Chapter 29: Xuanwu Gate

"Lao Yan, we have to save Beichen Yuan." Liang Jian looked at the secret letter that came this morning, several people had already arrived in the disaster area, and reported the local situation one after another, she looked at these situations and had a headache, these areas are really serious, she held her forehead and continued helplessly, "Otherwise, this flood and drought will not stop." ”

"It's bad luck, that kid is a scourge." He scolded coldly, it would be annoying to think about that kid, but he couldn't let Ah Jian go, lest this grandson be entangled. He said softly, "You wait here, I'll take care of that kid." He pushed the door open and went out. Liang Jian looked at his back and felt very handsome, he still had to save Beichen Min now, he didn't know how much he should respond in his heart, but he still had to find someone to heal him.

Looking at the direction he left, Liang Jian couldn't help but sigh, "Beichenyuan would be fine if it weren't for the male lead." ”

"Then you're just thinking too much, it's almost impossible to change the male lead." The system was holding a steaming electronic meat bun in his hand, the aroma was overflowing, he drooled greedily, and said while eating, "You better save it." ”

"Almost impossible?" Liang Jian muttered, and suddenly his eyes lit up, that is, there is still some hope?!

"Yes, it's not like no one has tried before, but most of them have failed, and the success rate is very slim." He enjoyed the steaming meat buns with thin skin and many fillings, and didn't notice the light gradually emerging in Liang Jian's eyes.

"So...... Has anyone ever succeeded?! She was overjoyed and hurriedly pulled the system to ask carefully.

The "......" system stopped its mouth that was still chewing, stunned in place, and instantly panicked when it recalled what he had just said, "Hey, hey, the background is big, the No. 213 system asks you for service, I'll be there soon!" As he spoke, she disappeared in place, and she didn't even react.

She propped her chin silently, turned her head and looked thoughtfully at the Beichen Mansion in the distance outside the window.

"What are you looking at?" A voice sounded behind her, Liang Jian was startled, and turned around Liu Yueming to stand behind her, smiling very good-looking.

"Sister Liu, why are you here?" Liang Jian asked in surprise, she came so quietly that she didn't even notice it. During this time, she has never slackened her sword practice and martial arts, she has already made rapid progress, and she can easily detect the movements around her, but this Liu Yueming is so quiet, this person's martial arts must be above her.

!!! Awesome sister!

"How about I take you somewhere?" She sat next to Liang Jian, and there was a fragrance on her body, which seemed to be absent, refreshing and refreshing.

"Wait for Lao Yan to come back, otherwise there will be no one to watch the house." She also knew that her excuse was a little lame, this Fu'an Restaurant was his, how could she come to see the house, but Yan Shi had just left with his front foot, and Liu Yueming came with his back foot, looking like he wanted to avoid him. At present, her understanding of Liu Yueming is only about Yan Shi's alliance, and she doesn't know anything else. Even if it is a beautiful sister, you can't take it lightly, the famous novelist Mr. Jin Yong once said that the more beautiful a woman is, the more she will deceive people, so it's better to be careful.

"Well, I'd like to save some effort." As she spoke, the fragrance on her body seemed to be stronger.

??? Incense?! Liang Jian fell on the table, as if he had fallen asleep.

"Good sister, don't blame my sister, it's just that you have to go with me today." So saying, he picked her up and went out of the window, and there was a very inconspicuous carriage at the end of the alley below, and she took her to the carriage and flicked the whip away, and the road was bumpy for a long time, as if it had gone around a lot of places before finally stopping.

"Master of the door, the people have already been brought." Liu Yueming gently put Liang Jian on the chair, and also put a cushion very thoughtfully to prevent her from getting into it.

"It's finally here." A woman with a veil came over, stroked her hair, her thoughts drifted far away, and then said, "Don't pretend to be asleep, get up." ”

"You can see it, hahaha" Liang Jian opened his eyes, looked at the veiled woman in front of him, and smiled a little embarrassedly, "Xuanwumen is really powerful." ”

"You're smart enough to guess so fast." She smiled, her eyes full of kindness, like an elder doting on a junior, but she obviously looked about the same age as her.

"It's okay, it's okay." She said stupidly, she didn't expect to be pierced so quickly, she left some traces when she just pretended to be asleep all the way, if Yan Shi went back, she should be found if she wasn't there, right? After all, there is a huge disparity in strength, and she will definitely not be able to beat the two people in front of her.

"We don't have to be so constrained, we're all the way." The man smiled and stroked her cheek, and muttered alone, "This skin is worse than I was." ”

As she spoke, she tied her veil, and Liang Jian only felt familiar when she saw her face, as if she had seen it somewhere, and reflected it after a while, isn't this the beautiful woman she often dreams of?! always said that Liang came to her, and now she directly 'invited' her over?

"You ......" she stammered, not knowing what to say for a moment, and then the woman smiled and nodded.

"My name is Yuan Xi, Liang Jian, we come from the same place and will eventually follow the same path, everything I say next, you must listen carefully, keep in mind, and don't tell anyone. You remember, no one can speak. She said word by word, in a tone that could not be refuted, she put her hands on her shoulders, looked at her eyes, and said seriously.

"Okay." Liang Jian was stunned, but he should come down. It felt as if something was getting closer and merging with her, as if something was starting to be different.

An hour later, she sat in place and lost her mind, unable to recover for a long time, all the amount of information rushed to her at once, she was a little at a loss, everything around her, the people she met seemed to become distorted, some unrecognizable.

"Liang Jian." A voice broke the membrane of smoke around her, forcefully pulling her back into the world.

She mourned in her heart, looked up at Yuan Xi's eyes, like a deep spring bottomless but sparkling, resolute and decisive.

"I, understood." She didn't notice tears overflowing from her eyes, blurring her vision, and her forehead was sweating slightly.

"That's fine." Yuan Xi smiled with satisfaction, "You should go back, otherwise some people should be in a hurry." With that, let Liu Yueming send her out. Outside the door, Yan Shi held the unclothed sword, his expression was calm, but the anger in his eyes could not be concealed, and the surrounding area was surrounded by secret guards in three circles, holding a knife in his hand, staring at him very vigilantly, ready to fight at any time.

"Sect Master, don't be angry, my Xuanwumen will do what he says, and if he says that he will send people back unharmed, he won't touch a finger of her." Liu Yueming waved her hand and motioned for the group of dark guards to go down.

Liang Jian sorted out his mood and walked over with a heartless face, "Lao Yan, I'm a little hungry, hehe." She tugged at his sleeve and motioned for him to put his sword down, and he was relieved to see that she was indeed fine, and that there was no injury on her body.

"Let's go, go back to dinner." He said softly, and when he turned around, he cut off the door plaque of the Xuanwu Gate with a sword as if he was angry, and then wrapped his waist and picked her up with a little exercise and left.

"The next time you encounter this situation, just drop the lamp, and the guys below will come up to help you." Yan Shi was holding a big bowl of Yangchun noodles, she hadn't eaten for a day, and it was better to eat some light ones at night.

"It's not that I haven't thought about it, it's just that that person's martial arts are above me, so why sacrifice those guys." She swallowed the mouthful in her mouth and said, and then continued to gobble up, mainly because she was afraid that Yan Shi would ask about what happened today, she didn't want to lie to people, but she couldn't reveal anything, thinking about how to deal with it, but he didn't mention anything about today's events, so she didn't mention it.

"My guy isn't a vegetarian, right?" He couldn't laugh or cry, the starting point was good, but he was naΓ―ve.

"In the end, I'm still not good enough, and I'm going to hurry up and practice next!" She put down her chopsticks and secretly made up her mind.

"You're not holding on enough?" He laughed, looking at her rather heavy dark circles and shook his head, she has made too fast progress, she has learned the Aoshuang sword school to seven in the inn these days, and now she can at least be tied with Huangfu Yinri and Song Bingzhu, and she can be called a leader among her peers. It's so fast that it's unrealistic.

"Not enough, far from enough." Thinking of what they need to do, thinking of the dangers of the future, she is not strong enough now, far from enough. A flame of struggle burst out of her eyes.

Yan Shi smiled helplessly, since she was so determined, then he would be willing to accompany the gentleman.

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It has been a month since the four people rushed to the disaster area, and in this month, several people have successively reported that many of the current situation in the disaster area has been relieved. However, the disaster relief matter is indeed very tricky, not to mention the protection of local officials and officials, which has been corrupted, and the imperial court has not been able to distribute disaster relief food for a long time. Liang Jian and Yan Shi looked at the letter and were saddened, and the imperial court had not received any news of the disaster in various places. They all wondered if the overseers in various places had been bribed, and such important news had not been reported.

"Don't guess, the emperor has indeed received news of a natural disaster." Yan Shi burned the secret letter and threw it into the incense burner, looking at the remaining embers, his eyes flickering. It is true that the emperor is aware of the natural disasters in various places, but he does not know the whole picture.

Sure enough, even if Beichenyuan is cured, the areas that have been affected by the disaster still need someone to help. The imperial court is definitely unreliable, and they now need to increase their assistance to the affected areas.

"Isn't there still a court? Didn't the emperor make a disaster relief payment? Liang Jian said very suspiciously, isn't the emperor sacrificing to the sky just to pray for good weather and peace for the people, even so, he must have known that natural disasters are constantly occurring in various places, and he will definitely issue some policy edicts or something for disaster relief?

"Generally speaking, this is true," Yan Shi sighed, shook his head and said, "In the early days of the drought and flood, the emperor ordered officials from all over the country to open warehouses and release grain, but in fact, guess what? ”

"Isn't it that local officials are corrupt and embezzle granaries on weekdays?" She asked suspiciously, but this time both the north and the south were affected, could it be that there were corrupt officials everywhere, it was too ridiculous.

"Correct explanation, at the beginning, it was just some people who were greedy, and then everyone secretly embezzled when they saw that it was profitable, and then corruption became a common phenomenon, even if they were not willing to be greedy, they began to be greedy in order to be gregarious, and a few honest people will be forced to step down by those corrupt officials who are in a group of corrupt officials one by one, because they are afraid, afraid that these righteous people will expose themselves."

A few days ago, various localities reported that the grain situation for this season was either a bumper harvest or, as before, did not reflect the situation in the disaster area at all. Liang Jian and Yan Shi found out after investigation that the emperor was negligent in managing the corruption of officials on weekdays, and thought that it was better to be sparse than to block, as long as he gave a generous salary and severe punishment for corruption, it was enough.

But he misses the most important point – the intensity of execution. There are policies and countermeasures, and in the face of interests, everyone will try their best to exploit loopholes. What's more, the imperial court's legislation on corruption is child's play.

The prince's party led by the Xie family has been searching for oil and water on weekdays. Especially the Xie family, just looking at his magnificent mansion can tell a thing or two. And the crown prince, for some reason, has been committed to accumulating wealth all these years. The emperor seems to have found out, but for some reason he chose to turn a blind eye and did not punish him. With their group of corrupt people as role models, it is natural that the upward and downward effects will be effective, and there will be no law left. Therefore, corruption has become more and more prevalent in recent years.

"Therefore, when the emperor wants to open a warehouse to release grain, there will be no grain to put below, so in order not to be punished, he will make the disaster lightly, or do not report the disaster, and the emperor's disaster relief money will be less. There are few in the first place, but after the deduction of corrupt officials at each level, it is naturally pitiful. She suddenly realized, no wonder Zhou Wenjun and Huangfu Yinri and they worked so hard, the court was so corrupt, they could not help a drop in the bucket, "But in this way, it is inevitable to accumulate public grievances, and no one will go to Beijing to report?" ”

"The disaster is indeed serious, but it is not so serious that it is easy to eat, the people are desperate, and few people are willing to risk their deaths if they are not in a desperate situation, besides, those officials will also vigorously suppress the disaster victims and refugees." He held his forehead thoughtfully, this situation was embarrassing, not to the point of rebellion, and the people were complaining bitterly, but no one dared to resist, even if someone rose up, few dared to rebel.

"Then I guess, many profiteers raise the price of rice in order to make money and make huge profits, right?" She touched her chin and speculated, after all, this situation is not uncommon in disaster years. It is not surprising that the price of rice will rise if there are more people and less grain, and the supply exceeds demand, but some people will take the opportunity to hoard goods and monopolize them, and then the people will really have a hard time.

In the face of interests, the darkness of human nature will be exposed at a glance.

"That's true, so even if they have money, it's hard for them to buy food, and even if they can, they can't buy much." Thinking of this, he had an even more headache, if he had the strength before Fuyue Cliff, he could still deal with these natural disasters, but since that civil strife, his vitality has been greatly damaged.

"I have a plan, I don't know if it's feasible." She asked cautiously, thought for a moment and said, "This matter still needs the help of the one of you in the palace." "I don't know who it is, but I think it's a powerful person.