dhibooks Chapter 82
Chapter 82
The students knelt on the ground in a hurry.
Gu Li looked at them and said seriously: "Stand up, why are you afraid to speak?"
Jiang Wenyuan said in amazement: "Your Majesty? Are you really Your Majesty?"
Gu Li sat down and looked at him: "Next spring, if you can enter the palace examination, you will naturally know whether I am Your Majesty."
The students exchanged a look, His Majesty meant to let the past go, and also allow them to participate in the spring next year?
The students were excited for a moment, and they didn't know what to say. Jiang Wenyuan hesitated and said: "Your Majesty... I didn't know that Gu Yixing was you. If I knew, I wouldn't dare to say anything carelessly."
Gu Li asked: "Why did you dare to make a mistake without knowing that Gu Yixing was me? Do you really know that you are wrong?"
The students lowered their heads in shame, and Jiang Wenyuan said: "Your Majesty, in fact, when we arrived in Liaodong and actually went to the battlefield, we knew about Yang Shangshu's difficulties, and we also knew about His Majesty's difficulties... The reason why I blamed you just now is because I was deceived by you, and I can't swallow this breath."
A person next to him pulled Jiang Wenyuan's sleeve and hinted him with his eyes: Brother Wenyuan, how dare you speak!
Jiang Wenyuan was not afraid, he had an intuition that the emperor in front of him could hear the truth.And he also wanted to understand that if His Majesty was really angry, he could arrest them and put them in prison. The reason why he took so much effort to lure them to Liaodong was actually just to let them experience experience.
His Majesty has his good intentions.
Gu Li laughed and asked, "Then tell me, what did you see in Liaodong?"
The students chattered in a hurry, telling what they had seen, heard and felt in Liaodong.
Jiang Wenyuan was sitting, looking at His Majesty silently. The lush flowers and trees outside the meditation room reflected the panes, and the brilliant autumn light was patchwork. His Majesty was sitting against the light, with a slender hand resting on his chin, listening to them with great interest.
The brows and eyes are always gentle, and the eyes are always clear.
After reading books for 20 years, he has never seen such a majesty in history books.
Having grown up in his early twenties, he finally understood the meaning of being loyal to the emperor and serving the country.
His blood was surging in his chest, and he wanted to dedicate everything to such a majesty.
After the listeners finished talking about the "military training", Gu Li stood up with a smile and said: "It seems that you have gained a lot in Liaodong this time, and I am very pleased that you have not risked your life in vain. Ladies and gentlemen No matter whether you want to make a fuss in the future or become an official in the court, you should not take it for granted. You need to keep in mind: without investigation, you have no right to speak. It is good for young people to have ideals and passion, but they must also have a clear mind and not be easily fooled. Instigated by people, he became a gunman. In the spring of the coming year, everyone needs to work hard."
After Gu Li finished speaking, he left with Xie Lian.Jiang Xiasheng and Xiao Tan walked in, Jiang Xiasheng said: "Since everyone has met my master, this matter is over. Whether you want to go back to your hometown or stay in the capital, please feel free. Write articles to criticize my master, He doesn't mind, but the master said, it's really wrong for you to criticize Yang Shangshu, remember to apologize to the old man."
After Jiang Xiasheng finished speaking, he went out with Xiao Tan.
The members of the sentient beings were silent for a long time, looked at each other a few times, and finally realized what they had experienced today. No one would believe what happened today!
No matter whether they traveled thousands of miles to Liaodong, but stayed in Liaodong for more than a month and went to the battlefield, or came to the capital to fight Gu Yixing, only to find that Gu Yixing is the emperor, this experience is really bizarre!
Gu Yixing is actually His Majesty, they scolded Gu Yixing for being so vicious before, His Majesty let it go, and today he listened carefully to what they said about Liaodong, and encouraged them to work hard for the imperial examination!Who would believe this!
One of them snorted, laughed out loud, shook his head, and there were some crystal lights in his eyes.When he smiled, everyone laughed too. Smiling and laughing, everyone hugged each other and couldn't help but wipe their eyes.
Several people asked the servants and book boys to inquire about Yang Shangshu's mansion, and they went to visit together.Jiang Wenyuan went to Yang Shangshu's house and saw that there were only two or three servants in the courtyard of only three couplets. Although he didn't see Yang Shangshu himself, but seeing the plainly dressed servants and this small mansion, he knew Yang As expected, Shangshu's family background is as rumored, thrifty and poor.
Jiang Wenyuan then bought some melons, fruits, meat and eggs, and stuffed them to the two children playing at the gate of Yang's house: "Are you the grandson of Yang Shangshu? Help my brother take this to Yang Shangshu."
Zhending Bo Zhou Ermao: "..."
Prince Gu Youzhen: "..."
The guard who secretly protected Gu Youzhen saw him and rolled his eyes: Does this scholar know who he is asking to deliver the things?Brother, are you worthy to be our Majesty's son?
Jiang Wenyuan still didn't know that he had asked the future emperor to help him with some things during his youthful and frivolous years, and he left contentedly to visit his good friend Yuan Ruoxi in Beijing. Talking about Chunwei, I finally fell asleep from exhaustion.
The next day, Jiang Wenyuan and several Wensheng hired a carriage to leave Beijing, and went south to visit Yang Tingbi's hometown, Gong'an County.Yang Tingbi was reviewing books at home to prepare for the coming spring. When he saw some friends coming, he warmly entertained them.
He did not participate in the writing of the crusade against Yang Shangshu and Gu Yixing, but he also knew that Gu Yixing named them in the "Da Chu Morning News" and asked them to go to Liaodong to participate in the literary conference.Moreover, after more than a month, these friends have changed a lot. Although they are black and thin, their eyes are shining. Yang Tingbi intuitively felt that they were going through a lot. Gu Yixing, why did he go to Liaodong? How is this article going? Have you seen Mr. Jin Yong?"
The life member said: "Hey, speaking of this, we were detained as soon as we arrived in Liaodong!"
"Who detained it? Could it be that the Wenhui was a Hongmen banquet? Didn't you bring more people there?"
"There are more than a dozen of us, and some of us brought servants and bookboys. There are not enough people. It is Governor Guan Jin who detained us, and it was ordered by His Majesty!"
Yang Tingbi became serious when he heard His Majesty's words, and said, "I think His Majesty must have his intentions in ordering Governor Jiao to detain you."
Jiang Wenyuan nodded and said: "Exactly! Your Majesty is here to beat us and let us experience it. Only when we went to Liaodong did we realize how shallow our views on the Liaodong war were! Oh, it's a big deal to actually attack Yang Shangshu." Shouldn't!"
Another person said with a smile: "Brother Ting Bi, don't make fun of Wen Yuan, this kid has become His Majesty's loyal supporter since he met His Majesty."
Yang Tingbi said seriously: "Have you seen Your Majesty?"
The life member proudly said: "Exactly! Brother Tingbi, you were asked to go with us at that time, but you refused, what a pity! If you go, you will be able to see His Majesty."
Yang Tingbi clenched his fist unconsciously and asked, "Why is Your Majesty in Liaodong?"
"Where is it in Liaodong? We didn't see him until we went to the capital."
Several people talked about the passage from Liaodong back to the capital.
Yang Tingbi asked: "Then your majesty... what does he look like?"
Friends were also worried about his refusal to go to Liaodong together at that time, but they wanted to make a fool of themselves, saying: "Next year, if you enter the palace examination in Chunwei, you will naturally be able to meet your majesty. When you see your majesty, you will be surprised!"
The matter of the students in the south has finally been dealt with, and Gu Li hopes that some of these people will be the pillars of the country, so that his hard work has not been in vain.He told Yu Guangle that he could choose some articles from students and literati to publish in the "Da Chu Morning News". Gu Yixing's vest had already achieved the function of attracting others, and there was no need to use it again in the future.
The official Xu who killed Baixin in Jiangxi and Hunan has been escorted to Beijing and handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for trial.After interrogation by the Ministry of Punishments, he realized how complicated these low-level officials were.
There are many servants who work in the yamen, they are called regular servants, and some are called Zhenglongzi. There are usually five or six people in a regular servant position. , or called white members.
In other words, these white bodies are temporary workers of the grassroots government.Of course, these temporary workers can only be hired if they have connections and contacts.
And the number of white members is often more than ten times the number of regular members!A small part of these people's salaries are distributed by the Yamen, and most of them come from searching the common people.
How to search for common people, an example was given in the interrogation of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.These license check officers confiscated the wine utensils from the wine shop and blackmailed them on the grounds that "drought and food are expensive, so it is not allowed to cook wine and sugar" (1). Be patient for a while, take private money and bribe him.
From Gu Li's understanding, even if the restaurant owner sued the higher-level officials, the probability of success might be small.Because of the huge team of these active duty white bodies, they are deeply rooted in the local area, and they have connections in the yamen government office. Yang Tingfang's end was normal.This is why the two parents and officials in Jiangxi and Huguang wrote to him for help.
And these white people can earn more than a hundred taels of silver every year through extortion, which is worth more than ten years of farming for an ordinary farmer.
If this kind of white-collar workers who harm public interests and harm the interests of the masses are not removed, the common people will not have a good life.The disaster brought by this group of people is as great as that of Wang Zheng, who is in power and corrupt.Gu Li decreed that those who committed the most heinous crimes should be pushed out of Xuanwu Gate and beheaded, and the rest of them would be sent to the Ministry of Industry to build official roads and reservoirs after their family property was confiscated, and they would be forced to serve ten years of hard labor.
Gu Li mentioned the matter of the white members in both the residence newspaper and the "Da Chu Morning News". He rewarded the white members with their family wealth and encouraged the common people to report and arrest the white members.In addition, each locality needs to conduct self-examination, and report the number of administrative quotas in each yamen to the Ministry of Officials. If there is an overstaffing, it will be rectified in a timely manner.
He asked Jiang Yanshu to send someone out to check the rectification situation, and Xie Lian led the guards to protect him.If it wasn't for his inconvenience to go out of Beijing, he would like to go out and have a look by himself.
In addition, he also consulted with Jiang Yanshu. He set up a supervision department in the capital. In fact, he can only protect the people in the northern Zhili area.Some common people would not travel thousands of miles to Beijing to sue officials if they were not forced to die. For those small places that infringe on their interests, they will bear it as long as they can.
After discussing with Jiang Yanshu, he dispatched people from the thirteen censors to thirteen provinces to set up a supervisory department, independent of the local administrative system, to supervise local officials. Or if the rectification is ineffective, you can report to the Supervision Department.
There are more than 100 censors in the thirteenth censor, and there are still some people to send out, but it is necessary to select honest and capable ones, otherwise the Supervision Department and the local officials will work together, which will make life even more difficult for the people.
Jiang Yanshu took the order and went.
Gu Li thought again, when Geng Chongming comes back next time, he needs to tell him to pay attention to observe whether there is any overstaffing of yamen servants in various prefectures and counties. In addition, he should also be asked to help supervise the Supervision Department. Remove immediately.
Dachu has a vast land and abundant resources, and it will probably take Chinese New Year before these things are done.What Gu Li is most concerned about right now, other than that, is the situation in Liaodong. I don’t know what Jiao Liewei is doing. The prime minister went to see it personally; the third was that Nie Guangyu and others built a reservoir in Pingyang Mansion and reclaimed wasteland. The free labor sent here also went quite smoothly.
Chen Feng's progress in France was not so smooth.
He has already been awarded the title by the Queen of England, and with the help of Sir Roy's friend, the Duke of Normandy, he crossed the English Channel and came to France to meet Cardinal Richelieu.
Although Richelieu was quite interested in Chen Feng's method of preventing smallpox, he seemed to regard Chen Feng as a magic stick, and had no interest in what Chen Feng said about establishing a company and issuing banknotes to raise military expenses.
Yes, Chen Feng intends to establish a joint-stock company with trading privileges similar to the East India Company.I don’t know whether Yi Xin was on purpose or not. He read a lot of books on economics. After coming overseas and seeing the trade privileges of the East India Company, Chen Feng planned to establish a company and obtain trade licenses from various countries. With the great opportunity of the Thirty Years War to make a fortune.
He didn't care how much the religious dispute between Protestantism and Catholicism would cause human casualties, or how much Spanish immigration to the American continent would cause Native Americans.He is not a savior. Now that he has caught up with the good opportunity of the 30-year war, the only thing he wants to do is to try his best to muddy the water.
With the dossier written by Yi Xin for him, Chen Feng could easily win Richelieu's favor, but Richelieu's arrogance also made Chen Feng understand that the time to persuade France to take a stake had not yet come.Chen Feng stayed in France for several days, and under the recommendation of Richelieu, he visited King Louis XIII and the princes and nobles of his country.
Before leaving, he gave Richelieu the method of vaccinating against smallpox, and presented him with the strategy of attacking the fortress of Clarochel, which was an important stronghold of the Huguenots.As we all know, the Huguenots are a thorn in Richelieu's side, and it will be a matter of time before he takes action against La Rochelle. Chen Feng is willing to help him - anyway, it was written by Yi Xin.
Chen Feng turned around and went to the Netherlands and Stockholm. He saw the advanced shipbuilding industry of the Federal Republic of the Netherlands and the new smoothbore guns in Stockholm. A fleet of ships and firearms go back to Dachu to snatch Yixin, oh no, go back to Dachu to rebel and defeat the dog emperor, what are the chances of winning.
Fu Shaoge never came back.
There have been fewer troubles in Jianlu recently, and Jiao Liewei sent an informant to inquire about it. Abach does not plan to go to war within this year—the smallpox hit is not small, and Jianlu must recover. Since Jiao Liewei built the Guanjin line of defense , Repairing the city wall with cement has become a hard nut to crack. Abach weighed it and finally decided not to send troops.
I heard that Pu Juncheng was so angry that he beat his chest and stomped his feet, as if the whole world was drunk and I was sober.
It seems that Fu Shaoge did go to Chen Daoping's place, and the plan was successful.
It was Fu Shaoge who never came back.
Fang Congjian reported to his superiors, and the deputy general of Jinzhou blamed him for not following along. Fu Shaoge might have wanted to run away a long time ago because he was guilty of a crime.
Fang Congjian believed that Fu Shaoge did not run away. If he wanted to run away, Cheng Kuanbo could have killed him and escaped when he was in Shengjing.
Fu Shaoge must have encountered an accident.
In any case, this is a soldier under his own hands, and he is going to bring him back.
The author has something to say: This chapter is a bit short for Feng Feng's appearance, and there will be more in the next chapter.I beg you to do more research on Holland, ships, and European firearms, and bring back the technology when the time comes.
(1): This is from Wu Si's "The Law of Blood Remuneration", which is also quoted from historical materials.This kind of non-staff personnel existed in the Ming Dynasty, but there were not so many, three to four times more than the number.
In addition, I will put the follow-up plot of Fang Congjian and Fu Shaoge below. This section is mainly to promote the emotional line of the two and explain Fang Congjian's background, which has little to do with the main plot.I know that some readers don't like the side CP, so I put it in the story if it has nothing to do with the main line, and you don't need to spend money to buy it.
Fang Congjian went to ask his superiors again, and the deputy chief soldier was a little unhappy, and asked him if he had let Fu Shaoge go. He was afraid of taking responsibility and wanted to run away.Fang Congjian went to find Jinzhou General Soldier. He had a good relationship with Jinzhou General Soldier and was single-handedly selected by him. Jinzhou General Soldier readily approved him to find someone.
Fang Congjian didn't know where to find someone. The weather got colder the further north he went, and after crossing the Daling River, it started snowing.
At night he huddled with the horse to sleep, and in the middle of the night, Ma Qiuqiu barked and hit him with his wet nose.Fang Congjian woke up and found a pair of green eyes not far away.
It's a wolf!
Fang Congjian immediately became alert, drew out his dagger and short knife, and the wolf had already pounced on him.
Fang Congjian and the wolf fought each other, and after some fighting, the wolf was injured, his blood splashed on the snow, and he ran away whimpering.Fang Congjian didn't dare to stay any longer, fearing that the smell of blood would attract other beasts, so he quickly got on his horse and left.
He suddenly thought, could it be that Fu Shaoge met a wolf?Cheng Kuanbo was by his side to protect him, unless both of them were injured, there would be no news from him.
Fang Congjian thought about it, there are still some farmer's farms in the south of Daling River, if Fu Shaoge and Cheng Kuanbo live in the farmer's house, someone can send news.Presumably the two of them should not be around here.
He walked into the snow valley north of the Daling River.
It was almost dawn when he walked near the snow valley. Fang Congjian identified the traces on the ground. There were some small animals in the snow valley, but there were no large beasts. Going deeper, he actually found human footprints.
The footprints were very shallow, and covered most of them with snow, and disappeared halfway. Fang Congjian pulled the horse, stood there and called out: "Fu Shaoge!"
His voice echoed in the snow valley, and the sound of the snow was shaken down a lot.Fang Congjian became alert and did not dare to call again, for fear that an avalanche would bury him.
The sound of the rustling snow did not stop, Fang Congjian stared at it, and saw the snowdrift falling down, a head was exposed from the snow hole, with a cluster of snowflakes on the gray hair, looking at him: "Here we come!" ?”
It's Cheng Kuanbo.
Fang Congjian hurried forward, tied the horse under the tree, cleared the snowdrift at the entrance of the cave, and walked in.
Fu Shaoge was lying on the ground, his face was pale, he squinted his eyes and glanced at him, wondering if he was still conscious, but he closed his eyes again as if he hadn't realized the truth.
Fang Congjian took another look at Uncle Cheng Kuan, who saw dark red blood stains on Uncle Cheng's bound calf, and spat, "Damn it, we met wolves on the way back!"
"Is Fu Shaoge not seriously injured?"
"It's okay, anyway, he was rescued. This child has a fatal life." Cheng Kuanbo stared at the horse under the cave with green eyes: "There is no food, and the recovery is slow."
Fang Congjian brought dry food, asked Cheng Kuanbo to light a fire, took snow to turn it into water, and put the dry food into a rough stone pot.
Fu Shaoge woke up again. Seeing the pot, he joked, "Could it be potatoes again? I don't want to eat it even if I'm starving to death."
Fang Congjian squatted beside him and comforted him, "No, I brought some bacon and dry biscuits. Where is your injury, let me see?"
Cheng Kuanbo squatted beside the stone pot, guarding the food like a loyal dog, staring at the pot, and said, "Did you bring any medicine for the wound? Give him some medicine."
Fang Congjian thought for a while, took off his clothes, roasted them on the fire, put them on the ground, let Fu Shaoge lie down, and untied his clothes.
Fu Shaoge wanted to cover it, but Cheng Kuanbo stared at the pot and said, "You hurt your back, you can't take the medicine yourself, let him see."
Fu Shaoge had no choice but to let Fang Congjian take off his clothes.
This was the first time Fang Congjian saw Fu Shaoge's body.
Although the two of them had slept together once, Fu Shaoge was wearing an undershirt, so he couldn't see it.This time I was a little shocked when I saw it. Fu Shaoge was caught by a wolf, and he had a deep wound on his back. Besides, there were some scars on his skin. Fang Congjian could tell that it was an old wound.
Could it be that Fu Shaoge didn't take off his clothes when he slept with him because he didn't want him to see this?
Fang Congjian is not a person who likes to inquire about other people's privacy and poke people's scars. He cut off the rotten flesh on Fu Shaoge's wound, reapplied medicine and bandaged it, asked Fu Shaoge to lie on his side, and asked him when he came out of Shengjing. matter.
Sure enough, he met a wolf, a pack of hungry wolves. Cheng Kuanbo protected him and repelled the wolves. Both of them were injured, so they could only cultivate in this snow valley. Once eaten, the footprints are left at that time.
"Who made you always use your leg injury as an excuse not to practice!" Fang Congjian hated that iron cannot be made into steel.
Fu Shaoge glanced at him, lying quietly on his side, making no noise or making noise, like a big injured cat trying to maintain the last bit of decency with a quiet posture.
Cheng Kuanbo cooked the rations, and Xili Hulu ate a little with the pot, and passed it to Fang Congjian, who fed it to Fu Shaoge first, and ate the rest by himself.
"It can't go on like this." Cheng Kuanbo wiped his mouth and said, "You have to find reinforcements to get us out. It's cold here without food. If it takes a long time, we will freeze to death."
"There are some farms in the south, shall I ask some people to carry you?"
Cheng Kuanbo nodded and said, "But before you leave, you have to deal with the wolf for us first."
"And wolves?"
"That's right. Otherwise, why would we hide in this cave? I'm afraid that if you leave, the wolf will come, and Shaoge and I will be injured, so we won't be able to deal with it."
Fang Congjian agreed that his dry rations could last for a few days. Cheng Kuanbo's injury was not serious, but he needed to rest. He would be much better in a few days and be able to protect Fu Shaoge. in time.
Fang Congjian let the horse go back to Jinzhou by itself.He looked back at Uncle Cheng and said, "I know what your plan is. This horse is my friend, and I can't eat it even if I'm starving to death."
Uncle Cheng Kuan snorted: "It's your friend, isn't it Lao Tzu's friend? How can a soldier be willing to eat a horse?"
Fang Congjian was very keen and asked, "Have you also been a soldier?"
Uncle Cheng Kuan talked about him from left to right: "Don't ask so many questions, I will teach you two tricks, lest you can't deal with the wolves when they come."
Fang Congjian waited until the next night, and the wolves really came.He had prepared a torch a long time ago and stuck it at the entrance of the cave. When the fight with the wolves reached the point where it was unbearable, he retreated within the range of the torch to recover his strength.Cheng Kuanbo was watching the battle worriedly, occasionally pointing out a few words, seeing Fu Shaoge's appearance, he asked in surprise, "Master, do you care about him?"
Fu Shaoge glanced at him, and said calmly: "He can't hold on, we are all going to die."
The wolves were also very clever, and realized that Fang Congjian retreated to the torch to regain his strength, and pestered him not to let him retreat. Another wolf rushed to the entrance of the cave, trying to kill Fu Shaoge and Cheng Kuanbo in the cave.
Fang Congjian was almost exhausted, but he was extremely brave. With a roar, he turned over and straddled the wolf's back, and stabbed the wolf's neck with a dagger.The wolf roared and rolled over, Fang Congjian pulled out the dagger and fell to the ground, wolf blood spattered his face.
The wolves finally retreated, and Fang Congjian was covered in blood from the killing, and the dagger fell to the ground because he couldn't hold it.Uncle Cheng Kuan hurriedly helped him back into the cave, and praised him, "He's a good man, you saved my life."
Fang Congjian almost lost his strength, closed his eyes to rest, Cheng Kuanbo asked Fu Shaoge to support him: "Don't let him fall asleep."
Fu Shaoge patted Fang Congjian's face and whispered, "Don't sleep."
This is indeed the Fang Congjian who was beaten to pieces in the dungeon and did not let go.
Cheng Kuanbo brought hot water and fed it to Fang Congjian.There were also two slices of bacon in the water, which tasted salty and weird, and Fang Congjian felt like vomiting.
"Drink it."
Fang Congjian drank water and took off his clothes.He was sweating too much, his clothes were soaked, and his face was covered with stinky blood.Cheng Kuanbo went to boil hot water and wiped his body with his torn clothes.
"Slow down yet?"
Perhaps Congjian felt better after drinking enough water.Fu Shaoge took off his clothes and let him wear them, and he lay down by the fire and fell asleep.
When Fang Congjian woke up, Fu Shaoge was lying on his side, staring at his face.
Fang Congjian touched his face, he hadn't washed his face for a few days, and he felt a little embarrassed for Fu Shaoge to stare at him so directly.
"Wolf..." Fang Congjian's memory is still in the life-and-death fight with the wolf yesterday.
"Escaped, those wolves were all injured, and won't come back for a while." Fu Shaoge held him down and let him continue lying down: "You are very brave."
Fang Congjian laughed, the compliment from Fu Shaoge really made him a little uncomfortable.
Fu Shaoge said again: "I was wrong in the past, you are not weak."
Fang Congjian glanced at him and shook his head: "Fu Shaoge, I am indeed weak. Like weeds on the side of the road, anyone can step on me, let alone a high-ranking official like you, even a low-level official. Drive people like me to a dead end."
He thought for a while and said, "However, even if it is grass, it is willing to push away the dirt and stones pressing on its head for a little bit of sunshine and rain. If it is stepped down, it will continue to grow. If you don't be strong, you won't be able to survive."
Fu Shaoge was thoughtful, he thought for a while, and said: "You are more determined than me, and you never hesitate or back down."
Fang Congjian shook his head: "I... I have also flinched, and I have also been a coward."
There was a severe drought in Jingzhou that year, and every family was so hungry that they sold their children and daughters.Fang Congjian knew where the sold children went, and they were all eaten in exchange.
The Fang family had already sold everything they could sell. The fields, furniture, and if it wasn't for the adobe house, the house would have been sold long ago.
Fang Congjian watched the house become empty little by little, and watched the father and son lose weight a little bit.
Fang Congjian comforted himself that the situation at home is not particularly bad, he and his brother eat less, and they can survive for a while...
However, that afternoon, people from Linxiang came to their house with their children.
Fang Congjian was stunned, shaking uncontrollably, hiding behind the house and not daring to move, let alone make a sound, but his ears were pricked up, listening to the movement in the room, the sound of his father talking to someone.
Then came the younger brother's voice: "Father, where did this come from? I want to keep it and share it with my brother!"
Dad's voice was trembling, and he said, "Good boy... you, eat it yourself!"
It's Congsi!The little brother is still in the house, and the father wants to trade him for his son with the man in Linxiang!
The younger brother asked innocently: "Father... we don't have any food at home, where did this come from?"
"Yes..." Dad's teeth were trembling: "Dad got someone on credit..."
Fang Congjian clenched the corner of his clothes. He knew he should go out. The younger brother is obedient and sensible. No matter what, he shouldn't die!
As long as he gets out by himself, he'll be fine.
But this time, Fang Congjian became a coward.It was as if he had been given a body-fixing technique, and he was frozen in place without fear. No matter how much he shouted his younger brother's name in his heart, he didn't have any strength to support him to stand up and replace Fang Congsi.
Even if he defends himself, he just hasn't eaten a full meal for too long and has no strength, but deep down, he knows——
He was a coward.
After the younger brother left with others, he finally returned home.
Sweat drenched his back.
There was half a piece of sugar pancake on the ground, which was left to him by Fang Congsi.
From then on, Fang Congjian could never forget his cowardice.
"Don't blame yourself, it's human instinct to want to live..." Fu Shaoge was always eloquent, but he was a bit clumsy when trying to comfort people.After all, he rarely comforts others, and has never been comforted by anyone.
Fang Congjian didn't speak anymore, and stayed next to Fu Shaoge.
It was snowing again outside the cave.
Two wounded men leaned together for warmth.
感谢在2020-05-0417:26:03~2020-05-0518:21:29期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~
Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmine: Little Orange and Grapefruit, ouch one;
Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 5 bottles in Changan;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!