The next day, Jiu'er returned to Zhuzhi Garden, Xia Mengning got up, and asked busily, "Jiu'er, is the family okay?" ”

Jiu'er nodded, "It's all good, Miss Xie cares." ”

Xia Mengning nodded with a smile and said, "Speaking of which, it was my negligence, yesterday was your birthday, and I should let you go home for a reunion." ”

Jiu'er hurriedly said that she didn't dare, Xia Mengning saw that her expression was faint, and she knew that it might be related to yesterday's Leng Xiao, but everyone has everyone's privacy, and she can't care about anything.

In fact, Xia Mengning didn't know that Jiu'er had reached a consensus with Leng Xiao, before Leng Xiao's thing was done, Jiu'er had to avoid contact with him, Leng Xiao said that this was to protect her, although Jiu'er didn't understand it in her heart, she knew that Leng Xiao wouldn't lie to herself, so she agreed.

In the afternoon, Xia Mengning stood in front of the table to practice calligraphy, Jiu'er stood aside grinding, she watched Xia Mengning write stroke by stroke, and suddenly felt very curious, so she boldly asked: "Miss......"

Xia Mengning sighed, raised her head and looked at Jiu'er, "What's wrong?" ”

Jiu'er was a little embarrassed, but still lowered her head and said, "Miss, can you teach the slave to write, the slave just wants to learn a few words." ”

Xia Mengning smiled and said, "Come here." ”

Jiu'er's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly put down the ink strip in his hand, and walked to Xia Mengning's side, Xia Mengning was a little taller than Jiu'er, so he stood behind Jiu'er, holding the pen in his right hand and putting it in Jiu'er's hand, and said, "Take the pen like this." ”

The first time Jiu'er touched the brush, she was very excited, her hands were a little trembling, Xia Mengning chuckled, and said, "Come, I'll teach you to write your name." ”

After a while, the two words Jiu'er appeared on the paper, and Xia Mengning pointed to these two words and said, "Look, this is your name." ”

Jiu'er was so happy, her little face was red, Xia Mengning stretched out her hand and tapped Jiu'er's forehead, and said, "If you want to learn in the future, just come to the house to find me." ”

As she spoke, Xia Mengning pulled out a stack of rice paper from the shelf on the side and handed it over, "Oh, you can write with these." ”

The morning passed in the head-to-head practice between the two, and when Zhu Lian came in to ask Xia Mengning for lunch, the two stopped.

Xia Chuanyuan was ordered to supervise the matter of the drought in the northwest, in fact, this matter is a thankless errand, Changsun Han wants to spend the least money to do the biggest thing, but the silver of the imperial court has been allocated, and there will definitely be some deductions in the middle, which is understandable, and there will be less in the hands of the victims.

Xia Chuanyuan went to the northwest with a carriage, not to mention the bumps along the way, just this weather, made Xia Chuanyuan's old bones a little unbearable, as soon as he arrived in the drought-stricken area, the local officials there greeted him warmly, but when they knew that Xia Chuanyuan did not bring silver, this attitude immediately changed.

"Prime Minister, you have also seen the situation here now, how to appease the emotions of the victims without money, some of the victims walked out a while ago, but the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled, if the court does not allocate silver, we will really be extinct."

Xia Chuanyuan couldn't see the situation, but when he left, Changsun Han didn't allocate any money, but just asked him to come here to reconcile and reconcile.

In this way, Xia Chuanyuan really made a difficulty.

The next day, Xia Chuanyuan had just gotten out of bed and was about to go out for a walk, when he saw a few elderly people squatting at the door, looking at him pitifully with bowls, and there was a big reason why they wouldn't let him go out if he didn't give money.

At this time, the local official who received him also came over, saw this, stretched out his hand and blasted away the group of people, and said to Xia Chuanyuan: "Prime Minister, we are like this, you have to forgive me." ”

Xia Chuanyuan nodded a little embarrassed, and the two walked to the outer hall to have breakfast, Xia Chuanyuan saw that there was only a bowl of boiled vegetables on the table, and it was still dripping, and it looked very unappetizing, Xia Chuanyuan frowned almost invisibly, and said, "Is this breakfast?" ”

The official hurriedly nodded, "Prime Minister, this is the only thing we can handle, and you know that the drought here is serious, where is there still water?" Without water, the grass would not grow. ”

The official said, showing a bitter look, Xia Chuanyuan frowned, he couldn't say anything, but if he wanted him to eat the bowl of green vegetables like pig food, he would rather be hungry than eat.

Without breakfast, Xia Chuanyuan decided to go out for a stroll, and by the way, to find out about the people's situation, the official knew about it and said that he wanted to accompany Xia Chuanyuan, but Xia Chuanyuan refused.

Walking alone on the streets of the city, Xia Chuanyuan also sighed in his heart, this place is really too desolate, but the court does not give silver, if he does not change this place and go back, he will definitely be punished by the emperor, Xia Chuanyuan thought so, and became even more anxious.

Walking out of the city gate, seeing that many people were squatting on the ground digging something, Xia Chuanyuan was a little curious, walked over and asked, "Old man, what are you digging for?" ”

The old man listened, looked up at Xia Chuanyuan, and said, "I don't have anything to eat, so I came to dig and dig for any tree roots in the ground." ”

Xia Chuanyuan was taken aback, and blurted out: "What, can tree roots be eaten too?" ”

The person who was also squatting on the ground and digging the roots of the tree on the side stood up, looked at Xia Chuanyuan and said: "It hasn't rained here for a year, the climate is hot, and now the crops are all gone, and the young people are running away, leaving us old people who can't walk, don't eat the roots and eat anything." ”

As he spoke, the man looked at Xia Chuanyuan, and suddenly said: "You are an official sent by the imperial court, you are naturally a big fish and big meat in the capital, where do you know the suffering of our common people, you are officials, you are all fish and meat people, and they are not good things......"

As he spoke, the man became more and more angry, and picked up a piece of dry and hard soil and threw it directly at Xia Chuanyuan's body.

"Dog officials, folks, this group of dog officials doesn't care about our life and death at all, we might as well kill him and let the court know how powerful we are!"

The man instigated his emotions so much that for a while, many people who were squatting and digging the roots of the tree stood up and looked at Xia Chuanyuan with fierce eyes.

Xia Chuanyuan was startled, and sensed that something was wrong, this group of poor people had been forced into a desperate situation, if they wanted to kill themselves to attract the attention of the imperial court, they were afraid that they would really do it.

Xia Chuanyuan thought of this, hurriedly retreated, and shouted in his mouth, "Don't come here, this minister will help you go and explain the real situation to the emperor." ”

"Phew!" The man spit out angrily and said loudly: "Folks, we can't stay up like this, the court doesn't care about our life and death, we have to fight for ourselves." ”

When the people behind him heard this, they all applauded again and again, and they threw down the things in their hands one after another, and surrounded Xia Chuanyuan.

At this moment, a calm voice came, "Everyone, don't be impatient. ”

Xia Chuanyuan was wondering, and saw that the crowd who were still irritable calmed down after hearing this voice, and several people said one after another: "It's Mr. Wuji who is here." ”

Xia Chuanyuan turned his head and saw a Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe walking from not far away, the Taoist priest had a beard, but he was not sloppy, but he added a bit of a feeling of fairy wind and bones.

"Poor and boundless, I've seen the Prime Minister."

Xia Chuanyuan was stunned, and saw that the Taoist priest had already walked in front of him and bent slightly to him to show his salute.

Xia Chuanyuan nodded hurriedly, "Dao Elder doesn't need to be polite. ”

It seems that this Taoist priest named Wuji is very popular here, and Xia Chuanyuan stayed alone in a foreign land, so he naturally didn't want to stiffen his relationship with this kind of person.

The Taoist priest said to Xia Chuanyuan again: "The poor way is rude, which makes the prime minister frightened. As he spoke, he turned to the group of people: "The Prime Minister was sent by the imperial court, and everyone should be well entertained, as for the drought, the poor road has been practiced for seven consecutive days, and the heavens will definitely feel our sincerity and send us some rain." ”

This kind of empty promise made Xia Chuanyuan very disdainful, but the strange thing was that the group of people was actually appeased, Xia Chuanyuan was a little strange, and he had to look at this Taoist priest with admiration.

Because of the appearance of this Taoist priest, a group of people who originally had prejudices against Xia Chuanyuan returned home, although Xia Chuanyuan looked down on this unpopular Taoist priest, but he also showed a good show of the bearing that a prime minister should have.

"Thank you for today's events."

Wuji smiled and said, "The Prime Minister must have thought that what Poor Dao said was to deceive the villagers, and he specially relieved the siege for the adults." ”

Xia Chuanyuan was stunned for a moment, looked at Wuji, and didn't know what to say.

Wuji's face was pale, and he said, "I wonder if Poor Dao can ask an adult for a cup of tea?" ”

Xia Chuanyuan nodded, and the two walked to the place where Xia Chuanyuan lived, and on the way, Wuji smiled and said: "My lord, don't hide it, Poor Dao does know some divination techniques, and Poor Dao has already sensed the heavenly opportunity, and it will rain here tomorrow." ”

Xia Chuanyuan couldn't help but be a little disdainful when he heard Wuji say this, and said, "Does Dao Chang really have this ability?" ”

Wuji smiled, not caring at all about the disdain and contempt in Xia Chuanyuan's tone, and said, "Yes or no, we will know tomorrow." ”

Xia Chuanyuan saw Wuji's unfathomable appearance, and his heart felt a little mysterious, the northern kingdom has always respected the Taoist monks, as for the cultivators, they don't treat it very well, but this Taoist priest has an extraordinary aura when he speaks, not like a tricked and deceived Jianghu warlock.

Xia Chuanyuan glanced at him twice and said, "I don't know where the confidence comes from?" ”

Wuji smiled indifferently, but looked at Xia Chuanyuan fixedly for a while, and said: "The Prime Minister has both children under his knees, but in the past few years, they have left one after another, does the Prime Minister feel it?" ”

Xia Chuanyuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of Xia Zhihan and Xia Zhishen, these were the two sons he was proud of before, but now they are also a tragic death, one is missing, the eldest daughter was exiled, the younger daughter committed suicide by poisoning, and the other was married to be a concubine for others, Xia Chuanyuan thought like this, and couldn't help but feel a little bad in his heart.