Chapter 40: The Influx of Refugees
Since the last time she woke up, Gu Yan's whole person seems to have changed, she goes out when she has nothing to do, her life is very different from before, it seems that she is plotting something big, of course, this is people's privacy, but Tingfeng is really worried about her.
"You stay in the courtyard well, maybe when the Ye family and Gu Zhihua will come to us for trouble, and I will rest assured that you will be there when the time comes." Gu Yan said slowly.
Listening to the wind is much more mature than blowing snow, and Gu Yan does trust her more.
Out of the door, Gu Yan walked on the street, there were a lot of people on the streets of the capital, but what was very different from before was that the people on the street now looked listless, and they were in a hurry, and their eyes were very indifferent when they looked around.
Because a lot of refugees have poured into the capital, a large part of the people in the capital are homeless, and maybe someone is carrying the plague.
Like the Queen Mother, you can get this plague in a deep-walled compound like the palace, how can no one not be nervous if there are no protective measures in the capital.
Gu Yan walked forward, the Liu family was on the edge of the capital, and they made a fortune in business, although I don't know why the officials in the capital don't look down on business, probably because businessmen are too shrewd.
Walking hurried on the road, Gu Yan's mind suddenly thought of the warning given to him by the queen, if he was attacked by refugees here, he might lose his memory, but he hadn't told Shen Qianshan about his memory.
After thinking about it like this, Gu Yan became nervous for a moment, and then took a private look.
A carriage rushed from the end of the road, and the people around avoided it, Gu Yan didn't have time to dodge, seeing that the carriage was about to hit her, she was so frightened that she couldn't do it, her body was even more stiff, and she couldn't move.
Just when the carriage was about to rush over, Gu Yan's body was lifted up fiercely, thrown aside, the carriage drove past her, she was thrown to the ground, rubbed her knees, and turned her head to see a woman in red looking at her condescendingly.
It was an ordinary-looking woman, but the big red clothes on her body looked very domineering, making people unable to take their eyes off, I thought it was a man who saved him, because of this
The strength of the woman is too great.
But fortunately, Gu Yan was saved, so she said to the woman: "Thank you really for this girl, you saved me today, can you tell me your name?" Visit you another day. ”
The woman was originally standing in front of Gu Yan, but after she finished asking this, she fell in front of her with a thud.
Gu Yan rushed to the woman, helped her up, looked at her eyes closed, then opened her eyes, and said helplessly: "Can you take me to eat something." ”
This...... Is it starvation?
Gu Yan hurriedly took the woman to the Zuixian Building next to her, at this time many restaurants in the capital have been closed, although there are many refugees in the capital at this time, and they need a lot of food and food, but they have no money.
There are not many well-wishers, and only a big restaurant can withstand such a toss. It just so happens that the Drunken Immortal Building is the largest restaurant in the capital.
After helping the woman in, Gu Yan took her to the private room on the second floor, in fact, Gu Yan herself did not come to this drunken immortal building very often.
After ordering her a lot of dishes, the woman began to eat like crazy, looking around cautiously as she ate.
Gu Yan looked at her, although she knew that it seemed rude for her to ask these questions now, she still couldn't help but ask, "Girl, are you okay?"
In fact, Gu Yan found that the woman's skills were good, and she should be a powerful character, if she could take this woman into her own pocket, wouldn't it be beautiful.
The woman took two more bites, looked up and said to Gu Yan: "My name is Gu Su Liang, I am from a small county next to the capital, and the family originally lived very well there, but this disaster caused my parents to die, and I had no choice but to come to the capital to stutter." ”
Gu Yan looked at this girl coldly, if this girl was just an ordinary person, she didn't believe it, because Gu Su Liang's skills were very good, not like an ordinary child.
Gu Su Liang took a leisurely sip of tea again, and he finished this feast.
Then he raised his eyes to look at Gu Yan, but when he saw her questioning gaze, he smiled embarrassedly and said, "I know what you want to ask me, but I don't want to say it now, but you are the only person I met in the capital who helped me, and I will remember it." ”
Gu Yan waved her hand and said to Gu Suliang: "You also helped me, we are two clear." ”
After speaking, Gu Yan took out some money from her purse and put it on the table, and said to Gu Suliang: "This money is the money for this meal, and the rest will be given to you, as a reward for you to save me, I still have something to do, so I will leave first." ”
Gu Suliang looked at the money on the table, suddenly calmed down, and said to Gu Yan: "You don't have to be like this, I saved you willingly, not for your money, I can see that you are a young lady from a rich family, but I hope that the favor will not be repaid with money." ”
Gu Yan was about to leave, but after hearing Gu Su Liang's words, she turned her head to look at Gu Su Liang, this girl's self-esteem is quite strong.
"And what are you going to do?" Gu Yan sat back and looked at Gu Su Liang, who pushed the money to Gu Chang, and said, "You invite this meal money, I will be a maid by your side to do things for you, how about the top of this meal money?" ”
Gu Yan's eyes lit up, she originally wanted to take Gu Su Liang into her pocket, but now she actually sent it to the door by herself, so Gu Yan hurriedly walked up and said to Gu Su Liang: "This is your choice, don't regret it, and before that, I want to tell you seriously, you are a maid and nothing else, you know what the maid is going to do, right?" ”
Gu Suliang stood up, patted his chest with a smile, and said to Gu Yan: "I know, don't worry, I will do a good job." ”
After leaving the Drunken Immortal Building, Gu Yan took off a hairpin from his head and said to Gu Su Liang: "Your light skills are very good, go directly over the wall into the Prime Minister's Mansion, there is an inconspicuous small courtyard in the northwest corner of the Prime Minister's Mansion, there is a huge pear tree in it, that is my yard, there are two maids in the yard, you just need to show this thing to the two maids, and say that the eldest lady let you pass, it will be fine." ”
Gu Su Liang took the hairpin and repeated, then nodded and went to the place Gu Yan said.
I didn't expect to meet such a girl on the road, but this girl appeared too suddenly, Gu Yan was very nervous, but she still chose to believe her once.
When I continued to walk forward, I saw an alley, looked carefully inside, and found that there was a foul smell coming from the alley, some people were lying on the ground, wailing, moaning, as if they were in pain, and some people couldn't tell whether they were dead or alive.
These people are refugees from all over the country, not the local population of the capital, and they just hope that their appearance can make the emperor and the officials of the capital see them and save their lives.
Gu Yan looked at these people as if she was not under her control, and turned around and walked into the alley.
Just when Gu Yan took two steps. Suddenly, a group of people came from the side, led by a very well-dressed man with a hat on his head, who looked like an official.
The official happened to come here, looked at Gu Yan, and said to her, "Who are you and why are you here?" ”
Gu Yan was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer, she could only say: "I was passing by, I just wanted to take a casual look." ”
"Just take a look? What's so nice about this, what kind of child are you, so ignorant, what if you get close to those refugees, you are also infected? The official said.
Then she ordered someone to pull Gu Yan over, she felt uncomfortable, but she didn't say anything, because Queen Gu Yan had warned herself that she must be careful and never be attacked by refugees.
So Gu Yan nodded and said, "I know, I'll leave immediately." ”
The officials knew that this girl had done nothing wrong, so naturally they couldn't imprison others, so they could only let Gu Yan go.
When Gu Yan walked along the path to Liu's house, she passed through a lot of alleys, and there were many people in each alley, and without exception, there was a very smelly smell coming out of it, which made people sick.
Just when Gu Yan was about to walk to Liu's house, some people rushed out of the alley in front. These people were ragged and unkempt, with a sour smell on their bodies, and the expressions on their faces were vicious.
One of them said to the other, "Cousin, this woman looks rich, should we ......?"
"Of course!" The other person said, and then took out a knife from behind him and pointed it at Gu Yan and said, "You take out all the money on your body for me, hurry up!" ”
Is this to rob yourself of your own money? Gu Yan regretted it at once, if she hadn't let Gu Su Liang go, but let Gu Su Liang be by her side, things wouldn't have turned out like this.
Gu Yan took two steps back and said to those people: "I don't have any money, let me go?" ”
"No money? Can there be any rich people in the capital? These people live a luxurious life with our hard-earned money, and when we need help, they pretend to be poor one by one and say that they have no money? Fool whom? One of the men pointed at Gu Yan and said.
Although these refugees are indeed pitiful now, the anger of these people is too heavy and uncomfortable.
At this time, the situation is not what everyone wants to see, and becoming like this can only be said to be a natural disaster, and the people in the capital are also trying their best to make up for it, so you can't blame others for everything.
Gu Chang looked at these people, she was a little stunned in her heart, there were many people on the other side, and she was weak, seeing that these refugees had come to her, Gu Chang finally couldn't help but say: "I really don't have any money, you don't want to do this, I'm going to find a way to rescue you." ”
"Who are you fooling? The brothers gave me all the clothes of this woman, and I took a good look at whether she had any money! One of the men said loudly.