Zuo Linyi raised his eyebrows and calmly looked at Song Qingyu before slowly saying, "So that's the case. Unfortunately, this prince's afternoon schedule has already been set." It was a look of regret.
Song Qingyu could not help but roll his eyes at him before lowering his head and sighing. He then picked up the cup of tea and took a sip.
Sitting next to Song Qingyu was a county magistrate under Yue City. His name was Sun Zhong. He then heard Song Qingyu sigh and flattered, "Although our Yue City is not as prosperous as the capital, it is still a fertile land. I wonder if Master Li have any other opinions towards Yue Cheng? "
Song Qingyu's eyebrows shot up as he glanced at him.
It was a slightly thin man with a weak crown.
Song Qing and Yu Wuxin continued speaking, "I dare not claim to be the leader of the group. The scenery in Yue City is indeed not bad."
Hearing this, the man continued to reply as if he was talking about something else. Just as he was getting more and more excited, he continued, "Speaking of mountains and rivers, there are four scenes in Yue City …"
Zuo Linyi listened for a long time, and finally couldn't help but frown and interrupt coldly, "How interesting are these things." "It's not as eye-catching as the Mountain River Diagram."
When the man heard this, he awkwardly chuckled.
At this time, the attendant was carrying some clothes as he hurriedly came to report, "Reporting to the Ninth Prince and the Prefect, all the food has been delivered here."
Zuo Linyi waved his sleeves and stood up with his hands behind his back. His tall figure stood tall and tall. "Let's go, give out the food."
Hearing this, everyone was shocked. They didn't expect that Zuo Linyi would go.
After all, in the past, when the Minister had come, he had never offered to personally come forward. Not to mention the ninth prince, who seemed to have no interest in this topic and had no plans for a political career in the secular world.
The moment Zuo Linyi stood up, everyone's expressions changed drastically. They all stood up at the same time.
The Prefect, who was in front of him, hurriedly and quietly blocked Zuo Linyi's path by half a step, "Ninth Prince, it's hard to avoid these refugees from having vicious and evil people. Ninth Prince, you can't go forward. If something happens, how can we afford it? For your safety, the Ninth Prince should stay here. Furthermore, the smell of the refugees is extremely unpleasant, the Ninth Prince will definitely not be able to adapt to it. "
Zuo Linyi frowned and looked down.
Everyone held their breath as they waited for Zuo Linyi's response.
Zuo Linyi's brows furrowed even more.
Everyone's hearts also rose and fell.
"Since that's the case, send the food." Zuo Linyi said and sat back down.
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Prefect Yue waved his hand and the audience below the stage began to clamor. They lined up in an orderly manner, waiting for the food to be distributed to their hands.
Song Qingyu lifted his eyes, and they shone slightly.
It would be strange to say that they were mobs. Most of them were elderly, women, and children. Moreover, they were skinny from hunger. Even after waiting for so long, there was still no signs of trouble. Furthermore, they were all listening to the arrangements of the yamen.
They were just ordinary victims.
The place where the flood occurred was at least three days away from Yue City, so why were these refugees gathering here from so far away?
As Song Qingyu was thinking, he suddenly saw Zuo Linyi's palm holding a few tiny stones.
Song Qing and Yu was shocked.
He suddenly recalled that when he was at the royal banquet that night, a stone had appeared and struck Muppet, setting her lantern on fire. Then he hit her on the shoulder so she wouldn't fall into the lake.
Upon further examination, it turned out that it had always been Zuo Linyi.
However, even if Zuo Linyi wanted to do something, with his current body, wouldn't the energy flow damage his own body?
Song Qingyu frowned as he thought about what he was going to do. He then looked towards Zuo Linyi's direction. Song Qingyu paused and noticed that his gaze was wandering over the bags several times.
Song Qing and Yu were shocked, there was a problem with the grain bag.
He had indeed heard of the matter of corruption. If one wanted to embezzle food for disaster relief, they must not reveal it publicly. It wasn't hard to know that Zuo Linyi didn't go down just now and wanted to use the stone to cut open the grain bag.
So how did he know which bag had a problem?
As Song Qingyu thought this, he saw that Zuo Linyi's movements were extremely fast. Song Qingyu had wanted to help him, but a tiny stone had already left his palm. If it was a cool breeze, it could have hit the boy, who raised the heavy bag of food that he was about to hand over.
The attendant felt as though he had increased his strength in an instant. Just as he was wondering what was going on, he heard a crashing sound.
He saw that the grain bag had a hole in it, and rice slid out from the hole.
When the victims saw the situation, they hurriedly went to pick it up. However, his face changed drastically. "How can it be sand!?" All sand! How could it be like this! "
When the surrounding victims heard this, they all opened their bags and saw that each bag contained a lot of sand.
"What's going on with the government? How can you give us sand! "Is this how the imperial government treated us, the promised disaster relief?"
"This bag is only a few grains of rice. "If you say you don't care about us, then forget about it. Since you say it's about disaster relief, why are you pretending?"
After a moment of argument, the victims looked like they had gone mad. They stepped forward to cut open the sacks of food, and each bag was filled with sand. More and more.
Most of the victims were old people and children, and when they saw this situation, they became more and more disappointed.
It was fine if there was no hope, but when there was, there was only despair.
While the old man was in pain, the young man went crazy and cut open the rice bag.
"You can't do this!" The manservant could not control himself and was forced to step back.
"Oh no, this group of victims is rebelling."
When they heard the servant boy's words, the victims had already reached the bottom of the stage, an old man shouted, "Ninth Prince, you have to give us an explanation. Why are there only sand? Whether or not he sent rice. If he didn't send Mi, why would he make fun of us? Flood, natural disaster and man-made disaster, we have come all the way north. Was he just waiting to be abandoned? We are also citizens of the Great Su. "
Hearing this, Prefect Yue had already stood up and loudly rebuked, "The imperial court sent rice to provide relief. Not only are you ungrateful, you even want to rebel. Who gave you the guts?"
"Pui!" This was clearly sand! I think you're a corrupt dog official. "
"What nonsense!"
"Ninth Prince, this must be a misunderstanding. This official will let someone find out what is going on."
Zuo Linyi stood up and said in a deep voice, "There's no need. The truth is right in front of my eyes. I didn't expect that you would dare to be so impudent in front of this prince. "
Everyone quickly kneeled down in fear, "Ninth Prince, please calm your anger. This is a huge misunderstanding, even if we have the brains, we would not dare to embezzle the money of the commoners, much less do anything to the Ninth Prince during his disaster."
Zuo Linyi looked at him lightly, "Then was it this prince's doing? Yue Hong, as the Prefect of Yue City, you are in charge of the whole Yue City's surroundings. You dare to say that you are not aware of this."
Prefect Yue had no intention of meeting Zuo Linyi's calm eyes. In Zuo Linyi's eyes, he could no longer see any signs of emotion or weakness. How could an ordinary person have such a gaze? After being in the government for so many years, he suddenly understood. Zuo Linyi could not be underestimated.
His mischievousness blocked everything, fooling everyone's eyes and ears.
The Emperor's preference for the Ninth Prince was not groundless.
So this time, the Ninth Prince had come for the money, and also for the mountain behind them.
Yue Hong felt as if he had fallen into a huge trap, but he didn't even notice it before. Yue Hong couldn't help but tremble all over.
Following that, he shot a fierce look at Sun Zhong, who was standing beside him.