After the first assistant's wife is reborn

Ding Siyu got up and left the capital in the middle of the night, he didn't go to talk to Old General Ding, because he was afraid that his grandfather would not let him leave.

Ding Siyu, who is approaching the age of crown, knows that his family still treats him as a child who has not grown up.

Disaster relief was imminent, so he set off for Ningzhou in the middle of the night.

But, I didn't expect that when he, the imperial physicians from the Ministry of Household Industry, the Imperial Hospital, Cui Yuan and others gathered together, carrying food and other relief supplies, as soon as he walked out of the Shili Pavilion at the gate of the city in a mighty way, I saw my grandfather waiting there with a dozen veterans!
Grandfather rode majesticly on the back of his brown horse, Gale Horse, and waved at Ding Siyu: "Let's go!" Then he drove forward.

Ding Siyu:.
It was Kang Cheng who turned his horse's head and came over to him and said, "Master Imperial Envoy, I'm going to be polite to Kang Cheng."

Kang Cheng ran over, indicating that his sister-in-law already knew about his grandfather going to Ningzhou.

After passing the test of his sister-in-law, he couldn't say anything.

Besides, with Kang Cheng and the group of veterans following him, there is no need for him to be distracted by taking care of his old man.

What Ding Siyu could say, he could only salute Kang Cheng and said, "I will trouble Brother Kang to take care of my grandfather in the future."

"Master Ding, don't worry, this is my duty."

This is the purpose of Kang Cheng's trip, so after he finished speaking, he turned the horse's head, raised the whip, and caught up with the horse's belly with a sound of "drive".

Ding Siyu glanced at Cui Yuan, shook his head helplessly, and urged the horse to go forward.

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A few days ago, when Xia Siwen arrived in Ningzhou with relief supplies,
I saw a commoner who saw them for the first time, grinning and grinning stupidly, turned out a gong out of nowhere, knocked and shouted: "Folks, someone has come to save us, folks, someone has come to save us— —”

Sparse people came out of the shacks and the ruins, their expressions changed from numbness to disbelief, then to ecstasy, and finally to howling.

As the sound of the gong went away, more people took to the street, and the joy spread from one side to the other, and gradually spread to the whole Ningzhou.People were jumping, cheering, and hugging each other crazily, and Ningzhou City, as lifeless as a deserted tomb, boiled.

As soon as Xia Siwen arrived in Ningzhou, he immediately devoted himself to disaster relief.

It's just that the grain he brought is not enough.

Those unscrupulous merchants covered up the grain and did not sell it. The porridge shed originally set up at the gate of the city gave out two meals of porridge a day, and gradually changed from two meals of thick porridge to thin porridge, and then to one meal a day.
Cai Zhifu of Ningzhou is also a stingy person, he refuses to pay a penny, and all rely on others to search for it, which has caused public outrage.

In addition, Xia Siwen was just a magistrate of a neighboring state who came to help temporarily. He had no right to speak, so he could only bury his head in the disaster area for disaster relief, and could not interfere with Cai Zhifu's decision.

As for the third younger brother as the imperial envoy, he felt uneasy.
Can that little boy be up to the big job?

On this day, the rain stopped for many days in the rare afternoon, the sun dipped two minutes, and the mountains and plains were covered with a layer of sunset color, and Ding Siyu's black clothes were also stained red.

From the capital city to Ningzhou, a journey of [-] li, it took only four days to change horses without changing people.

The two brothers hadn't seen each other for more than two years, and they were all taken aback.

Both of them lost a lot of weight, not only their clothes, but the faces of the two brothers were also gray, stubble appeared on their chins, their buns were also loose, and the broken hair was drooping from their foreheads. A sense of vicissitudes.

"Big brother!"

"Third brother!"

Ding Siyu got off his horse and first asked, "How is the situation in Ningzhou City, brother?"

"Fortunately, Mr. Xu led his troops to come to reinforce, otherwise, once the embankment breached, the disaster would be even more serious."

After all, Ding Siyu was a civil servant. When he went out for the first time, the horse stopped. Not only could he not bear it physically, but the skin in his thigh was worn out by the saddle. back.

But he also knows that there are countless things to do next, and his body is exhausted to the extreme, so he must rest for a night.

"Big Brother, Grandfather is here too." Ding Siyu still did not forget to whisper to Big Brother in private.

Ding Siyu was worried that his grandfather would not be able to take it anymore, so he was not allowed to travel overnight.

Tell him to go slowly with the ministers of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and the imperial physicians. He and Cui Yuan took a step ahead with a group of followers.

Old General Ding is not in a hurry, as long as his own people follow, it doesn't matter whether it is sooner or later.

Don't be really sick and let your grandson hold back. Therefore, his old man walks at sunrise and rests at sunset.

"What? His old man is here too?" Xia Siwen was surprised, and then looked behind his younger brother, looking for the figure of his grandfather.

Ding Siyu hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Grandfather is still to come, and I think he will arrive in a day or two." He was afraid that his elder brother would be worried, so he comforted him: "Don't worry, elder brother, my sister-in-law knows about my grandfather's coming, and gave it to Kang around him." The guards came over to take care of him."

Xia Siwen nodded, and then he had an indescribable joy on his face: "You didn't see it, but you won the number one prize!"

"Hey, brother, I'm kidding. My younger brother is just a general among dwarfs." Ding Siyu said modestly.

Xia Siwen patted his younger brother on the shoulder and said: "Schools will be admired for three days, third brother, you are really amazing!"

The two brothers talked affectionately in low voices as they walked towards the tent.

"Brother, you've worked hard." Cui Yuan stepped forward and saluted Xia Siwen.

He often went to Xia's house and Old General Ding's mansion with Ding Siyu before, so he always followed Ding Siyu to call him big brother.

Cui Yuan has been working harder than Ding Siyu in the past few days of traveling overnight.

After all, Ding Siyu practiced martial arts with his grandfather since he was a child, and his physical fitness is much better than that of Cui Yuan.

"Hey, brother Cui, you're here too! You've worked hard all the way." Xia Siwen stretched out his palm to pat him on the shoulder and said.

Then, he cupped his hands at him: "Brother, congratulations to Brother Cui for the second place in high school."

"Hey, big brother just laughed." Cui Yuan returned the courtesy.

After entering the camp, Xia Siwen said to the two of them: "Go, go and rest first, and when you have dinner, let me tell you about the disaster here."

When the imperial envoy came, the local state government dared not be sloppy, and arranged him to the rich businessman Zhang's house.

Ding Siyu didn't want to go at first, but his elder brother told him that this person is an unscrupulous profiteer.

The food in the family shop is covered up and not sold, and it is kept to make huge profits in the future.

So he and Cui Yuan looked at each other, and then agreed to go to Zhang's house.

Cai Zhifu not only personally accompanied Ding Siyu and Cui Yuan to Zhang Yuanwai's house, but also sent someone to inform Zhang Yuanwai in advance, and repeatedly urged him to take good care of the imperial envoy.

The two brothers haven't seen each other for more than two years. Both of them have lost a lot of weight, not only their clothes, but their faces are also dusty, with beard stubble on their chins, and their hair buns are loose and broken. The hair drooped from the front of the forehead, with a sense of vicissitudes.