33. Shu

The next day, Zhao Yao slept until he woke up naturally, and it was already Sishi when he woke up. Before he went to school, he would sleep until Sishi every day. Since he started studying this year, he can only sleep until Sishi when he has a day off.

  Zhao Yao likes to sleep in and hates getting up early, which is one of the reasons why he hates studying.

  "Yaoyao, why don't you sleep a little longer? Are you hungry?" Liang Run said, "Second uncle bought you breakfast and put it in the pot to warm it up. Now I'll give it to you."

  "Do you have my favorite sesame cake?" Not far from Liang Run's house, there is an old couple who set up a stall on the street to sell sesame cakes. The taste of their sesame cakes is unique, and Zhao Yao will eat their sesame cakes every time he goes out of the palace.

  "Yes, yes, I bought a lot for you, and also bought soy milk and tofu pudding for you." His nephew is obviously a prince, but he likes to eat what ordinary people eat.

  "Great, I'll go wash up now."

  Tongxi helped Zhao Yao wash up and served him breakfast.

  Liang Run had already had breakfast. He was sitting opposite and watching Zhao Yao eat breakfast.

  Zhao Yao was eating sesame cakes and drinking soy milk, his little face full of happiness.

  Seeing Zhao Yao eating with relish, Liang Run laughed and said, "Is it so delicious?"

  Zhao Yao nodded vigorously, "Delicious, so delicious."

  "Isn't the food made by the imperial kitchen in the palace delicious?"

  "Of course the food made by the imperial kitchen is delicious, but it lacks a bit of human touch."

  "Lack of human touch?" Liang Run was full of confusion, "What do you mean?"

  Zhao Yao couldn't explain it clearly for a while, so he could only say, "Anyway, folk food is also delicious, and it is not worse than what the imperial kitchen makes."

  "I think you have eaten too many delicacies from land and sea, so you think folk food is delicious."

  "Second uncle, you are wrong about this." Zhao Yao put down the bowl in his hand, and his little expression suddenly became a little serious, "The palace does not eat delicacies from land and sea every meal. Whether it is my father, or me and my mother, the ingredients we eat on weekdays are common dishes, and there are no rare and exotic animals."

  "Ah?" Liang Run was full of surprise, "Is it true?"

  "Of course it's true, but the cooking process of the dishes we eat is more complicated than yours, and there is no difference in other aspects. Even beef is not available on weekdays. It can only be eaten on important festivals or banquets."

  Liang Run was shocked and said, "I thought you ate delicacies from the mountains and the sea every meal."

  "Grandfather and father are both frugal people. They don't allow extravagance and waste on food. They only have a few dishes for each meal, which is similar to ordinary people's homes." Although his father didn't favor him and bullied him, he was not a good father, but his father was a good emperor.

  Liang Run heard about this for the first time, and he was quite shocked and exclaimed, "I didn't expect it!"

  "Although grandfather established the Great Zhou, there is no real peace in the world. Aren't there still many places with rebellious troops now?" It has only been more than ten years since grandfather established the Great Zhou. "The most important thing is that there are still many places where people can't get enough food."

  During the reign of Emperor Xia Ling, there were frequent natural disasters, either floods or droughts, and there was also a locust plague, which caused many places to have no harvest. In addition, there are also man-made disasters. Officials exploited the people and blatantly robbed the people's land and food, causing many people to starve to death.

  After the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the weather became good. There have been no natural disasters in the past ten years, but in the previous dynasty, a lot of fields were destroyed, and many turned into wasteland. In the past ten years, although we have been recuperating, it is impossible to make the grain skyrocket. When the late emperor was alive, the granaries in many places were still not full, and food was still in short supply.

  After the emperor ascended the throne, many places began to have a good harvest, but there were still many places where the grain output was not high.

  "The late emperor and the emperor are really benevolent monarchs."

  "My grandfather and father have experienced famine. They both attach great importance to food. How could they waste it?" My grandfather and father have lived a hard life and deeply understand the suffering and difficulties of the people, so they can sympathize with the people and want them to live a good life. "Although there are still many problems that have not been solved, I believe that life will get better and better."

  "Now life is much better than before." Liang Run experienced all kinds of natural and man-made disasters in the previous dynasty when he was a child. Although he was very young at that time, he will never forget the suffering he experienced.

  "Uncle, did you go to Ping'an Guest House?" Zhao Yao asked hurriedly, "Did you find out anything?"     "I went there early this morning and asked the waiter. The waiter said that those people were very strange. After arriving at their guesthouse, they stayed in their rooms all day, even eating in the room. The waiter never saw them go out." Ping'an Guesthouse was not far from where Liang Run lived. The dishes in the guesthouse were also delivered by Liang Run. He was very familiar with the owner and waiters in the guesthouse. If he asked, the waiter would naturally tell him. "Those people didn't leave the room until the day of check-out."

  Zhao Yao felt that the people who went to Pei Mansion were more and more strange. "Did the waiter say where their accents were from?"

  "I asked, and the waiter said that those people spoke with the accent of Shu." The guests of Ping'an Guesthouse came from all over the world. The waiter often dealt with these people and had long been able to tell where they were from by their accents. "Although they tried their best to conceal their accents, the waiter still recognized them."

  "Shu?" Zhao Yao asked in surprise, "They are actually people from Shu!"

  "Shu is tens of thousands of miles away from the capital. Those people came all the way to the capital just to find something in Pei Mansion. It seems that what they are looking for in Pei Mansion is very important." Liang Run asked curiously, "What is there in Pei Mansion that is worth them coming all the way here?"

  Zhao Yao shook his head and said, "I don't know."

  "Could those people be related to the Pei family?"

  "Probably not." Zhao Yao speculated, "The Pei family was wiped out twenty or thirty years ago. If those people are related to the Pei family, they would not have waited until now to come to Beijing to investigate the Pei Mansion." "The Pei

  family was framed for treason back then, so their entire family was executed. All the valuables were taken away, not even a chair was left. What could make them go to so much trouble to find?" Liang Run had been to Pei Mansion and did not find anything good in it.

  "Maybe they heard something and thought the thing was in Pei Mansion, so they came to Pei Mansion to investigate." Zhao Yao thought for a while and said, "Second uncle, ask the old people in the capital about Pei Mansion. They may have heard something."

  "Okay."

  Liang Run saw Zhao Yao frowning and thinking, and asked, "Yaoyao, what's wrong?"

  "Shu is now controlled by the rebel army of the previous dynasty and does not belong to the Great Zhou. I wonder if those people are the remnants of the previous dynasty?"

  Liang Run was frightened by Zhao Yao's words and said in horror, "Remnants of the previous dynasty?"

  "It is very likely that they are Han Zhong's people."

  Han Zhong is a remnant of the previous dynasty. Twenty years ago, he and Zhao Yao's grandfather fought for Yongzhou, and were defeated by the previous emperor. He fled to Shu with his subordinates. At that time, there were only 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers who followed him to Shu. Not long after fleeing to Shu, he proclaimed himself emperor. Now, he has hundreds of thousands of troops in Shu.

  When the late emperor was still alive, Han Zhong had gone out of Shu to attack Liangzhou, but was defeated by the emperor and fled back to Shu in disgrace. Since then, Han Zhong has never left Shu again, nor has he attacked Da Zhou again.

  The emperor wanted to destroy Han Zhong and recover Shu, but the terrain of Shu was complex and steep, easy to defend but difficult to attack. It was not an easy task to recover Shu, and it would cost a lot of manpower and food. Da Zhou was just established, and there was a lot of work to be done, so there was not enough financial resources to attack Shu. In addition, there were also rebellions in several other states that needed to be pacified, and the court was too busy to do anything, so it could only temporarily give up the plan to recover Shu.

  After the rebellions in other states were completely pacified, the emperor would take action to recover Shu.

  The emperor was determined to recover Shu, and would never allow Han Zhong to be a local emperor in Shu. Although he had not recovered Shu over the years, the plan to recover Shu had been ongoing.

  "Han Zhong's people?" Liang Run said in a low voice, "They are traitors, how dare he send people to the capital?"

  Zhao Yao thought to himself that Han Zhong was a remnant of the previous dynasty, and Pei Fu was also from the previous dynasty. Han Zhong specially sent people to Pei Fu to look for something, and this thing should be related to the

  previous dynasty. "They didn't find anything in Pei Fu, so they shouldn't come again." If they come to the capital again, they will definitely be discovered, and then they will be in danger. "I don't know if anyone from the Pei family survived."

  "Didn't the entire Pei family be executed? How could there be any survivors?"

  "Maybe someone escaped." If someone from the Pei family really escaped, they would definitely hide their identities and it would be unlikely to find them.

  "Yaoyao, do you want to find the Pei family?"

  "What's the point of looking for the Pei family?" Zhao Yao said, "It's hard to find them even if I look for them."

  If they are really found, I'm afraid it will bring unnecessary trouble and danger.

  (End of this chapter)

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  The next day, Zhao Yao slept until he woke up naturally, and it was already Sishi when he woke up. Before he went to school, he would sleep until Sishi every day. Since he started studying this year, he can only sleep until Sishi when he has a day off.

  Zhao Yao likes to sleep in and hates getting up early, which is one of the reasons why he hates studying.

  "Yaoyao, why don't you sleep a little longer? Are you hungry?" Liang Run said, "Second uncle bought you breakfast and put it in the pot to warm it up. Now I'll give it to you."

  "Do you have my favorite sesame cake?" Not far from Liang Run's house, there is an old couple who set up a stall on the street to sell sesame cakes. The taste of their sesame cakes is unique, and Zhao Yao will eat their sesame cakes every time he goes out of the palace.

  "Yes, yes, I bought a lot for you, and also bought soy milk and tofu pudding for you." His nephew is obviously a prince, but he likes to eat what ordinary people eat.

  "Great, I'll go wash up now."

  Tongxi helped Zhao Yao wash up and served him breakfast.

  Liang Run had already had breakfast. He was sitting opposite and watching Zhao Yao eat breakfast.

  Zhao Yao was eating sesame cakes and drinking soy milk, his little face full of happiness.

  Seeing Zhao Yao eating with relish, Liang Run laughed and said, "Is it so delicious?"

  Zhao Yao nodded vigorously, "Delicious, so delicious."

  "Isn't the food made by the imperial kitchen in the palace delicious?"

  "Of course the food made by the imperial kitchen is delicious, but it lacks a bit of human touch."

  "Lack of human touch?" Liang Run was full of confusion, "What do you mean?"

  Zhao Yao couldn't explain it clearly for a while, so he could only say, "Anyway, folk food is also delicious, and it is not worse than what the imperial kitchen makes."

  "I think you have eaten too many delicacies from land and sea, so you think folk food is delicious."

  "Second uncle, you are wrong about this." Zhao Yao put down the bowl in his hand, and his little expression suddenly became a little serious, "The palace does not eat delicacies from land and sea every meal. Whether it is my father, or me and my mother, the ingredients we eat on weekdays are common dishes, and there are no rare and exotic animals."

  "Ah?" Liang Run was full of surprise, "Is it true?"

  "Of course it's true, but the cooking process of the dishes we eat is more complicated than yours, and there is no difference in other aspects. Even beef is not available on weekdays. It can only be eaten on important festivals or banquets."

  Liang Run was shocked and said, "I thought you ate delicacies from the mountains and the sea every meal."

  "Grandfather and father are both frugal people. They don't allow extravagance and waste on food. They only have a few dishes for each meal, which is similar to ordinary people's homes." Although his father didn't favor him and bullied him, he was not a good father, but his father was a good emperor.

  Liang Run heard about this for the first time, and he was quite shocked and exclaimed, "I didn't expect it!"

  "Although grandfather established the Great Zhou, there is no real peace in the world. Aren't there still many places with rebellious troops now?" It has only been more than ten years since grandfather established the Great Zhou. "The most important thing is that there are still many places where people can't get enough food."

  During the reign of Emperor Xia Ling, there were frequent natural disasters, either floods or droughts, and there was also a locust plague, which caused many places to have no harvest. In addition, there are also man-made disasters. Officials exploited the people and blatantly robbed the people's land and food, causing many people to starve to death.

  After the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the weather became good. There have been no natural disasters in the past ten years, but in the previous dynasty, a lot of fields were destroyed, and many turned into wasteland. In the past ten years, although we have been recuperating, it is impossible to make the grain skyrocket. When the late emperor was alive, the granaries in many places were still not full, and food was still in short supply.

  After the emperor ascended the throne, many places began to have a good harvest, but there were still many places where the grain output was not high.

  "The late emperor and the emperor are really benevolent monarchs."

  "My grandfather and father have experienced famine. They both attach great importance to food. How could they waste it?" My grandfather and father have lived a hard life and deeply understand the suffering and difficulties of the people, so they can sympathize with the people and want them to live a good life. "Although there are still many problems that have not been solved, I believe that life will get better and better."

  "Now life is much better than before." Liang Run experienced all kinds of natural and man-made disasters in the previous dynasty when he was a child. Although he was very young at that time, he will never forget the suffering he experienced.

  "Uncle, did you go to Ping'an Guest House?" Zhao Yao asked hurriedly, "Did you find out anything?"   

  "I went there early this morning and asked the waiter. The waiter said that those people were very strange. After arriving at their guesthouse, they stayed in their rooms all day, even eating in the room. The waiter never saw them go out." Ping'an Guesthouse was not far from where Liang Run lived. The dishes in the guesthouse were also delivered by Liang Run. He was very familiar with the owner and waiters in the guesthouse. If he asked, the waiter would naturally tell him. "Those people didn't leave the room until the day of check-out."

  Zhao Yao felt that the people who went to Pei Mansion were more and more strange. "Did the waiter say where their accents were from?"

  "I asked, and the waiter said that those people spoke with the accent of Shu." The guests of Ping'an Guesthouse came from all over the world. The waiter often dealt with these people and had long been able to tell where they were from by their accents. "Although they tried their best to conceal their accents, the waiter still recognized them."

  "Shu?" Zhao Yao asked in surprise, "They are actually people from Shu!"

  "Shu is tens of thousands of miles away from the capital. Those people came all the way to the capital just to find something in Pei Mansion. It seems that what they are looking for in Pei Mansion is very important." Liang Run asked curiously, "What is there in Pei Mansion that is worth them coming all the way here?"

  Zhao Yao shook his head and said, "I don't know."

  "Could those people be related to the Pei family?"

  "Probably not." Zhao Yao speculated, "The Pei family was wiped out twenty or thirty years ago. If those people are related to the Pei family, they would not have waited until now to come to Beijing to investigate the Pei Mansion." "The Pei

  family was framed for treason back then, so their entire family was executed. All the valuables were taken away, not even a chair was left. What could make them go to so much trouble to find?" Liang Run had been to Pei Mansion and did not find anything good in it.

  "Maybe they heard something and thought the thing was in Pei Mansion, so they came to Pei Mansion to investigate." Zhao Yao thought for a while and said, "Second uncle, ask the old people in the capital about Pei Mansion. They may have heard something."

  "Okay."

  Liang Run saw Zhao Yao frowning and thinking, and asked, "Yaoyao, what's wrong?"

  "Shu is now controlled by the rebel army of the previous dynasty and does not belong to the Great Zhou. I wonder if those people are the remnants of the previous dynasty?"

  Liang Run was frightened by Zhao Yao's words and said in horror, "Remnants of the previous dynasty?"

  "It is very likely that they are Han Zhong's people."

  Han Zhong is a remnant of the previous dynasty. Twenty years ago, he and Zhao Yao's grandfather fought for Yongzhou, and were defeated by the previous emperor. He fled to Shu with his subordinates. At that time, there were only 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers who followed him to Shu. Not long after fleeing to Shu, he proclaimed himself emperor. Now, he has hundreds of thousands of troops in Shu.

  When the late emperor was still alive, Han Zhong had gone out of Shu to attack Liangzhou, but was defeated by the emperor and fled back to Shu in disgrace. Since then, Han Zhong has never left Shu again, nor has he attacked Da Zhou again.

  The emperor wanted to destroy Han Zhong and recover Shu, but the terrain of Shu was complex and steep, easy to defend but difficult to attack. It was not an easy task to recover Shu, and it would cost a lot of manpower and food. Da Zhou was just established, and there was a lot of work to be done, so there was not enough financial resources to attack Shu. In addition, there were also rebellions in several other states that needed to be pacified, and the court was too busy to do anything, so it could only temporarily give up the plan to recover Shu.

  After the rebellions in other states were completely pacified, the emperor would take action to recover Shu.

  The emperor was determined to recover Shu, and would never allow Han Zhong to be a local emperor in Shu. Although he had not recovered Shu over the years, the plan to recover Shu had been ongoing.

  "Han Zhong's people?" Liang Run said in a low voice, "They are traitors, how dare he send people to the capital?"

  Zhao Yao thought to himself that Han Zhong was a remnant of the previous dynasty, and Pei Fu was also from the previous dynasty. Han Zhong specially sent people to Pei Fu to look for something, and this thing should be related to the

  previous dynasty. "They didn't find anything in Pei Fu, so they shouldn't come again." If they come to the capital again, they will definitely be discovered, and then they will be in danger. "I don't know if anyone from the Pei family survived."

  "Didn't the entire Pei family be executed? How could there be any survivors?"

  "Maybe someone escaped." If someone from the Pei family really escaped, they would definitely hide their identities and it would be unlikely to find them.

  "Yaoyao, do you want to find the Pei family?"

  "What's the point of looking for the Pei family?" Zhao Yao said, "It's hard to find them even if I look for them."

  If they are really found, I'm afraid it will bring unnecessary trouble and danger.

  (End of this chapter)