After a long day of trekking, the group finally reached their destination.

A total of ten princes were accompanied this time.

There were more than 60 cities in the east, but only 10 were affected.

On the way, Chu Luo was convenient for Chu Mu, the king of Shu, and Chu Hao, the king of Wu, separated, and arrived at Dongyun City under the escort of Jinyiwei.

Dongyun City is a city that belongs to the surrounding area, and its scale is neither small nor small, with a population of about two million.

Because of the proximity to the border area, it was often harassed by the troops sent by the Great Yan Dynasty, and the people could not farm normally, and the price of grain in the city was too high, and no one could afford it, so the local government, according to the custom, opened a warehouse to release grain and relieve the refugees.

But within a few days, the grain was exhausted, so Dongcheng sent an urgent message to the imperial court.

Chu Luo sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain, and looked at the heavily guarded Dongyun City.

Under the gate of Dongyun City, there was a group of people wearing pipe robes, who looked like local officials.

Soon, Chu Luo stepped out of the carriage and met with a group of officials.

"Minister Chenghai, meet His Royal Highness King Liang!"

Led by Cheng Hai, the lord of Dongyun City, Cheng Hai bowed and saluted.

As soon as he spoke, the officials behind him also spoke.

"The ministers meet His Royal Highness King Liang!"

"No courtesy!" Chu Luo said calmly.

After speaking, he continued to inquire about the situation in Dongyun City.

"Cheng Hai, this king asks you, what is the specific situation in this Dongyun City?"

Cheng Hai said respectfully: "Your Highness, because the imperial court sent people to send half of the grain, although the people in the city are not full, they will not be starved to death, please rest assured, now that Your Highness has sent food, the crisis in the city will naturally be solved, thanks to Your Highness!"

Hearing Cheng Hai slap himself so shamelessly, Chu Luo opened his mouth and said: "There is no need to thank King Ben, if you want to thank you, you should thank Your Majesty." ”

"Your Majesty is merciful!" Cheng Hai praised.

"Okay, let's go to soup soup now!" Chu Luo didn't want to talk nonsense.

Cheng Hai was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, and said with a smile: "Okay, please ask Your Highness to go with me to give porridge." ”

"Hmm. Chu Luo nodded slightly and walked ahead, and around Chu Luo, dozens of brocade guards were scattered to protect his safety.

Behind Chu Luo was Cheng Hai and other officials.

Cheng Hai deliberately slowed down and kept his distance from Chu Luo.

There seems nothing wrong with it to outsiders, but only Cheng Hai himself knows that the purpose of doing this is to facilitate conversations with his henchmen.

Cheng Hai lowered his voice and asked the henchman beside him, "King Liang shouldn't find out, right?"

The henchman smiled, gave Cheng Hai a reassuring look, and laughed in a low voice: "Please rest assured, Lord City, I have already asked those hungry people to be driven to the broken temple and locked up, and I also warned them, if anyone is disobedient and dares to appear in front of His Royal Highness King Liang, there will be no forgiveness, I believe that if they dare not come out, His Royal Highness King Liang will naturally not find out!"

After listening to his confidant's words, Cheng Hai happily praised him: "Well done! After King Liang goes back, I will naturally not treat you badly, and when the time comes, I will reward you with a beautiful concubine, which can be regarded as a reward for you!"

When the henchman heard this, a fiery color flashed in his eyes, he licked his lips obscenely, and laughed and said, "My subordinates have thanked the city lord!"

Chu Luo, who was in front, suddenly heard someone laughing, stopped curiously, turned around, and found that the person was Cheng Hai's subordinate, so he asked curiously:

"What were you just laughing at?"

The laughter stopped abruptly, and the henchman was stunned for a while, and quickly explained with a smile: "Your Highness, the villain was happy when he thought that the people in the city would no longer be hungry and would have something to eat, so he couldn't help laughing, and asked His Highness to punish him!"

When Chu Luo heard this, his face softened slightly, nodded and said: "You care about the people, it's too late for this king to praise you, how can I blame you, this king forgives you for your innocence!"

"Your Highness Xie!" the henchman quickly shut his mouth and stayed quietly aside.

"Let's keep walking. Chu Luo continued.

Soon, the group came to the street.

The first impression you get when you come to the street is that it's clean and tidy.

This made Chu Luo feel that Cheng Hai and the others were attentive.

However, the further he went, the more confused Chu Luo became.

Because along the way, he didn't see a few refugees.

It seems that Dongyun City has not asked the imperial court for help because of the large number of refugees and the fear of a civil uprising, as said before.

Immediately, Chu Luo asked Cheng Hai: "Cheng City Lord, this king asks you, why hasn't this king seen a few refugees along the way, is it possible, the people are already full, don't you need me to come to relief?"

When Cheng Hai heard this, he explained in a cold sweat: "Your Highness doesn't know, because the food distributed by the imperial court was not enough, and the ministers were afraid that there would be a mutiny due to the lack of food, so they arranged for them to go to sleep and reduce exercise, which can effectively control the amount of food for the people." ”

After listening to Cheng Hai's explanation, Chu Luo said in disbelief: "It can be seen that Cheng City Lord really has a heart, this king is very pleased, and he also asked Cheng City Lord to ask people to invite the people to come over and line up for porridge." ”

"Yes, the minister will do it!" Cheng Hai nodded yes, and then said to the other officials: "You accompany Your Highness to the soup kitchen, don't make any mistakes." ”

"Don't worry, city lord, we will understand!" the officials responded in unison.

Then, Cheng Hai left.

On the way to the soup kitchen, Chu Luo called a brocade guard to his side.

"Your Highness, you are looking for me. ”

This Jinyi Guard's name is Xu Ming, and he is also a good player in the Jinyi Guard, and he was specially sent by Zhu Wuzhi to protect Chu Luo's safety.

Chu Luo remembered Xu Ming's name among the many brocade guards, so he nodded and asked in a low voice: "Xu Ming, this king has something to ask you, you must answer this king truthfully!"

"Your Highness, please speak!" Xu Ming said respectfully.

"Don't you think this Dongyun City is a bit weird?" Chu Luo asked in a low voice.

Xu Ming thought for a while, nodded, lowered his voice and said, "My subordinates have found out!"

"Oh?" Chu Luo's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Tell me, what did you find?"

Xu Ming replied: "Back to His Royal Highness, his subordinates found that on this street, refugees are extremely rare, as Cheng City Lord said just now, let the people go to sleep, but his subordinates feel that he is lying, because his subordinates have experienced the taste of hunger, how can a person who can't even eat enough to sleep in, he should find ways to eat something!"

This Xu Ming is really an understanding person!

Chu Luo was overjoyed.

Xu Ming's thoughts coincided with Chu Luo.

He also felt that Cheng Hai was lying, and with Xu Ming's explanation just now, he could now be sure that Cheng Hai was lying!

It's weird!

Although I don't know why Cheng Hai wants to hide it from himself, it won't be a good thing to think about it.

So, Chu Luo said to Xu Ming: "Later, you will pay attention to the surrounding environment for this king, and also, keep an eye on this Cheng Hai for me, he definitely has a problem, as soon as he finds out that something is wrong, we will leave immediately!"

Xu Ming nodded yes.

The group continued to walk.

When passing through a small alley.

Suddenly—

Out of the alley came a young beggar who was unclothed, with messy hair and dirty.

He rushed forward with an arrow step, knelt on the ground with a thud in front of Chu Luo, and begged loudly: "This lord, please, give me something to eat, I also have a ten-year-old sister, if she doesn't eat again, she will really starve to death!"

As he spoke, the young beggar kowtowed to Chu Luo several times, each time with extreme force, leaving a red mark on the ground.

Xu Ming pulled out the saber at his waist and asked in a cold voice, "Who are you, why are you kneeling in front of Your Highness?"

Before the young beggar could speak, Cheng Hai's henchmen took the lead in speaking.

"You fool, you dare to bump into Your Highness, Your Highness is such a noble identity, and you are a pariah who can touch it, don't get out of here!"

The young beggar ignored Cheng Hai's henchman's words, but looked at Chu Luo, he knew that if he continued to stay, his life might soon be in danger.

But he can't go!

Really can't go!

What will happen to his ten-year-old sister once he's gone?

It didn't matter if he starved for a few meals, but his sister was just a minor child, and if she didn't eat, she might starve to death.

So, in any case, the young beggars can't go!

"You pariah, you still don't leave, come here, drag him out for me, and beat him to death!"

After Cheng Hai's henchman finished speaking, someone stood up behind him and was about to make a move on the young beggar.

Chu Luo slowly spoke.

"Stop!"