The Shuntian Mansion was properly arranged, the soldiers and horses of the five cities and the personal guards of the King of Qi were dispatched, and a cleaning of the Beijing division began vigorously in the moonlight.

Rows of torches lit up in the night capital, and everyone wearing face masks and white protective coats began to clear the ditches.

The team of several thousand people was very much in battle when they traveled, but they were still undermanned when they were dispersed, and everyone had a heavy workload.

It's not that there is no manpower available, it's just that this is the first night, and the movement is too big for fear of panic in the capital.

Fortunately, there are officials holding pen and paper to record everyone's performance, and repeatedly emphasize that those who contribute a lot are rewarded every day, so everyone works very hard.

Zhou Yan came out for the first time and was quite excited, so he also came out to take a look, inspiring people with the respect of King Qi.

Su Mingxuan took a mask and protective clothing for him to put on, and asked the white tiger to be a guard, and when the group walked to Washi Street, they smelled a foul smell on their faces.

Seeing a team of patrolmen shouting trumpets and dragging a large fishing net in their hands, they pulled out a net full of filth from the canal with all their might, which looked extremely terrifying.

Zhou Yan was far away, but he still felt fishy and stinging, and he was almost fainted.

Su Mingxuan pulled him to the upper hand and helped him climb into a carriage full of goods.

"Why does it stink so much? Can't people usually smell it on the streets? ”

"On weekdays, no one disturbs this drain, so it doesn't stink so much." Su Mingxuan said: "Now that the weather is cold, although the people who walked in the past can smell the smell, they don't feel so pungent. ”

"And what about the summer?"

"Is the plague of dysentery a lie?" Su Mingxuan sighed: "Not only this plague, but also large and small epidemics break out every summer, and it is difficult to count the deaths of children among the people. If the capital is still like this, how can we talk about other places? The grass people are from Huguang, and they have been doing business all these years, and they have seen similar places everywhere. ”

"Then why didn't you clean it up sooner? The people did not react to the court......"

"They've always lived like this, and they're used to it. People can't eat enough, who cares about whether it's dirty or not? The people of the market will not know that these filth, insects and rats will bring them diseases. ”

The patrolmen shouted "release," and then there was a loud bang, and a whole net of filth was poured on the wagons and carried to the city gates, where they were burned out of the city at dawn, and it was not known how many wagons would be carried that night.

Su Mingxuan said again: "This cleanup has cost a lot. The officials blame each other, and His Highness will also see it. ”

Zhou Yan sighed: "The so-called 'people's livelihood is difficult' is not a lie. ”

Su Mingxuan said: "This is nothing. The people at the feet of the Son of Heaven are envious of the people in many places, but they are not envious. In this year's drought, the hungry cannibalism, and last year's drought, the hungry cannibalism. The people of my Chu Dynasty are the most obedient, but if there is a trace of survival, who is willing to rebel against thieves? ”

He shook his head slightly, and pointed to the ditch on the side of the street: "The government has no regulations on spreading filth on the roadside, and there is no punishment for dissolving your hands anywhere." The Five Cities Terracotta Division has not been cleaned up for decades...... Although these are just small things, it can be seen that the officials are slacking off and the court is deep. ”

"Not bad." Zhou Yan nodded.

Su Mingxuan arched his hand and said: "The grass people's words are inappropriate, and I ask Your Highness for forgiveness." ”

"It's okay, I'm willing to hear you tell the truth, and I'm willing to see the people's livelihood."

"Say something that shouldn't be said. This court is like this ditch, nearly three hundred years of disease has been piled up, and it is useless to carefully clean it up, and if you want to change it, the only way to change it is to pull out these filths drastically, even if it is a stench. ”

Zhou Yan was silent.

He wanted to ask Su Mingxuan if Wang Xiao asked him to deliberately say these words to himself.

But so what? What Su Mingxuan said was not an exaggeration. The situation of the Chu Dynasty is only afraid that it is even worse than what he said.

"But ......" Zhou Yan spoke, but he couldn't say the words when he came to his mouth.

- But my father didn't have such courage.

Do you have the courage to do so?

At this moment, should I express my ambition and try to subdue this Su Mingxuan, who seems to be a person?

But now I don't have a firm foothold...... What he did tonight, how will my father react tomorrow?

Worried about these in his heart, Zhou Yan didn't know how to speak.

He was young and thin-faced, and he was afraid that he would not be able to do it if he made a big promise.

But he saw a carriage coming from there, and a group of men in white unloaded many jars from the cart and threw them on the ground.

"What are they doing?" Zhou Yan asked.

"That's kerosene."

"What do you want kerosene for?"

"Burn the ...... of the rats"

Then I only heard the men in white shouting, "This side is ready." ”

Someone from far away responded, "That's it! ”

A group of people scattered with torches, each guarding a place.

"What are they doing?" Zhou Yan asked Su Mingxuan.

Su Mingxuan raised his hand and pointed to several directions in the distance, and said, "There is a smoking rat hole over there." ”

Zhou Yan was still puzzled......

Suddenly, a frantic squeak sounded.

A few men in white on the other side of the street shouted, "Burn!" ”

The squeak suddenly rose again, like a ghost howl, which was extremely terrifying.

I don't know how many rats are screaming.

Zhou Yan's ears were scratched by those voices and they were about to explode.

Looking at it, his whole heart trembled!

！！

It's also too intimidating.

The ground was full of ......

He couldn't see such a thing, and for a moment he felt his scalp tingle and his face turned pale with fright.

Su Mingxuan's arm ached, and when he turned his head, he saw Zhou Yan pinching his arm tightly, and cold sweat was on his forehead.

……

I don't know how long it took.

The stench in the air is mixed with the smell of barbecue, and wearing a mask still makes people feel sick.

Zhou Yan cautiously turned his head sideways, not allowing himself to see the rat corpses all over the ground.

"Your Highness, you are still in need of you in the Shuntian Mansion, so let's go back." Su Mingxuan said.

Zhou Yan had the heart to agree, but he didn't feel good.

"Do you want me to be here to boost everyone's morale?"

He forced himself to calm his mind and asked the sentence calmly with the last of his strength.

Through the mask, Su Mingxuan couldn't see his expression clearly, and he didn't know whether he was true or fake, so he hesitated slightly.

Zhou Yan's heart was raised, and he secretly regretted that he shouldn't be strong.

Fortunately, Wang Jue next to him said: "Let's go, don't be infected by these mice......

Zhou Yan glanced back at Wang Jue, and suddenly felt that this kid with no front teeth was very cute.

"Then let's go back."

The next moment, there was a "squeak" from under the white tiger's boots.

Piercing and scratchy.

The white tiger didn't care, and raised his foot and kicked the dead mouse aside.

Zhou Yan is a numb scalp again.

I only heard Wang Jue muttering: "White Tiger, you have left me for the past few days...... Stay away from His Highness. ”

Then Wang Jue hugged Zhou Yan and said, "Your Highness, let's not go down, sit in this carriage and go back, how about it?" ”

"Isn't it okay? This is a horse-drawn carriage for goods. ”

"I'm tired, and there's still a little way to get to His Royal Highness. The ground is full of rat corpses, I'm afraid. Just take this car and go. Wang Jue smiled flatteringly.

"Okay then."

The carriage drove slowly, and every now and then it ratted, running over the rat carcass.

Every time at this time, Zhou Yan feels that Wang Jue is really caring!

He suddenly thought again: Could it be that the "courtier" in the mouth of the scholar doctor is a person like Wang Jue?

Su Mingxuan is a smart person, he won't see that he is afraid, but he wants to let himself practice his courage.

Wang Jue is different.

If he becomes an emperor in the future, if he doesn't have such an intimate flattery and courtier, how should he face such a situation again?

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After returning to the Shuntian Mansion, he was busy for a while, Zhou Yan was exhausted, and only went back to the back hall to rest for a while under Su Mingxuan's hard persuasion.

Wang Jue lit incense for him quite intimately.

But Zhou Yan still didn't sleep well that night.

In the dream, it was a dense field of mice, and after a while, it turned into white bones everywhere.

Then, he sat on the throne, and below him were countless courtiers shouting "Qing traitor" to force him to behead Wang Jue.

"If Your Majesty is even afraid of rats, how can you help Sheji?!"

"Wang Jue will only meet his wishes, but he is really a flatterer, and his majesty asks His Majesty to kill him to set an example!"

……

"Don't be like this, I really want to be a Ming Jun." Zhou Yan woke up suddenly, only to feel that there was cold sweat all over his body......