"Well, it's okay, it's you, where did you go last night, and came back so late?" Gu Chenghan beckoned Zhen Chutian to sit in the pavilion with him.

As soon as Gu Chenghan asked like this, Zhen Chutian came back to his senses and told him about Xiaohua.

"It seems that the Zhang family's pool is deep, we have to hurry up." Gu Chenghan looked at Zhen Chutian with a firm gaze.

"Okay."

said goodbye to the village chief, and then found a men's dress to change into, and the two went straight to the town of Second Master Zhang.

However, before leaving, the village chief stopped Zhen Chutian, "Girl, Xiaohua said you want to let her go?" ”

"Fool her, she committed a crime, just deal with it normally." Zhen Chutian glanced at the village chief expressionlessly, and then got on the horse and left.

"I didn't expect you to be such a woman?" Gu Chenghan looked at Zhen Chutian playfully.

Knowing that Gu Chenghan was definitely not a good word, Zhen Chutian threw him a cold look, "It's not that the adults pity the jade, then let's go back and save people." ”

"What, you're still jealous?"

"I, I didn't." She was blocked by Gu Chenghan and couldn't speak, she was not good at words in the past, and she was even more helpless at this time.

Gu Chenghan was amused by Zhen Chutian's appearance, and looked at her with affection.

His eyes seemed to be able to speak, and whenever Zhen Chutian felt weak, he didn't dare to look at his eyes.

At this time, Gu Chenghan was just smiling and silent, and Zhen Chutian didn't know what he was thinking.

The fast horse took a step forward and avoided Gu Chenghan, and Zhen Chutian felt a little better.

Along the way, we passed through three villages, and the roadside was full of dying people, but fortunately they had hidden their horses in advance, otherwise they might have left the horses behind by these hungry people to feed their hunger.

The two of them changed the clothes of some villagers, so at this time outsiders could not see their identities, only as if they were hungry people nearby.

"Mother, mother, what's wrong with you, what's wrong with you?" A heart-rending cry came, Zhen Chutian and Gu Chenghan looked over, a little child was crying with a lady in his arms.

Zhen Chutian ran over quickly, checked his pulse, and was already out of breath.

"Brother, can you save my mother?" The child looked at Zhen Chutian pleadingly.

But Zhen Chutian couldn't do anything at this time, she could see that this woman had been persisting for a long time, and now she really couldn't hold on, so she breathed.

Quietly gave the child dry food, and they continued to hurry, and one day they happened to arrive at Fengming Town, where the second master Zhang was before.

Originally, this town was full of life, but before I heard that there was no famine, this place was also crowded with people, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the merchants made a lot of money, and this place was also the envy of everyone, but it was only half a year, and it was a mess.

There was not even a person with a handle at the entrance of the town, and the local prefect had already moved away, for fear of being killed by the hungry people, they could only hide first, so now there are only people left in the whole town who can't run, and the rest who can walk and jump have already gone out to escape the famine.

Dry land, messy streets, Zhen Chutian has never seen such a scene.

Although the famine in those villages had been severe, at least the houses were still intact, but the town seemed to have just been warped, and it was in tatters everywhere.

Seeing an old man sitting at the entrance of the town, Zhen Chutian glanced at Gu Chenghan, and she came directly to the old man, very polite Fufu body, "Old man, we fled to this place, why are you more chaotic here than our village?" ”

When the old man heard Zhen Chutian's words, he slowly raised his eyes, looked at her and then looked at Gu Chenghan, and then sighed and said, "It's all messed up, it's all looted, and everything that can go is gone, leaving only us old, weak, sick and disabled." ”

Speaking of these old people, it was very uncomfortable, and their bodies were trembling.

The place where she has lived all her life suddenly becomes like this, if she is replaced by Zhen Chutian, she will not be able to stand it.

"What the hell is going on?" Zhen Chutian looked at the old man earnestly, trying to learn the truth from her mouth.

Although he knew that it was a bit cruel to do this, Zhen Chutian knew that he could only ask, otherwise they would not find the truth by themselves.

The old man didn't mean to hide it, and looked at Zhen Chutian and said with tears in his eyes: "Are you brothers?" ”

"Well, yes."

I almost forgot that Zhen Chutian was wearing men's clothes, and was just about to deny it, but Gu Chenghan took the lead in replying to the old man's words.

Zhen Chutian looked at the old man a little embarrassed, "What's the matter, old man." ”

"A few days ago, my two grandsons were so loving to you, but because of a little dry food, they fought a lot, and now they are all dead."

After saying that, the old man cried even more severely.

Zhen Chutian didn't know how to comfort him, and when the old man was a little tired from crying, he continued: "Actually, the people in our town robbed the things of Second Master Zhang's house, which could have lasted for a while, but some people were insatiable and took those things for themselves, and fled the town directly at night.

My grandson has gone out to find something to eat, and those of us who are old and immortal will only have to wait for death. ”

For the old man who died, he had gladly accepted it.

It can be seen that the old man's face is like ashes, but she can't bear it, and she vows to save these people.

"Old man, what do you know about the Zhang family? Where have the Zhang family gone? Seeing that the old man knew about the Zhang family, Zhen Chutian naturally would not let go of this only opportunity.

"It's all gone, if you don't leave, will you die here? I don't know where to go, not many people in our town know about the Zhang family, after all, the Zhang family is a big family, and now a little bit of money has fled, so there are still people who will take care of the Zhang family's affairs. ”

There is a lot of truth in that.

"That old man, where is the Zhang family?"

"The house with the largest left turn in front is it." The old man looked at Zhen Chutian lightly and replied.

"Thank you, old man."

Asked what he wanted, Zhen Chutian and Gu Chenghan were about to go to Zhang's house to have a look, but they didn't want the old man to suddenly open his mouth, "Be careful, the people in the town are hungry and crazy now, don't provoke them." ”

"Thank you, old man."

The further he went, the more uncomfortable Zhen Chutian's heart became.

I don't know if the imperial court's disaster relief money will come and whether this place will be able to restore its former life.

The construction of the dam and the diversion of water have already started, and if everything goes well, the crops in the second half of the load can be harvested normally, and the business of the store should not be affected, but who knows if things will develop in this direction, and no one can say what will happen in the future.

With such a heavy heart, I soon arrived at Zhang's house.

Although it is still a little miserable, it is not difficult to see through the courtyard that Second Master Zhang is like a fish in water in this town.

Zhen Chutian frowned and looked at Gu Chenghan, "Why did you say that such a big town suddenly had a famine?" ”

Gu Chenghan didn't reply, but also raised his eyes to look at the Zhang family, as if he was thinking about something.

"Don't think about it, let's go in and have a look."

The house is very large, with seven or eight yards in front and back, and of course there is nothing from before.

This time, Zhen Chutian and Gu Chenghan came to investigate the Zhang family's case, and according to Xiaohua's words, they quickly separated these courtyards and knew who lived in which courtyard.

The biggest rumor in Fengming Town should be the death of the second master Zhang's son.

Everyone says that the eldest son has survived until now because he is stupid, and if it weren't for that, he might not have survived until now.

The inexplicable death of the eldest lady is even more rumored to be miraculous, and some people even say that the Zhang family has done too many sins in their previous life, so they are destined to have no children in this life.

Xiaohua said that the eldest lady was also a famous beauty in the town back then, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and it was love at first sight with the second master Zhang.

But the good times didn't last long, and within a few years, the playboy nature of the second master Zhang was exposed, not to mention that he often went in and out of the land of smoke and willows, and he also married the second room, the eldest lady couldn't afford to get sick, and the eldest son also had a serious illness at that time, and his mind has stayed in that year since then.

After the eldest lady was born, the son and the girl in the second room were born one after another, followed by the third room and the fourth room.

Seeing that the person who said that he would raise his eyebrows with him and spend the rest of his life with him was such a prodigal son, the eldest lady died of depression, and after the death of the eldest lady, strange things began to happen in the family of the second master Zhang, and several sons also died of illness.

There are also rumors of haunting in the house from time to time, and the town says that the second master Zhang has a negative wife, which has been retributed, but he doesn't believe it, and sends these rumors to the government together.

When these people were punished, the rest of the people did not dare to make conclusions, and these things were slowly put to rest.

Later, after a few years of stability, the development of the Zhang family was not bad, and he became the richest family in the town, but he never had a son, and the second master Zhang originally planned to marry another wife, but he was forced by the three ladies to die, and his daughters grew up, so he was forced to have no more concubines, and then there was a famine.

It sounds like all these things happened naturally, but Zhen Chutian felt that there was someone behind this who was pushing all this.

All the courtyards were emptied by Hunger Street, and the original appearance was long gone, so Zhen Chutian couldn't find any traces here, and when she and Gu Chenghan were disappointed, they accidentally found a cellar.

This cellar is in the backyard of the Zhang family, and there is no gold, silver, jewelry or anything like that in the backyard, so the hungry people did not come here, which gave Zhen Chutian a chance to investigate.

To know that it is very important for Zhen Chutian to be able to retain the most primitive traces, as long as she sees those, she can deduce the events and people at that time.

The cellar has been closed, so as soon as it was opened, it was dusty, Zhen Chutian frowned and was dragged away by Gu Chenghan without waiting for her to dodge.

"Aren't you afraid of poisonous gas?" Gu Chenghan frowned, he was very dissatisfied with Zhen Chutian's imprudentness.

Zhen Chutian blinked and looked at Gu Chenghan tugging at her arm, her eyes were full of unhappiness, and she looked up just to see the worry in his dark eyes.

"I'm fine, sir."

For some reason, Zhen Chutian felt that the atmosphere was a little ambiguous, so he gently took Gu Chenghan's hand away from his arm.