Tianyang County, outside Shitou Village.
In the dilapidated earthen house, the old woman was lying on a straw mat with a emaciated figure. His skin was wrinkled like tree bark and stuck to his bones, like a skeleton covered with a layer of loose human skin.
The boy limped into the yard. He looked like a mud monkey, his body covered with grass and marks of being bruised and beaten.
The boy was already nine years old, but he had been hungry all year round and looked short and thin.
"Grandma, I picked it up and ate it, Grandma..."
The boy ran into the house and carefully took out two wild fruits the size of pigeon eggs. The old woman was awakened by him and opened her eyes with difficulty. She looked at her grandson and shook her head hard, her eyes full of pain and reluctance.
"Grandma, can you open your mouth and eat something?" The boy forced a smile that was uglier than crying. "I have thought of a way to make money. I will be able to collect enough money for the medicine tomorrow. Grandma, you will be able to get better after taking the medicine..."
The old woman's eyes were wet, she knew she was dying. Her family had been struggling for a long time, so how could she have the money to buy medicine? Her poor grandson had to suffer with her and was even dragged down by an old woman like her.
If her son were still alive, the child wouldn't be left alone...
The old woman complained that her son was just an ordinary soldier who died on the battlefield, but the court insisted that her son was a rebel. The old man was so angry that he died on the spot, and his wife ran away after giving birth to the child.
She is an old woman who has raised the child alone and has managed to hold on until now, but she can no longer hold on...
Why is it so difficult for this person to live in this world...
The old woman is not afraid of death, but she really can't bear to leave her grandson.
What will happen to the child if she leaves?
Suddenly, something seemed to fall into the yard from outside. The boy was startled and thought it was a wild beast from the mountains that had broken in. He was startled, and the old woman was also startled and tried her best to grab the boy.
"Quick, close the door... don't come out..."
The boy nodded hurriedly, grabbed the fire stick beside him, and ran to the door carefully. When he was about to close the door, his eyes were fixed outside the yard.
The moon was big and bright tonight, and silver frost fell in the yard. The boy saw a cloth bag lying in the yard. A few copper coins spilled out of the hole in the cloth bag.
The boy rubbed his eyes to make sure he was not mistaken. He hurried out and picked up the cloth bag. He felt it was very heavy in his hand. There were more than ten strings of money and a few dimes in it.
The boy's heart was pounding, and he looked left and right but didn't see anyone.
He hugged the cloth bag tightly, ran back to the house, and hurriedly whispered to the old woman: "Grandma, grandma, we have money. Someone threw a lot of money into our house..."
The old woman was startled and looked at the money in her grandson's arms in disbelief.
The old man’s first thought was not to keep the money for himself, but he didn’t dare to accept it.
"Quick, take the money! It's too much. If we take it, something bad might happen. We dare not take it..."
Suddenly, the boy's body stiffened and his eyes turned red.
"Grandma, this is the money Dad gave us. This is Dad giving us money!"
The old woman was stunned: "Da, Dalang, give it to me?"
"Grandma, didn't you hear it? Just now, there was a voice saying that this money was left by my father. She also said that my father was not a rebel..."
"Wow, grandma, we are rich now. Grandma, you can cure our illnesses and we can have enough to eat..."
The old woman burst into tears immediately, climbed up from the straw mat, calling Dalang and hugging the child tightly.
"Hurry up and kowtow to your father. I hope your father is still alive in heaven..."
"Da Lang, you must protect our little Shitou..."
"I knew that my son was not a rebel, not a rebel..."
The old and the young hugged each other and cried. As they cried, they also expressed hope for the future.
They finally survived...
The same thing happened in every corner of the Yong Dynasty.
Li Sanniang was a widow. After her husband died in battle, she raised her daughter together with her mother-in-law and father-in-law. Although life was difficult, they managed to get by.
But not long ago, her father-in-law fell and broke his head and died on the spot. Her mother-in-law was also too sad and died of depression. She and her daughter had no one to rely on. The bully relatives took the opportunity to occupy the land and property, and said that her husband was a rebel and wanted to sell her and her daughter.
After her husband died in the war, her family thought it was unlucky for her to marry a rebel, so they cut off contact with her.
Li Sanniang wanted to escape with her daughter, but she and her daughter had no relatives or money, so they were left with nowhere else to go.
In despair, Li Sanniang had already decided to commit suicide.
At this moment, a cloth bag appeared out of nowhere in her hand. The bag was full of heavy money and there was also a amulet in the bag.
A woman's voice reached my ears.
"This is the compensation your husband deserves after he died in battle. He was not a rebel. Take the money and live somewhere else with your daughter. Don't ask for death so easily."
Li Sanniang burst into tears. She knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly to express her gratitude. She was also heartbroken that her husband had suffered an injustice. She wondered how much worse it would be if it were her parents-in-law. Because of the accusation of being a rebel, their entire family could not hold their heads up.
Li Sanniang thought it was a divine appearance, so she knelt down and begged the divine to clear her husband's name. However, after getting no response, she did not dare to delay any longer.
Taking advantage of the dark and windy night, he took his daughter and some money and left quickly to find a way out.
In the battle in the northern border ten years ago, not only the Zhenguohou family suffered injustice, but nearly 100,000 soldiers who died on the battlefield were also labeled as rebels and charged with treason and collaborating with the enemy.
Their relatives have been stabbed in the back until now and cannot raise their heads. Not to mention that the soldiers who died in the war should receive compensation, it is rare for them not to be implicated.
Qing Wuzhen has amassed a lot of wealth after returning to the human world. She gave part of the silver that Yun Houxing embezzled to the little ghosts in the City of the Dead, and the remaining part plus the money she got from Xiao Chenyan during this period, totaling hundreds of thousands of taels.
However, there were nearly 100,000 soldiers who died in the battle. No matter how the money was divided, each family would only get a few taels of silver.
A life costs a few taels of silver, human life is so worthless in this world.
In Kyoto, young men can spend dozens of taels for a meal outside.
These soldiers were loyal and righteous men who had sacrificed their lives along with her father and brothers. Their families should not be treated poorly.
In addition, the unjust stigma attached to them must also be cleared away.
After a night of traveling, even if Qing Wu took the shortcut of Yin Yang Road, only a hundred households in Longxu would have been saved.
Xiao Yulang was excited at the beginning, but later he became depressed after seeing the miserable conditions in the homes of these orphans who died in the war.
When the group returned to the palace, it was almost dawn.
Yeyou quickly went back to the house, because he could only crawl after being turned into a baby.
Xiao Yulang did not go back to rest immediately. He held Qing Wu's sleeve, looked up and asked, "Aunt, will those uncles who died in the war ever be vindicated one day?"
"Yes."
"I believe in you, auntie!" The little guy nodded vigorously. "I will send the money to their family members later, but auntie, I think just sending money won't be able to help them completely..."
Xiao Yulang was very sad: "Their life is very difficult."
Xiao Yulang always felt that his childhood was difficult. The king was unkind and demoted his wife to a concubine, and wanted to kill him and his parents.
He had been starved as a punishment, but what he saw tonight was that all those ordinary people struggling in the world were trying hard to survive, but even so, their lives were still so difficult.
Qing Wu rubbed his head and asked, "Want to help them?"
Xiao Yulang nodded, his eyes serious but confused: "But I don't know how to help, I'm too weak, I want to become stronger. Aunt, if I were as strong as you, like my uncle, or like Master Huo, would I be able to help them?"
"Then give it a try." Qing Wu saw the faint golden light of merit on the little guy. "Some things, if you don't do them, there is no hope. You don't have to think about whether you can do it now, just practice it. The future is still long, and you will always meet people who share the same path."
Xiao Yulang nodded thoughtfully.
After the aunt and nephew said goodbye, Qing Wu also returned to the yard to take a nap. It was now dawn, and she saw that the lights in her room were still on. She hesitated for a moment before pushing the door open and going in.
The man was sitting in front of a desk with a pile of books next to him. He looked up at the voice and saw Qing Wu. He said naturally, "Have breakfast before going to bed."
Qing Wu said "oh", he was too natural, which made her look stupid and unnatural.
On the table was a tray of steamed buns, soft glutinous rice porridge, and two dishes of her favorite side dishes, all of which were still steaming, obviously brought in at the right time.
Qing Wu originally had little appetite, but she sensed a kind of thoughtfulness from the details, so she sat down and started eating, her eyes involuntarily moving towards him.
"How could you have expected me to come back at this time?" she asked. "You didn't wait for me all night, did you?"
"I'm not waiting for you. I have official business to attend to." Xiao Chenyan replied calmly, "It's inconvenient to travel during the day. If you think it's troublesome, you will naturally come back before the sun comes out."
Qing Wu said "oh" and stuffed a steamed dumpling into her mouth. It seemed as if the incident last night was just lightly forgotten.
After the meal, Qing Wuzhen came back after washing up, and Xiao Chenyan left the room. Instead, Hong Rui came in with a stack of account books and land deeds.
"Xiao Chenyan, give it to me?"
Hong Rui nodded: "The prince heard that you, Princess, touched your private treasury yesterday, and was afraid that you didn't have enough money, so he asked to transfer all the properties in the capital to your name."
Qing Wu was silent.
Judge's Pen: "Ah, this... this, this, this! It's over, Awu, I'm almost moved."
Qing Wu's expression was slightly complicated.
To say that Xiao Chenyan is poor, he is not really that poor, but he has to support the Northern Territory behind him.
This man lives a life like an ascetic monk. In the entire Prince Yan's Mansion, only her courtyard is special and her food, clothing, housing and transportation are all the best.
Xiao Chenyan should not have known about her "giving money" last night, but with that man's brain, he might have guessed long ago that she was not saving money for himself.
"Is there enough food and grass in the North? He doesn't hide it in his own treasury, but instead puts it in my hands."
Qing Wu said this as she took the title deed and looked through it. The more she looked at it, the more surprised she became. All of these shops and farms were in prime locations and were definitely valuable.
The key point is that the shops in these locations cannot be bought with just money.
Hong Rui whispered, "When I brought it over, I took a quick look. It seems that what the prince gave to the princess was the dowry left by the crown princess first."
Qing Wu suddenly realized, no wonder.
Immediately afterwards, my face felt slightly hot.
Xiao Chenyan gave her nothing but his relative's dowry to her. The meaning behind this was obvious.
This man is really...
"So cunning!"
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