Nine thousand years old [rebirth]

Both of them were buried by earth and rocks from the waist down, and there was a big tree with dense branches horizontally above their heads.

Cui Ci wanted someone to move the tree away first, but found that one of the big tree's two-finger-thick branches had been inserted into Xue Shu's back, and the blood stained that branch dark red.The coagulated blood stains around the wound had turned black and red.

The branch didn't know how deep it went in, so he didn't dare to move, so he could only ask someone to find a knife to cut off the branch first, and at the same time ask someone to clean up the earth and rocks below.

Fortunately, it has been raining for the past three days, and the soil and rocks have not been compacted yet, so it is relatively easy to clean up.

After the branches were sawed off and the big tree above was removed, everyone carefully prepared to lift the person up.

Yin Chengyu hadn't seen the light for a long time, fearing that his eyes would be hurt by the strong light outside. At this time, his eyes were already covered with black cloth.Cui Ci originally wanted to send him up first, but under Yin Chengyu's insistence, the group could only send Xue Shu up first, but Xue Shu's arms were tightly wrapped around Yin Chengyu, and the person who moved them did not dare to force him. Neng stopped in embarrassment again and asked Yin Chengyu for instructions.

Yin Chengyu groped and patted Xue Shu's arm, leaned close to his ear and whispered: "It's safe now, let go of Gu first."

Xue Shu didn't know if he heard it, but when Yin Chengyu went to hold his hand again, he let go of his arm.

Only then did the others carefully lift him up, put him on a stretcher, and send him to the temporary tent for treatment.

Yin Chengyu was sent out after the last step.He was cut by a sharp stone on his right side of the waist, but fortunately the wound was not too deep, and he was bandaged again. Although he was weak at the moment, he was still conscious.

When he was being sent to the camp, he suddenly thought of something, called Cui Ci over, and told him: "Go and follow Xue Shu, if there is a place where someone needs to serve him personally, you must do it yourself, and don't let others come close."

Although Cui Ci didn't understand the reason, he still complied and followed Xue Shu.

When Yin Chengyu woke up, it was already the second day.

The rain outside has not stopped, as if it is going to make up for the rain that has not fallen in spring and summer at one time.Soybean-sized raindrops hit the roof of the tent like fine drumbeats.In the past, Yin Chengyu would have thought it too noisy, but now listening to the sound of rain outside, he felt calm.

At least they have a chance to feel the noise of the world again.

The dirt on his body has been cleaned, and the wound has been properly treated and bandaged.Yin Chengyu tried to move, except for some pain in his waist and right hand, other minor injuries could be tolerated.

He sat up slowly with his arms propped up, and the movement alarmed the little eunuch who was waiting outside.

The little eunuch walked around the screen and came in. It was a familiar face, and he seemed to be serving Xue Shu on weekdays: "Is there any discomfort, Your Highness? I'm going to send the doctor?"

"No need." Yin Chengyu's voice was still hoarse, and he spoke with some difficulty: "Pour Gu Gu a glass of water."

The little eunuch quickly brought warm tea over.

Yin Chengyu drank a cup of warm tea to moisten his throat, and his throat became more comfortable, so he asked the little eunuch to deliver Cui Ci.

After a while, Cui Ci came.

Yin Chengyu had already changed his clothes, but his body was still a little weak, so he sat on the Arhat bed outside. Because of the continuous rain, the weather was damp and cold, and a charcoal basin was placed at his feet.

"How is Xue Shu?"

"The doctor has already taken out the branch that was inserted into the back. Fortunately, Supervisor Xue was wearing armor. The branch was blocked by the soft armor, and it didn't go too deep, and it didn't hurt the internal organs. Yesterday, he used medicine and needles." Said. At this point he paused, eyeing Yin Chengyu's face and said carefully: "However, Supervisor Xue's injury is more serious. He only woke up for a while in the middle, and then fell into a coma again. The doctor said that he can get over it by himself. If you don't have a fever at night, there is no great danger."

Yin Chengyu nodded and looked at him with lowered eyes: "But you are the one who is serving you?"

This made Cui Ci's heart skip a beat, and he bit the bullet and said "yes".

When the prince told him yesterday that he had to serve Supervisor Xue personally, he still didn't understand what he meant.But when he cleaned the body of Supervisor Xue, he understood the meaning of the sentence that the prince specially explained.

It's just that there are some things that he knows, but he can only pretend that he doesn't know.

Even when the master asks, it's best not to mention one more word.

So after he finished answering, he bowed his head respectfully, without saying a word.

Yin Chengyu stared at him for a long time, and saw that although he was a little nervous, he was still calm, so he nodded in satisfaction: "Take good care of him, what he did before, and what he should do in the future."

He spoke very cryptically, but Cui Ci understood.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the minister will not disgrace his life."

Only then did Yin Chengyu send his people out, and before he had time to take a breather, he heard the little eunuch come to tell him that the Zuo Buzheng envoy, the Tongzhi of Qingzhou Prefecture, and the general judge asked to see him.

Previously, the governor of Shandong Province and the prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture were accused and imprisoned because of the corruption of food and ink for disaster preparations. Now the replacement officials have not yet been appointed in the future, and then there is an earthquake, and the matter is in a hurry. on behalf of the responsibilities.

The famine in Shandong has not yet been resolved, and the earth dragon turned over again, causing countless deaths and injuries.But at this juncture, the crown prince disappeared for three days and fell into a coma for another day.

The three of them have become ants on a hot pot.

Now when he heard that the prince was awake, he hurriedly came to see him, first to ask for his safety, and second because the disaster situation in Shandong needs to be reported, so the prince has to make up his mind.

Yin Chengyu naturally understood the reason for their visit, and after being granted a seat, he asked about the disaster without any nonsense.

"Which places were affected by the disaster? Has the number of people affected by the disaster been calculated clearly?"

Zuo Buzheng Qian Bai got up and cupped his hands, and said: "The center of this earthquake is Fuhuling, Qingzhou Prefecture. With Yidu City as the center, Changle, Shouguang, Linqu and other places were the most severely affected. Outside Qingzhou Prefecture, Only the neighboring Jinan Prefecture was hit by the disaster. About [-] houses collapsed in each prefecture, and roughly [-] to [-] people were affected by the disaster, and more detailed time is tight, and the calculation has not yet come.”

"The famine is still unresolved and there is an earthquake. The people are in hardship. Can there be a storehouse for disaster relief?"

"A total of [-] shi of the disaster-prepared food recovered earlier and the food borrowed from the nearby granary have been distributed to the victims. But this man-made disaster is linked to a natural disaster, and the number of people affected is too many, and it is still less than half. The crown prince Your Highness is still in Shandong, and the ministers dare not report it privately..."

Usually, if there is an earthquake, the local governor will hand over a booklet to report the disaster.Afterwards, the Ministry of Household Affairs sent people to verify, and the imperial court allocated money and grain for disaster relief.

But now that something happened to the governor, the prince is still in Shandong, and none of the remaining people have the guts to report it arbitrarily.

Yin Chengyu pondered for a moment, then asked someone to come over with a pen and paper, and wrote a note on the spot: "The disaster situation in Shandong is severe, we can provide relief first and report later. You order people to quickly send the note back to Beijing, and use water to call grain loans to the people. It will be returned in a good year after the disaster.”

"His Royal Highness is so kind!" Qian Bai was overjoyed when he heard that, if he could borrow grain, it would really solve Shandong's urgent need.

"In addition to disaster relief, the corpses of the dead should be collected and buried as soon as possible, and epidemics and waterlogging should be strictly guarded against. The earthquake has already made things worse. If there is another twists and turns, the people may not be able to survive."

Disasters are frequent in the Shandong area. Every year, there are either floods or droughts. These two are often accompanied by famine and epidemics.This year's spring and summer were drier and less rainy, and there were locust swarms again, and the fields had no harvest.In autumn, it started to rain uncharacteristically.If this continues, Yin Chengyu is worried that it will cause floods and diseases.

His worries were exactly what Qian Bai and the others were secretly worried about. Now that they heard him mention it, they didn't rush to leave, and simply took out the prepared disaster prevention strategies and discussed them with him in detail.

Yin Chengyu went to Shandong to control floods and epidemics in his early years, and he has a lot of experience in this regard.He discussed with the three of Qian Bai for half a day, and after confirming that there was nothing missing in the prevention and control strategy, Qian Bai and the others left holding the brochure and the roughly written disaster control regulations as treasures.

It was only noon when he woke up, but it was already the end of the unitary hour when Qian Bai and others left.

The rain outside has become lighter, but the sky is still gloomy, with heavy lead clouds weighing heavily on the head, and it is unknown when it will clear up.

Yin Chengyu let out a little tired breath, rubbed his brows, and then got up to see Xue Shu.

Just when the little eunuch came in with food, he saw his figure walking out and hurriedly said: "Your Highness hasn't eaten yet."

"Leave it alone, and eat it when I come back alone."

Xue Shu's camp was not far from his main tent, Yin Chengyu didn't let anyone follow him, and went over by himself with an umbrella.

When entering the tent, Ying Hongxue and He Shan were walking out.

The two were stunned for a moment when they saw him, and quickly reacted to salute.

Yin Chengyu was blindfolded yesterday, and did not see Ying Hongxue, only learned from Cui Ci that after the earthquake, Ying Hongxue and He Shan brought five thousand Red British troops to support.

He looked at Ying Hongxue carefully, saw a familiar shadow from the brows and eyes of the other party, and his tone was much gentler: "I was afraid of finding the wrong person before, but now it seems that I am too worried, he is very similar to you."

Ying Hongxue gave him a surprised look, feeling that his attitude was a bit weird, but the other party was the prince after all, she lowered her head and said, "Siblings born from the same mother naturally look alike."

Yin Chengyu nodded, and asked again: "Have you seen people? Is Xue Shu awake?"

"He hasn't woken up yet, the doctor said it's best to let him rest. If nothing happens tonight, he will be safe."

"The orphan goes to see him, you two go slowly, if you need it, you can go to find the orphan at any time." After Yin Chengyu finished speaking, he nodded slightly at the two of them, and then went inside.

Ying Hongxue and He Shan went out.

"I didn't expect the crown prince to be so approachable," He Shan held up an oil-paper umbrella, talking to Ying Hongxue in a low voice.

Ying Hongxue glanced at him, and said with a sneer: "Which superior is not used to putting on a show? Besides, we have helped him no matter what, and it's normal to be polite." She frowned slightly, and after thinking for a while, said: "Now the prince It’s all right now, although he hasn’t targeted the Red Army yet, we have to guard against it. You quietly send a letter and tell the brothers to disperse, just in case.”

After all, she still didn't dare to fully trust the people in the court.

The two whispered and walked away. At this time, in the camp, Yin Chengyu waved away the serving Yaoboy and the little eunuch, and sat down on the side of the couch.

Xue Shu hasn't woken up yet.

Cui Ci cleaned up the dirt on his body, even shaved off the blue stubble that came out, and properly treated and bandaged the wounds on his body, but the whole person looked much thinner.

At this time, he was lying on the couch in a white tunic, with his eyes closed, looking more serious than before.

Yin Chengyu sat by the couch for a long time, watching him quietly.

The past events surged up like a tide, but they no longer aroused the depression and resentment in his heart.

All the gloom and resentment stemmed from the unwillingness to admit it from the bottom of my heart.

After five years of entanglement, the relationship between him and Xue Shu is beyond simple love and hatred.

They are all too proud, and besides feelings, there are too many external things to worry about.

So I was moved and refused to admit it.

He and Xue Shu are like two people holding knives, with the tips of the knives facing each other.But no one could make a move, and no one dared to put down the knife first.Just like this, they were deadlocked in an unsolvable predicament, tortured each other, and got deeper and deeper.

Yin Chengyu lowered his eyes, and slowly brushed his fingers across his stiff eyebrows, and then landed on his dry lips, and said softly: "If you wake up, I will not be angry anymore."

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