Seeing that their husband and wife were like this, Cui Yuanting didn't want to be reluctant, reached out and untied the jade pendant on his waist and handed it to Liu Er.

"Cui is here, and he will definitely solve the food price problem for you. You can exchange this jade pendant for some food, at least three days, at most only five days, and the price of grain in the city will inevitably drop. But there is one thing - you are never allowed to sell women. ”

On what basis does this man say that he can solve the problem of food prices? Do you want to give yourself a jade pendant?

Liu Er was stunned there, looking at Yu Pei who wanted to take it but didn't dare to take it.

Seeing this, Cui Yuanting handed the jade pendant to the boy and said, "This little friend, you are a responsible man, exchange this piece of jade for some food, find a way to spend these few days, and take care of your aunt and sister." ”

The boy looked at Cui Yuanting deeply, knelt down, kowtowed to him three times, and then raised his head and said, "May I ask the benefactor's surname, I will repay your kindness in the future!" ”

Cui Yuanting stuffed the jade into the boy's hand and smiled slightly: "No need, hurry up, remember my words, and remember to let your family go to the city to have a look at the rice shop in three days." ”

After saying that, he walked away, leaving only the family behind his back to keep thanking him.

Xu Lingfu took what he had just happened to him in his heart, and was glad that he had taken the right risk this time.

This Cui County Order has been good so far. At that time, she chose to take refuge, not without thinking about what to do if the county magistrate's heart was not as beautiful as his face.

Now she seems to be a little more relieved.

A penniless person like her (the money was all taken by her to ask for a doctor and thank the fisherman), in order to solve the urgent needs of the common people, he gave him a jade pendant with him, and he refused to show his identity, and he had no other witnesses except for himself, which shows that he is not for fame and reputation.

"What are you thinking?"

Cui Yuanting suddenly asked, and Xu Lingfu immediately said: "The county respects benevolence and benevolence, loves the people, and his subordinates are really moved!" ”

This young county magistrate looks like he is not a weak crown year, but he has a sense of dignity, and Lingfu doesn't know how to deal with him.

But it is right to appropriately raise the "fart content" in the discourse in front of the leader, right?

What's more, she really felt that Cui Yuanting's actions just now were quite moving.

Cui Yuanting: "......"

This girl, your expression is not very distracted, you know?

"Little lady Xu, this is not a county government, and you are not really a retinue, don't take a county respect, my surname is Cui Mingheng, the word Yuanting, you and I can just call your name."

Xu Lingfu thought about it and made sense, Cui Yuanting was alone and in civilian clothes, and they were not real masters and servants between them, so naturally they couldn't be called lords and the like, so they nodded congruently: "Yes, Brother Yuanting." ”

For the rest of the journey, Cui Yuanting was even more silent.

What he saw along the road made Cui Yuanting's heart quite heavy. He was young and promising, he became a jinshi at the age of twenty-five, and the saint saw that he was a rare talent, and he had intended to let him seek a job in Beijing, and the road to promotion in the future would be more accessible.

However, after eight years of rebellion, half of the Great Xuan Dynasty and Thailand suffered military disasters, especially in Hedong and Henan. When he was a teenager, his ideal of helping the world made him take the initiative to ask Ying to go to a place where the people were in serious distress to do a career.

Before leaving, he had gone to Yousi to learn about the situation in Chuyi County, so that he could know it well. But when I went to this place with my own eyes, I found that the problem was more serious and complicated than I thought.

The county seat of Chuyi was already in sight, the first time he made a county order, before he arrived at the place, all the entourage was killed, how could he not be frightened?

Looking at the three wind-eroded words "Chuyi County" on the city gate, Cui Yuanting unconsciously touched the wound on his shoulder.

It was strange that the gang of bandits besieged the nine of them by the river that day, and the goal was not money, but his life.

What's more, the place where he was attacked was only more than ten miles away from the county seat, and the official document of the official department should have been sent to Chuyi, and according to the custom, there should be a servant with a chariot and horse to greet him outside the county, but not only did he not see the person who greeted him, but he was almost killed by the attack!

This forced him to be more cautious.

Cui Yuanting and Xu Lingfu entered the city gate, and walked forward dozens of steps, when suddenly there was a commotion from the opposite side.

A group of yellow-clad servants walked around with a few people shouting. The twisted man had many dirt marks on his body, and some of his face was bloodstained, as if he had been the victim of a struggle.

The man who was at the front of the guard shouted to the onlookers, ignoring the blood dripping from his face: "Wronged! We are all the people of this place, not thieves, and we bought those rice with great difficulty, and the yamen can't stop us from eating! ”

Several other people also shouted that they were wronged, and the onlookers pointed fingers.

The lead officer struck the man in the back with a stick, and the man was knocked to the ground.

The officer said angrily: "You thieves still dare to quibble, the rice shops in the county have not been opened in the past two days, where did you buy the rice!" If you dare to be hard-mouthed, you will eat me a few sticks! ”

The man who fell to the ground spat out a mouthful of blood foam from his mouth, and his eyes were full of grief and indignation: "You corrupt officials and corrupt officials who have been killed by heaven control the rice market, so that we can't afford to buy food and can't eat, aren't you afraid of retribution?" ”

The officer struck him with a stick and scolded: "If you are full of nonsense, Lao Tzu will beat you to death!" ”

It's rice again!

The shortage of rice and grain is a big knife on the heads of every Chuyi people, and Xu Lingfu is also a victim of this knife.

If it weren't for the fact that the family was really tight, and they had to sell the book collection left by Xu Lingfu's deceased father for money, the Qu family would not have been lured by Xu Da's family to repay the money and let Xu Lingfu be a guest.

Therefore, when she saw the people who were being oppressed on the street, her heart also became sad and angry, and she couldn't help but step forward, when suddenly a hand grabbed her.

She turned her head to look, and saw Cui Yuanting take a few steps forward, came to the messenger and shouted: "Stop!" ”

The servants were in the mood for a fight, when they heard that they had broken off and looked up, and saw a young man dressed as a gentleman, and they didn't pay attention to it.

The led messenger closed his eyes a few times: "Where did the idlers come from, dare to do a lot of things in front of their grandfathers?" ”

Cui Yuanting solemnly snorted: "Whose grandfather are you?" If you dare to be presumptuous on the street by being an errand in the yamen, and be ruthless to the people, who will give you the right? ”

Cui Yuanting is a gentle and elegant person, but he can always be angry and arrogant when necessary.

Lingfu has relaxed a lot in the back, and the county orders have come forward, these people should no longer be bullied for no reason, and she now wants to see how these fox and fake tiger servants end.

Sure enough, the errand wiped the foaming star on his mouth, his face showed a ruthless face, and he raised his chin to the rest of the errand servants-

"Brothers, there is a report from Li Zheng this morning, more than a dozen corpses were found by the river in the suburbs, I see that this kid is very raw, maybe it is a gang of bandits, let's take him down, go back and torture him carefully!"

A few errand servants rushed to Cui Yuanting!

There were unbearable people in the crowd who reminded loudly: "Run, don't let them catch it!" ”