In addition to the political envoys and the procurators, the provincial-level leaders also have commanders, who are in charge of the military of a province, and are called the "three divisions" together with the political envoys and the procurators. This army has little to do with Yang Qiuchi, and Master Jin said that he doesn't need to visit for the time being, and he will talk about it when there is something in the future.

In addition, Huguang Wuchang Mansion also has a Jinyi Wei Thousand Households, although the leader of the Thousand Households is only five products, but the identity is special, even the political envoy, the punishment according to the envoy do not dare to underestimate. However, the identity of Yang Qiuchi Jinyiwei's envoy cannot be revealed unless it is absolutely necessary, so these thousand households will not visit.

After coming out of the yamen of the punishment press, Song Yun'er asked Yang Qiuchi where to go next.

All the things that should be visited are done, and all that remains is to visit local attractions and travel on a mission.

This is Yang Qiuchi's first time in Wuchang, he has to have a good time, and the place he wants to go to the most is of course the Yellow Crane Tower, which is a famous spot, and it is the object of many literati chanting. But it's already afternoon, and I'm hungry, so I'd better look for food first, and then go to the Yellow Crane Tower tomorrow.

Speaking of food, Yang Qiuchi remembered that there was a poem in the old man Mao, "I drink Changsha water and eat Wuchang fish." Thousands of miles of the Yangtze River crossed, and the eyes of Chu Tianshu were extremely eye-catching. "When you come to Wuchang, this Wuchang fish must be eaten.

Wuchang fish is famous since ancient times, according to the "Three Kingdoms" record: Wu lord Sun Hao wants to move the capital from Jianye (the old city is in the south of today's Nanjing City) to Wuchang, the common people are unwilling, there is a nursery rhyme that says: "Rather drink Jianye water, not eat Wuchang fish." The great poet Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty also has the famous sentence "Autumn comes to remember Wuchang fish, and the dream soul is only in Baling Road".

Yang Qiuchi said immediately: "Let's find a restaurant near the river and eat Wuchang fish!" "Everybody said yes.

Yang Qiuchi and others walked to the Yangtze River, found a big restaurant, and went up to the second floor.

Now the hungry people are all over the field, and the business is not good, seeing Yang Qiuchi's large group of people coming up, the shopkeeper of this restaurant is overjoyed and enthusiastic.

Hearing that Yang Qiuchi wanted to eat Wuchang fish, the shopkeeper proudly boasted: "Guest officer, you have come to the right place, the Wuchang fish made in our restaurant is second to none in the entire Wuchang Mansion, and the fish made is smooth and refreshing, and the fragrance is fragrant." You can't forget it after eating it once, and you want to come a second time. Now there is a famine, business is not good, if it was in previous years, the Wuchang fish in our restaurant was in short supply, and I couldn't eat it when I was late. ”

Yang Qiuchi heard him move his index finger loudly, and urged him to serve the food quickly.

After a while, the banquet was served. The main dish is steamed Wuchang fish. Of course, in addition, Bai Sumei prepared a few exquisite vegetarian dishes, and instructed to wash them in a special clean vegetarian wok, made by a special vegetarian master, and the slightest bit of meat and fish could not be sticky.

Yang Qiuchi beckoned everyone to move their chopsticks and devoured them by themselves.

Suddenly found that Song Yun'er was leaning against the window bar and didn't move her chopsticks, Yang Qiuchi asked, "Yun'er, why don't you eat?" ”

Song Yun'er pointed to the beggars and hungry people lying on both sides of the street downstairs, as well as those who sold their sons and daughters with straw labels, sighed, and said, "Looking at them like this, I really can't swallow it." ”

Yang Qiuchi was a little embarrassed, and instructed the shopkeeper of the restaurant to prepare a big pot of porridge for him and supply it to the hungry people downstairs. The shopkeeper agreed, and praised Yang Qiuchi's kindness. Song Yun'er was overjoyed when she saw Yang Qiuchi understand her own thoughts.

After a while, the porridge was ready, and hundreds of hungry people on a street heard that the restaurant put porridge, and they all gathered around, all of them were poor, but they did not fight, they lined up to receive the porridge, and the queue was long.

When Yang Qiuchi and the others finished eating, the porridge was also divided. There are still many hungry people who have not received it.

Yang Qiuchi looked apologetically at the hungry people downstairs who looked up at him pitifully, and lamented that his ability was limited and he couldn't help so many people.

At this time, a little girl lying on the side of the street attracted Yang Qiuchi's attention, this little girl was about fourteen or fifteen years old, with a yellow face and thin muscles, fluffy and dirty hair, and a grass mark inserted on it, lying on the side of the street without moving.

The place where the porridge was distributed in the restaurant just now was not far from her, but she obviously didn't receive the porridge, and she probably didn't even have the strength to get up. It seems that this girl is dying of breath.

There were two middle-aged men and women lying next to the little girl, and because they were lying relatively inward, the officers and soldiers on patrol did not kick them, but from the strange posture in which they were lying, Yang Qiuchi could conclude that the two middle-aged men and women were probably dead.

The middle-aged woman put one hand around a scrawny little boy in her arms, also motionless, and the woman held the little girl's hand tightly with the other hand. It looks like this is a family.

Before the mother died, she was still guarding her child, and this kind of maternal love deeply shook Yang Qiuchi, and he turned around and ran downstairs suddenly.

Everyone didn't know what he was going to do, so Song Yun'er hurriedly got up and chased after him. Nangong Xiong and several guards also followed Yang Qiuchi downstairs and came to the street.

A street was full of hungry people. The wind was bitterly cold, and the hungry people shivered.

Yang Qiuchi came to the little girl, grabbed her hand and shook it, feeling her hand cold. The little girl opened her eyes with difficulty and looked at Yang Qiuchi, and then fell asleep again.

She was still alive, Yang Qiuchi shook the child in the middle-aged woman's arms again, there was no response, he reached out and touched the child's carotid artery, there was no pulse, and the middle-aged man and woman couldn't feel the pulse.

Yang Qiuchi opened their eyelids and squeezed them with his hands. Seeing that their squeezed and deformed pupils did not return to a round, Yang Qiuchi's heart sank, and he moved their jaws with his hand, and he could feel that the corpse mortis had appeared, thus determining that the middle-aged man and woman and the little boy in their arms were dead.

Song Yun'er said sadly: "Brother, they are so pitiful, let's save them." ”

Yang Qiuchi had this intention and nodded: "You quickly carry this little girl into the restaurant." ”

"What about her father?" Song Yuner said.

Yang Qiuchi shook his head: "They are already dead. The boy in his arms also died. He turned to Nangong Xiong and said, "You send someone to call the officers and soldiers on patrol to collect their bodies and bury them." ”

It is estimated that there are so many hungry people now, and there must be a lot of people who have died of hunger, disease, and freezing to death, as well as those who have been executed for grabbing grain.

Song Yun'er didn't care about the dirtiness on the little girl's body, hugged the weak little girl in her arms, and walked into the restaurant quickly.

Back at the private seat on the second floor, Yang Qiuchi instructed the shopkeeper to quickly bring a quilt and let Song Yuner take off the little girl's ragged coat, only wear a close-fitting coat, and wrap it in a quilt. At the same time, he instructed the shopkeeper to boil porridge for the little girl.

After eating, the little girl was a little refreshed, drank a bowl, and motioned for more. Song Yun'er wanted to add a bowl of rice to her to eat, but the little maid Yuechan hurriedly stopped it, saying that it would be dying, there was a famine in their village before, and some people were very hungry after getting the relief food, so they hurriedly cooked and ate it, but they died. Therefore, at first, you should not eat too much at once, especially not too dry.

Song Yun'er had never rescued a hungry person, listening to Yuechan's words, looking at the little girl's eager eyes, she was very hesitant, she didn't know what to do, and looked at Yang Qiuchi.

Yang Qiuchi nodded: "Yuechan is right, take your time, first rub her hands and feet, let her drink some rice soup, wait for her stomach to recover slowly, then feed porridge, and then eat rice when she can move freely." ”

After getting Yang Qiuchi's instructions, Song Yun'er felt at ease, let the fire in the room be hot, wrap the quilt tightly, and then Song Yun'er and the little maid Yuechan kept rubbing the palms and soles of the little girl's hands.

After drinking a bowl of porridge, the little girl fell asleep for a while, woke up, said she was thirsty, and Yang Qiuchi ordered him to drink a small bowl of rice soup.

After a while, the little girl's eyes slowly became bright, and she said in a weak voice: "Thank you, uncle, thank you, young lady - where is my father?" And what about my brother? ”

Song Yun'er rubbed her hands and said apologetically, "It's dead." ”

The little girl cried bitterly.

The little maid Yuechan comforted softly: "Don't cry, people are dead, what's the use of you crying, it's important to take care of your own body now." While helping her rub her cold feet, he continued: "Don't worry, our young master has a good heart, and he will definitely save your life." ”

The little girl cried and said, "More uncle's life-saving grace, aloe vera is grateful." ”

"Aloe vera? Your name is aloe vera? Yang Qiuchi said.

The little girl nodded.

Yang Qiuchi thought to himself, why did he choose such a name, but it's no wonder, in the countryside, it's a girl, just take a flower and grass casually. Seeing that she was a little energetic, he ordered her to drink a small bowl of porridge, and added some Wuchang fish with no thorns in it.

After working like this for most of the hour, aloe vera's hands and feet slowly warmed up. After drinking the porridge mixed with Wuchang fish, I also had a good spirit. Yang Qiuchi asked Yuechan to go to the street to help Aloe Vera buy a few sets of winter clothes and put them on for Aloe Vera.

Yang Qiuchi asked, "Aloe Vera, where is your hometown?" ”

"From Sankeliu Village, De'an Mansion, Huguang."

"De'an Mansion?" Yang Qiuchi had no impression and didn't know where this De'an Mansion was. looked at Master Jin.

Master Jin said: "De'an Mansion is in the northwest of Wuchang, a few hundred miles away. ”

(To be continued)