Encounter old acquaintances in a foreign land
Han Tianlin and Song Rou each wondered, they were guessing what kind of person the distinguished guest Yan Chijiu was talking about.
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It is said that Zhanzhao has rushed to Jingzhou City with his entourage. From Hunan to Hubei, along the way, Zhanzhao witnessed many people fleeing in all directions, and after his inquiry, he learned that most of these people were people fleeing the epidemic.
He recalled the scene on Tianmen Mountain, some so-called famous and decent families, who were chivalrous and righteous on the surface, but in fact they were indifferent and ruthless, each with their own ghosts. I also feel that people's hearts are unpredictable.
In the middle of the day, they arrived at the south gate of Jingzhou, and at this time, a group of officials had already stood in front of the city wall to greet them, and there were about more than ten people of all sizes. Among these officials, the first was the governor of Jingzhou, who was the "Lord He" mentioned in the conversation between He Jun and Song Huayang that day before the North City Gate, and He Jun himself was also standing beside an official at this time.
"Youlao, all of you are here to greet you!" said Zhan Zhaozuo;
I only heard Na Zhizhou say: "Zhan Escort has traveled a long way, and it has been hard along the way!" This man was skinny, his eyes were deep and bright, and standing with his fat son was really not like father and son, but it seemed a little incongruous.
"Where, where! It's not hard!" Zhanzhao replied,
Zhizhou said: "Lord Zhan is so conscientious for the affairs of the court, he is worthy of being the right-hand man of the emperor and Lord Bao!" This sentence is quite ironic.
This Zhizhou seems to have bad intentions.
Zhan Zhao sneered and said, "This is just Zhan's business! Besides, if it is about "conscientiousness", Zhan is far inferior to you!"
"What did the Zhan Guards say?" This Zhizhou pretended that nothing had happened.
Zhan Zhao also said: "Zhan and his brothers came to Jingzhou, and along the way, they witnessed hundreds of people fleeing in all directions and being homeless! Zhan asked some of them, and they said that they had to leave their hometowns in order to avoid this evil disease; Zhan Zhao was really quite sentimental when he heard this!" Zhan Zhao stared at Na Zhizhou, and his eyes made people shudder;
Hearing this, Zhizhou's body trembled slightly, and Shi Cai's firm eyes became sluggish at this moment. He bent over and said, "Jingzhou. . . This plague is really the fault of the lower officials. Rest assured, the lower officials have ordered people to distribute relief food to reduce the losses of the people!"
"Oh, is it?! Lord He really sent his heart to the people! Has this relief food really been distributed to the people? Zhanzhao's tone was very fierce.
Zhizhou said: "It has indeed been distributed to the people, if you don't believe it, you can follow the officials to inspect the city." ”
Zhan Zhao and these officials inspected the city, and the flow of people on the streets was sparse and scattered, obviously more than in the past few days; in front of the governor's mansion, there were indeed a few subordinates who were distributing relief food, and dozens of ordinary people claimed it in an orderly manner, and it seemed that the situation had improved a lot. But Zhanzhao knew that following this group of officials, he would definitely not be able to find any reliable clues, so he decided to stay in the governor's mansion first, and then investigate the plague in private.