Legend has it that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty wrapped silk around trees in order to show off his wealth, but foreign envoys said to him: Since there is so much silk that it is wrapped around trees, why not dress those beggars on the street?

History is written by the victors, and the Tang Dynasty stood by the Sui Dynasty, of course, it will not say anything good about it, and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood. However, it should be true that there were beggars in the Sui Dynasty, and not only the Sui Dynasty had many suffering people.

The same is true of Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, where there is an abandoned courtyard behind the City God Temple dedicated to Ji Xin, which was originally the property of the public family, because it did not come in handy for a while, it was thrown there, and it became a place for many beggars and refugees to shelter from the wind and rain.

"This old lady's family was burned to death, it was really pitiful, the people in the village not only did not help, but said that she had done something bad to be punished by Lei Gong...... Alas. Yuwen Ji was still dressed neatly and neatly as a man, carrying a big burden, and said without looking back.

Xue Chongxun stood behind her without saying a word, just watching silently.

"Auntie, it's cold at night, I sent you an old quilt. Are the burns on your body better, remember to apply the medicine I prescribed to you on time. ”

After a while, she stood up and said to Xue Chongxun: "There is another one over there, both children are infected with the cold, do you want to go with me to have a look?" ”

"You get busy first, don't worry about me." Xue Chongxun said expressionlessly.

When Yuwen Ji passed by him, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "I said that there are no such coincidences in the world, right?" Qianfu Temple can meet you, and Chenghuang Temple can still meet you...... Don't have any bad thoughts, there is a saying that a friend's wife can't be played, I already have a husband's family. ”

Xue Chongxun said truthfully: "Qianfu Temple is really a coincidence, I saw you here, and my people followed you." ”

"How?" Yuwen Ji asked casually.

Xue Chongxun said coldly: "These people are pitiful, are the innocent people who were killed by your father, and the orphans and widows in the family not pitiful?" ”

Yuwen Ji shuddered, her face turned pale, and her eyes showed an expression like seeing a ghost: "You...... What did you say? I don't understand. ”

"Sanniang, have you seen it? And the others who were with her, where are they now? ”

Although the name Sanniang is simple and common, there are many similarities, but at this time, this scene happens to be mentioned to Yuwen Ji, so there is no possibility of similarity. Yuwen Ji took two steps back to gain a foothold, looked at Xue Chongxun in shock, and said inarticulately: "I don't know about my father's affairs, and he won't let us take care of it...... He promised us to be good officials in the future and benefit the people...... What has he done and what do you want to do? ”

Thinking about what he was going to do, a faint sadness flashed in Xue Chongxun's eyes, although the sadness was so faint that it was difficult to detect, it was faintly painful. Why? He couldn't read himself anymore. He raised his head and saw a leaf falling from a high place, slowly and gently, it turned out that the leaves would also fall in spring......

"National law and morality, good and evil are rewarded, I am an official of the Tang Dynasty, it is my duty to punish evil, promote good, eliminate violence, and peace, what do you say I want to do?" Xue Chongxun said expressionlessly.

Yuwen Ji was stunned, came back to her senses after a while, and said coldly: "You are really such an iron-faced and selfless person, asking people to follow me what to do, come and tell me what to do, and directly find out the human and physical evidence, what to do!" ”

"You said it." Xue Chongxun turned around and left, "Sanniang is in my hands, she is the evidence, and Yushitai will take care of this matter." ”

"Wait!" Yuwen Ji looked flustered and glanced at the medicine bag in her hand, "You wait for me for a while, I'll give these packets of typhoid medicine to those two children...... I don't believe it, unless I see Sanniang with my own eyes. ”

Waiting for Yuwen Ji to come back, Xue Chongxun said in a mocking tone: "Pretentious, what kind of good people are you pretending to be here while your family is doing things that hurt nature and reason?" ”

When he said this, Xue Chongxun felt a sense of relief in his heart.

Yuwen Ji said with a pale face: "You don't believe it, I really don't know what my father was doing before. But Sanniang and they also know that they are not good. I also asked my father, and my father said that if you don't try your best to make your wife and children live a good life, what good and evil will you talk about? No matter what bad things he has done, but he has never been hypocritical to his relatives, what else can his daughter do? Fortunately, my father has now corrected it, and his relatives will definitely forgive him. ”

Close relatives...... So what is it like to be calculated by your relatives and want to die quickly? Xue Chongxun thought about it, and didn't seem to feel anything, but what if it was those relatives in his previous life? In his memory, he was a completely different person in his previous life and had a completely different family.

Xue Chongxun gritted his teeth, but unexpectedly his teeth made a little sound, and then pretended to be caused by the cold weather, he reminded himself: The Tang Dynasty is the Tang Dynasty, and the modern era is the modern era! Here, the father broke the law, and the children were equally guilty, rightfully so, didn't she Yuwen Ji enjoy her father's bloody benefits? She deserves it!

At this time, I only heard Yuwen Ji say: "If I want to atone for my sins, I would rather atone for my father, who is already old and can't bear to see him suffer again." ”

Xue Chongxun glanced at her with a sneer, and said in his heart: Okay, you can be punished for him, I really have no interest in curing your father's sins.

Xue Chongxun got into a tightly covered felt car and said to Yuwen Ji: "Come up." She hesitated, but finally came up.

The sky was gray, the felt car was airtight, and the light inside was dim, which set off Xue Chongxun's face even more gloomy, Yuwen Ji couldn't help but say: "You were right last time in Qianfu Temple, I don't know you, I didn't expect you to have such a side." ”

Xue Chongxun said: "I don't know myself, let alone others? ”

He remembered that once he seemed to be playing in an official prostitute, and a courtesan said that he had the smell of sunshine...... It's funny, probably because of the relationship that I look a little dark.

Mafu Pang Er knocked on the carriage and asked, "Lang Jun, where are you going?" ”

"Misty Zhai."

The two people in the car were speechless, silently facing each other for a long time, only hearing the sound of the wheels of the car, and the sound of the noise outside from time to time, like a dream.

The felt car drove straight into the room, Yuwen Ji got out of the car and looked at the environment, this strange place was obviously not the Weiguo Mansion, she said a little scared: "Why did you bring me here." ”

"You don't want to see Sanniang?"

Yuwen Ji frowned and said, "What kind of place is this?" There are people from Feng Erlang's family among my servants, in case it is a place where I shouldn't come, how do you tell me to explain...... Sanniang! ”

Although through the window, the person by the window just stood for a moment and then disappeared, Yuwen Ji immediately recognized Sanniang. Because this woman who is as cold and gloomy as a female ghost is very profound at a glance.

A smile appeared at the corner of Xue Chongxun's mouth: "Do you believe it?" So now let's go into the house and talk about the conditions, you are right, if I just want to punish the evil and promote the good, what do I want you to do? ”

Before entering the house, he found that the flowers of the apricot tree in the yard were blooming exceptionally brilliantly, and Xue Chongxun couldn't help but reach out and break a branch and hold it in his hand.

It was still the same cabin, and it was still like that, and the slave maid brought a large pot of tea, and said that the fire had been lit; The difference: there is only one teacup.

Xue Chongxun poured hot tea from this only teacup and drank it leisurely. Yuwen Ji glanced at him and snorted in his nose, probably blaming him for not even having basic etiquette.

"Imagine that a couple of strangers suddenly burst into your house and cut off your father's neck without saying a word, so that you and your mother watched his blood flow from the wounds...... It's just that someone asked your father to come up with five hundred yuan for some reason, and he didn't agree. How would you feel? ”

Yuwen Ji's coquettish face has long lost any flattery, her brows are frowned, and she said in a daze: "You mean that what my father does is ......"

Xue Chongxun was silent.

"Impossible! You're lying! At most, my father managed to evade taxes......"

"Is your ignorance feigned or real?" Xue Chongxun sneered and said, "Do you need someone like Sanniang to evade taxes?" Why should I lie to you? ”

Holding a warm teacup, he paced two steps in front of the palmetto case, and said unhurriedly: "The cunning rabbit is dead, and the hound cooks; The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden...... Vicious! What the big husband does! Yuwen Xiao is sending red gold again, and he is sending 'daughter' again, okay, his net worth is white, what should Sanniang do who were born and died for him? Yuwen Ji, these days, in addition to seeing Sanniang just now, have you seen anyone else? ”

"Nope! You lied to me...... Must be lying to me! Yuwen Ji just said this, and her tears quietly fell, "Father is not that kind of person!" My mother said that I was not born yet, and when my father was most depressed, he had reached the point of going to the dock to work as a porter, but the overseer withheld his wages and did not pay them, and my father would rather do heavy work hungry, and he would save half of the rations and take them back to his mother, and lied to his mother that he stole it......"

She couldn't cry anymore: "My father is affectionate, righteous and responsible, he is the person I respect the most, and he is the best man in this world......"

Xue Chongxun didn't speak, nor did he argue with her, she actually understood, and her tears explained the problem.

Sure enough, Yuwen Ji's attitude changed greatly, and there was a coldness and ...... on her face that she had never seen before Crazy: "Okay, even if my father is that kind of person, so what? His place in my heart will never change! What do you want, what exactly do you want, money? You are defending the country and sealing 3,000 households, are you short of money? Want color? It's really funny, Xue Chongxun, have you played with fewer women? ”

Xue Chongxun put the apricot blossom he had just picked in front of his nose and sniffed it, suddenly crushed it in the palm of his hand, and kneaded it a few times fiercely, until he squeezed out the fragrant juice of the petals, and then sniffed it again and said, "Only in this way is the most fragrant." ”

He thought: Maybe there is a better way, but it takes time to come up with it, why should the husband be obsessed with small things, can't he just achieve the same goal?