Chapter 350: The Five-Day Covenant
Looking at Xiao Tong's expectant look, Song Xingchen said a little cruelly: "Xiao Tong, you can't for the time being, can you endure it for a few more days?" ”
"A few days? How long is it? The boy asked, twinkling his eyes.
"Five days at most, I'll come and take you away." Song Xingchen thought for a moment and gave an accurate answer.
"Okay, Xiaotong is waiting for my sister to pick me up." Xiao Tong gritted his teeth and nodded, "My sister wants me to stay here, but what else do I have to do?" ”
"Yes." Song Xingchen was a little embarrassed, and didn't dare to look at Xiao Tong's childlike face, after all, in Xiao Tong's world, he was really just a child, but she couldn't forget Xiao Tong's real age, "You are the same as usual, don't let people find out that the old witch has had an accident, can you do it?" ”
"Yes." The boy nodded firmly.
"Okay, my sister will leave you delicious food and take you out of here in five days." Song Xingchen said, and sent a lot of delicious food from the space to Xiao Tong.
Looking at the food he had never eaten, the little boy licked the corners of his mouth and showed an innocent smile.
Probably because he has been isolated from the world, and the old woman has never taught the child, the child has always maintained the true character of a child except for the death of his parents.
Song Xingchen controlled the space to leave, she just wanted to wait quietly for Yelang to wake up, and other things could be put on hold for the time being.
Shen Yi recovered quickly, although he was not completely detoxified, but at least he was able to walk freely, so he went out of the space to help deal with the affairs of the Song family.
Staying by Yelang's side all day, or singing to him, or telling him about the past, Song Xingchen didn't know how many times he laughed, and he didn't know how many tears he shed, but Yelang still showed no signs of waking up.
If it weren't for Yelang's face being ruddy all the time, Song Xingchen would definitely go crazy.
It's just that Song Xingchen's attention was condensed on Ye Lang, and he didn't notice that the Buddha beads she picked up before would shine with a faint light from time to time.
The incident in the Great Prince's Mansion soon alarmed the emperor, and the identities of the two people who had the accident that night were quite special, even the emperor had to be afraid of three points.
And Zhou Feng was in the mansion of the eldest prince that night, and undoubtedly became the target of attack, after all, Master Ming Chao had a relationship with the eldest prince, and Shen Seventeen was a distinguished guest of the eldest prince, and the eldest prince had no reason to harm them.
Zhou Feng didn't answer these criticisms indifferently, even if the emperor was angry, he refused to tell the real reason why he went to the Great Prince's Mansion, and the angry emperor made him kneel in the imperial study for an hour.
However, the eldest prince himself did not say a word of doubt about Zhou Feng, but because of his position, he did not say a good word for him, but he was even more silent in the past few days, and he almost never left the mansion, and the people of the eldest prince's mansion did not go out except for normal shopping.
Shen XVII's death made the Shen family suspect that it was related to Master Mingchao, but Master Mingchao was a senior monk of Huguo Temple, and even the emperor of the dynasty could not move easily, and the people of the Divine Medicine Valley only dared to ask a few questions at most.
However, Shen Yi woke up at this time, and everyone who knew the 'inside story' said that Master Mingchao did not hesitate to lose his life and save Shen Yi, so he called him a living bodhisattva.
But Shen Yiyi has the name of a miracle doctor, and it is also a blessing he has accumulated if a monk is willing to help, and the people who eat melons express envy and jealousy but can't hate it, who makes the merit of the family immeasurable.
"Miss, I have already found out that the two courtyards were bought by a wealthy merchant in the previous dynasty, and later given to two family members. More than 100 years have passed now, and although the deed has not changed, I can't find out the specific news of the rich merchant, and I only know that it has something to do with the court of the previous dynasty. "The secret guard investigated thoroughly for three days before he came to report to Song Xingchen, which shows that this news is not easy to find.
"Continue to investigate, I want the exact news of the rich merchant, what kind of person does he have to do with the previous dynasty, after the founding of the Great Zhou State, where are the descendants of the rich businessman, and what are they doing!" Song Xingchen frowned, unable to figure out why a wealthy businessman would turn around and do such a secret thing, so he put it aside for the time being, waiting for further news, "Let the person who is in charge of monitoring that courtyard find out?" ”
"The family surnamed Ding, the family has three generations for 16 people, and three people are responsible for monitoring the situation on the other side every day, and are responsible for delivering food to the past, and the rest of the people go to the market to mess around, and there is no legitimate source of income." Dark Guard reports.
"Keep an eye on me, the clues of this family can't be broken, just leave two alive when necessary." Song Xingchen has no good impression of such people, and he will not let others fight to protect them.
"Yes." The Dark Guard commands.
"What about the boys? But has anyone been looking for him? Song Xingchen asked.
"Everything works." The Dark Guard replied.
"Well, let our people protect the little boy, and if he has any abnormalities, he will report it immediately." Song Xingchen waved his hand and told the dark guard to retreat.
If you don't take the child away that day, one is that you have something to do, and the other is that you want to see if the child is really okay, Song Xingchen will never bring a dangerous person home like this.
Although the placement of the child was not mentioned in the previous negotiations, the child is only a few years old in the eyes of the world, how can Song Xingchen let him live alone?
However, every day in the space with Yelang, Song Xingchen is not idle, serious cultivation of spiritual power, she must completely solve the old woman, otherwise she will be a confidant at any time.
What's more, no one dares to guarantee whether they will encounter danger in the future, and if they can use their spiritual power to defeat the enemy, it would be great.
"Xingchen, hasn't Yelang woken up yet?" Song Yue asked worriedly.
Song Xingchen shook his head, the look of worry on his face was obvious, but he couldn't do anything about it.
"It's all my fault, if I had said that Yelang was looking for you, maybe he wouldn't have had an accident." Song Yue blamed herself.
"Don't blame the second sister, I didn't let you say it, and besides, you didn't delay much, everything is doomed." Song Xingchen didn't explain the old woman's affairs, because she couldn't tell the Song family that she was a soul from another world, and the real Song Xingchen was no longer in this world.
After the sisters talked, Song Yue went back to rest, she has been in a high level of tension recently, her physical condition is not very good, and she needs to raise the fetus with peace of mind.
Song Xingchen looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, and said in a low voice: "Yelang, if you don't wake up, I'll cry urgently." ”
His eyes gradually reddened, Song Xingchen sniffed, stubbornly refusing to let the tears fall.
Thousands of miles away in the dry city, Song Yang is wearing a hat and digging canals and repairing reservoirs with some villagers who are willing to believe in him.
The dry city, named because of the perennial drought, is in a state of water shortage most of the year round, the people are hungry, and the families who sell their children cheaply abound, and it is the largest gathering place for human traffickers, so there are many rich families in the local area.
Dry City is also a border town, but the rich people here hire a large number of thugs, and once they encounter an enemy situation, they will join forces to fight the enemy, and it is difficult to grab property.
And the poor people can't even find food, so it's a rare peace.
Song Yang had been here for more than three months, and after learning about the local situation from the files and the local people, he formulated this huge project to build a canal and a reservoir.
It's just that the local people seem to have given up on being redeemed, and they don't believe that the government will really help them, the poor people, no one is willing to cooperate at all, and it's good that the rich don't destroy it secretly, after all, the people are rich, and their money is gone.
Under such circumstances, Song Yang could only hire the people to work out of his own pocket, and work with the people personally.
"My lord, we've been digging pools for months, and it hasn't rained a single day, is it useful?" An old man came to Song Yang's side and wiped his dusty face and asked.
"Uncle, don't worry, it makes sense for me to do this, Uncle just have to wait with peace of mind." Song Yang smiled mildly and beckoned the people to rest for a while, "Everyone has worked hard, rest for a while and then continue." ”
The officials came forward to bring water to Song Yang to drink, although the officials here did not dare to provoke the rich and noble, but they still had expectations for Song Yang, an official who wanted to do a career.
After all, they don't have the opportunity to make a fortune as government servants, and their families are all ordinary people, so if they can live a good life, it would be the best.
"Drink some water, adults." Li Yong brought the only good bowl to Song Yang.
"Thank you." Song Yang thanked politely, this is the habit of the Song family, and after drinking the water, he asked, "Do you also think that this official is useless in doing this?" ”
"No, my subordinates believe in my lord!" Li Yong said firmly: "Not to mention that all this silver is from the private property of adults, even the enthusiasm of adults cannot be faked." Don't say that adults are scholars, even I, Li Yong, gritted my teeth and persevered in the first month, this job is not easy to do. ”
"A lot of people are waiting to see the jokes of this official, what do you think?" Song Yang handed the bowl to Li Yong and asked.
"Let's see who has the last laugh." Li Yong wiped a handful of sweat and said: "The lord is the one who wants to do things for the people the most among the officials who have come to the dry city, and his subordinates must follow the lord, if the adults can't do it, then the dry city will become a dead city sooner or later." ”
Li Yong looked at the front with sad eyes, as a native of Dry City, no one knows the situation of Dry City better than Li Yong, even he, a fast catcher, also experienced the sale of his family when he was a child, but he now has the ability to support his family, but he can no longer redeem his relatives who gave him food rations.
Song Yang's eyes also became heavy, he was not only worried that the people would not be able to hold out to the end, but also that those rich people would come to wreak havoc.
In today's dry city, he can't call on the soldiers who guard the city, but there are too few fast catchers in the yamen.
There are dozens of people brought by Song Yang, and if they forcibly confront the local rich gentry, they can only be the one who suffers.
Although Song Xingchen arranged for a lot of people to come over, Song Yang easily didn't want to use them, these people were his hole cards, once they were revealed, they could only be clear from those rich gentry, and they didn't want to persuade them anymore.
Song Yang knew very well in his heart that these traffickers would sooner or later move some people, and without a formal dental license, they also secretly kidnapped young girls and young women, and they could not completely change the appearance of the dry city without setting an example.
But these things must not be radical, and the people must see the hope of life and be willing to cooperate with the government to do it, otherwise it will only be difficult to move the skin, and it will only be more difficult to govern the dry city in the future.
"Li Yong, you take people to a mausoleum city, find the Song Ji grain store, and ask them to prepare 300,000 quintals of seeds for next year's spring ploughing, which the official will use before the spring next year. In addition, another 50,000 loads of grain will be delivered. Song Yang suddenly stood up, handed his name card to Li Yong and said, "This is a test for you by this official, don't let this official down." ”
If you want to take root in the dry city, you must cultivate locals, and Li Yong is the one who is most in line with Song Yang's heart so far.
"Your Excellency!" Li Yong's body trembled with excitement.
Don't say that those 50,000 loads of grain can make the entire people of the dry city survive this winter, it is the 300,000 loads of grain seeds, and it is also the life of the people of the dry city!
Although the imperial court gives relief to the people of the dry city every year, after the officials at all levels are greedy, the relief grain that arrives in the dry city cannot save many people at all, and half of the grain is good when it is distributed and can be used, which is also one of the reasons why the dry city has been poor.
Looking at Li Yong's excited and grateful look, Song Yang only gave him an encouraging look, then picked up a shovel and continued to fight with his pool, without being disturbed by the scorching sun, and his originally fair complexion gradually turned wheat color after coming to the dry city.