Yan Zheng said and took out a neatly folded letter from his sleeve, and the three imperial doctors who were sitting in front of him immediately got up, and an older imperial doctor took a few steps forward to take it, unfolded the letter and read it before handing it over to the other two imperial doctors to see.

Ruan Mingjiao also grabbed the letter, wanting to know whether the prescription given by Du Zhong was reliable or not, and the imperial doctor who saw it first bowed and said: "County Lord, my lord, my lord, the lower official Song Lin, I have also seen some clues in the patients who have been here for a while, and their epidemic is indeed caused by a catastrophe, but there are some differences. ”

"What's the difference?" Yan Zheng's eyes flashed, and he asked with some puzzlement.

"After the catastrophe, there will be epidemics, but they are perennially involved, it seems to be related to the environment, the catastrophe is just the last fuse, so whether this prescription is useful or not, we still need to understand the specific situation, in order to prescribe the right medicine."

After Song Lin finished speaking, he lowered his head in embarrassment, and the prescription had been passed back to him, Yan Zheng looked at the three of them, his thin lips opened lightly, and asked: "Imperial Doctor Song, if there is anything difficult, just say it, I am here to solve this epidemic and promote a quiet state." ”

It can be seen that they are embarrassed, and Yan Zheng does not turn around the corner with them, and asks the doubts in his heart directly.

Song Lin sighed, and then said: "These homeless people in Suizhou behave strangely, they seem to have a determination to die, and they are not afraid of the suppression of the officers and soldiers of the government. Minshan County has never had a big flood, then this time the big flood is really strange, rebuilt a county seat, Suizhou government even did not report to the court as if to conceal, they seem to be following along the way, as if someone is driving them here, they are not willing to go after being blessed, it is really strange. ”

When Yan Zheng entered the city, he heard Fu Hui say it, and he also felt strange, even if Song Lin didn't remind him, he would investigate it clearly, but Song Lin said that their epidemic seemed to have accumulated over the years, and he was a little strange.

"Does Minshan County have a past ancestral history? Or maybe it's not an epidemic, it's just a family history. ”

Ruan Mingjiao's eyes froze, and she asked what she guessed in her heart, but Song Lin shook her head, "I haven't heard of this, but this is indeed an epidemic, not like a symptom of a family genetic disease, but it's just our guess, and we have to wait for the specific investigation." ”

Yan Zheng nodded and looked at Fu Hui on the side, "I'm tired of Lord Fu sending someone to run and let the Suizhou government transfer out the genealogy of Minshan County......" He said for a moment, and waved his hand to veto, "Forget it, you can run it yourself." ”

Why did Suizhou not report such a big incident, Suizhou is not bigger than Jinzhou, but it is more than enough to take in the displaced people in his own state, why let them flow into Jinzhou, and who is the person who follows them behind him, these facts are strange, he has to send a dignified person to run in person.

If you send someone else to mention the grass and startle the snake, so that someone with a heart can find out something, it will not be good.

Fu Hui also understood his concerns, if it weren't for the fact that there was no trustworthy and reliable person here in Jinzhou, he would have had this idea a long time ago, and went to Suizhou to investigate, now that Yan Zheng is here, there are people here, and he should have gone there.

He immediately nodded in response, Yan Zheng asked Bai Ran to accompany him, and he answered at any time, the two of them hid their identities, and went out while it was dark in the night.

Yan Zheng is still busy with something, so he asked Xiangcheng to send someone to take Ruan Mingjiao down to rest, and he went to the study of the government by himself, and Xiangcheng brought someone to him.

He was one of the people who helped him appease the homeless people before, he was tall and big, he was not infected with the epidemic, but he didn't eat and sleep well, he was a little thin, and the dark circles under his eyes were a little heavy.

When he saw Yan Zheng, he knew that his identity was not simple, so he bowed his hand, "Wang Mang is a rough person, don't blame if you offend a nobleman!" ”

Yan Zheng bowed his head, didn't care, waved his hand and let him sit on the chair opposite Shuyan, "You don't have to be nervous, I just came to you to understand the situation, just feel free." ”

Don't look at Wang Mang's tall figure, but when he saw Yan Zheng, he felt that this person's temperament was inexplicably oppressive, he liked to joke on weekdays, and his not very serious temperament behaved in front of Yan Zheng with an unusually childish manner, as if he was a little girl who had been in your pavilion for a long time.

Yan Zheng said this, but he really didn't dare to relax himself, but Jinben's nerves were slightly relaxed, not as nervous as before, Yan Zheng got up and poured him a cup of tea and handed it over, smiling peacefully.

Wang Mang nodded gratefully, then took the teacup, took a few sips, and then asked, "I don't know what the adults want to ask me." ”

"How many people in your family have escaped from the disaster this time?" Yan Zheng opened the book on the table, and his tone was friendly, as if he was catching up with an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time.

The atmosphere was relaxed, Wang Mang was also relaxed, no longer so tense, but when he heard him ask his family, his eyes suddenly darkened, sighed, and shook his head silently, "Except for me and my brother, my parents' inconvenient legs and feet have been washed away." ”

Yan Zheng raised his eyes to look at him, the person who was still pretending to be calm in front of him was slumping at the moment, his expression was sad, not like his tall and mighty figure, Yan Zheng dropped the book, whispered a word of mourning, and asked, "Your brother is being treated in the mansion?" ”

"Hmm." Wang Mang lowered his head, nodded again when he heard this, and raised his head to look at Yan Zheng as if he had just heard clearly, and there was more expectation in his eyes: "My lord, how is my brother?" ”

"I'll have someone take you to meet your brother after the question."

"Okay, just ask, I'll say everything I know." Wang Mang nodded in response, like a child getting candy with joy.

"Your county has caused this great disaster, why don't you ask for help from the government of Suizhou, why can't Suizhou hide it, who are the people chasing you behind you, and why are you making trouble in Jinzhou."

Yan Zheng asked the doubts in his heart in a row, Wang Mang's originally lit eyes suddenly darkened, with a little sadness, looked at him and sighed, and then said: "My lord, our county was originally a place near the mountains and waters, although it is not as rich as Jinzhou, but it is no problem for the son to be self-sufficient, until two years ago, the government of Suizhou suddenly ordered to dig sand in the place near the water, and after blowing up the mountains and digging forests, the forest fields were reclaimed as land, and a large tax was levied. ”

"We are just ordinary people, the government will do what it says, how can we have the right to choose, if we don't wait for the next year's tax is not enough, we will still suffer, it is better to be more interesting."

He said, there was a kind of helplessness to accept his fate, paused for a moment, and continued: "That is, in the past two years, where our environment has become more and more bad, there are also small floods, the river has been dug up to the deeper the river, I don't know how many people have drowned, and the barren fields reclaimed in the mountains have not been harvested at all for some reason, probably because they have been blown up and destroyed the land." ”

"In the first year, the people in the government didn't make a name for themselves because they hadn't paid the required taxes and grains just after the reclamation, and we thought they were just talking, but in the second year, those people went crazy and even sent people to spy on us."

"Later, we couldn't stand it, the land and the river couldn't stand it, there was a flood, we didn't have a harvest, and so many relatives died, but the dog official in Suizhou threatened that it was His Majesty who levied taxes, and we didn't finish killing us and returning to Beijing to restore our lives, we were willing to think that His Majesty was so cruel, so he fled all the way to here, and other places would not care about us, it seemed that he was afraid of Suizhou dog officials, so we made trouble in the city, but I just felt that the atmosphere, His Majesty was so ...... to his people"

The more Wang Mang spoke, the more excited he became, but he never said the disrespectful words, thinking in his heart that it was one thing, and it was another thing to really say it, and it was the right thing to really affect the others in Xianli.

"Bastard!" Yan Zheng slapped the table angrily and got up with anger on his face, he finally knew why Suizhou refused to report, he hurt others like this for his own selfish interests, how dare he, he chased and killed just to kill the mouth in case the invasion was transmitted back and lost his dog's life.

And Wang Mang and they ran all the way, and finally had Xiang Cheng, an honest man, to accept, that he was willing to go out and die, naturally he was here, and Xiang Cheng sent troops to suppress it, and the shame that he had accumulated all the way naturally couldn't help but go to where it was a dead end, and maybe there was a little way to live.

Wang Mang regretted it when he saw that he was angry at inviting a cold and noble person like this. Thinking that Yan Zheng was attacking him, he knelt on the ground, while blaming himself for the anger in his heart, he almost said something angry, Yan Zheng was a big official in the capital, if you want to punish them, it is far more justifiable than Xiangcheng.

"The adults spared their lives, and the villain was open-mouthed for a while, and he collided with His Majesty, but these are all what one of the villains thinks and has nothing to do with other people, I hope the adults will not punish them."

Yan Zheng's chest was undulating, his heart was full of shame and anger, and his heart ached, so he got up to relieve the atmosphere for a while, but he didn't want Wang Mang to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy as if he had misunderstood his meaning.

"What are you kneeling for, get up!" Yan Zheng shouted.

Wang Mang's eyes rolled, and he raised his eyes to look at Yan Zheng, he was angry and angry, but he had no killing intent towards him, as if he was not angry with him, he nodded cautiously.

Yan Zheng sighed, realized his attitude, held back his anger, and tried his best to calm his tone, "This matter is not done by Your Majesty and the imperial court, Your Majesty in other places is still reducing taxes for three years, the so-called tax increase in Minshan County is the county order of Suizhou to make its own assertions, relying on authority in the name of the imperial court to privately loot the people's fat, don't say such disrespectful words again after you go out." ”

"Hey, the villain knows." Wang Mang swallowed his saliva, said yes repeatedly, and had the courage to ask Yan Zheng: "My lord, it's all because the dog official himself bullied us, and if the matter is revealed, he will kill us?" ”

"Well, I have asked people to investigate this matter, and when I go back, tell your people not to challenge the bottom line of the government, and don't talk about Your Majesty again, if someone knows about it, I won't be able to save you."

"Hey, yes, don't worry, the little one must convey it, I will say that Your Majesty is generous and benevolent, how can you be like this, that adult, my brother." Wang Mang asked tentatively.

Yan Zheng waved his hand, "There is someone outside the door, you let him take you." ”

"Yes, thank you, sir." Wang Mang was excited, and hurriedly bowed before retreating.