Li Shimin listened to the Guanyin maid's confession and remained silent.
No wonder the Guanyin maid cried so sadly today. So there was such an inside story.
No wonder he often saw the Guanyin maid secretly crying in this side hall late at night.
No wonder the snow lotus he gave to the Guanyin maid back then did not win her favor.
No wonder the Guanyin maidservant had to go to Mount Baiyun to worship Buddha every year.
No wonder there wasn't a single flower or grass in the Hall of Political Establishment.
However, it seemed that his brother-in-law would definitely die if he fell off the cliff.
It seemed that the young man named Zhangsun Minzhi in the East City was just a coincidence.
"Guanyin maid, you should rest well in the harem these two days." Li Shimin comforted her with a complicated expression.”
"No!"
A glimmer of hope rose in Empress Zhangsun's heart. She still did not believe that her brother had fallen off the cliff to his death.
She looked at Li Shi Min pleadingly, her tears falling like rain, her voice hoarse from crying,"I'm going to the East City to see him tomorrow. Minzhi might still be alive.”
Was he back?
How was this possible?
If that youth is Zhangsun Minzhi, your younger brother.
Why didn't he come to the palace to find you?
Li Shi Min couldn't refuse, nor could he tell her what he was thinking.
Although the chances were slim, he didn't want to deprive the Guanyin maid of her hope.
"Good! Let's change into casual clothes tomorrow and go to the East City to see this young man.”
"I believe that after so many years, the heavens will allow you and your brother to reunite.”
......
At this moment, Zhangsun Minzhi, who was walking on Xuanwu Long Street, suddenly sneezed.
"I wonder who is thinking about me."
Zhangsun Minzhi's expression revealed a trace of loneliness. Although he was admitted to Yanjing University, it was much more difficult than ordinary people.
He had been raised by the director of the orphanage since he was young and had very few friends. The only person who missed him was probably the old director.
Of course, it could also be his three good friends from the dormitory. After all, after he transmigrated, there was no one to bring the three of them to Ionia and participate in the National University League.
Perhaps there was a will in the dark.
He passed through East City and headed east.
At this moment, he realized that there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on Xuanwu Long Street. There were only scattered commoners setting up stalls on the street. Xuanwu Long Street was desolate.
Zhangsun Minzhi suddenly recalled that the Turks had once again plundered the Great Tang's borders two days ago, killing and pillaging.
When the news reached Chang 'an City, the people were distressed and dispirited.
After all, the Turks were a foreign race, and wherever they passed, all lives were in misery.
However, Zhangsun Minzhi sighed. He was just a small figure and could not change the situation. If the sky collapsed, the imperial court would hold it up.
With the war in the north, it seemed that the price of rice would rise again.
Fortunately, he had the Tangdaren and Fat Otaku Water from the system. At least he wouldn't starve to death.
Now, he was walking on the streets with the 800 wen he had earned from selling fat otaku water. He felt that he had no relatives or any purpose in the Great Tang.
He might as well go back to his dorm and play games with his roommates.
Zhangsun Minzhi said to the system,[Salted Fish System, when can I go back?]”
The System replied,"Erm, this…"
He was speechless. What a f * cking idle system.
"How many points do I have?"
[1,300.]
It turned out that Zhangsun Minzhi could get points every time he completed a mission. He opened the Summoned Character List and clicked on the Beauty column.
[Daji: 98 points of beauty. Good at warming the bed and swallowing green rice grains. Flaws: very lazy. Bad luck.] 30,000
[Diao Chan: 93 points in appearance, good at singing and dancing, bad points, unscrupulous in order to achieve his goals.] 20,000
Xi Shi: 92 points of beauty, good at washing clothes, weakness, delicate and prone to illness. 10,000
......
[System Notification: 10% discount for the first summon.]
Zhangsun Minzhi originally wanted to find a maid to take care of his life. He did not expect there to be so many beautiful women.
The most surprising thing was Daji. She was actually good at bed warming and that.
It was not strange to think about it. In history, Daji bewitched King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty, causing him to enjoy himself every night. In the end, the Shang Dynasty was destroyed.
One could imagine how amazing Daji's bed-warming skills were.
Of course, Zhangsun Minzhi thought of a certain comic. The male protagonist woke up every morning and lifted the quilt to see that his girlfriend was trying her best to wake him up.
Zhangsun Minzhi rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully,""I needed an alarm clock a long time ago. If I summoned her, wouldn't I be able to wake up early every day?”
"No! Although Daji was a Juice Concubine and could wake him up, she was too lazy and expensive.”
Zhangsun Minzhi suddenly shook his head, and then Diao Chan was also excluded. He could not come if he did not appreciate singing and dancing.
Therefore, Xi Shi was the best choice. She knew how to wash clothes and was a good maid.
As for her other aspects, he would slowly train her.
Zhangsun Minzhi's eyes lit up. She hoped that she could be woken up by her mouth every morning.
Just as he was about to summon Xi Shi, he suddenly realized that he had already arrived outside the city. A series of curses sounded.
Looking up, he saw the soldiers guarding the city chasing away a group of beggars.
"Get lost! Can you enter Chang 'an Fortress?"
The commander in the military uniform cursed as he looked at the refugees with disgust.
If the higher-ups knew that he had let the refugees into the city, he would definitely lose his official position.
For some reason, the higher-ups had given a death order not to let a single refugee in.
He was extremely shocked when he heard this news. There were at least 400,000 to 500,000 refugees from the north who had fled here.
And why didn't the imperial court come forward to settle them down?
The lieutenant thought to himself, Don't blame me. Perhaps the disaster relief silver has already been embezzled by the officials.”
Zhangsun Minzhi watched as the group of pitiful beggars were chased away. Then, he walked shakily into the forest outside the city.
He hesitated for a moment before following her. After passing through the forest, he arrived at a wide flat land. At this moment, there were many refugees squatting on the ground.
Zhangsun Minzhi suddenly remembered that when the Turks invaded the south, all the villages on the border had been massacred, and the people had no choice but to migrate south and become refugees.
There were at least tens of thousands of refugees in this forest.
"This is probably just one of them. It's hard to imagine that these people have fled here. What do they rely on to survive?”
Since ancient times, the Chinese people had cultivated the land for a living. If they left the land, it was no different from a fish leaving the water.
Zhangsun Minzhi's expression was complicated. He even saw four or five refugees pouncing on a corpse in the distance and biting off the flesh on the corpse's arms and thighs.
The surrounding refugees all looked at this scene in a daze. Previously, there were people who exchanged their babies for food, let alone eating corpses, so they did not find it strange.
Their home had been flattened by the Turkic cavalry, and they could not enter Chang 'an Fortress. The surrounding villages had chased them away.
Or eat people!
Or wait for death!
Some of the refugees were unable to cross this step in their hearts and could not stand the hunger. They had no choice but to pull out the weeds around them, dig out the tree bark, and swallow it.
Zhangsun Minzhi's eyes reddened and her hands and feet turned cold.
He had thought that he was an orphan and that it was bad enough that he was born in a welfare home. He did not expect that this group of refugees could not even eat their fill.
He hadn't expected that behind the Great Tang's prosperity was such a bleak scene.
Zhangsun Minzhi instantly felt dissatisfied with the imperial court and the current emperor, Li Shimin.
The most important thing now was to deal with the refugees.
Although he was a salted fish, he was not a stinky and dirty salted fish.
He had finally found his purpose in coming to the Great Tang.
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