Xiangmen black-bellied woman

Chapter 317 Benevolent?Human face and animal heart?
The more he walked forward, the more frightening the scene in front of him. Shen Ninghua's face was pale, and she almost vomited.

The ground was full of people lying here and there, and the horses stopped at last, because there was no place to get down.

There was a decaying smell in the air. Occasionally, someone saw Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua coming over, and wanted to get up to ask for help, but they didn't even have the strength to move. made a sound.

It is only a few miles away from Zhoucheng, but one is clean and prosperous, and the other is dirty and decayed. It is unbelievable. Not far away is a wealthy city. It is indeed hungry and dead here, but they don’t even have the strength to ask for help. .

Baili Junyi handed the horse over to the guard behind him, and held Shen Ninghua's hand tightly: "Ninghua, my people discovered this place by accident. It is said that there were thousands of people in the past, but now they are walking dead. Probably less than a few hundred people are still alive, and now they are dying too."

"Who are these people, where did they come from, and how did they gather here?"

Shen Ninghua's eyes trembled violently, and she felt a sense of sadness rising from the bottom of her heart, which made her feel uncomfortable.

"There are disaster victims from the northwest, and there are also people from several surrounding cities."

"How many cities are there around? The ones that Dayue Kingdom gave Bu Tinghe as a dowry?"

"Yes." Baili Junyi nodded, with a wordless heaviness on his body.

"Didn't the father allocate funds to develop these cities, why are there so many people fleeing here?"

"Hmph, who knows where those silver taels ended up!" Baili Junyi suppressed his anger all over his body, "Ninghua, you are right, the Dayue Kingdom sent those cities over with absolutely bad intentions! Otherwise, how could these people They will leave their homes and flee here."

Shen Ninghua frowned: "The most important thing now is to save people, we can't let so many people starve to death here."

"I have notified Huajun Medicine to deliver food and medicinal materials here, but it will take time to come here, not so fast."

Shen Ninghua stepped forward to carefully examine the symptoms of several people, and said solemnly:

"I can't wait. It's autumn now, and the northwest is colder. That's why the disease hasn't spread. If it was in Kyoto, the surrounding cities would have been lost for a long time. Although the situation is better now, no one can be sure that it will be fine. , so, if it is delayed by one more day, many people may die."

"I know." A trace of determination flashed in Baili Junyi's eyes, "We have offended many people in the capital, and we were not afraid at that time, and there is nothing to be afraid of here, come here!"

"Subordinates are here."

"Take my token and ask for the Shangfang sword bestowed by my father and emperor to gather all our people and carry the living into Zhoucheng. If anyone blocks me, I will kill you without mercy!" Blame him for cutting first and then playing.

"Yes!"

After Baili Junyi finished speaking, he looked at Shen Ninghua: "Ninghua?"

Shen Ninghua nodded, and then added: "I wrote the prescription, bought a large number of these medicinal materials on the prescription, boiled water to feed these people, and prepared clean wooden barrels, hot water, clothes, and washed these people before sending them to the hospital. Enter Zhoucheng, lest they have a disease and infect the people of Zhoucheng."

"Let's do it." Seeing that Shen Ninghua had finished supplementing, Baili Junyi ordered.

"Yes!"

Soon, a large number of guards stationed in Zhoucheng rushed out.

When Zhou Da received the news, the guards of Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua had already left the city.Before he had time to think about it, he got on his horse and rushed towards the Zhou family: "Master, you must think of a way!"

Zhou Ziqing had a piece of paper in his hand, on which it seemed to read: Prince Yi and his concubine went out of the city, headed for the forest in the northwest, and found something abnormal in the forest.

"You are Zhou Cheng's parental officer, why are you in such a panic, how many times do you need me to say it?"

Zhou Da jumped off his horse in a hurry. At this moment, his legs felt weak, and he knelt down on the ground with a plop: "Patriarch, only you can save me now. King Yijun and Princess Wang have already discovered those victims, and sent someone We went out to rescue, what should we do now?"

If he is discovered, he will definitely die, he doesn't want to die yet!

"Didn't I tell you to deal with those people long ago? How did you do it?" Zhou Ziqing's face was also very ugly. He had just established a good reputation in front of Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua and erected a memorial archway. In a few days, someone uncovered the fig leaf, how could he not become angry from embarrassment?
Zhou Da's face turned pale: "I have already had people deal with them, but there are too many victims of the disaster, and only half of them have been dealt with in time, and the rest have not yet had time. I only want to deal with them secretly in the past few days. Found……"

"Guys who have done more than fail, well, it's useless to say these things now, we can only try to make up for it, Zhou City belongs to the Zhou family, and no one can get in the way!"

"Yes, yes, the Patriarch, now..."

Zhou Ziqing rubbed his forehead, and his frowning brows relaxed: "Doesn't Baili Junyi want a good reputation, then our Zhou family also wants to, you find some ghosts to come out for the dead, and if you tie them up, say they concealed the news, and then you Bring all the officers and soldiers of the government office to help, and I will arrange for the Zhou family, load all the food and medicinal materials into the car, and send them to our Yi County King with great fanfare!"

"But, there are thousands of people, so many food and medicinal materials..."

Zhou Ziqing said in a deep voice: "As long as Baili Junyi doesn't catch the Zhou family's pigtails, it's worth spending anything now. As long as you firmly control Zhoucheng, even if you spend a fortune, you can get it back. So, don't make any mistakes for me this time, understand?"

"Yes, Patriarch, don't worry, this time the official will definitely be done."

After Zhou Da got his idea, he led all the officers and soldiers to chase after Baili Junyi's guards and left the city.

Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua had just directed people to take away a group of victims when Zhou Da arrived.Looking at the miserable appearance around him, he couldn't help but shed tears: "This...these are innocent people..."

Baili Junyi narrowed his eyes slightly: "Master Zhou rushed over so soon?"

Zhou Da wiped away his tears, asked the officers and soldiers to pull out a few officials who had their hands and feet gagged, and said indignantly:

"Your Highness and Concubine, these few officials have lied to you and concealed the news that the disaster victims have arrived in Zhoucheng. If it wasn't for a few days when you heard that your guards were leaving the city, so I asked a few words, the officials would not know about it." With so many innocent people suffering, these people deserve death!"

Baili Junyi glanced at the kidnapped people coldly: "Looking at Mr. Zhou being so angry, I think he doesn't know about these victims."

"Yes, if I had known, I would have ordered treatment a long time ago. How could I have waited until now? If the officials found out earlier, wouldn't there be so many deaths and injuries? I really regret it in my heart, I really regret it!" Said Then, he slammed his chest a few times, and said to the officers and soldiers:

"The fact that these few officials did not report the situation caused so many victims not to receive timely assistance, which resulted in bitter consequences. Now kill them in front of the victims, as an example to others!"

"Yes."

Those officials raised their swords and were about to strike, but were stopped by the guards and rushed aside.Zhou Da was a little stunned: "Yi County King, do you think these people should not be killed?"

Baili Junyi looked at Zhou Da with a smile that was not a smile, and his eyes were cold: "Master Zhou seems to have forgotten that your official position is only the magistrate, and you are not qualified to kill people at will, not to mention that these people still have official positions. .”

Zhou Da's complexion changed, and he quickly explained: "Yes, the official was too angry for a while, and only thought that these people should be killed, but he forgot that this was beyond his authority. Please don't blame me, my lord."

"Master Zhou is for the country and the people, how can I blame the king?" Baili Junyi said something unclear, and then ordered the guards, "Temporarily detain these officials, and interrogate them after the disaster victims are dealt with." .”

"Yes."

It seemed that they finally saw the hope of being alive. The dead silence in the eyes of many victims gradually disappeared. They had shed all their tears these days and couldn't cry at all. They could only kneel down and salute Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua tremblingly, and then were helped by the guards Then send it to Zhoucheng.

There were too many victims of the disaster in the woods, and there was no way to bury them one by one. As a matter of urgency, people had to dig a big pit and burn the bodies before burying them.

Many disaster victims were reluctant to let go of their already cold relatives, only hating why they didn't hold on for a while longer.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Baili Junyi clenched his fists tightly, his eyes gleaming with crimson.

Shen Ninghua's throat was choked, and she blamed herself a little, why they walked so slowly when they came, if they were faster, would they be able to find these victims earlier and save a few more people.

Baili Junyi took her into his arms and kissed her heart lightly: "Ninghua, take care of yourself, and then try your best to save others."

"Don't worry, I understand."

When the victims were almost sent away, the two hurried back to Zhoucheng on horseback, only to see that temporary sheds had been built on the open space on both sides of the road in the city.In the big pot set up is the gruel in which the medicinal materials live, and a faint medicinal smell permeates the air.

Many people have already bathed, changed into clean clothes and waited to drink the porridge. The victims who received the porridge poured the porridge into their mouths without fear of being scalded.

Suddenly the sound of horseshoes came, Shen Ninghua looked towards the street, Zhou Ziqing personally escorted the grain cart and drove over: "The grass people have seen the princess."

"Master Zhou is free. If I'm not mistaken, you sent these food and medicinal materials, right?"

"Yes, I really didn't expect that such a thing that both people and gods would be angry with would happen. If they had known that some victims of the disaster had been turned away from the city, the Zhou family should have acted earlier. It can be regarded as a little bit of effort."

"It's not too late now, and I would like to thank Mr. Zhou for his help. Otherwise, we really don't know where to find so much food in a hurry."

Zhou Ziqing turned around and told his servants: "Unload the food, and then you can go to the soup kitchen to help out and take care of the seriously ill victims."

"Yes, master."

"If there is anything the Zhou family can do to help, please let the princess do what you want. The Zhou family will definitely do their best."

Shen Ninghua took a deep look at Zhou Ziqing, then nodded: "Okay, if there is a need, you are welcome."

(End of this chapter)