The Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu once wrote such a sentence in his poem - "Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road", the meaning is very simple, it means that the aroma of wine and meat wafts out from time to time in the homes of rich and nobles, but many people die of cold and hunger on the streets. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This poem is a microcosm of many places in Huangzhou now, it is still spring, the weather is gradually warming, there may not be a few people who freeze to death, but the people who are starved to death are countless, and many people die because of the plague.

Although Mu Xiaojiu was distributing food along the way, his strength alone was limited after all, and it was already relatively late when he came, so there were still many people who had been starved to death before Mu Xiaojiu came. In addition, the recent internal banditry in Huangzhou has caused the officers and soldiers to have no time to bury these bones, and most of the other victims are defenseless because of hunger, so how can they bury others?

After Mu Xiaojiu and his party of five arrived in Huangzhou, Sun Lao finally confirmed that the origin of the plague was those bones that had become decomposed because they had no time to bury, so the group of five finally determined the division of labor. Mu Nianci and Xiaoya organized the distribution of food, if there was a troublemaker, Mu Xiaojiu would come forward, and the rest of the time, Mu Xiaojiu and Yang Tiexin would dispose of the corpses together, and the corpses that had not yet decayed would be buried on the spot, and the corpses that had begun to decay would be directly incinerated and disposed of.

As for Sun Lao, he went to diagnose and treat those who were sick, and those who could be cured were directly cured, and if there were people with serious illnesses, they would be suppressed for the time being.

After stopping and stopping all the way, the team of five people finally gradually arrived at Huangzhou City, which is currently the most troubled and has the most victims.

Because he knew that Su Lingtian was here, Mu Xiaojiu had already sent a flying pigeon to Su Lingtian when he had just arrived in Huangzhou City, and at this time, Su Lingtian was coming over with a few people to greet him.

As soon as they met, Su Lingtian's first words were, "Xiao Jiu, why are you here?" ”

Mu Xiaojiu smiled, "I was originally going to Wudang Mountain, but later I learned through Sun Lao that there seemed to be a big mess in Huangzhou, so I came with Sun Lao and them." But you, why do you look tired? ”

Su Lingtian sighed, "It's not that we were troubled by bandits, our reinforcements were entangled in the middle of the way by the people of the twelve dock waterways of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, and only a small part of the cavalry rushed over and gave us a little help." Fortunately, in the past few days, many disciples of the martial arts righteous path have come to help one after another, and the task of hiring players sent out has made many players come over, otherwise, I'm afraid I'm not tired at this time, but I'm going to be exhausted. ”

Mu Xiaojiu nodded, Su Lingtian is one of the four thousands of households in charge of the military here, he is tired, as for the martial arts people and players in Su Lingtian's mouth, Mu Xiaojiu has also seen several times on the way here, most of them form teams and go around to help the victims, but Mu Xiaojiu has a doubt.

"Xiaotian, I've seen those martial arts people you mentioned a few times, but I found that when they went to disaster relief and relief to the victims, they carried very little food."

Su Lingtian smiled bitterly, "Let's go, let's go to the city, let's talk as we walk." ”

After entering the city, Sun Lao directly took Xiaoya and Mu Nianci to treat those patients with the existing doctors in the city, and they did not rest for a moment, while Yang Tiexin followed Mu Xiaojiu and was taken to the city by Su Lingtian.

"In fact, nearly half of the grain in Huangzhou has been robbed by those bandits, and the rest of the grain has been distributed.

Mu Xiaojiu frowned, "It's all snatched away?" What about those wealthy families? ”

As soon as Su Lingtian heard those wealthy families, his face immediately changed, and he said indignantly: "Those wealthy families? Hehe, don't mention it, that's a bunch of moths! They had already discussed it, and no one would give them any food! And most of these wealthy families have a shallow foundation, and we don't dare to move roughly, so as not to worry about internal and external troubles, plus they can reach the heavens, after all, those grains are people's private property, and we have no way if people don't donate them. ”

"You can report to the emperor, and the emperor will order these wealthy families to donate food." Yang Tiexin came up with an idea, but found that Su Lingtian shook his head with a wry smile.

"Don't mention it, as soon as I say this, my stomach is full of fire, why didn't Your Majesty give an order, but these people took advantage of the loophole, didn't Your Majesty say that you would release grain? They opened the warehouse very obediently, but because His Majesty did not specify the specific amount, these people directly only put one meal a day, and it was rice soup, the kind of rice soup that could not be thinner, and there were only a few grains of rice in a pot. There are so many wealthy families, each wealthy family only provides one pot a day, one bowl per person, not to mention filling the stomach, what is the difference between drinking rice soup and water? ”

Mu Xiaojiu frowned, "Have you ever tried to buy grain from those big households?" ”

Su Lingtian slammed his fist against the wall, "Buy food?" On weekdays, you can't buy a stone of rice with the usual money, but now that the disaster is together, those wealthy families suddenly began to open their mouths, and they can't buy a stone of rice with ten dollars! Now, for the sake of disaster relief, we have sent out all the rations in the generals, and if we continue like this, I am afraid that something big will happen! ”

Yang Tiexin was extremely indignant when he heard this: "Why are these wealthy families like this? Isn't there a little compassion? ”

Mu Xiaojiu was silent, and only after a while did he say: "After all, it is someone else's thing, and if people don't give it, they can't say anything." ”

"Someone else's stuff?" Su Lingtian sneered: "People's fart!" Xiao Jiu, why do you think the bandits are so fierce, these wealthy families don't have any? It's because they have collusion with the bandits! You don't have to think about it, it must be that most of these wealthy families have private soldiers, and if those bandits attack the wealthy families, they will definitely lose manpower, so the two sides reached an agreement, the bandits will not attack the wealthy families, and the wealthy families will take out some money and food to fund the bandits, and at the same time ensure that they will not provide too much food to the soldiers and civilians in the city. ”

Mu Xiaojiu raised his eyebrows: "Do you have any evidence?" ”

"No," Su Lingtian sighed, "If there was evidence, we would have taken down those giants a long time ago." ”

"How sure are you of this?" Mu Xiaojiu didn't know what he was thinking.

"Ten percent!"

Looking at Su Lingtian's categorical appearance, Mu Xiaojiu nodded, "Uncle Yang, you go and help Sun Lao and them first, I'll do something." ”

Yang Tiexin and Su Lingtian seemed to think of something, glanced at each other, and a look of excitement appeared on their faces at the same time, "What are you going to do?" ”

Mu Xiaojiu's face was indifferent, "Since these wealthy families collude with bandits, then I have nothing to say, Xiaotian, the people in their army, it is difficult to do things without evidence, I am different." I'm a Jianghu person, and this matter makes me unhappy, so I'll take care of it. ”

As he spoke, Mu Xiaojiu turned around and slowly disappeared from the sight of the two people.

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In the city of Huangzhou, if you talk about wealthy families, then the first thing that comes to everyone's mind must be the Cheng family, the Cheng family is the largest grain seller in the entire Huangzhou city, and six out of ten grain shops in Huangzhou are Cheng family.

Nowadays, there are only two things that are most lacking, one is food, the other is medicinal materials, and it is good to say that those who open pharmacies, although there are also a few scum, but after all, there are still benevolent people who are doctors, so it is barely enough, and the others as long as they are not wealthy, under the pressure of all parties, they will also take out the medicinal materials. But food is not easy to handle, so Mu Xiaojiu was the first to find trouble, and it was the Cheng family, the leader of the grain shop in Huangzhou.

After arriving, Mu Xiaojiu looked at the tightly closed door and didn't bother to knock on the door. He didn't come to visit, there was no need to be more obedient, he came today for only one purpose, that is, to let the Cheng family completely open the position.

Before he came, he had also asked a few local doctors who were treating patients, and they told him that if the Cheng family could release half of the food, he was afraid that it would be enough for everyone in Huangzhou City.

As soon as he climbed the wall, Mu Xiaojiu was discovered by the patrolling courtyard.

"What people! Dare to trespass into Cheng's house, live impatiently! The nursing courtyard roared and questioned directly at Mu Xiaojiu.

Mu Xiaojiu came down from the wall and smiled very gently, "In Xia Mu Xiaojiu, I came here this time to discuss a business with the head of the Cheng family." ”

The nursing home looked at Mu Xiaojiu contemptuously, "Since it's a business, why don't you go from the main entrance?" You don't look like a businessman, but like a martial arts person, come on, take it for me! ”

Mu Xiaojiu shrugged his shoulders, "I am indeed a martial arts person, but I am indeed here to talk about business." ”

"It doesn't matter if you talk about business or not, it's always right to arrest you first anyway, why are you still stunned? Hurry up and take it! ”

"Since you insist on taking me, then don't blame me for resisting." Mu Xiaojiu smiled, and his body suddenly disappeared in place.

When the courtyard saw Mu Xiaojiu again, Mu Xiaojiu was already standing beside him, and the eight of his subordinates were standing in place for some reason, in a strange posture, as if they had been clicked on the acupoints.

"Tsk, just a few rabbles want to catch me, you are really naïve." Mu Xiaojiu joked about the nursing home, and then his face changed, becoming very cold, "Say, where is the head of your Cheng family now?" ”

As Mu Xiaojiu's words came out, the murderous aura in his body surged out, directly enveloping the entire courtyard.

How could the nursing home ever feel such a strong killing intent? Suddenly, the whole person was stunned, and between the two tremors, a fishy smell came out.

After a while, the courtyard came back to his senses, and said in a trembling voice: "I, I don't know very well, but, but it's not yet yet, it's time for dinner, and it is estimated that the head of the family is in the study." ”

Mu Xiaojiu nodded at him with a smile, then took a step back, and the murderous aura also withdrew from his body, "Okay, since that's the case, then please lead the way." ”