Shudian'an County

The three county commanders were standing at the gate of the city conscientiously, waiting for the arrival of the minister.

The sound of horses' hooves gradually improved, Feng Liege lifted the sedan curtain and Qin Yao dismounted, and Feng Zixuan also got off the horse.

"Xia Guan has seen Princess Liege, the Seventh Prince." The three county commanders knelt down in unison and kowtowed to a few people.

Fengzi preached: "No courtesy." ”

The three county commanders got up and saw Qin Yao standing with Feng Liege, and doubts flashed in their eyes.

Isn't it said that it is a princess and a prince, who is this woman?

However, seeing Qin Yao holding Feng Liege's hand, so intimate, they couldn't offend it.

"Seventh Prince, will you go to the mansion of the lower officials?" The county magistrate of Anxian County opened his mouth and asked cautiously tentatively.

They have been officials for so long, and they have never even seen ministers above the third grade, who knew that the prince and princess would come directly this time, how could they not be afraid.

"There are seven counties in Shudi, why only three came?" Feng Zixuan glanced at the three of them.

One of them replied conscientiously: "The other four county magistrates are fighting the flood and providing relief, and they have just gone back to change their clothes, and they also ask the prince and princess to forgive their sins." ”

Qin Yao blinked: "Hey, are you afraid of us?" ”

Answering a question is so scared, they are not tigers and wolves, and they don't eat people.

"Xia Guan admires the prince and princess, and he doesn't dare to offend." The county order who opened his mouth was immediately frightened, and hurriedly opened his mouth to explain, for fear of being misunderstood.

"We are here for disaster relief, we don't eat people, don't shake at every turn." Qin Yao looked at him trembling and panicked.

The county commander tried to keep himself from shivering, but he trembled even more.

Qin Yao rolled her eyes and pretended not to see it.

"Liege, let's not go to the mansion first, let's go and see the disaster first." Feng Zixuan looked at Feng Liege and asked with a smile.

"Okay." Feng Liege agreed.

On the way to the disaster, they have already seen many refugees, all of them are unclothed and skinny, and when they approached Shudi, the road was full of mud, and some were washed away, causing them to take a detour and only now arrive in Anxian County.

Feng Liege thought that the refugees he saw on the road were desolate enough, but when they passed all the way from Anxian, they couldn't even see a fat man, they were all skinny.

Feng Liege went all the way down, his brows furrowed deeply.

"Liege, they." Qin Yao covered her mouth in surprise, full of shock.

There are also slums in the imperial capital, but she has never seen a person who is so thin, like a walking skeleton, it is really terrifying.

"Didn't the imperial court send relief food down first? What about grain? Feng Zixuan's brows furrowed.

The county commanders hurriedly explained: "The grain has been divided, if you don't believe the Seven Princes, you will go and see it later, there is nothing in the warehouse." ”

"Ridiculous!" Qin Yao was furious, "What if the grain is all divided? Will they be hungry like this? ”

Although the relief food distributed by the imperial court was not so much, it would never let the refugees starve like this.

The three county commanders couldn't say it: "Seventh prince, the grain that the three of us received is really divided, I don't believe you go and ask the people." ”

Feng Zixuan's eyes flashed, and he noticed their words, they only said the three of them, and the other four.

Feng Liege also noticed this point, and frowned in displeasure.

Feng Zixuan didn't say anything: "Let's go and see the river first." ”

"Okay, please do it here."

This collapse is a large tributary river in Shudi, which half-surrounds Shudi, so once it collapses, it will be impossible to escape.

At this moment, the river is fierce, and there are many people fighting against stones to block the collapsed opening.

"How can it be so big?" Feng Liege's cold eyes flashed with surprise, although the news they got was not light, it didn't say that it was so big.

"Back to the princess, there was another big flood in the back, it was not blocked, and it broke even bigger." A county ordinance.

Qin Yao looked at those people who were wearing rag clothes, but kept carrying stones and cloth bags to block the embankment, and his eyes suddenly turned a little red.

At this time, Feng Zixuan just swept past those people, and his eyes fell on her.

Qin Yao hurriedly lowered her head, so that Feng Zixuan couldn't see her expression.

Feng Zixuan's eyes flashed with a look of loss, but it was fleeting, he looked at the three county commanders: "We have brought a lot of grain, the three of you will distribute the grain first, and the rest will wait until the grain is distributed and the gap will be plugged." ”

"The subordinate officer takes the order." Two officials immediately went to make arrangements, leaving one to follow the three.

Feng Zixuan and the three of them walked along the river, without any intention of going back, and the county magistrate didn't dare to say anything, and followed cautiously.

Suddenly, a person who passed by Qin Yao with a stone suddenly lost his physical strength, and the whole person fell to the side.

"Be careful!" Qin Yao and Feng Liege exclaimed, and the two girls hurriedly went to pull the man.

"Bang."

The stone fell to the ground, picked up the water-stained soil on the ground, and splashed Feng Liege and Qin Yao.

Qin Yao and Feng Liege didn't pay attention to this, and they breathed a sigh of relief, because they caught that person and didn't let him fall down with the stone.

"Are you alright......"

"Spare your life, two young ladies spare your life, the untouchables didn't mean to stain your skirts."

As soon as Qin Yao opened his mouth to ask, the people knelt down with a bang, and then kept kowtowing to the two women, their voices full of pleading.

Qin Yao was stunned.

Feng Liege looked at the county order coldly: "What did you say when you recruited them to block the river?" ”

How scared this person is, obviously not cultivated in a day or two, and he obviously doesn't know Feng Liege's identity, he is so scared just by soiling their skirts, the county must have done something.

"Princess." The county commander trembled, and quickly knelt down and explained, "This has nothing to do with the lower officials." ”

"Hurry up." Qin Yao helped the man up, "It's so cold now, the ground is full of water, don't kneel, you're right, we won't blame you, get up quickly." ”

After making sure that Qin Yao really wouldn't want his life, the man stood up tremblingly, and kept thanking him: "Thank you, Miss, thank you, Princess." ”

"You go down and rest first, you're already exhausted, don't continue." Feng Liege smiled at him.

His trembling calves, as well as his spasmodic hands, were clearly too long.

Feng looked at the other people who blocked the river, half of them had this kind of situation.

The people thanked them a thousand times before they dared to go down to rest.

As soon as the people left, the smile on Feng Liege's face disappeared instantly, and she looked coldly at the county order kneeling in the muddy water: "You'd better give Princess Ben an explanation." ”

The county commander wanted to cry without tears: "Princess, this really has nothing to do with the lower officials, the lower officials are responsible for distributing food, and Xiao County ordered them to take care of this side of the river." ”

"Liege, the river must be blocked, and we can't let them retreat yet." Feng Zixuan glanced at the county order, "The food brought will be given to the people blocking the river first, go, and go back." ”

The county magistrate immediately got up tremblingly, and there was muddy water below his knees, but he didn't dare to complain.

When the three of them returned to the county seat, the porridge had been cooked and was being distributed, and countless refugees were lined up, and the eyes of longing and hope were sad.

"Liege, let's go over and help." Qin Yao looked at Feng Lie and said.

Feng Liege nodded, and the second daughter walked to the front of the porridge shed, and said to a person who was pieing porridge: "Let's come, you go to other places to help." ”

"Yes, yes." The official nodded hurriedly.

Feng Liege and Qin Yao each scooped up the porridge with a spoon and poured it into the bowls of the refugees.

"Thank you, thank you." This is how every refugee who received the porridge thanked him.

"You're welcome, you go and eat." Qin Yao smiled slightly, "By the way, don't cut in line, let's send the old and weak women and children first." ”

Looking at the porridge of the two women, Feng Zixuan was counting the time beside him, they had already arrived at two hours, but the other four county commanders were still nowhere to be seen.

Feng Zixuan's eyes darkened, and he called his guards: "Go and find out what the other four county commanders are doing." ”

"Yes."

Feng Zixuan looked at the long line of refugees again, thought for a while, and said to the three county commanders behind him: "You come in with me." ”

The three county commanders followed in timidly.

When they arrived in the courtyard, Feng Zixuan sat on a high seat and looked at the three of them with a gentle smile: "You don't have to be so nervous, although I am the prince, as long as you do a good job, I will not do anything to you." ”

The three of them lowered their heads and had different thoughts.

Seeing them like this, Feng Zixuan didn't say anything, but continued to ask: "I want to understand why the embankment collapsed now, if I remember well, this embankment was just built more than ten years ago, because the river surrounds Shudi, in order not to have problems, the imperial court allocated a lot of money." ”

This flood is not as simple as a flood, and there are still many people in it.

The embankment that was built with so much money was easily washed away, and someone must have cut corners and embezzled official silver!

"This, the officials don't know about this matter." A county magistrate said, "Xia Guan was just transferred a few years ago. ”

The county magistrate of Anxian County also nodded and said, "The lower official was also transferred over last year, and the appointment document is still there." ”

"The lower officials came up after the old county order retired, and the lower officials didn't know about the previous things."

Of the three county orders present, two were transferred, and one was just promoted to a county order.

Feng Zixuan's eyes crossed with dark color, and he looked puzzled: "What about the rest?" Why haven't you come yet? ”

"He, they ......" Referring to the rest of the county orders, the three county commanders were obviously a little hesitant, "The lower officials don't know, they are all old county orders, and after the big water is issued, the deliberations will not be with us." ”

So, that's two batches of people.

Feng Zixuan nodded, but his expression was a little angry: "There is no unity in this big event, let people find them!" ”

At this moment, four county magistrates hurriedly came in, all four of them were old men, but there were patches on the county magistrates' uniforms, which made people feel that they were thrifty people at a glance, and the four of them knelt down to Fengzi as soon as they came in.

"The lower officials have seen the Seven Princes, and the lower officials are late, so they ask the Seven Princes to atone for their sins."

Feng Zixuan glanced at the four of them, and the four of them knelt on the ground with their heads bowed, as if they were very scared.