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Chapter 71

Tang Jian and Duan Zhixuan approached and saw on the cover of the pamphlet, "The labor of a talented man and a beautiful woman is divided."

When I opened it again, I found that it was about a love affair between a talented man and a noble lady.

Tang Jian's face sank, he stuffed the pamphlet into his sleeve, and lectured Wang Yu: "I didn't learn well at a young age, but I actually read the book behind Tang Gong's back, so I confiscated it."

After a pause, he warned her: "This is your first offender, so I won't tell Mr. Tang. It's just this one time, and it won't be the same in the future."

Wang Yu wanted to roll her eyes, but when she didn't see his bright eyes, she clearly wanted to see them, so why did she say that he would confiscate them?

snort!!

But she had already read it, so she gave it to him.

Just making jokes like this made Duan Zhixuan feel calmer. When he left, he glanced at the big tree in the courtyard.

The three of them walked to the lobby and saw the waiter driving away the beggars at the door: "Let's go, let's go. If you don't go, I'll beat you up."

When the old beggar saw the boy raising the stick in his hand, he shrank in fright and pulled his granddaughter away.

Xiao Yu'er frowned: "Have you noticed that there have been a lot of beggars in Jinyang City recently?"

Tang Jian handed the copper coins to the shopkeeper and said casually: "These are not locals, they are refugees from Henan. I found them half a month ago.

"However, after hearing what you said, thinking about it, it's really been a lot more in the past few days."

The shopkeeper couldn't help but answered: "Who says it's not the case? These days, many refugees come to the restaurant to beg for food every day, making it impossible for me to operate.

"I heard that there are more refugees outside the city. Most of them gather at the Daqing Temple on the southern outskirts of the city."

Duan Zhixuan was surprised: "Daqing Temple? It has been dilapidated for a long time and there has been no one there for a long time. Last time I passed by there, the roof collapsed. How can people still live like this?"

The shopkeeper sighed: "It's better to have a roof over your head than nothing at all."

The three of them were silent and walked out the door.

"Brother Tang, please send Xiao Yu'er back to the Duke of Tang's Mansion. I'll go back first," Duan Zhixuan said.

Seeing that he was not drunk, Tang Jian had nothing to worry about and said goodbye to him immediately.

Duan Zhixuan walked a few steps, then suddenly flashed around, went around to the alley behind, climbed over the wall and jumped into the backyard of Zuixiang Building.

He flew up the tree and found the sachet in a branch.

When he returned to the mansion, Duan Yanshi had been waiting for him, "You are back."

Duan Zhixuan nodded and asked: "It's so late, why hasn't Aye slept yet?"

As soon as he asked the question, Duan Yanshi's worried eyes caught his eye. Duan Zhixuan finally realized that his father was worried about him.

Duan Zhixuan felt warm in his heart and smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Aye, I'm fine. I went drinking with Tang Jian just now. It's getting late, Aye, go to bed, I'll go back to the room first."

After that, he walked to his yard.

Duan Yanshi saw that he was as usual, he didn't seem sad and felt a little at ease.

Duan Zhixuan returned to his room, opened the lid of the incense burner, took out a sachet from his arms, and threw it into the incense burner.

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When having breakfast the next day, Wang Yu suddenly lost her appetite while looking at the hot bird's nest porridge. She told Li Yuan about the refugees: "Tang Gong, have you noticed that there are many more refugees in the city recently?"

When mentioning the refugees, Li Yuan looked heavy, put down the chopsticks in his hands, and said, "I have known about this for a long time. Those refugees came from Henan. Their hometown was hit by war, so they had no choice but to come to Taiyuan.

"Now there are two to three hundred refugees in the city, and there are thousands of people outside the city. This is the result of the city gate guards' control."

Li Shimin continued: "This is not a way to prevent refugees from entering the city. When they are hungry, cold, and desperate, they will still enter the city. By then, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop them even if we want to."

Wang Yu touched the tiger's mouth and muttered: "It is better to block the situation than to block it. If we suppress it violently, we will have an uncontrollable situation."

Li Yuan was silent.

Li Shimin frowned and thought.

Changsun looked at the three of them and suddenly said: "I have a good idea."

All three people looked over.

Mrs. Changsun covered her mouth and coughed, then said slowly: "Xuanzhong Temple has been repaired, and we were supposed to invite ladies from various mansions to visit it in two days.

"Currently, there are not many monks in Xuanzhong Temple and there are plenty of rooms. It is better to place these refugees in Xuanzhong Temple. If there is still food left in the mansion, we can send it to Xuanzang Temple first for emergency response.

"It's just that if Xuanzhong Temple is used to resettle refugees, it will be inconvenient for ladies from all the provinces to attend the ceremony, so we should cancel it."

When Wang Yu heard this, she thought that if she canceled the ceremony, she wouldn't have to deal with those ladies. Talking about Buddhist scriptures would be too nerve-wracking. So, she nodded repeatedly: "This is a good idea, just listen to Sister Changsun."

Li Shimin clapped his hands and praised: "My wife is really smart. This solves the problem of accommodation for the refugees. If there is not enough food, just get it from the government granary."

"In the spring of next year, the imperial court's military expenditure will arrive."

Wang Yu added: "They will be resettled first, and then the young and strong men among the refugees will be selected and sent to the army. The women, children, old and young will stay in Xuanzhong Temple, doing odd jobs or doing farm work. In short, those who can do the work will do it.

Work, and those who can't work will rest."

Li Shimin's eyes shone. In this case, the number of conscripts would increase a lot.

Li Yuan glanced at them, his lips raised, and he was quite satisfied: "Well, you guys are really smart kids, and I am very happy to have you.

"Okay, let's leave this matter to Erlang and his wife."

...

Jinyang Prison.

Not to mention how enthusiastic the government officials were when they saw Wang Yu. This was the young ancestor of Duke Tang's mansion and the favorite young man of Duke Tang.

Oh, no, it’s the little lady.

Looking at Wang Yu, who was still dressing up in men's clothing, the Yamen servant couldn't help but admire in his heart, the little lady is so handsome.

The people in the city are the most gossipy. Yesterday, Madam Zhang's words "Little Madam Wang" spread like the wind. But in just one day, the people of Jinyang City all knew that there was an ice-snow and smart "girl goddess" in the Duke of Tang Dynasty.

"You can memorize two books in five hours, practice Qigong every day, and master all the six arts of a gentleman.

Yes, I heard before that you can memorize one book in five hours. Now that you are older and smarter, you can memorize two books in five hours.

"Little lady, be careful of the steps."

The yamen servant reminded Wang Yu diligently and even extended his hand to help Wang Yu, for fear that she would fall.

But we can't let this little ancestor fall here. This is the treasure that Duke Tang holds in his hands, and they can't afford to offend him.

Haven't you heard that their leader, Captain Zhang, went to Tang Guogong's Mansion to plead guilty yesterday? We must learn from past mistakes.

"Madam, we're here, Liu Wenjing is inside."

Wang Yu said calmly: "Open the door."

Normally, if someone said this, they would have turned around and left. At the very least, they would have to make some money before they could open the door.

But the people in front of them were the little ancestors. They didn't say anything and just opened the lock. They were still worried whether the little ancestors would dislike them for being slow.

"Mr. Liu, I'm here to see you." Wang Yu smiled broadly at Liu Wenjing.

When Liu Wenjing saw her, her eyes glowed with love: "Xiao Yu'er, why are you here?"

"I'm here to bring you something delicious."

Wang Yu put the food box on the ground, took out the contents, and placed them on the food table one by one: "Tang Gong specially ordered the cook to make some of your favorite dishes. These are the pine flower belly and the glutinous rice stuffed rice."

Treasure duck, shredded chicken, crystal elbow, steamed lamb, assorted tofu, shredded pickled melon, and wing soup.”

After the names of the dishes were announced and the aroma of the dishes was announced, the government servants around them started to salivate and kept swallowing their saliva.

It smells so good.

After Liu Wenjing entered the cell, her treatment was better than that of ordinary prisoners at first, but compared with her previous life, it was miserable.

Later, Li Yuan went to fight, and his life was reduced to that of a serious prisoner. His food was all sour, and his steamed buns were so hard that he almost knocked out his old teeth.

Just a small complaint, there are not even hard steamed buns.

Now seeing the dishes that are delicious, delicious, and delicious, Liu Wenjing can't help but feel her eyes well up, this is how people live.

He couldn't wait to pick up his chopsticks, put a piece of shredded chicken into his mouth and chewed it. Ugh, it was so fragrant and delicious.

While Liu Wenjing enjoyed the delicious food, she kept talking to Wang Yu.
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