Chapter 8 Preventing the Spread of Panic
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"Hmm." The man's voice was a little perfunctory, as if he wanted to end the conversation quickly.
This aroused Guo Lingfei's curiosity, anyway, she had nothing to do, she had a false alarm just now.
"Why is Childe absent-minded, is there something important? If you have any questions, just come to me! Our own family is in this Kunwu place, and we can talk about things. ā
"Thank you in advance, I'm just here to play in Kunwu, nothing serious? The store is overwhelmed. Saying that, the man arched his hand and passed by Guo Lingfei.
This man always has a clear air on his body, giving people a sense of oppression, as if he was born to be a king, this person is afraid that his background is extraordinary, but this person is probably difficult to detect something.
Thinking like this, Guo Lingfei also lost his interest in exploring. After all, he is still a rookie, and he doesn't have his own intelligence network, and he doesn't have his own cronies, so it's probably a difficult thing to explore.
In the next few days, Guo Lingfei didn't have anything to do, just ran back and forth between the government and the house.
It's just that less than five days later, Kunwu really ushered in a drought. It's not really serious, but it's not so serious that it can cause panic.
Perhaps it was the proverb that Guo Lingfei said in the house that day that planted the seeds of doubt in people's hearts. The famous families in the city have already stockpiled food. Who said that the merchants of this era are still official businessmen, but the hoarding of goods by those famous families has raised the price of goods.
Just like the nuclear leak in Japan, the aunts around me have stockpiled salt, and the civilians here are also rushing to the government and business to buy food.
And the peasants whose rural fields had been abandoned also flocked to the cities.
So Guo Lingfei suddenly felt that the city had suddenly become crowded.
Guo Lingfei also felt regretful in his heart, and he should have found a better excuse at that time. But she didn't think she could think of anything else she could say.
Guo Lingfei's historical knowledge told her that this drought would not exceed fifteen days at most.
Although the crops are deprived of water for 15 days, it is indeed very problematic, but it is not so much of a mess. And the water can be transported from other places.
So this panic is probably the biggest problem.
In the past few days, Jihou has also been busy going in and out, and he has not asked Guo Lingfei to ask him for peace again.
Guo Lingfei also felt very guilty, and always felt that part of this incident was caused by her.
Superstition was a major feature of this era. Maybe...... Guo Lingfei thought of a way, those big eyes were watery, flashing with a cunning light, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
Without further ado, Guo Lingfei found a few carapaces and carved words on them with sharp stones.
About half an hour, Guo Lingfei took the carapace to find the witch.
The place where the witch lives is actually quite gorgeous. After all, she is a woman of God. In the hall, Guo Lingfei saw the witch from a distance, she was wearing a white robe, her young face was expressionless, and the right side of her face was still painted.
"Witch Lord, the sun is scorching in Kunwu today, and the people's crops have withered, I am really worried, so I specially ask the Witch Lord to ask the will of the gods, if there will be rain in the near future."
"It is a great blessing for the people that Gongzi cares so much about the people! I will do everything I can to help. ā
"Witches must bathe before their sacrifices, in order to save time, please ask the witch lord to tell me where the oracle bones used for your sacrifice are, and I can help prepare them during your bathing period to save time."
"Childe has a heart, the oracle bone is on the altar, it has already been prepared, there is no need for Childe to bother."
After the witch left, Guo Lingfei sneaked out under the pretext of changing the oracle bones he brought with him and the oracle bones of the altar.
After about half an hour, the witch had already bathed in incense and changed into a black robe.
In front of the altar, the witch folded her hands and swirled, and the hem of her skirt formed a flower. The waist twisted, the footsteps moved slightly, and the witch's pretty face had an indescribable charm.
In the center of the altar was a furnace, burning the oracle bone.
The witch sang an ancient melody softly, and her rosy lips seemed to say something like "Is it going to rain lately?" from time to time.
After a long time, there was a soft sound, and I saw words engraved on the oracle bone.
"Yes" is the word "have".
At this time, Guo Lingfei secretly observed that the witch's expression was a little stiff.
It seems that this is not the result that the witch wants.
Guo Lingfei remembers that when she was in history class, she asked the professor how to judge the result of the witch's sacrifice, and what would happen if the judgment was wrong?
At that time, the professor told Guo Lingfei that witches usually state what they think is more reliable results, and if they make a mistake in judgment, they will definitely find all kinds of reasons to shirk their responsibility.
There was no divine power in this era, but because the understanding of nature was still relatively weak and the people at that time were still in the age of ignorance, they pinned their lives on the mysterious gods they had created.
"It's been raining lately!" Guo Lingfei was the first to shout, "Quick! Inform my father of the results of the sacrifice! There are also announcements posted to stabilize people's minds as soon as possible. ā
Seeing his servant hurriedly running towards the door, Guo Lingfei breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he had finally made up for his mistake.
Fortunately, I suddenly remembered the day when I killed the baby, the oracle bone.
Anyway, the matter finally came to an end, and Guo Lingfei said goodbye to the witch and went home.
As soon as he stepped into the house, a servant hurriedly ran to Guo Lingfei.
"Childe, Master Hou is waiting for you in the study."
"Well, I see. Do you know what my father is looking for me? ā
"The small ones don't know."
"Well, then step aside."
Guo Lingfei straightened his clothes and walked to Jihou's study.
Guo Lingfei hadn't entered the study yet, and the servant guarding the door had already entered to report.
"Meet my father!" After Guo Lingfei walked into the study, he bent down and said.
"Well, I heard you went to find a witch." Jihou's voice was flat, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.
"Yes, Father." In fact, Guo Lingfei was a little apprehensive, and she didn't know whether it was right or wrong to do this, after all, she hadn't figured out the interests here.
"Yes, it's growing. Your move has indeed slowed down the pace of hoarding food among the city's prominent families. ā
"Thank you for your father's compliment, the child will definitely work harder." Whew, Guo Lingfei exhaled in his heart, it seems that the blind cat hit the dead mouse, it was the right thing.
"Well, Jin'er is also tired this day, you go down to bathe and rest first, and think about the good way to relieve the disaster tonight, and tell me about it tomorrow."
"Yes, Father. The boy withdrew. ā
Walking out of Jihou's study, Guo Lingfei felt his emotions tense again, and it seemed that this matter was not over.
Relief? Guo Lingfei thought that he was only a history department, not a great armed police officer and soldier.
Uh, another sleepless night.