Taixin lowered his head and hurriedly said

"My lord, this is impossible, this courtyard has been bought by the inner courtyard, and it will be deliberately abandoned for repair, and no one will come in."

"Oh, I see, did you just buy this yard? In this case, it is foolproof."

Chen Zhang nodded slightly, his eyes lit up.

That's a good idea.

"So where are we in the Imperial City now?"

"We are now in the northeast corner of the capital, in the most remote corner, which is still relatively close to the imperial city, just need to go out and turn left, not far to arrive. The Tiance Gate of the Imperial Palace, through which you can enter the Imperial Palace"

Cai Xin is as good as a stream, this is not a secret, and he only needs to walk a little bit to know it.

Chen Zhang nodded slightly.

Even if you understand it, it seems that this should be a secret escape location, so it is very close to the palace, and it is also a side door that is not usually opened, so that once you encounter danger and really need to evacuate, the emperor's civil and military ministers in the palace can even escape here directly from the side door.

In this abandoned courtyard, that is, escape from the palace through a secret passage and escape from the capital.

There is a way to be a cunning rabbit, which is also understandable.

Chen Zhang followed Cai Xin out of the courtyard cautiously, there was a big road outside, and on both sides were the shouts of the storefronts, and the sound of selling was constant, quite a bit of a night market.

Obviously, even if the rogue invades the city, the lives of the common people still have to go on.

"My lord, please change into some clothes here, after all, you are too conspicuous like this, you don't need to pay attention, then it will be troublesome."

Cai Xin didn't know where to find a pair of clothes, and handed them over with low eyebrows.

Chen Zhang nodded slightly, took the clothes, he didn't doubt it, since this was set up by Ouchi, it was normal to have some old clothes and money.

Now, after all, as a shelter for refugees, some fleeing materials must be prepared, otherwise do you let those fleeing dignitaries and nobles wear brocade clothes and jade food to escape, in the eyes of the rogue, it represents a living lamb with cubs.

As long as it is a normal person, he would not make such an idiotic act.

After getting dressed.

Chen Zhang finally walked out of the courtyard under the leadership of Cai Xin, and arrived in the capital, which was unusually prosperous, but more people were begging or selling shoes on both sides.

There is a way that the country is prosperous, the people are suffering, the country is dying, and the people are suffering. When war comes, it is always ordinary people who suffer.

On the other side is a clean and tidy restaurant. The tea shop was full, and I even saw a lot of people talking. Drinking and poetry, it seems that he doesn't care about the rogues outside Beijing. One black and one white, one side is poverty, the other side is luxury,

really responded to that sentence, Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there were frozen bones on the road.

"What's wrong with you, sir?"

Cai Xin cautiously led the way ahead, his heart beating violently, looking at the already familiar capital, the whole person was almost excited.

Soon, he sensed that something was wrong, and Chen Zhang's expression in front of him changed abnormally.

Chen Zhang smiled and stretched out his hand

"What do you see?"

Cai Xin followed his hand and looked over.

It was a group of people who sold their children and daughters, and some of the children were being selected by the big families as goods.

Cai Xin was stunned for a moment, and said nonchalantly

"Adults, these are the children of the common people, they can't survive anymore, and they are selling their children"

"yes, I can't live anymore, don't you think it's ridiculous to sell children?"

"Ridiculous"

Cai Xin was slightly stunned.

"As the capital, it is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, it should be rich, but now there are children and daughters, don't you think it's ridiculous to treat people as goods?"

Cai Xin shook his head and said

"I don't think so, I think it's a good idea"

"A good way?"

Chen Zhang's eyebrows were slightly raised, slightly surprised.

Cai Xin said as a matter of course

"Of course, after all, so many children in the family can't support them at all, and if you sell your children to a big family, you can still survive, and the most important thing is that if some big families are employed, they can earn some subsidies every month to supplement the family, which is better than starving to death at home, isn't it?"

In ancient times, this was indeed a very normal move.

Chen Zhang took a deep breath and forced it down. Irritable, he turned his head and pointed to the other side

"Did you see the group?"

"Seen, seen"

Cai Xindao

"They are dignitaries, so isn't it normal to eat, drink and be merry?"

"Yes, one side is eating, drinking, and merrymaking, and the other side is selling children, don't you think it's very unfair?"

Cai Xin's whole person was like a lightning strike.

If it was normal times, he would definitely feel that this was normal. Dignitaries and nobles are born to be high. Enjoying brocade clothes and food, and ordinary people are born to suffer, that is, to suffer, to be able to eat a full meal is already Huang Enhao.

But after all, he had been in the barbarian army, and had experienced the baptism of the grievance conference and Chen Zhang's three mountains, although he felt full of disbelief, but he was still infected unconsciously, opened his mouth, and lowered his head

"They were originally dignitaries"

"Who prescribed it?"

Chen Zhang's tone suddenly became excited, and he said coldly

"Whoever stipulates that they are born with a high rank and nobles, don't forget, counting the previous generations of their ancestors, they are also ordinary people like these people who sell their sons and daughters, and as a country, they should do everything possible to make the people live well, instead of oppressing them"

"Even if it is exploited, at least it must be guaranteed to survive, not sell its children and daughters"

"You see, they have a lot of money to eat, drink and have fun here, but they are reluctant to spend some money on these ordinary people, thinking that their money is a charity to others, but they don't think that the so-called charity money spent now can make the entire Dachang Empire prosperous, and there will be no so-called rogues without rogues"

"Will there still be a situation like this? Will there still be the so-called four rogue bandits, and will there be the so-called rogue attack? ”

The more Chen Zhang spoke, the more excited he became.

I didn't feel it so much when I was out before. Watching the child being sold in the capital was something that Chen Zhang couldn't accept at all.

Human trafficking is disgusting everywhere.

Zhumen wine and meat stinky road has frozen bones.

This moment can be described as vividly displayed.

Cai Xin was stunned for a moment, he wanted to refute, but in his mind, he told him that what Chen Zhang said was right.

But this is the reality, he opened his mouth and said carefully

"But that's the reality"

"Yes, that's the reality. But this does not mean that we have to bear the reality, taking people's money for others, and repaying debts is a matter of course, as a common people. Officials and even as emperors must have the responsibility of being emperors, otherwise what awaits him is just a dead end."

Chen Zhang suddenly smiled and said

"Look at it, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there can be a sale of sons and daughters, this Dachang Empire will not fall, who will fall?"

What I heard when I heard it was just a few simple words, selling children and daughters, and only a short word was brushed aside, but what was shown in the time was a tragedy in the world

, as a sentence now. It's called the bigger the thing, the smaller the word.

This is also true in ancient times, where the smaller the word, the more terrible and serious the matter

After venting his emotions, Chen Zhang laughed bitterly again.

"I said something nonsense to Cai Xin, Cai Xin put it bluntly, he is a eunuch who wants power and has no power. To some extent, if he has the ability and is not capable, what can he do? He, like the ordinary people who sell their sons and daughters outside, can only go with the flow. ”

Thinking of this, Chen Zhang sighed and looked at Cai Xin. Shook his head and said

"I'm sorry, I'm too excited, don't take it to heart"

"Ah, I'm fine"

Cai Xin was stunned for a moment, and it took a while to react, and he hurriedly lowered his head and lowered his eyebrows.

I have never seen an adult apologize to a eunuch like this.

In the past, the major officials apologized to him, but it was just for the sake of the master behind him, once he fell out of favor, who would take it as the same thing?

I don't have to step on one or two feet on the spot, thank goodness.

Time

There was a surge in Cai's confidence, and he wanted to tell Chen Zhang the true situation of the matter. But soon, the temperament cultivated in the deep palace and the deceit suppressed it.

He lowered his head, and his eyes flashed with a complicated look.

This is a world where the weak eat the strong, and there is no way for the weak to survive. Lord Chen, since you care about me so much, then use your life to become a stepping stone to my glory and wealth.

Once again firmly betrayed Chen Zhang's heart, Cai Xin raised his head and looked at the beggar who was selling his son and daughter on the side, and his clothes were shabby, and he was even more determined in his thoughts, "I must not become like this, I must not become a beggar, I want to live the life of a human being." ”

Chen Zhang naturally didn't know what Cai Xin was thinking in front of him, and if he knew, his eyes would definitely light up all of a sudden. Say more of these words to make him firm that he can kill his own heart.

"Where are we going next?"

After walking around, Chen Shou thought that his purpose this time was not really to hang out in the capital, but to look for death.

Cai Xin whispered

"There is a secret door to the palace on the side, but it is open to enter from the outside. There is a special passage, I need to contact someone, my lord, why don't you find an inn to rest for a while, and then call you when I arrange it. ”

Cai Xin's heart was beating violently, returning to the capital was his first step, and the next thing to do was very simple, that is, to contact the Ouchi master to sell this Chen Zhang, so he needed to contact the Ouchi master in the palace, and he had to report it"

And Chen Zhang couldn't let him know.

"Want to get in touch with the backhand?"

Chen Zhang's eyes shrank, and when he looked at Cai Xin's buttocks, he knew what the other party was thinking.

But he doesn't care, it's a very good thing for himself.

He couldn't ask for it, so he directly started to play dead.

。 Okay, you're right, the imperial city is heavily guarded, and it's impossible to enter casually, so go get busy, I'll find an inn nearby to rest for a while, and you'll come to me after you get in touch."

"But did you really decide? Can you get in touch? Don't put your life into it without contact. That's not good. ”