The next day, seven or eight disaster relief sites were set up temporarily, and porridge began to be boiled for the victims to drink. Although the queue of the victims was far, far away, they still received porridge and drank in an orderly manner!

A few young strong laborers took a bowl of porridge and drank it in one gulp, but they didn't taste it, and the bowl bottomed out, and they felt full after eating. So he went to the place where the porridge was distributed again, and the porridge maker above shouted: "Everyone is only allowed to drink one bowl, who dares to rob it, see that I don't kill you stinky people!" ”

"Master, I really can't eat enough, you see that we young people can't compare with those old and young women and children! Give us a few more bowls to eat, and we'll do the work for you!" The strong laborers said.

"Now is the year of famine, and the relief food distributed by the imperial court is distributed according to the amount of the population! It will take some time to solve the problem of resettlement of the victims, please trust the imperial court, and the imperial court will definitely arrange you properly! Make sure everyone has a job to do, everyone is well fed, and don't make trouble now! Said the porridge.

"No, we're hungry!" Those strong laborers said, took the opportunity to grab stools, and some sticks, and began to attack those officials, snatching porridge and drinking! At this time, many people rushed up, punching and kicking, you pushed me, and they all began to rush like crazy, and a pie porridge spot in Youda suddenly became a pot of porridge!

At this time, the porridge was not second to the momentum, immediately went to the yamen to call people, immediately called a group of officers and soldiers, saw the porridge grabbers, troublemakers, picked up sticks and beat to the death, those troublemakers also waved their fists and fought with those officers and soldiers, but with bare hands, plus they were not full, how could they be the opponents of these officers and soldiers, after some fighting, all those troublemakers were beaten down, and the rest of the people did not dare to say anything. Then the officers and soldiers took away a few people who took the lead in making trouble, re-erected the porridge shed, and began to distribute porridge!

At this time, Wang Ruoyun stayed alone in the inn, panicked, and came out to breathe! When I went out into the street, I saw a few ragged children sitting on the ground crying, and a woman holding a small child crying! Ruoyun felt very strange, and walked over to the woman and asked, "Auntie, what are you crying about?" ”

"Hungry!" Auntie said.

"Isn't the imperial court providing disaster relief? Why don't you go and get it! Ruoyun asked.

"It's not enough to eat, I'll bring a big one, bring a small one, how can a bowl of porridge be enough! These children are crying with hunger! The aunt said.

"No, this time the imperial court has sent a lot of food relief!" Ruoyun said.

"I'm afraid that the food didn't enter the mouths of the people, but it all went into the pockets of those corrupt officials!" Auntie said.

When Ruoyun heard this, he didn't know how to answer, he felt that these corrupt officials were too hateful, and he felt that this aunt was too pitiful, so he bought a few cakes on the street and gave them to this aunt, saying, "Auntie, give them to the children!" ”

The aunt took the cake, her eyes were shining, tears flowed down, and she said, "How embarrassing is this! Come here, big baby, little baby, thank you sister! ”

Looking at the happy appearance of the child eating the cake, her heart was warm for a while, and she wanted to go and see the situation of the porridge!

Subsequently, Ruoyun walked the streets and alleys, went to see several porridge sheds in the county for disaster relief, and found that the porridge boiled out of each pot was as light as water! Seeing this situation, she was very angry, and when she went back, she told Hongxu about it, and after Hongxu heard it, he was very angry, so he took his sword to the official who contacted him a few days ago, and shouted on the other side: "How can you be like this, how can you boil such a thin porridge for disaster relief?" ”

The official didn't know what the situation was, he was so frightened that he was so frightened that he heard the situation explained to him, and immediately said: "There is no way, Prince Hongxu, you only brought half of the money and food, and besides, there are so many victims, it is impossible to send them all out at once!" ”

"However, according to the official law, every pot of porridge must be very sticky and can hold chopsticks, but the porridge you boil can't stand the chopsticks at all, it's so thin, it's no wonder that those victims don't make trouble!" Hongxu said.

"The poor countryside is out of the people, these victims have received relief from the government, but instead of thanking the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty for his fraternity, they took the lead in making trouble, which is simply intolerable! If the porridge is thicker, it will cost a lot more food, so that the food in the warehouse will not last for a few weeks! Besides, the follow-up food has not yet arrived, how to resettle so many victims! The prefect said.

"According to the food I shipped, it can last at least a month! Are you dog officials greedy for the relief money sent by the state? Hongxu asked.

"We are greedy, and this matter is tacit! Everyone has to support their families! You can't eat meat, and we're not allowed to drink soup!" We only took a small part of the hardship fee, far less than your Sima family! The holy decree clearly says, "Three million quintals of grain and one million taels of silver!" However, as soon as I left the capital, half of it was missing, and I am afraid it was intercepted by your Sima family! It's so dark! What do you say about the disaster victims on the road, and the loss of 500,000 loads of grain for nothing, this kind of panic in the world, and want to deceive all of us! It's just self-deception, I'm afraid this is also the reason for your Hongxu Gongzi to prevaricate us! We all know this, and the 10,000 taels of silver we gave you in the banquet building, all of which must be deducted from the disaster relief funds! If our side is to provide disaster relief in accordance with the rules of the imperial court, I am afraid that the lack of money and food in the holy decree will be made up by us who have been wronged! Isn't that too disrespectful? Besides, the good name of disaster relief should be recorded in the name of your Sima family! When the time comes, we will break the fortune, and your Sima family will be added to the rank of knight in His Majesty, this kind of loss-making business, who loves to do it, who will do it! We people can't be so stupid and don't get any benefit from paying for it ourselves! The prefect paused slightly and continued.

"Now it's just a matter of reducing the portion, not only for the relief of the victims, but also for your Sima family! Isn't that okay for everyone? As for the small profits, it's just our hard work! It's just a veil, you know, I know, it's just that everyone doesn't break it! Gongzi Hongxu, we are doing this for the sake of your Sima family, you can't misunderstand our kindness! Now this disaster relief, hello, hello, hello everyone! ”

Hongxu They talked about a dirty deal in a high-sounding way, it was disgusting to death! I touched the pockets of my whole body up and down, and sure enough, I found a silver ticket of 10,000 taels from my pocket! He threw it at the prefect and said, "I don't know who asked you to give me this!" This is obviously framing me! ”

"We framed you, this is just the rule of officialdom, the officials from above in the past are like this! We gave it to you, and you didn't refuse! That's what it means! The official said.

"You guys are slandering, I don't want this money at all! And those 500,000 quintals of grain were indeed given to the victims! Don't frame me! Hongxu said angrily.

"It's been given to the victims, can you show us the certificate?" The official sneered: "No, don't play this little trick in front of us, you have to be a bitch, and you have to set up an archway, and all good things are taken up by you, so what else do we eat!" Those of you who are big officials should also give us petty officials a way out! Even if you eat meat, you have to give us some soup to drink! "Fuck you!" Hongxu was furious, pulled out his sword, and stabbed the prefect in the chest with a sword. The prefect hadn't understood what was going on, the blood on his chest had been splashed all over the ground, touching the wounds of the wounds, but the blood still couldn't stop flowing out, and he said tremblingly: "You, you dare to kill people and kill people, you are too unkind, I am Wang Qinruo's ......!" ”

"I don't care who you are......." Hongxu couldn't take care of it so much at once. At this time, several officials next to him were stunned, but they didn't expect him to be angry, so he ended up with the prefect. If we make him angry again, our lives will be at risk. So he didn't dare to speak anymore, he was slightly stunned, and when he saw that Hongxu didn't move, some people immediately fell out of the window, and some bypassed Hongxu's side and slipped out of the door, for fear that Hongxu would kill his red eyes! Don't kill a blood spattered all over the house, the most important thing is to save your own life, after a while, everyone slipped away, leaving only Hongxu and Ruoyun in the room.

Hongxu was just angry just now, and he made a move, and when this sword went down, he also knew that he had caused trouble, and he didn't know what to do! At this time, Ruoyun, who was next to him, saw this posture and didn't know what to do, so he could only hug Hongxu and comfort him: "It's okay, it's okay!" Anything will be fine! ”