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Chapter 217 Li Huan's Worship【Request】

Being able to make the emperor lose his composure so much that he smashed the table with a slap shows the anger in the emperor's heart.

Qiu Ju, Gao Feng and the others on the side were so frightened that they fell to their knees with a thud, their faces were full of panic, after all, the Son of Heaven was rarely so angry.

Even in the inner hall, when she heard the roar of the emperor from outside, Empress Xia couldn't help showing a look of horror.

When the emperor got angry, he buried his corpse for thousands of miles. This is not as simple as just saying it.

You must know that not long ago, Zhu Houzhao mentioned to Li Huan about Shaanxi officials helping the victims. At that time, Zhu Houzhao said that he did not expect the local officials to be as clean as water. Part of the food is given to the victims of the disaster.

As long as it is possible to ensure that the victims will not starve to death or freeze to death, even if those officials are really greedy for some money and food, he, the emperor, will just turn a blind eye and close his eyes, pretending not to see it.

But now hearing what Li Huan told him about the things that the local officials in Shaanxi have done can be said to be devoid of conscience and destroy the bottom line of conscience, Zhu Houzhao is almost about to be blown up.

His requirements for the emperor are not high at all. He only hopes that these local officials can take the safety of the people into consideration.

But why do these people have no bottom line like this? People have to fiddle with life-saving food, which has already touched Zhu Houzhao's bottom line.

Li Huan looked at Zhu Houzhao's furious appearance, and sighed softly: "Your Majesty calm down, it's not worth hurting your body for these people who have lost all conscience."

Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, forced himself to suppress the anger and anger in his heart, looked at Li Huan and said, "Li Qing, what do you think I should do?"

Seeing the murderous intent flowing in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, Li Huan pondered for a while, then bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, I don't believe that the inspector censor Feng Qin and the officials of the third department will not be aware of some actions of the local officials. But now there is no news from these people..."

Before Li Huan could finish speaking, the anger on Zhu Houzhao's face became more intense and he said: "They should be killed too. The reason why I sent them is to ask them to supervise the local officials, and strictly prevent the local officials from being extremely corrupt by helping the victims. Money and food, but what did they do, are they all blind?"

No wonder Zhu Houzhao was so furious, and he was even more furious when he mentioned Feng Qin and others. If it is said that the local officials' greed for money and food is very secretive, then that's all. After all, the officials of the Third Division cannot compare with Jin Yiwei in monitoring local officials.

However, among the news from Jinyiwei, the local officials shoddy and withheld money and food. This is the most obvious and common method. As long as you are not blind, as long as you have eyes, anyone who goes to the scene of the disaster relief to take a look will be fine. You can see the trickiness in it.

However, the inspector censor and the officials of the third department have no news, what does this mean.

It means that these people are either high-ranking and did not go to the scene to check the disaster relief in person, and were manipulated by the local officials, or these officials have been colluding with the local officials.

It's not that they don't know, but that they themselves have already participated in it. Naturally, it is impossible to report to the imperial court the situation of relief victims in Shaanxi.

Obviously Zhu Houzhao is more inclined to the latter. After all, if these officials were not in collusion with local officials, it is impossible for them to be unaware.

Li Huan said slowly: "So even if His Majesty sends other officials to Shaanxi for inspection, it may not have any effect. I implore Your Majesty to allow me to take people to Shaanxi for a visit."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, and looked at Li Huan with a bit of astonishment on his face, and said, "But Li Qing, don't you still want to preside over the rectification of the Beijing camp? Leave at this time..."

Li Huan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the most important thing in the capital camp has been done, the rest is to recruit soldiers, and then train the new army, these things will not have any impact even if I don't personally sit in charge. "

Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan with some hesitation on his face and said, "But Li Qing, you just returned to Beijing for more than a month, and you haven't had a good rest yet, but you are leaving Beijing for Shaanxi again, I..."

Li Huan bowed and said: "Your Majesty, apart from the ministers, there are hundreds of officials in court, Chinese and military. I am afraid that whoever goes to Shaanxi may not be able to restrain those lawless officials."

Li Huan's words were indeed a little boastful, but he had to admit that Li Huan really didn't talk nonsense.

Because looking at the court, no matter whether it is a cabinet minister, a noble, or an official of the six ministries, there is really no one who is more suitable than Li Huan.

Li Huan said with a smile: "I'm afraid that if I go here, there will be a bloody storm, and I'm afraid I will cause trouble for Your Majesty again."

Zhu Houzhao said almost reflexively: "Kill, let me kill you hard, but whoever Li Qing kills must be the one who deserves to be killed. Even if Li Qingyi stabbed the big basket, I will carry it for you." on."

Li Huan immediately bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your permission."

Zhu Houzhao was taken aback for a moment, then realized, seeing Li Huan couldn't help taking a step forward, holding Li Huan's hand, and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid I can only trouble Li Qing this time, I really feel ashamed..."

Li Huan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty's saying that is a disgraceful minister. As a minister, he should share his majesty's worries and solve his problems."

Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and looked at Li Huan seriously and said: "Li Qing, you are going to Shaanxi, if you have any requirements, just ask."

Li Huan said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, the people of Shaanxi have been strong since ancient times. At the time of this catastrophe, there are local officials who are responsible for the disaster. I am worried that some officials will force the people to rebel, or some people will stir up civil chaos, so I implore Your Majesty to allow me to take a battalion of Zhenwei camp and go to Shaanxi."

Zhu Houzhao nodded immediately when he heard the words, and said, "Li Qing has considered everything carefully, and I will approve this matter."

Although it is said that Li Huan is the commander of Jinyiwei, even if he goes to Shaanxi to bring a group of Jinyiwei, the number of Jinyiwei is limited after all. Thousands of rioters, that is not a chaos that can be quelled by a few hundred Jinyiwei.

What's more, when Li Huan went to Shaanxi, as Li Huan said, he would definitely kill a lot of people. Those people were all local tyrants and officials. It's not weird to mess around.

If there is no strong army and horses, in this situation, no matter how brave Li Huan and Jin Yiwei are, facing the attack of thousands of rioters, they may only be overwhelmed by the rioters in the end.

Looking at Li Huan, Zhu Houzhao said again: "Does the Qing family have any other requests?"

Li Huan said again: "Your Majesty, please send an imperial guard of honor. The emperor ordered the flag to have the right to cut it first and then play it."

Zhu Houzhao laughed and said, "Okay, I've agreed on this matter, and I will give you the right to kill first and then report. Officials, dignitaries and even the emperor's relatives in Shaanxi, Li Qing, you have the right to kill first and report later."

After speaking, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan, and Li Huan bowed to Zhu Houzhao with a smile on his face and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, I will definitely kill all the dogs and dogs in Shaanxi for your Majesty, and give me a clear and clear Shaanxi in Ming Dynasty." .”

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "When is Li Qing going to leave, I will see you off personally when the time comes."

Li Huan shook his head with a smile and said: "Before I came to see Your Majesty, I ordered someone to summon the Jin Yiwei, and sent someone to summon the commander of the Zhenwei Battalion to gather the army and wait for His Majesty's order before they can move out."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and said in astonishment: "Li Qing, you are not going to leave overnight, are you?"

You must know that the sky outside is already dark now, Zhu Houzhao thought that no matter how anxious Li Huan was, he would wait until tomorrow morning before setting off. At that time, he, the emperor, could also go to see Li Huan off.

But judging from what Li Huan meant, it was clear that he wanted to leave overnight.

Li Huan said solemnly: "The situation in Shaanxi is like a fire, and the people are in dire straits. The sooner the minister arrives, the sooner the local officialdom will be cleared up. worth it."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but looked at Li Huan and sighed, "How lucky I am to have Li Qing!"

Li Huan paid homage to Zhu Houzhao and said, "It is also my luck to meet your majesty and to be valued by your majesty."

Saying this, Li Huan bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the subject is gone!"

After speaking, Li Huan turned around and walked out of the main hall, and walked towards the outside. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but stepped forward and followed Li Huan all the time. When he reached the entrance of the main hall of Kunning Palace, Li Huan's figure had disappeared in the distance .

Qiu Ju followed closely beside the Son of Heaven, looking at Li Huan's disappearing figure, and Zhu Houzhao standing at the door looking in the direction of leaving and disappearing, Qiu Ju felt boundless envy in his heart.

The emperor's favor is so far, no one can match it.

But when Li Huan left the imperial city, he saw a few figures standing in the distance as soon as he left the palace gate, whoever it was if it wasn't Chen Yao, Du Guang and others.

When they saw Li Huan coming out of the palace gate, several people hurried up to greet him.

Li Huan looked at the people with a smile on his face, and Feng Yongguo came up to Li Huan and said, "My lord, what does your majesty say?"

Several people looked at Li Huan with concern.

Li Huan smiled and said: "Your Majesty ordered me to go to Shaanxi as an imperial envoy to strictly investigate the corruption of officials in Shaanxi for money and food."

Feng Yongguo sighed lightly when he heard the words: "My lord, I'm afraid it will be difficult to return to Beijing in a few months, and I will see my sister when I go back to the mansion..."

Li Huan shook his head when he heard the words, looked towards Maoyan Lane and said, "Second uncle, my nephew is not filial, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to the house to see my mother."

Feng Yongguo was taken aback for a moment, and then he reacted and said, "Are you going to leave overnight?"

Li Huan nodded, and at the same time said to Feng Yongguo: "After the second uncle returns, I will apologize to my mother for me and tell my mother that I will come back if it takes half a year or three to five months."

Feng Yongguo sighed: "Forget it, that's fine, the province's sons and daughters will love each other, and I will help you take care of your home."

Li Huan cupped his hands at Feng Yongguo, turned his eyes to Chen Yao and said, "Chen Yao, go back immediately and bring the people from Jin Yiwei to meet me at the gate of the city."

Chen Yao immediately took the order to leave, and at the same time, Li Huan said to Zhao Yi: "Zhao Yi, you go to Zhenwei camp, let the two commanders Ren Ping and Guan Zheng lead the army to set off immediately, and follow Jin Yiwei Go to Shandi."

Zhao Yi immediately responded and left.

city ​​gate
Because the sky had already darkened and the city gate was closed, under such circumstances, it was naturally very difficult to open the city gate. It could be said that if there was no will, no one would dare to open the city gate without authorization.

A few old soldiers guarding the gate were dozing off in the city gate, when suddenly there was a big earthquake and the sound of horseshoes getting closer and closer, which directly woke up the gate guarding soldiers.

Soon some soldiers lit torches and illuminated the city gate. At the same time, a group of Jinyi guards surrounded a young man in a cloak and came on horseback.

When the soldiers guarding the gate saw the group of Jinyiwei, especially the leader, their complexions changed, and some even whispered: "Commander of the Jinyiwei, Li Huan!"

Obviously Li Huan is now considered a celebrity in the capital, and it is not surprising that these soldiers guarding the city recognized Li Huan at a glance.

Chen Yao stepped forward and shouted at the soldiers guarding the gate: "Open the city gate quickly, Jin Yiwei will handle the case."

A gatekeeper suppressed the tension and fear in his heart, stepped forward to Li Huan and said: "Your Majesty has seen the chief governor, but I don't know if the chief governor has His Majesty's will."

Li Huan looked down at the gatekeeper from a high position, only seeing the gatekeeper sweating coldly, extremely nervous, but Li Huan had no intention of embarrassing him.

Seeing that Li Huan took out a scrolled imperial decree from his bosom, he held it up high and said: "Your Majesty's imperial decree is for this, so please open the city gate quickly."

Looking at the bright yellow scroll of the imperial decree, the gatekeeper didn't dare to ask to see the content of the imperial decree. Dang even bowed to Li Huan, and shouted loudly to the subordinates behind him: "Open the door, don't hesitate to open the door."

Amidst the creaking sound, the closed city gate suddenly opened. Li Huan immediately put away the imperial decree, then shouted, and rushed out of the city gate surrounded by hundreds of royal guards, disappearing into the night.

Xi'an Prefecture, Shaanxi

Liao's Mansion
Liao Yong looked at his son, and said with a smile on his lips, "Has the food ever been stored?"

Liao Yongguang also had an unconcealable look of joy on his face and said: "Father, the [-] shi grain has been transferred from the warehouse of the palace, and stored in the grain cellar of our Liao family."

Speaking of which, Liao Yongguang looked at Liao Yong with admiration on his face and said, "Father, your trick is really clever. The food for the victims first entered the big warehouse of the Qin Palace, and then we dumped the food out of the big warehouse of the Qin Palace. , with this procedure, even if something happens in the future, the imperial court will not be able to hold us accountable."

Liao Yong stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This idea is not your father's idea, but the idea of ​​the chief envoy Wu Wei and Mr. Wu."

Liao Yongguang was taken aback when he heard this and said: "No wonder it is said that these officials have the most deceitful minds. Once his idea comes out, if something happens in the future, he can also put all the blame on the Qin Palace. Is it impossible to hold a prince accountable?"

Liao Yong nodded and said: "So when we deal with these people, we must remember to keep an eye on it, and we must keep those who should be kept behind. Otherwise, we may be sold out by these people at any time."

Speaking of which, Liao Yong looked at Liao Yongguang and said, "Have you recorded all the accounts of the grain stock in Xi'an Prefecture sold by us in the past few years?"

Liao Yongguang immediately said: "Father, don't worry, the account book boy remembers it clearly, it is hidden in a secret place, and there will never be any mistakes."

Liao Yong smiled and nodded, "That's good."

Liao Yongguang looked at Liao Yong and said, "Father, my son heard that Huang Yongchang, the magistrate of Yan'an Prefecture, and others directly sold all the relief grain to several major local grain merchants, but they used some black and moldy grain and bran for feeding cattle and horses. Set up porridge sheds to help the victims, and these days, hundreds of people died just from eating the blackened and moldy food..."

Liao Yong glanced at Liao Yongguang lightly and said: "What's the matter with you, these officials will do anything for money and food, anyone who dares to block their way of getting money, they will kick him without hesitation Kick off."

Shaanxi Huayin County

It was rumored that Wang Zhi, the magistrate of the county, had been ill since that day when he learned that the county treasury had caught fire and the government's stockpile had been burned to ashes.

Several county officials, including Tang Zhen, inspector Cui Ji, and pawn Ding Chaozhong, came to visit Wang Zhi at the first time, and expressed to Wang Zhi that each of their families was willing to provide tens of shi of grain for supply. The county magistrate came to set up a porridge shed to help the people.

It is said that Wang Zhi, the county magistrate at that time, lamented that Tang Zhen and other officials were loyal to the imperial court and they were all good officials of the country.

On this day, a group of soldiers escorted tens of thousands of shi of grain into Huayin County, but Wang Zhi, the county magistrate of Huayin County, was pale, dragging his sick body to watch the tens of thousands of shi of grain enter the county mansion with his own eyes. library.

Wang Zhi is a rare and good official. Wang Zhi knew exactly what happened that day, but he was a group of officials headed by Tang Zhen, Ding Chaozhong, Cui Ji and others.

Up and down the entire county government, almost all the big and small officials belonged to Tang Zhen's party. If there was a real quarrel, whether he, the county magistrate, would be able to get out of the county government would be a problem.

This time, in order to prevent accidents, or to prevent anyone from planning this batch of food relief, Wang Zhi took the only two servants in his family and lived in the grain depot directly. .

At the entrance of the grain depot, Wang Zhi looked at Tang Zhen, Ding Chaozhong, Cui Ji and others who were stunned and said, "Everyone, this is the life-saving food distributed by the imperial court. The lives of the 10,000+ people in Huayin County depend on it." This is the food, and tomorrow morning, I will personally set up a porridge shed with these grains to help the victims, I hope you can help me and find a way for the people to survive."

Tang Zhen and others looked at the granary full of grain behind Wang Zhi, and then looked at Wang Zhi who was looking at them with a serious face. His face was a little weird. Hearing this, he said to Wang Zhi: "Don't worry, my lord. I will definitely do my best to assist you in helping the victims, and make a living for the people of Huayin County."

Wang Zhi took a deep look at the crowd and said: "If so, the people of Huayin County will definitely be grateful."

Night falls
In the courtyard of the Tang family, in a flower hall, several figures were gathering together. If someone saw them, they would definitely recognize these people as Tang Zhen, the governor of Huayin County, Cui Ji, the inspector, and the pawns. Ding Chaozhong and more than a dozen officials, big and small.

Ding Chaozhong said with an ugly face: "Damn Wang Zhi, he dared to guard us like a thief, and even lived in the granary."

Cui Ji stroked his beard and squinted his eyes and said, "That's grain worth tens of thousands of shi. For high-quality polished rice, it's not a problem to sell it for four or five taels of silver for one shi."

Hearing what Cui Ji said, everyone thought of the mountain of grain piled up in the granary that they had seen before, and their breathing became a little short for a while.

An official couldn't help muttering when he heard the words: "It doesn't matter how much grain there is. The county magistrate personally sits in the granary. No matter how many means we have, it is impossible to give the grain to the county magistrate under the eyes of the magistrate." Get it out."

The excitement on everyone's faces immediately dissipated when they heard the words, and someone said bitterly: "Wang Zhi wants to be an upright official, but he wants to cut off our fellow's fortune."

"Cutting off a person's fortune is like killing one's parents."

All of a sudden, you talked to me, and when many people mentioned the county magistrate Wang Zhi, their eyes were full of hatred
It was as if Wang Zhi had directly cut off their source of income by guarding the granary.

Tang Zhen coughed lightly. As the largest landlord in Huayin County, Tang Zhen also had the greatest influence among these officials. Seeing that Tang Zhen wanted to speak now, everyone looked at Tang Zhen.

Tang Zhen glanced at everyone and said, "I'm just asking you if you want to make a fortune."

Immediately someone said: "If you don't want to make a fortune, why are we here as an official? If you really think that everyone is like Wang Zhi, who wants to do things for the people wholeheartedly, then you are a fool."

"Yes, yes, we are officials to get rich."

Ding Chaozhong looked at Tang Zhen and said, "Master Tang, do you have a way to get the grain out of the granary?"

Tang Zhen smiled slightly and said, "What's so difficult?"

Everyone couldn't help being stunned, and looked at Tang Zhen in puzzlement. They still understood Wang Zhi's temperament. Since Wang Zhi chose to live in the granary, they would definitely not be given the opportunity to work together. Can't pass Wang Zhi's test.

A murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and Tang Zhen said lightly, "Isn't it just Wang Zhi? If he is gone, we will have the final say on the food?"

Everyone couldn't help being shocked when they heard the words, and looked at Tang Zhen in amazement, an official said in a trembling voice: "My lord, do you mean that we are going to kill the magistrate?"

Tang Zhen said indifferently: "Isn't the county magistrate sick? He died of illness, and he died of exhaustion to help the victims. All the people in Huayin County will be grateful for the kindness of the county magistrate. Do you think..."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but soon the inspector Cui Ji laughed and said, "Yes, the county magistrate dedicated himself to the people and died from overwork. The people of Huayin County will always be grateful to the county magistrate."

Soon, under the watchful eyes of Tang Zhen, Ding Chaozhong, Cui Ji and others, more than a dozen officials present expressed their opinions one after another.

After reaching an agreement, Ding Chaozhong looked at Tang Zhen with a fierce light in his eyes and said, "Master Tang, do we want to do it tonight..."

Tang Zhen shook his head and said, "What's the hurry? Since the county magistrate died of exhaustion in helping the victims, we must give the county magistrate a chance to help the victims. We must let him go in peace."

While talking, Tang Zhen said calmly: "Tomorrow, everyone will open a porridge shed with the county magistrate. In front of many people in Huayin County, the magistrate's old illness relapsed, and he vomited blood. He became sick from overwork and died on the spot."

Cui Ji clapped his hands and applauded: "Okay, let's do it like this!"

At the granary, accompanied by servants Wang Cheng and Wang Song, Wang Zhi just guarded the granary.

A severe cough came, Wang Cheng couldn't help but looked at Wang Zhi with concern and said, "Master, your body."

Wang Zhi shook his head at Wang Cheng and said, "It's just a bit of wind and cold, it's okay."

As he said that, Wang Zhi's eyes showed a bit of hope and said: "With these grains, the people of Huayin County can finally be saved."

Wang Cheng said in a low voice: "Master, how could those people be so kind, would they just watch the Lord use these high-quality grains to help the victims?"

Wang Zhi sneered and said: "If they don't want to, they have to bear it. I sit in the township personally. This time, I want to see. With me here, who would dare to take the idea of ​​saving the lives of these people."

Wang Cheng looked at Wang Zhi, sighed softly and said, "The people in Huayin County have a parent officer like the master, it's really a blessing for the people."

Looking at the granary behind him, Wang Zhi muttered with bright colors in his eyes: "Tomorrow, the people in Huayin County will have rice porridge to survive."

Between the rough roads, a group of Jinyi guards came in a hurry, and the leader was Li Huan.

Looking at the stretching road ahead, Li Huan turned to Du Guang beside him and said, "Du Guang, how far is it from Xi'an Mansion?"

Du Guang thought for a while and said, "My lord, let's travel non-stop all the way, day and night, probably tomorrow we will be able to enter the border of Huayin County, and in a day or two we will be able to reach Xi'an Mansion."

Li Huan couldn't help but raised his brows when he heard the words: "Huayin County, Huashan is located on the boundary of Huayin County."

Du Guang only heard what Li Huan said and knew that Li Huan must have thought of Yue Buqun who had disappeared.

After all, Yue Buqun was the former head of the Huashan School, and Lantian County, where Yue Buqun disappeared, was not too far from Huayin County.

Even under the pursuit of Feng Qingyang, Yue Buqun might choose to flee to Mount Hua.

At this moment, a horse came up and shouted to Li Huan: "My lord, there is a river ahead, and there is still water in the river."

Li Huan looked at the exhausted Jinyi guards behind him, and said, "Everyone, go and have a rest, and let the horses drink some water."

Soon everyone arrived in front of the big river, looking around, the riverbed with a width of more than ten feet was almost completely exposed outside, only a small stream of water was still flowing, which showed how severe the severe drought in Shaanxi was. A big river has so little water.

A group of Jin Yiwei was busy leading the panting horses to drink water, and soon a figure came over with a pot of hot water, and said in a sharp voice: "My lord, drink water."

This person is none other than Cao Yu.

Originally, Li Huan was in a hurry to come to Shaanxi and did not return home, but Feng, who learned the news from Feng Yongguo, was worried that Li Huan had no one to take care of him, so he sent Cao Yu to serve Li Huan.

With Cao Yu's current first-class strength, even if he was half a day behind, he quickly caught up with Li Huan and his party.

Li Huan took the hot water, looked at the almost dry river, and couldn't help sighing, under such a severe drought, it is conceivable how difficult the life of the people in Shaanxi will be, and how many people will point their fingers at them. With the relief food distributed by the imperial court, he continued his life.

And those officials, big and small, who dared to fight the idea of ​​food relief, are really devoid of conscience, because of their greed, I don't know how many people will die because of it.

Thinking of this, a murderous intent flashed in Li Huan's eyes. This time, he came here to kill people. It is best not to let him be caught by many officials in Shaanxi, otherwise, he will let these people know what killing is. Ruma, what is some bottom line cannot be broken.

The bright sunshine fell on the earth. Outside Huayin County, dozens of large pots were set up early in the morning under the supervision of the county magistrate Wang Zhi and with the full cooperation of the county officials. Bags of rice grains began to boil.

Wang Zhi looked at the boiled rice, smelled the fragrance of the rice, his face was full of joy, and looked at the faces of the people who were almost invisible, Wang Zhi I couldn't help feeling sour in my heart.

I could only hear Wang Zhi shouting loudly to the surrounding people: "Don't worry, everyone, the relief food from the imperial court has come down. I am here to assure everyone that porridge and soup are served twice a day, but if there is still a grain of food, this official will give you a piece of food." Don't let my people of Ming Dynasty starve to death in front of this official."

"Your Excellency, Master Qingtian!"

"My lord, live a hundred years!"

For a while, the people around kowtowed to Wang Zhi.

Ding Chaozhong, Cui Ji, Tang Zhen and others standing not far behind Wang Zhi watched the scene calmly.

At this moment, an official brought a bowl of tea to Wang Zhi and said, "My lord, drink some water."

Today, all the officials in the county government cooperated incomparably. Wang Zhi was in a good mood. Hearing this, he took the tea bowl and drank it down.

"Porridge is served, porridge is served, and everyone is lined up."

Soon under Wang Zhi's order, the guards shouted loudly to maintain order.

Standing not far away, Wang Zhi watched the people drinking the hot porridge with a look of relief on his face.

Suddenly, Wang Zhi coughed violently. Seeing this, the old servant at the side hurried forward to help Wang Zhi pat his back, to comfort Wang Zhi.

But Wang Zhi's cough became more and more intense, suddenly there was a wow, a mouthful of blood spewed out, Wang Zhi's body shook, and he fell to the ground directly.

"My lord... my lord..."

This scene directly stunned everyone.

Tang Zhen, Ding Chaozhong, Cui Ji and other officials could not help but run towards the fallen Wang Zhi, shouting incessantly.

And those common people were even more stunned by this scene. Wang Zhi is a clean and honest official and has always been respected by the common people. Now seeing Wang Zhi spitting blood and falling in front of them, one can imagine how surprised these common people were.

Tang Zhen lifted Wang Zhi's body up, let him lean in his arms, shook Wang Zhi's body desperately, and shouted: "My lord, I have already said that you are still ill and can't get out of bed. But you are concerned about the people outside the city, and you just don’t listen to what the officials say, if something happens to you, how will the people in Huayin County live.”

The people around could hear clearly. Looking at Wang Zhi who was not moving, some of the people started to kneel down to Wang Zhi, and soon the people all around knelt down and kowtowed to Wang Zhi in unison. Pray: "God, Lord Wang is the master of the blue sky, good people are rewarded with good things, just open your eyes and let Lord Wang live a long life..."

"Lord Wang will live a hundred years."

"Yan Wangye, if you insist on arresting someone, you can arrest the little old man. The little old man is willing to trade his life for his life, and I only hope that Mr. Wang will live a long life..."

The surrounding people cried together.

Suddenly, Tang exclaimed in shock: "My lord can't do it!"

Immediately, the people around couldn't help but burst into tears when they heard the words.

At the same time, in Huayin County, the granary opened wide, and dozens of strong servants loaded bags of grain on carriages, and then transported them away at an extremely fast speed.

The grain storage of tens of thousands of stones in the granary is decreasing at an extremely fast rate.

A steward of the Tang family stroked his beard with a slight smile on his lips. Beside him, an official chuckled and said, "If there are no accidents, the county magistrate is already on his way."

The manager of the Tang family said disdainfully, "It's just that old thing blocking everyone's way."

On the official road, the dusty Li Huan and others were coming on horseback, when they heard a shocking cry from a distance.

A city can be seen in the distance, the city is not too big, just look at its size, it is a county town, but the earth-shattering cry makes people feel shocked.

Not only Li Huan, even the Jin Yiwei who accompanied Li Huan were startled by the soaring cry.

This crying sound cannot be made by a few people or hundreds of people, at least it takes tens of thousands of people to cry together to be so amazing.

"grown ups!"

Du Guang and others couldn't help looking at Li Huan.

Hearing the shocking cry, Li Huan said solemnly, "If there is no mistake, the county seat of Huayin County is right in front of you."

Du Guang nodded when he heard this, and said, "My lord, it is Huayin County."

Li Huan said in a deep voice: "Since it is Huayin County, why are there so many people crying together under the blue sky and bright daylight? Follow me to have a look."

It was definitely unusual for so many people to cry together. Originally, Li Huan and the others didn't plan to stay in Huayin County, they directly crossed Huayin County and rushed to Xi'an Mansion.

But now Li Huan had to stop. It would be unreasonable for Li Huan not to take a look at such an abnormal situation.

Soon Li Huan led a dozen people towards Huayin County at an extremely fast speed.

From a distance, one can see the darkness, countless people kneeling on the ground, bowing towards the gate of the county seat, weeping incessantly.

As they approached the countless people, the cries became louder and more clearly audible.

At this time, Li Huan and the others had heard clearly that these people seemed to be crying for an official, which made Li Huan, Du Guang, Chen Yao, Cao Yu and others look at each other in dismay.

It can make countless people bow down and cry from the bottom of their hearts, so what kind of things did this official do to make the people respect him so much.

Taking a deep breath, Li Huan strode forward, looked at an old man who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Old man, who are you crying for and why?"

The old man raised his head and glanced at Li Huan and the others, he was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly said, "Master Wang Zhiwang, the county magistrate, became sick from overwork because of me waiting for the victims. Not long ago, he vomited blood from his mouth. Immortals are gone!"

"what?"

Li Huan's complexion changed slightly, obviously he couldn't believe that there is such a clean and honest official in this land of Shaanxi?

At the gate of the city, more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages came slowly, one after another big sacks were thrown down, some of the sacks opened, and the blackened and moldy food suddenly appeared.

More than a dozen strong servants stepped forward to load the high-quality refined grains that Wang Zhi had transported earlier into the carriage and transported them away directly.

The officials in charge of making porridge directly ordered people to pour the blackened and moldy grain into the cauldron and start cooking porridge.

Relief to the victims still needs to be done, otherwise, once the higher-ups find out, they will not be able to explain it, but what to use to help the victims is their business.

Thinking of the tens of stones of refined grain that was wasted earlier, the faces of several officials showed regret. Such good grain has entered the stomachs of these refugees. It is simply a waste.

Looking at the blackened rice porridge in the cauldron, several officials nodded slightly, these refugees should eat these things.

In the distance, Li Huan took a deep breath and said to Chen Yao and Du Guang: "I never thought that such a good official would just go there like this. Now that we have met, everyone, please follow me to pay homage to this king." Zhiwang county magistrate."

A few people nodded. They were in Jinyiwei, and they were used to the darkness of the officialdom, especially they had seen how many local officials in Shaanxi were greedy for the people's life-saving food without conscience, how they ignored human life, and how lawless they were. When such a good official died, they naturally felt admiration in their hearts.

A few people followed Li Huan and strode towards the gate of the city. Such a good official was worth paying their respects to.

Wang Cheng, who was kneeling beside Wang Zhi's corpse and crying bitterly, suddenly smelled a sour smell, looked subconsciously, and saw the blackened and moldy rice grains rolling in the cauldron, his face couldn't help showing disbelief. look.

Seeing the smiles in the eyes of the officials around him, Tang Zhen, Ding Chaozhong, Cui Ji and others, Wang Cheng was startled and his face changed drastically.

Suppressing the panic and disbelief in his heart, he saw Wang Zhi's eyes wide open, the corners of his mouth full of blood, and he looked like he was dying. He couldn't help feeling sad, and wept endlessly.

Wang Cheng wept silently in his heart: "My lord, you are obviously in good health, why did you go like this all of a sudden!"

At this moment, Li Huan and the others strode over, looking extremely abrupt among the people kneeling on the ground, and immediately attracted the eyes of Ding Chaozhong, Tang Zhen and others.

The official uniforms of Li Huan and others who were dressed in dust and dust have been covered by dust, and the appearance of the official uniforms can hardly be seen, but the temperament of Li Huan and the others are completely different, especially Li Huan came here at a glance. .

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