"Why?"

The master didn't understand it very much.

Here's the thing.

In recent years, the number of displaced people has increased dramatically due to years of famine.

The city was not allowed to enter, and these homeless people had nowhere to go, and there was no source of food, so they entrenched themselves outside the city—

Because Vena City was full of people and pedestrians, the homeless people united to stop those pedestrians passing outside the city.

Nominally, they are begging for some dry food, but in fact, they are blocking the road and dragging it until passers-by are willing to give them food.

Fan Xi, the city lord of Luoyang City, has always turned a blind eye to this.

In the words that Fan Xi often puts on his lips: You can't really force these people to starve to death, right?

As a result, I didn't expect that it was this kind of laissez-faire that almost caused a catastrophe.

Last night, this group of homeless people somehow had the audacity to stop the official team escorting the exiled prisoners.

Although it is said that as soon as these homeless people saw the officers and soldiers flashing their swords, they immediately became intimidated.

However, the officers and men were still very unhappy, and they must give an explanation.

"There is no why. How can I condemn the people who stopped them and begged for some food, and they didn't attack or rob? Fan Xi put down the pen in his hand and frowned.

The master sighed, knowing that his city lord's tendon problem had been committed again.

"Although they didn't attack or rob, let's just say that he attacked and said that he robbed?"

"But ......"

"My lord, don't be foolish! Escorting the exile team this time was Xu Weicheng and Xu Jiaotou. Have you forgotten that you accidentally offended him when you were in the capital before. If he joins you after returning to Beijing, then even if Lord Youcheng comes, he may not be able to protect you! ”

Fan Xi used to be an official from Sanpin Jing, and was only transferred to Vena Book City last year.

Although the position of the city lord is calculated according to the official rank, it is also from the third grade.

But the three products of the Beijing officials and the three products of the 108,000 miles away from Beijing are definitely different.

So nominally this is a "transfer", but in essence it is a demotion of officials.

In fact, if Fan Xi's fault at that time was calculated, he should have been relegated to a farther place.

It was only because of An Youcheng's strong persuasion that Ren Fu did not demote his rank, but gave a more decent disposal.

"Think twice, city lord." The master really didn't want Fan Xi to touch his head again at such a time and make Ren Fu angry.

Fan Xi also knows this truth.

So he's very entangled.

Suddenly, the entourage outside came to report, saying that they had received news from the city gate that the chief director Yi and his entourage had just entered the city.

Master: "The newspaper sent out by the capital said that the eldest princess has left Beijing recently. I didn't expect to arrive in Vena City so soon. ”

Fan Xi hurriedly got up: "Come with me to greet him." ”

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After Xia Qingyang and Empress Yin got off the carriage, they walked for more than ten minutes on foot and arrived at the city gate of Luoshu City.

Xia Qingyang's strange all-black dress attracted the surprised eyes of the common people as always, as well as the suspicion and interrogation of the officers and soldiers at the city gate.

However, when Xia Qingyang bowed his head and told the officers and soldiers that he had a rare skin disease and could not see the sun, everyone's suspicion turned into sympathy.

"Then you're quite pathetic." The officers and soldiers closed the customs clearance documents of Xia Qingyang and Empress Yin, and returned them to her, "Okay, let's go." ”

The customs clearance document was prepared by Ren Yi looking for someone.

The degree of realism is not a problem for the officers and soldiers who fool the city gates.

"Hey, be careful."

While waiting for Xia Qingyang to load the papers, Queen Yin's eyes were quick and she held a lady beside her who almost tripped over a stone.

The eldest lady subconsciously put the basket on her arm and protected it in her arms.

Seeing that Queen Yin just wanted to help her and didn't mean to touch the basket, the eldest lady stood up straight embarrassedly: "Ahem, thank you, girl." ”

"No thanks, there's a lot of gravel here, you should be careful."

Maybe it was Queen Yin's gentleness that made the eldest lady even more guilty of the suspicion just now. The eldest lady took the initiative to walk with them and accosted:

"Hey, girl, is this your father-in-law?"

"Yes."

"You're from outside, aren't you? I'm so lucky, if I had come yesterday, I would have been robbed by the gang of homeless people outside the city. ”

Empress Yin felt Xia Qingyang squeeze her hand, so she asked very tacitly: "What about those homeless people now?" ”

"I was arrested by the city lord last night, and now there are only a few left. If you want me to say, it's long overdue to drive them away. ”

"Why?"

"Alas, it's all forced. At first, everyone was sympathetic to these displaced people. No, the nobles in our Luo Book City also gave porridge in the first two years to help these people. At that time, we ordinary people can also line up and mix a mouthful of food. Who would have thought that later, there were more and more homeless people, and they were insatiable, and they began to stop passers-by, and they wouldn't let you go if they didn't give them food! Tell me, this is not what it is! ”

Empress Yin nodded, expressing sympathy.

The eldest lady then talked about it and continued: "So in the past two years, the nobles in our city have rarely given porridge. Hey, by the way, there's still a bunch of people around the red tablecloth, and they always come to the soup kitchen. We didn't know before. Now I heard that this seems to be the eldest princess who was a general, and it is not easy to pity us ordinary people, so she secretly did a good deed. ”

Queen Yin followed the eldest lady and sighed for a long time that the eldest princess was kind.

From this point of view, Su Quan and Ye Jingqing have completed their tasks along the way.

The people's impression of Ren Yi has been added to the former "heroine" as a good person who is dedicated to the people.

"Auntie, what are you putting in this basket?" Xia Qingyang suddenly interjected and asked.

Not only the eldest lady, but also the rest of the passers-by who came in and out of the city gate were also carrying small baskets.

Xia Qingyang glanced at it and found that it seemed to be filled with vegetable leaves.

"Well, that's not ...... Let's go out and dig some wild vegetables. The eldest lady hid the basket behind her, and said with a smile, "There is no food at home, so many people can't be hungry when they eat." ”

"This basket is enough for a few meals."

"Just one day."

Then without saying a word, the eldest lady left in a hurry.

"What's wrong with Auntie?"

Queen Yin found that the eldest lady's final attitude seemed to be a little strange, but she didn't understand the reason.

Xia Qingyang paused and did not answer immediately.

The dirt on the cuffs of this lady's pants is black.

On the way here, Xia Qingyang lifted the curtain on the carriage and took a look.

She remembered that there was no dirt of this color within a radius of several kilometers around the area.

I guess all the wild vegetables in the neighborhood have been picked, so I have to walk a long way to find them.

The lady's attitude is easy to understand - probably because she was afraid that we would ask her where the food was picked from, so she left in a hurry.

Looking at it this way, even in Vena City, the famine situation is not optimistic.