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"This is the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court." Zhou Rong interrupted hastily, his identity has already been revealed, so there should be no need for Miss Gu to hide her own identity.

"What?" The old man was taken aback, "Really?"

"Really." Zhou Rong nodded his head with certainty, and said.

"That's really great, great, Cao Min kowtowed to the imperial envoy." After saying that, the old man wanted to kneel on the ground.

Gu Qianchen hurriedly supported him, the old man was too old to kneel, and she couldn't bear it either.

Zhou Rong was angry for a while, why did he kneel when he saw the imperial envoy, but he didn't kneel when he saw him, he didn't seem to be very popular.Zhou Rong didn't know, but his image of "loving the people like a son" was so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Everyone knew that there was no need to salute Master Zhou, otherwise, Master Zhou would be unhappy.

Chapter 55 Returning to the Heart Like an Arrow

The old man looked at Gu Qianchen with wet eyes, and said tremblingly: "My lord, Caomin's move is really helpless. If you do too much pretending to be a ghost, you will be punished by God, but Caomin really can't help it." , If you don’t do this, you won’t even have a place to stay.”

Gu Qianchen frowned slightly, and said, "Old man, can you tell me about this matter in detail?"

The old man looked at Gu Qianchen and Zhou Rong, hesitated for a while, and coughed twice.Immediately afterwards, some old people, women and children came out from behind the broken statue, totaling more than 60 people.The youngest among the elderly looks to be [-] years old, the oldest is over [-] years old, while the oldest child is only four or five years old, and the youngest is a baby in swaddling clothes.

Gu Qianchen was quite shocked. What is going on? So many people live in this small ruined temple?

The old man glanced at the baby in the woman's arms, the baby was sleeping soundly with its eyes closed, sighed, and told the whole story in detail.

It turned out that these people were refugees from floods that destroyed their homes and their livelihoods.Those who have strong laborers in the family can still make a living, but like them, lonely old people, or orphans and widowed mothers, have no choice but to rebuild their homes. The rice grain allocated by the court is only enough for a period of time, not for a long time. count.Therefore, they can only go to the city to find some work, at least they can exchange two copper coins to fill their stomachs.

But in this case, housing has become a big problem, and they can't afford to rent a house, so they temporarily settled in this old man's temple that was already empty.Because of the cries of women and babies at night, rumors of Laoye Temple being haunted spread like wildfire.Some people didn't believe in evil and went to Laoye Temple to investigate, but they were scared away by the baby's crying. The rumors intensified, and no one came to Laoye Temple.

Therefore, they simply acted as ghosts, and used the light in the temple to scare people away whenever someone came. At least, they turned this place into a "home" and didn't have to worry about someone coming to drive them away at any time.

"Maybe I'm too greedy." The old man said with a trembling hand holding the cane, "The matter of pretending to be a ghost is entirely my idea, and it has nothing to do with them."

At this time, another child suddenly ran in from the door, hugged the old man's leg, and said, "Grandpa Sun." The child looked yellow and thin, and was much shorter than his peers. At least, this must be the reason for the gust of wind that Gu Qianchen felt just now.As for feeling being poked in the back, it should be the old man's crutches.

The old man touched the child's head and sighed softly.The child looked up at the old man, then turned to look at Gu Qianchen and Zhou Rong, and said, "Are you here to drive us away? Why don't you want us to live here...you are all bad..."

As soon as the old man heard this, his face changed instantly, and he quickly covered the child's mouth, looked at Gu Qianchen and Zhou Rong, and said, "The child has nothing to say, adults forgive me."

"It's okay." Gu Qianchen's eyes darkened, he sighed imperceptibly, and then glanced at Zhou Rong.Zhou Rong's face was also a little complicated, he took out a silver coin from his sleeve pocket, handed it to the old man, and said: "Take it, buy some food for the children, and do a little business for the rest. It's good to have some thick clothes and quilts for the winter, just accept it."

"This..." The old man hesitated a little, looked down, then looked at the group of people behind him, and said: "Thank you, my lord, there is no way to repay your kindness." Then he knelt down, the old man A group of people behind him also knelt down.

Zhou Rong hurriedly supported him and said, "I can't do it, it's nothing."

Gu Qianchen was silent for a while, but didn't say anything.She didn't bring any money with her, so she couldn't help much, but why did Mr. Qiao ask her to come here?

Gu Qianchen and Zhou Rong left Laoye Temple, both looking full of thoughts.

Back at the teahouse, Mr. Qiao was sitting on a bench drinking tea. There were no guests at this time, so he was very leisurely.Seeing Gu Qianchen and Zhou Rong stepping through the door, Mr. Qiao smiled and said, "Marquis Gu, have you been there?"

Gu Qianchen nodded.

Mr. Qiao asked again: "Is there a solution to the refugee problem?"

"I don't have a solution." Gu Qianchen frowned, she was really not the material to solve this kind of problem.

"In the final analysis, the problem of refugees is still a problem of the court. Let's not mention how much of the disaster relief funds is actually used to help the victims. These widows and widows who basically have no source of income are probably the blind spot of the court's affairs." Mr. Qiao said.

"So, Mr. Qiao, can you solve this problem?" Gu Qianchen looked at Qiao Yu, his eyes sparkling.

Mr. Qiao sighed lightly, but he avoided mentioning it, but said: "The grass people know the intention of Marquis Gu's visit, but they don't want to enter that temple again. This square inch of land is enough for the grass people."

Gu Qianchen pursed her lips, and then said: "Mr. Qiao, you don't want to be an official. I respect your wishes, but you deeply feel the suffering of the people's livelihood, and you know that the current laws are not enough. Why don't you want to do something?"

Mr. Qiao shook his head and said, "Gu Houjue, grassroots people can offer advice, but they don't have to be officials."

Gu Qianchen frowned slightly, glanced at Zhou Rong, then sighed, and said, "Since that's the case, I won't force it anymore."

Mr. Qiao stood up, walked to the counter, took out an envelope, and handed it to Gu Qianchen.The envelope was blank. Gu Qianchen pinched the envelope, but he couldn't tell whether there was anything inside based on the thickness of the envelope.

"So, I'll leave first." Gu Qianchen said after putting away the letter.

Zhou Rong didn't go with Gu Qianchen, he wanted to stay and ask Mr. Qiao for help, he was at a loss.

After packing up, the next day, Gu Qianchen took his men and horses and set foot on the road back to Beijing.Like an arrow, the horned crow seemed to feel the mood of its master, and ran a little faster.

Ruian City, Yuqing Palace, Luo Lijing was sitting with Wan Chen in his arms, and Zhang Quan was standing on one side.

"Is there any news from Xiangzhou?" Luo Lijing lowered her eyes and asked calmly.

Zhang Quan replied: "The chaos in Xiangzhou has been resolved now, and Lord Marquis must be on his way home."

"Why did this hall ever ask her about her situation?" Luo Lijing's voice was cold.

"Your Highness, slave... The slave is just speaking, Your Highness forgives the sin." Zhang Quan slapped himself on the lips, and said.

Luo Lijing raised her eyelids, and asked: "Is this hall's mind so easy to guess now?"

Zhang Quan looked into Luo Lijing's eyes, he didn't seem to be angry, but he still didn't dare to say anything, he hesitated for a long time, but didn't say a complete sentence.In fact, the truth is that Luo Lijing almost misses someone written on his face, but how dare Zhang Quan say that.

Chapter 56

Prince Muguo, who was stranded due to business, embarked on his way back after the matter was settled. Generally speaking, his mission this time was quite fruitful.In contrast, the fourth prince of Di Kingdom was in a lot of misery. Since the nail was pulled out, the prince of Di Kingdom was always anxious, and there was no suitable reason for wanting to stay, so he went back early. wolf embarrassment.