Officials throughout the capital have been rigid, and it is difficult for poor families, even those who are relatives of officials from other places, to come in.
This matter lingered in Jiang Yue's mind.
He suddenly remembered that the Wei family rarely used their connections to infiltrate people.
Being a civil servant or a military officer was achieved through the hard work of the children of their family. It was easier to be a military officer than a civil servant. In recent years, the Wei family had produced several generals, but the civil servants were in decline.
This is another reason for the gradual decline of the Wei family.
"It's okay. I appreciate your vision. When the time comes when you recommend someone to come over, I won't be the one to make the decision. Don't worry."
In less than a quarter of an hour, Wen Qingzhu explained the matter clearly.
Mrs. Wei and Wei Feng were both silent.
This is a compliment to the Wei family, and it is also a deliberate attempt to use the Wei family.
The most important thing is that the power of this recommendation is actually placed in Wen Qingzhu's hands.
"Mrs. Wei, General Wei, in fact, your Wei family's opportunity has come without my help." Wen Qingzhu sometimes laments that his luck in this life is really good.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wei shook her head solemnly: "There is a chance, but there are no members of the Wei family in the court. Even if His Majesty gives the opportunity, there are many people in the capital who are looking forward to the overthrow of our Wei family. This recommendation If power is given to others, it may not be useful. There are actually many noble families like our Wei family."
Wen Qingzhu said nothing. Wei Feng raised his head and looked at Mrs. Wei: "Then how should I tell my grandfather about this?"
"What should I say? The old man knows very well in his heart that this girl can be regarded as a noble person of our Wei family. She first saved you, and now she is about to save the Wei family. Our Wei family can be considered to be in peace."
Mrs. Wei was tired and waved her hand for them to leave.
Qiaoyu pushed the wheelchair and retreated with Wen Qingzhu.
Not long after Mrs. Wei lay down, she suddenly opened her eyes and said loudly: "My preserves haven't been left for me yet!"
In the next few days, Wen Qingzhu began to visit the Wei family frequently.
After Jiang Yue invited her to dinner, she was already eye-catching. As a result, all kinds of speculations started flying.
Days of heavy rain and light rain have brought the canal project to a halt.
But the emperor ordered the King of Chu to stay in Luocheng to guard the canal and wait for the weather to improve before starting construction immediately.
On the surface, they were still looking forward to the canal, but a few people knew that this was a disguised form of detaining the King of Chu in Luo City.
At the end of February, the weather became warmer, but there were continuous rains.
The number of sick people in the capital increased again, and what Wen Qingzhu was worried about happened.
The people at the bottom are living in poverty, and it is considered good if they have something to eat.
Snakes, rats, insects, and ants began to appear continuously after the Waking of Insects, bringing both vitality and crisis.
Concubine Cheng's illness was improving, and Jiang Yue even left the palace to visit her in person.
In the palace, only Wanbi's illness kept coming back and forth, and she never got better.
The palace eunuchs were replaced one after another, but to no avail.
In the Hanbing Palace, Concubine Wan was lying on the bed with her lips turning white.
Yunxian personally attended to her illness and looked after her day and night.
"Mother, it's time to drink medicine." Cai'er put down the medicine bowl and turned to leave.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Wan stopped him and said, "Wait! You don't look good?"
Cai'er turned around with lingering fear, tried hard to maintain her composure and said, "Your Majesty, I've been guarding the palace day and night these days, and I'm really not in good spirits."
"Why don't you let others guard you?" Black spots appeared on Wanbi's body again and again. She knew in her heart that someone in this palace was definitely infected with the plague.
But after almost a month of searching, she still couldn't find out the person who contracted the plague.
In the end, only the two personal maids were left.
Cai'er noticed that there was something wrong with Concubine Wan's eyes, and quickly rolled up her sleeves, revealing a pair of arms without any traces: "My dear, look, this slave is really fine! Otherwise, I will strip off my whole body for you to check!"
"No need, you go down first." Wan Bin's voice was weak, and she lay down again after giving the order.
When there was no one in the room, Wanbi closed her eyes and thought of someone.
"Xian'er, go and bring Wen Qinglan into the palace tomorrow."
Yun Xian paused while holding the medicine bowl, and her heart sank. As expected, Wan Bin decided to use Wen Qinglan.
Seeing Yunxian's silence, Wanbi looked sideways with a pale smile on her face: "Don't worry, I will reserve your position for you. Even if I don't like you, I will let him accept you." .”
Yun Xian nodded: "Thank you aunt, Xian'er knows."
She was unwilling to accept that she was a young lady of the Yun family, but she was only a concubine!
Yunxian was unwilling to give in.
Early the next morning, Wen Qingzhu was having breakfast when Uncle Zhong hurried in.
"Little miss, something serious has happened. Over there in the south of the city, forty-eight people died last night!"
"What!" Wen Qingzhu stood up instantly without putting down the chopsticks in his hand.
She hurriedly walked out: "Didn't I say that two people died yesterday? Even if it breaks out, there won't be so many at once!"
Uncle Zhong's face was also anxious: "Doctor Xue only found out about this when he sneaked in there personally. As early as ten days ago, people had died one after another. Doctor Xue said that after all, hundreds of people have died. .”
"Is the governor of Jingzhao a waste? So many people have died and there is no news at all!" Wen Qingzhu threw away the chopsticks. It was a blessing that she had worked so hard to lower the price of medicines and provided white vinegar and preventive decoctions for free.
"I'm so angry! Have you reported it now?" Wen Qingzhu asked again.
Uncle Zhong nodded: "Didn't Doctor Xue help Mr. Su handle the case before? He went directly to Mr. Su, and this matter should have been reported to the authorities."
Wen Qingzhu was suddenly caught off guard, and she miscalculated.
The Jingzhao governor, who is greedy for life and afraid of death, will leave office in five months. He probably doesn't want something as big as the plague to happen while he is in office.
Wen Qingzhu had already prepared. He changed into a simple set of clothes, took peony and went to Wei's house.
She didn't go in and asked Wei Yu to be taken out directly.
Less than a quarter of an hour later, Qiaoyu followed Wei Yu out. She pushed her wheelchair and followed Wei Yu quickly.
Wen Qingzhu was very surprised when he saw this scene. This Qiaoyu has some skills.
When he arrived at the door, Wei Feng couldn't wait to ask: "You're not going to the south of the city, are you?"
"You also know?" Wen Qingzhu turned to look at him.
Wei Feng nodded: "The emperor was furious about this incident and directly dismissed the position of Jingzhao Prefecture Yin. He asked Su Huo to be directly transferred to the position of Minister of Dali Temple to investigate the case together with the Minister of Punishment. This time, he also sent the Censor Zhongcheng Lei to go with him."
"People from Lian Yushitai have been sent here." Wen Qingzhu felt his head hurt even more. The matter might be more serious than thinking about you.
"I know you want to bring Wei Yu to show up, but it's too dangerous at this time. He's still—"
Wei Feng's words were interrupted by Wei Yu, who said directly to Wen Qingzhu: "Miss Wen, I am willing to go with you!"
"Shut up!" Wei Feng almost jumped up, "You are in good health! But you are still a child after all! Do you know how many people died in the south of the city! How many people were infected with the plague!"
"I know, I have read the secret letter that brother read in advance." Wei Yu simply walked behind Wen Qingzhu.
This time, Wei Feng was irritated. His eyes turned scarlet and he yelled angrily: "Do you know that you are the only one in the Wei family who can take on the big responsibility now! You know what you are carrying on your back." What! If I hadn’t turned into such a ghost! I don’t care where you go, you brat!"
After finishing the scolding, Wei Yu said calmly: "Cousin! Miss Wen is just a girl, so she is not afraid. As the son of the Wei family, if I am afraid and can't go, how can I shoulder the important task of revitalizing the Wei family!"
"Bah!" Wei Feng spat angrily, "Don't give me some moral truth!"
Wen Qingzhu looked at Wei Feng and then at Wei Yu: "This is a good opportunity. I am still just a pawn used by the emperor to blackmail Brother Fu, but if I can quell this plague, my weight in the capital and the emperor will be great." It’s different. Naturally, the people who came with me this time will definitely catch the emperor’s eye. Opportunities and dangers often complement each other. I’ll give you a quarter of an hour to think about it.”
After saying this, Wen Qingzhu turned around and began to explain to Shaoyao what to pay attention to this time.
Wei Feng and Wei Yu behind them stared at each other, both of them refusing to admit defeat.
Finally, when the time was almost up, Yaoer rushed over.
"Young master, the old lady said, let the twelfth young master go. How can the son of the Wei family be inferior to a girl's family?"
"Thank you, sister Yao'er, for giving me a message to my grandmother. I will come back well." Wei Yu respectfully raised his hand to Yao'er.
Yao'er nodded and glanced at the frustrated Wei Feng, her eyes a little heartbroken, but she still left without saying anything.
Naturally, Wen Qingzhu would not let Wei Yu go out like this. She asked Wei Yu to change into clothes soaked in concoction, then take medicine and bring aromatherapy.
Although Wei Yu insisted not to do so, Wen Qingzhu smiled and said: "This aromatherapy can reduce the chance of infection. If you think you are in good health, then wear it obediently."
Wei Yu frowned, pursed her lips, and put it on anyway.
After leaving the Wei family, Wen Qingzhu went to Xue's Medical Center without any scruples.
After asking around, I found out that Xue Ren had gone to the south of the city.
Sitting in the car, Wen Qingzhu looked around and realized that the place where the plague was raging was not far from Wen Shuquan's home.
While passing through Qingshui Alley, Wen Qingzhu saw some people with Xiaobu coming and going.
It seems that this area has also been affected.
However, in Uncle Wen's family, because of Aunt Yue's awakening and Wen Qinglan understanding some of the witch doctors, they were all safe.
But the Ning family next door suffered a disaster. Ning Xiucai contracted the plague, and Mrs. Ning was frowning all day long.
Aunt Yue had developed some friendship with her, and she gave her suggestions and prescriptions.
Although the symptoms of the young scholar were alleviated, they never got better.
Mrs. Ning heard the mourning music outside all morning this morning, and finally couldn't hold it any longer.
She went to the next door and knelt in front of Aunt Yue.
Aunt Yue thought that Mrs. Ning had helped her many times during these days, and that Mrs. Ning did not dislike her like others after knowing the true situation.
Aunt Yue decided to find Wen Qingzhu for help.
But he didn't want Wen Qingzhu to go straight into the hinterland of the south of the city and miss Aunt Yue.
Arriving at the place where the incident occurred, Wen Qingzhu found that the people here had been surrounded.
But Wei Yu was there, so he borrowed Wei Feng's warrant and took Wen Qingzhu in.
After walking for a while, I met Lei Yan's grandfather Lei Xiao.
Wen Qingzhu has been to Lei's house several times and met him once.
This time alone, Wen Qingzhu was deeply impressed.
With just one glance, Wen Qingzhu could see Lei Xiaotong's pure and reserved temperament, which was so deeply rooted in people's hearts.
I heard before that the people at Yushitai are all very stubborn.
But after meeting Lei Xiao, Wen Qingzhu felt that the people at Yushitai were people with great wisdom.
"Master Lei." Wen Qingzhu bowed respectfully.
Lei Xiao actually looked at her a long time ago, nodded, looked at Wei Yu again, and asked temporarily: "Is he that child of the Wei family?"
"Wei Yu is the twelfth member of the Wei family." Of course Wei Yu also knew Lei Xiao, so he announced his family name excitedly, while looking at Lei Xiao with eyes full of admiration.