I don't know what's wrong with Li Qiuchi? Chu Jinrong's expression changed a little, he blinked, and a puzzled look flashed in his eyes.

Suddenly, at this time, a lot of people suddenly rushed out of the ruined temple, all of them were armed with weapons, and their expressions were frightened, as if they were frightened by Chu Jinrong's arrival.

Thinking that these people were assassins, Chu Jinrong's expression changed suddenly, his brows were tightly furrowed, his eyes were very disgusted, and then he pulled out his long sword.

As long as they dare to act rashly, they will never let these people go.

Li Qiuchi looked back, she saw that these people didn't seem to be an army, and there were men and women, old and young, just like ordinary people, but each of them was ragged and embarrassed, as if they were refugees, and they looked very pitiful.

Li Qiuchi blinked, a suspicious look flashed in his eyes, and he felt a little strange, I don't know what these people are doing?

"What do you want to do?" Chu Jinrong pulled out his long sword and rushed over directly to reprimand angrily, his eyes flashing with a ruthless light.

The old man at the head was also startled when he saw him suddenly rushing over, a look of horror flashed in his eyes, his brows were tightly wrinkled, and his body trembled involuntarily.

Li Qiuchi noticed this slight change in him, and then, she blinked, looked carefully, and found that these people were all refugees.

Since this is the case, they are not bad people, and there is no need for Chu Jinrong to be so harsh.

"Forget it, they're not bad people, hurry up and put your sword down." Li Qiuchi hurriedly grabbed Chu Jinrong's arm and shook his head lightly, signaling him not to embarrass these people.

Seeing this, Chu Jinrong's brows frowned slightly, and he felt a little suspicious, he didn't know why Li Qiuchi was stopping him, a suspicious look flashed in his eyes, he squinted his eyes, looked at it, and found that these people were not kidnappers, they were all refugees, in this case, why did they appear here?

"They're refugees." Li Qiuchi coughed and reminded Chu Jinrong in his ear that in fact, she found out about this and didn't let Chu Jinrong do it.

Hearing this, Chu Jinrong felt very strange, he had been helping the emperor deal with political affairs, and knew that the people in the nearby state capital had a good harvest, in this case, everyone should live and work in peace and contentment, why did there still be refugees, it was too strange?

A look of surprise flashed in his eyes, Chu Jinrong saw that the old man who took the lead had gray hair, a frightened look in his eyes, his expression changed a little, and then he quickly put away the long sword in his hand, walked directly in front of the old man, and asked in a low voice: "Old man, what is the situation?" Why are you fleeing here?! ”

"Childe, look at what you said, if there is food and can survive, who wants to suffer outside, it's not because we really can't live." As he spoke, a touch of pain flashed in the old man's eyes, his expression was really very painful, he covered his chest with one hand, and tears seemed to be about to fall.

No, the harvest in the nearby state capitals is good, and a lot of grain has been sent to the treasury, so these people shouldn't be like this.

A suspicious look flashed in Chu Jinrong's eyes, and he stepped forward again and asked, "How can this be?" There is no famine in the nearby state capitals, how can there be people who can't eat food? Isn't that too weird? ”

"If you don't believe it, why bother asking, look at this situation, even the emperor can't control the life or death of our people, since this is the case, we all rely on the destiny of heaven." Showing a bitter smile, the old man shook his head, his expression very helpless.

They didn't know that Chu Jinrong was the crown prince, so they directly said what they thought in their hearts, and they didn't have so many scruples.

Hearing this, Chu Jinrong's expression became a little embarrassed, and he felt that these words were like slapping him in the face, which was really embarrassing.

Li Qiuchi and Chu Jinrong glanced at each other, and they both saw a look of embarrassment in each other's eyes, and they didn't know what to do?

It was at this time that Chu Jinrong seemed to remember something, and went over to ask the old man opposite: "I'm sorry, I may have made a mistake, which state capital are you from?" ”

"It's Chenzhou next door." Sighing, the old man's expression was really helpless, his brows were tightly wrinkled together, I don't know what to do?

These refugees have been here for days, and if there is no food, they will all starve to death.

Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road, I'm afraid that these people are the biggest victims of feudal imperial power

Chenzhou? How so? Chu Jinrong lowered his head and thought about it for a while, feeling that this matter was very incredible, because when he counted the grain inventory, he knew that Chenzhou had the most grain, how could such a situation occur?

"No, Chenzhou is the most reported grain this year, since there is so much grain handed in, why should someone starve to death on the side of the road, isn't it very strange?" Chu Jinrong clasped his hands on his shoulders, and he really couldn't figure out this problem.

Hearing this, Li Qiuchi on the side finally reacted, a cold light flashed in her eyes, and then she sneered, and said sarcastically: "What else can happen?" It must be because someone is corrupt. ”

When Chu Jinrong heard this, his eyes also changed a little, you know, this matter is really sensitive, I don't know how to speak?

"But isn't there a misunderstanding?" Chu Jinrong glanced at the old man opposite.

"How is that possible?" The old man shook his head, with a look of despair in his eyes, then he closed his eyes and said with great difficulty: "Although we were not affected by the disaster this year, but last year was really bad. ”

However, even if this is the case, there should be a little food in reserve, why did the people get to this point? Isn't it too pitiful? Chu Jinrong lowered his head and looked at the old, weak, sick and disabled in front of him, and a helpless look flashed in his eyes.

"Childe, I'm afraid you still don't know that our governor's hands are not clean at all, and our food and taxes are almost deducted." With a wry smile, the old man sat down, his expression very painful.

Sure enough, it was similar to what he had guessed, Li Qiuchi narrowed his eyes, and a look of disgust flashed in his eyes.