Mrs. Hu was so grateful that she thanked her profusely.
Ji Yannuo ordered his servants to send her to visit relatives, and then said to Ye Fulun: "Let's find an inn to stay, and I and the King of Chu will go to the Yamen."
Ye Fuxun nodded: "Your Highness, I want to go to Yongsheng Rice Shop to see the situation."
"I asked Hu Ping to bring two guards to follow you." Ji Yannuo took out a jade piece from his arms and stuffed it into her hand. "If there is an emergency, you can blow the jade piece."
Yongsheng Rice Shop.
When Ye Fuxun and Xiao Yu walked to Yongsheng Rice Shop, a wooden sign saying "Sold out today, hurry up tomorrow" was already hanging in front of the door of the rice shop.
The two stood outside the door and looked around, and saw that there were still clerks busy in the shop, and there were still people outside who were unwilling to give up and asked: "Young man, I will just buy five kilograms of rice, can you accommodate me?"
A waiter came out with a smile: "Mom, all the rice today is sold out. The rice will come tomorrow and can be sold."
The aunt left sadly.
Then I saw a ragged old man approaching with a cane, shaking the bowl in his hand: "Young man, can you give me a handful of rice? A handful will make it..."
The waiter waved his hands repeatedly: "Old man, there is really no rice in our shop now. You can go to Beicheng Market Entrance, our boss will arrange for people to give porridge there, and you should be able to get free white porridge now."
The old man thanked him and walked towards the entrance of Beicheng Market with his crutch in hand.
The waiter carefully watched the old man go away, and then he walked into the shop with confidence. When he turned around, he saw Ye Fuxun and Xiao Yu: "Are you two here to buy rice? Today's rice is sold out, we have to wait until tomorrow."
"We are here to find your shopkeeper." Xiaoyu said loudly.
The waiter was stunned for a moment: "Then please wait a moment."
Not long after, I saw a middle-aged man walking out with the waiter. When the middle-aged man saw Ye Fulun, he was stunned for a moment, and then he greeted him respectfully: "Second Young Master."
Ye Fuxun:......
I really want to see how similar the portrait my brother painted to her is.
The group of people was welcomed into the reception room of Yongsheng Rice Shop.
"In the past few days, more and more disaster victims have poured into the city, causing people in the city to worry about being affected by the disaster, and every household has begun to buy rice in a big way."
"Fortunately, my boss had already given the order, so there was no big problem for Mipu to deal with it."
"It's just that the rice shop doesn't have much food in stock, and my boss ordered me to give out free porridge every day at the market entrance in the north of the city..." The shopkeeper smiled sincerely, "But my boss is already bringing in rice and grain one after another, so you don't have to worry, second young master."
After learning about the situation of Yongsheng Rice Shop, Ye Fuxun went to the entrance of Chengbei Street again.
Sure enough, we saw the porridge stall of Yongsheng Rice Shop.
Most of the people queuing up to receive porridge were disaster victims.
"The owner of Yongsheng Rice Shop is a kind-hearted person. We come here and receive two bowls of rice porridge a day, so we won't go hungry."
"I just hope that I can return to the village as soon as possible. We have the hands and feet to rebuild the houses in the village..."
"I don't know when I will be able to return to Fanyang. I am the only one left in my family..."
"It would be nice to have a roof over your head here and some hot porridge!"
"Exactly, now Fan Yang can't get in but can't get out. We must not..."
"Come on, stop talking nonsense. It will be troublesome if the officers and soldiers don't let us stay when we turn back."
Ye Fuxun felt heavy as he listened to the voices of the victims queuing up.
"Your Majesty," Xiao Yu pulled her, "there are too many victims here, and I'm afraid of bumping into you. Let's go back to the inn and wait for His Highness, right?"
Ye Fuxun glanced at the long queue, nodded and said: "Okay."
It was not until late at night that Ji Yannuo and King Chu returned to the inn.
"Your Highness, you are back."
Ye Fuxun stepped forward to greet him and saw Ji Yannuo's expression was solemn, with a hint of sleepiness between his brows.
"Have you had your supper?"
Ji Yannuo held her hand: "We haven't yet, why don't you rest?"
"My concubine is not sleepy yet," Ye Fuxun helped him change his clothes, and then took him to the table. Eunuch Xu had already sent meals over, "You eat first."
After Ji Yannuo had almost finished eating, Ye Fuxun couldn't help but ask: "Did you go to the Yamen to learn any new information?"
Ji Yannuo pondered: "Magistrate Zhen of Liyang County doesn't know much about the disaster."
On the day of the earthquake, although the earthquake was clearly felt in Liyang County, it had little impact on the people.
The news that Fanyang and Piyang counties were seriously affected did not come out until about ten days later.
"It wasn't until three or four days ago that a large number of victims poured into Liyang County," Ji Yannuo recounted, "and Magistrate Zhen really realized the seriousness of the earthquake."
"Magistrate Zhen has arranged for people to urgently build shacks for the temporary shelter of the victims who have entered the city. However, the number of victims is increasing and the impact on local residents is too great. Therefore, Magistrate Zhen has ordered that no more victims will be admitted into the city for the time being."
"And he has already written to the magistrate of the neighboring county, asking them to prepare to receive the victims."
Ye Fuxun nodded and told her what she saw when she went to Yongsheng Rice Shop and Chengbei Market Entrance.
Ji Yannuo pulled her into his arms: "It is really rare for Yu Yu to have such a big heart at such a young age."
"Brother is only trying his best." Ye Fuxun smiled, "Your Highness, what should we do next?"
"Let's go directly to Fanyang tomorrow morning."
Early the next morning, everyone left Liyang County.
They walked all the way to the foot of the mountain. Ji Yannuo brought a maroon mare to Ye Fuxun: "This horse is relatively docile. If you get tired from riding it, I will take you to ride with me."
"Your Highness, I have no problem with this concubine." Ye Fuxun grinned and got on her horse happily.
Everyone got ready and set off.
Although the road into the mountain is narrow, it is not difficult because it is connected to the county seat.
It's just that the mountain road is winding and long. After riding for half a day, I saw Fanyang County, which is surrounded by distant mountains, from a distance.
"Your Highness," Eunuch Xu pointed into the distance, "There seem to be many officers and soldiers surrounding the city gate."
Ji Yannuo looked far into the distance and looked at King Chu: "Let's go! Go and have a look!"
This time when they entered the mountain, in addition to the dozens of guards brought by Ji Yannuo himself, nearly a hundred soldiers of the King of Chu followed behind.
The team slowly headed towards the gate of Fanyang County, but after a while, they saw a man who looked like a government servant running over to inquire.
When the yamen official heard that Ji Yannuo and others were coming from the capital, he was so frightened that his legs went weak and he hurried back.
Then, I saw several officials trotting over.
As soon as the leading official saw Ji Yannuo, his pupils suddenly tightened, he lifted up his official robe and knelt down: "I am the magistrate of Jizhou, how far have I met His Royal Highness?"
In an instant, the officials and government servants behind him fell to their knees on the ground.
A trace of surprise flashed in Ji Yannuo's eyes, and he excused himself from the ceremony in a low voice: "Why is Mr. He outside Fanyang County?"
He Yuan did not dare to get up, but knelt down and stated: "I have committed a serious crime, Your Highness, please forgive me."