Chapter 38: In person
Su Muge drove the carriage, but from time to time he paid attention to the situation behind him.
She had noticed it last night, and the people hiding in the woods had been keeping an eye on their movements, so she barely slept last night.
The people in the woods appeared after the appearance of the grandfather and grandson, which means that the target of the person is the grandfather and grandson.
The grandfather and grandson looked like ordinary people, and there was no doubt that the suspicious characters who appeared in Zhou County at this time made her have to pay more attention.
If she hadn't taken this grandfather and grandson with her, maybe they would have become the souls of that man's knife last night.
Before dark, Su Muge and the others finally arrived in the county seat of Zhou County.
As the old lady said, it was a bleak place, with shops on the street closed and few pedestrians.
Even if there were people, they were all carrying luggage and burdens, and they were about to leave Zhou County in a hurry.
Su Muge took his ancestors and grandchildren to the county government of Zhou County.
There was not even a janitor outside the county government at this time, so Su Muge walked in directly with his ancestors and grandchildren.
Your face is empty, and you don't even have a figure. I walked all the way to the backyard of the county government office and saw a middle-aged man in a gray robe standing there.
Su Muge reached out and touched the beard on his face. He had thought about changing his appearance to Suren long before he came. Although it is not ten out of ten, people who are not familiar with Su Lun will not see anything unusual.
Xu heard Su Muge's footsteps, and the middle-aged man turned his head to look at them.
"I said it, the relief food from the imperial court hasn't come down yet, you don't come here every day, and I can't do anything. I can't open the pot at home. ”
When Su Muge heard this, his brows raised slightly.
"Your Excellency is the director of Zhou County?"
The middle-aged man glanced at Su Muge suspiciously. "You're not here to ask for relief food? Who are you to do what? ”
"Do you recognize the governor of Shunyang Prefecture?"
The middle-aged man stared at Su Muge in surprise when he heard this. Then he slapped his thigh and said, "You are Lord Su?!" Ouch, Master Su, you're here. ”
"Sue, Lord Su? Are you Lord Su from Shunyang Mansion? The old lady also looked at Su Muge with an incredulous expression.
Brother Su Mu raised his eyebrows and did not answer. "You ......"
The middle-aged man hurriedly said: "Xiaguan is the master of this Zhou County, since the county magistrate was washed away by the flood, the affairs of this Zhou County are now in charge of Xia Guan." ”
"What about the people of this county office? Where have they gone? ”
Master Li instantly made a bitter face, it turned out that after the county magistrate of Zhou County was washed away by the flood, and Su Lun's whereabouts were unknown, all the people in the county government were gone, who was willing to stay and clean up this mess.
"Master Su, you can be regarded as here, things in the county are in a mess now, it's great that you're here."
Master Li took them to the study, and Su Muge asked Master Li to settle the grandfather and grandson first before returning to the study.
Master Li took out the thick booklet, which roughly recorded the flooded villages and rice fields in Zhou County these days.
Su Muge put the booklet aside and didn't look at it.
"Where are the affected people now?"
"Most of the people who were able to escape were housed in the ruined temples in the town."
Su Muge nodded, now that Zhou County has been seriously affected, the most important thing is to settle the people who escaped first.
Su Muge and Master Li stayed in the study until it was dark, and then sorted out the basic things.
"Master Su, what should I do next?"
"Save people."
"Save, save?" Master Li looked at Su Muge in surprise. It's all this time, and I'm still thinking about what to save. Even the gods can't help it. Isn't it necessary to find a way to hide it from the top at this time? Otherwise, the boss will blame it, let alone the black gauze hat, I'm afraid my life will be gone!
Su Muge raised his eyes and fell on Master Li with a faint expression. "That's right! Tomorrow you have someone prepare a boat, take someone familiar with the water, take safety measures, and then go to the villages to look for people. ”
"Yes."
Su Muge ordered the matter in an orderly manner, and it was already dark after he had finished explaining everything that should be explained.
Master Li placed Su Muge in the backyard of the county government to rest.
In addition to Master Li, there was only one old man left in the county ya, and the old woman who was rescued by Su Muge spontaneously took care of the meals for several people and cooked the meal with the only ingredients.
Su Muge didn't have much appetite, so after eating some washing, he began to look through the topographic maps of the prefecture and county.
Shunyang Mansion is located in the south, and the terrain of Zhou County is more southerly than that of Shunyang Prefecture, which means that the perennial rainfall is not small, and the embankment and drainage should be good.
This can be proved by looking through the information of Zhou County in previous years, that is, three years ago, it rained on the Zhou line for nearly a month, and the embankment did not appear abnormal, but this time it was only half a month of heavy rain, and the embankment collapsed!
Every year, the embankment is closely inspected and repaired, and this year's inspection and repair was still in the collapse of the embankment, more than a month ago, but the embankment collapsed after more than a month, which is really suspicious.
……
Inside the palace of the king of Yanxiaguan.
Donglin knelt on the ground in a cold sweat, and just now they received news from the spies that the Nanban spies had actually gotten the anti-Butu of Yanxia Pass and fled to Zhou County!
If the anti-Butu falls into the hands of the Southern Barbarians, the consequences will be unimaginable!
"Lord Wang, please go to Zhou County to arrest the fine work!"
Xiahou Mo sat on the chair with his eyes half-closed, not knowing what to think.
"It seems that in the past two years, this king has been too lax, and he has let Nanban turn around twice."
"It's the subordinates and other poor supervision."
"You stay to clean up the internal cataracts, and this king will go to Zhou County in person."
Donglin raised his eyes in surprise, although the meticulous work was hateful, it was not to the extent that Xiahou Mo needed to personally arrest him.
"Is there anything else to do?"
Xiahou Mo casually threw a secret letter on the table.
Donglin picked it up and looked at it, and his eyes were even more surprised. "Zhou County's subordinates know about the floods, but the one above knows that the prince is fighting with the Nanban, why did he let you go to Zhou County in person for disaster relief?"
Who doesn't know that the King of Jin has been leading troops for so many years, and almost nothing is involved in the affairs of the court, this disaster relief should not be the prince's business, and now let the prince go to the disaster relief, this is too discordant!
Xiahou Mo's eyes flickered brightly. "Don't you go, do you want to resist the decree?"
Donglin couldn't cry or laugh. "My subordinates will go down and prepare."
"I'm not going to do anything during this time."
"Yes."
……
The day after Su Muge arrived in Zhou County, it rained again.
Su Muge put on his coat and prepared to take a look at the place where the affected people were settled.
Now the weather is hot and humid, and it is easy for infectious viruses to breed.
Master Li came running in a robe. "The carriage is ready."
Su Muge nodded, and walked out with the medicine box he brought.
The victims were placed in a dilapidated temple in the county town, and although the dilapidated temple was dilapidated, it was still able to accommodate people.
Su Muge walked into the ruined temple with the medicine box, and the victims who were curled up and sitting on the ground saw Su Muge's arrival and looked at her one after another.
Master Li stepped forward and said, "Everyone, this is Master Su from Shunyang Mansion. ”
"Lord Su, Lord Su, please save us, our village is flooded and there is nothing left......"
"Yes, Lord Su, please save us......"
The victims looked excited one by one, stepped forward and kept kowtowing to Su Muge.
"Master Su, you save the grandson of the people's woman, the grandson of the people's woman is dying!" An old lady with gray hair suddenly rushed out and grabbed Su Muge's clothes, crying in a hoarse voice.
"Everyone get up, the court will definitely not ignore everyone."
Su Muge looked behind the old lady, and sure enough, he saw a two- or three-year-old child lying on the ground.
"Don't worry, old lady, I'll take a look."
She walked to the child with the medicine box on her back and squatted down, reached out and touched the child's forehead, and found that it was scary.
She examined the child's mouth and eyes again. "The child has a fever and needs to be treated immediately."
Children are most afraid of high fever, and no matter what the cause is, the first step in treatment is to cool the patient down.
"Master Li, you go and prepare a clean room and bring the child over."
There are many people left in Zhou County, and there are not many others, but there are empty houses, and when Master Li heard this, he hurriedly ordered people to go down and prepare.
"Master Su, me, how is my grandson?"
"Don't worry, the preliminary judgment is that the child is suffering from cold and fever, and the specific situation needs further examination to be determined."
The old lady nodded stunned, looking at Su Muge's eyes, she was always a little unable to come back to her senses.
Soon, Master Li prepared the house.
Su Muge asked them to carefully carry the child to a clean and empty house.
Then she asked all the unwell people to come forward and put them in different rooms one by one.
"Master Li, how many medicinal materials are available in the county?"
"Medicine, herbs?" Master Li looked confused, my lord, what you should care about is not how much food we have!
"This, this small one, is not ......"
"Go, figure it out, and buy back the medicinal herbs that can be used."
Su Muge didn't bother to explain too much to Master Li, so he turned around and went into the house directly.
Zhou County is not a big county seat, and there are even fewer doctors in the county.
Su Muge looked at the patients who had almost three rooms, and felt a faint pain in his eyebrows.
It's just that what she didn't expect was that as soon as she turned around and entered the patient's room with her front foot, Master Li ran back with a roar on her back foot!
Su Muge didn't like to be interrupted when she was treating people, so she took a deep breath and looked at Master Li.
"You'd better have something big!"
Master Li looked at Su Muge, whose face was covered with frost, and trembled. "My lord, it's really a big deal!"
"Say!"
"The imperial court has sent people to relieve the disaster!"
Su Muge was slightly stunned. "What?"
"Yes, my lord, now that the adults from the court have arrived in the Yanei, the adults should go back with the little ones quickly!"
Su Muge didn't move immediately. "Who is the lord of the imperial court?"
"Lord Xia!"