Chapter 146: The Situation Has Changed Dramatically
The great drought and the unimaginable power of the Huang insect plague were unimaginable, and in just a few days, the front of the gates on the east and west sides of the Rock Fire City was already surrounded by people who had fled.
This group of people, both old and young, all came from far away, they originally thought that when they arrived in Rock Fire City, they would have food, but they found that the scene outside the city was still the same as they had traveled all the way, and the mountains were all dry and yellow.
On weekdays, Rock Fire City, which is known as the granary of the city, does not know why the grain reserves have dropped sharply, and there are only enough 100,000 people left to eat a month's worth of grain.
After hearing the news, everyone in the victims fell into a panic, some mothers were crying in their arms that had fainted, and some strong men rushed to the city because they couldn't bear the hunger in their stomachs.
Immediately, everyone only heard a few screams, and those strong men fell to the ground one after another, and a few copper arrows through their chests had already been inserted into their bodies.
But there are still people rushing up, and tragedies continue to happen.
Perhaps because of some special geographical reasons, or really under the protection of the Buddha, there are not a large number of locusts within the scope of the Golden Cicada Mountain, so the Golden Cicada Temple is exceptionally quiet in the midst of the catastrophe.
is the so-called obscure, coupled with the William family that Yixiu did not expect, resulting in him and the monks such as the Golden Cicada Temple not receiving the news of the city at all, but Yixiu has been ignorant of the news of the city for the past few days.
So, while arranging for his many disciples to prepare for the relief of the victims, he was also arranging for this last discipleship exam.
On January 11, the day of the three tests, I got up early in the morning, put on a monk's robe, and after some washing, I took Wujing and others to do a morning class in the Buddhist hall, and after eating fast, it was already 9 o'clock in the morning.
At this moment, according to the original arrangement, Yixiu ordered Wukong to open the mountain gate to welcome the assessors who came from afar, their relatives, servants, etc.
As a result, Wukong just opened the mountain gate, took a break, looked down, and immediately frowned.
But I saw that in front of the mountain gate, which was still crowded two days ago, at this moment, the number of people was mostly reduced, and those standing in Sisilala seemed to be still talking about something in groups.
Some people are even more disgraced, and their bodies seem to be pulled by someone, which is especially embarrassing.
Something happened! A thought immediately flashed in Yixiu's mind, and he made "Crane Xinggong" flash into it, and asked next to a young man with a tired face.
"Amitabha, what happened to you and why is this so?"
The young man subconsciously glanced at his shirt that was almost torn into strips of cloth, and immediately his face turned red, and then, without any consideration, the young man told him what happened to him after leaving the city.
According to the words of the young man, Ikkyu probably knew the fact that a large number of victims had already poured into Rock Fire City a day ago.
And just as he expected, there was a shortage of food in the city for no reason.
As the lord of Rock Fire City, Longkorn Phuntsok personally ordered that the east and west floors be closed the next day and that no one should go out, and that a large number of victims wandering the city be expelled.
The nobles and nobles in the city, who he did not expect, did not say anything about this, did not open a warehouse to release grain, let alone help the victims, and even controlled the rise in grain prices intentionally or unintentionally.
I heard the young man say that those of them who sneaked out of the city only got an important news before they left the city, saying that the William family had begun to open a warehouse to sell grain, but the price of their grain was ten times as much as on weekdays.
However, even so, the price of grain continued to rise, and a storm of buying and grabbing grain suddenly broke out in the city.
And there are nearly 10,000 people outside the city, who are not even qualified to buy food, and they are just starving.
Hearing this, the corners of Yixiu's mouth twitched, and a nameless fire in his heart instantly rushed to the top of his head, regardless of the young man, he turned his head sharply and headed towards Wukong Dao above.
"Wukong, the master has a mission to educate you to complete, I want you to quickly go down the mountain and bring all the victims of Weiwei at the East City Gate and the West City Gate to the mountain, do you understand?"
"Yes, master, the apprentice obeys the master's orders", Wukong saluted Yixiu with both hands, and prepared to rush down the mountain.
Suddenly, a middle-aged man who was not very old shouted.
"I suggest going together to help Master Wukong attract people. β
As soon as this statement came out, countless people responded.
"I'll go too. β
"I'll go too, I'll be on my legs. β
Seeing this, Yixiu was greatly pleased, and even bowed to the public.
"Then please trouble the donors, today's examiners stay, and the others please bother to follow this little apprentice of mine to help those hard-working victims!
However, it seems that many people are not satisfied with Ikyu's thanks and politeness.
"The abbot is polite, we are protected by my Buddha, so naturally we should be grateful for the kindness of Amitabha Buddha and help the abbot bring the glory of Amitabha Buddha to others, so these are all things that are within our reach. β
An old man with gray hair, holding his cane, shouted excitedly, and his words were like a fire, which finally ignited the fanaticism in the hearts of the believers.
Before he could say another word, a large group of people had already turned around and rushed down the mountain.
Ikyu looked at these castrated and fierce people, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional, if he had been in his previous life, he might not have been able to see this kind of scene.
With that kind of attitude that it is not about oneself to hang high, it is impossible for these people to think of helping others, even if they will be tired, they will still do it.
However, since someone has already gone down, Yixiu also thinks about quickly trying to solve it with his disciples, so that he can deal with the matter of helping the victims wholeheartedly.
But after thinking about it, Yixiu began to have some difficulties again, according to his previous plan, and the content of the exam, it would take at least three days, and now there is really not so much time to consume.
So, Ikkyu paced in place for a minute before he spoke aloud to the examiners around him.
"Today, the three exams for the disciples of the Golden Cicada Temple continue, please follow the poor monks to enter the exam. β
As soon as the words fell, there was a whoosh, and in the next second, Ikyu was already standing on the high steps.
It's a matter of turning around again.,Yixiu has disappeared.,The six hearts who also don't see the figure.,Only Wujing was left to stand in place a little dazed.,But soon reacted and ran into the mountain gate.γ
Everyone ordered the people of the Golden Cicada Temple to leave, and naturally they didn't dare to stand in place anymore, so they all ran in tomorrow.
After a pillar of incense, everyone came to the examination room where they had been resident for the past few days, and the futons were still one hundred and forty, but this time those who came to the exam, plus the third class of pigs, came one hundred and one people.
Yixiu didn't go to the Buddhist hall to invigilate the exam this time like before, and went to the examination room with Liuxin, looking at the empty futon, and Liuxin, who had not spoken, sighed.
"It's fate!"
For this sentence of Ikyu very agreed, the sudden calamity caused many people to miss the opportunity, but he had other plans in his heart, and it was not suitable to talk at this time, so Ikyu did not talk.
But when he saw it, he took out two boxes of Yimeng Huangliang incense with only one-third left in each, and poured one bone into an incense burner in front of him.
The incense burner was already paved with charcoal fire with sparks, and as soon as the spices were poured, they were ignited instantly, turning into a thick white mist that made everyone's eyes white.
The next moment, the examiners appeared in the already quaint study, each of them sitting on a set of desks, with pen, ink, paper and inkstones neatly placed in front of them.
On the other hand, Yixiu and Liuxin were not affected by the fragrance of a dream and entered the illusion, their eyes were still in the examination room, and there were many examiners sitting next to them with their eyes closed.
Immediately, as soon as he sat down cross-legged, a nameless evil smile on his face turned to the light curtain that he and the six hearts were suspended.
"If you wake up in the middle of the night one day and look up and see the starry sky, what do you thinkββ?"