This is probably retribution.
There is no need for drought, but floods have always been plagued by diseases, and most of them are urgent and fierce.
Someone in the Zhang family contracted the disease.
It's a pity that Zhang Shifu was busy with disaster relief and how to save his life, so he didn't find out in time. When I found out, my little grandson was gone, followed by my only son and wife...
Over the years, Zhang Shifu has remarried and had children, but they are several daughters, and have never been able to give birth to a son. He knew that this was God's plan to make him doom, let him lose his life, and lose his life to the Hu family.
Zhang Shifu was choking while talking incoherently about what happened back then. Talk about your fears, regrets, all kinds of things.
Hu San just listened like that. Naturally, his emotions would inevitably fluctuate, but in the end it became a dead silence.
"... I said this, not to want you to forgive me... I'm just tired, cough, too tired... I'm very tired... These things have been hidden in my heart for many years, and I go to your father's grave every year... Tell him Say... but that's just a tomb... I don't, I don't know if your father can hear it, if you want to hear it... "
"My dad won't listen, and neither can he."
Zhang Shifu's face flushed at first, then turned dead grey, and after a long time he muttered: "It's also right not to hear, ahem, I can only go down... and then tell him..."
As he said that, he raised his head and looked at Hu San with some relief: "Maosheng, it's great to know that you are alive... I sometimes wonder if there will be this day... But, but I thought about it... yes... yes happy..."
Hu San looked at him deeply, from this face he could hardly recognize the traces of the past.
Just like him, ten years are enough to make everyone unrecognizable.
"Aren't you curious, why did I appear, why did I appear, but not earlier, why..."
Hu San's eyes were on Zhang Shifu's chest, where there was a hole, and blood was constantly bleeding out.
Originally, he didn't bandage Zhang Shifu seriously, he just tied it with a piece of cloth, because the other party was too excited, and the wound split open again, and there was a black area on the chest of the dark blue robe that was slowly expanding.
Zhang Shifu sat up with difficulty, he gasped heavily: "This is what I owe you, and I can pay it back... After so many years, I'm tired... I can pay it back... Knowing that you are still alive, the incense of the old Hu family. It's not broken yet... I'm below, below, and I won't be ashamed or ashamed to see your father... "
Hu San suddenly laughed, full of sarcasm and complexity: "Do you think you can pay off everything you owe my family when you die? It's not clear, you can't pay it back in your whole life, don't be delusional! Yes, I did it on purpose. Waiting for those people to attack you, I came forward to stop it. I just wanted to see that you could escape, but you had no choice but to face the fate of death. I wanted to see how fearful and wonderful your face was. …”
It's a pity that Hu San was disappointed. He had imagined many times the scene when he would get his revenge one day, but he never expected it to be like this.
All the hatred originated from a single trip and a mistake. Zhang Shi resurrected his attachment. He didn't want to do this at first, but things developed towards the most irreversible ending.
He was the only one left in the Hu family who died, and the fate of the Zhang family was not much better, as well as those innocent people...
And it's all because of one person.
A man with a hand and an eye to the sky, but with a single word, he has ruined so many people.
"I want what's in your hand!"
Zhang Shifu looked at him subconsciously, shocked.
"If you don't have something in your hand, they can't keep you because of their character. You give me this thing."
Zhang Shifu opened his lips a few times before saying, "...Maosheng, I don't know what you've been through in the past few years, but you can't fight them... If you can't fight them, you're the only one left, don't be stupid, don't be stupid..."
"Whether I can fight, that's my business!" Hu San growled.
He also seemed to realize that he had lost his temper, and his face was cold and hard again, but there was a hint of viciousness almost faintly.
"When I first fell into the water, I heard what the surnamed Xiang and his subordinates said, so I knew who my enemies were. If I can't fight now, then I can't fight in the future, I will fight them for the rest of my life, and I will keep an eye on them all the time. , one day, send them all down to sacrifice to my Hu family."
"Maosheng..." Zhang Shifu's lips trembled, and his whole body trembled.
From the moment Hu San appeared, he has been calm and restrained, and at this time, when he heard these words, Zhang Shifu realized how deeply this hatred was buried, and he was the main culprit.
The breath that he had been holding on for a long time immediately let out, and Zhang Shifu leaned there weakly, like a gossamer.
"That thing... in... "
"Where?" Hu San approached to listen.
Zhang Shifu grabbed his hand suddenly and widened his eyes: "It's buried in front of your father's grave... He didn't expect me to hide there, he searched for it for a long time... listen to me... keep it well, self, Yourself, don't be..." Don't be dragged down by hatred.
But this sentence was destined to be unutterable, and Hu San felt that the hand suddenly lost its strength and slipped down.
Even Zhao'er felt Hu San's abnormality and couldn't help but ask Xue Tingxiang, "What's wrong with him these days? I don't look right."
Xue Tingyan sighed and smiled: "It's nothing, maybe I'm tired."
"Then you also let Hu San take a break. Every year, there is always something going on everywhere, so he just keeps running. People are not iron-clad, they always have to take a break."
"Well, I see. I'll tell him when I see him."
Now everything below is gradually on the right track, and all the prefectures and counties have come forward to resettle the victims.
Those who want to go back to their hometowns are sent back to their hometowns, and those who do not want to go back to their hometowns are settled there. The government distributed food for disaster relief and set up porridge sheds. All in all, everything is going in a good direction.
Xue Tingxiang felt that the disaster was serious this time, and specially asked the yamen of various prefectures and counties to come forward and organize disaster victims to provide work-for-work relief. The disaster victims who work can get more food, or rice seeds, etc., and ponds for water storage have been dug all over the place.
Especially in the prefectures and counties along the Yellow River, taking advantage of the fact that the water of the Yellow River is in a dry state, the silt at the bottom of the river is also cleared out, so that when the flood season occurs next year, there is no fear that the accumulation of silt will cause the river to spread. embankment.
Recently, Xue Tingxiang smiled and praised the officials below who loved the people like sons and worked hard.
But how the people below thought, how the big family thought, anyway, this matter could not be found on his head, he didn't know it.
In comparison, Xiang Rong's situation was a little bit battered.
Jiang Zhiyi was almost driven mad, and he gave up several times. They were all grasshoppers tied to a rope, and they couldn't run away from Jiang Zhiyi or him. Now it is a very difficult time, we can only abandon everything and tide over the difficulties together,
Fortunately, what Xue Tingxiang has always shown is - I know there are a lot of tricks in it, I have already given you face, and let you solve it yourself. Once it's resolved, I'll treat it as if it's not a problem.
With such a layer, it is like a radish hanging in front of the donkey's nose, which can always make the donkey full of energy.
Just treat it as a gift to the god of plague. As long as the god of plague is gone, the official is still there anyway, so why won't he be able to get it back in the future.
Thinking about it like this makes me feel more comfortable.
Time has entered September, and in a blink of an eye it is the end of the month.
There is no need to count on the harvest in Henan. Fortunately, the disasters in the southern part of Huguang and Jiangnan were not serious, and the autumn harvest was not delayed. When the food from other places is delivered, the imperial envoy for disaster relief can also successfully retire.
When Xue Tingxiang left, many officials came to see him off, all reluctantly. Xiang Long still didn't show up. His governor seemed to plan to stay ill until Xue Tingxiang left. Heal again.
"Lord Xue." If he was really reluctant to leave Xue Tingxiang, it was Zhang Sheng.
At first, Zhang Sheng was in a wait-and-see state for the imperial envoys sent by the imperial court.
He didn't dare to have high hopes for him, but he also hoped that the other party could do something, even for the common people.
Later, when the imperial envoy came up with it, he thought that this was a match for the opponent, and even felt a sense of sympathy. It was not until the imperial envoy settled in Kaifeng that he realized that the official could be so good.
Playing the crowd below with applause, making the other party feel miserable, and having to act according to their own ideas.
In addition to admiring him, he was also a little disappointed. Since he has the ability and His Majesty's favor, why can't he be bold.
Later, he seemed to understand something, and later he didn't blame the other party. Everyone has their own considerations and scruples, why should he use his own ideas to ask others.
No one is perfect!
At least, this incident has finally passed, the loss of the people has been minimized, and the future of next year can be expected, which is already very good.
It wasn't until the imperial envoy was about to leave that he really didn't give up. He couldn't help thinking that if Master Xue could stay in Henan, it must be a blessing for the people here.
"What? It's reluctance to bear this official?" Xue Tingyan smiled and patted Zhang Shengxuan's hand on the shoulder.
Zhang Shengxi opened his mouth but did not speak.
Xue Tingxiang patted again: "Okay, the official you think will not disappoint you, just wait."
Zhang Sheng was still in a daze, and Xue Tingxiang had already entered the carriage.
The carriage slowly moved forward, when some people ran out from both sides of the road.
There were more than 100 people who were chasing the convoy.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness..."
The carriage stopped, and Xue Tingyan leaned out half of the body.
Several people ran up, all with baskets in their hands.
"Master Xue, this is my family's freshly planted vegetable."
"Master Xue, this is the steamed bun from my family. You and the adults will eat it on the road."
"And my family's eggs, just those two hens. This is the first time I've laid eggs, and I've saved them all."
…
Xue Tingxiang's hand could no longer catch it, and Hu San helped him to pick it up. In the end, all kinds of baskets and cloth pockets were densely packed on the cab and on the ground.
These people are also naughty.
Xue Tingxiang could only have people put everything into the carriage, then returned to the car and sat down, and the convoy continued onward.
He also held a handful of green onions in his hand, which he forgot to give to Hu San before. If your lord doesn't say it, how can others break through your embarrassed appearance, this task can only be left to Mrs.
Zhao'er didn't say anything, until Xue Tingxiang was in a complicated mood for a while and raised his hand to touch his face, only to find the green onion in his hand.
"Did you do this on purpose?"
Zhao'er looked at him and laughed.
…
On the other side, Zhang Sheng witnessed this scene and looked back at the stunned expressions of other officials.
He sneered at the corners of his lips, turned his head away without saying anything.
These people were finally satisfied and sent out their hearts, and they were very happy. Most of them were the disaster victims who followed Xue Tingxiang all the way back to their hometown from Beijing. They heard that the imperial envoy was going back to the capital, so they came to see them off specially.
For them, who are destined to be ordinary in their lives, this experience will probably be the most exciting time in their lives.
A few years later, when they are old and full of children and grandchildren, they will hold their naughty grandchildren and tell the most proud and most twisted and bizarre stories in their lives.
In that story, under the leadership of Master Xue, they were invincible and saved the entire people of Henan.
It was a story called disaster relief.