Rebirth of the Prophet Strikes Back

Prince Shan has been away for more than two months, and the news of his disappearance must have reached the capital soon. Originally, his plan was to let Prince Shan disappear and hide, but he didn't think about hiding in a short time. Where to go? Today's Wen Renya just solved this problem for him.

Prince Shan hid in Le Country. Although the emperor would suspect and look for his whereabouts, he would never have thought that he would hide in Le Country.

The next day, several people rode away early in the morning, and did not delay in Yu County, because if they delay for one more day, more and more people will die in Yizhou.

"Why is Qin Yi missing?" On the way, Bai Limu looked at the four horses, one for Qin Qianye and one for Shan Ling, one for Liu Baifeng, one for himself, and there should be Qin Yi.

"Qin Yi was sent by his elder brother to protect Wen Renya from entering the capital." Shan Ling said, this is what Qin Qianye told him.

"It's his own business to go to Beijing, why do you want us to send people to protect him?" Bai Limu was dissatisfied.

"After all, he is the Ninth Prince of Le Kingdom. Since we know his identity, it's not good not to help." Shan Ling explained.

"Really?" Bai Limu scratched his head, he was simple-minded and couldn't figure out the twists and turns.

"Okay, don't talk about it, it's important to hurry up." Qin Qianye said.

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Several horses galloped forward under the rising sun, and a lot of yellow sand and dust splashed behind them.

After rushing all the way, they finally arrived at the poorest place in the Great Qin Kingdom, which was also the place where the plague broke out.

Looking at the dilapidated city gate of Yizhou, many refugees gathered at the gate. These refugees were lying on the ground with no clothes on, their expressions were painful, and they kept moaning in mourning.

Qin Qianye's raised eyebrows became more and more frightening, and his face was also abnormally cold.

"Come all the way, I thought the refugees fleeing on the road were enough to make people feel distressed, but I didn't expect the people here to look even more distressing than those fleeing." Bai Limu looked at this scene, His expression was very sympathetic.

"The common people are like this, even if the plague broke out, wouldn't the government provide relief?" Shan Ling said angrily.

This year is indeed a year full of disasters for Daqin.

Drought, waterlogging, resulting in no harvest in autumn, and then the plague spread wantonly, which caused the death of many people in Daqin.

Qin Qianye got off his horse, threw the reins to Bai Limu, and walked towards an old man lying on the edge of the city gate. The old man was lying on the ground with white temples and naked clothes. groans, and beside him was a five or six-year-old child, who was crying beside the old man, "Grandpa, I'm hungry, I'm hungry..."

The children were crying endlessly.

"Good, good grandson, you ate this Guanyin soil once today, but you can't eat it again." The old man coaxed the child with a feeble voice, but the child was still starved and emaciated, crying endlessly.

"Old man." Qin Qianye stepped forward and squatted down.

The old man looked at Qin Qianye. Although they had been on their way recently, they were very particular about the materials they wore. Looking at this scene now, they seemed quite out of place here.

The old man glared at Qin Qianye resentfully, hugged the crying child lying beside him, and didn't want to talk to Qin Qianye at all.

From the eyes of the old man, Qin Qianye saw the resentment, which was the resentment of the poor against the rich or against the government.

At this time, Shan Ling stepped forward and took out some exquisite pastries from the package. Although the few of them were on their way, Qin Qianye did not miss his pastries and snacks. It was done in the honor guard of the Daitianzi, and it was sent over quickly.

The cake exuded a strong aroma, and the child stopped crying immediately, his eyes glowed brightly, looking at the cake in Shan Ling's hand like a hungry wolf.

Shan Ling smiled gently at the child, then gave the pastry in the food box to the child, and the child immediately devoured it

Looking at this scene, the old man trembled and quickly got up from the ground to kneel down to Shan Ling, but was caught by Shan Ling in time. Shan Ling's voice was clear and delicate, and he looked more kind than Qin Qianye many.

Shan Ling said, "Old man, we are from other places and don't understand the current situation in Yizhou, so I want to ask you a few questions. This is my brother." Shan Ling looked at Qin Qianye, Qin Qianye Qianye raised the corners of his lips.

The old man looked at the two with wet eyes, and said with a trembling voice, "Well, benefactor, I just didn't know Taishan with my eyes, and I hope the benefactor will not blame you. If you have any questions, please ask me. I will definitely answer them one by one.”

Qin Qianye nodded, "How is Yizhou now? The people are poorly clothed and hungry. Will the government open a warehouse to release food?"

The old man shook his head, sighed and said, "If the government is willing to open warehouses to release food, so many people won't starve to death."

Qin Qianye's face was very cold, "Could it be that the government is watching the people starve to death?"

"Who says it's not?" The old man shook his head and said, "I heard that many places in Qin State have experienced drought and waterlogging this year, and the autumn harvest was even worse, and a great plague broke out. Yizhou is the poorest city in Qin State. In a state, the emperor has no control over us, and wants us people to starve to death, or die of plague."

"Who said that?" Qin Qianye's face was as cold as ice, and his whole body was full of hostility.

The old man said, "It was the governor of Yizhou who said it."

There is a governor in a state, a magistrate under the governor, and a county government under the magistrate.

"Originally we people didn't believe it, but now, the people in Yizhou starved to death, died of illness, and fled from refugees. Only we, the old, weak, sick and disabled, who can't escape, can only live here. Waiting to starve to death."

"The governor of Yizhou dares to say such a thing, it's too rebellious." Bai Limu hummed softly.

Liu Baifeng gave him a cold look.

Qin Qianye ignored the two of them, his phoenix eyes were full of hostility, "How about the current plague in Yizhou? Is it under control?"

The old man shook his head even more, "How could it be controlled? We ordinary people have no money, can't see doctors, and can't get medicine. If we contract the plague or get sick, we can only die of the disease. And because of the plague, the price of medicine is even higher. It has been doubled several times, isn't this forcing our common people to die?" The old man said with tears in his eyes.

"The government didn't ask any questions, and didn't send a doctor to show the people?" Qin Qianye asked coldly.

"Government and businessmen have colluded together now, and the government even raises the doctors in their own mansions to prevent themselves from catching the plague. I heard that those officials and lords have to drink medicine every day when they are not sick, so as to prevent themselves from catching the plague. "When the old man mentioned this, his expression became very angry.

What he said, the expressions on the faces of several people were also full of anger.

"By the way, in fact, the county magistrate in Yizhou is pretty good. In the beginning, he let go of warehouses twice to help the people.

It's a pity that the county magistrate's official position is too small to be in charge. Now the county magistrate's mansion is also impoverished. Not only that, the county magistrate is also good at medicine. He often comes out to feel the pulse of us common people. Yes, we will use earthwork for treatment. " said the old man.

Qin Qianye nodded, feeling a little fond of the county magistrate.

"By the way, old man, I just heard what is the Guanyin soil you mentioned? Is it a specialty of Yizhou?" Shan Ling asked.The old man shook his head, and took out a handful of loess wrapped in rags from his arms.

Bai Limu's eyes widened in surprise, "This, isn't this just ordinary soil?"

Shan Ling picked it up and looked at it. It was very viscous, and it was not the same as ordinary soil, but it was still soil in the final analysis.

"This is soil. It is the Avalokitesvara soil we asked for in the Avalokitesvara Temple." The old man said, "Eating some of this soil can relieve hunger. Now that there is no food, we old, weak, sick and disabled can only eat some Avalokitesvara soil to wrap Stomach."

A few people immediately looked up, and with just one glance, they could see that many people were grabbing Guanyin soil and stuffing it into their mouths.

"This soil cannot be eaten." Shan Ling said loudly, "Although this soil can temporarily relieve hunger, this soil will cause abdominal distension, make it difficult to defecate, have no nutrition, and cannot be digested. After eating, it will kill people."

The hearts of the few people Shan Ling said were even more heavy.

In today's capital city, those officials and eunuchs are probably still feasting and feasting, singing and dancing every day, entertaining and spending extravagantly, but the people here can't even eat the bark of dead trees, so they can only eat the so-called Guanyin soil to satisfy their hunger.

"We also know that if we eat too much of this kind of soil, we will die, but there is nothing we can do about it." The old man said, tears streaming down his face, "We also want to live, but the emperor doesn't care about us, the government doesn't care about us, we still don't care about it." How to survive? So, even if we know that we will die if we eat this kind of food, we still want to eat it, we don’t want to be a starving ghost.”

After being told by the old man, the eyes of several people were a little moist, and their hearts were even more painful.

"Let's go." Qin Qianye stood up and said coldly, "Go to the city."

Several people hurried to the gate of the city, Bai Limu gritted his teeth with resentment, "I really want to kill the governor of Yizhou right now."

"The governor of Yizhou deserves to die." Liu Baifeng said coldly.

"Such a governor, even if he died ten thousand times, he would not regret it." Shan Ling was also very annoyed.

This governor is not only hateful, but even more hateful. He actually blatantly said that the emperor doesn't care about the people here. Maybe he thinks that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and Yizhou is the poorest state in the Qin Dynasty. Even if the emperor wants to take care of it, he should take care of it first. other states.

However, presumably he should have received the news that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's patrol team on behalf of the Son of Heaven has set off.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way quickly, and get out of the way." At this time, a carriage came out from the gate of the city, carrying a large wooden box on the carriage, and there were two pairs of guards on both sides of the carriage to protect it. .

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