okay?" ”

"It's fine. It should have fallen from the torii. ”

Si Boyan didn't care about taking out a handkerchief to get rid of the insects in his palm, and wiped the residual blood in his palm.