Chapter 94 The masked man doesn’t look like a good person

The people sent by Yun Zhongan did not dare to delay for a moment. They rushed to Jizhou without stopping, carrying the letter.

Jiang Yunyao, who learned the "truth", felt uneasy and urged the driver to speed up and head towards Jizhou.

Capital city.

After Xiao Junze returned to Chenghe Hall after leaving court, he had just picked up a memorial when he received an urgent report of the drought in Jizhou.

In a hurry, he ordered the bell to ring, summoning all civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures based on the content of the urgent report.

Jizhou City.

As the drought worsened, the people who were unable to buy food were in a state of anxiety every day.

Jiang Ruo has been busy these days with the opening of a grain shop, traveling back and forth between Jizhou City and Yong'an Town every day.

Because there were many people and little food, Jiang Ruo temporarily made a plan that each family could only buy half a bag of food, regardless of whether it was coarse grain or fine grain.

This half bag of grain only weighs 50 kilograms, and the price is the same as usual.

Jiang Ruo felt that no matter how long the drought lasted, they should first overcome the current difficulties.

After a while, maybe the imperial court will order the granaries to be opened to release grain, or maybe a minister will come to Jizhou to provide disaster relief.

Overnight, a grain store named "Jiang Ji" suddenly appeared in the sight of the people.

In particular, there was a notice posted on the wall that read: Jiangji Grain Store will officially open in three days...

The eight big words "Buy grain with tickets, no cheating for children or the elderly" gave the people hope in their difficult times.

Those big grain hoarders sneered at the Jiangji Grain Shop that suddenly appeared.

Let’s open!

On the opening day, we will be able to close this grain store down in less than half an hour.

Jiang Ruo was afraid of the "scalper phenomenon" and went directly to the government office to find Fan Qijun.

Fan Qiyun issued bills based on household registration, with one bill per household.

Although this is troublesome, it can prevent people from buying food multiple times and hoarding it, which will cause some people to go hungry because they cannot buy food.

Anyone who dares to take shortcuts will be blacklisted.

The back hall of the government office.

When Fan Qijun heard what Jiang Ruo said about the "one household, one vote" system, he was immediately delighted.

I didn't expect that there would be such a wonderful woman in the world.

In order to reassure Jiang Ruo, Fan Qijun stated that he would send yamen runners to Jiangji Grain Shop to maintain order.

He had no doubt about how much food Jiang Ruo had.

Although that gentleman was unconscious, the power and financial resources under his command were beyond the imagination of a mere prefect like him.

As the "flower protector", Xiao Chengjin glanced sideways at the person sitting next to him and talking, his eyes full of tenderness.

Although he felt sorry for Ruoruo running around, he really liked the feeling of being by her side.

In private, his Ruo Ruo would wipe his sweat and feed him fruit...

Well, compared to those days of doing nothing in the capital, life now seems more meaningful.

Seeing that it was getting late, Jiang Ruo said, "Master Fan, I'm sorry to trouble you with the one-household-one-vote system. We will be going back first."

"Mrs. Xiao, you are embarrassing me. What you are doing is for the righteous cause. I am ashamed!" After Fan Qijun finished speaking, he suddenly looked at the masked man standing in front of Jiang Ruo.

Uh, the way this man looks at Mrs. Xiao is not right. He... doesn't look like a good person.

No, I have to tell Madam Xiao to be on guard against this masked man.

After leaving the government office, Fan Qijun called Jiang Ruo aside, glanced at Xiao Chengjin warily, and whispered, "Madam Xiao, I think the masked man doesn't look like a good person. You must be careful!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ruo glanced at Xiao Chengjin with a smile on his face, tilted his head and whispered, "Master Fan, don't worry! I will be on guard against him."

Xiao Chengjin, who "doesn't look like a good person", pricked up his ears to listen and felt cold all over.

You dog official, remember what you said.

After Jiang Ruo took a few steps, Xiao Chengjin deliberately lifted a corner of his mask when passing by Fan Qijun...

Then, he quickly followed Jiang Ruo's pace.

Fan Qijun looked at the familiar face and searched hard in his mind...

By the time he remembered who this gentleman was, Jiang Ruo and Xiao Chengjin had already walked away.

Why did this gentleman wake up?

When did this happen?

Oh no, I'm done for.

Fan Qijun slapped his mouth lightly and muttered to himself: "This stinky mouth almost offended..."

Uh, it seems I have offended that gentleman.

Oh, by the way, look at that guy, he seems to be very henpecked.

Haha! Who’s afraid of him?

After Jiang Ruo and Xiao Chengjin left the government office, they went directly to a restaurant.

By the time they finished dinner and walked back to Jiangji Grain Shop, it was almost dark.

Xiao Chengjin came to the temporary resting room in the backyard, took off his mask, and said with a guilty look on his face, "Ruoruo, can we not go back to Huaxi Village tonight?"

These days, every night after returning home, those dogs would push him aside and surround Ruo Ruo, asking him all sorts of questions.

Isn't his Ruoruo tired after working hard all day?

What a bunch of ignorant dogs and slaves, they are really annoying.

Jiang Ruo raised her eyebrows slightly and asked meaningfully, "If we don't go back to the village, where will we live?"

Xiao Chengjin pointed to the not-so-spacious bed and waited obediently for Jiang Ruo's reply.

Jiang Ruo looked at the scheming man in front of her and reached out to pinch his chin.

"Okay, I won't go back to the village tonight."

Xiao Chengjin got a satisfactory answer and said anxiously, "Ruoruo, I'm going to take a shower first."

Before he could finish his words, the man had disappeared.

Jiang Ruo looked at Xiao Chengjin who was instructing An Er to fetch water in the backyard. After closing the door, he went straight into the space.

It was too hot, so she took a bath with the spiritual spring water.

The moment the little phoenix saw Jiang Ruo coming in, it quickly flew over and asked for cuddling.

"elder sister."

Jiang Ruo looked at the little phoenix that was trying to please her, and quickly reached out to stroke its feathers, "Little Phoenix, do you want to go out of the space and play?"

It needs to meet Xiao Chengjin more often, so that the little phoenix won't always dislike him.

Little Phoenix listened to Jiang Ruo's words and rolled her eyes. "I'm fine here. I don't want to go out."

As far as it knows, there are few good people out there.

Besides, it is no longer the free-range chicken it used to be.

If the bad guys knew of its existence, they would definitely try every possible means to kidnap it!

No, no, you absolutely cannot go out.

Jiang Ruo saw through what Xiao Fenghuang was thinking at a glance?

She secretly thought: Still a particularly cowardly phoenix.

Where is your invincible flame!

Let it go out first to get familiar with the outside environment.

In the future, maybe he can become my right-hand man...