The more he walked forward, the more frightening the scene in front of him became, Shen Ninghua's face was pale, and he almost vomited.

The ground was full of people, and then the horses stopped, because there was no place to put their feet.

There was a smell of decay wafting in the air, and occasionally someone saw Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua coming over, wanting to get up and ask for help, but they didn't even have the strength to move, they only twitched twice on the spot, and lay on the ground without a sound.

It is only a few miles away from Zhoucheng, but it is clean and prosperous, and the other is dirty and rotten, it is hard to believe, not far away is the rich city, here is indeed starving, but they don't even have the strength to go over and ask for help.

Baili Junyi handed the horse to the guards behind him, and held Shen Ninghua's hand tightly: "Ninghua, this is what my people accidentally discovered, it is said that there were originally thousands of people, but now they are dead and walking, and there are probably less than a few hundred people still alive, and now they are also dying." ”

"Who are these people, where are they from, and how are they gathered here?"

Shen Ninghua's eyes trembled terribly, and she only felt a sadness rising from the bottom of her heart, making her whole person uncomfortable.

"There are people from the northwest, and there are also people from several surrounding cities."

"How many cities are around? Is it the one who made Bu Tinghe a dowry in Da Yueguo? ”

"Yes." Baili Junyi nodded, with a wordless heaviness on his body.

"Didn't my father allocate money to develop these cities, why did so many people flee here?"

"Hmph, who knows where those silver taels ended up!" Baili Junyi suppressed his anger, "Ning Hua, you're right, the Great Yue Kingdom sent those cities over, and it definitely has bad intentions!" Otherwise, how could these people have fled from their homes and fled here? ”

Shen Ninghua frowned: "The most important thing now is to save people, we can't let so many people starve to death here." ”

"I have already notified Huajun Pharmacy to deliver food and medicinal materials here, but it will take time to come over, and it is not so fast."

Shen Ninghua stepped forward to carefully check the symptoms of several people, and said with a solemn expression:

"I can't wait, it's autumn now, and it's cold in the northwest, so there is no epidemic spreading, if it was in Kyoto, the surrounding cities would have been unable to be protected for a long time, and now although the situation is better, no one can be sure that it will be fine, so if you delay one more day, many people may die."

"I know." A hint of determination flashed in Baili Junyi's eyes, "We have already offended a lot of people in Kyoto, we were not afraid at that time, and there is nothing to be afraid of here, come here!" ”

"The subordinates are here."

"Take my token, ask the sword of Shang Fang given by my father, mobilize all our people, carry the living into Zhou City, if anyone stops you, there will be no mercy!" If someone gets in the way, don't blame him for cutting it first and then playing it.

"Yes!"

After Baili Junyi finished speaking, he looked at Shen Ninghua: "Ninghua? ”

Shen Ninghua nodded, and then added: "I wrote the prescription, purchased a large number of these medicinal materials on the prescription, boiled water and fed these people, in addition, prepared clean wooden barrels, hot water, and clothes, and washed these people before sending them to Zhoucheng, so as not to have epidemics on their bodies and infect the people of Zhoucheng." ”

"Go ahead and do it." Seeing that Shen Ninghua had finished replenishing, Baili Junyi commanded.

"Yes!"

Soon, a large number of guards stationed in Zhou City rushed out.

When Zhou Da received the news, Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua's guards had already set off to walk outside the city. He didn't have time to think about it, so he got on the horse and rushed towards the Zhou family: "Family master, you must think of a way!" ”

Zhou Ziqing had a note in his hand, which seemed to read: King Yijun and the princess went out of the city, marched to the northwest woods, and found an abnormality in the forest.

"You are Zhou Cheng's parent official, what kind of system do you want to say so panicked, how many times do you want me to say it?"

Zhou Da hurriedly jumped off the horse, felt his legs weak at this time, and fell to his knees with a plop: "Family master, now only you can save me, the king and princess of Yijun have already discovered those victims and sent people out to rescue them, what should I do now?" ”

If he is discovered, he will definitely die, he doesn't want to die yet!

"Didn't I ask you to dispose of those people earlier, what the hell are you going to do?" Zhou Ziqing's face was also very ugly, he had just established a good reputation in front of Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua, and set up the archway, it was only a few days before the fig leaf was uncovered, how could he not be annoyed and angry?

Zhou Da's face turned pale: "I have already let people deal with it, but there are too many of those victims, only half of them have been disposed of, and the rest have not had time, just thinking about the secret disposal in the past few days, who knew that it would be discovered so coincidentally......"

"The guy who has not succeeded enough and has more than enough to lose, okay, it's useless to say these things now, I can only try my best to make up for it, Zhou Cheng belongs to the Zhou family, no one wants to insert a pole from the middle!"

"Yes, yes, the master, now ......"

Zhou Ziqing rubbed his forehead, and his frowning brows stretched: "Doesn't he want a good reputation, then our Zhou family also wants it, you find a few substitutes for the dead ghosts, and if they are tied up, they will say that they have concealed the news, and then you take all the officers and soldiers of the government to help, and I will arrange it here of the Zhou family, and all the food and medicinal materials will be loaded into the truck, and we will send it to our Yijun King with great fanfare!" ”

"However, there are thousands of people, so many food and medicinal herbs......"

Zhou Ziqing said in a deep voice: "As long as you don't get caught by Baili Junyi's pigtails, it's worth spending as much as you want now, as long as you firmly control Zhou City, you can spend a mountain of gold and silver, and you can get it back, so don't make any mistakes for me this time, understand?" ”

"Yes, don't worry, the head of the family will definitely do it this time."

Zhou Da got the idea, and took all the officers and soldiers to chase after Baili Junyi's guards and went out of the city.

Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua had just commanded people to take away a group of victims, and Zhou Da arrived. Looking at the miserable appearance around him, he couldn't help but shed tears: "This...... These are innocent people......"

Baili Junyi narrowed his eyes slightly: "Lord Zhou rushed over so quickly?" ”

Zhou Da wiped away his tears, asked the officers and soldiers to pull out a few officials who had tied their hands and feet and gagged their mouths, and said indignantly:

"The prince of the county, the princess, it was these officials who deceived and concealed the news that the victims had arrived in Zhoucheng, if it weren't for the fact that I heard that your guards were out of the city in a few days, so I asked a few words, and the lower officials didn't even know that so many innocent people were suffering, and these people deserved to die!"

Baili Junyi swept the kidnapped person with cold eyes: "Seeing that Lord Zhou is so angry, I don't think I know about these victims." ”

"Yes, if I had known, I would have ordered treatment a long time ago, how could I have waited until now, if Xia Guan had found out earlier, wouldn't there have been so many deaths and injuries? I really regret it in my heart, I really regret it! As he spoke, he slammed his chest a few times and said to the officers and soldiers:

"These officials did not report the information, which caused so many victims to not receive timely assistance, so that it caused bitter results, and now they are killed in front of the victims to make an example!"

"Yes."

The officers raised their swords and were about to make a move, but the guards stopped them and rushed aside. Zhou Da was a little stunned: "King Yijun, do you think these people shouldn't be killed?" ”

Baili Jun looked at Zhou Da with a smile, and his eyes were cold: "Lord Zhou seems to have forgotten that your official position is only the prefect, and you are not qualified to kill people at will, not to mention, these people still have official positions." ”

Zhou Da's face changed, and he hurriedly explained: "Yes, the lower officials were too angry for a while, and they only felt that these people should be killed, but they forgot that this had exceeded their authority, and asked the prince not to blame." ”

"Lord Zhou is for the country and the people, how can this king blame," Baili Junyi said meaninglessly, and then ordered the guards, "Temporarily detain these officials, and wait until the matter of the victims is dealt with, and then interrogated." ”

"Yes."

It seems that they finally saw the hope of living, and the dead silence in the eyes of many victims gradually disappeared, they have dried up their tears in the past few days, and they can't cry at all, so they can only bow down to Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua tremblingly, and then be helped by the guards and sent into Zhoucheng.

There were so many dead people in the woods that there was no way to bury them one by one, so they had to dig a big pit and burn the bodies and bury them.

Many victims were reluctant to let go of their already cold relatives, and only hated why they didn't hold on for a while.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Baili Jun clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes flashed red.

Shen Ninghua's throat choked, she blamed herself a little, why did she walk too slowly when she came, if they were faster, would they have been able to find these victims earlier, and would they have been able to save a few more people.

Baili Junyi took her into his arms and kissed her heart gently: "Ninghua, take care of yourself, and then try your best to save people." ”

"Don't worry, I understand."

When the victims were almost delivered, the two rode back to Zhoucheng quickly, only to see that temporary sheds had been set up in the open space on both sides of the road in the city. In the large cauldron was the gruel where the herbs lived, and a faint smell of medicine filled the air.

Many people have already taken a bath, changed into clean clothes and waited to drink the porridge, and the victims who received the porridge were not afraid of being burned, and poured the porridge directly into their mouths.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came, Shen Ninghua looked at the street, and Zhou Ziqing personally rushed over with a grain cart: "The grass people have seen the princess." ”

"Lord Zhou, if I guessed correctly, you sent these grains and medicinal herbs, right?"

"Yes, I really didn't expect that such a thing would have happened, if I had known that there were victims who were turned away from the city, the Zhou family should have acted earlier, and it can be regarded as a little bit of help."

"It's not too late now, thank you Lord Zhou for your help, otherwise in a hurry, we really don't know where to find so much food."

Zhou Ziqing turned around and instructed the family: "Unload the grain, and then you will go to the soup kitchen to help and take care of the seriously ill victims." ”

"Yes, Master."

"If there is anything that the Zhou family can help, please ask the princess to do her best, and the Zhou family will definitely do their best."

Shen Ninghua glanced at Zhou Ziqing deeply, and then nodded: "Okay, if there is a need, you will definitely not be welcome." ”