Liu Qinglian instructed his subordinates to clean up a few clean rooms in his mansion for Liu Che'er and others to move into. He hurriedly instructed his subordinates to buy refreshments and dinner. I didn't know that the golden unicorn was exposed.

After eating the refreshments sent, Huayan didn't care about how Liu Che'er dealt with corrupt officials, and went back to the bedroom to rest.

When she woke up the next morning, she came to the courtyard as usual to stretch her muscles, heard the crying in the west courtyard, and hurriedly asked the girl passing by, "Who is crying early in the morning?" ”

The girl replied respectfully and apprehensively: "Yes...... Yes, Madame. ”

"Why is she crying so sadly?"

"Liu Qinglian was dismissed from office and was escorted to Beijing for interrogation early this morning." Xiao Minglang walked in from the other end of the courtyard and replied.

"Oh," Hua Yan was not surprised, took the snack brought by the girl, and sat down to eat.

Xiao Minglang also sat down, "Who did you learn your martial arts from?" ”

"Why do you ask this?" The painting face was full of snacks and slurred words.

"I'm just a little curious, a girl actually has the ability to throw a thousand pounds, then her master must be very good." Xiao Minglang said tentatively.

Hua Yan felt full, wiped his mouth, stood up and deliberately said loudly: "You are an upright son, what are you doing to inquire about the private affairs of the girl's family?" Those who don't know think you have bad intentions! ”

"Why am I ill-intentioned? ......" Xiao Minglang stood up inexplicably, saw that there was no one around, wanted to argue again, and felt that it was too much, so he had to sit down again and drink tea to hide the panic in his heart.

Seeing him so embarrassed, Huayan smiled with satisfaction and walked away.

When Huayan packed his luggage and came to the lobby to gather, the old man was leaving the county office with his daughter.

"Where are they going?" Painting Yan Wen stood at the door and looked at Liu Che'er who was far away from the old man.

"I have ordered them to be re-housed. They can't go back to their former home. ”

Liu Che'er turned around and returned to the lobby and sat down to drink tea.

"You haven't slept all night?" Seeing that his face was slightly haggard, Hua Yan asked with concern.

Liu Che'er smiled warmly, showing a modest smile, "It's okay, we have to deal with the affairs here as soon as possible, so that we can rush to Peicheng as soon as possible." A sad look appeared on his face, "I don't know what kind of miserable life the people there are living. ”

She patted Liu Che'er on the shoulder and encouraged: "Hard work! But you also have to take care of your body, I am afraid that the burden will be heavier in the future. ”

"Thanks to your help." He looked at the painting quietly, his eyes filled with more emotions than gratitude.

The painting was a little unnatural, so I had to be familiar with Liu Che'er's tenderness, waved his hand and said: "You're polite, let's go, they are all waiting for us, I'll get in the car first." ”

She shook the burden off her shoulders and ran merrily towards the door.

Liu Che'er was not discouraged, and followed from behind with a smile.

However, Peicheng and his party, they have experienced far more than that.

A convoy of horse-drawn carriages slowly drove into the wasteland of Peicheng, and people in ragged clothes could be seen lying on the ground everywhere along the road. They were dying, hungry and inhuman. Among this group of refugees, there are many young children who are waiting to be fed, and some can still hear the crying and sobbing in mourning. Others fall asleep.

They watched with vacant eyes as the strange carriage passed them, some got up and chased after them, some looked with anticipation or hatred, and they refused to leave waiting for something, waiting for the hope of a new life or waiting for a silent death, but it was up to them to decide.

Seeing such a miserable situation in the people's livelihood, Hua Xia Shan sighed heavily, "It's us late!" ”

Bo Yan couldn't hold back his tears, he still comforted his master and said, "You can't blame the master." ”

Huayan looked out of the car, especially sad, who can blame all this? Is it Liu Yu and Liu Yifu? Or is the system to blame?

"Phew!" The coachman hurriedly grabbed the reins and shouted.

The carriage braked suddenly, almost throwing the occupants out.

"Lord, how are you?" Xiao Minglang's voice sounded outside the car.

Liu Che'er rearranged her clothes, lifted the curtain, and came out and said, "It's okay, what happened just now?" ”

Xiao Minglang instructed his subordinates to escort a man in tattered clothes and a thin man forward, "It was him just now, sacrificing himself to stop the car." ”

When Liu Che'er heard this, he asked the man who stopped the car: "Who are you?" What's the matter? ”

The man suddenly "poofed", knelt on his legs, and cried: "The little one is finally alive and waiting for the prince!" The small one was originally the catch of the Peicheng County Ya. ”

Liu Che'er got out of the carriage, stepped forward to take a closer look, and sure enough, he could vaguely distinguish a servant's uniform from his tattered clothes.

"How are you here? has become like this, what about you Liu County? ”

Catch quickly cried and said, "The little name whiteboard." The county lord has long run away by himself, and now the county government is not the county government, and the houses and people have been washed away by the flood! ”

Liu Che'er frowned, and said sadly: "You are the only one left in the yamen?" ”

The whiteboard nodded silently.

Liu Che'er saw that he was skinny and not human-looking, so he helped him up with great grief and comforted: "Okay, okay, Bai Zhutou, since we are here, we must sit idly by, you first take us into the city to find the yamen, take us to settle down, and then come to discuss the solution." ”

Liu Che'er took out two breads from his grain bag, dismounted and came to the head catcher, handed him the cakes, and said, "You fill your stomach first, and slowly take us over." ”

The head catcher took the grain, looked at it in disbelief, looked at it with pity, and after watching it, he hurriedly ate it in one bite, and did not forget to add clean black fingers.

After enjoying the hard-won food, he was sure that the officials had come to do practical things, so he smiled kindly and limped into the city.

The city is ruined and ruined. Bai Zhutou led them to turn left and right, and finally found a ruined temple. He pointed to the temple helplessly and said, "That's it." ”

Liu Che'er stepped forward and inquired left and right. The broken temple was covered with cobwebs, and there was not even a door, and he questioned: "This is the county government?" ”

The leader of the white catcher walked up the steps and said: "It's here, the original mansion has long been washed flat by the flood, and this temple is the place where the previous county lord was temporarily resettled. It is also the only place in the city where people can still live. ”

"Does the prince feel familiar with this place?" Xiao Minglang looked around the temple.

Liu Che'er remembered that the night before the battle of Peicheng, he and the people were hiding in this ruined temple, and he suddenly said: "Isn't this it! ......”

Xiao Minglang nodded, "Lord Wang, Master Painting, it seems that we can only live here temporarily." I'll make another plan for the future. ”

"That's the only way, let's go in first." Liu Che'er followed Bai Zhutou and walked in.

Hua Yan and Bo Yan took the luggage off the car, and finally found a spacious place, cleaned it up, and made it into a bed.

Liu Che'er summoned Bai Zhutou over and asked about the details of Peicheng. "What is the situation in this city now, and how many people are there?"

"Refugees are not allowed to enter the city in other counties, and their family property is lost, and they have nowhere to go, so they can only stay where they are and wait for death! There were not many people in the city, only about twenty people, all of them were old, weak, sick and disabled. The young and strong are all hidden in the mountains, and there are no less than a hundred people, and they are in a faction of their own. After Bai Zhutou finished speaking, he pointed to the direction of the mountain not far away.

"What are you doing hiding in the mountains?" Xiao Minglang tied the horse rope outside the temple gate and walked over to ask.

Bai Zhutou sighed: "It is because there is a village on the other side of the mountain, which has not been damaged by the barren water. On the contrary, their fertile fields were full of grain and abundant food and clothing. These people have long been hungry and panicked, and they have teamed up to occupy other people's fertile land. Guarding the mountain day and night, they didn't dare to go down the mountain, and others didn't dare to go up the mountain, so they were deadlocked. The county lord ran away, and the residents of the village had nowhere to sue the official, so they could only complain a few times, helpless. There are often skirmishes between the two people, and these people can't do anything to stay alive! ”

Liu Che'er fell silent.

Painting Xia Shan thought of a plan, stepped forward and said: "Lord Wang, this place is only half a day's journey from the neighboring county, it is better to let Bo Yan go there to purchase a batch of grain back now to solve the urgent need." ”

Liu Che'er readily agreed, called two guards, and ordered: "You two, quickly follow Master Boyan to the neighboring county to purchase a batch of grain and quilts and come back, without delay, go and come back quickly!" ”

The two guards immediately replied, "Yes." ”

After saying that, Bo Yan immediately got into the carriage and walked away with the two guards on horseback.

Huayan was worried that his father was tired all the way, and he had to deal with official business, and his physical strength was exhausted, so he secretly put a health pill into the water bag and came to the three people who were discussing things on the side.

Liu Che'er saw that Huayan was holding a water bag in his hand, thinking that he would give it to him, and happily stretched out his hand to take it. Who knew that Hua Yan changed hands and handed it to Hua Xia Shan, and Hua Yan Hao said unconsciously: "Master, let's drink saliva first." ”

Hua Xiashan took the water bag, and said to Liu Che'er humbly: "The prince will drink it first." ”

Liu Che'er returned his hand with an embarrassed face, and said with a smile: "This king is not thirsty." ”

Seeing this, Hua Yan turned around and took a kettle and put it in Liu Che'er's hand, "Lord Wang, please drink water." ”

Liu Che'er happily took the water and said with a smile: "Thank you Yan'er." ”

"I'm going to look around." After Xiao Minglang finished speaking, he walked out with a blank face holding the sword leaning against the door.

Liu Che'er wiped the water stains on his mouth with his sleeve, and continued to say to Bai Zhutou: "This king has sent people to buy grain, and asked Bai Zhutou to gather everyone for this king first. ”

The white catcher happily agreed, and limped out.

However, after a while, he came back alone. He ran in a panic and said, "Lord Wang, my lord! Big things are wrong! The refugees in the mountains and the inhabitants of the mountains are fighting again! There are a lot of dead and wounded! ”

"What?!" Liu Che'er got up and exclaimed.

"They are still making trouble in the north, lord, my lord, go and have a look!" Bai Zhutou said anxiously.

"Take this king with you immediately!" Liu Che'er turned to the painting Xia Shan and said, "Master Hua, you stay here and wait for Brother Lang to come back, let him come up the mountain immediately!" After saying that, he hurriedly followed behind the white catcher with another guard, and hurried to the wrecked place.

Huayan couldn't rest assured, didn't say hello, took the jade flute, and hurriedly followed.

Liu Che'er, who was in a hurry, suddenly saw Huayan following behind him, and stopped in surprise.

Huayan didn't give him a chance to speak at all, and pulled Liu Che'er to continue walking, "I'm not at ease, let's go and have a look, don't ask so much, hurry up." ”

"The mountain road is not easy to walk, and the mountain is dangerous, you are a girl's house, how can you stand it, you just go back?" Liu Che'er was chattering, and at the same time opened her hands to protect her face, either afraid that the grass would scratch her, or afraid that she would fall.

"Go your way!" Huayan smiled unconsciously, overtook Liu Che'er, and took the lead.

Halfway up the mountain, I heard a noisy sound coming from the top of the mountain.

Huayan was worried that the pampered Liu Che'er would be harmed, so she protected Liu Che'er behind her and carefully investigated the surrounding situation.