7

Many important coastal towns such as Longxiang Town in Minyue County were hit by double attacks by tsunamis and typhoons. It was midsummer again. The climate was hot, which gave rise to plagues and people were seriously injured. The disaster was reported to the imperial capital as soon as possible. The new emperor attached great importance to it and sent the worshipper in the palace to the disaster area as soon as possible. The rest of the disaster relief funds and materials were arranged in an orderly manner and were transported to the disaster area. In the face of natural disasters, both monks and mortals had compassion and went to the disaster area for rescue.

Dugu Jue and Xiao Qinxuan have been in Fujian and Yue for a few days. The various carriages and horses that transport supplies along the way were seen, including court convoys and civil organizations, and there were endless streams, and occasionally monks flew by in the air. The coachman who asked about it only knew the situation and thought that if he had been in the past, he would have been able to do something within his ability. The two were heading towards Longxiang Town at this moment.

However, after reaching a fork in the road, Dugu Jue did not follow the chariots and horses, but turned to another road. Xiao Qinxuan was puzzled and asked about the reason.

"Disaster relief has always been coordinated by the central government and implemented by the local government. However, the local government thinks that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and work is always delayed. Materials need to be planned uniformly here, and the specific situation of the disaster is reported by the subordinates, and then allocated according to the priorities. After such a big circle, the materials cannot be distributed within ten days and half a month. Disaster relief is a matter of every second, so they are allowed to delay. Since we choose to help people, we have to go to the farthest and most severe places."

"Oh, so that's it. Do those private materials also need to be distributed in this way?" Xiao Qinxuan asked again.

"It's so great about learning! If you think about it this way, as the main force of disaster relief, the local government has no choice but to do so. If the non-governmental organization crosses the local area and first responds to disaster relief, what will outsiders think? The local government is not as good as the non-governmental organization. If the local government is so delayed, then the superiors will definitely hold them accountable. Therefore, if you want to rescue the disaster, you can first get the consent of my local area. If you force yourself, you will be worn by the local government. At that time, the disaster relief will be unsuccessful and will be slandered in all kinds of ways, thankless."

"Oh my god, how can this still be like this!" Xiao Qinxuan has gained some knowledge.

"There is no way, so the bureaucrats are like this!" Dugu Jue touched Xiao Qinxuan's head, "So we'll go by ourselves, but you have to be mentally prepared. The disaster area is not about traveling around, and the scene there may be more terrifying than you think!"

"Yeah!" Xiao Qinxuan swallowed and spitted, and became a little scared. She suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, Dugu, aren't there many monks? They are not restricted, so they should be able to arrive first!"

"Well, it's hard to say! The longer the cultivators practice, their attitude towards things will change and become more and less indifferent. Moreover, monks have always felt that they are superior to others, so they may not value mortals so much. They like to do things according to their original intentions, and they feel that they should do this, so they do it as long as they are at peace, and they will not do it so meticulously. Many people just want to create a glorious image that the people admire. In this way, when they arrive in the disaster area, they also help others, get thanks, and their practice will be more peaceful in the future."

"Tsk! I don't understand, how can such a simple thing be so utilitarian!"

"Ha, we can't control what others do. Just keep your heart!" Dugu Jue smiled slightly and said, "As long as you think it's right, even if everyone stops you, I will help you!"

"Dugu!" Xiao Qinxuan's nose felt sore, and she wanted to cry for some reason.

The two of them walked for a long time, and there were fewer and fewer cars along the way. Instead, they encountered many disaster relief convoys returning. After asking, they found out that the guards in front closed the town gate and were not allowed to enter and exit, blocking many victims outside, and even preventing the convoy from distributing supplies, driving the convoy away, and letting the convoys return to the county town in front. The coachmen were extremely helpless and persuaded the two to turn around.

Xiao Qinxuan sighed, as Dugu said, but Dugu Jue didn't care and continued to move forward.

As expected, there were more and more disaster victims on the road, and there were even more crowds of people in front of the city gate. These victims were ragged, pale and thin, covered in scars, and supported each other. There were many children and elderly people, who looked pitiful. Xiao Qinxuan wanted to give them some food, but was stopped by Dugu Jue.

"If there are a few people, you can still help. You can't help these thousands of people. Judging from their appearance, they should have not eaten for many days. They are prone to losing control when they see food. Let's talk about it first!"

Xiao Qinxuan couldn't bear it, but in fact, she had to agree.

"The guardian has an order. The town does not accept refugees from all over the country and returns to their hometowns. The disaster relief supplies will be distributed soon!" A soldier stood on the city wall and shouted at the victims below.

"Return to your hometown! Where is your hometown?" said a man, bursting with tears, and people around him agreed, "The tide has passed, nothing is gone! You asked us to go back, except water, but also water. Do you ask us to soak in the water?"

"I don't care about this, or you can go to another place to see it! I guess there is a place that is willing to accept you!" Bing Ding continued, even though he was crying and begging the victims, he was still indifferent.

"We have been trekking all the way here, and the drip of water has not been stained for several days and nights. It is good to get here. Please do it well. It is better not to open the city gate. Just give me a stutter!"

"Don't talk too much! Just leave, don't be too slow. You have so many mouths, even the landlord's family has no surplus food! Leave quickly, otherwise I will be rude to you!" The more the soldiers said, the more angry they became, as if they would really attack the victims.

"Damn it! This guy is so inhumane!" Xiao Qinxuan clenched her fist and wanted to rush up and punch the soldier. Her eyes turned and she thought of a good idea. "Dugu, let's open the city gate quietly and let the people in!"

Dugu Jue did not reply immediately, but looked up and squinted his eyes at the sky. After a while, he turned around and said to Xiao Qinxuan, "Don't worry, wait first!"

"Sir, are you worried about the plague? We are all healthy and no one is infected, so we will not endanger the people in the city!"

"If you don't want toast, please punish the wine. Come and use rocks to smash these troublemakers back wherever you can!" The soldier raised his hand and threw a stone down, hitting an old man. His head was bleeding and the scene was very chaotic.

The other soldiers were hesitant and could not bear to take action. The leader actually forced them to take action on the grounds of military law. They had no choice but to raise the stones and smash them away.

"I see who you dare!" A roar broke through the air, and when he arrived, he saw three figures falling on the city wall, scaring the soldiers to sit on the ground.

"Little girl, don't you often say that you want to meet a female cultivator? Look, there is one there!" Dugu Jue nodded to the city wall.

Xiao Qinxuan looked up and saw the three monks who fell on the city wall, two men and one woman. Two men were ordinary in appearance, one with a blue shirt and one with a sword, and the other with a green dress and a knife. The female cultivator was beautiful, with long hair like a waterfall, fair skin, willow eyebrows like smoke, bright eyes, red lips and white teeth, and a light blue skirt with a combination of cut and elegant cut. The woman stood behind the two men, holding a simple Yaoqin, silent.

"Well, I can't feel it!" Xiao Qinxuan tilted her head. Except for Qiongzi's appearance, she didn't see any difference.

"It's not your fault. The woman's cultivation has not yet reached the realm of transformation, and she is not practicing any great magical powers. Just look at it. In Jinling Tower, Qinhuaifang is not much different from ordinary Qin Ji. What's really amazing about her is using music to manipulate people's five senses and seven emotions and six desires. If I guess correctly, she should be a disciple of the Tianyin Sect of Tingyu Mountain, the cultivation world." Dugu Jue explained.

Before Xiao Qinxuan could answer, the male cultivator in green clothes holding a knife had already spoken.

"Is this what you parents and officials do? It's really disappointing. I smashed the door and let the victims enter the city. What do you do to me?"

After saying that, he was about to carry the knife and walk down the city wall, majestic, and his eyes unconsciously glanced at the female cultivator behind him.

"Super the Immortal, please wait!" The speaker was a man in official uniform, jogging over and climbing the city wall.

The refugees below saw that the person in charge finally appeared and hurriedly prayed, hoping that he could open the door and let them in. But the man never looked at the refugees below, even though someone had already kneeled down.

"The Supreme Immortal, come to the mansion to tell me about it and let the officials report the whole story."

"Is there anything I can't say here?"

"Grand Immortal, please do it for a convenience. This matter is very involved!"

The two men looked back at the woman. The woman nodded. After saying that, the three of them followed the man down the wall and headed into the city.

"Dugu, why don't we go to the city and take a look! I want to see what these people can do!"

"Okay! Go and buy some supplies!" Dugu Jue nodded, and after saying that, he drove the carriage forward and stopped to a remote place on the side of the road. He noticed that there was no one around, snapped his fingers, and disappeared from the place, appearing in the city.

"Hey, they are ahead, let's keep up!" Xiao Qingxu pointed at the front, which were the three monks and the people who were guarding the palace.

Several people walked all the way to the guard's mansion. The two of them were inconvenient to follow, so they took a detour to a remote place. Dugu Jue took Xiao Qinxuan to cross the wall and hid beside to eavesdrop.

"I have a surname named Song, and my name is Youde. I am the garrison of this town. I wonder what the three immortals are called?"

"I'm Li Chang!" The man with the sword took the initiative to introduce it, pointing to the man with the sword and said, "This is Li Yan, and I am brothers! They are free and careless cultivators from no doors and sects!" After that, he pointed to the woman holding the piano and said, "This is the fairy of Yu Shiyin Yu, the Tianyin Sect in the Cultivation Realm! The three of us heard that the prosperous Tang Dynasty encountered a tsunami that had not been seen in a thousand years. The disaster was serious. We came to rescue the disaster and were willing to help us."

"I thank the three immortals for the disaster victims!" Song Youde stood up and bowed to the three of them. When he saw Yu Shiyin, he swallowed his saliva unconsciously. There was a charming look in his eyes, but he was hiding very well. No one noticed it. Then he stood up and sat back and said, "I'm not hiding all the immortals, I'm not willing to let the refugees enter the city. It's really the order that the refugees should not spread to other places. Moreover, the plague has been rampant recently. If one or two of these refugees are infected, I'm afraid that the people in the whole town will suffer! In addition, there are so many people, what to eat is also a big problem. I'm a small place.

How can I support them in a town? Once they are put into the city, they will be hungry. If there are more than a thousand people, this is a large number. The soldiers in this town cannot control them at all!" The official surnamed Song showed a painful expression, "People's hearts are full of flesh, how can they not feel compassion? I also have parents, family members, and I also want others to think about me, but I am also a parent official, and I have to think about the people in the town. I can only watch the people outside the city starve. My heart is really contradictory!" As he said that, he wiped a few tears.

"So there is such a reason. I was reckless just now. Fortunately, Lord Song stopped him in time, otherwise he would have harmed the people in the town!" Li Chang was quite embarrassed.

"All the immortals have not been in the ordinary world for a long time, so naturally they don't know the pros and cons of it!" Song Youde said, "The three immortals are kind-hearted and willing to save the people from the fire and water. They come from afar without hesitation. I believe they are tired, so it's better to arrange it. The three of them should rest in the city first, wait for their superiors to come instructed, and then cooperate with us to carry out rescue. What do you think!"

"Fairy Yu, what do you think!" Li Yan turned around and asked Yu Shiyin who was silently holding Yaoqin.

"Mr. Song! Does this disaster relief require unified arrangements from superiors?" Yu Shiyin spoke, and the beautiful oriole was whimpering.

"Ahem!" Song Youde had never seen a female cultivator before. His face was already shocking. He didn't expect that the voice of his words would be even more bone-absorbing. He was a little confused for a while. He realized that he was quite embarrassed. Seeing Yu Shiyin frowned and was a little angry, he quickly coughed twice to relieve the embarrassment, "That's true, otherwise we would have opened the city to rescue him!"

"So that's it!" Yu Shiyin nodded, and then said to Li Chang and Li Yan, "Two brothers of the Li family, why don't we go to the previous county town first. When we passed by, we found that there were many people gathering there, and it must be the unified arrangement there. Although we came to rescue, we couldn't act without permission. If one thing was wrong, it would disrupt their deployment and backfire!"

"Sister Shiyin is right, so it's not appropriate to go. Then let's wait for the three of you to rush over!" Li Yan nodded and Li Chang agreed.

After saying goodbye to Song Youde, the three of them flew away. Song Youde looked at the sky foolishly, saliva flowing, and looked imaginative, but he didn't even know that the guardian of the guard office came.

"Cough cough. Sir!" The manager coughed loudly and hooked up Song Youde's soul.

"What should I say!" Song Youde wiped his saliva and said.

"Sir, the emergency grain in the granary of the guard's mansion has been transferred to the grain store of the second uncle of the adult!" said the manager.

"Haha, okay!" Song Youde laughed, "These charitable people are raising grain to provide disaster relief these days. They have heard that the grain shops in surrounding towns have been bought by them. These people are generous, don't bargain, and buy them no matter how expensive they are. If that's the case, go and inform the second uncle and double the grain price! Let us make a fortune!"

"Sir, will you pass a little!" The manager was a little hesitant.

"Ha! Excessive? It's ridiculous. The merchants are pursuing profits. How much money does the black-hearted money make? We just let them spit it out. This is a just act!" Song Youde said righteously.

The manager opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, sighed and went out.

"Be good, if you can marry a female cultivator as your wife, you will be willing to be a ghost!" Song Youde began to think about it again.

"Wow, this person is too shameless!" Xiao Qinxuan and Dugu Jue returned to the carriage, and Xiao Qinxuan muttered, looking angry.

"The Buddha said that the five poisonous minds are greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance, and doubt, which causes people to commit evil deeds to prevent their practice. Among them, the word greed is the first, which divides wealth, sex, fame, food, and sleeping five desires, and avoids them. The old saying also said that people die for money, so there is really no way. And Song Youde is not only greedy for money, but also greedy for the beauty of the fairy. If it were not for their identity as a monk, Song Youde had a thief heart but no courage, and he was afraid that all three of them would be the way of this guy." Dugu Jue said lightly.

"So hateful! Dugu, it's great that we can teach him a lesson!" Xiao Qinxuan said with a fist.

"I have a good idea! Let's go to the second uncle of Lord Song to borrow some food!" Dugu Jue said, touching his nose.

Song Youde's second uncle was Song Xueren, and the grain store he opened was called "Wheat Ear Two Di", which had a huge shop. With Song Youde's relationship, he squeezed over other grain merchants in the town and monopolized the town's grain industry. The grain prices were extremely high. Over the years, he made a lot of bad money against his conscience. The people were in a miserable way. Some people secretly ran to the neighboring town to buy grain. They were told not to sell it or to buy it halfway. These were naturally caused by Song Youde. In order to survive, the town had to buy grain at a high price.

At this moment, several groups of men had gathered at the entrance of the grain store. They were all wealthy businessmen who spontaneously went to provide disaster relief, intending to raise some food to deliver it to the disaster area. They were arguing with the second uncle of Song Youde.

"Boss Song, we have been in love for many years. How can you raise prices in the face of this natural disaster? We raised grain all the way, and those grain merchants sold them at low prices and even donated grain directly to provide disaster relief. Your place did not decline but rose, and it was even more absurdly higher, no less than three or four times higher than other places!"

"Ha, then you go and buy it somewhere else! Don't stand here and stop my business!"

"You!" the businessman was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"I bought all of you!" Someone spoke, a young man and a little book boy, Dugu Jue and Xiao Qinxuan who had transformed into appearance.

The merchants around looked over and saw Dugu Jue being so generous when he was young. The businessman had his own circle and never knew the existence of such a young rich businessman.

Song Xueren looked flattering and jumped out of the store directly. He ran into several wealthy merchants who bought grain without apologizing, and ran to Dugu Jue all the way.

"This young master, the shop has sufficient grain reserves, so how much does it cost! But it's not bad!" Song Xueren said, rubbing his palms.

"The price is fine! I have money!" Dugu Jue showed a slut.

Song Xueren was happy and had already roughly understood this person's personality. He was the kind of person who was very proud of his money and was very generous. I was afraid that he was the second generation ancestor of which family.

"Then this business will be easy!" Song Xueren was overjoyed, with mountains of gold and silver in front of him, and his wealth was booming.

"But I have to look at your food first. If you dare to use inferior products as good ones, I will smash your store!" Dugu Jue continued.

"Please please inside, please inside!" Song Xueren was not angry, and smiled and led the way in front.

Other wealthy businessmen hurriedly advised Dugu Jue, saying that Song Xueren was too unintentional, so it would be better to go to other places to see it and not spend this money in vain. Xiao Qinxuan explained on the side, "Don't worry, bosses, my young master is rich, and he can afford it even if the rice is ten times more expensive! For our young master, it's just a drop in the bucket, it's very casual!"

Song Xueren naturally heard this and laughed in his heart. He was just a fledgling boy who had never seen the world. Since that's the case, he had to let his suckers grow up and gain knowledge. After thinking for a moment, he had noticed it and gave a wink at the friend next to him. The friend understood it.

Several people came to the gate of the granary. Song Xueren signaled the two to go in and check it out themselves, and he was found by the "hurry" guy who "stumbled over" and pulled aside to talk about the matter.
To be continued...