"Gui'an County was severely affected?" Zhang Jing asked subconsciously.

The man nodded and said, "Gui'an County and the nearby Liuhuang County and Mingyuan County are the most severely affected places this time. ”

As he spoke, his face changed: "But natural disasters are secondary, if the officials and the people work together, and then the imperial court provides timely disaster relief, they can always survive - Qi Ming, the county commander of Gui'an County, actually resold disaster relief grain in private, and used moldy rice grain to prevaricate the people!" In this way, not to mention disaster relief, it has caused many old and young infirm people to fall ill and die in vain! But even the disaster relief drugs allocated by the imperial court were all swallowed by Qi Ming, and the people could not get relief at all! can only be starved to death, sick to death! ”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhang Jing was shocked.

Qi Ming insisted that due to the flooding of rain and improper storage, the rice grain became moldy, and the people were kept in the dark at first. Until that day, the government ordered people to come to the door to collect donations - I was a businessman and opened two grain shops, and I couldn't bear to see the villagers hungry, so I simply sent all the surplus grain to the Yamen for disaster relief! But I sent nearly ten stones of white rice, but the people still couldn't eat a bite of rice porridge that didn't get moldy! ”

"This corrupt official even ignores the money and rice and grain he raised?" Zhang Jing frowned when he heard this.

"Not only that, but I led people to find the county government and his theory, but I almost died because of it! If it weren't for the desperate protection of the villagers, I'm afraid I would have been wiped out. ”

Zhang Jing couldn't help but feel sympathy and a hint of admiration, but said quite puzzledly: "So you are considered to have all the human and material evidence, why don't you go to the Huzhou prefect to report the county order of Gui'an County?" ”

"That dog official has been prepared for a long time, and the people we sent to the Yamen of the Huzhou prefect were all intercepted and killed by him on the way. But he did a good job again, when the prefect sent someone to inspect, he did not hesitate to take off his official robe and go into the water to save people personally, and he also pulled his seventy-year-old father to come forward to give porridge! ”

"Deceiving the upper and lower is really unconscionable!" Ah Li, who had been listening, finally couldn't help but scold.

Zhang Meishou lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

I heard the man continue: "One of the reasons why we are waiting here is that we don't dare to go back, for fear that we will be driven out again." The second is that I heard that the Holy Lord sent the Qin Messenger to come to the disaster relief, and wanted to expose Qi Ming's crime before the Qin Messenger entered the city! ”

Zhang Jing nodded and said: "The minister who came to preside over the disaster relief this time is Liu Jian, the servant of the household department, Lord Liu is fair and strict, if what you say is true, he will definitely not sit idly by." ”

That's a good thing to do.

When the man heard this, he couldn't help but settle down.

"Forgive me for taking the liberty and want to inquire more - since Your Excellency is in the rice and grain business in Gui'an County, I don't know if you have ever seen Zhang Zhubo, who was just transferred from the capital to Gui'an County a few days ago?"

Zhang Jing asked what Zhang Meishou also wanted to ask.

After listening to the man's words, they couldn't help but have a layer of doubt in their hearts.

Since this man was able to gather so many victims, he must have some prestige in the local area, and he may know something about the second brother.

Zhang Jing originally asked out of a casual question, but who expected that after the man heard it, he was surprised and said: "The Zhang master Bo mentioned by Brother Tai is Zhang Luan, who was transferred from the capital Guozijian?" ”

"Exactly!" Zhang Jing nodded immediately.

This man can say the identity and name of the second brother so well, presumably he must have had a relationship with the second brother or the second brother has done something that impresses him.

Zhang Jing analyzed the problem and has always had his own unique experience.

Zhang Meishou also looked up at the man suddenly.

"Zhang Zhubo and I hit it off at first sight...... But he's ...... now," the man sighed before he finished speaking.

The look in Zhang Meishou's eyes suddenly darkened.

"Are you Zhang Zhubo's family members?"

Zhang Jing pursed his lips and nodded, without elaborating in detail.

The man's face was straight, and he said to Zhang Jing: "Brother Tai, can you take a step to speak?" ”

It was evident that there was something that he did not want to say in front of the servants.

Zhang Jing was about to nod his head when he suddenly heard a panicked shout in his ears.

"Shopkeeper Qiu, it's not good, run away! An official is chasing after you! ”

The man was covered in blood, and his steps were staggering, apparently risking his life to run to report to the man.

"Shopkeeper Qiu, run!"

The man's expression froze, and he wanted to hold on to the man, but immediately he heard a burst of footsteps approaching here.

"There are still here, kill them all, and don't leave a single one!"

The voice of the official resounded through the woods.

"I'm not going to do it, Shopkeeper Qiu, run away! Don't be dragged down by us anymore! The man who fell to the ground almost cried out to the man.

"Let's go!"

Zhang Jing, who had already gotten into the carriage, blocked the carriage curtain with his hand and said to the man urgently.

The man hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth with red eyes and climbed into the carriage!

"Uncle Qun, let's go!" Zhang Jing urged the coachman to order.

Two carriages passed through the dense forest one after the other, their wheels rolling and splashing with puffs of mist.

The carriage was getting farther and farther, and Zhang Jing frequently lifted the curtain to look out, and saw that no one had caught up, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He wasn't a nosyman.

But not to mention that this person's generosity is admirable, just saying that the other party is very likely to know something about the death of the second brother, he can't see death without help.

"Thank you Brother Tai for saving your life, if Qiu can still leave this life, he will be rewarded in the future."

The man wiped away his tears with his sleeve and bowed to Zhang Jing.

Seeing that there was a city gate in front of him, Zhang Jing didn't care to ask any more questions at this time.

When you enter the city and find a place to stay, it's not too late to elaborate.

"Wait."

Zhang Meishou suddenly spoke.

"Don't go into town yet."

She looked at the man first, and then said to Zhang Jing: "Since the official can find their foothold, he will not hesitate to go out of the city to kill all the people, and it must be very likely that he has set up an ambush at the checkpoints of the city gates - the shopkeeper Qiu is the leader again, and most of his portraits have been handed over to the city gate guards." Entering the city at this time is tantamount to a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. ”

At that time, the guards at the city gate stopped him, and he made up a crime casually, and his life could not be saved.

And Zhang Jing and his entourage, nine times out of ten, will also be affected by it.

Zhang Jing and the man were shocked into a cold sweat when they heard this.

I just cared about running away, and I didn't even think about these terrible things.

"The little boy is thoughtful, but Qiu is careless." The man settled down and said, "In this case, Qiu will not pass for the time being, and repay today's favor in the future." ”

"Wait." Zhang Meishou hurriedly said: "It's not that there is no way to think about it. ”

At this time, if the shopkeeper Qiu is allowed to leave, he will be alone, and it will be difficult for him to escape the pursuit of the officers and soldiers.

Besides, aside from the righteousness, Shopkeeper Qiu may still be of great use, and this life is worth saving no matter how you look at it.

Zhang Jing looked at his little niece who was pretending to be a boy.

saw the little niece looking at Ah Li, who looked like a little girl.