"Ahem, it's nothing really. It's just that my young master is always paying attention to the situation in various places. I know a little bit about it too. My master said that when the situation is unstable, the court is uneasy, and there are frequent disturbances in the surrounding areas, it is a sign of a chaotic world."
Mo Lan: "..."
It's already chaotic enough, how much more chaotic can it get?
Along the way, she realized she had seen everything, both what she should and shouldn't have seen. She had money, so she could do whatever she wanted, but the common people didn't. At each checkpoint, they were interrogated about their ancestors for eighteen generations, and in the end, they would lose one or two copper coins.
"Don't disbelieve me. To tell you the truth, we have people outside who are there to gather intelligence. When we encounter particularly bad situations, the young master uses local resources to set up soup kitchens for free and provide relief."
Seeing Mo Lan's silence, Ting Yu assumed she didn't believe her mistress's words and couldn't hold back any longer.
"Although my young master looks cold, he actually has a compassionate heart."
Mo Lan looked at Ting Yu and almost couldn't help but laugh. Qin Su was clearly an indifferent person. How could he possibly have a compassionate heart?
It wasn't that she underestimated him, but even if he did some good deeds, there would be vested interests involved. In any case, doing good deeds for no reason wasn't Qin Su's style; that was her definition.
However, that person has a broad vision and a grand perspective. He thinks ten steps ahead before taking one step. Even if he doesn't reap any rewards at the time, there's no guarantee that he won't in the future.
So, from the first time she met him, she knew he was dangerous and wanted to stay away from him. But fate is so intriguing.
The more she tried to avoid seeing him, the more likely she was to run into him. Gradually, she changed her mind. Since she couldn't stay away from him, she decided to be friends with him.
Having one more friend is many times better than having one more powerful enemy.
"You're right, Qin Su is a man with the world in his heart." He is not afraid of temporary gains or losses, nor does he argue about short-term gains or losses. Sooner or later, he will achieve great things.
Hearing Mo Lan's praise, Ting Yu became smug. See, she knew she could help the young master.
“You’re right. My master does indeed have the world in his heart. When he was traveling before, he passed through a village. The people in that village had eaten something and suffered from diarrhea. Many people died. Other villages thought it was a plague and banded together to burn them alive. Later, my young master sent me to check and I found that there was a problem with the water source. There was oil floating on it. Although I don’t know how it was caused, after diverting water from another source and using medicine, it was quickly brought under control.”
"Later, I went up the mountain to investigate the cause and found that not far from the spring, a black viscous substance was gushing out from below. The black substance that had just emerged was still hot, and after cooling, it solidified into clumps. Wherever Zhou found these things, the weeds were withered and yellow, and the surrounding trees were half dead."
As Tingyu spoke, she shook her head. "That disgusting stuff, all sticky and slimy, gets into the villagers' water supply. No wonder they get sick."
"And then?" Mo Lan looked at Ting Yu, urging him to continue, a strange feeling creeping into her heart. Why did the things he was talking about seem so familiar?
"Out of curiosity, I wandered around the area and actually found something. On the other side of the woods, there were large patches of those dark things, like puddles, with water and oil floating on top and that kind of slime underneath. If you threw a stone in, it would sink in very quickly. It was very dangerous."
"After examining them, I found that these things must have been quite old, because there were many hardened lumps on the edge of the puddle, like stones, extremely hard, and the further you went into the center, the softer they became."
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