Jinyi Wei, who stepped forward to check, was only resigned, and did not dare to answer lightly, but Zhu Shiji said on the side: "This is about the disaster victims who fled from Shanxi and came here, and unfortunately froze to death." As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed into the distance: "Look, there's still one over there." ”

Zhu Shiyang raised his eyes and looked over, only to see that under the gray sky, the snow-covered plains were spread out by the mountains, and on the gentle slopes on both sides, in the barren grass, and among the trees, there were indeed similar snow bags everywhere, dense, all over the mountains, and they couldn't be found without looking carefully, but when they looked carefully, they were shocking. Zhu Shiyang's brows gradually furrowed, and he muttered, "Why are there so many?" hesitated for a moment and looked in the direction where the corpse was spreading.

The group of people behind him followed closely, and walked all the way, only to see that the snow covered by the corpses on the side of the road was getting thinner and thinner, and finally it was completely gone, which means that these people died after the snow stopped. The brocade guard stepped forward to check, and the corpse was indeed fresh. When I walked for tea again, I saw a figure struggling underground. Everyone was startled, and when they stepped forward, they saw that it was a dying victim.

Zhu Shiyang saw that he was covered with frostbite, and he couldn't bear it, so he asked, "Are you a disaster victim who fled here?"

The victim was struggling in the night, his eyes were already dazed, but he still held on to his last consciousness and glanced at Zhu Shiyang, and nodded with difficulty.

Zhu Shiyang's heart shook, and he asked again: "What about the other victims?

The victim shook his head, stretched out his frozen hand, pointed ahead, and hissed, "Let's go...... Gone ......" before he finished speaking, his voice stopped abruptly, and his outstretched arm in the air fell heavily, hitting the snow with a muffled sound of "fluttering", and he was already dead of anger.

Zhu Shiyang saw a living person die in front of him, and the shock in his heart can be imagined. He and his group stood silently in front of the corpse for a long time, and when he raised his head again, his face was already condensed with a deep solemnity, and he straightened his clothes, and continued to walk forward, obviously trying to catch up with the ranks of the victims.

Zhu Shiji saw that it was getting late, and he was afraid that there would be some accidents if he delayed any longer, so he persuaded behind Zhu Shiyang: "Your Majesty, it's too late, this is a wilderness, those victims don't know where to go, and if they can't catch up, let's go back to the palace quickly." ”

Zhu Shiyang didn't stop walking, and said heavily: "But I can't see them, and I can't let go of my heart after all." After a pause, he suddenly added, "It's that I can't stand them." ”

The latter sentence was said in an obscure tone, and his voice was low, Zhu Shiji felt nervous when he heard it, and looked up at Zhu Shiyang's expression. It turns out that the emperor has been conceited since ancient times, and few can take the initiative to admit his mistakes, and Zhu Shiyang is really an outlier. Zhu Shiji looked at his solemn side face at this time, and he was also rare in his heart.

The team of victims did not go far. Zhu Shiyang and his entourage only chased tea in the night, and then saw that the mountain in front of them turned, and a small piece of open flat land appeared, and the flat land was densely packed with ragged victims, who were sitting or lying in the snow, huddled together in groups, so as to warm each other and resist the wind and cold. Zhu Shiyang stopped at the foot of the mountain and watched from a distance through the obstruction of the mountain rocks.

The wind in the valley was particularly strong, and it didn't take long to blow everyone's clothes through, Zhu Shiji took a handful of hot air into his hand, and shrunk and said, "Why don't you go over and talk to the victims?"

Who knew that Zhu Shiyang shook his head, and said slightly: "How can I have the face to see them." He was silent for a while, but gradually came back to his senses and turned his head to look at Zhu Shiji. Zhu Shiji was shrinking his neck, breathing, and stomping his feet, looking uncomfortable from the cold. Zhu Shiyang smiled bitterly: "Don't pretend." I'm afraid you didn't want to leave the palace today to buy paintings, but to let me see the tragic situation of these victims. ”

Zhu Shiji's movements froze, and then he laughed, relaxed his body and arched his hand: "Imperial Brother Mingjian, sure enough, you can't hide anything from the Imperial Brother's eyes." ”

Zhu Shiyang sighed heavily, didn't say anything more, turned around and led everyone towards the city.

Back in the city, it was already completely dark, and the gates of the Forbidden City had already been locked. Only then did Zhu Shiyang remember that he had said to Guixi today that he should not disclose his departure from the palace to anyone, and the eunuchs guarding the door would naturally not know.

It is okay for Zhu Shiyang to knock on the palace door at this time, after all, he is the emperor, as long as he gives an order, no one dares to disobey, but he doesn't want to make a big noise, so he led the group back to the capital.

The group walked aimlessly around the city. Zhu Shiyang was worried about the victims outside the city, so he naturally thought of Lu Wenyuan, and thought of the rumor that Zhu Shiji had said that he lived with Fu Qian, so he ordered his subordinates to lead the way, planning to go to Fu Qian's mansion for a temporary stay for one night, so as to see if the rumor was true or false.

But it was said that Fu Qian and Lu Wenyuan were having dinner in the hall, and suddenly saw the gatekeeper in the house crashing in in a panic, and knelt on the ground and said: "Two adults, it's not good, there is a group of people outside the house, and the momentum is menacing, and it is terrifying." Let's go and have a look, two adults. ”

Fu Qian was taken aback, and hurriedly asked what was going on, and the porter said: "Someone knocked on the door and said that they wanted to spend the night, and the servants opened the door to see, and saw that they were not like people who were short of money, and they were followed by a large group of attendants, but they were afraid that they would not be able to live in the house, so they let them live in the Beijing Inn, who knew that they would not, and the first person also said that he was Huang Gongzi, and he wanted to see you by name." When I saw that he was disrespectful, I naturally refused, and the attendants behind him were about to rush in, and our family members had already rushed over and were confronting them at the door. ”

Fu Qian thought to himself how he had ever recognized such a Huang Gongzi, and even rushed to the door with Lu Wenyuan to see what was going on. Along the way, I kept seeing the family members carrying knives and sticks to go for reinforcements. Fu Qian was so anxious that he shouted "stop" from afar.

The gate has been surrounded by a group of family members. Fu Qian and Lu Wenyuan pushed through the crowd and squeezed to the front, and saw that the door of the mansion was wide open, and there was also a group of people who looked like attendants standing outside the door. Fu Qian's heart was slightly shocked, he calmed down, and calmly hugged his fists and said, "Guys, what do you think?"

The attendants outside the door did not answer, and all of them dodged to the sides, revealing the person guarding the center. Fu Qian looked at it intently, and saw that the leader was long and jade, with a handsome face, but his face was gloomy and terrifying. Fu Qian was shocked, bent down and bowed: "The Emperor's ......" Lu Wenyuan also lost his color.

Zhu Shiyang took a step forward, hugged them quietly, and said in a low voice: "Let's talk about it when we go in." He took Zhu Shiji into the house.

Seeing that their master was so in awe of this Huang Gongzi, they didn't know what was going on for a while, so they had to let the attendants outside the door follow in. After the trouble just now, the two parties were a little unconvinced, and they were secretly competing with their own eyes.

Fu Qian and Lu Wenyuan couldn't care so much, and respectfully introduced the emperor and the prince into the inner hall, and bowed down in panic.

Zhu Shiyang sent them up, Zhu Shiji laughed and said that the emperor hadn't eaten yet, so he bluffed the two of them and kowtowed again and again, and was busy going to the kitchen to make dinner again. waited for the emperor to have dinner, and cleaned up the courtyard to arrange accommodation. After a busy life, it was already the second watch, and seeing the emperor and King Kangping each enter the house to rest, the two of them wiped their foreheads and breathed a sigh of air.

Zhu Shiyang and Zhu Shiji were very comfortable, washed their faces with hot water, and then got together to talk and talk. Zhu Shiji took out Li Cheng's "Cold Forest Plains" and watched it for a long time, and when he saw that Zhu Shiyang was a little restless, he guessed his mind and said with a smile: "The minister went to see if Master Fu and Lord Lu slept together." ”

Zhu Shiyang pretended to be disgusted and said: "Go see what those are doing." But they would not hinder him. Zhu Shiji went.

Lu Wenyuan and Fu Qian did live in the same courtyard, but they slept in separate rooms. Zhu Shiji hid in the dark and looked at it, turned around and just wanted to slip away, but heard Lu Wenyuan shouting in the courtyard: "What person?"

Zhu Shiji's identity was exposed, so he had to come out obediently to meet him. After the two finished the ceremony, Lu Wenyuan couldn't help but be curious, and pulled him over and asked secretly, "Why did the emperor come out of the palace?"

Zhu Shiji stood side by side with him under the porch, and when he heard this, he proudly lowered his hand, and said with a grin: "It was this king who coaxed him out." The king only said that he saw a famous calligraphy and painting of the Song Dynasty in the antique shop in the city, and when the emperor heard it, he hurriedly followed him out of the palace......"

Lu Wenyuan was shocked when he heard this, and interrupted him: "How can the prince be like this? Let the emperor leave the palace lightly for such a trivial matter, if something goes wrong, how can it be good?"

Zhu Shiji smiled bitterly: "Lord Lu, listen to me." The original intention of this king to pull the royal brother out of the palace this time was not to see any calligraphy and paintings, but to take him outside the city to see the tragic situation of the victims of the disaster. ”

Lu Wenyuan was stunned for a moment, raised his head and asked, "The emperor has already seen the victims outside the city?"

Zhu Shiji nodded and smiled: "Not only did I see it, but I was also deeply touched." Lord Lu wants to fight for relief for the victims, and this time it should be * inseparable. ”

Lu Wenyuan was a little speechless for a while, and his heart was happy and grateful, but he didn't expect that the troubles that he had repeatedly failed to do so repeatedly were solved by Zhu Shiji so skillfully, and he hurriedly shook it to the end: "The prince has a general mind and a lively mind, and the ministers are beyond the reach of the dust, and he is full of admiration, so he only thanked the prince for the victims in Beijing." As he spoke, he threw himself off and bowed down again.

Zhu Shiji hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, and sighed with a smile in his mouth: "This king is not active, but he knows the imperial brother better than you." You must know that the imperial brother has lived in the deep palace since he was a child, and it is difficult for him to imagine the suffering of the people if he did not see it with his own eyes. Only by bringing him out of the palace and letting him see for himself the plight of the victims could he realize the gravity of the situation. ”

Lu Wenyuan nodded again and again to show reason. Zhu Shiji said again: "So this king also has the courage to say that instead of strictly guarding the imperial brother in the forbidden palace all day long, it is better to let him go out for a walk from time to time, first, so that he can understand the situation of the people, and secondly, the imperial brother himself is happy, isn't it." ”

Lu Wenyuan bowed his head and said: "The prince is reasonable. To tell the truth, the minister also had the idea of arranging for the emperor to go out of the palace to serve micro-clothes, but now that the uprising of the displaced people has just passed, the general trend of the world is undecided, and the emperor himself is not clear, so the minister thinks that this matter may have to be discussed in the long run. ”

Zhu Shiji shook his hand and smiled: "You don't have to tell this king about this matter, and it's not a good thing for this king to hear too much." This king only asks you, why do you live in the same place with Master Fu Qianfu?"

Lu Wenyuan choked up when asked, and then smiled bitterly, raised his hand and scratched his head, and said, "It's really ashamed to say it." After the emperor moved to Beijing last year, he was fined a year's salary for repeated mistakes, so he was short of money and had to live in the mansion of Lord Fu. ”

Zhu Shiji is really more embarrassed than what others say, he is only a dignified member of the country, he works hard all day long, and he works hard, but he can't even live in a decent mansion, he really can't say it, and he hurriedly comforted Lu Wenyuan with kind words, and then went to Zhu Shiyang to settle the account. Zhu Shiyang also felt that he was quite unreasonable, and he had long forgotten about the matter of punishing people's salaries, but he was still worried about whether people and Fu Qian were clean, and his face was gloomy and silent, so Zhu Shiji hurriedly changed the topic before it was over.

The next day, Zhu Shiyang and Zhu Shiji returned to the palace, and Lu Wenyuan and Fu Qian accompanied them in official uniforms. The group entered the Forbidden City smoothly, and when they arrived in front of the cabinet hall of the previous dynasty, Lu Wenyuan and Fu Qian planned to say goodbye to the emperor and go directly to the cabinet on business.

Everyone in the cabinet knew that he had something to order, so they all knelt down respectfully on the ground to wait for the order, and sure enough, after a while, they heard him say in a deep voice: "You will immediately draft the order, and the head of the household department will allocate half of the budget for the celebration of the longevity festival to help the victims outside the city, and inform the commander of the soldiers and horses division in the capital, Shi Shouye, to dispatch 500 sappers to build temporary shacks for the victims on the outskirts of the city, and then send them back to their hometowns when the weather is a little warmer." ”

Everyone received the order, and the emperor was wise. Zhu Shiyang stared at Lu Wenyuan, who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "Lu Wenyuan's one-year fine has not yet expired, but I remember his hard work and loyalty to the country, and I specially allow him to receive a reward of 200 taels of silver from the first day of the first month to the household department until his salary is restored." Chin this. ”