Very contradictory!

When Han Yi's order spread to other disaster areas, Cui Jijian's first reaction was also very conflicted, they didn't know what Han Yi meant.

But the situation on their side is also very similar to that of Weizhou, and the people all believe that natural disasters are the will of God and cannot be done against the sky. Why does God punish us? It must be because we didn't do a good job, especially because of the queen's immorality, we have to quickly cultivate virtue and correct our own mistakes, and God will naturally let us go.

However, if the locust plague is not eliminated, nothing can be carried out, and once the locusts spread, it is very terrifying, and the losses caused are incalculable; although most of the drought-stricken areas in Henan and Hebei have been completely lost, we should try not to let the locusts spread to Luoyang and Shandong.

No matter what the follow-up does, the locusts must be eliminated first.

In the face of ignorant people, the only thing Cui Jijian can do is to believe in Han Yi.

It is embarrassing that the granary has been open for five days, but no one has come to receive the food with locusts.

It's not that there is no one who doesn't want to try this, it's just that the gentry didn't allow them to hunt locusts, and they told them that it was the queen who made it happen, and it was this ominous woman who wanted to exonerate herself, so she laid a trap and let us be fooled.

Based on Wu Meiniang's reputation has stinked to the extreme, everyone is willing to believe it.

In short, no one can believe Wu Meiniang.

It can also be said that Wu Meiniang also played a negative role.

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In front of a dragon king temple just south of Weizhou, I saw hundreds of people, led by a gentry, praying for the dragon king to rain, and everyone's faces were very pious.

Suddenly, there was a shout from the edge of the field.

The people who were praying looked back in fright, and saw a group of beggars with scattered hair and ragged clothes, about thirty or forty people, each with a net, frantically rushing to the fields not far away.

"What are they doing?"

One of the people exclaimed.

"Oops! They're hunting locusts. ”

"Quick! Fast! Go and stop them. ”

Although these beggars were dressed in tatters, they were very well equipped, not only holding nets, but also hanging a cloth bag around their waists, and the locusts caught from the fields were directly put into the bag.

The poor locusts had been living comfortably for too long, and their sense of crisis was greatly reduced, and in the blink of an eye, they had caught a lot of locusts.

"Stop! Stop it! ”

The people who worshipped before the dragon king had already rushed over and stood by the edge of the field to stop them.

A beggar asked, "Who are you?" ”

An old man over there stood up and said, "I'm a gentry here, what are you doing?" ”

The beggar said, "We're catching locusts!" ”

"Why do you catch locusts?"

"We see that locusts can be exchanged for food."

"You ignorant beggars, you really don't know the height of the sky, you hurry up and stop me."

"Why? These locusts are not yours, brothers, move smartly, we will rely on these worms for dinner. ”

"You... You guys..... ”

The old man said angrily: "Quick, quick, blast them beggars away." ”

Immediately the people rushed forward with their clubs.

Whew!

The sword flashed, but I saw that the beggars suddenly drew a knife, there were pig-killing knives, daggers, axes, and large knives.

When, this beggar also brought a knife!

The first beggar pointed to the people and said, "Lao Tzu has been hungry for several days, and he will die horizontally and vertically anyway. ”

I'm afraid of dying!

The people with sticks did not dare to come forward for a while.

The old man on the edge of the field said hurriedly: "I still don't believe that you dare to kill people, so let's blow them away." ”

The beggar opened his eyes angrily and said, "Brothers, these guys are going to cut us off, let's fight with them." ”

"Kill!"

These beggars were like madmen, and they raised their swords and rushed at the people.

The people were immediately frightened, threw away their clubs, turned and ran, and in a moment they were gone.

No one is stupid, although their lives are not necessarily precious, but who wants to fight with beggars.

At the same time, a large number of beggars poured into the disaster area, they frantically hunted locusts, and they were all armed, and whoever wanted to hinder them, they fought with whomever they wanted.

The gentry immediately ran to Han Yi.

"Are you telling the truth?"

Han Yi suddenly got up when he heard this, his face full of surprise.

That Liu Zheng nodded again and again: "Really, really, if Shang Shuling doesn't believe it, you can send someone to investigate." ”

Han Yi said angrily: "How can this be reasonable, under Lang Lang Qiankun, someone dares to commit murder on the street." ”

Lu Shigua on the side suddenly said, "Uncle Liu, those people are robbers?" ”

"Not a robber, it's a beggar."

"Beggars?"

Han Yi was stunned for a moment and said, "Why do beggars use knives to hurt the people?" ”

"Oh, they want to catch locusts, of course we stop them, and then they come to us with knives."

"Ahh That's right! ”

Han Yi looked embarrassed.

Liu Zheng immediately said, "What does Shang Shuling mean by this?" ”

Han Yi sighed and said: "I'm afraid I really can't help this matter, because the queen has already issued an order, the court uses grain to buy locusts, that is, to encourage the people to catch locusts, although this is not what I meant, but it is the queen, I don't dare to interfere with the queen's order, they do this... Nominally legal. ”

Liu Zheng said: "Are we just going to sit idly by?" ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "Senior Liu, don't worry, you have already told them the truth, and stop them, this God must be in the eyes, it is their own obsession, God will definitely punish them at that time, we don't need to worry, just wait and see them do a good show." So, what we have to do is tell them what's at stake, and whether they listen or not, that's their business. ”

Liu Zheng thought about it, it seemed to be the same reason, and said, "I'm worried about being affected by them." ”

"No, it won't."

Han Yi shook his head and said: "What can escape the eyes of God, God knows who is the good guy and who is the bad guy." So you must not have a conflict with them, continue to sacrifice to heaven and earth, those beggars, one life, we can't fight with them. ”

"Yes, yes, Shang Shuling is reasonable!"

After Liu Zheng left, Zheng Shanxing smiled and said, "Brother Han, those beggars were arranged by you, right?" ”

Han Yi hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense, this is going to die." ”

Lu Shigua smiled: "I haven't seen that beggar still carrying a knife. ”

Han Yi snorted: "This tiger's mouth snatches food, can it be done without a knife?" Besides, if I were a beggar, I would do the same thing, so don't think about it. ”

Although Han Yi resolutely denied it, Lu Shigua and Zheng Shanxing knew that this must have been arranged by Han Yi.

The grain stall, which had been silent for many days, finally became lively.

I saw hundreds of beggars gathered in front of the door, how could they line up with this beggar.

It was the forbidden army who was responsible for distributing food, and their mouths were dry, and they couldn't persuade them to line up, so they had to give up.

The beggars carried bags of locusts and placed them on the table in exchange for a heavy amount of food.

The government really does what it says, one pound for one pound, and there is no shortage of two pounds.

"Hurry, hurry. Lao Tzu is about to starve to death. ”

"What are you anxious about, don't you still have to weigh it?"

"Hey! How many locusts did you get? ”

"At least two or three pounds, I won't be hungry for the next two days."

"Oops! Later, let's go to the river to cook together. ”

"Okay!"

They were very excited here, and there were some villagers around them, and they watched in a daze as the taxes they paid fell into the hands of these beggars, and their hearts were really mixed!

These beggars took the grain and ran to the river that was about to dry up to cook rice, and the smell was bursting with aroma.

You must know that many people's rice jars have bottomed out, because not only do they not harvest, but they are still squandering their surplus grain in terms of sacrifices, and their surplus grain is consumed very quickly.

However, now they can only watch these beggars eat fragrant rice from the sidelines.

As soon as everyone saw that the locusts were really able to exchange for food, more beggars poured into the disaster area.

The local people began to feel confused, and said that justice from heaven would come? Why are these beggars getting more and more nourished, and there are still many beggars who are unwilling to exchange for grain and silk, and the government is also responsive and open for silk exchange.

As a result, these people not only ate well, but also dressed well.

The hearts of the people began to become agitated.

It's not fair, it's so unfair!

In front of the Dragon King Temple.

"Sacrifice, sacrifice, we have sacrificed for so many days, God does not have a drop of rain, my children have no food to eat now, but you see those beggars, eat better than us every day, this God is so unfair. I don't care, I'm going to catch locusts too. ”

I saw a young man stand up angrily, grab a handful of incense, slam it on the ground, and then turn around and run towards the field.

"Brother Xu, wait for me, I'll go with you."

"I'll go too."

"You guys, what are you going to do?"

"We just don't want to starve."

In the blink of an eye, there were few people in front of the Dragon King Temple.

No one will be willing to change this kind of thing, they pray here sincerely every day, but God not only does not give them half a grain of rice, but the locusts are still eating away at their food, but those beggars, they don't care about anything, they have no quality at all, but they are white rice every day, wearing silk, who can figure it out!

The resentment that had accumulated in my heart for a long time immediately erupted.

Everyone organized themselves to turn fishing nets into nets for locusts, and not only that, but they also began to drive away these foreign beggars.

"You beggars, get out of here, the locusts here are ours."

"Haha! It's funny, why do you say that this locust belongs to you? ”

"Because the field is ours."

"We don't want your field either!"

"Haha! Just give me this field, I don't want it, I can't dig it with a hoe. ”

"Haha!"

The beggars were arrogant, and the farmers were angry.

"Are you going to go or not?"

"I'm not leaving, what can you do with me?"

"Folks, we've fought with them."

"Kill!"

Compared with a few days ago, the situation here has come to a shocking reversal, only to see the local villagers, with sticks and hoes, frantically pounced on those beggars.

"Murdered!"

The beggars turned pale with fright, turned and ran.

This locust is food, you have caught it, so what will we eat!

Gradually, all the people of Weizhou began to come out to catch locusts, and at the same time expelled all those beggars, the momentum was so great that it was jaw-dropping, and if you didn't know the inside story, you would think that there was an uprising here.