Chen Yan asked the people in Qianqi camp to disperse and observe in secret, trying to find people who didn't look like refugees.
After all, they were screening the dead men of King Wu. If they were found, there would be a conflict and the old, weak, sick and disabled would be injured.
Chu Qing asked Tong Gui to put Changxian into the carriage, waiting patiently and thinking.
Chu Qing squatted on the slope, staring blankly at the yellow mud under his feet.
Li Lin could easily take out 10,000 yuan in silver notes and even threatened to give it to the dog as a reward.
But these refugees, these refugees who were originally honest and responsible people, are willing to abandon their dignity and togetherness in order to have a sip of porridge and water, even if they are doing the most humble and tiring work in this world.
The kind-hearted farmer pushed the young child down with red eyes, just to let the gentlemen in the capital take another look at him.
The eldest daughter and daughter-in-law, who were supposed to stay at home, begged all the way, exposing their breasts and taking off their pants, just to exchange for a handful of rice, and they had to wave their dirt-covered fingernails to prevent other refugees from taking it away.
The old woman on crutches was so hungry that she could no longer open her eyes. She lay on the cold ground, unable to close her eyes because she had not yet heard the "good news" that her grandson had been bought away.
"The most painful way to die in this world is to starve to death."
Chen Yan squatted beside Chu Qing and said in a faint tone, "Have you ever been hungry?"
"I've been through it." Chu Qing nodded lightly: "My stomach is burning. I've been hungry for a long time and I'm not hungry anymore. But I want to eat everything I see. I know I'm hungry. I'm so hungry that I can swallow a cow. But after a while, I was no longer hungry. It was a strange feeling. Not only was I not hungry, I also felt light and airy. Then I felt hungry again, my eyes turned red, everything was upside down, everything in front of me was upside down. Things that are taboo and fearful in daily life are no longer taboo or afraid. I just want to eat something. As long as I can eat it, I am willing to do anything. If something is missing physiologically, my humanity will slowly be lost."
Chen Yan took a deep look at Chu Qing.
He couldn't imagine how Chu Qing, the son of Chu Wensheng, could ever suffer from hunger.
But looking at Chu Qing's appearance and listening to his calm tone, he knew that Chu Qing must have been hungry.
"Three days." Chu Qing picked up a small ant and let it crawl into the palm of his hand: "In those three days, I wanted to die. Thinking about the feeling of being hungry, I might as well just die."
"I didn't expect that you would experience such pain."
Chu Qing didn't answer.
Yes, who's to blame, he had to ask the goddess to go hiking in the wild mountains, and ended up getting lost.
He gently placed the ants on the ground, and Chu Qing shook his head: "Originally, I thought that even if hard work does not make people rich, at least it can provide them with food and clothing. But look at those refugees, they are not lazy, on the contrary They are not hard-working, they are not bad, on the contrary, they are kind people, but they... they should not be treated like this."
"But this natural disaster is not caused by human power..."
"No." Chu Qing shook his head and kept shaking his head: "The natural disaster is true, but I, you, the emperor, and all the princes in the court, can you pat your conscience and say that you have tried your best?"
Chu Qing still shook his head and looked sideways at Chen Yan: "You are the deputy commander of Qianqiying. You know the courtiers best. Chen Yan, tell me, have the emperor and his courtiers really tried their best? Or ask them, Have you ever cared?"
"I..." Chen Yan sighed deeply, speechless.
Chu Qing's eyes were dull, looking at the sky, the ground, and Changjing, but he did not dare to look at the refugees.
He knew without Chen Yan opening his mouth that if he didn't even care, he wouldn't try his best.
On the other hand, they tried their best on other things. They tried their best to buy slaves at low prices, tried their best to raise the price of rice, and tried their best to make their mansion more magnificent.
The refugees, the refugees, the flood-like victims, after being hit by the disaster, ran to the nearest city, begging all the way, wherever there was a way to survive.
When they arrived in Changjing, some were bought, some starved to death, some froze to death, some were bought again, some starved to death, and some froze to death. As more people died, the number of refugees gradually decreased.
Some people stayed in the city and became slaves of wealthy families. Some people stayed outside the city, among the graves three feet below. They were so close to the capital, but they had never set foot in the city for eternity. Even if he died, he would be buried outside the city.
Buried, buried, not buried. Even if buried, it was only a shallow grave three feet high. At night, dogs barked and a few wild dogs threw away the dirt bags. It was not a peaceful death.
This capital city seems to be the most prosperous city on the land of Zhongzhou. The more small people are, the less they can afford to live or die.
"You..." A hint of pleading appeared on Chen Yan's face: "You will help the refugees, you will... you will help them, you have a lot of ideas, you will help them, right?"
"Yes!" Chu Qing nodded heavily: "I will definitely do it, otherwise, my father will beat me when he comes back. One day, I will bang my head against the wall. At night, I will not be able to sleep. When eating during the day, I will regret it. As a human being, I can't do great things, and I don't have much potential. But refugees, refugees are so mean, so mean it makes me feel bad. I can buy it for just 120 coins. A refugee is too mean, really mean. I don’t want them to be so mean. I want them to live. At least, the refugees I just saw, I want them to live. Live like human beings. Don’t be so mean. Stay alive."
"Okay!" Chen Yan stood up and bowed to Chu Qing and saluted: "I say Chen Shangyu to help you. No matter what you want to do, I will help you."
Chu Qing glanced at the Qianqiying deputy commander waistband hanging on his waist and smiled slightly.
You've already given me a helping hand, just don't come to me when you get scolded in the future.
"By the way, there's one more thing." Chu Qing looked back at the carriage and lowered his voice and said, "According to your rank, you are higher than Tong Gui. Tao Ruolin slapped Chang Xian in the mouth just now. Tong Gui must go back and deal with this." Tell the Emperor, can you talk to Tong Gui, don’t tell the Emperor, it’s not a big deal, because of this trivial matter, the Emperor should stop punishing the nine Tao family clans."
"Don't worry, I'll go talk to Tong Gui later."
"That's fine, thank you very much." Chu Qing sighed: "No one is perfect. The legs are so long and beautiful. Sure enough, there is something wrong with the brain. It's true. I don't even know how to run indoors on a rainy day. This This girl is so courageous, she is really not afraid of death."
Chen Yan smiled slightly and said nothing.
He didn't think that the emperor would kill the entire Tao family after Tong Gui went back and made a report, but that he would give Chang Xian another beating.
Several guards from the Thousand Cavalry Battalion came over with a tall and round man. Chen Yan's expression changed slightly: "Sure enough, someone is pretending to be a refugee!"
Chu Qing looked intently, but he didn't expect to get an unexpected harvest.
The man was tall and thick, and he had a fierce look, but he looked timid.
The other refugees were all sallow and thin. Although this guy was dirty, he didn't look like he had been hungry all the way.
The man was brought in and knelt on the ground with a plop.
A spy from Qianqi Camp said: "When they saw someone coming out of the city, other refugees rushed forward, but this man was just lying there. The subordinate felt suspicious, so he questioned him a few times. He was just begging for mercy."
Chu Qing squinted his eyes and looked at the man with a sinister face, and was startled.
This guy's appearance is not only vicious, but simply vicious. He has a full face of whiskers, white eyes with whites around the pupils, droopy corners of his mouth like a carp's mouth, long cheekbones, and both cheekbones are full of flesh, standard. face.
"My dear, please spare your life. My dear, please spare your life. You must have recognized the wrong person."
The ragged man knelt down and began to kowtow and pray for mercy: "This villain is a refugee, a poor refugee."
"You don't look like a refugee." Chu Qing frowned and said, "You can tell by your appearance that you are not a good person."
"My lord, I am unjust. I am just a bad boy. I believe in Buddhism. I have fasted and chanted Buddha's name since I was a child. I have never killed any living beings. I am a vegetarian. Yes, I am a vegetarian."
"Vegetarian?" Chu Qing was very happy: "Eating two vegetative people in one meal."
