It wasn't until the academy steward came out to lead them in that they realized that Xie Yaoguang had left the academy last night. Although everyone was disappointed when they heard this, they worked harder, perhaps because they knew that only by entering this Jixia Academy could they have the opportunity to meet that person.

It took three days for the boat to sail up the river before it reached the Yellow River. Naturally, there is no beautiful scenery above the Yellow River, except for the steep cliffs on both sides of the turbid river. The days on the water were really boring, but since Xie Yaoguang had no intention of going ashore, their boat drove very slowly. If he met a village with people on the road, Xie Yaoguang would order the boat to stop and go ashore for a walk.

Walking around the village, chatting with the people of the village and asking about food. For example, today's severe drought has caused countless rice crops to die in the fields, and most people have no grain in their homes, so they can only wait for the imperial court to open a warehouse to release grain, or wait for Chang to close the warehouse and return the grain they put in before. If there is really something that can't stand it, you can only dig up some wild vegetable bark to satisfy your hunger, most of the villages that Xie Yaoguang went to, these people are all yellow and skinny, without exception.

Although Xie Yaoguang took pity on these people and knew that she had surplus food on board, she knew very well that for them, as long as she distributed the food, she was afraid that people from nearby villages would come to her. At that time, I was afraid that it would not be easy for me to leave, let alone be able to get out of it.

Looking at those children who were looking at him, Xie Yaoguang's heart was sour. Touching their heads, he told them that the imperial court would soon return to them the grain they had put in Changping. They just need to hold out for a few days...... As for how long she needs to hold on, Xie Yaoguang herself doesn't have a good idea.

The current situation is the first time Xie Yaoguang has met, and he is in a dilemma. Even if you know very well that no matter which one you choose, you will not be able to save it, and you will have to sacrifice the lives of ordinary people, but you will inevitably feel extremely embarrassed to do it yourself.

After returning to the ship, Xie Yaoguang looked at the dry food on the ship, thought about it for a while, and then ordered Suzaku to count out a small part of the grain and send it to the villagers' homes quietly by Zhuo Jing. There weren't a lot of things, but they were enough to last them a while. In order to avoid people's eyes, the boat stopped in front of the hidden rocks, and waited for Zhuo Jing to return before continuing to set off.

In the night, Xie Yaoguang and his entourage abandoned the ship and changed the car, and finally arrived at Xingyang, the place where the Xue family's largest Yingchang liquidation was located, before dawn. Because Xingyang is very close to Xijing Luoyang, it has not been greatly affected by the drought, and the people in the city can still live and work in peace and contentment.

The price of grain in Xingyang City, Xie Yaoguang also sent Zhuo Jing to investigate. As I imagined, the current grain prices are basically under the control of the Xie family, and the grain that was sold by the Xue family is now stored in the warehouses of the Xie family's rice stores.

At present, there is a great drought everywhere, but the people in the city still look like they are living and working in peace and contentment, which makes Xie Yaoguang feel very strange, but he can't think of anything wrong. Originally, I wanted to investigate in the city, but when those people met strangers to talk, most of them ignored or waved their hands and left in a hurry, as if they were all hideous-looking evil ghosts.

The more things happened, the more curious Xie Yaoguang became, so she planned to search the matter herself. The trick used to deal with the Fu family before naturally couldn't be used a second time, and after thinking about it for a while, Xie Yaoguang decided to change the way to force the Xue family to appear in front of people.

They had been in the city until the afternoon before they dispersed and disguised themselves out of the city, and the first stop of the trip was Jiangjin Village, which was closest to Xingyang City.

In Xie Yaoguang's impression, this village should be regarded as very prosperous, but the village in front of them was already desolate, with broken walls everywhere and no trace of life at all. The whole village was shrouded in gloom, and the conjuring flags were planted all over the ground, and as soon as you entered the village, you could see paper money scattered all over the ground. All right

"Miss, my subordinates have just gone to see it, and there is no one in this village." Zhuo Jing, who came back from looking around, said in a deep voice.

"It's strange that even because of the drought, these people can't leave the village where they've lived for so many years." After looking around, Xie Yaoguang took a few steps inside and pushed open the door of the room closest to him, and the choking dust came to his face. I couldn't help but cough a few times, "You see that everything in this room is there, but why can't you see people?" ”

Hearing this, Zhuo Jing did not answer. I couldn't find what I wanted to know here, and the dust here was too big. Xie Yaoguang, who didn't like to stay here, left immediately, and just as she stepped out of the house, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure flashing quickly between the woods not far away.

Seeing this, Xie Yaoguang turned his head sideways and motioned for Zhuo Jing to follow, and take a look at what was going on with that person.

It only took a moment from Zhuo Jing's understanding to his arrest of that person, and after carefully looking at the ragged middle-aged man in front of him, Xie Yaoguang's eyes became more and more suspicious. And the middle-aged man seemed to be very afraid of Xie Yaoguang, squatting on the ground and shaking his head vigorously, muttering words like letting him go.

Looking around, Xie Yaoguang took out a piece of roasted naan from the baggage he was carrying, and said softly: "If you can tell me what's going on here, this roasted naan is yours." ”

When he said this, Xie Yaoguang's voice was extremely gentle, and the eyes of the person who was originally kneeling on the ground with his arms crossed gradually became clearer, he raised his head and stared intently at the roasted naan in Xie Yaoguang's hand, his throat rolled several times, as if he had been hungry for a long time.

"Well, you take this half of the baked naan to cushion your stomach first." Saying that, Xie Yaoguang took the water bladder from the baggage and handed it to the man, his eyebrows and eyes were gentle, "Don't worry, it's not too late to tell me when you're done eating." I have other food here besides naan, but you can answer whatever I ask. ”

The man nodded hurriedly when he heard this, and took the roasted naan in Xie Yaoguang's hand with excitement in his eyes. Gobbled it up, and didn't even bother to drink water. Looking at the appearance of the person in front of him, Xie Yaoguang couldn't help but sigh at the weight of this drought, I am afraid that it is much more serious than they imagined.

I don't know who instructed those people to hide all the affairs of the state capitals. Because of the collusion of the court officials, the suffering of the people's injustice is not heard. has created the current situation.

After waiting for half the incense time, the man finished eating the roasted naan in his hand, the man wiped the corners of his lips, and his eyes fell on the other half of the roasted naan in Xie Yaoguang's hand.

Although he knew that he was still hungry and panicked, he could only eat anything else if he told her the truth. The man reluctantly took his gaze off the roasted naan and landed on Xie Yao's face.