Bai Ju drove the carriage into the Xicheng City Gate steadily, Hong Ling curiously opened the curtain and glanced out a few times, and the scene that caught her eyes made Hong Ling couldn't help but look at Chen Jinye solemnly.

As far as the eye can see, the stinking mud is almost everywhere, and most of the shops on both sides are dilapidated, and even some have been reduced to ruins, and there are few shops doing business on the depressed streets, and if you look closely into the adjacent alleys, you will find that there are many thin and dry beggars in rags, and even a hawker who is finally seen selling along the street, and the voice of a hawker who is finally seen selling along the street also reveals a little desolation.

On the deserted Xicheng Street, the carriage driven by Bai Ju is particularly abrupt, since there was a big flood in the spring, there are few outside carriages here, and some people with a little family background have also moved away one after another, and now the rest of the city are basically some old, weak, sick and disabled, and now the street also sees several shops that are open are also coerced by the prince.

The beggars lying weakly in the alley seemed to see the carriage of Bai Ju, as if they saw hope, and their eyes flashed with a little light, and for a while, those who ran, walked, and climbed all came towards the carriage, and their hands stretched out more and more to the carriage.

"Please, Master, do well"

"Let's get something to eat"

"I haven't eaten in more than ten days"

......

At present, Baiju's carriage seems to have been forced to stop, and more and more people are slowly gathering to beg, Chen Jinye's face is becoming more and more ugly when he sees such a scene, he knows that the west has suffered a disaster, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

"Childe..."

Bai Ju raised his eyebrows slightly and opened the corner of the curtain to ask Chen Jinye, only to see Chen Jinye pursing his thin lips for a long time, and then slowly lifted the curtain and got off the carriage, the scene in front of him shocked Chen Jinye, dozens or even hundreds of people on the depressed street are similar scenes - unkempt, poorly dressed, and skinny.

Hong Ling followed Chen Jinye out of the carriage together, and the scene in front of her really shocked Hong Ling, she didn't expect that there would be so many refugees......

"What should I do?" , Chen Jinye muttered in a low voice, Hongling heard it at the tip of her ear, sighed slightly, and then got a little closer to Chen Jinye and said, "Haven't we eaten the dry food we prepared earlier?" ”。

"But we don't have that much"

Hongling lowered her eyelashes slightly and pondered for a moment, then turned to the refugees and asked, "Can you find clean water and pots?" ”。

"Yes, yes..."

Chen Jinye looked at Hong Ling in confusion, Hong Ling felt Chen Jinye's eyes, so she slowly looked up at him and then pulled him into the carriage, and by the way, she also pulled Bai Ju, who was sluggish on the side, in.

"Listen to me, although we don't have much dry food and it's all cakes, it's not a problem to boil it into a pot of thin batter, those people outside don't seem to have any strength, later, Bai Ju will find two mouthfuls of the cauldron according to their instructions, and then go to fetch two buckets of water, Lord Wang, you are responsible for guarding these cakes in the carriage, don't let them snatch them"

The iron-blue expression on Chen Jinye's face softened slightly, this is indeed a wonderful method, "What about you?" ”。

"I'll go find some dry firewood, and help Bai Ju fetch water by the way."

Chen Jinye frowned, "You just guard the carriage, I'll go collect firewood."

"I can't keep it", Hong Ling looked at Chen Jinye seriously, although the people outside were all old, weak, sick and disabled, but in the face of their thirst for food for many days, they had a good reason to be absolutely mad.

After this arrangement, Chen Jinye settled down the refugee command, Bai Ju went to find the pot, Hong Ling went to collect firewood, and after a while, Hong Ling and Bai Ju put the pot up.

Seeing Hong Ling's busy work regardless of her image, Bai Ju's heart was slightly touched, and he thought about stepping forward and telling Hong Ling that she didn't need to go to fetch water, but who knew that Bai Ju had just raised her foot and didn't take a few steps in the direction of Hong Ling, so she jumped and took a few steps back to him cautiously.

"What do you want to do!"

Bai Ju couldn't help but feel a wave of resentment, how could this woman be so ignorant, but she still said coldly: "Fetch water, I'll just go by myself, I don't want to bring a burden."

Hong Ling couldn't help but take a deep breath when she heard this, and secretly thought, you have to go, you are fierce enough, you are powerful, I am afraid that I can't do it. Thinking so, Hong Ling still pulled out a smile and nodded solemnly at Bai Ju.

Back in the carriage, Hongling sat sullenly opposite Chen Jinye, and then slowly opened the bag containing dozens of cakes.

"What's wrong with you?"

Hong Ling glanced at Chen Jinye, and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid of death, what else can I do", Chen Jinye immediately understood the meaning of her words, and sneered.

"Laughing at what? Why don't you come and help."

Chen Jinye put away his smile and leaned in, following Hongling's example, breaking and crushing the cakes in the baggage little by little......

When it was almost done, it happened that Bai Ju also boiled the water in the two cauldrons, Hong Ling and Chen Jinye carefully held the broken dough in the baggage, and then poured them into the two cauldrons respectively, and the three of them kept stirring the dough in the pot, and soon there was a faint smell of batter.

The refugees immediately came to their senses one by one, their eyes emitted green light, ready to rush up at any time, Hong Ling made a look, and Chen Jinye and Bai Ju immediately controlled the batter pot tightly. By the time the batter was distributed to the refugees, it was almost afternoon, and the three of them were already in a very swollen stomach.

The refugees all buried their heads in their own batter, and when they looked up again, Bai Ju had quietly pulled Chen Jinye and Hongling away from the scene.

Chen Jinye finally breathed a deep sigh of relief, looked at Hongling fixedly, and said, "Today, fortunately there are you."

Hong Ling tugged at the corners of her mouth slightly, and then sighed, and asked: "After solving this meal, what should they do next, didn't Wang Cheng escort grain and grass to relieve the disaster?" ”。

Chen Jinye didn't know how to answer her question, two months ago his father ordered to escort ten truckloads of grain and grass over, and he also sent people to build the dam more than a month ago, he only knew that the people who built the dam were suppressed and had no tools to work, but he didn't know that the people here were in such a dire situation.

The carriage drove slowly down the empty street, every thump of the horses' hooves was loud, and at last the long road came to an abrupt end in front of a splendid palace.

This is the palace of the great prince Chen Jinsong, the walls of the palace alone are made of extremely expensive marble, and the magnificence is not a little weaker than the palace of the royal city.

Bai Ju stepped forward and gently buckled the door, and after a while, the doorman of the palace opened the door, and the doorman could be said to be extremely disgusted with the three people in front of him, and Bai Ju also gritted his teeth before reporting Chen Jinye's name. When he knew that the person in front of the door was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today, the disgust on the doorman's face was put away a little, but his gestures were still full of arrogance.

When the doorman went to report, Bai Ju looked at Chen Jinye solemnly and said, "Lord Wang, this ......."

"Needless to say, I can see it"

After a while, the doorman led a small servant over, saying that he wanted the three of them to follow this little guy, Chen Jinye took the lead in entering Chen Jinsong's vassal palace with a cold face, he wanted to see how his good big brother would settle himself.

The little guy walked around for a long time before he stopped in front of an extremely remote small courtyard, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, this is the courtyard for you", and with that, the little guy retreated without paying attention.

Chen Jinye walked into the courtyard, and there were only two little maids cleaning the yard, and it could be seen that there had been no one living in this realm for a few days.

"See His Royal Highness the Prince"

Chen Jinye waved his hand slightly to exempt them, "Can the room be cleaned up?" ”。

"Prince Qiqi, pack it up"

Then, Chen Jinye led Hongling and Bai Ju into the hall.

Hong Ling was also puzzled in her heart, this big prince would receive Chen Jinye like this, and after following Chen Jinye to sit down in the hall, Hong Ling couldn't help but ask: "Do you think, when will the big prince receive us?" ”。

Obviously, Chen Jinye didn't expect that the former eldest brother would be so unwelcoming to him today, and after a period of silence, Hongling couldn't care about Chen Jinye's mood, got up and said to the two maids outside: "Can you prepare some meals for the three of me to cushion my stomach?" ”。

The little maid hurriedly went out to call for a meal after giving a salute again and again, and Chen Jinye said slowly: "I didn't tell others your identity, these days in Xicheng, you pretended to be the confidante I met on the way here, how about it?" ”。

Hong Ling bowed slightly, and then sat back in her seat, "Could it be that if the eldest prince doesn't summon you for a day, you just stay like this and wait for him all day long?" ”。

"I'll have him summoned"

As soon as the words fell, there was silence again, until the two little maids brought up the meal for the three, and Hongling looked at the meal on the table so shocked that her jaw was about to fall.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the slaves and maids are incompetent, so I can only retrieve these meals at the moment, and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Haihan"

The two little maids knelt on the ground, as if they were ready to be severely punished, Hong Ling was stunned and then swallowed her saliva and said, "Do you still need Haihan?" ”。

The roast duck, stews, bird's nests, soups, and pastries on the table are all complete, Hong Ling was originally shocked that the Great Prince's Mansion had such a sumptuous meal in the face of such a serious famine, but now she was shocked by the words of the two little maids.

Although Chen Jinye didn't speak, the sigh in his heart was the same as Hongling's, this humble meal in the eyes of the maid was already a few points better than the usual meals in the prince's mansion, which shows how drunk Chen Jinsong's life in Xicheng was.