Although the smallpox in Xiaoqinghe Village has passed, they have been blocked and cannot get out at all. So Liu Haojia simply took his men on vacation! And this situation is also in line with his wishes, because he is ready to completely monopolize the credit for promoting cowpox this time, slap Ning Yushi on the face, and at the same time make everything he has done become insignificant. Useless!
In this way, Liu Haojia and his people were stationed in Qinghe Village for more than a month. That day someone finally came to investigate the situation in the village, and the person who came was Liu Haojia's old acquaintance, the county magistrate Wang Hongfeng!
Wang Hongfeng has visited several villages during this period. The depressing atmosphere in the villages, the bodies of the dead villagers, and the wailing family members gave him great psychological pressure, and made him extremely frightened! But he still had to go from village to village.
The reason is very simple, that is, his relationship with Magistrate Meng is not very harmonious. After all, he is the second official and a strong competitor for the position of county magistrate. It is strange that the relationship between the two people is good! Therefore, if anything is difficult, hard work, or has little merit, the county magistrate will arrange it on him.
But when he came to Qinghe Village today, he felt very different here. The villages he visited were all as deserted as ghosts, and even the occasional people who showed up were in a hurry. But here, before he entered the village, he had already seen villagers working in the fields next to the village. This made him feel very strange. Could it be that the smallpox in the village had subsided earlier?
When he approached the working villagers, the villagers heard the sound and looked up to see an official and several servants appearing more than ten steps away from him. They were stunned at that time!
Wang Hongfeng raised his hand and was about to speak when he saw the villager threw down his hoe and ran towards the village while shouting: "Someone from the government is coming! Someone from the government is coming!"
Wang Hongfeng smiled bitterly and put down his hands and stood there waiting. At this time, a guard behind him stepped forward and said: "Master Wang, it looks like this village is fine! If so, we can feel at ease!"
Wang Hongfeng said: "It's too early to say this now! When we enter the village later, don't touch anything, and ask about the situation first."
The guard was obviously familiar with Wang Hongfeng. Not only did he not return to his original position, but he sighed and said, "I hope this village is really fine! To be honest, look at the few villages I have visited these days. , and those buried corpses make people feel breathless all the time!"
Wang Hongfeng also sighed and said: "Don't say it's you, I'm so worried! I thought this year would pass peacefully, but I didn't expect something like this to happen again! Now I'm just looking forward to it Mr. Liu is fine, if something happens to him, it will be even worse for us!"
The officer muttered, "You are a good imperial officer. You can take credit for your work while sitting in the county. Isn't that good? He just went down to the village by himself, making everyone follow him in fear!"
Wang Hongfeng waved his hand and said, "Don't say this anymore. Now I just hope that nothing happens to him!"
While the two were talking, a large group of people poured out of the village entrance. Several people in red robes, surrounded by a group of villagers, appeared at the entrance of the village. Wang Hongfeng looked carefully and found that it was Liu Hao's family walking in the middle. His heart that was hanging in mid-air immediately relaxed, and for a moment he actually felt light-hearted!
He walked forward quickly, raised his hands from a distance and said, "I have met Mr. Liu, how are you doing these days?"
Liu Haojia also raised his hand and said: "It's very good, it couldn't be better!"
Wang Hongfeng carefully looked at Liu Haojia's face. Seeing his rosy face and high spirits, he knew that he was telling the truth. He took a long breath and said: "Mr. Liu, your entry into Qinghe Village has frightened the whole county! If you have a bad person here, I can't bear this responsibility!"
Liu Haojia laughed and said, "Thank you for taking the trouble! Sin, sin! By the way, I haven't contacted the outside for a long time. How is the situation outside now?"
Wang Hongfeng perked up after hearing this and said with a smile on his face: "Okay, okay, everything is okay! Now no one is sick anywhere anymore, this disaster is over!"
Liu Haojia asked: "How many people died outside?"
Hearing this, Wang Hongfeng's expression became weak again. He sighed and said: "More than 2,400 people died! The people who survived were not that good! Two people were burned by the high fever and became fools, and the others were also like My face is pockmarked! My body is almost broken and it will take a long time to recover, but this can be regarded as the greatest blessing among misfortunes!"
Liu Haojia agreed with him very much. Under the current medical conditions, only more than two thousand people died in a smallpox outbreak. This was really a small loss! Maybe this natural disaster will only be recorded in detail in the county annals, and not even the imperial court! Even the records are used as credit for the court to brag about!
When Liu Haojia saw Wang Hongfeng open his mouth to speak, he guessed that he must want to ask about the situation in the two villages. But he didn't want to leak it out prematurely, so he immediately said: "Master Wang, the places where smallpox was so serious outside have subsided, but Qinghe Village is an area with mild smallpox infestation, but it was sealed until the end. What's the matter? Are you afraid that I will go out and steal the credit from you?"
Wang Hongfeng immediately shook his head like a rattle and said, "How could it be possible? Mr. Liu sent imperial doctors and medicinal materials from the capital, and went deep into the epidemic area, so he certainly deserves credit!"
Liu Haojia snorted and said, "But I'm afraid you, County Magistrate Meng, don't think so! And the imperial envoy Ning doesn't think so either! Otherwise, they wouldn't have kept me in prison until the last moment before releasing me!"
When Wang Hongfeng heard this, he really didn't know what to say and looked very embarrassed! However, Liu Haojia knew that he had a bad relationship with Magistrate Meng, so he sent him to receive him and calm down his anger. So he was about to comfort him with a few words, but seeing his expression, Liu Haojia had an idea and said: "Master Wang, has Master Ning already written all the memorials to the imperial court? Not only does it contain no official or anything, The credit is all because I disobeyed orders and wandered into an area where smallpox broke out, right?"
The embarrassed look on Wang Hongfeng's face became even more intense when he heard this, and Liu Haojia knew that he had guessed it right! He knew that Yushi Ning would definitely make a fuss in the memorial to the court, but he didn't expect that he would do it so brilliantly! This doesn't mean that I don't want to take credit for myself, it's because I clearly want to make myself unable to stand up!
