The second story of the ancient sword II

The shadow of the sword is fluttering, the maple red dances, the morning mist fills the entire courtyard with the fragrance of flowers and plants, and the moist air slowly advances like a thin veil.Yi is practicing his sword, raising his sword, volleying, falling, stabbing to the left, advancing to the right, and his moves all show extraordinary heroism.There was a melodious music sound from the depths of the courtyard, and the ethereal sound spread far away with the dancing wind.A little bird in the secluded bush seemed to be fascinated by the sound, staring blankly at the woman blowing the bau under the tree.

Yi Ze stopped the sword in his hand, wiped the sweat from his brow, and walked towards A Ruan with a smile, "Is the little lazy cat not staying in bed today?"

Ah Ruan made a beautiful circle on the spot, and the ice blue tassels fluttered along with it, and took down Bau who was lying on his lips. "I, how can I be so lazy. My injuries are all healed, of course I have to get up earlier to practice swords with Yi Ze."

"If the injury is all healed, then follow me to practice the exercises taught by Master Huiyan. After being ill for so many days, I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with it?" Yi Ze touched the top of Ah Ruan's head.

"Yi likes to preach the most, like an old master..." Xiao Ruan rolled his eyes and muttered in a low voice, "I'm always under your control."

"Huh?" Yi Ze's ears twitched, "Speaking ill of me?"

"Oh...no, no. I mean Yi Ze is the hardest worker and he is a good student." Ah Ruan stuck out his tongue, "After being ill for so long, Yi Ze took me out to play, okay? Yi Ze didn't mean Chang'an There are many delicious and fun things."

"Hmm... I seem to remember someone once said, 'I don't like to eat and play so much.'" Yi Ze said solemnly.

"Ah? Did I say that?" A Ruan turned around and touched his hot face with his hand, "Then, Yi is the best, okay?"

"Well, for the sake of A Ruan's sincerity, I will reluctantly agree once." Yi Ze grabbed A Ruan's hand and covered it, "Hands are so cold, wear more, and I will take you out. "

"Even Yi Ze has learned badly." A Ruan followed Yi Ze's example and scratched his nose, and hurried into the house.

"Silly girl." Yi Ze stood where he was, touched his nose, looked at A Ruan's back bouncing away, and smiled happily.

It has been almost half a month since I came to Chang'an, and I am naturally full of joy when I go out for the first time.Ah Ruan walked beside Yi Ze happily like a deer.Yi led her all the way along the familiar route, but did not see the prosperous Chang'an scene.The gray sky and the raging wind and sand made it look a bit down.

"Yize, why do you feel deserted?" Ah Ruan stopped, "It seems that the scenery at home is not as beautiful as it is, everywhere is blurred."

"I've already cast spells on the place at home, and it's naturally the Watery Moon Cave. Chang'an is located in the north, and it's not uncommon for the sky to be not very clear when it's approaching winter." Yi Ze explained, "It won't be so deserted if you walk any further. gone."

"Yi Ze, look over there!" A Ruan pointed to a familiar big house not far away, "It seems to be Little Ye Zi's home there. They, what are they doing?"

"Well, that's giving out porridge?!" Yi Ze looked far into the distance, "Duke Ding is giving out porridge himself, this..." Yi Ze recalled, his brows stretched out, "I remember hearing that Wuyi said that his father He has a very kind heart, built many charitable halls, and will help the victims in winter. But it’s not winter yet..."

"Isn't Chang'an the capital? There are disaster victims in the capital too?" Ah Ruan was a little puzzled.

"There will be people with difficulties everywhere." Yi Ze smiled, "Let's move on."

Unknowingly, I came to the bustling market. This year's bustling market is not as prosperous as in the past. Except for the business of vegetable stalls and food shops, the rest of the shopping for groceries and daily necessities is a bit bleak.Few merchants, few buyers.

"Yize, the rouge and gouache here are not as good as those in Guangzhou." Ah Ruan was a little dissatisfied.

"Well, then let's look at other things, be careful—" Yi quickly pulled A Ruan to the side of the stall.Just as two carriages passed through the downtown area, a large cloud of dust was immediately raised.The one in front is extremely luxurious, and the one in the back is loaded with rice noodles.Before they could stand still, some merchants in the downtown quickly closed their shops, and many people ran towards the direction of the carriage with their bags in their hands.

"That's the official car for transporting food. Those people..." Yi Ze thought thoughtfully, "Follow me and have a look."

Following the footsteps of those people, the more I walked, the more I felt something was wrong, and I slowly walked into the largest slum alley in Chang'an.You can still see the outside, but once you enter the inside, the tragedy is unbearable.

The alleys are full of yellow-faced and emaciated hungry people, holding broken thick bowls in their hands, with fleshless arms stretched forward, and hungry and lifeless eyes under their disheveled hair.Some hungry and out-of-shape children on the side of the road opened their begging eyes and looked at the adults who came and went begging.

Wherever the carriage went, officers and soldiers cleared the way. Seeing such a desolate scene, the guards leading the team hurriedly strengthened the guard of the luxury carriage in front.

"Yize, is this Chang'an?" A Ruan looked at the dilapidated scene around him, and then at Yi Ze's face full of gloom, "Why is it the same as the small villages at the foot of Xianlinyuan Mountain? Here ...This place is really not as good as Mufang Town."

"No, it's not that this place is inferior to Mufang Town. It seems that the severe drought is nationwide, and so is the capital." Yi Ze's words were full of worry.

Suddenly there was a head in the luxurious carriage in front of it, just about to stick it out to look outside, but was startled by the disaster victims who rushed over from the side, and cursed and sweared a lot.Afterwards, a guard under the carriage walked over, picked up the poor victim in the street, and slapped the poor victim a few times. "Crackling——" After a few crisp sounds, the victim was thrown aside, staggered and fell several meters away, and the broken bowl that rolled down was also broken into pieces, scattered all over the place. land.

"My lord, please be merciful! Please be merciful!" Seeing the unusual excitement of the military vehicles distributing food, the victims rushed over without fear of death, knelt down and kowtowed excitedly, crying everywhere.

How innocent the people are, to be starved and clothed by this natural disaster.They wanted to survive, so they frantically intercepted the military vehicles transporting food.Although natural disasters are irresistible, human factors cannot be ignored.The government's inaction, excessive taxation, extensive repairs to palaces, and large-scale tombs, all these things here are undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire!When it prospers, the people suffer; when it dies, the people also suffer.This world makes it impossible for these people whose fate is like duckweed to survive!Yi watched everything in front of him, his heart churning.

Suddenly, several children also rushed over. Those children were barefoot. It was a cold day, and the insteps of their feet were red and swollen from the cold.

"No, then, there are broken bowls!" Without thinking, Ah Ruan broke free from Yi Ze's hand and immediately ran towards the crowd!

"Ah Ruan—" Before Yi Ze could react, he saw that the people around him had already disappeared into the crazy crowd.Yi Ze's face darkened, and he quickly squeezed in too.

"Catch them all!" Suddenly there was a commotion behind him, and there was a sharp sound of weapons colliding.The barbarians in the crowd looked sideways, and another group of imperial guards came from nowhere, rushed in and grabbed the emaciated hungry people.

In an instant, the surroundings became even more chaotic, and the hungry and powerless people looked around with their heads propped up.The children were so frightened that they cried loudly, and fled in all directions if they could hide.

"There is an order from the government. If there are rebels in the slum alleys, arrest them all and take them away!" The leader of the forbidden army stood up and said loudly.

"The rebellious party?" Yi Ze's heart skipped a beat, and he looked down at his attire, "It's very ordinary. Could it be that the whereabouts of me and A Ruan have been exposed again? But where is this silly girl now?"

"God be merciful! How can you kill us all in this name? They are just unarmed and suffering people!" A man with disabled legs shouted, and it was obvious from his words that he was a scholar. people.

Yi frowned, and walked up to him, "Why did you say that, brother? It is also possible for the chaotic party to hide in the alleys of the poor."

"The rebellious party? My leg was maimed when the gang captured the so-called rebellious party." The man had an indignant expression on his face, "It was just to transport the starving people who were about to die of illness out of Beijing in the name of arresting the rebellious party. Just starve to death."

"There is such a thing?" Yi Ze stood up and looked not far away. There were not a few people who were captured by officers and soldiers.He searched for A Ruan but couldn't see him.Could it be that he was taken away as a 'rebellious party'?My heart became more and more uneasy.

Ah Ruan, who was in the crowd, took some effort to catch the hungry and desperate children, and led them to be overwhelmed by the food grabbing crowd.

"Oh, don't squeeze anymore." Ah Ruan muttered, holding an extremely thin little girl with one hand, and a smaller one with the other. "Let's go out quickly, or my brother will have to wait in a hurry. My sister will take you to my house. My house has delicious food."

"Hey, isn't that the little lady next to that kid Li Yan?" The person in the luxurious carriage poked his head out, and it turned out to be the second prince Li Kang!At this moment, he was touching his chin with his hand, looking lewdly at A Ruan who was leaning over to talk to the child. "What a rare beauty, why is she alone in this poor alley? I heard that she is some kind of goddess. If I take it as my own, and the emperor deserves a goddess, wouldn't it be justifiable to take the throne? How beautiful!"

"Stop!" Li Kang's voice came from the carriage, "I want to get out of the carriage!"

"This...it's very chaotic outside!" The guard driving the car rushed to him.

Li Kang saw that A Ruan was about to disappear in front of his eyes, and then looked at the guard's dumbfounded look, and he couldn't help but get angry, "I, I want to get off the car and observe the people's sentiments!"

"Yes yes yes! Your Highness is wise!"

The second prince Li Kang got out of the carriage, escorted by the underworld priests.

"Yo, this one..." Li Kang suddenly appeared in front of A Ruan, startling her, "Uh... Miss Goddess, come to understand the people's sentiments too? Why don't you go with the Lord, no no no, why don't you go with the lonely king how?"

"No, don't!" Ah Ruan woke up suddenly, pulled up the two children and was about to flee, but the crowd was too crowded, and he couldn't move after only two steps.

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