A gentle smile appeared on her face, but she felt a little moved in her heart.
Xi Yu then breathed a little relieved, but his hands were still holding Ouyang Linlin's arms tightly, as if she would disappear as soon as she let go.
Xi Yu and the other four continued to set off on the road, and the sun shone through the gaps of the leaves on them, forming spots of light.
Xi Yu suddenly asked: "Would you like to buy a horse? Everyone is riding a horse." His eyes were full of expectations, as if he had seen the scene of everyone riding horses.
Xiaohong shook her head timidly and said, "I dare not, it's too dangerous to ride a horse." Her voice trembled slightly, and a trace of fear appeared on her face.
Xi Yu looked at Xiaohong's scared look and had to stop insisting. He sighed helplessly and said, "Okay, let's continue like this."
The others were silent, just slowing down silently.
The scenery on both sides of the road kept retreating, and their figures seemed both small and firm on this winding path.
They passed by a small forest, and mottled light and shadow intertwined on the ground.
Suddenly, several black shadows rushed out of the woods, blocking their way.
This is a group of masked people, only showing their eyes that are shining with fierce light.
One of them shouted viciously: "Robbery! Hand over all the valuable things on him!"
Xi Yu was startled first, then calmed down quickly. He sneered, his eyes were as sharp as a torch, staring at the masked man in the lead and asked, "Who are you? You dare to do this in broad daylight!"
The masked men seemed to be stunned by his aura for a moment, but soon returned to their viciousness. One of them yelled: "Stop talking nonsense! Hand over the property quickly and spare you all!"
Xi Yu took a step forward, raised his head and chest without any fear, and said, "Let you leave, otherwise you will regret it. I advise you not to make mistakes, I am not easy to mess with!"
He thought to himself: "Are you really afraid of these little thieves?"
Song Shuwen and the other two looked completely scared, which surprised the masked people.
They stood there, with a tall figure and firm eyes, as if they were not in front of them, but a few insignificant ants.
Xi Yu hugged his chest with his hands, raised his lips, and said with a hint of disdain: "I counted from one to three, and you still don't retreat, the consequences are very serious."
His eyes revealed a sense of majesty, as if he could see through everything. But he thought to himself: "These minions must let them know that they are powerful and dare not do evil again."
The masked people looked at each other, a hint of hesitation flashed in the eyes of the leader, but they still pretended to be fierce and shouted: "Don't bluff, what can you do?"
Song Shuwen took a step forward, stared at the other party with sharp eyes, and said loudly: "Hmph, if you don't believe me, just try it!"
There was no fear on his face, but he was also secretly planning a solution to his response.
Another companion clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "You are so blind!"
Xi Yu began to count: "One!" The voice was loud and firm.
The masked people unconsciously clenched the weapons in their hands and their bodies trembled slightly.
"Two!" Xi Yu's voice became even colder, as if it was filled with endless pressure.
Several masked men began to shake and their steps were involuntarily taken a small step back.
"Three!" Xi Yu shouted loudly.
Seeing that Xi Yu and others were so tough, the masked people not only did not be scared away, but instead insulted: "Things who don't know how to scare grandpas!"
While cursing, they waved the weapons in their hands and rushed towards Xi Yu and others with great momentum.
At this critical moment, several black shadows suddenly emerged from the woods beside Xi Yu. They were Xi Yu's secret guards.
They acted like the wind, appearing silently, shocking the masked people.
The masked man's footsteps suddenly paused, his eyes full of fear and disbelief.
One of them stammered: "This...how can there be any helpers!"
The secret guards were all strong in shape, with a heavy face as deep as water, and their eyes were filled with a fierce murderous intent.
The secret guard in the lead said coldly: "You dare to disrespect your master, you are tired of living!"
The masked people were already in a state of retreat at this time, but the retreat had been blocked by the secret guards.
They looked at each other, their panic in expression.
The secret guards rushed towards the masked man like a tiger going down the mountain. Their fists and feet were combined, and each move was extremely sharp.
"Hmph, let you taste the awesomeness!" A secret guard opened his eyes wide open, with a cold expression on his face. His fist hit the abdomen of a masked man. The masked man instantly bent down like a cooked shrimp.
Another secret guard kicked and kicked a masked man who was trying to resist to the ground. He snorted coldly: "Overbial overestimate one's ability!" His eyes were full of contempt.
The masked people had no power to fight back and were quickly knocked to the ground. They rolled on the ground and moaned in pain.
"Oh, spare us!" A masked man covered his injured arm, his voice trembled, his eyes full of fear and begging for mercy, and he felt regretful: "If I had known this was a hard bone, I shouldn't have taken this job!"
"Stop hitting, stop hitting, we dare not!" Another masked man shouted in pain.
Xi Yu held his hands in front of his chest, staring at all this coldly, without any sympathy in his heart: "Dare to rob us, this is the end."
Song Shuwen and the other two watched from the side, showing a relieved expression on their faces.
"War well, let these guys know the consequences of doing evil!" Song Shuwen said excitedly.
The secret guards did not stop because of the masked man's begging for mercy, but still taught them a lesson fiercely until the masked man was lying on the ground and unable to move.
After a while, Xi Yu raised his hand and signaled, "Okay, stop." His voice was not loud, but it had unquestionable majesty.
The secret guards immediately stopped and stood neatly aside, breathing smoothly, as if the fierce fighting just now was just a piece of cake for them.
Xi Yu walked forward and said with a cold look: "Removing their face towels, I want to see who is the sacred place."
The secret guards acted as they said and roughly pulled off the masked man's face towel.
They were all from Kushan people. Xi Yu had a sharp look, staring at them, and asked loudly: "Who are you? How could you appear on the territory of the Central Plains?"
A relatively thin Kushan native replied tremblingly: "Sir, we escaped from the Kushan Kingdom to come here. We really couldn't survive in Kushan, so we got here."
Xi Yu sneered, and the laughter was like the cold wind of the cold winter, which made people shudder, "Can't survive? Humph, why can't you survive here? Can't you work? I think it's just laziness!"
The man quickly shook his head and said in a crying voice: "It's not like this. We are not familiar with the place and can't find work."
Xi Yu frowned and looked disbelief, "Can't find it? That's because you didn't look for it! The Central Plains is a wealthy place. As long as you are willing to endure hardship, you can still eat without your food?"
Song Shuwen next to him looked at these Kushan people, his eyes full of suspicion and blame.
At this time, another Kushan man knelt and moved forward a few steps, begging: "We know we are wrong, please spare us this time."
Xi Yu hugged his hands with his chest, his eyes swept back and forth on them, thinking in his heart how to deal with these people.
Xi Yu turned his head to look at the secret guards and said firmly, "Take them back to the Kushan Empire."
When the Kushan people heard this, they were frightened and their faces turned pale.
One of them shouted in horror: "Sir, never! Once sent back, we will have no way to survive!"
Several people knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and the crying and begging were intertwined: "Sir, please show your compassion. We promise that we will never dare again, really don't dare!"
However, Xi Yu was unmoved, his expression was still cold, and he said coldly: "The state has its own laws. If you make mistakes in the Central Plains, you must accept the treatment you deserve. I will not change your mind just because of your few words of begging for mercy."
The Kushan people collapsed to the ground in despair, their eyes full of helplessness and despair.
But the secret guards had already stepped forward and pulled them up toughly.
Song Shuwen looked around, although he felt a little unbearable, he also understood that Xi Yu's move was to maintain the law and order.
Just as the secret guards were about to leave with the Kushan people, one of the Kushan people suddenly broke free from the shackles and tried to escape. The secret guards reacted quickly and immediately subdued him.
Xi Yu shouted angrily: "You dare to resist! Take it away quickly!"
Finally, under Xi Yu's determination, the secret guards led the Kushan people on the way back to the Kushan Empire.
After the secret guards escorted the Kushan people away, Song Shuwen looked worried and said to Xi Yu: "Prime Minister, in this way, the fate of these people is probably extremely miserable."
Xi Yu looked serious and said in a deep voice: "Doctor Song, I know you are kind-hearted, but this matter is related to the dignity of the national law. If you forgive easily, people from other countries will think that they can act recklessly in the Central Plains, which will disrupt the rules and regulations."
The group continued to move forward, and the atmosphere along the way was quite dull.
On this day, the sun was shining, and Xi Yu and others rode their horses slowly forward.
When passing by Qingzhou, Xi Yu tied the reins, turned to look at the others, his eyes flashed with light, and said, "Let's stop here for a while. I want to go to Qingzhou to sit and meet Cheng Yu."
So the four people walked towards the governor's mansion.
Xi Yu was a little expectant, thinking about reminiscing with Cheng Yu.
When he arrived at the gate of the governor's mansion, Xi Yu tidied up his clothes.
After the guard went in to report, Cheng Yu came out soon after. Seeing Xi Yu, he showed a look of surprise on his face and bowed: "Prime Minister, why are you here? It really surprised and happy for the officials!"
Xi Yu laughed and replied, "I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you so much, so I'll see you."
The two looked at each other and smiled, then walked into the mansion together.
Xi Yu smiled and introduced Ouyang Linlin, Xiaohong and Song Shuwen to Cheng Yu in turn, and then asked with concern: "Cheng Yu, what happened in Qingzhou recently?"
Cheng Yu frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "Return to the Prime Minister, Qingzhou has been quite peaceful recently, but some small matters of people's livelihood need to be dealt with, so it's fine."
He described some recent situations in Qingzhou one by one in detail.
Xi Yu nodded while listening, sometimes showing a thoughtful expression, and secretly assessing the importance of these things in his heart.
At this moment, a servant hurriedly came to report: "Sir, it's not good. A locust disaster occurred in Pingshui Village in Qingzhou. The people are suffering so much that they are praying to God and worshiping Buddha!"
When Cheng Yu heard this, his eyes widened, his face full of astonishment, and shouted: "What? Locust plague!"
He quickly turned to look at Xi Yu and said anxiously: "Prime Minister, you can wait here and go and see the situation."
Xi Yu frowned and said firmly: "Since you have met, I'll go and have a look."
Then he turned his head and looked at Ouyang Linlin, Xiaohong and Song Shuwen, and said gently: "Linlin, you three will rest here."
Xi Yu and Cheng Yu were moving forward quickly. Xi Yu said while rushing to the road: "There have been insect pests in another place before, and the people actually regard locusts as gods. This is really wrong."
Cheng Yu listened carefully, nodded from time to time, and said, "Yes, Prime Minister, this idea is indeed undesirable. We must let the people understand the truth."
The two of them rode their horses and ran quickly towards Pingshui Village, full of determination to help the people solve the problem.
Finally, Xi Yu and Cheng Yu arrived at the entrance of the village.
I saw a dilapidated temple there, and many people were kneeling there, praying devoutly to God to let the locusts leave quickly.
At this time, Li was anxiously shouting: "Don't do this, you should hunt and kill locusts!"
However, someone retorted: "This is a traitor!"
Li Zheng quickly said loudly: "There was a disaster somewhere before, and that's what the Prime Minister did!"
At this moment, Cheng Yu raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Li Zheng is right! The Prime Minister did this, and the Prime Minister has arrived!"
When everyone heard this, they all looked shocked, "Ah?" They all shouted in surprise, and then quickly looked at Xi Yu and Cheng Yu.
Someone stared at the eyes wide and said in disbelief: "The Prime Minister is here? Really?"
Some people's faces were full of doubt and curiosity, and they thought to themselves: Why did the Prime Minister suddenly appear here?
Li Zhengze looked surprised and hurriedly greeted Xi Yu and Cheng Yu, and said excitedly: "Greetings to the Prime Minister!"
His eyes were full of reverence and expectation, as if he had seen a savior.
Xi Yu's face was calm, he nodded slightly, and said, "Don't panic, everyone."
In his mind, he was thinking about how to better guide these people to correctly respond to the locust plague.
Cheng Yu also had a serious face, standing beside Xi Yu, looking at everyone with a firm look.
Xi Yu looked at everyone with a serious expression and said slowly: "Last time when I was exterminated locusts in another place, the people were against me at first, but I patiently did their work and reasoned with them." His face was full of memories, as if he had returned to that time.
The people listened quietly, with a look of thought on their faces, and their hearts seemed to be starting to shake.
Xi Yu paused, then struck while it was hot and said, "I came here today, which is also the meaning of God. This is God who asked me to help everyone eliminate insect plagues!"
At this time, the people looked at each other and some whispered: "Is what the Prime Minister said true?"
Li Zheng quickly said, "What the Prime Minister said is very true, we should believe the Prime Minister!"
Xi Yu looked at the reaction of the people and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and continued, "Everyone must believe that as long as we work together, we will definitely overcome this insect scourge!" His eyes revealed firmness and encouragement.
Xi Yu straightened his body, looked at everyone firmly, and said loudly: "The same thing is the case. If God wants to punish me, Xi Yu is willing to take it all!"
His face was full of determination, and a fearless courage was revealed in his eyes.
After hearing this, the people were shocked and they felt a little more admiration and trust in Xi Yu.
At this time, Xi Yu was like a towering mountain, standing firmly in front of everyone, bringing endless confidence and hope to everyone.
Xi Yu took a deep breath, his eyes became more and more firm. He raised his voice and said, "Friends, we must believe that man will conquer nature. As long as we work together, there will be no obstacles that cannot be overcome!" His face shining in the sun, full of majesty and confidence.
After hearing this, a warm current surged in the hearts of the people, and some people couldn't help but shout, "The Prime Minister is right, let's listen to the Prime Minister!"
Others also agreed, and the atmosphere on the scene became warm and full of fighting spirit.
Xi Yu nodded with satisfaction and continued: "From now on, we will take action. Men will hunt locusts, women will prepare tools and food, and everyone will divide the work and cooperate!" His words were concise and clear, but they had a strong appeal.
Cheng Yu looked at Xi Yu with admiration in his eyes. He stepped forward and said, "Prime Minister, I will do my best to help everyone!"
Under the leadership of Xi Yu, the people acted quickly. The originally panicked scene became orderly. Everyone devoted themselves to the battle against the locust plague with confidence, as if they had seen the dawn of victory waving in front of them.
It was not until dusk that the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the earth, covering everything with a golden coat.
Xi Yu looked at the scene in front of him and showed a gratified smile on his face. He sighed and said, "The locusts have basically been hunted down."
A hint of fatigue was revealed in his eyes, but more of the satisfaction after completing the task.
He thought to himself: This job is actually not difficult, the key is to make everyone change their minds.
The people were also full of joy and surrounded Xi Yu and said, "Prime Minister, thanks to you!"
Xi Yu smiled and waved his hand and said, "This is the result of everyone's joint efforts, thank you all for your hard work."
Cheng Yu was watching all this aside, and his heart was filled with emotion. He knew that Xi Yu had paid a lot for this moment.
At this time, the sunset was colorful in the sky, as if celebrating this victory.
Cheng Yu looked at the slightly tired Xi Yu and said with concern: "Prime Minister, hurry up and go back and rest." His eyes were filled with worry and heartache.
Xi Yu smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, I'm really tired."
Chapter completed!