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When Shen Jinmo arrived in Dingxi County with two thousand disaster relief soldiers, locusts had already spread from the countryside fields into the city.

Looking into the distance, there is not a trace of green, not a trace of life, all you can see is the suffocating and depressing grayness, and the black and rampant locusts.

Even though Xia Ling had personally been there to preside over disaster relief in his earlier years, he was the crown prince after all. He only needed to stand on a safe high place and say a few inspiring words to stand with the people.

He doesn't need to show up in person in any slightly dangerous place.

Even the good things from the disaster areas have to come to him first.

The city before him looked like a dead city to him.

Appearing in this dead city, he always inexplicably felt depressed that he was only one step away from death.

Glancing sideways at Shen Jinmo, who had already dismounted and jumped onto the roof beam to investigate the situation in the city, Xia Ling pursed his lips and said, "Sir Shen, could it be that everyone in this city has been eaten by locusts?"

The soldiers that Shen Jinmo brought with him on this trip were all people who came from the fields, and most of them had experience in preventing and controlling locusts. Therefore, when they heard Xia Ling ask this stupid question, they all frowned at the same time.

The crown prince of a country rushed to the front line for disaster relief without even knowing that locusts only eat vegetation and rarely attack humans and poultry?

Is this to provide disaster relief or to disrupt military morale?

At this moment, they only had one request for Xia Ling, which was to hope that Xia Ling would not fall behind at the critical moment.

Shen Jinmo jumped down from the beam and ignored Xia Ling's question: "Commendations, this locust plague is more serious than what the county reported. We will not rest today, but set off to the fields immediately."

"I obey my orders."

The soldiers responded quickly and got on their horses again, ready to set off at any time.

Just at this moment, a large group of locusts swarmed towards where Xia Ling was.

Xia Ling dodged hurriedly upon seeing this. For some reason, no matter where Xia Ling fled, the locusts would follow him.

"Ahhh, help me."

"Master Shen, please save me."

Xia Ling rolled and crawled, and soon his body was covered with dense locusts.

Fear forced Xia Ling to no longer care about his dignity. He rolled over on the ground several times and crushed the locusts that were lying on his body and refused to leave.

Shen Jinmo looked around and found that all the soldiers wearing dark clothes behind him were not bothered by the locusts. He immediately realized why Xia Ling was besieged by locusts.

He took the black cloak from Mo Ping and threw it directly on Xia Ling's head:

"The Crown Prince is too brightly dressed to go to the countryside with us. Let's go find an inn and rest. Once the locust plague is resolved, I will come to take the Crown Prince back to the palace."

The horse's hooves stepped past Xia Ling's side, raising dust all over the ground and also crushing the locusts beside Xia Ling into a paste.

Xia Ling stood up with the help of two soldiers and immediately wrapped himself tightly in a black cloak, not daring to reveal a single trace of his gorgeous clothes.

Looking up at the direction where Shen Jinmo left, Xia Ling gritted his teeth, jumped on his horse and chased after him.

He is now in an extremely embarrassing situation in the court. For Xia Ling, the achievement of curing the locusts will directly determine whether the attitude of the civil and military officials in the court towards him can change.

It also directly determines whether Xia Ling can use Li Yuan to bring those who intend to redress Xia Che's grievances under his command.

Only with these forces can Xia Ling have the opportunity to confront Xia Ling.

When we arrived at the entrance of the village, the ancient tree that looked very old had no leaves on it, and all its branches were crawling with locusts.

Shen Jinmo dismounted from his horse and walked towards the village with twenty or so soldiers.

In the face of such a natural disaster, Shen Jinmo did not see any officials personally leading soldiers to provide disaster relief, nor did he see any people working hard to protect their own farmland.

He only saw that the doors of every household were wide open, and under the door stood a human-shaped wooden stake, covered from top to bottom by dense locusts.

These farmers not only had no intention of killing the locusts, but they even knelt on the ground with numb expressions, kowtowed to the locusts, and muttered:

"We are guilty, please forgive us, Lord Locust God."

"May the locust god bless us with good weather and good harvests next year."

After walking forward for nearly a cup of tea, Shen Jinmo used his whip to sweep away five waves of locusts attacking him before heading back to the village entrance.

The locusts here have begun to no longer be afraid of humans due to the submission and support of the villagers.

Shen Jinmo found it unnecessary and weird that these beasts could control the people who worked in the fields every day into this state.

He chose a rather spacious farmyard, swung the whip with his inner strength, killed the locust crawling on the tree stump, and saw a piece of wood wrapped in emerald green cloth.

The person kneeling on the ground saw the dead locusts falling to the ground, and immediately looked up at Shen Jinmo, his numb expression replaced by resentment.

He stood up and walked outside the house. When he saw the strong soldiers following Shen Jinmo, he shrank back into the yard, intending to close the door.

With a leap up, Shen Jinmo flew directly into the yard.

Looking at the owner of the house, Shen Jinmo asked: "These locusts have clearly eaten up all your crops and destroyed your livelihood. Why don't you drive them away, but instead worship them one by one?"

This fierce man scared everyone in the yard so much that their legs went weak when he opened his mouth.

This guy doesn't have to do anything to be more terrifying than these locust masters.

Shen Jinmo opened the courtyard door, and Mo Ping hurriedly brought in a small bag of rice.

He personally helped the farmer up and handed the bag of rice to the old man. Mo Ping smiled reassuringly:

"Don't be afraid, old man. My master has been ordered to come here to help with the locust plague. If you have any difficulties, just tell our master."

"No need to save us, we are all fine."

The old man didn't dare to look at Shen Jinmo, he only dared to look at Mo Ping and whispered:

"The county magistrate asked his daughter to ask the gods about the locusts. His daughter told him in a dream that the locusts this year were not a disaster, but the locust god had descended on our village."

"As long as we bow down to him devoutly every day, he will return all the crops we have eaten to us. And as long as we can wait until the locust master returns to heaven, we can become gods and no longer have to endure this hardship."

Shen Jinmo raised his hand slightly, and a group of soldiers rode away quickly on horseback.

Shen Jinmo moved out two wooden stools and sat on one of them. He then took out the candied fruit that he had prepared for Xie Nanxing from his pocket and placed it on the other stool.

Ignoring the candied fruit on the stool, Shen Jinmo looked at the old man calmly: "Then can you live until the day when these locusts leave?"

"Even if you live until the day when the locusts go away, can you survive this winter without rice?"