"How can the imperial court distribute and measure the disaster relief food, how can it be poisonous? Could there be any misunderstanding?" Qiao Nianxi tried to behave normally with the mood of a passerby. [← 8 [← 8 [← read [← book, .2↘

The old woman sighed, and her brows were furrowed: " At the beginning, the tall man helped to retreat the water, we were grateful to Dade, but later after settling down, everyone ate the disaster food of the imperial court, many people had symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea, and died on the spot without holding on, at first I didn't think it was poison, our local rich man Uncle Sun is a kind-hearted person, opened his own granary for the people to give porridge to help the suffering, and the people over there ate Uncle Sun's food is fine, this comparison, you don't need to think about it to understand, the people are angry, ask Uncle Sun to lead everyone to the government to ask for an explanation, it is said that tonight to smash the yamen。 ”

Qiao Nianxi turned her head to look at Ye Xuanling and Feng Qingchen, and when she saw their eyes, she turned her face and asked, "Shouldn't this kind of thing be negotiated by the local prefect?

The old woman shook her head and sighed again: "What to solve? Just take the investigation of the reason for the decadence, don't say anything, some people eat and feel that they can't die for the time being and still go to the court to get food, we can't resist it, we can only ask Uncle Sun for some alms, but Uncle Sun's family stock is not more than the imperial court, only three or five days to concentrate on a soup kitchen, can carry the past to live, can not resist can only wait for death." ”

As she spoke, the old woman reached out and touched the child, and the expression on her face was almost full of despair.

"Thank you, old woman!"

Now is not the time for the overflow of feelings, and the matter has been roughly understood, Qiao Nianxi got up to leave, but was pulled by the old woman again.

"Uncle Sun is going to take the people to the county government in the evening, it's not safe for you to go now!

Maybe she was grateful for eating her dry food, but the old woman was really worried about what happened to them.

Qiao Nianxi looked at the nervousness in the old woman's eyes, and smiled comfortingly: "We just stop and rest, and leave after a while, it will be fine." ”

After speaking, Qiao Nianxi took out the bag of dry food, and before leaving, she gave most of the dry food on her body to the old woman, and the three of them returned to the avenue just now.

While walking, Qiao Nianxi thought about the old woman's words just now, and the expression in her eyes brought out a touch of depth.

The food in the imperial court is poisonous, which is obviously to deceive the masses, if the imperial court does not plan to take care of the people here, why bother to send people to retreat the water?

If Gao Jin's mental skills are not correct, wouldn't it be good to keep good grain and not distribute it? Isn't it stupid and crazy to bother to adulterate poison?

It's not the reason of the imperial court, it's not the reason of the Qincha, then it can only be that someone deliberately creates chaos, either taking advantage of the chaos to make the country rich, or having bad intentions and some more arrogant ideas.

At this time, whoever comes out will be the most suspicious! Now it seems that the first thing is this benevolent and benevolent rich man!

It is an indisputable fact that Master Sun, whose real name is Sun Jiang, is a native of Xiaozhou, and his family has thousands of acres of fertile land, and he is a well-known rich man in Xiaozhou.

But as for whether the heart is good or not, it's hard to say, after all, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, who knows if his so-called goodness is a sugar coating wrapped in poison?

"Inciting the masses to make trouble, should we go to that Uncle Sun's house for a walk?" As soon as he got on the avenue, Qiao Nianxi turned his head to look at the others.

Everyone paused, and then nodded, Qiao Nian thought about the question, and they also thought of it, and now the goal is all focused on this rich man Sun Jiang.

"After noon, Xi Xi and I went to the place where Sun Jiangwai's house made porridge, Xingji went to Gao Jin's porridge place to investigate, Qingchen went to check the poisoning of the people in the city, and we went to the big banyan tree in the city to turn around. ”

Ye Xuanling quickly divided the task, and there was a natural kingly demeanor between his clear eyes.

The architecture of Xiaozhou City does not have any big features, although it is obviously an ancient big banyan tree, which is not bad as a place for the Lin family to gather.

"Yes!"

Everyone led the order to run in different directions, Qiao Nianxi followed Ye Xuanling to find out where Sun Jiang was making porridge, bypassed the path, and turned over into the courtyard unconsciously.

This house is very large, and the maids and maids in it are uniformly dressed, and they seem to be all members of the Sun family.

I followed the flow of people and walked inside, and when I arrived at the backyard, there were several large cauldrons in the courtyard, and a simple shed was supported with shady felt, and the environment was extremely simple.

Just after noon, everyone began to prepare the porridge for the day, Qiao Nianxi and Ye Xuanling hid in the corner, watching the maid prepare a bowl and carry firewood, and it didn't seem abnormal.

But everything was ready, and when they were taking the rice and pouring the water, Ye Xuanling and Qiao Nianxi touched the bag of rice, and their eyes couldn't help but widen at the same time!

The two of them could see clearly, and the rice that the little guy dragged out to put into the pot was clearly the disaster grain of the imperial court!

That's not all, the little guy here is pouring rice, and the water brought next to it can't help but widen people's eyes in surprise.

The water brought in was not the water diverted from the Chizi River that was directly drawn from the well, but was packed in wine jars!

There is no smell of alcohol, it should be drinking water!

Leisurely remember the scar man who was in the tea stall at the time, when he left, the carriage of the team behind him was about the shape of a jar, although he couldn't see it clearly when covered with tarpaulin, but Qiao Nianxi saw the corner of it, and the jar inside was the kind that the little guy moved over now!

"Let's go to the storage yard!"

Ye Xuanling lowered her voice and said something in Qiao Nianxi's ear, and when she saw her nodding, her footsteps shifted to the distance.

Everyone was preparing the porridge in the compound, and there was no one in the side courtyard where the rice was stored, so Qiao Nianxi and Ye Xuanling flashed into the storage room without much effort.

The room on the right is a granary, and every sack of rice is grain, which is not unusual, but the legend says that the rice that Sun Jiang opened his own warehouse turned out to be the disaster grain transported by Gao Jin, which is a problem.

Excluding Gao Jin taking the initiative to give the grain to Sun Jiang, following the way the grain came, there was only one possibility left, the local prefect colluded with Sun Jiang to frame Qin Cha!

The local prefect Li Changsheng, who was originally the assassin of Jiangzhou, was demoted to this barren Xiaozhou as the prefect because of his bad political performance, and he had no fault in the assessment in the past few years, but he didn't want Emperor Shangao to practice his courage more and more, and even colluded with the local rich man to frame Qincha!

Thinking of this, Qiao Nianxi's eyes were cold, her hands clenched together, and her anger rose, she felt that her palms were hot, and when she looked up, Ye Xuanling's eyes were also looking at her.

"The best solution is to find out the truth as soon as possible, and let's go and see the water in the jar. ”

While speaking, Ye Xuanling pulled Qiao Nianxi to walk next door.

Qiao Nianxi also understood that now was not the time to vent her emotions, so she turned her head and followed Ye Xuanling.

The wine jars in the room were neatly placed at the door, and at first glance I really thought it was wine, but my little finger poked in, but I found that it was only water, and there was no ethanol content in it.

Not only these, but more importantly, the content of iron ions in this water is obviously much less than that in the Chizi River, it seems that Sun Jiang is very keen, and he also noticed that the root cause of the epidemic is the problem of water quality.

"The water here is much better than the water in the Chizi River, at least people don't immediately feel uncomfortable when they drink it. ”

Qiao Nianxi said that it is just that Ye Xuanling definitely doesn't understand, and now he can only explain it in words that he can probably understand.

Ye Xuanling nodded but didn't ask more, Qiao Nianxi's little finger on her left hand was different, he could see it, but she didn't seem to want people to know, so he didn't ask.

After investigating the matter here, Ye Xuanling and Qiao Nianxi also had a bottom in their hearts, turned around and came out of the side courtyard, ready to go to Sun Jiang's side to inquire again, but found that the courtyard was too big, and it seemed that they couldn't find the direction.

Ye Xuanling twisted his brows and glanced around, the expression on his face changed slightly, and he was about to get up and fly to a high place to investigate, but he was dragged by Qiao Nianxi.

"You're so easy to expose!" Qiao Nianxi dragged Ye Xuanling, and as he spoke, his eyes swept around.

Ye Xuanling followed Qiao Nianxi's gaze and looked into the distance, just when she saw the two little guys walking this way, she instantly understood what she meant.

A dazzling kung fu, the little guy who was still talking while walking just now had been stripped of his clothes by Ye Xuanling and dragged to the corner to hide, and the clothes had already reached Ye Xuanling and Qiao Nianxi.

Fortunately, the two of them were originally one tall and one short, and the clothes were suitable for Ye Xuanling and Qiao Nianxi.

Now he can swagger around the yard, but he still doesn't know the way, Ye Xuanling glanced at her with slanted eyes and raised his eyebrows, which means to say, "You are so good that you speak." ”

Qiao Nianxi was not ambiguous, raised his head and pursed his lips to accept Ye Xuanling's task, turned his head to see a little maid passing by with something on the side, and a sinister smile came out of his lips.

"Look at me!" As she spoke, Qiao Nianxi dragged Ye Xuanling towards the little maid.

Ye Xuanling didn't say much, and followed her, while walking, his eyes were looking around, making sure that no one passed by again, and then he was relieved.

"That beautiful young lady in front, please stay!"

While shouting, Qiao Nianxi walked over to the maid with a smile on her face.

The little maid was stunned for a moment, stopped and looked around, did not see anyone else, determined that this was shouting herself, because of the word "beautiful", her face couldn't help but bring a little joy.

"Are you calling me?"

The little girl turned her head to look at Qiao Nianxi, and when she got closer, she saw clearly that it was a handsome little brother with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and a blush floated leisurely on her face.

"But isn't it! The young lady is so good-looking, don't you call it or who?"

Qiao Nianxi saw the appearance of the beautiful woman who couldn't take a step, and was talking happily, Leng Buding felt a pain in her lower back, turned her head to see that Ye Xuanling's face was already black, and subconsciously swallowed her saliva, and smiled flatteringly.

The little maid didn't see the interaction between the two people, she was only immersed in Qiao Nianxi's praise and was complacent, and the two of them had already walked over.

"What do you call me?"

The little maid only talked to Qiao Nianxi, although the tall person next to her was also very handsome, but the cold face made people dare not look directly.

Qiao Nianxi didn't see the little maid ask who she was, thinking that she should also be new, the defensive psychology is not so serious, and now it is much easier to do things!