Chapter 496: Turmoil in the capital
In the next few days, Princess Qin really pulled Liu Tian to play mahjong all day long, and Lin Feng would come over to play two rounds with them when he was fine, and before he knew it, more than half a month had passed. The number of victims in the capital has not improved, but has increased. Fights and brawls seem to have become commonplace among the people. I don't go out at will, for fear of accidents.
Most of the shops on the street were closed. The capital, which used to be bustling, now can't see a single person after walking for a long time, and Liu Tian sat in the carriage and looked at the depressed streets and sighed. King Qin said that the court is now suffering from internal and external troubles, and the emperor has no time to take care of the affairs of the victims. Although it is June and no one will freeze to death, the imperial court has not given an explanation, and the emotions of the victims are getting out of control. There are robberies and fights every day.
Today, most of the shops on several streets are closed. The rest of the unprovoked ones are still open. The victims came to the door once, suffered losses, and did not go a second time. Liu Tian sat in the carriage and asked about Lanzhu porridge, "Miss, don't worry, the eldest lady brought someone over early in the morning." This should all begin. ”
Most of the victims are good people, the court doesn't care, some people in the capital can't look at it, and occasionally go to soup porridge, but the number of disaster victims is large, even if the family is rich, it is impossible to give porridge every day, Liu Tian inquired before that no one gave porridge in the past few days, yesterday the eldest sister looked at the food in the house before, and pity these children and women put forward the idea of soup porridge, Liu Tian has rice line, don't care about these, since the eldest sister mentioned it, I couldn't bear her disappointed and agreed.
This is not Liu Xiangxue came to the outskirts of the city early in the morning and accompanied the next person to work. As soon as he left the city, he heard a sharp scolding, the sound was too loud, Liu Tian wanted to pretend that it was difficult not to hear, he opened the curtain and looked out, only to see a group of victims gathered around and didn't know what was going on. Liu Qian was worried about Liu Xiangxue, and subconsciously went to find his trace.
"Miss, something happened to the eldest lady." Lan Zhu was the first to see Liu Xiangxue, stretched out his hand and pointed ahead, Liu Qian followed his line of sight, and suddenly changed his face after seeing Liu Xiangxue's situation clearly, "Stop." The carriage stopped, and Liu Tian jumped out of the carriage directly. Lan Zhu was worried, and quickly followed, "The second little is in front of danger, let's let the slave go over and take a look first." ”
"No need." She was worried about Liu Xiangxue, and strode forward, Liu Xiangxue was forced to retreat step by step by the victims, and seeing that she was about to fall, Liu Xiangxue stepped forward and grabbed her, "Tilt, why are you here, you go back quickly, this side is ......" Liu Xiangxue was kind Who knew that such a thing would happen after coming here. She was worried that those people would also be unfavorable to Liu Tian, and subconsciously wanted to drive her away.
"Big sister, don't worry. I'll help you solve this matter. Pulling Liu Xiangxue behind him, he looked up at the victims who were about to come forward and said coldly, "My eldest sister is kind enough to come over to give porridge, what are you doing?" No wonder no one has dared to come to the soup kitchen recently, it turns out that you are like this to your benefactor. ”
"Hmph, what benefactor, you're just using us as a cover for a good name. We won't be fooled. If you are really kind-hearted, why don't you give us a few white steamed buns and a few bowls of white rice. Even this porridge is mixed with grains, and there is no sincerity at all. One of the victims said disdainfully. The person next to him also chimed in, "That's it, don't come out and pretend if you don't want to, since you come out, don't be afraid of giving out the silver." ”
Liu Qian turned his head and glanced at Liu Xiangxue, Liu Xiangxue saw that he had misunderstood and hurriedly explained, "Tian'er, it's not like this, I only knew that the grain had been tampered with when I arrived here." If I had known, I wouldn't have ......."
"Liar, don't you know whether your own food has been tampered with? Now come to us to sell miserable, when we are stupid? The victims were unrelenting, and said that they were going to do it again, but Liu Tian roared, "No matter what the reason, you shouldn't do it first." I will give you an explanation for this matter today, but you have to apologize for doing this to my sister just now. ”
"Why, you used us as a pastime first." The victims are not happy, in their eyes, those who are given food are uncles, and they don't know those who are not fed, what does it have to do with them? "You can go, these grains must be left, and ......" looked at Liu Xiangxue greedily, "This beauty must also stay." ”
Liu Tian stepped forward angrily, and slapped it in the face, the victims didn't expect Liu Tian to do it, and his face changed when he came back to his senses, "Why did you actually do it to Lao Tzu, don't think that you are a person with a head and a face in the capital, Lao Tzu will not dare to touch you." "The victims raised their hands and prepared to fight back. Liu Tian pulled Liu Xiangxue back, but the disaster victims had too much strength and fast movements, and they arrived in front of them in three or two clicks...... Just when Liu Tian thought that there was no escape, Lin Feng came over and stopped the victims directly.
"Master Hou...... "How could he be here." Liu Tian breathed a sigh of relief and pulled Liu Xiangxue to her. Lin Feng glanced at them worriedly, and breathed a sigh of relief after making sure they were okay, "Don't worry, I'll solve this matter." Liu Tian nodded, pulling Liu Xiangxue back two steps, Lin Feng's martial arts are strong, where is his opponent, he will be beaten to the ground in three or two strokes.
Seeing this, the other victims retreated one after another, without the slightest resentment of the same enemy just now, seeing that Lin Feng was not easy to provoke, they were worried that he would blame them for what had just happened. In a few moments there was no one at the gates. The subordinates began to pack up their things, and Liu Xiangxue pulled Liu Tian forward to thank him. Lin Feng glanced at Liu Tian and shook his head, "It's okay if you're fine, now that the capital is not peaceful, I'll send you back." ”
Originally, they were here to give porridge, but now that they don't give porridge, there is no need for them to stay. Liu Tian nodded, and after the subordinates cleaned up, they went back to the palace together, Princess Qin sighed after hearing what happened to them today, "The form of the capital concubine has also heard of it, don't go out if you two are okay these days, stay in the mansion safer." ”
"Is the emperor really not going to take care of these victims?" Liu Qian felt that it was not a way for the imperial court to ignore it, and if these victims were forced to hurry, the people of the capital were afraid that they would also suffer. Large families have families and homes, and the victims will not easily break in, but ordinary people have suffered, and recently I have heard almost every day that someone's house has been robbed, and even killed people......
Princess Qin shook her head helplessly, "The emperor also wants to take care of it, but the front line has been defeated again and again, the treasury is empty, and the emperor is powerless." "There are some things that Princess Qin didn't say, the emperor has not been in good health recently, and the imperial doctor has stopped talking several times, I'm afraid it's ...... Now that there are internal and external troubles, if the emperor has three longs and two shorts...... The King of England is eyeing him, and he has recently joined forces with the Ye family, once there is some turmoil, the King of England will definitely not let go of this opportunity.
Liu Tian didn't know this, Liu listened to Princess Qin's analysis of the pros and cons, and then took Liu Xiangxue back to the other courtyard. Sitting at the table, Liu Tian helped Liu Xiangxue treat her wounds, Liu Xiangxue glanced at her, hesitated and said, "I seem to have seen the third sister today." ”
It has been a long time since I heard the whereabouts of Liu Fengfu, it is said that she was bought by a wealthy merchant shortly after Liu Fengxu was sent to the Red Mansion that day, it stands to reason that she should be doing well now, why did she appear at the city gate today? "Have you taken a closer look?"
"I'm not sure so I looked at it again, and the person looked very similar to her, but he was a lot thinner, and he was a little far away, and I wasn't sure about it." Liu Xiangxue shook her head, "Maybe I'm wrong." Didn't you say he's doing well now? The man I saw today didn't look like he was doing well. "It's so thin, and the face is ugly, and it looks like it's been malnourished for a long time.
Liu Tian didn't care about Liu Fengxu's affairs, and when she didn't continue the topic, she didn't say anything. The two talked about the adulteration of food again, "Dumpling, who do you say will do this?" "The grain that is brought today is brought from the rice row. The grain of the rice bank has been in the warehouse, and the only one who has touched the granary during this time is the Wang family, could it be that these grains were manipulated by the Wang family? Thinking of this, Liu Qing's face changed, "I suddenly remembered something, go out first." ”
"Qian'er, the princess and the marquis said just now, it's best not to go out recently, there is something you can't wait." Liu Xiangxue worriedly tugged at her sleeve. Liu Tian didn't want to wait any longer, "I really have something urgent, you can rest assured that I will be back soon." She went to the Wang family to confirm if this matter was really related to the Wang family......
"Today's thing was done by the Wang family?" Liu Xiangxue said suddenly, Liu Tian looked at him with some surprise, "Eldest sister, why do you think so?" "How did she know. She never took the initiative to tell the eldest sister about her affairs with the Wang family, how did the eldest sister guess it.
Liu Xiangxue didn't want to say it, but seeing him like this, she was worried and blurted out, "Tilt, although you don't say it, I can see that you and Wang Gongzi are now separated, and you are still secretly investigating the Wang family, do you plan to attack the Wang family." ”
Liu Tian was silent, she didn't want to lie to her eldest sister, but she didn't want to take the initiative to tell her about it. Seeing that he was silent, Liu Xiangxue continued, "Tilt, I know your temperament, if it weren't for the Wang family's bullying too much, you would definitely not chase after you, but no matter how bad the Wang family is, Wang Gongzi was not thin on you at the beginning, and you should also be forgiving and forgiving for her sake." ”
"Brother Wang is indeed not thin on me, but one yard is one yard. Sister, don't worry about it, I'll take care of it. Liu Tian turned around, "I can not go to the Wang family for today's matter, but after I find out the truth by other means, if it is related to the Wang family, I still won't give up," If it weren't for her passing in time today, the eldest sister wouldn't know what it would be like to be bullied by those disaster victims?