Seeing him, he immediately said to Zhang Mingwei: "Giving porridge outside the city is just a joke. Otherwise, the villain's family would not be in such a situation. If it is convenient for my benefactor, he will know it when he goes out of the city!"
Zhang Mingwei came here because he wanted to visit the refugee camp outside the city. When I heard this, I also guessed that the court's disaster relief efforts would probably not be implemented.
So, he ordered Wang Erbiao: "Take them back to your hometown and ask the doctor to treat them. There is no need to delay!"
Wang Erbiao was a little reluctant, but since Zhang Mingwei gave the order, he had to obey, so he had no choice but to agree, and then he saw Zhang Mingwei and the others leaving the city.
When the crowd of onlookers saw it, they immediately started talking. Many people speculated that judging from the fact that the Jin Yiwei would take care of this people's business just now, there might be a story outside the city.
As a result, many idle people followed him out of the city and followed him from a distance, preparing to watch the excitement.
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As for Xu Yunchao, he did not go back to Jiading Uncle's Mansion. Instead, he turned to an elegant Fengyue Tower and went to a single-family house by familiar routes.
Everyone he met on the road recognized him and greeted him respectfully, but he ignored them.
When he arrived at the door of the house, he shouted into the door: "Master, I'm back."
"Come in!" A voice came from inside the house, "My darling has a pair of twins, they look pretty good. Help me train them well, and serve me together later."
Obviously, the following words were not addressed to Xu Yunchao.
Sure enough, I heard a cooing woman's voice: "Ah, Mr. Zhou, don't worry, don't you know the tricks of the slave family?"
When Xu Yunchao heard this, he immediately opened the door and went in. He walked around the screen and saw his master lying in the woman's arms. He didn't dare to look at it. He quickly knelt down with a "pop" and said with a sad face: "Young Master has to make decisions for the villain. !”
"Huh?" When the man heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed, and he immediately asked, "What's going on?"
"When the villain was helping the young master to do that, a blind guard in Jinyi took action and beat us severely!" When Xu Yunchao said this, he tried to lift his clothes to see the injury, and then he cried when he thought of something. He yelled, "They were very vicious, beating us to death but there was no sign of being beaten at all. At that time, the villain was beaten by them, and it was really life-and-death..."
His young master had already sat up, with a particularly gloomy expression on his face. He interrupted him with a cold shout: "Don't you tell me my name in advance?"
"Ah, young master, how could I not tell you your name!" When Xu Yunchao heard this, he quickly shouted, "I told them right away, saying that I was the steward of the Jiading uncle's house. I was doing something for the young master. But not only did they not listen, they even beat the villain even more fiercely."
Having said this, it seemed that it was not enough, so he immediately shouted outside, and his men entered the room holding their stomachs one by one. Anyway, they all had painful expressions, and they were all beaten badly at first glance.
Needless to say, this man was the son of Uncle Jiading, Zhou Bian, the uncle of the imperial court.
Looking at the scene in front of him, his face was ashen and he was obviously very angry.
Seeing him like this, the woman quickly comforted him and said: "Forget it, everyone knows that Jin Yiwei is not easy to mess with. Otherwise, how about leaving this matter to the slave family, and the slave family can find a few more for the young master to train him?"
After hearing this, Zhou Bian stood up and said viciously: "Who gave those Jinyi guards the courage to interfere in my business? If this unhealthy trend is not cured, how will I be able to live in the capital in the future? ?”
After finishing speaking, he shouted coldly: "You useless thing, go with me and settle the score with them!"
Xu Yunchao was overjoyed when he heard this. He knew that the young master would not give up. He quickly stood up and reminded Zhou Bian: "Sir, they may not still be at the city gate at this time!"
"A monk who can run away can't run away from the temple!" Zhou Bian heard this and didn't care. He strode out immediately and shouted coldly, "Just go find Luo Yangxing!"
Of course, the dignitaries in the capital were all from Jiadingbo's house. Who allowed them to have a queen and a prince! Because of this, that old guy Zhou Kui dared to come forward and confront Emperor Chongzhen about Wu Qinghou.
Zhou Bian is the same. He is used to running rampant in the capital, and he feels that he is the biggest one. Suddenly he is slapped in the face, so of course he has to regain his place!
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At the same time, Zhang Mingwei had already left the city. To be honest, he was shocked again.
It should be that the city gate is blocking refugees from entering the city, so there are relatively few refugees in the city. However, as soon as I left the city, I saw more refugees.
Soldiers from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division were watching along the way to maintain order. On both sides of the road, you can see refugees in better conditions, building shacks to avoid the cold. Those who didn't have the conditions would curl up and lie down in a place that was slightly sheltered from the wind. No matter what kind, if you look closely, you can see that they are actually quite frozen.
When they saw Zhang Mingwei and his entourage approaching, they were all indifferent. Occasionally they turned their eyes and looked over, and they could see that they were not energetic at all.
As we walked along the road, there were more and more refugees.
"Ah, that's..." Suddenly, Zhu Yuyao screamed.
Zhang Mingwei heard the sound and looked around, only to see two soldiers dragging a man and throwing him onto a flatbed truck. There were already many people piled on this flatbed truck.
"Those are all dead refugees!" Li Ruolian also saw it and explained.
This was the first time Zhu Yurao saw a dead person. She was shocked and just stared there without saying anything.
Zhang Mingwei watched the movie 1942 in later generations, which described the Great Famine in Henan. To be honest, when watching that, he just lamented the hardship of people's livelihood. Fortunately, he was not born in that era.
But now, when he was actually there and saw the scene of refugees waiting to die, his shock was far more profound than watching a movie in later generations. Even if he had psychological expectations for this, it was still a shock beyond his expectations.
The dead people were cleared away like garbage, and the people around them, even those who could see that there were relatives of the dead people, were indifferent. After seeing so many life and death separations, I have become so numb that I am acting like this!
People in the city were eating, drinking, and having fun, but they never knew that there were so many people waiting to die outside the city!
As I walked and looked around, I saw more and more refugees approaching the soup kitchen. I finally saw that the refugees here were a little bit alive. At least some of them were moving, mostly heading to the soup kitchen or returning from there. .
Some of these people had anger on their faces, some had disappointment on their faces, and only a few had joy on their faces.
As we got closer, we could smell the aroma of porridge.
There were more soldiers at the soup kitchen, and a large open space was cleared. In the middle of the open space, there is a large pot, exuding the aroma of porridge.
There are two large sheds on the side, and one of them should have bags of things stacked inside.
As for the other greenhouse, there were carriages and sedans parked at the door, but not many. There are servants waiting, and their masters should be in the big shed.
In the other direction of the greenhouse, there were two queues of men and women, all young refugees.
Zhang Mingwei and his party were looking around when they saw a man in brocade clothes coming out of the shed and getting into the sedan with an unknown smile.
Behind him, several more young and beautiful female refugees came out, with mixed expressions of sadness and joy on their faces. But the same thing is that they all have a bamboo stick in their hands.
Seeing them coming out, several refugees, old and young, rushed out from the side and took bamboo sticks from these female refugees. Some were crying and unable to leave, and some took bamboo sticks and ran directly to the porridge pot, which was to change the porridge.
Seeing Zhang Mingwei and his group approaching, a young soldier leader came over and asked with a smile: "Excuse me, what kind of young master do you want? A young and strong woman, a young lady, a good boy or girl? To be honest, , Sir, it’s a coincidence that new refugees have arrived, and there are some that no one else has picked out, and the goods are all very good!”
Princess Kunxing's mood was already very heavy after watching the whole journey. Hearing his words, I immediately remembered what happened to Liu Jin's family before, and couldn't help but said angrily: "What are you doing? Are you becoming human traffickers?"
Her voice was a bit loud and she was so angry that she couldn't hide it at any cost. Under the capital city, at the feet of the emperor, there was such a miserable situation. This was something she could never have imagined!
The sedan leaves and just passes by. The man in brocade clothes who got in opened the curtain and took a look, showing a trace of disdain, as if he was saying that Zhu Aina was childish. Then he lowered the curtain and left.
The little leader of the soldiers did not expect that Zhu Yuluo would say this, and he was a little dumbfounded for a moment.
At this moment, the curtain of the greenhouse opened, and a man who looked like an official came out. After looking at Zhang Mingwei and his party, he sternly shouted to the little soldier leader: "If you don't know how to speak, don't speak, otherwise you will be repaid by doing a good deed." I have been misunderstood!”
