It was when the smoke from the cooking stove was lit, but the village seemed silent, as if there was no breath of a stranger.

A faint bonfire wandered endlessly in the village, and the smell of burning locusts filled the nose.

"Young Master, everyone in this village should have moved away with their families."

Lijia Village is not large in size, and you can see the edge at a glance. It is also in a deserted place. The locust plague naturally cannot survive when it hits, and the family is expected to move.

However, in this way, Mu Changqing went to deal with him. He was just thinking about finding a place to settle down and repair it overnight.

The large area of ​​houses has burned down and collapsed. I searched for a long time before I found a place to sit.

After simply eating some dry food I carried with me, Liu Youde hugged the package and fell asleep.

Lighting a bonfire, Mu Changqing sat in front of the fire with his chin, thinking about the current situation.

Now the locust plague in Qingping County and Hua County has been eliminated. Zhao Junjie returns to Chang'an with the results. As long as the queen is not in her mind, she should know how to do it.

Mu Changqing has no time to worry about this matter now. He has no clones and has no skills. The locust plague has started from Yuzhou. The person behind the scenes needs to think too much and know who it is.

The Xu Youqian and his son who were hidden in the dark were always a thorn in Mu Changqing's heart.

If you can find clues left by him in this Yuzhou City, you may not have the means to try to pull him off.

With one person's strength, he could indeed force himself into the Shangshu Mansion and directly kill Xu Youqian and his son, but he had another son with heavy troops on the front line, so he had to act cautiously. Without being sure, Mu Changqing would not make such a choice.

If he acted rashly, the heavy troops on the front line could not be solved, and Mu Changqing would not think that he could face an entire army alone.

While pondering, the sky gradually darkened, and a sound of horse hooves gradually moved from far to near.

Then a woman dressed in a Taoist nun led a white horse into Lijia Village.

The man seemed to have the same purpose as Mu Changqing. He saw that the sky was dark and he wanted to find a place to settle down for a night of repair.

Looking around, except for the ruined houses, only the earthen house where Mu Changqing is located can be barely inclusive.

The two met like this.

Mu Changqing had no objection, and everyone had difficulties outside, let alone the chaos now.

He dragged Liu Youde inside, moved the earthen house halfway out, and then spoke.

"If the Taoist priest doesn't mind, he can rest on the opposite side for a night."

The nun's hair was wrapped in a cloth towel, her wide robe covered her whole body, her face was covered with a veil, and only a pair of black eyes were exposed, which made people unable to see the specific appearance.

He stared at Mu Changqing for a while, as if he wanted to tell whether he was a bad person, and then he said softly: "Thank you, this donor."

The sound is round and smooth, very crisp.

Then he tied the horse and sat cross-legged on the other side of the earthen house.

He didn't care much, and filled a few more firewood to make the fire stronger. Then Mu Changqing leaned on the wall beside him and entered a shallow sleep.

No words all night.

A trace of fish white appeared in the sky.

When Mu Changqing woke up slowly, except for Liu Youde who was still sleeping with his mouth, the Taoist nun opposite him had long disappeared.

Shaking his head and laughing, Mu Changqing woke Liu Youde up.

"Go away."

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The closer we were to Yuzhou City, the more people fled on the official road.

The city is also filled with people who are fleeing to this place in various townships and counties. The huge Yuzhou City seems extremely crowded.

After all, locusts are raging in Yuzhou, and all townships and counties are suffering. Yuzhou City naturally becomes the backbone of the people.

Walking all the way to the Yuzhou city gate, Liu Youde was a little confused when he looked at the countless temporary tents outside the city.

"Young Master, why don't these people go to live in the city?"

Shaking his head, Mu Changqing pointed to a group of soldiers guarding the city gate.

The soldiers were collecting the toll fees for the people who wanted to enter the city one by one.

Seeing this scene, Liu Youde's face was as black as charcoal and cursed: "Now, these soldiers don't want to rescue the people, but they even took the opportunity to collect the people's wealth? It's so damn."

"Okay, let's go, go to the city first to find a place to stay."

He sighed, even if Mu Changqing couldn't bear it, he had no choice.

After paying the fees for the two, Mu Changqing and the others stepped into Yuzhou City.

The city of Yuzhou is also as chaotic as Mu Changqing imagined.

There were disaster victims laying mats everywhere along the streets. Teams of soldiers were shuttled back and forth across the streets, and they were arrested without asking any questions about any trouble.

So much so that although there were many people in the city, they didn't dare to speak loudly, crowded in their own small place.

There may be vendors who pass by food selling, and they want to buy some, but after hearing the expensive price, they immediately retracted their hands.

I took out the dry steamed buns in my package and broke them apart a small half of them and put them back carefully. My face was withered and my body was very haggard.

Liu Youde couldn't stand it and wanted to take out some food to distribute it to the refugees beside him. Seeing this, Mu Changqing reached out to stop him.

"Young Master..."

Liu Youde wanted to speak but stopped, but his expression was unbearable.

Shaking his head at him, Mu Changqing said seriously: "It is a good thing to be determined, but this move will easily cause a sensation. If it attracts the attention of the government, it will be inappropriate."

After sighing, Liu Youde also knew that even if he could give a few people a full meal, it was nothing more. No matter how much he could do, he could only resist turning his head and not looking at the miserable scene in front of him.

Before they arrived at an inn, Mu Changqing and the others were preparing to check in here.

There were few customers in the inn, and several guests were sitting scattered in the hall. I saw that they were rich people in the city. After asking about the price of the hotel, Mu Changqing also knew that there were few customers.

Not to mention the food and food in the store, even the price of staying at the hotel has increased by several times compared to usual.

After paying the money, receiving the room key, and instructing the store to send a table of food and drinks to the room, Mu Changqing took Liu Youde to the second floor.

After entering the room, Liu Youde was still a little angry and cursed these beasts who made money from the national crisis. The officials ignored the situation and let the Yuzhou City become like this.

Mu Changqing did not interrupt, and let him chatter over there. Liu Youde was also in a hurry to hold back what he saw and heard along the way.

It was not until the store brought the wine and food that Liu Youde stopped cursing.

After dinner, the two of them rested for a while, took advantage of the night to walk out of the inn and headed towards the Yuzhou Prefecture.
Chapter completed!