Chapter 20: They Just Want to Live!

Xu Lin waited for him to leave the Shangshu room and came directly to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Xiangye, I don't know where this prince got the news, he is going to investigate the disaster in Kaifeng, once the disaster is exposed, the matter of embezzlement of disaster relief funds will definitely be found out, you can help think of a way."

Li Xun, the head of the household who was meditating on the side, was also up and down at the moment, such a large sum of money, although it was only allocated by his hand, in fact, he had the most money in his hand, and he swallowed one-tenth of it!

This is the cooperation of the upper and lower officials to seek the wealth of the treasury, and there has never been a problem in the past, who expected that this time, he was targeted by this prince!

Once you get caught, there's always going to be trouble.

On the contrary, Liu Cheng, the leader of the officials, has a calm and calm face, perhaps above this court, he is the cleanest in Liucheng, because at his status, money is of little use, and supreme power is what he pursues.

But he took a sip of tea and said slowly: "You are all the arms of the prime minister, if something happens, the prime minister will help, this Central Plains officialdom is all in the hands of the prime minister, doesn't the prince want to investigate?" Let him check. ”

After saying that, he saw Liu Cheng pick up a pen and write on paper, and then handed the letter to Xu Lin: "Immediately send the letter to Yin Jiyou of Kaifeng Mansion, isn't there ten days left?"

"Let him clean up the ruined and dilapidated territory of those plagued people, and tell him to control the mouths of those untouchable officials, and since he can't solve the problem, he will solve those who can raise the problem."

Hearing this, Xu Lin suddenly showed a down-to-earth smile, and then knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Liucheng: "Xiaguan has thanked Xiangye here!"

As soon as he went out, Xu Lin directly took out a fast horse and went to Kaifeng Mansion in person.

For him, the consequences of this incident are too serious, and the crime of violating the law in the imperial history will be increased by one degree, not only will the entire imperial history platform be whitewashed, but the wives and children in the family will be beheaded!

He had to go to Kaifeng in person, and the prince had nothing to say about the arrangement there!

But at the same time, Chen Mu also made a move in the East Palace.

"Dragon City, gather two hundred people, and the palace will leave the city and go to Kaifeng tonight!"

Chen Mu took off his robe and threw it aside, and then put on a tattered old clothes.

Seeing the prince's resolute appearance, Long Cheng couldn't help asking, "Your ...... Didn't His Highness say that he would go with Xu Lin in ten days? ”

Chen Mu glanced at Long Cheng: "Do you need to explain what this palace does?"

"Tell them to sharpen their knives quickly, and preferably bring a spare one."

"Ah...... Yes, sir! ”

The so-called ten days later, it's just a disguise, just a simple message, first deceive the batch of moths in the court, and then directly serve it in a pot.

If the prediction is good, the news of the ten-day inspection has reached Kaifeng, and it is to arrest the appearance of this group of corrupt officials and corrupt officials!

At the end of dark, the two hundred armor soldiers prepared by Dragon City were already waiting in the courtyard!

Late at night, Chen Mu went out of the city directly under a secret escort.

Two hundred men galloped all night and arrived in Kaifeng at about noon the next day.

Along the way, the snow fell heavily, and the plains were covered with snow, and along the way, we passed many villages, but the houses in them collapsed due to the earthquake, and the whereabouts of the people were unknown.

After traveling for more than ten miles, Chen Mu had never seen a living person, until he accidentally tripped over a snow bag on the side of the road.

Where is the dirt bag, under this thick snow, there is a prostrate and curled up woman!

"This ...... Your Highness, no wonder there is no one, it turns out that these protruding dirt bags along the way are all ......"

Chen Mu was silent, just took care of himself to clean the snow layer on this woman's body, and after seeing it clearly, Chen Mu's heart hurt even more!

The reason why the woman was curled up was because there was a baby in her arms, and in the cold and snow of winter, the woman was like a beast, and she was tightly protected under the child.

With his own weak body, he sacrificed himself to protect his son.

But in the end, neither of them escaped the cold winter, and they both froze to death outside.

Get up and look again, in this snow, there are snow bags, if it is not covered by this heavy snow, Chen Mu really can't think about what kind of tragedy it will be as far as his eyes can see!

"It's really too many people dead, hurry up and enter Kaifeng City, this palace can't wait to talk to Kaifeng Mansion Yin."

A trace of tyranny flashed in Chen Mu's eyes, at this moment, Long Cheng finally knew why the prince asked everyone to bring an extra knife, this time Kaifeng Xing will inevitably kill many people.

Around Kaifeng City, all the buildings in the city collapsed due to the earthquake, and all the places were full of refugees.

Chen Mu and everyone were dressed as refugees, and the team was scattered all the way, and basically no one would see the clues.

"Your Highness, you see that there are officers and soldiers distributing food and clothing over there, and a lot of them are being distributed.

When I arrived in Kaifeng that day, it was already afternoon, and a large number of refugees gathered here, and Kaifeng City could not even lock the city gate.

Patches of refugees shivered in the snow, begging for help in the city, and many of them were hungry and crazy, holding some dead people directly......

That scene, even though he was the master of the Black Ice Platform and had killed many people, he didn't want to see it again.

For this scene, Chen Mu just looked at it coldly, it seemed that those bastards in Kaifeng Mansion had already begun to prepare, this was only the first day, if he wanted to come back in ten days, the corpses on the road would be gone.

"Your Highness, look over there, it seems to be burning something."

When I looked at Longcheng, I saw that it was on the uphill slope in the distance, black smoke was billowing out, and from time to time I could see some officers and soldiers going up and down, as if they were deliberately destroying something.

Chen Mu said coldly: "Go over and take a look."

The group did not take the right path, but climbed up another path.

As the distance got closer, a burnt smell gradually became stronger.

When Chen Mu saw it clearly, he was immediately stunned by what these officers and soldiers had done!

In the col, there was already a sea of fire at this moment, and the corpses of countless people were burning and rising in it, but I don't know how many people's corpses were burned, and there was already a very thick layer of black ash under the sea of fire.

"Official...... Official, please spare us! ”

"I beg you! We just want to live! ”

"Please!"

But I saw a regimental training envoy come up again with a group of refugees, compared to the ones I had seen under the city before, these refugees were almost thin and only had a layer of human skin and a skeleton!

Among them, there are old men and women, all of whom have sunken skin and flesh, like a human skin and skeleton!

The reason why I was able to go up the mountain was almost because I was dragged up by these soldiers.

"Hurry up! Don't grind! ”

When they reached the top of the mountain, these people who were swaying in the wind looked at the sea of fire below, and immediately knelt in front of this group of practitioners.

But I saw a woman holding a dying toddler and hissing for mercy: "Big ...... My lord, we just want to live! What the hell is wrong with us! ”

This should have been a very bleak scene, but the regimental training envoy only sneered: "You untouchables are too thin, the prince will come to inspect the disaster in ten days, and it is always bad to see you in such a miserable state."

Speaking of this, the regimental training envoy waved his hand: "If you want to hate, hate the prince."

In the eyes of more than a dozen desperate eyes, these people, who were already the most miserable in the world, were directly kicked into the fire pit.

As the Dao Dao was burned, a terrible howl suddenly resounded through the mountains.

By the time Chen Mu and his party struggled to run up, it was too late, and the more than ten people, along with the babbling children, were all burned to death.

At this moment, Chen Mu only felt like a fish in his throat for a while.

They just want to live, what's wrong with them!