The consolation money sent by the imperial court was nowhere to be found, and the villagers all said that it was confiscated by the county magistrate. And the land in the village was also confiscated to the government, and the villagers were not satisfied, so they went to the assassin to complain, and they were locked up for no reason. Recently, the price of grain in Youzhou City has skyrocketed, and the villagers can't survive, so they set up troops to attack Youzhou Prison.

"Soaring food prices?" Di Renjie noticed this keyword and looked at Li Yuanfang, who went to buy food.

Li Yuanfang replied: "Yes, my lord, when I went to the county town to purchase grain, meat and vegetables, I found that the price of grain, vegetables, and meat in this Youzhou City was quite high, even two or three times higher than that in Chang'an City. And if you want to buy a large amount of grain, but you don't have it, and you have to go to several restaurants to buy this bit of rice and noodles."

Di Renjie said, "This is a sign of food shortage. But this is strange, it is said that the war with the Turks has stopped, although Youzhou is located on the border, the land is not very barren, and there are no natural disasters and droughts. How can there be a sudden food shortage?"

One of the villagers, Zhang Laosi, also said, "Yes, this year is obviously a good year. If we don't have land to plant, how can we not even afford to eat, and we want to do rebellion?"

Di Renjie was thoughtful.

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"How's it going?"

Jin Mulan was still wearing armor and sitting behind the curtain, but this time her tone was gentle, completely different from the last time she reprimanded her subordinates.

"He's dead."

The pit viper, dressed in black robes and wearing a bronze mask, replied in a low voice.

"Great, that way, we've got rid of a big problem. Next, you just need to find a way to solve Di Renjie, and we can rest easy!"

Jin Mulan said with some excitement, but the pit viper in front of her slowly shook her head.

"No, you can't kill him yet. If he is killed, the emperor will find that there is a problem in Youzhou, and he will no longer send someone to investigate the case as he is now, but will directly let the 100,000 army overwhelm the border and slaughter Youzhou again."

"When the time comes, I'm afraid that even the earthworms in the ground will have to be dug out and split in half with a vertical knife, and it will only be a matter of time before we are discovered."

Jin Mulan sneered and said, "Hmph, now that I have the Holy Snake in my hand, I am not afraid of another 100,000 troops, let them all turn into food for the Holy Snake!"

The pit viper sighed and said, "I can kill less, or kill less."

Jin Mulan laughed back and said, "What's wrong? The sword spirit, who has always been colder than the sword, actually began to be compassionate? It was an eye-opener for me."

The pit viper said quietly, "I'm just thinking that since the holy snake really exists, then karma in the dark may also exist, and we also have to plan for our future......

Jin Mulan snorted coldly: "Hmph, when I sit on the emperor's throne, I am the true dragon emperor, I don't care what karma he is in the dark!"

The pit viper sighed and changed the subject: "If you really want to kill Di Renjie, the person next to him should not be underestimated, with my current strength, I am afraid that he is not his opponent - after the last fight, he has become more capable again."

Jin Mulan said, "In that case, don't worry, I'll find a way for you."

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At night, it rained heavily, Di Renjie was awakened by thunder and lightning in his sleep, and just wanted to get up and drink water, but found that there seemed to be a small snake next to his bed, which flashed and startled him.

Di Renjie calmed down, put on his clothes and walked out of bed, only to see that on the bed outside and in the room, Hu Jinghui was still asleep, but Li Yuanfang in the other room was nowhere to be found.

A thunderclap sounded, Di Gong turned his head suddenly, Li Yuanfang was standing at the door, the robe on his body had been soaked by the rain, but with the operation of his internal force, the water vapor on it continued to evaporate, and it was gradually drying out.

"Adult ......"

"Oh, Yuan Fang, I haven't slept so late."

「…… Yes, go and get rid of it."

"Okay, let's sleep."

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Early the next morning, the three of them got up and left from Daliushu Village, but they did not go to Youzhou City, but went deeper into the mountains.

"My lord, aren't we going to Youzhou City to settle accounts with Shi Fangqian?" Hu Jinghui wondered.

"Oh, I'd like to take another walk around here." Di Renjie said.

The three of them walked for a long time, and it was getting late, so they found a nearby family to live in. When checking in, Di Renjie said that he was Langzhong, but he didn't expect the family to hear it but it was like a treasure, and hurriedly invited him into the house.

"Look at him, it's him, I went to the mountains this morning to chop wood, and I saw him lying on a bluestone slab, which startled me. I thought I couldn't let him die like this, so I brought him back, but it seemed that he was getting worse and worse, and he didn't seem to be alive."

There was a man lying in the house of the villager named Lu Dayou, his face was dark, his eyes were closed, and his seven orifices were bleeding, as if he had been poisoned.

Di Renjie was not ambiguous when he saw this, he already had a good medical skill, and the stunt "Youmen" acupuncture, after some actions, this person really got better.

At dinner time, Lu Dayou took out the most precious food from home: boiled wild vegetables in clear water and greeted the three of them. Hu Jinghui picked the green leaves that were clumped together in the bowl with chopsticks, wondered in his heart, and asked Di Renjie what this was.

"Wild herbs, or rather, edible weeds."

"That's what they eat?" Hu Jinghui exclaimed.

"How difficult the people's livelihood is, this Youzhou city is already remote, and it has caught up with this inexplicable food shortage, so the people can only eat this."

"General Tiger has been in the court for a long time, I'm afraid that he has always been well-dressed and well-fed, and he has never seen such shoddy food, right?" Li Yuanfang said.

"That's not it, when I first joined the army, I also ate dry cakes, wild fruits, insect meat and rat meat, etc., but I didn't expect ......" Hu Jinghui shook his head and didn't continue, the chopsticks rummaged in the bowl, but he never ate it.

Lu Dayou also sent a night of wild vegetables to his sister Lu Xiaofeng, and sat opposite Di Gong.

"Dayou, why don't you eat it?"

"I, I'm not hungry......" Lu Dayou said.

Di Gong didn't answer, went straight to the pot, and opened the pot, only to see that the clear soup was low in water, and there were no wild vegetable leaves.

He took an empty bowl and dialed half of the wild vegetables in his bowl into the empty bowl, Li Yuanfang and Hu Jinghui were the same, but they brought out a bowl full of wild vegetables and handed it to Lu Dayou.

"This ......"

"You can just eat, we are a few strong and strong, and we will be fine if we don't eat a meal."

Lu Dayou saw that Hu Jinghui and Li Yuanfang were indeed strong and strong, and Di Gong was also rich, so he took a big gulp.

"Dayes, why are you living so hard? Aren't there any rabbits, pheasants, or other wild beasts in the mountains here?"

Lu Dayou sighed and said, "Two years ago, the government sealed the mountain and forbade people to go up the mountain. The bottom of the mountain is often haunted, so we have no choice but to dig some wild vegetables nearby, and if we are lucky enough to meet a rabbit, let's make do with it."

"Haunted?" Di Gong noticed this keyword and glanced at Li Yuanfang.