Chapter 40: Displacement (2)

The wedding was all handled by the queen, and she loved her son like her life, so she naturally would not spare the money.

It's just that I don't know how many innocent people lost their lives in that protracted ice disaster, until the spring flowers bloom and everything finally recovers, but those lost lives will never come back.

On the day of the wedding, as Prince Xuanyuan Lang welcomed the Prime Minister's Mansion Miss Jiang Yuxi from the Prime Minister's Mansion into the sedan chair, the honor guard slowly moved towards the Xuanwu Gate, and the people along the way flocked to the honor guard, wanting to see the future princess.

Jiang Yuxi sat in the sedan chair, listening to the drums in his ears, and could vaguely hear the exclamations of the people along the way, and the smile in his eyebrows and eyes became deeper and deeper.

But at this moment, I heard a noise in the distance that shouldn't have come into my ears.

"My lord! My lord! Okay, okay! My child is dying of hunger, so I beg you to be merciful! Feel free to enjoy the stuttering! ”

"Fuck off! Dare to make a fool of the people! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's Luan Jia also dared to disturb! Don't want to live anymore? ”

Then came the sound of shredded footsteps, the cries of children in their arms, the screams of women, and the screams of blades piercing the air......

Jiang Yuxi's heart was shocked, the smile quickly faded, leaning against the window and looking out, only to see a woman kneeling outside the honor guard, thinly dressed and unkempt, holding a baby about a year old in her arms, kowtowing to Rong Qi, the commander of Yulinwei, and then looking behind her, it was actually kneeling with a black press, all ragged, thinly dressed, shrunken and shivering in the cold wind.

Rong Qi looked angry, waved the broad knife in his hand, and signaled the Yu Linwei on both sides to step forward to drive those people away, and the wedding honor guard was still moving forward slowly, not stagnating because of this sudden scene.

Because of these inexplicable homeless people, they almost disturbed the prince's honor guard, but fortunately Rong Qi is a person with a lot of skill, but the kung fu of half a pillar of incense has expelled all the homeless people to the outskirts of Yunyang City. In order to prevent them from leaving, these people poured into the city again, and Rong Qi specially instructed the guards at the south gate to strictly guard the gate and never let these people into the city again.

The defenders of the four cities and the Yulin Guard are directly under the jurisdiction of Changle Palace, and it stands to reason that on the day of the prince's wedding, there are homeless people blocking the road, and the defenders of the four cities have unshirkable responsibilities. But the guard on duty at the south gate that day was Shen Can, the son of Yin Shen Yi, the former governor of Yunyang, he and Rong Qi have known each other since childhood, and they have some friendship, plus the prince's wedding, Rong Qi has a heavy responsibility, and it is inconvenient to stay at the south gate for a long time, but he roughly explained a few words with Shen Can, and then returned to the palace to resume his life.

It is said that as soon as Shen Can saw Rong Qi leaving, he immediately instructed the deputy general Ma Ming to prepare some dry food and cotton clothes, and send them to those homeless people after nightfall.

Ma Ming is hearty and straightforward, full of brute strength, but his mind is not very bright, he never obeys what Shen Can tells him, and never asks more. But today's matter he heard Commander Na Rong say clearly, clearly, these homeless people almost disturbed the prince's wedding, but because of the big day, they didn't delve into it, but what is the general's meaning now? He was originally a straight man, and he scratched his head and thought about it for a long time and didn't understand, until Shen Can saw him stunned in place, so he had to say: "This matter is not your responsibility!" Just do what I say! ”

Seeing this, Ma Ming had to obediently obey the order.

It was night, the moon was bright and the stars were scarce, and the cold wind was cold.

In an abandoned temple on the outskirts of the city, faint lights flickered, and intermittent coughs and sighs were heard.

The temple has been abandoned for many years, and the temple gate has long been dilapidated, but there is still a roof above the head that can barely shelter some wind and rain.

"Mother! Hungry ......" A young child's voice sounded, and the people curled up in the temple couldn't help but sigh.

Immediately followed by the woman's soft and weak reassuring voice: "Good, Qin'er!" Don't be hungry when you fall asleep! ”

"Woo...... Hungry...... Can't sleep, mother! In the quiet of the night, this cry resounded through the night sky like thunder.

At this moment, a dim yellow lantern suddenly appeared at the gate of the tattered temple, and the person carrying the lantern was tall and wearing a dark robe, which was Shen Can, the guard of the south gate.

He was followed by a carriage that stopped at the gate of the temple, and the person driving the carriage was Ma Ming.

Shen Can carried a lantern in one hand and a basket full of steamed buns from the carriage in the other hand to the temple.

Shen Canfang entered the temple gate, and before he could explain his intentions, those homeless people had already rushed up and snatched the steamed buns in his basket.

The number of displaced people far exceeded his expectations, and he had to think about the long term if he wanted to rescue them on his own.

He was about to step out of his legs, but he felt that his feet sank, as if he was entangled in something, and when he looked down, it was a young girl, huddled at the corner of his clothes, staring at the bamboo basket that was already empty in his hand with a pair of ethereal black eyes, his small mouth pouted, and his eyes were instantly overflowing with tears, and "horn click" dripped on the corner of his clothes. He was a military general, and he was sad for a while, half-squatting at the waist, holding her messy bun, but the words were said to Ma Ming, who had just entered the door behind him: "Put down the quilt and go and bring over the boxes of dry food in the car first!" ”

As soon as he heard him say that there was still something to eat, the people in the temple rushed to follow Ma Ming's steps to the door, and Qin'er, who was guarding his feet, also got up and sniffed, and was about to go out with the flow of people, but was stopped by a pair of thin hands.

"Good look! Ahem...... Don't run around, my mother will fetch it for you! cough cough ...... "It was a woman who spoke, about two years old, her cheeks were sunken, thin and invisible, and her clothes were patched on top of each other, but she was not dirty, but she kept touching her chest and coughing when she spoke.

Seeing that her mother was coughing badly, Qin'er knelt at Shen Can's feet, dragging the corner of his clothes and shaking: "Uncle, my mother is sick, can you take my mother to see Langzhong?" Don't eat it! I just ask my uncle to save my mother and take my mother to see Langzhong! Woohoo......"

Shen Can saw that she was so young and already worthy of filial piety, his heart softened, he helped her up, gently patted the dust on her knees, and said, "Eat something obediently first, and when you go back, Uncle will bring Lang Zhong to your mother for a personal diagnosis, okay?" ”

"Thank you, benefactor!" When Qin'er Niang heard this, she also wanted to kneel down to thank her, but was stopped by Shen Can: "No need! It's just a gesture, sister-in-law doesn't have to be like this! ”

That night, Shen Can and Ma Ming stayed in the ruined temple on the outskirts of Yunyang for a long time, and did not leave until the next day.

Since Jiang Yuxi married into the East Palace, Mrs. Ping thought about her daughter, and wanted to visit Yuxi in the palace every day with Jiang Chengze, but she didn't know that Prime Minister Jiang was currently being overwhelmed by the siege of the city by the displaced people, and she was upset.

On this day, it was February 12, in the early spring, everything was restored, and the jasmine that was already dying in the garden also sprouted.