Qingzhu went down to treat some locust repellent medicine, and Qingfeng Tang has purchased a large number of chickens and ducks to send to the disaster area, and at the same time, food has also been delivered.

The dealers were all eaten, and naturally the people had nothing to eat.

Ning Yunxiao and the others continued to move forward, and everyone came to the hardest-hit area. At this time, the ministers of the DPRK and China already knew about the emperor's private visit and went to adjust the disaster. Fortunately, there was Mo Li in Jing, and the two sides passed information from time to time, and nothing major happened.

The streets were in tatters, a little worse than they had been robbed. Li Yiyan and the others got out of the carriage and chose to walk, not far ahead, there was a faint noise, everyone looked at each other, formed a circle, surrounded Ning Yunxiao, and then slowly approached. I saw a large number of refugees surrounding the county government, and the noise was like hundreds of ducks making noise, and the buzzing was not really audible.

The crowd took a few more steps forward before they could vaguely hear what they were doing.

"Quickly let the emperor dispose of the demon queen and let us live."

"It was the demon queen who confused the emperor, so we suffered this catastrophe."

"After disposing of the demon, God will change our crops."

"That's it, hurry up and deal with the demon queen."

……

In the end, it became a unified horn, which shook people's eardrums a little painfully. Li Yiyan and his entourage surrounded Ning Yunxiao even tighter, for fear that someone in this group of refugees would be in command behind them, if Ning Yunxiao was recognized by the people behind the scenes, they were afraid that it would be very dangerous, and they couldn't attack these people at will.

The voice of the refugee became louder and louder, and it was heard far away, and the squeak of the county government was also hidden in this louder shout, only to see a young man about 25 years old walking out of it, wearing the court clothes of the county officials, and the court clothes were worn on him, revealing a chic charm. He just raised his hands to signal everyone to be quiet, and everyone at the scene was really quiet.

The young man didn't speak at first, but he showed a look of not being angry and arrogant, and his face was serious and swept over the noisy refugees one by one, and after a long silence, the man opened his mouth and said, "You said that the demon queen confused the emperor and caused you to suffer a catastrophe?" ”

One of the refugees suddenly said, "Isn't it? After the emperor issued a unique holy decree, there were these locusts, and it must be because of her. After finishing speaking, he looked left and right, and found that no one was loading him, and he suddenly shuddered at the gaze of the county official and retracted into the crowd.

When Li Yiyan saw it, he immediately said to Ji Ming: "Keep an eye on him, and catch him when he leaves." ”

Ji Ming immediately nodded and found a secluded corner to carry out the task, and no one paid attention to Ji Ming's departure, still looking at the county official and waiting for his next words.

"Did the queen plant locusts in your field? Did the queen tell you to cut down trees at will? Or did the queen tell you not to pay attention to the locust crowd? The county magistrate said three questions in a row, so that everyone lowered their heads.

"I have warned you a long time ago, but none of you have listened, and now you want to blame others for things, can you touch your conscience?"

One by one, the refugees were silent, not knowing what to say.

One of the obviously elderly refugees knelt on the ground and said with great remorse: "It's all our fault, please help us, we really know it's wrong, we also know that we shouldn't blame the queen mother, we shouldn't blame anyone, but the disaster has passed for so long, and the court has not sent a little information that can be solved, which makes us really have no way not to complain." Everyone's house has become almost consumed, and many people have gone to find the roots and bark of the tree, but now even the roots and bark of the tree have been eaten by locusts. ”

The county magistrate sighed deeply and said: "The roots and bark of the tree are not almost gnawed by the locusts, but almost cut down by you, and the roots are all dragged home by you and burned as firewood, and now you know that they can be hungry, but it's too late, right?"

The refugees knelt down collectively, they didn't know anything about it now, those insects, even if they were fought with manpower, they wouldn't be able to fight much, but people would be tired and half dead, and now there was no food, and if the physical exertion was too fast, they would starve to death.

When the county magistrate saw that everyone knelt down, he was suddenly a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Get up and get up quickly, what are you doing here?" Say something about it. ”

The old man who spoke before continued: "We all know that adults are good officials, and they will never be like the previous adults, who will only oppress us and harsh us, and make money from us. We all know that adults are good officials who love the people like children, and now we really have no choice, please save us. ”

"Get up first." The county magistrate wanted to say that I wouldn't care if you didn't get up, but seeing their anxious appearance, he really couldn't bear to say it, so he changed his sentence stiffly.

The old man trembled and remembered that the people next to him hurriedly helped him up, and everyone stood up together.

The county official exhaled and smiled comfortingly: "Everyone, please rest assured, the imperial court will not ignore you, the emperor has already gone out of the palace to investigate, and the cities in front of him have found some solutions one after another, and they are slowly being pushed here, although you can wait with peace of mind, there is no need to rush the food, the imperial court has allocated food and is currently on the way."

"In a while, when the food arrives, I will arrange for someone to distribute it to you. Now the only thing you need to do is to wait in peace and not to make trouble. The official said again, this locust plague has nothing to do with the queen, and it has nothing to do with whether the queen is a demon queen or not. ”

"Thank you, little man." When the refugees heard some decisive solutions, they were already overjoyed, and when they heard what was going on, they nodded busily, since they could live a peaceful and stable life, who would want to cause trouble in vain.

The big stone in my heart fell to the ground, and everyone was much quieter, and their mood was much calmer, not as irritable as before.

"Now that everyone understands, let's disperse first!" The county magistrate softly comforted everyone.

The refugees helped each other out of the county gate.

The master next to the county official asked in a low voice: "Master, you fool them like this, what should you do if you don't have enough food?" If they are angry, I am afraid that you are in danger. ”

The county magistrate exhaled and shook his head helplessly: "You can't tell them to stay here and shout all the time." can't really be like what they said, please ask the emperor to dispose of the demon queen. That's simply useless, it's been so long? The rumors of the lottery must have arrived in the capital, and the emperor not only did not dispose of it but left the palace, which shows that the emperor would rather risk his life than hurt the queen in the slightest. ”

The county magistrate paused, his tone softened a little, and he continued: "And I heard that the counties and cities that have been affected by the disaster have already found some solutions, and their locusts have been obviously solved, and they are slowly pushing this way, if my guess is right, the emperor is almost coming over."

The master suddenly opened his eyes in shock, and said incredulously: "Do you think the emperor will really come to this kind of place?" How do I think it's a little unlikely! ”

The county magistrate glanced at him, then said behind the back of his hands: "If the emperor doesn't want to deal with the queen, he will definitely come!" After saying that, he walked back to his house.

Everyone watched the excitement, and after the county official walked back to the county office, Ning Yunxiao turned around and said to everyone: "That person just now seems to be a character, listening to his tone just now, I really want to know some ways to treat locusts, we might as well go and meet him, anyway, this is the final destination."

Li Yiyan sighed, and then asked, "Let people move all the locusts along the way, are you planning to use medicine to drive the locusts over?" I'm afraid that this method is useless, because if the locusts are not all exterminated, the locusts will still take root in the ground, but I am afraid that a large number of locusts will grow in a few days. ”

Ning Yunxiao shrugged his shoulders when he saw that everyone was looking at him with confusion in his eyes, wondering if he should tell them or not?

Shangguan Haitang looked around, and then said: "Here, this is not the place to talk, let's settle down first, and then think about these details!"

Li Yiyan immediately knew that he was anxious, but there were no grass everywhere along the way, which was really uncomfortable.

Li Yiyan had a good impression of the county official just now, so he would say that he would go to the county official, and everyone agreed.

Before he left, Ji Ming had already grabbed a person and walked over, and that person turned out to be the one who had just spoken in the crowd.

Since everyone has been caught, there is no hurry, so it is decided not to interrogate for the time being. When knocking on the door, everyone did not intend to use their real identities, but as the commander of Ji Ming's imperial front, they asked the county official to welcome them and others in.

The county magistrate hurriedly welcomed them to the main hall, let the superfluous people retreat with the people caught by Ji Ming, and then bowed directly to the people present: "Chen Xiang sees the emperor and all the lords."

Everyone looked at each other, this person is really smart, just because of Ji Ming's identity, you can guess their origin, it's not simple, it's not simple, such a smart and talented person is a county official in this small county, it's really a bit overkill.

They don't look at it, how can the person with the biggest official position catch a person with his own hands.

Li Yiyan raised his hand and said, "Since you have already guessed, then I will not hide it from you, but this matter needs to be kept close and not spread out, and you are not allowed to tell anyone, even your dearest relatives and loved ones."

Chen Xiang immediately replied respectfully: "Remember."

Ning Yunxiao smiled softly and asked, "This palace saw that when you were talking to the people outside before, you knew a little about locusts, I wonder if there is any solution?"

Chen Xiang was shocked at first when he heard this, the person who spoke must be the demon queen who was widely rumored among the people, but he didn't expect her to come too, didn't he say that she was pregnant? can still run around like this, it's really a strange woman. I suddenly felt admiration in my heart, and I didn't forget to reply at the same time.

"This area is the earliest place to have a locust plague, the minister visited the scene many times, consulted the ancient history, and found that there was a record of a locust plague in history, which briefly described the solution, but it was not very detailed. The minister wanted to give the emperor a fold, but the news came from the capital that the emperor had left the palace, so he waited for the emperor's arrival here with peace of mind. ”