I didn't even have time to go home, so I went straight to the palace.

When he came to the duty office of the commander of the Royal Forest Army, the people inside immediately greeted him when they saw him.

"You're back!" Wei Zhishan stepped forward to stop him, "Why have you been there for so many days, the good news from Liangzhou has already been transmitted." ”

"Just missed." Zhang Feng put down the package on his body, "I just met Master Xiao Meng when I arrived in Liangzhou, so I thought I would simply go to Beishan County to have a look, no, it would be a delay." ”

"You went to Beishan County?" Wei Zhishan took him to the chair and sat down, and poured tea and brought it to him.

"Thank you, Commander." Zhang Feng took it with both hands and drank it all in one go.

Wei Zhishan added tea to him, and then asked, "How is it over there?" ”

"Hey, don't mention it, it's really pitiful."

"Pathetic? Have you seen the city wall of Beishan County? ”

"See." Zhang Feng held the teacup with a worried face, "You don't know, there is only one wall in that Beishan County." ”

Wei Zhishan heard the movement outside, and suddenly straightened up, "What time is it?" Your Majesty should go down to the court, you go to wash and change your clothes, I will go to the front of the palace to say goodbye, Your Majesty knows that you are back, and most of you want to see you. ”

Zhang Feng became nervous, "Then I'll go." ”

"Move fast." Wei Zhishan went to the imperial study first, and sure enough, he met the emperor of the next dynasty on the way.

Father-in-law Qian thought it was another secret report, so he turned around the corner and stretched out his hand to him, "How many are the letters?" ”

"Father-in-law, Zhang Feng is back."

Qian Gonggong said: "It's been more than ten days, but it's back." ”

"Please ask my father-in-law in front of the palace, if your majesty wants to see him, if not, I will let him go home and rest first."

"Okay."

Father-in-law Qian quickly went and returned, "Let him wait in the imperial study, His Majesty will see him after dealing with the affairs of the court." ”

"Yes."

After Zhang Feng washed, he was taken to the imperial study by Wei Zhishan, and waited in the cubicle next to him for half an hour before his father-in-law came to call him.

Zhang Feng lowered his head and followed all the way, and came to the front of the palace to kowtow.

"Get up." The emperor casually flipped through the notebook in front of him, "Can you see the prefect of Liangzhou?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, I have seen it, not only to see Wei Zhifu, but also to Beishan County to see Xiao Mengzhi County and Mrs. Meng."

Only then did the emperor raise his head to look at him, "Tell me what you have seen and heard along the way." ”

"Yes." Zhang Feng lowered his head slightly, stood on the side and said: "The minister went north on this trip, and he didn't dare to delay all the way, but the further north he went, the colder the weather became in the morning and evening, and the official road was also difficult, so it was inevitable that the time would be delayed, please forgive your majesty." ”

The Emperor motioned for him to continue.

"It was the second half of the night when the minister arrived at Liangzhou Mansion first, because it was not the right time to go, and he remembered the things that His Majesty had explained, so he didn't have the heart to look around, but only noticed that there were few shops on both sides of the main road.

Early the next morning, the minister went to the Liangzhou Mansion, but he didn't want to meet Xiao Meng at the door.

The minister asked the two adults about the situation in Beishan County, and both adults said that the Yan army had retreated, the city wall of Beishan County had been completed, and the good news had been sent to the capital. ”

"What is Meng Changqing doing in Liangzhou Mansion?" The emperor asked.

"Lord Xiao Meng should have official business to deal with when he goes to Liangzhou Mansion, I see that the two adults have been discussing in the study for a long time."

"Go on."

"The minister thought to himself, since he arrived in Liangzhou, he would simply go to Beishan County to have a look, and when he came back, he would tell His Majesty what the situation was in Beishan County, so he followed Wei Zhifu to Beishan County in the early morning of the next day." Speaking of this, Zhang Feng sniffed, "From Liangzhou Mansion, you have to go through Yangmen County to Beishan County."

The city wall of Beishan County rises from the ground, stretching for more than 40 miles, and is closely connected with the city walls of the county towns on both sides.

When the ministers went, there were soldiers guarding the city walls, and the sentry posts were very tight. ”

"Good!" The emperor couldn't understand Zhang Feng's expression and asked him, "Why are you so sad?" ”

"Your Majesty." Zhang Feng knelt down at the emperor, "The minister is poor little Lord Meng and Mrs. Meng." When the minister went up to the wall that day, he saw many potholes under the wall and felt strange, so he asked Xiao Meng what those potholes were for.

When I asked, I found out that it was where the servants lived.

It was only when the prefect of Wei said that the minister knew that not only the servants, but even Lord Xiao Meng also lived in the pit. ”

In the imperial study, the emperor and Gonggong Qian, who was standing next to him, were very surprised.

Zhang Feng was still saying: "The minister went to the so-called county government of Lord Xiao Meng to see, and it was so big. He stretched out his hand and gestured, "It's just digging a pit, blocking it with a cloth curtain, sleeping on one side and working on the other.

Mrs. Meng's residence is also such a pothole, the minister is really rude, and went down to look around, the hole is only a bed board, a few small stools, and Mrs. also invited the minister to drink a bowl of white porridge. Zhang Feng began to wipe his tears, "Lord Xiao Meng and his family, three meals a day are white porridge with pickles, sometimes when they are busy, Lord Xiao Meng can only eat two meals." ”

The sensationalism was too much, and the emperor asked: "The rice in Zhixian is not small, why do you drink white porridge every day?" ”

Fortunately, there is a sentence from Wei Fangyun, "When the rice and grain allocated by the imperial court did not arrive, Lord Meng distributed his rice to the people." ”

"This idiot!" The emperor said: "I don't think he is a clean official, how can he do such a thing!" ”

Zhang Feng said: "The minister met some people in Beishan County, and they were all injured. Despite this, I thought of Lord Meng's goodness.

said that Lord Meng never withheld their rations, as long as they worked, they could eat three meals a day, but now that they are injured, it is also Lord Meng who provides medicine and food to support them.

Seeing that their eyes were eager, it really didn't look like a lie, it can be seen that Lord Xiao Meng usually treats them very well, and they also miss Lord Xiao Meng's kindness. ”

"You stand up and speak."

"Yes." Zhang Feng stood aside, waiting for the emperor's question.

"Does he have a book trust for you to transfer?"

"Back to Your Majesty, no, it's just that Lord Meng asked me to greet Your Majesty on his behalf."

"But there's something else to see." The emperor added: "It is worth saying. ”

"Your Majesty, the Northland is poor, and there is nothing unusual about it."

"You've been working hard for days, let Wei Zhishan give you a few days off and go back to rest and rest."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhang Feng withdrew from the imperial study, and he didn't go far before he ran into the prince.

The prince had apparently been waiting for a long time. "Deputy Commander Zhang, I heard that you came back from Beishan County?"

"Returning to Your Highness, exactly."

The prince was excited, "Can you see Meng Changqing?" ”

"See."

"How is he? How are you doing? ”

Zhang Feng said: "If the days of living in the cave and drinking white porridge can be regarded as good, then it is okay." ”

"What!"

"Your Highness, the poverty in that place in Beishan County is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and if you don't see it with your own eyes, it's really hard to believe." Zhang Feng bowed down to the crown prince, "Your Majesty gave you a holiday, and the minister retired first." (End of chapter)