Shen Shi (four o'clock in the afternoon.) ）

The sky was still black.

It is a stark contrast to the ground covered in silver. @·error-free start~~

In mid-air, countless goose feathers and snow fluttered wildly under the strong wind.

For a while, the visibility of the entire Chang'an City was reduced to a range of more than ten steps.

It is about seventy miles away from Chang'an City.

More than 200 people formed an arrow array, covering the body of a war horse, and slowly marched towards the location of Chang'an City.

As soon as I stepped down, the snow covered the calf directly.

Centered inside a three-horse carriage.

Yao Silian and Lu sat on both sides in the middle.

Compared with Yao Silian's sad face.

At this time, Lu Zaizhong was like an old monk who had settled down.

Except for the occasional jolt of the body with the carriage, there was no other movement.

Yao Silian looked at Lu Zaizhong from time to time, and from time to time he opened a small slit and looked out of the car window at the snow.

As time passed, the sadness on Yao Silian's face became more and more profound.

By the end, his brow had wrinkled into a lump.

"Alas~!" Yao Silian couldn't hold back after all.

With a sigh, he asked as if seeking comfort: "Senior brother, how many people do you say will die in this heavy snow?" ”

Lu Zaizhong closed his eyes slightly, as if he had not heard of it.

"Senior brother, senior brother." Yao Silian stepped forward, gently shook Lu Zaizhong several times, frowned like a child, and said, "Senior brother, you talk to me, I am panicked." ”

"Say what?" Lu Zaizhong slowly opened his eyes and said expressionlessly.

Yao Silian sighed and repeated: "Senior brother, how many people do you say will die in this heavy snow?" Is there already corpses all over the outside of Chang'an City at this time? ”

The words fell.

Yao Silian raised his head and stared at Lu Zaizhong with apprehension.

As if he was afraid of hearing bad news from his mouth.

didn't ask, he was really panicked in his heart.

Lu Zaizhong glanced at Yao Silian, slowly closed his eyes and said, "I don't know." ”

"How can senior brother not know." Yao Silian's face changed, and he hurriedly asked.

Lu Zaizhong closed his eyes tightly and said slowly: "I already know the answer, so why ask me?" ”

"I don't know the answer." Yao Silian's face was pale and he replied in a low voice.

"Do you not know, or do you dare not know?" Lu Zaizhong said calmly.

Yao Silian lowered his head and was silent for a long time.

Eventually, thousands of words turned into a deep sigh.

Do you not know? Still don't dare to know?

Naturally, I don't dare to know!

Just as calm returned to the carriage.

Gu Dengyun's voice suddenly came from outside the car window.

"Lord Sacrificial Wine, Mr. Lu, this place is still sixty-five miles away from Chang'an City, let's rest for a while." Gu Dengyun gasped and said loudly.

"Okay." Yao Silian, who was riding in the carriage, was certainly anxious, but what else could he do at this time except to agree?

Don't forget, at least he has a place to shelter from the elements.

But the soldiers are really facing the wind and snow and moving forward in the snow.

Hearing the agreement, Gu Dengyun took a few deep breaths and eased up a little.

Immediately ordered loudly: "Rest in place for two quarters of an hour!" Continue your journey in two quarters of an hour! ”

The words fell.

The procession of more than 200 people slowly stopped.

The moment they stopped, the soldiers did not rest directly, but each took out the bread that they were reluctant to eat and fed it to their horses.

Yao Silian tightened the big slug on his body and slowly walked out of the carriage.

Outside the carriage.

Everywhere there was a white expanse.

As far as the eye can see, there are only more than ten steps in a radius.

Gu Dengyun shook the water bladder that had been frozen into ice cubes, but not a drop of water dropped.

In desperation, he had to grab a ball of snow from the ground and stuff it into his mouth.

While eating, he walked towards Yao Silian.

"Lord Sacrificial Wine, five miles away is the first post station where we slept out of the city, and after that post station, it can be regarded as a complete arrival in Chang'an City.

of the realm. Gu Dengyun grabbed a ball of snow again and said while eating.

What Gu Dengyun meant, Yao Silian understood in his heart.

At the current rate of advancement, it would be a great thing to be able to walk to the post station before dark.

Even if he was anxious, he would not joke with the lives of his soldiers.

Yao Silian nodded and said calmly: "Stay at the post station tonight, and leave tomorrow when the wind and snow stop." ”

Gu Dengyun grinned, quickly threw away the snow in his hand and hugged his fist and said, "Obey!" ”

Yao Silian looked at the soldiers not far away, who were sitting on the ground and constantly eating the snow.

Turning his head to look at Gu Dengyun, he asked, "How much dry food is there in the army?" ”

Gu Dengyun's face turned pale, and he said in a low voice: "It's gone, the last dry food has been fed to the horses." ”

Not only because the soldiers love horses as their lives, but also because the key to whether everyone can continue to move forward is in these horses.

Yao Silian turned around and glanced at the three horses pulling the cart.

Without the slightest hesitation, he said directly: "Wait until you arrive at the post station, kill a horse pulling a cart." ”

"Sake Priesthood...... This ......," Gu Dengyun's face changed, and he stammered.

Don't wait for Gu Dengyun to finish speaking.

Yao Silian interrupted: "It's important to save your life, not to mention, the post station in front is not rich, and now that the road is closed by heavy snow, I'm afraid that there are already corpses everywhere outside Chang'an City, and it is difficult for Jingzhao Mansion to take care of the post station." ”

Gu Dengyun sighed and didn't say much.

......

Night.

The wind stopped, but the snow remained.

Outside Chang'an City, it was as quiet as a ghost.

Everywhere there was a white expanse.

"Look! There are lights ahead! We're almost there! The soldier at the front straightened up, pointed to the two lanterns in front of him that shone faintly, and exclaimed.

"It's finally here! Hold on and persevere! Gu Dengyun straightened up and patted the heavy snow on his body, and smiled weakly.

Inside the carriage.

Lu Zaizhong, who had closed his eyes and recuperated all the way, heard the cheers of the soldiers, and couldn't help but open his eyes.

On the other hand, Yao Silian, who was on the side, stepped out of the carriage directly.

There is a way to run a dead horse on the mountain, and it takes a full hour or two for everyone to run a short distance of five miles.

You can imagine how big the snow is, and how difficult it is to travel along the way.

After the.

Everyone helped the war horses and walked slowly.

With every step, your knees sink into the snow.

In the last hundred steps, everyone walked for half an hour.

Fang Yi approached the post station.

A rich aroma of meat came directly to the nose.

In an instant, a series of belly sounds sounded outside the post station. @

"Stew?" Gu Dengyun took a deep breath of cold air with the smell of meat.

Instead of the slightest joy, his face was full of solemnity.

Without him, the drought has lasted for so long, and a post station, even if it is close to Chang'an City, should not have the smell of meat.

As for game? Chang'an City is a hundred miles in circumference, and it has long been devoid of grass.

The towering trees of the past have also been stripped of their bark.

Yao Silian walked to Gu Dengyun in the snow, and his face was exactly the same.

The two glanced at each other, and they both saw sadness and solemnity in each other's eyes.

Can a cannibal still be considered a human being?

To kill or not to kill?

Killed? After all, they are all compatriots.

Don't kill? What if the other party kills in the middle of the night and accumulates some "grain" for the winter?

Can't wait for someone else to do it? Isn't that extra passive?

Just as the two were about to make up their minds.

Lu Zaizhong, who didn't know when he got out of the carriage, said calmly: "What are you doing in a daze?" Don't want to drink mutton soup anymore? ”

"Sheep soup?" Yao Silian and Gu Dengyun screamed.

Then he quickly looked at Lu Zaizhong.

Lu Zaizhong ignored the dumbfounded expressions of the two and said calmly: "Frozen? Can't even smell the smell of mutton? ”

The words fell.

Lu Zaizhong instructed: "Wensu, go and call the door." ”

Do.

Lu Wensu, who was a coachman, walked off the carriage quickly and said with a smile: "Yes, uncle." ”

There was a knock on the door.

After a while, the post man who was gnawing on the meat of the mutton opened the front door and poked his head out.

"Who are you?"

"The prince of the country is sprinkled with sacrifices." Lu Wensu stretched out his finger and pointed to Yao Silian and the others not far behind him and replied.

"Sake-sama!" The postman screamed.

Then he quickly opened the door and said loudly: "Wait for a while, and the little one will call the post chief." ”

As soon as the words fell, the postman shouted loudly and ran towards the station.

......

A moment later.

Yao Silian and others sat around the lobby of the post station.

His eyes were glazed as he watched the guards bring pots of steaming mutton soup.

and pots of lamb still steaming.

Yao Silian pointed to the mutton in front of him and wondered, "This ...... This ......"

The post grinned and explained, "It was sent by Lord Jing Zhaoyin. ”

When Yao Silian heard this, the doubts on his face increased instead of decreasing.

After settling down, he asked, "Didn't the weather change dramatically last night, didn't there be wind and rain again after the middle of the hour, and didn't the wind and snow increase until now?" ”

The post chief pale and put down the mutton in his hand and sighed: "The successive natural disasters really caught everyone off guard. @*~~”

"According to the officials of Jingzhao Mansion, the weather changed dramatically last night alone, and more than 4,000 people froze to death outside Chang'an City."

"Since then, the wind and rain have been blowing, and the blizzard has fallen suddenly, and in those two or three hours alone, more than 7,000 people have frozen to death outside Chang'an City."

"More than 1,000 people failed to carry it during the day."

"Alas, on the fifteenth day of the lunar month, more than 10,000 people outside Chang'an City died."

The postmaster sighed heavily.

Then he continued: "Fortunately, there is still Jing Zhaoyin, if it weren't for Lord Jing Zhaoyin, at least half of the more than 100,000 victims outside Chang'an City would have died during this day. ”

"Because of Jing Zhaoyin?" Yao Silian muttered in a low voice, and then asked, "What happened during the day?" ”

The head of the post paused and slowly told him what he knew.

Of course, most of this was done by the officials.

From last night's great change in the weather, when it came to Mao, Xu Yi rushed to Hubu Shangshu's house in the rain.

After that, he rushed to the palace without stopping.

He asked for tents, cotton, soldiers, and so on.

The post chief paused and continued: "After Lord Jing Zhaoyin walked out of the Xuanping Gate, he immediately mobilized all the forces that could be mobilized. ”

"The officials and officials of Jingzhao Mansion, the medical officials of the Tai Hospital, the officials of the Ministry of Industry, the hundreds of Guozijian students, the caravan of the Pingyi Bo family, and the carpenters in the city."

"All the forces that Lord Jing Zhaoyin can mobilize have been mobilized."

"An hour, just an hour! The old, weak, women and children were all arranged into tents! ”

"In the process, it is said that Lord Jing Zhaoyin burned countless pieces of wood, and in the end, even the carriages were dismantled!"

"After the disaster situation improved slightly, Lord Jing Zhaoyin ordered the workshop and carpenters to create tools for playing cotton."

"More than 1,000 cottonmakers were selected from the victims, and more than 3,000 women were gathered to make quilts."

"In addition, after learning the news, the people in the city flocked to Xuanping Gate to donate surplus quilts and other things to each family."

"In addition, the able-bodied men among the victims have recovered and have also devoted themselves to disaster relief."

"Also, I heard that when Lord Jing Zhaoyin stepped down from the high platform, the python robe was already harder than the armor."

"In addition, I also heard that Lord Jing Zhaoyin was helped down when he walked to the high platform."

"It is said that the legs have frozen, and the wailing outside the Xuanping Gate at that time shook the sky."

"And ......"

"Other than that......"

"And ......"

The post chief spoke incoherently about what had happened during the day.

As he spoke, his voice choked.

Say it.

I couldn't get a full voice out of my throat.

Yao Silian listened quietly and listened.

Before I knew it, my eyes were blurry.

The post chief spoke incoherently, and the preface he said did not match the afterword.

But that didn't stop him from imagining the image in his mind.

I don't know how long it has been.

Yao Silian came back to his senses and wiped his wet face.

Slowly spoke: "The building will fall, turn the tide and turn the tide!" Who else is me? Who else is me? ”

At this moment, everyone present, whether they have read the book or not, understands in their hearts who Yao Silian's last sentence refers to.

Just when everyone was silent on the great shore of Xu Yi's efforts to turn the tide.

Lu Zaizhong wiped the oil stains on his hands with Yao Silian's sleeve without any image.

Then he slowly got up, rubbed his stomach, and walked towards the guest room.

Lu Wensu looked at Yao Silian and the others, and then looked at Lu Zai's leisurely back in the middle and slow.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, and then silently got up and followed.

Inside the room.

Lu Wensu asked cautiously, "Uncle doesn't like Jing Zhaoyin?" ”

Lu Zaizhong put down the book in his hand and said with a noncommittal face: "A man, what do you like him to do?" ”

Lu Wensu's face was pale, and he couldn't help but say: "Uncle is laughing again, uncle knows that my nephew doesn't mean this." ”

Lu Zaizhong smiled, picked up the book and said calmly: "Wensu, my uncle has taught you many times, why don't you have a long memory?" ”

"Huh?" Lu Wensu scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Uncle taught too much, my nephew is stupid, I can't think of it for a while, and I hope my uncle will make it clear." ”

Lu Zaizhong didn't raise his head and said: "I have not eaten all day long, I have not slept all night, thinking about it, it is useless, it is better to learn." ”

Lu Wensu thought about it, and kept muttering in a low voice: "I don't eat all day long, I don't sleep all night, it's useless to think, it's better to learn, it's better to learn, it's better to learn......"

"Smack!"

Suddenly, Lu Wensu slapped his palm heavily and exclaimed, "I understand uncle!" Uncle, I see! ”

"Got what?" Lu Zaizhong asked softly without raising his head.

Lu Wensu shook his head and said: "Confucius said, I used to skip food all day, sleep all night, to think about problems, but this is not the slightest benefit, it is better to study!" ”

"This paragraph is about the importance of practice!"

"Uncle mentioned this sentence alone to tell his nephew that instead of wasting time thinking about Jing Zhaoyin's conduct in the world, it is better to sleep well, nourish his spirit, and learn from Lord Jing Zhaoyin."

Lu Wensu paused and continued: "If it is used on my uncle, then my uncle has already made up his mind to help Jing Zhaoyin for disaster relief, so my uncle will have to focus on the future. ”

"Gather your mind and think about what to do after you have done it."

"Instead of looking at the front, go and ask what Lord Jing Zhaoyin did!"

Lu Zaizhong put down the book and looked at Lu Wensu with a proud face in surprise.

smiled: "Yes, yes, the children can be taught." ”

The words fell.

Seeing that Lu Wensu's face was more and more proud.

I couldn't help but say: "For the sake of your high understanding, this is the case, and after returning to the mountain, I will reward you for copying the Analects twenty times." ”

"Reward...... Reward...... Reward me for copying ...... Copying the Analects twenty times? Lu Wensu's mouth opened wide in an instant, his face full of disbelief.

Lu Zaizhong smiled, stretched out three fingers and said slowly, "It's thirty times now." ”

"Stunned." Lu Wensu hurriedly paused, and if he continued, God knows how many times it would be in the end.

"Uncle, I'll go back to the room first." Lu Wensu laughed and bowed and retired.

When I was about to leave the door.

For some reason, Lu Wensu turned around and asked lightly, "By the way, uncle, what do you think of Jing Zhaoyin?" ”

Lu Zaizhong picked up the book and said slowly: "Zhilan was born in the deep forest, she is not unpleasant, she is a gentleman who cultivates morality, and she does not change her temperament for poverty. ”

Lu Wensu's face couldn't help but turn pale when he heard this.

One positive.

"Zhilan was born in the deep forest, not without people", Zhilan grows in the deep forest, and will not exude fragrance because no one comes to appreciate it, this sentence is just the opposite of Xu Yi was imprisoned by Emperor Zhengde for eight years, and still did not give up learning.

"A gentleman cultivates morality and does not change his temperament for the sake of poverty" A virtuous person cultivates morality and cultivates virtue, and will not change his temperament because of poverty.

This sentence corresponds to a series of actions by Xu Yi since he walked out of Zongzheng Temple.

Zhilan was born in the deep forest, not to be unpleasant, a gentleman to cultivate morality, not to change the festival for poverty. This sentence seems unremarkable.

But it is Confucius's self-metaphorical words, if you think of Confucius's situation at that time!

"Hiss~!" Lu Wensu gasped, the evaluation given by Lu Zaizhong is really not high!

Lu Wensu froze, bowed with a serious face, and said, "Nephew understands." ”

"Well, it's good to get it." Lu Zaizhong nodded slightly, and then put down the book.

A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Seeing this, Lu Wensu almost did not hesitate at all, and bowed again: "My nephew is retiring, and my uncle is resting early." ”

The words fell, and he turned around quickly.

It's a pity that he didn't wait for him to open the door.

Lu Zaizhong's voice came slowly: "Confucius's Family Language: Twenty times. ”

Lu Wensu's body instantly froze in place.

I just wanted to turn around, but suddenly something happened in my mind.

He hurriedly replied, "Yes, uncle." @·error-free start~~"

The words fell, and he quickly left the sad place.

Lu Zaizhong smiled, picked up the book and slowly flipped through it again.