Encounter with the Four Great Talents

People who have lived in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time will always have some premonitions when they encounter such a climate.

Based on experience, we will seize the time to strengthen the embankment, and will not leave our homes unless it is a last resort.

But early in the morning, many people with muddy bodies appeared in Wu County, all of them looked miserable and haggard. After inquiring, it turned out that they were fleeing from villages and towns a little further outside the city because the dams of the swollen river broke down.It is said that during the heavy rain last night, more dams were washed away than expected.

The magistrate of the county has already sent people to investigate it immediately. It is only a small Wu county with only a few yamen servants and no guards. There is no way to repair it so quickly.So in just one day, Wu County was filled with many victims.

Hua Ding Wen Hua Ding Wu naturally paid attention to it, but it is reassuring to see that Mr. Zhang, the county magistrate, is very hardworking and everything is arranged in an orderly manner.With the state of the Tang family, Wei Ting was asked to investigate, but he didn't rush out to intervene.What's more, when Tang Shen got sick, even if he had to pull him, he would never let Hua Dingwu leave the bed.

Tang Yin said: "The harvest in Jiangnan has been good these years, and the rich households in Jiangnan are very charitable. It is not a problem to resettle these refugees. I also asked people to prepare some supplies in case they are needed." Rewarded by the former emperor, he has always been a well-known benevolent person in Wu County. When the yamen needs him, he will always stand up and do his best.So this year's heavy rain was reminded by experienced servants, and Tang Yin also prepared some food and medicinal materials early.

Hua Dingwen admired Tang Yin very much, especially the complete range of medicinal materials he collected, which was even more rare.He is not worried about any victims, the court will deal with it.He was only worried about the epidemic, so he went out and walked around. He saw that although the victims were exhausted and haggard, they were still healthy after proper arrangements. Many people had even returned home and started to help build dam houses, so he felt relieved.

Therefore, those victims of the disaster were put aside, and those in the Tang family who should be treated continued to be treated, and those who should be kept healthy continued to take care of themselves.

Tang Shen leaned on the pillow and drank the medicine obediently. Seeing Hua Dingwu turn around and pass the medicine cup to Qiuxiang, and then took the warm handkerchief to clean his face and hands, he couldn't help laughing, and he stared.

Hua Dingwu put his hand on his forehead, found no fever, and took his pulse again to make sure that there was nothing wrong with him, so he was relieved, but when he thought of his actions in the past few days, he couldn't help reprimanding him: "Why do you have to do that?" Against uncle?"

Tang Shen sighed and shook his hand: "It's not intentional, it's just that my father's attitude is a little too much. I'm not a temperless person, let alone someone who will give up principles easily, let alone love."

Hua Dingwu heard the warmth in his heart, sat beside him and hugged him in his arms, let him lean on his hot chest, rubbing against his ear, "I don't care, if I knew you would be angry, I would rather let him embarrass me For a while." The two elders of the Hua family have always held a supportive attitude towards the two, so Hua Dingwu didn't have a chance to stand up and protect Tang Shen.He, who has always been strong, is protected by others, which makes him feel fresh and more moved, but watching him suffer from illness, only anger and heartache remain.

Tang Shen shook his head. Since he loves Hua Dingwu, such conflicts will happen sooner or later. Avoidance and delay are not in his character.Rather than procrastinating day by day, he hopes to let his parents understand his intentions directly and clearly.This is not only the sincerity to his parents, but also to himself and Hua Dingwu.It's just that he didn't expect that his father, who had always been a bit cowardly, would oppose him so fiercely, and made it like this today.

Leaning on his shoulder, Tang Shen was still a little sad.The condemning eyes that my father didn't understand, those words that could almost kill people, of course it would hurt my heart.Tang Shen didn't know how to face his father anymore, he was extremely unfilial when he made trouble like this.Do you regret it?No, he has no regrets.Because in this kind of resistance, he became more and more aware of his own intentions. He really wanted to spend his whole life with this man beside him.

After thinking about it, I felt a little wronged, pulled his hair and said coquettishly: "My parents don't want me anymore."

There was a slight smile in Hua Dingwu's eyes, but he put on an indifferent face and raised his eyebrows: "Oh, that's really pitiful. Do you want me to pick you up and go back?"

Tang Shen frowned, what do you mean pick it up?

Hua Dingwu continued to tease him, rubbing his chin and looking critically up and down: "He looks cute, but he has a bad temper, and he is so weak and sickly, it seems that it is a disadvantage to raise him."

Tang Shen gritted his teeth: "Don't want to raise?"

"Think." Hua Dingwu whispered softly in his ear: "I just wish I could put you in a cage that only I can see, and raise you for the rest of my life."

Tang Shen blushed in disbelief, and rubbed his hot face against his chest: "You are becoming more and more able to speak sweet words, but my father said that your sweet words are all false, so I can't believe it."

Hua Dingwu nodded: "It's possible, then let's order a cage now, and he will believe it after locking it up."

Tang Shen got angry and pulled his hair fiercely.Why not teach yourself a lesson?Isn't he sick and weak now, pulling his hair is the easiest and most relieved.

The two had a sweet quarrel for a while, Tang Shen lost his energy and fell asleep again.Hua Dingwu guarded him for a while, and seeing that everything was fine, he let Dongyue and Qiuxiang take care of him carefully, and went out by himself.

Hua Dingwen and Tang Yinweiting are discussing the disaster situation, and the outside situation is not optimistic.The number of victims has not decreased. Although the local victims have all gone back, more and more victims came from other prefectures. The county grandpa Mr. Zhang had to disperse some of the victims to other prefectures and counties for resettlement.But there was water everywhere, bridges in many sections were broken, and more and more corpses could be found outside.The news from the victims is even more troublesome. The disaster situation in the southwestern area is even more serious. The government offices in some affected areas do not do anything, and they cannot produce a grain of food. It is also common to suppress and drive the victims.

Huading warriors are here, the prefect of Suzhou still knows what is important, Mr. Zhang is also a shrewd person, so everything in Suzhou is fine, after all, they are a land of fish and rice, so they have more confidence.It's just that no matter how confident you are, you can't stop so many victims.

The magistrate has already reported this matter to the imperial court. Based on the emperor's recent cleansing and deterrence of the imperial court, he should be able to get news soon.It’s just that far away water can’t put out a nearby fire. An old man who is familiar with the climate and experience said that there may be another severe drought in the future, which is definitely a more troublesome existence than water.

Hua Dingwu began to feel that his fate might be in conflict with the Jiangnan region. It was a rare time for him to go to Jiangnan, so why was there so much trouble?

But no matter how many troubles there are, as an official of the imperial court, he cannot ignore them.So he also sent news to the emperor through his own channels, hoping that these problems can be properly dealt with before they become serious. After all, the emperor has not been in power for a long time, and his current position should be stable, but he still needs to be careful.

The four of them got together and first asked about Tang Shen's situation. After knowing that everything was fine, they frowned and began to discuss the situation of the victims.Mr. Zhang has been the county magistrate here in Wu County for six years. He has some experience. Other more powerful places accept help.Due to the relationship between the area and the access road, Wu County will always receive some victims first. In the past ten days, the victims have also had a fixed point of treatment, and everything is good.

Hua Dingwen respected this Lord Zhang very much. This middle-aged official who looked cheerful and had no airs was definitely a capable person.It's just that midsummer is about to enter, and if the water recedes, it will easily attract diseases and epidemics, and then it will be autumn again. It seems that the southwestern area will probably have no crops. Another winter and a green spring will be terrible.

Hua Dingwu comforted him: "It's hard to say now, maybe it won't be that bad."

Hua Dingwen sighed, frowned and said, "Didn't I go to the west with my master once when I was young? I have seen the severity of the epidemic. It was fine in the town, but in the wild, except for the dying and the dead, all the healthy ones were dead. No. Human and animal corpses are everywhere. The smell of decay and the horrible scene make one’s scalp tingle just thinking about it. I don’t want this place to become like that anyway, so even if there is only a little power, I hope it can Do something."

Tang Yin said with a smile: "Physician Hua is too self-effacing. I don't know how relieved Mr. Zhang is with you here."

Hua Dingwen also smiled, these days he was often dragged by that person to prescribe various prescriptions.

Tang Yindao: "I also went around these days. The damage to the nearby crops is not serious. I think if the weather improves, the first wave of harvests will not be a big problem, and it will be of some benefit to help the victims. It's just that the repair of the dam still needs to be done. Slower, but fortunately, the rain has decreased recently, and the flooding has not been worse. But seeing more and more victims in the southwest, the situation there is very bad if you want to come to them.”

Wei Ting nodded grimly: "It's not just bad, it's very bad. Many counties in the southwest were affected by disasters. I just asked around, and there were already four or five victims from different places. Most of them didn't I received useful help in places other than Suzhou Prefecture. Not to mention skinny, many people got sick. It is said that some places are better and the victims can be properly resettled, while some bad places are ignored by officials. It stinks, there are hungry ghosts on the road."

Hua Dingwu frowned. As an official of the Jinyiwei that supervises the officials of the world, he could have expected such a thing.But such people are inexhaustible, and most of them are dealt with in gray before the problem breaks out.Only at this time will people feel that these people really deserve to die long ago.

Hua Dingwen knew him, so he said: "Reports about the recent disasters have been handed in all the time. The emperor will definitely not ignore them. We just need to do our part. It's just that Brother Tang, the Tang family's relocation may have to be postponed." Slow down."

Tang Yin smiled: "It's natural. At this time, even if you drive me away, I can't leave." He did not serve as an official, but as an official with fame and reputation, he naturally cared more about the people. Moreover, the Tang family is used to doing good deeds, so it's not something they would do if they don't lend a helping hand at this time.

The four of them chatted for a while, and felt that Mr. Zhang and the magistrate had behaved well, and there was nothing for them to intervene, so they decided to wait and see the development of the situation.Secretly, Hua Dingwu sent out a lot of secret letters, Hua Dingwen also wrote a lot, Tang Yin and Wei Ting prepared materials and continued to inquire about news, neither of them was idle.

Tang Shen, the only one who was idle, fell asleep for a while, and was awakened by the movement around him.

The person sitting at the head of the bed was Qiu Shi who had become much thinner and older in a few days.

Although Qiu is not a beauty, she still has the gentleness and beauty of a Jiangnan woman. Except for her facial features not being gorgeous enough, her appearance has always been decent and outstanding.In just a few days, he became so haggard and thin, which made Tang Shen feel distressed.He propped himself up and tried to sit up, but was suppressed by Qiu Shi.

Qiu covered him with the quilt, and said softly: "You are sick, you should lie down obediently and recuperate."

Tang Shen blinked, nodded and did not move, only staring at her with wide eyes.Qiu stretched out her slender palms that were no longer shiny, and gently stroked his son's forehead, asking him in a low voice about how he was recuperating from his illness, whether he had a fever, whether he was in pain, whether he was vomiting blood again, and what Physician Hua said, one by one. asked over and over.He smiled lightly when he realized that although he was sick, as long as he continued to raise it, it would not affect too much.

With hot eyes, Tang Shen took her hand and said softly, "Mother, it's because my son is unfilial."

"Stupid child." Qiu's eyes were as moist as ever, but he said with a smile: "I have raised you all these years, whether you are filial or not, mother has eyes, and she always watches. My son is the most filial son in the world, and he is my most filial son." My dearest son." Seeing Tang Shen's tears streaming down, Qiu took out a veil and wiped them off carefully, touched his forehead and said softly, "Don't blame your parents, we haven't seen the world, but I'm afraid you will suffer."

Tang Shen nodded desperately, he knew it, and his parents thought of him too.

"Mother is watching. Master Hua is very attentive to you. It seems that he is sincerely treating you. I don't want to say anything about your affairs. I just hope that you will be better. But your father... I'm afraid there is something wrong with you." Difficult." Qiu loves her son, as long as he is good, she can be with a man or marry a woman, honestly, she doesn't care.And looking at how Imperial Physician Hua, Tang Yin and others treated the two of them, it was obvious that they had no objection to their being together, and were even quite happy to see it happen.She is not a fool, she knows that the person her son is looking for must be good for him.And even without the attitude of these people, just seeing her son vomit blood, she decided not to pursue it!Nothing is more important than a son's longevity!

It's just that he can make concessions for his son, but Tang Guangde is hard to say.Although the husband is cowardly, he is very ambitious. With all these years of honor and support, how can he bear such anger and confrontation? After getting dizzy, he discarded all the good looks of his son and couldn't see him. He only remembered that he was not filial. And big rebellion.Qiu wanted to persuade her, but she was reprimanded and came back. Angrily, she quarreled with her husband and went to see her son.

Tang Shen didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this, and shook his mother's hand: "Mother, father is just a little old-fashioned. This kind of thing is actually common in the capital. Let's wait for this disaster to pass and move to the capital for a few days, and it will be fine if father gets used to it." I will definitely not be separated from Dingwu, father loves me and will accept it sooner or later."

Qiu was so angry that he pinched him: "You, just rely on our love, and you will consume it sooner or later."

Tang Shen smiled and continued to shake her hand. Seeing his son's pale face and bright smile, Qiu's heart softened.After tucking in his quilt, he said some thoughtful words, and asked a lot about Hua Dingwu. Seeing the happiness on his son's face, Qiu knew that her decision this time must be right.