The full harem escape game

Chapter 444 Wild Vegetables
"Why."

The master didn't understand very much.

Here's the thing.

In recent years, due to successive years of famine, the number of refugees has increased sharply.

The city is not allowed to enter, these refugees have nowhere to go, and no source of food, so they are entrenched outside the city——

Because there were many people coming and going in Luoshu City, the refugees united together to stop those passing by outside the city.

In name, they were begging for some dry food, but in reality they were blocking the road and not letting them go until passers-by were willing to give them food.

Fan Xi, the lord of Luoyang City, has always turned a blind eye to this.

To use what Fan Xi often said: You can't really force these people to starve to death, can you?
Unexpectedly, it was this kind of laissez-faire that almost caused a catastrophe.

Last night, this group of refugees somehow had the audacity to stop the official team escorting the exiled prisoners.

Although these refugees were immediately scared when they saw the officers and soldiers wielding their swords.

But the officers and soldiers were still very upset, and Fan Xi must give an explanation.

"There is no reason. Those people just stopped them and wanted to beg for some food. They didn't attack or rob them. How can I convict them?" Fan Xi put down the pen in his hand and frowned.

The master let out an oops, knowing that his city lord's single-minded problem has committed again.

"Although they didn't attack or rob, but let's say they attacked and robbed, wouldn't that be enough?"

"But……"

"My lord of the city, don't be confused! The person who escorted the deportation team this time is Xu Weicheng, the instructor Xu. Have you forgotten that you accidentally offended him when you were in the capital? If he returns to the capital, he will join you One copy, even if Lord You Cheng comes, he may not be able to keep you!"

Fan Xi used to be a third-rank Beijing official, but was transferred to Luoshu City last year.

Although the position of city lord is calculated from the third rank according to the official rank.

But the Cong Sanpin of the Beijing official is definitely different from the Cong Sanpin of the one hundred and eight thousand miles away from Beijing.

So this is a "transfer" in name, but in essence it is demoting an official.

In fact, if Fan Xi's faults were calculated, he should have been demoted to a farther place.

Only because of An Youcheng's strong persuasion, Ren Fu did not demote Fan Xi's rank, but gave him a more decent treatment.

"Think twice, City Lord." The master really didn't want Fan Xi to get into trouble again at this time and make Fu Ren angry.

Fan Xi also knew this truth.

So he was very confused.

Suddenly, an attendant from outside reported that they had received news at the gate of the city that the eldest princess, Director Yi, and her attendants had just entered the city.

Master: "The residence newspaper issued by the capital said that the eldest princess has left the capital recently. I didn't expect to arrive in Luoshu City so soon."

Fan Xi hurriedly got up: "Follow me to meet you."
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After Xia Qingyang and Empress Yin got off the carriage, they walked for more than ten minutes and arrived at the gate of Luoshu City.

Xia Qingyang's weird all-black attire, as always, attracted the surprised eyes of the common people, as well as suspicious questioning from the officers and soldiers at the gate of the city.

But when Xia Qingyang lowered his head and told the officers and soldiers that he had a rare skin disease and could not see the sun, everyone's suspicion turned into sympathy.

"Then you are quite pitiful." The officers and soldiers closed Xia Qingyang's customs clearance documents with Empress Yin and returned them to her, "Okay, let's go."

The customs clearance document was prepared by Ren Yi.

Its level of fidelity is not a problem to fool the officers and soldiers at the city gate.

"Hey, be careful."

While waiting for Xia Qingyang to install the document, Empress Yin had quick eyesight and quick hands, and helped an old woman beside her who was almost tripped over by a stone.

The aunt subconsciously protected the basket on her arm in her bosom.

Seeing that Empress Yin just wanted to help her and didn't intend to touch the basket, the aunt stood up embarrassedly: "Hey, thank you, girl."

"You're welcome, there's a lot of gravel here, so walk carefully."

Perhaps it was Empress Yin's gentleness that made the aunt feel more guilty about her doubts just now.The aunt took the initiative to walk with them, and said:
"Hey, girl, is this your husband-in-law?"

"Correct."

"You and your husband-in-law are foreigners, right? How lucky, if you had come here yesterday, you would have been robbed by those refugees outside the city."

Empress Yin felt Xia Qingyang squeeze her hand, so she continued to ask tacitly: "Then what about those refugees now?"

"The city lord sent people to arrest them last night, and now there are only a few in twos and threes left. If you want me to say, they should have been driven away long ago."

"Why?"

"Oh, they were all forced. At the beginning, everyone sympathized with these refugees. No, the nobles in Luoshu City always gave porridge to help these people in the first two years. Then, we ordinary people You can also queue up to get a ration. Who would have thought that there would be more and more refugees, and they would be greedy and start blocking passers-by, and they won’t let you go if you don’t give them food! Tell me, this is not a robbery, but what is it! "

Empress Yin nodded, expressing sympathy.

The aunt then started talking, and continued: "So in the past two years, the nobles in our city seldom gave out porridge. Hey, yes, there is still a group of people surrounded by red tablecloths who always come to give porridge. We didn’t know before. Now I heard that it seems that the eldest princess, who was a general, pity us ordinary people, so she did it secretly.”

Empress Yin followed her aunt, and expressed her feelings for the benevolence of the long princess.

From this point of view, Su Quan and Ye Jingqing's mission along the way has been successfully completed.

People's impression of Ren Yi has already been added to the former "heroine hero" as a kind person who is dedicated to the people.

"Ma'am, what are you putting in this basket?" Xia Qingyang suddenly interrupted and asked.

Not only the aunt, but other passers-by who came in and out of the city gate also carried or carried small baskets.

Xia Qingyang glanced at it, and found that it seemed to be filled with vegetable leaves.

"Hey, isn't this... go out and dig some wild vegetables." The aunt hid the basket behind her back, and said with a smile, "There is no food at home. There are so many people to eat, so we must not be hungry."

"This basket is enough for several meals."

"Just one day."

Then without saying a few words, the aunt left in a hurry.

"What's the matter, ma'am?"

Empress Yin noticed that the aunt's last attitude seemed a little strange, but she didn't understand the reason.

Xia Qingyang paused, but did not answer immediately.

The mud on the trousers of this aunt is black.

On the way here, Xia Qingyang opened the curtain on the carriage to take a look.

She remembered that within a few kilometers around here, there was no soil of this color.

Thinking about it, it should be that all the wild vegetables nearby have been picked, so I have to go a long way to find them.

The aunt's attitude is easy to understand—probably because she was afraid that we would ask her where the vegetables were picked, so she left in a hurry.

Looking at it this way, even in Luoshu City, the famine situation is not optimistic.

(End of this chapter)