"Not good!"

Xia Yun rushed over with a strong stride, she knew that it might be because of the gold that Hu misunderstood the child. It can be seen that although their family is poor, they are also people with backbone. [Full text reading. 】

"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?" Xia Yun saw the dying child, and quickly snatched the broom from her hand, "The child is so young, can he withstand your beating!" She hurriedly helped Xiaodong up.

"Mother, I didn't steal!" Xiaodong glanced at Hu Shi and closed his eyes weakly.

Xia Yun saw Xiaodong, his whole body was bruised, and there were bloodshots in some places. Rural women are just uneducated, and in their eyes, children can only rely on beating to avoid making mistakes.

"Son!" Hu Shi was anxious, "It's all because my mother is not good, even if she makes a mistake, she can't blame you, and she beats you like this." ”

After the fight, he felt distressed, why was he so ruthless at the beginning, Wang Er muttered in his mouth.

"Excuse me, I'll take a look." Yu Wentao pinched the child's acupoint, and he slowly opened his eyes, but he was weak. Yu Wentao once learned something from Wang Zhen and knew a little bit of medical skills, he took the child's pulse, "The child is severely anemic, which leads to weakness, hurry up and get something to eat." ”

"Brother, where is our house!" Hu slumped to the ground, "You all saw it, son! She crawled over and hugged the child tightly.

"I have a ginseng here." Xia Yun suddenly remembered that the ginseng she had prepared for Xiong Ming was brought and handed to the Hu family, "Sister-in-law, hurry up and boil the soup for your son to drink." ”

"I can't afford something so valuable." Hu didn't dare to answer, "We are just poor people." Although she didn't know their identities, she could imagine that these people were not simple.

Seeing that she didn't dare to accept it, Xiong Ming instructed Xiaohong and Wang Yimei to make soup for Xiaodong.

"A child's life is the most important thing." Xia Yun looked at Hu Shi, "Can you bear to watch your son die!" ”

"It's all mother's bad."

Hu's tears rolled out, and he was in great pain. Mother and son depend on each other, how can they bear to watch him leave. It just hit him, but it hurt in her heart.

Wang Er and they came back from hunting, and they were lucky today, they caught a few pheasants, a few hares, and a wild boar, about 200 catties.

"You take it and give some to the villagers, cook some for a while, and leave the rest for the mother and son." Xiong Ming is also very sympathetic to the mother and son, the days are still long, and the child is in need of nutritional supplements, even if he does not eat well, he must be full.

Hu suddenly remembered the matter of gold, so he asked Xia Yun: "Did my son Xiaodong steal the gold in your hand?" She didn't believe her son's words, how could there be gold in the dirt. She looked at Xia Yun and Xiong Ming, this is not an ordinary master, she should be very rich.

Xia Yun pulled her aside and whispered: "Sister-in-law, you have a good son, he didn't steal anyone's at all, you dug it out in the dirt in front of him." ”

"You put the gold?" Hu Shi looked at Xia Yun suspiciously, "No wonder my son denied it, not because it was gold that was pried out of the soil." ”

"The child is innocent, I saw him prying the soil there, so I went over and asked." Xia Yun's eyes were moist, "Later, I learned that he missed his father, saying that with the silver, his father was coming back." ”

Hu Shi touched his tears and said in a deep voice: "When my son asked me, I lied to him like this. ”

After a while, the ginseng soup was boiled, and Xiaohong brought it to Hu Shi.

"Thank you!"

"You should thank the queen!" Xiaohong looked at this simple woman.

"Queen!" Hu Shi looked surprised.

"My name is Yellowthroat, and she can't speak clearly." Xia Yun immediately changed her words, not wanting people to know her true identity, if someone knew that the emperor was here, it might cause them trouble, maybe Xiong Ming didn't want to do this either.

"You guys!" Hu Shi felt that the name was weird, she glanced at Xiong Ming, and heard that they were called Huang Ye, isn't it a surname! "Do you have the same last name?"

"Hmm!" Xiong Ming glanced at Xia Yun, "It's nothing, our ancestor is not alone." ”

After drinking the soup, the child's face was ruddy and he was more energetic. He sat up, looked at his mother, and said, "Mother, I didn't lie to you, and I didn't steal it. ”

"Yes!" Hu Shi pulled his son, and the mother and son knelt down for Xia Yun and Xiong Ming, "Thank you Huang Ye and Mrs. Huang for saving your life." "Not only gave gold, but also used valuable ginseng to make soup for his son to drink, which is not something ordinary people can do.

"Hurry up!" Xia Yun pulled the mother and son up, "You are not allowed to fight Xiaodong again in the future, he is a good boy." ”

"My sister is so beautiful!" Xiaodong looked at Xia Yun and smiled stupidly, revealing a row of untidy teeth, and two of them fell out in the middle, and when he laughed, he looked good. Xia Yun saw him smile for the second time, smiling brightly and cutely.

The villagers have meat to eat, they are very happy, the pheasants that are usually hunted, there is no oil and water at all, the hare is not easy to fight, and only one can be caught occasionally.

Seeing that the child was eating very well, Xia Yun told him not to eat too much, he was usually used to eating real things without oil and water, and he would definitely not be able to bear it if he ate violently.

"Is this Hu Qiang's house?"

While he was eating, a man dressed in a servant's costume walked in.

"Is there something wrong?"

Hu Shi began to be nervous, and the military salary would not be paid until the end of the year, why did he come in advance, not to mention that this person was a little unfamiliar.

"That's right, Hu Qiang has left, and we are here to give a pension."

The official handed the silver to Hu and asked her to sign.

She did not take the money, nor did she sign, and sat down on the ground. Crying loudly: "Daddy, child, how will I live in the future!" "The only hope is gone, and the days ahead are still long, and the child is only a few years old, and he has no father.

Looking at the tearful Hu family, Xiong Ming's heart was cramping, now there is another widow, and the child has no father, and the future will be even more difficult.

Lan Tian took the silver and counted it, it was really twenty taels, it seemed that he had been deducted.

"Mother, is Daddy coming back?"

Xiaodong looked up at his mother, with a hint of expectation in his eyes. How did he know that the father who was talking about it was gone.

"Wang Er, you take Xiaodong out to play." Xiong Ming looked at the child, "We have something to tell your mother." ”

Wang Er understood what he meant, and immediately went out with the child in his arms.

It turned out that the child's father, Hu Qiang, died last month, but the pension was still issued quite quickly, but the money was not in place.

"Who are you? What to do? Although he was wearing the costume of a servant, he didn't know who his boss was, "Why is it only twenty taels?" ”

"Who are you?" The person who came glared at Xiong Ming, "Why should I tell you, I'm just running errands." ”

Xiong Ming slapped him and shouted: "Just rely on my palm, you should tell me." ”

The strength was so great that the official suddenly felt a tingling pain, and he was obviously hit in the face, but his whole body was in pain. He raised his head, saw Xiong Ming's sharp gaze, covered his painful face, and told Xiong Ming everything.

It turned out that this village was under the jurisdiction of Dingxian County, and he was a Dingxian official who specially escorted military salaries. Whenever he met a dead person, he came to give a pension, and at the end of the year, it was also his busiest time, but there were two others to help.

Xiong Ming finally learned that the prefect had helped a general in the frontier recruit troops all year round. He understood that the prefect was using this name to collect money. It is finally clear why Dingxian is the poorest county in the imperial dynasty. It's not that Dingxian is poor, but that the people are poor, and the prefect is fat.

"How many people died this time?" Xiong Ming frowned, "In which unit and where are you fighting?" Speaking of the dead, it was the pain in Xiong Ming's heart, those soldiers who were dividing the water at that time didn't know whether the pension was safely delivered to their families.

Xiong Ming felt very guilty, these soldiers died, and the pension was not fully paid. Even if it wasn't what he meant, the prefect must be his subordinate officials. If these officials are not punished, the people will never live a stable life. He vowed that the culprit would be executed.

"I don't know this, these soldiers are not from the same place." The official shook his head, "I don't care about this, my lord only gives me my name and address." He counted the names in the notebook and looked up at Xiong Ming, "It seems to be one hundred and twenty." Knowing that they are not small, he doesn't dare to offend, but he is just an envoy himself, why do he need to resist them, just the slap just now, he believes that his subordinates are merciful. You can't throw away your head for someone else's business.

Xiong Ming took the list, and there were really one hundred and twenty people.

The next morning they set out on their journey, and as they were leaving, they gave the village chief a thousand taels of silver to distribute to the people.

"Thank you!" The old man stared at Xiong Ming closely, feeling that this person was extraordinary, "Can you help us ask?" He has never forgotten Xiong Ming's promise.

"Definitely." Xiong Ming looked worried, "If they deduct your money, I will tell them to spit it out." ”

Walking into the county seat, it felt very cold, there were not as many people as they divided the water, only a few people walking on the road. There are not many people doing business, and some shops are not open yet.

The small bridge and flowing water, the withered vines and old trees have no trees, the desolation is in full view, and the coolness hits the heart. The autumn wind is whining, the geese are flying south, and thoughts are lingering.

Xiong Ming frowned with a sad face. Originally, I thought that the poverty here might be related to the geographical environment, but now I understand that everything is related to the prefect.

"Hahaha--"

Xiong Ming's thoughts were disturbed by a burst of laughter, and he looked up, and not far away, a fast horse carrying a pair of men and women was running in their direction. The woman hugged the man's waist, and immediately didn't go to **. They only laugh, and they don't care whether the passers-by live or die.

"Kid!"

Seeing that a child was about to be trampled by a horse's hoof, a young woman ran over in a panic.

Xiong Ming jumped forward, his vigorous posture was like a wind, his sleeves waved freely, and the child was held in his arms.

"Thank you, brother!"

The young woman ran over and hugged the child, looking at Xiong Ming with tears streaming down her face.

"It's okay, be careful later." Xiong Ming had a calm face, in fact, he didn't blame them, it was the mother and son who were walking, but the child was playful and kept trotting, and the mother was chasing. It was the man and woman who didn't take anyone else seriously, not to mention the sidewalk that should have slowed down.

"Who told you to meddle!"

Before anyone arrived, the scolding came.

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