As soon as she entered the boundary of Yudi, Feng Shanyue finally understood what a "locust plague" was. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The trees and grass beside the road had been gnawed bare, and the rice that was about to ripen in the fields had already been gnawed, and the sound of locusts beating and flapping their wings could be heard from time to time. When the two of them were riding, they had put on a veil to prevent the locusts from jumping on their eyes.

"Miss, what ...... What's that?"

Feng Shanyue looked up, and immediately opened her eyes, only to see a dark cloud flying towards her side at a very fast speed. "Oh my God! That's a locust!"

"Ah~~~ Miss, let's hide quickly!"

Butterfly Dance was already frightened, and the horse under her seat seemed to sense her panic and immediately stopped.

"It's okay," Feng Shanyue looked at it carefully, and the locust cloud turned in another direction, "Let's go!"

"Drive!"

The two of them used their unprecedented horseback riding skills, fled the farmland like a fly, and ran along the road to Yucheng.

After entering Yucheng, the situation was better than in the suburbs just now, but there were still many locusts flying in front of me from time to time and landing on pedestrians. But these people are very strange, knowing that the locust has fallen on them, but they just go forward, and have no intention of reaching out to remove it, as if they are very accustomed to this situation.

Feng Shanyue was puzzled, so she had to come to the mansion with questions.

"Who are you looking for?"

"Please pass Prince Zhao, just say that Feng Shanyue asks to see you!"

"Who are you Prince Zhao?"

"I am ......"

"Hey, junior sister, why are you here?" Wen Feichen happened to come out of it, and when he saw Feng Shanyue standing at the door, he ran over overjoyed.

The guard at the door saw that it was someone Wen Feichen knew, so he let him go.

"I heard that there was a locust plague in Yudi, and my senior brother was sent to deal with it, so I rushed to help. ”

Wen Feichen smiled, "I said that my junior sister is not such a ruthless person, and when I saw that Ming Zhao was in trouble at this time, I really came to help." ”

"Senior Brother Wen, how is the situation?"

"It's troublesome!" Wen Feichen's smile faded and was replaced by a serious look.

"We've seen all the way that the locust plague is really serious. Have you come up with any good ideas?"

Wen Feichen looked left and right, and said in a low voice, "The problem now is not how serious the locust plague is, but that the people here are not allowed to catch locusts. ”

"What?!"

Feng Shanyue simply couldn't understand that, as the most direct victim, the common people should be eager to get rid of the locusts and then hurry up!

"You also find it difficult to understand, don't you?" Wen Feichen shook his head, "Let's go, I'll take you in, and you'll know!"

Soon, they came to a clearing in the backyard of the government, and it was already nearly evening, but the open space was full of people. In the middle is a tall shelf made of wood, on which there is a platform on which people can stand. A roaring flame was burning in a bronze pot on the platform. A wizard-like figure was dancing around the fire and chanting words, and from time to time he poured a sip of wine into the fire, and the flames leaped higher.

There was a circle of people kneeling around the wooden frame below, and the leader was an official, who seemed to be the city official of this Yucheng.

"What is this for?"

"Please, God!"

"What god?"

"Locust God!"

"What?" Feng Shanyue's voice involuntarily became louder, "Locust God, aren't these locusts pests?

Her words immediately attracted the attention of several people nearby, who turned around and glared at Feng Shanyue angrily, as if she had just said something that was indignant to everyone.

"How...... What's wrong?"

Wen Feichen hurriedly pulled her into the corridor next to the clearing, "You can't talk like that, it'll make them angry." These people are angry, but it is terrible. ”

"Are these the people?"

"It's an old man from a nearby village, and he has a lot of prestige in the local area. They came to ask the city officials, and they found a sorcerer to pray to God, hoping that the heavens would quickly take back these locusts. ”

Seeing that Feng Shanyue looked dazed, obviously looking like she didn't understand, Wen Feichen explained again, "This wizard is the oldest wizard in Yucheng, and he said that these locusts are all the spirits of the fish and shrimp in the river. When there was a great drought before, the rivers dried up, and after the fish and shrimp in the river were dried up, they became locust gods. Because they died unjustly, they are unwilling, so they will come to eat the food of the common people. The common people must sincerely offer their food to the locust gods, so that they will calm their anger and return to heaven. ”

"Ridiculous! It's just nonsense!" Feng Shanyue turned her head to look at the sorcerers jumping around on the stage and the people below who were worshipping sincerely, and her heart was angry and sad, how could she believe such nonsense and send the food she had worked so hard to grow to the mouths of the locusts?

At first, everyone kept catching locusts, but then they found that there were more and more of them, and they couldn't catch them at all, and the saying of the 'locust god' appeared in the city. After that, the common people stopped catching locusts, and the government did not allow anyone to help catch them. Ming Zhao also has a headache now!"

"What about others?"

He spent the past two days digging through books to see if there had been any previous instructions on how to deal with locusts. But looking at his face, I guess there is no progress. ”

"Didn't you say that there was another Prince Sheng? He didn't help?"

"Hmph! It would be nice if he didn't help!" Wen Feichen pouted, "As soon as he arrived here, he hid in the government office and refused to go out, saying that he was afraid that locusts would bite him, and he even had to be sent in for dinner." ”

Feng Shanyue shook her head, "Let's go see Senior Brother Ming!"

Ming Zhao was really checking the classics in his room at this moment, on the desk, on the ground, and on the couch, all of them were full of bamboo slips, and he was concentrating on checking the words engraved on them, and he didn't notice the arrival of Fengshanyue at all.

"Senior brother, who do you see coming?"

"Senior sister?!Why are you here?"

Ming Zhao was overjoyed, and quickly stood up and looked at Feng Shanyue with a smile on his face. Obviously, Feng Shanyue's arrival gave him too much of a surprise.

"I heard that you are in trouble in Yucheng, so I'm here to help you!"

"It's good you're here!"

Feng Shanyue smiled, "I don't have a good way to cure the locust plague!"

Ming Zhao also smiled, "It's good that you're here!"

Wen Feichen rolled his eyes and touched the goosebumps on his body, this junior brother felt as if his brain was empty when he saw Feng Shanyue, and he looked at what stupid things he said. Could it be that when the phoenix moon comes, those locusts will run away?

"I can't do anything about locusts for the time being, but there is a way to deal with that wizard outside. ”