On the evening of the next day, Magistrate Zhao walked into the city gate with Yun Miaomiao and his scattered subordinates in ragged clothes.
When Wang Guard saw that his master had finally come back, his eyes turned red for the first time. He thought that Magistrate Zhao would never come back.
Magistrate Zhao patted Guard Wang on the shoulder, "I've heard about it during my absence. I heard that you performed well, very well."
Wang Guard clasped his fists, "This is what subordinates should do, but the leader..."
"I know that although I am in trouble, I am not a fool. I will give you an order now to capture him." Magistrate Zhao has never left, so he naturally understands what is going on in Ruizhou City.
Guard Wang took people to Hualou to arrest people. Magistrate Zhao and Yun Miaomiao returned to Zhao Mansion together, entering through the main entrance this time.
It was already filled with white flags. Although he had always been there, this time when he came in, he truly realized that there was no one waiting for him in this home that he used to light up and go home to every day.
After they entered the door, they started to wash up. After washing up, they went to the mourning hall to offer incense to Mrs. Zhao and others.
The news of Magistrate Zhao's return spread immediately, and even Magistrate Liang, who was far away in southern Hubei, learned of the news that night.
"I didn't expect that that dead girl really got it right and actually came back." Magistrate Liang punched the table.
The counselor on the side frowned, "Sir, when you went there yesterday, do you think it was arranged by County Magistrate Zhao and the Xie family early in the morning?"
"You mean, they teamed up to insult us?" Magistrate Liang said in hindsight.
The counselor nodded, "Yes, otherwise why would County Magistrate Zhao come back at this time if he didn't come back earlier or later? Maybe he has been hiding in the dark all along and designed a trap just to lure us out."
"This Magistrate Zhao doesn't want to take sides and has always maintained neutrality, but he doesn't look like he is close to the emperor. Could it be..." The counselor shook his head. He vaguely felt that there was something about him.
I ignored it and thought it was impossible, so I directly denied it in my heart.
"Is it possible?" Magistrate Liang asked.
The counselor put away his thoughts and said, "It's nothing. Maybe my subordinate is overthinking."
Zhao Mansion.
As soon as County Magistrate Zhao came back, he gave all his servants a subsidy. This was the compensation for the shock they had received during this period, and Qingyang also brought back good news.
If not for what happened to Mrs. Zhao that day, Yun Su and Xiao Zhuo would have inquired about their results long ago.
Yun Miaomiao saw Qingyang coming in and asked, "How is it?"
Qingyang's face showed joy, "Your Highness is worthy of being a person who has read the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child. He deserves to be the number one. The person who announced the good news came that day. Because of Mrs. Zhao's matter, the door of the Zhao family was closed, and the servants were not here."
Dare to let them in, so they can only go back, and no one will know the news."
Xiao Zhuo looked at Qingyang in surprise, "Am I Jieyuan?"
Yun Su looked at Xiao Zhuo enviously, "Xiao Zhuo, I didn't realize you were so powerful."
His appearance fell into Qingyang's eyes, and he felt the same way, "Master, although you are young, you are not bad at all. You are now a young scholar. The last scholar is also a scholar."
"Yun Su also passed the exam?" Yun Miaomiao was surprised, "He was the last one?"
Qingyang nodded fiercely. When he went out to inquire just now, after knowing the two people he was inquiring about, there were a large group of people surrounding him, so it was impossible for him to get the information wrong.
One is the outstanding number one, and the other is the youngest scholar. If you ask these two casually, everyone will tell you without reservation.
Yun Su was stunned on the spot. He originally thought that he had failed the exam. Although he had been studying hard for more than half a year, his exposure time was short and he was not sure about himself at all.
Everyone present looked at Yun Su in surprise, and everyone was happy for him.
"Hahaha, he is indeed my godson. He is really capable. If your godmother finds out, she will be extremely happy. Go kowtow to her and tell her the good news."
Magistrate Zhao was so happy that he hurriedly went out to ask someone to prepare meals. He must celebrate Xiao Zhuo and Yun Su tonight.
Yun Miaomiao held her forehead, wondering what kind of eyes Mrs. Zhao had in the first place to be able to fall in love with Magistrate Zhao like this.
"Godfather, wait a minute." Yun Miaomiao stopped him, "My godmother has just left, so we are sorry for her by doing this. Yun Su is young and does not need these to cheer him up. In the future, he will
There is still a long way to go. Let’s celebrate again when he tries next time.”
The smile on Magistrate Zhao's face gradually disappeared, "I should have given you an explanation after I recognized you. Your names in the future will also be written on the genealogy of our Zhao family. My wife is not a stingy person, she will understand me.
She was so happy over there after doing this. I just hope she walks slower and waits for me. There is no need to say more about the rest. Butler, please go down and prepare. After seeing off my wife tomorrow, I will send her into the ancestral hall.
By the way, we will also handle the matter between Yun Yatou and Yun Su."
County Magistrate Zhao made the final decision without giving Yun Miaomiao a chance to refute. Seeing that he could not stop it, Yun Miaomiao had no choice but to take Yun Su to offer incense to Mrs. Zhao.
From now on, as long as there is a stick of incense in front of Father Yun's grave, there will be a stick of incense from Mrs. Zhao. She will not favor one over the other.
After staying in Ruizhou City for more than half a month, there were still many refugees outside. Yun Miaomiao took Yun Su and Xiao Zhuo back to the academy. Magistrate Zhao originally wanted to persuade her to stay, but she was also alone there.
, there are people waiting for her at home, and her daughter lives outside, so he is still worried after all.
Naturally, Yun Miaomiao would not stay, "I stay, and you and Magistrate Liang take action. What if it affects me?"
When he disappeared this time, Yun Miaomiao caused him a lot of trouble, and there were also many enemies secretly watching him.
If Yun Miaomiao really stayed and became his weakness, Magistrate Zhao thought, he would definitely take Yun Miaomiao into consideration and hesitate to take action.
"Then you have to protect yourself well over there. If anyone dares to bully you, I will lead people to kill you over there and make the decision for you."
Yun Miaomiao's heart warmed, "You should also take care of yourself. I will bring Yun Su back to be with you during the Chinese New Year. Don't be too tired."
After the two of them finished speaking, they dispersed.
On the way back, although there were a lot of refugees, they were all old, weak, women and children. Judging from the clothes, they must have come from the north. The north is not as dry as the south. Why did these people come to the south?
"Qingyang, go and find out what's going on with these people?" Yun Miaomiao pointed to a few people wearing different clothes outside.
It happened that the carriage was also being repaired. Yun Miaomiao found a big tree and sat down. After a while, Qingyang came back, "Girl, they are all from the north. I heard that there is also a locust plague in the north, and there are many more."
Many people died of the disease, and they all called the locusts a disaster that killed people. Some people in several villages also died. Now they heard that Ruizhou City can resettle the refugees and there is food, so they all went there.
Gone to the side."
"The whole village died? Just because of the locust plague?" Yun Miaomiao frowned, feeling that the matter was not that simple.
Even if there is a locust plague, it is not the people who die. Even if people die, it is because there is no food, one or two people starve to death.
Now the people who died were from one village, and more than one village. Yun Miaomiao frowned, there was something fishy in this.
Qingyang also felt that it was not like they had never encountered a locust plague before. They had never heard of anyone dying. Could it be that the locusts in the north were different from the locusts in the south?
While the two of them were still thinking about it, a woman fell down over there. The children beside her cried and called her, but there was no response.
"Mom~ don't scare me, mother, mother, please wake up~"
After Yun Miaomiao and Qingyang looked at each other, they put down the kettles in their hands and said, "I'll go over and take a look. You'll keep watch here."
Qingyang sat motionless, watching Yun Miaomiao walk towards the man. When the little girl saw Yun Miaomiao coming, she grabbed Yun Miaomiao as if she had found a life-saving straw.
"Sister, please, save my mother, she fainted."
Yun Miaomiao squatted down and began to check the woman's condition. As soon as she opened the woman's clothes, she saw red rash everywhere, and the woman kept asking for water.
Yun Miaomiao's heart sank, this man was not fainting from hunger!