Qiu Luoxue looked back at Xia Zimo and pulled her wrist and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Don't go down." Xia Zimo said.

Hearing his sincere tone, Qiu Luoxue was a little moved, but she still pretended to be cold and said, "Why don't you go down and continue to watch you and me make faces here?"

"I didn't make a face." Xia Zimo said.

"Obviously, I have been angry since yesterday, and I can see it." Qiu Luoxue said, Xia Zimo has a little temper, she still has to play.

"That's not anger." Xia Zimo explained.

"What's not angry?" Qiu Luoxue asked rhetorically.

"Yes......" is disappointment. But Xia Zimo still didn't say it, just sighed and stopped talking.

"Look, look, it's this expression again, and it's not angry." Qiu Luoxue looked at Xia Zimo with a puffed up look and said.

"You're angry right now." Xia Zimo saw Qiu Luoxue's expression, and couldn't help but hook his lips and smile again.

"It's obvious that you're angry and you want to wronged me, how can you be like this, you left me alone yesterday, and you still love to ignore it when you see me, it's really, stingy." Qiu Luoxue criticized Xia Zimodao.

"Forget it, I'd better get out of the car." Xia Zimo pretended to leave.

Qiu Luoxue suddenly giggled, grabbed him and said, "Don't, let's stop making trouble."

Xia Zimo was originally pretending to leave, but seeing Qiu Luoxue smile, he also hooked his lips and laughed, and said to the coachman outside, "Keep walking."

Their carriage was at the front, and their every move affected the cars behind. First the walk stopped suddenly, and the other carriages were forced to stop. After a pause, it seemed that nothing had happened, and then suddenly walked again. The people behind were very confused, but because Qiu Luoxue was two heavyweights, others did not dare to object.

The carriage traveled at a fairly fast speed, and because they were worried about the disaster in Connecticut, they did not rest on the road and soon reached the territory of Connecticut.

When you enter Connecticut, it's clear that it's different from other places. Qiu Luoxue looked out through the small window of the carriage, and there were victims along the way, and when they saw a carriage passing by, they went crazy and surrounded them, begging for food.

There are also some victims who sit or lie on both sides of the road in a depressed manner, looking at their yellow and thin faces, which is very sad. In ancient times, the people relied on the land for food, and if the harvest was not good in a certain year, there was really no way to survive.

Qiu Luoxue quietly forgot about Xia Zimo, although he didn't look at the situation outside, his face was also heavy. Those who died of starvation were his people, and it was not easy for him to feel good about such a great famine under his rule.

The ancients believed in heavenly rebuke and reincarnation, would he also think that this * was God punishing him?

"See the Prime Minister, see the Nian."

When they arrived at the local government office, Xia Zimo and others got out of the carriage, and when the local officials were already waiting in front of the government office, they immediately saluted when they saw them get off the car.

Qiu Luoxue and Xia Zimo glanced at each other and said, "Your Excellency, you are polite, get up."

"Prime Minister Xie." Everyone said in unison, and got up.

Standing at the front was Zhao Xin, the prefect of Connecticut, who had already walked up to Qiu Luoxue with a smiling face at this time, and said, "Two adults, the lower officials have prepared delicacies in the mansion, and they are waiting for the arrival of the two adults, please."

"You shouldn't have prepared a meal, but you should have reported the disaster in Connecticut to the official." Xia Zimo said with a serious expression, seeing such an official, he seemed to feel that he was a failure as an emperor.

A trace of embarrassment flashed on Zhao Xin's face, but he still said: "What Lord Nian said is that the report will naturally be presented, but the lower officials think that you have been running for many days, you must be tired, and you have just arrived today, you must have a good meal and rest."

Qiu Luoxue is also an iron suit for this prefect, how did such a person with no eyesight become a prefect. Xia Zimo's words just now obviously meant to put himself into work immediately, and he even proposed to rest, didn't he hit the window by himself?

Qiu Luoxue quietly glanced at Xia Zimo, and saw that he was angry, and it was estimated that he would have to wait for him to deal with this matter, and he would be demoted to an official and beheaded.

So Qiu Luoxue preemptively said loudly: "Can't you see the starving corpses of the people of Connecticut, and can't you hear their hungry wails?" When are you still eating and drinking, why don't you hurry up and present the report to the original picture. ”

These two adults from the capital were so angry as soon as they came, which made all the local officials very confused, and the prefect Zhao Xin was even better, I don't know what to do, or the master next to him reminded him to hurry up and submit the report, so he hurriedly led everyone into the palace and quickly presented the disaster report.

After a brief reading of the disaster report, the adults sent to the disaster relief began to discuss countermeasures. The relief of the famine is a means for the imperial court to win the hearts of the people, and this kind of thing should naturally be treated with caution.

"Lord Zhao, how much surplus grain is there in the government at present?" Xia Zimo asked the prefect.

"The famine has occurred for more than a month, and the lower officials are worried that the disaster will be more serious, so they will open the warehouse to release the grain, and there is not much grain left in the official warehouse, but there is still a lot of food sent by the prime minister a few days ago." Zhao Xinzhan replied tremblingly, he had been observing Xia Zimo's expression, but seeing him so serious, he was even more scared in his heart.

"It's great that you can open a warehouse to release grain before the famine starts and reduce the damage to the people." Although Xia Zimo was serious, he still praised the good practices.

Zhao Xin was surprised that he would say this, and couldn't help but show a happy expression on his face, but he still said modestly: "This is what a lower official should do."

"Lord Guan, you and Lord Zhao will work together to take stock of the grain, start distributing food to the affected people from today, and send people to give porridge in the city to reduce the damage to the people as much as possible." Xia Zimo arranged again.

"There are more than 10 large and small counties in Connecticut, and the distances and disaster conditions are also different, so it is not enough to distribute food in one place. The victims had been hungry for many days, and they did not have the strength to go so far to receive food, so they still had to send food delivery teams to various counties, so as to ensure all-round relief for the victims. Qiu Luoxue proposed.

Xia Zimo nodded, agreed, and said, "It makes sense, just do what you say." However, in some places, the disaster is not serious, and silver taels can be distributed to areas where the disaster is not severe, so that they can buy food on their own. ”

Qiu Luoxue smiled after hearing this, and said, "This addition is more perfect." ...... then," she said, turning her gaze to the others, "Ladies and gentlemen, let's get started." ”

After the disaster relief plan was formulated, it was quickly implemented, and Xia Zimo and Qiu Luoxue, as the main persons in charge of disaster relief, began to inspect various areas.

"Oh, isn't that Imperial Doctor Xu? How did he end up here? Qiu Luoxue inadvertently saw Xu Zhonghang in the team distributing food, and asked in surprise.

"Changzhou is not far from Connecticut, and he was sent by King Chen to help the victims." Xia Zimo replied.

"How do you know?" Qiu Luoxue asked, and after asking, she found that her words were in vain, and said, "Ah, I know, it's the shadow guard again, right?" How could the news of the shadow guard be so fast? ”

"I won't tell you, I'm going to talk to him for a while, it's been a long time since he left." Qiu Luoxue said that she was going to find Xu Zhonghang.

As soon as she took two steps, she was dragged back by Xia Zimo by the collar.

"What are you doing?" Qiu Luoxue asked unhappily.

"It's a crowded place, so it's not a good place to catch up. He'll come over in the evening, and I'll see you then. Xia Zimo said, and after speaking, regardless of Qiu Luoxue's objections, he pulled her in another direction.

In the evening, Xu Zhonghang really came, and when he entered the room, Xia Zimo and Qiu Luoxue had been waiting for him inside for a long time.

"Alright, no need to salute." Qiu Luoxue saw that Xu Zhonghang was about to salute, and said first.

Xu Zhonghang was obviously stunned, because according to etiquette, this kind of thing should have been said by Xia Zimo. However, he observed Xia Zimo's expression and saw that he didn't show any displeasure, so he didn't salute.

"King Chen arranged for people to come with me, and in order to avoid them, I wasted some time and made His Majesty and the Prime Minister wait for a long time." Xu Zhonghang said.

"I didn't have to wait long, come and sit down, how are you in Changzhou, are you used to it? It's too much to write a letter to me. Qiu Luoxue said in a row.

Xu Zhonghang looked at Xia Zimo with an inquiring eye, and after getting the latter's nod of approval, he sat down.

"For some reasons, it is not convenient to communicate with the capital." Xu Zhonghang replied to Qiu Luoxue's words.

"How is Lord Taifu doing?" Xia Zimo asked, he had to interject before Qiu Luoxue sent out a critical attack, otherwise he wouldn't be able to answer.

"Father-in-law is all right, just worried about Your Majesty. Recently, King Chen has been making constant moves, as if he is planning some plan, and let me convey to His Majesty that you must be vigilant. Xu Zhonghang said.

"I know. The more tense the situation, you and Master Taifu should also be careful. Xia Zimo said.

"The minister will take care of the father-in-law. It's just that why did His Majesty come to Connecticut in person? If King Chen knows, he will definitely send someone to assassinate him, and Commander Nie is not by His Majesty's side, what if something happens? Xu Zhonghang said.

Xia Zimo also knew that his decision was very unwise, but for the sake of Qiu Luoxue, it could only be so. Thinking of this, he turned his gaze to Qiu Luoxue, who had already fallen asleep because of the hard work of the past few days.

"If there really is an accident, it will be of my own volition." Xia Zimo looked at Qiu Luoxue and said, as if he was not answering Xu Zhonghang's question.

Then he said, "Go back first." In the future, I will make friends with Prime Minister Qiu normally, and King Chen should also want you to get close to Prime Minister Qiu. Also, he doesn't fully trust you right now, don't make any moves. ”

"Yes." After Xu Zhonghang finished speaking, he got up and saluted and left.

After Xu Zhonghang left, Xia Zimo's eyes fell on Qiu Luoxue again, and muttered: "In this case, you can sleep peacefully."