Chapter 11: Extra-Palace Missions

On the second day, Liu Che really came to her. The laundry room has already been taken care of.

After leaving the palace, Liu Che originally wanted to buy two, but after an inquiry, he learned that Zhao Wantong did not know how to ride a horse. So I simply bought only one, Zhao Wantong sat in front, and Liu Che hugged her.

Among them, Zhao Wantong actually felt that he was sorry for Wei Zifu, and the so-called friend husband should not be bullied!

After walking for a while, Liu Che didn't talk to her, just hurried away silently. Zhao Wantong's temperament was originally unbearable, and after a while, she asked, "Where are we going, emperor." ”

Who knows, Liu Che said coldly: "Call the eldest brother." ”

"Ah..." Zhao Wantong swallowed his saliva, and said a little unconfidently: "Big brother..., where are we going?" ”

Liu Che paused and said, "Do you know how this wound on my chest came from?" ”

Zhao Wantong shook his head honestly, "I don't know." ”

Liu Che: "Do you think it's a good thing to rob the rich and help the poor?" ”

Robbing the rich and helping the poor? Zhao Wantong said: "On the surface, it is, but it depends on the actual situation." Not all rich people are sinners, just as there are corrupt officials and good officials. ”

Liu Che nodded: "In the Chang'an area, there have been thieves for a long time. This thief is the hero of the poor who robs the rich and helps the poor, and I just want to visit the slums on the border of Chang'an when I leave the palace this time. Who knows, the news that the thief seems to have come from that slum. ”

"Slums? Will there be such a place in a prosperous place like Chang'an? Zhao Wantong was a little surprised.

Liu Che smiled: "Of course there is, but it wasn't." However, a few years of civil war devastated the original villagers, and later people from other places fled to Chang'an. Paths there, after a short rest, someone contracted the plague, and then one after another. There was a little rumor that the soul was bad, and now it's a plague. The nearby residents directly turned them and the mountain into slums, and the villagers inside were also branded as evil stars. ”

"Wow, doesn't the local magistrate care? Let those who are alive die of sickness? Zhao Wantong listened to it.

Liu Che sighed and said, "It's not that the magistrate doesn't want to take care of it, it's just that the nearby residents insist that they are evil stars." I can't control this. ”

Zhao Wantong gritted his teeth and said: "Superstition, where are the cow ghosts and snake gods in this world." If so, where do those murderers need the magistrate to deal with them, and won't those unjust souls come to the door to take revenge themselves? ”

Zhao Wantong was so angry that her cheeks bulged, and Liu Che looked funny and pulled out a hand to rub her head.

"Oh, what are you doing!" Zhao Wantong suddenly pushed his hand away, "As a result, after talking for a long time, you haven't made it clear where your wound came from?" ”

Liu Che continued: "Don't worry, the place in the Drunken Red Mansion is the closest way to the slums. So I didn't expect to meet a famous thief as soon as I passed by there. ”

Zhao Wantong: "You were robbed?" ”

Liu Che nodded helplessly: "Sort of." Then we also had a fight, and from the perspective of the skills and other places, the age of the thief is very young and the martial arts are okay. If it weren't for the raid, I wouldn't have been cut with a single knife. ”

Zhao Wantong deliberately teased: "Really? ”

Liu Che pinched her face and said with a smile: "Of course, who am I?" Don't you say? Younger sister? ”

"Yes, yes, big brother is amazing!" Zhao Wantong was pinched by him and his face hurt, so he had to compromise obediently. However, in her heart, her vigilance against Liu Che, the identity of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, has decreased a lot, and she suddenly feels that Liu Che is also quite cute.

The further you go in the direction of the slums, the more sparsely populated they become. The time gradually came to noon, and the sun was rising. Zhao Wantong nested in Liu Che's arms, relying on Liu Che to block the sun.

Sometimes Zhao Wantong really admires Liu Che, the sun is so hot, he can still stand up and straighten his waist, and his expression can be so natural.

Thinking about it, Zhao Wantong gasped. She rubbed into Liu Che's arms, and Liu Che suddenly asked, "Are you hungry?" ”

Zhao Wantong rubbed his stomach and said, "It's a loss." ”

Liu Che looked around and saw a pergola. He raised the reins in his hand and stopped in front of the pergola.

Liu Che dismounted first, and then stretched out his hand to Zhao Wantong, "Come down." ”

Zhao Wantong waved his hand and said, "I can do it, I don't need you to ......" Before Zhao Wantong finished speaking, Liu Che had already hugged him off the horse.

"You..." Zhao Wantong was deeply flattered, and stared at Liu Che with two eyes. She found that Liu Che was not not hot, his face and the bottom of his neck were too hot and red. After getting off the horse, some breath was not good.

Maybe he sat up straight all the time because he was in his arms.

Liu Che saw that Zhao Wantong looked at him and didn't speak, rubbed her head and said a little angrily: "What to eat, wotou or polenta?" ”

Zhao Wantong lowered his head and said, "Corn porridge." ”

"Uh-huh." After tying the horse, Liu Che asked for a few nests and two bowls of porridge. He looked at the sun, took two sips absentmindedly, and said to Zhao Wantong: "I'll pick up someone, you wait for me here, don't go anywhere, you know?" ”

Zhao Wantong drank porridge and said, "I'm not a child, I know!" There you go. ”

Liu Che had already paid the money, and he also left some silver taels for Zhao Wantong just in case.

In ancient times, summer was not very hot, but this skirt was really hot. And this ordinary shed has no freezing facilities, and the porridge is still hot.

Zhao Wantong held the bowl and drank without a sip. After a while, a few other guests came. A pair of ragged mother-in-law and grandson came from far away from the other side of the mountain.

They were still a dozen meters away from the shed, and the other people in the shed began to chew on the root of their tongues.

"Look, is that the scourge of the slums?"

"Oh, yes, for sure. Looking at that cold look, I feel bad luck when I think about it! ”

"Eat, eat! Just leave after eating, I don't want to get angry! ”

A few people immediately gobbled it up, and left in a hurry with a few nests in their hands. The mother-in-law and grandson also followed, and the faces of the mother-in-law and granddaughter were all muddy.

The granddaughter is about seven years old, and the mother-in-law is seventy. Her small body hid behind her mother-in-law, and before her mother-in-law stepped forward, the guy said in disgust: "Go to the side, don't disturb me doing business!" ”

When the mother-in-law heard this, she quickly knelt down and said, "Young man, it's okay." My son died a few days ago, my daughter-in-law was also sick, and my two little grandchildren were hungry at home for days! ”

The man gave her a blank look, took out a long stick from the back of the shed and swept it in front of her mother-in-law.

He said: ", you evil stars shouldn't be alive, it's really harmful to others and yourself!" ”

The granddaughter was visibly startled and cried. The mother-in-law hurriedly went to hug her, and the man picked up the wooden stick and knocked on the floor a few times, "Do you want to go?" ”

As soon as the mother-in-law struggled to pick up her granddaughter, the granddaughter babbled and said, "Mother-in-law, I'm so hungry..."

Zhao Wantong hurriedly walked over, leaned down and took out a white handkerchief from his inner sleeve to touch the little girl's face and smiled: "Don't dislike it, come and eat with my sister." ”

The guy was startled when he saw this, and said to Zhao Wantong: "Girl, this bad luck!" ”

Zhao Wantong glanced at him and didn't want to say anything, so he touched a silver ingot from the money bag and threw it over. The man took the silver, smacked his lips and said nothing.

The granddaughter was very happy, and Zhao Wantong took her hand to the table and pushed the nest head and porridge down in front of her. asked the young man to make an extra bowl for his mother-in-law, and the granddaughter took a bite of the nest and drank most of the bowl of porridge in one go, and said with a smile: "Sister is so good!" ”

The mother-in-law has bad teeth and only drinks porridge on the side. Secretly stuffed the nest head that Zhao Wantong gave her into her clothes, Zhao Wantong saw it and smiled: "Mother-in-law, don't worry, I'll buy a few from the guy later for you to take back to your grandson and daughter-in-law." ”

The mother-in-law was stunned and immediately knelt down from the chair. Zhao Wantong panicked when he saw this, and immediately stepped forward to help. The mother-in-law couldn't afford it, she said: "The girl's great kindness is unrequited by her old body." I can only wish the girl a safe life. ”

Zhao Wantong still smiled and helped her mother-in-law up, "Mother-in-law, don't be like this." You are the elder, and I am the junior. It's a little bigger, it's unreasonable for you to kneel to me. ”

The mother-in-law shook her head and said, "No, the girl doesn't know that the people around here call us evil stars." Everyone is rejected, and you are the first to accept us. ”

The granddaughter ate with two bulging cheeks, and Zhao Wantong looked at her with her chin propped up. Then he looked at his mother-in-law and replied: "All are created equal, where do these evil stars come from." ”

After sitting for a while, the mother-in-law was almost full. Liu Che also came back with someone, he pulled the reins and walked to Zhao Wantong and said, "Did you wait a little longer?" ”

Zhao Wantong shook his head and said, "There's no such thing, who are you here with." ”

The person brought by Liu Che was also dressed in brocade clothes, and he was leading a black horse in the distance. When he walked up, he didn't know why he didn't wait for Liu Che to explain that Zhao Wantong already knew that it was Wei Qing.

He said, "Childe, what is this?" ”

Although Wei Qing is doing the work of a groom in Princess Pingyang's Mansion, he is not black at all. The face is handsome and good-looking, and the black brocade dress looks even more imposing.

Zhao Wantong said in her heart: No wonder those palace maids in Wei Zifu's palace are all Wei Qing.

Liu Che glanced at the two of them and said, "Medical girl." ”

Zhao Wantong just wanted to open her mouth to introduce herself, but the little girl suddenly grabbed the corner of her clothes, "Sister!" Sister! ”

Zhao Wantong's eyes were soft, and he leaned over and said, "What's wrong?" ”

The girl hesitated: "It's getting late, and our village is far from here. My mother-in-law and I have to rush back, otherwise my brothers will go hungry. ”

"Okay, then I'll go get you some more nests." Zhao Wantong rubbed her little head, and took out money to take five or six nests for the little guy, picked them up with a handkerchief and stuffed them into the little girl's arms.

The girl smiled sweetly, took her mother-in-law's hand and left.

Liu Che and Wei Qing were both watching from behind, and Liu Che asked first, "People from the slums?" ”

Zhao Wantong nodded, "Strange and poor, how are you going to help them?" ”

Liu Che said: "Rumors are deep-rooted, and it is not so easy to solve them. And the most important thing at the moment is to solve the plague. ”

Zhao Wantong nodded, the plague is indeed the most critical now. She grinded it carefully, and suddenly realized that something was wrong, "That's why you brought me here?" ”