Last year, the locust plague was again this year, and it was coming in a fierce manner. As a county's parents official, Cui Weizhi was naturally overwhelmed. There are many different opinions on how to deal with the disaster. Yao Chong, the prime minister of the dynasty who advocated the hunting, seemed to have the upper hand, and had sent locust catching envoys to supervise locust catching envoys in various places to supervise locust catching, but the opposition lineup was even stronger. Not only was Lu Huaishen, who was also the prime minister, believed that locust catching would harm the heavenly harmony, but many ministers in the court were scrambling to oppose it. It is said that Ni Ruoshui, the governor of Bianzhou, was even more tough and refused the locust catching envoys sent by the court!

Therefore, even without Cui Jianxuan's words, he had planned to treat the dead horse as a living horse. When he saw Du Ling, Du Shijiu, who came to the door to talk about locust hunting, he was sitting in the study and watched the bamboo curtain in front of the door being raised high, and then a young man in the 13th or 14th year of age was brought into the door, and immediately looked at the person coming carefully.

Compared with the slightly older Cui Jianxuan, the young man was thin and his clothes were rather shabby than simple. The black cloth shoes on his feet looked a little white. However, the other party did not bow his head and eyes as most children from aristocratic families met their elder Shangguan, but looked at him calmly. What surprised him even more was that the other party actually bowed and refused to bow after he stepped forward.

Cui Weizhi naturally didn't care about these things. He frowned slightly, and then asked directly: "Are you Du Shijiulang? Are you here to see me for locusts?"

"good."

As soon as Du Shiyi stepped into the door, he found that there was a bamboo curtain hanging behind Cui Weizhi, and the figure was shaking as if there was someone there. However, he was not at the moment when he was not sure whether the female family members of the high school had such a habit of peeping at the guests, so he simply said straightforwardly, "In the market in Dengfeng County, several grain stores and rice shops all said that the stocks were sold out in an instant, and the people all complained. If they did not catch locusts with all their efforts, this year with the locust plague last year, there would be locusts everywhere in Dengfeng County, and this autumn will be harvested! Therefore, today I came to see Ming Gong, volunteering to take charge of locusts."

This time, Cui Weiyi, who was originally a little careless, sat up straight. He stared at Du Shiyi in a daze, and then asked in a deep voice: "You mean, are you willing to take charge of locust hunting? Young man, do you know what such a big thing is related?"

"I naturally know all about what Ming Gong said. The locust plague not only hurts farmers, but if I leave it alone, I don't know how much hunger will be in the countryside. So although I am weak, I am still willing to try it out!"

In order to deal with the court's investigation, Cui Weizhi's locust hunting notice has been issued for several days. Not to mention that there are only few people in the people, even the servants are mostly shirking each other's responsibility and unwilling to take responsibility. Now that such a sudden emergence of Du's son is willing to take such heavy responsibility, he quickly calmed down after being surprised and happy.

"Mr. Du Xiaolang, please sit down and talk." He smiled and asked him to sit down, and then ordered someone to take peach juice. Then he asked with a bright look, "Since Mr. Du Xiaolang, who is from Duling, Jingzhao, is he willing to come and catch locusts from Dengfeng County?"

"I'm not hiding my husband, I was once seriously ill, so my sister brought me to Songshan for medical treatment. Now that I was lucky enough to recover from the serious illness, I have been living at the foot of Junjifeng Mountain. I learned that the locust plague had just passed last year, and this year it was locusts that harmed the people, and Gugui injured the people and could not buy rice and flour with money. I just came to the county town today, but I found that what I saw was more serious than what I heard, so I dare not sit idly!" Seeing that Cui Weizhi was relieved, Du Shiyi strengthened his tone and said, "And it's not that I'm exaggerating. This year, I no longer just need to catch locusts with all my strength, but to cure locusts with all my strength, otherwise it is very likely that locusts will come back next year. This year, after going back and forth, thousands of miles of naked land, it is a great thing!"

As soon as these words were said, Cui Weizhi's heart was immediately stumbled. However, before he could pretend to be dissatisfied, another voice came from behind the curtain: "You said that improper management of locusts will go back and forth, what evidence is there?"

Hearing the clear voice inside, Du Shiyi glanced at Cui Weizhi, who was silent and said calmly: "The locust plague is the most prosperous between summer and autumn, because all the grains are about to mature, so it hurts the farmers the most. If the locusts rely on plants and trees to give birth to their children, once they are hiding in the autumn and winter, they are most likely to have another locust plague in February and March next year. According to the Han Dynasty, in April of the fourth year of Yongchu, the six states locusts; in March of the fifth year of Yongchu, the nine states locusts are again. The next year is no longer a disaster than the previous year, but it has become a disaster, so because the locusts are the seeds of the last year. Now, last year and now are all locusts that have become plagues. How can I know that if they cannot be eliminated this year and cannot be treated, they will recur next year? Although I am not talented, I am willing to do my best even for my own livelihood!"

Although the person who was just asking about Cui Jianxuan, Cui Weizhi was already being told at this moment. His order to take office two years ago. If he had to make such a struggle next year after a locust plague this year, even if he was a famous family member of the Cui family in Qinghe, he would have to be implicated. Just as he was hesitant at the end, another sentence from Du Shiyi came to his ears.

"There are many people in the court that locust plague is caused by virtue of being unethical. Catching locusts is useless and harming the harmony of heaven. It is better to worship Bala Temple or use good governance to drive locusts out of the country. Ming Gong must have heard of such words. However, if he really sacrificed Bala Temple and performed good governance, the locusts were still rampant, then the word Ming Gong lost virtue is truly confirmed! The locusts are as fierce as tigers. If Ming Gong does not abandon them, I would like to take on this matter with all my might!"

"So responsible!"

At this moment, when the back curtain moved, Du Shiyi saw a boy a few years older than him walking out with his hands behind his back. However, his eyes repeatedly swept over his soft and handsome face several times, but he still felt that he was not at odds with his male and female, and he was stunned for a moment.

Cui Jianxuan ignored so much. He stared at Du Shiyi with an interest on his face and suddenly said with a smile: "Last year, I heard that Du Shijiu, Fanchuan, had only had his life hanging by a thread. At that time, I thought that there was only a child prodigy who could write a few poems, which was not worth mentioning. I didn't expect that today we would meet with admiration!"

After saying this, he turned around and bowed to Cui Weizhi and said, "Uncle Qi, I'll ask you for a favor. What should I do if Du Shijiulang asks me? Anyway, this is not harmful to you, Uncle Qi. I'll give you an explanation."

Cui Jianxuan snatched all his words, and Cui Weizhi could only cough dryly, then said with a smile: "Okay, since Du Shijiulang has such determination to take responsibility, I will leave this matter to you! All the servants from the county office will be assigned by you!"

"Thank you, Mr. Ming!"

Seeing that this matter was done, Du Shiyi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart. However, when he was about to say goodbye, Cui Jianxuan said again: "Uncle Qi, I will follow you to watch and see such a big thing. If there is any progress or obstacle, I can report it to you at any time. Du Shijiulang, you have to let me see your true skills!"

Cui Weizhi looked at Cui Jianxuan with amazement and forced Du Shiyi to go out together. After a while, he woke up. Annoyed, he pounded his body and sat down, and was about to call someone to call back the willful nephew, but he opened his mouth, but in the end he still didn't say anything.

Cui Jianxuan came from the eastern capital Luoyang to Dengfeng County, not to visit his clan uncle, nor to seek gods and Buddhas in Songshan. Instead, he was ordered by his grandmother, Du De, the wife of Qi, to study at Lu Hong, the famous hermitage master of Xuanlianfeng! However, Cui Jianxuan seemed to be a handsome talent, but had a strange temper. He often offended people on his daily life, and he didn't like reading. He hated chanting poetry and essays the most. Now he must have taken advantage of Du Shiyi's suggestion to delay!

"Forget it, it's not my son, it's his business to get involved..." Cui Weizhi murmured to himself, and then asked a child who was attending the house to call Cui Yuan, and then whispered, "You go to Yongfengfang, Dongdu in a few days to send a letter. Then the eleventh son saw the plague of locusts in Dengfeng, because Duling Du Shijiu of Jingzhao advised me to catch locusts, and he was busy with work! Remember, don't say much else."

After Du Shiyi was pulled out of the door enthusiastically by Cui Jianxuan, before he could say anything, the young man who looked like a woman suddenly let go of his hand. Seeing that he was standing aside with his hands lazily, not only did he no longer feel warm at the beginning, but also looked at the show with a look, he was too lazy to think about it. After Cui Yuan entered the house, he hurried out and said with a smile on his face, he asked him to gather all the officers of the county office. However, a quarter of an hour later, standing in front of the court, he looked at the sparse and listless seven or eight people in front of him. Even if he had some predictions in advance, his heart couldn't help but sink.

Sure enough, when he heard that Du Shiyi had actually taken the locust catch from the county magistrate Cui Weizhi, the servants looked at me, and finally, the middle-aged man who had informed Du Shiyi at first stood up with a smile: "Mr. Du Xiaolang, it's not that we are shirking our responsibilities and refuse to do our best. This is really a matter... This matter is difficult to deal with! Last year, I don't know how much manpower and material resources were spent to catch locusts. As a result, the final harvest was not enough. This year, the farmer in the field simply gave up and went to the Bala Temple to worship and pray for blessings! What's more, even many people in the court said that this incident hurts the heavenly harmony. The greater the strength of catching locusts, everyone is afraid of being punished by God!"

"It turns out that it was because I was worried about disobeying the harmony of heaven and being punished by heaven." After a pause, Du Shiyi smiled and said, "If it is because of this, you don't have to worry. I, Du Shijiu, was already a mortal mortal, and I was taken to Songshan Songyang Temple for medical treatment by my sister. However, I have not yet obtained medicine, but because my sister was sincere and I was blessed by the King of the Underworld, my ancestors sent a dream, so I renewed my life and saw the light of heaven. I can live my life peacefully and steadily, but now I am just to repay the kindness of the King of the Underworld, so I have taken the task of catching locusts."

Seeing that some of the servants were surprised and suspicious, they obviously could not believe it. He smiled and said, "If anyone of you doesn't believe it, you can go to Songyang Temple to visit Taoist Taichong to verify it and ask me if I heal myself without medicine! In short, since I dare to take this matter, if there is any retribution for heaven, I will naturally bear it! If you are afraid, you don't have to come tomorrow. If you are not afraid, follow me to the fields from tomorrow! I can hereby guarantee everyone that after the locust is destroyed, there will be additional rewards!"

Cui Jianxuan, standing behind Du Shiyi, was originally looking around idle. He heard Du Shiyi recovering from severe illness, and heard him say that he could bear the retribution of heaven and retribution, and finally promised it with generous rewards. His eyes gradually widened. When he watched Du Shiyi strode out of the county office, he suddenly hooked his finger at a servant standing next to him thinking.
Chapter completed!