Chapter 39

Under the towering city walls, the old man's body had been carried away, but the blood still splattered in the cracks of the masonry, silently revealing what had happened not long ago.

The people's resentment was boiling, Xiao Pingyan was afraid of his reputation, and did not dare to order the forbidden army to use force, so he only reluctantly separated the refugees who had gathered, and hurried back to the palace.

I didn't go to the hunting ground anymore for the scenery and swagger.

The carriage slowly drove through the city gate, and through the bamboo curtain raised by Shen Yu, Rong Jin saw the refugees.

Due to the long journey, lack of food and clothing, all the clothes were ragged, the face was yellow and thin, and the eyes were tired and numb.

Among the refugees sitting on the ground at the base of the city wall was an unkempt woman, holding the child in her arms and weeping bitterly, her hoarse voice full of despair.

But no one around cares—

Along the way, death is a common thing, and it can even be regarded as a relief.

The crying sound came into the car, but Shen Yu was not impatient, he just looked at it fixedly, as if he wanted to engrave all this in his heart.

It wasn't until it was completely far away that the bamboo curtain was slowly lowered.

Rong Jin had never seen Shen Yu like this, his eyes were uncertain, with pity, and some uncertainties.

Rong Jin couldn't see through his mind, but his intuition was dangerous.

When he returned to the courtyard, before Shen Yu could sit down, the attendant who passed the decree in the palace came in a hurry, saying that the Holy Lord was urgently summoning the meeting.

The waiter wiped the sweat from his forehead, and when he saw that Shen Yu was still about to change his clothes, he begged: "Shen Xiang, when is this, the saint is waiting!" ”

After the incident at the city gate, Xiao Pingyan felt disgraced, anxious and angry.

Seeing that he had almost smashed half of the council room, and even Feng Xi, who had always had a sacred heart, was scolded, the subordinates who served trembled and did not dare to delay at all.

"If the Holy One is angry, I will bear it." Shen Yu swept his eyes without being salty, and the waiter was immediately silent, although he still had a bitter face, he didn't dare to urge again.

When Rong Jin saw someone from the palace, he had already turned out his court clothes.

She still remembered the tragic situation she saw at the city gate in her heart, and when she changed Shen Yu's clothes, she had to move faster than usual. So that when he tied the ring, he was not guarded, and his fingertips failed to hook.

If it weren't for the quick eyes and hands, I would have grabbed it dangerously before the ring fell to the ground, and I was afraid that it would have fallen to the floor tiles.

Although there was no danger, Rong Jin was still so frightened that his face turned white.

Shen Yu looked at her panic in his eyes and said lightly: "What are you anxious about?" ”

Rong Jin half-knelt, carefully tied the white jade ring around Shen Yu's waist, and said truthfully: "The slave is afraid that you will miss your business." ”

"Do you know how long it will take for refugees to arrive in the capital?" Shen Yu wrote lightly, "I haven't been in a hurry these days, but now it's just a moment and a half." ”

Although he didn't name him, Rong Jin still heard it, he was ridiculing the saint.

In the days when he was hunting ground, Rong Jin had followed behind Shen Yu and had seen that saint.

At that time, he was hugging a beauty, surrounded by attentive servants, who would be older than Shen Yu next year, but he felt that he was not calm enough.

If Shen Yu is like a sword that has been tempered and calcined by fire, there are not many marks left by wind and frost on his body.

And as far as she knew of the holy deeds, it was.

Shen Yu dusted off his sleeves

When he was about to leave, he suddenly said, "I may not be able to come back in the next two days." ”

There were early signs of the Jiangnan Rebellion, and the previously whitewashed Taiping could not solve the root cause, but accumulated over the years. So far, a flood has torn apart the peace on the surface and completely caused all the problems.

Even Xiao Pingyan can't avoid it this time, so he can only face it.

But those troubles, the Manchu civil and military gathered together for three days and three days, and there may not be results.

Rong Jin saw that Shen Yu seemed to be waiting for him to speak, and after thinking about it, he replied: "The affairs of the DPRK and China are busy, and the prince must also take care of his health." ”

Shen Yu bowed slightly, and commanded: "The people you brought back should be taken care of by yourself." ”

Rong Jin didn't expect him to personally inquire about Chunyao's affairs, he was stunned, and then agreed: "Don't worry, Childe, when you see the injury, you will send her away in the next two days." ”

Afraid that Shen Yu was still not at ease, she deliberately added: "If you shouldn't say something, the slave won't say a word." ”

Rong Jin knew Shen Yu's consistent style.

At the beginning, Shen Yu brought her back from the Li Wangfu and kept her in the courtyard for several months, until recently, her attitude gradually eased. It's not uncommon for him to be suspicious.

And she herself never thought of staying in the other courtyard.

This is not a good place to go, she even has to send Rong Qi away, let alone Chun Yao.

Shen Yu gave up and led the fiery waiter out of the door.

After Rong Jin curtsied and respectfully sent the people away, he finally got free and went to the courtyard where Chun Miao temporarily lived.

Chun Miao was placed in the secluded Hosoyanagi Courtyard where she used to live.

When Rong Jin arrived, Cheng Shu was treating the external injuries on her body, and there were gold sore medicines and medicinal wine for bruises in the bottles and jars on the table.

Chun Miao bit her lip and endured the pain silently, until she saw Rong Jin appear, and her eyes lit up.

Cheng Shu tied the bandaged gauze and saluted Rong Jin's head: "Don't get wet on the wound, I'll come back tomorrow to change the dressing, so I won't disturb the two of you to catch up." ”

Rong Jin politely thanked her, and then took Chunyao's hand to check the injuries on her body.

On the frosty skin like snow, in addition to the new wounds left by the carriage today, there are also marks that seem to be whip marks, which are shocking.

"Fortunately, it's all over," Chun Miao put down her sleeves and cried with joy, "Ah Ci, it's great to see you alive again." ”

There was bitterness on her face, joy for the rest of her life, but she was not surprised.

If it was in the past, Rong Jin would not have felt anything wrong, but I don't know if he had been with Shen Yu for a long time, and he was also infected with his suspicion.

Rong Jin slowly patted Chunyao's back to soothe, waited until the sobbing gradually stopped, poured her another cup of tea, and asked as if inadvertently, "Ah Yao, do you have any plans?" ”

"I ......" Chun Yao took the cup, holding it in both hands, and looked extremely helpless, "You know, I was sold into the palace several times by people's teeth, although I have a vague impression of my hometown, but I can't remember ......where it is for a long time."

In the backyard of the palace, most of them are such homeless poor people.

"I can't

Spend a little more time here? Chun Miao put down the cup, held Rong Jin's hand, and there was some pleading in his eyes, "Ah Ci, I'm afraid ......"

I am afraid that once I leave, I will fall into the hands of King Li again.

Chunyao's whole body was trembling, Rong Jin knew what she was afraid of, because she herself had been so afraid, and it was difficult to say the words that came to her mouth.

But she can't promise anything.

This matter still depends on Shen Yu's meaning.

It's just that Shen Yu really won't be able to come back for a while.

Xiao Pingyan made a big move, and even the Marquis of Qinghe, who was still anxious about his son's disappearance, was also summoned to discuss the matter.

The reason is also very simple, because the former person who was in charge of disaster relief in the Jiangnan area, the third brother of Qinghe Hou, Qin Zhiyan.

When it comes to seniority, it is Xiao Pingyan's brother-in-law.

Qinghe Hou originally handed over the sign, wanting to enter the palace to see the Queen Mother, and asked her to help make up a few words in front of the saint, but the Queen Mother didn't see it yet, so she went to Zichen Hall first and was scolded.

On weekdays, Xiao Pingyan almost responds to the Qin family's requests, but this time he himself is disgraced, extremely embarrassed, and no longer cares about any feelings.

It wasn't until Shen Yu and other officials arrived one after another, and outsiders were there, that they restrained themselves a little.

"Jiangnan is in such a situation, I didn't know about it until that group of refugees blocked in front of me!" Xiao Pingyan remembered the situation of blood spattering on the city wall, the green tendons on his forehead jumped up, and asked everyone, "Is it that all the corpses of hundreds of officials can't eat vegetarian?" ”

After speaking, he named Shen Yu: "At the beginning, I handed over the disaster relief to you as a general manager, how do you explain it now?" ”

"At the beginning, the flood in the south of the Yangtze River was indeed a collegiate discussion of the three provinces and six ministries, and the ministers sorted out and decided, and now the ministers are hard to escape the blame for this situation," Shen Yu knelt in the hall, "Let Your Majesty dispose of it." ”

He recognized it neatly and neatly, and there was no prevarication, Xiao Pingyan was stunned.

But others can't stand it.

Clear-eyed people know who is the biggest responsibility this time, the official department Shangshu has long had a dislike with the Qin family, and seeing Shen Yu like this, he can only bite the bullet himself.

He knelt beside Shen Yu, kowtowed, and said earnestly: "Holy Mingjian, the ministers are indeed thoughtful, but the capital and Jiangnan are thousands of miles apart, even if Shen Xiang, it is difficult to calculate everything......"

This did not explicitly mention the Qin family, but the meaning was also obvious-

The decision is right, but the person in charge over there did not implement it well, and he deceived the superiors and subordinates and did not report it.

Xiao Pingyan naturally knew that if he hadn't done it, he wouldn't have called Qinghe Hou over first and scolded him, but no matter how angry he was, he couldn't really attack the Qin family.

Even if he doesn't mention his relatives, this is also his reliance.

What's more, Qin Zhiyan was appointed by him personally.

At that time, Shen Yu recommended another person, but Xiao Pingyan wanted to raise the Qin family, if this matter was done, the prestige of the Qin family would naturally rise.

The governor backfired and messed up.

For this reason, when Xiao Pingyan even reprimanded Shen Yu, he was distracted.

While speaking, the inner servant trembled and spread the word, saying that it was Cui Yu who asked to see him in the imperial history.

When Xiao Pingyan heard this name, his head hurt even more, and several Shangshu invariably breathed a sigh of relief-

The thorns are coming, and there are some things that they don't need to say.

Sure enough, after Cui Yu entered the hall to salute, he began to quote scriptures and play them, bringing out an old thing by the way.

Earlier, there was a book in the imperial history, and he participated in the disaster relief silver taels and rice grain were deducted. It's just that at that time, the Qin family reacted very quickly, turned around and pulled the household into the water, and finally failed.

Tobe Shangshu wanted to renovate the old one early on

It's settled, but I haven't found the right time yet, and I was overjoyed to see Cui Yu mention it. If it weren't for Shen Yu's glances, he would have almost shown it on his face.

Xiao Pingyan glanced at Qinghe Hou fiercely, and said in a deep voice: "Summons Qin Zhiyan back to Beijing, and all the cadres will be imprisoned and will be dealt with." ”

Afraid that Cui Yu would hold on to it again, he immediately said: "The top priority is still in front of us." ”

He didn't mention any accountability anymore, and everyone's eyes fell on Shen Yu.

Because he knelt for a long time, his patella ached.

Shen Yu lowered his eyes calmly, and waited for Xiao Pingyan to ask again, and then said: "According to the minister's humble opinion, we must first relieve and resettle the refugees in the capital, and then find out the predicament in Jiangnan and solve it from the root." ”

It's easy to say in a few words, but if you really want to do it, I don't know how much manpower and material resources it will take.

Shen Yu was not the only one who failed to leave the palace that night.

The lights of the book were completely bright, and the articles of association were discussed again and again, and it was almost the hour of the early dynasty, and everyone took a break to rest, but Shen Yu was still looking at something through the candlelight.

The sleepy little waiter rubbed his eyes, and when he stepped forward to add tea, he found that what he had in his hand was not a document in his hand, but a map of the Jiangnan area.

On top of the long yellowed scrolls, the mountains are undulating, and the lakes and seas are meandering.

And on the morning of the second day, the urgent report of 800 miles south of the Yangtze River brought worse news to Xiao Pingyan.

The Jiangnan Liukou spread, and one of them called itself "Fengtian Sect", which confused the public with evil words and bewitched many people to follow.

Three days ago, he killed Yuhang County.

In the main hall, the hundred officials looked at each other, and even the officials who were determined to step on the Qin family's foot were all silent, and their faces were very ugly.

Everyone understands in their hearts that Jiangnan is in chaos.

Nothing else matters.

Qinghe Hou was already suspicious of Shen Yu because of his son's disappearance, and he was just waiting to return to Beijing to ask the Queen Mother to administer justice, but when he encountered this matter, he was already too busy to take care of himself.

I can only think about getting my own house out of this trouble first.

Shen Yu stayed in the palace for three days, and left in front of the palace gate on the grounds that he was unwell.

Song Hanlin, who was in charge of revising history in Chongwen Hall, argued with his colleagues for a long time because of an old incident in the previous dynasty, forgot the time, and left late, so he happened to leave the palace with Shen Yu.

In the past, when he saw Shen Yu walking alone, Song Xun always took the opportunity to ask some trivial matters, but knowing that he was currently anxious about the affairs of Jiangnan, he didn't bother him with those trivial things.

It was Shen Yu who took the initiative to ask a few words.

Song Xun answered one by one, and seeing that Shen Yu's complexion was not good, he couldn't help but sigh: "Shen Xiang still has to take care of his body......"

The autumn wind hunts and blows the wide sleeves of the robe.

"It's okay," Shen Yu pressed the corner of his clothes, and said without hurrying, "Qinghuai can't borrow you, meet him tomorrow, and ask him to see me in the other courtyard." ”！