Placid Chang'an

Xuzhou city.

Li Shi had just taken the medicine and fell asleep when he was told that Master Su's remains had been found.

Li Shi put on a coat casually and came out, only to see the bright lights, Qi Lin was directing someone to bring in a stretcher covered with a white cloth, Qu Ling'er followed behind, crying pear blossoms with rain.

My heart was empty for no reason, and there was a fishy sweetness in my throat again.

Li Shi stepped forward slowly, holding the white cloth, but he couldn't let go of it.

Qi Lin reminded in a low voice: "Master, it's not very pretty."

Li Shi ignored it, no matter how ugly he was, he was still his Zixu.

Slowly lifted the white cloth, first there was a bloody face, due to the hot summer, the corpse was severely decomposed, with spots all over the body, the waist was twice as thick as usual, and maggots were even everywhere in many places.

Li Shi frowned: "Is this Zixu?"

Qi Lin replied: "I found it under the cliff where Mr. Su stumbled, and there was Mr. Su's horse beside him. He was lying face down on the ground, so his appearance cannot be distinguished."

Li Shi looked at the corpse from head to toe again, "Don't you think this man is taller than Zixu?"

Just as Qi Lin opened his mouth, he saw Qu Ling'er kneeling on the ground, wailing, "Brother Su, you died so badly! What will I do when you die!"

Qi Lin: "... Ling'er personally identified the corpse, there should be no mistake."

Li Shi closed his eyes, covered the white cloth back, "Have someone transport the body back to Xingqing Palace, keep it properly on the way, and use the Dingyan Pearl when we get back."

After finishing the order, he seemed to be exhausted in one breath, and stood there for a while as if absent-minded, before starting to walk back slowly.

Qi Lin had just followed two steps when Li Shi raised his hand.Qi Lin stopped and watched the person walking up the steps step by step. His walking was slow, and he looked a bit old.

The fleeing victims are worse than beggars.

Su Cen remembered that when he was living in Suzhou, he was crowded with beggars in a ruined temple. At that time, Suzhou was rainy and the beggars couldn't go out to ask for money, so they set up a stove in the ruined temple and stewed a pot of dog meat.At that time, he hadn't eaten for a day, and the beggars gave him a bowl of soup evenly, and there were still a few pieces of meat scraps in the bottom of the bowl.He drank that bowl of broth to his heart's content, so that every time he thought about it later, he felt that the skills of those beggars were comparable to chefs, and it would be good to open a restaurant when he stopped begging.

Su Cen sighed silently, picked up the gourd head and took a sip of wild vegetable soup.

Uncle Cao is worthy of being the head of a village, and he said what he said. He just agreed to Su Cen on the first day, and called everyone on the road the next day.

Erya's high fever subsided, but she was still a little weak, so several middle-aged people took turns carrying her on her back.Not to be outdone, Huzi wanted to carry Erya, so Su Cen successfully escaped the bad luck of Chongzitang.

After drinking two meals of wild vegetable soup with the villagers, I found that it was not much better than worm soup.

But he had to replenish his strength, he hadn't recovered yet, and he had to hurry again, if he didn't feed himself well, he might faint on the way.Erya was ill and still had someone to carry her back. At his age, he couldn't afford to lose this person.

It's only sixty miles, but the mountain roads are crisscrossed, and floods have occurred in many places. If you can't get through, you have to detour, and there are tens of miles extra for nothing.This group of people walked for two days before reaching the border of Xuzhou. Looking at the flooded Xuzhou city from a distance, they couldn't tell what it was like.

Although the rain stopped, the night sky was still clouded and the stars could not be seen.Su Cen also stood on the high slope and looked at the pitch-dark Xuzhou city. There was no light at all, and he didn't know where that person was and what he was doing now.Li Shi was a light sleeper, so he didn't know if Qi Lin was wearing Anshenxiang, he couldn't sleep well in Xingqing Palace, and he didn't know if he could fall asleep here.

In fact, on the way to Xuzhou, he already knew that Li Shi was fine. There was no mass funeral in the whole country, and there was no riot between the two parties.

But he still wanted to come to him as soon as possible. Seeing the person standing in front of him with his own eyes, he really let go of his heart and felt at ease.

It's a pity that I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and I'm eager for success, but I almost lose my life after so much tossing.

"Big brother, are you thinking about the person you like?"

Su Cen turned around, saw Huzi's small head, and asked with a smile, "How do you know?"

"She told me when I was carrying Erya this afternoon," Huzi stood with his hands behind his back pretending to be deep, "Don't worry, even though Erya liked you, I won't be angry with you."

Although Erya's high fever has subsided, her low-grade fever still recurs, and she can't wake up for a few hours a day, so she sold him as soon as she woke up.

Su Cen smiled and changed the topic: "How is Er Ya?"

Huzi said: "Drink the soup and fell asleep.

Su Cen nodded, "When someone is found and given medicine, she will be fine soon."

Hu Zi followed suit and nodded. He found that he had become more and more obedient to his elder brother's words recently, and he would do whatever he said.Obviously this big brother always smiled gently, and he didn't have a temper when he was given such an unpalatable worm soup, but he just felt that this was a very powerful person, and people couldn't help but follow him and trust him.

Huzi puffed up his chest, proud of being able to save such a powerful person.

"Big Brother, is that person still in Xuzhou City?" Hu Zi sat down next to Su Cen.

Su Cen smiled wryly, wondering why this topic hasn't been passed around, shook his head and said, "It's gone."

"Then he must be waiting for you elsewhere!"

Su Cen smiled and nodded towards the pitch-black Xuzhou City.

Huzi took out a handful of wild raspberries from his pocket and handed them to Su Cen. The two chatted one after another while eating. Huzi asked, "How much do you like that person?"

Su Cen asked back, "How much do you like Erya?"

Huzi frowned and thought for a while like a little adult, then held up the raspberry in his hand and said, "If I have a handful of fruit, I will give half of it to Erya."

Su Cen smiled, the night wind suddenly picked up and blew away the rolling clouds. At that moment, Su Cen seemed to see the long-lost moonlight.He whispered: "I will give him everything."

On the second day, the sky was rarely cleared, and when viewed from a height, it was clear.This is a good sign, and everyone swears that they will be able to find those people in Xuzhou today.

As expected, things went smoothly. As soon as they arrived outside Xuzhou City, they ran into an official who came out to look for people by boat, and told them that everyone was in the palace on Qifeng Mountain.

Su Cen thanked the official, and led the crowd around the flooded city of Xuzhou, and changed their way up the mountain.

Every step he took was cautious, and his footsteps were a little trembling. He had come here after going through all kinds of hardships, and he must not make any mistakes again.At the same time, he was extremely excited, wishing to fly up the mountain with wings, eager to throw himself into that person's arms, kiss, touch, and then ask "do you miss me"?

Unexpectedly, he was stopped at the foot of the mountain.

It wasn't a big deal at first, there were two officers on duty at the foot of the mountain, and they both let them go. Seeing Erya casually asking "What's the matter with this child", and another casually answering "Some fever", Su Cen frowned, Then I saw the two officials jumped out two feet away, and stopped them with two spears, and refused to let them go up the mountain.

Su Cen painstakingly explained for a long time that it was just a fever, not a plague, and his lips were worn out. The two people were indifferent, and the two spears were pointed at him, staring at him.

Su Cen said that he was tired and didn't bother to play the piano to the cow, so he sat down on the stone steps and said, "Call me your governor."

Seeing the hesitation of the two officials, he added: "Just tell Liang Fang, if he doesn't come down, we will cry at the foot of the mountain, alarming the prince and letting him handle it himself."

After waiting for a stick of incense, Liang Fang really came down, looked Su Cen up and down, saw that he was dressed as a refugee and was no different from those behind him, frowned and said impatiently: "You want to see me?"

Su Cen didn't bother to pretend, "We're going up the mountain."

Liang Fang looked at the unconscious little girl behind Su Cen, and asked, "Where are you from?"

Su Cen hesitated for a moment, and saw Second Uncle Cao standing up abruptly, "If you want to change your name, if you don't want to change your surname, we are..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Su Cen's eyes.

Uncle Cao knelt down and smoked a cigarette with his head tilted, wondering in his heart, why did he obey this kid?

Su Cen turned around and said to Liang Fang, "We are from Cao Village."

Liang Fang's eyes turned cold, and the lines of Chuan between his eyebrows deepened: "Cao Village? Which Cao Village?"

Su Cen chuckled, "Are there many Cao villages under Mr. Liang's rule?"

Although he replied with a smile, his tone could be heard in a bad manner.Liang Fang flicked his sleeves, "Some of you have a fever, we can't let you go up the mountain."

"Is it impossible, or Master Liang dare not?"

Liang Fang glared, "What do you mean?"

"I would like to ask Mr. Liang, why should the people under the same rule be treated differently? Could it be that Xuzhou people's life is fate, and Cao Village's is not?!"

"You are presumptuous!" The two officials behind Liang Fang took a step forward, "Master Liang has not closed his eyes for two days because of the people of Xuzhou. Where did the unruly people dare to frame Mr. Liang here!"

"Is it a false accusation, Master Liang dares to take me up to confront the prince?" Su Cen looked at Liang Fang coldly, "I have three piles of criminal evidence here, do you want to listen to Master Liang?

Su Cen eloquently said: "First, embezzling the funds distributed by the imperial court for river repairs, filling private pockets and not using them on the right way, resulting in dikes and dams being in disrepair, floods bursting, and the people of Xuzhou homeless; Regardless of life, 45 counties and counties including Cao village were flooded, and countless fertile fields were destroyed; third, the public avenged their personal revenge and stopped the people of Cao village from going up the mountain, because they were afraid that things would be revealed and the bright future of Mr. Liang would be implicated? These three major crimes , every serious crime that can be stolen and beheaded, will Mr. Liang admit it or not?!"

"You, you..." Liang Xiang pouted back, almost fainted on the stone road, and pointed at Su Cen with trembling fingertips: "Who are you? What evidence do you have that I did those things? Why do you want to frame me?" I?!"

"I have no proof," Su Cen said with a smile on his face, but his eyes were terribly cold. "Then you don't have any proof either. How can you say that they got the plague and stop them from going up the mountain? Or is Master Liang trying to tell us, Only the state officials are allowed to set fires here, and the people are not allowed to light lamps? The prince has not left yet. Master Liang is so eager to oppress the people. When the prince leaves, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Wouldn’t Master Liang want to stand on the mountain and change the dynasty?!"

Li Shi had been ill for a few days and hadn't improved. Qi Lin knew that going on like this was not an option, so he said that after so many days of rain, it finally cleared up and the irises at the foot of the mountain were blooming. Do you want to go and see.

Li Shiwu sat in the dark and drank the bitter and scary medicine, without raising his head, he said, "No."

Qi Lin had no other choice, and whispered: "According to calculations, today is Mr. Su's top seven."

Li Shi paused, his knuckles shrank stiffly, finally put down the bowl, stood up and said, "Then go down and have a look."

The people in Xuzhou were happy to see the prince who had been ill for so many days and finally healed, but they were frightened by the sternness on the prince's face and dared not go up to say hello.

When Li Shi went down to the foot of the mountain, he met two people who were arguing fiercely.It is said to be hot, but it is just that one person is pressing forward step by step, and the other is retreating steadily.

The words are sharp and aggressive, and they really have the demeanor of that person.

After seeing clearly the pair of star-like eyes on that dusty face, Li Shi suddenly stopped moving.

Qi Lin's eyes widened: "Su...Master Su has returned to his soul for the first time?!"

It's been a long time since Su Cen has been ill for such a long time. She swallowed a mouthful of saliva and took her time, and as soon as she raised her head, she met those smiling eyes.

The eloquent Mr. Su froze in place, unable to say a word.