Lingzhou City is far away.

The Taoist walked all the way, only to see hunger all over the place.

Along the way, I don't know how many corpses fell on the side of the road, the river was dry and cracked, and the grass could not even grow in the fields.

Although there are people, the living people look like ghosts.

The outside of Lingzhou City was crowded with victims, curled up under the heels of the city wall weakly, looking into the distance and waiting for death.

Several city gates are closed to prevent people from entering and leaving, it seems that they are afraid of the homeless people breaking into the city, the only open city gate, the soldiers are fierce and vicious, holding sharp blades and wearing armor, and those who have abnormal movements are directly regarded as enemies, and the people are like rivers.

But the Taoist easily entered the city.

The inside of the city is much better than the outside, although most of the shops on the streets are closed, there are no pedestrians on the streets, and the doors of every house are closed, but at least there is still life.

After all, it is a big city in the state capital, and many of the people living in the city are rich businessmen, dignitaries, and dignitaries, and it seems that there is no crisis of food shortage.

Leading the donkey along the avenue, a place with a high wall and a red gate appeared at the end of the road in the distance, and the situation suddenly changed.

The gongs and drums are noisy, beating and beating, and there is a lively atmosphere.

The gate was heavily guarded, and there were many carriages and horses, and the servants were either sitting in the carriage or leaning on the tea stall at the door, waiting boredly.

And inside, there is even the noisy sound of singing on stage and pushing glasses and changing lamps, and there is a faint smell of wine and meat.

When I looked up, it turned out to be the Assassin's Office.

In the official office, a group of Lingzhou officials were sitting in the hall, watching the stage set up outside singing a big opera, and the state and county parents and officials were talking to each other inside, beaming with joy.

Several of them were also worried-faced and restless.

His eyes kept looking at the two officials above the main seat in the hall, one was Lingzhou Assassin Shi Qianwen, and the other was Inspector Shi Xu Xuanming.

Halfway through the play, Liu Yuanfeng, the county guard of Anle County, finally couldn't help but stand up: "Dare to ask the two officials? When will the grain from the imperial court for disaster relief be transported to Anle County?"

"Our county was the most severely affected, and when Xia Guan first took office, nothing was accomplished for the rest of the month, and he could only watch the people starve to death, and he really couldn't wait any longer. ”

There was a lot of anger and resentment in his words, and he hurried to ask for food, but he saw that this was indeed the scene.

The originally false peaceful and festive atmosphere was suddenly interrupted.

Everyone looked at Liu Yuanfeng, the county guard of Anle County, and Qianwen, the high-ranking Lingzhou assassin, and the atmosphere became a little awkward and dignified for a while.

Lingzhou Thorn Shi Qianwen finally spoke, looked up with a smile, and suppressed the solemn atmosphere.

"Don't be anxious about Liu Junshou, some grain for disaster relief from the imperial court has indeed been transported, but there must be a charter for everything, isn't it that it hasn't been discussed yet?"

"And today is the official's 50th birthday, so don't mention this matter again, wait for the meeting, wait for the meeting, and the official will give you an explanation. ”

The drama on the stage was staged one after another, but the people in the lobby were surging, and no one could settle down to listen to the play anymore.

In the silence, the play on stage finally ended.

Lingzhou Thorn Shi Qian Wen made a color, and Xu Xuanming, the supervising historian, finally stood up: "Everyone, please come in with me." ”

The side door opened, and the Lingzhou officials rushed in, and then the superintendent Xu Xuanming immediately closed the door.

In the side room are large and small boxes, open the boxes, and they are full of gold and silver.

Shine on people's eyes and move people's hearts.

On each box, the name of each county is written.

"Everyone, take a look, are there any problems?" Supervising Shi Xu Xuanming means that after taking this money, the matter of disaster relief food has nothing to do with them, and they will take care of the next disaster themselves.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to step forward for the time being, either because they didn't want to be the first bird, or because they felt that it was too unconcealed.

Xu Xuanming seemed to understand people's hearts very well, and forcibly pulled several officials forward to unveil their hypocrisy.

"Come on, come on, you're welcome. ”

"You all deserve it. ”

Liu Yuanfeng, the county guard of Anle County, closed the box: "What the lower officials want is not silver, but grain, disaster relief food from the imperial court." ”

Lingzhou Supervisor Shi Xu Xuanming felt faceless, and snorted coldly: "If you want food, do you like to take this silver." ”

walked to the door and glanced back at Liu Yuanfeng: "I can tell you the truth, the grain has not been transported at all, and the grain trucks that arrived in Lingzhou a few days ago are all empty." ”

"This money is not sent to you by us, think about it yourself, there are a few catties and taels of toss, natural disasters are like this, this is the fate of those refugees, and your life is your own. ”

"I want to see, do you dare to take it?"

The Lingzhou Inspector was annoyed by Liu Yuanfeng, the county guard of Anle County, and threw away his sleeves.

The various officials in the room looked at each other, and finally someone reached out, and with the first there was the second.

In the end, only a few people were left in anger.

The others then came out to participate in the birthday celebration of Lingzhou Thorn Shi Qianwen, and the supervisor Shi Xu Xuanming and Thorn Shi Qian Wen glanced at each other, with a smile in their eyes.

Seeing everyone come out, Qian Tingshi laughed and invited the officials from Lingzhou to raise a glass and drink together.

"Today, the official is 50th birthday, so the city's opera troupe, opera troupe and many people are invited to participate, and everyone gathers together to spend the difficult time. ”

"It can be seen that my Lingzhou officials care about the people, and they don't forget to enjoy with the people on their birthdays. ”

The audience raised their glasses to flattery.

Supervisor Shi Xu Xuanming was happy, and he had forgotten the unpleasantness of the county guard of Anle County just now, in his opinion, this person was already a dead man.

"Don't be inhibited, drink heartily. ”

At this time, there was peace on and off the stage.

The festive atmosphere of the birthday celebration is back, and the whole house is full of harmony.

Supervising Shi Xu Xuanming's face was flushed with drinking, and he was drunk, and he walked down from it drunk.

"Go, go, it's ugly to death, get out of here!" He immediately drove a middle-aged man on the stage who was juggling tricks down, and stood on the stage and played drunk.

The majesty brought by the vermilion official uniform made the middle-aged man obviously stronger, but he was kicked to the ground and did not dare to resist.

"Anything else interesting?" he hiccuped, looking at the table outside and the people standing on either side.

"There is a poor way!" At this time, a young Taoist suddenly walked out and attracted everyone's attention.

There were a lot of people here today, not only a whole troupe, but also some acrobatic jugglers.

Although the Taoist priest came uninvited, no one knew about it, and no one thought it was strange.

"Oh, what are you capable of as a Taoist priest?" Xu Xuanming was drunk, swaying a little forward and backward, pointing at this Taoist and asked.

The Taoist smiled, pointed to the Nine Heavens and said, "There is a strange technique in the Poor Dao, called Immortal Suo. ”

There was an uproar, and the guests and officials were amazed.

Everyone has also heard of the legend of this immortal rope, but it is only a legend, and no one has ever really seen anyone who can do this kind of magic.

Lingzhou Supervisor Shi Xu Xuanming was taken aback, and his flushed face showed joy.

"Could it be that the legend that can send people to the Heavenly Palace on the Clouds, the Immortal Suo of the Immortal Heavenly Realm?"

"Hurry up and show it to the official. ”

On the smell of wine, the official authority that regards the people as fish and meat is even greater: "If it is true, there will be a lot of rewards." ”