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While Yu Ziye was in a daze, a guard who had followed him from the capital came hurriedly holding an umbrella.

"Sir, Eunuch Chang wants to see you."

Yu Ziye came back to his senses and looked at the visitor.

"Is his condition getting better?"

The visitor nodded.

"Dr. Hu from Renji Hall took care of him. After a few doses of medicine, Eunuch Chang was fine. However, it seems that he didn't dare to stay in Dengzhou any longer and wanted to leave for Beijing immediately."

Naturally, the eunuch who delivered the order had been rescued long ago, but unlike the others on the ship, this old eunuch was greatly frightened and suffered from a serious illness.

When he heard the guard's words, Yu Ziye, who had been busy since arriving in Dengzhou, suddenly remembered something.

"But Hu Kuangming, the miracle doctor who wrote "On Strange Epidemics"?"

The guard smiled awkwardly.

"No sir, Dr. Hu passed away a few years ago. That Dr. Hu is the son of Dr. Hu, and his medical skills are also very good!"

"oh"

Yu Ziye nodded, and then reacted.

"Let's go see Eunuch Chang!"

The guard hurriedly held an umbrella for Yu Ziye. The two of them closed their umbrellas when they reached the corridor, and then hurried to the official residence where the eunuch who passed the order was temporarily staying.

Chang Benmao, as the envoy delivering the emperor's decree, naturally enjoyed a high level of treatment. However, except for those who came with him from the capital, the people in Dengzhou Prefecture didn't treat him very much, at least secretly. of.

Even the officials who had gone to the lantern tower for the banquet and flattered him to the best of their ability only came to see him on a routine basis and did not come too frequently.

At this moment, Chang Benmao had already gotten off the hospital bed and put on his clothes. Just as he had tidied himself up, Yu Ziye had already arrived. When he saw the eunuch in the room, he couldn't help but be surprised.

"Eunuch Chang, why are you up?"

Chang Benmao looked back at Yu Ziye and shook his head.

"Hey Master Yu, I am restless in Dengzhou. During this time, I often have nightmares at night. I dream about Prime Minister Chu blaming me. I have to go back to Beijing quickly!"

When Yu Ziye heard this, he was slightly in a daze. He really wanted to dream about Prime Minister Chu, but he couldn't.

"It's better for my father-in-law to go back earlier. Your Majesty is also waiting for the news. But even if I leave, I'm not in a hurry."

Chang Benmao was packing something in a box in the house. Hearing this, he turned around and shook his head.

"It's best to leave early, Mr. Yu, please come here!"

Yu Ziye frowned slightly and walked over with doubts. Then he saw the box that Chang Benmao had just packed, and found that it contained some bills, gold and silver, and some jewelry.

"Father, this is"

"Master Yu, maybe Mr. Chu has some misunderstandings, but this was given to me by local officials in Dengzhou, and it was not something that the Za family asked for. If you are troubled, please return it for me. Who gave it to me? I wrote the note."

Originally, Yu Ziye was considered half a fellow, and this kind of thing was common, but now he smiled.

"Eunuch Chang, you have collected everything. How can there be any reason to send it back? What should those officials think?"

"That's the truth, but the Zajia family is panicking these days. The Zajia family is just a messenger."

Yu Ziye nodded and sighed.

"If this is not the case, although the drought has been alleviated, there is still a lack of money and food to fight the disaster. Let's use the money donated by the public to fight the disaster. If Prime Minister Chu is here, he will be happy!"

Chang Benmao nodded quickly.

"Yes, yes, it's the money pledged by the Zajia family to fight against disasters! Master Yu, I'll leave these things to you. The Zajia family doesn't want to stay in Dengzhou for a moment anymore. Come on!"

A guard came over quickly and asked while saluting.

"Father-in-law, did you call me?"

Chang Benmao walked to the door and asked.

"Are the carriages and horses ready?"

"We're ready, but it's raining lightly today. Should we leave tomorrow? Besides, your illness has just improved."

Chang Benmao shook his head.

"What if it rains again tomorrow? Doctor Hu is right, I am partly worried. I will leave today, no, leave now!"

As he spoke, Chang Benmao turned around and saluted Yu Ziye in the room.

"Master Yu, the Za family will return to the capital now, and we won't go talk to the magistrate of Dengzhou. Let's see you in the capital!"

"Uh, how about Yu sending his father-in-law off?"

Yu Ziye took a few steps forward as he spoke, but Chang Benmao waved his hand and pointed to the room.

"Please ask Master Yu to deal with this matter. The Za family will leave on their own. Farewell!"

Yu Ziye stepped forward to return the gift, but he only walked to the door, and then watched the eunuch who delivered the order leave under an umbrella surrounded by his entourage.

After the other party had walked out of the small courtyard of the official office, only Yu Ziye and a guard who came with him were left.

Yu Ziye walked back to the box, reached out and took out the piece of paper the eunuch put in the box, with some names and official positions written on it.

People will naturally tell themselves their family name when giving gifts, but in most cases that's all. This is attributed to Eunuch Chang's good memory.

"snort!"

After snorting coldly, Yu Ziye stuffed the note into his sleeve. These officials may not be incompetent, and he may not be disadvantageous to these officials, but he is definitely unhappy with them.

After all, some of them had also circled around Prime Minister Chu before, and went directly to flatter Eunuch Chang after Prime Minister Chu received the order.

It's just that no matter how unhappy you are with some people, you should still use it when you can. Maybe this is also the feeling that Chu gave me.

Yu Ziye couldn't help but smile a little bitterly at this moment.

——

Chang Benmao's carriage left Dengzhou City all the way. Not long after the team took to the streets, the light rain stopped.

Originally Chang Benmao was not willing to take a boat. He was really scared on the boat that day, but considering that it would be too slow to just take a carriage, he finally decided to take a fast boat and leave without affecting his hurry. Overland.

This is a medium-sized boat carrying Shigeru Chang and his party down the Datong River.

During this period, the Datong River was swollen, and the water area was wider than in years without drought. This boat was as inconspicuous as a small boat traveling on the river.

However, many people on the boat looked towards the shore. Chang Benmao sat on the deck chair and looked at the shore a little further away. At this moment, he saw many people setting up tables by the river and placing sacrificial objects. , burning paper money, and worshiping the river non-stop.

Of course, these people are not worshiping the angels of the court, but worshiping the late Prime Minister Chu. When the sacrifice is over, some people will even put rice and some other food into bamboo tubes, hang them with ropes and put them into the river. In the end, Into the water.

"Why do they throw this food into the water? Isn't this a year of famine?"

One of the guards on the boat knew better. He had been to the river many times to participate in salvage and calling, and he could better understand the feelings of some people in Lingdong. At this moment, he explained to the eunuch.

"Father, although it is a year of famine, thanks to the relatively stable food prices, and Lingdong is also a prosperous land, the people can still support themselves, and there is probably some surplus food."

As he spoke, the guard looked towards another place on the shore where sacrifices were being made.

"During this period, it was rumored among the people that there was little food in the water during the drought. After Chu Xiang threw himself into the river, he was afraid that the fish and shrimps in the water would damage his body within the first seven days. People in many places threw food into the river for the aquarius to eat, so that Chu Xiang The returning soul can find its way back to Lingdong."

"Alas, although I am a little ignorant, the people in Lingdong are sincere and sincere."

Chang Benmao felt a little flustered by the words "returning to the soul", but he didn't dare to say anything more.

And when the ship arrived at Chenzhou in Hexi Province after many days, people could still be seen occasionally offering sacrifices on the shore and throwing a small amount of food into the water. The group returning to Beijing on the ship was even more shocked.

After all, the situation in Lingdong is much better. In Hexi, there has been a real drought for two years, and the people are in a lot of poverty.

After this water rise, the water area of ​​the Datong River has greatly increased. Originally, the river section was mainly in Lingdong, but some tributaries were widened and merged with the main stream. It is as if the Datong River has truly extended the water area of ​​the river, from the place of runoff There are more.

At this moment on the shore, Yi Shuyuan passed by the water and looked at a family of five not far away who were setting up a small table to offer sacrifices. The person they were offering sacrifices to was Chu Hang.

There were not many sacrifices on the table. After the sacrifice was completed, half of the rice in one of the small bowls was moved into the river with chopsticks. An old woman was still mumbling something.

"Please use fish, shrimps, turtles and turtles. Don't hurt the body of Prime Minister Chu. Don't hurt the body of Prime Minister Chu."

Yi Shuyuan unfolded the folding fan in his hand, fanned it slightly and left, while Hui Mian on his shoulder made a sound.

"Sir, it has nothing to do with Chu Hang whether the people do it or not. How could the fish and shrimps hurt Chu Hang's body? This is a bit wasteful. Hey, a few pieces of bacon are also lost. What a pity."

"It can be regarded as the sincerity of the people. Although it is a bit superstitious, Yi has no intention to stop it. Maybe in the future, as time goes by, there will be another kind of custom!"

"custom?"

Hui Mian grinned.

"Wasting food every year? Even if the water vapor returns this year, it will be just in time for farming."

"Pa~"

Yi Shuyuan hit Hui Mian on the head with a folding fan.

"I won't say anything about this matter, and Chu Hang won't just sit idly by and ignore it. Why are you worrying about it?"

As he spoke, Yi Shuyuan unfolded the folding fan again, glanced at the boats traveling in the middle of the river over there, shook his head slightly and left.

Folks like to call the first few days of January the Dragon Boat Festival. The first day of the lunar month is Dragon Boat Festival and lasts until the fifth day of the lunar month. Now it is May again. The imperial edict arrives in Dengzhou on the third day of the lunar month. On the fourth day of the lunar month, Chu Hang and Yu Ziye have a night talk. Go into the river.

"Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, it happens to be on this day. It's a coincidence, it's a coincidence, but it's also a vague feeling."

——

When the emperor in the palace did not know the situation in Lingdong and Hexi, and not long after the team of the eunuch Chang Benmao who passed the order set foot on the road back to Beijing, a person far away in Chengtian Mansion already knew about the situation in Lingdong. What happened in the East.

And this person is Tan Yuanshang.

At this moment, Tan Yuanshang was sitting on the soft couch in the study room of his temporary residence, listening to the servant's report. This man had been talking for more than a quarter of an hour, explaining many details clearly.

"The Prime Minister of Chu threw himself into the river and moved the heavens. The Datong River rose steadily, and rain fell from the sky in two places. However, I don't know how many people cried and cried out."

Tan Yuanshang's hands were clenched into fists.

"Bang~"

The tea cup on the couch was shaken slightly, and at this moment, Tan Yuanchang couldn't help but shed tears in his eyes. He rarely cried in his life, and even when Emperor Mingzong died, he didn't let tears flow out of his eyes, but today he couldn't help it. .

"Xiang Chu, why do you have to do this? It's not worth it."

On this day, Tan Yuanshang sat in his study and stayed up all night. Every time he thought of Chu Hang's words, "You don't need the iron book to save him," he felt a little more guilty.

One night passed, as if the spring breeze had dispersed the twilight atmosphere. Tan Yuanshang, who had always been called a "monster" by Hui Mian, had turned gray overnight.