Death, sixty-seven; wounds, four hundred and forty-two.

The Mid-Autumn Festival in the fourth year of Yongzheng was left to Qingyuan City with only endless sorrow and heavy pain.

When the casualty figures were reported, Qing Yuanzhi, who was originally trembling, fell to the ground softly; As the prefect, Zhu Zhilian's face became more and more gray, his eyes were straight, and he was no longer angry.

At this moment, Tang Zhiyu and other officials in Qingyuan City also arrived one after another, and everyone's faces were very ugly.

This year, the wind and rain were smooth, and the government decree was passed, which should have been a year of harvest.

I don't want to want to, but I'm happy and sad.

Everyone's eyes looked at Cao Hao, the governor on the field.

Cao Hao let out a long sigh and said, "The deceased, compassionate care; Wounded, do your best! ”

Everyone agreed in unison, and Cao Hao arranged errands for everyone to maintain law and order, comfort the injured, compensate the bereaved families, and so on.

After everyone dispersed, Cao Hao turned his head and said to Zhu Zhilian: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to be anxious, Lord Zhu still needs to take care." ”

It's really Zhu Zhilian's face that is too ugly, which makes people worry when they see it.

Zhu Zhilian shook his lips, but he shed tears before he spoke, and said sadly for a while: "The lower officials are ashamed of the people of Qingyuan...... Xia Guan is a sinner in Qingyuan......"

Others are okay, but Liu Chuan has been with him for many years, knows his surname, his face shows sadness, looks at Cao Hao's gaze, and prays a little more.

Seeing this, Cao Hao said solemnly: "Master Zhu, what is this doing?" Sixty-seven souls need to be overhauled, and more than 400 people are injured and awaiting treatment. At this time, instead of feeling sorry for yourself, it is better to do your duty as a prefect and return the people to peace! ”

Zhu Zhilian's heart was broken, and the blood in his throat was rolling.

He gritted his teeth and nodded: "What my lord reprimands is that as a prefect, the lower official is responsible for the people of this mansion. Even if you are guilty, you must settle the people first......"

* Governor's Palace, Inner House, West Courtyard, Main House.

Xiao Lou sat at the Kang table in the West Winghouse, absentmindedly weaving a thread. On the ground, a maid dressed in green stood on the ground, touched the already cold porridge bowl on the table, and frowned at the clock.

Seeing that the clock pointed to Zichu (eleven o'clock in the evening), the maid turned around and said, "I can't wait any longer, I'll go to the old lady......"

She was originally waiting behind the Li family, and after the Changsheng Branch, she was given Changsheng by the Li family.

Xiao Lou put down the string in his hand, got up and said, "Sister embroidered parrot, it's too late, will it startle the old lady?" Otherwise, go to the wife first, and ask the wife to send two people to the academy to pick up the seventh master. ”

Xiu Yu thought for a while and said, "It's okay like this, it's the first time that the Seventh Master has come back to play like this, it's really worrying." ”

The two did not delay any longer, and left two little maids on night duty to watch the house, and went to the main courtyard together.

In the middle of the night, the lights in each courtyard were extinguished, and the two of them carried lanterns, turned a corner, and arrived at the gate of the main courtyard.

In the upper room, the lights were on.

The embroidered parrot and Xiaolou entered the courtyard, and the little maid on night duty in the wing room heard the movement and came out.

"Huh? Sister Xiuyu, Xiaolou, it's so late, why are you here? The little maid recognized the two of them and whispered.

"If you have something urgent, go back to your wife, and I'm tired of Sister Guo'er to help you out." The embroidered parrot said softly.

The embroidered parrot and the small building are carrying lanterns into the courtyard, and even if they tiptoe, they can see the figures outside the house.

I saw Lelan pick up the curtain and come out of the upper room, and saw the embroidered parrot and Xiaolou, but she was stunned.

Guo'er hurriedly stepped forward and told the two of them about their request to meet.

"Seventh Master ......" Lelan glanced at the two of them, silently recited, and her heart followed: "Mrs. hasn't settled yet, I'll go back." ”

Chu Yu was wearing a middle coat and sat on the edge of the kang and dozed off.

Cao Hao sent someone back before, only saying that the prefect's yamen had something to delay, and he would come back later, so that Chu Yu didn't have to wait.

Chu Yu is not at ease, if it is a big holiday, if there is no big incident, where does the governor need to go and cook in person.

Hearing that the maid beside Changsheng begged to see him, Chu Yu wondered in his heart, and called "enter" in his mouth.

After hearing that Changsheng had gone out after dinner and had not returned, Chu Yu stood up suddenly: "Confused, why didn't you come over earlier to tell you?" The seventh master is a sensible person, how could there ever be a time to return late? ”

Xiu Yu said with red eyes: "The seventh master went to the academy, it was given to his wife, and before leaving, he told the slaves and maids that he would eat wine and play cards with his classmates, and he would come back later, and ask the slaves and maids to prepare supper and wait." The slaves and maids cooked the kidney bean porridge that the seventh master loved to eat, and it was heated three times, but the seventh master had not come back yet, so he really didn't dare to wait any longer. ”

Needless to say, I didn't come back at this time, ** I didn't leave ten to go to the lantern festival with my classmates.

Who doesn't know that the most lively thing in Qingyuan City is the lantern festival in the street.

On the twelfth day, Changsheng was tied up and had a good time, so it would not be surprising to go again today.

It's just that at the Lantern Festival, people come and go...... Chu Yu's heart then hung up, and she instructed Lelan Dao: "Go to the second gate, send a message to Manager Wu, and ask him to send a few people to the academy to find the seventh master, and then send a few people to the lantern festival to greet him." ”

Lelan bent his knees, brought a small lantern, and went with it.

Zhang Yi went to Khalkha with Hengsheng, and the current head of the Governor's Mansion is Wu Mao.

Chu Yu is in the inner house and doesn't know about the front yard. Wu Mao knew that Cao Hao had ordered three hundred governors to leave the house.

The news of the bridge collapse and trampling on the dead at the Lantern Festival has reached the Governor's Palace.

Cao Hao and Jiang Jian were busy counting the casualties at the prefect's yamen, and Song Hou was old and sent back to the governor's palace by Cao Hao.

When Lelan went out of the second gate and went to the front yard to look for Wu Mao, Wu Mao was listening to Song Hou talk about the tragic situation in the market.

Hearing that Changsheng didn't come back, Wu Mao and Song Hou both changed their faces.

Wu Mao didn't dare to delay for a moment, left two people waiting in the gatehouse, and took a few people to the academy.

Song Hou couldn't sit still, Cao Hao only had this one brother, he was the top of Mrs. Tai's heart, if there was a mistake, it was not fun.

He wanted to go to the prefect's yamen to find Cao Hao, but he was afraid that he would go off the road with Changsheng and make a false alarm, so he took a few people to follow Wu Mao.

After he delayed for a while, Wu Mao had already come out of the academy dormitory.

"The lights are out...... The seventh master doesn't look like he's here......" Seeing Song Hou, Wu Mao said with a pale face.

The faces of the two of them were more dignified, and they didn't dare to delay any longer, so they rode quickly and went to the prefect's yamen.

When they saw Changsheng standing opposite Cao Hao, Wu Mao and Song Hou both breathed a sigh of relief.

Cao Hao's face was ugly, with a faint sense of anger.

Changsheng's forehead was blue, and his left cheek was an inch-long cut. His clothes were dirty, and his placket was stained with blood. I don't know if I was frightened, my eyes were a little sluggish, my face was dull, and there were tears in the corners of my eyes.

Seeing Wu Mao and Song Hou coming together, Cao Hao let out a long sigh and said, "Could it be that you have alarmed the old lady?" ”

Wu Mao said: "It was the Lelan girl next to Mrs. who went to the front yard to find her, and only said that Mrs. ordered to go to the academy to pick up the seventh master, and did not mention the old lady." ”

When Cao Hao heard this, his face softened slightly, and he said to Wu Mao: "Take this bastard back!" ”

"Yes." Wu Mao bowed in response.

Changsheng pulled Cao Hao's sleeve and said with a crying voice: "Big brother, I'm not leaving, I want to go and see Zhang Ao and Zheng Zhongping......"

Cao Hao glared at him and said, "You have to alarm the old lady to feel at ease, don't you?" Hurry up and go back with Steward Wu, Ming'er is in front of the old lady, she keeps her tone tight, and thinks of a way to round the wound on her face, her old man can't stand this fright. ”

Changsheng was stunned by him, put down Cao Hao's sleeve, but still refused to move under his feet, and only looked at Jiang Jian beside Cao Hao pitifully.

Jiang Jian sighed in his heart, and said with a calm face: "Seventh Master go back and settle down first, Zhang Ao and Zheng Zhongping are two, and there is no worry about their surnames." ”

Changsheng let out a "hmm", wiped a handful of tears, and then lowered his head and left with Wu Mao.

Seeing that Cao Hao's face was tired, Song Hou persuaded: "It's almost the fourth watch, and the adults will go back to settle down, and they will still be busy." ”

Cao Hao stretched out his hand, rubbed his face, and said, "Mr. and Fei Fei will go back first, and I'll go see those two boys again." ”

Song Hou was frightened all night, and he really couldn't stand it, but he didn't worry about Cao Hao alone, so he went back to the governor's mansion by himself and asked Jiang Jian to accompany Cao Hao.

The two boys mentioned in Cao Hao's mouth refer to the immortal little servants Zhang Ao and Zheng Zhongping.

The former is Zhang Yi's eldest son, and the latter is the second eldest of Zheng Hu's family.

Zhang Ao is younger than Changsheng, and Zheng Zhongping is older than Changsheng.

When the Baoshan Bridge collapsed, the three of them were not on the bridge, and then there was a panic and crowding, so the three small clusters were gathered to the side of the bridge.

Zheng Zhong was steady and heavy, seeing that the momentum was not good, he protected Changsheng and Zhang Ao, and squeezed under the bridge, so as to avoid the most crowds and escape death.

However, in order to protect Changsheng, Zheng Zhongping and Zhang Ao's situation is not very good, and they are now sent to Qingyutang, the largest hospital in the city. The family members there are Dr. Song, who often goes to the Governor's Mansion for consultation.

After Song Hou left, Cao Hao and Jiang Jian left the prefect's yamen and went to Qingyutang.

Dr. Song is taking Song's children and nephews to take care of the injuries in this stampede.

Seeing that Cao Hao was coming, Dr. Song handed the alcohol cotton in his hand to his nephew.

This alcohol still flowed out of the Governor's Palace earlier, but I didn't expect it to be used this time.

"Master Cao......" Doctor Song greeted him, his face was unbearable, and said: "There is an old man who has hurt his heart and has no power to return to heaven......

Cao Hao listened, only to feel that his chest was blocked.

More than 400 injured people were placed in more than a dozen large and small medical centers in the city, and such cases will not be the only ones here.

The death toll of 67 people will rise.

Cao Hao nodded, first looked at a few seriously injured people, and then went to see Zhang Ao and Zheng Zhongping.

Zhang Ao injured his head, had already wrapped gauze, took medicine and fell asleep. According to Dr. Song, his injuries were not serious, but he was young, frightened, and had a fever.

Zheng Zhongping's injuries were much more serious, both legs were broken, and his arms were also dislocated, and he had to be raised for at least a year and a half before he could go to the ground to ...... the Governor's Mansion and the Inner House.

Changsheng drooped his head, and first went to the upper room to see his sister-in-law Chu Yu to report his safety, and then he was accompanied by Xiuyu and Xiaolou and returned to the East Cross Courtyard.

When he entered the house, Changsheng didn't freshen up, but went directly into the inner room, and hummed: "I'm tired, you go down first......"

The soil of this body, how can the embroidered parrot and Xiaolou allow him to sleep immediately? I had to follow up and serve him to change his clothes.

He hugged the pillow and refused to get up, and the embroidered parrot asked Xiaolou to throw the towel, walked to the kang himself, and leaned over to help him up.

At first glance, it made the embroidered parrot start.

Changsheng's forehead, I don't know when, was already covered with soybean-sized sweat, and his face was terrifyingly white.

"Seventh Master......" Embroidered Parrot asked in a trembling voice.

Changsheng's eyes were blurred, and he opened his mouth and spurted out a mouthful of blood......

(To be continued)