In order to save the refugees, Shen Chen specially asked people to set up a temporary office space in the place where the refugees were concentrated, so that he could deal with the affairs of the refugees in the city.

Except for a few things that are very formal and need to be carried out on formal occasions like the county government, other big and small matters are basically handled here.

As soon as he had given the order, the official went out to deliver the message.

What about people?

After going out, he didn't find Jin Se and Ling Tianyu, so the official asked the others, and when he found Jin Se and the two, Jin Se was complaining, "It's so slow, you can't do such a little thing, no wonder you can only be a government officer!" ”

Officer: "......"

And after Jin Se finished speaking, he scolded Shen Chen, "These people are going to starve to death, and they don't give them anything to eat, and they are not even allowed to drink more white porridge, and this county magistrate doesn't know how to be on an errand, with this kind of official, no wonder this place is so poor!" ”

Officer: "......"

Sure enough, he was a person who had never been hungry.

Once you are really hungry, you will know that you must not eat more at this time, otherwise, you will hurt your stomach and get sick, and you will lose your life at worst.

The official was about to theorize, and Jin Se said again, "If I wasn't in the capital now, I would definitely complain to my father and behead this county order!" ”

And Ling Tianyu didn't say anything, he always looked at her with helpless and doting eyes.

Listening to Jin Se's mouthful of "Father Emperor", the official also had some drums in his heart, but the words that Jin Se said made him suppress the fear in his heart, and he stepped forward directly and said Shen Chen's words as they were.

"My lord said that pretending to be a princess is a capital crime, and I asked the girl to stop it in moderation, so as not to invite death."

Jin Se was so angry after hearing this, "Pretending to be a princess? This princess is Princess Zixia, how can she pretend to be one? Why should I impersonate myself? Hum! He is a small county commander who is not respectful, and if he doesn't come out to see the princess, will he still behead the princess? ”

Along the way, they also stopped in several places, but as soon as the officials in those places heard the name "Princess Zixia", they knelt down and bowed to her, arranged food and lodging, and paid tribute to gold, silver and jewelry, which was the first time that people were so slighted.

She couldn't swallow this breath, so she said to the officer: "What is the name of your county order?" You tell him that if he comes to pick up the princess quickly, the princess can still spare his life for the sake of God's virtue, but if he doesn't know what to say and doesn't know what to do, then don't blame the princess for being ruthless! ”

"Girl, our county magistrate is busy with official business......

"Busy on business, how busy? Can it be busier than the Son of Heaven on the throne? The Son of Heaven will put down all other affairs for the sake of this princess, even if it is an urgent border report of 800 miles, the Son of Heaven can deal with it later, not to mention his small county orders, could it be that these untouchable things are more important than this princess? ”

Before the official could speak, an old man not far away who was slowly feeding his grandson to drink clear porridge suddenly opened his mouth.

"The girl just blamed these servants for not giving us food, why do you want us untouchables to die at this time?"

"Don't untouchables deserve to live?"

"Isn't it a matter of the untouchables?"

After the old man spoke, Jin Se was stunned for a moment, "Bold! Licentious! What are you, dare to be disrespectful to this princess! ”

The old man raised his head and looked blankly in the direction where Jin Se was with a pair of cloudy eyes, and everyone realized that his eyes seemed to be blind.

With just one glance, he lowered his head again and looked at the little grandson in his arms.

Everyone only saw that he had been feeding the child porridge, and then they realized that the porridge did not enter the child's stomach at all, but slipped down from the corner of his mouth and stood on the child's neck.

Looking at the child again, his face was pale and bloodless, his lips were chapped, his eyes were closed, and he was obviously not angry in the slightest.

The old man couldn't see it, but he skillfully put his hand on the top of the child's head, and he gently stroked the small chirp on the child's head with his palm.

When everyone thought that he was bluffed by what Jin Se said and didn't dare to speak again, he spoke again.

"A dying pariah."

This is the old man's answer.

Then he muttered to himself.

"I have three sons and a daughter, the eldest of whom joined the army and died in battle; The second son farmed, and was forcibly requisitioned by the county to dig up some jade for the county princess to pay tribute to Princess Zixia, and was buried in the mountain; The youngest daughter was forcibly abducted by the son of a wealthy merchant, but within three days, she was tortured to death. ”

"San'er went to seek justice for my poor daughter and sued the government, who knew that the county lord and the rich businessman were relatives, and they colluded to beat my little son to death."

"Natural disasters continued, the house was washed away by floods, the grain grains were not harvested, the county government said that the imperial court did not allocate disaster relief money, and the county magistrate did not allow the untouchables to enter the county, my poor old woman and two daughters-in-law, as well as the eldest granddaughter and grandson, died of illness and starvation."

"I'm just one single seedling, and now I'm starving to death."

"The old man has one life, just one head, if Her Royal Highness the princess wants my head this life, take it."

"It's late, it's hard."

When the old man finished speaking, he suddenly stopped moving.

Someone noticed the abnormality and immediately stepped forward to check, but before his fingers touched the old man's nose, the old man fell straight to the side.

The old man died suddenly.

There is no residual heat on the body at all, and the body is directly hard.

It was as if he hadn't died at this moment at all, but had died a long time ago.

But even if he died, he held his little grandson in both hands, and did not hurt his poor little grandson.

At this moment, a gray-haired old doctor staggered over, he squatted down, checked the pulse of his grandfather and grandson, and then shook his head with a heavy face.

These grandfathers and grandchildren should have "died" a long time ago, and it is a miracle that they can survive until now.

He's dead.

I don't know who shouted, "Your Royal Highness Princess, the old man is thin and dry, hard, his head is not easy to cut, my neck is soft, you want to cut off your head, cut mine!" ”

As soon as the words fell, all the "untouchables" around looked at Jinse.

In their eyes, there is doubt and fear, disdain and hatred, and the most obvious thing is endless unspeakable hatred.

Such a look was witnessed by Jin Se when he was in the capital, and it can even be said that he was vivid.

It was when the old beggar questioned her why the soldiers were dead, why they were guarding the border, and why his eyes and his legs were hurting.

But now, these lowly people looked at her with the same eyes, as if she had killed the old man!

"Come and ...... you, untouchables"

Jin Se was furious, she wanted to say that she would pull all these people down and behead them, but before she could say anything, her hand was held by Ling Tianyu.

Ling Tianyu shook his head slightly, motioning for her not to speak again.

These commoners fled here to survive, not to die, because of natural disasters, starvation and cold.

If he changes his words again, he is afraid that he will anger these people, and then the scene will be out of control.