The cloak was too big, and it slid down his shoulders. Shen Zechuan picked it up and was wrapped in that warmth. His whole body was soaked in the smell of Xiao Chiye.
Shen Zechuan took out the handkerchief and wiped his wet cheeks that had been rubbed by Xiao Chiye. In this noisy rainy night, he couldn't help but smell the handkerchief again.
It's all Xiao Chiye's taste.
Shen Zechuan lowered his eyes for a moment, rubbed the handkerchief lightly with the tip of his nose, and the gloom in the corners of his eyes and brows was dispelled.
The upper layer of the food box contains gold and silver rolls, and the lower layer contains hot soup medicine. As soon as the cover was lifted, the air was suddenly hot. It's not easy to get a hot meal tonight, even Xiao Chiye had to run desperately to get over and go back.
Ge Qingqing wanted to pour a bowl of tea for Shen Zechuan, but climbed up to see him drinking medicine, and couldn't help but stunned for a moment, and then happily said: "It was arranged, then that's good, I was thinking about sending someone to buy a bowl of medicine."
Shen Zechuan drank the medicine, wiped the corners of his lips with his fingers, and said, "Where is this street torn down?"
"Just after the Ouhua Building, it is not easy to demolish the place that has collapsed." Ge Qingqing rolled up his sleeves and said, "This is a ghost."
"It's an unexplainable account again," Shen Zechuan sat down, paused for a while, and continued, "Who sent the emperor out, only the emperor himself knows about this matter, if he refuses to speak, the case will be terminated. already."
"In my opinion, this collapse is not like a coincidence. Donglong Street is flooded every year, but Ouhualou collapsed last night." Ge Qingqing looked at the rainy night, and then looked at Shen Zechuan, "Do you have any clues?"
Shen Zechuan has been thinking about this since this morning, and the collapse wiped out all traces of the Ouhualou, which is definitely not a coincidence. Xi Hongxuan is a person who cherishes his life. He only renovated the Ouhua Building some time ago, and very little is known about the hollowing out.
Shen Zechuan looked at the rainy night with his open eyes, as if he was saying to himself, "Don't be impatient, Shaoan, there must be another move. This time, I don't know who it is for."
* * *
The imperial doctor in the bedroom withdrew and saluted the queen mother and the crowd. The queen mother leaned over to inquire about Li Jianheng's situation through the hanging curtain. The imperial doctor reported it carefully. She was relieved when she heard that the blood had stopped.
"This is bizarre," the queen mother said, sitting up straight. "When the emperor left the palace, no one knew about it. How can the patrols inside and outside the palace be reassuring?"
None of the old officials below said a word, all stood silently with their heads bowed, like clay sculptures.
The queen mother said: "Aijia lives in the harem, and should not be involved in political affairs, but this time it is related to the safety of the emperor. As a mother of Aijia, she is really worried and tearful[1], how can she afford such a situation. Frightened? Ladies and gentlemen, this time, I should give Aijia an explanation!"
When Pan Xiangjie heard this, his heart tightened.
Kong Qiu was silent for a moment, then said: "The patrols in the big inner city just want to stop the emperor, but they may not be able to stop the emperor. According to the minister's opinion, Xi Hongxuan should be severely punished this time! If he hadn't seduced the emperor with those evil spirits from outside the realm, how could the emperor leave the palace? "
"Yes," Wei Huaigu, the minister of households, was the eldest brother of Wei Huaixing, who attacked Xiao Chiye earlier, and is now the head of the Wei family. He usually doesn't open his mouth, but this time he said, "Xi Hongxuan deserves to be punished, but he won't die. The minister sees that this time the Ministry of Industry is the one to be blamed, and all repairs are under their control. Master Pan, how did the official ditch become blocked? What does it look like?"
Pan Xiangjie knew that Wei Huaigu was going to shirk the responsibility, so he knelt down on the ground and said to the queen mother: "I hope the queen mother and the emperor will check! The official ditch was blocked. Our Ministry of Industry notified the transfer department as early as the Xiande period. Some silver taels came to do repairs, but the Ministry of Household has been slow to approve, what should the Ministry of Works do? This is not a small fortification!"
Wei Huaigu was not in a hurry, he was much more difficult to deal with than Wei Huaixing, he only said: "Our household department needs to go through the cabinet to discuss the account. At that time, the old Huage didn't pass, who would dare to transfer money casually? Besides, in those few years, I have to give it to me. Zhongbo Liuzhou cleaned up the mess, and the silver treasury was almost emptied, and we are also more than enough."
"Everyone is in trouble," Pan Xiangjie said, "why are they holding on to our Ministry of Industry? Cen Xunyi, the censor of Zuodu, wants to impeach the Ministry of Engineering for neglecting water conservancy, saying that we have not secured the dam of Kailing River, but has it collapsed today? No! It shows that the Ministry of Industry did not cut corners and cut corners, and did it in a down-to-earth way! If there was money, we would have communicated with the officials long ago."
The Ministry of Household does not recognize this account, the Ministry of Industry does not carry this account, and both parties are old people of the Eight Great Families.
Kong Qiu was about to sneer. He was born in a low-income family and was brought up by Hai Liangyi. He could work with the ministers from the aristocratic family, but could not share the same heart. Listening to them play football at the moment, my heart is tired.
Yes, the Ministry of Industry reported it, but who reported it? It was reported by a petty official who did not enter the court. Did Pan Xiangjie take it seriously? If he paid attention, he would go to the Ministry of Finance himself, but he did not do that. Does the Ministry know? Know. What is the relationship between Wei Huaigu and Hua Siqian? The two families are considered relatives by marriage. In recent years, they don't seem to be close, but there is a relationship. He is far more capable than Wei Huaixing, and he and Hua Siqian are people who can discuss political affairs. But he didn't really talk to Hua Siqian about it, it's been a matter of life, it's your right to be submerged, consider yourself unlucky!
The queen mother sat behind the curtain and saw clearly the minds of these people. Hua Xiangyi stood behind her, listening intently.
Hai Liangyi finally coughed a few times, covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "There used to be such an item in the accounts published by the cabinet. But it was only once, and then this issue was ignored. Now it has collapsed, Everyone remembers it, but is the water rising for the first time this year? Not to mention, it was spring last year and spring the year before, did it ever rise? Has the Ministry of Industry reported it?"
Pan Xiangjie didn't start, and said regretfully: "Yuan Fu said this... It is indeed the negligence of our Ministry of Industry, but there is really no way. Now it is the most important thing to clear it up."
"The Ministry of Household has also allocated money to the victims," Wei Huaigu said. "The situation is critical right now. We can wait until the official channel is cleared. Are we digging now?"
The Minister of War, Chen Zhen, said succinctly: "It's the forbidden army, and Governor Xiao is still soaking in the water."
The queen mother was about to speak, when the maid inside hurried out, knelt on the ground, and said, "Qi to the queen mother, the emperor suddenly had a fever, and his back was covered with rashes!"
The Empress Dowager suddenly got up and said in surprise, "What?"
Hai Liangyi bent down and coughed violently, Hua Xiangyi supported the Queen Mother, and made a decisive decision: "Trust the imperial doctor, quickly support the old man!"
* * *
Xi Hongxuan also developed a rash, and the military doctor of the Eighth Battalion was the first to find out. He quickly walked out with his robe on the spot and reported it to Han Jin.
Han Jin wiped his face, still a little stunned, and said, "Is it eczema? It's okay to go to the cold!"
"It's not eczema," the military doctor stomped his feet anxiously, "what is eczema? It's an epidemic!"
This time, not only Han Jin, but also the soldiers of the eight major battalions who were still in the water all changed. Han Jin turned his head and saw that the Imperial Army was still busy not far away. He waded in the water, grabbed Chen Yang, and shouted, "Where's the Governor? Call the Governor, I'm in a hurry!"
Xiao Chiye pushed off the broken board, walked over, and asked, "What's the matter?"
Han Jin's hands trembled. He rubbed the dirty water on his clothes and said, "It can't be removed, and the water can't be soaked! Governor, there is an epidemic!"
Xiao Chiye's eyes twitched and he said, "Who started first?"
"Xi Hongxuan," Han Jin was breathing rapidly, "Emperor, Your Majesty, isn't that..."
"Gujin!" Xiao Chiye ordered immediately, "Fly into the palace and report this to Elder Haige!"
Gujin climbed ashore and ran, flipped a few steps to the roof, stepped on the ridge of the roof and jumped towards the palace gate.
"Take me to see Xi Hongxuan," Xiao Chiye said steadily, "right now!"
Xi Hongxuan was hot all over, burning badly. His crushed leg had just finished the medicine, and now it was soaked with sweat, and the man was lying on the bed and started talking nonsense.
The military doctor wiped his sweat and said, "Two hours ago, he was only feeling a little cold, and the medicine was fed in, and the fever subsided. Who would have thought that the fever would get worse when he touched it just now! I changed the medicine on his leg. , take a look at your pants, it's all red rashes!"
Xiao Chiye looked at the rash and said, "Are you sure it's an epidemic?"
The military doctor said: "During the Yongyi years, Dancheng had such an epidemic, and it was reported to the Taiyuan Hospital. They have a record of the past. Governor, the rash will crawl on the body and the fever will not subside. After an hour or two, the sick person will be I will be unconscious and vomit continuously. I am afraid that there are still sick people among the victims, Zhaosin Temple should quickly arrange the corresponding herbal decoctions, just in case!"
Han Jin was frightened, and hurriedly asked: "What caused it? There must be a reason, otherwise, how can this ditch be dug?"
The military doctor said: "At the moment, winter and spring are alternating, it is very cold and humid, and the low-lying areas are full of sewage and foul smelling water all year round. "
"If that's the case, then how could he get sick?" Xiao Chiye frowned, "Ouhualou is far away from low-lying areas, and the back alleys are also cleaned by someone, and there is no dirt, just soaked in the hours when it collapsed. Is it because of the swill?"
The military doctor hesitated, wiped his sweat again, and summoned up his courage to say, "I told the governor to tell the truth, I am afraid that this disease was not contracted when it collapsed, but was contracted when he came around in the building before the collapse. Ershao Xi has already burned. It has become like this, where the Emperor—"
"Governor!" Meng Rui lifted the curtain and entered with a serious expression, "Suddenly, more than a dozen people collapsed in Zhaosin Temple, and two people from the household department also collapsed!"
Xiao Chiye was about to give an order when Chen Yang slammed in with rain and said, "Master, the tiger has also fallen ill with a fever!"
The rain outside was abrupt and rapid, like the sound of war drums sounding in all directions, beating desperately, as if to smash the dark night.
Xiao Chiye suddenly lifted the curtain and came out and said, "It's too late to wait for approval, so go directly to the major pharmacies on Shenwu Street to get medicine. Anyone who catches the cold, suffers from fever, vomits, and is not physically fit will be helped to Zhaosin Temple. Get the rest out, and let the people from the household office start decocting the herbs immediately! Ding Tao!"
Ding Tao said, "Young Master!"
Xiao Chiye dragged Ding Tao, breathing heavily in the rain, he whispered, "Tell Shen Lanzhou to leave immediately!"
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