"Complain?" Yu Wenzhang frowned: "How did he know that His Majesty is here?"

Su Qing didn't say anything, just found a place to sit down, rest, and watch the show.

So in the hall, Da Sima sat in the main seat, while the emperor sat in the guest seat. For a moment, everyone except the two parties felt it was inappropriate, but no one dared to speak.

Yu Wenzhang sneered: "His Majesty paid a private visit incognito. Such a big thing should have been kept secret. Who leaked it, huh?"

Although there were many people present in the cave at that time, except for Cuiying, all of them were from the official family. Wu Yan and his party were not counted. The others were all brought out by Yu Wenwen. In this way, the news was still leaked. .

No one admitted it, so Yu Wenzhang stopped asking questions and just ordered: "Bring the people up."

After saying that, he picked up the teacup he had just put down, blew in the hot air, took a sip, and then waited for someone to come in.

After a while, an old man was lifted up. The old man looked to be in his fifties, his clothes were ragged, his body was stooped, he was as thin as skin and bones, and his eyes were covered with shadows.

The person who brought him up put him down and left. The old man suddenly lost his support, swayed, and then fell to the ground. Su Qing couldn't bear to see it and wanted to help him. Unexpectedly, before Su Qing could stand up, the old man twisted his body and got up by himself.

He knelt down tremblingly and kowtowed to Yu Wenwen. The kowtow was firm, and there was only a thud. When the old man raised his head again, there was already a bleeding hole on his forehead. Su Qing's heart couldn't help but beat a little.

The old man kowtowed to Yu Wenwen, and then shouted in a voice like a broken bellows: "Long live your Majesty! Long live! Long live your Majesty!"

Yu Wenzhang said solemnly, "I am not your Majesty."

The old man showed a confused look at first, and then the expression on his face suddenly changed from confused to at a loss. Su Qing couldn't bear to see it.

Su Qing didn't have a good life when she was a teenager. She was dependent on her uncle, and having enough to eat every day was the greatest happiness.

But as a teenager, Su Qing ignored a terrible fact, that is, time. The uncle is very old, just like the old man in front of him, with wrinkles on his face and a stooped back.

Parting always comes in a hurry and unexpectedly. Su Qing, who has not yet grown up, hastily took over the time without his uncle. He has no one to depend on and has grown up alone, so he despises this the most. Kind of a picture.

Even if my life is a mess, I can't bear to see the suffering in the world...

Su Qing was about to stand up to help the old man. Yu Wenwen suddenly stood up, walked to Su Qing's side, pressed Su Qing's shoulder with his right hand inadvertently, and then said: "Stand up and answer first."

Then he told Wu Yan: "Go and bring him a stool."

Wu Yan ordered him to go down, and soon someone brought a stool and placed it next to the old man.

The old man sat down and Yuwen Wen said, "Say it."

The old man burst into tears before he could speak. He cried and said: "The little old man's name is Liu Gen. He is from Qinzhou and should have been alone all his life.

Unexpectedly, God was merciful and I picked up a boy doll on the roadside, so I named him Shuanzhu. It was easy to make a living with a nickname. He called me daddy, so he became my son. From then on, we two Depend on each other.

My son Shuan Zhu was recruited by the military master not long ago and said he wanted to become a soldier.

In the first two years, he would write letters every once in a while and have them sent back. Just this year, there has been no reply.

The little old man was worried about his safety and inquired all the way. When he came here, he finally got some news about his son. He heard that he was doing logistics in the Qinzhou military camp.

The little old man wanted to walk over there, but when he passed by here, he encountered water on the mountain, which made it difficult for him to move, so he rested for a few days.

When the river calmed down, the little old man thought about going to see him.

Unexpectedly, when I walked to the foot of the mountain, I happened to meet the village chief of Shanze Village, and the young man asked the village chief about it.

The village chief said that he had just returned, saying that there had been a heavy flood on the mountain and many bodies had been washed down. He took everyone to retrieve corpses before. He said that they depended on this river for survival and could not let corpses pollute the river water.

The little old man actually didn't think much about it, he just casually asked what the corpses looked like...

The village chief said that they were all adult men. They were all swollen after being soaked in water. They were so unrecognizable that they couldn't identify themselves, so naturally they couldn't recognize what they looked like.

There is only one person he remembers clearly, because that person had a small fish hair ornament made of red rope tied in his hair..."

When Old Man Liu Gen said this, tears flowed out of his cloudy eyes again. He stood up from the stool with a loud cry, knelt on the ground again with a plop and kowtowed: "Little old man's post, head It’s tied with such a red rope..."

No one spoke in the room, and Yu Wenzhang's face was also gloomy and terrifying. There would indeed be conscription in various states and counties to make up for the vacancies of injured or sick people. Because it was not done too much, everyone just turned a blind eye. Close one eye.

It is basically unknown whether the conscripted people became soldiers or coolies.

Looking at the situation, it was obvious that Shuan Zhu had been drafted as a coolie.

"The little old man also has a red rope. Sir, please take a look..." Old man Liu Gen took out a small fish made of red rope from his arms and held it in front of him with both hands.

The person next to him picked it up and showed it to Yuwen, and Su Qing also looked over.

I can see that the little fish has lost some color and is a bit old, but its fineness can still be seen, which shows the weaver's care when weaving it.

"These two were originally a pair, and one of them was made by the little old man to Shuan Zhu to keep him safe. He also learned to make one for the little old man.

The little old man asked the village chief if it was like this, and he said that it was like this...

When the little old man heard this, he knew that the man must be Zhuan Zhu. The village chief said that the body rushed down from the mountain, so the little old man planned to go to the mountain to have a look.

It turned out that the road into the mountain was blocked by officers and soldiers. The little old man felt something was wrong, so he climbed up from the other side while it was dark.

The little old man saw that there was a hole near the top of the mountain. It was guarded by a large number of officers and soldiers, and many hard workers came in and out.

The little old man traveled around in his early years. As soon as he saw that situation, he knew that it was a mine and they were mining!

The little old man's bolts were sent there to mine..."

If you don’t choose to report it, but dig privately, that is a capital crime!

"Please, sir, make the decision for me!" Old man Liu Gen said and kowtowed several times.

Su Qing was pressed on the shoulder by Yu Wenzhang and couldn't move, but she couldn't bear to see the old man like this, so she comforted him: "This master will definitely make the decision for you. You get up first..."

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