The five large locust trees in the courtyard were crawling with locusts, and the sound of clattering and chewing made people's ears tingle.

The black tiger stood under the big tree and barked on its front legs, grinning to drive away the insects from the trees and maintain its inviolable territory.

It's a pity that its barking didn't have any effect, and the five dense locust trees were already bare without a single leaf at this time.

Pushing open the yard, Changhe Lane, a remote alley that usually few people pass by, has had a lot of refugees during this time, and there are a lot of refugees sleeping on the ground in the east and west, one by one, with yellow faces and thin muscles, looking broken, weak, pitiful and helpless, and I don't know how far they have traveled to come to the capital.

It's a pity that this is not a charity hall in the capital, many people fall asleep on the street and never wake up, the horror of the locust plague is not only as simple as eating up the food, but also eating all the wild vegetables and leaves that people can eat.

The people who ate their stomachs full of tree bark and Guanyin soil had their stomachs swollen to the size of a leather ball, and their eyes looked expectantly at every big household that opened the door, hoping to get even a mouthful of rice soup from them.

If you can live one more minute, no one wants to die.

"Arise, arise, give me up..."

At the end of the field of vision, a group of soldiers appeared with a majestic expression, one by one, dragging the dǐng refugees with big bellies from the ground, and then tying them up with hemp rope and lining up in a long line.

The soldiers in the back whipped them with a long leather whip in their hands, and their mouths were still howling: "Don't look at what kind of place this is, can you also come in?" Nowadays, there are soup kitchens at the three gates of the east, west and south of the capital, and what you have harvested these days has still come to the city."

The ruthless soldier snapped his whip, and even the child did not let go.

A pale child with a pale face as pale as paper was tied with hemp rope and followed the refugees of the brigade past Zhao Ruoxin, perhaps because he was too hungry, the soldier's leather whip had already chopped his clothes to pieces, and he didn't snort at all.

Such scenes were playing out in front of her day by day, and Zhao Ruoxin was already numb to watch, and she didn't dare to look at the desperate gaze of those refugees when they passed in front of her.

(10)▼dǐng(10)▼diǎn(10)▼小(10)▼ said,.》.o≯s_(); She just stared at the farthest distance, wondering when a refugee like this would end.

Suddenly, a voice woke her up: "Sister, can you save my life?" ”

Zhao Ruoxin's heart was sour, in the final analysis, what she was most afraid of facing was such a thing, especially children, natural disasters, they were not wicked people, and they did not commit any big mistakes.

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The soldier in custody immediately whipped the six- or seven-year-old child directly on his head, and the child's face immediately exploded with a bright red bloodstain, making people feel cold.

The soldier next to him didn't know Zhao Ruoxin, who was dressed in women's clothes, and after beating the child, he glared at him viciously: "Don't be too troublesome, your compassion will be among the millions of refugees in the child, can you save it?" ”

Zhao Ruoxin frowned, and glanced at the child's face in a hurry, and she couldn't take her eyes off it anymore.

She subconsciously said: "He is still a child, don't you know that you are good to a child?" ”

"Hmph, what do you know?" The soldier with the whip whipped the child again, "These refugees just don't clean up, if it weren't for the rotten good people like you, would they rush to the capital even if they didn't want to?" Hmph, I know that I have caused chaos to the masters, do you still think that this world is not chaotic enough?"

Zhao Ruoxin turned around, didn't want to say anything to this ruffian, and was about to go back to the courtyard, but just after walking a few steps, the child's helpless eyes always lingered in her mind.

The black tiger stood at the door and shouted at the whipping soldier, as if it couldn't even look at such a thing.

Xiao Cui came back from Jinling Lane tiredly, and now there are too many people who come to Jinling Lane to sell locusts, and after so many days of settling accounts, Xiao Cui is already a little unbearable.

You Xiaojiang came back after Xiao Cui, still under the shabby hat, and a yawn sounded one after another, and it seemed that even he, an eight-foot-tall man, was too tired to look good.

You Xiaojiang walked past Zhao Ruoxin, and Zhao Ruoxin asked, "Is there any news about Zhao Zhong?" ”

You Xiaojiang shook his head: "It's okay, the prince has profound skills, that poisonous woman should be the old opponent of the prince, and there shouldn't be anything big in the future."

After that, You Xiaojiang yawned again and followed Xiaocui to the kitchen.

Seeing the back of Xiaocui and You Xiaojiang leaving, Zhao Ruoxin's mind once again appeared with the child's helpless eyes, and a sporadic memory flashed in her mind, as if it was déjà vu.

Suddenly, her heart trembled, and she chased her out, shouting to the crowd who had already gone away, "Leave me that child"

The soldiers at the back of the crowd were furious, as if they were really going crazy, there were always such rotten good people in the capital who added trouble to their work.

"Benefactor, save me, wait"

"Help Me"

Suddenly, the weakened refugees seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and they all began to howl desperately.

The crowd became in a commotion, and the surrounding soldiers began to use thunderous tactics again, and the whips that ate meat crackled wildly.

Zhao Ruoxin's heart tightened, and she thought that this child would probably be beaten to death.

Unexpectedly, after a while, the crowd returned to calm, and a young general wearing a helmet personally sent the child with blood on his face to Zhao Ruoxin: "Lord Shao, here you are"

Lord Shao?

Zhao Ruoxin wondered, now that she has changed back into women's clothes, how can anyone still know her.

She pulled the child over and looked carefully, only to find that the person who had half of his face covered by a helmet was Chen Xing, a young general who would give money every time she saw him.

Zhao Ruoxin smiled slightly: "I didn't expect you to recognize me"

Chen Xing said with a simple smile: "The face can be made up, and the contour can't be changed, hehe, I have helped Jingzhao Mansion handle some cases over the years, and I learned the ability to look at the bones with my family."

Chen Xing was a little cramped, even he didn't expect that this Lord Shao, who was now familiar in the capital, was a beautiful woman like a flower and jade.

When he saw Zhao Ruoxin before, he would give money every time, but now, it is more or less as natural as before.

Zhao Ruoxin howled and asked Xiaocui to lead the child into the courtyard, she turned around and saw that Chen Xing hadn't left yet, so she said politely: "What, General Chen, come into the house and sit?" ”

Chen Xing waved his hand again and again, as if he was a little embarrassed: "Actually, I just want to ask, recently it has been rumored in the capital that Lord Shao knew that the locust plague would break out a long time ago, not only gave a word to the emperor, but even personally taught the people how to cook locusts as a delicacy on the banks of the Darong River, in retrospect, the last time I saw Lord Shao, Lord Shao was actually not to make money, but to tell everyone that the locust plague would really come, right?" ”

Zhao Ruoxin was dumbfounded, she didn't expect Chen Xing to be just a young general patrolling the city, but before Zhao Ruoxin crossed, to put it bluntly, he was just a city management leader, but he didn't expect him to think about so many things.

"Huh"

Zhao Ruoxin smiled: "Just call me Zhao Ruoxin, General Chen can't call me Lord Shao anymore."

Chen Xing scratched his head: "Then what they said is right?" ”

Zhao Ruoxin smiled and didn't answer: "Do you believe it?" ”

"Haha"

Chen Xing was happy like a child: "Believe, of course I believed, to be honest, the first time I saw Lord Shao, oh no, it was Miss Ruoxin's means to judge the case, I just like believe that you are not mortal, to be honest, Miss Ruoxin, you are the smartest Jing Zhaoyin I have seen since Chen Xing has been on an errand in the capital for so many years, but unfortunately, the emperor doesn't believe what you say"

Zhao Ruoxin smiled: "It's all in the past, isn't the locust plague already outbreaking, many times, it is not smart to solve the problem"

Chen Xing was gloomy, obviously, these days, he knows better than anyone in the capital how much damage the locust plague has caused to the people, just this batch of inexhaustible victims knows that the Great Rong Dynasty is probably already broken.

Chen Xing turned around, this is actually not a problem that he should be concerned about as a small general of the City Defense Division.

This is the capital, the royal family has not done anything else except to build a porridge shop outside the city, which really makes the people feel cold, the price of grain in the capital has soared day by day, from the original three yuan a pound of rice, now it has risen to twelve yuan a pound.

If this continues, I am afraid that more people will starve to death.

Although Chen Xing didn't say it, Zhao Ruoxin could guess when he saw his distracted back, and even the army already had some uneasy atmosphere.

"Hey"

Zhao Ruoxin suddenly shouted.

Chen Xing suddenly said: "What are you doing?" ”

Before Zhao Ruoxin could speak, Chen Xing suddenly grinned: "By the way, if the emperor can listen to you now, do you have a way to kill fewer people?" ”

Zhao Ruoxin shook her head, Chen Xing in front of her gave her the feeling that she was another Pu Yi who would rather sacrifice his life for Li Hongyi.

At this time, in the direction of Xicheng, a thick smoke rose into the sky like waves, and a soldier who was running out of breath shouted from afar: "General Chen, it's not good, there is a fire again, the house of the household member Wailang in the west of the city is on fire, and it has spread to several houses."

Chen Xing stomped his feet, took off his helmet and wiped his sweat, and muttered: "This ghost weather, today is already the third fire, and if it burns like this, just fighting the fire will exhaust people."

"Let's go, hurry up and call someone to put out the fire, otherwise these big officials will say that we are inefficient in a while."

The person who came led Chen Xing and ran away, and Zhao Ruoxin shook his head.

Seeing that Chen Xing had already run away, Zhao Ruoxin suddenly thought of something, and shouted at the top of her voice: "General Chen stays"

Chen Xing hurriedly turned around: "What are you doing?" ”

Zhao Ruoxin said with a solemn face: "These days, if it is you, or someone in your family has abscesses, you must bring it to me, it can't be cured elsewhere."

Chen Xing panicked, but he didn't know how Zhao Ruoxin could say this, so he waved his hand and said, "Got it"

In the blink of an eye, the two disappeared from view.

Looking back, the sunset was almost below the horizon.

Zhao Ruoxin felt her feet sink, and a furry thing seemed to be pressing under her feet.

Zhao Ruoxin looked down, and it turned out that the black tiger had crawled on her feet and fell asleep with half-squinted eyes, with two big ears lying backwards, completely selling cuteness.

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Zhao Ruoxin couldn't help but slander, you dead dog, you girl's such a big tonnage also came to learn to sell cute, this appearance, is it a little too ugly.

Zhao Ruoxin raised her legs, the black tiger seemed to have succeeded in the treacherous scheme, and immediately became happy, whining and shaking her head and tail around Zhao Ruoxin for a while, and then the person stood up, staggered a few steps and fell down, rolled on the ground at 360 degrees, and began to be funny again, looking very funny.

Seeing this, Zhao Ruoxin couldn't help laughing.

Dogs are psychic, it is indeed true, especially the black tiger, a dog that has been enlightened by Zhao Ruoxin's intelligence, it is not comparable to ordinary dogs.

These days, when no one is around, Black Tiger seems to know that Zhao Ruoxin is in a bad mood, as long as Zhao Ruoxin is in a daze, Black Tiger will always change her ways to amuse her.

Even though it was already evening and the sun was shining, there was still a heat in the air.

Zhao Ruoxin didn't go far, and after playing in the alley with Heihu for a while, she felt a little sweaty on her body, and was about to go to the yard to ask Xiaocui to boil hot water for a bath.

Suddenly, she turned around and was about to go back, when she saw a woman in a curly dress standing at the end of the alley.

The woman seemed to be looking at her in a daze, even if Zhao Ruoxin had already seen it, she didn't seem to have reacted yet.

Zhao Ruoxin knew her, this is Yin Yina of the third uncle of Chujiazhai, ten days ago I heard that the people of Chujiazhai and the prince had returned, but she never thought that she had seen an old man here.

Yin Yina is still as black as usual like a loach, although she has grown and her figure is bumpy, but the natural black that penetrates into the skin, even if she smears a thick layer of fat powder on her face, she still can't hide it.

Zhao Ruoxin smiled at her: "Girl, is there something wrong?" ”

Yin Yina was so frightened by her soft words that she shuddered, and immediately ran away, and then a muffled sound sounded in her ears, and a familiar man's voice sounded: "Ina, what are you making trouble again, slow diǎn, your teeth are almost diǎn knocked out by you"

Zhao Ruoxin can hear that this is Zhang Daniu's voice, but it is more rude than a year and a half ago, the original little girl has grown into a big girl, according to the marriage age of this era, Zhang Daniu is afraid that he should also get married, but I don't know whose woman will marry that fool who can't even boil hot water.

"Huh"

Zhao Ruoxin smiled knowingly, and didn't catch up and say anything to them.

Turning around, he teased the black tiger man to stand up, and slowly thought about the courtyard in Pufu.

Walking to the door, Zhao Ruoxin was immediately stunned, only to see a woman who was so stunning, with a delicate face and a palace dress that set off her figure exquisitely, and her big earrings flashing with jewels were standing at the door.

Her eyes were red, there were tear stains in the corners of her eyes, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on her face, crystal clear, and the pitiful appearance made people unbearable.

Zhao Ruoxin stopped and stared for a while, the woman who was just looking at the courtyard, but had never stepped in, seemed to notice her.

The woman turned around, tears streaming down her face, and after working hard for a long time, she murmured, "You're back?" ”

"Yes"

Zhao Ruoxin sighed softly.

The voice paused, and Zhao Ruoxin suddenly said familiarly: "The princess hasn't seen you for many days, you are beautiful again, you can see that the people are so envious, you have walked to the door, can you go in and sit for a while?" You know, this mansion was left to me by Master Pu, and the mansion you gave me has been taken back by the emperor."

Princess Qiuping didn't move, turned sideways and let Zhao Ruoxin in, with a pair of teary eyes, just staring straight at Zhao Ruoxin and never moving away.

Zhao Ruoxin didn't look back, and walked straight into the depths of the yard, the sound just now seemed to be just a random scene when the neighbors met, familiar and unfamiliar.

Princess Qiuping suddenly shouted: "Ruoxin"

"Graceful"

"Am I pretty today?"

"The beautiful princess is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, even more beautiful than Zhao Wanyu, the county lord of Chuyang Palace"

"Woo," Princess Akihira cried, "you know what? I'm getting married."

Zhao Ruoxin turned her back to her, and her voice was as calm as a windless lake: "I know, it is rumored in the capital that your husband is the prince of Hu Kingdom."

The door slowly closed, and Princess Qiuping turned to leave, and in the night, she limped as if her soul had been lost.

Suddenly, she turned around and shouted at the closed door, "The day after tomorrow, will you marry my ninth brother?" ”

Barking

All she answered was the deafening barking of the dog.

Suddenly, Princess Qiuping smiled, and the last rays of the sunset had fallen.

Princess Qiuping muttered to herself: "Haha, I knew you wouldn't get married"

(5,000 words big chapter!) (To be continued.) )