Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 123 Crisis
Zhu Xiuyuan knew at a glance that the embroidery work was Qiu Wen's own craftsmanship.

As for Dong Shuzhen and Xia Wu's embroidery work... don't mention it.

Anyway, after Zhu Xiuyuan saw it once, he immediately covered his face.

Qiu Wen opened the embroidered purse and took out a large handful of banknotes. She folded them neatly and the corners of the banknotes did not appear to be rolled up.

This handful of silver notes costs about 600 taels.

Qiu Wen took out two 20-tael silver notes, handed them to Zhu Xiuyuan, and said, "Uncle, these are [-] taels."

Zhu Xiuyuan took it casually, folded it in half, and stuffed it into his pocket.

Then he asked casually: "How much silver do we have now?"

Qiu Wen put the remaining silver notes back into her embroidered purse, moved her fingers, tilted her head, and thought for a while before saying: "Uncle, we still have a total of 13 and four taels!"

Zhu Xiuyuan touched Qiu Wen's head and said with a smile: "Not bad!"

Just at this time, Dong Shuzhen and Xia Wu came out.

Dong Shuzhen jumped up and ran closer, put her head close to her, and said with a smile: "Husband, please touch my head too."

Zhu Xiuyuan tapped her forehead, and walked to the gate of the courtyard first, and said with a smile: "Let's go, don't make my father-in-law wait in a hurry."

"Oh, husband, wait for me!"

Dong Shuzhen followed quickly, naturally holding Zhu Xiuyuan's hand and jumping up and down.

Xia Wu, who was at the back, pursed her lips.

He touched his head with his hand.

She was very envious that her uncle could touch Qiu Wen's head and the young lady's head, but he was the only one who wouldn't touch her...

Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen went to the back hall of the west courtyard together, and then they realized that their father-in-law had gone out before dawn.

I rushed to the Yamen in advance.

He also left a message saying that when Zhu Xiuyuan is ready, he will go to the Yamen to order Mao as soon as possible.

Zhu Xiuyuan didn't think much about this.

"Now that the heavy rain has stopped, I'm afraid it's time to resettle the victims and rebuild the collapsed houses. Both of these are relatively tedious, so my father-in-law went to the Yamen in advance..."

Zhu Xiuyuan thought to himself.

The heavy rain that lasted for many days actually stopped today, and Dong Shuyu was very happy.

Besides, Dong Shuzhen, the troublemaker, also went out and came to the back hall together.

So the whole breakfast process was quite joyful.

After Zhu Xiuyuan had eaten and drank enough, said goodbye to Dong Shuyu and Dong Shuzhen, and told Dong Shuzhen not to leave the mansion, he took Yan Dashan with him and rushed towards the Yamen.

On the way, Zhu Xiuyuan opened the curtain of the carriage and looked outside.

He first looked at the street paved with bluestone slabs.

Although there are countless puddles on the road, the knee-high waterlogging like yesterday has disappeared, and the bluestone slabs can be seen directly.

Although there are many puddles, they are only small puddles.

Zhu Xiuyuan nodded and said: "It seems that the ditch in the east of the city was dug in time yesterday, and all the water in the city was drained away!"

Then Zhu Xiuyuan raised his head again and looked at both sides of the street——

But I saw that there were no two people on a street in Nuo Da!

Empty.

Occasionally I see a person running, as if fleeing for his life.

Zhu Xiuyuan frowned and said: "It's strange. Now that the heavy rain has stopped and the waterlogging has been effectively controlled, it stands to reason that there should be a lot of people on this street. You know, even when it rained a few days ago, there were many people on this street. Moving around!”

But now, the empty streets seem a little deserted.

It seems that Jiangzhou City is an empty city.Yan Dashan, who was riding beside him, suddenly said: "My dear benefactor, there is indeed something strange. Could it be the plague..."

Zhu Xiuyuan frowned fiercely and put down the curtain: "Let's go to the Yamen first and have a look. Don't make any assumptions."

"Yes, benefactor!"

But having said that, Zhu Xiuyuan's worries became more and more serious...

After a while, Zhu Xiuyuan arrived at the state office.

Going straight into the Yamen, Zhu Xiuyuan did not go to his Cangcao duty room, but went straight to his father-in-law's recording room.

After arriving at the signing room, I saw that the door was closed.

He bent his fingers, clasped the door with his knuckles, and shouted, "Father-in-law, my son-in-law is here to greet you."

"Come in." Dong Cheng's voice came from the room.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of the door bolt being pulled was heard, and then the door was opened from the inside.

Zhu Xiuyuan stepped into the door and looked inside, his brows suddenly jumped.

I saw that Dong Cheng was not the only one in the custody room, the other five military officers and the leaders of the three squadrons of government officials were also there.

They all turned their heads and looked at Zhu Xiuyuan together.

Zhu Xiuyuan actually had the illusion that he was late for class.

But the question in my heart is deeper, why did they come so early?

Zhu Xiuyuan walked over quickly, saluted first, apologized for being late, and then asked the questions in his heart.

"A once-in-a-century plague has broken out!" someone replied.

"Since last night, this plague has spread to our city of Jiangzhou..."

"Hey, we went all out in the past few days to deal with this flood and the threat of the Yangtze River water level rising, so we neglected the plague..."

"As of this morning, there are more than thousands of people infected with the plague in the city, hundreds of people are bedridden, and dozens of people have lost their lives because of it!"

"This plague came so fast, infecting thousands of people overnight, and we had no way to prepare for it..."

……

The blood vessels on Zhu Xiuyuan's forehead twitched faintly, and then he had a headache.

The plague really broke out!
Oh my God, thousands of people were infected overnight.

With the sanitary conditions in ancient times, once you contracted the plague, you would probably die!
Zhu Xiuyuan was terrified and frightened, his breathing became heavy, his legs were numb, and he almost couldn't stand upright.

No wonder, no wonder my father-in-law went to the Yamen before dawn this morning.

No wonder a street in Nuoda was deserted, like a ghost town.

Zhu Xiuyuan's head was buzzing.

At this time, I heard a soldier who joined the army sigh: "What happened to Jiangzhou? First there were heavy rains and floods, and then the water level of the Yangtze River surged. Before we could take a breath, the plague came again..."

"Hey, I originally thought that when the heavy rain passed, the disaster relief money and food allocated by the court would be delivered. But now... the land route is blocked by the plague, the waterway is blocked by huge waves, and the Yangtze River is completely unnavigable... "

"We are trapped here with no way to escape!"

"Heaven wants to destroy me in Jiangzhou. Does God want to destroy us?"

Everyone's morale was as low as eggplants beaten by frost.

……

Zhu Xiuyuan suddenly woke up.

He said loudly: "My father-in-law, and all of you, we have survived the floods and the swollen water level of the Yangtze River. Although this plague is coming with ferocity, we should not give up and wait for death."

Dong Cheng also cheered up, got up and said: "My son-in-law is right, we, as officials of a state, govern one side, so naturally we can't just wait for death!"

(End of this chapter)