Xue Panzhi's gossip red mansion

After leaving the boundary of the Xiaoxing’an Mountains, we continued to go northeast. When Xue Pan and his party entered the Amur River Basin, it was already October. The temperature here was obviously much colder than that in the Central Plains. Shemu grew up in the south.

This time, Xue Pan was appointed as the chief political envoy, and Xie Mu was appointed as the procuratorial envoy, who were respectively in charge of the affairs related to the people's livelihood and judicial affairs in the outer north.Although this official position, which seems to be a third grade, will make many people envious, if it is placed in other places in Daqing, the fleas will have appeared to talk, can a Jinshi who just passed the palace examination be able to do this job? ?

But Outer North, this place in the north of Northeast China, outside the Xiaoxingan Mountains, is really not an enviable errand.The area from the Xiaoxing'an Mountains to the outer Xing'an Mountains is mostly white mountains and black waters. Although it has a vast territory and rich natural resources among the mountains, it is far away from the central administrative area of ​​Daqing, and in winter and spring, it has a radius of hundreds of miles. Has been frozen in.With the freezing weather and inconvenient transportation, Outer North is a marginalized place.

Outer North does not belong to the three northeast provinces, it has broken away from the administrative jurisdiction of Heilongjiang and has become a province of its own.However, its boundary is not clearly defined in the direction extending northward, and the influence of Tsarist Russia has not yet penetrated here. Daqing and Tsarist Russia are roughly bounded by the Waixing'an Mountains, but the specific national boundary has not been clearly defined.

This world did not sign the "Treaty of Nerchinsk". Due to changes in the history of the previous dynasty, this area is no longer the birthplace of the Manchus. The Jurchen tribes here have also united once, but they were dispersed by Emperor Luo. People like Nurhachi didn't even have the chance to appear.

It is not uncommon in ancient times that the national boundaries are not clear, especially in this place where the land is sparsely populated and it is far away from the central administrative region. Is it the land of Daqing?Is it the land of the king in the whole world? This is the inherent thinking from the emperor down to the common people. Since it belongs to the emperor, why bother to measure it so clearly.

In fact, it was also when the world began to be connected as a whole due to the advanced productivity promoted by the industrial revolution, and the previously unclear national boundaries began to become clear.

For Daqing at this time, the success of the British Industrial Revolution on the other side of the ocean will take another 70 to [-] years, and they crossed the ocean and brought fatal danger to this ancient oriental country, which seemed out of reach.

Having said that, the officials of the Daqing Dynasty who were sent to the outer north were all officials who had lost their grace, just like Jia Zhu back then.

Therefore, even if he was awarded the position of third-rank chief envoy, the courtiers looked at Xue Pan with a little pity in their eyes, and he was about to be relegated to a foreign country after being ranked second. Let's shed two crocodile tears together.

There are very few people like Xun Yan who can guess one or two right, but after Song Quan heard the news, he didn't know what kind of trouble Xue Pan was going to make.

It doesn't matter how the group of people in the capital look at it. Now Xie Mu is more concerned about whether he will be frozen into an ice monkey. This description seems a little wretched, but his nose is already running.Looking at Xue Pan and Xia Gui, they don't wear much, and they are not frozen. Could it be said that people who practice martial arts are resistant to freezing, is it useful for him to hold Buddha's feet temporarily? "Calpin, it seems that we have to speed up. When we reach Bomurk, you will only see a popsicle."

Xia Gui looked at Xie Mu's unpromising appearance, he was not riding a horse outside, but in the carriage, with charcoal burning, is it still so cold.Among the three of them, he was the only one who looked tall and burly, so why was he so useless, he hadn't entered deep winter yet, he was like this, could he really go out in the twelfth lunar month?It seems that Xie Mu must be allowed to train for a period of time, and there should be nothing wrong with them, and no one can drag them down physically.

Sensing Xia Gui's slightly ferocious gaze, Xie Mu felt a chill on the back of his neck, and shrank back to Xue Pan's position. This movement was made by Xie Mu, who seemed to have a strong physique, and it was really not a little bit of a violation. "Master Xia, can you stop looking at me like this, I'm not your soldier."

This time Xia Gui was appointed as the commander, and went to command the military camp in the outer north, which was not far from Bomurk, and arrived there in three days.It turned out that Xie Mu was worried that Xia Gui's physique, which looked like a scholar, would not be able to restrain those rough guys, but when he saw Xia Gui killing a tiger with his bare hands, Xie Mu's three views were completely shattered. It seems that people who are not divided into men and women can kill tigers with their fists, which is not in line with common sense at all.

Xue Pan shook his head, Xie Mu was about the same age as himself, and looked more like a military officer than Xia Gui. He looked like a black-faced god, but in fact his personality was very eccentric. I know that I am a married person.Xie Mu and Xie Min are cousins, but Xie Mu's mother died early, and his father is devoted to Taoism. It can be said that his cousin Xie Min brought him up, but he doesn't know how to cultivate the serious Xie Min Xie Mu, who looks ferocious but is actually a little cute, appears.Before the scientific examination, Xie Mu had already made up his mind to join forces with his father. If there is someone to protect the matchmaker, he would say that he already has a marriage contract. As for which family it is, why should he tell you.

Xie Mu didn't want to get married so early, but his father didn't care about everything, and his mother was gone, so his fraudulent plan was a success.

People who are not familiar with Xie Mu are deceived by his black face appearance, if they go deeper, they will find that he is very nervous. "Brother Xia, I'm hungry. See if there will be some kind of big bear coming out here, and I can make a bear's paw to eat."

Xie Mu couldn't remember what Xia Gui threatened just now, and his stomach growled.Hearing this sound, Xia Gui really admired it. How come people who ate four bowls in the morning are hungry again.I saw Xie Mu touching his head in embarrassment and showing a flattering smile.

"Let's live to fill our stomachs first. We don't want to go hunting today. We have to go all the way to Jia Zhu's place and meet him." Xue Pan was lucky to have the foresight this time, and replaced all the carriages on the road with Xue's family. Only those with unique characteristics can withstand the severe cold in the outer north.The space inside the carriage was large enough, and even the hot soup was simmering on the small stove, but in this way, their forward speed must have slowed down.Fortunately, Xie Shiben let the three of them take office before the Chinese New Year.

When the moon was in the sky, they finally came to a small county town, where Jia Zhu was waiting for them.After five years of separation, Jia Zhu has also rotated several county offices in Outer North, but he has never been promoted. Until this time, he will become Xue Pan's deputy. , no one is envious, this place will be the same as before.

The handover work in the county government has been completed, and Jia Zhu is waiting for Xue Pan and the others on the only way they must pass.

Xue Pan made an introduction for several people, because of Xue Pan's bond, everyone is considered acquaintances.

Jia Zhu didn't expect that one day he would see an acquaintance again, and it would be Xue Pan who was the only one who saw him off when he left the capital.At the beginning, Xue Pan was only 11 years old, and the things he gave were very useful for a new official like himself.At that time, I could say that I left the capital with a feeling of escapism, but I didn't expect that I had been here for five years, had a child, and was used to the straightforward folk customs of this place.If he hadn't seen Xue Pan who looked more like a gentleman on Moshang than before, Jia Zhu felt that he would not be able to remember that Uncle Jia in Jia's mansion.

Xue Pan looked at Jia Zhu. This person was far from the eldest son of the Jia family when he saw off on the official road. A sober person, today he has become a pine in the snow. "Shoushi Hanmei is a neighbor, and the pavilion does not change the four seasons of spring. You must know that Aoxue Lingshuang is not a member of the prosperous team. Big cousin, if Cousin Lian was here, I probably wouldn't dare to recognize you."

Jia Zhu shook his head and smiled, why couldn't he understand Xue Pan's meaning, he, who was born in the prosperity, could no longer find himself yesterday.This kind of change comes from the indifference of the Jia family, but also from the tempering of the outer north.

"Let's talk about the past later. A difficult incident happened recently. Several people died one after another in Baijiamu County, but unfortunately there was an avalanche early yesterday morning, and the only official road was covered by heavy snow. It’s blocked, and when the roads are impassable, the medicinal materials needed can’t be sent in.”

Xue Pan frowned slightly. If it was a general illness, there would be no conventional medicinal materials in the county. Since the medicinal materials were specially delivered, could it be some serious illness? "Big cousin, is it some difficult disease? It can't be contagious."

Jia Zhu showed a bit of bitterness, "The county magistrate there hasn't reported yet, and I don't know if it's because of the heavy snow that blocked the road. I noticed this because the shopkeeper of the pharmacy here notified by my cousin. Based on the pulse and prescription prescribed by the sitting doctor, it is probably a severe infectious disease."

After finishing speaking, he handed Xue Pan a prescription and a pulse record, and Xue Pan broke out in a cold sweat with a sentence on it, "When Bi Sui was sick, he still developed sores on his head, face and body, and even after a while, they appeared like fire sores. , all wear white paste, follow the decision and live."

Xia Gui saw the change in Xue Pan's expression, and took the letter paper. After reading it, she also changed color suddenly, and looked at Xue Pan face to face, "Brother Xue, is this smallpox?!"

"Smallpox?!" Xie Mu snatched the case.This disease has not changed in color in Daqing like it was in Daqing in the previous life. Perhaps it is the reason for historical changes. Since the establishment of the Daqing Dynasty, there has never been such a disease outbreak.However, in the previous dynasty, there were some tragedies that caused a large number of deaths due to this disease. It was unexpected that the former murderous demon appeared in the northern land again and stretched out its claws.