The undercurrent was surging, and Lu Sheng also temporarily put aside the case of tracking down the official grain, and cooperated with the Taishou Mansion to deal with this sudden locust plague with all his might.

No matter how much Lu Sheng wished that this day could be postponed a little, but time was cruel and would not stop for anyone.

Early one morning, the people of Chuzhou got up at dawn as usual. It's a little dark today, but yesterday it was still sunny.

The people got up and got dressed in a huff, and outside the door, there was a crackling sound on the roof.

"Is it raining? Why is it so loud? Is it hailing?"

Wang Laohan played a sigh and glanced at the spirit card of his wife enshrined on the altar, "Wife, I went down to the ground ......"

Pushing open the door, the sky was dark, and the piercing whistling sound kept shuttling in my ears. Wang Laohan was shocked, raised his head blankly, and looked at the black dots covering the sky and the sun above his head.

The sky was not dark, but obscured by a dense mass of locusts. Instead of rainfall, the sound of dense locusts hitting the roof of the door panels was heard.

Many, many locusts......

Wang Laohan has been farming for decades, and he has never seen such a terrible scene. Even the one a few decades ago, although it cost him a lot, it was far from the point where he lost nothing.

And that time happened in March, and there was still surplus food at home, and the imperial court reduced taxes and allowed him to survive the autumn harvest safely. Just that one thing made Wang Laohan grateful for a lifetime.

But now, the locusts that cover the sky and the sun have swallowed the world like the end of the world. There used to be three rows of evergreens in front of the house, but now the bare branches were left crumbling under the impact of locusts.

"Ahh

All the way for twelve miles, Wang Laohan couldn't stop panting. When he arrived at the wheat field, Wang Laohan was dumbfounded.

As far as he could see, it was a barren area, and a few stalks of wheat fell in front of his eyes, and the dense locusts swarmed up, and the stalks disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The endless wasteland was covered with hideous and terrible locusts, gone, nothing.

Remember yesterday, he came to see it...... The huge ears of rice made Wang Laohan's face full of wrinkles when he smiled. But...... Overnight, it was all gone.

He only remembered now that the lieutenant had gone to the county government for a meeting, and when he returned, he told them to hurry up and harvest the wheat.

At that time, everyone laughed at the stupidity of the official, and now is the time to grow ears of wheat, and at this time, the harvest can be regarded as burning high incense. But looking at the scene in front of him, Wang Laohan understood.

The government has known about it for a long time...... I already knew that there would be a locust plague......

It's yourself who is stupid, it's your own stupidity, why didn't you listen to the government.

Gone...... Nothing is gone. The family's granary was almost empty, and the remaining food was only enough to eat for ten days...... There's still a long way to go this winter......

What to do......

The more I think about it, the more sad I feel, and the more I think about it, the more aggrieved I become. It was as if there was a stone blocking the mouth of the chest, and it was not pleasant at all.

"Poof-" Suddenly, Wang Laohan spurted out a mouthful of blood, as if he had been drained of all his strength, and fell straight down.

"Wife...... You have been gone for ten years, and Lao Wang is bitter...... Right now...... Are you here to pick me up......"

"Oh my God...... How so...... Oh my God...... You're blind......"

"My wheat...... O my wheat...... Gone...... It's gone......"

"Daddy kid...... What to do...... There is no food at home...... There is no food, only enough to eat for ten days......"

"Oh my God...... You're not going to give us a way to live......"

Boom –

Just when the people of Chuzhou were in the midst of collapse, heaven and earth suddenly made a loud noise. The people in panic looked up one after another, and above the sky of everyone, a watermark-like gossip array appeared.

Just like the sun floating above everyone's heads, the yin and yang fish of the Bagua Array slowly rotated like a pan, and then extended out the mysterious Bagua Array, and the main direction of each Array had a Formation Gate.

Life, death, shock, Hugh, Du, Jing, injury, open.

"The Imperial Court—"

"Yes, the imperial court! There is a locust plague in Chuzhou, and the imperial court will definitely not ignore our ......."

"Yes, Chuzhou is the granary of the world, the court has grain, and the current emperor is benevolent, he will not care if we live or die, go, go to the official mansion...... Go to the government ......"

The existence of the imperial court in ordinary times does not seem to be very important in the hearts of the people. They ploughed in the fields every day, and they had to be levied a large amount of grain money by the imperial court every year.

However, the imperial court is their reliance, and in the face of such a natural disaster, the first thing that the people think of is always the imperial court.

Gradually, the people gathered, like a confluence of rivers in the sea, and converged towards the nearest main city.

And the prefectures and counties in various places have already received instructions and arrangements from a higher level. Therefore, after getting the people to flock to the city, they did not show a panicked move.

Bai Ze Mansion, the four gates outside the palace city are closed. When the mighty people poured in from all directions like a torrent, they saw the closed gates.

In an instant, the hearts of the people were cold.

The city gates are closed, is it true that we don't care whether we live or die? Overhead are locusts flying in the sky, in front of us are desperate city gates, and in the crowd of black and oppressive people, bursts of desolate cries suddenly rise.

"What to do...... The court doesn't care about us......"

"Yes, shut us out of the city gates and left us to fend for ourselves......"

"Everyone be quiet—" Suddenly, a loud shout rang out, and a crack suddenly opened in the middle of the spear-filled city defense army at the main entrance, and the prefect in a crimson official robe appeared in front of the crowd.

Seeing the prefect, the people suddenly quieted down, and although some pushed forward, they were all pushed back by the spears and sticks of the city defense army.

"The people of Bai Ze Mansion, everyone be quiet! Don't make any noise yet, listen to what the official says!" The prefect's cultivation is good, and he is lucky, and the voice shouted out like a rolling wheel came into the ears of every citizen.

In this era, it's really not good to be an official without some cultivation.

"Chuzhou was hit by a disaster, this is the number of days, and it is also the test of the sky for our Chuzhou. However, the emperor's benevolence and virtue have already been warned by the heavens, so he has made arrangements.

The emperor once ordered to go to the Taishou Mansion, and there was only one sentence on it, Shenzhou must be protected, and Chuzhou must also be saved, if the people of Chuzhou are allowed to fall, then Chuzhou will be severely punished.

The emperor has always remembered in his heart, but this is the calamity given to Chuzhou by God. In order to successfully survive this catastrophe, we need to rely on the unity of the government and the people, work together with one heart and one mind, and work together to tide over the difficulties.

Bring it here!"

As the prefect's words landed, a large cauldron was placed in front of the people's eyes, and in the cauldron, pungent green smoke wafted out, as if something was cooking.

"Today's locust plague, covering the sky and the sun, is a catastrophe that has never been seen in Chuzhou in a hundred years. Although Chuzhou is the granary of the world, there is still surplus grain. But if the locusts are not eliminated for a day, the difficulties of Chuzhou will not be solved for a day.

What is the purpose of your coming here today, this official already knows it. How much surplus food is left at home, the official also understands it in his heart. As he spoke, the prefect held up a finger.

"Ten days, you only have ten days of food to spare, right? However, what should we do after 10 days? If the locust plague is not eliminated for a day, the ban in Chuzhou will not be lifted for a day, and the ban will not be solved, and even if there is more food in Chuzhou, there will not be enough to eat.

The only way out is to kill locusts and prevent future troubles.

The emperor has already reached the heavens, begging the sky to open up a way to Chuzhou, and the emperor does not hesitate to harm himself to pass on the pain of Chuzhou. But heaven has a destiny, and heaven's will is difficult to change.

However, the emperor was sincere, and he still moved heaven and earth, and God gave the emperor a clear way, saying, although locusts are insects, they are things that fall from the sky, and they are filthy insects in the extraordinary. Although it is fishy, it only needs to be fried to cook, and it is a wonderful thing. ”

The prefect's voice landed, and a group of topless cooks behind him took out a bag of locusts and poured them into the hot oil pot.

"Ahh

"yes, I can jump......"

"Got out of the pan?"

The people standing at the front could even smell the rich fragrance of the locusts.

Get out of the pot, scoop up, and do it in one go. In an instant, a basket of oil residue locusts came out of the pot.

"The official has a word here, if anyone's family is really short of food, yes, a pound of locusts to eat, the official will give him three taels of food. After eating two catties, the official gave him half a catty. ”

"What?

"Can you eat this?" questioned the prefect's ears like a breeze. The prefect smiled on his face, although he was panicked in his heart, but he was calm and relaxed on his face.

This is a double order from the Taishou Mansion and the Xuantian Mansion, the upper and lower officials, if you don't eat, you have to eat, you have to eat, whoever dares not to eat, you don't have to eat in the future. It's better to endure the nausea and eat it, and choose it yourself.

Although the doctor can be killed, sometimes it is more important to have a small life. Besides, in order to save the people from fire and water, is this humiliation a humiliation? That is capital, that is fame, and that is a burden of enduring humiliation!

Therefore, the prefect of Bai Zefu slowly pinched out a locust that was still a little burning from the basket, and gently lifted it up for the people to see the truth. Suddenly, he was stuffed into his mouth with a thunderous death.

"Click-"

"Hmm, it's really fragrant......" This was the prefect's first reaction after chewing on locusts.

On weekdays, I eat too much chicken, duck and fish, and I am tired of eating cabbage and tofu, and I have never eaten such a crispy thing. If I hadn't known that it was a locust, I would have thought it was a cloud cake if I ate it with my eyes closed.

"It's delicious!" This is the true idea of the prefect Bai Ze, and he habitually reached out and grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth. It's really crispy!

"You guys also come and taste it, it's really delicious, the emperor doesn't deceive me, the locusts are really extraordinary filthy insects. Let's try it. ”

Although the prefect said so, no one from the chefs and city defense forces around him really stretched out their hands.

The prefect looked at the bewildered people, "The official said, as long as you dare to eat, you can get food, and you won't starve to death." Think about it, it's better to eat locusts than to gnaw the bark of trees and dig up the roots of grass, right? ”

Almost all the people didn't dare to try it, although the prefect is now eating it and eating it is happy, but who knows that this thing will still be alive after eating?

But no matter what era, there will be those strange things that are different, and there are always some people who are not ordinary fat.

The prefect has eaten it, what am I afraid of?

"I'm coming—" A roar rang out from the crowd, and a middle-aged man in a short shirt walked through the crowd in a majestic manner.