There's always someone who wants to break up with me

"My girl has been missing for three months..."

Three months ago, the woman's daughter went to the mountains to collect firewood. The woman waited for her daughter to come home as before, but she didn't know that her daughter didn't come home when it was dark.This disappearance lasted for three months.

The night was bitter and cold, and the woman had only her daughter to depend on her for life. Now that her daughter was gone forever, she immediately lost the support of her life, and she shed tears day after day.

Yuan Yao and the two also vaguely heard words like "girl" and "missing" from the victims of the disaster along the way. They focused on the relief food and didn't pay too much attention to it.

The more the woman cried, the more it became difficult to restrain herself, and finally she couldn't even speak, and only tears flowed wantonly on her face.

After bidding farewell to the woman, Yuan Yao and the two headed towards the city all the way.Depression was everywhere along the way, and Yuan Yao's mood became more and more solemn.The prefect An Xiren guarded himself from stealing and colluded with the bandits. To allow him to be in office for a day is to let the people suffer in water and fire for a day.

Now that the facts are in front of them, Yuan Yao and the two have no evidence to punish Xiren's crimes. The matter is really difficult.

There are more and more missing girls in Yanzhou City, and people in the city are panicking.

Yuan Yao and Xu Cen looked at each other, and their voices were firm: "An Xiren must be eliminated."

Xu Cen hummed and said, "If An Xiren is not eliminated, it will be a hidden danger after all."

Yuan Yao looked solemn: "My people are suffering, but I can't help it."

Xu Cen gave him a white look, and asked, "Your Highness, don't you want to hang around and wait to die?"

Yuan Yao's expression froze, he forced a smile, and said, "It's still necessary to eat and wait for death,"

After walking for a long time, the two finally saw the city gate when the sun was setting.

The setting sun shone on Yuan Yao's body, stretching his shadow long, which gave a sense of tranquility.

Yuan Yao nudged Xu Cen gently with his elbow, and asked, "How do you know that my ideal is to eat and wait to die?"

Xu Cen smiled without saying a word. After a long time, he pointed to his head and smiled slightly: "I have a brain, so I naturally figured it out."

The two spent a simple makeshift night in the suburbs. As soon as the sky turned gray, the two packed up and continued on their way. They promised the woman that they would find her daughter back.

Yuan Yao briefly asked about An Xiren's character among the victims, and he had a surprisingly good reputation among the people, and all the people Yuan Yao asked praised him.

"An Xiren, An Xiren..." Xu Cen repeated An Xiren's name over and over, frowning slightly, with a serious expression.

"I seem to have heard of this person's name." Xu Cen frowned.

Yuan Yao also looked at Xu Cen solemnly, waiting for his next article.

The time was too long, Xu Cen held his left hand empty, leaned on his forehead and thought hard, and slowly said: "This man is a Jinshi in Jing'an for four years, and his writing is brilliant. Become a big weapon."

Yuan Yao licked his lower lip and sighed: "I didn't expect Mrs. Xu to miss it sometimes."

Xu Cen just sighed and said, "My father praised him in every possible way back then, why is he like this now?"

In the bandit's den, the man who was furious because of the uneven distribution of spoils was clearly An Xiren.The two of them didn't understand what made him look like this, so they could only sigh "God's tricks".

Literati officials like An Xiren have a common feature, that is, they will not allow unexpected things to happen, which also provides convenience for Xu Cen and the others to collect evidence.An Xiren must have accounts with the bandits in his hands, and these can also be the best evidence for Yuan Yao to punish An Xiren.

Yuan Yao decided to take the risk and sneak into Anxiren's mansion.

As far as Yuan Yao's three-legged cat's kung fu is concerned, he is very good at escaping, so Xu Cen had to risk his life to accompany the gentleman.

Selling people in famine years has long been the norm. Perhaps the buyer in Anfu was too hasty, so that Yuan Yao and the other two got in smoothly.

After entering the Anfu, the housekeeper didn't ask these servants to do any heavy work, just clean the house every day. It is reasonable to say that the size of the Anfu can't use so many people, but the housekeeper still takes care of it every day. People come in and give them rations every day.

After finishing a day's work, Yuan Yao and Xu Cen chatted with other servants in the room. The room prepared by Anfu for the servants is not big, but it is clean. A bunch of people are in one room, and it is boring at night. Can also chat.

"Master An is really a good man!" One person raised his head, and everyone in the room except Yuan Yao and Xu Cen responded one after another. "Yes, Mr. An is really a good official!" "Mr. An has spent a lot of thought to let us eat." "There are not many good officials like Mr. An these days!"

These people's quarreling with each other gave Yuan Yao a headache, but he also sensitively captured a message in the words of these people: An Xiren bought so many servants to feed them, so why didn't he just open the door? Porridge shed?If he really cared about the people, why did he collude with those bandits?All kinds of doubts linger in Yuan Yao's heart, disturbing his mind.

The servant's room in Anfu was Datongpu, a dozen or so elders crowded on a kang, and Xu Cen was lying beside Yuan Yao.Xu Cen's eyes were good, and he saw Yuan Yao clasping his palm in the dark.Seeing that Yuan Yao would not let go of his own hand for a while, Xu Cen reached into his quilt, held his hand, and then leaned close to Yuan Yao's ear, and said softly: "Your Majesty, use Buying people's hearts with small benefits is a common method used by hypocrites, don't you even understand this?"

Yuan Yao slapped Xu Cen's palm lightly, and Xu Cen quickly withdrew his hand, which was still stained with sweat from Yuan Yao's palm.It was strange to say that it was cold at night, but Xu Cen felt that the place the crown prince touched just now seemed to be scorched by fire, it was very hot.

Yuan Yao pondered Xu Cen's words silently in his heart, is it a common method used by hypocrites?But in the past few days, he has secretly seen An Xiren a few times, and the concern for the people shown in his expression does not seem to be fake.If it was for acting to buy people's hearts, An Xiren didn't have to do this at all, and An's mansion was simple and frightening, not like a normal official residence at all. I heard that An Xiren sold a lot of family property to help the disaster.While he was greedy for the people's life-saving food, he sold his property to save his life. Yuan Yaoyue became more and more confused, so he simply stood up and decided to find out.

Xu Cen was lying beside Yuan Yao, and Xu Cen had always been a light sleeper, so when Yuan Yao made a big move Xu Cen would wake up immediately, and he asked him softly what he was doing.Yuan Yao, on the other hand, rolled over and landed lightly, and said without changing his face, "Get up at night."

Then the door was pushed open by him, and the cold wind outside the door penetrated into his neck, making him shiver.Since it was said that he was going to wake up at night, he would definitely arouse the suspicion of that little fox Xu Cen if he was dressed tightly. The handsome and mighty prince felt that he had to bite the bullet, man, what are you afraid of if you are cold?

Yuan Yao went out sneakily, his words could deceive others, but he was close to being able to deceive Xu Cen.Xu Cen guessed what Yuan Yao wanted to do when he got up together. It was not a good idea to visit An Xiren at night, but there was no other better choice in terms of the current situation.Xu Cen moved deftly, got up without disturbing others, he picked up Yuan Yao and his coat, and walked out the door lightly.When the door closed for the second time, someone in the room quietly opened his eyes.

The prince was standing in the yard shivering, obviously he overestimated his ability to withstand the cold.Suddenly a piece of clothing was draped over his shoulders, and after subconsciously thanking him, he realized that Xu Cen was standing behind him with a look on his face.

Although he couldn't see clearly under the faint moonlight, Yuan Yao still felt that Xu Cen's face must be as dark as the bottom of the big iron pot in the imperial dining room that had been used for decades.

Guo Di Cen opened his mouth, and Yuan Yao shivered from the cold: "Then should I say no thanks?"

Although the process went through several twists and turns, Yuan Yao still took Xu Cen to the roof of An Xiren's study.All of these deficiencies can be summed up in one word: Xu Cen is afraid of heights.The ghost knows how much effort the crown prince has had to get Xu Cen to the roof without a sound. Even if he is lying on the roof, Xu Cen's face is still snow-white, and the blood is almost gone from fright.

The man in black who was hiding in a tree not far away rubbed his arms, it was really cold at night.He took out a small bottle of chili powder from his pocket, dabbed a little on the tip of his tongue, and put the bottle away carefully. These days, people who rely on shaking for warmth will freeze to death.

It was already late at night, and An Xiren was still reading at night by a candle in his study. Yuan Yao had been dispensing medicine powder in the dim light of a dark room all year round, and his eyesight was not very good. He patted Xu Cen's head lightly, motioning him to take a look. The situation in the house.

Xu Cen was frightened to death, his calves were shaking, his face was as pale as a piece of paper, but the emperor's order was inevitable, so he obediently put his head to the crack of the tiles to observe the situation in the house.

The man on the tree yawned, wiped away the tears trapped in his eyes, and continued to stare at the two on the roof, jokingly, he would not be able to deal with any of these two if something happened.

An Xiren stayed up late in his study looking at the disaster situation. The water level of the Yellow River has receded a lot in the past few days, but after the flood, there must be a plague. In some places, people have died of the plague. Most people in Yanzhou are still suffering from hunger and cold. The situation is not optimistic.An Xiren held the ink brush and sketched bit by bit on the paper. Xu Cen squinted his eyes to see that it was a map of Yanzhou. Because the paper used for the drawing was not good, the place An Xiren had drawn with the brush was blurred. .

What Xu Cen and Yuan Yao witnessed with their own eyes showed one thing: An Xiren was a good official who cared about the common people and lived in poverty.But if this is the case, then the men in the cottage and the delayed arrival of disaster relief food will become a big problem.

Yuan Yao came here full of questions, and returned with more questions.It was getting late, and there was nothing to be gained from spending time on the roof. Yuan Yao dragged Xu Cen to go down, but found that Xu Cen beside him had fallen asleep at some point.He breathed evenly, his eyelashes fluttered slightly, like a butterfly fluttering up and down under the moonlight.

It took Yuan Yao a lot of effort to wake Xu Cen up, and took him back safely.

Seeing Yuan Yao's tendency to go back, the person on the tree almost fell off the tree in a jerk, and hurried back to the house before the two of them.

The next morning, the man closest to the door sneezed three or four times in a row. It was strange. Why was it so cold last night? Why was the wind so strong in the room? Is there a leak somewhere?The man decided to ask, but seeing the other people in the room as if nothing had happened, he was too embarrassed to ask.

Yuan Yao looked at this man who kept sneezing, and immediately took it to heart.

The author has something to say:

The man closest to the door (sneezes); why is it so cold at night

Yuan Yao, Xu Cen, the Man in Black (Watching the Sky): We don’t know anything