Chapter 158: Anger Returns

Sending the old woman away, Song Ci fell into silence, the Jin Kingdom had just been destroyed, did these magistrates want to push the Great Song Dynasty to the fire pit again?

It was not easy to take down the thief, if this continues, I am afraid that they will repeat the mistakes of the past, this scene Song Ci does not want to see.

According to the approval document, the deceased was killed in the middle of the night, and the murderer was witnessed, which can be regarded as witnessing, but it cannot be ruled out that this matter was caused by someone deliberately playing ghost and framing him.

Lian said: "Husband, have you found a trace of clues on this file?" With that, can we uncover the truth of the matter?"

Song Ci shook his head and sighed, he also thought, but unfortunately I don't know if the above record is true, although there are loopholes, but I have to go to the scene to see the situation to know.

"Madam, you go and inform Wencheng Wenwu and Xiaoxiang Xiaoyue, early tomorrow morning, we will officially go to this Taihe River to have a look, take a look at the magistrate here, if he enforces the law impartially, it will be fine, if he still deliberately makes an unjust case, Song will not let him go."

Lian snorted, and then walked out, these subordinates of Song Ci, under the training of Lu Sheng Renyou, became more combative, they trained with sticks, and they were scarred almost every day.

On Nanhe's side, Xu An has been crazy, it's been so long, he still can't find news of Jia Yidao, and he doesn't know what to do.

From time to time, the palace sent people to inquire about it, and his anger grew stronger and greater, and he knew that if the matter was not done, then he would be punished severely.

So, he once again ordered the officials to go to the surrounding counties to find people, but whoever found Jia Yidao was rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, and at the same time had the opportunity to sit on the post of county magistrate.

In the palace, the team sent by Jia Guifei is also constantly searching in the Great Song Dynasty at this moment, they dare not be careless, the position of prime minister is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is too attractive, once it belongs to him, then he is the biggest in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.

As a result, countless soldiers were scattered all over the Great Song Dynasty, even Jia Nidao, who had already escaped, knew that this Lord Lu was going to attack him, and he was even more cautious at the moment.

"Two virtuous brothers, it seems that we still have to escape for a while, otherwise, we will be caught by the people of the court, but it will be over."

"Brother Jia, what do you mean.... Do you mean that the whole court is arresting you right now?"

Jia seemed to say that he didn't expect things to be so big, this was not good news for him, and at the same time, the officialdom of Da Song was too weird, and he was not an official, why did they arrest him?

Or is it a sister? No, how could my sister catch herself, this is impossible, could it be that she made a big mistake in the palace again? No, if there was such a big event, it would have spread a long time ago.

Jia Rudao doesn't care, it's important to save his life now, in addition, how about love.

"Two virtuous brothers, while we still have some silver, we had better move to the mountains and leave, buy more food, and buy them in the mountains when we run out."

The two of them answered, and there was no choice at the moment.

On the side of Lanzhu County, Song Ci also led his men to Taihe early in the morning, a hundred and ten miles, but the large-scale march was not so fast, and it took two days to walk, and it only arrived on the third day.

This county town is relatively dilapidated, there are many beggars on the streets, and there are already people who are fainting on the streets, dragging their families with their mouths, and the sound of hunger continues to spread.

As soon as he entered the city, this scene surprised Song Ci, he couldn't imagine that it was already this era, and there was still such a thing.

A doll came barefoot to beg for food, Song Ci saw that his flesh hurt, and he hurriedly took out the silver and gave it to the other party, and the doll jumped away.

This is the Taihe River on Guangnan East Road, which is more than Lu You said, the land here is vast, it is the land of fish and rice, why has it become this point?

As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, this place was so rich, and in the Southern Song Dynasty, it was even more dilapidated.

"Wencheng Wenwu, you help Song to inquire where the granary is, and today Song will forcibly open the warehouse to manage the disaster."

"Yes, my lord." They ran out.

Song Ci walked up to a woman, squatted down and asked, "Girl, I want to ask, how long has the famine continued in your county?"

She is weak, she is not as good as a beggar, and she is about to die.

"Xiaoyue, go buy more steamed buns and distribute them to everyone, these people are estimated to have been hungry for a long time, I'm afraid that if I don't give food again, I'm afraid I'm going to starve to death."

"Yes, my lord."

Song Ci's heart is like a knife, if it weren't for the old woman who came to report to the official two days ago, he still didn't know that there would be such a scene, don't say that the emperor who is far away in Lin'an, even if he is a hundred miles away, he can't find out.

It can be seen from this that the ** here has reached a certain point, if it is not severely punished, and then it is not killed to make an example, I am afraid that there will be people who have risen up.

Xiaoyue and they pushed a small cart over, there were many steamed buns on the car, and then there was a loud shout, and many people rushed up like the wind, swallowing it in their stomachs, very hungry, and everyone who watched it was worried for a while.

Hundreds of people divided the steamed buns, and soon ate a clean one, and their hunger was reduced, but the malnutrition caused by long-term fasting still made them very tired, as if the wind could blow them away.

Song Ci walked up to the woman just now and asked, "Girl, can you tell Song how long the famine has been going on here?"

Only then did she notice that there was an adult in front of her, and then the next moment she scolded and slapped Song Ci in the face.

"Dog officer, don't pretend here, we didn't know you were from the imperial court just now, and you won't eat it even if you starve to death.

Song Ci was stunned, but he didn't get angry, how could he fight in such a situation? At that time, the contradictions will become bigger and bigger.

The surrounding victims also rushed over, and they also saw that the person in front of them was an official, pretending to be a disaster relief to help the people.

For a while, cursing was everywhere, they had enough of the oppressed days, and they were fed up with the current oppression, if there was a chance, what if they rose up?

Song Ci was helpless, if he didn't reveal his identity, these people would not believe him, and at the same time, he would not get any news.

"Folks, in fact, I don't hide it, it is the criminal officer Song Ci below, if you have any grievances, you can tell Song, Song is willing to redress your grievances.

Song Ci? These people are skeptical, even if they have become refugees, they have heard of this thunderous name.

It's a pity that they can't be sure about this matter, and they haven't seen it with their own eyes, in case they are deceived....

An old man came out, he was propped up on the ground with a stick, he was already in his eighties, and he could no longer walk.

"This lord, just now you said that you were Song Ci? But I haven't seen this Lord Song, and I don't know if what you said is true!"

"That is, if a fake deceives us, we don't know, and at the same time, you have accepted it, how can our gang of hard bones be your opponents?"

Everyone talked about it and expressed their opinions one after another, Song Ci thought to himself, even if it was pretending to be Song Ci, what was the use of deceiving these refugees?

But he couldn't say this, obviously there were no malicious words, but it was very different to others.

Xiaoxiang said: "Folks, this is really our Lord Song Ci Song, we are currently in Lanzhu County, a hundred miles away, and someone has reported that the magistrate of this place is corrupt and perverts the law, so our Lord Song came to investigate."

Qin Xiaoyue also walked out, "Folks, we adults already know that there is a famine here, and someone only found out about it, let me ask, if we are corrupt officials, how can we come from hundreds of miles away?" How can I buy steamed buns for you to eat?"

This group of people believed it at this time, and they were very sad with tears in their eyes at the moment.

They have been refugees for several years, and the city gate is heavily guarded, so they only need to enter and not leave, and no one can do it, otherwise they would have fled the famine.

Some people knelt on the ground, and as he took the lead, more people knelt down in front of Song Ci and began to cry, telling all kinds of evil deeds in this county.

"My lord, don't you know, our Taihe County has long belonged to the county magistrate, we are only allowed to enter the city and not go out of the city, and the people can't get some food if they want to, hey!"

"It's just a matter of having a rich man in the city, just spending a little money to buy it, but what about the poor? And there is no land, you say, what else is there to eat?"

Song Ci was stunned, this county magistrate's courage is really not small, if there is no mistake, the rice shop here is opened by his family!

At the same time, has the disaster relief food given by the imperial court already been sold? He is so bold, if the truth of the matter is confirmed, he will get rid of this person in front of the people of the whole county.

Song Ci said: "Folks, if you have anything to say today, Song promises to give you justice, and if you don't solve this matter, you will never leave this place."

Some people couldn't cry, they waited for this day for a long time, always thinking that they would die of hunger soon after, but they didn't know that a big savior came, Taihe was saved.

Not only do these people have no food, but they also have no shelter, there are more than 200,000 people in the entire county, and these homeless refugees alone are more than 10,000, and they can be seen everywhere on the streets.

Not only do you have to endure hunger, but you also have to endure the wind and rain, the weather is hot, and if you get some wind chill in winter, then it is only a matter of time before you die.

In the whole of Taihe County, people die every day because of hunger and cold, and many corpses are lying on the side of the road and moldy, and the yamen does not care, if it is not for the good Samaritan to bury them, I am afraid that they will soon turn into a pile of white bones.

An old man squeezed over, his voice hoarse, and cried: "My lord, don't say whether this Emperor Lizong can be compared with Emperor Ningzong, even compared to the Northern Song Dynasty, it is also much worse, and compared with the Tang Dynasty, it is even more impossible."