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The next day.

Two people and one horse galloped along the official road.

As the autumn wind flickered, Tang Ci kept turning her head to ask Rou Ke if she was cold, if her legs were still hurting, and if she wanted to take a rest.

This time, without waiting for Tang Ci to turn her head, Rou Ke stretched out her hand and turned her head back: "It's not cold, it doesn't hurt, and it doesn't rest, just hurry on your way."

Along the way, I saw many refugees staggering towards the two places in vain. There were occasional abandoned corpses on both sides of the road, but no one cared.

Tang Ci stretched his hand behind, holding Rou Ke's hand so that she hugged her waist tightly again, swung his whip, and quickened his pace.

Soldiers at the gate of Liangzhou City made inquiries.

In front of them was a young couple dressed as a farmer and a peasant woman. Their shoes were covered with mud stains, their hair was messy, and their two faces were gray and could not be seen clearly.

"He's from Huzhou?" The soldier took the lead in making a deduction after looking it over a few times.

The farmer said a few times, with a jerky Huzhou accent: "The house and fields have been flooded, so come and seek refuge with relatives."

Take refuge with relatives?The soldier inspected it suspiciously, ordered the soldiers on the side to guard it, and went to find the officials above.

After a while, the soldier came back and ordered the two to pass quickly.

The young couple walked into Liangzhou City lovingly and supported each other.

After turning into the corner of the street, Rou Ke couldn't hold back the tight corners of her mouth any longer, and burst into a smile: "Where did you learn the Huzhou dialect?"

"When I was queuing up to enter the city, I listened to someone else's words, so at least I was fooled."

Rou Ke's forehead was covered with sweat stains, she was dizzy from the plaster that she deliberately smeared on her face, and the hand she was holding was also cold. Tangci looked around, found a tea room, hurried over to take a seat, and asked the shopkeeper to sit down. Pot of hot tea.

The store owner was very hospitable, he made a pot of hot tea and served it himself, he even ordered two plates of pastries from the aunt next door, and handed them to the two of them, he even pulled a bench to sit aside and said curiously: " People from Huzhou? Disaster victims?"

Tang Ci was worried that he couldn't find anyone to inquire about the current situation in Liangzhou City, so he made a few nonsense words when he saw the situation, and easily opened the store's already unreliable mouth.

"It's okay to take refuge with relatives." The shopkeeper sighed, "If you want to come to the government to find a meal, you should go back to the government as soon as possible."

He picked up a towel and wrapped it around the teapot, handed it to Rou Ke as a hand stove, took the warm tea that Rou Ke had blown and drank it in one gulp, smiled at her, and then asked the shopkeeper: "What do you mean?" Where do we start? Although I came here to take refuge with relatives, there are many fellow villagers who traveled all the way to get the emperor's food to fill their stomachs! Didn't the emperor just issue an edict ordering Liangzhou to help the people who were affected by the disaster?"

The owner of the store is an old widow without a wife. Seeing the young couple in front of him flirting with each other, you warming your hands and I drink tea so lovingly, and at the same time, there is a gust of autumn wind at the same time, I feel very desolate, and when I speak, I sigh The meaning of loneliness: "You are young and don't know the feeling of sorrow! What the emperor says is what it is? From the capital to Liangzhou, there have been several layers of officials up and down. This year, the emperor's will can be fulfilled to the fullest five times. He can be regarded as a good official! Not to mention the fat-headed and fat-eared chief minister in our Liangzhou city. His family has several wives and concubines, and has many children. No one dares to control the domineering, perhaps even more powerful than Prince Liang's son."

"Well, speaking of it, it's still the minister who was sent by the late emperor to be honest." After that, the shopkeeper shook his head consciously dissatisfied, and sneered, "It depends on whether you are lucky or not, and where you live. Under the rule. Love the people like a son, to put it nicely, the emperor can't even manage his own family affairs, how can he take care of the people?" The implication of these words is that the Ding You coup 12 years ago, the royal family fought against each other. It's a shame.

Seeing that Tang Ci's eyes turned from joy to sadness, Rou Ke silently stroked the back of her hand to express her comfort.

The shopkeeper suddenly realized that he had overstated his words, so he sat aside with his arms folded and stopped talking.

After resting for a while, Tangci and Rouke paid the money and got up and wanted to leave, but they saw a disheveled little girl brought by the store from nowhere, pushed her forward, and begged apologetically, "It's about the guard." The soldiers at the gate of the city didn’t like it. They sneaked into the city yesterday and fell in front of my house. When I woke up today, all the elders and relatives in her family were gone. There are still three or four picked children in my house. I really can’t move. No more. Don’t bother you, Boss Xu, the number one good person in the city, is opening a rice warehouse to help the people. I can’t get away from the teahouse, so you take her there and ask Boss Xu if he wants to take her in? If you want to come, He must be willing."

Tang resigned: "Boss Xu? But Xu Qian?"

The shopkeeper was stunned, and nodded: "Boss Xu is so famous that he went to Huzhou?" He pointed the way to Tangci and Rouke, and bent down to comfort the little girl.

The little girl stayed where she was and refused to leave. She didn't cry or make trouble, but she just refused to leave and stared at the shopkeeper.

When you are in deep trouble and have no relatives, if you meet nectar after a long drought, you can easily entrust your whole heart to others.

Tangci couldn't help but think of himself on the banks of the Lancang River 12 years ago. He woke up groggy after taking a sip of water. His eyes were the warm sunshine in the morning, and his ears were the trickling water. He looked to the left and then to the right. I looked around, and there was no one around.When I stood up, I could see the blue waves in the distance, and when I turned around, I could see the continuous mountains. My younger brother and younger sister were gone, and my father, mother, and Rou Ke were no longer there. I couldn’t go back to Xindu, the capital city.

Flying geese flying overhead, the wind whistling in the late winter, poured into the ears, but it turned into the gentle and heavy voice of the father when he was enlightened in elementary school:

"Emperor Jin and Ming were a few years old and sat on Emperor Yuan's lap. Someone came from Chang'an, and Emperor Yuan asked Luo for news, and his tears flowed down his cheeks... He looked up to see the sun, but he didn't see Chang'an."

I can see the sun with my eyes, but I can't see Chang'an...

Only then did Tang Ci understand that she was so sad that she couldn't shed tears.

"Follow me." Tang Ci lowered his head and patted the little girl's head lightly.

Comparing her height with her eyes, it is speculated that she is only five or six years old. Not all children of this age can survive like I did back then.

The little girl was still silent, and after a while, she knelt down and kowtowed to the shopkeeper a few times before following Tang Ci and Rou Ke step by step.

The footsteps were light and heavy, Rou Ke couldn't help but look back, seeing that her legs and feet were not very flexible, she hugged her in her arms, frowned and asked, "Where is the injury?"

Xu Shi pretended to be an old couple for a long time, Tang Ci shook his head and blurted out: "A loving mother often loses her children."

It was an unintentional remark, but Rou Ke blushed and gave her a blank look: "When you were a toddler, your knees were swollen, didn't you cry and seek your aunt's hug?"

Tang Ci was a knife-mouthed bean curd heart, and as soon as he finished speaking, he rolled up the trousers for the little girl to check the injury, and smiled at Rou Ke: "You don't know, I originally wanted to find you to hug me, but you only cared about it at that time. Funny Hanshan."

"You can say some nice words to coax people, how old were you at that time, did you recognize me?" Tang Ci's tone of taste was extremely tasteful, and she was jealous of her own sister, which made Rou Ke smile.

Tang Ci didn't raise his head, but only slightly curled his lips: "When I was full moon, I only smiled at you. Do you think I can recognize you clearly or not?"

Rou Ke lightly gouged her out and didn't answer.

The left ankle was swollen a lot. I took off the small cloth shoes and saw that the instep was shiny.

Rou Ke couldn't help but let out a low cry, and asked her with concern: "How did you do it?"

The little girl didn't care much, and replied slowly: "I accidentally twisted it while I was on the way."

Tangci pinched his ankle and looked up and down, and asked, "Is it hurting a lot? Find a medical center?"

The little girl shook her head, staring directly at Tang Ci with her big round eyes, and said in a childish voice, "It doesn't hurt, brothers and sisters, you should take care of your business first."

Such an obedient and sensible child, but without the protection of her parents and elders, Rou Ke's heart softened, and she pushed her up with all her strength, making her hug her neck, and only smiled with her after looking at Tang Ci Said: "Our business is in line with your business."

Xu Qian, the left governor of the five armies in the capital at the time of the first emperor, resigned and returned to his hometown after the Dingyou coup.If it was said that Tang Ci was looking for someone else, Rou Ke would still have doubts, but if it was Xu Qian, she felt at ease.I still remember that when the new emperor set up a ceremony to sacrifice to heaven, when the mountain shouted long live, Xu Qian smashed the wat board on the spot, threw away his official hat, and after being captured by two servants, he still straightened his back and refused to kowtow. The new emperor down.He also picked a good time, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven should not be bloody and violent, and all the civil and military officials kowtowed their heads to plead for mercy, saying that Mr. Xu drank too much and lost his court appearance. He handed in his resignation.

It is easy to get a thousand soldiers but hard to find a general. The emperor cherishes his talent and cannot bear to kill him. He only hopes that he will change his mind and become an official again in the future, but he has been looking forward to this for 12 years without a trace.

Xu House.

Not long after, Tang Ci and Rou Ke cleaned up and were led into the hall, while the little girl was temporarily taken to the backyard to be resettled.

Xu Qian winked, and the waiters in the hall retreated.

After 12 years, wearing men's clothing again, Xu Qian looked at Tangci for a long time, saw the mouth from the eyes, and looked back from the mouth to the eyes, but he couldn't find the shadow of Princess Yongjia who was carved in powder and jade. My niece walked up and down in front of my eyes all day long, but the emperor couldn't recognize her.

Sure enough, the world is changing, and the sea is changing.

Being glanced at by Rou Ke who was sitting on the side with Tang Ci, Xu Qian hurriedly coughed lightly, retracted his unrestrained gaze, and cupped his hands at Tang Ci: "I'm sorry Your Highness, I...have lost my manners. "

Tang Ci smiled and said: "Mr. Xu was joking, there is no such thing as 'His Royal Highness' here."

Xu Qian coughed lightly again, corrected his sitting posture, stroked his beard, and said casually: "I have received the handwritten letter from Mr. Qin. You have entered the city long ago. Why are you here now? Besides... I heard that you are here When you lined up in front of the mansion to get the rice, you asked me many times?"

"It's not about inquiring, it's about understanding, just like Mr. Xu has been closely followed since we entered the city." Tang Ci smiled again, and his clear eyes were full of smiles, "Thus, those who don't know the schemes of the princes can't hesitate Handing over is a good strategy for Mr.

When Rou Ke heard this, she couldn't hide her surprise, when were they followed?

Xindu.

It was after school that day, and Yiyang personally gave Lu He a kit, asking her to open it after returning home.

In the past few days, Yiyang has behaved differently to him, and Lu He can't help but feel worried.

Since Lu Shiba and Ruan Niang were taken to the capital, Lu He also moved in to live with them.

Step into the mansion, bypass the eyeliner of Liu Ai and the others, enter the room and close the door, and open the kit——

Lotus seeds, a bag of lotus seeds.

"Lotus seeds... lotus seeds..." Lu He murmured several times, and suddenly realized that he was flustered and dropped the lotus seeds all over the ground.