The heavens start from Liaozhai

Chapter 47 Spring Drought in Beizhou
The air is extremely dry, the ground is cracked, and the rivers are dried up.

The villagers licked their lips and dug water in the river.

It's spring now, but not a drop of rain has fallen, and the rivers that flow all year round have dried up.

The farmers outside Luobei City have already packed their bags and rushed towards the east. There is no water or food. If they don't flee, they will starve to death in the city.

In an inn, Lin Ping sat down and took a sip of tea.

It is good to be able to drink tea now, but this tea is more than ten times more expensive than in the past.

"Shopkeeper, what's going on in Luonan City? Why didn't even a drop of rain fall? Isn't there spring rain at this time of year?" Lin Ping asked.

"What a sin! We ordinary people have no way to survive. Originally, we ordinary people were hungry every day, hoping for rain this spring.

I could also pick up some wild vegetables to eat, but I didn’t expect that there would be no rain. "The shopkeeper complained.

"Shopkeeper, do you know what's going on?" Lin Ping asked again.

"I heard that the Dragon God of Beiting Lake intercepted the water vapor, without the water vapor, there would be no rain in Luobei.

I don't know if this is really the case. If there is such a thing, what should I do!

I heard that people rose up in Shitou Town, Luonan County, known as the Doumi Army.Anyone who joins the Doumi Army can get a dou of rice, enough to eat for more than half a month without starving to death.

Therefore, those who had nowhere to go joined the Doumi Army. The world is in chaos. It is estimated that the Doumi Army will hit our Luobei County Mansion in a short time.

At that time, either join the Doumi Army, or be robbed of the family's food by the Doumi Army.

Fighting, for us, means a dead end. "The shopkeeper looked bitter.

"Thank you, shopkeeper, for saying so much." Lin Ping took a sip of tea and thanked him.

"I see that the guest officer is not a local, and he has money on hand. He can still buy some rice now. Hurry up and buy some rice to escape on the road. Otherwise, after the Doumi Army comes, it will be too late if he wants to leave." The shopkeeper said.

"Shopkeeper, aren't you leaving?" Lin Ping asked.

"Where can I go? I have an old man and a young man. I am the only elderly person in my family. If I leave, my old mother will die." The shopkeeper sighed.

"Then in the current situation, the more northwestern the Beizhou side is, the more chaotic it will be?" Lin Ping asked again.

"That's it. I see people fleeing every day, saying that there is a war here and there is a war there. They all say that the imperial court is now corrupt and they want to overthrow the imperial court.

There is another theory that the imperial court has been controlled by monsters, and Emperor Ding'an has not been in court for more than a month.

I heard that even the great scholar Su Mu was demoted to Shaoyang County. Now no one in the court dares to speak. "The shopkeeper told Lin Ping what he had heard.

"Is there still such a thing? What about the two princes? Didn't the two princes come forward?" Lin Ping asked.

"Hey, those two princes, for some unknown reason, used to come out to fight for power, but they disappeared two months ago. Many people speculated that the two princes also suffered poisonous hands." Said.

"By the way, who is the scholar Su Mu you are talking about? Why was he demoted to Shaoyang County?" Lin Ping couldn't help but become curious after hearing about Shaoyang County.

Shaoyang County is managed by County Magistrate Pang, but it is a good city. It can be said that even the current capital city is not as stable as Shaoyang County.

"Guest officer, you don't even know the great Confucian Su Mu, Su Mu is a man of great talent. He once served as the dean of the Confucian Academy and the teacher of Emperor Dingyuan. He is highly respected.

Such a person will say that the national teacher is a disaster for the country and the people.

He was demoted unexpectedly, and the emperor didn't come out to explain. The imperial decree came down, but the emperor couldn't see him at all. You say it's sad or not.

And I heard that this Shaoyang County is a very poor area, where there is so much chaos and hundreds of ghosts roaming at night, it is almost a dead city. " said the shopkeeper.

"Who did you listen to?" Lin Ping asked again.

"Hey, sir, I don't know. In our country of Great Xia, Cangzhou is the most difficult and poorest state. It has less land and many mountains.

There are also few rivers, and there are many mountain spirits and ghosts, poisonous miasma, as long as you are bitten by mosquitoes, you will easily die of poisoning.

And the people who fled from me said that most of the Town God's Temple in Cangzhou collapsed, and many lonely and wild ghosts came out of the Town God's Temple to absorb the yang energy of ordinary people, and many people died at the hands of ghosts. "The shopkeeper said again.

"I didn't expect the shopkeeper to know so much. It really taught me a lot." What Lin Ping said was true.

This month, he has been looking for mountain spirits and ghosts, and has less contact with mortals. Although he has killed a lot, there are fewer and fewer ghosts.

Lin Ping's contribution and income are no longer directly proportional.

Lin Ping heard that there was a spring drought in Luonan County and several other counties, and the people were in dire straits, so he came to see it.

You won’t know it until you see it, but you will find it shocking after you see it.

Outside the city of Luobei, there are all skinny fleeers with cracked mouths. These people have no money in hand and are blocked outside the city gate, not allowed to enter. Many of them sell their sons and daughters.

Some people even have nothing to eat, and there are tragedies where people exchange their children for food.

Because it was too tragic, Lin Ping walked away from it.

Lin Ping was still afraid that he would feel some compassion. Now he just traveled so far. He is not a local lord. Although he has silver taels on hand, there is only so much food in Luonan County, so it is useless for him to take out money.

Besides, these people don't have much to do with him, so he can't help them in this situation.

Now in Luonan County and the surrounding counties, what is most lacking is not food, but heavy rain. Only when it rains, will fewer people die.

"The guest officer is full of praise. Now who runs an inn, who doesn't know so many, and the guests who come and go are all talking about these things." The innkeeper said.

"That's true!" Lin Ping paid the silver and left the inn.

"Guest officer, go slowly..." The shopkeeper looked at the one tael of silver with a happy expression on his face.

Then he saw Lin Ping turned into a stream of light and disappeared into the sky.

"Immortal... everyone, take a look..."

The shopkeeper stood at the door in a daze. He didn't expect that the guest officer was an immortal. He talked to him so much and even praised him. Doesn't this mean that he has the spirit of immortality?

Lin Ping didn't know that the innkeeper's reaction was so strong. Now his destination was to go to Beiting Lake. He wanted to see if there was an evil dragon cutting off the water vapor drifting to Beizhou.

If so, he would definitely kill this evil dragon and bring justice to the people of Beizhou.

Of course, Lin Ping's main target was the dragon corpse.

This dragon's body should be very valuable.

Now Lin Ping is really poor. Over the past month, he has traveled around and accumulated 12000 years of time.

To exchange Dao Xing Dan, it can only be exchanged for 120 years. He was blocked in the Town God's Temple in Shaoyang County before, and he spent 38000 years in one month.

Now it's hard work, not to mention the wind and frost on the face, and the money earned is still little.

(End of this chapter)