After returning from Song Xuan's mansion, Li Yan went to Song Xuan's mansion every other night to study for an hour, and studied hard in the west courtyard during the day. It's not that Li Yan is so studious, it's too boring, after reading the Analects for a few days, Li Yan's head is big, if it weren't for Song Yan's evening lectures, Li Yan wouldn't want to watch it.

There is a special library pavilion in Liangwangfu, which collects all kinds of classics and historical classics, the art of war and the atlas of mountains and rivers, and Li Yan went to take out a few volumes every once in a while. As a child of the Li family, Juan, who was in charge of the library, naturally wouldn't say anything, and of course wouldn't give Li Yan any good looks, looking like he was doing business. It's just that Hu Anxin also muttered, this kid has been in the library for more time than he has been in the past few years, which is really strange.

Since he has the books in the library, Li Yan also feels that his life will not be boring, and most of the time he spends reading books every day. During this period, Xin'er wanted to take Li Yan to Jiuquan City several times, but Li Yan refused.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and for several days, there was goose feather snow floating over the entire Jiuquan City, and the ground and roof were covered with the thick snow that had fallen overnight last night.

Early in the morning, Li Yan got up early, and when he came to the courtyard after washing, the ground of the entire west courtyard was covered with a layer of snow, and the old trees in the courtyard had already lost their leaves and stood in the wind and snow.

Li Yan stood in the courtyard, dressed in white and wearing a furry fox fur coat. Snowflakes fell on Li Yan's head, sliding down the sides of his cheeks as if nothing had happened. It has been more than two months since I came here, and during this time, in addition to coping with Song Xuan's lectures, I was reading books at home. Through his own memories and what he learned from Xin'er, Li Yan knew that his situation was very embarrassing. Originally, he should have fallen from a horse and died unconsciously, but now that he is still alive, will his second uncle let him go?

Li Yan didn't know the bottom in his heart, if he wanted to live peacefully, I am afraid it would not be so easy. In a few days, his grandfather Li Wei will be back. Li Wei has been patrolling the border for more than three months, and he wants to return before the first day. Now all major affairs in the palace are handled by the crown prince Li Xin.

Li Yan sighed in his heart, he couldn't control whether it was a blessing or a curse, but his body was still too weak. I will be fifteen years old next year, and now I am about 1.7 meters tall, a little shorter than my previous life, and my weak body cannot be compared with my previous life.

"Young boy, why did you get up so early? It's snowing in the courtyard, so go back to the house to avoid catching a cold. I don't know when Liu Laohan appeared behind Li Yan and interrupted Li Yan's thoughts.

"Uncle Liu, you are up too. I walked around the courtyard and was back in the house in a moment. Li Yan turned to Liu Laohan and said.

After Li Yan went back to the house early, he read a book in the house for a while, and it was almost noon, and the snow outside the window had gradually stopped, and only some snowflakes were flying in the wind. Li Yan put down the scroll in his hand and came to the hall to see Xin'er sitting tightly in front of the door looking at the snow in the courtyard.

"Xin'er, are you looking at the snow? Why don't you go out with me? Li Yan walked up to Xin'er and said.

"Really?" As soon as Xin'er heard that she was going out, her whole body jumped.

"Shhhh Don't be too loud, my mother won't let us go out if she finds out for a while. Li Yan knocked Xin'er's head and said in a low voice.

Xin'er stuck out her tongue and said, "Young boy, Xin'er is wrong. Xin'er is so happy, I told you not to go out a few times before, but today you finally took me out. ”

"Let's go!" Li Yan said and walked forward, and Xin'er followed quickly.

Out of the Liangwang Mansion, Li Yan took Xin'er to walk in the streets of the city, it was close to noon at this time, the shops on the street had opened one after another, and the pedestrians passing by on the open street began to increase.

Li Yan walked in front slowly, leisurely looking at the shops on both sides and the passers-by, Xin'er followed behind to take a look, take a look there, and run wherever it was lively. In Li Yan's memory, Dunhuang City is far less lively than this Jiuquan City, and there are more people.

Unconsciously, after walking for about half an hour, Li Yan walked to the city gate, where a row of sergeants stood on both sides of the city gate, holding spears in their hands, staring ahead without squinting. The towering city walls surround the entire Jiuquan City, and there are also sergeants patrolling the city walls. After moving the capital to Jiuquan City, the city wall was increased by nearly one zhang from the original three zhang, and it was not easy to attack the city outside.

"Young boy, can you take Xin'er out of the city to have a look? Since moving here from Dunhuang, she has never been out of the city, and her wife has never left the palace, and Xin'er usually does not dare to go out of the city alone. Xin'er saw Li Yan standing motionless at the gate of the city, shaking Li Yan's hand and said.

Seeing Xin'er looking at herself expectantly, Li Yan could only move forward.

After Li Yan walked out of the city gate, the scene he saw in front of him was completely different from what he saw in the city. There were few pedestrians on the road, only two ruts left in the snow after the passing carriages, and the further you went out of the city, the more desolate it became. On both sides of the road, there are huts built by displaced people, and at this moment the huts have been covered with heavy snow, and some of them have collapsed because they cannot withstand the thick snow.

At noon, many homeless people were lighting fires and boiling water, wearing only a few tattered warm clothes, and the cries of babies could be heard from time to time in the distance.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd, and many homeless people ran in one direction.

"Let's go, I won't be able to eat in a while." The homeless people rushed to tell each other.

"Young boy, these people are so pitiful. Now it's time for the noon soup kitchen, and after the time is gone. Xin'er said.

"Let's go over there and have a look." Li Yan pointed to the place where the homeless people were running and said.

As more and more homeless people ran to the soup kitchen, a large circle formed in a while. The homeless people who were the first to receive the porridge carefully carried the gruel in the clay bowl to their huts, which was their food for the day. If it weren't for this gruel, I'm afraid I would have starved to death.

When Li Yan walked to the soup kitchen, the homeless people had already walked away one after another with the gruel, and several people from the palace sat on the bench and chatted in the soup kitchen.

"This nonsense is really true, and on a cold day, I asked my brothers to give porridge to this group of untouchables, and it will be bitter for us." A dwarf dressed in the costume of the royal palace said.

"No, Steward Hu still has a stove in the room, which is much better than ours in this ice and snow." A thin man shrieked.

"Don't complain, get done and go back. You're not cold, I'm cold. A man with a fat figure standing next to him snorted.

"Yes, yes, Brother Wang taught me a lesson. I don't see anyone coming, so let's go back. The thin subordinate said with a flattering face.

"Isn't there still a half-pot of porridge?" The dwarf who sat down on the bench muttered

"If you don't say it, I won't say it, who knows that there is porridge in the pot. It's a cold day, go back early, and the manager won't say anything. The thin man said and prepared to pack up.

In a few moments, they had already packed up the iron pot and loaded it into the carriage, ready to drive away.

"Wait a minute, ladies and gentlemen, I haven't gotten porridge yet." At this time, a strong man in tattered clothes ran out of the thatched hut of the homeless people, ran over with a clay bowl in his hand, and said to the people of the palace in the porridge shed.

"What are you yelling, didn't you see my uncle, I'm going back? Next time, it's early! The skinny subordinate reprimanded.

"Official, my mother is sick today, she just came back from the city to grab medicine, and she missed the hour, please have mercy on me and give me some porridge." The big man pleaded.

"Get out of the way, don't get in the way, or you're welcome." The thin man of the palace held a horsewhip and said to the strong man.

"Official, just have pity on me, my old mother hasn't eaten for almost a day." Dahan stopped in front of the carriage and pleaded again.

"If you don't get out of the way, uncle, I'll let you taste the whip." The slender man of the palace said that the horsewhip in his hand was drawn towards the strong man.

"Stop!" Li Yan really couldn't look at it anymore and shouted loudly.

"Yo, which one of the eyeless crotches was released~" The thin man turned around halfway through his speech and saw Li Yan walking from behind. Suddenly, his face changed.

"The little one has seen Yan Gongzi, but I don't know that Yan Gongzi is here, so it's all strange for the little one." The thin subordinate said and slapped himself twice in the face, crying and mourning.

When the two royal servants in the carriage heard that Li Yan was coming, they hurriedly got out of the carriage and saluted: "The little one has seen Yan Gongzi." ”

"No need to be polite, I'm just coming out and seeing. Say, why did you leave before the porridge was finished? And you still want to whip the hungry people, don't you dare to do anything wrong under the guise of the king's status? Li Yan stared at the skinny subordinate and said.

"Yan Gongzi, the little one knows that he is wrong, and he will never dare to do it again in the future. The little one will give the good man porridge. The thin man said as he ignored the reaction of the strong man who was stunned and snatched his clay bowl, filled a large bowl, and carefully handed it to the big man.

The strong man took the clay bowl full of gruel with both hands, bowed down to Li Yan and said, "Under Han Qian, thank you for your great kindness." ”

"It's okay, it's just a gesture, this big brother should go back quickly." Li Yan said to the strong man named Han Qian.

After the strong man left, Li Yan looked at a few people in the palace and said: "Forget it this time, dare to do it next time, the family law of the palace is not vegetarian." After you have finished dividing the rest of the porridge, you can leave. ”

"Yes, yes, little one." The three royal servants bowed down and said.

After Li Yan dealt with the soup kitchen, he took Xin'er around the displaced area, and the hungry homeless people drank the gruel in the clay bowl and licked the bottom of the bowl cleanly. There are also some elderly homeless people who can't survive this cold snow day, and freeze to death on straw mats, and their families cry to death.

All the way down, Xin'er followed behind and remained silent, completely devoid of the excitement that had just come out.

Li Yan saw that Xin'er's face was not good, and said to Xin'er: "Xin'er, what's wrong with you?" Uncomfortable? ”

"Young boy, Xin'er feels very uncomfortable when she sees what happened to these homeless people." Xin'er whispered.

"yes. Over the years, the Hu people have been fighting endlessly, and the Hu people have brutalized our Han people, resulting in countless displaced people from all over the country. Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people are also suffering! Looking at these unclothed homeless people, Li Yan said with emotion.