Jiangzhou City is not big, but the southern area is mountainous and the transportation is inconvenient. There are many villages and towns in Jiangzhou City, so it is not easy to count the distribution of people who died from the plague.
Shi Qingxue had never heard of it and just wanted to collect all the data as soon as possible, but Mo Junyang couldn't wait any longer.
The man's eyes were serious, as if he already had a plan.
He said: "Yan Xu already knows my identity and will definitely take more precautions. I must go to the place where the plague occurred before he has time to arrange everything."
Shi Qingxue guessed that Mo Junyang would take this step, so she didn't object and just said: "I want to go too."
"No, I just went to see the surviving people and ask about the situation at that time. It's nothing big. On the contrary, your mission is more important. I hope you can sort out the information about the entire Jiangzhou City as soon as possible. .”
"...Okay!" Shi Qingxue thought about it, and finally nodded reluctantly.
Although she still wanted to be by Mo Junyang's side, she was no longer a child, so she always had to put the overall situation first.
Qingxue bit her lower lip and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Let's go to Shangcun first."
Mo Junyang seemed to be particularly talkative at the moment. He took the initiative to explain without Shi Qingxue asking questions.
"Shangcun is south of Jiangzhou City, located in the alluvial area where the river flows out of the mountains. The terrain is low-lying and traffic is blocked. When the river floods, Shangcun is always the first to be affected, but it is also very tenacious. It has experienced floods and plagues. After repeated violations, I heard that there are still villagers standing there."
Like a plague that can wipe out villages and towns as soon as it appears, Shang Village, as the origin of this plague, can still survive, which is also a skill.
Mo Junyang suspected that there were other reasons, so he wanted to see it for himself.
"Shangcun?" Shi Qingxue murmured, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she whispered to herself: "It sounds so familiar."
Mo Junyang stretched out his hand and scratched the tip of her nose, and laughed: "Didn't you just sort out the situation in Shangcun? Of course it sounds familiar!"
Shi Qingxue slapped Mo Junyang's fingers away unhappily and hummed, "I'm not talking about this, I'm talking about someone mentioning this place before. When did you come here?"
Mo Junyang looked at the furry little head that kept lowering its head. Even if he couldn't see his face, he could guess that Qingxue was racking his brains at this moment. He couldn't help but smile and slapped Qingxue again. on the head.
"Okay, if you can't figure it out, don't worry about it. You stay in the house today and continue to sort it out. I will take Mo Junzhan to Shangcun to have a look. We will talk about everything after we come back!"
Shi Qingxue was still digging through her own memories, and didn't pay much attention to Mo Junyang's long-winded instructions. She gave a perfunctory hum and didn't look up.
Mo Junyang waited for a while and saw that Qingxue really had no intention of saying goodbye to him properly, so he shook his head with a smile and left.
"Ah! I remembered it!"
Shi Qingxue suddenly raised her head, her beautiful big eyes flashing with surprise, but Mo Junyang's voice was no longer in front of her.
However, Dong Shuang came forward and said, "Liu Niang, what did you think of?"
The thorn in Qingxue's eyes dimmed, and she was not very interested in answering, "Nothing, I just thought that Jiangzhou General Magistrate Ye Zhirong was from Shangcun.
But Ye Zhirong has long since disappeared, so it shouldn't matter, right? "
Shi Qingxue didn't know why. Mo Junyang was not around, and she had no one to discuss with, so she simply stopped thinking about it and continued her work.
Dongshuang doesn't have Mo Junyang's ability to move with one glance, and he lacks tacit understanding when working together.
Shi Qingxue had to spend twice as much effort as yesterday to compile statistics for a small town.
After she struggled to complete the statistics of a place, she couldn't help but put down her brush and scanned the tall pile of record books in front of her with her chin in a half-hearted mood.
so boring!
She really had no energy at all in doing the boring and laborious work.
Moreover, I couldn’t concentrate. After writing a few strokes, I couldn’t help but think: Where is Mo Junyang? What did you find? When will you come back
Then I couldn’t write anymore.
"Dongshuang, let's go out for a walk!"
Shi Qingxue closed the record book with a snap, stood up, and walked out of the room.
By chance, I saw Ye Zhixin sitting alone in the pavilion under the tree, holding her chin in her hand, her expression solemn, as if she was thinking.
However, according to Shi Qingxue's experience, the other party is probably in a daze.
She walked up to Ye Zhixin. The latter's expression did not change at all. His pupils seemed to be unable to focus, and they just followed instinct and landed on a certain point in the void.
Shi Qingxue followed Ye Zhixin's line of sight and didn't see anything, so she walked a few steps away from Ye Zhixin and coughed twice.
She wanted to use this to attract Ye Zhixin, but the other party seemed to be stupid and didn't react at all.
Shi Qingxue couldn't help but sigh and called again: "Miss Ye."
"Ah!" Ye Zhixin showed the hesitation and helplessness she felt when she was suddenly awakened, seeming pitiful and pretending to be nonchalant.
But the other party quickly adjusted. The beauty with the unique temperament of the southern water town showed a gentle smile and greeted Qingxue, "Zhi Xin has met Shi Liu Niang."
Be polite, gentle and pleasant.
It looks the same as before.
Shi Qingxue sighed in her heart again. She and Ye Zhixin were not familiar with each other at all. If they had to have any relationship, it was just a life she saved when her compassion was overflowing.
There is nothing to be particularly concerned about.
However, thinking so, Shi Qingxue still couldn't help but asked with concern: "What were you thinking just now?"
Ye Zhixin's expression froze when she greeted her, but for a moment, her whole person exuded the negative attitude of 'uncooperative, uncooperative'.
It seems that I have no intention of saying anything this time.
Shi Qingxue sighed slightly and said, "I have one more thing to ask you."
Ye Zhixin nodded slightly, "Miss, please ask."
"I remember that your father is from Shangcun, Jiangzhou. Are you from there too?"
Ye Zhixin's expression froze, and she suddenly raised her head to look at Shi Qingxue. After a few breaths, she nodded weakly, "Yes."
Then she immediately added: "But I haven't been back there for a long time. We experienced floods and plagues there. I don't know if they are still there now?"
There was a bit of confusion in her voice, as if she really knew nothing about the situation in Shangcun.
But Shi Qingxue was not that easy to fool. She was keenly aware of what Ye Zhixin was hiding, but for a while, she couldn't find out what the other party was hiding deep in his heart.
"Speaking of which, you have been in the Prefect's Mansion for some time, and I have never asked you, what do you want?" Shi Qingxue looked at Ye Zhixin and asked. Ye Zhixin still shook her head and said softly: "Zhixin has nothing else to ask for."
"Then what are you doing here?"
Ye Zhixin: "..."
Ye Zhixin thought that Shi Qingxue would ask a few more questions and then promise a lot of benefits, so that he could show the politeness of a superior and a corporal.
But Shi Qingxue didn't follow the routine at all, and asked a cold question, which seemed to contain a little disdain.
Ye Zhixin couldn't help but wonder if she was really so annoying to others
"I..." Ye Zhixin's tone was a little hesitant. She glanced at Shi Qingxue secretly several times, but hesitated for a long time without saying anything.
At this time, she should have said, 'If Liu Niang dislikes Zhi Xin, then Zhi Xin can just leave'!
But Ye Zhixin was afraid that if she really said this, Qingxue would really nod if she didn't act according to common sense, and then she would really risk her own escape!
Ye Zhixin didn't dare, but she had been holding Qiao for so long. She should have had the advantage, but now she was at a disadvantage, and she was unwilling to accept it.
However, Shi Qingxue didn't give Ye Zhixin time to think clearly. After waiting for a while, she didn't get Ye Zhixin's answer, so she looked away without interest.
He said calmly: "Prince Mo has taken people to Shangcun in the past two days. There are not many of our people left in the Prefect's Mansion, so you'd better stay calm. If something happens again, no one will save you."
This was a bit inhumane, but Shi Qingxue was absolutely telling the truth.
Although Mo Junyang kept Wei Zichao, Wei Zichao's mission was to protect her safety.
So she was almost certain that if something happened and Wei Zichao's position was needed, the latter would definitely choose to watch Ye Zhixin being killed because he couldn't leave her side.
Shi Qingxue had nothing to do with the old-fashioned Wei Zichao, so she could only tell Ye Zhixin to pay attention to herself.
After all, Yan Xu didn't dare to let Shi Qingxue get into trouble in the Prefect's Mansion, but he would definitely let Ye Zhixin die silently in a corner of the Prefect's Mansion.
But this time, Ye Zhixin was not frightened. Her eyes widened and she gradually showed fear. She repeated Qingxue's words, "Your Majesty, did he go to Shangcun?"
"Yeah." Shi Qingxue nodded. She found Ye Zhixin's attitude a little strange and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
Ye Zhixin seemed to have been stung by a bee, shaking her head like a rattle, and quickly denied, "No, it's okay."
Shi Qingxue glanced at Ye Zhixin suspiciously, opened her mouth, but still didn't ask any more questions.
Turned around and went back to his room.
Dong Shuang followed her into the house and immediately complained in a low voice: "Liu Niang, is this Ye Zhixin too ignorant? We kindly treated her, saved her, and provided her with shelter, but she still refuses to follow her. Let's tell the truth. Why do we keep her?"
When Dong Shuang heard that Shi Qingxue asked Ye Zhixin why she couldn't leave, she felt very happy. She wished that Ye Zhixin could be more relaxed so that she could drive him away in an open and honest manner.
To avoid being an eyesore.
It's a pity that Shi Qingxue let the woman go in the end!
Why!
Dongshuang sighed gracefully.
Shi Qingxue flicked Dongshuang's forehead in a funny way, and said helplessly: "After all, it's a human life! We know clearly that Yan Xu wants her life, so we can't just let it go, right
Besides, I'm really curious about the secrets she's hiding. Just spend it with her first and see who can hold it in! "