The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

Runxue woke up before dawn. She stood by the window, looking at the yard in the dim sky, feeling very restless.

Suddenly, she heard footsteps coming, very cautiously, so she put on her cloak and walked out.

The person who came was the spy she had paid for, someone close to Chu Heyi, who came to pass on a message to her.

When Guyu learned that Runxue had already gotten up, he immediately came to serve her and brought her a cup of tea.

Runxue sat down on the chair, picked up the tea and took a sip before asking the other party about the situation.

The man said, "The County Lord Cheng'an only has 100,000 dan of grain. Qingyang City has a large population, and consumes about 1.5 million dan of grain a year. The grain in the County Lord Cheng'an's hands will not last for a few days."

Runxue exhaled imperceptibly and took another sip of tea. His expression did not change at all. He only asked Guyu to give him the reward money: "You did a good job. If you have any news, let me know immediately. If the situation is true, there will be a generous reward."

Not long after that person left, another person came. He was also from Chu Heyi's side. He also came to tell Runxue how much food Chu Heyi had.

Runxue has always been suspicious. She never believes what one person says. She will only believe it about 70% to 80% after finding two people.

Fortunately, the number reported by the second person was basically the same as the number reported by the previous person, so Runxue believed it.

Her mood improved a lot. One hundred thousand shi of grain could not account for much of Qingyang City's grain market.

After the man left, Guyu helped Runxue to wash, tie her hair and dress. Suddenly, they heard a loud noise outside, so Runxue asked Guyu to go out to check the situation.

Guyu came back soon, looking pale. "Princess, the place where the relief food was stored was discovered by the disaster victims. Now they are asking you and His Highness to distribute the relief food. Don't... don't keep it for yourself."

Runxue was stunned, with a hint of anger in her eyes, and asked angrily: "Who leaked the news?"

Runxue tied her cloak and left the house. The noise of the disaster victims outside became louder and louder, but she just glanced and said:

"Arrange soldiers to suppress them. If anyone causes trouble, arrest them on the spot. Don't be polite! Tell the public that this is for order! Without order, there will be serious accidents of people being trampled to death. We are also doing this for everyone's sake."

Guyu took the order and left.

Runxue asked the person guarding the granary to reply.

When several men came over, their faces were pale, and they were all trembling with fear and extremely panicked.

"In the middle of the night, many disaster victims came to the granary to cause trouble. We went to stop them, but we didn't expect that someone brought experts, beat up our people, and rushed into the granary... By the time we reacted, they already knew how much relief grain was inside." The soldier answered weakly.

Runxue took a breath of cold air. The enemy made a feint to the east and attacked in the west, causing the soldiers guarding the granary to be entangled by the victims, and they took advantage of the chaos to rush into the granary.

There must have been people from Qingyang City who rushed into the granary, which is why the news spread so widely at daybreak.

She rubbed her brows and said, "In other words, you don't know who led the people in?"

The soldier replied: "We have sent people to investigate, and I believe there will be results soon."

Runxue angrily slammed the table, making a "bang" sound: "What do I need the result for! In the current situation, who can bear the consequences? It's not that we don't want to distribute more relief food, but because the relief food is limited and can't be distributed all at once!

"Last time, because His Royal Highness Prince Cheng made a wrong decision, everyone ate only 70% full, which led to many people starving to death! We can't make the same mistake again!"

The soldiers' faces turned pale and they knelt on the ground, not daring to look up or make a sound.

Runxue said in a deep voice: "You guys failed to do your job well and made such a big mistake. You will each receive eighty strokes of the cane."

Eighty strokes of the board were enough to take away most of the life of a strong man. Those with a weaker body would die instantly, but no one dared to beg for mercy.

After everyone left, Runxue was still sitting on the chair with a gloomy face.

When she saw the person who took the disaster victims to explore the granary at night, she thought of Chu Heyi. It must be Chu Heyi!

Runxue quietly clenched her hands on the coffee table into fists, her nails digging into the flesh of her palms. She came back to her senses when she felt a slight stinging pain.

Gu Yu asked softly, "Princess, what should we do next? The news spread quickly, and now the people of Qingyang City know that we have relief grain, but we are withholding it. Should we distribute it now?"

This is too much of a loss and will also disrupt food prices.

Runxue stood up and walked around the room several times before making up her mind: "Work-for-relief, starting from now on. One man from each household will work, and only by working can we get food."

There were only one or two people left at home, and it was barely enough to eat.

But for a family of three or four, or even four or five, or even seven or eight people, it is definitely not enough, and they still have to buy food.

The news spread quickly and everyone was excited. They wanted to curse the people above them, but they didn't know what to curse.

Although the relief food they saw was not that little, it was not that much either.

Runxue said, "I hope that everyone's homes destroyed by the earthquake can be rebuilt before the relief food runs out. During this time, I will be with you all."

After the work-for-relief program, the lifeless Qingyang City came back to life a little, but most people were still worried about food.

In a short period of time, not to mention the wild vegetables, even the grass roots and tree barks were stripped clean, and Qingyang City inside and outside was desolate.

The sky above Qingyang City seemed to be shrouded in layers of pressure. Everyone was suffocating and could hardly see any hope. They all knew that autumn was passing and winter was about to come, but how could they survive the cold winter without food?

Under such circumstances, new news began to spread in Qingyang City: "The grain sold at 90 coins per stone in Yan's shop is almost sold out!"

It was as if an invisible hand was stirring up Qingyang City, causing panic among the people. The common people were restless and unable to sleep at night. Many people developed blisters in their mouths overnight.

Lei Yushan and Guo Congsheng also heard the news. After being silent for a few days, they became completely excited and agitated.

The opportunity to make huge money has finally come to them!

They asked their employees to be ready, and once the grain in Yan's shop was sold out, they would open the shop and sell grain.

And on this night, those relatives or friends of Qingyang City who were far away in Shengjing City actually came from Shengjing City one after another.

As soon as the sky brightened and the gates of Qingyang City opened, they marched into the city in a mighty force, like a tide, and were unstoppable.

The news soon reached the ears of King Cheng and his wife, and Runxue was silent and thoughtful.

Dongfang Shuo said, "The earthquake in Qingyang City has been going on for a while. Those people were afraid of aftershocks and didn't dare to come. Now that Qingyang City is stable, they will come back to visit their relatives. There is no need to worry."

He added: "Maybe they will give out some money to help the local victims, so that more people can buy food."

However, the facts were quite different from what Dongfang Shuo said. Runxue was devastated and almost vomited blood again.