The bustling capital seems to be very different from before, the bustling crowd is always mixed with a faint indescribable taste, and the laughter and laughter are also diluted by the lamentations all over the street.

"Mother...... I'm so hungry. ”

A line of unkempt people was hobbling along the road, and the child, who was about two or three years old, could no longer walk, lying on his mother's back, muttering sickly.

"Baby, if you hold on for a while, sleep for a while, my mother will take you to the capital immediately, and you will have food to eat when you arrive in the capital. ”

The mother's face was sallow, and she was clearly in her twenties, but she was like a withered tree, and she reached out and stroked the child behind her twice, only to comfort him with a faint hope.

There are so many people who can flee, and no one knows who will survive with the relief from the capital.

After being comforted by his mother, the child buried his head in the mother's neck socket, closed his eyes obediently and rested, and fell asleep after a while.

A vague figure entered the field of vision of this group of people, and a big man suddenly shouted loudly: "Look! There is the capital in front, it is the people of the government, they are distributing food!"

A group of hungry people suddenly had their eyes lit up, and they dragged their families to the front.

"Hey, hey, what a squeeze, the starving ghost is reincarnated!"

A group of uniformly dressed people stood in a porridge shed, around a large cauldron, holding a large spoon in their hands, shouting impatiently.

Countless people have fled to the capital, and they have been giving porridge to these people for several days, and these low-class errand people have to mingle with these sloppy refugees all day long, and their hearts have long been full of resentment.

Xu was afraid of these guards with knives, Xu was afraid of being starved to death by ramming the officials who were cooking porridge, and the restless crowd was yelled much quieter, not daring to push in further.

Bowls of porridge were served out and distributed to everyone, so that the child's mother and the villagers were dumbfounded.

What kind of porridge is this? It's clearly boiling water with a few grains of rotten rice!

The woman took a sip slightly, a musty smell dissipated, she couldn't help frowning deeply, there was not much rice in it, and it might not be bad to drink water.

Holding back tears, she woke up her son.

"Baby, wake up, come and drink some rice soup. ”

The child woke up from the dream, took a sip in a daze, and his little face twisted.

"Mother, what is this, can you drink this?"

The woman was so frightened that she quickly covered the child's mouth and looked around in a panic.

"Shh......h It's lucky to have a bite to eat at this time, but don't say it. ”

Although he did not understand the mother's reaction, the child nodded silently and drank all the porridge in one go.

"Hey, do you guys eat this thing? When Lao Tzu had a good harvest that year, the pigs in the family didn't eat this!"

Not far away, a vomiting sound came, and a man with five big and three rough men scolded.

"We who do rough work pay so many grain taxes every year, and in the end we are going to die, so the court throws some of these things to us!"

"yes, yes, what's the way it is. Others were also dissatisfied with this, and the sound of squirming and squirting sounded.

The woman was startled and walked away with her child in her arms.

"You don't have to set up a score here, there are so many refugees, can the court be saved by eating and drinking well?"

The man in charge of the spoon looked nonchalant and pounded the spoon in the pot and glared at him.

"I'm too tired to bother with you today, you'd better be honest with me!"

"You bastards, you don't do anything with our money!"

As soon as the big man smashed the bowl angrily, he was about to rush up and make a move, but the person next to him couldn't hold it at all.

"Eh, you still have to do it, the guards will take him down for me!"

The official's anger also rose up at once, put down the spoon and shouted, and the soldiers around him immediately stepped forward with their swords and fiercely clasped the big man's hand, and the people around the big man quickly scattered like birds and beasts.

"I didn't expect that Lord Zhang was so powerful, and he would wantonly slaughter refugees if he didn't give porridge well. ”

Song Shuyan walked over slowly, followed by Cai Green.

The back of her hand was in a fist, her bright eyes narrowed slightly, and she was very unhappy.

Looking at this big pot of porridge, my heart seems to be blocked with something, and the five flavors are mixed.

When Lord Zhang saw that it was Song Shuyan, he chuckled in his heart, and he was a little jealous of the eldest lady of the Song family, who had been sharp recently.

He immediately waved his hand to withdraw the soldier and let the big man go, and when the big man saw Song Shuyan's dress and demeanor, he was afraid of colliding with the nobleman, so he didn't say anything more.

"What's the matter, it's just that the food sent down from above is really limited, otherwise these refugees will come to make trouble one by one, and the lower officials won't be able to bear it. ”

Mr. Zhang smiled and looked helpless.

Song Shuyan was also like a mirror in his heart, he knew what was going on, and he didn't want to make it difficult for this person who was just helping people, so he comforted these refugees and left.

Seeing that Shen Shi had arrived, Song Shuyan remembered that he would go to the restaurant to see Shen Zeyuan today, so he went over there, still calculating because of those skinny refugees.

As if sensing that Song Shuyan's state was wrong, Shen Zeyuan opened his mouth first.

"Something?"

Song Shuyan was stunned for a moment and nodded.

"Yes, I went to the soup kitchen today, and I saw those refugees, and I couldn't let go of them, but I didn't think about how to tell you about it, but you asked first. ”

Song Shuyan showed a faint smile, and sorrow lingered between his eyebrows.

"I have heard that there are many corrupt officials and corrupt officials on the side of the Third Emperor Brother, and I am afraid that if this matter is handed over to him, countless refugees in the capital will starve to death. Shen Zeyuan nodded.

"So I also have some thoughts about this, is it good to give porridge at the door of the restaurant? Although this puts a lot of pressure on us in a short period of time, it can not only take care of the people, but presumably Shen Zecang will also be forced to improve the situation on his side, which will divide a lot of affairs on our side, which is beneficial and harmless. ”

Song Shuyan cupped her cheeks, looked out the window, and said what she thought in her heart, but Shen Zeyuan's eyes looking at her were unconsciously gentle.

"Heroes see the same thing. ”

The two reached a consensus, and began to do it vigorously, with a number of people waiting, and in about an hour, they hung a signboard at the door of the restaurant and prepared pots and pans.

I don't know who shouted at Shen Zecang's soup kitchen: "The people of the Seven Princes are giving porridge at the door of the restaurant, and one bowl is worth dozens of bowls here!"

In fact, the porridge at the entrance of the restaurant is just the amount of ordinary people's thick porridge, but it looks extremely thick when compared.

When the refugees heard the news, the original soup kitchen was crowded for a while, and everyone began to praise Shen Zeyuan for his kindness.