The first emperor was mediocre and only cared about pleasure, and when he was in power, the treasury was empty, and the people were taxed and servitized, and the ordinary people were complained.

It wasn't until the current emperor ascended the throne and reduced taxes that the people were able to breathe a little.

But the treasury was still empty, so the silver for several disaster relief in Huaizhou was squeezed out of the concubines and ministers.

The 800 quintals of grain that General Qu transported this time was already the maximum of the imperial court, and the northern border was in turmoil, and the military salary was already tight, and the imperial court had no spare strength to take out silver taels to buy grain for disaster relief.

General Le Qing smiled soothingly: "Don't worry, the Liu family and the Zhang family in Liaocheng will send 1,600 denier of grain in a few days, and the rich people in other towns will also send disaster relief materials one after another." ”

Long before he came to Huaizhou, he proposed to the emperor to let the merchants of various states and counties donate grain.

In order to block the mouths of some people who were unwilling to donate food, he first paid out of his own pocket, exchanged the valuable items on his body into silver and handed them to General Qu, and asked General Qu to exchange the silver for food, and then asked his uncle to take the lead in donating 800 stone of grain to solve Huaizhou's urgent need.

A few days ago, Liulang wrote that he had set off from Liaocheng and should arrive in Huaizhou in two days.

"Uh-uhh Why don't you go and get porridge?

When Le Qing was talking to General Qu about disaster relief, Lin Xingyu, who was wearing a robe, saw a six or seven-year-old boy standing in the rain, timidly looking at the cauldron with white smoke and "I want to eat" written on his face, but he did not follow the crowd to get porridge.

The boy looked up at his sister who was looking at him, and said in fear: "Don't don't rush, don't fight, let's go, let's go!" He turned around and started running.

Lin Xingyu grabbed the boy.

The boy struggled a few times, and his loose shirt was pulled open, and half of his shoulders were exposed.

"Uh-uhh Who is so cruel to beat you like this?

Looking at the bruises on the boy's exposed skin, Lin Xingyu quickly rolled up his sleeves on both sides, and found that the boy's two arms were full of bruises, purple pinching marks, bite marks, whip marks, which looked like they were caused by long-term abuse.

To be able to do such a poisonous hand to a child, this person is simply inferior to a beast.

"Don't beat Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi is good, Xiao Qi doesn't steal food......." The boy was frightened and mouthed gibberish with fear.

"Uh-uhh Little brother, don't be afraid, my sister is not a bad person, she just wants to help you.

Lin Xingyu ignored the boy's drenched body, hugged him in distress, patted him on the back and tried to calm his emotions.

Perhaps the boy felt her kindness, and gradually stopped struggling, but lay in her arms and whimpered.

"What's the matter with this kid?" General Qu was busy going to the soup kitchen, and Le Qing looked at Lin Xingyu from a distance holding a child a few years old, so he walked over and asked suspiciously.

Lin Xingyu raised his head, distress flashed in his eyes, and rolled up his sleeves while comforting the boy.

Looking at the bruises on the boy's arm, Le Qing frowned, just one arm was full of injuries, but it was only more serious than this under this wide shirt.

"Little brother, don't be afraid, tell my brother how did you get all this?"

Le Qing's tone was very light and gentle, and there was a holy and peaceful aura all over his body, which made the boy who was originally scared and shrunk into Lin Xingyu's arms and sobbed forget his fear for a while.

"It's... Be... Daddy....... ”

"Xiao Qi, you dead boy, let you come to get the porridge, you haven't gone back, have you been itching lately?" Before Xiao Qi finished speaking, he saw a big man with stubble on his face, striding from a distance shirtless.

Xiao Qi's frightened pale little face was even whiter without a trace of blood, trembling like a little quail, clutching Lin Xingyu's clothes.

Lin Xingyu was angry, and looked up at the big man who walked up to her and wanted to reach out and grab the boy out of her arms.

Tiger venom has not yet eaten children, how can this man bear to beat his child like this.

"Uh-uhh Lin Xingyu held the boy in his arms and stretched out his hand to block the hand stretched out by the big man.

"You're dumb, you're full and nosy, aren't you?" Dahan scolded with a fierce face.

Regarding the words of the big man, Le Qing frowned and said: "This uncle ......" ”

"Who is your uncle, little white face, Lao Tzu is your grandfather." The big man with a stubble on his face is actually a few years older than Le Qing, but he was called an uncle by Le Qing, so he was naturally unhappy.

Le Qing didn't want to deal with a scoundrel in the market, but Dahan didn't plan to let him go.

"Good grandson, hurry up and call grandpa to listen, otherwise you don't want to leave, or take some silver out, and that's it." Dahan is used to bullying people on weekdays, and it has been raining these days, and Steward Lin hasn't been looking for him for a long time, and he is worried that he can't get the silver flowers, and he won't die if he catches one.

Although he didn't know that the man in front of him didn't have any silver on him, he would not be poor if he could wear such a good robe.

"Daddy... Daddy, it's Xiao Qi's fault, it's not about the big brothers and sisters, they are good people. Seeing that Dahan was embarrassed, Xiao Qi immediately withdrew from Lin Xingyu's arms, hugged Dahan's leg and begged.

"Get out of here, little bunny, there's nothing to do with you here, I'll clean you up when I'm back." Dahan vigorously pushed Xiao Qi to the ground, and approached Le Qing with a scolding: "How is the kid?" Call it! ”

Lin Xingyu didn't expect the boy to push himself away and run towards the big man, and when he reacted, the boy sat in the mud puddle dirty.

Uncle can bear it, aunt can't bear it!

Lin Xingyu walked over to help the boy up, handed the person over to Le Qing to protect, and then looked back at the big man.

Dahan was a little uncomfortable by her sharp eyes: "You, do you still want to beat me?" ”

Lin Xingyu sneered and punched the big man in the stomach by surprise.

The original identity of her body was that of a pampered daughter, with no muscles on her body, and naturally her strength to fight was not very strong.

Even so, a punch on the fragile stomach made the big man hum and rub his belly in pain.

"Stinky cousin, you dare to hit me?" The big man's face was gloomy, and his face was shaking.

He didn't expect a stinky mute with thin arms and legs to dare to do anything with him.

When Dahan rushed towards Lin Xingyu, she answered his words with her actions.

"Bang."

A beautiful over-the-shoulder fall threw the big man out, and before the big man got up from the ground, he locked the big man's hand behind his back and pressed the artery in the big man's neck with one knee.

Her movements flowed smoothly in one go.

"Ahh

The big man's hand was twisted and clicked, and he couldn't help but scream.

Le Qing, who was about to call General Qu, who was giving porridge, to come over to rescue Lin Xingyu, paused.