Chapter 430: Concealment
"The sixth girl doesn't have to worry. The seven girls are really natural and have their own goodness. Changsheng stepped forward at the right time to dissuade him, and looked at Xin Zhi, who was laughing the loudest on the ice plow, and the gentleness that passed between his eyebrows.
This gentleness was keenly captured by Xin Yi.
"You're very good to Zhi. Just teamed up with her to bluff me, and lent her little monthly money to let her play with the plow. ”
Xin Yi's tone was the same as before, but there was a chill in the depths. She regards Xin Zhi as her own sister, so she naturally can't tolerate the slightest suspicion to "take advantage of" Xin Zhi's "frankness".
However, Changsheng just smiled faintly: "Sixth girl, the little one doesn't dare to say anything else, but for the seventh girl's heart, it is as white as it is flawless." ”
"White and flawless?Words are good words, but hearts?" Xin Yi's eyebrows rose with a chill, "What kind of heart?"
Changsheng turned around, stood with his hands in his hands, and looked at Xin Zhi, who was as excited as a bird on the ice, and his smile became stronger: "At least when she plays with the ice plow, whether it is a little girl or a big girl, she can laugh so happily." ”
No matter whether you are red-faced cardamom, no matter whether you have gray hair, you can still play with the ice climbing plow, and you can still show such a smile.
Xin Yi shuddered.
She knew that Xin Qi was good to Xin Zhi, and she was worthy of her good to Xin Zhi, but it was the first time she heard an outsider, so to define this heart, when she was young and old, she prayed for her to be happy.
Xin Yi stared at Changsheng for a long time, and saw that the latter's expression was sincere, and it didn't seem to be a fake, she suddenly found that this ordinary beggar who didn't care about it once had eyes like autumn sky, revealing a bit of childishness.
It's like Xin Zhi.
Bad fate.
These are the two words that burst out subconsciously in Xin Yi's heart, and even she herself was startled, but she jumped out like an intuition.
"That's it. How much money Ah Zhi borrowed from you, I helped her even. Xin Yi suppressed the waves in her heart and changed the topic, when some love was about to startle, she was not willing to startle the snake.
Changsheng's eyes flashed, and he also turned the page with interest: "Not much." That's it. ”
Xin Yi nodded. took the copper coin from the embroidered purse and counted it to Changsheng, and suddenly heard a noise from the ice climbing plow, which made the two of them hurriedly stop and look over.
It turned out to be the man who pulled the ice and climbed the plow, who was dragging the rope stiffly, and roared with a red neck: "Let me pull another plate! My girl is sick and needs money, let me earn a few more pennies!"
And around him, out of nowhere, a bunch of men came out of nowhere, also shirtless, all dressed as pulling a plow, shouting: "No, no, no! I said that one person pulls three plates! I can't let you earn all the money! Beggars also have beggar rules, if you make other people's money, what will happen to the people behind the wheel!"
There was a mess on the ice of the creek. Obviously, he was a beggar who made a living by pulling ice and climbing the plow, and he shared this wealth in partnership, but he didn't think that one of them would have to pull a few more plates, so he earned more silver in the back, which led to the corner of the mouth.
Xin Yi looked suspicious: "In the past winter, there were also Chang'an beggars pulling plows to make money, but it was only Sanwen, and they were frozen, and they probably didn't sit in the corner and stretched out their hands to ask for more, so it was not a hot errand." Why is it that now, a bunch of people have robbed it, and it has become a fragrant bait?"
"There are more monks and less porridge. Changsheng replied subconsciously.
"There are more monks, less porridge, when did there be so many beggars in Chang'an City?" Xin Yi chuckled in his heart.
Chang'an City is like a big furnace, with three religions and nine streams, three hundred and sixty lines, rich and lowly everything. However, there is also a weak balance in this, how much water and rice are in the stove, and it must be just right to boil into a good porridge.
Too much water, or too little rice, is a bad sign.
The light is pasted porridge, and the heavy is fried in the stove, no matter which one it is, it is the mountain rain that is about to come and the wind is full of buildings.
The sudden influx of a large number of beggars into the city made Xin Yi faintly smell the smell of change, but looking at the alleys of the market, there was still snow and tranquility, and it didn't seem to be anything abnormal.
"Blame...... I haven't heard anything lately...... Daming Palace and the five surnamed Qiwang didn't make any moves...... "Xin Yi murmured."
"Yes...... It seems like the recent ...... There are more beggars in the city...... I saw the beggars in the corner fighting for territory, and the rough ......" Changsheng also thought about it, and muttered to himself.
Xin Yi became more and more uneasy. She stretched out her hand to summon the man who pulled the plow, and put the three cents into his hand: "This girl asks you something, and tell me the truth, this three cents is yours." ”
"Girl, just ask! I will answer properly!" The man smiled when he saw the copper coin, and he stopped fighting for the plow.
"You've only recently entered the city. Where did they come from, and what kind of changes did they suffer to force them to come to Chang'an to make a living?" Xin Yi looked around and lowered his tone.
The man was stunned. At that time, his face, which was still blooming, suddenly became a bitter gourd, and the white hair on his sideburns brushed his dirty wrinkles: "Don't hide it from the girl." We are all Kannai Taoist people. A native of Toyosu, Dominion. Recently, the big river over there has been frozen, and in previous years, the imperial court would send people to control the water and build dams, but this year there has been no movement. The flood spread widely, and more and more people like me lost their homes and destroyed their fields, and had no choice but to flee to Beijing. ”
Flood. River. Ice steaks. Refugees.
A few words poured into Xin Yi's ears one after another, making her face change suddenly: "How can there be no news in Beijing about such a big thing? You must know that the floods of the big rivers in previous years have all affected the government and the opposition and attracted the attention of the whole country!"
"I ...... We're rough people...... I don't know what the officials think...... In previous years, it was a hot water control, but this year, there is no one in charge...... We went to the county government to ask, and we were all beaten back......" The man scratched his head, so anxious that tears were about to fall.
"No one cares, there's no movement?" Xin Yi chuckled in his heart.
Floods, especially ice rows, which are major events that shake the community, have shown signs in previous years, and the government and the opposition are like facing a great enemy. However, there has been no movement this year, it cannot be that the above is blind, and the only explanation is that someone has moved from it.
And most of these hands and feet have to do with the chess game.
Xin Yi was thinking about it, and Changsheng's anxious shout suddenly broke out: "Why didn't the official yamen move? If you don't build a dam in time to control the water, if you drag it out like this, there is only one way to discharge the flood! At that time, it was not only thousands of displaced people who suffered, but millions of people living on the banks of the river!"
"This ...... How do we know...... The river has burst in some parts of the river, and we are all villagers of the flooded village...... Regardless of the above, we can only escape...... However, looking at the momentum of the ice volleyball, more and more people will flee...... In the end, it's not impossible to have a million people or something......" The man thought to himself, and his nose and eyebrows were so worried that they made up a ball.
"It must be! Yes, it must be like this! At that time, the flood was raging, and millions, tens of millions were possible!" Changsheng interjected again, roaring lowly.
Xin Yi glanced at Changsheng strangely. The latter came into the house, and acted steadily and peacefully, and the whole house was pleased with him, and it was rare to see why he was in a hurry.
However, today, he interrupted the words of others several times, his eyes widened, and his feet stomped slightly, as if he was out of order.
"Changsheng?" Xin Yi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows suspiciously, "This man is a common man, how does he know about the ghost thoughts above." What can you do to rush him? ”
Changsheng was stunned. Only then did he realize his gaffe, and said, "Girl, forgive me...... Changsheng is a person from Toyoshu......"
"Fengzhou? Isn't that a flood right at your doorstep!" Xin Yi was taken aback, and then felt guilty, "It's me who is abrupt." It's natural for you to worry about the floods......"