85 Odd Goods

"General, we really didn't fight and commit murder." Seeing that these soldiers were ready to arrest people, some people in the crowd shouted.

"And say that there was no murder? According to the law of the Great Zhou, armed is the murderer, and all armed brawls are dealt with according to the law. Aren't the clubs in your hands, you gangsters, murder weapons? What is this not a brawl? Someone, arrest me! "The man at once ordered.

"We don't have any weapons." This is, the Confucian named Ji Xin, who was the leader just now, spread his hands and said.

"Yes, we don't have weapons." At this time, all the victims raised their hands and shouted.

"Weapons are murderous! Armed as a murderer! At this time, several people from the disaster jumped up and pointed at the monk and shouted.

"Less wordy! Come! Grab all the guys in your hands! The man on the horse glared and commanded loudly.

The soldiers below heard the general's order, and immediately took action, grabbing and beating, pushing and shoving, and controlled the monk with a stick in his hand. The group of monks were all dumbfounded, what was going on? Some of them were unlucky and a little bitter. After a while, a group of monks were surrounded and tied up, and the general on the horse waved his hand and said, "Go!" He escorted a group of monks away, leaving the victims of the disaster just now cheering in place......

All of this was seen by Yu Wenxian, and this was clearly a clever plan designed by the Confucian scholar and the general to ask for food. The Confucian student deliberately clashed with the monastery with the victims who did not bring anything, and then the general took advantage of the Great Zhou law of "weapons as a murderer" to take away all the monks with sticks, so as to fight for a little life-saving food for the victims. It's really cleverly coordinated, reasonable and responsible, it seems that the two people just now can be regarded as full of morality and intelligence.

I heard that monk say just now that this person is a senior disciple of Mingde Academy. Mr. Pang Bo of Mingde Academy, whom Princess Qingshi asked to visit before leaving, must know this person, I wonder if this person can be used for himself in the future?

After Yu Wenxian saw this scene on the road, he also felt the seriousness of the disaster in Jingzhou now, so he did not delay any longer, and went directly to the city to the Thorn Mansion.

When he came to the gate of the mansion, he saw that there were only two guards at the gate of the majestic Assassin's Mansion, and when he saw someone coming, he asked, "May I ask who you are, and what are you doing here?" ”

At this time, Yu Wenxian's personal guard stepped forward and asked, "What about the long history of the mansion?" Tell him that the new Jingzhou Assassin Shi and General Yu Wenxian have arrived, and quickly call someone out to greet him! ”

When the messenger heard that a new assassination had arrived, he immediately went over and kowtowed and said, "I don't know that the Duke of Qi has arrived, and the minions have not been able to meet them from afar, and they still hope to forgive their sins!" ”

"It's okay, get up, what about your long history? Why is there no one at the gate of this house? Yu Wenxian asked.

An errand officer immediately replied: "Back to the Duke of Qi, the chief historian, the supervisor and other officials have gone to the river embankment to check, and almost all the people in the mansion have gone to raise food and resettle the victims, and they will only come back in the evening, so it is deserted." ”

"Well, you lead us in first, and when they come back, let's go to the lobby, where my father will meet them." Yu Wenxian said.

"Yes! Your Highness, please come in! The two hurriedly brought Yu Wenxian and his party in to settle down.

After Yu Wenxian and the others entered, they saw that there were indeed not many people in the huge mansion, so they went to the inner hall to wash their faces, changed into the official uniform of the imperial court, came to the lobby of the Assassin's Mansion, ordered someone to set up the incense case, and offered the holy decree appointed by the imperial court to the case, and then ordered the kitchen to prepare some meals, and sat in the lobby and waited......

It was late at night, and just as Yu Wenxian was flipping through the backlog of official documents on the case to be dealt with by the new assassin Shi on the case, the officer who was guarding the door just now stepped forward to report: "Shangguan, the long history and the supervision history have arrived." ”

Yu Wenxian put away the official document unhurriedly, got up and dressed up, and came to the lobby to stand under the decree of the case. After a while, I saw a large number of people coming in one after another from the interior of the hall, as if they had just received the news of the arrival of the new assassin and the emperor's younger brother Qi Guogong from the messenger guarding the door.

Yu Wenxian saw that these officials who had just returned from the river embankment, each boot was covered with muddy water, the hem of the robe was splashed with mud spots, and his face was tired. After hearing this, the officials below began to straighten their official uniforms, tie their robes and belts, straighten their crowns, and tidy up their appearance.

Yu Wenxian kept looking at them, and when he saw that he was almost cleaned up, he said loudly: "The Holy Purpose of the Great Zhou Emperor is here, and all the officials in Jingzhou kneel down to receive the order!" As soon as the words fell, the officials below knelt down with a hula la, and after playing three bows and nine bows, they held their breath and listened quietly......

"The Gongyu Wenxian of the State of Qi, both civil and military, young and promising, deeply appreciated by King Wen and His Majesty, stationed at the border and in charge of the political party, has made outstanding achievements, and is really the minister of the humerus. Now he is crowned a general, leading the post of Jingzhou Assassin History, and ordering him to patrol the land on behalf of the Son of Heaven and take charge of all important military and political affairs in Jingzhou. ”

"Wait for the order!" The officials below kowtowed again.

After Yu Wenxian finished reading the holy decree, he respectfully put the holy decree away and put it on the desk. Then he said, "Everyone, please get up!" ”

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Duke of Qi!"

"Okay, the holy decree is over, don't be restrained, my father has asked the kitchen to prepare some porridge simply, everyone eat something first, and we will discuss it after eating, come on! Distribute the food to your colleagues! Yu Wenxian commanded.

After a while, five or six people came in with a wooden plate in their hands, and each wooden plate contained six bowls of porridge and six white porcelain spoons, which were served to every official in the hall, and in the end, Yu Wenxian himself served a bowl.

Seeing that Yu Wenxian also served a bowl, an official with a long robe standing below asked cautiously, "Didn't Your Highness have dinner either?" ”

"Oh, my father has just arrived at the mansion, and it's not too late yet, so I'll wait for everyone to eat together." Seeing that everyone didn't dare to move with the bowl, Yu Wenxian smiled and said, "Okay, let's eat." After speaking, he was the first to drink the porridge, and when the officials below saw that the officials had eaten it, they all slowly chewed and swallowed slowly, although they were all very hungry.

After a while, everyone finished eating one after another, and Yu Wenxian also put down the bowl and asked with a smile: "Everyone has finished eating, are they all full?" ”

"If you go back to His Royal Highness the Duke of Qi, although the ministers have not eaten enough, they are already very satisfied compared to the hungry people outside."

"Yes! To put it well, compared to the hungry victims outside, we can still sit high in this tall and sturdy mansion, and we are indeed much happier. What is your name? Yu Wenxian asked.

"Commander Shi Wuze." The official who had just spoken replied.

"What about you?"

"Xiaguan Jingzhou supervises Shi Cui Liang." The other person who was asked immediately stepped forward and replied.

"I see that the officials of Jingzhou counties with more than three lives have arrived." Yu Wenxian asked.

"Hui Yu Wenxian's words, I received a report from the post house, saying that the Qi State Guild arrived yesterday, therefore, the officials from all counties and counties came, and the result was ......" Wu Ze said halfway through his speech.

"As a result, I didn't come on time, so I kept you waiting, and then you went up to the embankment to take a look, is that so?" Yu Wenxian said.

"Well, the lower officials and others are waiting, but the torrential rain is pouring and the river embankment is in an emergency, so I went over and took a look." Wu Ze returned.

"And how's the embankment going?" Yu Wenxian asked anxiously.

"It's okay for the time being, but if this heavy rain continues, I'm afraid the river embankment won't be able to withstand a few flood peaks." This is, said Inspector Shi Cui Liang.

"En......" Yu Wenxian felt anxious for a while. Then he asked, "What is the current situation in the counties?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, yesterday while the people in all counties were there, I counted the disaster situation in various places in detail, and since the rainy season, all parts of the country have been affected to varying degrees, and the people who have drowned...... Of the 378 people, about 35 died of starvation, 89 were missing, 24 villages were washed away, 27 river embankments were washed away, about 100 li, and the number is still increasing, and about 40,000 people have been affected. Among them, the public security and Jiangling were the most serious. Wu Ze said.

"How is the people's feelings, but there is chaos?"

"There is no sign of this for the time being, and there are occasional acts of grabbing grain and making trouble, but fortunately, the government quickly channeled it, and there was no big mess." Wu Ze said.

"How is the shortage of money and food now?" Qi Guogong continued to ask.

"Uh...... The shortage of money and food is very serious, and I am afraid that it will not last for a few days. Wu Ze replied a little reluctantly.

"There is no chaos now, after a few days, the people will have nothing to eat, I am afraid that there will be a big mess, didn't Jingzhou have more than 1.7 million silver after confiscating Ruan Hong's property? Didn't you use it? Qi Guogong asked.

"Back to the Duke of Qi, the imperial court gave Ruan Hong's embezzled 1.73 million taels of silver to Jingzhou for disaster relief, but the silver cannot be eaten as food, it must be exchanged for rice." At this time, a person next to Wu and Cui stepped forward and said.

In fact, Yu Wenxian had already paid attention to this person just now, this person was burly. His face was gloomy, and his body exuded such an imposing momentum, and at first glance, he was not a mortal, so he asked, "What do you mean by this?" Who are you? ”

"Xiaguan Wuyutai Zhanghu, I've seen Qi Guogong!" Zhang Hu stepped forward to salute.

"It turned out to be the secret envoy of Wuyutai, although the palace is often patrolling outside, but in recent years, the names of the three secret envoys of Wuyutai have been heard." Yu Wenxian said with a smile.

"The ministers are just dedicated to running errands for the imperial court, and occasionally they have a bit of a false reputation, which makes the Duke of Qi smile." Zhang Hu said expressionlessly.

"I heard Zhang Mi's envoy say just now that he wants to exchange silver for rice, this is a normal transaction, is there anything wrong?" Yu Wenxian asked suspiciously.

"Let's ask the two colleagues of Changshi and Supervision History to talk about this problem." Zhang Hu did not reply directly.

Seeing Yu Wenxian turn his gaze to himself, Wu Ze and Cui Liang glanced at each other, and the superintendent Shi Cui Liang sighed slightly, stepped forward and said: "Your Highness Qiqi, buy rice and grain with silver taels, if it is on weekdays, it is indeed a common thing, but now the rice in Jingzhou has been hoarded and strange goods!" ”