"What, what's wrong?"

Looking at the old man's face, Situ Jingtian asked directly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Oh, no, there's nothing wrong with that."

The old man came back to his senses, shook his hand hurriedly, and finally said hesitantly.

"Old man, my surname is Zhang Baicao, I am the people of the Jiangzhou Mansion, this is my son Zhang Baishu, and behind me are my daughter-in-law, two grandchildren and villagers who fled together in the township."

Seeing that Situ Jingtian, Liu Suifeng, and Li Yushi were all listening carefully to their own speeches, Zhang Baicao paused and continued.

"Old man, I own a herb shop in the town, and when the flood came, the shop was washed away, but fortunately we escaped quickly and saved our lives, but our homes were all destroyed.

Everyone was all affected by the disaster, and there were still many people at that time, and they could find some food to satisfy their hunger, so everyone waited for the rescue of the imperial court.

Later, when we heard that the relief team of the imperial court had come and escorted over a small amount of food to help the victims, we all thought we had been saved, and we were all very happy. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Baicao paused and raised his eyes to look at Situ Jingtian and the others.

"But who knows, when everyone lined up to go to the relief point to get the grain, they found that the grain distributed there was all moldy old grain, and it was mixed with a large amount of sand and gravel, almost reaching the ratio of moldy rice to sand and gravel to two.

How do you say this is what we disaster victims eat? At that time, some of the victims of the disaster put forward their opinions, but, alas! ……”

Zhang Baicao shook his head, sighed lightly and did not continue.

"Uncle Zhang, what happened later, you should continue to say."

Seeing that Zhang Baicao actually stopped halfway through speaking, Liu Suifeng suddenly scratched his ears and cheeks a little, how can you tell a story halfway through this.

"What else, those who dared to speak were all arrested and sentenced to a mob that deliberately sabotaged disaster relief and tried to steal food. I've heard that those people seem to be ready to be killed! ”

Zhang Baicao's son, the middle-aged man named Zhang Baishu, suddenly said with red eyes.

"That's hundreds of good people, old and young, all of them, all ordinary people, where are the mobs, they are careless about human life!

Later, it was even more excessive, the Jiangzhou government and the imperial history of disaster relief all stopped coming forward, and even the relief points of moldy sand and gravel rice were all closed, and the victims had nothing to eat, not even moldy rice. ”

clenched his fists painfully, and it could be seen that Zhang Baishu was very emotional at this time.

"The people who had no food and no physical strength all fled to the country, and families with elderly people and children who could not travel far chose to stay. Do you know how many people have died in these months?

It was hot, the bodies of the dead were decomposing, there was a stench and disease everywhere, and many people died of illness instead of starvation. ”

"What! Has there been a plague outbreak in Jiangzhou Mansion? ”

Without waiting for Zhang Baishu to say anything, Li Yushi suddenly shouted in shock.

"No, it almost became a plague, thanks to my father who led people up the mountain to collect herbs, I also took people to collect the dead bodies and cremate them together, so the situation was controlled.

But when we were done with this, the prefect Qian Laoben suddenly appeared, saying that we had instigated the victims to revolt and expelled us from the city! ”

Shaking his head gently, Zhang Baishu's eyes were full of disappointment and anger.

"You're a headcatcher, right?"

Suddenly, Situ Jingtian, who had been listening quietly, spoke up, but asked an inexplicable word.

"Uh, yes, I was a head catcher in the Jiangzhou Mansion, so I also have a little appeal, so I can bring the villagers to gather the corpses and cremate them.

After the disaster in my hometown, my father went to Jiangzhou Mansion with the fleeing team to look for me, so we converged in one place. My father's medical skills are very good, not only to control the epidemic, but also to treat many people, so he is also very prestigious among the victims.

At that time, there happened to be a lot of victims who nominated our father and son, and wanted to send a petition to the prefect and the disaster relief emperor to open a warehouse and release grain according to my identity as a head catcher.

I think it's because of this that my father and I, our gang will be squeezed out of Jiangzhou Mansion. ”

Unexpectedly, Situ Jingtian could guess his identity, Zhang Baishu paused for a moment, and then nodded.

"How can you tell he's a headcatcher, why can't I see it."

After listening to Zhang Baishu's narration, Liu Suifeng did not talk about him, but first looked at Situ Jingtian.

"His shoes are official shoes that only people in the yamen can wear. Also, although he is now thin and weak due to long-term diet, he can still see that he has practiced, especially his right hand tiger's mouth, which should be left by holding a knife often. ”

Looking Zhang Baishu up and down, Situ Jingtian said slowly.

"Yes, this is really an official shoe, you can recognize it at once when these shoes are so dirty, you are too powerful."

After carefully taking a look at the torn and dirty shoes on Zhang Baishu's feet, it took a long time for Liu Suifeng to see the doorway from the piping lines on the edge of the shoes.

"Now is not the time to talk about this."

Finding that Liu Suifeng was a little off-topic, Li Yushi shook his head.

"In this way, there are a lot of ordinary people imprisoned in Jiangzhou Mansion, and they are ready to be beheaded. Moreover, they also withheld the food for disaster relief and did not distribute it. How could they be so bold as to so blatantly swallow disaster relief food? ”

"I heard a little news, it seems that the prefect Qian Laoben has made a mistake, saying that the grain and grass for disaster relief have been looted by the rioters, so the county government has no food. But my brothers in the county government clearly saw that the county government warehouse was full of grain bags. ”

Shaking his head and nodding his head, when Li Yushi was a little confused, Zhang Baishu said.

"Humph! Shameless, they dare to embezzle this kind of life-saving food! Evidence must be found this time, and they must not be forgiven! ”

Li Yushi, who was already upright by nature, immediately became angry, and couldn't help but slap his legs.

"The evidence must be checked, but now our most important task is to safely escort this batch of grain and grass to Jiangzhou Mansion."

Raising his hand to stop Li Yushi's palm that wanted to slap his thigh, Situ Jingtian raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Jiangzhou Mansion, over there, more than twenty miles away, it was Jiangzhou Mansion.

"Are you worried that we will encounter an ambush, and someone will not want to let this grain enter Jiangzhou Mansion?"

Liu Suifeng immediately understood what Situ Sedum meant, and couldn't help but look in the direction of Jiangzhou Mansion.

"Otherwise, you think that it's only twenty miles away, why don't I let everyone hurry and enter the city overnight!"

Squinting his eyes slightly, the corners of Situ Sedum's mouth flashed with a sneer. (To be continued.) )