I am the censor, at the beginning I denounced the empress

Chapter 421 Those About Ordinary Things

The eastern suburbs of the royal capital of Gaochang are still a grassland.

In late summer and early autumn, the grass grows and orioles fly.

but……

Different from previous years.

Today, in the eastern suburbs of the royal capital, there is no wonderful landscape of cattle and sheep hidden by windblown grass, nor can we see herdsmen waving whips to drive cattle, sheep, carriages and horses.

Looking from a distance, there was only a small, shabby camp.

Tang Can walked over silently with a small book bag, without any unnecessary nonsense.

The closer we got, the more dilapidated the camp was visible.

There are no tents.

There are only temporary and shoddy shacks.

There is a piece of wood at each corner, covered with worn felt.

This scene makes people slightly moved.

The little book bag couldn't help but raise its eyebrows.

Especially when he and Tang Can walked all the way into the camp and saw a few children sitting on the ground pulling weeds and eating, their faces were even paler.

He has never been to Yanran, and he doesn't know that this is a very common thing in Yanran.

The camp of 5000 people is neither big nor small.

Tang Can carried a small book bag and walked silently in the camp without saying a word.

No matter what he saw, he didn't say anything.

Even when he saw several Yanran men kneeling on the ground facing Wang Du, kowtowing and praying for blessings, Tang Can didn't stop.

Tang Can didn't even stop when he saw someone dug a pit on the ground to bury a child who died of starvation or illness.

That child looks younger than a small book bag, with a thin body and bony...

Xiao Shubao opened his mouth wide and made no sound for a long time.

Walking in the world, he has seen a lot and heard a lot.

But soon, those things were forgotten by him.

But this time...

Seeing all this with his own eyes, Xiao Shubao's expression became a little bit ugly.

There was no longer the smile on his face when he was in the capital, and the look of sadness was even better than before.

He seemed to understand a little bit, but also became a little bit more confused.

Tang Can kept walking, carrying his small book bag through the entire camp, and finally stopped in another section of the camp.

This camp is a temporary camp for the Yanran people who came to the capital of Gaochang and wanted to change their life.

Tang Can has been paying attention to them since they came.

Even though life was not good, these Yanran people did not rashly rush into Gaochang King's Capital.

They didn't even swear at anyone, didn't take any drastic actions, just waited here in a flat manner, waiting for the arrangement of the king's capital for them.

a long time.

Xiao Shubao finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked in a trembling voice: "What do you mean by bringing me to see these?"

Tang Can did not turn around to look at the small book bag, but just looked at the camp and the royal capital not far away from the camp, and said softly: "Do you know how far it is from here to the royal capital?"

There is no need for a small book bag to answer.

Tang Can asked himself and answered: "It's only a thousand steps."

"One thousand steps, two worlds."

"The life in the royal capital is the life they dream of."

"right?"

"Then do you know why they didn't enter the capital?"

"Why didn't they enter the royal capital or return to Yanran?"

Xiao Shubao's body trembled, and he subconsciously asked: "Why?"

"Because in Yanran, their life is even worse."

"Because in Yanran, their dream life is only two steps away from them, and they can see it just by looking up."

This kind of thing can only be understood but not explained in words.

To put it simply, it is nothing more than one visible to the naked eye and one only imaginable.

When a person can very intuitively see that people who are the same as him live a hundred and eighty thousand times better than him, his mentality will naturally undergo a subtle change.

But when he can't see it and can only rely on imagination, this mentality is mostly filled with a kind of beautiful yearning rather than hatred.

At this time.

Xiao Shubao calmed down, shook his head and said: "The matter on the grassland has nothing to do with me. Besides, this is Gaochang's internal affairs, and it has nothing to do with me."

Tang Can turned to look at him and said thoughtfully: "Is it really okay?"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Xiao Shubao to open his mouth, Tang Can asked himself again: "Have you ever thought that the things you sometimes do will make their lives more difficult?"

"Have you ever thought about how many people's lives will be made difficult by what you did in the capital of Gaochang?"

"Have you ever thought about it, when you encouraged the empress to build palaces everywhere in Great Liang, the people in the world were in dire straits, and the common people were displaced?"

"Have you ever thought about how many dead souls there are in the world because of you father and son!"

The little book bag's body couldn't help but tremble.

After a while, he said in a trembling voice: "You can't blame me for this..."

"Don't blame who you blame?"

Tang Can looked at the small book bag with an indifferent expression: "Even if it was not caused by you yourself, it has nothing to do with you. It also has a lot to do with me."

Tang Can has been unable to let go of this matter in his heart.

For a long time, Tang Can felt indescribable every time he thought about the impact of these nagging and strange things on time.

but……

After hearing what Tang Can said, Xiao Shubao seemed to have found some target, staring at Tang Can with burning eyes: "The things in Gaochang are all your problem and have nothing to do with me."

Tang Can turned his head and glanced at the small book bag, then suddenly took his hand and walked into the dilapidated camp again without saying a word.

Walk all the way and watch all the way.

This is the second time.

He could feel waves of calmness in the trembling palms of the small book bag.

After all, Xiao Shubao still has some humanity, and after seeing Yan Ran's miserable life, he was still a little moved.

For him, that's enough.

After a while, Tang Can took him to sit down in a deserted corner.

Immediately afterwards, a young man in ragged clothes came over.

He was Tang Can's subordinate who arranged to return to Gaochang King's Capital with these Yanran people when he left Yanran.

Originally, when Tang Can came over for the first time, he wanted to say something to Tang Can.But seeing him take a small child all the way through the camp, there is no past.

Until now, Tang Can sat down in the corner. After hesitating for a moment, he still came over, but he seemed still hesitant about whether to go over and say hello.

"It's okay, come here."

After Tang Can said something softly, the young man carefully looked at the small book bag, and then walked to Tang Can and sat down.

Tang Can chatted with him casually.

It's not a big deal, it's just a small matter like food, rice, oil, and salt.

However, when this small matter affects the livelihood of thousands of people, it is no longer a small matter.

In particular, among these thousands of people, there has been a different disturbance recently...

(End of this chapter)