"Mom, where are we going? It's so dark around here and I'm scared."

The little child raised his head with big eyes and asked his mother beside him in great confusion.

The woman at the side did not comfort the child immediately. Instead, she deliberately lowered her voice and said to him, "Child, have you forgotten what your mother told you? We must be quiet now. Only if you obey your father can he come back. You are a big boy now. Your mother believes you can do it."

In the darkness, the child nodded vigorously and covered his mouth with his little hands. It was narrow, crowded and dark here. Because he couldn't see the road outside, every bump in his step became particularly obvious through his senses. The child held his mother tightly in the darkness. That was the only thing he could hold on to. He knew that all this was to seek justice for his father, so he had to be good.

Fortunately, they felt themselves stop soon after, and then a beam of light shone in from above. The child's face was surprised and happy, and the mother next to him did not dare to move, until Wan Ning's familiar face appeared from the bucket.

"Your feet are numb, give me your child."

Wan Ning reached out and took the child out of the big wooden barrel first, and Zi Heng beside her took the child from Wan Ning very smoothly, and his movements were quite skillful. Wan Ning freed her hands to help Zhang Yue'e out. "You two have suffered. It is really helpless to let you hide in the wooden barrel. There are many people in the West Square and there are not enough guards. If you are discovered, they may do something bad to you."

"Princess, you are too polite. As long as I can help Liu Lang find out the truth, this matter is nothing."

After Wan Ning helped Zhang Yue'e out, she also wanted to jump off the carriage. At this time, Ziheng stopped her in time for fear that she would get hurt. He held the child in one hand and lifted her down from the carriage with the other hand, and put her safely on the ground. These two buckets were exactly what she used to deliver disinfectant during the day, and now they were of great use.

This was Wan Ning's first time here. After looking around, she realized that she had entered a secluded house. After finding Liu Xueyu's wife and children, Wan Ning felt that it was unsafe for them to stay in the West Square. It would be best to move to another place, so Ziheng led them here.

In order to avoid other people's attention, she deliberately changed clothes with Wan Tao, and asked Wan Tao to pretend to be herself and take Shuiyue Zhuzi Zhuying back to the palace in the princess's carriage. Originally, Le Yan was a little worried about being discovered, but she didn't expect that when the two changed clothes, they looked exactly the same from behind, and everyone agreed that they could be mistaken for the real thing. Moreover, Xiang Wanxuan was located in a remote area and was not taken seriously, so it would not attract the special attention of the guards. In this way, she really returned to the palace smoothly.

"Ziheng, this house is quite quiet, so nice, whose residence is this?" Wan Ning was a little confused about how Ziheng found this place. But before Ziheng could answer, a sturdy man came out of the main hall and trotted to Ziheng. Then he took the child from Ziheng. At this time, Zhang Yue'e realized that the child was still being held by someone else, so she hurried to take it.

The man bowed to the emperor and said, "Your humble servant Lisong pays homage to His Majesty."

Wan Ning took this opportunity to see the man's face clearly, as she had never seen it before.

When Zhang Yue'e heard Li Song call the man in front of her the emperor, she realized that the man in front of her was the emperor, and she instantly gained great confidence in Liu Xueyu's case. She quickly pulled the child to kneel on the ground, kowtowed and begged: "Please, Your Majesty, redress the injustice for my Liu Xueyu, Liu Lang is wronged!"

Wan Ning leaned over and helped Zhang Yue'e up: "Mrs. Liu, please rest assured. Finding out the truth about Lord Liu is exactly what we want to do. Our goals are now the same. It's just that our understanding of this matter is really limited. Even if we want to make the decision for Lord Liu, we are powerless."

"Princess, please rest assured. I will tell you everything I know. As long as I can..." Zhang Yue'e paused for a moment, a tear fell from the corner of her eye, and then continued, "I can help."

"Come, please come this way. Let's go in and talk. This way? Oh, this way?" Wan Ning wanted to lead the way but then she remembered that she was not familiar with this courtyard at all: "Lord Lisong will lead us this way." So everyone was led to the main hall by Lisong. On the way, Wan Ning turned around and blinked proudly at Ziheng. Today they finally made a big progress.

The child went to bed early and the mother was worried about the child leaving her sight, so Lisong held the child and stood not far away to ensure that Zhang Yue'e could see him. The emperor sat on the main seat, and Wan Ning sat next to Zhang Yue'e to give her strength and then listened to her statement quietly. The following are all the things Zhang Yuejiao recounted:

Her acquaintance with Liu Xueyu can be traced back to eight years ago, when he had returned from Nanye to Sangcheng to work as a minor official for half a year. During this half year, he was unkempt and often drank until midnight, lying anywhere when drunk. Whenever he woke up, he would show up at the county government office and then continue drinking. It seemed that he had troubles in his heart that could only be numbed by alcohol. As for what this matter was, Zhang Yue'e had no way of knowing. After marriage, Liu Xueyu never mentioned these things, and she also understood that he never mentioned them.

One day, Liu Xueyu got drunk again and fell asleep in a random farmland. Because the surrounding grass and trees were lush and covered him tightly, he was not discovered. It was not until noon when the sun was shining that he slowly opened his eyes and was about to get up, but he felt that the sun was disturbing his sleep, so he pulled the leaves next to him to cover his eyes.

At this time, he was lying on the grass when he heard someone talking next to him. It was a farmer who was still busy in the field at noon, and his family came to bring him food. An old man said sadly: "It is getting harder and harder to grow crops here. If it doesn't rain this year like it did last year, all the seedlings will die in the field. The harvest is getting worse year by year. How can we live in Sangcheng!"

"Grandpa, as long as we have land, there is hope. Although we may not get any harvest if we plant, maybe this year will be a bumper year and can make up for the past. If we do nothing and let the fields go to waste, we will be completely ruined. Grandpa, you eat and rest for a while, I'll go fetch water to water the seedlings." The voice of a hopeful girl answered.

It is not known whether it was the hardship and struggle of the people described by his grandfather that awakened Liu Xueyu's sense of responsibility, or whether it was his granddaughter's theory of hope for the land that made him decide not to give up on himself. So he jumped out of the grass on the ridge of the field, snatched the bucket of water from the woman, and then helped them fetch water to water the seedlings.

A scholar had never done these things before, but it was also on this day that he truly felt the difficulties of the hard-working people and understood the sense of responsibility to worry about the world before worrying about himself and to enjoy the world after enjoying himself. Since then, Liu Xueyu began to cheer up. He led the people of the whole county to build water conservancy projects, change fields and roads, and completely changed the situation of water shortage for crops in Sangcheng for hundreds of years.

Later, Liu Xueyu married this woman, Zhang Yue'e, who gave him great support and comfort even though she was illiterate at the time. After marriage, he realized the inconvenience of his wife's illiteracy, and he also realized the limitations of ignorance, especially since children are the future of this generation and must be well nurtured.

So he set up a school, not only to teach children to read and learn, but also to educate farmers after the busy farming season and popularize various knowledge, always considering the people of Sangcheng. This persistence lasted for eight years, and it is no wonder that the people of Sangcheng protected Liu Xueyu's wife and children so much.

Although they had to surrender a lot of grain every year due to the war in the past few years, thanks to Liu Xueyu's measures, every year was a good year, at least they could eat enough. Until the beginning of this year, the river channel newly built by Liu Xueyu was diverted and damaged, and the high temperature this year caused less and less water, and the crops dried up in the fields. He was very anxious and tried to find a solution every day.

"Why didn't Lord Liu write a memorial to the court to explain the situation and ask for help?"

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