Before the middle of August, which was also the second month of the great drought in Nandi, the canal introduced ground water, and there was still half a month to enter Shangling County to relieve the danger of drought in Shangling, but Wenyuan County still suffered from drought and locust plague at the same time.

The Wenyuan locust plague occurred early and severe, and now it is too late for the imperial court to send troops to catch locusts.

The imperial court ordered that the nearby counties and counties should open the city gates and accept the people of the two counties, and Song Shou suffered the lightest, and it was very close to the two counties, so Song Shou would also open the city gates.

Chang Ying packed his bags and waved his hand at his old man with a smile, "Old man, goodbye, I'll come back next year!" ”

The old county king sneered, "Hurry up, Lao Tzu is out of sight and out of mind!" ”

Chang Ying cut off, and after getting on the horse, he rushed to Linzi with the guards.

The farther away from Song Shou, Chang Ying saw more people entering the city, and subconsciously asked, "How could so many people come?" ”

"These are all refugees from Wenyuan, and the king of the county doesn't know?" The guards were puzzled, but after thinking about it, it was normal, the county king patronized and the old county king to go to the capital, where can they take care of this.

Chang Ying vaguely remembered that the old man seemed to have said that Wen Yuan's situation was the most serious, and Wen Yuan's early drought was several days earlier than Song Shou's.

At that time, he also asked, why didn't Wenyuan's county guard fold up first, the old man shook his head, but he didn't say the answer.

It takes about seven days from Song Shou to Linzi to whip up the fast horse, which is still a good horse.

However, good horses still need good material to be raised to run fast.

On the first day, Chang Ying and the others found a mountainside cave to live in.

Because of the lack of water, the branches of the tree are yellow, and it looks like it is about to die.

The guard took out dry food and water bags, "King Jun, we will pass through Shangling and Wenyuan on the three days from tomorrow, and it is estimated that we will not be able to supply food and water in these two days, and we will have to save dry food and water bags along the way." ”

Looking at the ignited spark, Chang Ying frowned and said, "Shangling and Wenyuan, the locust plague is so bad?" ”

The guard nodded, "Shangling and Wenyuan stopped raining a few days earlier than our Song Shou, and the vacancy in the position of Shangling County Guard has not yet been filled, so the news is a little late." ”

"What about Wen Yuan?" Chang Ying asked.

The guard smiled, "Wen Yuan does have a county guard, but if the county guard doesn't dare to say anything about the big drought, then the county guard will not dare to conclude that it is a big drought, and then such a disaster may be a good thing for the county guard." ”

"A good thing?" Chang Ying is puzzled.

"This natural disaster is a bad thing for the people, but it is a good thing for the officials, because the natural disaster cannot be stopped, just like the little county king, you guessed the drought correctly this time, but you may not be able to guess it correctly next time. And natural disasters are unavoidable by the imperial court, so they will definitely send people to provide disaster relief. The guard said.

"Even you think so?" Chang Ying frowned.

"We don't have to think so, but because officials are few and not greedy, even if they are clean officials at the beginning, they can't guarantee that they will be clean officials in the end." The guards returned.

Chang Ying has been pampered since he was a child, and he really didn't think about this.

On the second day, as he entered the territory of Wenyuan, the land became more and more dry, more than ten times more severe than Song Shou's, and there was a buzzing sound in his ears.

In the distance, a large area of black pressure pressed against the scorching sun, like a dark cloud.

"Quick, find a place to hide." The guards were shocked, "It's a swarm of flying locusts." ”

Several people immediately dismounted and led the horses to hide behind a rock.

Soon, the buzzing sound passed over Chang Ying's head, and Chang Ying grabbed four or five of them with a single grab.

And as the locusts passed, the plants and trees that were still some color disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and were eaten away by the locusts little by little.

"This, this is a locust?" Chang Ying was stunned for a while.

"This is the locust, it is more difficult to catch than the locust, the locusts pass through the territory is not green, and they are in swarms, and after eating one place, they will soon go to the next place, and even if they are caught, it will be very difficult to catch, because no one knows where they will go next." The guard said, pulling the panicked horses in his hand to prevent them from escaping.

After waiting for half an hour, the swarm of flying locusts passed.

Whining weepings were heard.

"Grandpa, get up, get up......" A girl's voice came into Chang Ying's ears.

Chang Ying raised his eyes, only to see an old man lying on the ground and unable to get up for a long time, and a girl in rags sitting on the ground, trying hard to help the old man up, but his strength was too small.

Chang Ying couldn't stand it, so he could only get up and take the guards to help the girl and help the old man up.

"Thank you...... Thank you......" The old man got up, revealing a chapped lip, his steps were already vain, he hadn't drunk water for a whole day, and he walked for a long time under the scorching sun.

"Water." Chang Ying stretched out his hands towards the guards.

The guards took the water down.

When the old man saw the water, his eyes showed a look of longing, but when he saw the water bladder, he still held back and handed it to the girl, "Come, come, drink a little." ”

The girl licked her lips, and when she was thirsty, she subconsciously drank two more sips.

After the girl finished drinking, the old man dared to take two sips by himself, "More...... Thanks a lot. "Return the water bladder to Chang Win.

Chang Ying raised his hand, "Here you go, where are you going, old and young." ”

"Go to Song Shou, this place is the closest to Song Shou, I heard that Song Shou still has water and food." The old man said.

"Why are you the only ones old and young?" Chang Ying asked.

"The food at home is gone, the water in the tank is gone, the child's father and mother ran away with their son in advance, and we waited until the locust swarm arrived to know that the matter was serious, and it was too late to run......" The old man said hoarsely.

When Chang Ying heard this, he hurriedly asked the guards to take dry food for the old man.

"Thank you...... Thank you......" The old man nodded hurriedly, "Enough is enough." ”

Say goodbye to the pair of grandchildren.

Chang Ying met several pairs of people in the same situation along the way, and the deeper he went to the depths of Wenyuan, the more so.

"Little Junwang, don't be so generous, you are like this, we can't wear Wen Yuan, so we have to plant it inside." The guards looked at Chang Ying's generosity, and their hearts were slightly worried.

Chang Ying glanced at the bulging baggage on the guard's body, "When you left, Dad didn't let you fill a few more water bladders?" ”

"Yes, yes, but if you send it like this, we can't get out of Wenyuan, there is no food for horses in Wenyuan's territory, and the horses can't last long, if the horses can't run halfway, we have to abandon the horses." Before you left, the old county king had already ordered in advance to feed the horses, prepare enough water, and prepare all the things. "But if you stop and delay all the way, the horses will not be able to hold on for so long." ”

"Then eat less." Chang Ying didn't want to think about it.

At night, several people huddled under the gnawed trunks to rest.

Because the leaves were all eaten, there was no shortage of wood for the fire, and many people nearby came to rest together. Chang Ying was also kind enough to take him in, and there were a few young men among them, who also said that their life experience was very pitiful, and Chang Ying also listened, and listened to it and fell into a daze. The county guard of Wenyuan has asked the imperial court for disaster relief materials, but there are countless victims from inside and outside Wenyuan, and the large and small towns around Wenyuan have a combined population of tens of thousands.

Whether it's food or water, it's going to be snatched up before you can deliver it inside.

The only way is for the victims to flee the affected areas on their own.

However, if it rains for a day, the ground water cannot be brought in for a day, and the scope of the disaster will only become more and more extensive.

Vaguely, Chang Ying and several guards were confused by an inexplicable fragrance, and when they woke up the next day, they only heard the guards shouting, "Oh no, the thing is gone." ”

Chang Ying woke up.

Last night they were all thieves, stealing their water and food, and their horses were gone.

"I also asked the little county king to condemn him, it was because his subordinates were not vigilant enough to do so." The guards were very nervous, and now they had reached half of Wenyuan's journey, and there was no way back but to move forward.

"It's the incense, they're prepared." Chang Ying reacted, the fragrance of last night was really abnormal, "How long will we go." ”

"If it is a fast horse, a fast horse and a whip, you can get out of Wenyuan in less than half a day, if you are walking, it will be a day and a half if it is fast, and it will take three days if it is slow." The guard said.

As soon as he woke up, he was faced with the fact that the food was stolen and the water was gone, how could Chang Ying not regret it.

But even if you grit your teeth and hold on, you have to go through Wen Yuan.

The difference is that before Chang won the rest of the horses, everyone was looking at them with envy, but now there are so many people who walk with them, and there are many people who fall down in the middle of the way.

Chang Ying is a few people who practice martial arts, and their physical fitness is much better than ordinary people.

Chang Ying has grown so big, except for practicing, he has never suffered hardship.

This time, I had to walk with blisters under my feet, I had to walk with hunger and tightened my belt, and I had to continue when I was thirsty and saliva.

Unable to stand it along the way, the guards found a few trees, cut the roots, and squeezed some pulp juice to quench their thirst.

After walking for two days and one night, Chang Ying was already dizzy, and the things in front of him changed from one to two, and two to three.

Damn, how did those individuals survive?

Until the back, Chang Ying finally couldn't hold on, his eyes were dark, and his head was planted on the ground.

When Chang Ying woke up, he heard a vague voice in his ear, "The little prince is fine, and he is about to wake up." ”

"Thank you Liujun Shou for your help, my old county king will definitely find an opportunity to thank Liujun Shou again." The guard said.

A young man's voice said, "No need to thank you, the drought has been more than two months, and Song Shou has been too busy to take care of himself." The old county king is kind-hearted, and he is willing to open a warehouse to give grain, open the reservoir of the county king's mansion, this behavior is a model of a hundred officials, if Song Shou can survive this catastrophe safely, the old county king is safe and sound, and the next official will personally come to visit. "That greedy man who is not enough to swallow the elephant, and deliberately delayed the performance of the last time, the county guard of Wenyuan has stockpiled food and water in advance, and now he is guarding his own county guard to death, compared to it, the king of Song Shou can be said to be a civil official.

Chang Ying opened his eyes hard, and said in a hoarse voice, "What opens a warehouse for grain relief, and what opens a reservoir?" What did the old man do behind my back? ”

The guards around him were silent and did not dare to speak.

They left for a total of five days, during which the Emperor died and it still didn't rain.

Song Shou was already within the scope of the disaster, and now the locust plague in Wenyuan and Shangling is not under control, and he will soon go to Song Shou and Dingchuan County. Not long after the little county king left, Song Shou poured in a large number of victims, and the old county kings accepted them all, because the imperial court disaster relief materials were not enough, the old county king opened the private storage of the county king's mansion, and vowed to advance and retreat with the people.