Chapter 140 The Emperor's Grace Shows the Suffering of the People
The seductive woman giggled, and finally took the man's head in satisfaction and kissed it.
"My lord has to talk about it, although I don't care about gold and silver, I can also rely on these to have a foothold in the house, so as not to make people laugh at my Qinglou background and very lowly."
When the man heard this, he laughed and said, "You are the meat of my heart, who dares to say that you are low?" Not to mention these boxes of gold, next time they send good things, I will give them to you, all of them. ”
There was laughter in the room, and Liang Yue listened for a while, then turned around and slowly walked under the tree in the courtyard. Xiao Sikong looked at Liang Yue curiously and asked, "What did you hear?" ”
Liang Yue pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "I just heard some deceitful love words." However, how many small towns does this Baoshan City govern? ”
Sikong Xingxing thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't know very well, but there are more than a dozen prosperous towns nearby." What's wrong? ”
How many chests of gold will be sent to a dozen towns? And listening to the tone of the city lord, this is not a heavy courtesy. Then in this neighboring town, the people should be exploited even more.
"It's okay, let's go to the treasure trove first." Liang Yue took Sikong to pick the stars and went up to the tree, and then took advantage of the gap between the guards at the door to change shifts, and flew up to the roof of the treasure house.
The people from the Star Pickers probably haven't been here yet. Suzuki untied the tiles on the roof and looked down. A dazzling array of treasures, with no traces of being turned. The gold-gilt mahogany boxes placed in the middle of the hall on the second floor were probably the gold in their mouths. The hall was also guarded, and two soldiers patrolled back and forth to make sure everything was correct.
Sikong Xingxing became excited, looking at the room full of treasures, and knew why the eldest aunt always planned to come here. The City Lord's Mansion is indeed the richest place, but it is not very easy to steal.
Stretched out his hand and patted his beautiful sister, motioning for her to let go, Xiao Sikong quietly lay down beside the uncovered tiles, took out an extremely long and thin silk thread from his sleeve, slowly went down, and put it into the house. The line was almost imperceptible to the naked eye, and it was a transparent color, and even if it had touched the ground, the two guards who were circling around it did not notice it.
"Face towels." Sikong Jiexing put on a solid face towel, signaled Liangyue to be careful, and then took out a porcelain bottle and poured some liquid down the thin line.
Liang Yue watched silently, and the liquid fell to the ground along the thin line, and then quickly disappeared. Xiao Sikong took a few more drops just to be on the safe side. The two guards noticed nothing, but felt more and more sleepy, more and more sleepy, and finally collapsed to the side and fell asleep.
It's a terrible drug. Liang Yue glanced at the porcelain vase in Sikong Xingxing's hand in admiration, then turned over and hung it lightly by a window on the second floor, and quickly entered the hall. The guards are all in front, and the side of the window is barely visible.
Xiao Sikong actually arrived before Liang Yue, and was grinning as he touched the box containing gold. The corners of Liang Yue's mouth twitched, and she looked at the tile-sized gap on the roof.
She underestimated this star, and in terms of bone shrinking skills, she had never seen anything stronger than this child.
"The two of us, we can't carry much." Xiao Sikong was happy for a while, and then his face became sad: "I can't finish moving a box." ”
"How much can you move?" Liang Yue squatted down, opened the box and looked at it. It is all gold of excellent fineness and a regular ingot-shaped. A box, at least a thousand taels. How could they carry such a heavy load.
Xiao Sikong reluctantly glanced at the other boxes a few times, then took out a huge black bag, and in Liang Yue's stunned gaze, swept all the two-thirds boxes of gold into it, tied it up, and tied it to his back.
Liang Yue couldn't help but smile, took the other bag he handed over, packed the remaining one-third of the gold, and carried it on his back. Both went out of the window and disappeared outside the wall in the night.
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Xuanyuan Zili got out of bed and was leaning against the bed to look at the moonlight outside the window. It was a very faint moonlight, hazy, and it made him very uncomfortable to look at. Liangyue has been gone for a long time, well, with her skills, has she been there for too long?!
said that I hate waiting for people the most, time flies too slowly, and it always makes people restless. The emperor covered the scar on his chest, it was slowly becoming less painful, but now, it was empty. It's really annoying, Gu Liangyue seems to be able to affect his mood more and more.
There was a knock on the door, and Xuanyuan Zili looked up suddenly, and saw Gu Liangyue dressed in black, carrying a huge burden and coming back with Sikong Xingxing. The child looked very happy, but Liang Yue had some thoughts in his eyes, and it looked like something was wrong.
"I've been going for so long." The emperor said expressionlessly, "I thought you were caught. ”
"How so." Xiao Sikong got the gold, and said in a good mood: "The beautiful sister is amazing, we didn't alarm anyone all the way." Well, the gold has also been moved back. When I grow up, I must marry a beautiful and capable woman like my sister! ”
Xuanyuanzi blackened his face, stared at Sikong Xingxing and said, "You are still too young, you don't have to think about such long-term things." ”
Sikong puffed up his mouth, snorted and turned to put down the gold, took out a bunch of small black bags, and packed them separately. Liang Yue also went to put down the gold by the way, looked at Xiao Sikong's action curiously, and asked, "Are you going to give it to the poor when you separate it like this?" ”
Xiao Sikong nodded, and said while pretending: "A few days ago, the flood burst the embankment, and many nearby villagers' fields were flooded. Give them this money, and they can continue to live.
Xuanyuan Zili listened, and his originally casual expression suddenly became serious, frowning and looking at Xiao Sikong and asking, "The flood bursts the embankment?" That was at the beginning of the year. If I remember correctly, the imperial court allocated two taels of silver for disaster relief. ”
"yes." Sikong picked up the stars and responded without raising his head: "So don't you see that the city lord's mansion has built a few more courtyards, and the city lord also ransomed the red head card of the Qinglou and married the sixteenth room." ”
The emperor's face turned pale, and he said in a deep voice: "Have the silver and silver been greedy by the city lord?" It's impossible, the governor will supervise and report to the court, no matter how bold he is, he won't swallow it all. ”
Sikong picked the stars and collected the gold, turned to look at the emperor, shook his head and said: "Big brother, where are you from a rich family, you have been used to a carefree life since you were a child, haven't you seen the wind and rain outside?" The governor's daughters are the wives of the lord of the city, and the officials protect each other, and the people will get any money. During that time, in order to prevent the plague, the gates of Baoshan City were not opened, and all the victims were kept out. Or did our Xingxing family pay to build a temporary shed, and set up a tent to give porridge. Otherwise, I don't know how many people will die. ”
Liang Yue looked at the emperor's face, sighed softly, and said, "The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and it is inevitable that there will be some scum." ”
Emperor Mingxuan snorted coldly. Those so-called loyal ministers of the state really have to be in the pile of people to see their true colors. When the flood burst the levee, he approved 5,000 taels of silver for disaster relief, but what happened? There are a lot of excerpts that praise merits and virtues, but the people are still displaced, and they still have to rely on the people of the rivers and lakes to rob the rich and help the poor?
"Where are the victims now? Can we follow along? The emperor spoke softly and asked Sikong Xingxing.
Xiao Sikong was stunned, glanced at the big brother with a strange expression, nodded and said, "Yes, it is estimated that the eldest aunt will come over when the morning dawns, and when the time comes, I will say that you are all helping, so you can follow along to help the victims." ”
Liang Yue glanced at the emperor's chest worriedly, and frowned, "How far can you go like this?" ”
Xuanyuan Zili pursed his lips, reached out and shook Liang Yue's wrist, and said lightly: "I'm not so delicate, and I can walk around after a night's rest." This kind of thing, whatever you say, you have to look at it. ”
Liang Yue was silent. That was Xuanyuan Zili's duty, and it was reasonable for him to go and see it. She's just... It's just a little worried.
Sikong Xingxing looked at the expressions of these two people and shook his head. Although he is young, he has seen a lot of affairs at home. Judging from his super-accurate intuition, this big brother and sister are definitely already in the situation and can't get out, and sooner or later they will be together. It's just that time grinds people, and I don't know if they can be as happy as those in the family.
Liang Yue and the emperor rested in this courtyard for a night, and the next day the eldest aunt in Sikong Xing's mouth really came, it was the woman that Liang Yue saw that day, Sikong Xiuwen.
Seeing this man and woman, Sikong Xiuwen raised his eyebrows slightly, and he didn't ask anything. People who can be so trusted by Sikong Xingxing will definitely not do anything bad. Moreover, these two people are now the most wanted targets in the city, and their actions are somewhat inconvenient. Going out of the city for disaster relief can also be regarded as sheltering from the limelight.
The four of them drove out of the city in a carriage and headed for the nearby Mandarin Duck Town. The floodwaters have receded, leaving only a mess and people waiting to be helped.
Liang Yue has been helping Xuanyuan Zili, the carriage is bumpy, and his expression is not very comfortable. Anyway, it seems to outsiders that they are also husband and wife, so Liang Yue simply put the emperor's hand on his shoulder and walked all the way.
Xuanyuan Zili was in a good mood, although his face was still pale, but the corners of his mouth were raised upwards without being able to restrain it. Feeling the protection and care from the cool moon is really comfortable. The kindness in this woman's bones still can't be erased.
Sikong Xingxing was counting the gold in the carriage, Sikong Xiuwen was driving outside, and several people soon arrived at Mandarin Duck Town.
As soon as I entered the town, I heard a wail outside. Xuanyuan Zi smiled away and lifted the curtain to look out.
It was a scene he had never seen before. The houses outside had all collapsed, and there was still a layer of muddy water on the ground. There were many people lying in the water and could not get up again. There were also young children guarding several corpses, howling and crying. The faces of the living were full of sorrow, the flood did not drown too many people, but hunger took the lives of many more.
On the other side, there are people who are already digging up roots and grass, planning to cook them and continue to eat. Several cauldrons in the porridge shed were empty, and a few people stood there helplessly, and when they saw the carriage coming, they cheered up and hurriedly surrounded them.