Dressed as the teacher of the Black Lotus Emperor

The crisp and sweet sound of birdsong outside the window awakened the sleeping people.

The fingertips placed on the bed moved, and Shen Qingzhuo slowly opened his eyes, his expression blank for a moment.

A good night's sleep, just because there was a familiar atmosphere around me last night.

The sound of gurgling water rang in his ears, and the hot and sticky memory came back. Shen Qingzhuo sat up with his upper body quickly, and raised his hand to cover half of his face.

Help, how could he have such a shameful dream?

Could it be that you have a pure heart and few desires, holding back for too long...

Just as Mr. Shen was reflecting on himself, there was a knock on the door.

He thought it was Xiang Chen, so he replied, "Come in."

With a "squeak", a tall and vigorous figure came into view, "Sir, you are awake."

Shen Qingzhuo was startled, and subconsciously rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand.

What's going on, is he still in the dream and hasn't woken up?

The gentleman is dressed in a snow-white underclothes, draped behind his shoulders like a cloud of blue silk, sitting on the bed and rubbing his eyes in a dazed manner, looking charming and cute, Xiao Shen's heart is sore and numb, full of soft love.

He walked quickly to the bed, wrapped Mr.'s hand into his palm, and said with a low smile: "It's me, Mr. is not dreaming."

Shen Qingzhuo blinked his eyelashes, and suddenly came back to his senses, "Why are you here?"

Xiao Shen lightly rubbed the back of the cold jade-like hand with his fingertips, and replied solemnly: "He came on horseback."

"You—" Shen Qingzhuo frowned, "Don't interrupt, you know that's not what I asked!"

"Mr. Li has been unable to take down the rebel army for a long time, and I received a memorial from my husband. I found that the situation in Suzhou was worse than expected, so I decided to come here in person." Xiao Shen replied seriously, "Don't worry, sir, the emperor The Empress Dowager has been placed under house arrest by me in the Longevity Palace, and Mrs. Pei and Mr. Xie Ge were in charge in the previous dynasty, so nothing can go wrong in a short time."

"Cough, cough..." Shen Qingzhuo coughed angrily, "Suzhou is already chaotic enough, you still have to cough..."

Xiao Shen quickly leaned over to admit his mistake: "Sir, don't be angry, I'll go back to the palace right away after finishing my business."

Shen Qingzhuo stopped coughing, looked at the little apprentice's face, couldn't say anything serious, and just sighed, "You are the Holy One now, who can stop what you are determined to do? "

"Sir..." Xiao Shen took his hand and shook it coquettishly, "Don't worry, sir, if there is any change in Shengjing, you can return to Beijing within seven days."

Shen Qingzhuo was surprised: "So fast?"

It took six days for the post soldiers to rush to send the memorial back to Shengjing without eating or drinking, and several horses died, but the little apprentice arrived in Suzhou within seven days?

Without saying a word, he clasped the big hand behind his back and opened it, and sure enough, he saw that the palm was strangled by the rein and was bloody.

"Are you stupid..." Shen Qingzhuo's nose soured, and his voice softened, "No matter how bad the situation in Suzhou is, why do you bother yourself like this when you have Mr.

"Okay, I admit it." Xiao Shen leaned closer to Mr. again, seeing that he didn't refuse, he tapped his chin on his shoulder, "I have selfish intentions..."

As for his selfishness, Shen Qingzhuo knew it well without asking.

The atmosphere quieted down, Xiao Shen raised his eyes and stared at the face that was close at hand, his thin eyelids were covered with black and blue, which formed a sharp contrast with the plain white complexion.

The husband is much thinner than before he left Beijing. Last night he touched his flesh and blood inch by inch, only to feel that he was so thin that he was terrified.

"Xue Shihang said that Mister hasn't closed his eyes seriously for several days." Xiao Shen's tone suddenly sank, "I don't eat well, I'm not here, Mister doesn't love himself like this?"

"You still have the nerve to say sir?" Shen Qingzhuo asked back, pinching his thin face, "Why don't you look in the mirror and see how heavy your dark circles are?"

The two people with blue and black eyelids looked at each other for a moment, and couldn't help laughing.

After laughing, Shen Qingzhuo hugged the little apprentice, "Get up, sir will apply the ointment to you."

Now that you are here, let's quickly solve all the intractable diseases.

***

On the second day after Xiao Shen arrived in Suzhou, the army escorting the food also arrived smoothly.

The long line was endless at a glance, and the grain trucks were filled with full-grained rice grains.When the army entered the city, the victims stared blankly at the food, wanting to pounce on it and put it in their pockets, but also afraid of the heavily armed soldiers, so they could only stagger along with the team, hoping to catch the leak.

Shen Qingzhuo stood at the gate of the city, and said lightly: "When people are extremely hungry, they can do anything. If someone rushes up to grab food at this time, the rest of the people will rush forward. Anyway, the result is death. It's better to be a Full of ghosts."

Standing beside him, Xiao Shen replied in a low voice, "I know...what hunger feels like."

Shen Qingzhuo gave Master Xue a look.

Xue Shihang immediately shouted angrily: "Everyone, don't worry! This is the food sent by the imperial court! It will be distributed to the victims soon! Let the food team advance into the city!"

Those victims turned their heads to look at them, only numbness remained on their sallow faces.

The imperial court gave disaster relief again and again, but in the end they didn't even see a grain of rice, and they had long given up any hope.

"This time, the imperial court sent high-ranking officials to personally escort the grain." Shen Qingzhuo took the words, "I hereby assure everyone that every grain of grain will be delivered to the victims."

Soon the victims discovered that this time it seemed to be really different.

After the grain was counted and put into the warehouse, Mr. Shen was going to organize the first opening of the warehouse to release the grain.

Luo Zhizhou with a big belly stood behind him, staring at the full warehouse of grain, his eyes almost glowing, "Master Supervisor, this grain..."

Shen Qingzhuo glanced at him, "What's wrong with the food?"

Luo Zhizhou looked around twice, and tugged on Lord Lashen's cuff, "My lord, take a step to speak."

Xiao Shen frowned in disgust, resisting the urge to chop up that pig's trotter, and quietly followed behind Mr.

Luo Zhizhou noticed that he was following, and winked at Mr. Shen again.

Shen Qingzhuo replied indifferently: "This little lord and I are bosom friends, if Luo Zhizhou has something to say, he might as well speak it out."

confidant?

Xiao Shen slightly raised his eyebrows, suppressing his restless heart.

"Okay, then I'll just say it straight." Luo Zhizhou winked, "Master Shen doesn't know something, the price of grain in Suzhou is soaring now, these grains are worth thousands of dollars!"

"Luo Zhizhou means..." Shen Qingzhuo hesitated for a moment, "But this is the relief food allocated by the imperial court, so you can't move it easily?"

In Luo Zhizhou's heart, there are no officials who are not corrupt, only those who are not very courageous, so when he secretly investigated, he also sent enough information to Luo Cheng on the surface, and sure enough, as soon as the relief food arrived, he couldn't wait to pull him into the gang up.

"The sky is high and the emperor is far away, so how would the imperial court know?" Luo Zhizhou lowered his voice, "Besides, if we transfer these grains to merchants, don't we still sell them to the people in the end? Different routes lead to the same goal, different routes lead to the same goal!"

Shen Qingzhuo's face remained unchanged, "Luo Zhizhou's words are reasonable, but since the court has come, at least we have to put on a show and distribute a batch of food first."

Seeing this, Luo Zhizhou laughed so much that his fat face trembled, "Sure enough, my lord is right! The money converted later is [-]% for adults and [-]% for lords. Is it appropriate for you to see it?"

Mr. Shen frowned slightly, as if dissatisfied.

Luo Zhizhou quickly explained: "There are still a lot of officials under the lower officials, and they all have to have a share in seeing them, so that they can stop everyone's mouths!"

Shen Qingzhuo's brows relaxed, "So, everything will follow Luo Zhizhou's arrangement."

After Luo Zhizhou left triumphantly, Mr. Shen's expression darkened instantly, "Did you see? It is because of these corrupt officials who carelessly ignore human lives that the common people are in dire straits."

Xiao Shen's eyes were cold, "Don't worry sir, I will chop off his head and feed it to pigs."

"Come with me again." Shen Qingzhuo turned around, "I'll take you to see what purgatory on earth looks like."

They walked through the streets all the way, and all they could see were emaciated victims.

Some victims were beaten to the point of bleeding for half a piece of blackened hard steamed bun, and the mother who was holding the baby cried and stuffed the cut wrist into the mouth of the baby who was crying for food.

Finally, they came to the west of the city.

"In order to prevent the spread of the plague after the disaster, I ordered people to move the corpses of the victims who had died for a long time, and prepare to burn them together." Shen Qingzhuo stood far away, pointing at the pile of corpses, "everyone there, originally There are families and relatives."

Xiao Shen's throat twitched, he turned around and led the gentleman back, "I saw it, sir, let's go back."

"You have seen mountains of dead soldiers and soldiers on the battlefield, now take a closer look at these common people." Shen Qingzhuo did not struggle, and asked in a heavy tone, "Little Qi, you understand the responsibility of the monarch that Mr. has repeatedly emphasized to you. What is it?"

Days of hard work made his face pale and haggard, and his thin body was covered by a loose blue robe, making him look more and more frail.

And between the picturesque eyebrows and eyes, there is always a lingering pity and sorrow, pity for these victims who have suffered so much, and worry about how to save more people.

At this moment, Xiao Shen's heart twitched violently uncontrollably.

"I understand, sir." After a long time, he firmly held the cold hand, and promised solemnly and reverently, "I will treat the people as my own, and I will do my best to protect my people."

His favorite husband has tears in his eyes, for the people who are suffering at this moment.

Today he swears here that he will become a qualified king, so that his people will have no worries about food and clothing, no longer be displaced, and their families will be destroyed.

He knows there is still a long way to go, but as long as Mr. is by his side, he will be fearless and invincible.

***

When returning to the mansion, Shen Qingzhuo's expression returned to normal.

"My lord, holy—Master Xiaoshen." Xue Shihang stepped forward to greet him, "The first wave of opening granaries is over."

"Okay." Shen Qingzhuo walked in, "How is the situation in Suzhou grain market?"

Xue Shihang replied: "As you expected, after the second skyrocketing of food prices in Suzhou, rice and grain from the two surrounding states have poured into Suzhou, and the number of granary hoards has skyrocketed."

Shen Qingzhuo laughed: "The price of food in Suzhou has become sky-high, but now that the food from the imperial court has arrived smoothly, the merchants hoarding food may be in a hurry."

"My lord..." Xue Shihang glanced at His Majesty, hesitant to speak, "I'm afraid the food alone is far from enough."

"Of course not enough." Shen Qingzhuo replied calmly, "That's why we put the bait and catch big fish."

The treasury is empty, and there have been successive disasters, and the granary has long been empty. Only half of this batch of grain was filled with cars, and the other half was covered with straw to disguise rice.

Xiao Shen suddenly understood, "Sir, do you want to catch rich businessmen and gentry who buy government food?"

"Stealing and selling official food is the same crime as buying and selling." Shen Qingzhuo sneered, "Wouldn't there be food after buying the granaries of those rich merchants?"

At that time, the supply of grain that normally flows into Suzhou will far exceed demand, and grain merchants will be forced to reduce the price of rice to a minimum.

Xue Shihang nodded, "I seem to understand a little bit..."

At this time, a childish voice sounded: "Uncle Shen! Uncle!"

Shen Qingzhuo was startled, then turned around and bent over in one go, picking up the pink-clothed female doll who rushed over.

After this period of recuperation, Plump's face has pink flesh, two pigtails tied up behind his head, and he looks extremely cute in festive clothes.

When Shen Qingzhuo saw her, his heart softened, and he couldn't help but "baji" and kissed his little cheek.

With this sip, Xiao Shen's expression suddenly changed.

"Uncle! Eat candy!" Baobao took out the candy from his mouth and stuffed it into Mr. Shen's mouth.

"No, let's eat when you are full." Shen Qingzhuo smiled and rejected the candy covered with saliva, and turned to look at the little apprentice, "I forgot to introduce, this is full. I met her on the street on the first day in Suzhou. brought it back."

Xiao Shen's face was so gloomy that he was about to drip ink, "Baby?"

Sir never called him that!

Baobao turned her head to look at the big brother who was unfamiliar. Although she looked a little scary, she still obediently shouted: "Brother!"

Xiao Shen responded with a dark face.

"Wait a minute! I'm full, you are called Uncle, and Brother Xiaoshen?" Xue Shihang laughed, "Isn't this a junior?"

Xiao Shen: "?"

The author has something to say:

Wolf Cub: Sir, you actually picked someone up behind my back again!

Sir: Don't get excited, you are still my favorite cub!

Wolf cub: I don't believe it, unless my husband is willing to eat my saliva...

The epidemic is repeated, wives must pay attention to protect themselves!If you're really bored, read Manman's novels and have fun!

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