Thief Emperor

Chapter 765 The Court is Wrong

Luoyang City.

As the morning sun shone on the city gate, the gate of Luoyang slowly opened.

After the city gate was opened, no one walked around the gate for a long time. After about a cup of tea, a woman who looked like a commoner, skinny, finally came with a basket of vegetables on her back. With an extremely cautious look in her eyes and her head lowered, she approached the Luoyang city gate little by little.

She looked very panicked and didn't even dare to look up, but she still gritted her teeth and approached Luoyang City little by little.

After an unknown amount of time, the city gate finally appeared in front of her. The woman took a deep breath and was about to step into the city when a voice came to her ears.

"This elder sister."

The woman was frightened by the voice and almost fell to the ground. The vegetables in the basket on her back fell to the ground. She didn't even dare to stand up. She just bent down to pick up the vegetables. When she had picked up half of the vegetables, she looked up and saw that the person who had just spoken to her was a soldier in military uniform. She was already timid, and now she was even more frightened. She almost fell to the ground, and her legs became a little weak.

"Master Jun, I won't sell it anymore, I won't sell it anymore..."

Those guarding the Luoyang city gates were naturally the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army. Most of these soldiers were from Jiangnan Province, and some were from Shannan Province. They all spoke with some accent.

The soldier who spoke to the woman was a Qiantang native, and his speech was even more difficult to understand. He said several sentences to the woman, but the woman did not understand a word and became even more frightened and panicked.

He said a few more words, and the woman was so scared that she even knelt down and kowtowed to him.

The soldier had no choice but to help the woman up while looking at his comrades beside him. Fortunately, there was a soldier from Shannan East Road nearby. He smiled and stepped forward to help the woman up. He said with a smile: "My dear sister, he just wanted to see what was in your basket. He has no bad intentions."

Although Luoyang has been stabilized now, necessary security is still necessary to prevent someone from causing trouble in the city. Therefore, some contraband items are still not allowed to be brought into the city.

This vegetable basket can hold a lot of weapons.

After all, Shannan East Road is not far from the Central Plains. Although the dialects are quite different, at least they can be understood. The woman then hurriedly showed the basket of vegetables to the soldiers guarding the gate.

The soldier from Qiantang County asked a few more questions. The woman felt more at ease now and answered carefully, "My lord, my home is in a small village 20 miles west of Luoyang City."

"In the past two years, Luoyang Prefecture has not been peaceful."

The woman wiped her tears and continued, "My husband and two sons were drafted into the army and have not returned yet. Now we have no food to eat and our youngest daughter is sick."

"So...so I want to come to the city to sell some vegetables and exchange them for some flour..."

She was still a little timid when she spoke, and tremblingly said: "Let my daughter eat something good so that she can get over the illness..."

The soldiers looked at each other, and the soldier from Qiantang County took out a dozen big coins from his pocket, handed them to the woman, and said, "Sister, I'll buy these vegetables."

Although the woman still didn't understand what he was saying, she understood his intention from his actions. She was surprised and bowed to the soldiers repeatedly to express her gratitude. She also took out the fresh vegetables from the basket and placed them aside.

After doing all this, she took a dozen copper coins from the Qiantang County soldier, looked at them in her hand, looked up and wanted to say something, but did not dare to open her mouth.

The soldier from Shannan Road saw what she meant and said with a smile: "Sister, this is Jinling money, which is different from the previous Zhou money. The quality is much better than the previous Zhou money."

"With this money, you can go into town and buy things."

The soldier paused and said, "It shouldn't be a problem to buy a few kilograms of flour with this money."

As he spoke, he hesitated for a moment, and took out another seven or eight Jinling coins from his pocket, handed them to her, and sighed: "Sister, you have also been harmed by this world. Take it. I wonder if this money is enough for you to buy a dose of medicine."

The woman was timid and honest by nature, so she didn't dare say anything. After taking the money, she gritted her teeth and walked into Luoyang with her head held high.

After entering Luoyang City, I looked up and saw many people setting up stalls and selling goods on both sides of the wide road.

She had no interest in reading these things. She was about to go buy some flour when a man in black clothes approached her with his hands behind his back and asked, "Sister, which village are you from?"

The woman looked at the visitor warily and did not answer.

This man who looked very majestic actually had no temper. He just smiled and asked, "Just now at the city gate, I happened to hear the eldest sister talking to those officers. I learned that there is a sick daughter at home."

"In recent years, the Central Plains has suffered several disasters, and everyone has had a hard time. Lord Li of Jiangdong has now sent some doctors to various villages to provide free medical treatment, and they don't charge any money."

"Tell me the name of your village, and I'll see if I can get a doctor to come to your village to diagnose your daughter."

The woman still looked at the man in front of her alertly, without saying a word. After staring at him for a long time, she turned around and ran away, staggering. The man was startled, then stood there in a daze, not saying a word for a long time.

A middle-aged man who looked like a scholar walked up behind the man and said with a smile, "It's rare to see a superior being humiliated."

At this time, the only person who could be called the superior in Luoyang City was Prince Li who had already occupied the Central Plains.

Li Yun looked back at Du Qian behind him and said with a smile, "It's okay. I'll ask Jiusi to send someone to follow her and we'll know where she lives."

Du Qian smiled and said, "Why don't you just reveal your identity?"

Li Yun shook his head slightly: "It doesn't make any sense."

He looked up into the air and sighed, "Now, even if we give her family ten or a hundred strings of cash, we can afford it. But now there are too many families like this in Henan Province and even in the whole world. When there are too many people, we can't afford it."

Du Qian nodded slowly and smiled, "On the battlefield, in front of the enemy, the superior is like a killing god sent from heaven, but in front of these ordinary people, he is rare to be gentle."

At this point, Du Qian looked at Li Yun and added: "I have never seen this kind of tenderness when I was in Jiangdong."

Li Yun came back to his senses and said with a smile: "It's already very difficult for them to be alive, why should I be so fierce and vicious?"

As he said this, he looked back at Du Qian and said with emotion: "To be honest, I did this head-losing thing because I had these compassionate hearts. Otherwise, with my ability, it would not be difficult to protect myself in this chaotic world."

Mr. Li sighed and said, “It’s so difficult just to accomplish these things.”

"But today, there is one thing that makes me very happy."

Li Yun chuckled and said, "The price of grain in Luoyang has dropped a little today."

During the initial period of time, Li Yun was almost entirely responsible for supplying food in Luoyang City.

Later, grain merchants finally came into the city and began to sell grain, but the prices remained high.

Up to now, the grain price in Luoyang has finally dropped a lot. Although it is still not the normal price, it is already a low price in recent years.

Du Qian also felt the same way and whispered, "The drop in grain prices means that Luoyang... is already recovering."

He looked around, seeing the peddlers and vendors that were everywhere in Luoyang City, and said with a smile: "When I was studying in the capital, I didn't feel it before. I didn't know what it was like down there. I only knew that I could be a high-ranking official and bring honor to the Jingzhao Du family."

"It wasn't until I followed the upper echelons that I realized what it was like down there, and how fulfilling it was to do something for these ordinary people."

“This feeling is wonderful.”

Du Qian chuckled and said, "Compared to fine wine and beautiful women, this is much more refreshing."

Hearing this, Li Yun smiled but did not respond.

What Du Qian said is very right. Doing these things does give you a sense of accomplishment, especially when you see things getting better little by little because of you, and when you see some people getting better because of you.

This kind of spiritual sense of satisfaction is hard to imagine for those who have not experienced it personally.

Sometimes, it even goes beyond physical enjoyment.

The two men spent the whole day walking around in Luoyang City, and it was not until the evening that they arrived at the gate of the camp.

After entering the headquarters, Du Qian suddenly asked: "Before taking office..."

Li Yun knew why he wanted to do that. He looked back at Du Qian and said with a smile, "It's the bandits."

Du Shouyi smiled when he heard this.

"To rise to power and become a bandit, that must be..."

"The court is wrong."

(End of this chapter)