Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 149 Hope is on the King of Chu!The true face of Chuhe Village!

He clapped his hands.

Immediately, a man and a woman, wearing a white Confucian uniform and a bamboo hat, came over.

Holding a paper fan.

"Shangguan Wan'er, pay my respects to Her Royal Highness Princess Changle."

Shangguan Wan'er bowed her hands to Princess Changle, then looked at the old man next to her and asked, "Old man, what do you dare to ask?"

"Shangguan, there is something urgent that needs to be dealt with, please go."

"You send this letter to His Highness, it's one hundred thousand, it's urgent."

The old man handed the sealed letter to Shangguan Wan'er.

Shangguan Wan'er's eyes flickered.

One hundred thousand, urgent...
How long.

How long have you not heard this attitude.

She took a deep breath and said seriously, "Understood."

Shangguan Wan'er came over, turned and left.

However, she did not go out, but re-entered the yard.

Princess Changle was at a loss.

If it's a letter, don't you have to go out?
Why did you go back? !
"His Royal Highness Changle, this is the way our Prince Chu Mansion sends messages, so there is no need to worry."

"Don't worry, His Highness will definitely take care of this matter. His Highness will not allow His Highness Xiao Sizi to lose any important person. Go back and rest in peace."

The old man explained with a smile.

However, he didn't say much.

Princess Changle nodded blankly.

Although she was still very puzzled.

By the way, that person, Shangguan Wan'er?
It seems that... I have never seen it before.

But the old man came out as soon as he shouted, so he could only be nearby.

In the vicinity, Li Junxian and others hadn't noticed it before.

This... is another master.

And the old man said so, she has to believe it even if she doesn't believe it now.

maybe.

Anyway, I don't have a second way.

It can only be placed on the king of Chu.

………………….
the other side.

Li Yan, who was arranged by Li Shimin to go to Chuhe Village, had arrived near the border of Chuhe Village.

Li Yan was riding on the horse, looking at the scenery outside, the tears in his eyes could not help but flow down.

awful!
That's horrible! !

Along the way, there are hungry people everywhere.

Why is this happening?

The imperial court has distributed so much food, how could there be victims of the disaster.

Li Yan investigated.

Then I learned that all of this was because of the family.

The food distributed by the imperial court was deducted layer by layer, and by the time the people far away from Chang'an City, there was only a little bit left.

The sky is high and the emperor is far away.

These local officials all eat human blood steamed buns and hide all the food.

This has led to the fact that there are still so many victims in the north.

"General Li, hate it! It's too hateful! Why are these aristocratic families so arrogant? They even dare to take relief food!!"

The accompanying guards were extremely angry.

Li Yan's eyes flickered, and he sighed, "That's why His Majesty regards the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs as thorns in his eyes. What's even more frightening is that the news about the countless disaster victims here... can't reach His Majesty's ears."

"This means that the local officials in this place are all partial to the aristocratic family!!"

"Your Majesty, he has no control over this side at all."

The guard looked angrily and said, "When we go back, will you inform His Majesty?"

Li Yan said with a wry smile: "The notification is definitely a notification, it's just a solution..."

I can't hold back in these words.

Will His Majesty take action against those officials with five surnames and seven wang families?
Li Yan was not sure.

after all,

If it affects the whole body, the influence is too complicated.

"Hey... let's continue walking."

Li Yan sighed, and rode on again.

On their way forward, there were dense crowds of refugees.

They flock in groups just to find a place to have a full meal.

All of them were thin and weak, and their eyes were full of green light from hunger.

Embarrassment is not enough to describe the disaster victims.

They are miserable.

Terrible, incomparably miserable! !
Those local officials did not give the people any way to survive at all! !

Li Yan looked at them in a daze, he really couldn't believe that the scene in front of him was real.

The further north you go, the more victims there will be.

And they didn't flee to Chang'an, but further north.

why go there?

Send to death?Take refuge in the Turks in the north?

Or... is there a hole in the sky over there? !
"General, there is a Zhuangzi ahead, do you want to go and see it?!"

At this time, the guard next to him spoke.

"it is good!"

Li Yan nodded in agreement.

The horse drove slowly into the village the guard had mentioned.

He looked at the withered village, and at the road in front of the village that was already covered with fallen leaves and dead branches,

There should be no one living here for a long time.

Presumably, during the famine this year, the owner's family had already fled here.

Li Yan found a house and knocked on the door, but there was no one.

A little reconciled, Li Yan knocked on several doors one after the other, but they were all closed tightly, and there was no one there.

Is this an uninhabited village?

He doesn't give up.

I was about to continue knocking, but there was a sound next to me.

"Stop knocking."

"Young people, who are you looking for? The people here have all fled before, and I am the only one left."

At this time, an old man came out from the nearby yard.

He was hunched over, holding a stick in his hand.

His hair was gray and his beard was white.

The eyes are cloudy, it should be very old.

"Old man!"

Li Yan hurried over and supported him.

"Where are the people here? If I remember correctly, the locust plague in Chang'an has been resolved, and the court has distributed a lot of food. Why are there still many victims along the way?"

The old man sighed, shook his head and said, "Natural disasters and man-made disasters can be solved, but people's hearts... are difficult."

"Before I heard that the imperial court distributed grain, many people came back to Zhuangzi, but as time passed, the imperial court distributed grain for a while, but none of the grain reached our Zhuangzi people. After the disaster, the ground was devastated and devastated. Without a place to eat, no one can bear it, so they can only leave."

"Let's not talk about this Zhuangzi, those Zhuangzi around are all about the same. Those who can run, all of them ran away."

"The only ones left are us old people who have no children. Where are we going? We can only stay and wait for death."

The old man choked up.

Hearing these words, Li Yan felt his throat was congested, and his hands were tightly clenched, glowing red.

"Then, old man, you guys...haven't you found out the reason? The imperial court's food will never disappear out of thin air."

Li Yan asked again.

The old man smiled wryly and said: "What else could be the reason? Many people know the reason. It was embezzled by local officials. People from other Zhuangzi went to Chang'an to report, but the officials who listened were also family officials. The person who made the report died that night. .”

"There have been so many comings and goings, who dares to report?"

Li Yan's eyes widened, he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it! Lawless! These aristocratic officials... are really lawless!!"

He inquired a lot about this kind of thing along the way, and every time he asked the same question, he got the same answer, and his ears felt callused.

But still have to ask!
And every time I hear it, I can't stop being angry! !

The old man waved his hands helplessly and said: "There is no way, this matter is just like this, our discussion is just to add more powerless anger, there is no need to talk more."

"By the way, I see that you are dressed as southerners. You are so energetic and well-dressed. I don't know why you came here to suffer and suffer. If you don't dislike it and have no place to stay, come and sit at my house. I'm alone. Old man, I haven't spoken for several days."

"Before dying, being able to chat with you and solve your doubts is considered peace."

said the old man.

Li Yan hurriedly helped him in.

The yard at home was dry and cracked into small pieces.

They sat at the base of the wall, where there was still some shade.

"Old man, can you tell me about the government here in detail?"

Li Yan asked again.

Several guards also looked at the old man instantly.

"The government here? Hehe, they are in charge of our life and death. At the beginning, the food distribution from the court was delayed. Some of us asked the county master, but the county master said that the relief food from the court has not yet been distributed. Come down, there is no food to relieve the disaster."

"It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous! The grain depot of the county government is full of grain!!"

The old man shook his head and sighed.

Hearing this, Li Yan frowned tightly.

"Is there still such a situation?" Li Yan was furious.

"Yes, those grains are all stored grains, but they won't give them to us common people."

"It's easy to want, to buy it, but the price is scary, what can the people do if they don't run away?"

said the old man.

"Aren't they afraid of being held accountable by the court?" The guard next to him was also anxious.

"Pursuing responsibility? Who will pursue it? The person who came down to pursue responsibility may be the same as the person who went to Chang'an City to report. The officials are their relatives. There is no way."

The old man was desperate.

When he spoke, his whole body trembled.

But in the end, he sighed heavily, as if he gave up fighting and accepted everything.

Li Yan clenched his hands together.

"Yes."

Li Yan nodded and said: "The clansmen are like towering trees, they shade their descendants, this tree is getting bigger and bigger, its root system is getting more and more developed, and it is firmly embedded in the land of the Central Plains. No way, no way."

Li Yan changed from angry to melancholy.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, have you eaten yet, I'm here... um, I'm sorry, I don't have any rice at home today, old man, so I can't treat you to dinner, forgive me."

The old man patted the back of Li Yan's hand with embarrassment in his voice.

"No, no need! Bao, go, get some food!"

Li Yan ordered immediately.

A guard hurriedly took half a bag of grain from the horse.

Old man, take it, it has been so many days, trust the imperial court, the relief food should be coming soon. "

Li Yan put the food in the old man's hands.

"No no no, this is too precious, too precious!!"

"There is nothing at home, and I have no money for you."

The old man was a little excited.

"No money, old man, take it. We are young and strong, so we won't be hungry."

Li Yan stood up.

The old man clutched the food bag tightly and struggled to get up, but he was old after all. When he got up, Li Yan and others were about to walk out the door.

The old man couldn't keep up, so he just knelt down and kowtowed several times.

Li Yan and the others moved a little faster.

After getting on the horse, the atmosphere was a little dignified.

"General, where are you going?"

asked a guard.

"Continuing to the north, Ben is going to see what so many disaster victims are doing there."

"And... the Chuhe Village His Majesty mentioned is also further north."

Li Yan said.

I couldn't stop thinking in my heart, could it be that... these disaster victims are related to Chuhe Village?

Random thinking is a taboo for generals.

He shook his head immediately, and several people rode their horses on their way again.

On the road.

Li Yan swallowed with difficulty, his throat hurt, and looking at the bleak windows around him, he felt a little uncomfortable to breathe.

The horse pulled out Zhuangzi.

All the way north.

On the way, they also passed through several Zhuangzi.

The situation is not bad.

Even passed through several county towns.

In the city, I can finally see some figures.

These are people who have a little money and can buy enough food.

However, as we continued to walk, there were fewer and fewer people in the county.

At the same time, there are fewer and fewer victims on the road.

"General, where have all the victims of the disaster here gone? Something is wrong. Could it be that they have all run away? Go to Turkic?"

A guard wondered.

"Yes, General, let's come here. There are fewer and fewer victims. Is there no one here?"

Another guard scratched his head and didn't understand.

"General, look ahead! There are a bunch of people ahead!!"

At this time, the voice of the front guard suddenly came.

Li Yan and the others immediately looked over.

as predicted.

There were a lot of people in front of them, but they didn't move. It seemed that someone in the middle was talking to them.

"Go and have a look!!"

Li Yan immediately ordered.

This bunch of people...
His complexion looks much better.

He suddenly had a guess in his mind.

"Quicker, faster!!"

After getting on the horse, Li Yan urged again.

They came to the crowd.

Li Yan and the others dismounted.

There were several guards who immediately pushed through the crowd and led Li Yan to the front.

In the middle of the crowd, there was indeed a person giving an excited speech.

"Don't hesitate, really don't hesitate!!"

"When you arrive, you will know that Chuhe Village is the real fairyland in the north. There is enough food there, and the village chief will give us land and help us build our homes."

"In addition, the village chief of Chuhe Village has many guards who will be responsible for our safety. Now outside Chuhe Village, there are all refugees. If you don't go, there may really be no place in the back. After all, it is just a village. .”

"We are all fellow villagers. I can lie to you. If you are not satisfied when you get there, I will personally send you back."

The man's voice was loud, and while speaking, he punched the air with his fist several times, his movements were extremely skillful and powerful.

He is full!
So very contagious.!

"Really, come with me. The situation in Chang'an City is really good. You can have a full meal there, but it's too far away from us. I'm afraid you will starve to death on the way before you get there."

"Also, in Chang'an, you can eat enough to eat, but apart from farming, you are also a slave to the aristocratic family. But Chuhe Village is different, and their working methods are absolutely unexpected, and they have money for everything."

(End of this chapter)