The petite body sat cross-legged on the luxurious carriage, and on the left hand side were the snacks at her fingertips, all of which were palace treasures that she had never eaten.

The sound of the horse's hooves is neat and chaotic, the pedestrians around are disturbed in the downtown area, the sound of hawkers ringing in the ears, there are candy sellers, glutinous rice dumplings, tender tofu, and the fresh fragrance of Liu Ji mutton stuffed buns can't help but get into the nostrils, and I can't help but sniff a few mouthfuls.

The good-looking eyes looked carefully at His Majesty the Emperor, and the unveiled carriage curtains showed the prosperity of Chang'an, and the market was bustling, but under the scolding of the Wuhou patrolling the streets, it was as orderly as a camp soldier.

The Tang Dynasty in the ninth year of Wude has not yet reached the prosperous era, but there are still Hu people in the Western Regions who go to Chang'an in memory along the route left by their ancestors in the past, and enter from the Mingde Gate of Chang'an is the unobstructed Suzaku Street, which is enough for the eight carriages to drive side by side, and the two tall and wide ancient eaves buildings on the left and right are simply called ghostly axes, and the insignificance of human beings is like a mayfly.

Located in the East City of Wannian County, Chang'an City, there are two square sizes, where merchants from all over the world gathered, from Yizhou, Yangzhou Shu embroidery, Wu embroidery, this is the best choice for the lady to choose tailor gorgeous clothes; The salt used for the citizens to cook on weekdays, the salt from the good well from the Jiechi in the east of the river, and the sea salt collected in Huaiyang and Yang; The best rhino leather produced in South Vietnam is also in short supply, and the soldiers who can fight well like to boil them and use their glue juice to make the Zhemu bowstring in their hands, or to make leather armor......

Sima Qian said in the "Historical Records": "The land of Guanzhong is one-third of the world, and the people are only three, but the wealth is six." ”

But in this prosperous place, there is a group of beggars in ragged clothes and dull eyes, like locusts, which are very different from the well-dressed crowd, and the homeless people of forty or fifty people are at most women, children, and old people, and only a few men are protecting the perimeter, but they are also hungry.

A dozen ruffians saw a few of the good-looking women among the homeless people and laughed wantonly, although their postures were covered by wind and frost, they could not stop their graceful style, and their ragged clothes revealed their tender white skin, which aroused the interest of several ruffians even more.

When several of the homeless men saw this scene, they stepped forward to stop them, but they couldn't stand the crowd, and they were so hungry that they were dizzy, and they were pushed to the ground by several hooligans, and kicked them with their feet, and the other hooligans pulled the woman into their arms, and when they met those who did not comply, they stepped on the child and threatened the woman, as vicious as a beast that did not know human nature.

"I beg you to let go of a certain sister-in-law, I beg you, be kind." A teenager with a yellow and thin face knelt on the ground holding the thigh of a ruffian, kowtowing and begging.

"Fuck off, Lao Tzu has taken a fancy to your sister-in-law, which is a blessing that you have cultivated for several lifetimes." The ruffian felt his thigh being hugged, and the boy who slapped him vomited blood.

Although the woman pulled by the ruffian covered her face with dirty hair, she also had a bit of a posture when she looked closely, holding a five or six-year-old child in her hand, the child was unconscious, unable to withstand the power of the ruffian, and cried for help from the township party and the surrounding Chang'an citizens.

Their township party has long been unable to protect itself, and they can only do nothing to help.

At this moment, the crowd gradually surrounded the homeless people and the ruffians, forming a large circle, and several Wuhou also squeezed through the crowd and walked up.

On the other side of the crowd, Li Yuan shouted to stop the carriage, because the crowd was dense, coupled with the encirclement of the Suzaku Gate guards, they couldn't see the six white horses tied to the carriage, so the people on the street didn't know that there was a big man coming.

And because Chang'an is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, there are many powerful people on weekdays, so the people don't care too much.

"Your Majesty, do you want to come forward and disperse the crowd." Li Junxian walked over and asked in a low voice.

"No, just wait and see." Li Yuan shook his head, these homeless people are not strong and lacking, obviously they didn't flee to Chang'an due to famine, either famine or man-made disaster!

It won't be long before it will be the Weishui Alliance that Li Shimin regards as the shame of his life!

Jieli Khan knew that Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion and forced Li Yuan to abdicate, so he mobilized 100,000 Turkic iron cavalry all the way south, once approaching Wugong County, only thirty miles away from Chang'an!

Seeing that the situation was not good, the ruffian changed his words and said: "Follow Lao Tzu, I bought your sister-in-law, five buckets of grain!" ”

When the woman who struggled to resist heard this, her eyes were slightly red, and she shouted in a low voice: "If you are willing to go with you, you must give five buckets of food!" After saying that, he pulled the ruffian's sleeve tightly and refused to let go, and the boy in his hand handed it to the boy who fell to his knees.

"Sister-in-law, don't..." With tears in the corners of the young man's eyes, he trembled and took the sleeping child, and muttered in his mouth: "The Turks went south, and the eldest brother stayed in the village to resist, and his last sentence was to say to so-and-so: 'Protect your sister-in-law and your nephew.'" ’”

"Phew, Liu Er Mazi, you still have to make a face, no one's family has no difficulty." A man who knew the ruffian scolded.

The woman bowed her head and mourned a few times, but out of nowhere, she slapped the young man in the face, and shouted hoarsely, "You can live if you have food... With the buds, live! ”

Those martial marquis looked at each other, if they were molested, they could still escort these ruffians to the official mansion, but now the woman was bought by the ruffian with grain, which is legal according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty.

There is a famous saying in the "Tang Law and Discussion" that in addition to selling (voluntarily being sold), snatching and deceiving a population is a crime and should be punished, and if the person being sold is under the age of 10, even if it is sold together, it will be treated as robbery and deception.

In other words, now this woman is obviously not under the age of ten, and she was also sold voluntarily, so Wuhou has no way to deal with them, and the deepest reason, Wuhou does not want to say that the woman was bought by Liu Ermazi, and their family can live.

"Phew!" The person who scolded Wang Er Mazi stood up again, took out a few pennies from his waist, put it next to the young man, and shouted: "Listen to me, everyone has money to pay, and food to pay, if one day my own mother-in-law is ruined like this, ask yourself with my heart, can I do nothing now?" ”

The folk customs of the Tang Dynasty are still very simple, with the first person to shout, there are other people to follow suit, no one can hide from the thing that calls conscience, in less than a moment, the teenager and even other people are piled up with loose money and some food, and even children pull their adults to buy snacks and hand them to the same age children among the homeless people, and the Hu people who are businessmen and businessmen from all over the country have also given their goods to help...

Seeing this scene, dozens of homeless people fell to their knees with tears in their eyes and trembling lips, and gave the noblest gifts to each of the people who were good at charity.

Some young and vigorous Guanzhong men raised their fists and hit those ruffians on the heads, and Wuhou, who usually maintains law and order, is also blind today, and he doesn't even listen to the ruffians' requests for help, and he simply ignores them.