I thought that redeeming the people along the way and exterminating the mountain bandits would definitely delay the progress, but who knows, Shang Yuchen has already prepared a decision.

It turned out that the emperor allocated only 5,000 soldiers to Shang Yuchen, and the rest were all Xiao Jiajun under Xiao Chuhong.

Three days ago, Li Jiu sent someone to send the Xiao family's military order, saying that it was on Xiao Chuhong's order to help with the disaster.

Tao Yongji, the county commander of Liting Town, waited outside the town gate early, followed by the master and a group of officials.

When the prince and the others approached on horseback, they immediately leaned down and wanted to kneel and salute.

"Xiaguan Tao Yongji see His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Alright, alright! No courtesy, no need to be polite. ”

Shang Yuchen frowned and stopped them from saluting, the water on the ground had reached their ankles, and it had not been cleaned up for several days, and it had already emitted a foul smell.

Despite the clogs, the cuffs of the trousers were still soaked with sewage.

Shang Yuchen and the others had taken the medicine given by Gongzi before they came, and in addition, like them, they were also extremely tightly wrapped, and they couldn't see their faces clearly at all, and their voices sounded a little muffled.

Shang Yuchen pointed to the people around him and introduced them in turn, "Master Tao, this person next to this palace is Pei Lixin, the imperial physician of the Chaotai Hospital, and his art is exquisite. These people next to him...... This is Lord Gu Jianggu, a cabinet scholar, this is Lord Wenlu, the head of the household department, and this is Jin Lian Jin Baihu, a member of the Governor's Mansion. ”

Tao Yongji and the others bowed their hands again, "See Imperial Physician Pei, Master Gu, Master Wen, and Jin Baihu." Xiaguan would like to thank you for not being afraid of the plague and coming to save thousands of people in Jiangdu. Xia Guan has already set up a house outside the town for His Highness and the adults to settle down, and there will definitely be no plague ......."

Shang Yuchen waved his hand to stop him from continuing to speak, and swept towards the dense fence in the front row of the town gate, "Open, we want to enter the city." ”

"Huh? Into the city? No! ”

Looking at his panicked appearance, Shang Yuchen didn't feel much in his heart, in the face of death, it was instinct to be greedy for life and afraid of death.

Along the way, he has long been surprised.

"Open the gates!"

"Your Highness, the plague has become more and more serious in our town in the past two days, if something happens to you rashly, Xiaguan and the others will not have enough to cut off a hundred heads to explain to the emperor!"

“......”

Tao Yongji saw that Shang Yuchen frowned and was silent, and wanted to persuade a few more words, but Jin Lian had already understood the prince's eyes, took out the saber at his waist, and flew up from the horse. Soaring over the heads of many officials, raising their swords and slashing at the wooden fence with sword qi, they only heard a few explosions of 'click' and 'bang', and the obstacles blocking their way immediately splashed and shattered.

In the sawdust in the sky, Jin Lian stepped on the shoulders of those officials and flew back to his horse, "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, don't you understand?" ”

Everyone received Jin Lian's eyes full of murderous intent, and his legs suddenly weakened, Tao Yongji gritted his teeth, beckoned, and hurriedly took a few steps back to make way for them. The soldiers guarding the city behind the city gate looked at each other, and hurriedly pulled out the wooden bolt and opened the city gate.

Shang Yuchen, who was dressed in a dark robe, glanced at Tao Yongji, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and held the reins to enter the city.

The others had traveled all the way, with little rest, and were already physically and mentally exhausted.

Horse-drawn carriages entered Liting Town, and in addition to the supplies from the imperial treasury, the ministers of the court and the merchants and nobles also donated the relief materials.

In addition, many Jianghu forces and rangers also extended a helping hand to the people.

Although they did not like the imperial court, they still knew what was important when the flood and plague broke out at the same time.

Before Shang Yuchen and the others arrived, a large number of disaster relief materials had been sent by various sect forces into various towns under Jiangdu.

Shang Yuchen had already heard about this, but according to the Kuaimalai report, all the donations from the imperial court and the Jianghu Gate seemed to have been lost in the sea.

Now he is in Liting Town, which is located on the outskirts of Jiangdu, but their city gates are closed, which can't help but arouse his suspicions.

Liting Town is not small or big, the horse's hooves are trampling, the carriage is slowly passing by, and Shang Yuchen only entered the city with hundreds of people and disaster relief materials.

Because the carriage was too heavy, it always got stuck in it from time to time when it was over the stagnant water, and it was full of mud.

The sewage splashed into the grass on the side of the road, Tao Yongji watched them move forward, waved his hand, and his master immediately stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "My lord, what do you command?" ”

"Keep an eye on the prince, don't let him find out anything."

"Yes, rest assured, my lord, everything is in order. Just those of them, don't want to leave Jiangdu. ”

"It's better to take it easy, they came all the way in a high-profile way, and they didn't even think about reining in. Countless people wanted to fight the idea of disaster relief money, but none of them survived. ”

"Your Excellency, you can relax."

"Hmm!"

Tao Yongji nodded, and led the master and the servants to follow the prince.

Tang Yinchen and Yang Huanzhi, who were sneaky along the way, and even changed into the clothes of officers and soldiers to hide their identities, did not suffer less.

The two of them were mixed in the officers and soldiers, looking at the county commander and the master sneaky, nesting together and muttering as if they were plotting something.

Tang Yinchen stepped on the sludge and quietly approached Yang Huanzhi, covering his face with a saber, his eyes glancing around, "Old Yang, look at the county order, he looks like a bad person, should he have been bought by King Qin and want to be unfavorable to His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

"I don't know." Yang Huanzhi's tone was light and slightly disgusted.

"Why don't we go along and take a look?"

"No, no."

"Let's go, let's go! Go, go! ”

"You're annoying."

"......" Tang Yinchen glanced at him, and continued to mutter, "Lao Yang, Lao Yang, we haven't fought Hazelnut yet, you don't want to win him once?" ”

"Don't go, don't want to, it's boring."

Tang Yinchen may be born rebellious, the more cold Yang Huanzhi is to him, the more energetic he is, "You are also boring, according to you, which beautiful girl and jade beauty is willing to marry you?" ”

"If you talk like this, no girl should look down on you."

"That's just right, our brothers and sons will work together, and we will live a lifetime."

Yang Huanzhi took the first step and pulled off the arm he wanted to climb on his shoulder, "It's boring." ”

Between the two of them, they finally stepped into the city gate.

The streets and alleys in the city are bluestone slabs, and although there is still stagnant water, it is much better than the mud outside the city.

The rows of houses are scattered, the eaves are cocked, and the quaint materials feel the vicissitudes of life.

Under the stone bridge, which has existed for hundreds of years, the turquoise water has long since become dirty, and more than twice as much water has accumulated than before. Dirty clothes and dead branches floated over the water from time to time, and occasionally a few chickens and ducks could be seen that had been soaked to rot.

The storefronts of the shops on the street have long been closed, and the occasional passer-by is in a hurry. didn't even care too much about the prince and the others, and just wanted to return home as soon as possible.