"Hey, why did you stop? Hurry up and send out food! ”

"yes, don't waste us. I'm still waiting to go home and cook and eat. After eating, you have to do your homework and recite Buddhist scriptures. ”

The people were dissatisfied and muttered, and some of them were bold enough to run to the soldiers and say, "What are you doing? Do you want to withhold food privately? Aren't you afraid of the Buddha's punishment? ”

"What's the hurry? There is an order from above to suspend disaster relief. The soldier said in a deep voice.

The news from above came from the palace shadow guards, who had always protected the emperor and only obeyed the emperor's orders, proving that the order to stop disaster relief came from Li Xingchen, so they immediately stopped disaster relief.

"When will it continue to be distributed? There has to be an expiration date, right? "The people ask questions.

Isn't this delaying people's time, waiting in line for so long, stopping when they say stopping, maliciously making things difficult for the people, delaying the time to worship the Buddha, and the emperor will compensate for it? Aren't you afraid of lowering the punishment and letting the Great Wei change the dynasty?

The soldier shook his head, "I don't know, I'll let you know then." "The order didn't say when to continue disaster relief, but it was obedient.

"Hey, it's too much, I suspect that you deliberately wanted to withhold food to stop the disaster relief."

"Hurry up! Starving! ”

The people became more and more dissatisfied.

"Starving, starving!"

Suddenly, the people were on the same side and began to protest, and one after another starved to death resounded in the sky, and even all of them surrounded the soldiers, as if they wanted to rob them.

"What are you doing?" The disaster relief soldiers drank with black faces.

Seeing this, the other soldiers came over one after another. For a while, the two sides formed a confrontation and quarreled non-stop.

"What are you guys doing?" The people looked at each other angrily, "You were directly sent down by the imperial court, you are the one who protects the people, and distributes food to the people, and now you want to beat the people and don't give food, do you want to collude with the local family?" ”

Many of the people who were able to speak the Tao and took the lead, and when the people who were jealous heard this, they also let go of their fears, and their emotions were high, and their anger was hurried, and their expressions were excited.

Many have taken the initiative to strengthen the materials in the big tank.

There were only a few hundred soldiers who provided food for disaster relief, and there were several thousand people queuing up at the scene.

When people's hearts become unscrupulous, the inferior nature will be completely exposed, and there will be a big fight between the people and the common people because of the robbery, and a rice pot will be pushed to the ground.

The soldiers' faces became more and more gloomy, and they were stunned when they put their hands on the handle of their knives and did not dare to pull them out.

At this moment, a large number of garrison troops rushed over, and the crazy people gradually came back to their senses, showing a look of fear.

The garrison leader was furious, suppressing his anger that wanted to roar, and he slowly walked to the disaster relief site, and the people did not dare to stop it, and retreated to both sides.

Soon, he followed a young man in coarse linen clothes, who was extremely noble, and that young man was Li Xingchen.

He looked at the people in front of him with a gloomy face, full of disappointment.

"What are you doing looting supplies?"

Li Xingchen looked all over the ground and was furious. How can there be such an inferior people?

"Who are you? What's the matter with you? ”

The people looked at Li Xingchen in sackcloth, and reprimanded each other angrily, although the aura exuded from his body was too powerful and terrifying, but there were many people and a lot of courage.

"What's my business?" Li Xingchen's eyes locked on one person, and the man said in a deep voice: "It's none of your business, these grains are all begged by the people and the Buddha in our Jiangnan area, and they belong to the people of our Jiangnan, why should the court withhold it?"

Since we have deducted, then we have the right to protect our own rights and interests! ”

"And the Buddha begged? So why are you robbing it? How can robbing and begging be confused? Li Xingchen laughed angrily.

The imperial court allocated relief materials from the state treasury, but they begged for them.

Facing Li Xingchen's questioning, many people panicked in their hearts, and a touch of guilt appeared on their faces.

Li Xingchen continued to question, "What you asked for is not in your hands, how can it be in the hands of the imperial court?" Could it be that the imperial court was also begged by you and the Buddha? ”

The man was stunned when he was asked, and he couldn't answer for a while, seeing that Li Xingchen was extremely noble, he guessed that he was a representative sent by the imperial court, so they didn't dare to say a lot of things in person.

"Let me tell you that the grain is sent by the imperial court, and there is no light with the gods and Buddhas. If you think that everything is given by the gods and Buddhas, then you continue to burn incense and worship the Buddha, and let the gods and Buddhas turn all the food into your homes and in front of you, and don't come to pick up the wool of the court. ”

Li Xingchen's gaze swept towards everyone and scolded.

It's just a small county town, and if it's the same in other parts of the Yangtze River, it will be troublesome.

"Ask for it." The people disagreed, "Who is rare in the things of your court, everyone, we don't want the court to be pitiful, the gods and Buddhas will give us everything, and sincerity is spiritual." God and Buddha, give me food! ”

There is one and there are two, and everyone looks up and shouts.

One of the people sat cross-legged and recited the Buddha's name, and soon one after another the people followed suit, and after a while nearly half of the people sat down.

The remaining half looked at each other, looked at Li Xingchen, and then at the people sitting on the ground praying, and asked tremblingly, "We believe that food is not given by gods and Buddhas, can we give us food?" ”

They had a supplication in their eyes.

Li Xingchen sneered, "Don't you worship the Buddha?" Keep praying, won't the Buddha give you everything?

With the grain sent by the imperial court, he thinks that he is a reward from the Buddha, so he is not afraid that the imperial court will be cold? ”

Li Xingchen said in a deep voice, the voice was so loud that everyone could hear it.

"You're right, we're ignorant. We know that we are wrong, can we receive food now? The man laughed.

They had been waiting here all morning, their chests pressed against their backs from hunger.

Li Xingchen continued to sneer, "It's okay to receive food, I have a question to ask you, why didn't the house you live in be built?" Just want soldiers to build for you? ”

Speaking of this, Li Xingchen looked at the garrison generals, full of anger.

At that time, the order was to assist the people in building their homes, and as a result, these people became free laborers, and built houses for the people for free, and not only that, but they also failed to do well, and everything was rewarded by the gods and Buddhas.

The people did not help, and even chirped crookedly, accusing the soldiers of doing something bad here and doing something wrong there.

The people who were not praying were stunned and looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

Without explanation, there will be no food distribution, not only today, but I am afraid there will not be in the future...

The more they thought about it, the more panicked they became, praying cross-legged on the ground, and the Buddha name was no longer recited, and they opened their eyes and looked at Li Xingchen directly.

If the imperial court no longer provides disaster relief, wouldn't a large number of people have to starve to death in the current situation?

Let them go to the farmland, not to mention that it takes time to grow food, then what should they do to pray to God and worship Buddha? Isn't it a waste of time?