After Ma Zhou received the order, he did not use a particularly large guard of honor.

In other words, he did not let the guard of honor follow him at any time, but let the guard of honor delay him a few days, so that the officials in other places did not know that the guard was coming, so that he could investigate the real situation in a place.

Of course, the so-called honor guard is also a guard of honor simplified by Ma Zhou, with only thirty guards, and there is not much pomp, if they walk on the street, no one will think that they are the soldiers and horses of the imperial court.

After Ma Zhou left the capital Chang'an, he went all the way to investigate and patrol.

Winter came quickly, and it was in winter that Ma Zhou came to a city called Xincheng.

This place, because of the war, became an abandoned city, and then the population migrated here, and the city was built, and it has been called a new city for more than ten years.

The new city is still relatively bustling and lively, and even in the cold winter, you can see many people walking back and forth on the streets.

After Ma Zhou came to Xincheng, he didn't show his identity to go to the county order of Xincheng to ask about the investigation or something, along the way, he basically made private interviews with Weifu, rarely showed his identity, and there was only one subordinate named Ma Liu.

After the master and servant came to the new city, they wandered around the streets, and the streets here were full of shouting.

"Master, it seems that this place is still very good."

Naturally, there is no way to compare with Chang'an City here, but it is indeed very good to be able to have such prosperity.

Ma Zhou smiled lightly and didn't say much, so when it came to noon, both of them were a little hungry, so the two of them found an inn to eat.

The environment in the inn is good, and when they entered, there were already many guests.

The two of them sat down, asked for a few side dishes, and a pot of wine, and then sat down in an inconspicuous place, and ate like this.

The people next to him were chatting, and the whole inn was a little noisy, but such an environment gave people a breath of life.

Ma Zhou drank lightly, and gradually felt that this place was good.

However, at this moment, a beggar suddenly appeared at the door, this beggar was about forty years old, and his clothes were very shabby, as if he had not washed his body for a long time.

When he came to the door, he took out his broken bowl.

"Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, give me a bite to eat......"

The beggar prayed, the guy in the store glanced at the shopkeeper, the innkeeper waved his hand impatiently, and after the shopkeeper understood, he took two steamed buns and gave them to the beggar and let the beggar go. They are doing business here, and the beggars have been staying at the door and not leaving, which affects their business, and if they are in a hurry, it will not have a good impact, because it is not excluded that some guests have a sense of justice, if they feel that the people in their inn do not even have this little love, then they will also feel that their people here are not real, and they will not come to eat.

The beggar got the steamed buns, bit off half of them in one bite, and then ate them and left, it seemed that being able to get two steamed buns in one day was the happiest thing of the day.

This happened under Ma Zhou's nose.

He was a little shocked, but the other people on the scene were a little commonplace and didn't seem to care about it at all. Seeing this situation, Ma Zhou's eyebrows condensed slightly, Tang Guo didn't say that there were no beggars, but now it was winter, if the beggar's life was not good, he could also go to the welfare home to spend this winter temporarily, but this beggar did not go to the welfare home, but in this way to let himself survive, which is very problematic.

Originally, he still had a little affection for this place, but now, he felt that this place was far from being as simple as he thought.

Ma Zhou didn't continue to eat the food, and asked Ma Liu to go to the shopkeeper to buy a few chicken legs and steamed buns, plus a pot of wine, and after selling them, they left the inn with them.

At this time, the cold wind on the street was a little heavy, and the beggar in front had already eaten the steamed buns, but he was obviously not full, and wanted to ask for some more food to satisfy his hunger.

But the others were not as good as the innkeeper, who kicked the beggar to the ground.

"Get out!"

In this world, it is not particularly easy to get help from others.

After the beggar was kicked down, he got up and walked forward, for this situation, he has long been used to it, as long as it does not hurt him, he does not make trouble with others, he eats steamed buns if he has them, and continues to ask for steamed buns if he does not have them.

After Ma Zhou saw these in the back, he glanced at the Ma Liu and said, "I'm waiting in the alley here, you go and call the beggar." ”

Ma Liu received the order, and then walked over quickly, Ma Zhou's side, turned around and flashed into an alley.

Ma Zhou didn't wait too long in the alley, and soon Ma Liu brought the beggar over, and after the beggar came, a pair of eyes stared at the chicken leg in Ma Zhou's hand, he probably hadn't eaten chicken leg for a long, long time.

Seeing him like this, Ma Zhou shook the chicken leg steamed bun and wine in his hand, and said, "I want to ask you a few questions, if you can answer them honestly, these things are all yours." ”

The beggar hurriedly nodded, "No problem, no problem at all." ”

Ma Zhoudao: "There should be a welfare house here, right?" ”

"That's something, of course, what are you asking for?"

"Since there is a welfare home, why don't you go to the welfare home for the winter, but run here, go there, you have food and drink, and you have clothes to wear, it's much more comfortable than here, right?"

Ma Zhou has always found this question very strange and difficult to understand.

When the beggar heard this, he pouted, "I didn't go to the welfare home, I went to the welfare home, I don't even know how I died, you don't know, I used to have two friends who went to the welfare home, and they didn't live to die in the spring of the next year, what do you say I should do in the welfare home?" ”

Hearing that people would die when they went to the welfare home, this made Ma Zhou feel strange, going to the welfare home was just to reduce deaths, why would there be deaths?

The welfare institute in the capital has helped many people every year, and there has never been a fatal incident.

"How so, do you know what's going on, why are people dead?"

The beggar said, "I know this, I haven't been in it, anyway, two of my friends died, and then I won't go to that kind of place, I can still live here, right?" ”

As he spoke, the beggar's eyes looked at the wine and meat in Ma Zhou's hand, and when Ma Zhou saw him like this, he smiled bitterly, "These are all yours, take them and eat them." "Thank you, sir." The beggar excitedly took the wine and meat and went to eat, he seemed to be very excited, and did not think of answering a few questions in exchange for a meal.

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