After entering the book, I emptied the warehouse of my foster mother's house to farm

The capital was busy with the funeral of Emperor Suwen, and the people were weeping.

In the distant Yuzhou Prefecture, the news of the late emperor's death had also spread. Xu Xing and General Huo, who had already met up with him, were both feeling a little heavy-hearted.

The news of the new emperor's ascension to the throne did not arrive at the same time, and it is unknown whether there will be any unexpected events at the coronation ceremony of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

However, Kyoto is too far away, so we can only take care of the present.

General Huo looked at the young man Xu Xing with admiration in his eyes, but when he talked about the disaster in Yuzhou Prefecture, his face was heavy: "I didn't expect the disaster to be so serious. It is more than ten times more serious than what was reported to Kyoto City."

When they arrived at Yuzhou Prefecture, they saw porridge stalls and common people at first, but the deeper they went, the fewer porridge stalls there were, and instead there were people who starved to death on the road.

The weather was hot and the corpse had already rotted and smelled disgusting.

The people fleeing famine were like the walking dead. They were skinny and had pale faces. They didn't even bother to look at the rotting corpses on the roadside.

The closer you get to the center of Yuzhou Prefecture, the more people starve to death.

The vast land of Yuzhou Prefecture was all dry and cracked, and under the scorching summer sun, there was a faint heat wave burning.

The rich people in the city kept their doors tightly shut and even placed crossbows on the walls. Anyone who dared to break through the door or climb over the wall would be shot through.

This is true in every household!

Each government office was also guarded by soldiers. Not only could a fly not get in, let alone the victims who were about to starve to death.

These officials exploit the people, squeeze merchants, and line their own pockets. In their eyes, human life is worthless.

The grain and money for disaster relief had clearly been allocated and had been sent out before Xu Xing. However, as Xu Xing was walking along the road, the vehicle escorting the grain and money mysteriously disappeared.

Someone...

To be more precise, officials of all ranks in Yuzhou Prefecture colluded with each other and embezzled the money and grain for disaster relief.

General Huo, Xu Xing and others had already taken stock of the situation in Yuzhou Prefecture and were planning to send the information they had collected back to the capital. However, before the information was sent out, they received news that Emperor Suwen had passed away.

However, Xiao Hengshan, whom they had been looking for, was still missing.

"Sir, what should we do now?"

General Huo is good at fighting, but he is not good at investigating cases and making decisions.

He only knew that as soon as the news reached Kyoto, the heads of all the people in Yuzhou Prefecture would be moved.

Xu Xing looked at the tea stems on the table, thought for a moment and said, "We should send the news back to the capital first, but we can't report it up the chain of command. We should hand it over to Princess Jiahe and let her decide on the situation. The hand in the capital is too big. If we make a mistake, we will all be ruined here."

"In addition, we have to continue searching for Lord Xiao. If he's alive, we have to find him. If he's dead, we have to find his body."

Who is shielding Yuzhou Prefecture? I think the truth will soon come to light.

However, before that, they were in enemy territory and had to be extra careful.

As for Xiao Hengshan, Xu Xing felt that he was most likely in danger.

Upon hearing this, General Huo agreed to Xu Xing's proposal and immediately sent the people he brought with him to continue searching for Xiao Hengshan and his men.

"Prince, there is news."

As soon as General Huo's men left, Zhuifeng came back.

If we hadn't known from the voice that it was Zhuifeng, the man in rags, smelling, with a messy hair and a dirty face would have been mistaken for a beggar fleeing.

General Huo and Xu Xing heard this and asked in unison: "Where is the person?"