Outside the Yongle Gate, it was almost noon, outside the Ye family's porridge shed, the homeless people who heard the news were holding all kinds of bowls and crowding in the crowd.

Everyone stretched out their heads and clenched the bowl in their hands, a small child fell, like a white horse flying into the reed, except for the people nearby, not many people paid attention at all, the crowd was still squeezing forward, for fear that it would be too late to get the porridge.

Since Ye Qiong found out that there were too many homeless people receiving porridge, she found a bench to stand on top of it, always paying attention to the movement of the crowd, she immediately noticed the child who fell, and hurriedly shouted to the crowd: "Stop, a child has fallen!" ”

There was a noisy sound near the porridge shed, Ye Qiong was only a twelve-year-old boudoir girl after all, even if she opened her voice and shouted, only some homeless people in the front row heard it, the homeless people in front stopped, and the people in the back didn't know what was going on and continued to squeeze forward, but the people in the front row stumbled because of this.

Ye Qiong immediately said to Ye Cizhu, the fifth uncle who also came to give porridge: "Fifth uncle, there is a child there who has fallen, you rescue him first!" ”

Ye Xizhu hurriedly nodded in response, stepped on the top of the carriage, took advantage of the height difference to pass over the heads of the homeless, and scooped up the already frightened child to protect him.

It's just that it's easy for this crowd to squeeze in, but it's very difficult to get out, even Ye Xizhu, who has practiced martial arts, can only ensure that he and his children are not injured.

Ye Qiong saw that the child was okay from a distance, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and said to Deputy Commander Xiong, who had already begun to sweat on his forehead: "Deputy Commander Xiong, now that there is a crowd of people, I am afraid that there will be a stampede if I squeeze it any further, and there may be casualties!" In my opinion, this matter still needs to be supported by the team of the nearby Five Cities Terracotta Division, I wonder if Deputy Commander Xiong is willing to help? ”

Deputy Commander Xiong only thought about it for a moment, and then nodded.

If there was really a big accident, it was good that the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division didn't see it, and now they are staying next to this porridge shed, and they will inevitably be to blame, Xiong Jianbai naturally has no objections.

He called a soldier who had been following him close to him and gave him a few words, and this soldier should have some work on his feet, but after a few moves, he bypassed the crowd and left through the back door of the nearest shop to ask for reinforcements.

Ye Qiong's heart was relieved, and she called out to the egret and said, "Cousin Bai, you also have kung fu on you." Please also go to the Ye family to study, find a person named Lu Chunwang, and tell him about the current situation, he will know what to do. ”

The egret nodded in response, and quickly burrowed into the crowd.

Ye Qiong quickly took some paper from the car, rolled it up into a trumpet shape, put it to her mouth and tried it, and the sound was really much louder.

This is a trick that Ye Qiong learned from her father, Ye Qishu often supervises the construction work, and most of the noise in the construction site is noisy, and the sound can be amplified by borrowing this trumpet-shaped paper tube.

Xiong Jianbai on the side was surprised, and was hesitating whether to try it, Ye Qiong had already handed him the trumpet-shaped paper tube, and said, "Deputy Commander Xiong, my voice is too small, it's better to give this thing to you." ”

Deputy Commander Xiong hurriedly took it and took the initiative to say, "Miss Ye Er needs me to say anything, just say it." ”

Ye Qiong bowed her head and quickly said her thoughts: "I also ask Deputy Commander Xiong to tell the other soldiers with a whistle, let them hold hands to form a human wall to separate the crowd, don't let the crowd continue to squeeze forward, and pay attention to whether there are old and weak women and children who fall." ”

Deputy Commander Xiong immediately responded, took a deep breath, and repeated Ye Qiong's words loudly.

Deputy Commander Xiong is worthy of being a military general, and his voice is like a bell, not to mention the vicinity of the porridge shed, it can be heard inside and outside the entire Yongding Gate.

Ye Qiong, who was next to Xiong Jianbai, suddenly felt that her ears were buzzing, and she regretted not covering her ears. In the crowd, the soldiers who were originally trying to persuade the homeless people not to crowd suddenly turned pale, and hurriedly joined hands to get into the crowd, using themselves as a wall, separating the originally chaotic crowd into a serpentine procession that had just emerged.

Xiong Jianbai breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but praise Ye Qiong: "Second Miss Ye is not afraid of danger, and she is worthy of being a disciple of Mr. Zou." ”

Ye Qiong bowed his head slightly and said, "Deputy Commander Xiong praised it." ”

After Deputy Commander Xiong roared angrily, a group of other soldiers who were patrolling came to see the situation, and they were dumbfounded when they saw the appearance of this crowd of people, and they didn't have time to find Xiong Jianbai first, so they got into the crowd to help the original soldiers maintain the human wall together.

Ye Qiong glanced at the sky, estimated Bai Lu's footsteps, and just finished the calculation, she saw someone standing on a high place outside the crowd beckoning to her, this person was Lu Chunwang.

Lu Chunwang was surrounded by dozens of Ye family students, who had just finished their morning class. Bai Lu and Lu Chunwang talked about the Ye family's porridge shed, and Lu Chunwang immediately told the master of the clan school, and the master thought that this was a good deed, so he let them out to help.

They are all young and hot-blooded young men, with a heart to serve the country and the people, these students are happy to help, and a group of them came as soon as they came.

Ye Qiong's heart was relieved, and the expression on her face gradually eased.

With the participation of students, the situation was suddenly reversed.

The students are more polite than the soldiers of the Terracotta Division, which makes people feel like a spring breeze. The homeless people are afraid of the soldiers, but they treat the students with respect for the scholars, and unconsciously follow the instructions of the students.

Ye Qiong said to the egret who had returned to her side: "Aunt Bai, don't bother the two masters. Please help me find some long pieces of hemp rope, I can use it for myself. ”

The egret didn't say a word, and bought a few pieces of hemp rope from the nearest grocery store.

Ye Qiong immediately beckoned the maids to knot these sections of hemp rope into a long one, and handed them over to the row of people from the front row of the porridge shop, and the first person passed it to the people behind him, so it passed back step by step, and gradually formed several long lines in parallel.

However, with the addition of a few small hemp ropes, the whole team instantly became more orderly, and the speed of the homeless people receiving the porridge was also much faster, and the students no longer had to focus on maintaining order, but instead helped the porridge shed to open the pot and start the fire.

Ye Qiong's hanging heart finally fell to the ground, fortunately, with the help of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the students of the clan studies, otherwise this hemp rope would not be able to be separated.

At this moment, Yun Zhiyong arrived outside the Yongding Gate with another team of soldiers.

Yun Zhiyong rode on the horse, a little surprised by the orderly situation in the chaos inside and outside the porridge shed, got off the horse and arched his hand to Ye Qiong, and said: "Second Miss Ye, I heard that my subordinates came to report that there was a mess here, so I came to take a look, but I didn't expect that Second Miss Ye didn't need Yun here." ”

Ye Qiong laughed and said, "Originally, there was some chaos, but fortunately, there were brothers from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to help, but now there is nothing to do." Thank you Commander Yun for this trip. ”

Yun Zhi shook his head and glanced at Xiong Jianbai beside Ye Qiong, Xiong Jianbai hurriedly stepped forward and whispered to him, Yun Zhiyong couldn't help but glance at Ye Qiong several times after listening to it, and his eyes unconsciously showed appreciation.

Even he never thought that so many people would come today, this Ye Er girl was only twelve years old, she was not afraid of danger and acted resolutely, no wonder her sister praised her to him many times.

This cooperation with the Ye family is really not a loss.

Yun Zhiyong glanced at the students and said, "Those students still have to go to class, and they can't come every day." It's safer for me to assign one more team to Miss Ye Er, please don't shirk Miss Ye, this is also Yun's responsibility. ”

Ye Qiong responded with a smile.

Yun Zhiyong said again: "You are good friends with Congyan, and you are the same age as my daughter, so you don't need to be so rusty and commensurate with your official position, just call your uncle." Okay, I'm going to go back to the Terracotta Division, and if I have something to call Xiong Jianbai to me, I'll see you again. ”

Ye Qiong bowed: "Uncle Yun is going well." As he spoke, he got up and said goodbye.

Ye Qiong sent Yun Zhi to take more than twenty steps to lift his feet back, and when he turned around, he suddenly felt a cold gaze behind him, as cold and disgusting as a leech stuck behind his back.

Ye Qiong looked back, on the second floor of a teahouse in Yongding Gate, the second uncle, Ye Chanyan, was far away from her.

Ye Qiong blessed in the direction of Ye Chanyan, but Ye Chanyan simply closed the window of the teahouse.

Ye Qiong smiled coldly.

Seeing the grand occasion of the Ye family's porridge shed, the second uncle was afraid that he couldn't bear to come and ask for the guilt, right?

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The Ye family's porridge shed did not turn off the fire until dusk.

Ye Qiong was tired and had a sore back, but her mood was brisk.

The icing on the cake is not beautiful, and helping others is the envy of the public. Helping others is indeed a joyful thing to do good deeds.

Unfortunately, the joy didn't last long.

As soon as Ye Qiong got into the carriage, Du Juan told her a message: "The second master asked people to leave a message for Young Master Lang and the girl in the big house, and the message said that he was waiting for Young Master Lang and the girl to give her an explanation at the ancestral house. ”

"Confession?" Ye Qiong snorted coldly, "What kind of explanation, is it possible that my Ye family has done good deeds and set up a porridge shed, and I have to give him an explanation?" Say goodbye to the coachman, don't go back to Xinghua Hutong, go directly to the ancestral house. ”

The carriage started slowly and stopped at the door of the Ye family's ancestral house.

Ye Qiong, Ye Lang, and Su Shi entered the Songhe Hall hand in hand, and saw the second uncle, Ye Chanyan, standing under the plaque of the Songhe Hall from a distance, staring at the couplet hanging on the Yejia Songhe Hall.

The couplet reads: Keep the true lineage of the ancestors, be diligent and thrifty; Teach your children and grandchildren to follow the right path, only to read and cultivate.

The plaque reads "Deep Roots and Leafy Leaf".

Ye Chanyan had already noticed the arrival of Ye Qiong and his party, he didn't say hello, but first pointed to the side of the couplet, and said to Ye Lang: "Brother Lang, do you remember how the Ye family started?" ”

Ye Lang was stunned, he didn't expect Ye Chanyan to ask first, but he still replied honestly: "I remember that the Ye family started from farming, and great-uncle Ye Renliang is still farming. The Ye family did not have any hope of revival until the generation of his grandfather's father, Ye Xingliang, and his great-grandfather passed the examination, but after repeated failures, the entire Ye family cultivated his grandfather a jinshi, and his grandfather was promoted all the way up, and even taught the first emperor and today's son, and was respected as Emperor Ye. The Ye family is what it is today because of his grandfather. ”

Ye Chanyan bowed his head, looked cold, and said: "Father often said that only reading and cultivating is the right way. Ye Lang, what you are doing now is worthy of your grandfather's teachings and the couplet written? ”

Ye Lang's face turned pale when he was said, and he defended: "Second uncle, I just set up a porridge shed with Sanfang to relieve the homeless, and what does it have to do with violating the way of farming and reading?" ”

Ye Chanyan's face was even colder, he sneered, and said, "Why doesn't it matter?" I told you about the spring festival next year, and I want you to go to Tongzhou to learn how to reverse the style of writing, and even the road ahead has been paved for you, but you are still in the capital to be busy with this porridge shed, isn't this against the family motto of your ancestors? ”

Ye Lang's face was flushed by Ye Chanyan's words, and Ye Qiong interjected at the right time: "Dare to ask the second uncle, what is the purpose of studying?" ”

Ye Chanyan's face darkened when he saw Ye Qiong interject, but he still replied: "Naturally, it is for the glory of the ancestors and the history books!" ”

Ye Qiong smiled and said, "Wrong, big mistake!" If you don't know how to cultivate yourself, even if you do a high-ranking official history book to leave a name, I am afraid that what you will leave is not a good name, but a stench for thousands of years! ”

Ye Chanyan clenched his fists angrily, but Ye Qiong was still saying: "The purpose of reading, in the words of the ancestors, is to establish a heart for heaven and earth, a life for the people, a continuation of learning for the saints, and peace for all generations!" Cousin Lang and I don't dare to say that we will do the last two sentences, but the first two sentences, we are doing it now. ”

Ye Qiong approached Ye Chanyan step by step, looked him directly into the eyes and said, "Let's ask who can not be compassionate in the face of the homeless, and who is unwilling to make a contribution to them?" If the wolves still know how to support the weak, if they don't even have compassion, how is it different from beasts? ”

Ye Chanyan's face turned black and white, white and blue.

He could hear that Ye Qiong was scolding him for not having sympathy.

Ye Chanyan changed his mind and said, "I didn't stop you from relieving the homeless, but it shouldn't be now. Now that the eldest brother and third brother are still in prison, the Ye family is in decline, and only Brother Lang can turn the tide of decline when he is a Jinshi, is it wrong for me to say this? ”

Ye Qiong smiled: "This is naturally true. But the matter of relieving the displaced people is a great good and righteous act, and the principle of putting others before oneself should be clear, not to mention that this move is also good for the reputation of the entire Ye family. When this matter is over, the second uncle will talk to Cousin Lang about going to Tongzhou. ”

Ye Chanyan sneered, and his knife-like gaze roamed over Ye Lang and Ye Qiong, not saying good, nor saying bad.

The atmosphere was tense, Ye Qiong was fine, Ye Lang and Su Shi had no confidence in their hearts, and they couldn't support it anymore.

At this time, Su's maid came to report: "Inform the eldest young master and eldest young grandmother, Master Yuanhui of the Great Xiangguo Temple outside the door is visiting." ”

The faces of everyone present were amazed.

Ye Qiong was happy in her heart, Master Yuan Hui is a senior monk of Daxiangguo Temple, known for his compassion and profound Buddhism.

Master Yuanhui must have heard about the Ye family's porridge shed before visiting, if this is the case, it must be a good thing!