In the early morning of the next day, when the light was still faint, Zai Yan and I hurriedly left the inn, for fear that something would be exposed, and An Dehai was also innocent, but he didn't feel sentimental. Last night, Xiao Kunzi went to a nearby temple alone and begged someone to set up a nameless tablet to worship the little eunuch who died tragically.

Zai Yan and I were waiting outside the inn, because of the cold weather, both of us were stamping our feet to keep warm, and when we looked down and saw that the two pairs of footsteps were surprisingly consistent, we couldn't help but glance at each other and smile.

Soon, Xiao Kunzi went to bolt the carriage and came back, holding two notices that seemed to have been posted from nowhere, I and Zai Xiang saw that Xiao Kunzi had a faint worry on his face, and then he guessed a few points in his heart, about this notice was posted to arrest us, Zai Xiang quickly took the notice and looked at it at a glance, after reading it, he looked like usual, I was curious, he handed the notice to me, the carriage drove all the way, I also looked all the way, I couldn't help but laugh softly when I stared at the two heads that didn't look like each other at all, and there were no thick ink shadows on the facial contours, and the facial features were all a little cartoonish.

Jae-yan sat on one side and asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

I laughed and said, "I don't know which one painted it, except for the barely able to distinguish between men and women, there is no other place like it." ”

Zai Yan also smiled, "Isn't it good?" ”

I smiled and sighed, "The Military Aircraft Department is really getting more and more disagreeable, who can see this portrait?" ”

Zai Yan glanced at me and said softly: "Fortunately, it is not the portrait of the Ruyi Pavilion." ”

Speaking of this, I was also curious for a while, "To say that there are a lot of portraits of the two of us in the Ruyi Museum, and there are also some old photos that have not been handed over to Lafayette for private collection, although I don't know where they are scattered now, but if Lafayette has the heart to find it, it must also be found, why use these two portraits painted so roughly, the original ink is focused on expressing the artistic conception, and it has to be used to paint portraits, no wonder it is not like!" With that, I shook the notice in my hand.

Zai Yan struggled and said: "It must be that Lafayette is unwilling to show the news, most of the portraits in the Ruyi Museum are good, but most of them are dragon robes, palace concubines, if these portraits are circulated, it will be repaid, the people must not spread the word crazy, the emperor's palace concubine escape is not a trivial matter, natural photos are the same, even if Lafayette wants to use it, he doesn't dare," he said, his fingertips brushed the notice on my knees, and sighed, "About Lafayette, this is also no way!" ”

I laughed, "That's fine, even if we stand in front of people, people won't necessarily recognize us with the portraits on these two signs." ”

Zai Yan raised his hand and touched the tip of my nose, "It's better to be careful!" ”

I smiled and looked at him with an "um".

Before the words fell, the carriage suddenly stopped, and I hurriedly lifted the small curtain and asked, "Xiao Kunzi, what's the matter?" ”

After a while, Xiao Kunzi swallowed: "This ......"

What this and that!

I glanced at Zai Xiang, and then opened the big curtain in front of the car, and suddenly saw the scene in front of me, I was stunned for a moment, dense people knelt in front of our car and stretched out their hands to beg, most of the people inside were ragged, men, women and children, their faces were dark, skinny, I thought about where the refugees ran out, after a while, I retracted and said to Zai Xiang: "There are many refugees outside who have blocked the way." ”

Zai Yan frowned, "Refugees? ”

I nodded.

Zai was puzzled, "How is it that I have never heard of a disaster before?" ”

I shrugged.

Zai Xiang got out of the car, I couldn't hear him speak for a long time, I also got out of the car, I wanted to see what the situation was, Zai Xiang stood in front of the car and looked at these refugees, there seemed to be tears in his eyes, maybe this is the compassion and compassion that only people who are emperors and kings will have, the people, the people, as the emperor, the people are their own children, suddenly saw their "children" suffering, Zai Xiang naturally felt uncomfortable, I pulled his sleeve, he came to his senses, looked at me sideways, and then asked those refugees, "Why do you block the way?" ”

One of the refugees at the head said, "Please ask the adults to reward us with something to eat!" "Book every day

Before he finished speaking, he began to kowtow desperately in front of the car.

Another refugee rushed to the front with a child in his arms, crying and begging, "At least give the child a stutter!" The child has not eaten for three days! Please, sir! ”

If I hadn't heard her voice, I wouldn't have thought this person was a woman.

I couldn't help but sigh.

Zai Yan looked at me, of course I understood what he meant, and I just nodded.

Afterwards, Zai Xiang instructed Xiao Kunzi to take some freshly prepared dry food from the back of the carriage and share it with the refugees, who asked for water, and Zai Xiang gave it again.

Zai Xiang and I couldn't get away for a while, and there was no lack of curiosity in our hearts, so we also sat next to these refugees and wanted to chat with them for a while, thinking that maybe we could get something out of their mouths, and these refugees were also excellent cover, no one would want to get close, and Zai Xiang and I were ready to wait until these refugees had eaten and drunk enough to disperse together, and then continued to hurry.

Jae-yan asked, "Where did you all come from?" ”

The refugees all said: "Jinyu is hungry!" ”

Zai Yan was puzzled, "I also have relatives who are officials in the court, why have I never heard of them?" ”

The refugee said: "The people's suffering, the people's suffering, where are the things that those who are the rulers will care about?" ”

The refugee girl who was holding the child just now said: "They only care about their own silver and family property in the capital!" ”

As soon as these words came out, many people echoed them.

Zai Yan was silent for a while, gently pinched the soft cheek of the child in the refugee's arms, and asked, "Is it already so serious?" ”

An old refugee man in the back said in a hoarse voice: "My lord, it will only be more serious than you think." ”

The refugees didn't seem to understand me and Zaiyan.

So, he said: "Now there are more than a thousand miles of red land, the hungry people to five or six million people, the agricultural harvest is gone, the countryside is barren, the starvation is on the way, the bones are full of wilderness, in fact, in the middle of spring last year, Jinyu showed the disaster, until this winter is still scarce, not long ago because of the continuous rain, the river flooded, and suffered from water, drought, wind, hail four disasters, resulting in a severe drought, hungry people in order to go to the court for a breath of breath, or take small stones to grind powder, and flour for food, or dig out the sound of white mud to fill hunger, the result is not a few days, people are muddy swelling, With the development of drought, all edible things are exhausted, and the tragedy of cannibalism can also be vaguely seen. ”

I was shocked and couldn't help but ask, "Cannibalism?" ”

The refugees nodded and said, "There are living people who eat the flesh of the dead, and there are also people who kill the elderly or children alive and eat them." ”

Zai Yan was stunned when he heard this, and quietly withdrew the hand that the governor touched on the child's face, "Didn't the local government open a warehouse to release grain?" ”

The refugee sneered, "The officials will only take care of themselves, where can they control us little people!" ”

I was horrified and couldn't believe it, "But cannibalism...... How do you get it? ”

The refugee smiled softly, "The bran of vegetables is exhausted, and then the grass and trees, the hemp roots, the fern roots, the palm trees, until at last all the edible bark is dug up...... In the village, the households are depressed, the smoke is broken, and the chickens and dogs are silent. The father forsaken his son, and the brother forsaken his brother, and the husband forsaken his wife...... Today, everyone or the whole family dies quietly, or adults cannibalize each other, and the village will not be destroyed! Then, he said: "It's just starvation, this kind of pain is not something that adults and ladies can empathize with!" ”