reincarnated as emperor [rebirth]

Chapter 24. Riot

Let’s say that Shen Lingqiu was in the mansion, walking back and forth anxiously, he heard the almost hoarse shouts at the door, and wanted to go out and explain everything, but everyone stopped him, told him to calm down, don’t go out rashly, to avoid surprises other things.

He really didn't expect that Prince Ping Liu He would be so vicious that he would even interfere in destroying the food that was given to the people for disaster relief, causing many people to starve and even starving to death of a young child.

He was supposed to have a bright future, maybe he could practice martial arts and become a military officer, maybe he could gain fame and glory for his family, but his little life ended in such a man-made disaster.

He gradually stopped moving, sat down on the chair, looked at the people kneeling in front of him, and was so sad that he couldn't speak. After a while, he whispered: "You guys get up first." After speaking, he turned around After leaving, he felt that he needed to be alone now to sort out some things.

Back in the house, he sat on the bed, thinking of what had happened in the past few days, and the questions of his father who was still sick in bed, he felt a little too tired, not physically, but mentally.

If he could have taken precautions earlier, he clearly knew that Du Yi and the others had bad intentions, but he forgot to be more careful, and let him succeed twice, so much food was wasted, and many people would starve and suffer from cold along with them.

But there are no ifs in this world, the most important thing right now is to appease the people, explain everything to them clearly, and then find a way to get Huangfu Yunzheng to send some more food for emergency.

After thinking it over, Ling Qiu got up and walked outside.

At the same time, the man was walking on the street with the dead child in his arms. His eyes were red and bloodshot. As he walked, he looked down at the silent child lying in his arms, and said with a sob : "Son, dad will definitely avenge you."

The pace gradually accelerated, and when he returned to the gathering place of the common people, he put down the child in the eyes of everyone, then stood up abruptly, and said word by word: "Folks, the people in the imperial court are deliberately withholding our food to make my child alive." Starved to death, do you want such a thing to happen again? This time, they must give us an explanation!"

"That's right!" Everyone was silent for a long time, and one person stood up and responded: "Folks, do you remember the last time you had enough to eat? We can't just sit and watch these imperial officials withholding our food, we Needs an explanation!"

Following his voice, more and more people joined in, and there was an angry light in everyone's eyes. They clenched their fists tightly, exerted all their strength, and walked out together with the man.

In the spring of the sixth year of Dongcang Kingdom Calendar No. 20, a common people riot occurred in Pingzhou. Many common people gathered together and came to the mansion where the people in the court lived to make trouble.

The noisy voice came inside, Ling Qiu and Zhong Lisheng looked at each other, and felt that the situation was getting worse, if they kept hiding and didn't give an explanation to the people, it would definitely cause a bigger accident.

Thinking of this, they walked out together. As soon as the gate was opened, they saw many people standing in front of the gate shouting loudly. If it wasn't for the officers and soldiers to stop them, they might have already rushed into the mansion.

Looking at the people below, Ling Qiu's eyes felt a little heartbroken, he opened his mouth and was about to say something, but saw a child pick up a small stone and throw it at him.

He dodged subconsciously, but the stone still hit his forehead. There was no bleeding, but the pain was endless. The officers and soldiers and the hidden guard behind him suddenly appeared, trying to catch the stone-throwing child.

"Don't move him." Shouting, Ling Qiu reached out and rubbed his forehead, ignoring the swelling pain, and said in a calm voice: "Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me."

"What are you talking about? Everyone in your court looks like this. On the surface, it looks like it is for the good of our people, but in fact it is a wolf that eats people and does not spit out bones!" A commoner shouted excitedly, and what he said aroused a lot of excitement. Dissatisfied with Zhong Lisheng, he stepped forward and looked at the man.

"That's wrong, folks, I think you must have misunderstood something. The emperor sent us here to solve the flood problem for the people, not the wolves you mentioned."

"Exactly what you said." Ling Qiu walked to his side, glanced at him, and said quietly: "We are also very anxious about food problems, but please rest assured, folks, we will definitely give you an explanation. The official contacted officials from other places yesterday, and they promised to give us some food first, and they should have arrived in Pingzhou by now, please go to collect the food in an orderly manner, as for other issues, please feel free to leave them to us.”

Maybe it was because he was too calm, or the light in his eyes made people unconvincing, and the people below began to have doubts. After a while, someone asked: "Really...really?"

Ling Qiu smiled slightly when he heard the words, and nodded, "Of course it's true, everyone go quickly."

As soon as the words fell, the people began to discuss. Some people couldn't bear the hunger and left first, while some still stayed in front of the door and refused to leave. After a while, those who left first received food and passed by the mansion with a smile on their faces. After thanking him non-stop, the remaining people realized that what he said was true and rushed away.

Watching everyone leave, Ling Qiu heaved a sigh of relief. He turned his head to look at Zhong Lisheng beside him and everyone present, and said in a hoarse voice, "Go back."

Back in the house, he wrote another letter to Huangfu Yunzheng non-stop, and decided that this time he would personally bring the food into the city, and there must be no more mistakes.

A few days later, Huangfu Yunzheng received the letter. On the one hand, he was angry with Liu He, and on the other hand, he immediately sent someone to send food over. This time, the number of people escorting food was the largest among the three times, and dozens of secret guards secretly protected him. .

After the grain transportation team set off, Ling Qiu also set off from the city. He took a dozen secret guards and many officers and soldiers, and went out from Pingzhou. He met the grain transportation team in Hezhou. Arrive safely in Pingzhou.

Unknowingly, several days passed, and under everyone's careful vigilance, the batch of grain finally came safely to the granary in Pingzhou. Lingqiu added dozens of officers and soldiers, who took turns guarding the granary throughout the day. Strangers are not allowed to approach the granary, even ordinary people.

After the grain arrived, the next thing was to release the grain. That night, Ling Qiu, Zhong Lisheng and others came to the granary, counted the amount of grain in person, estimated the number of people in the city, and calculated the daily Roughly how much food can be received to ensure that no one will miss it, but they do not have themselves in this amount.

After calculating the numbers, the group went back to rest and lay on the bed, the bright moon outside the window slanted into the room, Ling Qiu opened his eyes, not feeling sleepy.

After leaving for so many days, he spent every day in a busy way, he didn't even have time to think about Huangfu Yunzheng, only in the dead of night, he had time to think about him.

But soon, as long as the dam is rebuilt and the flood can be blocked, then their task will be considered complete, and the rest will be handed over to the local government to let them take the people to rebuild their homes. I believe that Pingzhou will be able to Go back to your previous life.

With a sigh of relief, Ling Qiu slowly closed his eyes and tucked himself into sleep.

In the early morning of the next day, when it was still daylight, he got up and walked out the door, just in time to run into Zhong Lisheng, who nodded slightly to him, and went to the granary with him, ready to open the granary for release.

Soon the people lined up outside the warehouse, everyone's eyes filled with anticipation, the sky was gradually brightening, Ling Qiu looked up at the sky, felt that the time was almost there, so he raised his hand and waved down, the officers and soldiers behind him led Order, began to scoop up food, distributed to the hands of each common people.

Seeing the real grains of rice in their hands, some people couldn't help but burst into tears. While sobbing, they thanked Ling Qiu and the others, and then left in a hurry to cook for their children.

Soon it was the turn of a commoner man. He looked at the grain in his hand, tears streaming down his face. After a while, he turned his head to look at Ling Qiu, and said with a choked voice, "Thank you, my lord."

Nodding to him, Ling Qiu's heart ached a little, the life-saving food arrived a bit late, but fortunately, everything was still in time.

The food distribution ended after nearly one morning. Seeing the last civilian leave, Ling Qiu smiled with satisfaction and asked the officers and soldiers to close the granary. The granary will continue to be opened tomorrow. According to the food inside, it should be able to last for a long time. .

Immediately afterwards, he and Zhong Lisheng went to the embankment, and seeing that the embankment was about to be built, his tight heart finally relaxed a little. By evening, the embankment had been completely built.

Ling Qiu walked towards the embankment, checked the strength of the embankment himself, and invited people in this field to survey the safety of the embankment.

The rain gradually started to fall. Ling Qiu looked up at the gloomy sky and felt that another storm was about to hit. He quickly ordered people to resettle the people, and then let the people and officers and soldiers on the embankment retreat. People, standing on a safe high ground, waited patiently.

As night fell, it really rained heavily. Seeing that the water level rose higher and higher, and gradually reached the critical point of the embankment, some water began to overflow the embankment and rush downstream.

More and more water gathered, and the flood came again, but unlike before, this time only some water overflowed the dam and was scattered everywhere by the dam, and did not wash into the downstream houses and fertile fields.

They made it!

The thing that has been worrying for a long time was finally resolved, and Ling Qiu's mood was unprecedentedly comfortable. He pursed his lips and smiled, with relief in his eyes. After watching for a long time to make sure that everything was safe, he turned around and left with everyone.

Back in the mansion, he met with Zhong Lisheng and the local government, handed over the rest of the matter to them, and then went back to pack his things and prepare to leave.

Finally being able to go back to the palace and see the person he misses, Ling Qiu was in a very good mood, and even packed his things much faster. He was lying on the bed, so excited that he couldn't sleep.

In the early morning of the next day, he and Zhong Lisheng were about to leave. When they opened the door of the mansion, they saw a group of people standing in front of the door.

Ling Qiu hurriedly got everyone up and said: "This is our duty, I hope the villagers can live in peace in the future." After speaking, he got into the carriage and left Pingzhou under the eyes of the people.

Looking at the scenery outside the carriage, the corners of Ling Qiu's lips gradually curled up a little, finally, it's time to go back!