Leaving the palace was a very common thing for Huang Laosi, and the courtiers were used to it, so naturally no one tried to dissuade him.
On the contrary, many courtiers were secretly curious about how the house was built, and also curious about whether this guy who had been making headlines every day in Beijing was really doing good deeds, or was just trying to buy people's hearts and use power for personal gain as Zhou Youwei and others said.
Sun An was an experienced driver, and he made arrangements with just a stick of incense. Thirty Su guards led four hundred imperial guards out of the palace first, and then mobilized half a battalion of Jing guards to open a road from the palace to the south of the city. It can be said that It's a big fanfare.
Huang Laosi did not ride on the jade chariot, but got on the carriage.
A horse has four legs, and four horses have sixteen legs. After leaving the palace, courtiers all ride in official sedans. No matter how high their rank, they are carried by two people, with four legs.
Four legs certainly can't run as fast as sixteen legs. This made the ministers anxious, so they sat in the sedan chair and whined and screamed, fearing that they wouldn't be able to watch the excitement.
Yes, that's right, it's this mess.
Like in film and television works, the emperor comes out of the palace and sits on a jade chariot. Behind him, the courtiers are walking or riding in sedan chairs. Everyone is strolling about where they want to go, making their presence felt. The wind is light and the clouds are calm, and they are walking leisurely in the courtyard. ,nonexistent.
Changjing is the largest city in Zhongzhou, and the imperial palace is almost in the middle. Just walking to the south of the city, this group of ministers with weak arms and legs, walking at a walking speed, can die halfway.
So the real situation is that Huang Laosi is walking in front as if he was reincarnated, and behind him is a group of miserable bearers carrying sedans, sobbing and running forward, with people flipping over on their backs, no, people flipping over on their sedans.
It’s not that everyone doesn’t want to be decent, but that’s the fact.
When the uninformed common people saw this, they thought the courtiers were about to rebel, and chased after the emperor to hack him to death.
Fortunately, after arriving in the south of the city, Su Wei planned to take the imperial guards to the south of the city to investigate. Basically, they were to see if there was anyone with the word "assassin" carved on his forehead. Then he had to take three steps, one post, five steps, and one sentry.
Huang Laosi stood on the top of the city and waited patiently. It wasn't really bright at this point, so he could see an outline, but he was still shocked.
After all, it is private land and the distance is relatively far, but the general scale can still be seen. Three kilometers away, the houses are connected together and the work is neat.
When Huang Laosi was free, he also thought about how big a house there would be for more than 3,000 refugees.
According to Huang Laosi's idea, it is a reinforced straw shed, built with a few bricks, and then packed a little. A dozen or even twenty or thirty refugees can squeeze into a small courtyard. Anyway, there are beds when you enter the courtyard, and the courtyard is full of beds. , the house is also a bed, just have a place to sleep.
But looking at it now, Huang Laosi has determined one thing. Chu Qing should have taken advantage by not withholding the money. This house must have been built too much, and it was all connected.
But it's still far away and can't be seen clearly.
Huang Laosi became interested and quickly asked Sun An to call all the guards back. He came up with a bold idea.
If you don't make such a big move in the past, you can change your clothes, bring a few courtiers and guards, and go there in a low-key manner.
This idea won unanimous praise from the courtiers who followed, and they also felt that it was too much trouble.
For the first time in my life, I felt like my back was being pushed in a sedan chair. It was very tiring. Besides, there were so many refugees and it was dangerous. It was best not to go there myself.
Of course, there are some who don’t want to go and some who want to go.
Those who don't want to go are all low-ranking officials who have little to do with them. Those who want to go, besides Li Wenli and Zhou Youwei, a group of bastards who are holding back bad water, there are also some victims who have been blackmailed by Chu Qing. A servant of money.
Some of these people didn't want to go, but they couldn't resist Zhou Youwei's eccentric push to add fuel to the flames, and insisted on letting them serve as witnesses.
In this way, Huang Laosi led his people out of the city. More than thirty courtiers and guards all dispersed and followed them from a distance.
It is worth mentioning that Ma Rui, the governor of Jingzhao Mansion, who got the news, also came. As soon as he heard that the emperor was coming to "acceptance" the work, he rushed over without stopping.
Lao Ma bent over and laughed with him, but couldn't say anything. He looked like a dog-legged person who wanted to get close to Tian Yanlu. In fact, he sent greetings to Huang Laosi's family in his heart.
I didn't look at you when I was helping the refugees. Now that the house is finished and you're here, what were you thinking about?
Huang Laosi and Sun An walked in front, and the ministers followed behind.
As they walked, several people in the crowd deliberately slowed down their pace. At the back of the team, there were four people, namely Wei Changfeng, Tao Shaozhang, Qiu Wanshan and Ma Rui.
The four of them came to the back of the team tacitly, and during this period of time, these four of them had been helping Chu Qing overtly or covertly.
Lao Wei began to murmur in his heart now, and lowered his voice and said, "This kid Chu Qing won't really care about those poor refugees asking for money."
What Wei Changfeng was talking about was the rent. It wasn't that he didn't believe Chu Qing, but that Zhou Youwei and the others had a nose and an eye.
Tao Shaozhang shook his head firmly: "Brother Chu Xian, you will definitely not be such a scum!"
Wei Changfeng didn't even look at Tao Shaozhang. He always felt that this kid had a bubble in his head. He was getting greener every day and was quarreling with anyone he saw, so he just looked at Qiu Wanshan, who had the most contact with Chu Qing.
Qiu Wanshan said nothing.
He felt that with Chu Qing's character, maybe, maybe, it seemed, he should... be able to do this. It wasn't that Chu Qing's character was not good, but that this kid always took money very seriously.
Lao Qiu couldn't tell for sure.
"Master Wei, don't worry. If Vice-Commander Chu loves money so much, why would he build a house on the Chu family's private land?"
Ma Rui smiled slightly: "Deputy Commander Chu is burdened with infamy and unreasonably demands money and food from the ministers. How can he do it for his own selfish gain?"
Wei Changfeng blushed.
Yes, if it is really for money, then why borrow money to build a house? It would be better to repair the house for the courtiers.
Tao Shaozhang cupped his hands as he walked: "Brother Chu Xian has become the target of public criticism today. Students, I ask you, sir, to deal with it for a while."
Tao Shaozhang emphasized the word "virtuous brother" very hard. He felt that he had "led" Chu Qing on the right path, and his face was full of pride. Now that Chu Qing has done good things, he is proud of it.
Qiu Wanshan frowned and said calmly: "Brother Chu Xian and I hit it off immediately. We have a close relationship and I will help him deal with it."
Lao Qiu also attached great importance to the word "virtuous brother", and then Wei Changfeng became unhappy.
Lao Wei said with a calm face: "This boy calls me Uncle, I have a close relationship with his father Chu Wensheng. This is natural. Tao Shaoqing doesn't need to say anything. I will protect my nephew Chu Xian." .”
Ma Rui was too embarrassed to say anything.
You guys are nothing, I even chopped off my fingers with Chu Qing.
Seeing that the four people started to murmur, Liu Xun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry who was walking in front, noticed it and fell a few steps behind. He came to the side of the four people and wanted to join their secret meeting.
Then...the four of them looked forward.
Wei Changfeng: "Today, the autumn air is crisp and clear."
Qiu Wanshan: "That's what the boss said."
Tao Shaozhang: "I should compose a poem."
Ma Rui: "My lords, you are so elegant."
Then, the four of them fell silent.
Liu Xun's face was full of embarrassment, OK, I'll go.
