Chapter 231: It's not easy for the people to be
However, Liang Yuexin forgot the key point. This is ancient, not modern. Fulin's calligraphy and paintings have not yet become antiques.
Coupled with Fulin's full of confidence, the two hit it off.
A table, two chairs, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were bought, and there was a temporary stall on the street.
Yes, the emperor and his concubines set up stalls on the streets.
As soon as the stall opened, Fulin and Liang Yuexin looked at each other and smiled. The two slapped back and celebrated the opening.
The street is very busy and has a lot of people. The stalls next to it are doing good business.
Fulin and Liang Yuexin looked for a long time before they chose such a good position.
However, the two sat in front of the stall for half an hour, and no one came to care.
This street is full of people, there is paper and pen on the table, and at a glance you know that it is writing and drawing, how can no one come? Liang Yuexin wondered, what went wrong?
Fu Lin, on the other hand, was very calm, just sitting quietly, not in a hurry at all.
Liang Yuexin looked at the stalls around her, and saw that their goods were varied, which was very attractive. Suddenly, Liang Yuexin's eyes lit up and she thought of something.
"I get it, because we don't have samples." Liang Yuexin said to Fulin as if she had discovered a new world.
Fu Lin listened with a confused face, what is a sample? Liang Yuexin didn't explain much, but directly picked up the pen, handed it to Fu Lin and said, "Write a few words to make samples." ”
That's what the original sample meant! Fu Lin understood, took the pen and waved it on the paper.
At this moment, there is also the queen mother in Cining Palace who is also wielding a large pen.
The Queen Mother is copying Buddhist scriptures. The maid Toya stood in wait for the Emperor.
I don't know how long it took to copy, anyway, the ten pieces of paper were copied to the full, and the Queen Mother stopped. Looking at the Buddhist scriptures he copied, he smiled with satisfaction.
"The Queen Mother is so sincere, the gods will definitely bless the Queen Mother." Toya said with a smile. In her opinion, the Queen Mother is indeed very sincere, and since the emperor ascended the throne, she has been copying Buddhist scriptures and has not stopped.
"You don't need to bless the mourning family, just bless the emperor." When it comes to Fulin. The Queen Mother's face was full of love. Although on weekdays. She is strict with Fulin's discipline, but her mother's love is not less.
"Definitely." Toya chimed in.
But the Queen Mother seemed to remember something sad, but her face was not very good-looking. Tuoya thought that the Queen Mother was worried about the emperor's safety outside the palace, so she comforted: "Queen Mother, please rest assured." There are Xiaoshunzi and the Imperial Forest Army guarding the emperor. The emperor will be safe. ”
The Queen Mother shook her head. That's not what worries her.
So what is it?
The Queen Mother walked a few steps in the hall and suddenly asked Toya: "Do you still remember the Taoist priest invited by the mourning family after the emperor ascended the throne?" ”
Toya's face darkened instantly. Toya remembers. And the memory is still fresh. It's not that the Taoist priest is handsome, but what he said is unforgettable. Toya's memories go back more than a decade.
At that time, the first emperor died, and Fu Lin succeeded to the throne. At that time, the Empress Dowager, that is, the aunt of the Empress Dowager, invited a Taoist priest to tell fortunes for Fulin.
This calculation frightened everyone, and the Queen Mother fell into a knot.
The Taoist priest said that Fulin is the appearance of the emperor, and there must be a hegemony. It's just that when he is twenty-three years old, there will be a great catastrophe. If this catastrophe cannot be escaped, it will definitely endanger life.
More than ten years have passed since this incident, and if the Queen Mother hadn't mentioned it, Toya wouldn't have remembered it. It's just that I didn't expect that after so many years, the Queen Mother is still haunted.
The Queen Mother has been copying Buddhist scriptures since then, is it any wonder that it is for the emperor? Toya suddenly understood that it was a mother's heart.
"Queen Mother, the emperor has always been well, and there is no serious illness. That Taoist priest must be talking nonsense, don't take it to heart the Queen Mother. ”
The Queen Mother didn't respond, and Toya's words didn't give her half comfort, she had been remembering this for more than ten years, and she remembered it all the time. There are still five years left before Fu Lin is twenty-three years old, and the closer the time gets, the more uneasy the Queen Mother's heart becomes.
If the Queen Mother knew that Fulin had given up the throne and lived in exile among the people, and would never return to the palace again, would she be so angry that she vomited blood?
But the Queen Mother didn't know the news yet, because Xiao Shunzi was trying to hide it.
Xiao Shunzi and the guards are in a mess. The emperor and the little lord have been out for a day and a night, and they haven't come back yet, are they in danger?
Everyone was terrified, and the entire inn and nearby places were searched, but there was still no trace of Fulin.
"Father-in-law, what should I do now?" The guards panicked and looked forward to Xiao Shunzi's idea.
"You ask me, who do I ask?" Xiao Shunzi was so anxious that she was about to cry. Knowing this, he followed Fu Lin. At this time, Xiao Shunzi hated himself so much, he should have been by Fulin's side at all times.
"Father-in-law, why don't you write to tell the Queen Mother." The guard suggested.
The emperor's disappearance is a big deal, and I have to report it. But if the Queen Mother blames her, no one can afford it, and it is a life-threatening thing. The guards couldn't think of a way, so they proposed to tell the Queen Mother.
Xiao Shunzi looked at the guards, but there were more than a dozen of them. Isn't it going to cost everyone their lives? Xiao Shunzi bit her lip for a long time before she mustered up the courage to say, "Hide it first, maybe you can find the emperor." ”
The crowd was silent. They also know what the worst outcome will be if they tell the Queen Mother, but where should they find it?
"Let's divide into four teams and go to the southeast, four north, and four directions to find the emperor!" Xiao Shunzi gave orders to everyone, and it was rare to show his decisive side.
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded in agreement. At the moment, it can only be like this.
Soon, everyone divided into four squads and immediately split up to find Fulin.
The guards were nervously looking for Fu Lin, but Fu Lin and Liang Yuexin were leisurely setting up stalls.
Fu Lin listened to Liang Yuexin's words, and wrote five big characters in one breath. His writing is sonorous and powerful, and his style is heroic, which soon attracts passers-by to stop and watch.
In an instant, the stall was full of pedestrians.
Liang Yue was overjoyed, and now the business is coming. Seeing her smile and say to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen. Just tell us what you like to write. Our calligraphy and paintings are not only beautiful, but also affordable. ”
Hearing the preferential price, someone in the crowd tentatively asked, "How much silver?" ”
"It's not expensive, it only needs a silver ingot." Liang Yuexin blurted out.
The emperor's calligraphy and painting only charge one ingot of silver, which is really too cheap. But Liang Yuexin forgot that in the eyes of everyone, the blessing in front of him was just an ordinary person. The calligraphy and painting outside is only about ten cents, and Liang Yuexin offered a silver ingot, which scared everyone away.
Heard about the price. The crowd of onlookers quickly dispersed. The booth was empty again.
"Hey. Don't go. The price is negotiable. Liang Yuexin was annoyed, shouldn't the emperor's calligraphy and paintings be priceless? Why can't you sell even a penia?
Fulin also felt depressed. He looked down at his calligraphy and paintings, wasn't it quite good? Why was it disliked?
They weren't wrong. You can buy a calligraphy and painting of Fulin with a single ingot of silver, which is indeed a big bargain. It's a pity. No one knows how to appreciate it. A treasure that is misplaced will not reflect its value.
Outcome. Most of the day passed. Fulin and Liang Yuexin are calligraphy and paintings, and they can't be sold. Fu Lin deeply understands that it is so difficult to earn a silver ingot.
In stark contrast to them is the bun stall next to them. For most of the day, there was no shortage of people in front of people's stalls. The buns were sold cage after cage. The husband and wife received a soft hand in the cashier.
Liang Yuexin sighed, it is better for them to change their careers to sell steamed buns.
The smell of hot smoke was billowing from the fresh bun stall. A mother walked by with a boy in her hands. The child was about five or six years old, and he stared at the cage of buns, swallowing his saliva and refusing to leave for a long time.
"Mother, I'm hungry." The boy looked at her mother pitifully.
His mother was embarrassed to put her hand in her pocket and pick up something, but she didn't pull out anything. Then he touched the child's head and said, "Good, I'll buy it for you when my mother has the money." After saying that, he forcibly pulled his son away.
Maybe the child was really hungry, but I saw him shake off his mother's hand fiercely, rushed to the stall, grabbed a bun with his little hand and ate it in a big gulp.
The male stall owner immediately stepped forward and stretched out his hand to ask the child's mother for silver: "A penny." ”
A penny for a bun is indeed not expensive. But the child's mother didn't even have a penny. She looked embarrassed, bowed her head and bent down to apologize to the male stall owner: "I'm sorry, I don't have any money yet." When I have the money, I will pay you back. ”
Don't even have a penny? Not only did the male stall owner not believe it, but even Fu Lin and Liang Yuexin next to him felt incredible.
At this time, the female stall owner also came out and pulled the child's mother's clothes to prevent her from leaving.
The child's mother looked helpless, she really didn't have a penny on her, as long as she kept apologizing to the stall owner and his wife.
The child licked his mouth after eating the buns, his eyes were still staring at the stall, and he seemed to want to eat it. But he didn't dare to take it anymore, but looked at his mother with a blank eye.
"Give the silver! If you don't give money, you won't let it go! ”
"I'm sorry, I don't really have any money. I'm sorry, I'm sorry ......"
"If you don't give money, you ......," the stall owner was about to say something, but Fu Lin interrupted him with silver.
"Bought all your buns." Fu Lin gave the stall owner a piece of silver, and in addition to repaying the child's penny, the rest could buy all the buns in the stall.
The stall owner hurriedly took the silver, and the couple hurriedly packed the buns and delivered them to Fu Lin's hands.
Liang Yuexin stroked his forehead, what a loser! Isn't it enough to give someone a penny? I had to be reluctant to look for it, and even bought other people's stalls. It's good now, after eating this stall of buns, everyone is going to become buns.
Liang Yuexin looked at the mother and son sympathetically, because she knew that the buns in this stall were all given to the mother and son.
Sure enough, as Liang Yuexin expected, I saw Fulin stroking the child's head and said gently: "Take as much as you want, these are all yours." ”
The child smiled, took a bun in one hand, and ate it in a big gulp. Her mother was so grateful that she knelt down to thank Fulin. Fortunately, I was helped up by Liang Yuexin.
"Auntie, don't kneel to him for this little thing, I can't stand it." Liang Yuexin said with a smile, and squeezed her eyes at Fulin.
Fulin glanced at Liang Yuexin, there are many people kneeling on him, what can't he bear? Liang Yuexin knew that Fulin had this mentality, so she was in a hurry to help the child's mother kiss her.
"Benefactor, thank you so much. We haven't eaten for two days, and if we hadn't met you, our mother and son would have starved to death on the streets. The child's mother sobbed, wiping tears from the corners of her eyes sadly.
Haven't eaten in two days? Fu Lin's face immediately sank, how could this be? And Liang Yuexin guessed that they were robbed. Because Liang Yuexin was also looted by bandits, if she hadn't met Fulin, she would have starved to death. Thinking of this, Liang Yuexin glanced at Fu Lin's face, this man is still quite kind and sympathetic.
Fu Lin took a bun and handed it to the child's mother, and asked suspiciously, "Why haven't you eaten for two days?" What happened? ”
The child's mother took the bun and ate it in three or two bites. Then he cried and said: "We are from Jiangzhen, this year's Jiangzhen is in a big drought, and there is no harvest ......"
It turned out that there was a rare drought in Jiangzhen this year. The crops withered, and the people had no food to eat or water to drink, so they left their homes and wandered abroad. The mother and son came out of Jiangzhen, wandered here, and had no money on them, and had to starve.
Fu Lin's face was solemn when he heard this, and he asked anxiously: "Does the prefect of Jiangzhen care?" Didn't you open a granary to distribute grain? ”
"Those of them who are in office will only care for themselves, so how can they care about us, the people?" At the mention of the prefect of Jiangzhen, the child's mother shook her head vigorously.
How so? Fu Lin's brow has been wrinkled into the word "Chuan". He knew about the drought in Jiangzhen, and some ministers mentioned it in the early dynasties. And he also ordered the opening of granaries, tax exemption and other systems to help the people.
However, these policies did not fall into Jiangzhen? Fu Lin bit his lip and clenched his fists, if the prefect of Jiangzhen was in front of him, he would definitely not die well.
Seeing Fu Lin's painful expression, Liang Yuexin could also understand his mood at the moment, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, silently comforting.
Fu Lin has always thought that his country is stable and the people live and work in peace and contentment. But I didn't expect them to linger and lose their places, and they couldn't even eat. And all these things happened because he was not properly governed by the emperor. For this reason, Fulin felt heartache, heartache.
Watching the mother and son gobble up the buns, Fu Lin really didn't know what it was like.
Fu Lin left some silver for the child's mother and told her to be strong and live. The child's mother was so excited that she burst into tears and shouted "benefactor" vigorously. But there was no joy in Fu Lin's heart, but even more sadness. When I left, my heart was also heavy. (To be continued.) )