He Yuan stood up, wiped the sweat from his forehead nervously, and said: "Xiaoguan received a letter from Magistrate Chen of Piyang County more than ten days ago, mentioning that Piyang County was in urgent need of rescue due to the severe earthquake disaster.
So I quickly sent someone to Fan Yang to understand the situation and reported the matter to the capital."
"Unexpectedly, the people who were sent to Fan Yang to inquire returned to Jicheng and found out that the impact of the earthquake was not serious. Magistrate Luo County had already resettled the victims and started reconstruction work."
"The official will feel relieved after hearing the news."
He Yuan cautiously reported: "Unexpectedly, many days have passed. Just three days ago, Magistrate Zhen of Liyang County sent a letter to the lower official, saying that many victims of Fanyang flooded into Liyang County."
"Xiaoguan personally went to Liyang County and indeed saw many victims fleeing in."
He Yuan gritted his teeth and said: "Those victims said that Magistrate Luo of Fanyang County locked them up and refused to leave because there was no supply of rice porridge. The victims had no choice but to cause trouble and took advantage of the chaos to leave Fanyang."
"When the lower officials heard about it, they became more and more confused about the disaster situation in Fan Yang and Pi Yang," He Yuan continued, "so he brought the officials to Fan Yang to see what happened in person."
Ji Yannuo looked at the closed city gate in the distance and glanced at He Yuan: "Then why doesn't Mr. He enter the city yet?"
He Yuan smiled awkwardly: "To be honest with Your Highness, I just arrived here half an hour ago. Because the gate of Fanyang County is closed, someone has been sent to notify Magistrate Luo to open the gate."
"It's been half an hour and the city gate hasn't been opened yet?" King Chu asked with his hands on his hips and a fierce voice.
He Yuan smiled awkwardly again: "This... I will ask someone to urge me again."
However, before he finished speaking, he saw a government servant running back in a hurry, whispering to report something.
He Yuan glared: "If there is any situation, just speak up!"
"Yes!" The yamen officer was so frightened that he stood at attention, "Sir, I knocked on the city gate, but no matter how hard I knocked, there was no movement. It was as if no one was there. But..."
"But what?" He Yuan's heart twitched, and he had a bad premonition for no reason.
"But I listened secretly, and there was clearly someone talking inside the city gate."
The King of Chu glanced at Ji Yannuo, then his eyes widened angrily, and he shouted: "This is really unreasonable!"
He waved his hand, "Brothers, come with me! I don't believe that a mere city gate can stop us!"
The King of Chu hurried forward with a hundred soldiers. He saw the situation and looked at Ji Yannuo for instructions.
Seeing Ji Yannuo nodded slightly, he immediately led the government officials to chase after him.
Ye Fuxun tugged at Ji Yannuo's sleeve: "Your Highness, will the King of Chu really fight with the soldiers defending the city in Fanyang County?"
"Then it depends on what Magistrate Luo does." Ji Yannuo narrowed his eyes, a chill flashing through his eyes.
He pulled Ye Fuxun: "Do you want to go over and have a look?"
"Think about it." When Ye Fuxun heard what Ji Yannuo said, he immediately became interested.
Ji Yannuo looked at her with a smile, took her on a horse, and rode to the west side of the city gate.
When they arrived some distance away from the city gate, the two dismounted and slowly approached the side of the city gate.
Gradually, the unique voice of the King of Chu could be heard yelling and cursing. Soldiers on both sides raised their spears, and the situation became serious.
All the soldiers guarding the city rushed to the city gate and stood ready, but there was no one guarding the side where Ji Yannuo led Ye Fuxun.
"Let's go up and have a look."
Ji Yannuo put his arm around Ye Fuxun's waist, tapped his toes, and walked up the city wall. After a while, he landed on the city wall.
Ye Fuxun hugged Ji Yannuo's waist tightly, his face turned slightly green with shock: "Your Highness, is it difficult to fly up the city wall like this?"
If soldiers could do this, wouldn't the city gate just become a decoration?
"It's not difficult." Ji Yannuo smiled lightly, "For me."
Tsk.
She knew it.
Ye Fuxun wrinkled his nose: "Except for you, is it difficult for others?"
"nature."
Ji Yannuo tightened her hand, looked around, and slowly walked toward the city gate.
At the city gate, a man in official uniform was commanding the soldiers guarding the city: "Prepare bows and arrows! And huge rocks, all ready!"
Ji Yannuo frowned, and with a careless throw, the official's hat nail flew away with a dagger.
The next moment, he hugged Ye Fuxun tightly and flew forward. He raised his sword and pointed it directly at the official as if he was in a deserted place.
Before everyone could react, the sword was already on the official's neck.
"Magistrate Luo?" Ji Yannuo's voice was as cold as a messenger from hell.
"You, who are you? How do you know who I am?"
Ji Yannuo put his sword against his neck: "Open the city gate, or die."
At this moment, the King of Chu led hundreds of soldiers to surround the city gate. Magistrate Luo County was already trembling with fear. He knelt on the ground and said, "I don't know what I'm doing here... I'm coming here. I'm not far enough to greet you. Please forgive me."
...Forgive me..."
Lord He saw that Ji Yannuo and King Chu had no intention of identifying themselves, so he immediately took a step forward and scolded Magistrate Luo: "Not only did you let me wait outside the city gate for so long, you also dared to use archers to deal with it.
Sir? I think you are really tired of living!"
If he hadn't brought someone over to investigate, I'm afraid the black gauze hat on his head would have been lost today!
Who would have expected that the majestic crown prince, the noble crown prince of the Yan Kingdom, would come all the way from the capital to Jizhou and go straight to the disaster area?
If he hadn't arrived earlier...
Mr. He broke into a cold sweat when he thought of this.
But who knew that Magistrate Luo, an old man, could be so daring!
"Your Majesty, you know what you are doing!" Magistrate Luo explained hurriedly, "I don't know if it's your Excellency who is here. I just climbed up the city wall to have a closer look, and then... I don't dare to have such rebellious thoughts. You have misunderstood."
Ji Yannuo sneered.
The King of Chu stepped forward: "Stop talking nonsense! What is the situation of Fan Yang's disaster? Why are so many victims pouring into Liyang County? If you tell a lie, today will be the day you die!"
"Fan, although Fan Yang was affected by the disaster, under the dedicated leadership of the official, the post-disaster reconstruction work is progressing smoothly." Magistrate Luo's eyes rolled around a few times, "As for the victims, sir, those are not victims, they are mobs!"
"Those mobs injured government officials, they should all be brought to justice!"
As if he was afraid that everyone would not believe it, Magistrate Luo pointed to the city and said: "Sir, please see, only a few houses in the west city of Fanyang County collapsed due to the earthquake. After a period of reconstruction, the collapsed houses have been cleared...
"
"It's all fake!"
A man who looked like a master behind Magistrate Luo suddenly shouted angrily, "Master Magistrate, you must not listen to Magistrate Luo!"
He rushed to Mr. He, knelt down with his knees, and pointed into the city with one hand, "Not only a few houses in Xicheng collapsed, but almost all the houses in the north of Xicheng collapsed, and nearly a thousand people were killed and injured!"