Princess, she is a master of metaphysics

Chapter 230 Who Is Your Heart For?

After all, the handkerchief is a close-fitting item, so Xie Qi just put it away?

There was silence in the carriage, and Xie Qi also took a book to read.

A few days passed, and the weather became obviously humid, and they had almost reached the Jiangnan area.

Along the way, there are more and more refugees.

When Lin Qingyin was resting, she secretly contacted Wuzhuomen, and asked them to pick some of these people and accept them under the door.

Now, the Wuzhuo Sect has grown a lot, and the 1 taels of silver that was extorted from Xie Qi earlier is not enough.

When they arrived in Yang County, they were only [-] miles away from their final destination, Hezhou, where the floods were the worst.

It was getting late, they decided to rest here today, and rush to Hezhou tomorrow.

Since they brought nearly 500 soldiers, plus some officials and craftsmen, nearly [-] scattered people were stationed outside Yang County.

Lin Qingyin told Xie Qi, and went into Yang County alone to see the situation.

In Yang County, there was a depression.

Walking to the main street, only one grain store was open.

Lin Qingyin thought for a while and entered the grain store.

"Five taels of silver for a dou of grain! There are still thirty dou left today, hurry up everyone!"

The chubby grain shop owner was holding a tael of silver ingots in one hand, laughing so hard that he couldn't keep his eyes open.

Five taels of silver for a bucket of grain?

On weekdays, you can buy a bucket of copper coins. Isn't this grain store too dark?

Lin Qingyin stood aside, but it wasn't very abrupt.

Many people were squatting or standing at the ticket gate, watching those who bought food come out.

Suddenly, Lin Qingyin's eyes were attracted by one of the men in line.

"Well, yesterday it was still one tael of silver for a bucket, why is it five taels today?"

The man was carrying a large basket with the usual copper coins in it. It can be seen that it was not easy to get enough money.

"Stop talking nonsense! How severe the flood is now! If you go further south, there will be people asking for ten taels of silver! If you don't have any money, go away!"

The waiter at the side pushed the man away impatiently.

The man stood pitifully on the side holding a big frame, which was very sad.

Lin Qingyin looked carefully, and found that after one of them bought a bucket of grain, several people came to share it, and these obviously did not belong to the same family.

Obviously, they really didn't have enough money, so several families could only pool together to buy grain.

A bucket of grain is only enough to feed a family of five for a day.

Now one person here is a family, maybe there are three or four children waiting to eat, how can a bucket of food be enough?
Or maybe neither of them had a family, maybe there was only one person in the family?
Thinking about it, Lin Qingyin quietly followed behind them, turned left and west, and entered an alley.

She frowned as soon as she came in.

It really stinks in here.

Covering his mouth and nose with the handkerchief, he carefully crossed over the dirt and garbage on the ground and followed behind carefully.

She saw many people lying weakly on the ground, as thin as a stick.

When we arrived at one place, there were some temporary cloth sheds.

Those families immediately cooked the food and some wild vegetables together, and the wild vegetables were still muddy!
Lin Qingyin frowned slightly, which was too careless.

But I saw that the big pot was full of water, only a little rice at the bottom, and the wild vegetables with mud were added, which seemed more substantial.

She understood that the soil was put in it on purpose, so that it can also fill the stomach when mixed with rice.

Lin Qingyin passed these people and continued to walk inside.

Suddenly, she smelled a smell of meat.

How can there be meat?
She stood in the corner, watching a few men not far away gathered around a large pot, which was filled with the aroma of thick broth.etc!
She opened her eyes and took a closer look. A child's soul was sitting blankly on the cauldron.

It's human flesh!
She took two steps back in horror.

Has it reached this level?
She wanted to step forward to stop it, but what reason did she have?
She can't fill their stomachs, people have already been killed, should they hold up the banner of morality and scold them not to eat people?

A faint voice came from the side, it was an old woman.

Lin Qingyin's expression moved slightly, and she went to the house where the rice porridge was cooked earlier, and exchanged a tael of silver for a bowl of soup.

It's really because, if she gives too much, I'm afraid she won't be able to get out by herself.

"Here, old man, be careful."

Lin Qingyin squatted beside the old man, and put the rice soup beside the old man.

The old man was in a daze and drank rice soup.

With some strength, he opened his eyes and saw the girl squatting in front of him.

With bright eyes and white teeth, and a fair complexion, he was looking at himself with concern.

"Thank you, girl. There is not much food now, and I won't live long, old lady. You should drink it, girl."

Lin Qingyin shook her head.

"I have some money after all, you should drink it."

The old woman looked at Lin Qingyin's attire, fell silent, took the bowl, and finished drinking bit by bit.

"Miss, this place is not for you, go back quickly, it is very dangerous here."

Lin Qingyin's heart warmed up.

You know, she saw along the way that many young masters and ladies of the official family were eating delicious food and drinking fine wine in restaurants.

Generally, in this situation, ordinary people would hate those official ladies.

Along the way, she saw the eyes of many people who hated and feared her.

"Old man, I want to ask, you know those people over there, why did they..."

Lin Qingyin couldn't say the last two words.

The old man turned his head to look and understood what Lin Qingyin meant.

"Hey, miss, don't blame them, they also exchanged their younger brother for someone else, otherwise, they would have starved to death long ago!"

Lin Qingyin asked some more about the situation, and left here with a sad expression.

She can't save them.

But it's just that it can't be saved now.

Returning to Namidian, I strode in.

"Who's the boss?"

Lin Qingyin stepped forward and asked the little girl in a deep voice.

Xiaoer is sharp-eyed, looking at Lin Qingyin's clothes, she knows that she is definitely not short of money.

"Hey, miss, what do you want to do with the young one?"

The chubby man at the side immediately came up, smiling and very respectful, his attitude was much different from that of the man who just looked at the man who should not be kicked out.

"The imperial court stipulates that the price of a bucket of grain should not exceed five taels. Are you not afraid of being arrested and imprisoned if you sell it for five taels?"

As soon as Lin Qingyin said this, the whole shop fell silent, and the face of the shop owner also became gloomy.

The fat skin was drooping, and the store owner smiled eccentrically.

"Now that there is a flood, we still have to eat, and the price is allowed by the government. The little lady doesn't understand this, so I'd better go home and be honest, and ask your adults to talk about it!"

Lin Qingyin frowned, this person is too rampant, if there is no support behind her, she wouldn't believe it!

(End of this chapter)