old friends return

The oiran looked at Liu Qingyan and Cheng Muzhi with a face of "so you have such a relationship", and went out with a smile to order the servant outside the door to serve the dishes.

Liu Qingyan didn't speak, and blushed patronizingly, but she wasn't angry.

While waiting for the food to be served, Liu Qingyan looked up and down the layout and furnishings of the room again. How to say, there was a sense of decadence, but it was not difficult to see that this oiran was also a favorite of thousands of people. love lord.

Cheng Muzhi pulled him to the window to have a look, but there was no light on the street that was supposed to be bustling at night, and every house closed its doors early, and occasionally heard a few barking dogs, but it was nothing. It is empty to add a sense of desolation.

Standing behind the two of them, the oiran suddenly said, "You are not ordinary people, are you? Looking at your attire, if you really want to investigate these things about us in Cangzhou, I really beg you to give me some refreshments..."

In addition to begging, there was only a slow sadness in the tone.

"Why does your brothel seem to be closing down soon? You don't open for business at night?" Cheng Muzhi asked. At this moment, the young man outside brought up the dishes, and the three of them sat at the table together.

Cheng Muzhi brought food to Liu Qingyan while listening to the oiran.

"Business? Where can I do business!" Ru Yan sighed, "How many young and middle-aged men can be found in these streets and alleys? There are no more men, what kind of business do we do?"

Liu Qingyan paused with his chopsticks, is that really the case?But where did these men go?No wonder I walked two streets during the day and saw that the shops were full of women and children.

"The flood in Cangzhou has just passed, but looking at the scene on the street these few days, it doesn't seem like life is hard." Liu Qingyan put down his chopsticks and completely lost the desire to eat.

"Isn't that right?" Ru Yan shook her head, "The officials in Cangzhou, few of them are good people, they trade people for food!"

"What? Exchange people for food?" Cheng Muzhi and Liu Qingyan were a little surprised by the answer, "Exchange those young and middle-aged people for food? With whom?"

"Who else can there be? The Japanese pirates in the southeast! The flood has just passed, and we did have no food to eat. There are still many people who are sick, but the supervisor and the county magistrate are afraid that they will die on their heads. Wu Shamao couldn't keep it, so he just suppressed this matter!"

"Illness..." Liu Qingyan murmured, "If I'm sick at this time, I'm afraid it's mostly an epidemic. How can I suppress it?"

"How else can we suppress it?" Ruyan sneered, "Drive all the sick people to a town, kill them all, and then set fire to it. There are two small towns under Cangzhou, namely dead city."

Liu Qingyan couldn't help gasping, how different such atrocities were from what Yan Qi did during the drought that year!Emperor Hengde didn't know that the officials who disregarded human life were so rampant. If he and Mu Zhi didn't come this trip, wouldn't they just be blocked like this!

Sure enough, Cheng Muzhi's face was also very ugly. These bastards who are far away from the emperor, what qualifications do they have to be the parents and officials of the people, they are simply not worthy of being human!

Liu Qingyan tugged Cheng Muzhi's sleeve lightly and shook his head at him.

It was only then that Cheng Muzhi realized that Ruyan on the side seemed frightened by his expression, and looked at him strangely and in fear.

Cheng Muzhi smiled slightly, "Go on, I'm really shocked, I've never heard of such a way to deal with the epidemic."

At the end, his tone was still involuntarily chilled.

"There's nothing more to say. The epidemic is under control, which is great news for those dog officials." Ru Yan seemed a little tired, her eyes were bloodshot and extremely red.

"Then what's the matter with exchanging people for food you just said?" Liu Qingyan felt that what was hidden here should be more chilling than the massacre of the city.

"It's nothing." Ruyan shook her head, a little weak, "after all, just after the catastrophe, everyone's life is not very easy. The prison order said that the Japanese pirates outside were short of people to do things, so they asked each household to pay a few. Young and middle-aged people go out to help. Good for food."

"After this time, I will never come back again." Ru Yan choked his throat and let out a very soft sob.

"The person you like has gone too?" Liu Qingyan asked her, staring at the red string on her wrist.

Ru Yan seemed a little surprised, she nodded after a long time, and tears finally rolled down like she couldn't stop. "He said he wanted to go out and make some money to redeem me."

"But I didn't expect that more than half a month has passed and there is no news..."

"Didn't the imperial envoys come from the capital a few days ago? Why don't you expose the crimes of these officials?" Cheng Muzhi asked, and seemed to come to his senses after asking.

The answer is obvious.

"Heh, the crows in the world are black. Who knows if these imperial envoys are protecting each other? Besides, how easy is it to file a complaint? If the magistrate can go to Shengjing to ask the imperial envoy, he will use up eight and a half of his nine lives."

Ruyan sneered, her tone full of disdain, "Big guy knows very well, if the complaint fails, my life will be lost, and if the complaint is successful... Oh, God knows..."

Cheng Muzhi and Liu Qingyan really didn't know what to say for a moment.

Words of relief?Or promise him that he will find out the matter?Will these fools who care about human lives be brought to justice?

It's too early to tell.

Cheng Muzhi put down another ingot of gold, "This is the price for the meal just now."

Liu Qingyan turned around and saluted her, "Thank you, miss."

Ruyan was stunned for a moment, she stood up and the tears were still wet, but her eyes that should have been full of dust were bright and clear, she took a handkerchief and wiped away her tears carefully, and got up to return the salute.

"I thank you both. If I'm lucky, I hope to see him again." The white teeth are slightly exposed, which is the thought of the youngest daughter's family.

Cheng Muzhi and Liu Qingyan nodded, turned and left.

Turning around, both of them had no smiles on their faces.

Cheng Muzhi's expression was unprecedentedly ugly, while Liu Qingyan's expression was also solemn.

"I really didn't expect that this trip has yielded a lot." Cheng Muzhi said with sarcasm, "Father, where did he put the people..."

Liu Qingyan continued, "Your Highness, the most urgent thing right now is to know what kind of work the Japanese pirates want my young and middle-aged men to do."

Cheng Muzhi sighed, "There are still a lot of things to check... Not long after the incident with the barbarians, the restlessness started again here."

"These officials, although I guessed that they would behave a little bit, but I really didn't expect it to be such a mess."

Cheng Muzhi's anger was almost uncontrollable. He was not only angry with his father's inaction, but also angry with himself as the prince of a country, but forcibly watched two disasters happen to his own people, and the officials were so angry. They are all worse than pigs and dogs like this.

He himself can do nothing!

"What they want to keep is the black hat on their heads. What they want is to occupy the mountain as king! Even the bandits and bandits have more conscience than them." Cheng Muzhi's fists gradually tightened, and the words were almost one by one. out of teeth.

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