Su Chen got off the carriage and strolled into the crowd, followed closely by Lao Zhao.
For Su Chen, it has become a habit for him to observe the quality of life of the people every time he comes to Chang'an City.
He feels that only the lives of its people can tell what a country is like.
The people are the foundation of the country. Only when the people are prosperous can the country be prosperous!
Seeing the happy smiles on the faces of the common people, full of energy and rosy complexions, Su Chen couldn't help but laugh.
"The people live a prosperous life and don't have to worry about food and clothing. Everyone can enjoy peace and don't have to worry about being invaded by foreign enemies. This is my original intention all along!"
…
Zhuque Street.
"Selling candied haws on a stick, the best candied haws on a stick! All fresh and plump! Absolutely delicious!"
"Freshly baked osmanthus cake, sweet and delicious, soft and fragrant!"
On the street, the vendors were shouting hard, and a dazzling array of various products came into view, which was dizzying.
"Come on, Lao Zhao, come with me to buy some food."
Being in this environment full of life, Su Chen's mood is getting better and better, and he is ready to buy some snacks and eat them while walking.
"Boss, take one or two of each of these dried fruits."
Su Chen walked to a stall and as soon as he opened his mouth, he casually glanced at the paper behind the stall, and the smile on his face froze on the spot.
Seeing this, Lao Zhao thought there was an accident and hurriedly protected Su Chen, observing the surroundings vigilantly.
"Master, did you find anything?"
"I……"
Su Chen slowly recovered, pointed to a door panel at the back of the stall, and said, "Old Zhao, go and bring over the portrait posted on the door. I want to take a look."
"Yes, Master!"
Although he didn't understand Su Chen's intention, Lao Zhao didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he followed Su Chen's instructions and tore off the portrait posted on the door.
During this process, Su Chen kept mumbling something, as if he was saying, "It's not me, it's definitely not me, it can't be me, how could it be me, it must be some kind of local custom." The whole person seemed to have lost his soul.
.
"Master, this is what you want."
Lao Zhao handed over the portrait.
"good."
Su Chen nodded slightly, and then took the portrait with slightly trembling hands.
After taking a deep breath, Su Chen resolutely opened the portrait.
“I￥#!”
When he opened the portrait, he saw that Su Chen had broken his guard on the spot and his whole body had become worse, as if he had suffered a huge blow!
And when he saw the signature on the portrait, Su Chen's mood fell into an abyss and could never get better.
Yes, this portrait is nothing else, it is the portrait of the Protector that is on the market!
The picture in Su Chen's hand depicts a thousand-armed god and demon, with a dark face and white teeth, red eyes, flying hair, countless arms spread out, and strong muscles all over the body, with only a piece of cloth around the waist.
The ground covered it up a bit.
What made Su Chen even more furious was that there were actually some couplets written on this portrait!
First couplet: God of Heaven
Second line: Protect the country and the people
Horizontal comment: Protector of the country
…
"I really am..."
For a moment, Su Chen could no longer describe his inner situation in words. He really couldn't imagine that after he had warned Li Erqian so much, this kind of thing happened!
It really offends me, Su Chen!
"Master, what on earth is this?"
Lao Chen asked curiously.
Su Chen didn't say anything, but directly handed the portrait to Lao Zhao, with an indescribably ugly look on his face.
"Ah this..."
When Lao Zhao saw that the portrait was actually of Su Chen, he was stunned for a long time and didn't know what to say.
What is this all about?
My young master is obviously a handsome young man from Yushu Linfeng, why is he painted as a monster?
"Old Zhao, have you seen this thing during this time?"
Su Chen asked.
"No."
Lao Zhao shook his head.
No, this is impossible!
Su Chen seemed puzzled. Since his portrait of the door god had appeared in Chang'an City, it must have spread in the surrounding areas.
With the current traffic roads, the transmission of news has long been less congested. It doesn't take long to get from Chang'an City to Wannian County. Why didn't he hear any news when he was in the village?
This is very wrong!
If he had known earlier that his portrait of the door god had appeared among the people, and if he had taken action to rectify it in time, he could have saved some of his image.
Just like this now...
Every household had his portrait of the door god posted, and he couldn't even save him even if he wanted to!
There is no way to save it!
It’s over, it’s completely over… my young master’s wise and wise military strategy is gone…
Faced with this situation, even Su Chen didn't know what to do. He could only choose to escape at this time.
Just when Su Chen was about to run away, Lao Zhao seemed to remember something and said: "Master, um, I heard some news about this thing some time ago."
Hearing this, Su Chen quickly asked: "When did it happen?
!”
Lao Zhao replied: "Probably a few days ago, it seemed that Lao Sun told me about this. He said it was young master that you treated the current emperor, but the news accidentally leaked to the people."
"Then when the people heard that posting your portrait on the door could ward off evil spirits, they followed suit one after another."
Su Chen continued to ask: "Then why haven't I seen this kind of portrait in Wannian County?"
"this……"
"Because everyone thinks that you, young master, are more useful wherever you are than posting a portrait, so no one follows suit."
Lao Zhao explained.
"..."
For a moment, Su Chen was speechless. Actually, because of this ridiculous idea, he missed the best rescue time.
Lao Li!
This is all your fault!
When I think about how seriously I told Li Er to keep it a secret, he actually let everyone know about it!
It's a shame that he trusted him so much, but he was let down in the end!
"Forget it, forget it, it's a boat that's already overturned, and it's hard to recover..."
Just when Su Chen sighed, the stall owner asked in a low voice: "Well... this young master, can you return this portrait to me?
This is my thing."
If this stall owner hadn't had some discernment, he would have noticed that Su Chen and Lao Zhao were not ordinary people, so he wouldn't have dared to provoke them casually.
Otherwise, when Su Chen asked Lao Zhao to tear up the portrait just now, he would have almost been tempted to call someone over to stop him.
"Give it back to him."
Su Chen tried his best to control his facial expression.
"It's okay, it's okay. There's no need to trouble the two young masters and the master."
