Walking out of the Qian Mansion, Qingming was still waiting outside the door, her eyes lingered on the small basket carried by Gu Huai for a moment, and then waited for him to speak.

"I want to go to the city gate," Gu Huai walked to her side, "I have to wait for someone." ”

In fact, there was no need to wait, before Gu Huai went out, Qian Lao asked his subordinates to call his apprentice on duty at the official medical office, so Gu Huai only stood under the eaves for a moment, and saw a carriage stop in front of the mansion, and a young man with a square face walked down.

The scholars and maids standing on the side of the road were very conspicuous, and the young man walked over, very hearty: "Gu Gongzi? ”

"Yes, Your Excellency is Brother Li, the old disciple of Qian?"

"But I can't be a high-ranking apprentice, since I entered the Criminal Division, the master has become more and more unkind to see me in the past two years," the young man waved his hand, "I know everything, I want to go to the city wall to give alms, right?" These days, the martial law at the city gate is a bit powerful, and no one can really go up with it. ”

He pointed to the carriage he was sitting in: "If Gu Gongzi doesn't dislike it, get in the carriage and talk about it?" ”

The young man in front of him, Li Di, Gu Huai had also heard Qian Lao say a few times, it seemed that he was quite talented in studying medicine, and he was a closed disciple of Qian Lao who could inherit the mantle, and later went out to travel, and somehow he mixed into the Criminal Department and became Jiangning's forensic doctor, but it made Qian Lao stomp his feet every time he mentioned it, and scolded him for two sentences.

It's the same, the master is the imperial doctor from the Imperial Doctor's Department, the kind who gives the pulse to the big cadre's family, but the apprentice runs into the official mansion to toss the dead every day, and the gap is inevitably too big.

Took Qingming to the carriage, the inside was very spacious, and the three of them didn't feel crowded, Gu Huai realized that there was something strange in Li Di's words just now:

"Almsgiving?"

Li Di looked at the bamboo basket that Gu Huai put in his hand, and also became puzzled: "Since the city gate was closed some time ago, many wealthy people in the city like to go up to the city wall to throw some food and clothing for the refugees outside the city, and accumulate merit, the incense in the Qingliang Temple in the south of the city has faded... That's not what Childe is going to do? ”

Gu Huai realized that Li Di didn't know what he was going to do, but if he thought about it carefully, not everyone had the tolerance of being old and old, so he didn't explain:

"I want to see the refugees, but I'm not going to give anything out of the ground."

Li Di sighed: "That's the truth, throw something, watch the refugees below scramble like wild dogs, and even see blood, it's the same as teasing domestic animals, what's the point?" ”

"It cannot be ruled out that some people really want to do something, and no matter what their intentions are, the motive will not affect the result of doing a good deed after all, but there must be people who like this feeling of showing a hypocritical face and looking down," Gu Huai hit the nail on the head, "But if the city gate is opened, they will wish that all the refugees would die." ”

Li Di was stunned, and then sighed a little: "Childe... Knowing people's hearts, it's no wonder that I can talk to Master like that. ”

"I heard that there are still people giving porridge?"

"A few days ago, a refugee hooked up with the people in the city, and wanted to rely on the rope to go up the city wall, but was caught by the patrolling soldiers.

Gu Huai thought of something: "The city gate is closed, the porridge shop is closed, the plague is not getting better, there are so many people outside the city... What to eat? ”

Li Di was silent for a moment: "Childe will understand when he sees it in a while." ”

The conversation fell silent, Gu Huai lifted the curtain and looked out the window, the more he walked towards the city gate, the fewer people on the street, and there were more soldiers patrolling around, and even the air smelled of slaughter.

After a few interrogations, it was Li Di who came forward, and Gu Huai only realized what kind of concept the so-called "city gate is closed" at this time, the distance of several hundred meters within the city wall, if there are refugees, they must not be afraid to raise the butcher's knife.

The carriage stopped in a slight jolt, and Gu Huai followed Li Di out of the door, looked up at the towering city wall for a moment, and then picked up the steps.

Jiangning is located in the south of the Yangtze River, the city is naturally not higher than the north, the city wall is not as high as the ancient city wall that later generations have seen, but it still takes some time to go up, the higher the wind, the more fierce the wind, blowing the green shirt on his body hunting sound.

"When you arrive, follow closely, and remember not to provoke those Qiu Ba, the bows and crossbows in their hands are all wound."

Li Di's voice sounded in his ears, but Gu Huai didn't respond in the slightest, but he was a little distracted by the scene in front of him.

Plains, of course plains - but plains are black.

Late spring has passed, and everything should be revitalized, but as far as the eye can see, all you can see is a dense crowd of people, those black are their hair or faces, and occasionally strange colors, but all kinds of low tents and torn clothes.

The surging voices of people rushed in, mixed with shouts, scolding, and fighting, and most of the refugees sat on the ground, with vegetables on their faces, and in the distance, the towering piles of corpses were shocking.

I thought I was too lazy to bury it, and I was reluctant to burn it, and the huge plain in front of the city gate was divided into two fields, dead and half-dead.

Gu Huai was silent for a long time, and a trace of complexity flashed in the Qingming eyes on the side, and he turned his head slightly, only Li Di was still sighing: "I have handled many cases in the past few years, and I have seen a lot of corpses, and I think I have seen a lot of life and death, but such a tragic scene, I still can't bear to see more... Childe should do whatever he wants as soon as possible. ”

Gu Huai nodded lightly, and walked to the edge of the city wall to find a suitable candidate, probably because there were still people on the city wall a few days ago, there were still many refugees under the city who were cowering under the bow and crossbow, and a woman was looking at this side in a daze, Gu Huai thought about it, but still shook his head.

No, you can't keep it if you give it.

"Please, you can do well, let me in, my old lady is going to be bad!"

A shout attracted Gu Huai's attention, in front of the huge city gate, a tall man knelt upright, shouting something at the city gate, and next to him lay an old woman, and the surrounding refugees avoided it as if they were ghosts.

"I walked hundreds of miles with my old lady on my back before I arrived in Jiangning, and you closed the city gate! I also served as a soldier and fought barbarians for the official family! I have more than 20 scars on my body, can't I get a pair of medicine! ”

Probably because the man shouted a little annoying, a soldier on the city wall raised his hand and shot an arrow, but the head was off a lot, not only did not warn the man, but shot into the refugee pile, there was a burst of chickens and dogs, the kneeling man was stunned for a long time, jumped up and picked up the stone and threw it on the city wall: "your mother!" If my wife dies, I'll bring a knife to you! ”

This absurd but poignant scene made Gu Huai's eyes light up, he came closer, picked up a stone on the ground and threw it back.

Seeing that the man was looking at this side, Gu Huai raised his palms to his mouth and shouted, "Can you read or write?" ”

The wind was a little strong, and the man was stunned for a long time before he understood what Gu Huai was shouting, and then a burst of anger surged into his heart, only to feel that the scholar on the city wall was laughing, but then Gu Huai's actions made his anger dissipate instantly: "Understand!" Understand! If I don't understand, I can still find someone to see it! ”

Gu Huai lifted the bamboo basket, pointed with his finger, and took out the earthen antibiotics and a note tightly wrapped in a thick cloth from the bamboo basket, as well as some food, and threw them down.

It was blown away by the wind, but the man caught up with the old lady on his back, and several refugees wanted to come and grab it, but they were frightened by the man's extremely tall figure and retreated.

This action up and down the city wall didn't make Li Di suspicious, but he felt that the scholar in the green shirt was so righteous and awe-inspiring just now, but now he looked at the lively face below, which was really ridiculous.

"Okay, no?" His voice also lost much of its enthusiasm.

"Alright," Gu Huai nodded slightly, "but I may need to come again... It's troublesome Brother Li. ”

"It's not troublesome, after all, it was the master who explained it himself," Li Di turned around, "And I also hope that Gu Gongzi can say a few kind words in front of the master... Being an errand in the Criminal Division is not a shameful errand, and he should also see it. ”

Gu Huai looked under the city wall, and the man who picked up the cloth bag probably saw the things inside, and the iron-beaten man actually knelt down and kowtowed a few times to this side in a daze, but after a while... Presumably he would have a blank look on the note inside.

Thinking like this, Gu Huai wanted to laugh, but the hell on earth under the city wall really made him unable to laugh:

"That's right."