Li Laiheng went straight to the soup kitchen shop in the east of the city, looked left and right, and found that there was no place to rest, so he had to find a mound, and he was not too dirty, so he sat on it directly.

The soup kitchen is several feet long, and there are more than 100 stoves all over it. The porridge shop is surrounded by rough shacks built by the victims, apparently used for the distribution of porridge.

"It's much better than when I was in Hongsang Town, at least I'm willing to send porridge. Li Laiheng frowned, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He glanced around a few more times, counted the number of shacks, and frowned even tighter: "The number of victims at the east gate of the city alone is at least more than 3,000, can these more than 100 porridge shops be used?"

Beside him, a man of medium stature sat blankly on the ground with four bowls in his hands and a teenager.

"Brother, when is the porridge going to be made?" asked Li Laiheng casually.

The man looked at Li Laiheng vigilantly for a long time, and cautiously asked, "Are you from other places?

"Not really. Li Laiheng said half-truthfully. "I was deflated at Feng Ho's place, so that the officers and soldiers came back, so I had to go back here. ”

When the man heard this, he was no longer vigilant, and his eyes became blank again, and he lost his lustre: "Not sure, sometimes twice a day, sometimes not once a day." ”

Speaking of this, he looked around and confirmed that no one was able to whisper: "This is still almost all of you outsiders, so King Yan showed kindness and made a soup kitchen, and many people starved to death every day." ”

"This big brother, don't you have any food in your hands?" Li Laiheng also looked around, making sure that no one was looking at them, and asked with concern.

The man sighed, and instantly seemed to be more than ten years old: "How can you store grain? In the past, 180 catties of grain per mu of good land could be harvested, and 100 catties of grain could be made of bad land, and this could be regarded as a bumper yield." But with 50 catties of official rent and 40 catties of private rent, how much can we save ourselves?"

"At that time, many people could not pay their rent and fled. Now that there is a big drought, it would be good to collect 60 catties per acre of land, but there are still so many rents. Stockpiling? jokes. ”

The man had a sad face, Li Laiheng's face was not good-looking, he looked at the soup kitchen shop with more decoration than use, and there was a fire burning in his eyes.

"This little brother, I advise you, don't be here, it's easy to get into trouble. The man said worriedly.

Li Laiheng thought of the corpse collector's attitude towards him, looked at the man's current appearance, and couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong, brother, seeing that I am from other places, I don't even give me food." ”

"Don't think about it, I didn't mean that. The man lowered his voice and said quietly. "You don't know, King Yan ordered to strictly investigate outsiders, especially those from Hexi. He also hired a group of outsiders to investigate the matter. ”

"Why? The Hexi people recruited him and provoked him?" Li Laiheng was a little angry.

The man said regretfully: "It's a long story, there used to be a good man, Niu Jinxing Niu Gongzi, who spoke for us, and found out what King Yan and his dog legs had done, and they were targeted. ”

"Hexi?" asked Li Laiheng knowingly.

"Isn't it? The man sighed. "I don't have the courage of a cow boy, but I won't harm him. If you know him, tell him that there is a master from Feng Ho and tell him to be careful. ”

Li Laiheng just nodded and did not reply. Although he knew the name of Niu Jinxing when he was in Hongsang Town, he had never seen it. And Yuan Zongdi separated from them, probably knowing the whereabouts of Niu Jinxing, but he couldn't see it.

He calmed down and just waited for noon to come, and then went to meet Shi Yuanji.

Shi Yuanji looked at the plaque on his head, which read the words HSBC Grain Bank, and the plaque was full of people, and the guys were napping inside.

He walked into the grain store, and was about to ask, but was stopped by a strong man.

"Where did it come from, is there a conquest?"

"Kanhe?" Shi Yuanji was confused, so he had to laugh with him. "This old man, I am buying grain. ”

The big man said disdainfully: "Nonsense, if you don't buy grain, are you here to visit the kiln? Don't buy it without surveying, this is the rule above." ”

"But I didn't investigate it, you can do it, I have the silver. Shi Yuanji took out a silver ingot of one tael and quietly stuffed it into the man's hand.

The man looked around, put away the money, and his face finally looked better: "It's not that I won't sell it to you, our boss said, either take Kanhe, or go to the Huitong Money Village in the city to exchange for their copper coins, nothing else." ”

Shi Yuanji knew it in his heart, thanked him, and was about to walk out of the grain store, but was stopped by the man.

"Let me make it clear to you first, if you go to the money bank to exchange copper coins, they will charge one-fifth of the fire consumption, and this matter has nothing to do with me. The man raised his eyebrows, revealing that he had nothing to do with himself.

"One-fifth?" Shi Yuanji was really a little angry. "That is to say, if I go there to exchange for one or two pieces of silver, I can only get eight hundred eldest sons, and I can only use it to buy grain?"

"As I said, this has nothing to do with me, don't blame me. The big man waved his hand and said helplessly. "I see that you have been polite for several weeks to tell you this, and others have not yet been blessed with this blessing. ”

They are crazy enough, can they still mint coins privately, go to get Kanhe, I'm afraid they will have to pay a sum of money, it's really dark enough, Shi Yuanji sneered.

Holding his breath in his heart, he turned his head and walked out of the grain store. Looking at the empty streets, I realized that it was useless to go shopping, so I had to walk to meet Li Laiheng.

Not long after walking, a beggar-like man quietly followed him. How could Shi Yuanji not notice it? But he smiled slightly, pretended that nothing had happened, and continued to follow his own path.

Shi Yuanji turned left and right, came to an uninhabited alley, and stopped his steps.

"Come out, friends. He glanced back and smiled.

Seeing Shi Yuanji turn around suddenly, the beggar was startled, but he immediately calmed down, because the entire alley was already surrounded by his companions.

"What about so many people? Shi Yuanji looked around, his smile still on. "I don't know where you came from?

A man stood up and bowed his hand: "Overlap Hou Youli." We just want you to come with us. ”

"Oh, you have to give a reason, right?" Shi Yuanji pinched out a fireball, but it didn't start, still smiling.

As soon as the fireball appeared, the air in the alley was aroused, and the dazzling firelight shone Shi Yuanji's confident expression. The crowd surrounding the alley immediately changed color and retreated.

"Don't you want to know who wrote that dead dry song? The man was not in a hurry, he was thoughtful, and he didn't seem to be worried at all that Shi Yuanji would turn his face.

Shi Yuanji crushed the fireball in his hand, his expression became serious, and he stared at the man without saying a word.

The embarrassing silence inexplicably descended in the alley, and everyone was relieved to see Shi Yuanji withdraw the fireball, but the silent Shi Yuanji made them worry again.

The man's calm expression finally couldn't hold back, cold sweat flowed from the corners of his forehead, his eyes rolled, and he tried to say in a calm tone: "We have the evidence that Yan Wang and others embezzled the disaster relief food money and deceived the superiors and subordinates, and you must believe us." We are waiting for you to come and do justice for us. ”

When Shi Yuanji heard this, he smiled kindly, and bowed his hand in return: "Lead the way, I'll go with you." ”

Outside the east gate of the city, Li Laiheng waited for a long time, but he didn't see the soup soup spread out and the fire was opened. Now that the sun is in the middle and the sun is full, the man next to him sighed, wiped the sweat on his face, and became more and more wooden.

"This old brother, let's go, there is no porridge today. After the man finished speaking, he took his child and was about to leave.

Li Laiheng hurriedly said, "Brother, it's just noon, why don't you wait?"

"No wait. The man's tone was decadent, and he walked away without looking back.

As the sun rose higher and higher, the sunlight became more and more poisonous, and the other victims also left, leaving only a few hundred people waiting in place. Judging from the dress and accent, it is obvious that he is the same as Li Laiheng, a foreigner.

Li Laiheng knew that there was nothing to do here, and he was about to return to the city to join Shi Yuanji, but he saw Yuan Zongdi looking left and right.

Yuan Zong saw Li Laiheng for the first time, and walked over to him eagerly, which made his heart tremble. However, he didn't have a weapon with him, so he didn't have a seizure.

"Why are you here? Come with me. Yuan Zongdi's face was not shocked, but his eyes showed endless horror.

"What's wrong?" Li Laiheng was particularly vigilant, and although he was familiar with Yuan Zongdi, he did not immediately agree to him.

"Qu Qianren didn't leave, originally our people planned to contact you, but Qu Qianren's men moved in advance, and your master has been deceived. Yuan Zongdi lowered his voice, and his pretended calm face gradually began to panic a little.

"Qu Qianren, Qu Qianren, who is the first natural disaster in the register?" Li Laiheng was dumbfounded.

"Then it's fake! Come with me. Yuan Zongdi said.

After hearing this, Li Laiheng was a little short of breath, thought for a moment and said: "Go to the city, I'll go get the blade, and then go to my master." ”

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A crowd of people surrounded Shi Yuanji, as if they were afraid that he would run away. Shi Yuanji walked leisurely while looking at the empty streets, thoughtful.

"Don't you think it's a pity?"

The question that suddenly came out of Shi Yuanji's mouth made everyone smart, and they subconsciously took precautions, either taking out the weapons hidden on their bodies or pinching out spells.

The leading man cast a fierce color on the crowd, and everyone felt out of shape and hurriedly withdrew their guard.

Seeing this, Shi Yuanji smiled and shook his head, as if he was regretting something, turning a blind eye to the man's behavior.

"It's almost here, don't worry. The man in the lead said respectfully and continued to lead the way ahead.

It didn't take long for Shi Yuanji to finally be taken to a huge and luxurious mansion in the city. He looked at the majestic rockery and turquoise pool in the garden, and couldn't help but sigh:

"It's a pity that it's a good place to live, but it's a pity that you're killed. ”

"You're right, you do have evidence of it, but you're not going to give him to me. ”

"Call the master behind you out, I need to talk to him. ”