After Li Qingshan and the others led their army south, the sky in the land of Gyeonggi became gloomy again, and sure enough, a heavy snowfall followed.

It snowed all night, and both the cold and bloody battlefields and the ubiquitous snow and cement were covered and buried by the snow. The world was white again, as if nothing had happened.

After the heavy snowfall, the sun rose again, and Lin Fan, who rarely had a leisurely mood, lay on a reclining chair and watched the snow in a courtyard of his house. Such heavy snow is rare in Jiangzhou, and now that you have the opportunity, let's enjoy it.

Although the sun is dazzling after the snow, it does not bring much warmth, and it feels even colder than before the snow.

However, all this was not a problem for Lin Fan, in order to prevent his son from being frozen, the Gu family added several charcoal stoves to him. Lin Fan's body is still weaker than ordinary people, so he did not refuse his mother's kindness. Therefore, his house can be said to be as warm as spring, and there is no warmer place in the entire Lin Mansion than here.

Although he was in the courtyard now, and the charcoal stoves in those houses were useless, the chill of the stove in his sleeve and the brocade robe on his knees was nothing to him.

Just when Lin Fan was enjoying himself, someone trotted over: "Young master, the prince of Pingguo is here!" ”

Lin Fan's face was overjoyed: "Hurry up and invite the prince to come over!" ”

"Hahaha! No need to please, I'm here myself! The hearty laughter came, it was Dugu Junyang.

Lin Fan hurriedly got up, kicked off the brocade fur, put down the hand stove, and motioned for his subordinates to move another chair over.

Then he also smiled: "Brother Dugu, you are here!" ”

Since the first time the two met that day, both of them have a sense of familiarity at first sight, and they only feel that they hate to see each other late.

So for a period of time, Dugu Junyang loves to run to the Lin Mansion when he has nothing to do, and the friendship between the two has become deeper and deeper, like a close friend who has known each other for many years. Because of this, Dugu Junyang was able to come directly to Lin Fan's courtyard without waiting for someone to report.

Dugu Junyang looked Lin Fan up and down, and then said with a happy face: "Yes, yes, it seems that you have recovered well these days, and in a few days, the young famous general who fought on the battlefield will come back!" ”

Lin Fan also chuckled and said, "Brother Dugu, don't make fun of me, I can recover so quickly, I still need more of those medicines sent by Brother Dugu!" ”

Dugujun waved his hand, not caring and said: "No matter how good the medicine is, you still have to lay a good foundation yourself, without your previous foundation, these medicines are useless." And it can make your body recover, and those medicines will be used to the fullest. ”

Lin Fan smiled and said nothing, and then unveiled the stubble: "I see that Brother Dugu is in a good mood, is it a good thing to come this time?" ”

"It's not a good thing! However, I see that Brother Lin has been staying at home for a while in order to recuperate from his injuries recently, and he doesn't go out much. I used to say that I wanted to visit the capital with Brother Lin, but I didn't have the time and opportunity. It's snowing heavily, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to take you out to breathe and go out for a walk, which will also be good for your recovery. Brother Lin may not know that the capital in the snow has a different scenery. Dugu Jun smiled.

Lin Fan thought for a while, nodded and said: "It's okay to go out for a walk, it's not a short time to come to the capital, but I'm still so unfamiliar with the capital, it's not bad to go out to breathe and understand the customs here." ”

Dugu Jun was overjoyed: "Okay, then let's set off, to be honest, I haven't been back to the capital for several years, and now it's time to take the opportunity to visit again." ”

Since it was decided, there was no longer any delay, Lin Fan quickly packed up and went out with Dugu Junyang.

The streets where the Lin Mansion is located are inhabited by dignitaries, and the snow on the street has long been cleaned up by the servants of each family, so as not to affect the nobles going out, otherwise the mud after the snow will also affect the appearance.

This kind of decent thing, each family spares no effort to do it, otherwise they will not be looked down upon.

So that's it

Even after the heavy snowfall, the whole street is still clean and orderly, and there is not much snow and mud.

But it's clean, but not many people are there. As a place where nobles gather, the people of Beijing generally don't like to come to this place, in case they accidentally offend any nobleman, it is really a blood mold.

Maybe as long as the nobles move their mouths, they will be ruined, and they can't afford to hide, so it's better to stay away, lest they don't open their eyes.

And the displaced people who poured into the capital from all over the country don't care so much, the high-walled compound here can block the cold wind and ice, for them who may freeze and starve to death at any time, it is not so important whether they will offend the nobles because of this, so many homeless people will want to squeeze here.

It's just that they want to come, but Jingzhao Yin Yamen and the patrol battalion won't agree.

Jing Zhaoyin and the patrol battalion are responsible for maintaining law and order in the capital, if ordinary people die or lose, as long as they don't make a big mess, they don't care much. But who live here, the identity background is not simple, if something happens, they can't afford it, and when the time comes, they are afraid that they will not only lose their black yarn hats, but even whether they can save their lives is still unknown.

Therefore, as long as those homeless people dared to approach here, without the subordinates of each family driving them away, the officers of Jingzhao Yin Yamen and the patrol soldiers of the patrol battalion had already taken action to drive them away.

That's the street as it is, clean but uninteresting. Lin Fan couldn't change this, but he wouldn't stay here for long, and walked towards the downtown with Dugu Junyang.

Leaving the mansions of the dignitaries, the bustle of the capital began to show. The capital is particularly busy near the end of the year, even if it has just snowed heavily, there are not a few people on the streets.

Lin Fan and Dugu Junyang walked on the street on foot, and the guards and subordinates of the two mansions followed from afar, because Lin Fan had orders, although they were worried about the safety of the two, they didn't dare to go too far ahead, so they could only stay behind the two, and once something happened, they immediately rushed forward to protect the two.

In fact, the guards are not too worried, after all, this is the capital, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the first good place, ordinary people who dare to make trouble here, it is really impatient. No matter how big the background is, if it damages His Majesty's face, it will be dead.

And both of them are extraordinary, it is difficult for ordinary people to get close at all, even if someone really eats the bear's heart leopard and dares to shoot on the street, even if Lin Fan is injured and can't do it, as long as the number of opponents is not too much, then Dugu Junyang alone can hold out until the guards arrive.

The two of them wandered the street with great interest, and after a while, their expressions became solemn.

Today's streets seem to be prosperous, but in fact they reveal a smell of loneliness and decay.

Rich people may still be able to dress well and walk the streets. But most of the ordinary people are thin in clothes and have vegetables.

This is not bad, the capital is the safest place in Gyeonggi during the last war, so a large number of displaced people poured into the capital.

In order to escape the war, these people abandoned their families and businesses, and they could not find a job in the capital, had no livelihood, and after a long time, they could only be reduced to beggars.

As far as the eye can see, the streets are full of poorly clothed homeless people, begging for alms from passers-by. However, the life of the people in Beijing is not easy, and the number of begging people is far greater than before.

In vain, many of these homeless people seem to have resigned themselves to their fate, huddled in the corners of the streets and alleys, shivering in the cold wind.

Around them, many people had completely lost their voices, turning into cold corpses. Last night, the snow was sudden cold, and many of them were cold and hungry without anything to protect them from the cold, and many of them did not survive.

From time to time, officials came and went, moving people who died of cold and starvation to carts and pulling them away, which should have been sent outside the city for burial.

In Lin Fan's opinion, the official patrols are quite frequent, but they are still too lucky, which shows how many people have died in these days.

The two of them had heavy faces, Dugu Junyang suddenly walked quickly to one place, and Lin Fan could only follow.

In one that looked like he was only in his teens

In front of the little girl, Dugu Junyang stopped.

The little girl had yellow muscles and thin muscles, very thin, and had few clothes on her body, and her hands and face were covered with chilblains.

She was kneeling on the ground at this time, and there were two corpses in front of her, one male and one female, who looked to be her parents, and they were not covered with straw mats or anything, and they were placed on the flat ground.

This is not surprising, in this situation, survival is the most important thing, even if there is something to protect from the cold, it is impossible to waste it on the dead. Even if the little girl agreed, the other people in the homeless people would not agree, and they would have come up to snatch it a long time ago, not to mention that the little girl didn't look like she was.

The frostbite on her body and the fact that she had not cleaned her body for a long time made the little girl emit a foul smell, and the cold winter wind could not hide it.

There was a bunch of straw pinned to her dry and messy hair, which should have the intention of selling herself to bury her relatives.

Dugu Junyang took off his fox fur, covered it on the corpse in front of him, and then said: "Girl, I came out in a hurry this time, I didn't bring silver, this fox fur can be exchanged for some silver, you take it to the pawnshop, and bury your parents well." Now that the war is over, there is no need to stay in the capital, take the rest of the money and go back to your hometown! ”

The little girl was overjoyed, and kept kowtowing: "Thank you, thank you, Childe!" ”

Dugu Junyang wanted to leave after speaking, but Lin Fan suddenly called out to him: "Brother Dugu, slow down!" ”

Then he picked up the fox fur that Dugu Jun had covered on the man and woman, beckoned the people not far away to come over, and handed the fox fur to them.

Seeing this, Dugu Junyang's face changed slightly, and there was a hint of displeasure in his tone: "Lord Xiaolin, what do you mean by this?" ”

Lin Fan saw that Dugu Junyang seemed to have misunderstood something, so he explained with a smile: "Brother Dugu, your fox fur is worth more than a thousand gold, if you leave it here, although it is a good intention, I am afraid that this girl will not live tomorrow!" ”

Lin Fan said as he took some broken silver from his subordinates, and he weighed some in his hand, about two or three taels, although it was not too much, but it was enough.

He handed the girl the money and said, "Girl, I have here some pieces of silver that you have taken and buried your parents." Although the fox fur is good, it is too precious, and giving it to you is actually harming you. ”

Lin Fan looked around as he spoke, and the greedy eyes around him withdrew one after another, not daring to look at him.

He pretended not to see the resentment in the girl's eyes, it was normal for people to be insufficient, after all, it was okay for others to be dissatisfied with him if they cut off other people's financial routes.

"Girl, if you don't have a livelihood, you can go to the Hubu Shangshu Mansion, where you will find a job, although it is hard, you can have no worries about food and clothing, and you also have a few dollars of silver every month, you think about it, if you go, it is said by the young master of the Lin Mansion, and someone will naturally arrange for you."

After Lin Fan finished speaking, the people around him all cast envious eyes on the little girl, after all, being able to enter a big family to work, even if it is just a current person, it is unattainable for these people.

Ignoring these, Lin Fan led Dugujun to leave without looking back.

After walking away, Dugu Junyang sighed and said, "Alas! Compared with Brother Lin, I still lack a lot, and I almost did something bad with good intentions. ”

Dugu Junyang is noble, like in the clouds. Although he also knows the hardships of the people and the difficulties of the people, it is inevitable that he will be a little untouchable in dealing with the world.

But he is not stupid, after seeing Lin Fan's treatment, he knew that Lin Fan was right, if he followed his own ideas, the girl would be dead.

Look at yourself, and then look at Lin Fan, the Lin family in Jiangzhou is also a century-old clan, Lin Fan is very handy in dealing with such a thing, Dugu Junyang is a little ashamed.

In fact, this does not complain about Dugu Junyang, he was born as the prince of the Pingguo Mansion, and he is destined to take over in the future, even if he is an officer and a soldier later, it is directly from the deputy marshal of the first army, who dares to let him know this? Isn't that unpleasant for yourself?

And Lin Fan is different, he started from the lowest rank of the ninth rank official, and he is dealing with the lowest level of ordinary people every day, knowing that these are not surprising.