Abandoned daughter takes charge of the family, so rich that even the best people can't envy

Song Jinxiu looked over curiously, seeing the group of people carrying two children of three or four years old with pious expressions on their faces.

The two children, a boy and a girl, were sitting at a table and being carried by four adults. They were both wearing red cotton-padded jackets and dressed like dolls in New Year pictures.

The boy looked at everyone with confusion and curiosity, while the girl was eating a candied haws in her hand.

The old man walking in front was in his fifties. He led the crowd to take three steps, kneel down and kowtow three times, and then move forward.

Song Jinxiu asked curiously, "What are they doing?"

"These are the villagers of Wulong Village coming here to offer sacrifices. Get out of the way! Don't block the road."

"Sacrifice?"

It's not what she thought, right?

"Girl, when you get to Wulong Mountain, kowtow immediately. Be careful of the dragon's wrath."

"Shenlong?"

"Oh, girl, you are from another place, it's normal that you don't know."

"A few days ago, the dragon experienced a catastrophe, with wind, rain, thunder, and the sky collapsing and the earth splitting.

The people of Wulong Village were supposed to feed the dragons with their own bodies, but fortunately, Your Majesty received guidance from an expert and saved the lives of all the villagers of Wulong Village."

Song Jinxiu pouted, thinking that she had become a master.

The dragon's tribulation?

So, ordinary people also think this about storms? No wonder Cui Qiu was able to talk about the dragon running away.

Ignorance breeds superstition.

It seems that it would be better to popularize her astronomical knowledge as soon as possible.

Song Jinxiu pointed at these people and asked, "Since they have escaped a disaster, why are they here again instead of rebuilding their homes and starting a new life?"

"Oh, young lady, you don't know. The dragon is furious! If you are chosen by it, you must die. If you don't die then, you won't be able to escape it later."

Song Jinxiu frowned even more tightly.

It turned out that the mudslide had submerged the entire Wulong Village, but the villagers had escaped unscathed because they had evacuated in advance.

After the storm, the villagers returned one after another and prepared to clean up their homes.

The old house is no longer habitable, but if you rummage through the old things, you can find some that are still usable.

However, just the day before yesterday morning, a family of three suddenly died while cleaning stones.

At the same time, someone discovered Dragon Flame.

Some people then said that the dragon was enraged and had returned to take their lives. To survive, they had to offer a young virgin as a sacrifice.

Song Jinxiu looked at the dark hillside not far away.

The landslide exposed a large area of black mountain. There were no trees, no grass, and no flammable materials on it, but it was burning with clusters of flames.

A gust of wind blew by, bringing with it the smell of a burning coal stove that she had smelled as a child. Song Jinxiu already had an idea in her mind.

She said to Wei Qidong, "Stop them first, I'll go and take a look."

Wei Qidong grabbed her and said, "No, you stay, I'll go."

Song Jinxiu stopped him and said, "Let me go. You don't know as much as I do."

Wei Qidong choked: If she doesn't pay for it by choking someone to death, she will do it right away!

"Then be careful."

This was indeed a coal mountain. Fortunately, there were only some sporadic flames on the surface. If the fire started deep inside, she would be helpless.

These spontaneously igniting flames are what the villagers call dragon flames.

Treasure Hunter: "Yeah, the sunstone here is pretty good."

Song Jinxiu: "Yes, but don't move. This needs to be reported to the emperor. If you lose it, the dragon will appear."

Wei Qidong didn't know the people from Wulong Village, but they knew him.

As soon as he walked over, the villagers of Wulong Village recognized him.

"Isn't this the benefactor who notified everyone to evacuate that day?"

"Our benefactor is above us, and we kowtow to you."

Wei Qidong quickly supported the old man in front of him and said, "It wasn't me who saved you, it was Your Majesty. I was just following orders."

"But what are you going to do?"

The old man and everyone else looked sullen. An old woman wiped her tears and told the story.

Wei Qidong said, "The storm is just a change in the weather and has nothing to do with the dragon. You are sacrificing a child alive. This is against the law. Doesn't your village chief know this?"

"Sir, this child is the granddaughter of our village chief! It's not against the law for us to sacrifice our own children, right?"

"Yes, sir, please have mercy on us and let us pass. We will remember your great kindness! The dragon is furious and we cannot afford to offend him!"

"Where did the dragon come from? This is just a coal mine." Song Jinxiu strode over.

"Who are you?" Everyone looked at her.

"Is this Princess Kangle?" asked a guard.

Huh? Princess?

Everyone stared at each other, then knelt down.

"I kowtow to the princess, please forgive me."

This was the first time Song Jinxiu had someone kneel down, and she couldn't describe how she felt.

She waved her hand and said, "No need to be polite."

She pointed to the hillside behind her and said, "There are no dragons here. The black is coal. Incomplete combustion easily produces carbon monoxide, which is poisonous.

Do the people who died in your village have clenched jaws, convulsions all over their bodies, incontinence, and a cherry-red complexion and lips?

"Yes? How did the princess know?"

"That's right, these are the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. So it's not a dragon's revenge, it's poisoning."

"Poisoned?"

Everyone looked at the flames in the distance and took a step back involuntarily.

Song Jinxiu glanced at them, then looked at the two children and said:

"Wulong Village, right? Even if you sacrifice your own child, it's still illegal.

Go back and accept the punishment."

She glanced sternly at everyone and asked:

"Well, where do you live now? Where is the new village the county approved for you?"

The old man said, "We were originally staying with relatives, but someone died there and they were scared, so we've returned to the cave next to the village."

Song Jinxiu frowned. "Why? Doesn't your county magistrate care about your post-disaster reconstruction? Didn't you even claim the disaster relief grain distributed by the state?"

The old man asked in surprise, "Ah? Princess, are you saying that not only will we receive disaster relief grain, but His Majesty will also build us houses?"

Song Jinxiu blinked. "Hmm? What's going on? Judging from the tone of these people, His Majesty didn't provide disaster relief?"

Song Jinxiu looked at Wei Qidong and asked him with her eyes: Is our wise and enlightened emperor so unreliable?

Wei Qidong said: "If the disaster is not serious, the county Qidong's own reserves of disaster relief grain will be enough. If the disaster is serious, Your Majesty will need to use the grain in the national treasury."

So that’s how it is. That means the magistrate of Mou County did nothing.

Song Jinxiu said, "It's not safe to live in a cave. You should pack up and stay at the county government office for two days."

Wei Qidong couldn't help but twitch his lips. She was really thoughtful and let people live in the county government office.

Song Jinxiu: Where else can I live if not in the county government office? Besides, this is a mining area. We don't know if the carbon monoxide levels are exceeding the standard. Living near here is unsafe.

"What? Live in the county government office?" Everyone was stunned and looked at Song Jinxiu, not knowing whether to leave or stay.

Are they so bold as to cause trouble at the county government office?

But this was what the princess said. If they didn't listen, they would be disobeying orders. If they listened, the princess would just leave and the common people would be the ones who would suffer.

Song Jinxiu pointed at a guard and said, "Take them there and tell them that this is what General Wei said. Let the victims have food, drink, clothes, and medical treatment at the county government office.

The homes for the victims had to be built within half a month. After half a month, it would snow heavily and the temperature would drop. If someone froze to death, he would have to pack up and leave.

Humph! If an official doesn't serve the people, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes. "

Wei Qidong: That’s well said.

However, it was clearly you, Princess, who said this, why did you say it in my name?