Su wanted to get seasick, so they did not take the water route this time. Instead, they left Jiangzhou, bypassed Qianzhou, Changzhou, and Tingzhou, and then returned to Kyoto.

February is approaching, and the weather should be getting warmer, but the cold is still unbearable in these two states and counties, and the people are bundled up in clothes and going out to do things.

Su Xiangli wore three layers of thick clothes, but he still couldn't withstand the cold on the road. When he arrived in Changzhou, he fell ill from the cold and even started to have a fever.

This made Lin Xue'an crazy with anxiety. He directly brought several local doctors from Changzhou to the inn to treat Su Xiang. The doctors' faces were so frightened that their hearts trembled.

Fortunately, Su Xiang just suffered from a cold, and the doctor prescribed medicine. After she woke up and took some medicine, there would be no big problem.

After Lin Qi sent the doctor away, Gao Lan breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, nothing happened to the young lady, otherwise, the young master would have gone crazy...

Qingyun was twisting the towel and was about to wipe Su Xiang's face, but Lin Xue An grabbed the towel and started wiping Su Xiang's face.

Qingyun was stunned and asked Lin Xueman in a bad tone, "What are you grabbing?"

Lin Xue'an turned her head and glanced at Qingyun with a gloomy expression. She was so shocked that she subconsciously took a step back.

Normally, Ye Qi always likes to glare at him sinisterly, but he has never been so scary like today!

Lin Qi grabbed Qingyun's sleeves with a wink at this moment, "Miss Qingyun, let's cook some medicine for her before she wakes up?"

Gao Lan also nodded quickly, "Yes, Miss is sick. There are many of us and it is easy to disturb Miss' rest. Just leave this to Ye Qi."

Qingyun knew that what they said was reasonable, and also knew about the relationship between Ye Qi and Su Xiang. He thought about it and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, I'll go make some medicine for the lady."

After the three people left, the room became quiet again. Lin Xue secretly wiped Su Xiang's face and began to wipe her hands carefully.

After doing everything, Lin Xue secretly took away the basin and placed it on the table aside.

Then he turned around, took a few steps forward, half-knelt down, his knees touching the ground, leaned forward, and caressed Su Xiang's cheek with his index finger.

He was worried and didn't understand, and said what no one heard: "Su Xiang, why are you so fragile? You are seasick and sick. Every time you feel uncomfortable, I am afraid..."

"Sometimes, I really want to lock you in a safe place that only I know, so that no one can snatch you away from me, and you won't be hurt or uncomfortable... But you don't like that, I know of……"

At the end, Lin Xue An held Su Xiang's hand tightly, put her head against it, and murmured to herself: "Wake up quickly... When you wake up and are healthy, I won't think about it anymore..."

Su Xiang didn't hear this soliloquy in her sleep, but the medicine had a reaction, and she was finally alive and kicking the next day.

Although Su Xiang still had a cough, she was anxious to go back, but she couldn't defeat Lin Xueman and others, so she had to stay in Changzhou for two more days before continuing to set off.

Changzhou is located in the middle zone and is the most prosperous and lively. It is rich in products and you can even see many fruits and foods that are not found in Kyoto. Su Xiang and others were on their way while shopping. There were so many supplies that another carriage was crammed into them.

Not far from Changzhou, I heard people say that the area ahead was snowed all year round and the road was difficult to walk.

Su Xiang disagreed, but he didn't expect that when they were about to arrive in Tingzhou, almost everyone was stunned.

All you could see was ruins, a village was covered under the heavy snow, and there were rubble and debris everywhere.

There are many people near these villages dragging carts back and forth, loaded with their belongings, including clothes, shoes and socks, pots and pans... everything.

Their home was destroyed by heavy snow...

There are also some ordinary people kneeling in the cold winter, clawing open the thick snow with their hands or tools, pulling things from inside, looking for supplies.

Even when they heard the noise and saw Su Xiang and them, these common people turned their heads without interest and went about their own business with numb faces.

"Is this caused by the snow?" Su Xiang sat in the carriage and stared at this with a frown. The further the carriage went in, the worse the disaster became.

Gao Lan jumped off the carriage and ran to ask about the situation. He ran back after a while and said softly: "Miss, I just asked. It snows here all year round. Unexpectedly, there was another heavy snowstorm some time ago, which directly crushed the village. Almost all the plants and crops were frozen to death, and many people died."

After Su Xiang shouted "stop", he opened the door curtain of the carriage and asked, "This kind of disaster didn't happen just now. It has been so long. Where are the local officials?"

"This..." Gao Lan hesitated for a moment, wanted to say something but didn't, and looked at Lin Xueman.

Lin Xue secretly held Su Xiang's hand and stopped her from going out. She lowered her eyes and replied calmly: "Local officials can't do anything. Even if they have reported it to the court, they can only do the most basic rescue for the sake of protecting themselves. Such as post-disaster reconstruction. They won't interfere in such matters, they have to wait for the court to send someone to solve it."

"When will the court send someone?"

"It depends on the situation. If it is a good official like Fang Muxi, he will definitely come early. If some officials feel that this is a thankless job, I am afraid it will be a little later."

Su Xiang let out a long sigh.

"What you say makes sense...these moths in Cang Country have already damaged the country's roots."

Lin Xueman naturally knew this too.

His parents' clan was defeated because of the corruption of Cang Kingdom, which led to this end. This country is rotten and someone needs to uproot it and replant it.

The carriage slowly left, and half an hour later, Su Xiang and others finally arrived at a lively town near Tingzhou.

Su Xiang looked through the window at the smiles on the faces of the people in the small town, who had plenty of food and clothing, and kept recalling the appearance of those people just now with frostbitten hands and sallow complexions.

They are all common people of Cang Kingdom, but the gap is so huge...

In modern times, Su couldn't even remember how long it had been since he had seen such a tragic situation. At that time, almost everyone had enough food and clothing, happiness and stability.

She hesitated for a while, then glanced at Lin Xueman. Lin Xueman seemed to have guessed what she wanted to do, but he just curled his lips and opened his thin lips slightly.

"Whatever you want to do, do it, I will always support it."

Su Xiang then made up his mind, knocked on the car window, and shouted: "Qingyun!"

When Qingyun heard Su wanted to call him, he stuck his head out from another carriage, jumped down and approached, "Miss, what's the matter?"

"Do you still have the check?"

"There are a lot more. I originally brought a lot, but before leaving, Mrs. Fang forced me to stuff a lot of it for you, Miss. Even if it takes ten days and a half, we can't spend it all."

"Okay. You and Lin Qiduo take some people, take some banknotes and go to the town ahead to buy some clothes and shoes to keep out the cold, and buy some hot steamed buns to deliver to the villagers just now."

Su Xiang thought for a while and added, "In addition, you can exchange the money into broken silver and give each family... five taels of silver. With this money, these people will at least have a place to live."

Qingyun didn't expect that the young lady would actually help, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Yes!"

Of course, providing food and clothing is only the most basic, and the most important thing is the support of the court.

Su Xiang immediately wrote a letter and asked people to send it to Kyoto quickly, asking Su Xiangguo to urge local officials to take action to help these people.

Su Xiang is not the Holy Mother.

She just doesn't want to see the scene where "the rich family is full of wine and meat, and the road freezes to death". Anyway, what she wants most is money, so she should use it to accumulate merit for herself.

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