wealthy queen

Almost an hour later, the four of Wei Yue brought the little beggars who had washed cleanly and wore brand new clothes into the box. The beggar's stomach growled like a drum, Shen Liang and the others couldn't help laughing, and waved their hands to beckon them to sit down.

"Eat quickly, let's talk when you're full."

While talking, Shen Liang conveniently picked up a big stewed chicken leg for the little beggar who was closest to him. The little beggar swallowed his saliva, thanked him in a low voice, and ate it up. The way they were devouring, the smiles on Shen Liang and Pei Yuanlie's faces faded a lot, maybe they have never really filled their stomachs, right?Seeing how thin they were all, it was okay to be dirty, but now that they have been washed clean, they look even thinner.

"Eat slowly, be careful not to choke, and no one will grab you."

"Hmm... Uncle, it's been a while..."

"It's delicious and you can't be in such a hurry to eat it. Hurry up and drink some soup."

"Thank you, thank you..."

"Good time..."

Worried that they would choke, Wei Yue and the others acted like servants, serving them soup and water one by one. The little beggars ate their mouths full of oil, and they had already forgotten what restraint was, and poured it into their mouths. During the period, I still babbled about the delicious food, and every eye smiled into two attractive crescent moons.

"Eat slowly, if it's not enough, let's continue barking."

Shen Liang didn't move his chopsticks. Even though it was already noon, when it was time to eat, seeing how satisfied they were eating, he felt full. Instead, Pei Yuanzheng peeled a piece of fruit and cut it into small pieces. A piece of food was fed into his mouth, but Shen Liang didn't refuse, he just opened his mouth and bit it.

"Knock down!"

There was a knock on the door, but before they could answer, the push-pull box door was pulled open from the outside, Murong Yu and Wei Tan walked in one after the other, the little beggars stopped eating in unison, all a little embarrassed Taking a quick look at the two people who came in and Mrs. Pei Yuanlie, Mrs. Murong Yu saw the two sitting in the main seat at a glance. Although their appearances were slightly different, their eyes and temperament remained unchanged.

The husband and wife looked at each other, Wei Tan couldn't help laughing: "I said Liang Liang, how did you make yourself into such a virtuous behavior?"

While talking, the two walked towards them, and Fan Zhongyun and his wife gave up their seats for them.

"Weifu private visit, how can it be done without some disguise? Why are you two here? Didn't I tell that shopkeeper Wang not to tell you?"

He had guessed from shopkeeper Wang's reaction earlier that he would definitely notify Murong Yu, but he didn't expect that the couple would really come here together.

"Being idle at home is also idle. It happened that Dad took Youyou to Xiayang Palace to play with Little Shitou and the others. Let's take a look. What's going on with these children?"

Early this morning, Uncle Wei and Lao Lin brought Xiao Shitou and the others to Murong's house. For some reason, they talked about Princess Xiayang. It happened that Yiteng was going to the Palace of Xiayang to pay New Year greetings to the prince and concubine. They simply went together, I heard that Xiaozhuozi also took the children to join in the fun, originally they also wanted to go, it is not because I heard that Liang Liang and the others are going out of the palace today, I am afraid that they will suddenly run to Murong's house and find no one Well, who knew that they didn't wait for the empress and husband to visit, but they received news from shopkeeper Wang that they were here, and he and her husband came directly over as soon as they agreed.

"fine."

Following his gaze to look at the children who were too stiff to eat anymore, Shen Liang smiled softly: "Don't be afraid, they are my friends, just call them Uncle Murong and Uncle Wei."

"Uncle Murong, Uncle Wei."

The five little beggars had already listened to Shen Liang's words very much, and shouted in unison as soon as they raised their heads.

Although Mrs. Murong Yu didn't know why, she still smiled back with kindness: "Hey, eat quickly, it's not delicious when it's cold in winter, I'll ask them to bring it if it's not enough."

Shopkeeper Wang had already told them briefly when he came that these children were all little beggars, and based on their understanding of Liang Liang, he would not pick them up for no reason, there must be some arrangement, and they had already Now that they are fathers, these children are not a few years older than their family's Youyou, which more or less aroused their compassion.

"Eat, Uncle Murong and the others have plenty of money, so I'm not afraid that you will be ruined."

"What are you talking about?"

"Ha ha……"

Shen Liang's joke drew old Wei's angry and funny stares, everyone couldn't help laughing, and the children's nervousness eased a lot, they looked at each other and started eating again, but it wasn't like before Just gobble it up.

"Where do you all live?"

With these children around, many things were hard to say. Shen Liang and the others drank tea in silence, and only asked casually after seeing that they were almost finished eating.

"Well...we live in a small abandoned yard."

The little beggar who was closest to him swallowed the braised pork in his mouth whole, and obediently answered his question, Shen Liang nodded: "Is it just you? Is there anyone else?"

As far as he knew, there were indeed many abandoned yards in the slums of the outer city, where many beggars gathered. Most of those yards were in disrepair and dilapidated, and the weather could not block the wind and snow at all.

"Um……"

Another little beggar shook his head: "There are a lot of people, we all get together. In the past, we begged every day or... um... If we stole anything, we would give it to Grandma Chen to cook, and each of us would drink a bowl of hot water." It’s an omnivorous soup, but Grandma Chen couldn’t bear it some time ago and froze to death. When the government came to collect the corpse, it said that Jingzhao Mansion had built a shack and let everyone go there together. Many old people and adults went. At first we also We went, but not long after we escaped again..."

Speaking of this, the children lowered their heads in frustration, as if thinking of something sad.

"Why? Didn't you say that this is the Queen's policy to benefit the people? If you gather together, as long as you are willing to work, you will be able to survive the cold winter safely. Why did you come out?"

Exchanged glances with Pei Yuanlie and the others calmly, Shen Liang asked suspiciously, does Jing Zhaoyin still dare to do some tricks under their noses?

"Because... because those yamen servants didn't treat us as human beings at all."

The oldest little beggar gritted his teeth and continued angrily: "We were originally six people, and there was a ten-year-old Shuang'er, but he died within two days. The officials said he was frozen to death. We didn't believe it. Quietly asked a lot of people, and led the official to look at his body, and found that his body was covered with pinch marks, and his lower body was still bleeding. He was insulted to death, not only Shuang'er and the little girl, but the better-looking ones Boys will also be insulted by those officials after being washed, and even some older beggars will... We have no way to avenge our little friends, so we can only flee from there."

The eyes of the little beggars were all red. They thought that they would be able to feed themselves and not freeze to death if they entered the shack where the beggars were taken in by the government. They didn't expect that those people in the government were too black-hearted. If they didn't escape, they would be killed sooner or later. Killed alive.

"bump!"

Pei Yuanlie slapped the armrest of the chair, and the smiles on the faces of Shen Liang and others disappeared. I didn't expect that their policy of benefiting the people turned into a kind of wrong thing, which accelerated the death of the people. How dare the people in Jingzhao Mansion act so recklessly, disregarding human life, do they still have the existence of the emperor and the laws of Daxia in their eyes?

The little beggars were startled, and they all shrank their necks and looked at them in fear. Pei Yuanlie couldn't care about them now, and called out Tianshu in a deep voice: "Send someone to the shelters in the imperial city to investigate secretly. I shall know the exact facts before tomorrow morning."

"Yes."

Tianshu came and went without a trace, the children were frightened, and they didn't dare to show their anger, Shen Liang calmed down for a while and then smiled again: "Don't be afraid, he is not angry with you, he is angry with those officials, What are your names?"

He really didn't expect that the officials of Jingzhao Mansion would be so bold and reckless. They probably thought that as long as people didn't freeze to death again, no one would take care of them, right?But the fact is true, they have too many things to do, the so-called darkness under the lights, sometimes they just ignore the tragedy unfolding under their noses, which can be regarded as their dereliction of duty in supervision.

"We don't have a name. Everyone calls us little beggars."

Several children shook their heads. They have been little beggars since they could remember. In order to distinguish each other, they are called Ada, A, Er, and San according to their age. Many children who lived together used to be like this.

"Well, how old are you then?"

Shen Liang was not surprised when he had come into contact with many refugees and beggars in Qin. Some of these children had dead parents, and some were abandoned by their parents and raised by beggars. It is normal to have no names, and even most of them All are black households.

"I'm twelve."

"I'm 11 years old..."

"We are ten years old..."

Several children replied in unanimous agreement that the oldest one was twelve years old. Shen Liang and the others were not surprised. After all, they were all too thin. Before that, they always thought that they were only ten years old at most. Ten years old.

"Okay, then let me ask again carefully, are you willing to follow me?"

It would be a lie to say that she doesn't feel sorry for her. Shen Liang has always loved children from the previous life to this life. These poor children are so distressing. Compared with the little buns in their family, they are like a heaven and earth.

Mrs. Murong Yu didn't find it strange when they heard the words, they could also see that these children were all good in nature, and Liang Liang was a person who liked children, so it was normal to help a few children.

"This……"

On the contrary, the children looked at each other with some hesitation. If they hadn't encountered such a government before, they would definitely nod without hesitation. It was because they were deceived and lost a little friend that they dared not trust others easily. , I am afraid that I will fall into another terrible wolf's den again.

"Silly boy, don't think that the whole world is full of bad people just because of one deception. There are still a lot of good people in this world. Liangliang is not a bad person. You can also feel it, right?"

Fan Zhongyun, who had also had the experience of begging, caressed the child closest to him distressedly. He could understand their feelings. He was also lucky to meet Liang Liang, otherwise he and his son would have died a long time ago. Can you reunite with your husband who escaped death, and live together as a family and beautifully?

"Ada."

A little beggar stretched out his hand to pull the clothes of the eldest child, looked at Shen Liang with red eyes, and then whispered: "Uncle Liang is a good man, he smells like a father, can we trust him?"

He has never met his father, but he believes that if his father is still alive, he must be as gentle as Uncle Liang.

"Nonsense, we don't have a father."

Ah Da also looked at Shen Liang, the eye sockets of the children were all red, they were all orphans, if possible, who wouldn't want to have a father and a father to grow up under their care and love?