If he just brought the army with him, the army in Shanzhou City would be accused of rebellion, which would cause panic among the people.
If we arouse these people's rebellious psychology, it will be more trouble than gain. Thinking of this, Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao looked at each other and said, "Let's not go back yet. Since we can't go through the city, let's go through the town and the village to have a look."
Liuzi nodded immediately: "I can help with this. Before I came here, I carefully looked at the blueprint of Shanzhou City, including the surrounding towns. The closest one to Shanzhou City is Tianfeng Town next to it."
The most famous thing about Tianfeng Town is the Tianfeng Mountain, which is towering into the clouds and very wide and large. No one has ever crossed the Tianfeng Mountain, but many people who have entered have gone missing.
Tianfeng Town is located at the foot of Tianfeng Mountain. It lives on the mountain and originally lived a carefree life. Who would have thought that it would encounter such an insect plague? Tianfeng Town also suffered heavy losses. Tianfeng Town is the closest to Shanzhou City and was the first place to discover the changes in Shanzhou City.
Knowing that Shanzhou City was sealed off, the magistrate of Tianfeng Town understood what this meant. If he wanted to send a message to the court, he had to go through Shanzhou City, but now this route was not feasible.
After looking at the map, Qian Jiujiu and others decided to go to Tianfeng Town to check out the situation. This time they couldn't be so reckless and had to take it slowly. They didn't know whether Zheng Yi Ju had passed the message to the people below.
To go to Tianfeng Town, you have to go around Shanzhou City, which means it will take some time. During this time, I don’t know how many people will starve to death.
Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao couldn't bear it and looked at Beibei: "Beibei, you lead the team and take everyone to Tianfeng Town. You also take these food with you. Your father and I will go check the news first."
These two people always come and go in a hurry. Beibei is used to it and nodded: "I know, then you two should be careful."
Liuzi, who could read maps, was also left behind, and the group began to move forward, heading towards Tianfeng Town. Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao stayed where they were, watching the people leave, then looked at each other, Qian Jiujiu chuckled: "Maybe I'll be the Goddess of Good Fortune this time."
Mu Yexiao immediately understood that at this time, the only thing that could be used for wealth was food. Fortunately, there was plenty of food in the space.
The two people used space invisibility again to return to Shanzhou City. Zheng Yi Ju has not given up looking for the group of people yet, and is very angry because he can't find anyone.
Qian Jiujiu found it funny to see the enemy getting angry, so she left Zheng Yi's house with Mu Yexiao. It was already evening.
"You said that now that all these people are gathered together, it would not be appropriate to leave any amount of food behind."
As they were talking, the two of them went straight into a house, only to find that there was some movement in the household. They looked at each other and quickly hid themselves.
Then I saw a family of three walking in. The expressions on their faces were not very good. The man suddenly sighed: "Madam, we still have one child left to give away. I don't know if the child we gave away is doing well?"
When the woman heard this, she was also worried: "There is nothing we can do. It is because of this natural disaster. If we send it to a wealthy family, at least they will have food. Everyone knows that only government officials and wealthy families have food now."
Those who live in the town have one pound of food a day. Those with a small number of people can still survive, but those with a large number of people may have no chance of survival if they don't find a way out.
The man and the woman were silent for a while, and suddenly the woman sighed again: "Speaking of which, we should thank the people who suddenly broke in. If it weren't for them, Lord Zheng wouldn't have let us all go home. Tell me, what should we do if we really meet those people?"
The room was quiet again. After hearing this, Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao realized that these people had ordered them to go home in order to find them quickly.
But Zheng Yiju probably didn't expect that even if these people met them, they wouldn't be able to defeat them. Also, you can't expect a person who regards human life as worthless to take the lives of the people to heart.
Thinking of this, Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao also understood. Seeing the man and woman in the room looking at the pound of food with sad faces, Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao also felt a little sad.
Qian Jiujiu hooked her finger at Mu Yexiao, and the two of them entered the space together. Qian Jiujiu dared to speak: "Why don't we just give some food to these people? I believe they now know how valuable food is, and they won't give it away carelessly, nor will they report it carelessly."
Mu Yexiao nodded: "That's right, how much did that family put in? How long will it take to resolve this matter?"
Actually, they can't kill Zheng Yi Ju directly now because they are afraid that things will get out of hand and the people will become difficult to control, and they are worried that someone will rebel.
Otherwise, just bring the army and charge in. The Great Zhou hadn't been stable for a few years, and if someone rebelled, it would be hard for the emperor in Kyoto to explain.
How long will it take? At least two or three months! These people can survive on one pound of food a day.
Two months is sixty days. Qianjiujiu roughly calculated that a family needs to leave ninety kilograms of food, including coarse grains and fine grains.
The two men discussed it and decided to give each family 50 kilograms of food first. They also had to solve the problem as soon as possible and not let anyone starve to death.
Qian Jiujiu was still interested. He made a mark on the cloth bag containing grain, which was a rabbit head. He placed the grain in the family's kitchen with a smile, and then the two of them went to the next house without stopping.
Every family with someone at home received food that night. Someone found the food that night and was frightened when they saw the food falling from the sky.
"Boss, where do you think this food comes from?"
When the man heard this, he immediately pulled the woman and kowtowed outside the door: "Are you stupid? Didn't you hear that the prefect was looking for someone? I heard that it was the Gu family's grain collection team. When they entered the city, they brought a lot of grain, but now they can't take it out, so this is a bargain for us."
When the woman heard this, she immediately felt that it made sense. The Gu family still had a conscience: "I hope that the Gu family will spread the news that we are trapped here. The court will not ignore us. Even if the court does not care, the prince will not ignore us either."
Qian Jiujiu didn't expect that these people were quite smart and could actually think of the Gu family's grain collection team. Although this was a misunderstanding, it was okay to keep this beautiful misunderstanding.
And there were several times when Qian Jiujiu distributed grain, he also deliberately left a few words "Gu Family Grain Collection Team" so that the people could eat grain without worry.
After a busy night and walking through most of the city, Qian Jiujiu was extremely tired. She returned to the space and lay directly on the grass in the space with Mu Yexiao.
"I haven't been this tired in a long time. Shall we continue tonight?"
Mu Yexiao shook his head: "No need to continue. The rest are people without homes in the ruined temple. If they find food, they will quarrel over it. Giving it to them at this time is not a good thing."
Qian Jiujiu believed what Mu Yexiao said 100%. In this case, there was no need to continue delivering food. The two of them rested in the space for a day, and it was already dark when they came out.
It was just in the dark, and the guards could not see them, so they could climb over the city wall and get out. The two of them left Shanzhou City directly and headed towards Tianfeng Town.
Even if they stayed in Shanzhou City for a day, it would still take them much longer to get to Tianfeng Town than it did for Beibei and his group.
After all, they set out directly from Shanzhou City, and Beibei and the others should still be on their way around Shanzhou City.
Shanzhou City was still some distance away from Tianfeng Town, so Mu Yexiao and Qian Jiujiu still took a day and a night to get there. After arriving at Tianfeng Town, they found that there was no one in Tianfeng Town.
Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao looked at each other in bewilderment. Tianfeng Town looked quite large, but there was no one in it. It was completely a dead city. What was going on
Could it be that all the people in this town have starved to death? Qian Jiujiu pushed open a door at random and took a look. He found that everything inside was very neat, as if they had moved collectively.
Mu Yexiao frowned and said, "These people have all moved away. Could it be that they were taken to the city by Zheng Yiju? How come there is no one left?"
Qian Jiujiu shook his head: "I don't know, how about going to the mountain and find an animal to ask?"
There is no other way now. I just don't know if there are any animals in the nearby mountains. After all, there is an insect plague now. It is normal for people to eat all the animals around them if there is nothing to eat.
The two searched the entire town and found that there was indeed no one there. They had no choice but to ask the rabbit for help and ask the rabbit to find animals to find out where the people in Tianfeng Town had gone.
When they came to the foot of Tianfeng Mountain, they saw the lush green Tianfeng Mountain, and there was no trace of insect plague at all. He couldn't help but frowned: "Mu Yexiao, have you noticed that there is something wrong with this insect plague?"
"I remember that locusts eat everything, including leaves, and they won't leave anything behind. But on Tianfeng Mountain, there are no signs of insect pests. There are only some locust carcasses left in the ground along the way."
Mu Yexiao also frowned, naturally he found something wrong. After going up the mountain, he didn't find any animals, but he found traces left by people.
Could it be that all the people in Tianfeng Town have gathered on the mountain? It is understandable that a town of people would go up the mountain without food.
It just seems that the leader of this town must have a high prestige. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to get so many people to obey him.
It would be fine if this person was an official of the imperial court, but if not, things might get a little troublesome.