The soldiers in the camp immediately rushed out and surrounded the hundreds of Black Cloth Army.

Fu Minghui shouted: "Cheng Hualong, you are so bold, are you planning to rebel?"

At this moment, Cheng Hualong, contrary to his previous humility, simply stood up.

"My Lord, can't you see the current situation clearly?" There was a hint of sarcasm in his tone as he spoke.

Then, before Zhao Chengmo could speak, he started talking on his own.

"Now Linji and Jinan Prefectures have been hit by disasters, and tens of thousands of victims are rioting. If my Suiyang Camp does not send troops to suppress them, I am afraid that you, the Marquis, will not be able to leave Linji Prefecture."

Cheng Hualong looked at Zhao Chengmo on his horse with a provocative look on his face, "So, Lord, do you still want to ask about the government warehouse's grain and fodder?"

If a more corrupt disaster relief envoy was replaced today, he would have no choice but to go along with Cheng Hualong.

The victims are now showing signs of rioting. If the granaries are not opened to release grain, I'm afraid, as Cheng Hualong said, most of the officials who came to provide disaster relief will not be able to return.

But if we send troops to suppress the rebellion, we will be sacrificing the lives of the victims and our own lives. Who will dare to report the truth to the emperor after returning to Beijing?

We are all in the same boat, and if we are going to fall, we will fall together. Cheng Hualong has this in his hands, so he is so fearless.

But no matter how much he planned, he would be dead if he met Zhao Chengmo and Gu Lingze today.

Gu Lingze pulled down the hood on his head, and a cold arc like a knife edge crossed the corner of his mouth.

When Cheng Hualong saw his face, his tone suddenly became frivolous, "I didn't expect that the Marquis would come to provide disaster relief, and bring a beauty with him..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhao Chengmo drew out his Tang sword and slashed it across his eyes.

"Ah——" Cheng Hualong screamed immediately.

The soldiers in the camp shuddered all over, and before they could come to their senses, the black-clad guards on the opposite side drew their swords in unison.

"Black Clothes Army, listen up and capture the traitors immediately."

——

Zhao Chengmo and Gu Lingze were sitting in the guard post at the moment, looking at Cheng Hualong and several lieutenant generals who were tied up tightly on the ground.

Except for Cheng Hualong, whose face was covered in blood, the others were kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"We, the generals, deserve to die for not knowing that the Imperial Master has arrived."

Gu Lingze didn't even look at them, and said lightly: "Since they deserve to die, drag them out and chop them off."

These people didn't expect that Gu Lingze would kill them as he said. They were so scared that they turned pale and put all the blame on Cheng Hualong alone.

"Well, some of that food has already been sold, and the money is hidden in Cheng Hua's mansion in Longjing."

Another person rushed to say: "The remaining food and fodder are all in the granary, and we haven't had time to move them yet!"

Cheng Hualong is not completely a fool. He naturally understands the principle of "it is better to be safe than sorry".

"Fu Minghui, take this man to check the granary."

"yes!"

Time was running out. After Fu Minghui arrived at the granary, he roughly estimated the quantity, which was about 30,000 stones.

Zhao Chengmo ordered him to take the Black Cloth Army to monitor the soldiers in the garrison and send some of the food to Linji Prefecture first.

After everyone left, Gu Lingze and Zhao Chengmo came to the granary and looked at the remaining food.

Zhao Chengmo closed the warehouse door and Gu Lingze put his hand on it. He disappeared from the spot the moment he touched the grain bag.

After being busy for more than an hour, Gu Lingze wiped the sweat from his forehead and finally put the remaining food into the secret realm.

Gu Lingze pulled Zhao Chengmo to the secret realm and immediately set off for Linji Prefecture.

Xu Mingyan was standing on the city wall at this moment, looking at the huge crowd of disaster victims below, with a frown on his face.

The snow disaster was extremely severe. According to preliminary statistics alone, 70% of the houses collapsed due to the heavy snow, nearly 2,000 people died, and countless people were injured.

The problem of food and clothing for the disaster victims is now imminent, and waiting any longer will lead to death.

So now all these disaster victims have gathered in front of Linji Prefecture, and the situation is very tense.

The prefect and other officials were standing on the city wall, shouting down, but even though their throats were almost smoking, they still couldn't calm the victims down.

When Gu Lingze was about to reach Linji Prefecture, he ran into Fu Minghui's team stopped halfway.

"Sir." Fu Minghui was a little confused as to why only the Imperial Master was there but the commander was not.

"Why stop here?"

Fu Minghui bowed and reported: "The victims are very emotional now and are all blocking the gate of Linji Prefecture. If we go there now, I'm afraid all the food will be looted."

Gu Lingze nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Do you recognize my paper bird?"

“Yes.”

"Okay, you guys stay here and wait for orders. After you see my paper bird, go back to the city."

"yes!"

Gu Lingze took a few steps forward, and then disappeared in an instant like lightning.

There were bursts of gasps and exclamations from the grain transport team, and only the Black Cloth Army remained expressionless.

I have long heard that the State Master is a deity who has descended to earth, but I previously thought that the rumors were exaggerated. Now that I have seen his magical powers with my own eyes, who would dare to act rashly?

Those people in the team who had wavering thoughts quickly gave up their thoughts at this moment and behaved themselves from then on.

When Gu Lingze was about to approach Linji Prefecture, he encountered a group of disaster victims.

At this moment, Gu Lingze really stood out among the crowd. He was dressed in snow-white clothes from head to toe, and also wore a snow fox cloak.

Just as he was about to move, a swaddling cloth of unclear color was suddenly stuffed into his arms.

"I'll give you this doll, and I want to eat it with just one bite, please, please!" A woman grabbed Gu Lingze's skirt and shouted at the top of her lungs.

Many disaster victims around heard the sound and immediately turned around and saw him at a glance.

Gu Lingze frowned, seeing the disaster victims were about to gather around him.

He held the child in his arms and flew into the air, passing over everyone's heads and landing directly on the city wall.

Wu Yuanzhong and other officials were all dumbfounded and could not believe what they saw.

After Gu Lingze landed, he took off the cloak on his back, wrapped the swaddling clothes in his arms, and handed it to Xu Mingyan first.

"I am the current imperial master, Gu Lingze."

Along with a cold voice, a white figure appeared in mid-air outside the city wall.

"The Emperor has already issued an order for disaster relief. As long as you remain calm and maintain order, Magistrate Wu will immediately open the city gates and release government grain."

If it were any other time, the common people living in the city would have knelt down and saluted when they saw such a scene.

But in this situation, they were barely alive, and all they felt was hunger and cold.

Even if Emperor Jing himself came, in their eyes he would probably not be as good as a mouthful of hot porridge.

"There has been no food in Linji Prefecture for a long time! You officials are still lying!"

"We are all dying..."

"Everything is gone! My family is broken up..."

The disaster victims, who had just regained some calm, began to become agitated again and even began to crowd towards the city gate.

Seeing that a stampede was about to happen, Gu Lingze clenched his fists and shouted loudly: "I am the state teacher. I can create food even if there is no food!"