On the long official road in Qingwu Prefecture, a long group of people was moving forward slowly. The weather was dry, and Qingwu Prefecture suffered a rare drought in fifty years. After three months of dispatch, the imperial envoy from the capital arrived.
The disaster situation has finally been stabilized, but there is a severe drought. If there is no water source, no matter how hard we try to calm the hearts of the victims, big troubles will eventually occur.
So the imperial envoy from the capital, the commander of the Yingdu Guards, the eunuch Wei Yunshu who had raised the current young emperor and was even known as "Father Zhong", and the deputy eunuch of the Imperial Tianjian, were out of the city looking for water veins.
Unfortunately, the drought in Qingwu Prefecture is so severe that all the water sources that are known to have dried up. Even if you dig deep, you will find nothing. In such a drought year, even if you launch corvee, the people will die of thirst and starvation.
Death! Such a result is not what Wei Yunshu wants.
On top of the giant carriage pulled by sixteen horses in the middle, Wei Yunshu, the culprit who was loved, hated and feared by the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, was frowning at the Qingwu Prefecture water vein map.
Next to him was the Deputy Superintendent of Qintian Prison who was sweating profusely.
Poor Deputy Superintendent of the Qintian Prison, who is already in his forties or fifties. He was originally waiting for his resignation when he turned sixty and let his eldest son take over his position and enjoy a happy life. However, he was petitioned by Wei Yunshu.
After being brought to this remote Qingwu Prefecture, the weather is still extremely dry. Now that there is no water vein, God knows what this eunuch, who is famous for his ruthlessness, will do.
"well……"
The deputy supervisor was trembling all over and looked at Wei Yunshu subconsciously.
"Sir, what's the trouble?"
"Master Lin, now that the disaster situation in Qingwu Prefecture has eased slightly, we still can't find the water veins. Even if we set off back to Beijing now, Qingwu Prefecture will still be full of corpses half a month later. So what is the purpose of our mission to Qingwu Prefecture?
Not a single one has been achieved.”
"..."
He knew it! The deputy superintendent was wiping the sweat from his forehead. The weather was extremely weird. It was already the beginning of October, and the heat was still unbearable. It was so hot that there were no beads of sweat on his body.
But looking at Wei Yunshu, even in such weather, his clothes are still neat and neat, and there is not even a bead of sweat on his forehead. Looking at himself in a state of embarrassment, it is as if they are not from the same world.
The deputy supervisor felt a little complicated in his heart. He recalled in a daze that this man was originally a famous young talent during the late emperor's time, the imperial capital Mingyue. His uneasy daughter had pursued this man to death before. I thought about him back then.
The old man also admired Wei Yunshu very much. However, he was implicated by his family and entered the palace to purify himself and became a eunuch.
eunuch!
Overnight, Mingyue in the imperial capital became a eunuch that everyone hated and despised. How could people not feel sorry for all these things.
"Master Lin?"
"Oh! I'm here. My lord, please forgive me. The weather is so hot that I can't bear it."
"It seems that Mr. Lin is indeed old."
"……yes……"
Just when the deputy supervisor was thinking that these words sounded a bit strange, Wei Yunshu gently touched the map on the table with his frozen jade-like fingers, as gently as if he were touching his lover.
"In this case, Lord Lin, why don't you resign? I just heard that the lineage of Qintian Supervisor and Supervisor is the orthodoxy of the country. The Lin family has been in the position of Deputy Supervisor for so many years and they don't seem to have the ability to replace it. Why don't you just resign? See
In recognition of Mr. Lin’s hard work, I will report to the Holy One to give you more gold and silver.”
Deputy Supervisor Lin was sweating profusely and knelt down with a plop! He never dared to rely on his old age again!
"Excuse me, my lord, but I don't dare to do it anymore."
Even if he resigns, he must do so only after his eldest son can take up the position of Deputy Supervisor. Otherwise, the Lin family will no longer have any status in Qin Tian Supervisor.
I have always heard that Wei Yunshu is thoughtful and cruel, but today, Mr. Lin has finally experienced it for himself. He will never learn this in his lifetime.
Wei Yunshu didn't answer and just looked at the map. After a quarter of an hour, he seemed to remember this person and asked him to get up with a smile.
"Look at my memory. It's true that I can't remember things because I'm old. Mr. Lin, get up quickly."
The deputy superintendent stood up weakly, and immediately expressed his willingness to explore the location of the water veins in person, and Wei Yunshu naturally agreed.
When we arrived at Qingwu Mountain, the largest mountain on the back of Qingwu Prefecture, not only the deputy supervisor, but also Wei Yunshu got out of the car and ran around exploring in the mountains under the scorching sun.
Perhaps it was really bad luck. A group of people searched for two hours but could not find a water source. Instead, they were all tired and thirsty and could not move. With no choice, the group could only find a shade to rest.
It is said that it is shade, because there is little water, these towering trees are also weak, their leaves are curled, and they can only barely provide shade.
Wei Qingshan, one of Wei Yunshu's adopted sons, carefully handed the water bag he carried to his adoptive father's lips. He was slightly relieved when he saw that his adoptive father took a few sips and his face was no longer so pale.
It's just that I can't stop worrying about the next moment.
Wei Qingshan has been taught by Wei Yunshu for many years and is no longer the little eunuch who doesn't understand anything. When he thought of the folks from Qingwu Prefecture who looked at them lifelessly when they left the city, he felt that a shadow was cast on his heart. This month, they
He only went out of the city to look for water sources seventeen times, and every time he came back disappointed. The eyes of the people in Qingwu Prefecture became darker and darker every time. If this continues, Wei Qingshan is really worried that those people will, will...
"Don't think too much. There will be a way to reach the mountain. Why think so much? Go and see how Mr. Lin is doing. Give him some water."
It's not that Wei Yunshu's temper has suddenly changed for the better, it's just that among the court officials who came this time, he was the only one who knew Feng Shui. If he fell down, it would be even harder to find the water source.
Wei Qingshan wanted his adoptive father to take a few more sips, but Wei Yunshu just frowned and gave up. He could only walk slowly towards Deputy Supervisor Lin.
Just halfway through, Wei Qingshan heard the click of a branch being broken by an object falling from a high altitude, and his adoptive father's uncontrollable groan of pain!
"Father!"
Wei Qingshan immediately turned around and saw at a glance that his adoptive father was crushed under the debris of heavy branches. There seemed to be a small figure on the adoptive father's body?
"Catch the assassin!"
Wei Qingshan had always been jokingly called Wei Yunshu's dog. When he saw his foster father injured, his eyes immediately became bloodshot, and he immediately mistook the man who fell from the sky as an assassin. He called the Yingdu guards around him and rushed forward.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough, don't, don't be impulsive."
Wei Yunshu, who was almost beaten to death, spoke with difficulty. He took a look at the figure on his body and found that it was only a little girl about ten years old. If he looked carefully, he saw that the little girl still had three hideous scars on her face. He paused for some reason.
, Wei Yunshu stopped Wei Qingshan who was about to kill him.
