Chapter 168: The Plague of Locusts

Is the coil on the body stolen by someone, or has the coil been used up?

Because of the encounter with these three hungry people, Zhao Yun and their carriage could only rest on the spot.

Lin Kite ordered someone to feed the three people sugar water, but the three people never woke up.

General Guo was a little anxious: "Madam, it is about to get dark, if you continue to stay here, I am afraid you will not be able to reach the post station before dark." ”

Lin Kite, who had already slept for a while, was not in a hurry to go to the post station at this time, so he said, "It's okay, we can't let them go, right?" In this wilderness, there may be wolves. ”

General Guo could only look at Zhao Yun, hoping that Zhao Yun could make a statement, Zhao Yun was indeed very doting on Lin Yuan, not only did not dissuade him, but also instructed General Guo: "Just listen to Madame, I can't get to the post station today, so I will camp here." ”

He clearly has General Guo and the guards, and there is comfort in secret, and he himself knows martial arts, and Lin Kite can also use poison, so it is estimated that no one will find their own way to find trouble.

It wasn't until it was almost dark that the three of them finally came to their senses, and when they saw Lin Kite and them, they were still full of vigilance, and after learning that Lin Kite saved them, they finally let down their vigilance and obediently ate the barbecue prepared by Lin Kite for them.

There is no way to do anything delicious in the wild, Lin Kite can only roast the prey brought by the guards, sprinkle a little salt and eat it, for Zhao Yun and Lin Kite, who are used to eating delicious food, this barbecue is really just barely able to eat, but for those three people, these barbecue meat is like a delicious gift from God, they are like hungry wolves biting the barbecue, gobbling up the appearance of no image.

Lin Yuan felt happy when he saw that they were eating so deliciously.

After the three of them finished eating, Lin Yuan asked them, "Why are you faint on the road hungry?" Is it running out of entanglements? Or was it stolen by someone else? ”

The three of them looked helpless and compassionate.

"This lady doesn't know, the three of us escaped from the wilderness, and we have no food on us at all, where is there any entanglement for others to steal?"

"Yes, alas, thanks to Madame's kindness, otherwise the three of us brothers would have starved to death here."

"Escape?" Lin Yuan was puzzled, Zhao Yun was puzzled, and even General Guo, who had been guarding beside him, also looked puzzled.

For they have never heard of any great famine, and if there is no famine, how can they flee from it?

After that, the three of them began to tell their own experiences, one by one.

It turns out that the three of them are all from Zheng'an Prefecture, starting from this year's spring harvest, there are a lot of locusts in various places in Zheng'an Prefecture, at first everyone only thought that there were more locusts this year, but the number of locusts also came more, in just a few months, the locusts almost ate all the things that could be eaten in the fields, and the people worked hard for so long, and finally the grain fell into the mouth of the locusts.

The local government did not care about anything, the rich people in the city began to collect a large amount of grain, and the price of grain became higher and higher, and finally ordinary people could not afford to buy food at all, but there were no crops, everyone was sitting and eating empty mountains, and soon everyone's family food was gone, and they were very hungry and could only gnaw on tree bark and eat grass roots, but after all, they could not continue to live.

In just half a year, the three brothers were reluctant to leave their fields and houses before they died, and they went to find their relatives in the capital.

It's a pity that they ate wild vegetables and fruits along the way, and they worked hard to get hungry and fainted.

Lin Yuan couldn't tell what he felt in his heart, so he could only ask: "It's been so long since the locust plague, why hasn't anyone reported it to the imperial court?" ”

One of them snorted coldly: "Hmph, report to the imperial court?" Half a year has passed, and if the imperial court really wants to take care of it, it will not let so many people starve to death. ”

The other continued: "Madam, you don't know, our Zheng'an Prefecture is located in a remote area, the so-called Tiangao Emperor is far away, in our place, everything is to listen to the county lord, that county lord is a court official, and he can still rob the people's daughters, run rampant, collect taxes indiscriminately, the emperor can't even control a small county order, how can he manage the life and death of so many people in our Zheng'an Prefecture?" ”

Lin Yuan didn't expect these two people to be so bold and dare to say such things, and they didn't know what kind of expression they would have if they knew that the useless emperor in their mouth was sitting in front of them at this time.

After General Guo heard this, he was about to reprimand angrily, when he received a slightly calm look from Zhao Yun.

But Zhao Yun didn't say anything, but the other person who didn't talk much pulled the two people who spoke just now: "Second and third, don't you want to die?" What can you say? ”

After the boss reprimanded the two younger brothers, he saluted Zhao Yun and them: "Everyone, please don't take the words of my second brother and third brother to heart, the two of them will talk nonsense when they are hungry and confused, and our three brothers are ordinary people, where do we dare to gossip about the county lord and the emperor." ”

That's a smart guy.

Lin Yuan admired this boss very much, after all, if his two brothers said it in front of others, it would probably have fallen to the ground at this time, that is, she and Zhao Yun are not the kind of violent people.

What kind of person Zhao Yun is, Lin Yuan still knows, probably others will think that Zhao Yun will definitely be furious after hearing such slanderous words, but Lin Yuan knows very well that what Zhao Yun cares about most at this time is probably the mediocre county master in the mouth of the three brothers.

Lin Yuan was right, what Zhao Yun was thinking about at this time was why he had such a parent official under him, but he didn't know anything?

After being reprimanded by the eldest brother, the second and third children were also stunned, and after saying a few polite words, they found a tree root together and sat down to rest.

Lin Yuan and Zhao Yun got into the carriage quietly, General Guo couldn't guess Zhao Yun's thoughts at this time, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense.

When he arrived in the carriage, Lin Yuan took the initiative to speak: "Could it be that someone deliberately pressed this matter and did not report it?" It's like what happened in Gyeongmin County. ”

However, the matter of Qingmin County is okay, it did not drag on for half a year, otherwise Qingmin County would definitely become a dead city, after all, those strange insects are not good, they will parasitize on all animals, including humans, and they reproduce rapidly.

But the locust plague is not a trivial matter, but it can be concealed for so long and no one reports it.

For half a year, without seeing it with his own eyes, Lin Kite could also think of what kind of tragic situation the disaster area was at this time.

"It was my negligence." Zhao Yun sighed quietly, blaming himself.

Lin Yuan hurriedly comforted him: "You are being confused, you have been sick before, and although you are the emperor, you are not an immortal, and the people below know it but don't report it, and you can't know it yourself." ”

"We can't make a conclusion on this matter immediately, everything still has to wait until Zheng'an Prefecture, and after seeing the actual situation on the ground, let's talk about it."

"But ......"

Lin Yuan interrupted Zhao Yun's words: "I know what you have to say, there is nothing but, you can go to see Lo Mian and Baihe Lake whenever you want, and now it is still the most important thing in Zheng'an Prefecture." ”

The meaning of Lin Yuan's words is obvious, she has decided to go to Zheng'an Prefecture to investigate the situation first.

"Okay, it's decided, tomorrow at dawn, we will set off for Zheng'an Prefecture, this time, we must take a good look at what kind of goods the local county order is."

Zhao Yun nodded, hugged Lin Kite into his arms, and said with shame: "I'm sorry, Iris." ”

"I'm sorry, if there is really a locust plague, we can eat delicious food if we go."

In fact, it is not necessarily delicious or not, but the nutrition must be very high.

Early the next morning, Lin Yuan told the three brothers about their plan to go to Zheng'an Prefecture, and after the three brothers learned about it, they also decided to go back to Zheng'an Prefecture, on the grounds that they had nothing to eat and drink, and it was a long way to go to the capital, not to mention that even if they went, the relative in the capital might not take them in.

After yesterday's starvation and fainting, the three of them figured out that it was better to die in their own home than to send someone under the fence or die in a foreign country in the end, so that they could still die with their parents and other relatives.

Lin Kite wanted to say that he could entangle them to ensure that they could eat enough to go to the capital, but the three brothers were already determined to return to Zheng'an Prefecture, and Lin Kite didn't talk much.

In the end, the three brothers followed closely behind the carriage and followed Lin Kite all the way to Zheng'an Prefecture.

Originally, Lin Yuan was worried that the carriage would go too fast, and the three people would not be able to keep up, but he didn't expect that the three of them were probably eager to return to their hometowns, and they walked very fast along the way, and they were never left behind.

In fact, the biggest reason was that Zhao Yun ordered the guards who drove the carriage to slow down.

Speaking of which, it was the first time Lin Yuan had seen with her own eyes what the so-called locust plague was, and she had only seen it in movies and TV before, and at that time she felt that the dense locusts were a little disgusting, but when she finally saw it with her own eyes, she couldn't help but vomit on the spot.

This scared Zhao Yun and General Guo a lot, and Lin Yuan hurriedly explained that she was just a little dense phobia, and after seeing the dense locusts in the field, she couldn't help but feel nauseous.

It is true that Zheng'an Prefecture is located in a remote area, the whole state city is surrounded by mountains in a canyon, and the locusts they saw were seen in the fields outside the city gate, and they thought that after entering the city, they would not see those ugly insects again, but Lin Kite muttered about the infestation of locusts, and there was obviously nothing to eat in the city, but the locust swarm still flew in, like a disoriented fly, flying indiscriminately in the streets and alleys.

Zhao Yun was afraid that Lin Yuan would be uncomfortable, so he had a black face all the way, and did not open the curtain of the carriage until he came to an inn before allowing Lin Yuan to come out of the carriage.

The inn has been idle for more than half a year, at this time only a little two lying on the counter dozing, heard the sound of a carriage and woke up, when I first woke up, I thought it was a dream, otherwise how could anyone come to their place where the locust plague occurred?