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"Stop and take a look." Lan Jing gave a soft reprimand to the outside of the car, Ning Yu slowly stopped the horse, and watched those poor people rushing over from all directions with cold eyes, gathering more and more.

A burst of whimpering and sobbing suddenly sounded in the team. At this time, Lan Jing had already pulled Li Xuan out of the car, and was slowly approaching the crowd.Ling Feng hurriedly got off his horse and followed the two of them vigilantly.

"Mom... I'm hungry..." A little girl who was only four or five years old curled up in her mother's arms, sobbing intermittently.I saw that her complexion was sallow, and her skinny and small body was shaking like chaff because of the cold.

"Go and bring me some dry food." Lan Jing tilted her head and ordered in a low voice to Ling Feng who was standing beside her.

Ling Feng also took a look at the mother and daughter, nodded silently, and quickly carried a lot of steamed buns and white cakes from the carriage back to him.

"This is for you to eat." Lan Jing leaned over slightly, and handed a soft white steamed bun to the little girl.

The little girl stopped crying immediately, raised her head cautiously to look at her mother, but her eyes quickly fell back to the fragrant steamed buns, swallowed alone, her face was full of longing.

"Thank you, benefactor!" The woman's chapped lips trembled, and tears slipped down quietly. Seeing that her mother didn't stop her, the little girl quickly took the steamed buns with both hands, and impatiently took a bite, chewing pitifully. He said softly, "Thank you benefactor..."

"You can eat one too." Looking at the woman's sallow and thin face, Lan Jing took another steamed bun and stuffed it into her hand, turned her head to Ling Feng and said softly, "Go and share the remaining dry food, there are children Yes, I will give you a few more coins to buy a winter coat."

"Yes." Ling Feng responded lightly with his head bowed, but a touch of emotion flashed across his eyes.The days when I was full of scars but hungry are still deeply buried in my heart. I don’t know when I touched it for so many years, but I still feel a dull pain.

Today, he is no longer that weak child who is bullied by others, but Lan Jing is still so pure and kind, no matter in good times or bad times, he is just like before...

"It's such a cold day, what are you all standing outside this long shed, what are you waiting for?" Lan Jing touched the little girl's dry hair and asked softly to the girl.

"Wait for the porridge." The woman raised her hand to wipe the tears from her face, and looked towards Lanjing and the two, "Every day at noon, people from the imperial court will come to give porridge to help us victims of disaster."

"Disaster victims?" Lan Jing looked at the many poor people in front of her, but she was slightly puzzled, "But the flood two months ago?"

"Yeah..." The woman began to cry again, thinking of the sad things, "The house and fields were washed away, but the child's father was forcibly arrested to help the disaster and repair the dam. Pity the old, young, women and children in our village. To find a way to survive, I walked begging along the road for more than a month, and finally came to Chang'an County."

"Aren't you from Chang'an County?" Lan Jing frowned, but seemed to have figured out a problem that she had never been able to figure out before.

"We are from Changping County." The woman pointed to the refugees in another team and whispered, "They are from Changxing County."

"This year's flood in the four counties, only the governor of Chang'an County was willing to open a granary to provide relief to the victims, so people from the other three counties also flocked to Chang'an County."

As soon as the woman finished speaking, she heard a commotion from the crowd. Lan Jing looked up to the long shed, and saw a man who looked like a local official leading a team of guards, carrying a dozen half-person-high The big wooden barrel walked over slowly.

The commotion gradually ceased, replaced by hoarse thank you, no one was looting and making noise, all the victims lined up neatly, moving forward little by little with the flow of people.

"What do you think?"

The two left the crowd silently, Lan Jing took Li Xuan's warm hand, and looked sideways at him.

"He didn't stop the disaster victims from other counties from entering, but used one county's strength to relieve the disasters in four counties. It's really not easy."

"However..." Li Xuan's black eyes deepened a bit, and he sneered coldly, "It can also be seen from this that when facing natural disasters, what are the officials of other counties doing? !"

"Master, it's cold outside, let's go back to the car first." Ling Feng deliberately stopped what Lan Jing wanted to say, and waved to Ning Yu, Ning Yu lightly raised his whip, and slowly drove the car to the side of the two.

"En." Li Xuan answered knowingly, turned around, picked Lan Jing from the ground with a little force around his waist, and gently sent him to the shaft of the car.

Lan Jing entered the carriage, but he turned his head quietly, and quickly glanced at the porridge man in the long shed.For some reason, he also always felt that there was a line of sight secretly adhering to himself, but he didn't know where it came from. This feeling made him very uncomfortable.

"The mountains here are dense and dense, and it's very remote. I'm afraid it's not safe. Let's go to the city as soon as possible to discuss!" Li Xuan gave Ning Yu a hint, and Ning Yu solemnly nodded and waved her long whip. , drove the carriage to the desolate pipeline again.

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In the study of the governor of Chang'an.

Zhao Jianyong stood alone beside the mahogany carved table, holding a top-grade magnolia core in his hand, with a focused expression and a peaceful complexion, leaning over to paint something carefully.

In the study room, there are a large number of books, calligraphy and paintings on the exquisite red sandalwood bookshelves, which are kept spotlessly clean, but looking at the whole study room, there is no gold carving jade and luxurious decorations that courtiers love.

The copper charcoal basin is filled with the best silver frost charcoal, and the warm heat quietly blocks the cold wind that continues to flow into the hall. Next to the white jade pen wash on the table, a small copper incense burner burns the finest pine incense. , Misty misty smoke slowly rises from the gorgeous carved room, quietly blooming a fragrance that fills the room.

Zhao Jianyong put away his brush, looked at the ink painting that had just been completed on the table, and slightly raised the corners of his lips in satisfaction.

The ink was gradually drying, and the fragrance of the ink diffused slightly. Zhao Jianyong gently stroked the flamboyantly inscribed poem, and there was still a habitual, secretive smile on his delicate and handsome face.

"My lord, the commander-in-chief of the company is here."

A respectful reply came in from outside the hall, the guard knelt down on one knee, turned his head to look at Lian Jingzhi who was already standing beside him as if no one else was there, and always felt that his announcement was a bit redundant.

"Jingzhi is here?" Zhao Jianyong looked up at the closed mahogany hall door, gently pressed the white jade paperweight in the painting room, and said softly, "It's cold outside, come in quickly."

The door of the hall was gently pushed open by the guards, and with a gust of cold air blowing towards his face, the tall figure of the man quickly walked into the inner hall of the study room, which was as warm as spring.The warm afternoon sun passed through the window and quietly sprinkled on his thick silver armor, constantly reflecting the dazzling cold light.

"What are you doing?" Lian Jingzhi pulled Zhao Jianyong's delicate body into his arms, smiled and kissed his forehead.

"It's so cold, let's have a cup of hot tea to warm up first." Zhao Jianyong held his cheeks in both hands, but he was not in a hurry to answer. Lips smile.

"Okay..." Lian Jingzhi let go of his waist obediently, took off the thick armor and hung it on the gantry frame, rubbed his cold fingers, took the Junshan Yinzhen he handed to him and raised his head to drink It's bottomed out.

"Come here in such a hurry, could there be news over there?"

Zhao Jianyong also picked up a cup of fragrant tea, slowly blew on the floating leaves floating on the water, and asked lightly in the hot air.

"Yeah." Lian Jingzhi casually wiped the residual fluid around his mouth with his sleeve, nodded seriously, "Sure enough, in the town on the border with Changxing County, the congee delivery officer saw a few passers-by, they should be King Jing and Li. Undoubtedly the general."

After saying that, he suddenly looked at Zhao Jianyong with a puzzled face, and continued to ask: "How did you know that they will definitely come to Chang'an County and appear here?"

"What's so difficult?" Zhao Jianyong took a sip with downcast eyes, moistened his throat, and replied lazily, "King Jing only brought a few personal entourages, and came to Jiangnan alone without anyone noticing. In the four counties, if he is really just visiting for fun, he can justifiably bring hundreds of soldiers along and be entertained and escorted by officials from various places along the way."

"But he didn't." Zhao Jianyong pursed his lips, and a meaningful smile quietly appeared on his shrewd face, "There is only one reason, and that is that he doesn't want what he does to be seen by the regent's eyeliner. In other words In other words, his purpose of coming to Jiangnan this time... is likely to have something to do with the Prince Regent."

"That dude prince really has so many thoughts? Maybe...he is just newlywed and doesn't want to be disturbed by too many people?"

Thinking of Lan Jing's bad deeds in recent years, Lian Jingzhi sneered and shook his head, as if he did not agree with Zhao Jianyong's analysis.

"Do you really think that he is as worthless as he appears?" Zhao Jianyong raised his brows with a hint of mockery in his eyes, "Taking a step back, even as you said, three of the four counties now belong to Li Shouhong Being in control means being under the eyes of the regent. If you were Lan Jing, wouldn't you choose the safest place to stay in the first place?"

"So... that's the reason why you added an extra porridge shed in this town?" Lian Jingzhi frowned slightly, and said in a puzzled voice, "Is it for showing him?!"

"We were doing these things in the first place, but now it's just increasing the chances of being seen by him." Seeing that Lian Jingzhi seemed a little displeased, Zhao Jianyong immediately put down his teacup, put his hands on his toes, and wrapped his hands around his neck Neck, chuckled lightly, "If you didn't do it, it's despicable to act on purpose, but if you do it but don't let him know, it's incompetent."

"Are you right?" Zhao Jianyong's warm lips slightly raised a beautiful arc, and even his voice was soft and hoarse.

Lian Jingzhi's heart skipped a beat, and a wave of heat rushed all over his body.He bent down, hugged Zhao Jianyong fiercely, and strode out of the palace door: "Then let's... let's talk about what to do next!"

"Respect...go, where?!"

The sudden movement made Zhao Jianyong gasp in shock, and almost subconsciously hugged the man's neck tightly.There was a gust of cold wind outside the hall, and his body, which was only wearing ordinary clothes, was so cold that he curled up into his arms.

Lian Jingzhi didn't care about other people's gazes, and stared at his eyes silently with those star-like black eyes as he walked, but his clear voice carried a bit of temptation that could not be refused: "Go to the bedroom!"