Seeing their carriage, everyone rushed to catch up, just hoping to get a bite to eat to survive, but the current charity was not forthcoming.
The government does not give out much porridge every day. It is just enough for each person to eat, so they will not have any food in reserve.
But the alms place was empty at the moment.
This so-called mage can actually make them not even ask for food, but go and listen to what he has to say?
What kind of deceitful behavior is this?
Gu Jinyan felt a little shocked inside.
Let the carriage go there quickly.
Her grooms were all secret guards, and they were extremely fast. The prefect and others hurriedly followed behind.
After arriving in the suburbs, Gu Jinyan saw densely packed people. All these people were gathered here. Many of them had fainted from hunger, but the family members around him had no intention of receiving alms and looked piously ahead.
It's just like....
Marionette?
Something is wrong, very wrong.
Such a situation is extremely unfavorable for disaster relief.
"What are you doing?" Gu Jinyan shouted: "Didn't you see that he has fainted from hunger? If you don't hurry up and get the porridge, what are you doing here!"
"What are we going to do? The government has nothing to do. So many people have already died. If the government had done something, could they have brought us to this point? Now they are still trying to make God angry!" one of them said indignantly.
"that is!"
"It's because the government made God angry, so God punished us like this."
"As long as you pray to God, everything will get better."
"Absurd!!" Gu Jinyan saw that many people had fainted. If he continued to pray like this, he would die here!!
What is the use of porridge and killing locusts?
There are even many people coming here.
"You are dressed gorgeously. You must be from the government. The government has nothing to do. Don't stop us from saving ourselves."
"Everyone get out of here, everyone get out of here."
Some people were excited and wanted to push Gu Jinyan away, but the secret guards and Qing Ling quickly stepped forward to stop him.
Gu Jinyan looked at these people and said with a serious face: "The most important thing you should do right now is to get the porridge. The government has found a way to get relief money, and they want to take care of your life and death! As long as the locusts are exterminated, that's it.
rebuild home!"
"You people, please don't take care of us! It's because of you people that things are like this!" The people shouted excitedly: "If the locusts are exterminated, there will be even greater disasters, such as the wind and cold disease."
, we have lost so many family members, and today’s locust plague is God’s warning.”
"It's the government and the imperial court that have made people angry!"
"If the government still wants to exterminate the locusts, we, the people, will stop you at our own risk."
The prefect of Bingzhou came over in a hurry.
Then they saw Gu Jinyan being surrounded by these people, and they were attacking him with words and pens.
These common people firmly believe in Master Kongling's words.
He is sincerely resistant to the government.
Naturally, he would not be polite to Gu Jinyan.
Upon seeing this, the prefect of Bingzhou quickly took the people out and said, "Miss Jinyan, these people seem to have been brainwashed and believe in the words of the ethereal mage. If you say this openly, it will only arouse public anger."
"I don't know what happened, but overnight, so many people became like this. It's really terrifying."
"Take a look first, don't confront them, don't let them hurt you."
The prefect of Bingzhou was sweating profusely when he looked at these people.
I originally thought that I had found a way and would be able to solve it soon, but I encountered such a situation and the people did not cooperate. This is the biggest problem.
If they are unwilling to exterminate the locusts, the situation in Bingzhou will not improve at all.
Nowadays, people are unwilling to give alms, and many people will die of starvation.
It won't take long for Bingzhou to become a sea of dead people.
I never thought that one day it would become a situation where no one would want to drink the porridge.
If this continues, he, the prefect of Bingzhou, will not be able to escape the blame for his dereliction of duty.
Gu Jinyan shook his head: "I'm going to meet the ethereal mage."
She bypassed these people and asked the secret guards to lead her directly to the place where the ethereal mage was meditating.
After taking a quick look, this ethereal mage seemed quite sanctimonious, but it was a pity that he had evil intentions.
"Arrest him?" asked the prefect of Bingzhou.
Gu Jinyan took a look at the people in Wuyangyang.
If they catch him at this time, they won't be able to escape alone.
"Master Kongling, the prefect invites you to come over and ask questions." Gu Jinyan said politely.
The ethereal mage continued to knock on the wooden fish as if he didn't hear.
Gu Jinyan also had the patience to wait here until he finished typing, then he raised his eyes and glanced at Gu Jinyan.
He signaled his apprentice to continue chanting.
He appeared in front of Gu Jinyan: "I wonder what the magistrate has to do with Pindao?"
"You are misleading the public with your monstrous words, allowing these people to pray here without taking in oil and salt, and preventing them from receiving porridge. Do you know what the crime is?" Bingzhou Magistrate looked at him seriously.
I can't figure out what this person's purpose is for doing this.
The court could not tolerate him.
Although the people would listen to him for a while, it would be easy for the court to get rid of him.
He gets nothing.
Is it possible that he still wants to take advantage of this time to revolt in Bingzhou and become a local emperor?
But if he makes the people pray for blessings without eating or drinking, these people will not live long, and he will naturally gradually lose his supporters.
The prefect of Bingzhou looked at him.
He didn't believe that this man was really praying.
"What does Master Kongling want to get?" Bingzhou Magistrate asked with a deep look.
"As a first-level monk, what I want is nothing more than the safety of the people. What else can I want?" He chuckled and said, "If the prefect wants to be good for these people, he will chant sutras and pray together so that the people can see
It's what you do for the people."
"If nothing happens, I will still recite sutras." Kong Ling said a few words and then went back.
At this moment, he glanced at Gu Jinyan.
Gu Jinyan looked at him and felt that the smell on his body seemed to have been asked somewhere.
Others may not be able to smell it, but she has always been very sensitive to smells, and she can smell it even if there is only a trace.
Isn't this her first time meeting this ethereal mage?
"Master Kong Ling really cares about the people, haven't you seen some of them have fainted from hunger?" Gu Jinyan looked at him and asked.
"This is just for the benefit of future generations." Master Kongling said lightly.
"Master Kong Ling is really evil-minded." Gu Jinyan said, turned around and left.
Qing Ling hurriedly followed.
The prefect of Bingzhou also came over quickly: "Miss Jinyan, are you leaving him alone?"