In another small building in Xu's house, the lights in the house went out very late.

Lou Xian'er, the second lady of the Xu Mansion, sat at the head of the bed until very late, until the personal maid who was sent to inquire returned, knowing that Xu Liang had gone to the eldest lady's room, Lou Xian'er sighed lightly, waved away the maid ring, and extinguished the light. She stared at the black tent with stunned eyes, and began to miss the Yahuan Lu'er who grew up with her since she was a child, but she thought that after searching for so long, now even Han Wang's Mansion has been seized, and Lu'er is still missing, so she feels sad in her heart.

The night is not long, and as soon as the eyes are closed and opened, the night passes.

In the room of the eldest lady Feng Suqin, Feng Suqin's head rested on one of Xu Liang's arms, lazily not wanting to get up.

Xu Liang accompanied her to lie on the bed, until the winter sun shone into the house, the two of them got up, Feng Suqin sat in the bronze mirror to make up, Xu Liang ran outside to practice knife skills for a while, and then entered the house, took the toiletry brought by Yahuan, cleaned up his whole body neatly, and changed into a set of fur clothes specially prepared by Feng Suqin.

When Feng Suqin saw it, her face was even more happy, and she asked, "Xianggong, did you really decide not to attend the drinking party of the Pingliang Chamber of Commerce?" ”

When the two woke up in the morning, Feng Suqin told Xu Liang that Pingliang had established a chamber of commerce, and that she was already the vice president, although Xu Liang actually knew about it for a long time, he was still very surprised, hugged Feng Suqin and praised a few words, and Feng Suqin smiled.

Xu Liang said: "The matter of your Chamber of Commerce, I am an official of the court, and it is not appropriate to go." ”

Feng Suqin chuckled: "I can be the vice president." People are looking at your face. At today's cocktail party, how many people are waiting for you to go. President Liang also mentioned it to me twice. ”

Saying that, Feng Suqin begged: "Xianggong." The first time people become vice presidents, they can't complete the first task of the Chamber of Commerce, and if they spread it, they will lose face. ”

Xu Liang was unmoved, and chuckled: "The Chamber of Commerce is your Chamber of Commerce, and it has never given me any benefits, why should I go?" He looked at her and joked: "You know, Xianggong is also a cool big man now." The feet of big people have always been more expensive. ”

"Let's go."

"Give me a reason first."

Feng Suqin looked at Xu Liang helplessly, pointed to the mink fur that Xu Liang was wearing, and said, "Actually, the Chamber of Commerce also gave benefits to Xianggong. ”

Seeing this, Xu Liang asked in surprise, "You said this dress?" ”

Feng Suqin nodded and said, "This is what President Liang asked him to bring back from the grassland, and asked me to give it to Xianggong." ”

Xu Liang listened, touched his coat, and a soft and comfortable feeling came from his fingertips. To be honest, Xu Liang is still quite satisfied with this dress, the workmanship is good, and it is very warm. Walk around in the cold wind and don't feel cold.

"Why don't I send it back?" Xu Liang asked inquiringly.

Feng Suqin pouted. Said disdainfully: "Xianggong, you have passed through, and you have gone around outside the house." ”

Xu Liang lowered his head. Sighing: "Okay, take the man short." Then I reluctantly made it difficult to participate once. ”

Feng Suqin chuckled instead.

Pingliang Chamber of Commerce has a special chamber of commerce house in the east of Pingliang City, a large mansion with three entrances and three exits, and the first cocktail party after the establishment of Pingliang Chamber of Commerce was arranged here.

Xu Liang and Feng Suqin shared a carriage and headed towards the Pingliang Chamber of Commerce under the escort of several Tsing Yi guards. On the road, Xu Liang lifted the corner of the curtain and enjoyed the scenery along the road. As the New Year approaches, all the shops on the street have put up new couplets and lanterns, most of the shops have hung signs that are closed, and the shopkeepers and men are back to prepare for the New Year, and in a tailor shop, a middle-aged couple with three and a half tall children are trying on the New Year's clothes they have purchased.

Xu Liang looked all the way over, at least three hotel guys rushed out in disgust to beg beggars, on the side of the street, many refugees in tattered clothes shivered in the cold wind, full of sorrow, affected by the sudden outbreak of uprisings in various places, many people in the area of the incident were displaced, hundreds of refugees poured into Pingliang City, waiting for relief.

Xu Liang sighed lightly, Xing, the people suffered, died, and the people suffered. That's not just an empty phrase. As long as there is war, there will be broken families and people will be lost.

There has been a drought in the northwest for many years, and the crops in the fields have almost reached the point of no harvest, and the people have eaten a meal and are worried about the next meal. Now there have been more than a dozen uprisings one after another, and natural disasters and man-made disasters have made the suffering of the people in the northwest even more severe.

Xu Liang sighed, suddenly felt his shoulders sinking, turned his head to see, Feng Suqin leaned his head on Xu Liang's shoulder at some point, and the two looked out together through the car curtain.

"I originally thought that I followed my mother from north to south a few years ago, and those days were very bitter, but now when I see the eyes of these refugees like dead trees and stagnant water, I know that they are the real suffering." Feng Suqin muttered.

Xu Liang said: "Life is inherently bitter. ”

Feng Suqin said: "But they are too bitter, Xianggong you want to find a way to help them." ”

Xu Liang pondered for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Your father-in-law is not a Bodhisattva Buddha, and he doesn't have great magical powers, how can he help so many people?" It's good that I can protect you and tens of thousands of Liang troops with enough food and clothing, how can I manage other irrelevant people. ”

Feng Suqin looked at him and said affirmatively: "Since Xianggong can protect us, he must also be able to protect them." As long as you want to."

"You're so confident in me?" Xu Liang said with a smile.

"Hmm!" Feng Suqin nodded violently, "In my heart, Xianggong is the best person in the world." ”

"So my image is so tall?" Xu Liang said in surprise.

"yes." Feng Suqin said, she counted her fingers and began to chatter: "Xianggong, you see, you became an official at the age of eighteen, and in just two or three years, you have been in a high position in Pingliang Tongzhi, the official is from the fourth grade, the red robe is added, and you single-handedly founded the Liang Army, and waved 40,000 soldiers. You are only twenty-one years old, and you are a high-ranking official in the court from the fourth grade, and you are the youngest red-robed high-ranking official in the history of the Ming Dynasty. And you still have money, and you have a lot of money, although more than half of it is given by others. ”

Feng Suqin counted very seriously, Xu Liang laughed so hard that his stomach hurt, pretending to be complacent, and asked, "What else?" ”

Feng Suqin thought for a while and said, "You still have several houses, married three wives, and married two ...... at the same time."

"Haha!" Xu Liang laughed heartily, touched the tip of his nose and secretly said that Lao Tzu is so awesome! After thinking about it for a while, Feng Suqin really said that this is really the case, it turned out that she had done so many big things unconsciously.

Just as he was about to tease Feng Suqin to discover some of his glorious deeds, Xu Liang suddenly saw Feng Suqin with tears in her eyes and looked out of the car.

Xu Liang followed her gaze and saw that it was an old lady who came to beg, only to see that this old lady had gray hair and was still fully dressed, holding a bamboo cane in one hand and an old bowl in the other.

Xu Liang has seen this kind of picture all the way to no less than three places, and he doesn't feel anything special, and he doesn't understand why Feng Suqin has tears in her eyes to stare at it.

Judging from the past impressions, although Feng Suqin is kind, it is far from the point of sentimentality.

"She's so pathetic." Feng Suqin watched the old lady walk away, and suddenly said.

"Who? Who is pitiful? Xu Liang looked around the street and asked in surprise.

Feng Suqin pointed to the old lady who was far away and said, "That person." ”

Xu Liang looked at Feng Suqin with a smile and said funny: "The streets are full of beggar refugees who come to beg, and they all look pitiful. ”

Feng Suqin insisted: "She is especially pitiful. Uprooted and helpless. ”

Xu Liang heard a different meaning at this time, and asked suspiciously, "Do you know her?" ”

Feng Suqin was teary-eyed, choked up, and said, "She is my aunt......"

Xu Liang exclaimed: "She is Feng Min'er's mother?!" How did it become like this? ”

Feng Suqin has only one aunt, that is the widow of Feng Daolin, the former Jianchang classic, Feng Min'er's biological mother, and the Feng family who was brought to Pingliang by Feng Min'er from Jianchang County. How did she become this beggar?

Feng Suqin touched her tears, choked up and said: "Huang Ziren was escorted into Beijing, and he was rescued halfway, and the official documents about his sea capture have long been pasted all over the walls of the city. When Huang Ziren was arrested, I quietly went to see my aunt, and their lives were not greatly affected, but now it seems that after Huang Ziren was rescued, the court was angry with his family, and Feng Min'er and his aunt must have been implicated. We only saw my aunt and uncle, but we didn't know what happened to my cousin? ”

Xu Liang thought of Huang Ziren he saw on the way to pursue Li Xinbei, and thought that he was actually rescued by Han Shizi Zhu Zijian and became the vanguard of Zhu Zijian's rebellion, and couldn't help but sigh.

Although Xu Liang has opinions about Feng Min'er and Huang Ziren in his heart, he has a good impression of Feng Suqin's aunt, and she is Feng Suqin's aunt, so she can't let go when she sees it. Xu Liang shouted outward: "Follow the old lady in front." (To be continued......)