Chapter 82: Settling the Refugees
The continuous rain finally made Gu Jiuge's worries come true, and overnight, countless refugees poured in from all directions. At the feet of the Son of Heaven, there was a mess.
But in order not to let Mu Yao know, those officials actually worked together to suppress the refugees and locked them outside the city from entering, and the methods were brutal and arrogant, which made people ashamed.
Gu Jiuge sat in the private room of the Drunken Immortal Tower, and from here, he could clearly see the situation outside the city and inside the city. The refugees were all crowded at the gates, but they couldn't get in. Some of them are young and strong, and there are also old women, women and children who are powerless.
"These officials have always only eaten dry food and don't do anything! It is a shame that these refugees sit idly by like this! If I were a man who could become an official in the court, I would not be like them! ”
Hua Chun was annoyed and said indignantly.
Seeing this, Huiqiu hurriedly patted her hand and signaled her to pay attention to her words outside, so she turned to Gu Jiuge and asked softly: "Miss, now that the refugee incident is so serious, why does Your Majesty care?" ”
It was difficult for Eqiu to understand how such a ridiculous thing could happen at the feet of the Son of Heaven.
Gu Jiuge breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and finally smiled helplessly.
"What about the feet of the Son of Heaven, Your Majesty can't get out of the palace, so you can only sit on the Jinluan Hall and listen to the lotus tongues of those officials. Since ancient times, natural disasters have been the most difficult to deal with, and those officials are afraid that this trouble will fall on them, so they naturally can hide it. They can only see what they want His Majesty to see. ”
After she finished speaking, the smile on her face became stronger: "Being in a high position also has its own difficulties. ”
Those officials worked together to want Mu Yao to see a peaceful and stable Dayue Dynasty, what could he do?
"Miss! Let's fight! ”
Hua Chun covered his mouth and exclaimed, but he didn't expect those guards guarding the door to do so blatantly! The blue sky and the white sun, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there is really no royal law at all!
"Go down and have a look!"
At the gate of the city, a group of onlookers had gathered at this time.
One gate, two worlds. Inside the door is the foot of the Son of Heaven, peaceful and stable. Outside the door, there is displacement, and mourning is everywhere.
"Official, please, let us in. My little granddaughter is dying, please! An old woman in her sixtieth year fell to her knees and wept bitterly, kowtowing and pleading, but the people seemed to have no heart, and there was nothing but disgust on their faces.
One of the guards was a little annoyed by her noise, kicked her in the chest, and cursed in his mouth: "Get away!" You think beautifully, today you have entered the royal city, tomorrow you should not make a fuss about entering the palace? A bunch of crazy people who came out of nowhere, if you harbor evil intentions, wouldn't it be a bad thing! ”
His words immediately aroused the echo of the onlookers, who were all people who had lived in the royal city for a long time, and always had an inexplicable sense of superiority, how could they be willing to let these filthy refugees live with them in the same town?
What's more, if they accept this group of refugees, more refugees will come tomorrow, and that's it!
"Official! I don't go in, I don't go in! I beg you to help me find a doctor and save my little granddaughter, who is only three years old. The old woman was so crying that she almost fainted, but she still couldn't get the slightest sympathy from them.
"! Gather here again to make trouble, don't blame Lao Tzu for being unkind! ”
As they spoke, the guards drew their swords from their waists and were about to slash them down, causing the refugees to tremble with fright, and did not dare to approach the city gate again for fear of losing their lives.
"Hmph, I'm still afraid of death, I shouldn't have made this scene if I knew it was like this!" The guards spat hard, and then stood at the gates of the city like an impregnable wall, stopping the refugees who tried to sneak into the city.
When Gu Jiuge came down, those refugees had already been driven to a place ten zhang away from the city gate, Gu Jiuge revealed his identity, and those guards didn't dare to stop her, so they obediently let her go.
As soon as those unkempt refugees saw Gu Jiuge come out, they were stunned as if they saw the Heavenly Maiden descending to earth, such a beautiful woman, what is it if she is not a fairy?
"This person must be a young lady from a dignitary family, if we catch her, we can go in!"
I don't know who shouted, and the crowd suddenly became noisy, followed by a flurry of echoes. Seeing Gu Jiuge getting closer and closer, those people suddenly got up and surrounded the three masters and servants.
"What do you want to do!" Huiqiu was a little panicked, and hurriedly protected Gu Jiuge behind her, but in the face of this group of people whose families were ruined and tortured, she couldn't protect herself, how could she protect Gu Jiuge.
Huiqiu was grabbed by someone's arm and couldn't move, and the rest of the people rushed towards Gu Jiuge. They have nothing, so they are not afraid of anything, and the worst outcome is death.
Gu Jiuge panicked and retreated, she reached out to put the bracelet on her wrist, but immediately put it down again. Standing in front of her are some innocent people, whose families are ruined and ruined here, thinking that they can live in peace at the feet of the Son of Heaven, but who knows that they can't even enter the city gate, how can they not be angry?
"Don't come here, our young lady has no ill intentions!" Hua Chun was in a hurry, but those people were like crazy, they didn't care what she said at all, they just rushed towards Gu Jiuge one by one.
Seeing a man pounce on, Gu Jiuge quickened his pace, stepped on the stone in a hurry, slammed his foot hard, and the whole person leaned straight back.
There was no expected pain, Gu Jiuge felt himself crash into a stone-wide chest, and a pair of powerful arms tightly encircled her in his arms, stabilizing her body.
"Are you alright?"
Mu Liang kicked the man away, then looked down at the person in his arms and asked softly.
Gu Jiuge was stunned, and an indescribable emotion suddenly rose in his heart. Mu Liang always appears when she needs help the most, and if she continues like this, I am afraid that she will be inseparable from the man in front of her.
Nantian also hurriedly rescued Eaki and took the two of them out of the range where those people went crazy.
"It's all quiet! This is His Royal Highness King Liang! Nantian shouted loudly, and the refugees instantly fell silent.
Gu Jiuge got up from his arms, stabilized his body, looked at him deeply, and bowed his head slightly to thank him.
"What are you doing here?" Mu Liang asked with a frown, if he hadn't gotten the news today to investigate the situation of the refugees, he didn't know what would happen to Gu Jiuge!
"Save people."
Gu Jiuge softly spit out a few words, and then walked towards the old woman before, she was lying with this child in her arms, her clothes were wet and tattered, her face was pale, her body was hot, and she seemed to be very sick.
Gu Jiuge didn't care that she was dirty, he bent down and hugged her into his arms, his movements were gentle, as if he was afraid of hurting her. Seeing this, the old woman wanted to reach out and grab it, but when she saw that Gu Jiuge's face was calm and there was no malice, her hand trembled.
"This young lady, please save my little granddaughter. She has been suffering from fever for several days, and if she doesn't find a doctor again, she is afraid that she will die. The old woman saw that Gu Jiuge seemed to want to save her, so she quickly kowtowed and said.
"Everyone wait here, don't make trouble, don't make a noise, and after half an hour someone will come to settle you." Gu Jiuge stood up and looked at everyone and said in a deep voice, her tone was calm and her attitude was firm, which made people want to believe her involuntarily.
After Gu Jiuge finished his order, he took the little girl and walked to the city, just as the old woman said, if she didn't find a doctor, she was afraid that this little girl would lose her life.
She was too young to deserve this sin.
Mu Liang didn't stop her when he saw her like this, he just followed her quietly, and this appearance was to show his position.
No matter what Gu Jiuge does, he will support her, not to mention that this is still a good thing to save people from fire and water.
In Jishitang, after settling the little girl, Gu Jiuge withdrew from the room, Mu Liang hadn't left yet, I don't know if he was waiting for her.
"Doesn't the prince ask me why I did this?"
The two sat opposite each other in the backyard of Jishitang, Gu Jiuge poured him a cup of tea, and asked softly.
"You have your own reasons for what you do."
Mu Liang glanced at her deeply, and became more and more unable to see the woman in front of him.
He originally thought that Gu Jiuge was a scheming person, but when he saw her guarding the little girl, he was really anxious, and his worry was beyond words, and even his eyes were slightly red. He really couldn't imagine that such a kind woman, what Xuan Lang had done to make Gu Jiuge hate him like this.
"If you are in trouble, come to me." Mu Liang said in a low voice.
Gu Jiuge's heart moved when she heard this, this was probably the warmest and most powerful sentence she had ever heard.
"The courtiers thanked the prince for those refugees." Gu Jiuge got up and saluted and said respectfully, but he opened the distance between the two without moving.
Mu Liang knew what she was thinking, and she was not in a hurry to change anything, after all, the top priority was to think about how to settle these refugees as soon as possible.
When the two came outside the city again, Zhao Bingye had already brought people to set up a porridge shack, and when those refugees saw that someone was willing to help them, they naturally cooperated with 10,000, no one made trouble, and the efficiency of doing things was naturally high.
Mu Liang was slightly surprised in his heart, and turned his head to look at the woman standing in front of him, the deeper the doubt in his heart. Zhao Bingye obviously came prepared, but natural and man-made disasters are the most unpredictable, how could the people of the General's Mansion prepare in advance?
Or is it all because of Gu Jiuge?
It's just a day's work, Zhao Bingye took the people of the General's Mansion to set up a wooden tent in a vacant lot outside the city, although it was simple, but there was a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and those refugees were naturally grateful to Dade.
"Ge'er, everything is settled here, fortunately I listened to your opinion at the beginning, otherwise it would have been a mess to deal with now." Zhao Bingye led Gu Jiuge to a fairly clean place to sit down, looked at her and said with a chuckle, his eyebrows full of appreciation and amazement.
Mu Liang, who was sitting on the side, glanced at Gu Jiuge when he heard this, and sure enough, he guessed correctly, the reason why the General's Mansion was able to respond so quickly was really because Gu Jiuge reminded him in advance!
"I'm just saying a few words casually, but my grandfather and cousin are doing things safely, so that these refugees won't be hurt twice." Gu Jiuge responded with a smile, the brother and sister were talking and laughing, but Mu Liang, who was sitting on the side, seemed a little redundant.
Zhao Bingye's smile became more and more spoiled when he heard this, he really had more contact, and he realized that his cousin was really a strange woman-like existence, and he was also happy in his heart.
"Ge'er, I heard that those refugees did something to you today, how did you get hurt? If you have a wound on your body, don't hide it. Zhao Bingye suddenly thought of something, looked at Gu Jiuge and asked very heartily.
"Don't worry, cousin, I ......"
"It's getting late, this king will send the eldest lady back first, and Zhao Gongzi will take care of himself." Mu Liang finally couldn't sit still, got up and said coldly. After saying that, he grabbed Gu Jiuge's wrist and made a gesture to leave.
Zhao Bingye and Gu Jiuge were both stunned when they heard this, and Zhao Bingye was even more confused.
If it is about intimacy, shouldn't it be his cousin who sent Gu Jiuge back? How could it be Mu Liang's turn? And why did he look at him so sharply, as if Zhao Bingye had robbed him of something.