Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Therefore, I hereby present this to His Majesty the Emperor, who is wise, brave, and strategic.

Your Majesty is wise and powerful. He is the ruler of the world and also the father of us common people.

Only when the Emperor is good, is he truly good.

Therefore, we present the cement formula that our family accidentally discovered on the road to His Majesty the Emperor. May our emperor live forever, and may the Dayuan Dynasty last forever. "

It was the first time that everyone in the hall heard such straightforward flattery, and they were all stunned.

When they saw that the emperor was a little surprised but had a hint of complacency on his face, everyone suddenly felt like they had discovered a new world.

Could it still be like this?

Lin Xiaoyue naturally did not miss the subtle change in the emperor's expression.

She did not think that her flattery was too flattering. On the contrary, like those old officials, even if they wanted to flatter the emperor, they would use piles of four-character idioms, which sounded roundabout and laborious.

Seeing her taking a different approach and praising so smoothly and directly would make the emperor feel that this was the truth from her heart.

Look, the emperor was frowning just now, but the comfortable changes in his eyebrows have already revealed his true thoughts.

Sure enough, there is some skill involved in flattering someone.

"Um"

The emperor didn't say much, just nodded lightly, meaning that you can continue.

Lin Xiaoyue was so clever that she understood it instantly. Then she narrated to the Emperor more freely the various difficulties and obstacles the group encountered during their escape, embellishing and exaggerating the difficulties.

Why do you say this?

joke

Why not eat minced meat?

Can the person sitting on the throne truly understand the suffering of the people? Can he empathize with them?

If you don't make yourself sound more miserable, what should you do if he later accuses you of hiding contraband?

So we must speak, and we must speak vividly.

"When the earth dragon turned over, houses collapsed and walls fell. The air was filled with dust, rubble and a thick smell of blood. The remaining people stood in the ruins, like fallen leaves in the wind, helpless and desolate..."

"On the way to escape the famine, it was like a fire burning for thousands of miles. There were countless refugees and bandits everywhere. People scrambled for food, ate each other, ate the dead, abandoned children, Guanyin soil, peeled tree bark, and even dug out the bones of the newly buried corpses to eat..."

"Occasionally, I passed by a village where nine out of ten houses were empty, bones were exposed in the wild, no roosters crowed for a thousand miles, and only one out of a hundred people survived. The thought of it broke my heart. ..."

"The plague was spreading, and every family was in pain, and every room was filled with wailing. In some cases, the whole family died of the disease, and in some cases, the entire clan was wiped out. And those who suffered from this disaster were all poor people who lived in coarse clothes, bad food, and thatched houses."

"Amidst the famine, man-made disasters are also disasters that cannot be ignored..."

Lin Xiaoyue emphasized that they encountered a night attack by bandits, and then mistakenly entered a bandit's lair. They had to go through many twists and turns and were in life-threatening situations several times. In addition to luck, they also relied on the bows and arrows used by hunters in the team, and the kitchen knives and hoes commonly used by the people in their homes, and fought the bandits to the death, which narrowly escaped from the tiger's mouth.

However, since bows and arrows are used by men, they are not very friendly to women who have poor arm strength and lack of power.

She was the only one in the team who was as strong as an ox, but one person could not beat four hands with two fists. So she thought about whether she could make some simple tools suitable for women to use. This led to the birth of the improved bows and crossbows and iron lumps.

As for details like fur and fire, she only touched upon them briefly.

In order to avoid saying too much, even if nine of the sentences were true and one was false, she was afraid that she would not be able to cover up after making up too many lies.

But not all of them are bad, there are some good ones too.

For example, their group looked quite miserable when they looked at them individually, but compared with other refugees who had lost someone in their family, or lost children on the way, or starved to death of the elderly, or died of epidemics, they were much better off than most refugees.

Lin Xiaoyue was thinking as she spoke: What do you think? Is the emperor satisfied? This is why I made the contraband privately. Why don't you tell me to stop? If you don't stop, I'll be at a loss for words.

Help!

Lin Xiaoyue talked for a long time and her mouth was dry, but the emperor seemed to be still unsatisfied and asked her to tell more about Maomao.

Lin Xiaoyue scratched her head. So, old emperor, you like to hear these things. Why didn’t you tell me earlier?

He dug out all the memories about Maomao from his head, and began to recall how he was hit on the head by his uncle, how he went up the mountain to find food, and accidentally ran into two ferocious beasts, how they fought, and how he took Maomao in as his younger brother...

I'm afraid even Lin Xiaoyue herself didn't know. She was standing and talking at the beginning, and later she just sat on the floor, crossed her legs, and talked to the old emperor.

Her casual and carefree (without rules) personality really couldn't hold back for 5 minutes, so she chatted with the emperor continuously for a full hour and a half, which was almost the peak of her life.

When the emperor noticed that her sitting posture was indecent, he just glanced at her calmly, but didn't say anything. As mentioned before, she was just a wild girl, how could he expect her to be like a lady from a noble family?

After recalling all of Maomao's deeds and telling them all, Lin Xiaoyue thought that the story should come to an end.

However, the emperor touched his chin and asked again, "Why did you get your head broken?"

Ward, oh my god

This is a long story, Xiaoyue is resisting in her heart and doesn't want to talk about it anymore.

But the emperor seemed to be in high spirits, and asked the eunuch to pour Lin Xiaoyue a cup of tea to moisten her throat before continuing.

Lin Xiaoyue was petrified: ...This emperor treats her as a story, right? !

She just...felt miserable.

After she had finally finished telling her about the old house and all the dirty things in their family, the emperor suddenly had an idea and said he didn't believe she could lift the cow and the donkey. He insisted that she perform a live performance and lift up the imperial table before he would believe her.

Lin Xiaoyue: ...

I have a word "mmp" in my mind, but I don't know whether I should say it or not.

So, under everyone's astonished gaze, she actually lifted the imperial desk and held it high above her head.

Such a feat made the Yulin soldiers outside the door forget about their guard duty and stick their heads out to look at the wonderful sight in the imperial study.

The emperor was so shocked by Lin Xiaoyue's great strength that he almost lost his composure. However, thanks to his years of accumulated prestige, he managed to keep his composure.

Later, Lin Xiaoyue talked about Yongzhou City's policy of diverting refugees, and how the two doctors were invited by the governor to treat patients in Black Wind Ridge, a severely affected area of ​​the epidemic. Then they settled in Wanbao Town, bought a property, and then settled down to do some small business to earn a living.

She even did not hide the affairs of the Luo family, otherwise it would be hard to explain where they got the money to purchase the farm.

During the meal, the chief eunuch refilled Lin Xiaoyue's cup twice.

Lin Xiaoyue: Please stop refilling my cup. I’m about to explode.