Chapter 019: Mountains and Rivers (Happy Chinese New Year's Eve to everyone!)
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Wenzhou is one of the seven states in Hedong and the first of the seven states in Hedong. Because the Hedong Provincial Observation Embassy is located in Wenzhou, the garrison of Hedongwei is in Jishan on the outskirts of Wenzhou.
It can be seen that Wenzhou is a military and political important place in Hedong Province, and Qianhui Tower, located in the center of the city on Liyuan Street, its layout structure is similar to that of Jingzhao's Taishi Tower, but its scale is larger, with seven floors.
Its liveliness, needless to say, can be heard from a distance bursts of boiling people, the building is not bustling, but it is really full, many times have to wait for a while.
The higher the floor, the higher the cost and the fewer guests.
It can be seen from the degree of liveliness that Qianhui Building and Taishi Building are still different in nature.
Taishilou is a place where the powerful of Jingzhao gather, and it is very rare when there are people in a loud voice. And Qianhui Building is obviously more tolerant than Taishi Building, in addition to the powerful, there are also many merchants and ordinary people.
Here in Qianhui Tower, the hierarchy of the powerful and the common people is not as clear as that of Jingzhao.
This kind of inclusive liveliness facilitates the circulation of all kinds of news, which is exactly what Zheng Heng wants.
She chose to sit on the third floor, not high or low, without the hustle and bustle of the first and second floors, and without the quiet and elegant up, which was just right for her.
What especially satisfies her is that the position led by the shopkeeper for her is by the window, overlooking the lively Liyuan Street, and she can observe the flow of people coming and going, and you can ...... Guan listened to the state's officials governing the people's livelihood.
This is the most lively place in Wenzhou, this is the place where the most powerful and poor people are concentrated, and at the same time, it is the place where the most ordinary people are gathered. From these three types of people, Zheng Heng saw what she wanted to see.
Here in Wenzhou Qianhui Building, what she saw as Zheng Heng was almost completely different from what she saw in Taishi Building as Empress Dowager Zheng in the past.
In the past, when she went to Taishi Tower, although she came in a small way, whether it was the officials who followed her side or the guards hidden in the shadows, they all invisibly demonstrated her prestige as the queen mother of a dynasty, and also made the things she saw not so real.
Here, she is just an ordinary girl, Qianhui Lou will not be cleared in advance because of her arrival, and Liyuan Street will not be disguised and changed because of her, everything, what enters her eyes, is its original appearance.
Looking down at Liyuan Street outside the window, Zheng Heng's eyes darkened.
"It turns out that this is Wenzhou, the first Wenzhou of Hedong Prefectures, it turns out that this is the case. Zheng Heng said secretly in his heart, and a trace of emptiness appeared on his face that she had not noticed herself.
The mountains and rivers are still there, the mountains and rivers are immortal, and she has already become another person.
The real bones of the mourning family have long since decayed, right? But her soul is still there.
With an immortal soul, to feel this immortal mountains and rivers, this is probably her unique blessing, and it is a unique opportunity in the world. - At the moment, her mood is indescribably complicated.
However, when she looked more closely, she realized that in fact, the mountains and rivers are still there, which does not mean that the mountains and rivers are immortal. At least, the Wenzhou she sees in her eyes now is not the same as the Wenzhou in her impression.
She saw that there were many homeless people on Liyuan Street, they were wearing tattered clothes, their bodies and faces were dirty, and when they reached out to beg, the look on their faces was numb, or rather, they were accustomed to it.
The homeless people have become accustomed to their ways.
The merchants who passed by did not frown at this, but drove them away with evil words, and when the well-dressed people passed by, they did not look at the homeless people, but at most turned sideways to avoid them.
Wenzhou is a land of wealth, how can there be so many displaced people? Where did the displaced people come from? Why did the government not settle them? Why did the people treat the displaced people so ...... Disregard?
It seems that this did not happen in a day or two. This is the Wenzhou governed by Gu Yunyu? Gu Yunyu is always talented, and when she promoted him to assassinate Wenzhou, she had great confidence in him.
Even if Gu Yunyu didn't settle these displaced people in time, what was Zhao Yan, who loved the people like a son, doing? The Hedong Provincial Observation Envoy Mansion was located in Wenzhou, so there was no reason why Zhao Yan, as an observer envoy, didn't see these displaced people?
From the resettlement of the displaced people, it is enough to see the atmosphere of Wenzhou. This kind of Wenzhou does not match what she knew more than three years ago!
It's only three years, which is not enough to say the rise and fall of honor, but Wenzhou still scared her by the situation of such a homeless person.
Wenzhou officials, there must be something wrong!
The rule of officials has never been independent, and it is known that it is still like this in Wenzhou, so what about other states in Hedong Province? What about the Nine Great Roads outside Hedong Road?
Thinking like this, she was shocked in her heart, and her face changed.
When Zhang's mother saw her face, she thought that Zheng Heng was worried about those people, so she said, "Girl, those people don't dare to come up, please rest assured." ”
Those people from the Xie family, who had been following them since they left the Yongning Hou Mansion, never dared to enter the Qianhui Tower, so they could only linger outside the Qianhui Tower.
Mother Zhang's ordinary words were like a few drums, which made Zheng Heng quickly come back to his senses, and his face gradually soothed.
Yes, those people are from the Yongning Marquis Mansion.
She looked at those people and secretly reminded herself: "Mourning family, I really think too much, it's too dangerous......"
Here in Qianhui Building, what caught her eyes was not the bustle of Liyuan Street, but the homeless people, but the officials hidden under the homeless, which was really inappropriate.
The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, this is a very ideal sentence. In fact, in the Great Xuan Dynasty, responsibility and power are relative, and only how much power can bear great responsibility.
The minions guarding the back door of the Hou Mansion will not think about the rise and fall of the world. Similarly, Zheng Heng, the girl in the Yongning Marquis's Mansion, should not think of the homeless people and the rulers, but should sigh at the liveliness of Qianhui Tower.
However, she was the Empress Dowager Zheng who had been in power for ten years in the dynasty, and she knew more information than everyone at the top of this dynasty, and she was more sensitive to the judgment of the officials than everyone, and her thoughts and thoughts were different from those of the world.
Her most direct perception judgment is still due to the identity of the Empress Dowager Zheng...... and powers.
Power is exactly what she doesn't have at all now. Things that don't match, before they have enough ability, are most likely to be destroyed, how can they not be dangerous?
Zheng Heng narrowed his eyes and moved his mind back from the matter of the exiles. She picked up her teacup and was looking around the third floor without a trace, when she heard a quarrel.
The sound of this quarrel came from Zheng Heng's right front, where there were several young girls, judging from their clothing and demeanor, these girls were not from ordinary families. - Zheng Heng noticed them as soon as she came up, which is one of the reasons why she chose to sit on the third floor.
With this table of girls among them, it won't be abrupt for her to take Mother Zhang and others to sit down.
Now, why are the girls at this table arguing?
You must know that Qianhui Building is not a place where one house and one family, so why do you have to quarrel on such an occasion? Besides, now that the third floor is full, what is the reason why these girls do not care about face?
Zheng Heng is not a curious person, especially the quarrel between the little girls, which makes her not interested in it at all.
At this moment, she heard a girl sneer: "Gu Zhen, do you still think that you are still the daughter of the Gu family before? It's just asking you to pour tea, what's there to be angry about?"
The girl who spoke, with bright eyes and bright teeth, and a pair of willow eyebrows that were extremely eye-catching, but her expression was arrogant and her voice was aggressive.
Next to her, a girl in bright yellow clothes raised her head, looked at the willow eyebrow girl with a pair of eyes, and said hoarsely: "Huang Mei, you specially invited me to Qianhui Building, just to humiliate me?"
She looked at the girls beside Huang Mei and said mockingly: "My Gu family is defeated, and it's not impossible to pour tea and pass water." It's just that I just won't pour you tea!"
Hearing these words, a girl next to her sneered and said, "Sister Gu, Sister Huang just asked you to pour tea, it's nothing." ”
Gu Zhen didn't pay attention to her, but stood up and said in a cold voice: "Huang Mei, don't think that climbing up to observe the Xie family is amazing, heh!"
After that, she flicked her sleeves and took an inconspicuous girl, still tilting her head and going downstairs with a "swoop".
Those girls didn't seem to expect Gu Zhen to leave like this, and they were stunned for a while, and no one spoke for a while.
Huang Mei showed a look of shame and anger on her face, gritted her teeth and said hatefully: "This little hoof! The Gu family is like that, Gu Yunyu is half dead, she still dares to cross in front of me!"
The girl who was talking just now blurted out, "Then Sister Xie's ......?"
Before she finished speaking, she was glared at by Huang Mei, and then hurriedly collected her voice.
Obviously, what kind of words about "Sister Xie" can't be said in public.
The quarrel of the girls at this table was too eye-catching, and after the Gu Zhen girl left, there were already whispers next to her. Between the small words, Zheng Heng heard the words of "Changshi Huang family".
There was no need to hear more, just by the words of these girls, Zheng Heng knew a lot of things.
She was still holding the teacup, her movements looked the same, but her eyes were dark.
The Gu family was defeated, Gu Yunyu was half dead, Wenzhou Assassin Shi was definitely not Gu Yunyu, no wonder, the displaced people had not been properly resettled so far......;
The most critical sentence, the observation envoy Xie Jia, it turns out that the Hedong Provincial Observation Envoy is not Zhao Yan. Which Xie family is it? Who is the surname of the Hedong Provincial Observer?
These lingered in Zheng Heng's heart, until the tea was over, and the girl at the table did not leak more news, and the whispers of others were not useful.
Just when Zheng Heng was thinking carefully, a few people came up on the third floor, and the ones who walked in front were two young people with outstanding demeanor.
Coincidentally, these two people have a relationship with her.