Conspiracy

Chapter 210

There are many villages outside the city of Kyoto, but they cannot match the many poor people who were displaced by the war.Although they were given relief from the court, they often still had nothing to eat and no clothes to cover their bodies.

So many poor people hid in the mountains and built kilns or grottoes.

What Su Zhen is going to is the largest slum in Huanyu Mountain. I heard that after decades of development, they have established a small village.

Two horses, one black and one white, galloped out of the forest and stopped in front of a hillside.

Su Zhen and Jing Yao stood on the slope and looked down, as expected, although there were trees behind the opposite mountain depression, it was not difficult to see that most of the small villages were grottoes or cave dwellings, and very few had thatched houses.

Jing Yao looked up at the scorching sun above her head, raised the back of her hand to wipe off the sweat, Su Zhen got off the horse, and tied the rein to the tree skillfully.

"Huh? Why don't you leave?"

"Are you tired? Take a break first."

"okay."

Jing Yao jumped off the horse, tied the rein and sat on a relatively clean and flat stone, picked up a leaf and fanned it.

Su Zhen has been observing her, and finally couldn't help but said, "I thought you were a spoiled princess."

"You don't look down on people, I don't like the palace! If the concubine didn't send a message saying that she misses me, I wouldn't come back!"

"Princess, you are on good terms with Lord Yu's younger sister. If she can really enter the palace as a concubine, she will definitely participate in the battle in the harem. Then how will you treat her in the future?"

"You mean Wan Wan? Actually, I can't figure out why she has to jump into the fire pit to share the same person with so many women. How nice it is to find a good man and spend the rest of my life together!"

Su Zhen smiled, took off the water bag at her waist and handed it to her, "Drink some water to quench your thirst."

"what?"

Today's Su Zhen may have changed her official uniform, so her words and deeds are totally different from that of Mr. Meng Lang last night.

"It's new, I haven't used it."

Hearing what Su Zhen meant, Jingyao blushed rarely, took out the cork and took a big gulp after taking it, the cool liquid was swallowed down her throat, dispelling a lot of heat.

She glanced at Su Zhen quietly again, and asked, "Su Zhen, do you and General Xiao really have some ulterior secret?"

"If you think too much, it's easy to grow grass in your head."

"Su Zhen, you really don't understand etiquette!"

Jingyao finally changed her mind towards Su Zhen, but it became fragmented again in the blink of an eye.

The two sat under the tree to rest for a while, Su Zhen looked at the willow branches above her head, stepped on the stone and jumped up and pulled a few down, leaning against the tree with her back, humming a little song, weaving along the circle, and then Embellished with small purple flowers, it was quickly woven into a wreath.

After looking carefully again, he raised his hand and put it on Jingyao's head.

The shadow above Jing Yao's head was shrouded, the hot wind blew past her face, and the slender willow leaves slid across her cheeks, making it itchy.

Looking up in surprise, she saw that Su Zhen had already got up and untied the rein beside the tree.She sat up abruptly, and the wreath on her head almost fell off. After straightening it upright, she closed the water bladder and asked, "Are we leaving?"

"Well, I didn't bring dry food, it's better to go out early, so as not to be hungry."

"Oh! That's it!"

After descending the hillside, they entered the valley, where the trees were dense, and the insects were constantly singing in the bushes. Fortunately, there were obvious paths to identify the direction.

When the two approached the exit of the forest, they finally saw the smoke rising from the kitchen. Jingyao rubbed her stomach, and involuntarily pursed her lips and swallowed her saliva.

"hungry?"

"Yeah." Jing Yao's cheeks were a little hot, "I heard that you had an accident in the palace today, so I left the palace right away, and I haven't had time to have breakfast."

Su Zhen looked at the dilapidated houses not far away, and frowned, "But I'm afraid you won't be used to their food."

"It's okay, I'm not afraid."

As they had imagined before, the village didn't even have a symbolic boundary stone, and the trails were muddy. Except for a few conspicuous dilapidated thatched huts, most of the villagers lived in grottoes and earthen cave dwellings.

There is a well in front of the village, which is covered with a stone slab. Su Zhen stepped forward and looked through the gap. It was so deep that she couldn't see if there was any water in it.

The two entered the village and found that the village was even less populated than they had guessed.

Fortunately, they didn't go far when they heard the noise ahead, as if there was a dispute.

"Su Zhen, let's go and have a look."

"Ah."

Not far away, a group of servants dressed in gray cloth shirts surrounded a man in brocade clothes. He was covered in jewels and looked very vulgar.

They were confronting a group of villagers in rags and sackcloth in front of a thatched hut.

On the ground lay a commoner scholar, wearing a black scarf on his head, and holding two books with blue covers in his arms. However, due to the serious tearing, he could not see the original appearance clearly, but he still regarded them as treasures and held them tightly in his arms. inside.

Facing this group of ferocious 'dogs', he struggled to stand up with the support of other villagers. Seeing their complacent appearance, he couldn't help clenching his back molars. He was obviously unwilling to do so, but he was unable to do so. .

"You scum, it's a disgrace to gentleness! People must be bloody to live! A literati is invincible! Accumulation is just a process, it doesn't mean that we will always endure and submit! It doesn't mean that you are right! These food are the common people They worked so hard to grow it! They lost their home due to the war, but you still want to deprive them of everything left! Why do you take those grains! What's more, it was your Huang family who maliciously tricked you, so they rented your house Fields, become sharecroppers! Become your slaves! You! You are not worthy to be called human beings at all!"

"Hehe!" Huang Yi smiled sinisterly, his triangular eyes were full of evil spirits, "He Lan, do you think you have a place to speak here? You are not afraid that my young master will burn your broken thatch on fire in a fit of anger. House! I don’t think you need to farm with these guys to make a living. I heard that you used to come from a scholarly family and read a lot of poetry and books. Why don’t you go back with me and write articles for me to relieve your boredom? As for what kind of writing? You should understand."

"Bah!" Seeing the undisguised lust in Huang Yi's eyes, he spat directly at him, with blood in his saliva, "I, He Lan, have nothing but this arrogance for a long time, so why am I afraid of being alone again?" !"

"You really are a bitch! You don't know what's good! Come here! Burn!"

"Yes!"

Seeing those servants looking for torches, they really wanted to ignore the laws and set fire to commit murder in broad daylight, panic flashed in He Lan's eyes.

An old man with frosty temples beside him tugged at his sleeves, and persuaded him earnestly, "Xiao He! You'd better leave quickly! We can't beat them!"

"If you can't fight, you have to fight! How can they have the final say on the laws of heaven and kings!"

"Pfft! Idiot! He Lan, a pedantic scholar like you! You deserve to be bullied! If you help them, I won't be able to keep you!"

(End of this chapter)