It was the height of the summer, the sun was blazing, and the carriage was like a steamer, and it would soon be steamed in it. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Without the protection of the primordial gods, Ahri, whose mana has been greatly reduced, finally feels the cold and heat of the mortal world.

"It's hot...... It's hot to death...... Ahri lay weakly in the carriage, "how long will it take to get to the capital?" ”

"It's almost there," King Chen replied casually with his eyes fixed on the book.

"Can you get there today?"

"No, you can't. ”

"Tomorrow?"

"Can't"

"And tomorrow?"

……

Finally, at dusk, the weather was cooler, and Ahri was about to climb through the window to the roof of the car to get some air, and as soon as he came out, he found that there were many people on the road ahead.

Ahri stuck his head back in the car and said, "It's getting dark, why are there so many people walking on the road?"

King Tatsu set up a small barrier to ensure that the people driving the car in front of him could not hear the sound in the carriage, and a talking fox would most likely be regarded as a monster.

At this time, the person driving the car in front also discovered the situation in front of him, and replied, "Lord Wang, the front is close to the boundary of Nanping Prefecture, and there are many refugees on both sides of the official road. ”

King Chen ordered people to open the curtains of the car, and looked out, only to see that both sides of the official road were full of refugees, all of them with yellow faces and thin muscles, difficult to walk, and even dead bodies lying on the side of the road.

"What's wrong?" Ahri peeked out the window.

King Chen frowned deeply, ordered someone to put down the curtain, sat silently for a long time, and said in a dialect for a long time, "In recent years, Nanping Prefecture has suffered a great drought every year, and has suffered disasters for several consecutive years, and this year it has not rained for several months, and there is no harvest, and the people have no way to live, so they have to come out and flee." ”

"Ah, it turns out that the wind and rain have such a great impact on the mortal world. "Mortal life is so fragile.

Seeing this situation, he couldn't help but sigh, "Doesn't it mean that there is a rain god in the sky, and the dragon king is in charge of the rain, are they all blind?

Well, Ahri was a little speechless, in fact, there was no rain god in the sky at all, only Shuide Xingjun, but his work seemed to have nothing to do with the rain in the mortal world. As for the dragon king, he doesn't care about the things of the mortal world at all, just because the dragon dives into the sea, and has sea qi in his body, and when he walks in the air, the sea qi feels the sun and turns into clouds, so that a few drops of rain will fall.

The further the carriage went, the more refugees came, almost blocking the road, but so many people, it was quiet, because they were too hungry to make a sound.

The corpses that had fallen on the side of the road began to decompose, emitting a foul stench, and Ahri couldn't stand it anymore and threw himself into King Chen's clothes.

The small knife was driving in front, and he couldn't stand the smoke, "Doesn't it mean that the imperial court allocates a large amount of silver every year to relieve the disaster? Why do so many people die, I think, the silver has been deducted by corrupt officials and corrupt officials." ”

King Chen didn't answer, but just ordered, "Hurry up at night and rush to Nanping Prefecture as soon as possible." ”

The carriage did not stop all night, and arrived in Nanpingzhou City the next morning.

Ahri has been eating snacks in the carriage for the past few days, and when he entered the city, he naturally wanted to find something delicious.

However, this state city looks quite big, but it is very deserted, there is not a small stall selling things in the city for half a day, most of the shops on the street are closed, there are no pedestrians on the street, and occasionally there is a dish in the past.

After walking for a long time, I found a restaurant that was open for business.

The name of the restaurant is Kelaixiang, and the scale is one of the best restaurants in the city, but when I went in, there was no customer inside, and a shopkeeper was dozing off listlessly behind the counter.

Seeing that a customer arrived, the shopkeeper slowly turned out from behind the counter, "How many of them are still staying in the store?"

The little knife commanded, "Don't be busy yet, our lord has been on the road for a few days, and he is hungry, so bring something delicious and delicious to serve quickly." ”

The shopkeeper answered in a low voice, turned to the back, and after a quarter of an hour, brought a tray with two bowls of noodles on it, still black coarse grain noodles.

"Smack!" Before King Chen could speak, the small knife slapped the chopsticks on the table first.

"What is this? Is it eaten by people? Look at our lord's identity, is it to eat this kind of thing when you enter a store like yours?!"

A scolding scared the shopkeeper to tremble, "Oh, this guest officer, the shop doesn't mean to be lazy, it's really a disaster in Nanping, and there is no food in the city." It's nice to have a stutter, and our store in the city can still sell food, if you don't like it, you'll only have to be hungry. ”

"That'...... Why don't we eat some?" Xiao Daozi first held a bowl to King Chen, and then took the bowl and tasted it, and he didn't swallow it for a long time.

At this time, Ahri suddenly sniffed, it was so fragrant, it was the smell of roast chicken.

"I smell the meat," Ahri whispered in Tatsu's ear, "it's chicken, not human flesh." ”

The nose of the knife is also very smart, "What smell?"

As he was talking, a few people came out from behind, all holding large food boxes, and bursts of fragrance wafted from the food boxes.

The food box passed by, and the knife reached out and opened one, only to see that it was full of fish.

"Okay, you dare to lie to me," the little knife pulled out his waist knife, snapped, stuck it on the table, and pointed to the shopkeeper, "Didn't you say that there was nothing to eat in the store, only this coarse grain noodles?

The shopkeeper said hurriedly, "A few guest officers, these wine and meat are not from the small shop, the small shop is just making them on behalf of the small shop, these are the wine and dishes that the Taishou Lord wants, and the small shop doesn't dare to use it privately!"

"Taishou?"

"Yes, today, Lord Taishou is entertaining guests in the house, and the kitchen is not manpowered, so he entrusted the small shop to do it. The shopkeeper was about to cry.

King Chen waved his hand to let the knife go and let the people who delivered the food boxes leave.

"Now the people of Nanping Prefecture are starving to death, and Taishou is still holding a feast, really, Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road!"

"Lord Taishou likes to get some oil and water on weekdays, but this banquet is really for the people of the whole state. ”

"Oh, what's that?" asked Tatsuno.

"Guest officer, you are from other places, then you know that Nanping Prefecture has not harvested for three years, and it is really a great famine that has not been encountered in hundreds of years. In the past few years, in order to pray for rain, we have done it, repairing the Dragon King Temple, the Rain Temple, and worshipping the gods everywhere, but it has no effect.

A few days ago, Lord Taishou got the news that it turned out to be a drought fish, so he posted a notice to recruit talented people, as long as he can catch the drought fish, there will be a heavy reward. Today's banquet is set up for the people who unveil the list. ”

"I see, it's not ridiculous. The little knife said, resigned to his fate and took a bite of noodles, but was stopped by King Chen.

King Chen picked up Ahri and got up and said, "Don't eat it, since there is good wine and good food, let's go and join in this fun." ”