A family's carriage stopped in front of the Guifeng County Mansion. Hou Hong of Guifeng County Mansion respectfully stood in front of the door and took the initiative to open the sedan curtain for the carriage.
"King of Southwest, you have worked hard all the way."
On the carriage, the first person to get off was not Yu Wenjing. Instead, he was a young man with sharp and thick eyebrows. There was a jewel necklace on his forehead, and he was dressed in a dark purple robe. He was calm but full of evil aura.
Hou Hong paused, then quickly lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty."
Yu Wenyan said "Hmm" and said, "On behalf of my father, I inspected the situation of the fiefdom - how many flood-affected refugees entered Guifeng?"
As Hou Hong led the prince to the mansion, he bowed his waist and whispered: "More than 30,000 refugees have been resettled. Guifeng has opened a granary for relief, and they have free porridge every day - but there will be more refugees later."
, I’m afraid we can’t accommodate it.”
Hou Hong carefully looked at Yu Wenyan's face: "Master, what do you think Guifeng should be like?"
Yu Wenyan sat down, his expression unwavering, even revealing his cruelty towards life and death, "Close the city gate and don't allow refugees to enter the city."
Hou Hong couldn't help but look up at him, but after meeting his cold gaze again, he lowered his head and said: "...Yes."
Once the city gate is closed, almost all the other refugees who fled behind will have no chance of entering Guifeng again.
They would not be able to get help, and they were afraid that... corpses would be scattered all over the place. But Guifeng could only accommodate some of the refugees originally, and the disaster was so cruel that they had no choice but to do this.
the other side.
Fu Bao and the others have been on the road for four days. Fortunately, they have not encountered any dangers during the past few days. However, what is visible to the naked eye is that even on remote roads, there are bodies that have died of starvation on the roadside, or people who are not dead yet but have already died.
The skin and bones are dying...and the people who are obviously sick.
Jiang Qi didn't let Fu Bao see it, but Fu Bao secretly saw some of it, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
These people are so pitiful...
Prince Wei Cheng also had a dark face.
"Damn it!"
They can't alert the snake now. When they arrive in Qingyuan, the first thing they will do is to chop off the dog officer's head and show it to the public in the street!
Fubao and the others' carriage did not stop. They arrived at Guifeng today, only to find that the city gate of Guifeng was closed. Countless refugees outside the gate knelt down and begged Guifeng to open the city gate.
"Please! Please! We really don't want to cause trouble! We just want a way to survive!"
"The fertile farmland is gone, our homes are gone, we just came here to find a way out!"
"Please, Master! Oh my God!"
These people, old and young, male and female, were dressed in rags and miserable. The cries of children were mixed with the misery of adults, and even a thoughtful person would shed tears when he saw them.
Jiang Qi put down the curtain and frowned: "Guifeng has closed the city gate. We can't enter Guifeng's territory. How can we get to Qingyuan?"
Guifeng closed the city gate, which Fubao and the others did not expect.
Wei Cheng also frowned: "It seems that the pressure from the refugees was too great, so we had to close the city gate... Guifeng belongs to the Southwest King."
He thought deeply for a moment, "If it really doesn't work, I will write a letter asking the Southwest King to open the city gate. But in this way, firstly, the Southwest King may interfere with it, and secondly..."
He laughed at himself and said, "As a prince, I'm afraid my life will be in danger."
Yu Wenyan died in the palace. Although on the surface it seemed that the Southwest King had reconciled with the court, it was inevitable that the Southwest King still had a grudge. It was possible that he would take the opportunity to retaliate with an eye for an eye while the prince was still in his fief.
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Jiang Qi said decisively: "Prince, no."
"But now, we have no other way." Wei Cheng frowned, and Jiang Qi both fell into silence.
Jiang Shou lifted the curtain, "I'll go in first to check. If there's anything I can do, I'll come out and meet you again."
Jiang Qi nodded: "Be careful."
Jiang Shou disappeared from everyone's sight.
Fu Bao pulled on Jiang Qi's sleeve nervously. She could hear the crying outside, and many people were staring at their carriage. "Uncle, will everything be okay?"
Jiang Qi frowned: "It's okay, we are here."
Later, Jiang Qi heard Jiang Li's scolding from outside the carriage: "Don't come close! Stay away! Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless under the sword!"
Jiang Qi frowned, and he could almost imagine how greedy the surrounding refugees were and tried to surround him. However, for the time being, these refugees did not dare to act rashly.
It is impossible for Jiang Qi and the others to pity these refugees now. They are alone and unable to help so many people. The result of their good intentions will only be to be dragged into the mud and the abyss.
Jiang Li and Jiang Yuan will handle the situation outside the window. If it doesn't work, the prince's secret guards will also be dispatched, just for fear that things will get serious by then.
They have to keep a low profile all the way.
Inside the city gate, Jiang Shou easily found a gap in the patrol and sneaked into the city quietly.
Guifeng City has not been affected too much by the flood, but there are also a lot of refugees. Many of them are queuing up in front of the porridge shack, waiting to drink a bowl of gruel to satisfy their hunger, or begging on the street with broken bowls.
Jiang Shou walked past in a hurry, but he didn't want to see many refugees kneeling and kowtowing in front of the county government.
"Master! Please have mercy on me! Open the city gate! My children are all outside! Please let us reunite as a family!"
"Your Majesty! Please open the city gate, Your Majesty! I beg you!"
It turns out that it's not just outside the city. Once the city gate is closed, there are people both inside and outside begging to let the refugees in.
Of course, there are also many refugees in the city who have already come in, cursing: "You are still coming in! You are still being let in and we don't even have to drink the porridge! You guys are out of your mind!"
As they spoke, a scuffle broke out, and the scene was very chaotic.
"What's the fuss about? What's the fuss!"
A middle-aged man with a mustache came out cursing, "It turns out it's not Guifeng's disaster! The prince is willing to spare your lives, but you are so ignorant! Don't make trouble here, get out!"
Naturally, the refugees refused to give up easily, and the scene broke out again, with loud cries and shouts.
Jiang Shou thought to himself.
Prince?
Could it be that... the Crown Prince of Southwest also came to Guifeng?
What is he here to do? To inspect the fiefdom newly allocated by the emperor to the King of the Southwest? To consolidate the rule of the King of the Southwest in Guifeng?
It's possible that Jiang Shou thought about it and wanted to sneak into the county mansion, find the seal of the county governor Hou Hong, and use this to secretly let Fu Bao and the others in.
Just as he was told, Jiang Shou took advantage of the chaos in front of the door and looked around to see if there was a back door to the county mansion.
Sure enough, he found it - such a large house almost inevitably has these loopholes.
Anyone with some martial arts can easily get in and out.
He looked around and found that there were not many guards patrolling the county mansion. Jiang Shou saw the opportunity and turned directly into the county mansion, groping carefully along the way, looking for the governor's study.
Generally speaking, seals will be placed in these places.
After finally finding the location of the study, Jiang Shou was about to enter when he saw no one around.
A crossbow arrow came towards him at high speed, and there were strong winds, which showed that the man who fired the crossbow had extraordinary strength and skill.
Jiang Shou's eyes suddenly became dangerous and he ducked away.
The crossbow arrow that shot through the air slammed into the wall, making a cracking sound.