Elise II's lips moved, but he didn't say a word, and the strength of his whole body seemed to be drained.

Tallinn called two more soldiers, and they carefully tossed the prince's sword aside, as if they were afraid that the prince in front of him would do something dangerous to the gods, and then one on the other, he took the prince by both arms, and led him to the cave.

Wu Xiaoqing turned his head again, pointed to the entire row of gallows on the hillside behind him, and said, "It's too cold, set those things on fire, let's get warm." ”

Immediately, several soldiers picked up their torches and headed for the gallows positions.

Elise II had not yet reached his place when he felt the light of the fire behind him, and when he turned his head, he saw that a whole row of gallows had now been lit, and it was very clear in the night, like a whole row of torches.

With this fire, there was movement on other hills, and more and more lights appeared, and it was a lot of people who came out to see the fire.

Everyone probably guessed what Elise II wanted these gallows for, but no one could guess that these gallows were now set on fire, and many people only thought that someone had deliberately caused trouble for the king.

The prince stopped at the door, as if to stop and look at him for a while, to see if his people would be worried about him because of this.

But Tallinn, who was escorting him, did not have the patience, and he was still in a hurry to go back and see the oracle in person!

Tallinn directly pushed Elise II to the door of the cave where he lived, and then opened the door by himself, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it is better to rest early." ”

Elise II glanced at Tallinn and sneered: "Do you think that the messenger of the gods will do you any good?" I'm afraid it's going to be a big problem again! ”

When the two soldiers with Tallinn heard this, their bodies immediately stiffened, and one of them almost subconsciously pulled out the sword at his waist. Tallinn held him down gently, pushing Elise II straight through the door, then closing it directly outside, and then using two thick wooden bars to keep the door to death, and telling the two soldiers: "From now on you will stand here, and you will not leave for a minute, you know?" I'll send more men at once. ”

"Yes!" The soldier who was trying to draw his sword just now glanced at the gate with a complicated expression and said, "The divine envoy will naturally deal with him in the future." ”

Wu Xiaoqing took Wang Youquan and went to several ministers in charge of people's livelihood as soon as possible.

He still remembered the appearance of several people, most of their official positions were recommended when they left here, and although two years had passed, they had remained until now.

"How much grain is left in the library now? How long is enough to eat? ”

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is in charge of the grain depot, immediately reported the figure: "There is probably enough for 100,000 people to eat for half a month." ”

"100,000?" Wang Youquan hurriedly said, "Now there are only 100,000 people left in the Kingdom of Elis?" ”

The search and rescue team translated his words and asked him, and the answer he received made him and Wu Xiaoqing startled: "It's Your Majesty...... It was His Majesty who said that in a few days, the food would only need to be distributed among 100,000 people. ”

"And now, how many people are there?"

"More than 193,000 people...... There is only enough food to eat for less than a week. ”

Wu Xiaoqing immediately ordered: "What is the current quota?" ”

"One bowl a day...... Mushroom. ”

"How big is the bowl?"

The financial officer took out a small bowl with him, the mouth of the bowl is very small, but the depth is enough, it can be seen that it is specially used to make measuring tools, this bowl of mushrooms, really calculated, the feeling of eating the stomach is similar to a small half bowl of rice. If you eat so much in one day, you can hang your life.

"You go back now, take out all the food you have in stock, and make it all hot," Wu Xiaoqing said, "and make sure that everyone is well fed before dawn." ”

"But in that case...... said the Chancellor in embarrassment, "it will be eaten in two days at most." ”

"No, I'll only give you one day," Wu Xiaoqing said, "One day, let everyone dispose of all the stored grain, and throw away everything that can't be eaten." ”

"What happens after that day?"

"I naturally have a way, what's the matter, I'm afraid that I won't starve you to death?"

……

It's dawn outside.

Sensing the light, Fam rolled over somewhat reluctantly.

The place where he lives is still too close to the entrance of the cave, and the wind can blow in and cold him, and the sun can stab him when the light is brighter, but it also has the advantage that when there is danger, he can escape as soon as possible.

At this delicate moment, a position like this is still not easy to fight.

Now that Fam has chosen safety, he naturally has to endure a discount in terms of comfort.

"Where's today's quota, have you sent it?"

Fam turned around and asked the leader of their group.

The leader lay there, as motionless as a corpse, and if he hadn't felt the heat on his neck as he breathed, Fam would have thought he was starving.

"If you don't talk less, you won't be hungry, the quota will be sent, what's the hurry, if you don't send it, someone will rebel a long time ago."

"Maybe other people think the same way as you, they don't want to move, they're afraid of hunger."

"Has anyone gone to get the mushrooms?" The group leader turned up a little bit and spoke into the air.

Probably because his voice disturbed the other people's sleep, many people soon replied: "No, didn't Your Majesty say that he will take the initiative to send mushrooms in the future?" We also save us to run. ”

"The mushrooms that can be sent are very different from those we received," said the team leader, "and some of the dried mushrooms sent are moldy. ”

"That's not the same, the moldy ones are more than the fresh ones." Moldy dried mushrooms are discounted and will be given more than normal mushrooms. When many people are hungry, they will take the initiative to eat moldy mushrooms.

"No," said more, "it should have just dawned, and it wasn't yet time for mushrooms." ”

"That's not right...... I can smell the mushrooms outside," someone suddenly said, "it smells so good...... It seems to have a ...... inside. Spices? ”

"And chili!" More people smelled it.

"Is His Majesty the King cooking the royal meal? Or are the Guards going to dinner again? ”

Two nights before, the king had feasted the Guards, and the movement that day was the same as today, and the mushroom broth boiled in a cauldron with plenty of spices and peppers in it, and the smell wafted out of the mountains and choked them all.

At that time, there were many people who said some big rebellious things, but fortunately, the guards outside did not pursue it.

Now, is it possible again?

"The gallows on the top of the hill are ready," whispered someone, "you say, is the prince ready...... Hands-on? ”

"What hands?" Someone immediately retorted, "Spread rumors again, beware that those gallows are for you." ”

"If you want to prepare, it's also for you, listen, he's still talking about the prince, and now it's His Majesty the King."

Fam listened to the more he talked inside, the more chaotic he became, and he didn't care about the hunger in his stomach, so he wrapped his clothes tightly and got up, for fear that the soldiers outside would implicate themselves because of these words.

It's okay not to stand up, but at this station, the stomach seems to wake up immediately, and it is a series of cooing in protest.

I walked a few steps, and as soon as I went out, a cold wind blew outside, and I felt that the heat that had been covered all night was blown away again, and I shivered all over, and I was already hungry and had no strength, and I felt like I was going to be blown by this gust of wind.

With this gust of wind, there was also a strong fragrance, someone in the cave just now said that it smelled, but Fam didn't feel it at all, but now, it felt like the smell was all over the nose, especially the spicy smell mixed in with it.

I still remember that before the envoy left here, everyone had a good life for a while, and those flatbreads stuffed with spices, Fam can still recall the taste.

The feeling of chili peppers mixed with crispy flatbread on the outside and soft on the inside, mixed with scorched aroma, mixed with saliva in the mouth, swallowed and swallowed into the stomach, Fam may not forget even if he dies, for most of them, this taste is simply the pinnacle of happiness in life.

Until the angel left, for such a long time, when anyone spoke to mention the original spicy cake, Fam's mouth would immediately fill with saliva.

It was just dawn, and he looked in the direction where the scent was wafting, and did not see any obvious source of the scent, but saw that on the opposite side, on the hillside where there were many gallows, and on many gallows, there were still many gallows, and there were fires.

Fam subconsciously wanted to ask the soldiers at the door to inquire about the situation, but if he looked closely, there were no soldiers at the door.

Look at the burning hillside, there was a large crowd of people dressed in soldiers' clothes, and there was a great uproar, and the atmosphere was even more intense than the banquet of Elise II two days ago.

Just as Fam was hesitating whether to stay where he was, or to join in the excitement together, a loud noise came from across the hillside.

Hearing that voice, Fam, who was already hungry and could not walk, almost immediately stood up, quickly carried a wooden cane from the door, and walked in the direction of the hillside with the cane.

Not more than half a minute after Fam left the cave, almost all the people who were originally in the cave walked out, and many people listened to the familiar voice echoing in the air, and they couldn't believe it, and desperately asked their partners around them: "Is it really a divine messenger?" Is the Divine Messenger back? ”

"It really is!"

Wu Xiaoqing stood on the top of the mountain, saw clearly, after the voice of the search and rescue team was broadcast, within a few minutes, on the other surrounding hills, every beacon fire was lit, he picked up the binoculars and looked into the distance, almost every mountain that could be seen around, there were crowds of people. They seemed to be faltering, almost falling as they walked, but none of them stopped to rest, on the contrary, each of them scrambled to get closer to the sound they had once known so well.