Da Song Private Investigator

After the peace talks were over, Bao Zheng, Hua Lang and the others took care of themselves, then bid farewell to Liao Xingzong and rushed to the Song Dynasty. At this time, when autumn was deep, the yellow leaves fell without wind. It is bleak.

After half a month on the road, they finally came to the border of the Great Song Dynasty, but at this time, it was the end of autumn, and the cold wind outside the Great Wall was stern, making people feel a little desolate. Such a cold wind was a little unbearable I don't know how those border soldiers survived the misery year after year.

They still went to Linxi City first, and after meeting Tong Zhuo and discussing their feelings, the group of them prepared to rush directly to the capital, but when they were about to rush to the capital, an imperial decree suddenly came from the capital, saying There was a severe drought in Huainan, Anhui this year, and the food production of the people was severely reduced. Now there are many hungry people. Bao Zheng was asked to go to Huainan, Anhui as a patrol envoy to relieve the people and help the people there to tide over the difficulties.

Hearing that there was a severe drought in Anhui and the people had no crops, Bao Zheng's expression sank slightly, so he stopped staying in the west city and immediately led his people to Huainan.

Hwarang and the others had nowhere to go. After hearing the imperial decree, they thought it might be helpful to follow, so they all followed. It was only after Hwarang saw the conditions of the hungry people on the way that he realized Things are more serious than he imagined.

Throughout the ages, droughts are easy to happen, and the drought is extreme and locusts are very likely to happen after the drought, because Hualang feels that the hard life of these people is just beginning.

Bao Zheng's expression has always been dignified. Seeing those fleeing people, Bao Zheng's eyes couldn't help getting moist, and because they saw these hungry people, Bao Zheng and others even threw away their carriages and rode horses in order to be able to Arrive at Huainan as quickly as possible.

With such a mottled scene, when they came to Huainan, the whole disaster was beyond serious. There were many hungry people on the street. They had nothing to eat and could only beg. The price of rice rose. All the family property is taken out, and it is enough to feed the family for half a month.

And what Hwarang was worried about finally happened. The locust plague raged, and all the crops were wiped out by the locusts. When the locusts flew over, the whole world was almost covered.

It was terrifying, as if it was the end of the world.

Bao Zheng and the others were very angry when they saw this situation on the street. It stands to reason that Anhui is not far from the capital, and is also very close to those rich places in the south. The relief here should have arrived long ago, but since the relief from the imperial court has already When we arrived, why were there still so many people starving on the streets, and so many people fleeing famine on the roads.

Bao Zheng had more or less guesses in his mind, but Hua Lang was certain. Throughout the ages, when disasters happened, the people suffered, but some officials who were greedy for money could make a lot of money because of it. Withholding the relief food from the court, and then selling the food at a high price, in order to earn a lot of money, and they don't bother to care about the life and death of the people.

Judging from the current situation in Huainan, this must be the case.

Bao Zheng rushed towards Huainan Mansion angrily, while Hualang Yin Wucuo and the others couldn't help but sigh with emotion, Huainan, they haven't been here for many years, this place is Yin Wucuo's hometown, I don't know what they are doing at this time Has the Yin family in Huainan been damaged by this disaster?

Presumably there must be, there are no eggs under the cover of the nest, and it is impossible for the Yin family to be exempted because of this.

On the way here, Yin Wucuo had a bad look on his face. After arriving in Huainan, he said goodbye to Hualang, saying that he was going to take a look at his home, and Hua Waner, who was his confidante, naturally followed. .

Hwarang nodded in agreement, and they followed Bao Zheng to Huainan Mansion.

At this time, the magistrate of Huainan Prefecture, whose surname is Liang Mingxiao, is about 40 years old. He is thin, giving people a very shrewd feeling, but also giving people a feeling of greed for money. He doesn't look like a good person at first glance. .

Bao Zheng and others came to Huainan Mansion, but Liang Xiao was frightened, and he ran out to meet the driver, but Bao Zheng stared at Liang Xiao angrily and scolded: "How did you become the magistrate of Huainan? Now that the people in Huainan have nothing to eat, didn’t the court distribute relief food? You have to explain this clearly to me, if you don’t understand, I will cut off your head on the spot.”

When Liang Xiao heard this, he knelt on the ground in fright, begging for mercy repeatedly: "Lord Bao, please forgive me, Lord Bao, please forgive me, this... This relief food has been sent to Huainan from all over the capital a few days ago, but... But I was intercepted by robbers on the way, I don’t have enough troops in Huainan Mansion, I fought them a few times, but it didn’t work at all, instead, several guards were killed or injured.”

"So, you know who those robbers are. Since you can't get them back, why don't you send reinforcements to the imperial court?"

Liang Xiao responded again and again: "Reply to Mr. Bao's words, the memorial is written, but the court has not responded to the letter, and the officials are also very anxious these days, for fear that the people under my jurisdiction will have something wrong or wrong."

In times of chaos, it is normal for thieves to take advantage of the fire to loot, but how could the thieves know about such an important matter as the government's disaster relief food? Moreover, the disaster relief food must have sent many soldiers, just a few robbers, what can they do? .

There must be something strange about this matter, and when Hwarang looked at Liang Xiao, Hwarang noticed that Liang Xiao's eyeballs kept rolling, with a look of malicious intentions, a person like him, there was nothing he could do about it. Hwarang would definitely not believe in helping the people here, the matter is not simple.

Because Bao Zheng was too angry and anxious about this matter, he didn't notice anything special about Liang Xiao, so he just ordered sharply: "I will leave your head here for now, and wait until I finish the business here in the future." Considering you the worst negligence, I will come here to ask you where those thieves live."

"Returning to my lord, the place where those thieves live is too difficult to attack. In Xishuipu, there is a lake that is a natural danger. Behind the lake is a valley, and the gang of thieves live in the valley."

Hearing this, Bao Zheng didn't think about it, and immediately ordered: "Come here, gather the troops, follow me to the Xishui shop, and snatch back the relief food from the court. His grandma, this group of robbers, I want them head."

Bao Zheng even uttered cursing words, which shows how much he hates those robbers who robbed the relief food, but at this moment, Hua Lang suddenly stopped Bao Zheng, saying: "Brother Bao, it's better to discuss this matter in a long-term way."