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Seeing these people getting emotional, suddenly someone fanned the flames, and a group of people followed suit, and in a blink of an eye, all the disaster victims swarmed towards An Liang and the others.

Mu Qingxue waved his hand, and the left and right soldiers hurriedly stood in front of the three of them, pointing their silver spears at the victims, creating a barrier between the victims and the three of them.

Most of the victims fell down when they saw the weapons in the hands of the soldiers. If they didn't cherish their lives, why would they come all the way to Yuzhou City to seek a chance of life.

"You officials never show consideration for us suffering people..."

I don't know who said something, and then picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at the soldiers.

When the victims saw it, they followed suit one after another, looking for stones all over the ground and throwing stones at the soldiers. Although the soldiers were protected by armor, they were still terrified of being smashed.

"Before she died, my mother told me that we would be saved when the court officials came! If her old man knew about it, how could she rest in peace when she saw the officials sent by the court ignore our lives?"

A big man was so excited that he picked up a palm-sized stone from the ground, and threw it towards Anliang vigorously.

Seeing the stones coming, An Liang didn't dodge, but closed his eyes.

There was a "bang", which was exceptionally clear in this noisy environment.

An Liang snorted, and took two steps back, only to feel a sharp pain in the forehead, and his vision blurred instantly.

"Anliang!" Mu Qingxue next to her had sharp eyes and quick hands, and supported her.

"My lord!" A group of soldiers surrounded him in panic.

Seeing Anliang's injured wound slowly dripping with blood, everyone was in a panic, and the victims stopped shouting, and took a few steps back unconsciously, moving away from Anliang.

After the big man who smashed the Anliang stone calmed down, he was also taken aback. He looked left and right at the victims who retreated behind him, and he became more courageous and did not retreat.

"You are such a brave dog!" Mu Qingxue yelled angrily, staring at the big man, just about to make a move, but was grabbed by Anliang.

"Wait."

Hearing that Anliang's voice was weak and his face turned slightly pale, he didn't recover for a while.

At this moment, the gate of the city creaked and opened a small crack, and a woman in disheveled and torn official uniform ran out, followed by several yamen servants who were equally embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, He Jingting, I have met Lord An, and Her Highness the Princess." He Jingting ran to An Liang and knelt down, and a group of government servants guarded them, watching the victims vigilantly.

Chapter 19 Opening the City Gate ([-])

"You are the state capital of Yuzhou?" Mu Qingxue looked down.

"It's the next official."

"Why are you so embarrassed?"

"Your Excellency..." He Jingting looked up and saw An Liang's injury, his face turned pale with fright!

"It's okay, what happened in the city?"

"My lord doesn't know something." He Jingting said, glancing at the victims in an angry manner.

"Since two days ago, disaster victims have been coming to Yuzhou City one after another. At first, the officials did not stop them. They opened warehouses to release grain and cloth sheds to distribute porridge. Everything was in order."

"I don't want to think that since the afternoon of the day before yesterday, more and more disaster victims have flooded into the city. The Yuzhou area was hit by the disaster only this summer. There is not much food in the city. Many victims can't eat food, so they go to various households Go beg for food, even grab food by hand!"

"Many well-meaning people in the city took out their own food reserves and distributed them to the victims. However, the number of victims was so large that they had more than enough heart and strength."

"According to the night before yesterday, nearly two thousand victims of the disaster had already entered the city, and a large number of victims looted everywhere, acting like bandits, and had disputes with many innocent people in the city."

"Are there any casualties?" An Liang asked quickly.

"A lot of injuries, no one died yet."

An Liang heaved a sigh of relief and nodded.

"My lord, I have no choice but to order the city gates to be closed. Now there is no food left in my city. I really can't accommodate so many people!"

"What about the food business?"

He Jingting shook his head.

Seeing An Liang groaning aside, a yamen servant knelt down in front of her.

"My lord, what my lord said is true. The head of the food store in the city is the most stingy person. In order to borrow food from him, my lord knelt down to him! He also wrote a proof of IOU, promising to return the original amount in the future ."

"Where do you have the right to speak, why don't you back down!" He Jingting gave the yamen servant a hasty look.

"My lord, it's more than that!" The servant wanted to complain to his lord.

"Come one by one."

"Those disaster victims didn't appreciate my lord's kindness, but yesterday they gathered a group of people and broke into the granary. Seeing that there was no food, they became angry and smashed the official hall, and even broke into my lord's mansion. They snatched them all and beat us up!"

"Early this morning, my lord led us to go door to door in the city to beg for a bite of food, just to fill the stomachs of you rascals!"

As the yamen servant said, he turned and glared at the victims.

Some of the victims at the front bowed their heads in shame when they heard this, but most of the people behind who didn't hear them looked at the crowd blankly.

"Okay, I understand." An Liang nodded and said slowly.

"You have worked hard."

He Jingting shook his head hurriedly.

An Liang took a deep breath, turned around and walked slowly towards the victims, who hurriedly retreated to both sides like a flood.

"Everyone, you say, I don't know how to sympathize with you, and I don't know your suffering."

"But the pain you are going through now, I understand best, because I have also experienced it."

The victims looked at each other in blank dismay and said nothing more.

Mu Qingxue frowned, and looked at Wen Qu.

"My parents, family, friends, playmates, all died in a famine."

An Liang paused, the term "parents" had long been unfamiliar to her, and now that she mentioned it suddenly, she felt sad.

"Now that I take the initiative to ask for orders to come to the disaster relief, I just don't want this kind of pain to happen to others."

"Since you want to enter the city, I can let you go, but there is only one thing, the city is already in chaos and cannot stand any more turmoil."

"If you want to enter the city, you must enter in an orderly manner. You must not trespass on the houses, and you must not loot and cause chaos. If you believe me, I will solve the food problem. As long as you obey me, I will immediately order the city to open Door."

"My lord, is there really something to eat?"

"My lord, we believe in you, it's just that it's too cold outside, let's go into the city to avoid the wind and snow, we just don't make trouble!"

"Yes, my lord, it's too cold..."

"No chaos, let's go into town..."

When someone started, others would naturally follow suit. After a while, the victims all promised not to cause chaos.

"He Jingting."

"The officer is here."

"Go and negotiate with the residents in the city to see if anyone is willing to let you stay overnight. In addition, the inns, restaurants, gambling halls and brothels in the city, as well as your government office, all public facilities will be expropriated and accommodated. refugee."

"Yes, it's just... even so, I'm afraid it won't be able to accommodate so many people..." He Jingting looked around, showing embarrassment.

"Are there still tents in the city?"

"There's some left."

An Liang nodded, and turned to look at the victims.

"Since everyone believes in me and is willing to listen to my words, please let Mr. He open the city gate now, but the city cannot accommodate so many people, so please let the elderly, children, sick and infirm people enter the city first."

"For the rest of you, I will set up camp outside the city with you. Later, I will go to the city to collect some cotton clothes and distribute them to everyone. Do you think it is feasible?"