Although I don’t know the specific details, it is obvious that Li Yan helped him wipe his butt in front of Emperor Chongzhen this time, and Emperor Chongzhen wiped his butt again in front of the courtiers. With these two people wiping his butt, there was nothing to worry about.
So... continue to enjoy the joy of this landscape. The fire in the capital is raging and it is not advisable to go back for a short time. He has everything under control for the big exercise ahead. With Huang Degong in charge, there will be no big trouble there. It is also expected that there will be in Jingzhou.
They may reject emotions, but they will definitely be very restrained.
So, wouldn’t it be nice to find a place to escape the heat on this hot day?
The sun was high and the lake was clear. Li Muxian fished out an ice-cold watermelon from the lake and cut it with a knife. He took a piece and handed it to Chang Yu, who was leaning against the side of the boat and staring blankly into the distance.
Chang Yu took it and took a few bites: "Does the Taoist priest know why our family doesn't return to Beijing?"
"Why do you need to wade into that muddy water when it's so hot over there? It's so clean!" Li Muxian knew it. Chang Yu sighed: "The court is too dirty and there is too much internal friction. They are fighting openly and secretly for personal and factional interests, attacking each other and plotting against each other. If this
I just focused on people’s livelihood…sigh”.
"Actually, things are much better now than in previous years. Since the Baiwang campaign last year, the court has suspended its troops to support the people and rectify the officials. Although the people's life is still hard, it is better than in previous years..." Li Muxian was talking and suddenly looked not far away.
At the lakeside, his brows furrowed. Chang Yu looked over and saw a little girl led by Qing Yi walking slowly, wiping her tears with her sleeves from time to time...
Good guy, it seems like... Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Liangzi Lake is hundreds of miles wide, and there are countless villages and towns along the lake. Chang Yu and his entourage chose to station in remote places to avoid disturbing the people. He almost stayed on the boat during the day, while his entourage camped in the woods near the lake to escape the summer heat, each in his own place.
Looking for fun, some are playing in the water, some are fishing, some are sleeping soundly, some are gathering together to gamble...
Of course, there are also people who like to be quiet. For example, Su Jing hardly sees anyone all day long and is nowhere to be found. Chang Yu even thought that she was asked to help by Jiang Fa. Jiang Fa was very busy during this period, busy building the Longmen Inn.
He was busy chasing the Zodiac Man who made him miss him, but obviously the Zodiac Man was not an easy target. He was playing hide-and-seek with Jiang Fa around Wuchang, and the other party had a lot of people. Jiang Fa chased him anxiously and kept stopping.
They were looking for helpers, the Chen brothers were called, Qiao Sanxiu was also called, and later Wang Zhengnan and Chen Wangting were also called in as helpers.
As a result, the only personal attendants around Chang Yu were Sujing, Qingyi, and Wuzhong, who were in bad luck.
Chang Yu also gnashed his teeth in hatred towards the zodiac man. Since Jiang Fa had discovered his traces, he took him down in one fell swoop, and even asked Wu Zhong and others to help, but was severely stopped by Li Muchian. Although there was Tu Yuanhe
Ji Jike's two battalions are enough to withstand thousands of troops. However, if the opponent's assassination attempt is made by martial arts masters, it will be difficult to prevent them with martial arts tactics, so they must have personal attendants to accompany them.
Wuzhong and Duoji are both top-notch masters. With them in charge and the two battalions of strong soldiers, Su Jing and Qing Yi are as meticulous as their hair, which just makes up for the shortcomings of the big bosses in Wuzhong.
Su Jing has always been a solitary and elusive person. If she doesn't want to show up, no one can find her. Qing Yi is not as mysterious as her. Although she spends most of her time meditating and reading scriptures alone, you know where she is. The rest of the time is to go to the surrounding villages to find her.
He preached to the people, solved their doubts, rescued people in distress, and sometimes helped villagers farm the fields. He was in a completely different world from Chang Yu's other subordinates.
Of course, her world sometimes makes Chang Yu very distressed and even gives her a headache, because almost every time Qing Yi comes back, her eyes are red and she has cried. Don't ask, as soon as you ask, you will see all kinds of suffering in the world. Over time, Chang Yu
I really didn’t dare to ask. I even felt that Qingyi was a bit holy. This is not to say that Chang Yu is too cold-blooded, but it is because he has seen too much suffering in the world and is a little numb. Moreover, he has been working hard to change everything silently. The suffering in the world cannot be eliminated.
But if you can get it less, let’s do it less.
No, Qing Yi brought back a little girl who looked to be only five or six years old, with dark, skinny eyes full of panic.
The girl's name is Pu Jie. The year before last, her father went to Wuchang to seek a living and never returned. Her life and death are unknown. Her mother lost her footing while driving sheep and fell off a cliff. She died a few days later. She is left with her disabled grandfather, blind grandmother, and a three-year-old
The brothers depend on each other for life.
The two disabled old men were already in their sixties and lived in extremely poverty, but their younger brother fell into the water and drowned a few days ago... The grandparents begged Qingyi to take the girl away and give her food to eat, otherwise she would have to starve to death...
…
Chang Yu silently listened to Qing Yi's narration of the girl's tragic life experience with snot and tears on his face. There was no expression on his face, but the roasted fish and roasted hare in his hands suddenly no longer smelled good.
Li Muxian sighed, stood up and walked to the lakeside to look at the rippling blue water: "The hemp rope is only broken at the thinnest part, and the bad luck is only for the misfortune..."
"Shopkeeper, just keep her, we can't watch her starve to death..." Qing Yi burst into tears, Chang Yu sighed: "Qing Yi, our yamen is not short of food, but do you know how much there is in this world?
If people don’t have enough food to eat, you can’t just take them with you…”
Qing Yi thought Chang Yu was going to refuse, so she begged with a sad look on her face: "Shopkeeper..." Chang Yu quickly waved his hand: "I didn't say I wouldn't keep her, I just wanted to say... that's all." Chang Yu sighed deeply, stood up and left.
He walked to Li Muxian and looked at the lake without saying a word for a long time.
"Have you ever thought that you took away this girl and those two old men..." Li Muxian couldn't help but looked at Qing Yi and hesitated to speak. Qing Yi quickly said: "I left some silver..."
"How many poor people are there in the world, and how much money do you have? And this is not a matter of money at all. If you take this baby away, I'm afraid those two old people will not have long..." Li Muchian didn't finish speaking.
Chang Yu stopped him: "Master Taoist, there is no need to say more."
Li Muxian sighed and waved his hands and walked away. Qing Yi looked confused: "Shopkeeper, did I do something wrong? Daoist Li doesn't do good deeds on weekdays, but today..."
"You're not wrong, it's the world that's wrong!" Chang Yu sighed three times and waved his hand to let Qing Yi and the girl eat first.
The girl wolfed down her food, started to cry as she ate, and said she wanted to go home. Qing Yi patiently persuaded her: "You will starve to death if you go back..."
Chang Yu looked at the food in the girl's hands and knew that she wanted to take it back to her grandparents. He felt soft and said, "Bring some food, let's go back with her."
Qing Yi nodded gratefully to Chang Yu, hurriedly packed some food and led the girl to her village. Chang Yu followed behind. Wuzhong not far away saw him and was about to follow him with a knife.
The figure flashed, and Su Jing stopped him: "You guys stay, I'll go."
Wu Zhong raised his eyebrows and was about to yell when Su Jing glared at him: "Didn't you see that he is in a very bad mood now? Your talkativeness has made him upset."
Wuzhong swallowed his words abruptly, and then sat down on the ground: "Okay, let's sit down and drink in peace."
Li Muxian walked over from another place, picked up the wine bottle on the ground and drank it all in one gulp: "Today is a happy day, this kid in Qingyi... ugh".
"What a fool, Niubi, you're going to take it all by yourself." Wuzhong grabbed the wine bottle and shook it, making no sound, he was very irritable.
"What the hell, I spent money to buy wine, what's wrong with drinking a pot?" Li Muxian yelled, Wu Zhong was stunned and asked Tu Yuan and others next to him: "Did he buy it?"
"No, Taoist priest invited me today." Tu Yuan and Ji Jike chuckled, while Wuzhong looked a little embarrassed: "I was a little drunk and forgot about this, hehe, Taoist priest, don't blame me..."
Under the scorching sun, Qing Yi led the girl in front, and Chang Yu followed closely behind. Sometimes he looked at the white clouds in the sky, and sometimes he looked at the people working in the fields. It was noon, and it was the middle of the day.
The hottest time!
Tens of meters behind her, Su Jing, wearing a bamboo hat, followed him leisurely. She knew Chang Yu knew she was there, but he didn't look back or greet her, and she did the same. The two had already formed a tacit understanding of each other.
Way.
The village where the girl is located is a bit far away, and the sun is too strong. Not only the grass and trees on the roadside are roasted and wilted, but also everyone feels like they are going to die. Qing Yi sees that the girl's face is red with sweat,
I looked around and saw some big trees on the field ridge not far away, so I went over to enjoy the shade.
Chang Yu also followed. There were quite a few people enjoying the shade under the tree. There were six or seven people, old and young. The youngest was only six or seven years old, and the old were in their sixties. They were all common people working in the fields. Everyone was tanned.
Chang Yu's eyes swept over them. They were all skinny, young and old. They just raised their heads and glanced at him before continuing to eat lunch. The dark nests were touching the stream at the end of the field...
Qing Yi squatted next to them and talked softly to them. Chang Yu just stood in the shade of the tree and watched everything quietly. In the farmland not far away, there were still people working under the scorching sun, with their rickety bodies looking like machines.
Moving, such hardship is just to make ends meet, and it is just enough to make ends meet. Although the weather is good here and the harvest is much better than that in the Gyeonggi area, after excluding various taxes, what is left is just enough for food and clothing.
Su Jing did not go to enjoy the shade under the tree. She just washed her face by the stream, drank some water, and then stood by the stream and looked at Chang Yu under the tree.
Chang Yu could feel the pure gaze, and even the ridicule in the gaze: The wine and meat of Zhumen are stinky, and the road is frozen to death!
Years of wars, natural and man-made disasters, and even starvation all over the land, but as Chang Yu, even in these years, he still maintains good food and clothing, eating meat and drinking wine every day, and eating whatever he wants, and there are many people with his conditions.
Yes, but what about ordinary people?
What did they eat? What did they drink?
But what should they do once they don't even have anything to eat, or even water from the stream?
"I was wrong!"
Chang Yu sighed softly. Qing Yi next to him was startled after hearing this, then stood up and walked over: "You, the shopkeeper..."
"I was wrong. In fact, I knew I was wrong, but I just didn't want to admit it." Chang Yu looked at Qing Yi seriously: "When the people are in dire straits, rebellion is justified!"