The early morning sun illuminated the room with a little dust through the screen window, and a gentle breeze blew in through the cracks in the window, carrying moisture and freshness.

Lingqi woke up in bed, but she still didn't want to get up. She slept soundly last night, and it must have been a long time since she had a good night's sleep like this.

It's just that she doesn't know why, she feels a little crowded on the bed, and she seems to be holding a soft thing in her arms, and she can't help but touch it, and she can still smell a little faint fragrance on the tip of her nose.

She opened her eyes vaguely, and a face close at hand appeared in front of her. It was she who was holding a man who was wearing a white coat and lying on her side with her clothes a little disheveled, asleep with her eyes closed.

Her hand was around the man's waist, so that the two of them were so close that they could almost feel the warm breath exhaled by the person in front of them.

The person hadn't woken up yet, and when he saw the person in front of him clearly, Lingqi was slightly distracted, half loud, and gently hugged her hands a little tighter.

A soft scent was placed in her arms, which made her eyes flutter for a moment, but after a few breaths, she calmed down again. The people around me didn't wake up, and they still slept peacefully. There was no other sound in the room, only shallow breathing.

Gu Nan was sleeping deeply, probably feeling something, so he woke up with sleepiness.

found that Lingqi beside her had woken up and was lying beside her looking at herself.

Seeing Gu Nan open his eyes, Lingqi's body froze, her face was covered with a layer of pink, and she said as thin as a mosquito.

"Master, Master."

Gu Nan smiled slightly: "You're awake." ”

"Hmm." Answering softly, Lingqi asked, "Master, why are you here?" ”

Gu Nan's face was still a little lazy, and when he heard Lingqi's question, he squinted his eyes and replied.

"I sent you back to the room last night, but you kept pulling the corner of my clothes and didn't let go, thinking you had a nightmare, so I stayed here with you for one night."

"This, that's it." Lingqi lowered her head: "I'm sorry Master." ”

"Nothing." Gu Nan replied softly, reaching out and pulling Lingqi's somewhat messy hair behind her ears.

With that done, she pointed to her waist and said in a teasing tone.

"However, since you are awake now, can you let Master go?"

"Uh-huh." Lingqi's face flushed, and she let go of the hand holding Gu Nan.

Gu Nan got up with a smile, sat on the edge of the bed and stretched: "Get up early, it is estimated that Xiu'er has already cooked the meal." ”

Lingqi was still lying on the bed, her face buried in the quilt, and said in a low voice, "Well, Master will go first." ”

If you don't know, I'm afraid you'll think that Gu Nan did something to her.

Gu Nan smiled, shook his head, got up and walked out of the room.

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The city gate of Xuchang is always crowded, and now the four places are in turmoil, and the markets in the city are very depressed, and even some places have a curfew for most of the month in January, and it is very difficult to enter and exit the city gate on weekdays.

Only the cities in the Central Plains are different, there are almost no curfews, and the daily market is also open for the longest time, from the first gong sounded in the morning when the sun rises, until the sun is about to set.

Especially in several cities such as Xuchang, night markets are allowed on major festivals, and you can buy and sell in the market all night. Even so, the commercial tax collected from entering the bazaar was not as expensive as elsewhere.

Therefore, most of the merchants from all over the world will regard Xuchang as an important stop on their way, whether it is to buy or ship, it is quite convenient here.

Some traders who want to be stable even regard this place as a place to stay. Find a place where there is no war, run between Xuchang and Xuchang, and do some buying and selling work can make a lot of money a year.

The same is true today, the city gate of Xuchang is full of cars and horses, most of them are wooden carts pulling goods, and after driving all night, they point to be able to enter early when the market opens, and find a good place to open a stall.

A group of soldiers with spears stood at the city gates, examining the passing carriages and horses.

Three men from afar walked towards the gate of the city, a man and a woman with a child. The three of them were all yellow-skinned and thin-skinned, with shabby clothes and sunken cheeks, probably hungry for a long time, and walking a little vain. It seems that it should be a displaced person in distress.

The three of them saw the big city in front of them, saw the endless stream of carriages and horses at the city gate, and the man glanced at his wife and children beside him, lowered his head, and bit his mouth.

A soldier saw the three approaching men and stopped them with their spears crossing: "Slow. ”

The child hid behind the woman, and the man stopped, stood in front of the two, and said to the soldier with a pale face: "Commander, I just went in, begged for food, begged for food." ”

As he spoke, he bowed to the soldier again and again: "I hope the commander will let it go, and I beg the commander to let it go." ”

The soldier pursed his lips and frowned, "I didn't say what I was going to do with you. ”

Putting down the spear, he looked the three of them up and down and asked, "Where did you come from?" ”

"Thank you, Commander, thank you."

When the man heard that the soldiers did not seem to want to drive them away, he thanked them again and again, for they had not eaten for two days, and that they could get some if they could go into the city, or at least not starve the children again.

Hearing the soldier's question, the man's eyes showed some sadness, but he replied anyway.

"Sanfu and one area."

In the early years, there was a great drought in Sanfu, and the price of grain was expensive, and a grain was worth 500,000 yuan, which was not a life at all. In addition, in Chang'an, Li Yu and Guo Yan fought with each other, and there was no peace in all places.

They were forced to leave their homes and live everywhere, but wherever they went, there was war everywhere, and they had not seen a place to live for a long time.

"Sansuke." The soldier nodded, the place was really bad, and looked at the three homeless people as he spoke.

"Are you willing to settle a household near Xuchang?"

Of course, this is not something he can decide, this is explained above, and anyone who sees a homeless person can ask them if they are willing to settle down here.

If they are willing, they will find the county governor and arrange for them to go to nearby villages, and when they get there, they will be allocated a piece of wasteland, as well as farm tools and seeds, and the cattle will be used by the government. There will also be a period of food for them, so that they can live and reclaim the wasteland.

When there is grain in the wasteland, they will pay part of it to the government, and it will not be their own.

Now that there are new farming tools, wasteland is not so difficult to cultivate. Soldiers in other places don't know, but in Xuchang alone, the life of the displaced people here is not much worse than that of ordinary farmers.

The man listened to the soldier's words, and was still stunned, and after a long while, he stammered and asked, "Jun, commander, what do you mean by that?" ”

On the second day, the three were taken to a village. The villagers asked them about their ancestral hometown, family and other questions, and registered them in a book. They were given shelters, given them farm tools and seeds, set aside a piece of land that they were going to cultivate in the future, and left with some food.

In the room, which was not too big, three people in ragged clothes sat together, staring blankly at the sack of grain on the table. After a long time, the man choked up, and the woman had red eyes and took the man's hand. The child innocently asked why the two were crying, but they were held in his arms by his father.

The man hugged his wife and children, wailed and cried, and said it over and over again.

"I don't have to let you starve anymore."