Chapter 144: Xuancang's trouble
Gu Hongchao squeezed out a smile, "What Brother Ming said, I couldn't see it clearly in the carriage just now, I was just curious to get out of the car and take a look, what does the Sanpin Master have to do with me." ”
Yu Ming laughed, "Since Brother Hong Chao said so, I will invite Brother Hong Chao to my house another day, and my grandfather will appreciate Brother Hong Chao for a long time." ”
This is the first time Yu Ming invited Gu Hongchao to the door, Gu Hongchao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he happily agreed, and he no longer regretted giving up befriending Liu Renci in his heart.
Although Liu Renci has made his identity clear, there are only a few people who are really willing to donate grain, and they are all some wealthy families, and the donated food is very limited, adding up to only two or three loads of grain, which is just a drop in the bucket for Liu Renci.
Liu Renci asked the old servant to record the few people who were willing to donate food.
The old servant Ah Hai looked at his master with a worried face, "Master, this is not a little bit worse, what should I do?" ”
Liu Renci looked around, ignored the onlookers, and walked straight towards a luxurious carriage parked not far away.
The people in the carriage seemed to sense Liu Renci's intentions, and immediately ordered the coachman to hurry away.
Before Liu Renci could walk to the side of the carriage, the luxurious carriage had already left at a rapid pace with the support of the servants.
Seeing this, the carriages that had stopped nearby left one after another.
Even the carriages of the Gu family and the Yu family left with them.
The originally lively riverside suddenly lost more than half of the people.
Ah Hai looked at these slipping carriages and said angrily: "Don't they refuse to give a little scraps to the people!" ”
Liu Renci stopped and looked up at the sky where the rain still continued, and his originally clear eyes instantly seemed to be covered with a layer of gray mist, making him look as if he was ten years older.
Xuan Cang and his subordinates have been standing outside the crowd and watching everything that happens in front of them.
When the crowd dispersed, he walked up to Liu Renci's side and arched his hand: "How much food does Lord Liu need?" ”
Liu Renci was surprised that the young man who had just saved him hadn't left yet.
He looked at Xuan Cang, and even when he saw the scar on his forehead, he didn't care in the slightest.
When Liu Renci saw him asking, he bluntly said, "For the time being, I need two hundred loads!" You don't need good food, you can eat it! ”
Liu Renci helped more than 3,000 victims, all of whom were old, weak, sick and disabled left behind in villages and counties.
He didn't live long in the place where the victims gathered, but he needed about ten days of food, and preferably coarse grain, because good food at this time would only make people covet it, and it would not do any good for disaster relief.
Two hundred quintals of coarse grain was not much, and the children of the big families who had just left in a hurry could take it out at any time, but none of them asked.
Xuan Cang thought for a while and instructed one of his guards, "Take Lord Liu to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, and then let someone send a letter to Steward Lu in the house." ”
The guards are commanded.
Liu Renci thought that this time the food collection would be difficult, and he was ready to go to the high-ranking officials and nobles to eat behind closed doors, but he didn't expect to be solved so easily by the young man with the scar on his face in front of him.
He was just about to ask Xuan Cang's name and surname, but Xuan Cang had already gotten on his horse and bowed his hand to Liu Renci, "Lord Liu, I still have important things to do, and I want to handle it immediately, I will not send it far, goodbye!" ”
After saying that, Xuan Cang took Xie Zhuo and Xie Cheng and rode away quickly.
Liu Renci looked at the back of the group of fast horses leaving, and saluted the back of the group.
When the guards took Liu Renci to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, Liu Renci asked, "Who is the son who dared to ask Fang Cai to help him?" ”
The guard smiled and said: "He is our commander, his name is Xuan Cang, our master is Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, don't worry, I have already asked someone to go to the eldest princess's mansion to inform Steward Lu, and the food you want will be available soon." ”
Liu Renci was surprised, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess?
But doesn't Her Royal Highness the eldest princess live in the Gu family? When he left Beijing to be an official, it coincided with Qin Shuhuang's marriage, could it be that what happened to him in these days when he was not in the capital?
No matter what, I'm afraid that the food he raised today is Her Royal Highness the eldest princess.
He thanked the pro-soldiers who led the way, and asked the pro-soldiers to convey his gratitude to Qin Shuhuang, and promised that when the victims were settled, he would personally come to the door to thank them.
Lu Zhou, who was in the Eldest Princess's Mansion, soon received the news from his own soldiers.
Hearing the content of the news, Lu Zhou complained helplessly, "On weekdays, this Xuancang is not untouched, and he only protects the safety of His Highness, how can he take such a thing when he goes out!" ”
Lu Zhou chattered and walked quickly to Yuanxiang Garden to report this matter to Qin Shuhuang.
Qin Shuhuang never thought that the opportunity of Gu Hongchao in his previous life would fall on Xuan Cang and her.
I don't know if Gu Hongchao met this Lord Liu today.
Lu Zhou said entangledly: "Your Highness, will we give this food?" This Xuancang also came back with such a trouble! ”
Qin Shuhuang smiled and said: "Give, why don't you give it, this Lord Liu is the great official of the frontier, Liu Renci, it's just two hundred loads of coarse grain, we not only have to give, but also help Lord Liu send it to the place." ”
Lu Zhou only knew that the soldiers called Lord Liu, and did not ask in detail, but now that he knew that Liu Renci was a member of the three grades, he immediately became much more active, "The third rank of the lord? Your Royal Highness, the old slave will arrange it, it was the old slave who blamed the Xuancang commander before, and this Xuancang commander is still quite good at doing things. ”
Qin Shuhuang looked at Lu Zhou with a smile and left happily to run errands.
At this time, Anling Village has become a country.
The people in the village had been living in four walls, waiting for the autumn grain to be harvested through the cold winter of this year, but now a big flood has not only flooded the fertile fields, but also the village is gone.
Li Chang rushed to the direction of Changqing Temple with more than a dozen families who escaped from Anling Village.
Originally, the chief wanted to take the villagers around the flood waterway to the capital, and he could get a bowl of rice at the feet of the dignitaries.
But after only two days of walking, some villagers couldn't hold on.
They had no food to spare, and they couldn't walk long.
On the way, I met the victims, and when I inquired about the group of victims, they actually went to Changqing Temple, and the victims told the governor that the abbot of Changqing Temple was giving porridge, and as long as they could rush over, they could have a bowl of porridge to drink every day, at least they would not starve to death.
The chief thought of the good deeds of the abbot of Changqing Temple in the past, and there is a spiritual spring in Changqing Temple, since the flood, many villagers have been infected with various epidemics, and when the time comes, ask for a bowl of spiritual spring, and it can also cure diseases!
So after discussing with the villagers, the chief decided to rush to the Evergreen Temple!
Changqing Temple is a day's journey from Anling Village, and now there are floods everywhere, and everyone is physically exhausted, so I am afraid it will take twice as long to rush over.
By the time the chief and the villagers finally arrived at the Changqing Temple with all their physical strength, it was already two days later.
Changqing Temple is really giving porridge, and many victims have gathered inside and outside the temple, and what shocked the chief the most was that the head of the abbot of Shande was actually hung at the gate of Changqing Temple!