Forced to become the palm of the cruel prince after rebirth

After returning home at night, Lu Chuxiao washed up and went to bed very early, but he didn't sleep well that night, tossing and turning, he always felt that there was something he couldn't let go of.

Then he thought about it, it was around early morning, he got up and dressed himself, and woke up Jiang Yi.

"I'm going to visit Su Zhou." He said.

"Ah? Young master, although Su Zhou is not far from our place, it will take two days to go back and forth, and you have three days until the final! There is still an essay test later! Aren't you going to prepare?"

Lu Chuxiao said with a sad face: "Reading for a few more days, even if you read a few more pages, it's just a temporary cramming, and it won't make a difference, but there is one thing I have to see to be at ease."

"What's the matter?" Jiang Yi asked while putting on his clothes.

Lu Chuxiao felt that it would be impossible not to tell him at this moment, so he simply told him the ins and outs of his life experience. After a stick of incense, Jiang Yi sat on the soft couch and did not speak for a long time. When he stood up again, he was calm Many raised their heads and said to Lu Chuxiao, "I want to see my wife, ah, you can call me a princess. After all, she is your biological mother, young master."

Lu Chuxiao nodded. The two masters and servants got along surprisingly well. Without saying a word, they brought four or five pieces of clothes, a lot of bank notes, and some accompanying items such as water bags, and set off on the road. .

Gu Yue probably knew that they were going to Su Zhou, left a message for Can Yue, and followed Ling Yun, but the two of them never knew where Gu Yue hid and followed.

Because he was worried about being conspicuous and causing unnecessary troubles, Lu Chuxiao only took Jiang Yi with him on this trip, Gu Yue followed him and didn't care too much, the carriage was also the most common one, and there was a driver in the mansion who knew kung fu. I think it's enough.

The carriage quickly left the city and arrived in the suburbs of Beijing. He had been here before, so he didn't feel anything wrong, but when he left the suburbs of Beijing and walked out, he became more and more frightened!

Not for anything else, even the desolate fields, the people wearing tattered clothes everywhere, and the occasional soldiers whistling by, all give people a very uneasy feeling!

He has a carriage, has exquisite clothes to wear, and has snacks and pastries with him, and even if that is the case, let alone those poorly clothed people on the road?

After walking for a while, he couldn't bear it any longer. When he reached a place where there were not many refugees, he called the carriage to stop. He lied that he had relieved himself and then went down into the forest. After walking a few steps, he saw a family of three lying on the ground The scene of leaning against a tree covered in dirt in the woods.

This is the kind of person he was looking for. He stepped forward, squatted down, first gave the child a cake, and then took out a gold leaf from his arms and handed it to the host, before asking: "Where are you from?" of? Why are you living here?"

The host is quite articulate. Looking at Lu Chuxiao's attire, he knew that he was a well-fed official boy. He didn't know if he sneaked out to play, so he said with a bitter face and helplessness: "Young master, but We are born in wealth and grow up in wealth without worry! We all ran away from nearby villages."

"In a nearby village? Why? Could there be a disaster? Or an epidemic?"

"Not at all." The host shook his head, and said breathlessly, "I just don't want to farm anymore."

"Don't want to farm? If you don't farm, where can you get food? Aren't you farmers just farming?" Lu Chuxiao planned to get to the bottom of it.

Because the people along the way gave him a new understanding of the world and the people.When I was in the palace in the suburbs of Beijing before, I saw that the people were all well-clothed and well-fed, and I had never seen such a miserable scene, so my heart was full of doubts.

The host, Xu, had been resentful for a long time. Hearing Lu Chuxiao's question, he immediately raised his voice, and said in a hoarse voice, "What else could it be? Naturally, it's because we can't afford it! It’s not ours, it’s rented by us. Originally, when the late emperor was here, we paid three cents of rent and two cents of tax per mu of land, and the remaining five cents were eaten by ourselves, or saved as seeds, and there was still some left over for our family’s treasures. There are other expenses for officials to go to school, but since the new emperor came to the throne, the regent took power, and he increased the tax to as much as [-]%! And the county magistrate and the old man who rented our land were also squeezed by him. We collected half of the sub-rent, so after we planted for a year, we can only have one and a half cents of grain left! We have to save this one and a half cents for planting new grain next year. Excuse me, our After a year, we don’t even have enough to eat, what else can we do? In a fit of anger, the whole village, ah no, the farmers in the entire Central Plains, most of them stopped farming! They all ran out to find a living! But it’s hard outside, We don’t have enough food and drink when we work as long-term workers for the official, and we are often deducted from meals. What you saw today is that I brought everyone to eat and drink with the official and was kicked out!"

...Lu Chuxiao left him two more golden leaves, returned to the carriage in his gratitude, and started to walk forward.

Sitting on the carriage, the man's last words lingered in his mind for a long time: "Li Jinghang, King Li Yan, have been fighting and raising soldiers for their own power! It has made us people lose their way of life! He is a living King of Hades. !He's a total badass!"

"Crack!" The kettle in Lu Chuxiao's hand fell off. Fortunately, the kettle hadn't been opened yet. Jiang Yi hurriedly picked it up for him and asked, "What's the matter, young master? Why have you been in a daze since you just came back?"