The unhealed wound was stained with wine, and it caused a burning pain. In the end, the whole back seemed to be numb and lost all feeling.Chen Juncong's breathing was severely stagnated, and his pale face showed an abnormal redness due to lack of oxygen.

The doctor's mouth was still stained with wine. Seeing the man's unbearable pain and stubborn refusal to make a sound, he took the medicine powder from the medicine box and sprinkled it on the wound, and opened his mouth with a knife.

"Fortunately, the wound just looks a little bit tragic, otherwise it will be useless for you to be stubborn."

Perhaps the medicinal powder had an effect, and some coolness gradually appeared on the back, which relieved the tense skin and flesh a lot.Chen Juncong motioned to the servant to get paid, and thanked him softly.

But he didn't want the doctor to be in no hurry to take the money, so he raised his eyes and asked lightly: "Listen to the accent, are you from the capital?"

From the corner of his eyes, he noticed that the servant's expression became tense. The doctor saw through his mind, took the silver tael calmly, and then took out a bundle of medicine from the medicine box and told the servant, "Don't think too much, just ask casually. The medicine will be delivered later." Boil it into a bowl of water and drink it."

After finishing speaking, he seemed to think of something, and added to the servant, "This medicine is for warming and tonic. I see that you are no different from a bamboo pole, and you are probably empty inside. There are a lot of medicines on the left and right. You can drink it yourself. bowl."

After seeing off the doctor, the servant muttered while holding the medicine bag.

"Drinking medicine can be so casual? Isn't this person a half-baked guy?"

It is not known whether the doctor is a half-assed person or not.In the evening, the servant watched the man drink the medicine suspiciously, and was about to clean up the bowl when he heard a knock on the door.

Chen Juncong slowly sat up and leaned against the soft pillow, speaking with much more energy than in the daytime.

"Perhaps Hu Zaixue's granary storage account book has arrived, let him in."

Hu Zaixue entered the room again within a day, but it was the same as last time, and he still didn't see anyone.As soon as his feet stopped in front of the plain screen, a low voice came from inside.

"Please trouble Hu Zhizhou to run errands."

I didn't feel it when noon came, but this time the candlelight was shining brightly, and the white gauze screen was reflected in a warm yellow, with the figure of the Deputy Envoy of the Third Division leaning on the soft pillow reflected on it.With her long hair loose, she lazily flipped through the account books he handed over.The hazy beauty, set off by the spices of the Boshan stove in the house, made Hu Zaixue feel almost ecstatic.

He usually sleeps in flowers and sleeps in willows and doesn't restrict himself to anything, and he has had sex with the young lady a lot, but it's not very interesting, and he always feels that something is missing.In this situation, Hu Zaixue's pig brain suddenly opened up, and he finally knew the reason.

Most of the young men are full of makeup, and some of them are softer than little ladies in their bones, and they lose the majestic air of men.And the deputy envoy of the third department in front of him spoke with a literati's formal and elegant voice, and his every move did not lose his demeanor, which hit Hu Zaixue's taste.

The dirty thoughts couldn't be contained anymore, Sezi had a knife on his head, and Hu Zaixue's head was the firecracker of the deputy envoy of the third division. Because of the firecracker, Sedan hadn't let Hu Zaixue push the screen and hang the dog Destined to use his hands and feet, he can only indulge his greed in his heart.

"The account books will be placed here with me for the time being, and tomorrow I will trouble Zhizhou Hu to take me to inspect the dam. It's late, so Zhizhou Hu should rest earlier."

Chen Juncong roughly flipped through the account book, and secretly said that it was neatly recorded, but he didn't know the specific situation.

Hu Zaixue was immersed in lust, and his soul was suddenly drawn out by this passage, and his face showed regret, but then he thought about it, inspecting the embankment tomorrow, the deputy envoys of the three divisions will finally show their true faces.At this point, my heart was itching again, but I could only resign obediently.

After taking the medicine again the next day, Chen Juncong asked Hu Zaixue to lead the way to inspect the dam.There were scattered refugees along the way, and some places still had stagnant water.Those people with dirty clothes huddled in the corner of the wall looked fearfully and viciously.

Chen Juncong's face became more and more ugly, and finally he was full of anger that could burst out at any time.

"Hu Zaixue!"

As soon as I arrived at the pavilion for inspection, I couldn't hold back my anger any longer, hitting people's heads and faces.

Hu Zaixue's filth and filth disappeared, and he stabilized the table so he didn't kneel down on the spot, trembling and listening to the scolding.

"Flooded for many days, the refugees in the city still live without a fixed place and live on the streets. Is that what you say about being busy?"

Last night, I still thought that Zheng Sheng Ya Yin was very angry when he got angry.Hu Zaixue felt a little regretful why he didn’t bring more people to give him advice today. After holding back for a while, he couldn’t speak up: “The refugees are basically arranged in Puguang Temple, but the rainstorm just stopped two days ago, and the refugees kept coming. No less, and the new residence has not yet been prepared, which is why this phenomenon occurs.”

The dike collapsed quite seriously, and it has been temporarily blocked with sand, gravel and soil in sacks.Even if the people from the Ministry of Industry come, it will take some effort to repair it.

Chen Juncong didn't expect Hu Zaixue to spit out any ivory from the mouth of the dog, and he only believed in one sentence out of ten, so he immediately said: "Really? The left and right dikes are almost the same, then go to Puguang Temple."

"Varied……"

Thinking of the scene in Puguang Temple, Hu Zaixue panicked as if he had seen a ghost. He forced himself to smile and explained against the other party's scrutiny, "Puguang Temple is far away on the outskirts of the city. Eye……"

Hu Zaixue's clumsy camouflage couldn't pass at all, Chen Juncong's complexion didn't improve, and he became more cold.

"Love the people like a son and still care about these things? It's just a matter of concern for the refugees. Why does Hu Zhizhou tremble like he's going to a tiger's den?"

It was determined to go to Puguang Temple. Hu Zaixue was sweating anxiously and was thinking about how to persuade him when he heard someone come to inform him.

"Deputy Ambassador, Ningzhou General Judge Lu Ziming is asking to see you."

Chen Juncong stopped on his way to Puguang Temple, turned around and asked, "Where is he?"

The person who came to send the message replied with a normal expression: "He is waiting in your yard now."

As soon as these words came out, Hu Zaixue breathed a sigh of relief.Chen Juncong saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart.A group of people rushed back slowly.

When he arrived at the yard, Lu Ziming really stood there waiting quietly, not knowing where his patience came from.When he turned around and saw Chen Juncong, he only speculated a little before smiling and cupping his hands, "Ningzhou Commander Lu Ziming has met Your Excellency. He is weak and always uncomfortable, so he only came to see him today. No wonder Your Excellency."

The courtyard was very clear, and Chen Juncong beckoned people to come in and sit down without slapping the smiling face.

The hot tea in the cup was dense, and Lu Ziming's weak and gentle face swayed unrealistically. When he pursed his lips and smiled, there were two dimples. He asked warmly, "I heard that your lord wants the account book?"

"What?" Chen Juncong answered, not knowing how he was feeling.

The difference from Hu Zaixue is earth-shattering. Lu Ziming is more like a serious official, sitting there still is more likable than Hu Zaixue.Holding the tea, he kindly raised his mouth, "It's nothing, I'm just afraid that my lord will be hard-pressed to watch with a candle, and the servant may be able to help me a little bit."

Although the rain had stopped, the sky outside was still very cloudy, covered with layers of thick black clouds, and the day was like night.Chen Juncong was concerned about the weather, and speculated how long it would take for the people from the Ministry of Industry to arrive.But these don't mean that Lu Ziming can easily take advantage of loopholes.

"Xie Lutong's good intentions, but I always like to do it myself. After all, what you see in your eyes is always more reassuring than what you hear."

Lu Ziming didn't seem to understand the thorn in his words, and nodded in agreement, "Your Excellency's words are reasonable."

Lu Ziming just sat for a while and then left.Afterwards, when the people from the Ministry of Industry came, Chen Juncong had never seen this figure, but he was really as weak as he said, and he was always sick.

But the worrying thing happened.

After a few days of clearing, the torrential rain fell again, like a torrential downpour, rapid and violent.It stands to reason that this kind of rain didn't last long, but it didn't stop.The temporarily blocked dam couldn't bear to be broken again. Chen Juncong and the people from the Ministry of Industry went to solve it in the rain, and caught up with the refugees in Puguang Temple, injured the defenders and escaped.

At that time, when the people from the Ministry of Industry saw the refugees rushing out of Puguang Temple and fled in the city, they couldn't say enough to scare them. They only pointed to the dense pustules on their faces and repeated, "Plague...plague..."

On the second day, something even more terrifying happened.

Chen Juncong fell ill, his forehead was burning hot.No one dared to approach them, they all speculated whether they were infected with the plague.

"You people who are greedy for life and afraid of death!"

The servant burst into tears holding the medicine gas, but the previous doctor sighed and comforted him.

"It's just a fever, and I haven't taken off my bag yet. Maybe it's not the plague."

In a daze of burning, Chen Juncong grabbed the servant who was crying with snot and tears, and asked him to send the written letter to the capital.

The situation in Ningzhou is far worse than imagined.What is lacking right now is a doctor who can heal the plague, otherwise it will be useless to fill in as many officials as possible.

It was the time when he was alone and helpless, the servant was willing to leave the master's side, it was Chen Juncong who got angry, and the doctor promised to take care of him before he left.

But he didn't know that the day after he left, Hu Zaixue surrounded the courtyard in the name of Chen Juncong contracting the plague.No one could get in, and Chen Juncong couldn't get out.People from the Ministry of Industry built dikes and dams, but at the same time avoided the plague like snakes and scorpions. How could there be any objections?Hu Zaixue was more considerate than before, and he went to check on the excuse of worrying about the vice envoy's health every three days.

A few days ago, Chen Juncong was dizzy and dizzy from the fever, and the fever finally subsided. Because he didn't eat well, his hands and feet were still weak.When he woke up in the dark and at an unknown time, he opened his eyes and saw Hu Zaixue's fat head and big ears.

"Do you think the deputy envoy is okay?"

Hu Zaixue leaned over and glanced at this person's face carefully, his dirty thoughts came from the dark to the bright, and he never concealed it.Or the ancients said it well, "When you are sick, you will die", when you don't do it now, when will you wait?

Chen Juncong's sick thinking was a little dull, and he ignored the strangeness in Hu Zaixue's eyes, and asked a question instead.

"What are you doing here?"

It's nothing interesting, it's just that I'm sick and depressed, and I just don't want to see this person.Until Hu Zaixue unscrupulously held his forearm with one hand and rubbed it through the cloth, Chen Juncong suddenly noticed something strange from the disgusting touch.

"Your Excellency asked this question. Of course, I am worried about your health. You haven't unpacked for so many days, and your fever has subsided. It must not be a plague." Hu Zai learned to be very patient, and simply sat on the edge of the bed and stared at the person who was at his fingertips.

The trapped hand slowly touched the firecracker in his sleeve, but it was empty.Surprise flashed across Chen Juncong's eyes, and he was keenly caught by the other party, only to hear him laughing: "The firecracker has long been taken away by the lower officials, it's not good to keep such dangerous things by your side."

Moved his hands up and gradually reached the collar, Chen Juncong could barely hold Hu Zaixue's wrist with all his strength, and his voice was soft but still venomous.

"you dare!"

Hu Zaixue paused for a while, and laughed lewdly, "This is so boring. However, it must be much better than Xiaowan..."

The strength in the illness was insufficient, Chen Juncong was so angry that his face turned red, and Hu Zaixue was so excited that he couldn't wait to untie his collar to take a look at the scenery.

At this moment, the door was pushed open vigorously, and the defenders outside the courtyard crawled in and shouted.

"My lord... my lord..."

The good thing was disturbed, Hu Zaixue turned his head and roared, "Get out! Who let you in!"

As soon as the words fell, a figure flashed in front of his eyes, and then he was kicked and fell to the ground.

"roll!"

This time, it was Wang Ping and others who followed up who were scolded.

It was very frightening for the civil servants to get angry. Wang Ping had just crossed the threshold with half a foot, and was violently sent back.

Meng Ruanqing stood in front of the bed in a purple official uniform, his eyes were full of anger, his face was pale, and he looked more sick than Chen Juncong on the bed.

He was frightened, angry and scared, his hands trembling slightly in his sleeves, wishing he could pull Hu Zaixue out and chop him up.After recovering for a while, Wang Ping was asked to temporarily tie up the dog official who was kneeling on the ground begging for mercy and still stay in the woodshed.

A group of people came and were chased away. When they kicked Hu Zaixue just now, they knocked down the antique shelf in the house, and all kinds of porcelain shattered all over the floor.For fear of startling the people on the bed, Meng Ruanqing deliberately avoided those fragments and approached.

"you……"

I haven't seen each other for a long time, and seeing each other again is such an embarrassing moment, Meng Ruanqing spoke carefully and softly, but didn't know what to say.

Chen Juncong didn't seem to hear it, and he tried his best to sit up with his arms, but unfortunately, he was exhausted in the end, and he was about to fall when he got up halfway, and Meng Ruanqing rushed to catch him.

The familiar long-lost breath swept over him, and he was a little nostalgic, so he didn't let go immediately.

"Trouble."

Chen Juncong closed his eyes, as if he didn't want to say more.What Hu Zaixue did made him feel powerless, and then he was embarrassed by this man.More blame him for coming to Ningzhou at this time.

The Zha Zi clearly stated the situation in Ningzhou, but he could be so reckless.

I have complicated emotions, and I am even more afraid of making too many mistakes, so I just want to calm down.I don't want to provoke the other party with just two words.

Meng Ruanqing's eyes were red, and he didn't know whether he was angry or wronged and shouted: "Do you and I have to be so unfamiliar?!"

The movement was heard by Wang Ping outside, and he only looked at each other with the brothers brought from the capital, with only one meaning on his face.

Be darling, the two deputy envoys of the third department will be fatal if they get angry.

Tinnitus has recurred since the day she retired from the engagement. Recently, whenever she gets emotional, she also suffers from tinnitus from time to time.The inaudible irritability and the headache after the fever subsided made Chen Juncong feel out of shape, and his words became tempered.

"Isn't Master Meng the one who wants to be unfamiliar?"

What he said speaks for itself.It's nothing more than Dengzhou's initiative to ask for orders.But Meng Ruanqing also had unspeakable grievances, and said desolately: "It's clear that you didn't deserve me that day..."

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, but when they met, they seemed to be pulling each other's braids like children, and they couldn't feel at ease in the end.

Thinking of what he saw when he came in, Meng Ruanqing himself was afraid of the violence and jealousy at that moment.

No one thought it was wrong for you to say what I said, and calmed down a little. Chen Juncong, who knew he had slipped his words, sighed and drove away people under the pretext of being sick, "Ningzhou is plagued by plague, you should stay away from me."

However, this sentence reminded Meng Ruanqing of the things that were always on his mind during this trip, and regardless of whether he was getting awkward or not, he just grabbed people and looked around, muttering, "Plague has pustules..."

It wasn't until he had seen the face, arms, neck, and chest that he felt a little relieved. While looking at his back, he said stubbornly, "So what if it's a plague..."

Chen Juncong grabbed the clothes on his shoulders in time to stop him, "Don't look, no."

The more he stopped him, the more he wanted to cover up in Meng Ruanqing's eyes.I didn't think there was anything at first, but now it's more real.

"Why do you look flustered without you?"

After a tug-of-war, Meng Ruanqing got a glimpse of what was going on behind the scenes.

Chen Juncong was right, there were indeed no pustules symbolizing the plague on his back, but there were wounds that were about to heal.Even just the shoulders can predict the condition of the entire back.

"Who hit it? Was it Hu Zaixue!"

He is not stupid, the wound is slender, it looks like it was hit by someone else.Meng Ruanqing ruthlessly tore down the entire mid laner.Although he had been psychologically prepared, he was still silent because of the countless winding wounds.

At this point, Chen Juncong slowly put on his clothes again, deliberately choking him, "I am the deputy envoy of the third department, and Hu Zaixue would not dare to do this after eating the bear heart and leopard guts."

The clothes were halfway through, and Chen Juncong lowered his head, and found that Meng Ruanqing was holding his sleeve tightly and hanging his head in silence, looking very aggrieved.

All the dignity was bloodied at this moment, Chen Juncong couldn't move it once, the feeling of powerlessness lingered in his limbs again, this time he was really angry, and pushed Meng Ruanqing away with both hands.

"go out!"

In fact, with his current strength, he couldn't push it at all, but the opponent still staggered a bit, and still held on to his sleeve and didn't let go.

Chen Juncong almost laughed angrily, and shouted like he did before: "What do you want?"

Meng Ruanqing walked over again, knelt on the bed and looked at the same level with the other party, pursed her lips and asked, "Who hit it?"

Just like before, Chen Juncong closed his eyes lightly, and then opened them again, giving himself up and chuckling in a low voice, "Family rules."

Now that the words have been spoken, the next step does not seem to be difficult.Chen Juncong's smile widened.

"The patriarch of the Chen family beat him personally because I insisted on retiring the engagement. I am no longer from the Chen family, and I will not be able to enter the ancestral hall after death..."

Meng Ruan's face was full of shock at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, but later his heart felt like a knife was twisted.Every word Chen Juncong uttered made him feel suffocated.Finally trembled: "Stop laughing..."

It feels like I can't put it into words, as if a piece of my heart has been hollowed out.The more Chen Juncong laughed, the sadder he became.

In the adult world, laughing is not necessarily happy, and crying is not necessarily sad.They both understand.

Chen Juncong was about to continue talking, when he heard a "click" of water stains dripping on the quilt, and then more and more.He suddenly couldn't continue speaking, and no amount of anger and embarrassment disappeared without a trace.

After a while, he still couldn't help wiping Meng Ruanqing's tears with his sleeve, and said softly: "The divorce is my personal matter, and I like you too. You never have to bear anything, let alone feel guilty."

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