Dizi Policy

In the evening, the boat docked at a small ferry near Jinzhou. The name of the ferry was Silangdu. Because everyone in the town lived on water, the man in charge ran the boat all the year round and seldom returned home. The women at home Looking around at the ferry every day, his eyes are full of longing for people from afar. Over time, such a name has been born.

There is a restaurant next to Silangdu. The store is not big, but it is very lively. There are people sitting under the shed propped up in front of the store.

Li Jingchen picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of water. After drinking the bitter tea made from the tea foam, his throat and eyes were astringent and bitter, but it also had a different taste, just like these days with mixed flavors, which makes people think for no reason To sigh, bitter.The dishes are all home-cooked dishes nowadays, but they are much more expensive than they are too expensive, and the portions are much less. A small plate of fried vegetables with fungus costs dozens of dollars, and the vegetables are not fresh. On a plate, the leaves of the green vegetables were even covered with oil ants (caused by not washing the pan), which made it difficult to swallow.

The waiter brought another plate of fried peanuts with oil, "One plate of peanuts, all the dishes are ready, please use it objectively and slowly." The plate slid a certain distance on the oily tabletop, and it was only when it touched the plate of fried fungus and vegetables. Stopped, the number of peanuts on the plate was rolling in a rattle, and a few fell out, rolling towards the edge of the table, and was held down by a slender finger when it was about to fall.

Looking up along the fingers, it is Qi Chengxuan in a dark green outfit. With a little force on his fingers, the peanut under his fingers shattered, making a slight "pop" sound, and it was inevitable that his fingers Dirty.

Bao Datong made a fussy "Yeah" sound, and turned around anxiously, "Dirty, dirty, what should I do, I will go to the boat to get a basin of water and wind a handkerchief."

Qi Chengxuan frowned, and Bao Datong calmed down, "What are you arguing about, I'm so annoying."

Bao Datong replied wearily, "Yes."

Li Jingchen sighed in his heart, starting from lunch, Qi Chengxuan looked weird, sullen, silent, and even gave up the exquisite meals on the boat to eat in the small restaurant on the shore, and the people sitting around looked at them , like watching a fool.Weakly took out the handkerchief from the cuff and handed it to Qi Chengxuan, "Master, wipe it off."

Qi Chengxuan fixedly took a look at the handkerchief that was handed under his eyelids. There was an orchid embroidered on one corner of the cotton white handkerchief. The stitches were not very fine, but the color scheme was very correct. The blue Phalaenopsis just happened to be hiding in Li Jingchen's Under the fingers, the fingers are beautiful, slender and fair, making people want to hold them in their hands.Qi Chengxuan just stared at it for a while, and Li Jingchen got goosebumps all over his body, and tentatively called out, "Master Shi?"

"Ah?" Qi Chengxuan looked over with misty eyes, "Oh." As if he had realized something, he stretched out his greasy fingers in front of Li Jingchen, using too much force, almost poked Li Jingchen's chin, then blinked his eyes Looking at Li Jingchen, waiting to wipe his fingers.

Li Jingchen didn't know what to say anymore, Your Highness, you are not a baby, no matter how much you blink, you are not cute, but it makes people think that your eyes have got sand in them.Li Jingchen found that he sighed a lot when he came out this time. Could it be that after his uncle died, he slackened all of a sudden?

Resigned to his fate, he wiped Qi Chengxuan's fingers, and Li Jingchen pushed and signaled Qi Chengxuan to take his fingers back, "Master Shi, go back to the boat and eat, this food is cold, so it's not good to eat." While talking, he looked at the bowl of sliced ​​meat soup, There is a layer of oil stars floating inside the white meat slices. The meat slices look extremely abnormal, and I don’t know what kind of meat it is. A small black dot like sesame seeds is floating on the soup. I thought it was another The oil ant took a closer look, only to find that it had a head and feet, and it was a small insect with long wings.

Not to mention the unclean food, the raw materials are also suspicious, Qi Chengxuan Jingui's stomach must be upset after eating these, even Li Jingchen himself has never eaten such food in two lifetimes.

Torches were set up on Silangdu, and the small port was full of ships of various colors. Most of them were cargo ships full of goods. The sweaty man didn't care about cleanliness, so he picked up his chopsticks and ate it. When you wake up, eating worms is considered a nutritional supplement. You must know that the victims outside Jinzhou City, eating white worms is a big meal.

"No, just eat like this." Qi Chengxuan took his fingers back regretfully, the skin of his fingers still had the soft touch of the veil, but unfortunately, he couldn't feel anything through the veil.With the other hand, he picked up a peanut and threw it into his mouth. Qi Chengxuan frowned and chewed. The peanut must have been stored for a long time, and the taste was very hard. It's an oily smell.

"Don't eat it." Li Jingchen held down Qi Chengxuan's hand that wanted to reach out to Peanut again.

Qi Chengxuan looked at the hand holding his wrist, his eyes flickered, and he had achieved his goal. It was not difficult for him to eat unpalatable fried peanuts for himself. He held Li Jingchen's hand with his backhand, and Qi Chengxuan responded easily, "Stay here It's boring on the boat for so long, we will go back after Zhao Chuxing and Wu Xingde come back."

"Okay." Li Jingchen lowered his eyes and answered, but he didn't pull his hand back even though he tried his best.

Along with Li Jingchen and the others, Wu Xingde, Liang Da, and Jin Yiwei, who were in charge of Qi Chengxuan's safety, went south together. After landing on the shore, Qi Chengxuan asked Zhao Chuxing and the others to disperse to inquire about the news. Instead, he led Li Jingchen and the others to the small restaurant Inside.The Jianghan area was hit by drought and floods. The victims who came to the Jiangnan area along the lower reaches of the Yangtze River were blocked by the tall city walls of Jinzhou City. The price of food in Jinzhou soared. Some unscrupulous merchants took this opportunity to hoard food. Most of the food is transported.

Businessmen who made a fortune in the country went to Jinju by boat, and there were also rich people who escaped from Jinju with their families. For a while, the river was even more lively than before the disaster.Silangdu, the closest ferry to Jinju, has become very lively recently. The business of small restaurants is booming. The guys in the kitchen don’t have time to wash anything. Anyway, it’s all oil. Stir-fried cucumbers and stir-fried vegetables are fried. I don't bother to wash it anymore, the people who eat are all muddy legs, and everyone doesn't care about it.

Like those rich families, they all live and eat in the good shops in the town, but today is different. Under the shed, there are a group of well-dressed people, which are incompatible with the busy restaurants. Everyone talks and eats more or less. Follow this group of people.

Sitting at the table next to Qi Chengxuan and the others was a group of shipmates. Because of the hot weather, they only wore open coats, their trousers were rolled up high, and their shoes were hanging down casually. They were talking dirty and funny things They also made a fuss, laughed arrogantly, and there was no one else around.

Li Jingchen and Qi Chengxuan were forced to listen for a long time before they realized that these guys belonged to the Sijiutang. In this generation, the Sijiutang is more powerful than the government. The guys at the bottom are very arrogant.

"...It smells like mold!" There were other voices among the laughter. The one who spoke was a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old. It was probably his first time running a boat, and he couldn't blend in with other people. His companion muttered, and Li Jingchen and Qi Chengxuan probably heard this sentence, but the others couldn't hear clearly because the voice was too low and the environment was too noisy.

The other person sneered, "What is this? Half a bag of rice and half a bag of sand. Just watch too much. Don't get caught off guard, kid. I didn't introduce you here to show you kindness."

"Oh, oh." The man at the front answered hurriedly, sitting in a corner with his head curled up like a quail, and grinned silly a few times when he heard the funny thing.

Sijiutang worked with the government to exchange food for disaster relief, but it did not expect to be so rampant. Li Jingchen and Qi Chengxuan looked at each other, and the possibility of their trip going smoothly was almost zero.

While talking, Wu Xingde and the others who went out came back, Wu Xingde was still following Liang Da, Liang Da had left by land a few days earlier, agreed to meet in Jinzhou, somehow they came here now.

Liang Da used to be a member of Sijiutang, and he was still the head of the hall. He has been away from Sijiutang for many years, but Sijiutang still doesn't let him go. People make trouble for him from time to time. Fortunately, he had the foresight to follow Li Jingchen, and he also Send my younger sister and my mother to Li Jingchen's Zhuangzi to stay, otherwise the consequences will be really hard to think about.Rather than being timid and avoiding it all the time, it is better to take the initiative to attack. Liang Da knew that only when Sijiutang was completely gone, could he live a stable life, so after Li Jingchen asked him about going south, Liang Da readily agreed, and together coming.

When he came back, Wu Xingde also took two paper bags in his hand, one big and one small, the big one was filled with Si Langdu's unique big meat pie, which was known as Ten Miles of Fragrance, and the small one contained more than a dozen yellow bridges There are sweet ones, salty ones, and some without fillings. Although the Huangqiao biscuits here in Silangdu are not the best, it’s not justified not to eat some.

Wu Xingde specially bought them for Li Jingchen, and thanks to these Huangqiao biscuits, Li Jingchen and Qi Chengxuan survived.

The laughing voices also mentioned droughts and floods. Some people escaped from Jinzhou City. At first, the victims came suddenly, and they entered the city. The hungry and emaciated victims ate whatever they saw, and looting incidents continued. In the streets and alleys of Jinzhou City, dead people can be seen every day, there are disaster victims and people in Jinzhou City.

Later, the magistrate ordered the city gate to be closed, but it didn't ease much. Standing on the tower, the darkness outside made people panic, and people died every moment.

The atmosphere in Silangdu is becoming more and more depressing, and the dirty jokes are also filled with powerless desolation. The water vapor is getting heavier, and the river is filled with a layer of mist. The boats leaning on the river bank are covered by the mist and disappear in the thick night. .Li Jingchen and his boats came early, so instead of leaning on the river bank, they entered the tributaries of the Yangtze River, where the boats were also parked. Li Jingchen and his boats were squeezed into the innermost place, and they had to wait for all the boats to move away. before you can go out.

After boarding the boat, Wu Xingde and the others reported the investigation. Rats have rat ways, snakes have snake ways. Wu Xingde is looking for people of various religions, and what he gets is more detailed. Jinyiwei has set up a point in Silangdu , Zhao Chuxing knew the situation in Jinzhou from there.

It was not Wu Xingde and Zhao Chuxing who spoke, but Liang Da, "Your Highness, my son, I came here the day before yesterday. I wanted to enter the city, but when I got closer, I realized that the gates of Jinzhou City are very tightly controlled. They had to go through a detailed investigation before entering the city, and when they left the city, they were given different amounts of money per head. Some wealthy households were able to come out only after they lost their fortunes. The young man deliberately asked someone to ask, and the prefect of Jinzhou conspired with the boss of Sijiutang to detain all the money. The disaster relief food was replaced by mildewed rice and noodles, and thin porridge was cooked for the victims. The emotions among the victims were very excited, as long as there was a little provocation, they would mobilize." Liang Da said fiercely: "Sijiutang The leader of the gang was not asking for money at all. He did not sell the food for disaster relief, but left it in the open air to be exposed to the sun and rain. Everyone in Jinzhou City knew it. The magistrate was also bought by him. Just don't care."

Jinzhou City is as tightly guarded as an iron bucket, and it will take a lot of work for them to get in.