When the fire was dry, several people came out of the prison, and when they arrived in the hall of the yamen, Qiao Mo lit the candlestick, and the light was so bright that it was inside.

Zhu Gaoxu turned around with his hands behind his back, like a little adult, and then said: "All the big and small officials here have run away, and there is no one left." It's really damn it, no wonder there is so much chaos in this county, the masters have all run away, can it not be chaotic? ”

Zhou Xing asked, "Isn't the consequence of them running away very serious?" The great sin of the Nine Clans. ”

Zhu Gaoxu snorted coldly from his nose and said, "If we don't come, can we know that they ran away?" The emperor's grandfather is thousands of miles away, can he know about this? ”

For this, Zhou Xing expressed his approval and said: "This is also, the so-called Tiangao Emperor Yuan." There is chaos here, coupled with the protection of officials and officials, it is indeed not easy for the emperor to know the truth. ”

In fact, in all dynasties, this problem exists, and it is a stubborn disease that cannot be digested by the progress of science and technology. Deceive the upper and lower levels, and the black gauze hat is the sky.

"So what do we do now?" Zhou Xing asked.

"I don't know, what do you say you are going to do?" Zhu Gaoxu asked rhetorically.

Qiao Mo offered advice: "Second Young Master, logically speaking, Jinyiwei must have arrived before us, but this is still the case here, it is conceivable that Jinyiwei has not arrived yet." The subordinates guessed that Jinyiwei had already arrived in Yangwu, so we might as well go straight to Yangwu. Didn't the emperor let the second young master supervise? ”

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes lit up, and he said: "That's the truth, we have to go to Yangwu quickly, otherwise the Jinyiwei affairs are all done, and we haven't arrived yet, so what kind of supervision is it?" ”

At that moment, several people left the county office, got into the carriage, and went straight to Yangwu.

Not long after Zhu Gaoxu and the others left, several people appeared at the gate of the yamen.

"Young master, Zhu Gaoxu was rescued." One said to a young man in brocade.

The brocade-clothed boy smiled and said, "It's okay, this is just the beginning." If he dies here, it won't be beautiful. Let's go, keep following. ”

It was already dark, Zhu Gaoxu found an inn to live in, took the opportunity to change his clothes, slept comfortably, and continued to hurry early the next morning.

Unbeknownst to them, there was a group of people who had been following them.

By the next day, Zhou Xing and the others arrived in Yangwu.

Because it is the place where the Yellow River bursts, this Yangwu can now be said to be quite miserable, and the water has not completely receded until now.

"Tut-tut, I originally thought that Fugou was miserable enough, but now I found that compared with Yangwu, Fugou's situation is already very good. At least Fugou isn't in the water right now. ”

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhu Gaoxu sighed with emotion.

Zhou Xing was also shocked. Is this what happened after the Yellow River burst? Everywhere there are figures of suffering, and the surging river flows around the city and rushes down.

"Do you just let the water of the Yellow River hit downstream? I saw that several counties had basically been submerged, and if the gap was not blocked, all the fertile land downstream would be washed away. Zhu Gaoxu said.

Zhou Xing couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "Second Young Master, have you forgotten what we're here for?" The money for repairing the Yellow River is greedy, who will repair the embankment for you if you don't have money. ”

"Yes." Zhu Gaoxu nodded slightly. "Let's go, let's find a place to settle down first."

At that moment, several people found an inn to live in. Yangwu is a big city after all, and although most of the city is soaked in water, it can still find a place to settle down after all.

Everything is in order, it is now afternoon, Zhu Gaoxu proposed to go out for a spin and get acquainted with this Yangwu City, and Zhou Xing readily agreed.

"Okay, I haven't eaten in days." Not long after they walked out, an old man with crutches and ragged clothes came to the two of them.

Zhou Xing waved his hand and said, "Go and go, you have to go elsewhere......"

It's not that he has become hard-hearted, it's really because he doesn't dare to be a good person anymore.

There are people who don't have anything to eat here, and once Zhou Xing and they save one, there will be a group of people swarming over.

After walking less than a mile, they had already met no less than ten waves of people begging for food.

"Good news, good news, the food transport from outside the city is here......"

At this moment, a man came out of an alley and shouted loudly.

"What? Got food coming? Let's go, take a look. ”

"Let's go, go get food and ......"

When everyone hears the word food, it is like a cat seeing a fish and a dog seeing meat, and no matter whether it is true or not, a swarm of bees will squeeze into that alley.

"Ouch, I'll go." The surrounding crowd gathered in an instant, and Zhou Xing was dragged into the crowd and almost fell on his heels. Finally stood firm, Zhou Xing couldn't help but scold.

Fortunately, I didn't fall, looking at this crowd, if I fell to the ground, I would definitely be trampled into meat sauce in minutes.

Secretly rejoiced for a moment, but Zhou Xing was suddenly stunned.

I'm grass, where is the second young master? What about Zhu Gaoxu?

There was a surging crowd of people everywhere, and Zhou Xing couldn't even stop, he kept being pushed away. He looked up, where could he see Zhu Gaoxu's figure?

Passing through an alley, we came to the largest street. Not far away was the city gate, and several carriages came in from outside the city, filled with food.

The sudden influx of "neighing ......" disturbed the horses, and the hooves of the horses pulling the cart rose as if they were about to gallop. It's a pity that before it could exert its strength, the carriage was already dragged by the crowd, and with the strength of a horse, it couldn't break free! The people who were driving the car had already broken their courage, dropped the reins and ran away.

Some people used awls and bamboo sticks to pry open the mouths of the sacks, and then took off their clothes and spread them on the ground, desperately loading grain.

This is all white rice, as long as you fill a full pocket, take it back and add some wild vegetables and other stews, it is nutritious and full, and you can cope with many days.

"Mine, here's my ......"

"My ......"

The scene was really chaotic, and the army of rice grabbers who continued to join blocked the street.

Zhou Xing has been pushed, almost without touching the ground, from the path on the other side of the alley was pushed here, his clothes were torn by something in several places, and his body was stained with a lot of mud, except that his face was whiter, but he was no different from those beggars.

This Yangwu County, since the Qin Dynasty, Yangwu at that time, the territory is vast, the same as the state capital, to the Western Han Dynasty, directly split into several counties. The people here are quite strong. Historical Records? Qin Shi Huang Ben Ji contains: "In the twenty-ninth year, the first emperor traveled eastward. In the wolf sand of Yang Wubo, he was frightened by the thieves. Seek the Buddha, and make the world ask for ten days. ”

Qin Shi Huang still dared to steal things, let alone the carts of rice in front of him.

It was only a moment of effort, and a cart of rice was robbed clean.

Why is there anyone here who brings rice from outside the city? It still originated a few days ago, someone secretly sent a letter to the magistrate here, saying that the matter of swallowing disaster relief money had been sent, and let them carry it a little. The local officials here also have countermeasures, so they took out some of the embezzled disaster relief money, bought rice, and distributed it in Yangwu County and the surrounding areas.

Unexpectedly, the rice was robbed before it reached its destination today.

To tell the truth, less than 30% of the money used to buy rice is just a cover for those officials. With such a little rice, where is there enough to feed the hungry victims?

Those who had snatched the rice all walked away with their treasures in their arms, and now they urgently needed to find a place to pick wild vegetables and cook rice to satisfy their hunger.

There are also some people who come late, or are old, weak, sick and disabled, so they squat on the ground very carefully, or lie on the ground, and pick up the broken rice scattered on the ground little by little. Or the rice that has been stepped into the cracks of the mud bricks, and a little bit of patience is pulled out.

At this time, several fierce and vicious people with knives quickly walked over.

"Run, the people from the yamen are here." I don't know who shouted, these people have experience, and suddenly they scattered, and the streets that were originally crowded with people suddenly became crowded.

Those people from the yamen came over, and naturally they couldn't run in vain, so they arrested the old people who were still squatting on the ground for half a day and couldn't get up, and those who didn't run caught a few at random.

"Go, dare to rob the rice of the official's house, I'm impatient...... they pushed and shoved people, threatened with their waist knives, and escorted seven or eight people in the direction of the yamen.

Fortunately, Zhou Xing was not squeezed into the middle of the road, so naturally he was not caught. While secretly rejoicing, he suddenly found that one of the people who was arrested was Zhu Gaoxu, who he had been looking for for a long time!

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu was as embarrassed as a refugee. He was also squeezed and dizzy. Before he could come to his senses, he was arrested.

"Why are you arresting me? Know who I am? Zhu Gaoxu stiffened his neck and shouted at the catcher who was escorting him.

The catcher snorted coldly: "I don't care who you are, hijacking official food, that's a big crime, first put in prison, and then wait for the fate." ”

"What a bold ......" Zhu Gaoxu wanted to reveal his identity, but then suddenly remembered what Zhou Xing had told him, revealing his identity would be even worse in this case. So he said, "Is this how you enforce the law?" ”

Na Kuai sneered: "Hehe, how do we enforce the law?" You robbed the official rations, did you arrest you by mistake? Less nonsense, go ......"

The arrester escorted everyone to the yamen, and those who had obviously grabbed the rice but escaped the arrest suddenly became proud when they looked at this scene.

"Haha, it's good that Lao Tzu is clever enough. After this incident, we can't find our heads, so let's go for a walk, cook rice and eat it. ”

It took a long time for Qiao Mo and a few people to find Zhou Xing. When they found out that Zhu Gaoxu was not by Zhou Xing's side, they immediately felt strange, and Qiao Mo asked, "What about the second young master?" ”