Five days after leaving Chang'an, Li Cheng'an's disaster relief brigade had entered the disaster area.

As soon as you step into the affected area, the surrounding scenery changes dramatically, as if you have entered another world.

Here, everywhere is a mess, and there is not a single intact building in sight.

The surroundings are filled with the wails and cries of the victims, some for the destruction of their homes, some for the loss of their loved ones, and more for the unjust fate of the heavens.

Li Cheng'an, who was born in the emperor's house since he was a child, has never seen such a tragic situation, and all the way down, he only feels that his heart is getting tighter and tighter, but his mouth is gradually silent.

Although he met some miserable people on the road, Li Chengan's heart would sprout the urge to directly open the box and scatter the silver from time to time, but fortunately it was suppressed by his reason.

Because after walking in the disaster area for a few days, he found that the 20 million taels of silver he had brought with him were far from enough, there were too many victims, and there were too many places to spend silver, so the 20 million taels of silver had to be thrown into the most urgent need first.

So he resisted the urge and quickened his march, hoping to get the silver to the worst of the disaster as soon as possible.

Just as he was passing by a ruin, he suddenly saw a familiar figure on the side of the road.

He hurriedly stopped the carriage and stepped out of the carriage.

"Miss Qinglian?"

With Li Cheng'an's soft call, a woman who was squatting on the side of the road, carefully helping a wounded child to bandage her wounds, slowly turned around and said with surprise: "Li Gongzi?"

Li Chengan didn't expect to meet Mu Qinglian here, and Mu Qinglian didn't expect that this Li Gongzi would be the emperor's second prince, and he was responsible for escorting the disaster relief money to the disaster area at this time.

According to Mu Qinglian, it turned out that her hometown was in the most serious place of the disaster, and her parents had survived the last flood, but they didn't expect to encounter aftermath just a few days after returning to their hometown, which made their contact with themselves suddenly cut off.

So worried about the safety of her parents, she embarked on the road back to her hometown alone.

Thinking of Mu Qinglian and a weak woman walking on this blind and devastated road, Li Cheng felt an indescribable discomfort in his heart, and after thinking for a while, he made up his mind to invite the other party to join his team, anyway, everyone's destination is the same.

But Mu Qinglian waved her hand again and again to refuse, saying that she was an ordinary person and did not dare to climb high.

The more Mu Qinglian said this, the more resolute Li Chengan's attitude became, and in the end, Mu Qinglian really couldn't resist Li Chengan's kindness, got into the carriage, and was invited into his carriage by Li Chengan.

With Mu Qinglian's company, Li Chengan's originally cloudy mood suddenly improved a lot, and he talked and laughed with her along the way, also to do his best to eliminate her worries about her parents.

And through a period of conversation between the two, Mu Qinglian also found that Li Chengan was different from the princes in his imagination, approachable, without any arrogance, and what was even more commendable was that he cared about others very much, even those low-level people who were very different from him.

From Li Cheng'an's eyes looking at the victims, Mu Qinglian could see that it was a concern from the bottom of her heart.

In this way, after another journey, the convoy arrived at a small city, which was far from the river and therefore less affected by the floods, and this was also the first destination for Li Cheng'an and them, and according to the original plan, this area could be divided into five million taels of silver.

Seeing the second prince coming, the prefect of the small town wanted to vacate his home and let Li Cheng'an live, but Li Cheng'an resolutely refused, and finally he, like ordinary people, chose an inn, booked a most ordinary guest room, and lived in.

The town is small and has a small population, and in the middle of the night, there are few lights to be seen except for the lanterns hanging on the streets.

But one of the rooms in the inn was always lit, and a figure sat at a table, constantly flipping through something. This person is Li Cheng'an.

Tomorrow, he will be responsible for distributing the money for disaster relief, so tonight, he will have to review all the information in detail so that he can do a more efficient and effective job of distributing the money the next day.

There was a slight knock at the door of the "tuk tuk".

"Please come in. Li Chengan put down the information in his hand, rubbed his eyes and said.

Gao Sheng pushed the door in, his face serious.

"Brother Gao, is there something wrong with coming to me so late?"

Gao Sheng walked up to Li Cheng'an's side and said respectfully: "Second prince, Miss Mu, then I think it's better to arrange someone to send her home first, after all, you have a heavy responsibility now, and you won't be able to leave for a while." ”

Li Chengan nodded, feeling that what Gao Sheng said was reasonable, but there was always a little reluctance in his heart.

Seeing the change in the expression on Li Chengan's face, Gao Sheng frowned and said, "Second prince, if you are not at ease, then I will send a few more people to escort Miss Mu." ”

At this moment, suddenly, someone knocked on Li Chengan's door softly, interrupting the conversation between the two.

"Please come in. ”

Hearing Li Cheng'an's words, a woman pushed open the door and walked in slowly.

"The little girl met the second prince and met the tall man. ”

Gao Sheng didn't expect Mu Qinglian to suddenly appear with a displeased face.

But Li Chengan hurriedly stood up, motioned for Mu Qinglian to sit down, and poured her a cup of tea.

"Miss Mu, as the second prince said just now, let me send two of my subordinates to escort you home tomorrow, so that you don't worry about the safety of your parents. Seeing Mu Qinglian coming, Gao Sheng directly threw out the arrangement that had not yet been finally agreed by Li Cheng'an, the purpose was to think that the wood had already been completed, so that this matter had to be done.

Hearing Gao Sheng's words, Li Cheng'an was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, he saw Mu Qinglian get up and say a blessing to him, and said, "The little girl came this time to say goodbye to the second prince. ”

Seeing Mu Qinglian's actions, Gao Sheng was also a little surprised.

Ever since Luoyang City saw Mu Qinglian, Gao Sheng always felt that this woman was not simple, and this time he happened to meet her again, which made him even more vigilant against her in his heart.

So along the way, he kept thinking about how to get rid of Mu Qinglian and keep her away from Li Chengan.

It wasn't until this day that he came up with such a good idea.

He knew that Li Cheng'an was in love with Mu Qinglian, so he was ready to let Li Chengan accept his proposal at the beginning.

But what she didn't expect was that at this time, Mu Qinglian actually ran over to say goodbye, which made Gao Sheng doubt his judgment.

Could it be that I misread Mu Qinglian? The two encounters were all just coincidences? She had no other intentions?

Just when a series of question marks flashed in Gao Sheng's heart, Li Chengan sighed, nodded and said, "I'll arrange for someone to send you back tomorrow." ”

Hearing Li Cheng'an's words, a big stone in Gao Sheng's heart fell.

In this way, Gao Sheng withdrew from the house to arrange tomorrow's affairs first, and Mu Qinglian also slowly withdrew after saying goodbye to Li Cheng'an.

After seeing Mu Qinglian leave, Li Chengan suddenly felt that his heart was empty, and his mind was also blank, and he could no longer read the cumbersome information on the table.

He looked at the candlelight on the side with some dementia, picked up the tea on the table, and drank it all.

But that cup of tea seemed to be half an inch away from where it had just been placed.

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