"Are you His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

The strong man stared at Liu Ju for a long time, and finally asked.

Liu Ju was indeed about to collapse at this time, and in this remote countryside, he was actually recognized. It seems that a fight is inevitable, fortunately there is a sword in his hand and a fast horse beside him, but the most disadvantageous thing is that there are two children.

"Grass people Chen Shan see His Royal Highness the Prince, may I ask why His Highness came to us?"

The strong man saluted Liu Ju, it didn't seem to be malicious, and he didn't look like he was going to chase and kill him, if he was, he would have done it a long time ago, and it wouldn't be a person, so Liu Ju asked boldly: "May I ask how the strong man knows me?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, in the second year of the Tianhan Dynasty, when the Winter Plum Party was held in the Bowang Garden in the south of Chang'an City, I went there, and I was fortunate to see His Highness sitting on the Bowang Pavilion, I naturally know you, I am standing below, there are too many people, Your Highness, it is normal that you don't know the grass people."

Liu Ju has participated in the Bowang meeting too many times, and he has forgotten what the content of the winter plum meeting in the second year of Tianhan is completely forgotten, but Chen Shan has not participated much, and that time is his first time to participate, and it is his benefactor, so he is naturally unforgettable.

"It's been eight years since the second year of Tianhan, you still remember this palace, you have a good memory."

Chen Shan smiled and said: "Your Highness, that time I threw a petition in the Dongju Society, accusing the bully in my township of colluding with the government to occupy my house, I didn't expect such a small matter, Your Highness, you also help me avenge my grievances, bring the bully to justice, and let the government return my house, so that I can return to my hometown." ”

There are indeed too many of these cases that Liu asked, and he doesn't remember Chen Shan's case, so he can only laugh and say, "What do you do?" Why did you offend the bully and be taken over by him? ”

"Your Royal Highness, I was cutting bamboo in this bamboo forest, and my family made bamboo into bamboo mats and bamboo mats, and then knitted some straw shoes and straw mats to sell in the market. My family was poor and couldn't get it, so he sued the government and colluded with the government to mortgage my house to him; In this way, my family of three had no place to live, so I had to flee to Chang'an, and continued to sell straw sandals and bamboo mats in the West Market for a living. I've always wanted to thank you, but you're busy, I haven't had a chance to see you, but God has eyes, let me meet you here, I want to thank you well. ”

After listening to Chen Shan's story, Liu Yi was also very emotional, I can't imagine that sometimes some small acts of kindness can bring a lot of happiness to others, think about the many cases that have been corrected over the years, and should have saved a lot of people, thinking of this, I also have a sense of satisfaction in my heart, so I asked: "Zhuangman, what is this place?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, this is the spring dove in Huxian County, this stream is the spring dove stream, I am from the spring dove, my home is at the bottom of the hillside, can your Royal Highness come to the humble house to drink tea and eat something?"

Liu Ju, who had settled here, looked at the two hungry children, and thought about going to his house to drink tea and eat something to fill his stomach, so he came to his home with Chen Shan.

Chen Shan picked up the freshly cut green bamboo, led Liu Ju and his son to his home, as soon as he arrived at the door, Chen Shan shouted: "Caiyun, cross the bridge, you see who is coming." ”

Chen Shan's wife Caiyun and son Du Qiao were weaving straw sandals in the house, and when they heard Chen Shan's call, they hurriedly put down their work and walked out of the yard. Chen Shan pointed at Liu Ju and said to Caiyun's mother and son: "This is our benefactor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

Seeing the embarrassed Liu Ju father and son, Caiyun's mother and son were a little hesitant, but after looking at it carefully, they felt that although the comer was a little unkempt, his clothes were still very neat, and the outfit on his body was also very noble, so Caiyun hurriedly asked his son to kneel down together, and Liu Ju hurriedly stepped forward and said, "You guys get up quickly"

Chen Shan poured three bowls of coarse tea and served them to Liu Yi's father and son, and Caiyun was also busy going to Zhang Luo what he could eat. In fact, seeing Liu Ju's appearance, although Chen Shan didn't know that something big had happened in Chang'an in the mountains, he also guessed that the prince probably escaped from some big trouble, otherwise why didn't there be a prince's convoy, even if you were visiting in private clothes, you wouldn't be so embarrassed, and you still had two children.

Chen Shan didn't dare to ask, and Liu Ju didn't dare to say. Read good books

Caiyun quickly cooked a big pot of porridge and brought it to Liu Yi and them to drink, and also took out some small dishes such as pickled melons at home, there is really nothing to eat at home, only these are to entertain the prince, Chen Shan also felt a little embarrassed, so he smiled and said: "Your Highness, there is only this little thing at home, seeing that you are all hungry, fill your stomachs first, and I will kill a chicken at night to improve." ”

Liu Ju looked at the two children gobbling up, and said with a smile: "The porridge and snacks in the mountains are very delicious, and they are better than those in the palace." ”

They really haven't eaten enough for many days, of course, having something to fill up is the most delicious, and for them who have eaten all the delicacies of the mountains and seas, sometimes eating some snacks in the mountains and fields is really delicious.

The backyard of Chen Shan's house is usually used to stack straw mats and straw shoes, but now it can only be tidied up and settled Liu Yi's father and son to rest here.

"Your Highness, it's really not interesting, the small family is relatively small, so I can only arrange for you to rest here."

Liu Ji felt that this place was also good, mainly quiet, there were no outsiders, and it was easy to hide, so he said: "It's quite quiet here, very good." ”

In this way, Liu Ju temporarily lived in Chen Shan's house.

In the past few days, he found that Chen Shan's family was still weaving mats and straw shoes late at night, and sometimes they had to weave all night until dawn, and Chen Shan sometimes had to run several times a day to cut bamboo. So Liu thought to himself, it is estimated that there are three more of us in the family, and the cost of eating is too large, so we need to weave more straw sandals and straw mats to sell to help the family, it seems that this family is a kind person, I can't always stay here, I have to think of a way.

What's the solution?

Liu according to finally figured out, a few years ago, he had a guest name called Wang Bin, a native of Hu County, and later left Chang'an, saying that he wanted to go back to his hometown to serve his mother, after the death of his mother, he was still keeping filial piety in his hometown, I heard that his family was solid, he was a rich man in Hu County, why not repair a book, asked Chen Shan to hand it over, and called him to come to discuss countermeasures.

In the evening, Chen Shan came back after selling straw sandals and bamboo mats, and was busy calling the prince and his son for dinner. When Liu Ju saw Chen Shan, he said: "Chen Shan, don't hide it, now the government is arresting me everywhere, and it is not a way for me to hide in your house all day long, I am afraid that it will affect you; I used to have a guest, named Wang Bin, also from your Huxian County, I heard that he has a solid family background, is a big local family, or you bring a pen over, I repair a book, you help me hand it over to him, call him to come to your house to see me. ”

In fact, a few days ago, Chen Shan heard about the prince in the bazaar, so he didn't feel very sudden when he heard the prince say that he was being chased by the government, so he said: "Your Highness, the doorman Wang Bin you are talking about, should be the rich Wang family in Chengguan, I heard that he was originally in Chang'an, and he has been guarding filial piety at home since the death of his old mother before the death of the old man, and the bamboo mats on their house are sold by me, and I have also picked bamboo mats to go to the palace, I know how to go, but now there is no pen and ink at home, or I will go to the market tomorrow to buy a pen and come back and write it." ”

Liu Ju was very happy to hear Chen Shan say that he knew Wang Bin's house, and the next day Chen Shan bought pen and ink, so Liu Ju wrote a letter to Chen Shan, telling him to be sure to hand it over to Wang Bin and not to leak the news.

When Chen Shan passed by Wang Bin's mansion with a load of straw shoes and bamboo mats, he stepped forward and knocked on the door, knocking for a long time, before a housekeeper-like person came to open the door, the housekeeper saw that it was Chen Shan, thought that he was here to sell bamboo mats, and hurriedly shouted loudly: "Hurry up, my family doesn't buy bamboo mats." ”

Chen Shan said respectfully: "This eldest brother, may I ask if Lord Wang Bin is here?" ”

The housekeeper looked very impatient, stared at Chen Shan and said, "Lord Wang is not here, what are you looking for him?" ”

"That's right, he has a friend in Chang'an who wants to find him and asks me to send him a letter."

"He's not here, give me the letter, and I'll give it to him when he comes back tonight."

Chen Shan heard that Wang Bin would not come back until the evening, and thought to himself, the prince said that he must hand it over to Wang Bin, so it is better to come back tonight.