A Timely Wife

Li Ruosong also sometimes finds it very strange. When Li Ruoshan first arrived, she was dressed as a little girl. She smiled very shyly and cutely, and looked very quiet. Li Ruosong loves to laugh and has a very sweet mouth. No matter how you look at it, it hurts people, and how to turn into this picture that you can go to the sky with a pair of wings, Li Ruosong can't figure it out.

Then Zhou Jinyan who came to the house was so obedient and obedient when he first came, his mother and grandmother liked the taciturn little adult, and he always hugged him in his arms and asked around, but in the end, no After a few days, he was taken away by that little bastard Li Ruoshan, and he followed Li Ruoshan up the mountain to hunt and fish in the river all day long, or he played horseback riding and fighting games with the village children, and he was covered in mud. When he came back, he was a white and clean little man, but within a few days he turned into a mud monkey.

These are nothing, after Li Ruosong had two sons, he felt that children should be lively, especially the little guys, they just wanted to go out and fight more, but all this was not based on the fact that they took pleasure in molesting him Looking at Feng Bao now, he has already shown an extraordinary temperament before arriving in Liujiagou, and there is a faint sign of forming a united front with Li Ruoshan and Zhou Jinyan. Li Ruosong began to reflect, and he seemed not very popular. Looking good?

Maybe it's because they have soldiers on the way to open the way, or maybe it's because the weather is relatively cold recently. The robbers they met when they were rushing for the exam didn't know where they went. The way went very smoothly, but on the 21st , the group of them had already arrived outside the city gate of Qingjiang Mansion.

When he was still some distance away from the city gate, Li Ruosong called to stop the carriage, and then called Guanshi Liu to ask Guanshi Liu to ask what was going on there. Guanshi Liu took the order and left.

Li Ruosong remembered that when he came to Qingjiang Mansion to take the exam a few months ago, there were not so many people outside the city gate of Qingjiang Mansion, especially these people were all dressed in rags. Although Li Ruosong was only an experienced military official, a rank-[-] official, he couldn't let go of these ordinary people guarding outside the city gate.

Liu Cheng went there, and came back not long after, with a look of impatience in his eyes, "Master, these are ordinary people who fled. They came all the way from Linping Mansion. After winter, there was a flood in Linping Mansion. Their village was washed away, many people died, they all escaped, there are quite a lot of people, about 3000 people, but now there are only more than 1000 people at the gate of the city."

Li Ruosong frowned, and said, "There was a flood in Linping Mansion? When did it happen? We didn't hear about it when we were in Chujing. Could it be that it happened recently? No, it definitely won't happen recently. , if it happened in the near future, these ordinary people would not be able to come here at all, and it would take half a month from Linping Mansion to Qingjiang Mansion."

Liu Cheng went on to say: "What the young master said is that this matter has been going on for two months, and they walked here for more than a month, but the Qingjiang Mansion does not open the city gates, and does not allow refugees to enter the city, they are here I have been guarding for half a month, and those who can walk have left to find food or work in the surrounding towns. Those who stay here are either unable to walk or cannot walk. Quite a few people starved to death and froze to death, pitiful, it’s either old people or children, it’s heartbreaking to watch.”

Li Ruosong asked with a cold face: "Why didn't the Qingjiang Mansion open the city gate and set up porridge sheds? Even if these people are not the people of the Qingjiang Mansion, they are also the people of Dachu. Frozen to death here? The prefect of Qingjiang Mansion should be executed according to the law.

The people of our Dachu are already the best people to serve. As long as they can have food to eat, no matter how high the tax is, no matter how high the corvee is paid, they have never complained. Couldn't the magistrate of Qingjiang Mansion also know how to write?If there is food, there will be rebellion, and if there is no food, there will be rebellion. If these ordinary people are really driven into a hurry, they will unite and rush into your Qingjiang mansion, not to mention whether the food can be kept, but whether the life can be kept is a problem . "

Liu Changchang sighed, and said: "Master, it's not that they didn't turn around, but they couldn't beat them. I heard that they had many strong men united to rush in, but the soldiers in the city shot arrows at them decisively. , A lot of people died that time, and these refugees did not dare to resist at all. Speaking of which, those remaining young people left here since then. The rest probably have nowhere to go and don’t know where to go. It is better to die here than to die on the road, I guess, in the end, people here will either starve to death or freeze to death, and they cannot get rid of these two ways of death.”

The anger on Li Ruosong's face disappeared in a flash, and he ordered: "Guard Liu, please take the two shopkeepers to check how much food we have left, and if there is any leftover, distribute it to them. "

Guanshi Liu moved his mouth when he heard the words, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. He turned around and took people to count the food they gave birth to. They were all men, especially those soldiers. One person can catch up with the appetite of two people, so there is not much food left when we set off from Chujing. After checking, there are only eight bags of dry food and twelve bags of rice left, which are not enough for the people in front of us. Gap.

But Li Ruosong felt that talking was better than nothing, and he couldn't bear to let him watch these ordinary people starve to death and freeze to death. Distributing food, but he didn't know that his very reckless decision cost him an unforgettable price.

The refugees who had been hungry for a long time rushed forward when they saw the food. Before the soldiers could react, the food in their hands was snatched away. One soldier was even beaten to death for preventing these people from grabbing food. Not only the soldiers, Liu Cheng and several other soldiers were also arrested by the refugees. The refugees escorted a few of them to the front of the carriage and shouted to Li Ruosong: "Hand over all the food, or we will kill you!" them."

Li Ruosong watched Liu Cheng lead the soldiers over with the food, and he was a little relieved at first. He has limited strength alone, so he can only send them some food to fill the gaps between their teeth, and wait until he enters the city to find a way. Whether it is paying to buy some food and sending it outside the city or persuading the magistrate to open the city gate to let the exiles into the city, they will always live better than they are now.

But Li Ruosong never imagined that Liu Cheng and several soldiers would be surrounded instantly, and within a few breaths, one died and several were arrested. The soldier Li Ruosong who was killed had an impression of him Very deep, a boy who is only 17 years old, very handsome, shy and tight, his face will turn red when he is teased by others, but he is very careful, he has seen Chengdong and Li Ruosong's clothes torn several times It was all mended by the soldier for them.

Li Ruosong remembered what the kid was blushing at that time, holding the mended clothes, and said to himself coyly, he said, Master Li, I mended the clothes for you and your Zhengjun, I am not very good at it , It can only be said that the obvious hole can't be seen, but it can't be repaired very well. Please don't dislike it with your Zhengjun.

But now, right in front of his eyes, that handsome, shy, blushing child was beaten to death with fists, stones, and sticks by his poor refugees in front of him. Liu Cheng, whom he had always regarded as his elder, had his head broken, and was brought up in front of him by the collar to threaten him. Those soldiers who had been regarded as brothers by him after more than 20 days of getting along also brought him The wounded were tied up by the refugees. Everyone had wounds on their bodies, and some seemed to be seriously wounded. I don't know how long they could last.

Li Ruosong clenched his teeth, his eyes were red, he wanted to slap himself twice, it was all his fault, he was too natural, and too arrogant, if he hadn't insisted on letting Liu Cheng deliver the food, he would have directly entered City, it will definitely not lead to the current result. Before Liu Cheng went, he had something to say, and he must have said something to persuade him, but Liu Cheng didn't say it, why didn't he say it? It's just because he felt that it would be useless to tell him , because I am self-willed now and can't listen to other people's persuasion, because I just won the first prize in the exam, and I feel that I have fallen into the eyes of high-ranking officials. He still thinks that he is smart enough and powerful enough, that he can deal with all difficulties, and that what he said is right, which led to the current ending, all of which are his fault.

Just when Li Ruosong was blaming himself, guilty, and remorseful, two hands stretched out from behind him, and hugged his waist tightly. Then, a warm body was pressed against his back, and the familiar breath, It's his husband.

Chengdong hugged Li Ruosong, and said softly: "Husband, it's not your fault, it's my fault. If I didn't tell you often about the suffering of ordinary people, everyone has the right to live a good life. If it wasn't for me and You said that the common people are the resources we should value the most. If I hadn’t told you that you want to be a good official who is considerate of the people, you would not have done such a thing. Wakamatsu, this is not your fault, so don’t do it Blame yourself, if you blame yourself so much, I will feel even more guilty."

Li Ruosong didn't look back or turn around, he just held Chengdong's hand and said, "Fulang, I will firmly remember this day, this mistake, everything that happened now, and the one who died." Soldier, I swear on my life that this kind of thing will never happen again, absolutely."

Chengdong didn't speak, but hugged Li Ruosong even tighter.