Reverse Junhou

Ah Shen supported the wooden ladder with both hands, sweating on his forehead: "Your Highness Ninth, you can come down as soon as you can."

Wen Xuechao leaned against the porch with a hand stove in his hands: "Don't worry, just let him make a fuss, and he will come down naturally when he's tired of playing."

Zhao Fenghui stood on tiptoe on the wooden ladder, trying to hang the red lantern on the eaves.He gestured a few times, but found that he still couldn't reach it, and muttered to Wen Xuechao and stretched out his little hand: "Fairy, help me."

Seeing Zhao Fenghui's pitiful appearance, Wen Xuechao straightened up helplessly: "Your Highness, come down first, and I will hang it up for you."

Zhao Fenghui quickly jumped down from the wooden ladder and stuffed the lantern into Wen Xuechao's arms.Ashen hurriedly put on the cloak for His Highness the Ninth Highness, one big and one small stood on the promenade of the palace, watching Wen Xuechao hang the lamp.

New Year's Eve is approaching, the snow in the courtyard is gradually disappearing, and the winter plums are fragrant in the wind, and it is another year to say goodbye to the old year.

No one in the palace knew whether His Highness the Fifth Highness would return to the mansion for the festival, but under the help of Mr. Wen, the mansion was decorated with red lights and colorful lights, and the joy of the New Year was everywhere.

Lord Wen said that when Vientiane is renewed, auspiciousness will be born, and it will bless His Royal Highness to return to court victoriously.

After Zhao Fengci left Beijing, Wen Xuechao went to the palace to play with Zhao Fenghui whenever he was free, and the relationship between the two was much closer than before.Zhao Fenghui looked up at the red lanterns hanging all over the long corridor, tugged on Wen Xuechao's cuff, and whispered: "Fairy, is Fifth Brother coming back?"

Wen Xuechao pinched the child's soft face: "Wait a little longer, when the snow stops, His Highness Fifth will be back."

After Zhao Fenghui fell asleep in the room, Wen Xuechao just put out the candles and left the old palace.He got into an inconspicuous carriage by the side door, rubbed the center of his brows, and said to the guards, "Go back to the Ministry of Education."

The minister on duty at the middle school had already rested, Wen Xuechao went straight into the inner courtyard, and opened a few notebooks scattered on the case.

The Zhenbei Army joined the Pass Guards at Yandang Pass last month.Yesterday, another military report was sent from Yandang Pass to the Privy Council. The letter stated that [-] soldiers from the north of Zhenbei had launched a counterattack against the Yanqu tribe and wanted to encircle and wipe out the remnants of the Hu people.

The whole article is full of thousands of words, all of which are explaining the marching strategy in detail, except for a line of small characters added at the end.

Waiting for your reunion, don't read, leave.

Wen Xuechao shook her head and smiled bitterly, and stroked the last stroke of the word "Liu" with her fingertips.His Highness the Fifth Highness is upright and dignified on weekdays, and never dared to speak about him in military newspapers.The last few words must have taken some hesitation before writing them.

If, as the military newspaper said, the great victory at Yandang Pass is just around the corner, and the sixteen prefectures in the north are no longer worried about foreign aggression, why the number of refugees pouring into the towns of Gyeonggi these days is still only increasing?

Taking advantage of the dead of night, Wen Xuechao went back to Zhongshu Province and reviewed the memorials submitted by various places.

According to reports from various places in Gyeonggi Province, 2000 Yunzhou refugees went south, more than 2000 people had their native place, 3 people lived scattered in various states, and more than [-] people lost their identity cards during the escape, and their native place could not be confirmed.Except for Yunzhou, which has the largest number of refugees, people in the sixteen prefectures in the northern border all fled southward.

However, not counting the refugees gathered outside the city, Zhili in the north and south alone has accepted [-] people into the city.A few days ago, the prefect of Xinglong asked to expand the Xinglong garrison, saying that refugees from all over the country came one after another and gathered in the mountains outside the city.For fear of enduring hunger for a long time, there will be a mutiny.

The county newspapers have been checked by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and they should be correct, but after a closer look, there is something wrong.Wen Xuechao put down the notebook in his hand, pondered for a while, but still couldn't understand it.

At noon the next day, he left the city in a chariot.

Due to the disaster caused by refugees, many Habayashi guards were stationed at the North City Gate to check each vehicle and horse entering and leaving one by one.Wen Xuechao was stopped as soon as he reached the gate of the city.

Habayashi stepped forward and opened the curtain: "Your Excellency, please show your tooth card, and you can only leave the city after checking it is correct."

Seeing Wen Xuechao sitting in the car, Habayashi Wei showed a respectful look on his face: "I don't know if it's your lord's sedan chair."

Wen Xuechao's expression was kind: "I have something important to leave Beijing, and I would like to ask you all for your convenience."

Wen Youcheng left the city, naturally no one dared to stop him at will.The Habayashi guards lined up to let them go, and Wen Xuechao was carried on the frame, and went straight to Xinglong.

As soon as the chariots and horses drove out of Yashan Mountain, Wen Xuechao saw many ragged refugees sitting on both sides of the official road.All the way to the north, there are more and more teams of refugees along the way, and there is no end in sight.

Xinglong Mansion is under the jurisdiction of Northern Zhili, and it can be reached within two hours from the capital.As soon as Wen Xuechao got out of the carriage, she showed the official certificate to the guards at the city gate and asked the prefect of Xinglong to come and see him.

The refugees who were blocked outside the city gate saw Che Yu getting up and down a luxuriously dressed man, and saw that all the Xinglong defenders were respectful to him, thinking that this was the parent officer of Xinglong City.They continuously gathered in front of the city gate and knelt down facing Wen Xuechao.

"My lord, you can do me a favor and let us enter the city!"

"My lord, we have been without water and food for several days, and there is really no way out!"

A skinny toddler crawled out from the crowd, and stretched out his muddy hand towards Wen Xuechao.

Seeing this, the sergeant at the side rushed forward to pull the child away.Wen Xue waved her hand, and looked down at the dry and thin figure at her feet.

Maybe it's just a pot of muddy water and a bowl of brown rice, and he can live another day.

The prefect of Xinglong came in a hurry, and heard the wailing and crying outside the city gate, which could be heard endlessly.

He didn't know why Lord Zhongshu came to Beizhili suddenly, and he felt a little uneasy.He asked the defenders to drive back the refugees gathered at the gate of the city, and welcomed the distinguished guests into the mansion.

"How many refugees have flooded into the vicinity of Xinglong Mansion, can adults know in their hearts?" Wen Xuechao asked.

"The lower officials once sent someone to count them one by one. Three thousand people were taken into the city, and there are more than four thousand people outside the city." A lot of people came again, and the food in the city is really in short supply.”

"The refugees who fled to Xinglong in recent days are still in the mountains?" Wen Xuechao continued to ask.

"Yes Yes Yes."

"How many do you know?"

"This..." Xinglong prefect hesitated, "The lower officials did not investigate carefully, but at least there are more than ten thousand people."

Wen Xue said in a deep voice, "Take me to see."

Xinglong prefect gradually changed his expression, he hesitated for a while, staggered back a few steps, and knelt down in front of Wen Xuechao.

"My lord," the eunuch trembled, "this lower official acted recklessly and committed the crime of deception."

Wen Xuechao frowned, motioning for him to continue.

"A few days ago, a group of refugees came from Yunzhou. As soon as they entered the border of Xinglong, the officials sent people to meet them. Unexpectedly, some of them contracted the disease from nowhere, and several of them died overnight. Your Excellency The official was afraid that this group of people would bring the plague into Xinglong, so he asked the garrison to drive them back to the mountains, and let them... fend for themselves. I have no choice but to do this, sir!"

"When did Xinglong discover the first person infected with the disease?"

"Already, it's been three days." The prefect of Xinglong said tremblingly, "My lord, the lower officials came up with such a strategy for the sake of the people in the city."

Wen Xuechao got up suddenly: "Go back to Beijing in a hurry, the refugees in Xinglong are infected with the epidemic, please ask the court for help!"

*****

When the chariots and horses returned to Guangyang, it was still dark, and Wen Xuechao entered the palace with the queen's private seal, and asked for a face-to-face outside the Chuigong Hall.The emperor's personal eunuch returned from the Jingyang Emperor's dormitory, bowed to Wen Xuechao and said, "My lord, your majesty has suffered from asthma again today, and the dragon's body is not well, so he has rested. Why don't you go back first, my lord, and wait for our family to report to the emperor tomorrow?" report."

Wen Xue heard it, and walked out of the palace without looking back.After he got off the sedan chair, he went straight to the Zhongshu Academy, and ordered the minister on duty: "Send father Zuo Cheng's order to each government, and invite the adults of the Second Academy to go to the Zhongshu Ministry to discuss matters immediately."

In the middle of the night, they received an order to attend the political affairs and urgently called for a discussion. After the ministers arrived at Zhongshu Province, they found out that it was Wen Xuechao who issued the urgent order under the name of Wen Shizhen, and they felt a little bit critical.

"What's the matter, Mr. Wen, you need to call us to the middle school in the middle of the night?" Several respected elders were a little unhappy.

After hearing what Wen Xuechao heard in Xinglong, Yan Qing, the deputy envoy of the Third Department, asked: "Master Wen didn't see it with his own eyes, so how do you know that what the Xinglong prefect said is true? Excuses, I will naturally not know."

Wen Xuechao said coldly: "The matter of the epidemic is yet to be discussed. The imperial court can send a medical officer from the Imperial Medical Bureau to find out the truth. There is still something strange about this matter. Why did the refugees not catch the disease in Yunzhou, but it broke out in the border of Gyeonggi? Where did the source of this epidemic come from? Tens of thousands of refugees were trapped in the mountains to fend for themselves, but no one resisted. Could it be that they all died of illness in the mountains? Ten thousand people is not a small number, and please adults make a decision early.”

"Master Wen thinks that the prefect of Xinglong is lying?" Liu Yan, the servant of the Ministry of rites, asked in a heart-warming manner.

"No," Wen Xuechao said, "The prefect of Xinglong has been in office for more than ten years. He has always been upright and upright, and he is in the hearts of the people of Xinglong. In my opinion, this concealment is really for the sake of the people in the city. Act of."

He then said in a concentrated voice: "The Habayashi army has not returned to the capital, and Xinglong is only a hundred miles away from Guangyang. Guangyang needs to seal the city immediately to prevent changes."

For some reason, this was the first time since Zhao Feng resigned that he felt strong uneasiness in his heart.

"Xinglong is the area under the jurisdiction of Zhili in the north. Let Zhili keep a close eye on it. If there is a disease, it will be sealed off on the spot to eliminate future troubles. If it is a false alarm, it will only cost more material and energy to make such a big move. It's not worth it." Elder Qian Ge stroked his beard.

Several courtiers believed that Guangyang should take precautions before they happened, but they were bluntly rejected by several court elders.The ministers discussed for several hours, but they still couldn't come up with a pertinent countermeasure, so they could only break up unhappy.

After Wen Xuechao returned to the mansion, he sat in front of the pool in Yunrong Pavilion early in the morning, staring at the courtyard wall.Wen Lan stepped forward to put on fox fur for the young master, and asked curiously, "What are you looking at, young master?"

"Send someone to the palace, tell the steward to close the gates of the palace for the next few days, send palace guards to patrol the surroundings day and night, and ask Ashen to closely protect His Highness the Ninth Prince."

He remembered that when it was windy and snowy in the past, Zhao Fengci would always sneak into Wenfu along the courtyard wall.Now there is still that wall in front of me, but there is no one behind me to support me.It had been a long time since he had felt what it meant to be alone.

Vines gradually grew on the gray walls, and were wiped clean by the snow.There are still three days until New Year's Eve, I only hope that the coming year will be safe and sound.

The author has something to say: This chapter has buried a few foreshadowings, and the next chapter will continue the plot~

感谢在2020-06-0809:24:01~2020-06-0910:29:59期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: the only princess in the Southwest;

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: I really didn't think about 7 bottles;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!