Hearing this, the middle-aged scribe's eyes flashed and said:

"This time the dam burst, the loss is heavy, the imperial court will definitely be held accountable to Dong Weng, what we have to do now is to allocate food for disaster relief as soon as possible, avoid civil unrest, try to quietly suppress the matter, and then turn the big thing into a small one, and try to reduce Dong Weng's guilt!"

"Yes, that's it!"

Fang Zipo was immediately shocked and stood up.

But then, he frowned again:

"If we want to make a big deal small, we have to raise the money and food for disaster relief ourselves, but Changning County has been plagued by natural disasters in recent years, and there is no much food in the warehouse, what should we do?"

"Aren't there many gentry in Changning County? They should not be short of money and food, we can ask them to raise it! ”

"The last time the dam was built, they donated money and food, and they will be willing to pay this time?"

Fang Zipoke looked at the middle-aged scribe with a hesitant gaze.

"They will!"

The middle-aged scribe nodded firmly and said deeply:

"In the current situation in Changning County, once the disaster relief cannot be provided in time, it is very easy to cause civil unrest! Together, the first to bear the brunt of the civil unrest are these gentry and big families, they should know what is at stake, after all, the civil unrest in the northwest is the best example! ”

"Not bad! When the people are in turmoil, it is not good for anyone, they should know the pros and cons! Zong Yu, you will send someone to invite those gentry now, and say that the official invites them to discuss something! ”

A sharp glint flashed in Fang Zipo's eyes.

"Yes!"

The middle-aged scribe nodded and walked out of the public house quickly.

......

Outside the county.

Zhao Yu and Xue Hu returned to the county seat in the afternoon in a carriage.

However, unlike in the past, after coming to the city gate this time, it was not so smooth.

Outside the city, a large number of victims are gathering.

Tens of thousands of people in Changning County were left homeless in this flood, and they flocked to Changning County.

After the influx of victims, the county was in chaos, and the government was afraid of chaos, so it closed the city gates not long after the flood waters receded, leaving a large number of victims out of the city.

These victims were starving, yellow-skinned, lying or sitting, and crowded the ground in a messy manner outside the city.

There were the sound of baby hooves, angry shouts, cries, and fights, and it was a chaotic mess.

Zhao Yu sat in the carriage, and while the carriage was slowly moving forward, he lifted the curtain and looked out of the carriage.

But among the unkempt victims, some were fighting for a little food, some were forcibly doing unruly things to women, and some children were sitting next to adults, shaking their bodies lying on the ground, but they could never get up again.

That scene was a miserable situation in which the people were struggling to make a living.

Zhao Yu looked at all this, his face was silent.

Xue Hu kept his eyes closed in the car, as if he felt Zhao Yu's emotions, and slowly opened his one eye:

"What? Feeling pity? ”

"Hmm!"

Zhao Yu nodded without looking back, still silently looking out of the car.

Xue Hu glanced out through the curtain opened by Zhao Yu, and said coldly:

"It is useless to have mercy in your heart! How much ability to do how much we have, our ability can only live the people of Taohua Village, these victims are the affairs of the government, we can't control it! You are a scholar, if you don't want to see this scene, study hard, and become a big official, you will have the ability to solve such a thing! ”

"Yes! I must study hard! ”

Zhao Yu turned his head and showed a firm gaze at Xue Hu.

Xue Hu tugged at the corners of his mouth and nodded.

However, when he looked up again, Xue Hu looked out the window next to Zhao Yu but his eyes were fixed.

At the same time, Zhao Yu also felt something, his head tilted towards the car, and then his body took a step sideways, avoiding the window.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yu quickly turned his head and looked at the window.

saw that on the car window, a dirty hand that was originally grabbing Zhao Yu's head was grabbing the air in the air and grabbing it on the edge of the window.

Then, with the force of that big hand, the head of a dirty and obscene man reached out to the car window.

Not only this man, but through the window of the car, you could see that many victims were rushing towards the carriage, and some of them were even already on the carriage.

When these people saw the carriage, they thought it was a big family, and they all came to grab food!

Among them, there are many people with fierce faces.

It's just that this move of the victims angered Xue Hu!

"Look for death!"

Xue Hu stretched out his leg and directly covered the face of the man who was picking the window.

Hearing only the sound of a broken nose bone, the man screamed miserably, flew backwards, and directly knocked down several people running from behind.

One move to solve the man who sneaked up on Zhao Yu, Xue Hu asked Zhao Yu to stay still, and his body rushed out of the carriage door.

When he arrived outside the carriage, Xue Hu grabbed a long wooden stick on the wheel, and directly threw a stick on the left and right sides of the pack horse in front of him, and whipped away several people who were picking up the pack horse.

"Ahhh......h

Several screams rang out, and Xue Hu swept onto the roof of the car again.

"Get out!!"

With an angry shout, Xue Hu's face was resolute, one eye was shining with a fierce light, and the long stick flew rapidly.

Suddenly.

'Bang bang' a few times, and in the midst of several screams, seven or eight men on the carriage instantly flew into the air in all directions, and finally smashed into the surging crowd, directly knocking down a crowd, and screaming all over the ground.

Turning his head, he looked at the men on the ground who were bloody, dying from the long sticks, and the crowd around them was silent, all looking at the tall body standing on the roof of the car in horror.

Looking at the evil aura revealed on that body, looking at the fierce and resolute face, and looking at the murderous aura bursting out of the single eye, the crowd of people around them swallowed their saliva and retreated in horror.

"Humph!"

Xue Hu snorted coldly at the retreating crowd, and then looked at the coachman:

"Into town!"

"Yes! Tiger Master! ”

The coachman flicked his whip and drove the carriage quickly towards the city gate.

When he was about to reach the city gate, Xue Hu, who was standing on the roof of the car, shouted at the city wall again:

"Open the gates!!"

"It's the tiger master who has returned to the city! Master Tiger, the door can't be opened, please go to the side door! ”

Someone on the city wall saw that it was Xue Hu, and hurriedly scolded the door below.

Seeing this, Xue Hu swept off the roof of the car and returned to the carriage.

In the carriage, Zhao Yu had been watching Xue Hu here, and when he returned to the carriage, he didn't make a sound, just looked at him silently.

After Xue Hu sat down, he sneered at Zhao Yu:

"What? Have compassion for me, and think I shouldn't have done such a heavy hand to those victims? ”

Zhao Yu shook his head and still didn't speak.

Seeing this, Xue Hu sneered again:

"Yes, there is, there is nothing bad to say!"

As he spoke, Xue Hu's face suddenly became serious, and he said in a condensed voice:

"Yu boy, mercy to the victims is the practice of the literati! I am from a military background, and I will teach you how to do it today! Once the victims have become a mob, put away your mercy and do what you need to do, because you never know what kind of evil intentions are hidden under their pitiful faces, and if you are merciful, you will die! If you don't beat them up today, they can eat you alive! ”

"Yes, Lord Tiger! The kid made a note of it! ”

This time, Zhao Yu finally nodded heavily, his face solemn.

Seeing this, Xue Hu didn't speak anymore and closed his eyes again.

Zhao Yu looked out the window again, but saw that he had already entered the city at this time.

The streets of the city are also full of victims, crying and grabbing the ground, full of shouts, cries, shouting, scolding, and stench, which seems extremely chaotic.

Zhao Yu watched all this in silence.

Until he returned home, Zhao Yu climbed onto the roof and looked at the helpless victims on the street from afar.

Yun An and Weaver Girl came back from helping the noodle shop, and when they saw Zhao Yu standing on the roof, they both climbed up and came behind Zhao Yu.

However, seeing that Zhao Yu was silent, the two did not dare to speak, but just stood quietly with Zhao Yu.

It wasn't until a long time that Zhao Yu finally spoke slowly:

"Are there a lot of displaced orphans on the streets?"

"Yes! Our noodle restaurant has taken in a lot of orphans in the past few days! ”

Yun An and Weaver Girl nodded hurriedly.

Zhao Yu's voice condensed:

"You two go to the street and find some orphans about ten years old, and bring them back!"

Hearing this, Yun An and the Weaver Girl were stunned.

But in an instant, Yun An's face was full of anxiety:

"No, young master! We can't bring people home anymore, Madame will beat you, and she won't agree! ”

"Who told you to bring someone home?"

Zhao Yu turned around, glared at Yun An, and then said in a deep voice:

"Didn't we get a snitch last time? Take people there and don't let anyone else know, including my parents! In the future, you teach these people martial arts and military books, and the Weaver Girl teaches them literacy and arithmetic, and I will teach them something too! ”

"This ......"

Yun An and Weaver Girl's eyes widened, and they asked in shock:

"Young Master, what are you doing here?"

"You'll find out later!"

Zhao Yu glanced at the two of them, didn't say anything more, stepped on the roof and walked towards the courtyard, leaving only the two behind to look at each other......