Chapter 125 The so-called benevolence and righteousness
Chapter 125 The so-called benevolence and righteousness
"To show your holiness in front of others, does it mean to pretend... to show off?"
Su Jinpa was quite amused, but still felt that these two words were not good words.
But with this happening, the atmosphere between the two of them became much more natural and less unfamiliar.
While chatting, the two gradually left the lively and bustling area of the capital.
Especially after leaving the city, the devastated scene made Su Jinpa feel sad, and Li Chen's words stopped at some point.
Without saying a word, the two of them rushed to Tongzhou, taking advantage of the fact that the snow was now a little lighter.
"It's only twenty or thirty miles from the capital to Tongzhou. If it's a large-scale disaster relief operation, you should be able to see some scenes not far ahead." Su Jinpa found a topic and said.
Li Chen nodded and said, "I hope these people still have some conscience."
Su Jinpa knew what Li Chen meant.
Nowadays, natural disasters are rampant and the imperial treasury is empty. In fact, life is not easy for both ordinary people and officials.
But officials have a natural advantage. If they want to be greedy, then disaster relief materials and food are the best places to start.
Su Jinpa could only pray that nothing would happen today.
The two of them worked hard, and the number of victims around them gradually increased.
Within a quarter of an hour, Li Chen and Su Jinpa saw a long queue forming outside a town in the distance.
There were approximately a thousand victims lining up at the scene, and at the end of the queue were several porridge shacks.
Looking at the officers and soldiers maintaining order around him, Su Jinpa said: "The order is not bad. It seems that they are paying attention."
"Dismount and go take a look ahead."
The two dismounted their horses and followed the team towards the porridge shed.
Not far away, Li Chen heard an old woman at the front of the queue saying weakly: "Uncle, please give me some more. My wife is too sick to walk, and she still has a baby in her belly."
Son, that’s the only one we grow in our family, just give me a little more...half a spoonful."
I only saw the servant in charge of serving porridge yelling: "You old thing, His Highness the Ninth Prince is willing to give alms, which is already a great favor, but he dares to think that it is too little. If you have half a spoonful, he has half a spoonful, and everyone has half a spoonful."
Shao, how can I do this job?"
"If you want love, get out of the way if you take the porridge!"
The old woman hesitated and refused to leave. She was still pleading, but as soon as she opened her mouth, the officer who spoke took a large spoonful of porridge and knocked it on her head.
Immediately, the old woman screamed and fell down, her head bleeding.
The yamen servant yelled, "You still won't go away when I tell you to, you are a ungrateful person!"
After saying that, the yamen servant scooped the big spoon that was still stained with the old woman's hair and blood into the pot, and cursed: "Next!"
The broken bowl in the old woman's hand was smashed, and the porridge like boiled water was spilled all over her body. She didn't even care about the injury on her forehead. She desperately picked up the broken bowl and saw that there was only a shallow layer of thin porridge inside.
Shui cried loudly: "God, why are you doing this to me! I just want to give my daughter-in-law and unborn grandson some porridge!"
The victims around him were all numb, as if they were already used to this.
The next victim pushed him away and took a bowl to receive the porridge.
But before the big spoon had time to pour the half bowl of porridge water that was so clear that it could almost be used as a mirror into the bowl, Li Chen snatched it away.
"You, who are you!?"
The yamen servant who had been robbed of his big spoon was about to get angry subconsciously. Seeing that Li Chen was an extraordinary person and well-dressed, it was obvious that he could not be a disaster victim, so his tone suddenly became much weaker.
Li Chen ignored him and stirred the barrel with a spoon, only to see that there were only some thinly chopped rice pops floating up from the bottom, and more than the rice pops, there were some black sand and stones.
Li Chen's tone was cold, and he said coldly: "This porridge that even a dog won't drink is what the Ninth Prince calls benevolence and righteousness!?"
