After watching the excitement, the two continued to hurry.

On the way, there are other victims who rushed to Cangzhou City, the situation is good and bad, some people have been walking for more than two months to come here, just hoping that Cangzhou City can take them in and arrange a place for them to go.

Moreover, I heard that the prince went to Cangzhou City to deliver disaster silver, which attracted a large number of disaster victims to Cangzhou City.

When I arrived at the south gate of Cangzhou City, many refugees had gathered outside the city gate.

There were people queuing at the city gates, and most of the refugees gathered together, looking at those in line with envy.

Qi Huan remained silent and took Ke Xi to line up, and after waiting in line for a long time, it was the turn of the two.

Qi Huan pulled Ke Xi and was about to go over, but was stopped by the guards.

"Hey, what are you doing, you want to go into the city without paying? Do you understand the rules? ”

Ke Xi exclaimed: "Do you have to pay money when you enter the city? ”

Qi Huan grabbed Ke Xi and looked at the guard who stopped them: "As far as I know, in the Daliang Law, there is no law that says that the people need to pay money to enter the city, and even the merchants who enter the city to sell goods only need to pay the goods tax every month, and it is a big crime to collect fees privately!" ”

The guard looked at Qi Huan, "Boy, you know a few words, so you can talk to me here about the Great Law?" Tell you, this place is under the control of Lao Tzu today, and the Daliang Law can't control it, you can pay this money if you can afford it, and if you can't pay it, you can get out. ”

Saying that, the guard also took Qi Huan back, but he didn't push it, the guard was a little embarrassed, and was caught by Qi Huan when he wanted to push it again.

"What do you do! Let go! ”

The other guards had been paying attention to the situation here, and when they saw this, they immediately picked up their halberds and faced Qi Huan and Ke Xi.

Ke Xi nervously grabbed Qi Huan's sleeve.

Qi Huan let go of the guard, the guard relied on his large number of people, pointed at Qi Huan and just wanted to curse, but his cold gaze at Qi Huan suddenly froze.

Qi Huan pulled Ke Xi away from the team and walked towards the pile of refugees gathered on the right.

The guards stared at Qi Huan's back and secretly cursed the evil sect, but they didn't continue to trouble Qi Huan.

The other guards also lowered their halberds and re-established themselves.

Qi Huan pulled Ke Xi to a place to rest, Ke Xi glanced back at the guards: "It's so strange, why don't they pursue it?" I thought they were going to arrest us and put us in a cell! ”

Qi Huan glanced at Ke Xi amusedly, "What, you still want to go into the cell?" ”

"Isn't this what it says in the book, the prince Weifu visited the road unevenly, drew a knife to help, was arrested and put into a prison cell by local evil forces, and afterwards the identity was revealed, and the ending reversal shocked the four and dealt with corrupt officials and evil forces!"

“……”

Qi Huan wanted to say don't look at so many words, but when he thought of it, it seemed that he had found it and given it to Ke Xi, and he was speechless for a while.

remembered the way Ke Xi and the prince usually got along, so Qi Huan changed the topic and asked Ke Xi: "Then Pingle said why they didn't dare to pursue it?" ”

Ke Xi thought for a while, "They dare to collect the entrance fee to the city openly, which means that someone instructed them to do this, so the official position of the person who signaled them to do this must not be low, and there should be more than one official involved, they dare not pursue us, because they don't want to make a big deal about it, and they are afraid that it will end badly if it makes a big fuss." ”

"This shows that someone does not allow such a thing to happen, and this person's official position is bigger than anyone else, and the only one who can be feared by them is Cangzhou Taishou, the largest magistrate in Cangzhou."

Speaking of this, Ke Xi sighed: "This Cangzhou Taishou is a good official, since February, he has been thinking about the people, preventing problems before they happen, and after the flooding, he is also trying to find ways to benefit the people, but unfortunately the officials protect each other, Cangzhou Taishou has done so much for the people, and in the end it may just fill other people's pockets." ”

Seeing that Ke Xi's mood suddenly turned around, Qi Huan comforted: "It's okay, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is coming, and when the time comes, we will arrest all these corrupt officials and return the money they are greedy to the people." Moreover, there may be another hidden reason in this. ”

Ke Xi felt that Qi Huan was right.

The two planned to take a break and then go to find out the news.

In fact, you don't need to ask people out of your mind, just hang around the place where the victims are gathered, and you will know about it.

Some of these refugees arrived early and have been outside the city gates for more than a month.

It is said that in the beginning, it was possible for refugees to enter without collecting money, as long as there was a way.

It's just that after the number of refugees after entering the country increased, friction with the indigenous people inevitably occurred, causing dissatisfaction and protests among the indigenous residents.

The Cangzhou city was also saturated, and there was no way to take in too many residents, so the Cangzhou Taishou ordered that no longer accept refugees into the city, but built a disaster shelter outside the city, and would also make porridge on time, and also organize doctors to treat the people.

Later, some rich people couldn't get in, and they didn't want to be with the victims outside, so they paid off the guards, and as long as they gave enough money, they could get in.

With the beginning, those who could afford the silver followed suit, and it became customary to spend money to enter the city.

Ke Xi thought that the sheds outside were built by the refugees themselves, but now that he thinks about it carefully, he realizes that he has missed a lot of details.

So Ke Xi didn't understand, this Cangzhou Taishou, in the end, did he know what lowly people did, this thing is good to say is to spend money to enter the city, and to say bad is to accept bribes.

Qi Huan decided to wait and see what happened, and Ke Xi naturally listened to Qi Huan.

When the time came, someone went out of the city gate to make porridge.

I heard that those who came out of the porridge were the daughters of those officials' families, and the rice was donated by some wealthy merchants in the city.

In addition to a bowl of porridge, each person also has a steamed bun the size of an adult man's palm.

Ke Xi got the porridge, and the most intuitive feeling was that this porridge was much thicker than the porridge in Qingyuan County.

Ke Xi drank a bowl of porridge and handed his steamed buns to Qi Huan.

"Master Qi, you can eat, your physical exertion is more serious, I can drink porridge enough."

In the past two days, the two of them have been on the road together, Ke Xi has never walked so far on foot, so they have walked for an hour along the way, and Qi Huan has carried her for an hour.

Qi Huan refused, "You eat, I've eaten enough." ”

"But I can't eat it, Lord Qi, if you don't want it, I'll throw it away?"

Ke Xi made a gesture to lose.

Although he knew that Ke Xi was just talking, until Ke Xi insisted, Qi Huan could only give in, took Ke Xi's steamed bun and divided it into two halves, and handed half to Ke Xi.

Ke Xi did not refuse.

The two of them lingered outside the city for a long time, making sure that there was no valuable information, and the two planned to enter the city.

After all, Qi Huan wouldn't really let Ke Xi squeeze together with the refugees, even if Ke Xi didn't mind, Qi Huan wouldn't allow it.

It's not disgust or hypocrisy, it's like you can have better living conditions, you can sleep on the bed covered with a soft quilt, but you have to go to sleep on the street, what do you want?

Just the fresh air outside, or a word of praise from everyone?

Qi Huan feels that the opinions of outsiders are not as important as living comfortably for himself, and there is no need to live in the opinions of others.

The two walked to the city gate again, and when they saw the two, the guard couldn't help but clench the halberd in his hand.

Without waiting for the guard to say anything, Qi Huan took out a token, "I want to see Qin Tang." ”