Ji Changan's face remained calm, but his heart sank.
He smiled lightly and said, "Why should I care about the results of the second son of the Song family?"
King Cheng smiled: "I thought you would care!"
Ji Changan lowered his eyes calmly: "My Ji family has a big business, and there are tens of thousands of long-term workers. If I care about them all, won't I die from exhaustion?"
King Cheng said softly: "So the Song family is just a long-term worker to you?"
Ji Changan raised his eyes: "Tell me what is going on!"
King Cheng hesitated for a moment, then stood up: "You go somewhere with me!"
Ji Chang settled down for a moment and followed King Cheng out.
King Cheng's carriage left the city and went to a ruined temple outside the city.
Inside and outside the ruined temple, refugees in ragged clothes and with sad faces were sitting or lying, and the cries of children could not be heard.
Ji Changan was stunned for a moment. Where did so many refugees come from under the emperor's feet?
Just as Ji Changan was about to speak, King Cheng signaled him to be silent. At this moment, some people dressed in black came and began to drive away the refugees.
"Master, our home is gone. Now we are not even allowed to live in this ruined temple. Where else can we go?" An old man knelt on the ground and shouted while tugging on the sleeves of the man in black.
"It doesn't matter where you go, you're just an eyesore here!" the man in black shouted, kicking the old man in the heart.
The old man suddenly lay on the ground, his face turned pale, and he could hardly breathe.
At this moment, several young men came to stop them, but they were all kicked to the ground by the man in black.
"Dad, what's wrong with you, dad!" Suddenly, a voice shouted. It turned out that the old man who was kicked down just now started to vomit blood, and a young man shouted loudly.
Ji Changan looked back at King Cheng, knowing that there must be a reason why King Cheng asked him to see this.
King Cheng said quietly: "Don't worry, the fun will come later!"
When those men in black saw that they had hurt someone, not only did they not restrain themselves, but they also disliked the young man's howling and howling, and hindered them from clearing the place. So a few people went over and fought between the young man and the old man.
When one of the men in black stepped forward to drag him away, he revealed the gray guard uniform underneath.
Ji Changan's eyes darkened and he immediately understood that they were from Prince Liang's palace!
"These are villagers from the nearby Wangyue Village. King Liang has recently been enclosing land, but he is afraid that his father will discover what he has done, so he will send these villagers to a bitter and cold place to do hard work!" King Cheng said.
Ji Changan's eyes darkened, and before he could speak, another woman's cry came over there. It was the woman's child who had been crying. One of the men in black was impatient and threw the child to the ground.
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Ji Changan clenched his fingers.
He knew what King Cheng meant when he came to show him these things. King Cheng had always wanted him to join King Cheng's camp and confront King Liang, but Ji Changan had never made up his mind. Although he no longer worked for King Liang,
At least for now, King Liang has not turned against him.
King Cheng forced him to make up his mind.
Ji Changan has been in business for so many years and has experienced a lot of things in the world and in the court. He looks cold on the surface, but his heart is still warm, especially when he sees the miserable appearance of ordinary people, he becomes even more angry.
Why should innocent people become the stepping stone for these people to rise to power!
King Cheng whispered: "King Liang has been preparing for his ascendancy, but I disdain to use these tricks. Eleven, you are so passionate, do you really want the next monarch of our Tianji Dynasty to be someone like King Liang?"
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Ji Changan lowered his eyes. He tried his best to calm down, but the blood in his chest was boiling.
"Eleven, it's time for you to make a choice!" King Cheng said in a deep voice, looking closely at Ji Chang'an, "I need your help!"
Ji Changan clenched his fingers. He had actually made a choice long ago, so he would not help King Liang. However, King Cheng's leg injury would involve Song Tuanyuan, so Ji Changan could not make up his mind.
He still hopes that Song Tuanyuan can live a peaceful life and do his best to protect him.
"Your Majesty, I have always supported you!" Ji Changan raised his eyes and said.
Looking at Ji Changan's smiling eyes, King Cheng sighed. He knew that Ji Changan was still fooling him and still refused to completely become his!
King Cheng ordered the guards behind him: "Please settle those villagers properly!"
The guard quickly responded and left.
Ji Changan saluted King Cheng: "I would like to thank His Highness King Cheng on behalf of these people!"
King Cheng waved his hand: "Eleven, you know what I want. Maybe you really have difficulties. Regardless of whether you can help me or not, I want to be a wise king!"
Ji Changan lowered his eyes and smiled: "Wang Cheng is wise!"
King Cheng sighed and sent the carriage back to the city.
When King Cheng returned to the palace, Old Hao quickly stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's still the same, he didn't express his attitude, but at least these days, he never does anything for Prince Liang anymore, and he also helps Prince Cheng's house in other business affairs!" Prince Liang said in a low voice, "But this king is very strange.
Yes, it seems that when it comes to matters involving the Song family, he is extra cautious, but he refuses to admit it!"
Old Man Hao nodded: "Although Ji Shiyi tried his best to restrain himself, maybe even he didn't know that he leaked too much about the Song family!"
"Perhaps I should go and see Song Tuanyuan in person!" King Cheng said in a low voice.
Old Man Hao was stunned: "Prince Cheng will go in person? Can you go far enough?"
"The results of the imperial examination will be released soon. In recent years, there has been a shortage of talents in the court. Speaking of it that day, my father seemed to be planning to open Enke and recruit talents in advance. Maybe this is a good reason!" King Cheng said, "Recently,
The King of Liang is helping to enclose the land, so he should not care about this!"
Old Man Hao nodded: "If King Cheng comes to visit in person, it will be hard for Song Tuanyuan to refuse. Then Ji Shiyi won't be able to stop him even if he wants to. It's just a big thank you to King Cheng!"
King Cheng shook his head: "Song Tuanyuan is my benefactor. I haven't thanked her politely yet. Now is an opportunity!"
Old Man Hao nodded.
At this moment in Songjiacun, Song Fugui, Ergazi and Daji and Shuangxi carry water from the river into a large vat every day to soak Renzhonghuang. In the more than 50 vats alone, it takes half a day to change the water.
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Song Tuanyuan went to carry water twice, but she immediately suffered from back pain and leg cramps. Song Fugui felt sorry for her and would not let her go again.
With nothing to do, Song Tuanyuan made some more patent medicines and sent them to the Pinghetang in the town.
Shopkeeper Ping hadn't seen Song Tuanyuan for a long time, so he was very enthusiastic about Song Tuanyuan and gave him a good price.
After coming out of Pinghe Hall, Song Tuanyuan walked and walked to the door of Ji's house.
The door of Ji's house is open.
Song Tuanyuan was overjoyed, and just as he was about to come to the door, he saw the carriage driver who had sent them back coming out of Ji's house. As soon as he saw Song Tuanyuan, he asked: "Doctor Song, do you want to use a carriage?"
Song Tuanyuan was stunned and shook his head: "No, I'm just going home on the way!"
The carriage driver smiled and said: "If you need a carriage, just tell me. Now that the young master has not come back, I have to stay at home all day, and it feels uncomfortable to be idle!"
Song Tuanyuan responded and thought to himself, it turns out that Ji Changan hasn't come back yet!