"He is helping the refugees settle down in Jiangbei." Chang Geng did not get up very easily. "Sometimes among the common people, a monk's talk is better than that of officials."

He opened the wooden bird as he spoke, took out Liao Ran’s letter, and looked at it once. The lingering smile on his face gradually disappeared. For a while, he sighed slightly and put the letter aside.

Gu Yun took it and swept over: "Jiangbei had an epidemic, how come I have not heard anything about it?"

"The climate over there is hot and humid, and there are many dead people. If we can't deal with it in time, it's not uncommon for an epidemic to occur... Last year, the canal valley was renovated. I assigned those people the task of settling the refugees to place into their achievements. Bastards, they even learned to hide things." Chang Geng whispered as he sat beside the bed, his soul seemed to be fixed in his body by several silver needles, appearing very exhausted and dull. His eyes fell on the corner of the bed. The headlamp of the bed threw a large shadow over his nose and spread it over his face that had become much thinner. "I thought after adjusting, it would stay clean for two years, then I would think of something after fighting through these two years, I did not expect that it would be this way..."

If it hadn't rotted to the root, he was afraid it would not have produced such bold and courageous local officials resembling hooligans.

Gu Yun saw that he was not at all surprised by it, he asked, "You already knew this?"

Chang Geng was silent for a moment. "Zi Xi, help me take the needles out. It's better now."

Many people were exhausted, many people were losing their lives, but the court continued to argue.

Gu Yun removed the silver needles from his body fluently, picked up a thin robe from the side, and draped it around Chang Geng. He put his hand around Chang Geng's waist and said, "Don't think about it. Get a good night's sleep. If there's any difficulty, do tell me. You must not shoulder it alone."

Not knowing which of Chang Geng's nerves were provoked by this remark, suddenly, he turned to Gu Yun and said, "You will help me with anything?"

Gu Yun thought about it and said, "Except for things that are above the proper laws and orders. If you want the stars, I will not give you the moon. Even if it is rainy or cloudy, I will still put up a ladder to the sky to pick them for you. Alright?"

At the end of the sentence, he seemed to have a little hint of teasing, but this time Chang Geng did not laugh. Maybe his body that was just sealed had not been fully relaxed, maybe he was able to hear the hidden meaning in Gu Yun's words.