Jiao Guang smiled and nodded: "Yes, with these grains, the problems of the victims can be solved!"
When Wei Changfu heard this, he just chuckled and said, "Your Majesty cares about the people. It is really a blessing to the people of Lantian County."
Jiao Guang stroked his beard and said with a look of compassion on his face: "The people of Lantian County are really suffering from such a disaster. As a citizen of Lantian County, I cannot save the people from the fire and water.
The officer really feels guilty."
Chief Registrar Jiang Ling said sternly at the side: "Your Excellency is indeed my father-in-law of Lantian County. If the people of Lantian County know that Your Excellency misses them so much, they will definitely be grateful for Your kindness."
On the other hand, the inspector Niu Wuwen said angrily: "Sir, that's just plain rice. Isn't it so cheap for the refugees?"
Jiao Guangdan glanced at Niu Wu and said: "Niu patrolling and relieving the victims is the decree of the imperial court. Those grains are distributed by the imperial court to provide relief to the victims. As officials of the imperial court, how can we control the imperial court?"
The will is ignored.”
Several people present listened to Jiao Guang's words but their expressions remained unchanged, especially the several Lantian County grain merchants headed by Wei Changfu, who all had smiles on their faces.
At this moment, Wei Changfu was heard saying: "I heard that these thirteen thousand shi of grain are just the first batch of relief grain, and more grain will be shipped in the future."
Jiao Guang nodded when he heard this and said: "Yes, after all, there are so many people in Lantian County, and the food of more than 10,000 shi will not be able to last for a long time. The imperial court will continue to allocate money and food in the future, so that the people can at least have a bite to eat."
Hearing what Jiao Guang said, the excitement in the eyes of Wei Changfu and others became more and more obvious.
Wei Changfu stroked his beard, glanced at Jiao Guang and others, and said slowly: "Sir, what are you going to do with this batch of grain?"
Jiao Guang glanced at Wei Changfu and the others meaningfully and said with a chuckle: "Of course it will be used to help the victims."
When Wei Changfu heard the words, he understood immediately. With a smile on his lips, he whispered: "Yes, it is to help the victims."
"Hahaha"
Suddenly, the hall was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
Xi'an Prefecture
Since the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang had the practice of conferring princes to sit in places, and Xi'an was the first vassal of the Ming Dynasty, the fiefdom of the Qin vassal.
It can be said that everyone knows that the royal family of the Ming Dynasty has many descendants, but this is not very applicable to the Qin vassal.
The remaining vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty all had flourishing branches and heirs, and there were often three or five heirs who would inherit the title of prince or county king.
However, the inheritance of the throne of the Qin vassal, the first vassal in the Ming Dynasty, was extremely difficult. Most of the vassals were extinct. In the past three hundred years, the prince's lineage was transferred as many as six times. There were many vassal kings in the Ming generation, but this was only one example.
How simple Qin Fan's descendants are, it will be very obvious if you compare them.
By the 18th year of the Wanli reign of the Qin dynasty, there was only one family of Prince Yongshou in the surviving prefectures. At the same time, the most powerful line of vassal kings, the Zhou kings, had forty-six prefectures and kings in office at the same time.
The prince of this generation was Zhu Weizhuo. His father, King Lintong, succeeded his cousin King Qin and died young at the age of forty, leaving behind Zhu Weizhuo who was only three years old.
Because Zhu Weizhuo was too young, the imperial court was worried that Zhu Weizhuo, a three-year-old child, would die early, so his great-aunt temporarily took charge of the palace affairs. He did not officially inherit the throne until he was ten years old.
This year, King Zhu Weizhuo of Qin was nearly eleven years old. It is conceivable that all the power in the palace was in the hands of his great-uncle, Princess Liao.
Although Zhu Weizhuo has been in charge of the palace for the past ten years and has inherited the throne for a year, he has no say in the affairs of the palace.
When the Liao family was in charge of the palace, they promoted Liao family members to take charge of all matters in the palace. Therefore, it is not so much the young prince Zhu Weizhuo who has the final say in the current Qin Palace, but it is better to say that the Liao family has the final say.
On this day, Liao Yong, who was the chief steward of the palace, asked Liao Yongguang, "How is the news that I asked you to inquire about? Has the relief food from the imperial court arrived in the capital?"
Liao Yongguang nodded repeatedly and said: "Father, my son has already inquired clearly. Hundreds of thousands of stones of grain have been put into the treasury at this moment. We can only open warehouses to release grain to help the victims..."
As he spoke, Liao Yongguang's eyes flashed brightly and he said: "Father, my son asked someone to inquire and found out that these grains were originally prepared to be transported to the capital. They were all high-quality Huguang rice. It is really a pity to just use them to relieve the victims."
Already."
Liao Yong couldn't help but licked his lips after hearing this, and said with greed in his eyes: "How is the repair of the grain cellar that you sent someone to supervise the construction?"
Liao Yongguang said hurriedly: "Father, my son ordered people to repair two more grain cellars, which can hold tens of thousands of stones of grain."
Liao Yongguang looked at Liao Yong expectantly and said: "Father, we secretly transferred tens of thousands of dan of grain from the palace treasury. At the current price of grain on the market, if we resell it, it will cost ten thousand dan."
Tens of thousands of taels of silver."
However, Liao Yongguang said with some worry: "But so much food has been transported away, if it is discovered by other people in the palace..."
Liao Yong chuckled and said: "Your aunt is the great-uncle of the current King of Qin. Everything in the palace is not your aunt's business. As for the young prince, what does he know?"
With a slight cough, Liao Yong glanced at Liao Yongguang and said, "Let someone prepare the carriage. I'm going to see Wu Shenzheng."
Wu Wei, who participated in the politics of Shaanxi, was a senior official of the third rank of the Chief Envoy. When the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi was taken down by the imperial court, although the imperial court appointed a new Chief Envoy, compared with the Chief Envoy who had just come down,
, it is Wu Wei, the former political envoy who has just been promoted to right chief envoy, who really holds the real power.
Of course, the Chief Envoy from the Left must have an advantage over the Chief Envoy from the Right. But the Chief Envoy from the Left sent by the imperial court had just arrived. It can be said that the people in Shaanxi were confused and wanted to straighten things out.
Months are obviously impossible.
If it's a normal day, it's nothing. It's just a month or two to get familiar with government affairs and personnel relations.
But disaster relief is now in the spotlight. If he wants to provide relief to the victims in the shortest possible time, even the new chief minister must rely on these local officials in Shaanxi.
Wu Wei is obviously the most powerful and influential among these officials.
Wu Wei was obviously not an ordinary person who was able to escape the purge of the Chief Envoy. This person was a protégé of Li Dongyang, the current chief minister. It was this person who submitted a memorial together to expose the inside story of the disaster in Shaanxi.
Because of this, Wu Wei escaped the purge and was appointed by the imperial court as the chief envoy of Shaanxi Province, Si You.
Wu Mansion
The Wu family has been taking root in Xi'an for more than ten years. During these ten years, Wu Wei was promoted from the Chief Envoy Councilor to the Political Councilor. Now, with a memorial that exposed the disaster in Shaanxi, he was promoted to the second-in-command of the Chief Envoy Department.
, the position of right chief envoy can be said to be a prosperous official career.
It was precisely because of Wu Wei's relationship that the Wu family flourished in Shaanxi Province and gradually accumulated a lot of family property.
This mansion covers an area of several acres. Although it is not considered luxurious, if you rely solely on your salary, you will never be able to buy such a large mansion.
Of course, the entire Ming Dynasty officials were like this, so in comparison, the luxury of Wu Wei's mansion was acceptable, at least not that exaggerated.
As Wu Wei was appointed as the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province, Si You, and the decree was issued to temporarily provide relief to the victims, it can be said that the Wu family became lively.
Almost every day, a large number of carriages appear in front of the Wu family's residence. Whether they are officials, local gentry, or wealthy businessmen, they all appear in the Wu family's house.
As night fell, a carriage with a token from Prince Qin's Palace stopped in front of Wu's Palace.
A figure stepped down from the carriage. If it wasn't Liao Yong, the chief steward of Prince Qin's palace, who was it?
Liao Yong, dressed in rich brocade clothes, stepped off the carriage and entered the Wu Mansion directly.
In a small hall, a man about forty years old was standing there in a green shirt. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he immediately turned around. When he saw the person coming, he couldn't help but smile on his face.
Showing a bit of a smile, he cupped his hands and said: "Manager Liao, you sent someone to summon me and came to see me today, but what's the matter?"
This person is none other than Wu Wei, the new right chief minister who is the most popular in Shaanxi officialdom today.
But listening to Wu Wei's words, it is obvious that the relationship between Wu Wei and Liao Yong is extremely unusual.
Liao Yong cupped his hands at Wu Wei and said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, I just came to settle accounts with the chief envoy!"
Wu Wei couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, while Liao Yong took out an account book from his arms.
Liao Yong handed the account book to Wu Wei and said: "Your Majesty, the Chief Envoy, you might as well take a look. This is the income of our two jointly run grain stores this month."
Wu Wei heard the words, took the account book, lowered his head and looked through it, while Liao Yong on the side said: "This month, we sold a total of 30,000 shi of grain reserves, and made a total profit of nearly 70,000 taels of silver. According to the agreement, my Liao family only
Take 10% of the purchasing fee.”
When Wu Wei heard this, a smile appeared on his lips, he nodded with satisfaction and said: "Manager Liao is doing things, Wu is very relieved."
Liao Yong whispered: "In the evening of Yinzi, I will order my son to bring someone to escort him over. Then I will send someone to take it over."
Wu Wei smiled and said: "This is indeed a good job for you."
Liao Yong smiled and said: "It is Quanzi's honor to be able to serve you."
The two of them had already sat down. Wu Wei poured tea, pushed one cup to Liao Yong and said, "Manager Liao is here now, not just to deliver this account book to Wu."
Liao Yong chuckled and said, "Didn't Liao hear that the hundreds of thousands of stones of relief grain allocated by the imperial court have been put into the treasury, so he came here to see if he could get a batch of grain out. Now
At this time, food is money."
Wu Wei couldn't help but frown when he heard this. Looking at Liao Yong's expectant look, he slowly shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to handle!"
Liao Yong didn't seem to notice the change in Wu Wei's troubled expression, and chuckled: "What's so difficult about this? Didn't you just take advantage of the time when the Chief Envoy Si Yamen was panic-stricken, and you and I went to our own house?"
The stored grain was secretly transported out of the warehouse, and then all traces were burned away with a fire. Finally, the blame was put on those two people, making them take the blame."
As he spoke, Liao Yong looked at Wu Wei with an expression of admiration and said: "Your Excellency, you are really good at planning. Taking advantage of the panic of those two people, you made a decisive move and directly emptied the government's food inventory. Now those two people are afraid that they will die."
They all thought it was the other party's fault. Even if they were beaten to death, they would never have thought that it was you who set the fire."
Glancing at Liao Yong indifferently, Wu Wei frowned and said: "Don't mention this matter again. If it falls into the ears of others, we will probably die."
Liao Yong said with a smile: "Don't worry, sir. I know very well about such a big thing. No one else knows about it except you and me."
Seeing Liao Yong's nonchalant look, Wu Wei took a deep breath and looked at Liao Yong and said: "Now the inspection censor sent by the imperial court, as well as the Third Division and even the Jin Yiwei are all staring at the treasury. It can be said that at this time, you want to stay in the dark.
I feel that the difficulty of sneaking food out of it is absolutely beyond imagination."
Liao Yong just smiled and said: "Although this matter is difficult, it will definitely not be difficult for you, sir. The Experience Department, Ambassador Ku, and Ambassador Cang are all your confidants. Since we can evacuate the place without anyone noticing,
Treasury, then it’s okay this time.”
Liao Yong said in a low voice: "Sir, the amount of food on the market now has increased to the point where one stone of food is nearly five taels of silver. Even so, it is still priceless and has no market. I dare not say that there is more, even if it is a relief effort."
If you secretly dig out tens of thousands of stones from the grain, that would be hundreds of thousands of taels of silver."
Wu Wei's breathing couldn't help but tightened. He looked up at Liao Yong and said, "What you said is easy. Tens of thousands of stones of grain is not a small amount. If we are discovered by then..."
Liao Yong said disdainfully: "We are all our people from top to bottom in the treasury. When the time comes to provide relief to the victims and open warehouses to release grain, it will be our people who will operate it. How much grain should be released? In the end, isn't it what the adults say?"
"
Wu Wei couldn't help but be moved by it. Just as Liao Yong said, the entire treasury system belongs to him. Even if he pushed a few people out to support the fire because of the fire, but under his
After being promoted to the right-hand government, after some operations, the entire treasury system was controlled by his confidants.
Now in the treasury, the hundreds of thousands of stones of grain that the imperial court had just allocated were a great temptation for Wu Wei.
Previously, I had to suppress my inner greed and not let myself go after the food, because there were too many people staring at the food, and if I didn't stop, I might be discovered.
But what Liao Yong said at this moment was so tempting that if he casually produced tens of thousands of shi of grain, that would be more than ten or two hundred thousand taels of silver. After that, there would be no such store in this village.
Seeing the excited look on Wu Wei's face, Liao Yong smiled and said: "Sir, you can rest assured, Xi'an Prefecture is our territory, and the powerful dragons can't overpower the local snakes. What's more, everyone up and down is ours.
Not to mention tens of thousands of kilograms of food, no matter how much it is, it is impossible for anyone to discover it."
Wu Wei took a deep breath, glanced at Liao Yong and said slowly: "This matter is of great importance, let me think about it carefully. I will give you a reply tomorrow, Manager Liao."
Liao Yong smiled when he heard this and said: "In that case, I will wait for the good news from you."
In Lantian County, on the dry and cracked ground outside the city gate, countless refugees gathered in the dark surroundings. At a glance, it seemed as if they were seeing a group of walking corpses.
A pair of eyes full of expectation looked at the closed city gate. They received the news that the government would give porridge to the people today.
If the news is true, then they have hope of survival. If the news is not true, then they really have no hope at all.
Just as countless eyes were looking forward to it, the city gate opened with a creak, and then a group of officers were seen waving the scabbards in their hands and shouting loudly to drive away the people blocking the city gate.
Suddenly there was a messy scene in front of the city gate, with shouts and cries. It took half an hour before a clearing was cleared outside the city gate, and large pots were set up one by one.
Seeing this scene, the originally crowded and noisy crowd suddenly became silent, and countless eyes fell on the rice that was poured into the big pot.
Although the rice grain is obviously a little black, and it looks like the kind of accumulated bad grain at first glance, in the eyes of the extremely hungry people, as long as it is grain, it is the most precious thing. As for whether it is spoiled grain, that doesn't matter. what relationship.
They were so hungry that they would eat grass roots, tree bark, and even soil. As long as it was food, they didn't care whether it was good or bad.
A sour smell mixed with the aroma of food gradually spread, and the porridge cooked in dozens of large pots was obviously a little black, but in the eyes of countless hungry refugees, it was something that could save lives.
At this moment, a group of officers came out of the city surrounded by several people in official uniforms.
The leader was none other than Jiao Guang, the magistrate of Lantian County, as well as the chief secretary Jiangling, the inspector Niu Wu and other county officials.
Jiao Guang walked out and walked to a big pot. Suddenly, a sour smell hit his face. The faintly black rice porridge in the big pot was rolling, and the sour smell hit his face. Jiao Guang smelled the smell. , looking at the blackened rice porridge in the big pot, Jiao Guang felt a sense of vomiting surge in his chest, and he almost spit out the meat and wine he had just eaten not long ago.
Frowning, Jiao Guang glanced at Jiang Ling, the chief clerk who was following him. Jiang Ling had obviously seen what was going on in the cauldron. Feeling Jiao Guang's gaze, he coughed lightly and couldn't help but explain: "Sir, that's right. Regarding these grains, Wei Yuan and other officials felt that the Lord was really kind to these refugees. According to what he said, the Lord should replace the relief grains with bran. Besides, this food cannot kill people. If you can eat rice grains, Even if it is broken, it will be an advantage to these people."
Jiao Guang looked at the crowd, then at the people around him, with a look of compassion on his face and said: "Hey, the sky has no eyes, how could the people deserve such a catastrophe, how could the people deserve it..."
As he spoke, Jiao Guang climbed up to the high platform and looked at the people around him with red eyes and tears streaming down his face. He bowed to the people around him and said, "Fellow fellow countrymen, I, Jiao Guang, am a parent and official, but I cannot help the victims or protect them." You are so considerate, I am really ashamed. Seeing everyone like this, I feel heartbroken... wu wu wu..."
Some people couldn't help but bow down to Jiao Guang and shouted with all their strength: "Your Excellency is a good official. Master Qingtian is still alive..."
"Master Qingtian is alive"
Jiao Guang said something more, stretched out his hand to wipe the tears from the corner of his eyes, and shouted: "Dear fellow countrymen, the imperial court will not ignore this catastrophe, and I will not ignore it. Now the imperial court has sent relief food.
, I will set up a porridge shed here and distribute porridge every day. As long as I am here, I will never let any of my Ming people starve to death..."
"Long live your Majesty, long live the Ming Dynasty..."
"Long live your Majesty, long live the Ming Dynasty..."
Jiao Guang shouted: "Start serving porridge!"
Groups of victims lined up to receive porridge and soup.
There are very few rice grains in each bowl of black porridge soup, and the rice grains are probably not enough for one mouthful. But for these extremely hungry people, such a bowl of porridge is equivalent to survival for them.
hope.
On the official road, dust was flying, and a group of people and horses galloped in a hurry.
It was Yue Buqun who stood immediately, and next to him was Gu Yuzhang, who was dressed in casual clothes. {Gu Qianfan was changed to Gu Yuzhang. I didn't want to be criticized by others, and I coded every day, and I didn't have time to read the novel.
, why are you watching TV? I just picked a name randomly and ended up crashing the car.}
Yue Buqun said to Gu Yuzhang: "Mr. Gu Qi, Lantian County should be in front of us."
Gu Yuzhang hurriedly said to Yue Buqun: "Back to my lord, we are in front of Lantian County, which is still hundreds of miles away from Huayin County."
Yue Buqun nodded slightly. Although the Huashan Sect's sphere of influence was within Shaanxi, it did not mean that he knew all the places in Shaanxi.
Former Yue Buqun received news from the general banner of Huayin County that a group of people from an unknown force had attacked Mount Huashan.
The strength displayed by that group of people is extremely strong, and the leaders are three top-notch players. If Lu Mingzhong, the general banner of Huayin County, had not come to help in time, I am afraid that Huashan would not have been wiped out.
There will be heavy losses.
After receiving the news, you can imagine the anger in Yue Buqun's heart. After making some arrangements for Qianhu Station, he took dozens of elite Jinyi Guards and rushed to Huashan Mountain.
He wanted to see who it was that dared to attack his Huashan sect. Did he really think that his Huashan sect was easy to bully?
While he was on his way, a spy from the Imperial Guard came galloping forward on horseback.
Because Yue Buqun did not want to reveal his identity, he did not wear the official uniform of the Jin Yiwei, but wore ordinary clothes.
Even so, there were dozens of people in the group, and they were full of evil spirits. Even if they were wearing regular clothes, one could tell at a glance that they were not ordinary people.
From a distance, you can see the darkness of countless victims surrounding a city. Needless to say, the city in front of you is Lantian County.
Seeing this situation, Yue Buqun and others naturally stopped and looked at the situation in the distance.
At the same time, the Jin Yiwei spy who was scouting the road in front got off his horse and said to Yue Buqun: "Sir, Lantian County ahead is giving porridge to the victims."
Yue Buqun, as a member of the Imperial Guard, naturally knew that the relief grains from the imperial court had arrived in Shaanxi not long ago. Many nearby prefectures and counties had already received the relief grains from the imperial court. If they acted quickly enough, some prefectures and counties would indeed
They are using the food distributed by the imperial court to provide relief to the victims.
As a native of Shaanxi, Yue Buqun had seen many victims of the disaster who were selling their sons and daughters, and were so hungry that they were almost disfigured. Especially after leaving Xi'an City, it was on this journey that Yue Buqun truly realized the disaster in Shaanxi.
severity.
When Yue Buqun was chasing Feng Qingyang, he focused most of his attention on tracking Feng Qingyang, although he also saw many fleeing victims.
But at that time, at least many of the victims had not starved to death. However, these days passed, when Yue Buqun left the city and went into the wild. Along the way, the corpses of refugees who died of starvation could be seen almost everywhere on both sides of the official road.
Along the way, Yue Buqun and others felt extremely heavy. The scenes they saw were too tragic, and corpses of refugees could be seen everywhere in the wilderness.
Not long ago, Yue Buqun and the others even encountered a group of people who fed on human corpses. To this day, Yue Buqun still remembers those hungry refugees feeding on human corpses.
At this time, he heard that the officials of Lantian County had begun to provide relief to the victims. After hearing this, Yue Buqun looked at the dark mass of refugees in front of him, and finally showed a smile on his face and said: "It seems that the officials of Lantian County are still here."
It’s not bad, at least we have started to help the people.”
Gu Yuzhang laughed when he heard this and said: "The imperial court's relief grains have been distributed to the places. If these officials do not act anymore, they will be derelict in their duties. When the time comes, they will be found out by the inspection censor or our Jinyiwei people. At least they will be reprimanded, and at worst, they will be reprimanded.
Disgraced."
Yue Buqun nodded and said: "Having said that, these officials have always been procrastinating in doing things. They have many reasons and excuses. In my opinion, Lantian County's execution ability is already quite good."
While speaking, Yue Buqun's heart moved and he chuckled: "It just so happens that as Jin Yiwei, we also have the responsibility to supervise the relief of the victims. We came all the way. Since we encountered the local officials' relief of the victims, we might as well go and take a look.
Look."
After that, Yue Buqun said: "The only way is to take a look in person. If someone asks about it, then we can have a solid basis and not be confused."
Gu Yuzhang said respectfully: "Your Excellency is wise."
Yue Buqun glanced at Gu Yuzhang, then casually nodded to the two of them and said, "The rest of you will rest here for a while. You guys will come with me to take a look."
Because Yue Buqun and others stopped far away, and there were countless refugees around them, no one in Lantian County knew that a group of royal guards were parked far away.
Yue Buqun walked vigorously, and they quickly approached a group of refugees.
Because the weather has turned cold, many victims can be clearly seen shivering in the autumn wind, but even so, many victims are still lining up and moving forward little by little.
Yue Buqun and the others were obviously different from these victims. Many victims had strange looks in their eyes when they saw these people.
Yue Buqun slowly stepped forward, and soon he was close to the city gate in front. He could even see the large pots standing outside the city gate.
A dull sour smell floated along the autumn wind, which was faintly mixed with the smell of grain. Yue Buqun couldn't help but frowned when he smelled the sour smell.
Almost subconsciously, Yue Buqun whispered to Gu Yuzhang and the others: "Did you smell something?"
Gu Yuzhang and the others looked at each other, only to hear Gu Yuzhang say: "Sir, this smell seems to be the smell of something rancid or spoiled!"
Yue Buqun nodded slightly and couldn't help but feel a little doubtful in his heart. He looked at the people around him and subconsciously thought it was the sour smell emanating from these people.
Just when Yue Buqun thought he had found the source of the sour smell, Gu Yuzhang suddenly exclaimed: "Sir, look!"
Hearing this, Yue Buqun couldn't help but subconsciously look at Gu Yuzhang.
Gu Yuzhang's temperament is quite calm. For Gu Yuzhang to react like this, it must be something extraordinary.
Following Gu Yuzhang's gaze, Yue Buqun immediately shrank his eyes, showing disbelief and anger.
What he saw was that not far away, a skinny woman was holding a broken bowl. The bowl was filled with rice porridge that exuded a sour smell. Blackened grain could be seen floating on the rice porridge.
At this moment, the woman was carefully protecting the rice porridge and feeding a four or five-year-old child in her arms. The child was drinking the rice porridge with his mouth wide open, his dark and shriveled little face full of surprise.
Yue Buqun slowly stepped forward and stood beside the woman, looking around at the contents of the bowls of some victims who had received rice porridge distributed by Lantian County.
Yue Buqun felt a surge of anger rising, and looked with burning eyes at the officials who were distributing rice porridge in the distance.
Taking a deep breath, a sour smell hit his face and went straight into Yue Buqun's chest, but Yue Buqun stepped forward as if he didn't realize it.
Next to a large pot, two peasants were pouring half a bag of blackened grain into the large pot, then pouring water into it and starting to stir.
The fire was raging, and soon a disgusting sour smell emitted from the cauldron.
Yue Buqun looked at this scene, and then looked at the large pots around him that were filled with such blackened food. He suppressed the anger in his heart, and an awe-inspiring evil aura filled the air.
Jiao Guang and other officials had already gone back to the city to rest, and those who stayed behind were the officials in the yamen.
At this moment, an official noticed Yue Buqun and others. In fact, Yue Buqun and others were obviously dressed differently from those of the victims.
When the official saw Yue Buqun standing in front of a big pot, he couldn't help frowning and stepped forward and shouted at Yue Buqun and others: "Who are you? The government is giving out porridge and relieving the victims, why don't you get out of the way quickly?"
The officials were very rude, especially Yue Buqun and others, who gave him an extremely uncomfortable feeling, which made the officials speak very rudely.
Yue Buqun raised his head and looked at the official. When he saw the official uniform, a stern look flashed in his eyes. He stared at the official and said in a deep voice, "Is this the imperial court's relief food?"
The questioning meaning in Yue Buqun's words was obvious. When the officials heard this, they immediately said angrily: "What is this if it's not the imperial court's relief food?"
Suddenly, the officials stared at Yue Buqun and the others with great vigilance and said, "Who are you?"
Several officers responsible for maintaining order noticed the commotion here and walked over directly with knives in hand. They looked at Yue Buqun and the others with evil faces. One of the officers said to the officer: "Old Sun, these are