"Senior brother, aren't you sad?"

"Master is my concern, and I am with Him now. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Bingde wondered if he would be as sad as Xu Lan when his master left one day.

Xu Lan really wanted to ask if Senior Brother Bingde would care about him if she hadn't come today.

But just now Senior Brother Bingde said that the master was his concern, and did not mention her, Xu Lan was a little sad, feeling that she was shaving her head and her head was hot.

Xu Lan couldn't help but murmured, "Senior Brother Bingde, if I come to you again, are you welcome?" ”

"Of course you are welcome, I will talk to the two monks outside the door in a while, and next time you come, you will come in directly." Bingde looked at Xu Lan and knew that she was thinking too much.

Xu Lan felt a little better at this time.

The two chatted for a while about Bingde and the abbot going out.

But Bingdeok's expression didn't have much joy.

"Along the way, I met a lot of homeless people, and we only saw them occasionally when we went out the year before last. When I went out last winter, I met a lot of homeless beggars along the way, and the abbot scattered all the money and cotton jackets around him, leaving only the cotton shoes you made. The abbot was not in the mood to enjoy the snow scene, but he lived on the top of the Yellow Mountain with his friends for a few days and then came down, and when he came down, he broke his foot again and lived at his friend's house for a while. ”

Bingde said with a gloomy face: "As soon as the abbot came back, he went into retreat. ”

"Why are there more and more displaced people?" Xu Lan asked.

Bingde didn't know how to answer, this question was too wide-ranging, Xu Lan was just a teenager. Can he understand this situation?

"A lot of people have lost their land, they have land, their taxes are high, and in some places, there are many bandits. Resulting in the displacement of people. Bingde said.

Xu Lan thought about it, she also heard it, isn't this the case with Mother Li at home? I just didn't expect the situation to be so serious.

"Is it because the gentry vassal king enclosed the land, the peasants lost their land, these gentry vassal kings did not have to pay taxes, and the taxes naturally fell on those who had no power and powerless. After paying taxes and paying their own farming income, they couldn't afford to support their families, so they could only abandon the land, and they were forced to be impatient, so many people went to become mountain bandits. Xu Lan hit the nail on the head.

Bingde was very surprised when he heard her words. remembered what Xu Lan had done before, but she underestimated her.

"Yes, most of them are." Bingde paused.

"Now that the saint is in his twilight years, and he is in the company of cultivators all day long, he has no intention of political affairs, Yan Ge Lao and the eunuch Wang Xing joined forces to force Cheng Ge Lao to retreat. Now Yan Ge Lao and Wang Xing are fighting for power and profit, and no one cares about the current people in the world. Bingde directly entrusted the affairs of the court.

Xu Lan only felt that there was a lot of information, didn't she say that Cheng Ge was always a Zhishi? It doesn't seem that simple.

"Is there no one in the court who can stand up and speak now?" Xu Lan asked again.

Bingde shook his head and said, "Now it seems that there is no one yet." ”

Xu Lan was silent, and she didn't know what to say. After all, people are weak and powerless to change anything.

The two sat relatively silent for a while.

It was Xu Lan who broke the silence first: "There are many wise people in the world, and in the end, evil does not prevail over good, and I believe that it will be solved one day." ”

Bingde nodded speechlessly.

Xu Lan saw that the atmosphere was a little silent, so she talked about the things in her shop. said that he borrowed the light of Tsinghua Temple, how good the business was. He also said that he wanted to make a group fan, but he didn't find a way now, and he was going to find someone to learn technology first. He also said that he was going to open a branch.

It was only after the dullness just now was swept away that the atmosphere improved.

Bingde was also much lighter, the only good news he had heard recently.

Bingde didn't understand any of these business things, but just warned her to be cautious.

Xu Lan saw that the time was almost up, so she asked him if he needed her to bring anything next time.

"Then help bring a piece of ink, a knife and paper." Bingde said politely.

Xu Lan happily agreed, and when she went out, she saw Shunzi guarding under the porch, and suddenly felt a little sentimental.

When Brother Xuan ties his hair and Xu Song dies, where will Shunzi go? He was his first friend and the first person to genuinely help him.

"Junko, do you have any plans for the future?" Xu Lan felt that she couldn't be too selfish.

Junzi didn't expect Xu Lan to ask so suddenly, and she didn't know how to answer.

He grew up in Xu Mansion since he was a child, although he was not sold into slavery, but the situation was similar to that of selling himself into slavery.

Is there anything else you can do?

Xu Lan saw his puzzled expression, so she explained: "You are my first friend, and I have always treated you as a friend, if you have a path you want to take, you must tell me, and I will do my best to help you." ”

Junko just muttered, "I, I。。。。。 ”

"You can think about it, you have a lot of martial arts, if you continue to follow me, I will definitely be happy, but I feel that something has buried you." Xu Lan said sincerely.

Xu Lan told him to think about it, and if he had any ideas, remember to tell her.

When they came down from the mountain, it was almost dusk, and the two separated and went home.

Early the next morning, Xu Lan came to the store, and Master Cheng told her that Chen Chong had come yesterday afternoon, and when he saw that she was not there, he left a piece of paper on the table.

Xu Lan went to the office area, and sure enough, she folded a note and pressed it with a paperweight, Xu Lan opened it and saw that it was a matter of asking him to find someone, saying that there was a result, and he would come over tomorrow morning to talk about it in detail.

Xu Lan stayed in the courtyard in the morning and waited for him.

Sure enough, after a while, a simple young master with an entourage came in from the courtyard gate. Sometimes Xu Lan and Shunzi said that Chen Chong looked very simple, and Shunzi said that he didn't see it, but just looked at Young Master Chen Chong with a baby face and a friendly appearance.

Chen Chong saw Xu Lan standing in the courtyard to greet him, and said, "Where did you go yesterday?" I can't touch you when I come. ”

"Am I not busy? You think you're as empty as you are, wandering around all day! Xu Lan teased. Master Cheng next to him laughed.

Chen Chong also smiled at her innocently.

Xu Lan said in her heart, isn't this Han? Isn't that a joke?

Xu Lan greeted him and sat down in the reception room, poured a cup of tea, and asked politely, "You left a note yesterday, saying that the person has been found?" I asked Mama Zhao at home to go over to recognize the door and make an appointment another day. ”

"That's the best, we don't understand this, it's best to have an old man go, so let's do it, two days later, on March 29, I will go back and talk to my mother, and then I will bring people to our house first, and they will meet in our house, and it just so happens that my mother also wants to see you." After Chen Chong finished speaking, he took a sip of tea.

Xu Lan listened and blurted out, "What do you see me doing?" He felt that he couldn't ask someone to say thank you, so he changed his words and said, "It's time to go to the house to visit your mother." ”

Chen Chong touched his nose and said, "Maybe it's because I often mention you and often come to you, so my mother is also a little curious." ”

"And what did your mother like? I've prepared some thank-you gifts in the past. Xu Lan asked.

"What do you want to thank, you can just go over." Chen Chong said with a grin.

"If I go to the house to find you, naturally I won't bring anything, isn't this going to see Madame, I'll bring some courtesy, so that I can give you a better face." Frowning as he spoke.

Chen Chong seemed to be the same when he heard this, so that his mother would know that the friends she had made were courteous, so he said: "Mother likes to eat dim sum from Lang Kee on Bikuo Street, you can bring some." ”

"For the past two days, I stayed in my mother's shop to study, but my mother didn't let me interfere, just let me watch." Chen Chong replied humbly.