Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Cause

"Lord Lin, to put it mildly, if it weren't for the deployment made by my general in advance, I'm afraid you wouldn't even have the opportunity to stand here and talk today."

Director Lin was so angry that he jumped to his feet: "Master Lu, you see that he is too crazy." ”

Lu Shilang was stunned and touched his nose: "While the rain is light now, let's hurry up, don't let General Su wait too long." ”

"yes, yes, let's go." Several others hurriedly chimed in.

Director Lin was stunned, and when he saw that the others didn't pay attention to him, he had to follow by himself.

This time, Su Jing didn't insist on riding, he gave his rain gear to the other guards and got into the carriage.

Pingkang County was the most severely affected due to its low terrain and was closer to other disaster areas, so Su Jing planned to go to Pingkang County first.

After a night's rest, everyone's spirits are much better, and the trip is much faster than yesterday.

"General, we can go ten miles to Pingkang County." Zhuo Yi rode a horse parallel to the carriage and said to Su Jing.

"Speed up your pace, take advantage of the light rain, and try to advance to the city at noon."

It's just the beginning of the hour, and it's only half an hour to ride back and forth on horseback at this point. It's just that the disaster relief team is long, the road conditions are not good, and when there is a landslide, the road is blocked by falling rocks, and it takes more time to clean up.

"Yes, my subordinates will give orders." Zhuo Yi gave up.

Ji Wan had breakfast and went out with Yan Bing early in the morning.

Today is the second day of soup kitchen, and everything is clear that several of them have already started, but she is still a little uneasy, and wants to go to take a look, with the experience of the last time, she has already put on the veil without waiting for Yan Bing's reminder.

The two walked along Changle Street all the way to the South City Gate.

"Miss, you see there's someone driving the refugees out there." Yan Bing pointed angrily: "The slave also said that there are many fewer refugees on the street today than yesterday, and these people are really too much at the feet of the Son of Heaven in broad daylight." ”

Ji Wan looked at it, and felt a little strange in his heart: "I can't make a conclusion if I don't understand the matter, you see that the two people are wearing official clothes, they must be from the government, they neither beat people, nor violently drove them away, but just verbally persuaded them, there should be other reasons." ”

"The slave and maid saw that these homeless people were pitiful, and their words were a little excited for a while." Yan Bing's face was slightly red.

"No problem, we'll find out what the reason is."

After speaking, the two walked directly to the two officials.

"What are you doing here, two errands?"

The two officials were very anxious, and when they heard a woman's voice behind them, they replied impatiently: "I went aside, I didn't see that the official was busy." ”

These homeless people are stubborn one by one, and they are not allowed to drive them violently, and they can't be moved even if their mouths are worn out.

"Presumptuous, how did you talk to my young lady?" Yan Bing scolded angrily.

The two officials turned around when they heard the angry shouting, and wanted to complain a few words, but when they saw Ji Wan, they couldn't help but be slightly stunned, a trace of panic appeared on their faces, and the little anger in their hearts disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Damn it! It's not that they haven't seen the world, and they know that they are not ordinary ladies when they look at this dress, and they almost offend people, and they all blame these homeless people.

"I don't know which adult's daughter this young lady is." The black and thin official immediately changed his attitude and raised a smiling face.

"What is your identity, how can you ask my young lady." Yan Bing already had a bad impression of them, and with Fang Cai's rude attitude, he naturally wouldn't give them a good look.

"It's the villain's fault, my sister is discouraged, discouraged."

"Whoever is your sister, don't scream." Yan Bing glanced at him, and wanted to squeeze them a few words, but Ji Wan raised his hand to stop him.

Ji Wan was very calm, glanced at the refugees behind them who were cowering and huddled by the wall, and asked, "They stayed here well, why did you drive them away." ”

"It's a big wrong, the girl misunderstood the little ones, the imperial court has issued an edict, and this morning began to set up simple tents outside the city to accommodate these refugees, the little ones were moved over by the order of Lord Yin of the Prefecture, and before coming, the adults also specially ordered not to use force, but the little ones didn't even touch a finger of them."

"If, as you say, this is a good thing, why don't they want to go with you?"

"I don't know where they heard the news that the court deliberately wanted to drive them out of the city, because they didn't want to care about their lives or deaths. No matter what the little ones say, they won't listen, and the little ones can't help it. ”

"So so, stand aside first, and let me persuade them."

"If the girl can persuade them, it will be a small help."

"Don't put gold on your face, our young lady is looking at these homeless people pitifully, not to help you."

"Yes, yes, the girl is ...... Bodhisattva" Yan Bing's face softened.

The official consciously stood aside, Ji Wan took a few steps forward, and squatted down in front of those homeless people.

These are three thin women, with several children, all of them are yellow and thin, and the arms under the sleeves are already skinny, the oldest child is only about ten years old, and the youngest is only four or five years old, their cheeks are sunken, and their eyes look at Ji Wan with horror and envy.

"Girl, I beg you, let them spare us, we orphans and widows, we can still get something to eat in the city, and if we are driven out of the city, we will not even have a way to live." A woman knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Ji Wan.

"Auntie, is there any misunderstanding in this? They didn't want to drive you out of the city, but the court had decreed that a refugee camp had been set up outside the city to house you, so that you would no longer have to live on the streets. ”

"I thought the girl was a good person, it turns out that you told them about the gang, if you force me again, I will die here."

"Mother...... Ahem...... "The youngest girl arched into the woman's arms, coughing so hard that her face turned blue.

"Auntie, why is it only you and the children, your husband."

Several women's eyes turned red when they heard this: "The child's father is dead......

Ji Wan then learned that the husband of one of the women was swept away by the flood in order to save her mother, and the other two women were from Pingkang County, after the disaster, the county officials closed the city gate to prevent them from flooding into the county, and their husbands were also killed in the chaos.

Without the pillars of their orphans and widows, they were afraid of being bullied on the road, so they begged along the road to Kyoto, and suffered a lot along the way.