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The next morning the two went down the mountain.

There is morning mist in the forest, and the nose can smell the unique fresh breath after the rain.Near the top of the mountain, there were a few smokes rising from the kitchen, it was the disciples of the outer sect who were making breakfast.

Xiaotong sent them to the foot of the mountain, he opened the door and watched them go away.

"Master Uncle, Master Uncle, you must come back often!"

Bai Chan was riding on the horse, when she heard the words, she turned her head, her thin lips curled up slightly, and she smiled narrowly: "It's not your uncle, it's my grandmother." After finishing speaking, she picked up the rein and clamped the horse's back, and said lightly, "Drive!"

Xiao Tong was dazzled and dizzy by her heart-pounding smile, and didn't realize it until the two of them rode away, stunned: "What, what?!"

They walked side by side, Fu Wan's ears were red with embarrassment, she only regretted not being able to cover her mouth just now.

Teacher?Fortunately, she can figure it out, it's so ugly!

Not far from the boundary of Xunzhou Prefecture to the south, we arrived at the boundary of Jinyun City.This is the northernmost city among the sixteen cities in southern Xinjiang, and it is also a trade gateway between the south and the north.Before they arrived in the city, they only looked at the villages on both sides of the official road, and they felt depressed.

The paddy fields are all dry, the soil is frozen hard, and the cracks and cracks are crawling, like the wrinkled skin of the elderly.Although I don't expect to grow any crops in winter, but with such a drought, I am afraid that it will not be easy to grow crops in the next spring.

A skinny peasant woman with her baby on her back is queuing up to fetch water from the well.The villagers who had finished fetching water passed by them, and Fu Wan glanced at them, only to see blackened water swaying in the bucket, and could even smell a peculiar smell.

This is not right.Fu Wan pursed her lips, exchanged a glance with Bai Chan, and sped up the journey to Jinyun City.

The strange thing is that the gates of Jinyun City are closed in broad daylight, and there is no one on duty outside the city.

Fu Wan led the horse forward and patted the city gate.

Not long after, a sleepy head poked out upstairs, and cursed: "Who the hell disturbed the uncle's dream? No one will open the door today, do you know? Where did you come from?"

Fuwan raised his eyebrows, and without any hesitation, he raised his voice and reprimanded: "Eat the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard? Find out who your aunt is! Get down quickly and open the door!"

Her voice was so clear and bright that it yelled away the drowsy gatekeeper.The man straightened his helmet in a panic, and then poked his head out to take a look, which almost scared the crap out of him.

The two women on the horseback were neatly dressed, and they were not refugees from the nearby village.The person who spoke earlier was holding a token in his hand.

He couldn't read the words clearly from a long distance, but he recognized the dragon pattern, and immediately his legs softened, and Ma Liuer "rolled" down the stairs.

After a while, the city gate opened.The captain personally led a few city guards to meet him, and after looking carefully at Fu Wan's token, he turned around and kicked the soldier in front of him.

After tidying up his unsightly subordinates, he walked forward with a poignant smile, stuttering nervously: "Your Highness, why are you here today? My minister, I heard that you won't arrive until at least three days... Hey, If you lose your way, you deserve death!"

Fu Wan put away the token and said coldly: "These are trivial matters, I ask you, what are you doing with the city gate closed in broad daylight?"

The captain cautiously looked left and right, and said: "Then what, Your Highness, you should go to the city before you go into details. This area is not very peaceful now. The reason why I made this bad move is to protect the safety of the people."

Fu Wan raised her chin: "Please explain clearly first, what happened?"

The captain wiped off his sweat: "Your Highness doesn't know something. This year's drought, several wells in the villages near Jinyun City have dried up, and there is not enough food. These villagers come to the city to beg for food. If they can't get food, they have to grab it hard." .Actually, I don’t want to turn people away, but I still have thousands of people in Jinyun City, and I don’t even have enough food and water to supply myself. How can I take care of outsiders.”

Fuwan looked at him, and said with a half-smile, "Master Duwei, what you said is not honest."

The captain's smile froze.

"Just now I came all the way from outside the city alone. If it is true as you said, the village is full of unscrupulous people. They can detain the two of us and even kill our horses to satisfy our hunger." Fu Wan said, "I will give you another A chance to make things clear."

The captain was already in a cold sweat. Her Highness Di Ji looked young, but unexpectedly she was a hard bone that was hard to fool.

After a moment of silence, he sighed and said, "You are right. The current situation is a bit special. As you can see, most of the young and middle-aged people are not in the village, only the old, weak, sick and disabled."

If not in the village, where is it?

The captain smiled wryly: "People from several villages joined forces and went up the mountain to become bandits. They ran around and robbed the city. I ordered the city gate to be closed to prevent this."

If it was not a last resort, he would not talk about it - it was known that Jinyun City's regular army could not defeat a few bandits, would he still want this official hat?

The captain wiped his forehead helplessly: "Damn, you'd better come in quickly."

During the conversation, someone ran to inform the magistrate.The poor magistrate received the report temporarily, so he ran out without even thinking about eating, wearing his clothes belt while running, and was out of breath when he reached the city gate.

He saw His Royal Highness Di Ji from afar, trying to smile, just about to go up to him to get close, when he suddenly felt the ground under his feet tremble.

The master shook his hand and almost threw him to the ground: "Master, master, this..."

The magistrate turned pale, turned around and fled into the city, shouting as he ran, "Close the city gate! Close the city gate!"

The captain was still outside, and when he heard this, his nose was almost twisted: "Shut up!" He turned around and waved his hands vigorously, "Hey, don't dawdle, Your Highness! Come in! It's a bandit! It's a bandit—"

Fuwan turned his head and saw smoke and dust billowing on the horizon, as if many people were running.

A group of people hid in the city, and the captain hurriedly called a few strong men to close the city gate and mortar it.Before he had time to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a shock outside the door, making a violent impact sound.

The magistrate was already panicked, and murmured with a pale face, "Well, what should I do."

Fu Wan frowned, and asked a few men to support him, while he climbed up the tower with Bai Chan.They probed down and glanced down. Fortunately, although there were a large number of bandits, the equipment was not very good. Even the breaking hammer was a rough homemade product.

But it shouldn't be underestimated—the relationship between Jinyun City and the surrounding villagers has deteriorated to this point, which is already very bad.Right now, what this group of people lack is only equipment. If spies with ulterior motives are in the middle to send weapons and food, it is not impossible to directly level Jinyun City.

Fu Wan glanced at the group of veterans and disabled generals in Jinyun City, really worried.

The city gate couldn't be opened, and the bandits yelled for about [-] minutes, and then dispersed after cursing.

The magistrate's legs were soft and his feet were soft. Seeing that Fu Wan walked down the tower steadily, and thinking of his useless reaction just now, he felt a little bit uncomfortable.

Fu Wan went straight to the point and asked him, "How long has this situation been going on?"

"It has been like this since the end of the year. Many times, it is difficult to even sleep at night." He wiped off his sweat and said flatteringly, "Your Highness, I heard that the imperial court plans to send troops to help us. I wonder when they will arrive?"

Fu Wan thinks that you are very beautiful.She said indifferently: "How much grain is left in Jinyun City? How many water sources are there? How many residents are there? Quickly arrange these and bring them here."

The magistrate was stunned: "This...but you have worked hard all the way, why don't you go to the post house to rest first?"

Fuwan raised his eyelids: "Where does your family live?"

"Red, red mule lane."

Fu Wan waved his hand: "I will live at your house."

Prefect: "..."

Prefect: "..."

He came out in a hurry and didn't have time to clean up. The concubines were waiting for him to go back to eat. The five dishes and one soup were still hot on the table, and he was not ready to pick him up at all.

But where is it his turn to say no?When the person reacted with a jolt, His Highness had already gone to his house.

Bai Chan was the first to enter the door.The prefect's concubines thought it was the master who came back at first, but when they arrived at the door, they found out that it was a beautiful woman.

The master bought another person into the mansion?The concubine raised her eyebrows and wanted to scold.

Who would have thought that following Bai Chan's footsteps, a large group of people would join in, including men and women, all black and white, and at the end was her disheveled master.The concubine was a little undecided, looked at each other, and waited for the master to speak.

The magistrate was upset, he vented his anger when he saw them standing in front of his eyes, waved them all back to the backyard.

He wiped off his sweat, turned to Fu Wan, and said with a flattering smile: "Your Highness, look, there are some useless people living in the East Wing, I'm afraid it will stain your eyes, why don't you make do with the West Wing?"

"No hurry." Fu Wan looked at the furnishings in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, and said with a half-smile, "You have done a good job of serving the courtyard."

This courtyard is square and square, which is a typical southern courtyard. Several stone benches and stone tables are placed under the camphor trees, and there is a semi-open winding corridor leading to the backyard. The space is open and bright, transparent from north to south, spacious and elegant. A lot of thought.

The magistrate didn't know what she meant, so he just smiled and said that it would be good if His Highness didn't dislike her.

Fu Wan raised his chin: "Did you dig the well in the corner?"

The magistrate's smile froze, and after dawdling for a long time, Fang said: "Yes, it was there when I bought it."

Fu Wan stared at him for a while, until he felt hairy and then looked away.Without waiting for his greeting, she stepped into the main room by herself, followed closely by Bai Chan.

The prefect's heart is broken.

Sure enough, as soon as Fu Wan entered the door, he saw the sumptuous dishes on the table - two vegetarian dishes, three meat dishes, and a duck soup.

She smiled lightly: "There is a famine outside, but the family eats well."

The magistrate hurriedly evaded: "Your Highness doesn't know something, there are sixteen servants in Weichen's mansion, that's why we did more."

"Really? If that's the case, Gu won't bother you to have dinner."

Seeing that the magistrate was still standing there dumbfounded, she casually nodded to the mischievous master: "You go. Be sure to call all the servants."

The master rushed away in a hurry, and soon brought back a large group of people, including a cook, a porter, a groom, a servant girl, and even the one who poured the bucket.They were all rough people, looking at the room full of distinguished guests in front of them at a loss, their first reaction was to kneel.

Fu Wan smiled and said, "Your lord is going to treat you to dinner today, why don't you thank your lord?"

A few people were suspicious, and looked at the master standing beside, thinking that this dish was not made for the masters?

His Highness has already sent a message, what else can the prefect say?

He squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying: "Yes, my master rewarded you, eat it quickly."

Hearing this, the servants' eyes glowed green, and they rushed straight to the table of food.

In the days after the year, the food shortage in the city became more and more difficult to buy even if there was money.Although they worked as servants in the magistrate's house, the good thing was that they didn't catch anything, and they were dizzy from hunger all day long.

Seeing the rich dishes on this table, they couldn't care less about other things, they were afraid that the master would repent, so they hurriedly fetched bowls and chopsticks to share the food.

The magistrate looked on with his hands down, his heart was bleeding.The meat and vegetables are so expensive this year. He watched the duck's neck being pinched away, and then the duck's legs were gone. The meat was torn apart, and the smell penetrated his nose. infarction.

His Highness is still standing by, no matter what he can't go first.

awful.Too miserable.