Wife Kim An

Chapter 84

The county magistrate frowned at the yamen's report, Yizhou was flooded, and there was a vast ocean near Nianchuan.In just a few days, more than [-] victims flooded into Nianchuan, and there was nowhere to house the victims, let alone money to relieve the disaster. The whole Nianchuan was in chaos.

According to the statistics of his subordinates, at least 500 people drowned in Yizhou, plus the number of people who died of starvation, disease and freezing along the way, it may have reached a thousand people!There are more than a thousand people trapped on the mountain, and the roads in all directions are flooded. If there is no food on the mountain, the death toll may be uncountable...

How should all this be done...

Is it really necessary to report to the court?

She covered her face with her hands, thinking painfully.How should I explain to the Queen the disaster funds allocated earlier...

"Nianchuan magistrate, are you convicted?!" A cold and slightly familiar male voice resounded faintly in the silent night. The magistrate raised his head in a panic and saw a young man in brocade clothes standing erect in front of the door. He was handsome and familiar.

The young man tilted his face slightly, revealing his beautiful and delicate cheeks, his eyebrows curved like a bright first quarter moon in the night sky.

"Mr. Su, why didn't someone inform you when you came to the mansion so late?" The county magistrate frowned, probably pestering her to send someone to the mountain to rescue people again.But how did he get in?
"If it's a notification, it must be because I'm busy..." The young man took a step forward, and raised his long and narrow eyelashes, revealing a pair of black pools as dark as ink.The long ink-colored hair fell down smoothly, like a fine silk satin, sliding gently with his footsteps.

His movements are gentle and elegant, as dazzling as the bright moon in the night sky.

Zhixian's heart was slightly in a trance.No matter how many times she saw her, she always thought that those eyes were very similar to the cold and aloof eyes of the Ninth Prince when he first came to Nianchuan.

At that time, the Seventh Prince and the Ninth Prince visited in secret. After observation, she guessed that the two must have received the Queen's instruction to investigate something.

That day, it happened to be her birthday, so she invited a bunch of friends and a bunch of singing and dancing to add to the fun.

The Seventh Prince went out, while the Ninth Prince stayed in the mansion.Due to etiquette, she also invited him to the hall as a guest of honor, but the Ninth Prince wanted to sit in the lower corner very low-key.

A friend of wine and meat did not know the real identity of the Ninth Prince. Seeing his picturesque features and graceful figure, he thought it was a song and dance invited by her. The Ninth Prince pursed his lips, his blushing face was already extremely angry.

The one who insulted the royal family was the most precious and only son of the empress!
She was terrified.The Ninth Prince, who never showed his true colors to others, had his veil removed. What a provocation and insult!

She hastened to apologize to the Ninth Prince with the woman's staff.

Therefore, she was very fortunate to see the true face of the Ninth Prince Feng Han.

The ancients said that peony flowers are scared to death, and ghosts are also romantic.That friend of hers is still amazed by the surprise...

The young man turned around, with a seductive smile on the corner of his mocking mouth: "Do you think I'm really just Su Ye? Do you think there is anyone in the world who looks like this?"

He lifted the hair on the right side of his face, revealing a perfect, completely scar-free right side.

Seeing the young man walking towards him slowly, Zhixian's face turned slightly pale in an instant.She froze in place in shock, slurring her words: "Your Highness, Your Highness..."

"Then you still don't kneel when you see this hall?" The young man raised his eyebrows, and his beautiful lips were slightly pursed.

The county magistrate hastily knelt down on the ground: "My minister sees His Highness the Ninth Prince."

She raised her head halfway, and said softly, "His Royal Highness has already arrived in Nianchuan, why did you hide your identity..." She wondered a lot in her heart. Could it be that the empress did not ask the seventh prince to investigate at that time, but secretly asked the ninth prince to investigate? ...

Such thoughts made her even more flustered, but the boy's words confirmed her guess even more.

"I concealed my identity and naturally wanted to test how you would do disaster relief after the flood! Did you live up to the Queen Mother's expectations!" The young man shook his head, his expression of disappointment vividly expressed, "You have disappointed my Highness so much! If you didn't report it in time, Two, they failed to save people in time, and three, they failed to provide disaster relief!"

The magistrate was terrified and shocked, wondering if the Ninth Prince was really sent by the empress to supervise him?

She prostrated herself on the ground and explained: "I didn't report it because I thought I could solve this catastrophe alone, so I didn't dare to bother the Queen. Unexpectedly, the severity of this time was beyond my expectation, causing irreparable damage. The situation. The minister will send someone to report to the court tomorrow!"

"How many people are suffering from hunger and cold, and you've completely wiped them out just because you said it was beyond your expectation!" The young man became angrier as he heard it, and his beautiful eyebrows frowned tightly.He patted the table again, and said angrily: "You said that you thought you could solve it alone, then tell me! What did you do! How did you make the disaster worse and worse!"

He secretly put his red hands behind him, rubbed them quietly, and frowned slightly.

Seeing the prince furiously frowning, the magistrate pressed his head close to the ground, and said in great panic: "Your Highness, you can't blame me, I have rescued people in the first place, built houses for the people affected by the disaster, and provided free porridge Water, etc. It’s just that there is less silver in the yamen treasury... All I can do is these..."

"The Queen Mother allocated a relief fund a few months ago, a total of 5 taels of silver, where did it go?"

Seeing Su Ye's teasing eyes, the county magistrate came up with the reason he had thought up a long time ago: "The previous disaster relief funds were all used to rebuild the dam..."

"This embankment is really strong... It broke after only two months of rebuilding..." Su Ye chuckled.

"It was the minister's mistake that he mistrusted the slander of the Dushui Supervisor." The county magistrate was angry and said righteously, "Who knows, she got the money and filled her own pockets! The minister has dismissed her and investigated her!"

After all, the responsibility has been pushed away completely!It is worthy of being the magistrate of Nianchuan of the old fritters!

The young man said coldly, "What are you going to do with the victims trapped on the mountain?"

"Send someone to rescue quickly!" She was able to get along like a fish in water in the officialdom, and she was able to serve as the magistrate of Nianchuan County without wavering for so many years, because she knew how to read words and emotions, and walked her horse in secret.

She thought that the prince had been asking him to save people for the past few days, but she was indifferent. Today, the prince revealed his identity probably because he wanted to force him to save people.

Seeing the young man humming lightly, the anger on his face receded, the county magistrate dogleg said: "The Seventh Emperor's daughter has been very worried since Her Highness disappeared, and secretly sent a servant to search for your whereabouts...Since His Highness is safe, why didn't you send someone to help you?" The seventh princess of the ward reassured her..."

The young man coughed humbly, his eyes moved lightly and said: "Something happened a few months ago and I was rescued. Later, I wrote a letter to Sister Seventh Emperor, but Sister Seventh Emperor may not have received it."

"The minister sent a letter to the Seventh Emperor." The magistrate continued to talk.It's better to make a contribution to the seventh emperor!
The boy nodded absently.

He's a counterfeit... Could it be that he really wants to see the so-called sister Huang at that time?

mountain top.

"I'm a wealthy family in Yizhou! Is this money enough? I still have bank notes!"

A loud voice attracted Song Xiao's attention, and he saw a woman standing in front of Grandpa Yang, whose silhouette was somewhat familiar.

The woman took out the banknotes from her bosom, only to find that all the banknotes were wet and stuck together.

Yang Xiaoliu sneered: "Can you use this bank note?"

She blushed, took out another ingot of gold from her bosom, and said harshly, "I still have gold! I want an upper room!"

"Pfft, you thought you were staying in an inn now!"

Song Xiao couldn't help interjecting and approaching, but when she saw it, her face turned cold, and she sneered: "Isn't this shopkeeper Chen? Didn't he take away Miss Ben's money and carriage and fled to Nianchuan very early? Why are you still staying here?" here?!"

"Song, Song Xiao!" Shopkeeper Chen looked up in shock, seeing Song Xiao's aggressive gaze, his words trembled, "Are you alive?"

Song Xiao laughed softly, and mocked: "You want me to die so much? It's a pity that I have been blessed to live until now, and I will continue to live. It's you, who pretends to be a rich man with a wet banknote, don't Teased me."

Shopkeeper Chen glanced at Song Xiao resentfully, left without saying a word.

"Xiaoxiao." Shen Junyi called her softly, Song Xiao turned his head and brushed his neck lightly with his breath.He was startled for a moment, and said inexplicably, "Just let her go like this? If it wasn't for her..."

Song Xiao shrugged and said, "I don't have time to take care of her now, I just think about how to go back within seven days, and now five days have passed..."

She leaned gently on Shen Junyi's chest, and said sullenly, "I... don't want to lose..."

Shopkeeper Chen returned to the carriage indignantly.

That day, she and Mrs. Yan stole the food and silver from the Song family and fled to Nianchuan.Although she walked through the mountain road, she was always driven by a groom. Now that she is driving by herself, not only did she not find the way back to Nianchuan, but she got lost for a day.Later, she thought that it was impossible for Yizhou to be flooded as Song Xiao expected, so she went back the same way and returned to Yizhou.

As the saying goes, there are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are kings.

Because the members of the Song family evacuated collectively, the shops of the Song family were unmanned. In the past few days, she blackmailed several wealthy families and made a small fortune.

Who knows, the flood really came!
"Shopkeeper Chen...cough...someone distributed wild fruits over there, so I brought some here...cough..." The pale woman coughed in a low voice as she approached the carriage with a pile of fruits.

Shopkeeper Chen said disgustedly: "Can you stop coughing all the time, it sounds annoying! And don't you wash the fruit?"

"Yes, I'm sorry..." The woman wiped the fruit with her sleeve and handed it to Shopkeeper Chen.

Shopkeeper Chen took it with disgust.

She and Mrs. Yan escaped from the flood by chance, and Song Yan contracted a cold because of falling into the water once.Originally, I didn't want to bring a sick child, but there was no one around, so no one would take care of me.Although Song Yan is a member of the Song family, she has a weak temper. After only a few days, after being coerced and lured by her, she obeyed her orders.

I have been bullied by the Song family in the past, but now I can stand up and become the master, it feels good!
However, the premise of everything is that if you don't meet Song Xiao, the daughter of the Song family's prostitute, who is proud and domineering!

"Shopkeeper Chen, don't you have a place to live?"

When they fled up, the houses on the mountain were already full of people.I heard people say that a young lady seems to be in charge of the affairs of the village now, and everyone has their own things to do and take turns to rest.The young lady would serve porridge every day, and also had medical skills, and healed many people's injuries.After asking a few people, it was the result that she had the cheek to go and was willing to spend a lot of money to stay.Unexpectedly, it was Song Xiao!
Thinking so dissatisfied, my stomach suddenly growled.In recent days, I have been eating fruit fruit fruit fruit!How could it be so full!
At this time, there was a smell of meat in the distance, shopkeeper Chen saw a few women roasting meat on the fire with sharp eyes, and she wanted to strike up a conversation in her heart.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Song Xiao cooked a big bowl of porridge and put it at the door to serve the hungry people who had no food.

Because there were only five bags of rice, and Song Xiao wanted to send one of the bags back to Nianchuan, so the porridge was relatively thin. Some wild vegetables and corn kernels from the field were added, and some coarse salt was added to make the porridge taste a bit salty. taste.

Porridge, one scoop per person.Some people are very dissatisfied, but Song Xiao is not a voluntary laborer, she just hopes that everyone will not give up hope of survival, she just hopes that everyone will survive.When encountering troublemakers, Song Xiao asked Shen Junyi to come forward and beat him up, and over time, he calmed down.

"It smells so good..." There was some commotion in the crowd.

Song Xiao followed the smell and looked not far away. Seeing the sisters of the Wang family and shopkeeper Chen sitting around the fire eating barbecue, he couldn't help frowning.

She said that wild birds should not be eaten, but she still ate them!

Although she very much hoped that these people would get sick, but the plague is really hard to tell. If they really got sick, it would be everyone who suffers...

Shopkeeper Chen took a bite of the long-lost meat, and a long-lost feeling filled her heart. She slurred her words, "Do you also find Song Xiao unhappy?"

"She injured five of our sisters and occupied our house. We can't swallow this anger! But everyone trusts her very much, and they tried to provoke her but failed..." Sister Wang said angrily.

Shopkeeper Chen rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "Hey, I have an idea!"

The sisters looked at each other, with weird smiles on their faces: "Let's hear it!"

Shopkeeper Chen moved his head closer and expressed the crooked thoughts in her heart.

Shopkeeper Chen returned to the carriage, and said flatly to Song Yan who was coughing in a low voice, "Song Xiao is also on the mountain, as her elder, you should blame her..."

"Yeah, I should apologize to the eldest lady... I shouldn't have..." Song Yan coughed heavily, her voice was hoarse, and there was a trace of regret.If he hadn't escaped back then, he might have followed everyone back to Sucheng, and he would have been able to see the child sooner...

"Then approach her... put the medicine in the porridge..."

Song Yan stared blankly at Shopkeeper Chen, and asked in disbelief, "What did you say?"

"Just now, I begged Song Xiao for some porridge, and begged her to come and treat you. But she showed me the face, saying that the blood of the branch family is low, and she doesn't bother to give us food, and she doesn't want to see you. Let us live on our own. Extinct!" Shopkeeper Chen said angrily.

Song Yan coughed violently after hearing this, and squeezed her sleeves tightly with both hands: "Miss really... so to speak... how could she... be like this..."

"Put the medicine in the porridge. Only you can do this..." Shopkeeper Chen pulled a false smile, and she coaxed, "Your daughter goes to school in Sucheng, I don't know if the old lady knows you How will you treat your family when you defected before. You and I are now grasshoppers tied to the same rope, and we will naturally share the glory in the future. Song Xiao is so ignorant of seniority and etiquette, she should be taught a lesson!"

"What kind of medicine is this?" Her voice trembled slightly.

"Don't worry, it's just medicine for diarrhea..."

Song Yan held the medicine bottle in her hand, her heart pounding.

Phoenix City, Chaotang.

"If you have something to play, you will retreat if there is nothing."

As soon as the voice fell, a civil servant stood up and said, "I would like to report to Your Majesty, this is the memorial to read the letter from Feige, the magistrate of Sichuan, please have a look at it."

Empress Feng Qi received the memorial, her face became more and more serious, she slapped the table, and said coldly: "The Luoshui River broke its embankment, the flood flooded the Nianchuan area of ​​Yizhou, and [-] victims were trapped in the city. I only found out about this news today! It’s hard for you to keep it from me!”

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I didn't hide it, but the magistrate of Nianchuan only reported the disaster now. I thought it was just a landslide and heavy rain... Who knows..."

"Who knows! Who knows that Yizhou will be flooded in the blink of an eye!" Feng Qi threw the setbacks on the ground heavily, and said angrily, "Every year, how much money do I allocate to Yizhou? Zhou and Nianchuan have a total of 5 taels of silver. Now, there is a famine in the city, and she once again asks me to allocate funds and food for the disaster. What about the previous silver? Could it be that in the process of allocation, it was swallowed by people, so it did not reach the hands of the people? "

Because Yizhou often suffers from floods, she once issued an order.When the market price of grain is low, the magistrate will increase the price to purchase grain from farmers for storage; when the market price of grain rises, the magistrate will sell the grain he has stored at a reduced price to stabilize the price of grain. When a disaster occurs, the stored grain can also be used Disaster relief.

However, every year there are still insufficient arrears and requests for funds to buy food.That's why at that time, she sent Feng Qingge and Feng Han to investigate the direction of the disaster funds.

But now, not only is there no money, but there is no food available!
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were horrified, and they knelt down to the ground one after another.

"My emperor calm down!"

Yizhou was flooded and famine was severe.Now is not the time to be angry.

Feng Qi said: "Yan Ning, I order you to rush to the disaster-stricken area quickly with 3 taels of silver and food and grass to investigate the disaster situation and investigate the disaster situation thoroughly!"
Yan Ning is Prime Minister Dongmu, who just took office five years ago.

"The minister takes orders."

Feng Qingge suddenly rushed into the hall and knelt in the hall: "Mother, wait a minute! My son has something to say!"

"Feng Qingge!" Feng Qi gritted her teeth and read her name with a livid face.

"I sent you and Feng Han to secretly investigate the flow of disaster funds. Whether the local officials have used their power to buy and sell food to collude with wealthy merchants and wantonly embezzle the country's financial subsidies. You said that Feng Han stayed in Nianchuan for the purpose of conducting secret investigations and supervision. Come back. It’s all right now, there is a vast ocean near Nianchuan, and the famine is serious. You, a sister, have left the emperor behind, and you still have a face! Didn’t I let you face the wall in the mansion!”

She sent Feng Qingge to experience her youngest and most inexperienced daughter, and by the way, she gave her most beloved and most reassuring son a secret order and a sentence that she did not tell Qing Ge.Qing Ge has a straight temper, easy to say wrong things and do wrong things, just want Feng Han to look at her, who knows, she actually left him in Nianchuan!
"Emperor Mother!" Feng Qingge firmly grasped the letter paper in his hand, bent down, and pressed his head tightly to the ground, his clear voice resounded throughout the hall.

Three months ago, Feng Han disappeared, and she searched all over Nianchuan but couldn't find him.Two months ago, she returned to Phoenix City, and secretly begged the Second Sister Huang to send someone to look for her, and secretly contacted Nianchuan and the officials around Nianchuan to ask them to help find Fenghan.She spoke vaguely, only saying that she was a young man in white clothes and a veil.A month ago, she was caught by her mother for attending the royal grandfather's birthday banquet, and she was imprisoned in the mansion.

"I implore the empress to let the ministers commit crimes and meritorious deeds, I implore the empress to let the sons go to Nianchuan, and implore the empress to let the sons bring back the Nine Emperor Brothers safely!"

——Weichen has found him, and he is temporarily staying in Weichen's mansion. Please rest assured, Seventh Princess.

Xiaohan is reading Chuan!She was on the verge of tears of joy when she received the news this morning!

Because nothing happened to Xiaohan, he is still alive!

(End of this chapter)