"Hey, this King Lu is extremely smart. As long as there are rumors that someone has a third-level background or is an official in the court, this King Lu will not move at all."
Shao Anjing explained, and then added: "But if you often walk by the river, how can you not get your feet wet."
"The year before last, this King of Lu severely injured a distant relative of a third-level martial arts senior and took away a precious sword."
"When the senior of the third level of martial arts came to look for him, King Lu immediately returned the sword and presented him with a thousand taels of silver."
"The speed of steering according to the wind is unparalleled."
Tang Longshan asked: "Is that senior just going to let it go?"
"What else can I do if that doesn't count?"
Shao Anjing said: "With the Daxuan royal family on his back, if this senior dares to kill King Lu today, he will be hunted down by the Dragon Guards all over the world tomorrow."
"Besides, it's just a distant relative. In the end, I can only accept the money and swallow this bad breath."
"well......"
Tang Longshan frowned and thought hard for a long time. In the end, he still had no solution and had to sigh.
He Ping'an's expression remained as usual. Since he, the mighty Martial Saint, had come to Zhongzhou, and if he didn't do something earth-shattering, how could he ask Martial Saint to go out?
Of course, Prince Lu must make arrangements for him.
"Okay, Master Tang, we'll stop talking about this today."
"Don't take it to heart, just throw it wherever you say it."
Shao Anjing: "I won't recognize you after I leave this door."
Although Shao Anjing's cultivation level is not lower than that of King Lu, he is also afraid of his status. If he can do less, he will still lose one thing.
...
Three days later, Tang Longshan saw that everything in Lu County was normal and no one was missing anymore. He thought that even if Ding Lanxiang survived, his cultivation had been completely destroyed and he would not come back again, so he said goodbye to Shao Anjing and left.
Shao'an was eager to return home. After sending Tang Longshan and the others away, he also headed for Huaiyang County in Zhongzhou, which was the administrative seat of Zhongzhou.
The flying boat flew rapidly towards Xuanyang, and in just four days, it had entered the boundary of Yongzhou.
Arriving here, Tang Longshan breathed a sigh of relief, and the speed of the flying boat slowly slowed down.
He Ping'an looked out through the port window of the flying boat and saw a county below that was sparsely populated and full of hungry people. There were not even many trees left, and the vast land was completely ashes.
He couldn't help but ask: "Master Tang, where is the place below?"
Tang Longshan was meditating. He glanced down and frowned: "This is Xinfeng County, Tiannan County, Yongzhou. How did it become like this?"
After saying that, with a thought in his mind, the flying boat drew an arc in mid-air and landed on the Xinfeng County Government Office.
"Where is the Xinfeng County Magistrate?"
Tang Longshan escaped from the flying boat and floated in the air. His voice was like a bell, and it spread throughout the Xinfeng County Government in an instant.
After only three breaths, a man in his thirties wearing a black gauze on his head, a cyan official uniform, and embroidered with an owl pattern hurriedly ran out of the county government office, his steps slightly staggering.
Seeing the Changsheng Palace-style flying boat floating in the air, he bowed his head to Tang Longshan.
"See the Immortal Master of Changsheng Palace. Your subordinate is Gu Jinke, the magistrate of Xinfeng County."
Tang Longshan glanced at Gu Jinke, and then asked: "I am the Xuanyang Changsheng Palace dedicated to Tang Longshan. What happened to Xinfeng County? Why are there corpses everywhere?"
Gu Jinke quickly replied: "Tang Xianshi didn't know something. This year there was a severe drought in Tiannan County, and the people had no harvest. In winter, most of the people had eaten up last year's grain reserves, and famine broke out."
Tang Longshan asked doubtfully: "Should such a big matter be reported to the county government?"
Gu Jinke said: "It has been reported to the police a long time ago. The county government cannot protect itself. The entire Tiannan County is littered with corpses. It is not uncommon for people to exchange children for food."
"Our Xinfeng County situation is relatively good."
Tang Longshan continued to ask: "Does the imperial court and the governor of Yongzhou know about this?"
"As early as a month ago, the governor of Yongzhou reported it to the court."
Gu Jinke looked sad: "But until now, I haven't received any relief documents from the court."
He Ping'an frowned. The imperial court had a method of summons between various states. Logically speaking, if the summons was sent to the imperial court, it would be approved quickly.
Tang Longshan asked: "Can we open the warehouse first to put grain?" "
Gu Jinke shook his head repeatedly: "Tang Xianshi, this is absolutely not allowed. Opening a warehouse to store grain without permission is a capital crime of beheading."
Tang Longshan nodded. He knew that the Daxuan Law had regulations, but he blurted it out in a hurry.
He Pingan's consciousness scanned Gu Jinke and found that his stomach was basically filled with chewed grass roots and bark, with only a small amount of grain residue and some white clay.
At this time, two or three more officials walked out of the county government office. Each of them was also sallow and thin. They weakly bowed to Tang Longshan and the other three, and then found a place to sit down. It seemed that they might faint at any time.
He Ping'an said in surprise: "Didn't the imperial court give you a salary?
"Why are you so hungry?"
At this time, a middle-aged man dressed as a pian inside replied: "Master Gu, as an honest official, asked people to exchange most of the salary in Xuanyang for grain, and had people send it back to distribute to the people."
"So the entire county government, except for the granary, has no food stored."
He Ping'an was immediately in awe. Based on the results of his spiritual exploration, this Gu Jinke was a rare and honest official.
Unfortunately, it is a bit too conservative. Even if you spend all your salary, it will only be a drop in the bucket for a county's rations.
Tang Longshan frowned and was speechless for a long time.
He didn't open the granaries to store grain, and Emperor Jiaming didn't send anyone to provide relief. Did he really want to watch the people of Tiannan County starve to death?
But without Emperor Jiaming's permission, even he would not dare to open a granary to release grain.
If you open a warehouse to store grain today, you may be on the guillotine tomorrow.
Jiang Yishan, who had been silent at this time, suddenly asked: "Why do those people who starve to death look so big?"
Gu Jinke replied: "This is caused by eating dolomite...
Yongzhou is close to the north. It is freezing everywhere in winter. In addition to the previous severe drought, the grass and trees are almost dead. Even grass roots and bark have become rare items.
Most of the people had nothing to eat, so they had to go to the mountains to dig up a kind of white clay called dolomite.
Eating a small amount can barely satisfy the hunger, but after eating too much, it becomes a big belly ghost, unable to excrete, and eventually the stomach bloates and dies.
He Pingan's heart moved. Isn't this the Guanyin soil that people often ate during famines in previous lives?
Just changed the name, but the effect is almost the same.
"well......"
Tang Longshan sighed, even the immortal master was helpless when faced with such a large-scale famine in a county.
At this moment, a ray of light flew towards the horizon in the distance.
In the blink of an eye, Dun Guang flew over the Xinfeng County Government Office, and saw a man in white clothes and a stern face standing on top of a black flying sword.
Before the flying sword landed, several people felt the fierce murderous aura of the man in white.
The man in white was in mid-air, looking coldly at the county government office below. He stretched out his hand and a burst of mana surged out, opening the granary in the county government office below. Thousands of kilograms of grain flew out of the granary and floated in the sky in the county town.
Suddenly, all the bags containing grain burst open. In Xinfeng County, grain fell from the sky, like a grain rain.
However, the control is extremely clever, and they are all placed on the streets for people to pick up.
"Who are you?"
"Dare you forcefully open a warehouse to release grain?"
Gu Jinke's face tightened, the official seal appeared in his hand, Confucianism and Taoism skills were running, and he wanted to stop the swordsman in white.
