Chapter 55 - Self-Assertiveness.
Fan Yang is a civil official, and he is under the control of Cao Jianfei, the troops in Chang'an City, Cao Jianfei also has the power to order them, Fan Yang at this time in addition to resentment, the rest is cold, he has studied hard for more than ten years, and it is easy to become an official, I wanted to do something for the people and return to my family and country, but I encountered war, and encountered instability within the court, and the eunuch was in charge, and he also had nowhere to send his blood.
Dugu Xiao on the side saw Zheng Lin's actions and wondered, "What is he doing?" I remember he told me that his inner thoughts were to get this world, but now that he is kneeling here, what does it look like? ”
Seeing that Dugu smiled and wanted to go over, Fairy Tale hurriedly stopped him and shook his head: "I can understand his current mood, to be honest, he is innocent now, and he doesn't understand this worldly and tedious thing, he will only act according to his own heart, just like you said, if he cares about the world and faces the people like this, he naturally wants to contribute, but it seems that it can't be done, this Cao Jianfei doesn't care about the life and death of the people, even if the two of them kneel here, I'm afraid it won't help." ”
Zhou Ziling looked at the fairy tale and whispered, "Do you want my father to come forward and put some pressure on Cao Jianfei?" ”
However, Fairy Tale shook her head and signaled that she didn't need it, Zhou Ziling's father was Zhou Mo, who was in charge of the world's money bank, and the entire Tang Dynasty's money transactions needed the world's money bank, even if it was to fill the gap in the treasury and the army's salary, Cao Jianfei was also a beneficiary of the world's money, if Zhou Mo was willing to come forward, it should be much simpler. But in this way, Zhou Ziling's identity may be exposed, and she may be in danger, and after weighing the pros and cons, Fairy Tale still didn't let her help.
Time passed little by little, and soon, the sky began to darken, and the guards outside the Shilang's mansion also went in and closed the door, but it seemed that Fan Yang was not going to get up, and Zheng Lin would definitely accompany him to kneel, in fact, many people in the city also saw this scene when they passed by, and they also heard about the refugees, but they were ordinary people, how could they dare to take care of the affairs of Zhongshu Shilang.
At about four o'clock in the morning, Dugu Xiao and the three of them brought food and water to Zheng Lin and Fan Yang, Zheng Lin looked at Fan Yang's appearance and said, "Lord Fan, eat something, if you fall down at this time, what will those refugees do?" ”
Fan Yang glanced at Zheng Lin, then took the food sent by Dugu Xiao, and said while eating: "You are not an official of the imperial court, and you don't fight depending on your age, why do you want to kneel with me, you must know that this will offend Lord Zhongshu Shilang, you don't need to do this." ”
Zheng Lin took a sip of water, shook his head, and said: "No, I'm not kneeling here for you, but for the tens of thousands of refugees outside the city, if there is no place to live, they won't be able to last long anyway, as a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, how can I watch so many people die tragically in the war." ”
Fan Yang smiled and didn't speak, but he began to eat the food sent by Dugu Xiao, and Fan Yang and Zheng Lin knelt all night, and the three of them also kept watch all night without leaving, and when it came to the next day, the door of the Shilang Mansion slowly opened, and the four guards walked out, seeing Fan Yang and the two, the guard from yesterday sneered.
"Hmph, even if you kneel and die at the door, no one will pay attention to you, get out of the way, my family will go out later, if you don't want to die, I advise you to leave early."
Fan Yang didn't pay attention to him, but knelt more straight, and after a while, a team of people came over, and there was also a sedan chair, it was obvious that this should be the person who came to pick up Cao Jianfei. Sure enough, after a while, Cao Jianfei walked out of Shilang's Mansion, Fan Yang saw this, hurriedly stepped forward, and said: "Lord Cao, now there are tens of thousands of refugees outside the city, if you don't build a refugee camp quickly, I'm afraid they won't last long, I hope that your Excellency can grant a piece of land, so that refugees can have a place to shelter from the wind and rain." ”
Cao Jianfei saw Fan Yang, and his face suddenly changed: "Didn't I tell you, let them go about the refugees, whether they are dead or alive has nothing to do with you, if there are relatives in your family, you take them back to your own home, I won't say anything, but if you want the government to take care of the refugees again, it's impossible, now that there is war everywhere outside, you still dare to take in refugees?" At that time, the refugees in Chang'an City will get bigger and bigger, and sooner or later they will be overwhelmed, okay, I'm going to go to the appointment to play chess, you can go. ”
After speaking, he got into the sedan chair and left, and then Cao Jianfei's son walked out, saw Fan Yang, hurried past him, and then dropped a sentence: "It's okay to find trouble." ”
Cao Jianfei's son's name is Cao Xiu, he is idle on weekdays, and a group of fox friends and dog friends are either gambling or drinking and having fun, and he has never done anything serious, but because he is Cao Jianfei's son, no one in the entire Chang'an City can do anything to him, seeing the attitude of the father and son, Fan Yang gritted his teeth and said: "That's it, don't ask them, Shaoxia, wait for us to go back, and build a refugee camp directly, but don't tell them the truth, so as not to make them feel cold, anyway, refugees are the most important, solve the problem of sleeping first." ”
Zheng Lin nodded, he didn't understand, if the stalemate continued, the disadvantage would be the refugees outside the city, so several people chose to leave, but before leaving, Zheng Lin looked at the word "Cao Mansion" on the door plaque of the Zhongshu Shilang Mansion was particularly eye-catching, and he didn't know what was wrong with him, he suddenly pulled out his sword, and a sword qi slashed at the door plaque, which was immediately split into two and fell, he was just about to collect his sword and leave, and the guard guarding the door shouted.
"Come on, someone, someone is rebelling, come on!"
It doesn't matter if this shout, dozens of guards suddenly rushed out of the Shilang Mansion and chased out, originally everyone was angry in their hearts, seeing that these guards were still chasing after them, Dugu Xiao suddenly turned around and shouted: "Get out of my way!" ”
At the same time, Fairy Tale put down a crossbow next to Dugu Xiao, and now he was spitting out a tongue of fire aimed at the group of guards, and Fairy Tale just said lightly: "Those who cross over, die!" ”
In this way, the two turned their heads and left, and the group of guards stood in place, never daring to chase after them. At noon, a few people finally went back, and at this time, Xuan Ku and the others had already found a place to settle in the refugee camp, just north of Flame Village, separated from Flame Village by a mountain, where it was relatively empty, and there were trees next to it, suitable for shade and rain, Fan Yang also went to see it, and thought it was good, so he said to Xuan Ku.
"Master, let's start building four refugee camps here, but recently I have suffered from the disciples of various sects, so I can only sleep in this wilderness."
Xuan Ku shook his head and said: "It's okay, as long as the refugees can be arranged properly, we people in the rivers and lakes have long been used to sleeping in the open, I think the disciples of the various sects will not mind, I will immediately arrange for people to start building the refugee camp, I hope it can be completed as soon as possible, and the materials and workers also need the help of Master Fan." ”
Fan Yang nodded, this kind of thing, he is naturally obliged.