When Yan Jiao arrived at the Xie family hall, her eyes were extremely red and swollen, and she looked like she had cried hard.
When she saw Xie Yanzhi, she was about to open her mouth to call someone, when she saw Su Mingshan out of the corner of her eye.
"Mingshan, Liuyun County is gone!"
Su Mingshan was already in a heavy heart. When she saw her crying, she rushed over to her. She stood up and held her in her arms, patting her back gently.
"I know, that's what I came here to talk about."
Yan Jiao was thinking about Li Yuan and Wang Can, with tears in the corners of her eyes: "So, my sister Li and the others are still safe now? Do you have any news about them?"
Su Mingshan shook her head: "I don't know either. The people I sent before were stationed not far from the border between Liufeng County and Liuyun County. According to the news they sent back, Sister Li and the others were not seen."
Yan Jiao covered her face and cried bitterly. Her voice was very sad. If it hadn't been raining really hard outside and the study and kitchen were both far away from the hall, it would have been heard clearly.
Although Su Mingshan felt uncomfortable, she never shed a tear.
She had been taught since she was a child that crying could not solve problems, especially natural disasters like now.
At this moment, she took out a handkerchief from her sleeve pocket, wiped Yan Jiao's tears, and said, "I also believe that Sister Li and the others will be fine. Jiaojiao, I plan to send my servant to Liufeng County to look for her early tomorrow morning. , and the government doctor will be sent with the medicine, so don’t worry."
Ying Lei on the side glanced at Xie Yanzhi, and the two of them walked out of the main room and came to the deserted roof.
"Shao'an, Lord Kong, as the magistrate, had already ordered people to prepare boats and brought a group of people with good water skills to go across the river to check the situation when he learned that there was a heavy rain in Liufeng County. Lord Wei, as the magistrate, When I first took office, I had to be busy with the college examinations, and there was a lot of official work piled up, so I didn’t have time to deal with it.”
"He just learned about the affairs of Liufeng County and Liuyun County. He sent people to inform you and ask you to be calm here. He has sent people to go overland and take a look at the situation in the counties along the way."
Coincidentally, Wei Shiming, who was appointed as the prefect by the imperial court this time, also had a close relationship with Xie Yanzhi.
He and Xie Yanzhi's best friend who served in the Hanlin Academy, namely Chen Yang's direct cousin Ji Ming, had a close relationship.
The Wei family where Wei Shiming was born was the Taishi Mansion.
It's just that he is not the legitimate son, but the second son of a concubine.
He would stay away from the capital and want to serve in a local area, firstly because of internal conflicts within the family, and secondly, to avoid the increasingly fierce battle for the right to inherit the throne between the DPRK and China.
Much of the reason why we are here is because of the relationship between Ji Ming and Meng Peng.
Of course, Meng Peng and Ji Ming had given special instructions before he left.
They have a good friend here named Xie Yanzhi, who is also a storyteller and a talented person.
Let him take care of her a little more from now on.
If you encounter any difficulties, you might as well ask him for advice.
He also told him not to underestimate him just because he was just a talented person.
Wei Shiming and Ji Ming have a special relationship, and they are very familiar with Xie Yanzhi's name.
As soon as he took office, he secretly sent someone to send a letter to Xie Yanzhi to identify himself.
He also told him that with the current accumulation of official duties and the upcoming provincial examination, in order to avoid suspicion, it would be better not to meet him during this period.
If anything happens, you can ask your servants to send a message.
And Ying Lei has a close relationship with the Wei family, let alone his father's family, let's take his maternal family as an example.
Back then, his grandfather, with his excellent medical skills, saved Wei Shiming's grandmother from death several times.
Later, when he could no longer stay in the capital, he came to Xinyang Mansion through connections with the Wei family.
Wei Shiming knew he was here and paid a special visit on the first night he took office.
When I learned about his relationship with Xie Yanzhi, and because I needed to avoid taboos before the provincial examination, I checked his interpersonal relationships here.
Finally, I learned that Ying Lei has a simple interpersonal relationship and doesn't interact with many people.
Except that in recent months, a woman named Yan Jiao has been buying pancakes every day, there is nothing special about it.
For this reason, he asked his wife to ask her personal maid Yan Jiao to come to the house.
After a cordial conversation, Yan Jiao was asked to act as the messenger between them.
No, Ying Lei now knew that the internal decisions of the government were all contained in the letter that Yan Jiao had received from Mrs. Wei.
When Xie Yanzhi heard what Ying Lei said, he thought for a while and said, "Yun Jing, when I left Liuyun County, I had a detailed discussion with Mr. Xu. If he didn't run away, he would have taken people from the county to treat him. I went to a town on a higher ground to avoid the disaster. But I guess they were not fully prepared. There should be a big shortage of food rations, warm clothing and medicine. I will go to the study to write a letter. You can help me pass it on to Mr. Wei. ."
"good!"
After the two of them had discussed it, when Xie Yanzhi was about to go to the study to write a letter, he was pulled back by Ying Lei.
"Shao'an, do you know who is the examiner of this Xinyang Prefecture Township Examination?"
Seeing his expression, Xie Yanzhi thought for a moment and said, "Looking at you, could it be Brother Ji Ming?"
Ying Lei smiled and did not reply.
Xie Yanzhi took a deep look at him, suddenly lowered his voice, and said with a rare smile: "If it is really Brother Ji Ming, he knows my style quite well. So you and I don't have to fight for the first place, Jie Yuan will definitely be me. Otherwise, Will you take the exam again next time?"
Ying Lei smiled and punched him on the shoulder: "You have accumulated a lot of experience, how can I be the one who can't afford to lose? Don't talk about Jieyuan, you are worthy of being the number one scholar! Okay, go get busy." "
When Xie Yanzhi went to the study, Li Jun and Li Zheng were still writing hard.
He didn't say anything to the two of them, but he quickly wrote a letter and drew a drawing.
When he came out again, he saw Caiwei pulling Qingsha out.
The two sisters leaned next to Su Mingshan, not knowing what they were talking about, and their eyes were slightly red.
When she noticed that he had come in, Caiwei squeezed her sister's hand, took a deep breath, and said calmly: "Dad, Third Grandma called for dinner."
Xie Yanzhi knew with just one glance that this girl should know about things in Liuyun County.
I don't want to worry myself right now, so I pretend to be calm.
It's just that she is young after all, and Qingsha is even younger, so her expression of whether she wants to cry or not can't hide anything.
"Eat first, if anything happens, we'll talk about it after we finish eating!"
Seeing this, Su Mingshan and Yan Jiao stood up and left.
"Brother-in-law, my men will set off before Chenshi. If Brother Li Jun and the others on your side go together, we will meet you outside the city gate then. You don't need to bring anything with you, I will prepare it."
After Su Mingshan said this, she patted Caiwei gently: "Silly girl, Master told you this because although you are young, you are sensible and should have the right to know, instead of letting you worry blindly. Remember, even if the sky falls, your parents and master will still be there to support you. Your mother and the others will be fine, master promises you!"
