While several people were talking, the carriage came to the front of the prefectural office.

Song Qian got out of the carriage, looked around and found that the county was still desolate and sparsely populated, and it seemed that the place where the drought had passed was really not small.

"Song Niangzi, come quickly." He Yujin turned around and found that Song Qian was still in place, so he hurriedly walked around and pulled her towards the county mansion.

As soon as he walked to the gate, he was stopped by the officials who were guarding.

"Who's coming? What to do?"

Because there was no advance notice, it is normal for the door to be unaware.

But just when Changfeng wanted to explain, the other party waved impatiently and said, "Idle people can't enter the county mansion at will, so there is a drumming in advance. Go, go, don't get stuck here." With that, he set his hands and began to drive away the long wind.

"Do you know who we are? How dare you chase us like that?" Changfeng broke free of their hands and replied angrily.

The other person replied disapprovingly, "Who do I care who you are? Even if the king of heaven is here today, he has to beat the drum before going in! Otherwise, we all go out, and don't come to get in our way!"

Song Qian could see that they were just afraid of trouble, so he pulled Changfeng over, stepped forward and said, "Where should we beat the drum? Where is the government? Now the prefectural order can be in the government office?"

Unexpectedly, she had so many questions, and the official glared at Song Qian and replied, "The government is here, and the county magistrate is inside. But it's not something you can see if you want to, so get out of here."

It is precisely because they look at them dressed plainly and think that they are ordinary people that the two of them are so disdainful,

"Why are you like this? Aren't you afraid of being dismissed?" He Yujin couldn't help it at this time, and stepped forward to look at the two of them to warn.

Not only did the other party not perceive the meaning of He Yujin's words, but also maliciously mocked and replied, "What if you know? This place is deserted, how could the emperor in the imperial capital know what is going on here. Besides, you don't have the ability to let Your Majesty know about it."

I didn't expect to be so arrogant as a small official, which shows that the people's livelihood is inseparable from these officials.

Ji Changye couldn't stand it at this time, took out his token and put it in front of the two of them and said, "Now do you think I have the ability?"

Although they didn't know Ji Changye, they knew the content, style and function of the token, so after Ji Changye took out the token, the two of them suddenly understood that they had offended someone who should not be offended, and hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "It's a small one with eyes and no beads. I thought that the prince should not blame. The prince is magnanimous, so he spared the lives of the little ones. The county magistrate is inside, and the prince invites him in."

Although they are not sure whether this token is real or fake, but just in case, the two of them still choose to believe it first.

The very different attitudes of the two were expected by several people.

He Yujin also treated the two of them with their disdainful attitude and said, "Didn't you say that even if the Heavenly King Lao Tzu came, he would have to beat the drum first? Didn't you say that the prefectural magistrate wasn't there?"

The two of them lowered their heads and listened respectfully, not daring to raise their heads to reply, and regretted very much what they had just said, and now they only prayed that Ji Changye could kill them. Look at the book

"You go in and tell me." Ji Changye said to one of them, and the other party hurriedly got up and walked in, not daring to be a little lazy.

Song Qian came to Ji Changye's side and said helplessly: "They are all dogs and people, maybe they have long known about the drought and the people's livelihood, but they are all about themselves, which will cause this irreparable situation."

And looking at the desolate county, there are not many families here, so it's good to survive here. A good county will become what it is today, and it must have something to do with these officials. That's why Song Qian said so.

Ji Changye echoed, "Then it's really difficult to get relief here, and it's hard to succeed in a short period of time."

Song Qian nodded in agreement in response, and then the two of them followed Changfeng and Heyu in front of them into the county order mansion to meet the current county order.

Just now

One of the officials had already come in to report, so the county commander Yan Lai prepared a posture to greet him in advance, and after Ji Changye and He Yujin came in, he knelt on the ground and bowed.

He Yujin thought that he was pretending, and he must have known their identities to be like this, so he was a little disdainful and ignored him, Ji Changye had no choice but to say, "Get up."

"Thank you, Lord." When he got up, Yan Lai's head was already covered with a layer of cold sweat, because he was a small county order, he was able to see Ji Changye and He Yujin, and he was really a little anxious and nervous.

Ji Changye didn't question what happened outside just now, because there were more important things at this time, so after coming in and sitting down, he didn't give Yan a chance to greet him, and said straight to the point: "This king has found that the people in many places are hungry and suffering from the drought. And this is also the case in this county, where is the street desolate and uninhabited, where does it come from? It seems that there is something wrong with you, do you have anything to say?"

These words made Yan Lai stunned in place, looking at Ji Changye at a loss, as if he didn't know how to answer his question.

He Yujin thought that he was weak-hearted, and it was difficult to talk about what he had done, so he urged: "Why do you know that the people in the county are not happy, why are the people still not living? So what do you have to explain. If you speak, otherwise where would we know the truth?"

Because of his scruples and threats with Yu Jin, Yan Lai was a little afraid to come, so he cautiously replied, "Back to the prince, the minister has just arrived, and he has just been the county magistrate for a short time."

He was also transferred two years ago, so he has a little knowledge of what happened before, such as the drought and a series of natural and man-made disasters, and he doesn't know exactly what happened.

That's why they didn't know what to do after they came in the long night, and they didn't know how to deal with them.

At this time, Song Qian opened his mouth to comfort and said, "We just want to know something about the victims and the disaster, you don't have to be too nervous, just say what you know."

Because of Song Qian's comfort, Yan Lai quickly calmed down, hesitated for a few seconds and began to explain, "The feng shui here is not good, and it is affected by many factors. So a long time ago, there were disasters here. At first, the government government was not able to come up with some food to help the victims, but I didn't expect that the second year was not easy to find at all, but it became worse, the drought became more serious, and the food in the county government was empty, and the silver taels that were originally kept for disaster relief were also stolen. Without the silver taels, the government would have no way to provide disaster relief. The people complained bitterly, and the families who left left here one after another, wanting to make a living outside. That's why it's so desolate now."

He was also a little reluctant when he knew these things, but in reality, he still chose to compromise. I plan to hide this matter like the previous prefectural orders. I didn't expect to tell Ji Changye and them today, and tell the secret that I had been guarding for a long time.

After all, if it wasn't his business, he wouldn't just be a small county magistrate now. Even if she said these things, she had no way to solve them.

Hearing these words, Song Qian couldn't help but say to Ji Changye, "It seems that there are still many problems to be solved, so should we get involved?"

"Since this kind of thing has already happened, you can't see death without help, and pretend to turn a blind eye. So no matter what, you have to give it a try to know if you can do it." Ji Changye replied.

Song Qian thought for a while and said, "This is not a simple matter, so has the prince thought about how to decide?"

"Not yet, after all, I don't know the truth of the matter yet, so I don't want to find out what to do yet, otherwise it's easy to lose both sides and fall short." Ji Changye explained that Song Qian also understood what was going on. I didn't ask the question again.

At this time, several people listened carefully to what Yan Lai said: "At that time, I was just a member of the government, an ordinary person," so Bu Nima was a little worried. "Because of ordinary things, everyone didn't pay attention, and they didn't expect that person to be so deluded that he would steal the silver taels for disaster relief, and at that time, the disaster would not be as controllable as it struck

Come on."

He Yujin couldn't help but speak, "Do you have to have someone watching? These things were done before this temporary festival. How could anyone be unaware. There must be a ghost among you," otherwise something as valuable as silver should be taken care of, and in that case, it will certainly not be stolen. But you are completely different, in the final analysis, it is because you don't care about it, so now you have become like this, and it has nothing to do with each of you.

Yan Lai looked at He Yujin cautiously, not daring to refute what he said, he was afraid that he would make him unhappy and cause other troubles.

"Then why didn't you go to the court after the silver taels for disaster relief were stolen, Your Majesty has never been angry with others because of this kind of thing, why don't you dare?" Song Qian asked suddenly.

Yan Lai couldn't answer this question at all, so he hesitated for a long time, and finally chose to say that it was not easy for him, trying to make them sympathize with him.

"It's all because the minister was confused for a while, which led to today's big mistake. But the minister has done his best to make up for it, although there are not many people in the county now, but the silver and two that he needs are also sought by the minister in other counties and towns, although it is not much, but it can maintain a life. It's still too useless, otherwise it wouldn't be what it is now." As he spoke, he looked cautiously at the others, and he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed when he didn't find them indifferent.

Although these words did not cause any ripples, they also really reached Ji Changye's ears, so he said, "This king knows that you have also done your best to be a county commander, but you belong to the imperial court, so you should report something to the imperial court, instead of concealing it, and in the end it became an uncontrollable situation, understand?"

Seeing that Ji Changye praised himself, Yan Lai immediately smiled and replied, "Please rest assured, from today onwards, the ministers will definitely do their best, and after death, they will not disappoint the court and the people and you, and be a competent Qing official." The minister will go and investigate the affairs of the year, and he will definitely not tolerate it." One way or another. Still have to pretend in front of them now Ji Changye is enough, so that they can be convinced, Yan couldn't help but think.

And when she was complacent, Ji Changye had already seen what she was thinking.