After the official dragged it out, Di Qing picked up the envelope and looked at it, pouting and saying angrily: "This assassin is too much, forcibly taking the credit of others, and urging so rudely. ”

Li Canghai took a sip of tea from the teacup, and said lightly: "Liu Tong is afraid that I will steal his limelight from the top, so I will be separated from Luoyang." However, I can take a break for a while at this time, after all, it is my duty to govern Zhengyang County. ”

In the afternoon of the same day, after packing up and stopping, Li Canghai took Di Qingfen'er to call Kang Xu and rushed back to Zhengyang County in a carriage.

Xue Xuan wanted to go with everyone, but when she encountered something urgent before leaving, she didn't go with everyone.

Zhengyang County is located more than 200 miles east of Luoyang City, although it is attached to Luoyang Prefecture, but it is a lower county, and the annual tax paid is less than half of the upper county.

Along the way, Li Canghai found that there were many ragged people on the road, dragging their families to Luoyang.

Li Canghai couldn't help but be a little curious, he asked Kang Xu, and Kang Xu also shook his head and didn't know.

"Old man, where are you going?" Li Canghai saw two old men and a little girl sitting in the shade of a tree on the side of the road, and walked over and asked.

The two old men had gray hair and ragged clothes like beggars, while the little girl was unkempt and had big eyes flickering.

"Childe, do you have anything to eat?" The old man did not answer him, but asked expectantly.

"Ah Xu, bring the snacks." Li Canghai beckoned, and Kang Xu immediately took out a box of snacks from the carriage and sent it over.

The old man took the food box, carefully took out a piece of snack from it, and then handed it to the little girl, who swallowed her saliva and hurriedly grabbed it in her hand and devoured it.

"Childe, thank you so much, my granddaughter hasn't eaten for two days, and if she doesn't eat, she will starve to death." The old man touched the little girl's head and sighed.

The little girl finished the snack in three or two bites, she blinked, stared at the food box, and gently shook the old man's arm.

"Huahua is obedient, it's enough to eat a piece, thank you son." The old man touched the little girl's head lovingly and said softly.

The little girl was very sensible, knelt down in front of Li Canghai and kowtowed.

Li Canghai hurriedly pulled her up, his nose suddenly became sore, and he suddenly felt distressed.

"Old man, this snack is for you, you haven't eaten for a long time, eat it." Li Canghai took the little girl in his arms, brought two pieces of delicately shaped snacks, stuffed them into the little girl, and then said to the two old men.

The two old men thanked him gratefully, then grabbed their hearts and ate them in large gulps.

They put their hands underneath them as they ate, for fear of wasting a little scrap. A box of dim sum was quickly eaten, and Kang Xu saw this and hurriedly took another box.

"Old man, there is still here, you eat slowly." Kang Xu put down the food box and said.

The two old men seemed to have not eaten in a long time, and as they ate, they nodded their heads and whimpered in thanks.

"Old man, where did you come from and where are you going?" Li Canghai helped the little girl fix her hair and asked.

The old man finally regained some strength, sighed, and said, "We are from Damiao Village, Zhengyang County, and we are going to Luoyang to escape from the famine. ”

"Escape?" Li Canghai was a little surprised, he looked at Kang Xu and found that Kang Xu was also confused.

"Young master, when I left Zhengyang County, I didn't hear about a famine."

The old man shook his head and sighed: "This incident happened seven days ago, and seeing that the two of you are not locals, you naturally won't know about it." ”

"What's going on? Please also ask the old man to elaborate. Li Canghai frowned and said.

"Three days ago, there was a torrential rain, and the Yellow River suddenly overflowed, breaking through the embankment, and the river water poured into the village, and all the nearby villages were affected." Endless sadness appeared on the old man's face, and he lamented incessantly.

Kang Xu knew more about Zhengyang County, so he said to Li Canghai: "Damiao Village is located at the mouth of the Yellow River, and it has been very prone to floods since ancient times, but when Emperor Wu was in power, he sent people to reinforce the ports of the Yellow River, and there has been no flood for decades. Presumably, it was the water level of the Yellow River that soared, causing the embankment to be destroyed and a monstrous flood to occur. ”

"Why don't you go to Zhengyang County to ask for help from the government, but instead go to Luoyang?" Li Canghai couldn't help but wonder a little when he looked at the endless stream of people on the official road, all of whom fled from the desert.

"Alas~", the old man sighed and said: "The son doesn't know, the county magistrate of Zhengyang County is not in the county, and now Zhengyang County is not fully decided by the county lieutenant Wang, he first did not let me wait to enter the city for refuge, and then colluded with the rich gentry in the city, and a bowl of gruel costs two copper coins." Instead of starving to death in Zhengyang County, it is better to go to Luoyang to try our luck. ”

Li Canghai's face was a little cold, he looked at Kang Xu, and asked, "Ah Xu, are you familiar with Wang Buquan?" ”

Kang Xu pondered for a while and said, "I don't communicate much with him, but this person is very shrewd and good at slapping horses. ”

Li Canghai nodded, his eyes were slightly cold, and after thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Ah Xu, during this time, don't return to Zhengyang for the time being, I will meet this Wang Buquan." ”

Kang Xu nodded, he knew Li Canghai's plan, Wang Buquan recognized him, he always thought that he was the county order, as long as he entered Zhengyang County, Wang Buquan would definitely change his face and disguise himself as a good person for disaster relief.

However, Li Canghai is different, he was originally a genuine county magistrate, and no one has seen him, so Wang Buquan will show his true face defenselessly.

"Old man, Luoyang is a long way away, and you have to turn over and cross the mountains, I see that you will stay in the village in front of you for a few days, and when I return to Zhengyang, I will definitely open a warehouse for disaster relief and help everyone." Li Canghai hugged the little girl and said.

"This ...... Little Lao'er thanked Gongzi for sending food, but we were penniless, and we would only starve to death if we stayed in the village. The old man paused, and said with tears in his eyes: "We are already half of the loess people, and it is enough to starve to death, but Xiaohua, this child, can't die." ”

Seeing the two old men in tears, Xiaohua broke away from Li Canghai's embrace, walked to the old man sensibly, and gently wiped away the tears for the old man.

"Don't worry, old man, I won't let you starve to death. Believe me, I'm going to bring you back to your hometown. Li Canghai said solemnly.

Kang Xu saw that the old man's face was full of doubts, and he took the opportunity to say: "The old man doesn't know, this is our Zhengyang County Order, Master Li Canghai." ”