When Xu Jin and Tang San left Ji'an Village, it was already about half past four in the afternoon, and the latter had a pig-killing knife hanging from his waist for self-defense, and also carried a small wine jar filled with venison soup mixed with wild vegetables, which would be the ration for the two of them along the way. Xu Jin took a wooden stick about a meter long, which could be used both for self-defense and as a crutch.

After the flood, the roads were muddy and slippery, and in some places the roads were even interrupted, and the collapsed and poured landslides, or the diverted river became the biggest obstacle, Xu Jin and Tang San had to find a way to detour, but until it was completely dark, they only walked less than ten miles.

Luckily, it didn't rain, but it wasn't possible to travel again after dark. Xu Jin and Tang San found a small hillside on high ground, and after the two of them shared a portion of the venison soup, they rested separately.

Now that it has entered August, there is already a hint of coolness in the middle of the night in early autumn, Xu Jin has a shabby linen sheet under his body, and an old shirt on his body, so he sleeps quite comfortably. And these are all prepared for him by Xue Bingxin, which shows that this cold-hearted Bing Niu'er is actually a careful girl.

Early the next morning, Xu Jin and Tang San continued to hurry, and at noon, the two finally arrived outside Caozhou City. However, at this moment, the four gates of Caozhou City were almost crowded with victims who came from all directions.

Due to the recent arrest of the three leaders of Caozhou, the yamen in the city almost came to a standstill, and a sudden flood was undoubtedly equal to making matters worse, and refugees continued to pour in, and now the entire Caozhou city is in chaos.

Prices in the city have skyrocketed, and law and order has deteriorated to the extreme, with cases of fighting, robbery, theft, rape, and abduction one after another. As a result, the wealthy squires who felt threatened began to unite and spontaneously maintain law and order in the city, expelling all the refugees from the city, but this was obviously a palliative rather than a cure.

As more and more refugees gather outside the city, and the hungry are ruthlessly held out of the city, it is only a matter of time before such a desperate group of disaster victims gathers together and causes a civil uprising.

Xu Jin looked at the victims who were bustling at the gate of the city, and his face couldn't help but sink, what the hell is that guy Huang Jin, the flood has happened for five or six days, and he hasn't even arranged for people to put food for disaster relief, what if there is a civil uprising?

It is said that Huang Jin is not a talent who can be in charge of himself, and he has been busy with the work of repairing the river embankment these days, plus he has to send people to find the missing Xiao Huai and Xu Jin, where can he take care of releasing grain for disaster relief. However, some time ago, the chief officials of the nearby states and counties were imprisoned because of the granary deficit case, which caused the current chaotic situation.

Xu Jin and Tang San finally squeezed to the front of the crowd, only to see three rows of rejecting horses placed in front of the city gate, and some officials and family members were guarding the city gate with weapons such as swords and spears. These two conditions have undoubtedly kept the vast majority of refugees out of the city.

"Stop, what are you doing?" As soon as Xu Jin and Tang San approached, they were immediately stopped by two spears against their chests.

Tang Sanyi straightened his chest and said loudly: "This son is Lord Qincha, get out of the way, we have to go into the city." ”

The two officials holding the spears were stunned for a moment, then laughed disdainfully, pointed at Xu Jin and the two and said, "Please pee and take a photo, you dare to pretend to be a Qincha with the appearance of a bird, and you are not afraid of laughing off your big teeth." ”

At this moment, Xu Jin was wearing shabby burlap clothes, plus he had climbed mountains and waded through rivers along the way, and his clothes were covered with mud, and he looked no different from those refugees.

Tang San's face was so swollen that his face turned red, and he said honestly: "Don't laugh, he is really Qincha!" ”

The official scolded impatiently: "If this kid is Qincha, Lao Tzu will be the emperor, get out, go coolly, don't blame Lao Tzu for being polite." ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and scolded: "Boldly Diao the people, dare to call yourself the emperor, do you really want to raid the family and destroy the clan?" ”

Although Xu Jin was dressed dirty and shabby, the temperament of the superior was not something that ordinary people could have, and under the scolding, the official's face suddenly changed, and he said in a sneering manner: "I just said it casually, that can be taken seriously, you kid will slander people out of thin air, I haven't accused you of pretending to be Qincha, get out, don't bump into it in vain here!" ”

"Get out of here!" The other officials and family members also surrounded and shouted loudly, the tip of the spear poked under his nose, and Tang San was so frightened that he retreated again and again.

Xu Jin couldn't help but be secretly angry, but he was only the deputy envoy of the Qincha, so he did not have the Qincha Guanfang (Yinxin), and the edict for disaster relief was also with Xiao Huai, but now there was no Jinyiwei by his side, so there was no way to prove his identity as the deputy envoy of the Qincha.

At this moment, the rumbling of horses' hooves was heard from behind, and a team of horses rushed towards the city gate, and the refugees subconsciously gave way to the side of the road.

Xu Jin was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the flying fish suit of the knight on the horse, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. This twenty-person horse team turned out to be the Jinyi Guard, and the one who took the lead was the chief Sima Yuan of the Jinyi Guard.

"Jinyiwei is ordered to run an errand, get out of the way!" Sima Yuan rode his horse to the city gate and shouted, and the servants were so frightened that they hurriedly moved the horses away.

Jinyi Wei is the emperor's pro-army, in the Ming Dynasty can be described as a famous murderer, women and women are well known, people who enter the Jinyi Wei Imperial Prison, no matter how big your official is, you have to shed your skin if you don't die. Jinyiwei's flying fish suit and embroidered spring knife are the best signs, the real ghosts are sad, the people are afraid, and no one has the courage to pretend.

"Mr. Sima!"

Sima Yuan was about to take his brother into the city on horseback, when he suddenly heard someone calling him, and subconsciously turned his head to look around, but this thing is estimated to be a little face blind, coupled with Xu Jin's dress at the moment, he didn't recognize Xu Jinlai, turned his head and asked loudly to the brother behind him: "Hell, Lao Tzu seems to have heard Xu Da's voice just now, hey, who of you called Lao Tzu just now?" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help crying and laughing, and took a step forward and said loudly: "Sima Yuan, who the hell are you?" Dare to try again! ”

Sima Yuan looked at Xu Jin in a hurry, stunned for a full second before he reacted, shouted excitedly, hurriedly turned over his horse, and shouted in a voice like killing pigs: "Lord Xu, I finally found you under the mark, hahaha, I know that Lord Xu is auspicious, and he must be still alive." ”

"See Lord Xu!" The other brocade guards dismounted one after another, smiling one by one.

Xu Jin's heart warmed, stepped forward and patted the shoulder of the brocade guards, nodded and said, "Okay, they are all alive, what about the others?" ”

Sima Yuan said with a smile: "The brothers and soldiers are divided into several routes, from the upstream Puzhou along the banks of the river to search for the whereabouts of the adults, everyone agreed to meet in Caozhou, we are the first to arrive, Boss Jin, they estimate that they will also arrive in the next two days." ”

Xu Jin nodded and said, "That's fine, it just so happens that the official has something urgent to do, so you will enter the city with the official immediately." ”

"Well, the brethren will go into the city with your lordship!" As soon as Sima Yuan waved his hand, twenty brocade guards surrounded Xu Jin into the city.

The officials and family members who guarded the door were all stupid at this time, and they dared to love this one who was really ordered to be sent to Qin, and it was bitter!

"Come here!" When Xu Jin passed by the city gate, he pointed to the official who claimed to be the emperor just now, and said coldly.

The servant was almost frightened, and as soon as his feet were weak, he fell to his knees, and while fanning his mouth, he begged: "The villain has no eyes and no beads to offend Lord Qincha, the villain should die, please ask Lord Qincha to spare the villain." ”

Seeing this, Tang San couldn't help but be relieved, and gloated: "Wasn't my brother very arrogant just now, calling himself Lao Tzu for a while, and calling himself emperor for a while." ”

Sima Yuan's eyes were cold when he heard this, Zheng pulled out the embroidered spring knife, and said with a cruel smile: "Lord Xu, do you want to mark and slaughter this blind thief." ”

Xu Jin waved his hand, he hadn't been careful to see it to this point, plus as a traverser, the concept of hierarchy and the idea of imperial power were already weak, so naturally he would not deprive others of their lives because of a sentence, and said lightly: "Get up, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime is inescapable. ”

When the official heard this, he knocked his head several times before he dared to stand up.

Sima Yuan put the embroidered spring knife back into the sheath and said coldly: "Count your kid's life big, if you meet our Lord Xu, if you meet Lord Xiao, you won't be able to cut off ten heads." ”

The official was even more frightened and resigned to forgiveness!

Xu Jin asked, "This official asks you, who is in charge of the overall situation in Caozhou City now?" ”

The official naturally didn't dare to hide it, and informed him of the situation in the city, and Xu Jin immediately realized the seriousness of the problem after hearing it, so he immediately took people to the county office.

After Xu Jin arrived at the county office, he immediately began to rectify official affairs, and sent people to convene a meeting of the gentry and celebrities in the city, and transferred a scholar and a teacher from the county school to temporarily replace the county affairs, and immediately opened the official warehouse to release grain to help the victims outside the city.