"It's Tai'an, I just came back from Tai'an." A man said. "These days are the largest under the zenith, and the wheat in the fields is flooded, and the houses are all overwhelmed, and it is miserable."

"Really? So what can I do, aren't the common people having no way to live? ”

"In the event of such a catastrophe, the imperial court will definitely not sit idly by."

The words of several people were all listened to word by word by Shen Lanxin, but he didn't expect a ganlin to turn into a natural disaster.

At the same time, the imperial court also received news that Tai'an had suffered a flood that had not been encountered in a century, and disaster relief was also imminent, and King Xiang and King Qing were ordered by the emperor to go to disaster relief, and they had already left Fengcheng before dawn.

It rained for seven days, and now it finally cleared, and the sun in the east slowly rose above the horizon and lazily rose.

Shen Lanxin pushed open the door, raised his arms, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, the air was mixed with the smell of grass and earth, fresh and good.

After holding it at home for a few days, I can finally come out to breathe, Lan Xin swaggered around the street, the street was full of people, and it became bustling again after changing the rainy day, Xu was suffocated at home, so I couldn't wait to come out and walk as soon as the rain stopped, but before I went far, Soho stopped her from behind.

"Lan Xin."

Lan Xin turned around and saw that it was Soho, and said with a smile: "Hey, did you come out too, did you suffocate at home, and you also came out for a walk?" ”

Soho sighed lightly: "Yes, it's stuffy at home, so I came to you, and by the way, I want your help." ”

Shen Lan was curious: "What can you say!" ”

"Hmm......" Soho was holding a silk handkerchief in his hand, a little slurred.

Shen Lanxin couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw her speech. "If there is anything, you just say it, why are you still spitting and spitting, what the hell is going on?"

Su Ho hesitated for a long time and said, "I want you to help me ask King Xiang to come out." ”

Shen Lanxin was surprised: "That's it? ”

"Hmm." Soho nodded and said, "I haven't thanked him properly last time he saved me, so I want to treat him to dinner." ”

Shen Lanxin wrote lightly: "You have been doing this for a long time?" You're right, if someone saves you, you should repay them, but I haven't seen him for many days, and I don't know if he's in Fengcheng. ”

When Su He heard this, he couldn't wait to say, "Then how about we go to Xiangwang's Mansion to find him now?" ”

Shen Lan's heart fluttered, "Do you need to be in such a hurry?" ”

Suddenly, Soho felt a little embarrassed, and her cheeks flushed slightly. "I didn't mean that, it's just that it's been so many days, and if I don't take action, people who don't know will think I'm a person who doesn't repay my kindness."

Lan thought about it for a while, it made sense, so he nodded and said, "Okay." ”

As soon as the words fell, Soho immediately showed a happy expression.

So the two came to Xiangwang's Mansion, Shen Lanxin came to Xiangwang's Mansion for the first time, and when she was about to reach the door, her pace slowed down a lot, although it was Sohoto who came to find Gao Qian, but she was a little embarrassed in her heart, and in the end she was still too thin-skinned.

At this time, Soho pushed her, "Go knock on the door, I'm waiting for you here." ”

Lan Xin glanced back at her helplessly, and then stepped forward and knocked a few times.

In a moment, the door creaked, a wide slit opened, and a head stuck out, looking at the two of them with wariness, and asked, "Is there something wrong with you?" ”

Shen Lanxin replied politely. "We are friends of King Xiang, and we came to find him."

"My lord, he is not here." The man said lightly.

"Absent?" Shen Lanxin looked back at Soho, and then asked, "Then where did he go?" ”

"The prince went to Tai'an for disaster relief."

"Went to Tai'an?" Soho muttered to herself.

Shen Lanxin turned around and spread his hands. "Looks like we're here for nothing, let's go."

Soho looked back as he walked, as if he was unwilling.

Soho thought for a moment and said, "Lan Xin, why don't we go to Tai'an to find him." ”

"To Tai'an?" Lan Xin looked at her and thought she was joking, "Tai'an is the place where the disaster has been affected, isn't it okay to invite him to dinner when he comes back?" Why do you have to go to him? ”

Soho said: "Anyway, I don't have anything to do during this time, since Tai'an is now affected by the disaster, His Royal Highness is alone, if we go, maybe we can help him, besides, don't you usually like to help those in need of help, now, those disaster victims are in need of your help." ”

When Lan Xin heard this, he felt that what he said was very reasonable, so he readily agreed.

Soho actually took the opportunity to approach King Xiang under the banner of disaster relief, and anyone who used his brain a little would be able to hear it, but Shen Lanxin didn't think about it at all.

The next day, the two of them took some belongings and silver and hired a carriage and set off.

The carriage drove for a day and a night, and when it entered the boundary of Tai'an, it was seen that the wheat was washed down by the rain along the way, and as long as the wheat was soaked in water, the hard work of the common people for a year could be said to be in vain.

Shen Lanxin kept frowning all the way.

Finally arrived in Tai'an Town, Shen Lanxin asked passers-by about the most severely affected place, maybe King Xiang was there at the moment.

I found out that Zhenxi Village was the hardest hit. Zhenxi Village is only five miles away from Tai'an Town, so the two of them came to Zhenxi Village on foot, and when they arrived there, Shen Lanxin was suddenly shocked by the scene in front of him, the houses that had collapsed everywhere were in a mess, and only a few people in officer and soldier uniforms were patrolling there.

Shen Lan stepped forward and asked. "Brother Guan, where are the villagers here?"

The officers and soldiers said: "All of them have been transferred to Xinzhen West Village." ”

The two glanced at each other and said in unison: "Xinzhen West Village? ”

"This place has become a ruin, and it is no longer a village in Zhenxi." The tone of the officers and men was cold and devoid of any emotion.

Shen Lan couldn't help but sigh lightly: "I can't imagine that a rain will destroy a village, it's terrible?" ”

"Isn't His Royal Highness King Xiang here?" Soho continued to ask.

The officers and soldiers said: "The prince is also in the west village of Xinzhen. ”

"Then where is Xinzhen West Village?" Soho asked.

"It's in the southwest direction of Tai'an, about three miles."

So the two of them returned the same way and went to Xinzhenxi Village in the direction that the officers and soldiers had said.

After walking for nearly half an hour, at this time, rows of raised tents came into Shen Lanxin's eyes, followed by the sound of ping-pong chisels.

"Soho, we're here, it should be Xinzhen West Village." Shen Lanxin pointed to the tent not far in front of him and said.

"Great, it's finally here." Soho couldn't hold back the joy in her heart.

The two quickened their pace, Shen Lanxin looked at the piles of victims on both sides, they sat next to the tent, among them were the elderly, women, and children, they were also people with families and businesses, and now their homes were destroyed, and they became nothing overnight, some of them still had tears in their eyes, as if they were sighing about their fate, which really gave people a miserable and pitiful feeling, Shen Lanxin was suddenly full of pity and sympathy for them, she kept scanning the crowd, and suddenly, Gao Qian walked out of a tent.

"Gao Qian......" Lan Xin shouted at him at the top of his voice.

When Gao Qian heard the sound, he thought that he had heard it wrong, and subconsciously glanced back, but at this glance, he saw Shen Lanxin.

Seeing her, Gao Qian was like seeing the dawn, his eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, and suddenly a long-lost smile appeared on his face, and his mood suddenly brightened.

Shen Lanxin ran over to him and said with a smile: "I didn't expect me to come." ”

Gao Qian was stunned, surprised and delighted: "I really didn't expect it." ”

"Not only am I here, but even Soho is here." As he spoke, he smiled and pulled Soho to him.

Su Ho stood in front of Gao Qian and said softly, "Your Highness." ”

"Why did you two come back here?" Gao Qian was a little surprised, he didn't expect the two of them to come to Tai'an.

Shen Lanxin said: "We know that you are coming to Tai'an, so we are thinking about what can help you, but this time it is not me who I said I want to come, it is Soho, she said that she also wants to contribute to these disaster victims." ”

Gao Qian glanced at Su Ho at this time, and asked, "Then how did you find here?" ”

"We inquired with passers-by, and they said that Zhenxi Village was the affected area, so we went there, but the officers and soldiers there said that all the villagers had moved here, so we came here," Soho said. ”

"Do you all eat and live here?" Shen Lanxin asked, pointing to the tents.

"yes." Gao Qian nodded, "The original place has become ruins, new houses are already being built, these people can only be temporarily resettled here, at least let them have a place to shelter from the wind and rain." ”

"You're saying the court is helping them build a new home! It's great. Hearing this good news, the original sympathetic and compassionate heart in Shen Lan's heart suddenly felt relieved.

"Originally, I thought that the imperial court was just opening a warehouse to revitalize grain, but I didn't expect that it would actually help them rebuild their homes, and I was really happy for them." Shen Lanxin's face was full of smiles, and his heart was extremely comfortable.

At this time, Soho asked, "I wonder what we can do?" ”

"Yes, we are volunteers, we don't need money." Shen Lanxin couldn't help but make a joke.

When Gao Qian heard this, he immediately smiled, "It's enough to have them here, I really don't need the help of the two of you." ”

Shen Lanxin suddenly raised his eyebrows, raised his little face, and said: "Then how can it be done, we have come all the way, you can't let us come for nothing, since you don't let us do it, then we will find our own work, after speaking, we ran to the meal not far away and picked up a spoon to help serve the porridge."

While serving, he also said: "I'll tell you, I can't do anything else, I can still cook, I'll help you a little, don't you take it easy!" After saying that, she smiled at him.

Gao Qian saw that she was full of enthusiasm, so he didn't stop her, but smiled and said to her, "Okay, then let it be." ”

After a busy day, he didn't do any work, he felt a sore back, and Gao Qian was standing and sometimes commanding, sometimes helping to serve food, in short, there was no moment of idleness, sure enough, the prince was not so easy to be, once something happened to the people, they were really desperate.

Patronizing and busy with others, the three of them had not eaten yet, and at this time, Lan's hungry stomach was rumbling.

Gao Qian looked at the sky, the sun had already set, "It's not early, you guys have been busy for a day, I'll take you to the town for dinner." ”

"Going to town for dinner?" Lan was puzzled, "Isn't there a ready-made one here?" Why do you have to go out to eat. ”

Soho also said: "That's right, Your Highness, you don't have to treat us specially. ”

Gao Qian smiled slightly: "I'm just afraid that you won't be used to eating this thing." ”

Shen Lanxin raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you think I am a princess?" I'm not that squeamish. ”

Gao Qian couldn't help but smile and said, "I know you're not squeamish, but I have a share to send to the yamen, so can I take you to dinner by the way?" ”

"Okay, of course, then you don't say it earlier." Lan's mind turned quickly, and he put down the work in his hand as he spoke.

Inside the restaurant.

"Your Highness has been busy all day, and I ate a few bites at noon, so I must be hungry, right? I had a treat for this meal, and His Royal Highness Xie saved me that day. ”

Soho poured himself a glass of wine, and then poured wine for Gao Qian and Lan Xin.

Gao Qian said modestly: "It's a trivial matter, Miss Su still remembers." ”

For him, reaching out to save people is just a matter of raising his hand, but for Soho, he is regarded as a lifesaver.

Soho was very persistent, "How can it be a trivial matter, the grace of dripping water, the little woman remembers it." ”

Gao Qian smiled frankly, "Miss Su's words are serious, and others will do the same." ”

At this time, Soho stood up with a wine glass: "Your Highness, please allow me to thank you again, I salute you for this glass of wine." ”

"You're welcome." Gao Qian politely raised his glass in response.

The two men's glasses collided in the air, and Soho drank a full glass of wine.

Shen Lanxin just tasted it and didn't drink too much, because today's protagonists are the two of them.

"You don't know, Soho came all the way to invite you to this meal, what is it called?" Lan thought for a long time, and suddenly slapped the table, "Yes, the courtesy is light and affectionate." ”

After hearing this, Soho glanced at Gao Qian and said, "I only know the grace of dripping water, and the spring reciprocates." ”

"Then since Gao Qian is kind to you, then why don't you make a promise with your body." Lan Xin said casually.

Shen Lanxin was originally a joke, but the speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional.

As soon as the words fell, Su He glanced at Lan Xin, and then looked at Gao Qian, her face suddenly turned red, and she was speechless for a while.

The scene suddenly became awkward.

Gao Qian's face became ugly, and he said seriously: "Lan Xin, are you drunk without drinking?" No nonsense. ”

"Yes, Lan Xin, don't make fun of me, how can I be so blessed." After speaking, Soho secretly glanced at Gao Qian.

Seeing Gao Qian's deep eyes, there was no expression on his face, but Lan Xin didn't care.

"I'm just kidding, why are you so serious."

"This joke is not funny at all, and it is not allowed to be done again in the future." Gao Qian's face was calm.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry, I just won't joke around in the future. Lan Xin didn't compensate two people for a meal.

"Just kidding." Lan Xin pursed his lips and muttered in his mouth.

During the whole process of eating, Su He saw that Gao Qian's eyes were firmly locked on Shen Lanxin's body, but he never looked at her, and suddenly, all along, the sense of superiority in her body no longer existed.

Back in Xinzhen West Village, Gao Qian asked the soldiers to vacate a tent for Lan Xin and Su He to live in, there were two single beds in it, the two of them simply cleaned up, and then they each lay down, and after a while, Shen Lanxin fell asleep deeply, but Su He was never sleepy, she liked Gao Qian, and she couldn't help but like it from the first sight, she didn't understand, she tried her best to show everyone's demeanor in front of him, but why couldn't he attract his attention, could it be that he really liked Lan Xin? Thinking of this, she rolled over.

The next day, the sound of clanging outside woke Soho, she rubbed her eyes, it turned out that it was already dawn, but she didn't expect that she would sleep so deeply this night.

At this time, Shen Lanxin had already prepared everyone's meals, and those victims were waiting in line with bowls in turn.

She got up, lifted the curtain, and saw that Gao Qian was also helping beside her, and the two were very busy, and Su Ho didn't feel good in her heart.

"Lan Xin, Your Highness." Soho walked over with a smile.

"Soho, you're awake, come and help, Gao Qian has been helping me all morning." Lan Xin hurriedly urged.

When Soho heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward to help, "Then why didn't you wake me up?" ”

Soho's tone was slightly reproachful.

"I see that you are sleeping deeply, and I want you to rest well, and I can't bear to wake you up." Lan Xin said while eating.

At this time, Hachi walked over. "Childe, Miss Shen, you better go to dinner first, I'll just come here."

"Where's King Qing?" Gao Qian asked.

"King Qing is still busy, and Ashin will come to cook for His Royal Highness King Qing in a while." Hachi replied.

"Then Lan Xin, let's go eat first." Gao Qian urged. After speaking, he and Shen Lanxin entered the tent.

At this time, Ashin came to fetch food for King Qing.

"Today's meal looks good!" Ashin looked down.

"That's, and it doesn't depend on who did it?" Hachi deliberately played around.

Ashin glanced at him and said, "Listen to your tone, didn't the guy do it?" ”

Xiaoba raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course not." ”

Ashin said softly, "You shouldn't have invited a cook from outside, right?" ”

Hachi scoffed. "Think beautifully, this is a disaster relief, a lot of money is spent outside, and you can ask a cook to cook from outside?"

As soon as Ashin said that, he also knew that there was no extra money in the camp to invite another cook to cook for them, and he would not invite them.

"Who's that?" He couldn't help but be curious.

"Miss Shen did it!" Hachi said softly.

"Miss Shen, which Miss Shen?" Ashin couldn't remember for a moment.

"It's the Shen girl in the Shen Family Medical Center." Hachi said.

"She?" Ashin was a little puzzled, "Why did she come here?" ”

Xiaoba said casually: "Of course, I came with my prince to provide disaster relief." ”

At this time, King Qing was looking at the drawings in the camp, and Ashin walked in with food.

"Lord Wang, let's eat first." After that, he brought the food to his table.

King Qing looked at the drawings intently, did not look up, but answered softly.

After a while, he picked up the chopsticks and took a bite, his eyelashes twitched, and he said lightly, "Today's meal is good, and the level of the guy has improved a lot." ”

Ashin smiled, "Today's meal was not made by the man. ”

"Didn't the guy do it? In addition to the guys, there are other people in the camp who can cook? King Qing still looked at the drawings and did not look up.

"Yes...... It was made by Miss Shen. Ashin answered his question softly.

"Miss Shen? At this time, the chopsticks in his hand paused, and he raised his eyes to look at Ashin, "Is that Shen Lanxin?" ”

Ashin nodded: "What the prince said is right, Xiaoba said so, but the little one didn't see anyone." ”

Gao Xu said casually: "She must have come for the third brother." After saying that, he continued to eat.

Ashin said, "Hachi said she was here for disaster relief. ”

As soon as Ashin finished speaking, King Qing scoffed. "Disaster relief? Come here? Would she be so kind? I'm afraid that the drunkard doesn't mean to drink. ”

After breakfast, Shen Lanxin and Su He followed Gao Qian to the place where King Qing supervised the work, and at this time, King Qing was commanding those people.

"Fifth brother." Gao Qian shouted.

King Qing looked back and saw Gao Qian following the two girls on the left and right, so he teased: "The third brother is really a blessing." Although in the camp, it is a rare blessing to have two beautiful women as companions. ”

Facing King Qing's teasing, Gao Qian smiled calmly: "Fifth brother said that Lan Xin and Miss Su came here for disaster relief. ”

"I'm afraid that someone has ulterior motives!" After speaking, he glanced at Shen Lanxin beside him.

As soon as the words fell, Soho was stunned, she was weak in her heart.

When Shen Lan heard this, he spoke so yin and yang, it was obvious that there was something in the words, was this not clear about her? How can they swallow their anger?

"Who do you say has ulterior motives? What can we do with it? ”

These two people must have been enemies in their last life, and they are allowed to pinch each other when they meet.

"How does this king know what your intentions are?" King Qing said disdainfully.

Shen Lanxin looked at his underbeaten appearance, gritted her teeth with hatred, but for the sake of Gao Qian, she endured it, folded her hands in front of her chest, and said, "I'm too lazy to talk to people like you, wasting my saliva." ”

King Qing: "......

Gao Qian glanced at the construction site, "Fifth brother, when will it be completed?" ”

King Qing said: "At this rate, it will be at least more than a month." ”

"A month?" Gao Qian frowned, "It's been too long. ”

A trace of helplessness flashed on King Qing's face, "No way, I also know that the time is too long, but there are too few people at present, even if we work day and night, we can only shorten the construction period by ten days." ”

Gao Qian shook his head and frowned, "It's impossible to rush to work day and night, and once the workers' physical strength is overdrawn, they will delay time even more." ”

King Qing said: "But now it's not just a matter of the construction period, even the food and materials for disaster relief may not last for a month." ”

"Less than a month?" Gao Qian's brows suddenly tightened. "I'll write to the emperor and ask him to give an order to open a warehouse and revitalize grain."

"Wait." King Qing suddenly stopped him.

"There is not much grain left in Tai'an, and those grains are military rations, which are used by front-line soldiers, and they cannot be opened until the last resort, even if you write a book, the emperor will not agree, which will only put the court in a dilemma."

Gao Qian's face was embarrassed: "Then what should we do, we have little disaster relief money left, and we can't watch them starve to death." ”

Gao Xu also didn't seem to have much to do, "At present, we still have to solve the problem of the construction period first, it is about to enter autumn, the environment in the tent is simple and damp, I am worried that their health will be in condition." ”

Just when the two were at a loss.

Shen Lan thought about it, then opened his mouth and said: "Why don't you leave this matter to me, I'll raise the money, as for the people, we are thinking of a way, first do what we can do first, it's better than sitting still." ”

"You're going to raise money? Why don't you use your side door again? King Qing said sarcastically.

Listening to what he said, Lan Xin smiled calmly: "It's better for me to steal and rob than for you to say cool things here." ”

Being sarcastic by her, King Qing frowned slightly, and there was still a layer of coldness in his pupils, even mixed with some anger.

He wanted to have a seizure, but for the sake of King Xiang's face, he endured it, stared at her viciously, and was ridiculed by her in public, which simply embarrassed her.

Shen Lanxin turned a blind eye to his piercing gaze, she looked at Gao Qian, and said with a straight face: "Believe me, I won't do anything illegal, wait for my news." ”

Gao Qian looked at her deeply, he believed her.

Shen Lanxin said that he would leave without delaying for a moment.

All morning, Gao Qian paced back and forth in the tent while Soho poured tea and water.

Shen Lanxin came to Tai'an Town, came to a paper shop, and looked around.