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Chu Xi knew about the changes in the mansion, and it was already four days later. This letter, which was deliberately blocked by Jun Xizhu, mentioned that there were thieves stealing, and several guards were killed and injured. , but did not mention Jun Xizhu's injury.

After reading the letter, although Chu Xi was a little worried, she also knew that her military adviser was always smart, and such matters could definitely be handled perfectly, so she didn't think too much about it, and put all her thoughts on disaster relief.

The drought in seven counties including Qingyuan, Qiuchang, and Pingyuan was somewhat more severe than what was reported to the court.

The local officials said that there was only a sign of drought, but in fact, since the beginning of spring this year, there has been no rain in Qingyuan and other places. All died of drought.

Now it is the summer heat in Mengxia. After struggling for half a year, the little surplus food in the people's homes has been eaten up. Seeing that autumn is coming, and hearing the heavy rain in Liangzhou and the rampant epidemic in Jiangcheng and other places, they are all anxious and restless. There are also rumors everywhere, saying that there is no way in the southern Chu, and there is no virtue in the present, and the sky wants to fall to the country, so there are droughts and floods, which will harm the people.

Under such rumors, the hearts of the people are restless and anxious. They either change their sons to survive, or gather together as bandits and rob houses.

Along the way, Chu Xi had already been attacked by bandits three or four times. Fortunately, the hundred riders accompanying her were all the elites of the mansion, and the prestige alone was enough to scare away these incompetent robbers.

The more they traveled, the more desolate they became, and the bones of starvation could be seen everywhere, and Chu Xi's expression became colder and colder.

She once carried a silver gun to save Xifeng City, and once commanded an army of 30 to fight Yangquan decisively, stepping on a mountain of dead bodies for the revenge of the restoration of the country and the massacre of the city.

She has always thought that she is protecting the Southern Chu Kingdom, she has always thought that she can protect the entire Southern Chu people from the suffering of war, but can guard against man-made disasters, but what about natural disasters?

In the face of this natural disaster, everyone is too insignificant, including her, Chu Huaijin, who is also so insignificant, like dust on the moss, drifting away involuntarily.

When we arrived at Qingyuan City, we could see the collapsed wall courtyard, the ragged people, lying or lying down, mourning or weeping, heart-piercing and wailing, or numb and heartless, just like purgatory on earth.

"They...they...why are they all gathered here?" For a while, Chu Xi couldn't accept this extreme cruelty, so he couldn't help pointing at the people around him with his whip.

Yin Zhongze raised his eyes and looked around, sighed a long time: "We all gather here, waiting for the bowl of porridge to survive when the lamp is lighted."

As Yin Zhongze led the way to the yamen of Qingyuan County, Chu Xi frowned deeply, and said coldly: "Clear porridge? How can you be full? Since Marquis Wu has promised to adjust [-] deniers of grain first, then you should wait Those who are still alive, all..."

"Your Highness!" Yin Zhongze raised his voice suddenly, seeing that he had attracted the attention of all parties, he lowered his voice helplessly and said, "One hundred thousand deniers of food is just a drop in the bucket, but how many people are enough to feed? It's better to have porridge to hang your life than a meal After being full, I will starve to death..."

Xu Chengshu, the magistrate of Qingyuan County, came out to pick him up after hearing the sound, but he saw that Young Master Yonghui had a dispute with Yushi Yin Zhongze, and wanted to persuade him to join forces, but he couldn't persuade him, so he bowed silently to lead the way, and led the two into the mansion. inside.

Thinking that Princess Yonghui came all the way from Wangcheng, Xu Chengshu specially asked people to prepare food and drinks, and led everyone into the banquet, but unexpectedly, Princess Yonghui just glanced at the food on the table, and directly ordered in a cold voice: "Withdraw, all the porridge."

There are starving bones on the road, and the wine and meat of the wealthy family are smelly. Is this the gap between people?

"This..." Xu Chengshu glanced at Yin Zhongze, and after receiving the signal, he asked people to cook porridge and serve it.

Along the way, he was so worried that Chu Xi had no appetite at all. Seeing that the porridge was so clear and the rice grains were almost countable, thinking that the people in the surrounding cities were using this to survive, he couldn't help feeling sad, and only hated himself for being ignorant. , Can't call the wind and rain, can't bear to fight against the sky.

"Forget it, wait and eat, I'll go and see what's going on inside and outside the city."

Putting down the bowls and chopsticks, Chu Xi got up and went out, leaving the guards and accompanying imperial physicians to eat.

Seeing this, Xu Chengshu approached Yin Zhongze and said a few words, then he winked and signaled the Yawei guards outside to follow behind Chu Xi.

Chu Xi heard someone coming behind him, so he tore off his cloak and threw it together with the silver gun into his hands, and confessed: "When I come back, the princess, I hope you will still stand here, understand?"

After leaving the mansion, he deliberately went around some corners and alleys, and shook off the tails that followed closely behind him, before leaving the city.

The distant mountains outside the city are undulating and stretching, but due to the drought, they have lost their due emerald greenness. Instead, the mountains are all yellow and desolate.

Seeing a lot of pedestrians on the road, all of them were sallow and thin, and they all rushed to the direction of Qingyuan City. Chu Xi knew that they must be rushing to get the bowl of clear porridge, so he suppressed the thought of stopping them to inquire about the situation. I walked alone all the way until it was dark before I found a teahouse to settle down.

However, now the teahouse no longer sells tea, but sells water instead.

Chu Xi just sat down and was about to quench his thirst with a bowl of water, but suddenly heard a child crying, followed by a burst of cursing.

Looking sideways, I saw a gray man outside the teahouse pulling a little boy in fine clothes, intending to pull him into the teahouse, but the little boy was holding on to the pillar outside the door and refused to let go, which caused the man to yell at him: "Little brat!" , still crying? Crying again, I will chop you up and sell rice meat!"

The child was not frightened, but quickly let go, and was held by the gray man's waist, trying to carry him into the tea room.

Seeing this, Chu Xi immediately stood up and stopped the man in gray, "Where are you taking this child?"

The man in gray was stopped by Chu Xi, and his eyes glanced coldly: "In this year of natural disasters and man-made disasters, it's better not to meddle in your own business when the girl's house is away from home."

"It seems that I have to take care of this nonsense." Seeing that the man's words were different, Chu Xi swung the sword in his hand, and from the corner of his eyes, he glanced at the people in the room, and suddenly understood: "Where are you going?" Who is it?"

"Who we are, you will soon find out."

The man in gray handed the boy in his hand to someone else, then walked two steps closer to Chu Xi, looked at Chu Xi with both eyes, as if he was looking at fresh meat on the table: "Wearing the top-grade cloud brocade clothes, pedaling Embellished with gold sheepskin boots and a jade belt around her waist, she is obviously a girl from a wealthy family, if I catch her, I can obviously get a lot of food in exchange."

Following his words, many people around stood up and surrounded him, ready to move.

Chu Xi was fearless in the face of danger, and asked in a deep voice: "So, you snatched that child and wanted to exchange it for food?"

"That's right! His father is the magistrate of Qiuchang County, so there must be a lot of food at home." The man in gray snorted coldly: "I don't know which girl you are from? To be honest, I will also send someone to deliver a letter to your parents go."

"Then you go to Huangquan Road to deliver a letter to my parents!" Chu Leng shook his sleeves, drew his long sword out of its sheath, and slashed the man's neck: "Please report your name, Ben...under my sword, Do not kill the unknown!"

"What a big tone!" The gray-clothed man leaned back to hide his sword, then picked up a long wooden stick and said, "It's the same with Duan Zheying in Xiaqiuchang!"

"Your Excellency, Qiu Chang, Duan Zheying?" Chu Xi had heard of Duan Zheying's name, but that Duan Zheying was known as a hero in the Jianghu, and no one could connect him with the previous person who was kidnapped for food.

"Miss, have you ever heard of your name?" Duan Zheying stopped, looked at Chu Xi from head to toe again, and said, "Miss is dressed in a heroic manner, and there is a hint of dignity between her brows. I am not from the rivers and lakes, I don't know the girl..."

Speaking of this, Duan Zheying suddenly thought of a person, couldn't help being shocked, and blurted out in surprise: "Could it be that the girl is..."

Chu Xi didn't know who Duan Zheying guessed, she thought about it for a while, and decided to reveal her identity: "I'm Chu Huaijin!"

When he was still in the fief of Jincheng, Chu Xi had heard about Zheying's name. It is said that he is of the blood of Qiu Chang's Duan family. After becoming an official and falling behind in his family, Duan Zheying stopped being an official, changed to literature and martial arts, eliminated the strong and helped the weak, and became a famous hero.

When Duan Zheying saw Chu Xi revealing his identity, his face changed several times. Seeing this, Chu Xi calmly said: "The court and the rivers and lakes have always been in harmony with each other. Hero Duan is a generation of heroes. I think he won't embarrass me here." Are you the courtier who handles the disaster?"

"Okay! Now that the princess has talked about this, Duan has a few words to say." Duan Zheying motioned Chu Xi to sit down, poured out two bowls of water, and took the lead to drink a bowl and wipe it off. Zuicai said: "There was a severe drought, and the people had no crops. The earthquake disaster food that was transferred twice by the court was corrupted by those officials, but the people had to starve to death and die of thirst. Look at Duan." Unaccustomed to those people's behavior, I robbed granaries a few times and distributed them to some poor families. Later, these people counted on me to survive. I had no choice but to rob them a few more times. You have learned well, the food has been guarded by heavy soldiers..."

"So, that's why you made such a bad move? Looking for an opportunity to rob other people's children in exchange for food?" Chu Xi sneered, "Is this what a hero would do?"

"This is indeed not the style of a hero, but for the sake of so many people who are about to starve to death, I don't care about the reputation of Lao Shizi." Duan Zheying said, also looking at Chu Xi with a sneer: "But at least, Stronger than this so-called imperial court, the drought is so serious that they even sent you as a prostitute... This is nothing short of human life!"

"I don't need you to comment on whether it is a reckless disregard for human life. Now, you let the child go. I will figure out a way about the food." Having said that, what can she think of in a short time?

"What else do you need to think of? When you finish thinking of the solution, you don't know how many people will starve to death!" Duan Zheying was furious, completely disregarding Chu Xishen's identity as the princess, and slapped the table with her palm in front of everyone. Seeing that the bowl of clear water was almost spilled, he went to protect the bowl of clear water, and said angrily: "For so many years, Southern Chu has emphasized agriculture and suppressed business, and there has been no military incident for a long time. How could the treasury not have food in stock?" ?Since there is food in the treasury, why not use it to save the lives of these people? Since you are a princess, don’t you have the right to transfer more food from the treasury?"

"Presumptuous!" Hearing this, Chu Xi couldn't help shouting coldly, and looked at Duan Zheying with cold eyes: "Since you know about military affairs, you should understand that even if there is food in the treasury, it is absolutely impossible to get a lot of it." Disaster relief!"

The more I listened, the more I felt that this Duan Zheying was not simple, but Chu Xi couldn't calm down and think about it at this moment, and watched the people around her become alert and hostile because of her angry shout, so she grabbed the child in the fancy dress and left.

Duan Zheying didn't stop Chuxi any more, and kept clenching his fists, watching Chuxi go away. After about a cup of tea, a gray-haired old man came out from the teahouse, and he carefully poured the bowl of Chuxi Put the undrinked water into the jar.

Duan Zheying murmured: "Uncle Dong, the rumors say that Princess Yonghui is good at fighting, but she has never said that she understands the rule of the people... I don't know if she can think of a way to alleviate the suffering of the people. "

The white-haired old man called Uncle Dong persuaded: "It is up to people to plan things, and it is up to God to make things happen... You have already made it this far. If God doesn't open his eyes and wants to make the people suffer... there is nothing we can do... ..."

"If there is really no other way, then I will gather the bandits from the surrounding villages, kill those corrupt officials, rob the food, and rebel against this..."

The author has something to say: oh...an update again...

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