chasing daughter-in-law

The old man brought An Shaoyun home, but he didn't expect his daughter-in-law to be born, she was a white and fat boy, so he hurriedly handed over the water to his old woman to burn.

When meeting at the door, An Shaoyun took out a piece of silver and gave it to the old man, "Congratulations, old man."

"You can't do it." The old man has never seen such a large amount of silver, and he quickly stopped, "How can the grass people take yours."

"Take it, old man. It's a happy event to have a baby in this family. You won't let me come empty-handed." An Shaoyun put it in his hand.

"Then... Thank you so much, sir." The old man couldn't refuse, and respected him even more, "It's just the water..." An Shaoyun couldn't help wondering whether such dirty water could still be used.

"Oh, my lord, please sit down." The old man pulled out the stool and sighed, "I'm afraid my lord can't drink this water, and the grass people dare not bring it for you to drink. But even this kind of water is very important to us Fuzhou people today. Incomparably precious."

Along the way, An Shaoyun saw scenes of destruction and desolation everywhere. The land was dry and cracked, not a single blade of grass grew, and even poultry and livestock could not be seen. Occasionally passing by houses, people inside hid in the windows and peeked out.

An Shaoyun sat down and asked, "Old man, tell me slowly what happened in these years."

"Okay." The old man didn't hide any more, "You also know that the drought has been severe in the past few years. There were a few rains in the first year, but it has been less and less every year. This year, there has been no rain for half a year. , The crops that our common people grow, the livestock and poultry are all starved of water to death.”

"It's becoming more and more difficult for us ordinary people. Fortunately, there is still this well that can last for a while. But the government ordered us to carry half a bucket of water per household every day. Anyone who dares to disobey will be arrested. We were not even allowed to fetch water for three days, and today the government ordered us not to go out. If my daughter-in-law hadn’t been born, I would have gone all out to fetch water, and I happened to meet you.”

"But you can also see it now." The more the old man said, the more sad he became, "If it doesn't rain any more, the well will dry up soon, and now the food is almost gone, and with the change of dynasty, our people's life is even more miserable ah."

An Shaoyun didn't expect that the people's lives were more difficult than he imagined, "Then the government didn't distribute any relief food to the people? I remember that no matter whether it is the previous court or the current court, there should be disaster relief supplies delivered to them every year." Jiangbei."

"Where is the relief food?" The old man wiped his sad tears and shouted into the room, "Boss."

"Hey!" An honest and honest middle-aged man came out from inside, "Father, what did you call me?"

The old man told him, "Go and take out the rice in the rice vat and show this lord."

"Okay." The man ran to it immediately, and after a while came out with a bowl of chaff, not only that, but also a lot of sand and stones in it, "Look, my lord, this is the disaster relief food that the government gave us."

When the guards saw it, they were already angry, "How could the imperial court let the people eat this kind of food! I'm afraid they will all be corrupted by the prefect of Fuzhou!"

An Shaoyun nonchalantly grabbed a handful of dross and let it flow out from between his fingers. Even livestock would not eat this kind of food, then he raised his head and asked, "Let's not talk about the previous ones, the government has also distributed relief food today. Why didn't you go?"

"Hey, how dare we go!" The old man shook his head, "If we go, I'm afraid we won't come back."

An Shaoyun said, "I know this time is different from the past, and the Marquis Yong'an sent by the imperial court will also be there. Why are you still so afraid?"

The old man grimaced, "My lord, didn't I just say that even if there is real relief food, it won't be our turn to ordinary people. Last night a group of officers and soldiers came to threaten us not to go out today. So I am afraid that those who go to collect food today They are all arranged by the government."

"Very good." After listening, An Shaoyun sneered, "The prefect of Fuzhou is quite courageous."

The old man continued to complain, "He is not only courageous, but as a parent official, he doesn't care about the safety of our people at all, and even bullies us at ordinary times!"

"Don't worry, old man." An Shaoyun comforted him, "The imperial court will make decisions for you."

"The imperial court?" The old man smiled wryly, "Who will the imperial court care about us?"

The guard on the side said, "Of course it is His Royal Highness!"

"His Royal Highness?" The old man was even more hopeless, "I heard that His Royal Highness is a lecherous and romantic prince, how can we count on..."

"Bold!" The guards immediately stopped them after hearing his rude words, "Do you know who is in front of you?"

"Could it be...you are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" The old man turned pale with shock. He looked at the person in front of him and trembled. No wonder the person was wearing a brocade robe and had such a noble temperament. "Cao Min didn't know it was His Highness the Crown Prince, and he made a speech that offended His Royal Highness without any reason. Please forgive His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Please, old man." An Shaoyun wasn't angry, but he just showed a play to the Fuzhou magistrate yesterday, and he didn't expect that the other party would spread his image to the ears of the common people. It was really not easy.