Chapter 239: Autumn Rice Turns to Ashes
"Oh no, the field is on fire."
All the villagers in their sleep were suddenly lifted from their beds by this earth-shattering shout, and they hurriedly carried the available things to fetch water.
Someone hasn't reacted yet, "Where is the fire?" Where is the fire? ”
"Rice fields, go quickly, go and put out the fire."
"What god for, so carelessly, set the autumn rice in the field on fire?"
The cries and shouts of Miaoshan Village rang out, and they all ran to the fields to put out the fire.
Leng Yue's family also carried buckets and boxes and basins, and all rushed to the small river at the edge of the village to fetch water, hoping to save the half-ripe autumn rice.
It's a pity that the northwest wind blew in Japan this autumn, the wind was extremely strong, and the weather was dry these days, and the field was set up with frost-proof oil film paper, which was very easy to catch fire, although the whole village participated in the firefighting, but still turned the autumn rice in the field into ashes.
",." The villagers looked at the majestic fire and cried out, "This year's autumn rice is about to be harvested, who is so lacking in virtue to set the rice fields on fire?" ”
"Mother? Our family's rice is gone? Are you going to starve in the winter? The refugee child resettled in Miaoshan Village looked at his mother with tears in his eyes when he saw the autumn rice in the field turn to ashes.
"Alas...... How can there be a fire? There hasn't been a single fire in a field for hundreds of years, and I think it's man-made. Even the old man watched the autumn rice in the field burn into patches of baldness, and his heart hurt and shed tears.
Leng Yue was also dumbfounded, she was so stupid, why did she forget to remind the villagers not to smoke dry tobacco in the field?
"Yueniang?" Even the old man was stunned when he saw Leng Yue, so he pushed her: "Do you say this fire is artificial?" Do you want to tell Hiroko? ”
"Huh?" Leng Yue reacted, but she didn't hear what Lian Laohan said, and her surroundings were full of crying.
Lian Boss scolded with red eyes: "This year's autumn rice is the first time I have seen it planted, and I want to tell Haozi that the person who set the fire must be caught and his body will be broken." ”
"Uncle, did you say someone set this fire?" Leng Yue was even more annoyed, why didn't she remind Lian Hao to send troops to guard the autumn rice, stupid.
"The rice field was on fire last night, and we only found out in the early hours of the morning, who would smoke dry smoke in the field so late and start a spark? These eight achievements are that someone ran to us, and this ignition came. Lian Laohan analyzed.
"Dad's words are reasonable, then let's go and inform Lian Hao, and let him close the city and arrest people quickly." Leng Yue felt that what even the old man said was reasonable.
"Find Lian Hao." The people of the village were excited to arrest the person who destroyed the rice.
After leaving the village, everyone found that not only the rice fields in their Miaoshan Village were on fire, but also the rice fields in the former village.
In the early morning of that day, the fire in the field was extremely hot, just like summer.
"Caught an arsonist." In the crowd, I don't know who shouted.
Leng Yue and the others rushed up, and when they saw that there was a man between the fires, someone asked, "Do you know any of you about this person?" When he fled, he killed several villagers. ”
"I don't know." Many people came forward to recognize him, but none of them knew the arsonist.
"Who are you?" The villagers rushed forward and punched and kicked the man, forcing him to ask which village he was from.
But no matter how the big pipe kicked and hit him, the man just didn't hum a word.
"Everyone, be quiet." Leng Yue shouted loudly.
Everyone calmed down and looked at Leng Yue, Leng Yue still has prestige in this area, and everyone will give her face when they see General Lian's wife shouting.
Leng Yue squatted down, the cold light in his eyes was very threatening, and the arsonist only saw his whole body tremble, and subconsciously shrank his body back.
"Let me ask you, were you sent by Princess Luxuan?"
The man was shocked, he didn't dare to look at Leng Yue, and resolutely kept silent about Leng Yue's words, he couldn't betray his master.
"Yueniang, how do you know that he is the person of Princess Luxuan?" Even the old man asked in surprise.
"Who has that leisure except for the harm she racked her brains to? The Emperor? Or are we here where the enemy forces are blended in? "The only thing Leng Yue can think of is Princess Luxuan.
As soon as the villagers heard this, some refugees who fled here cried and cursed Princess Luxuan: "The princess of heaven is killed, the court of heaven is killed, this is not for our people to live." ”
The country is in turmoil, and these refugees finally divided two acres of land in Zhongshan County, seeing that they are no longer displaced and have something to eat, they let the princess send someone to burn their fields, is this to starve them to death?
Someone wiped tears and said, "Let's go find the children who are soldiers in the army and let them help us make decisions." ”
"Yes, go find the child." The villagers all have to look for their own children who are soldiers.
"There was fire everywhere, and they should have known about it before we did." Leng Yue sighed and said.
Miaoshan Village was the first to catch fire, and the autumn rice in Miaoshan Village was all turned to ashes, and it was not much better elsewhere.
There are so many refugees in Zhongshan County, and without autumn rice, they are afraid that some people will starve to death in winter, what should they do?
The sky was gray, there was black dust everywhere, everyone had tears in their eyes, and turned the hatred in their hearts to the arsonist, Leng Yue didn't stop it, watching the villagers beat the arsonist to death.
"Yueniang." Lian Hao rode all the way, and saw Leng Yue standing outside the crowd looking at the field in a daze from a distance.
Leng Yue heard Lian Hao calling her, turned her head sideways, Lian Hao had jumped off the horse beside her, and shouted: "Lian Hao." ”
"Even the general, our autumn rice has been burned, what should we do?" The bottomless families of the refugees all knelt in front of Lian Hao, crying bitterly.
The autumn rice was burned, and the locals in this county couldn't fill their stomachs, where would they have a mouthful of food.
"Let's go back, Lord Xiao and I will come up with a way to do this, you have settled here, and you are naturally our villagers, rest assured, we will solve everyone's livelihood as soon as possible."
"Thank you, General Lian." Everyone heard Lian Hao say this, and no one doubted Lian Hao, and they all left with tears.
"How to fix it?" Leng Yue asked Lian Haodao.
"Let's go to Lord Xiao's mansion and discuss together." Lian Hao stepped on the horseback and said to Leng Yue: "Go." ”
"Walk your head, Yueniang is pregnant, she can't ride a horse." Aunt Qiu didn't let Leng read Lian Hao's horse.
"Auntie, I'm fine, this matter is too urgent, let me go." Leng Yue was protected by Aunt Qiu's crying and laughing.
Lian Hao said to Aunt Qiu: "Auntie, Yueniang's brain is the best, maybe she can come up with a countermeasure, don't worry, I won't ride a fast horse." ”
"Let them go." Things have come to this point, and even the old man only hopes that they can discuss an emergency solution, otherwise many people will starve to death this winter.
"Dad, go home." Lian Hao pulled Leng Yue on the back of the horse and said to Lian Laohan.
"Slow down." Aunt Qiu is still not worried about Lian Hao: "You have to take care of Yueniang and the child in her belly." ”
"Got it." Lian Hao held Leng Yue's waist with one hand, pulled the horse rope with the other, shouted after driving, and said: "Yueniang is pregnant with my child in her belly, aunt, you can rest assured, I am measured." ”
"It's strange to be so fast, it's measured." Aunt Qiu looked at Lian Hao's horse and was really frightened.
As soon as Lian Hao and Leng Yue arrived at the gate of Xiaofu, Lord Xiao Hengxiao greeted them: "Yueniang, you are here, come in." ”
Seeing that Lord Xiao was so anxious, he personally came out to greet her, and Leng Yue thought that the autumn rice was not only burned in Zhongshan County, but also the farmland around the coast.
Before Leng Yueren sat down, Xiao Heng asked anxiously: "Yueniang, you said that we can get some more oil film paper, can we plant autumn rice again?" ”
Leng Yue shook his head, "Autumn rice has requirements for temperature, but I'm afraid it won't be planted." ”
"What then? Our county has taken in nearly a million refugees, and if we can't replant rice, we will starve to death. Xiao Heng sighed worried about the livelihood of the people.
"Lord Xiao, you don't have to worry too much, but with oil film paper, we can still plant some other things in the field, I believe we can survive this winter." Leng Yue widened Lord Xiao's heart.
It's just that the oil film paper is not easy to get, she let Uncle Zhou scatter all the family wealth, and only bought it for use in this area of Zhongshan County, and the oil film paper monopolized by the fourth daughter-in-law of the Liu Mansion was also given to them.
Xiao Heng didn't think about it so much, as long as Yueniang said that the things were planted, the people would not starve, as for the matter of oil film paper, he asked Xiao Ji and Xiao Wu to find it.