In the early morning, in the courtyard in front of the Dengfeng County Office, there were already five or six errand officers standing. The office of the Tang Dynasty does not need a director of the twilight of the dynasty, and at this moment, most of them are still lying in the back of the official house, so they don't have to rush to order the errand. At this moment, it was still early, and everyone naturally talked about the Du Jiulang yesterday.

"You must have gone to Songyang Temple to investigate?"

"Naturally, I have inquired, and there is really such a thing! I heard that when the famous Taichong Daoist went to the grass house to treat people, this Du Xiaolangjun had already healed without medicine, which was really unbelievable! ”

"Hey, that's all you know?" Wu Jiu, the middle-aged errand officer who reported to Du Shiyi yesterday, laughed hesitantly, and then said mysteriously, "I know a handyman in Songyang Guanzhong, but he said to me. The rain was very heavy in that rì mountain, and the little lady Du knelt down in front of Songyang Temple early in the morning and begged, refusing to leave in the rain. As a result, Du Xiaolangjun, who was obviously too sick to get out of bed and couldn't even speak, rushed to Songyang Temple in the rain, and Du Xiaoniang was stunned. This thing that does not heal itself is obviously true. ”

When he said this, others naturally asked, and there were different opinions for a while, but there were many people who were moved by it. Not long after, when someone from outside reported that Du Xiaolangjun had come yesterday, Wu Jiu encouraged and said: "All in all, since he has asked for the order of Ming Gong, we might as well follow and see what he is going to do." If he can really do this well, and if there is really any good reward, we will do our best to follow it. If he can't do it, let's go back and find an excuse to quit and quit! He is not Ming Gong himself, we are not afraid of him! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"What Lao Jiu said is reasonable!"

When Cui Jianxuan, who was originally lying high in the guest room, heard that the maid had reported that Du Shiyi had arrived at the county office, he was stunned at first, and then sat up. He is not a head snake than those errand servants, but the signboards of the Qinghe Cui clan and the son of Zhao Guogong are extremely useful, and he makes people find out far more news from the Songyang View than those errand soldiers. After all, Songyang Temple is a Taoist temple that advocates quiet and inaction, and when he learned that Du Shiyi actually contracted to catch locusts, there was quite a lot of criticism in the view, except for the fact that he was not cured by medicine, he was reluctant to mention more about this son. But he still inquired and learned that the famous Taoist master Sima Chengzhen actually looked at him differently.

"It doesn't matter if he is a real prodigy or a fake prodigy, as long as there is excitement to watch, and there is an excuse to go to Hanging Lian Peak to study later, it is haode!"

After muttering to himself, he hurriedly dressed himself under the service of the maidservant, and did not even bother to eat breakfast, so he took two servants and drove out in three steps and two steps. When he came to the front of the court, he happened to see Du Shiyi about to go out with the seven or eight errand servants who had already gathered. So, he immediately coughed heavily, and then said with a smile: "Nineteen Lang is so unrighteous, and I don't want to think about who helped you yesterday, this crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, will you leave me behind?" ”

Hearing this, those servants stole a glance at Cui Jianxuan's murderous face, even if they knew that this was the descendant of the Qinghe Cui family, the son of Zhao Guogong, they still couldn't help but whisper because of what he said just now. And Du Shiyi didn't expect the other party to be so difficult, and he still couldn't help but muttered in his heart. Thinking that he could say that Dengfeng Order yesterday did have the ingredient of Cui Jianxuan's help, he had to smile and said: "Where, I also think that the countryside and the road are difficult to walk, and I am afraid that the eleventh prince will not be able to bear it." ”

"Eh, what eleventh son, my grandmother is also from Jingzhao Duling, maybe you can talk about the same clan and clan, why do you have to see other people like this? In this way, I call you Du Nineteen, and you call me Cui Shiyi! ”

This Cui Shiyi Lang obviously couldn't get rid of it, Du Shiyi knew that no matter how careless he was, he couldn't stop people from following, so he nodded briskly and said: "Since that's the case, then I'm not welcome!" The eleventh brother wants to go together, so let's go without further ado. ”

Seeing that Du Shiyi took a Kunlun slave and called those errand servants to go straight out, Cui Jianxuan was stunned for a moment, and then asked loudly: "Du Nineteen, is it difficult to walk like this?" ”

"I'm going to Songqu in the south of the city, not far from the edge of Dengfeng County."

"That's not what you asked!"

Seeing that Du Shiyi didn't return such a sentence, Cui Jianxuan couldn't help gritting his teeth and chased after him with a straight heart. And the two servants who followed him looked at me, and in the end, neither of them dared to advise the stubborn young master, so they had no choice but to follow behind. However, the four words not far from the city were quickly turned into torture by the scorching under the scorching heat. Before he left the city, Cui Jianxuan, who was riding a horse, was already sweating profusely, looking at Du Shiyi, who was surrounded by those errands, he couldn't believe that this was the rumored prodigy who almost died of illness.

Although he had never ridden a horse, he still walked like a fly, how could he be more robust and healthy than he looked?

"Lang Jun, this rì head is too poisonous, why don't I go back and drive the carriage over?" The servant behind him was already sweating, and he couldn't help but step forward and whisper for a while.

"It's fine!" Cui Jianxuan took a deep breath, then gritted his teeth and said, "It doesn't make sense that he can survive a serious illness at the beginning, but I can't stand it!" Go and get some water, and I'll quench my thirst!" ”

However, when the servant returned to the city panting and bought cold slurry water, Cui Jianxuan, who was obviously coughing with a dry throat, couldn't care about drinking. At this moment, they had already left the city, and stood on the thoroughfare, only to see a locust cloud hovering over a field almost obscuring the sky, and the loud noise and indescribable momentum were enough to make him, a child of a well-pampered family, change for him. He couldn't help but glance at Du Shiyi, seeing that he was just squinting, he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva for a while.

"Lang Jun, this is the slurry water you want......

"Shut up!"

Cui Jianxuan saw that the servant had rushed up, so he snatched the gourd and pasted it on his hot face, but his eyes were staring at Du Shiyi without blinking, just when he thought that Du Shiyi would directly take the messenger to exterminate the locusts, but unexpectedly, after stopping for a while, he suddenly whispered a few words to the Kunlun Nu beside him, and led everyone to continue walking along the avenue. Only the dark-skinned Kunlun Nu took off his coat to cover his head, and then strode towards the locust cloud. Seeing this scene, he finally couldn't help it, and rushed forward in three or two steps, grabbing Du Shiyi's sleeve.

"Du Nineteen, didn't you volunteer to bring people out to exterminate the locusts? This locust is there, what do you care? ”

"Brother Eleven, I volunteered to bring people out to exterminate locusts, but who said that I was going to exterminate locusts now? Besides, the locust clouds are overwhelming, what is the use of us people going up? ”

"But why did your Kunlun slave rush in alone?"

"You mean Tian Mo?" Du Shiyi glanced at Tian Mo, who was almost submerged in the locust cloud, and then said with a smile, "Don't worry, he didn't go to do it, he will be back in a while!" ”

Although Cui Jianxuan was full of doubts, when Tian Mo really came back sweating profusely and holding the coat he had just taken off, seeing that Du Shiyi had no intention of explaining, he could only put aside these doubts for the time being, and viciously calculated in his heart how to pry open the mouth of this mysterious guy after he went back.

All the way to Songqu, although the overwhelming locust clouds have never been seen again, but the dense locusts on the grass and trees are still shocking, many fields have been devastationed, most of them do not see half of the peasants, occasionally one or two peasants struggle to kill the locusts, but it is still a drop in the bucket, that kind of scene is really shocking. Therefore, when he saw the peasants sighing in front of the houses in the Song Song, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, and it wasn't until Wu Jiu brought a sturdy man over and looked around at the village that he withdrew his gaze.

"Du Xiaolangjun, this is the village of Song Qu and Song Eighteen."

As a Ding man, the village Zheng Song 18 was just over forty this year, his voice was loud, and after respectfully folding his hands and saluting at this moment, he said: "I heard that Du Xiaolangjun brought people to Song Qu to advocate locust hunting?" Please forgive me for saying bluntly, last year's locust plague, a certain person once personally led the villagers to exterminate locusts, and it was easy to save some harvest. However, this year, the locust plague has risen again, and there have been many rumors for a while, and everyone from top to bottom said that the locust hunting will be punished by heaven, especially the older generation in the village have asserted so, so no one dares to move, and some are helpless for a while. ”

Seeing that the other party was speaking straightforwardly, Du Shiyi pondered for a moment, and then asked straight to the point: "Dare to ask Song Cunzheng, in addition to farming, does the village have any other livelihood?" ”

Song Shibai replied without thinking: "The north is not as good as the south of the Yangtze River, and it is not suitable to grow mulberry and raise silkworms, that is, people who have some spare energy raise a few pigs and sheep, or raise some chickens and ducks." It's just that from last year to this year, the locust plague has caused every household to eat enough, and the grass and trees have been greatly damaged, so it is difficult to find grass for raising pigs and sheep. That is, chickens and ducks can barely be raised. If this continues, every family will not only have to tighten their belts this winter, but they will also starve to death! ”

"I see."

Du Shiyi nodded slightly, then turned around and beckoned to Tian Mo, and when he came up, he took the coat in his hand, shook it to the ground, and saw many dead locusts fall to the ground. For a while, Cui Jianxuan, who was standing next to Du Shiyi, was so frightened that he instinctively jumped back a step, and then shouted angrily: "Du Nineteen, what did you let that Kunlun slave do to catch those many locusts!" ”

Squatted down and picked up a locust and stood up, but Du Shiyi glanced at Cui Jianxuan, and then looked at Song Shiba, who was full of doubts, and said: "This locust is a pest on farmers, if everyone doesn't go into battle, even if a strong man tosses for a whole day, he may not be able to expelle much." But flying locusts are not really harmful and not beneficial. ”