After being divorced, my identity as a poet was exposed

Outside the city walls of Yanjing.

There is a waning moon hanging high in the night sky.

Under the night sky are village huts hidden among bamboo forests.

There were a few lights in the hut, and from a distance, they looked like sparse stars in the night sky.

Not far away are fields.

There are frogs in the fields.

There are dogs barking in the village.

Occasionally there is a woman's lion's roar, accompanied by the cry of a child.

This is the largest village among dozens of villages outside Yanjing City.

It's called Moziping Village.

At this moment, Li Chenan and his group of more than ten people are here.

It was in the courtyard where Zhuge Buliang lived.

Zhuge Buliang's thatched cottage is small, but his yard is very large.

In addition to a stone table and two stone stools, there is also a pavilion in the yard.

The table and stool are not in the pavilion.

There is a rather large drum in the pavilion.

Li Chenan walked over, touched the drum, looked at Zhuge Buliang, and asked:
"What is this thing for?"

Zhuge Buliang quickly bowed his hands and said:

"This...this drum is used to warn and summon!"

"After all, the villagers were worried about bandits coming, so they established the village soldiers and built this drum."

"We all have to do farm work on weekdays. If something happens, if we beat this drum, we will know that something big has happened and we can provide support as quickly as possible."

"Oh...you don't do farm work?"

Zhuge Buliang's face turned red and he felt a little uneasy.

"The villagers only served two vegetable plots... It's not that the villagers are lazy, it's just that the villagers don't want to farm."

"I'm not afraid of the regent's jokes. Not only were the rice seedlings planted crookedly, but they all floated up the next day. The villagers were so tired that they had to plant them a second time."

"I guess the villagers couldn't bear it, so they allotted three acres of land to the common people, but those three acres of land were given to the villagers to help me cultivate. As for me... I just wanted to take care of the village. of little children.”

"Teach them how to read and write, and also help the villagers settle accounts. If there are bandits and thieves, the common people will beat this drum."

"Oh……"

Li Chenan nodded, Zhuge Buliang is a scholar.

Don’t underestimate the scholar!
In such an era, it is not that easy to become a scholar based on your true talents and studies.

This is a scholar.

Scholars usually have a high status in the eyes of the villagers and are highly respected. However, Zhuge Buliang looks very poor, but he does not have that sour smell.

Li Chenan looked at the simple thatched hut and walked out of the pavilion.

Zhuge Buliang hurriedly followed out, feeling increasingly uneasy.

He really didn't expect that the regent would come to his little place after he came back!
He thought that even with General Su's kind words, even if the regent remembered that he was interested in seeing him, he would definitely summon him to Yanjing City——

Although Yanjing City is an empty city, camping in it is more comfortable than in the countryside.

But this regent came to his home!
This is a real humble abode.

There wasn't even tea, and there was no time to boil some hot water.

I heard General Su say that this regent is different. This may be one of the differences between him and previous emperors.

Qin Rigang said that the regent loves the people and values ​​farmers... He really doesn't know how to farm. Will this make him look down on himself?
But the look on his face didn't change much.

Does this mean he doesn't care?
Or is it because he is so deep in his heart that he doesn't show his displeasure on his face?

Zhuge Buliang suddenly raised the corner of his mouth——

What's wrong with me?
Why do I care so much?
Just because he is the regent of Ningguo?
Just because there is still a fire in my heart that has not been extinguished?This is where caring leads to chaos!
I am a scholar, and to be able to live peacefully here, teach those children, and live a life of simple but extremely peaceful life, this is what I have wanted before!
People cannot have too many desires!

Because desire can never be filled!

Thinking of this, Zhuge Buliang felt calm, his waist gradually straightened, there was no longer any fear in his eyes, and even his pace became steady.

Li Chenan stopped in front of that hut.

He pointed to the thatched hut and turned to look at Zhuge Buliang: "Do you think a scholar should live such a poor life?"

Zhuge Buliang was startled and bowed his hands generously:
"Compared to the villagers, the ordinary people are already contented."

"Compared to the scholars in the world... the common people believe that those who have been named on the Golden List for ten years are naturally qualified to sell what they have learned throughout their lives to the emperor's family!"

"As for the price, it depends on the skills you have learned and whether it is suitable for the emperor's appetite."

"Of course they should not live such a poor life. The regent abolished the recommendation and promoted the scientific examination, and of course he will not let those scholars live such a poor life!"

Li Chenan grinned.

"Your mouth really looks like it's been greased, but you're right!"

"A capable scholar should not live such a miserable life."

"Let's go and have a cup of tea."

Zhuge Buliang was startled, "This really doesn't happen!"

"I have!"

"...Thank you very much, Prince Regent!"

The two took their seats.

A yellow dog ran out of the night.

As soon as it ran into the yard, it discovered that there were many strangers in the yard.

It whined twice and then closed its mouth.

It's not that Zhuge Buliang scolded it, but that it felt two murderous auras!
One of them comes from under the pear tree next to the yard!
There is a donkey, a horse and a dark dog under the pear tree!
The pitch-black dog was obviously two times smaller than it, but the pair of pitch-black eyes staring at it made it clamp its tail.

And another danger comes from a person standing in the yard!

Of course the big yellow dog doesn’t know Wang Zhenghaoxuan.

But it keenly felt the look in the man's eyes when he looked at it...not murderous, but an expression of eagerness to capture it!
The big yellow dog turned around and ran away!
It's too dangerous here!

Li Chenan naturally didn't pay attention to this.

He really asked Xia Hua to take out the tea stove, teapot and tea can.

Zhiyuan went to get a pot of well water, and Li Chenan lit the tea stove and cooked a pot of tea.

"How old are you?"

"Back to the regent, I'm already twenty-five."

"Oh...are you married?"

"Originally, we were supposed to get married the year before last, but the blizzard in Yingzhou the year before last year not only destroyed many villages by the blizzard, but also some towns... For example, my home is in Fugui Town, Yingzhou, and the entire Fugui Town, Many houses collapsed in that snowstorm."

"My house also collapsed, and my father and mother were killed by the collapsed beams. I was not at home at that time, I was in Huangtang County."

"It's the same with my fiancée's family...all five members of the family died."

Li Chenan's eyebrows tightened: "Is it so serious?"

Zhuge Buliang raised his head, looked at the moon, and sighed: "At least half of Fugui Town has survived, but the people in the villages are really miserable!"

He withdrew his gaze and looked at Li Chenan: "The countryside is full of thatched huts. It's not easy to kill people if the thatched huts fall down, but there is no shelter from the cold, but many, many people freeze to death!"

"That's real starvation!"

Zhuge Buliang lowered his head, his face full of desolation.

"The people of Ningguo have suffered so much these years!"

"It's not easy for these people who survived...it's not easy either!"

"When will this... end?" (End of Chapter)