"Okay...!" All the people shouted loudly. Looking at the wooden bridge in front of them, everyone seemed to see hope. As long as they walked 20 kilometers south, they could reach the disaster area and have food. Everyone cried with joy. , some laughed and some cried!
Zhao Xuanyi saw all this and did not speak, but came to Li Hanrui's side. "Tonight is the key. Send a hundred people to guard the wooden bridge. If someone comes to destroy the wooden bridge at night, we will be in trouble!"
"Destroy the wooden bridge? You mean?" Li Hanrui turned his head and looked at the excited people!
"Maybe a flaming arrow will do!" Zhao Xuanyi said softly.
Li Hanrui sneered, "They think so!"
In this way, Zhao Xuanyi and everyone returned to their residence. Ten large pots were set up outside the house with rice porridge cooking in them. Everyone lined up with bowls to receive the rice porridge. They had really worked hard today and were exhausted. They deserved to be full!
Zhao Xuanyi returned to the room. Zi Yuan hurriedly came over and took off Zhao Xuanyi's cloak. "I heard that the wooden bridge has been built?"
"right!"
"Can supplies be transported to the disaster area tomorrow?"
"If nothing else happens!"
Zi Yuan let out a long breath, "I can finally send this dangerous box away. These days, I have been on tenterhooks for fear of being snatched away!"
Zhao Xuanyi smiled and gently held Zi Yuan in his arms, "Thank you for your hard work!"
"Compared to you, it's not hard work for me!" Zi Yuan said softly.
Zhao Xuanyi leaned into Zi Yuan's ear and whispered, "Eat more food later, you may be very tired at night!"
Zi Yuan's face turned red and she nodded slightly.
In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Xuanyi and Zi Yuan hurriedly got up. After Zi Yuan helped Zhao Xuanyi get dressed, they walked out of the room. Li Hanrui, Shen Wei and others were waiting outside!
Zhao Xuanyi came to Li Hanrui and asked, "Is the wooden bridge okay?"
"Hmph! Killed nearly fifty people in one night! Who knows whose orders they were following!" Li Hanrui said with a sneer.
"Don't relax until all the carriages have passed the wooden bridge!" Zhao Xuanyi said.
"It makes sense, Liu Bo, give the order immediately, so the people are all in the city, and they will wait until all the supplies and vehicles have crossed the wooden bridge before letting them go. Anyone who makes trouble will be killed without mercy!" Li Hanrui shouted loudly.
"yes!"
Two hundred supply trucks began to walk slowly towards the wooden bridge, and the people on the street all came to both sides of the street and watched the convoy move forward quietly. No one raised any questions. Their eyes were full of excitement. As long as today Once they reach the disaster area, they won't starve to death, which may be the best thing!
When the convoy arrived in front of the wooden bridge, they saw nearly a hundred soldiers standing on both sides of the wooden bridge. They were guarding this important wooden bridge. Zhao Xuanyi found that under his feet, there were still traces of undried blood on the muddy ground. Zhao Xuanyi He chuckled and said nothing!
Tang Tianli shouted loudly, "Go one car at a time, one by one. Don't be in a hurry. Don't run. Take your time! Let's start!"
When the first carriage got on, everyone's hearts tightened, fearing that the newly built wooden bridge would not be able to bear the weight and collapse. The carriage pulling the grain slowly walked on the bridge, looking like It's like a royal carriage parading through the streets, so relaxed, so comfortable, not in a hurry, and as steady as a rock!
When the first carriage passed smoothly, everyone felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief. Just like this, the carriages came one after another. It took an hour for the two hundred carriages to pass. Zhao Xuanyi and everyone also passed. After the wooden bridge, the people were allowed to leave!
All the victims continued to move forward with the supplies carriage. They walked for a whole morning and it was already past noon before they arrived at the disaster area. But after arriving, everyone's hearts dropped when they saw the disaster area!
There is a muddy plain in front of us. There are very few dry places on the ground. Most of the land is covered with muddy water. Looking around, we can see that the land in front is full of people lying on the ground. They are not afraid of moisture or coldness. They all seem to be there. sleep!
On the land, on the lawn, and next to the boulders, this group of people seemed very tired and were resting in various strange postures. Their expressions were very quiet, and they did not cry loudly or complain about hunger or pain!
Tang Tianli turned over and dismounted, patted someone on the shoulder, "Hey, don't sleep, what time is it? Get up, we have delivered the food! There is food to eat!"
Tang Tianli talked to the man, but the man seemed not to hear him and ignored Tang Tianli at all. Tang Tianli still wanted to talk, but seemed to find something wrong. He slowly stretched out his hand in front of the man's nose and tried it. Tang Tianli couldn't help but stare. He then looked at Zhao Xuanyi and shook his head with disappointment!
Only then did Zhao Xuanyi realize that all the people lying on the land in front of him were dead, perhaps drowned by floods or starved to death. No matter what, they would not survive!
Li Hanrui waved his hand, and the convoy continued to move forward. After one kilometer of travel, they saw more corpses on the road. Everyone felt nothing but helplessness!
When he walked into Yangcheng, he saw a living person. He saw a group of soldiers wearing official uniforms covered with mud running towards him. Li Hanrui then turned over and dismounted. A group of soldiers ran up to Li Hanrui and hurriedly saluted, "I don't know who this is." grown ups?"
"We are sent by the imperial court to provide disaster relief. Where is your Yangcheng magistrate, Mr. Liu Ping'an and Mr. Liu?" Li Hanrui asked.
"Your Excellency is in the county government office. He has fallen ill at this time and cannot come to pick him up. Please forgive me!" the soldier lowered his head and said.
"It's okay, go and carry it over quickly. The relief food and silver have arrived. Let him come out to receive it!"
"Yes! Little one, go right now!" When the soldier heard this, he turned around and flew to report the news.
When the people heard that there was food, they gathered around one after another, spreading the news to ten, and soon after, thousands of people rushed over from across the street! When the soldiers saw it, they immediately drew their weapons and blocked the street. "You are not allowed to go there. You can eat after your prefect signs the receipt. You are not allowed to rob the imperial rations!"
However, this group of people could not hear these words now. They raised their sticks and rice bowls and rushed forward. For a moment, the scene became chaotic. This group of people turned into evil ghosts and rushed forward one by one. Chong, I just want to take away a bag of food!
Zhao Xuanyi gave Tang Tianli a look. Tang Tianli sighed helplessly, took out a grenade, pulled the fuse and threw it aside. There was a loud bang, which instantly blew up several people. The others were also frightened by the loud sound. The scene became quiet!
"Don't rob, there will be something for you to eat. Anyone who dares to rob will be beheaded!" Tang Tianli shouted loudly. After hearing these words, thousands of people finally became quiet!
Zhao Xuanyi glanced at the group of victims and saw that they were as skinny as wood, with dim eyes, and the clothes on their bodies were not visible. To put it bluntly, it would be nice if they only had buttocks!
There was not much time, and I just heard a loud noise: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way quickly, the prefect is here! Everyone, get out of the way!"
A group of people squeezed through the crowd of victims, led by a middle-aged man wearing a red official uniform, followed by two old men in green robes, followed by dozens of government officials, and immediately knelt down in front of Zhao Xuanyi and others. .
"Your Majesty Liu Ping'an, please take all the officials under your command and pay your respects to the adults!" Liu Ping'an knelt down and said.
Li Hanrui came over and helped Liu Ping'an up. "Master Liu, please get up. The food and silver from the court have been delivered. Please check them. There are also hundreds of victims from Qianqiu City behind. They have no food to eat and they are also here." Please ask someone to make arrangements for them!”
Liu Ping'an nodded with gratitude, his eyes filled with tears, "Okay, okay! I'll do it now, sir. Thank you for your hard work. I'll arrange a place for you to rest immediately. Let's go and rest first!"
Li Hanrui looked at Liu Bo and said, "Check out the accounts with Mr. Liu carefully, don't be careless!"
"Yes, general, don't worry!" Liu Bo said.
Zhao Xuanyi and others were arranged to rest in the annex. After entering the room, a pot of hot water was brought to them. Zhao Xuanyi was not picky. What kind of place is this? Still thinking about drinking tea? Zhao Xuanyi poured a glass and sent it to Zi Yuan, "Drink some hot water!"
"Thank you, uncle!" Zi Yuan picked it up and took a sip to get rid of the coldness in her body. "Uncle, who should we give this to?"
Zhao Xuanyi shook his head, "I really don't know! Let's ask again when they are done. Now the people in the city are waiting for a hot meal, so let's not cause trouble!"
"Yeah!" Zi Yuan nodded slightly and couldn't help but look out the window, "I didn't expect so many people to die!"
Zhao Xuanyi thought of the scene he saw during the day, and felt very frightened for a moment. He gently held Zi Yuan in his arms, "Do you remember what happened when you were a child?"
"Yeah!" Zi Yuan nodded lightly.
"Don't worry, it's okay!" Zhao Xuanyi said softly, patting Zi Yuan's shoulder with his big hand!
In the capital, Nan Zhu quickly ran into the hall with a letter in his hand, "To inform the eldest princess, all the relief food funds have been found and should have been delivered to the disaster area today!"
When Zhu Yuejun heard the news, a faint smile appeared on his face. Every time he found Zhao Xuanyi, Zhu Yuejun could guess the result, but after hearing it with his own ears, he couldn't help feeling happy!
"Immediately send out the Moon Guards to investigate and ask for documents from Liu Ping'an, the prefect of Henan!" Zhu Yuejun said.
"Yes, my maid will make arrangements now!" Nanzhu said and left!
Xilan, Yan Mei and others were also very happy. Xilan turned to look at Zhu Yuejun, "Princess, since the food has been delivered to the disaster area, what about Mr. Zhao?"
Zhu Yuejun frowned and didn't speak for a long time. Finally, he put down the book in his hand and stood up slowly, "Show me, Imperial Study Room!"
"yes!"
At ten o'clock in the night, Shen Wei knocked on the door of Zhao Xuanyi's room. Zhao Xuanyi opened the door and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Prefect Liu Ping'an invited you and the second young master to a banquet!" Shen Wei said.
"A banquet?" Zhao Xuanyi asked with a frown.
"Yes, that's what Liu Bo said!" Shen Wei nodded.
"Got it!" Zhao Xuanyi looked at Zi Yuan and said, "Put the things on!"
"yes!"
Zhao Xuanyi and Zi Yuan came to Liu Pingan's house under the protection of Shen Wei and their senior brothers. When they walked into the hall, Zhao Xuanyi saw that Li Hanrui had arrived, sitting at the table with Liu Pingan, and they were discussing. What are you wearing!
Li Hanrui saw Zhao Xuanyi coming and stood up quickly, "Brother-in-law is here!"
"Second brother, Mr. Liu!" Zhao Xuanyi saluted.
"General Xiangyun, right? Sit down, sit down!" Liu Ping'an said enthusiastically.
Zhao Xuanyi sat down. When he saw the food and wine on the table, Zhao Xuanyi said nothing. There were only four dishes on the table, one was stir-fried wild vegetables, the other was radish with sugar, a plate of scrambled eggs, and the last one was stir-fried green onions. ! It can be regarded as both meat and vegetable!
Liu Ping'an looked at the dishes on the table and couldn't put them away. "I'm really sorry, you two adults. It's a year of great calamity, and there really isn't much to entertain!"
Li Hanrui smiled, "That's good. When we were guarding the border, we couldn't eat so well!"
When Liu Ping'an heard this, he hurriedly laughed, "Sir, you are humorous. Come, bring me the wine I have collected!"
"Yes!" A maid brought over a jar of wine.
Zhao Xuanyi took a closer look and saw that there was still mud outside the wine jar. Was it just dug out? After opening the beeswax and removing the cork, the room was immediately filled with the aroma of wine. Zhao Xuanyi couldn't help but smile. What a good wine!
The three of them were drinking while chatting about the current situation. Liu Pingan introduced the current situation. In the afternoon, he had notified the victims in other areas and asked them to gather in Yangcheng. This way, everyone would be together and it would be easier to manage. Apart from this piece of food, other cities probably have no food!
Zhao Xuanyi put down his wine glass and said, "Master Liu, I have something to ask you!"
"General Zhao, please speak!"
"I have two beads here. They were sent by the Emperor. Do you know about this?" Zhao Xuanyi asked directly, but he did not say what kind of beads they were!
When Liu Ping'an heard this, he hurriedly smiled, "Are they two luminous pearls the size of goose eggs?"
