Zhu Xiuyuan knew at a glance that the embroidery work was Qiu Wen's own craft.

Dong Shuzhen and Xia Wu's embroidery work... It's okay not to mention it. Anyway, Zhu Xiuyuan immediately covered his face after seeing it once.

Qiu Wen opened the embroidered purse and took out a handful of banknotes. She folded them neatly and the corners of the banknotes did not appear to be rolled up.

This handful of silver notes is about five or six hundred taels.

She took out two 10-tael silver notes and handed them to Zhu Xiuyuan, and said, "Uncle, these are 20 taels."

Zhu Xiuyuan took it casually, folded it in half, stuffed it into his pocket, and then asked casually: "How much silver do we have now?"

Qiu Wen put the remaining silver notes back into her embroidered purse, moved her fingers and tilted her head to think for a while before saying: "Uncle, we have a total of 136,864 taels!"

Zhu Xiuyuan touched Qiu Wen's head and said with a smile: "Not bad!"

Just at this time, Dong Shuzhen and Xia Wu came out. Dong Shuzhen ran over with a bound, put her head close to hers, and said with a smile: "Husband, please keep my head silent as well."

Zhu Xiuyuan nodded her forehead and walked to the courtyard gate first, smiling: "Let's go, don't keep your father-in-law waiting."

"Oh, husband, wait for me!"

Dong Shuzhen quickly followed up, naturally holding Zhu Xiuyuan's hand and jumping up and down.

Xia Wu, who was at the back, pursed her lips and touched her head with her hands.

She was very envious that her uncle could touch Qiu Wen's head and the young lady's head, but he would not touch hers...

…

Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen came to the back hall of the west courtyard and found out that their father-in-law had gone out before dawn.

I rushed to the Yamen in advance.

He also left a message saying that when Zhu Xiuyuan is ready, he will go to the Yamen to order Mao as soon as possible.

Zhu Xiuyuan didn't think much about this.

"Now that the heavy rain has stopped, I'm afraid it's time to arrange the resettlement of victims and the reconstruction of collapsed houses. Both of these are relatively cumbersome, so my father-in-law went to the Yamen in advance..." Zhu Xiuyuan thought to himself.

The heavy rain that had lasted for many days stopped today. Dong Shuyu was also very happy. Moreover, Dong Shuzhen, a troublemaker, also went out and came to the back hall together.

So the whole breakfast process was quite joyful.

After Zhu Xiuyuan had eaten and drank enough, he said goodbye to Dong Shuyu and Dong Shuzhen, and told Dong Shuzhen not to leave the mansion, he took Yan Dashan with him to the Yamen.

On the way, Zhu Xiuyuan opened the curtain of the carriage and looked outside.

He first looked at the street paved with bluestone slabs.

Although there were countless puddles on the road, the knee-deep waterlogging like yesterday had disappeared, and the bluestone slabs on the street could be seen directly.

Although there are many puddles, they are only small puddles.

Zhu Xiuyuan nodded and said: "It seems that the ditch in the east of the city was dug in time yesterday, and all the water in the city was drained away!"

Then Zhu Xiuyuan raised his head again and looked at both sides of the street——

But I saw that there were no two people on a street in Nuoda!

It was empty, and occasionally I saw a person, who was always running, as if fleeing for his life.

Zhu Xiuyuan frowned and said: "It's strange. Now that the heavy rain has stopped and the waterlogging has been effectively controlled, it stands to reason that there should be a lot of people on this street. You know, even when it rained a few days ago, there were many people on this street.

Moving around!”

But now, the empty streets look a little deserted, as if Jiangzhou City is an empty city.

Yan Dashan, who was riding beside him, suddenly said: "My dear benefactor, there is indeed something strange. Could it be the plague..."

Zhu Xiuyuan frowned fiercely and put down the curtain: "Let's go to the Yamen first and have a look. Don't make any assumptions."

"Yes, benefactor!"

But having said that, Zhu Xiuyuan's worries became more and more serious...

After a while, Zhu Xiuyuan arrived at the gate of the state government office.

Zhu Xiuyuan went straight into the Yamen. Instead of going to his Cangcao duty room, he went straight to the recording room of his father-in-law, Dong Cheng.

When Zhu Xiuyuan arrived at the security room, he saw that the door was closed.

He hurriedly bent his fingers, slammed the door with his knuckles, and shouted: "Father-in-law, my son-in-law is here to greet you."

"Come in." Dong Cheng's voice came from the door.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of the door bolt being pulled was heard, and then the door was opened from the inside.

Zhu Xiuyuan stepped into the door and looked inside, his brows suddenly jumped.

I saw that Dong Cheng was not the only one in the custody room, the other five military officers and the leaders of the three squadrons of government officials were also there.

They all turned their heads and looked at Zhu Xiuyuan.

Zhu Xiuyuan actually had the illusion that he was late for class.

But the question in my heart is deeper, why did they come so early?

Zhu Xiuyuan walked over quickly, saluted first, apologized for being late, and then asked the questions in his heart.

"A once-in-a-century plague has broken out!"

"Since last night, this plague has spread to our city of Jiangzhou..."

"Hey, we went all out in the past few days to deal with this flood and the threat of the Yangtze River water level rising, so we neglected the plague..."

"As of this morning, there are more than thousands of people infected with the plague in the city, hundreds of people are bedridden, and dozens of people have lost their lives because of it!"

"This plague came so fast, infecting thousands of people overnight, and we had no way to prepare for it..."

…

The blood vessels on Zhu Xiuyuan's forehead twitched faintly, and then he felt a headache.

There really is a plague!

Oh my god, thousands of people were infected in just one night.

With the sanitary conditions in ancient times, once you contracted the plague, you would probably die!

Zhu Xiuyuan's hair stood on end, his heart was pounding with fear, his breathing was heavy, his legs were numb, and he almost couldn't stand still.

No wonder, no wonder my father-in-law went to the Yamen before dawn this morning.

No wonder a street in Nuoda was deserted, like a ghost town.

Zhu Xiuyuan's head was buzzing, but he heard a certain soldier sigh: "What happened to Jiangzhou? First there were heavy rains and floods, and then the water level of the Yangtze River surged. Before we could take a breath, the plague came again.

Already..."

"Hey, I originally thought that when the heavy rain passed, the disaster relief money and food allocated by the court would be delivered. But now... there is a plague blocking the land route, and there are huge waves on the waterway, and it is impossible to sail on the Yangtze River...

"

"We are trapped here with no way to escape!"

"Is God trying to destroy me in Jiangzhou? Is God trying to destroy us?"

…

Zhu Xiuyuan suddenly came to his senses and said loudly: "Father-in-law, and all of you gentlemen, we have survived the floods and the surge in water levels in the Yangtze River. Although this plague is coming with ferocity, we should not give up and wait for death."
Chapter completed!