Chapter 38: Cai Wenji

Yesterday there was a power outage ......, and I stayed up late last night and rushed to work today to produce 6,000 words, I hope you understand.

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"Sister, the bad master has been busy every day these days." Sun Shangxiang hugged Cai Wenji and said angrily: "Every day is the court, office work, and meeting guests, and I don't even have time to teach me mathematics." ”

Four days after Cai Wenji's birthday banquet, in Cai Wenji's boudoir in Cai Yong's mansion, Sun Shangxiang, who was bored in Dong Zhuo's mansion, came to chat with Cai Wenji again, "Sister, don't worry, when the bad master is busy for the past few days, I will force him to apologize to you, otherwise I will pull out his beard." ”

Cai Wenji pursed her lips disdainfully, not wanting to mention Dong Zhuo, who had thrown her to the ground, "Xiangxiang, why aren't you with your brother?" Running to me every day, isn't he worried? ”

Speaking of Sun Ce, Sun Shangxiang suddenly became angry, "He is now with Sister Dong Xuan every day, or he will learn martial arts from Brother Zilong, then he will remember my sister." ”

Cai Wenji snorted, and said in her heart that the old ugly ghost can really see it, and he even let his daughter stay with half the eldest son every day, when I was a child, I would be counted down by my father and mother for a long time when I said a word to a man.

Sun Shangxiang pestered Cai Wenji for a long time, but Cai Wenji just ignored it with a straight face, and didn't want to mention Dong Zhuo when she said anything, which made Sun Shangxiang so bored. It took a long time before Cai Wenji changed the topic and said, "Xiangxiang, is there anything interesting in Luoyang City these days?" I haven't been out in a few days. ”

Sun Shangxiang tilted his head and thought for a while, "There are too many interesting things, the military generals conference and the Confucian Lin conference are about to start, people who want to participate in the military generals conference practice martial arts in the school field every day, and many people are already competing. Sun Shangxiang added, "However, the Taishi went to the outside of Luoyang City the most, and many of the victims who fled from Yanzhou lived outside the city, and they were so pitiful." ”

Cai Wenji snorted heavily, and said in her heart that it was these mud legs that caused me to be thrown down by the old ugly ghost, and I made a big fool in front of so many people, I want to see how pitiful they are, and they can let the old ugly ghost treat me like that! "Xiangxiang, let's go see those refugees together."

"Yes, yes." Sun Shangxiang cheered, "Sister, don't worry, there will be no problem with me protecting you." ”

"Whisper." Cai Wenji covered Sun Shangxiang's small mouth, "Can't let my father know, we have to sneak out." ”

The two little girls slipped out of the door like thieves, and quickly slipped to the door under the cover of buildings and trees. Sun Shangxiang and Cai Wenji looked at it, and it turned out to be Long Yi who lived in Cai's Mansion with Wei Zhongdao.

Cai Wenji's reaction was better, firstly, Long Yi's usual talent was very admirable to her, and secondly, Long Yi was a friend of Wei Zhongdao, and Cai Wenji had to give him some face. Sun Shangxiang didn't like this elusive Long Yi very much, "What's the matter with you?" Don't get out of the way, be careful Miss Ben beats you. ”

Long Yi smiled, he wasn't angry, "Do the two young ladies want to go out to play?" Let's go, the porter is not here. ”

The two little girls were overjoyed, and immediately ran past Long Yi and ran towards the gate. Long Yi suddenly asked again, "Miss Xiangxiang, can you tell us where Wu Chenghou currently lives?" Xiaosheng wanted to visit Wuchenghou once. ”

Sun Shangxiang did not doubt it, and replied casually: "My father lives in Huangmen Street now, and lives with Uncle Cao and Uncle Kong, but no one can go to see my father without a warrant from Taishi or Li Ru." Sun Shangxiang replied in a low voice as he ran out of the gate and walked away with Cai Wenji.

After the two little girls walked away, two heads suddenly appeared in the corner next to Long Yi, a bald head and a big fat man, it was Dian Wei and Xu Zhen who escaped after the failure to assassinate Li Ru that day. Dian Wei grinned at Long Yi and said, "No wonder others call you a ghost, and you can ask the whereabouts of the lord from a little girl's mouth." ”

Guo Jia also smiled: "Ashamed, ashamed, it's also that Dong Thief is too cunning, and he actually detained the princes and the lord, so that we can't find the lord, so Guo Jia had to deceive a child." ”

Xu Yan waved his hand, "Their Sun family is not a good person, it doesn't matter if they cheat." Stinky bald head, now that we know the whereabouts of the lord, we will go to savior the lord tonight. ”

Guo Jia hurriedly said: "No, it's not time to ...... now"

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Because of the holding of the military generals conference and the Confucian Lin cultural meeting, the warriors from all over the country flocked to Luoyang, the flow of people in Luoyang City increased suddenly, the merchants saw this business opportunity, and learned that the commercial tax in Luoyang City was greatly reduced, so they transported a large number of goods to Luoyang, ready to take this opportunity to make a big profit, there are many people, public security is naturally chaotic, Dong Zhuojun, who controls Luoyang, does not dare to slack off, and a large number of soldiers are transferred to Luoyang to maintain law and order. So many people flocked into Luoyang together, and the street of Luoyang City, which was already the most populous in the world, was clogged up, and it was difficult to move an inch.

"Oops, don't squeeze." Sun Shangxiang yelled and pushed away the person who squeezed her around, and kicked the unlucky guy by the way, "Be careful that Miss Ben slaughtered you." When the man saw that she was a child, and that she was born lively and lovely, he was so embarrassed to argue with her, and he had to admit that he was unlucky.

Cai Wenji was also squeezed into sweat, and she regretted coming out now, "Xiangxiang, is it so crowded outside the city?" If yes, I'm not going. ”

"It's not so crowded outside the city, those disaster victims are very well-behaved, they didn't run around after listening to the bad master, not like these people. Ay! Sun Shangxiang suddenly saw a team of Dong Zhuo's personal soldiers, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Come here, come here." ”

The team of Dong Zhuo's personal soldiers also saw her, knowing that she and Dong Zhuo were now the little overlords of Dong Zhuo's mansion, so they didn't dare to slack off, and immediately split a way in the crowd and squeezed in front of Sun Shangxiang, the person who led the team was Zhao Yun is direct subordinate, in his thirties, he was a squad leader, and he smiled with a smile on his face: "Hello Miss Xiang, is there something wrong?" ”

"You guys." Sun Shangxiang put his hands behind his back, with a commanding look, "Open the way for me and Sister Cai, and send us out of the city to see those victims." ”

The team leader saw Cai Wenji at this time, and also knew the relationship between her and the Taishi, so he suddenly dared not slack off, and immediately lined up to open the way and escort the two little girls out of the city. Of course, Cai Wenji knew why these Dong Zhuo's soldiers were so diligent, and she was even more angry in her already indignant heart, it was all the old ugly ghost who harmed me! At the moment, Cai Wenji didn't say a word, just walked with a straight face.

finally got out of Luoyang City, but Cai Wenji was stunned by the scene in front of her. Outside Luoyang City, the first thing that caught her eye was the overwhelming number of victims, and at a glance there was no end to the black and oppressive team of victims, Cai Wenji blurted out: "My God, there are so many." Sun Shangxiang didn't react, she was used to seeing it.

When she got closer and took a closer look, Cai Wenji was even more frightened, almost all of the victims were so hungry that they were skinny and skinny, their faces were yellow and thin, as if they hadn't eaten for many days, their clothes were not covered, and their godless eyes showed despair. Cai Wenji was born in a family of scholars, and has been clothed and fed since she was a child, if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she really couldn't believe that someone in the world could lose weight like this. Especially when she just came out of the bustling Luoyang City, she saw this scene of mourning, which is tantamount to the difference between heaven and hell.

Cai Wenji noticed that one of the victims, the old man was about sixty or seventy years old, lying on the ground dying, the mother sitting on the ground had swollen legs, and the baby in her arms was crying, but looking at the shriveled ** exposed under the mother's tattered clothes, the mother had no milk to feed the baby, and it happened that the man of the family came back, holding a broken bowl in his hand, helping the old man up, and feeding the broken bowl to the old man's mouth, "Father, eat some." ”

Cai Wenji looked at the contents of the bowl, and saw a bowl of black and mushy things, and couldn't see what it was, "Xiangxiang, what are they eating?" Sun Shangxiang explained: "This is mashed bark. ”

"Bark?" Cai Wenji was taken aback, "Can the bark be eaten too?" ”

"Eat anything when you're hungry." Sun Shangxiang's expression was also a little sad, "Tree bark, grass roots, wild vegetables, eat everything." On the way to Luoyang with my brother, I also ate it, but it was unpalatable. Sun Shangxiang said this, wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, "If it weren't for my brother robbing a landlord's horse to eat, I might not be able to go to Luoyang." ”

"Why don't they eat minced meat?" Cai Wenji blurted out that she had never tasted starvation since she was a child, let alone experienced it among the people, and all this in front of her was simply incredible to her.

Before Sun Shangxiang could answer, the man in the family also heard their words, and when he looked back, he saw that they were richly dressed, and he knew what was going on, and said in a hoarse voice: "Miss, eat minced meat?" I didn't receive a single grain in the field, and Master Wang snatched the last few buckets of seed grain from my family, and my mother and daughter starved to death. Do you eat the flesh of my mother and daughter? ”

If others dared to contradict Cai Wenji like this, Cai Wenji would definitely slap her, but she was already stunned by the scene in front of her, and she didn't even hear the anger and disdain in the man's words, she just watched the old man swallow the bowl of bark with difficulty.

"Don't give this to the elderly." Sun Shangxiang went up and grabbed the old man, and took out a few pastries from his arms, "Old man, let's eat some snacks first, and in a while, the bad master will release grain." ”

What Sun Shangxiang took out was just a few ordinary fruit cakes, Cai Wenji was usually tired of eating, and she didn't even want to look at it on the table, but this old man obviously had never eaten it, and he looked like he was eating the sweetest food in the world, just like that, the old man still gave the snacks to his son and daughter-in-law, and no one ate it alone. The victims next to them looked at them with envy, as if they were coming to rob them.

"Eat slowly, be careful of choking." Sun Shangxiang didn't think the old man's clothes were dirty, his little hand gently patted the old man's back, and said to the woman of that family: "You must have come to Luoyang today, let me tell you, the bad master will send food three times a day, and it will be sent at noon in a while." And your leg is swollen like this, you must eat wild vegetables, there is a medicine prepared for you by the divine doctor Hua Tuo over there, you will go and get some later, otherwise it will be very dangerous. Don't worry, the medicine doesn't cost money, it's all given to you for free by the bad master. ”

"Thank you, miss." The family struggled to kowtow to Sun Shangxiang and said, "Miss, you have such a good heart, you will definitely be able to marry a good family in the future." Sun Shangxiang's face turned red, and she didn't answer, but just pulled Cai Wenji and walked away quietly.

"That old ugly ghost, didn't he say he wanted to help the victims? Why is it that he doesn't care if someone is hungry like this? The first thing Cai Wenji did when she woke up from the shock was to lose her temper and scolded Dong Zhuo: "He still has the face to claim to love the people like a son? ”

"The bad master has done his best, sister, you haven't seen the situation outside the gate, that's hell, people who are starving to death are everywhere, wild dogs eat dead human flesh and eat their eyes are green, just like wild wolves." Sun Shangxiang said quietly: "Now the price of grain in Luoyang has risen to three times of rice, and most of the grain in the official treasury of Luoyang City has been distributed, but the victims are still entering the customs in an endless stream. There are also Li Duwei's family and Wen Hou's family are also saving food, Sister Diao Chan was just injured, so she took the people of Wen Hou's family to save food, and yesterday she came to see the victims with Wen Hou, and Sister Diao Chan cried when she saw it. ”

Cai Wenji was speechless, that night Dong Zhuo read the sentence 'Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road', Cai Wenji didn't understand the meaning of this poem at that time, but now Cai Wenji understands. Unconsciously, Cai Wenji's eyes were already full of tears. Sun Shangxiang didn't notice her abnormality, and explained to her one by one there, "This is the grass roots, pull out the weeds on the roadside, and mash the roots and eat them." "The green one is wild vegetable soup, this one can eat one or two meals, if you eat too much, just like the woman just now, your legs will be swollen, and when it is serious, there will be a pit when you press your legs." "Oh, if you don't eat Guanyin soil, you'll die! If you wait, the bad master will give you food at noon......"

"Xiangxiang, don't say it." Cai Wenji choked and grabbed Sun Shangxiang, tears had already slipped down her snow-white face, and then she cried loudly, but in this place where the crying was endless, her crying seemed so ordinary......

......With this long shout, the lifeless victims suddenly moved, struggled to stand up, helped the old and the young, consciously lined up in dozens of long lines, and slowly walked to the grass hut built on the sidelines.

"Sister, don't cry, put the grain, the bad master must be over there, let's go see him." Sun Shangxiang wiped away Cai Wenji's tears.

Cai Wenji followed Sun Shangxiang godlessly, and the beautiful world in her impression suddenly became shattered for many years, Cai Wenji thought that the people in the world were the same as her and Wei Zhong's Taoist family, uncle's and uncle's family, eating big fish and meat, wearing silk and satin, living in a high-rise house, and occasionally seeing a few poor people, Cai Wenji also thought that it was caused by those people's laziness, and they were to blame. But today Cai Wenji saw the real folk scene, these people have thick calluses on their hands, dark skin from the sun, and rickety and deformed figures caused by long-term labor, all of which have become clear, they are not lazy, but what do these hard-working people eat? What are you wearing? Cai Wenji completely understood why Dong Zhuo hated the Shi clan so much, why he lost his temper with himself at his birthday banquet, and was even more sarcastic, it turned out that his family and Wei Zhong's Taoist family's brocade clothes and jade food were all snatched from these hard-working people.

Cai Wenji saw from a distance that Dong Zhuo was struggling to twist his fat body to distribute food to the victims, and the sweat of beans rolled down Dong Zhuo's ugly face, and from time to time he helped up the victims who kowtowed to him. Suddenly, Dong Zhuo, who was usually extremely ugly and just amiable in Cai Wenji's eyes, suddenly became so tall and heroic......

"The young man standing next to the bad Taishi is Lu Su, and the red-faced young man is Wei Yan, both of whom were promoted by the Taishi the day before yesterday." Sun Shangxiang pointed to the people next to Dong Zhuo and introduced them one by one, and said with a giggle: "That Lu Su is the funniest, he is from Linhuai Dongcheng, his family is rich but he is not from the scholar family, this time he did not come to participate in the Confucian Literature Conference, but heard that the bad Taishi was in Luoyang Tuntian to relieve the victims, so he transported half of his family's grain to Luoyang, and began to say that he didn't want the bad Taishi to buy people's hearts and wanted to compare the bad Taishi, but his family's grain had not been transported to Luoyang, and it was all distributed to the victims, so he took the Wanmin umbrella that the victims thanked him to Luoyang, I want the bad master to see, and I am angry that he thinks it is a false bad master! As a result, as soon as he arrived in Luoyang, he was frightened by the number of victims outside Luoyang City, and the Wanmin umbrella was also thrown, and he kowtowed to the bad master in front of the victims to admit his mistakes. That Wei Yan was very powerful, he defeated General Xu Huang in a competition at the age of seventeen, and the bad master immediately made him a partial general and belonged to Mr. Wenhe. ”

Cai Wenji didn't listen to a word, just looked at Dong Zhuo stupidly, and then turned her eyes to the food put in the hands of the victims, a bowl of elephant soup with white flowers, exuding an attractive aroma, and something the size of a white fist, which was also fragrant, but I didn't know what it was. Cai Wenji asked, "Xiangxiang, what are they eating?" I've never seen one. ”

Sun Shangxiang pursed his lips, "What is in the bowl is rice porridge, which is something that we southerners often eat, consume less food and have a full stomach, northerners rarely see it, and the bad master is also a northerner, I really don't understand how he knows." The one in his hand was invented by the bad Taishi, steamed with flour and water, and it was also full and saving food, and the Taishi called this steamed bun, but the victims were called Taishitou behind their backs, which was used to thank the bad Taishi. Really, it's not good to call it, it's like they're eating the head of the master. ”

"Nope." Cai Wenji interrupted Sun Shangxiang's words with tears in her eyes, "Xiangxiang, he is not a bad master, he is the best person in the world." ”

Sun Shangxiang was not convinced, and was about to refute, when a cry like a silver bell came, "Mom, Mom." "The voice is crisp and beautiful, and it is so different in this lifeless and low-voiced weeping occasion.

Cai Wenji looked for prestige and saw a little girl crying and running in the ranks of the victims, as if she had been separated from her mother. Cai Wenji was already moved with pity at this moment, and walked to grab the little girl, "Little sister, don't cry, what's your name?" Sister takes you to Mommy. ”

The little girl looked like she was about ten years old, her body was quite normal, not as skinny as the other victims, her clothes were tattered, and her little face was covered by pieces of loess, but her eyes were as clear as a pool of water. She cried: "Woo......, my name is Zhen Mi, sister, do you know where my mother is?" ”

"Sister, let's ask the bad master to send someone to help her find her mother, otherwise there are so many people, let's go there to find it." Sun Shangxiang suggested.

Cai Wenji's pretty face sank, although she had forgiven Dong Zhuo in her heart, it was still impossible for her to bow her head to Dong Zhuo and admit her mistakes. "No, let's just take her to find it, I don't believe I can't do anything without him."

Cai Wenji was stubborn, no one could hold it, and she dragged Zhen Mi and Sun Shangxiang to find it one team after another, and the hard work paid off, and after looking for more than an hour, she found Zhen Mi's mother, who was also looking for Zhen Mi everywhere, "Mom." "Mi'er." Mother and daughter hugged each other.

Cai Wenji looked at Zhen Mi's mother carefully, she was in her thirties, and her appearance was not clear by the mud, but she behaved dignified and elegant, her clothes were tattered but the quality was very good, not like a fleeing victim, but more like a noble lady in distress. Cai Wenji was suspicious, "This lady, looking at your appearance, you shouldn't be fleeing, how could your mother and daughter fall to this point?" ”

Zhen Mi's mother wiped away her tears and gave Cai Wenji a blessing first, "Thank you for this young lady, we really didn't flee to Luoyang, but we were entangled and stolen by thieves on the road, so we fell like this." Our mother and daughter are from Changshan Zhending, and they came to Luoyang to complain. ”

"Sue whom?" Cai Wenji said in her heart that you had better come to sue the old ugly ghost, and I would also win back some face.

Who knew that Zhen Mi's mother replied: "Sue Bohai Taishou, Yuan Shao, Marquis of Qixiang, their Yuan family took advantage of the death of my lord and seized our family property." ”

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