Changliu County is south of Fengshui, located south of Dachu. It is surrounded by four or five counties and is close to the canal. The land is fertile and the annual harvest is very good, so the people's lives are also considered wealthy.

During this severe drought, Changliu County was close to the canal and had sufficient water resources, and the people replaced new rice seeds under the leadership of local officials. Therefore, the impact of the drought on Changliu County was limited. Although everyone was worried, the cultivation and planting were in order. Seeing that the harvest was about to be completed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but unexpectedly, the locust plague suddenly occurred.

Locusts that covered the sky and the earth flew from afar, landing among the fields, on the grass, and there was no grass left wherever they passed. The golden rice was gnawed by hungry locusts, leaving only bare stems standing in the fields.

Full locusts may fly away in groups, or land in fields to lay eggs and breed again.

The farmers who were full of anticipation could only cry at the fields that were left with no particles and the locusts. These foods were their only hope this year. Now they were eaten up by the locusts, and their hopes were gone. The farmers were only confused after their grief.

However, the locusts passing through the border have not stopped. Large areas of locusts continue to fly to the surrounding counties. Every time they pass by a county, they must eat the crops in the fields, leaving only a mess and countless full locusts.

Four or five counties were hit by locust plagues in succession, and local memorials were sent one by one. Chu Fengyuan had not had time to deal with it, and the border was in a hurry again.

During the years of severe drought, neither Chu nor foreign tribes could avoid this disaster. This was especially true for foreign tribes who were born through water and grass. Foreign tribes who were short of food and clothing were gathered by the Mula tribe and concentrated their forces to invade the border of Great Chu, hoping to plunder enough food from Great Chu.

Chu Fengyuan summoned several generals to discuss, but his expression could not hide his fatigue. "The old leader of the Mula tribe passed away, and his second son Mula Qili succeeded to the throne. After he ascended the throne, he launched a war against several tribes. Several tribes were also defeated one after another, and he was taken over by him and respected him as the king."

This invasion of the border was the order given by Murakili.

Murakili was not like his father. He was cunning and cruel, but he was still very ambitious. After he succeeded to the throne, he took advantage of the drought and lacked food and food to incite the emotions of various tribes, and integrated all tribes into a large number of cavalry, invaded Shanyu Pass, with the intention of opening a gap from Shanyu Pass and occupying the land of Dachu.

"As a general of the army, Zhang Yixing guarded Shanyu Pass, but he was arrogant and acted recklessly. He did not listen to dissuasion and then fell into foreign strategies. Half of the eight thousand soldiers who went to fight were lost! If the deputy general had not blocked the city in time, he would have been unable to defend Shanyu Pass!"

Chu Fengyuan slapped the table and was furious, "This is my general of Da Chu!"

"Who can get the revenge of the four thousand soldiers?!"

Ling Lie's eyes swept across the people. Except for Chu Xiangtian, the others lowered their heads in shame. The border had been calm for many years, and they also lived a pampered life. They had long forgotten the passionate passion of killing enemies on the battlefield.

"I am willing to go to fight and use Murakili's head to pay tribute to the souls of four thousand soldiers!" Chu Xiangtian knelt on one knee, straightened his back, and looked firmly at Chu Fengyuan, who showed disappointment.

Chu Fengyuan had known that it would be the result, so he closed his eyes and patted his shoulder, "The war is urgent, you will go on a war today, and you will be in charge of the troops in Shanyu Pass. Zhang Yixing will be executed on the spot!"

When he thought of Zhang Yixing, he was extremely angry. If he hadn't been so happy about his achievements, the four thousand soldiers would not have sacrificed in vain. He committed such a serious crime and not killing him would not be enough to calm the public's anger.

Chu Xiangtian nodded in his head, stood up and strode out.

In the imperial study, Chu Fengyuan's expression turned cold. He looked at the old generals who were afraid to speak like a quail and said coldly: "The generals are old and cannot work hard anymore. In the future, the military affairs will be arranged to be handled. All generals will take good care of them at home."

He jumped out almost by word of "rest well" with four words. These people were just eating and receiving their own salaries on weekdays, but when they were employed, they all shrank back. Instead of keeping an eye on the eye, it would be better to take the opportunity to solve the problem.

Several people bowed to thank him, but didn't dare to say anything else. They left the imperial study room, wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads and left in a hurry.

Chu Xiangtian left the palace and rode his horse directly to the camp outside the city to order troops. The war was urgent and could not be delayed for a moment. He ordered enough troops and horses, and then sent a message to Zhou Chuanqing, and ordered him to prepare food and grass for support.

Before leaving, I thought that Fu Tian might be waiting at home, so I hurriedly asked someone to bring a message back, so I took the troops and galloped northward.

When Fu Tian received the message, Chu Xiangtian had already left with his people for a long time. Although it was not the first time, he was still a little confused when he suddenly heard the news.

After a while, I remembered to ask about the specific situation of the war.

The soldiers with the message also knew very little, "I heard that foreign tribes have been surrounding the Shanyu Pass and tried to forcefully break through the pass. The battle situation is very urgent."

Fu Tian's heart tightened, suppressed his worries, and gave the reward silver to send the soldiers away.

The next day, another news came, Zhou Chuanqing counted his troops and escorted food and grass to Shanyu Pass.

The three armies advanced before they moved their food and grass. The battle situation was urgent. Instead, Chu Xiangtian and his men left first, and Zhou Chuanqing fell behind.

When the army outside the city set off camp and rushed to Shanyu Pass, the news of foreign tribes' invasion of Da Chu finally spread.

The natural disasters and the ** people were panicked, and they didn't even know where the rumors came from, saying that this was a punishment from heaven, and that the emperor would issue an edict to apologize to heaven to calm the anger of heaven.

Especially in several counties that had just suffered from locust plague, the people became more and more trusted by such statements as the locusts flying outside the houses and the fields without harvest.

The rumors about the heavenly punishment became more and more popular. Some people even splashed black blood on the government office gate late at night. Local officials did not even dare to leave the government office at will, for fear that the angry people would take action to hurt people.

Some people in the court also advised Chu Fengyuan to open a ancestral temple to worship and pray for blessings. Chu Fengyuan was furious and looked even more furious than King Yu, who was named the God of Killing.

"Investigate! Investigate me! Someone secretly spread rumors and bewitched the people. You don't think about how to find out the source, but instead encourages the rumors! What's the use of me?!"

The court was silent, and panic silence spread. The Minister of Justice, who was standing in front, came out to ask for an order, "I am willing to share your worries and find out the rumors."

Then the Minister of Justice also came out, "I am willing to go!"

The two stood in front of the courtiers, their eyes firm and moving forward.

Chu Fengyuan swept over the civil and military officials in the court, and his fierce eyes forced the minister who had just proposed sacrifices and prayed for blessings to numb his scalp. After a long time, he spoke coldly, "Accurate!"

Qin officials and Wei Yang appointed them as imperial envoys, holding gold medals in hand, secretly visited Changliu and other counties, and found out the source of rumors spreading rumors that bewitched the people.

Since it was an undercover investigation, the two of them were preparing to travel in a low-key manner, but before leaving, they were unexpectedly found by Fu Tian.

Fu Tian, ​​with two strong men, took his own package and stopped the carriage, and smiled and said, "You two will take me on the way?"

Wei Yang frowned and stopped him, "Changliu County is in chaos now, you can't go." If you get the person over and there is something wrong, Chu Xiangtian can make trouble.

Qin Li knew one thing, "I heard that the Marquis entered the palace yesterday?"

Fu Tian nodded. As the disasters continue today, Chu Xiangtian rushed to the battlefield to kill the enemy. He didn't want to take refuge at home, but he just wanted to do his part for the people.

He had some ideas about the locust plagues in Changliu County and several surrounding counties, so he went to the palace to take the initiative to ask the emperor that he was willing to go to Changliu County to rescue the disaster.

Chu Fengyuan thought for a long time before agreeing to his request. For safety, he also sent two guards to protect him.

Wei Yang looked at the two guards following him and waved his hands in a tired mood, "Let's go, I don't know you're coming, the carriage is a little small, let's squeeze it."

Two guards followed one side on horseback, and the three of them got on the carriage and slowly headed towards Changliu County.

The three of them were not idle in the carriage, but read some news from Changliu County.

Since the locust plague broke out in Changliu County, although the government has quickly launched disaster relief, the locusts outside are covered with overwhelming confinement when going out. In addition, the farmland was destroyed, many people were discouraged. The local county magistrate posted several announcements to encourage the people to participate in the hunt for locusts, but the results were not very good.

Later, a group of monks came from, who prayed for the people under the guise of Buddha's religion. At the beginning, these monks set up a altar to pray for blessings. They gave porridge and rice to help the victims. The county magistrate did not stop them when they saw that they were indeed helping the victims.

But over time, I found that what these monks did was becoming more and more wrong. The rumors of heavenly punishment were originally spread among these rescued victims. The victims even praised these monks as living Buddhas for saving suffering. Even if the family could no longer be exposed, they would donate the remaining rice, grain and property to the "Living Buddha" to save merits, let them pray for blessings, and let the disaster pass earlier.

Qin Li put away the letter in his hand and said coldly: "Silly!"

Wei Yang sighed, "Natural disasters are in parallel, and these people always have to find a place to survive, and these evil monks will take advantage of the situation."

"In reading the letter, these monks should have a certain foundation in Changliu County. We should not conflict head-on. Changliu County also has a Fu family rice shop. Then we will settle in the rice shop first and then look for others."
Chapter completed!