Thanks to the location of Zongzheng Temple.
And the time for the master and servant to set off.
Along the way, except for those Ye Xiangfu who were running for a living.
There were no other people on the streets that were usually crowded with people.
The master and the servant galloped all the way, traveling at an extremely fast speed.
I don’t know how much time has passed.
Some traffickers gradually appeared on the originally sparsely populated streets and alleys.
Smoke also rose from the houses on both sides of the road.
Ignorant children played in twos and threes at the door of their own yard.
The thick atmosphere of human fireworks made Zhao Shou envious.
"Master Liu is almost at the city gate. Do you want to dismount and rest for a while?"
Zhao Shou drove his horse to catch up with Xu Yi who was leading the way and asked loudly.
"That's fine."
Xu Yi slowly lowered the speed of his horse, and he was galloping most of the way.
People can bear it, but I don't know if this war horse can bear it.
The two moved forward slowly, and finally reined in their horses in front of an inn not far from the city gate.
"What do you two gentlemen want to eat?"
As soon as the two horses stopped, the waiter from the inn trotted over with a smile on his face.
He came closer and without saying a word, he reached out and took the reins of the war horse.
It was as if he was afraid that Xu Yi and Zhao Shou would run away.
"A pot of hot tea."
Xu Yi turned over and dismounted and said casually.
The two of them had already had breakfast before this trip, so they were not hungry.
"Is there any good fodder in the store?"
After dismounting, Xu Yi chuckled inwardly when he saw that the waiter's expression was slightly abnormal, and then asked again.
"Yes, sir, please come in first, and leave things like feeding the horses to the younger ones."
The waiter, who originally had a slightly twitchy expression on his face, suddenly had a charming smile on his face again after smelling that he still needed to feed the horse.
"Just get the fodder and feed it here."
Xu Yi stepped towards the small wooden table placed outside the inn, with no intention of entering.
"Here."
A look of embarrassment appeared on the waiter's face.
"There is a private room in the guest hotel, why don't you go to the private room?"
"It's freezing outside, and it doesn't suit your status."
The waiter quickly and covertly looked at the clothes of the master and servant.
"If you don't have good fodder, medium quality will do."
Xu Yi took a deep look at the waiter and said slowly.
"Guest sir..."
"Small...the shop only has the lowest quality materials..."
Seeing that he couldn't get away with it, the waiter hesitated and spoke.
"Take it and take a look."
Xu Yi frowned slightly. Logically speaking, an inn like this near the city gate should not only have the lowest quality food.
There are so many carriages going in and out of the city gates on weekdays.
It is obviously not normal to occupy such a good position but not even have moderate forage.
It doesn't take a while.
The waiter came over with a bundle of fodder.
Zhao Shou hurriedly stepped forward to check.
"Sixth Master, he is the lowest among the lowest."
Xu Yi nodded slightly and then waved his hand to signal the waiter to come closer.
"Sir, please just stand here and reply."
Unexpectedly, the waiter at the shop was reluctant to come over, as if he was afraid of being beaten.
"Why don't you want to do business?"
Xu Yi chuckled lightly, took out a piece of silver from his arms, and then said again: "A pot of hot tea, a bundle of fodder, and the rest will be considered as the cost of asking you for some things."
"Okay, sir, hot tea is here."
The waiter, who was originally submissive and unwilling to approach, suddenly became energetic.
He quickly ran into the inn and walked out after a while carrying a pot of hot tea.
"Sir, what do you want to know? I will tell you everything I know."
The waiter said while pouring water, but his eyes never left the piece of silver beside Xu Yi.
"Is your inn's business bad these days?"
Xu Yi turned his head and glanced at the empty inn.
The two of them had been here for a while. During this period, there was no one else in the inn except the waiter.
"Well, it's not just business that's been bad these days."
"The business in the store has been half-dead in the past two or three months."
The waiter put down the teapot and sat down opposite Xu Yi, sighing.
"Because of the drought?"
Xu Yi asked softly, the inn is located near the city gate, and there are only a few reasons that can affect the inn's business.
Among them, drought is the most suitable for the current situation.
"Sir, you are really amazing. It's just because of the drought."
The waiter in the shop slapped her thigh, and the flattery was instantly slapped on her.
"When the drought first started, the business of small shops was basically not affected."
"But it didn't work anymore. There were more and more victims."
"They can't survive and can only live in exile, basically wherever they can go."
"Now, there are more than 100,000 victims gathered outside Chang'an City alone."
"Those victims blocked the city gate, and people except the government officials could come and go freely."
"How can other merchants have such a big reputation?"
"Nowadays, merchants outside the city dare not move around, and merchants inside the city dare not go out."
"It's no wonder this business is so good."
"In the final analysis, it's the damn world that's causing trouble."
The waiter let out a long sigh and became more and more angry as he spoke.
"You hate those refugees outside the city?"
The waiter at the shop became more and more angry as he talked, and couldn't help but ask softly.
"hatred."
"At first, I felt resentment. Because of them, my wages have been reduced a lot in the past few months."
The waiter gritted his teeth and said, if it weren't for those victims, he would have saved enough money to marry his wife.
"What now."
"You don't hate it now?"
Xu Yi asked softly.
"I don't hate it anymore, I can't hate it anymore."
"They are poor people too."
"They say auspicious snow heralds a good harvest, hehe."
"My guest, you don't know that the heavy snowfall started on the eve of the winter solstice."
"Thousands of people freeze to death outside the city every day."
"This auspicious snow does not herald a good harvest. It is simply a reminder to the people outside the city."
"They...they are human beings too."
The waiter tilted his head slightly and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve.
Being from a poor family, I can most empathize with them.
"Isn't there a disaster relief operation in Chang'an City?"
Xu Yi slowly said the final purpose.
"hehe."
The waiter sneered, his laughter full of contempt.
Xu Yi waited for a long time, but the waiter still didn't say anything.
Then he took out another piece of silver from his arms.
"There are only three of you and me here. Today's words are: God knows, earth knows, you know, I know, and he knows."
Xu Yi pointed at the world and the three people, and finally pointed at the two pieces of silver on the small wooden table.
"What does the guest officer do?"
"Why are you asking about this?"
The waiter struggled to look away from the broken silver.
It's not that he's not greedy for money, but he's afraid of taking his life and not spending it.
"Rich young men from ordinary families like these side stories the most."
Xu Yi chuckled and took out a piece of silver from his arms again and placed it on the small wooden table.
