The next morning, a large number of officers and soldiers showed up at Ju'an Fang and began to register from house to house, check on the construction of the building, clean up the garbage, disinfect the latrines with lime, and repaint the walls.

A group of craftsmen entered the road one after another, re-paved the pavement, filled the puddles with mud, and then tamped them, of course, laying stone slabs was unlikely and too costly, so the craftsmen did a clever job of making the road slightly higher on both sides, which would prevent both rainwater from accumulating the pits and sewage from flowing into the pavement.

The whole Ju'an Fang was in full swing, and many people couldn't sit still, so they came out to help clean up the stains and stagnant water.

Guo Jincheng came over at noon, half an hour earlier than usual, he was going to make a home visit today, and he wanted to see if the student Qiao Shuigen was telling the truth.

Led by a student, Guo Jincheng came to a rented house and saw that Qiao Shuigen's family was poor, with only one room, and a small shed was built out of thatch and rotten wood in the open space at the door, which was considered their kitchen.

Guo Jincheng knocked on the door, and after a while, the door creaked open, and a thin and small one appeared in front of him, about three or four years old, dressed in tatters, barefoot, and his eyebrows and eyes vaguely resembled Qiao Shuigen, it should be his younger brother.

"Who are you?" The little boy asked timidly.

"You're Qiao Erlang! I'm Mr. Xuetang, is your brother here? ”

Inside's 'Wow!' There was a sound, as if something had been knocked over, and then a figure was seen hurriedly tidying up the things in the house.

"Da Lang, who's out there!" A man's voice came from the bed in the corner.

"Yes.... It's my sir. Qiao Shuigen stammered.

"Since it's a gentleman, why don't you invite someone in?" The man said angrily.

Helplessly, Qiao Shuigen appeared at the door, bowed his head and whispered, "Sir, please come in!" ”

Guo Jincheng walked into the room, a foul smell mixed with the smell of feces and urine came to his face, so smoked that he almost spit it out, Guo Jincheng held his breath, and it took a while to ease up, he forcibly endured the smell and looked at the room, the room was too small, things were very messy, and there was almost no place to stand.

There was a laundry basin by the door, there was half a basin of water in it, soaked in a quilt, Qiao Shuigen was washing the quilt just now, and there were several broken bowls on the ground next to it, and there was half a bowl of batter in one of the bowls, and a few pickles were placed on it.

The room was dark, and there was a small window opposite, and a ray of light shone through on a small table, on which was the homework he had just written, which he had not memorized yesterday.

In the corner there was a very simple wooden bed, on which lay a man, covered with a thick quilt, and the light was so dark that it was impossible to see his face.

"You're my husband?" The man asked hesitantly.

"I am!"

Guo Jincheng had gradually adapted to the aura and darkness of the room, and he replied calmly: "I found that his situation in the academy is not stable in the past two days, so I came to take a look." ”

"Dalang, please sit down, sir."

Qiao Shuigen hurriedly moved his wooden stool over, "Sir, please sit down, I'll boil water!" ”

"No, I'm going to the academy soon."

Guo Jincheng glanced at the broken bowl on the ground, there was a thick layer of black on it, where could he drink water?

"It's all my fault!"

The man said bitterly: "The child has to take care of me, cook and wash, take care of the younger brother, and help his mother do the laundry at night to earn money, he is so tired that he falls asleep while writing, I asked him to stop studying, but he refused." ”

"What's wrong with you?" Guo Jincheng asked.

The man sighed and said: "My name is Qiao Si, a native of Fenzhou, Hedong, and a member of the Jin army, I was shot by an arrow when I attacked Youzhou the year before last, and I was lame in one leg, and then returned to my hometown to farm, but I fell from the roof when I renovated the house last year, and my lower body has been unconscious since then, in order to treat me, we sold the land, and the whole family moved to Chang'an, and rented a house here. As a result, I was cheated and all the money I had saved was cheated out......"

Speaking of this, Qiao Si's voice was choked, he couldn't go on, the youngest son climbed into bed, hugged his father tightly, Qiao Shuigen said in a low voice: "My mother goes to the hotel to wash dishes during the day, and when she comes back at night, she has to wash clothes for people, she wants to treat her father, and she has to support her family, the family is too poor." ”

Guo Jincheng's nose was sour for a while, and he asked again: "Tell me what kind of liar it is, and I will find out for you." ”

"It's a doctor who can cure my paralysis, he smeared some medicine on me, I really felt a little, he took out a few bottles of ointment, said that it was his ancestral secret recipe, made of precious medicinal materials, a bottle costs 20 yuan, generally five bottles to cure my legs, I was a little hesitant, he said he didn't want to sell it yet, so he said goodbye and left, the lady was angry with me, she looked for three days to find this Langzhong, and bought five ointments in one go, and it took five months to use it, and it didn't work at all, only to know that he was fooled, and the child almost wanted to hang himself, Pulled by two sons. ”

"You just said that the medication really feels good?"

"It's not! It was he who was seducing me, I thought I had feelings, but I didn't. ”

Guo Jincheng nodded, and said: "Actually, I inquired about your situation yesterday, the government has subsidies for disabled soldiers, and I helped you get it back, a total of 100 taels of silver, please accept it!" ”

After speaking, Guo Jincheng put a cloth bag on the table, and when he saw that Qiao Si did not react, he smiled at Qiao Shuigen: "You have to continue to study, at least you can read and write, you can find a good errand in the future, and your family's life will slowly improve." ”

"Thank you, sir, I will definitely study hard!"

"Then I'm leaving!"

Guo Jincheng arched his hand, turned around and left the room, he took a long breath of fresh air, his father often said that the people at the bottom were difficult, and he really realized it now.

In the room, Qiao Si was still in a daze, Qiao Shuigen put a bag of silver in front of him, and asked excitedly, "Daddy, is this really from the government?" ”

"I don't know, the army has already given me thirty times of injury allowance back then, how can there be it? And it's a hundred taels of silver, I really don't know? ”

Qiao Si's voice trembled, and he felt like he was in a dream.

Qiao Shuigen is much smarter than his father, he feels that there are many loopholes in his husband's words, and none of his classmates know that his father used to be a soldier, where did Mr. go to inquire? And how can my father's disability allowance be received back by my husband and myself?

He vaguely felt that the money was given to him by his husband, and he was helping his family! Thinking of this, his eyes slowly turned red.

........

At noon, Guo Song finished lunch, lay on his back on the wide official chair and took a nap, in a daze, he felt that someone walked to the door and stopped, he slowly opened his eyes, only to see Lu Lun standing at the door hesitating, Guo Song asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Highness, the Qinglian Heavenly Master of the Yuzhen Palace asks to see him, saying that there is something important."

An imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of Guo Song's mouth, what should Cai and himself do?

There are very few people who know that Qinglian Heavenly Master is Ying Caihe, only the top level of the Neiwei and Jin Wei Mansion know, and even Xiangguo like Pan Liao and Du You don't know.

However, it is normal for the lord of the Yuzhen Palace to come to see him, the Yuzhen Palace is the asset of the royal family, and now it has been accepted as an official property, and the palace master of each session is appointed and canonized by the Son of Heaven himself, and every year he allocates money and rice to the Yuzhen Palace to feed the Taoist aunt in the palace.

Guo Song nodded, "Please ask her to wait in the guest hall, and I'll come right away." ”

Of course, Guo Song can't have any non-distinguishing behavior with Ying Caihe in the official room, and he can't be too intimate.

Ying Caihe wore a hooded hat and stood in front of the window of the living hall and waited, she waited for a while, and Guo Song was late.

"Let the Qinglian Palace Lord wait for a long time!" Guo Song walked into the room and smiled.

Ying Caihe took off his hat and saluted with his palms, "Poor Dao disturbed His Highness's rest." ”

"It doesn't matter! Please be seated. ”

Guo Song politely invited her to sit down, and the tea boy came in and served them two cups of tea, and bowed and retreated.

Guo Song saw that Ying Caihe was a little hesitant, so he smiled and said, "If there is anything, just say it directly!" ”

Ying Caihe was silent for a moment, and said cautiously: "Is it possible to let the Queen Mother and the Little Emperor live in Yuzhen Palace?" ”

Guo Song was stunned, "Why do you make this request?" ”

"It's... It was the queen mother who pleaded, she lived in Daming Palace, she was so frightened that she couldn't sleep every night, and as soon as she closed her eyes, she saw the first emperor and her children and grandchildren, looking for her bloodily, she had begged me three times. ”

"That's it!"

Guo Song thought for a while and said: "It doesn't really matter where she lives, the main thing is that it's inconvenient, I asked her to report on military and political affairs, and asked her to draw up a decree and seal it, I can't go to Yuzhen Palace every time!" ”

"She said that she is willing to hand over the Great Seal of the Queen Mother to Her Royal Highness, and she will attend the New Year's Pilgrimage every year, and she will also go back to Daming Palace to meet her when she enters Beijing for the Hajj."

Guo Song got up and paced back and forth, he didn't expect the Queen Mother to be such a single, so he simply gave the big seal to himself, in fact, there are not many wills that need to be drafted by the Queen Mother, mainly involving the southern feudal towns, he became the regent of the prison country, and got the right to be knighted, and the title does not need to ask the Queen Mother.

In fact, Guo Song also thought of a security issue, Daming Palace is indeed a little unsafe, and in Yuzhen Palace, with a master like Ying Caihe in charge, any assassin will not succeed.

He pondered for a long time and said: "In principle, I can agree, but I need to build a small palace in the Yuzhen Palace for the Queen Mother and the Little Emperor to live in, and it is best for you to also practice in the palace, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Ying Caihe nodded lightly, "I understand!" ”