Cao Jiu was looked at like this, and his heart was inexplicably a little flustered, but he forced himself to calm down.

Yun Wei suddenly smiled, "Gang Leader Cao, I heard that your gang holds the lifeblood of the Lianghuai River Basin in its hands. Now, I have a business in my hands, and I don't know it...... Does the Cao gang leader have the guts to pick it up? ”

……

Half an hour later, as soon as Yun Wei left, Cao Jiu found his henchman Zhang Qingshan and gave a few orders.

After Zhang Qingshan heard this, he couldn't help frowning.

"Helper, isn't it too risky to do this?" He pondered and persuaded, "Why don't you wait?" After all, behind the river transport governor and commander Lord Liu, his back was the Liu family of the household department...... And the Liu family is the ...... of King Qi's party."

He reminded him vaguely.

"I've made up my mind, you can go down and do it." Cao Jiu waved his hand, signaling that he could leave.

"Helper, subordinates don't understand." Zhang Qingshan still wanted to persuade, but Cao Jiu had already closed his eyes.

There are some things that he can do if he understands them in his own heart, and others don't need to understand them, but it is a burden to understand.

He only knew that in this life he owed the girl a life, and the girl's shadow also took root in his heart; And he probably couldn't refuse any of the girl's requests anymore.

As for the rest...... It's too early now.

The backyard of the Cao family, although it is not big, can be rockery pavilions, small bridges and flowing water, and there is no shortage of them.

In the evening, the sunset is obliquely reflected, the small bridge is flowing water, and the waves and shadows are charming. The acacia tree on the side is luxuriant, with layers of petals.

Liu Qing'er sat in the gazebo, looking at the tall and handsome man in the distance, the expression on her face changed several times, which was extremely exciting.

She has known Brother Jiu for ten years, and she has never seen Brother Jiu's appearance of being trapped in love.

That little goblin, she really hooked the soul of the ninth brother......

No, since Brother Jiu is not dead, then she will never allow anyone to snatch the position of her helper's wife!

Liu Qing'er clenched the handkerchief in her hand, and her eyes turned.

Perhaps, it's time to send a message to Lord Liu?

What did Liu Qing'er think, Yunwei didn't bother to deal with it at all.

After dealing with the affairs of the capital, Yunwei rushed to Lin'an City without stopping for a moment.

In the past, the guy didn't feel it when he wandered around from time to time, but now that the person was gone, Yun Wei found that the person had unconsciously approached her heart, and now that there was no him around, even the beautiful scenery of the garden had lost its color.

The lovesickness became worse, and Yun Wei simply put aside Shui Mi Tao and the others and went south alone.

Of course, she would never admit this to the outside world, but she just said that she was worried about the victims of Lin'an City, so she had to take the first step......

At this moment, Zhou Yiting led a mighty team to pull medicinal materials, food and other disaster relief materials, and had arrived at the boundary of Lin'an City.

Disaster relief officials, who had received an early report, waited outside the city to greet them, but waited until the sun turned west and no one came.

Gradually, the officials who came to greet them became a little panicked. ---- the recent situation in Lin'an City is not very good.

This disaster relief is small, if something happens to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince under their noses...... Can they keep their heads?

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other and whispered.

"What's going on? It's been this hour, why hasn't His Highness arrived yet? ”

"Who knows, could it be that something has delayed you?"

"It can't be the mob that rushed out of Lin'an City a few days ago, right?" Someone made a bold guess.

Everyone was still talking, but when they heard this, they immediately changed their faces and stopped talking.

Fortunately, soon a man and a horse galloped over, and when they came closer, they hugged their fists at everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gone to Shili Village by the river. ”

Shili Village is a gentle area, just on the bank of the Lin'an River, which is the hardest hit area of the Lin'an flood.

Now, there is no one there, why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince go where?

Everyone looked at each other.

It is said that since the flooding of Shili Village, it has become haunted, what is the prince doing there?

The crown prince is the prince, and he comes on behalf of the emperor, no matter what he thinks when he stops, everyone can only hurry over, but there is no bottom in their hearts.

Far away from Shili Village, everyone saw the smoke rising from the cooking, and their hearts beat more and more.

Deserted village, sunset, curling green smoke?

Why do you get more and more panicked the more you look at it?

Fortunately, a subordinate official came to report that His Royal Highness the Prince's team was in Shili Village.

Only then did everyone touch the cold sweat that did not exist on their foreheads, and hurried over to greet Zhou Yiting: "The ministers have seen His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and the two Highnesses have worked hard all the way. ”

When the king of Qi heard this, he pretended to stand aside in a deep voice and did not speak.

In fact, all the way south, he really didn't take the initiative to let go of a fart, and made a respectful appearance of everything headed by the prince Zhou Yiting, and the prince's horse head was to see the prince's order, for fear that others would not know that he went south this time to accompany the prince to study, and only wanted no fault and no merit.

Zhou Yiting knew what this younger brother thought, and ignored him, seeing that everyone was only slightly bowed, his faint eyes swept over everyone, and after half a ring, until beads of sweat oozed from the foreheads of the officials, he asked: "You are all officials who participated in disaster relief in Lin'an City this time?" ”

Isn't this one too few?

Lin'an City, located at the confluence of the two rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, has developed waterway transportation and has always been rich. According to statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs last year, Lin'an alone has more than 100,000 residents, not including the people in several surrounding towns and villages.

But now, Lin'an has been flooded, why are there only so many court officials who come to the disaster relief?

Zhou Yiting's tone was very light, but everyone heard a trace of coldness and dissatisfaction from it.

The hearts of the people became more and more uneasy.

The disaster relief official headed by the head is the household servant, surnamed Gou, who sighed in his heart when he saw this situation, but he had to step forward and reply: "If you go back to Your Highness, the right attendant of the Weichen Household Department Gou Chengfeng is the chief official of this disaster relief......"

Although Gou Shilang's surname is Gou, he is not a dog official in the eyes of the people, but he is honest and honest, and he is a very low-key smart person.

As a smart person, Gou Shilang didn't want to come up and touch this mold at this time.

However, he had to come.

First, it was because he, as a household servant, was the chief official of this disaster relief, and he couldn't help but answer the prince's question.

Second, the current household department is in the hands of Liu Shangshu, and Liu Shangshu is the maternal grandfather of His Royal Highness King Qi. Now, although the King of Qi accompanied the prince to come to the disaster relief, everyone in the court can think that if this disaster relief has made a meritorious service, it will naturally belong to His Royal Highness the Prince, and it has nothing to do with the King of Qi......

In this case, it would be good if Liu Shangshu of the household department did not violate the yin and yang, how could he assist His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in disaster relief and give the prince Zhou Yiting a great credit in vain?

In addition, now that the flood in Lin'an City has just passed, and the plague has broken out, it is really a dangerous place; Therefore, all the officials of the household department Liu Shangshu were reluctant to come.

Although this Gou Shilang has been in the household department for many years, he has always been low-key and upright, and he is not involved in party disputes, so he has never been reused by Liu Shangshu.

After the flood broke out in Lin'an City, everyone in the household department avoided it, and this hot errand naturally fell into the hands of this Gou Shilang.

However, although this Gou Shilang is an upright person, he is not stupid.

Now seeing Zhou Yiting take the initiative to ask, he knows that the opportunity he has been waiting for for many years has come......

Zhou Yiting nodded slowly, and the light in his eyes flashed.

The situation of this Gou Shilang, he obviously investigated it a long time ago.

Otherwise, there are so many officials in this household department, and he will not choose this one alone to come to Ancheng in advance.

"What is the current situation in Lin'an City?" Zhou Yiting asked again.

Gou Shilang's face was a little ugly: "Back to His Royal Highness, the situation is very bad now, this flood is a once-in-a-century disaster, the entire Lin'an City has been flooded, now, although the flood has receded, but it is the time of the hot weather, the epidemic has broken out, although the local officials try their best to control it, but the number of sick people is really too much, Lin'an City now has a shortage of medical treatment......

At the end, Gou Shilang took the lead and knelt down: "Weichen is incompetent, so he has to temporarily imprison the victims of the epidemic inside and outside Lin'an City in Lin'an City. ”

A trace of solemnity flashed in Zhou Yiting's eyes: "How many sick victims are there in the city now?" ”

"About 10,000 more." Gou Shilang replied stubbornly.

More than 10,000!

When the officials standing behind the prince heard this, they all gasped!

If these plagued victims break out, once they riot, it will be enough to destroy the entire Jiangnan and the entire Yunzhou!

From ancient times to the present, the terrible thing about plague is not that it is contagious, but that it is ...... There is no cure for it.

Those who suffer from this epidemic are waiting for death except for death!

Even when King Qi heard this, he couldn't help but change his face, and asked regardless of his identity: "Then how can you ensure that you will not be infected with this epidemic?" "He doesn't want to die yet...... I knew that this trip to Lin'an was so dangerous, he shouldn't have come even if he pretended to be sick, even if he lost his father's sacred heart for a while, it was better than sending him to death in vain, right?

Hearing this, the corners of everyone's mouths twitched.

How can this kind of thing be guaranteed?

It seems that the rumors are true, this His Royal Highness the King of Qi is really a straw bag with empty ambitions but no city means. Otherwise, how can such a thing be asked in public?

In such a comparison, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still wise and powerful...... Of course, His Majesty the Emperor, who has erected such a wise and martial prince, is even more wise and martial!

Gou Shilang wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead and replied: "Back to His Royal Highness the King of Qi, this kind of thing, it is difficult for the ministers to guarantee, and it can only be that every time after entering the city to inspect, they will obey the arrangement of the imperial doctor, take decoctions, bathe with herbs, fumigate clothes, and ...... with lime and other things in the station."

King Qi's scalp tingled when he heard this, and he regretted coming to Ancheng more and more.

So troublesome? You can see how terrible this epidemic is. But this time, he came here because he had no choice but to do it, no matter how well he did, the credit was also that of the crown prince Zhou Yiting, so why should he be in danger!