"The imperial court allocated grain, money, and supplies twice for disaster relief!"

Zhang Zhidao, the prefect of Tai'an Prefecture, deceived his superiors and blocked information, embezzled disaster relief grain, and sold it to the Hu people outside the pass at high prices. His actions were discovered by the officials transporting the supplies. When bribery failed, he murdered his colleagues and colluded with bandits in the mountains. A total of 168 people, including three disaster relief officials, were killed!

This man, relying on the remoteness and special geographical location of Tai'an Prefecture, has become a local tyrant, dominating the area and treating human life as worthless. As long as he is not eliminated, the people of Tai'an Prefecture will not have a day of peace!

Moreover, although it is raining now, it is already July, and neither food rations nor seeds have been distributed to the people. How can the tens of thousands of disaster victims in the entire Tai'an Prefecture survive this cold winter?

If the disaster continues, either the people will eventually freeze or starve to death, or riots will break out. Your choice may be able to prevent these things from happening!

After speaking, the man looked directly at Xie Yushu, waiting for her to make a choice.

Xie Yushu knew perfectly well what would happen if the disaster continued, but at this time, information was scarce, and since Zhang Zhidao could control everything and do whatever he wanted, he was clearly no pushover! Was this matter so easy to get involved in?

After much deliberation, looking at the ragged and emaciated disaster victims behind her, Xie Yushu sighed deeply.

"Okay! You win! What can I do to help you?"

The man breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xie Yushu agree.

“Zhang Zhidao has been operating here for many years. Judging from the current situation, it seems that all the officials here, big and small, are in cahoots with him! Before this, I sent messages to the capital several times, but they all went unanswered! The capital has not sent anyone again. I suspect there is something wrong here, so I have to find another way!”

The nearest troops here are the Chuzhou garrison. The Chuzhou garrison commander, Yi Shuihan, is an upright man, and I have some old acquaintance with him. Perhaps by presenting my edict requesting Yi Shuihan to lead his troops to assist us, we can resolve this crisis!

"Alright! I'll play along with you this time, big one!"

Having made her decision, Xie Yushu didn't hesitate. She bent down, picked him up in a princess carry, and headed towards the woods!

"Hey! What are you doing? That's not proper for a woman to touch another person!"

The man said nervously, his face flushed red! His whole body was stiff!

"Of course I'll carry you to the woods! What are you so nervous about? Don't bite your tongue!"

Xie Yushu thought to herself, "You dare to drag me into this mess right from the start, and I'm not even allowed to mess with you!"

Sure enough, after Xie Yushu finished speaking, the man stammered even more.

"You, you, you, you shameless! Put me down right now!"

As she spoke, she flipped through the pages, and Xie Yushu's inner devil awakened, slapping his butt.

"Behave yourself! If you move again, believe me, I'll throw you away! Don't you have any idea what your own body is like?"

The man's face turned pale with a hint of red, then flushed with a hint of blue.

"You trusted the wrong person! It's like a tiger fallen into the plains being bullied by dogs!"

When they reached the crooked tree, Xie Yushu put the person down and whistled several times in the direction where Xie Tianqi and the others were resting!

"What are you doing?"

Seeing her whistling, the man asked

"Such a big thing, you don't expect me to handle it all by myself, do you? Call a few people, don't worry, they're all my brothers, I can rely on them! By the way, I haven't told you yet, what's your name?"

"I am Han Zhongyu, the Left Vice Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, a third-rank official!"

"You're the second child in your family? Second Jade? Then is your eldest brother named Han Boyu?"

You guessed it...

Han Zhongyu's face darkened

You should call me Lord Han!

"Oh! Lord Han! This humble subject, Xie Yushu, greets Lord Han!"

Although Han Zhongyu didn't see much respect in him, he had to endure it because he needed something from him.

Xie Tianqi and the Liu brothers had just finished eating their porridge when they suddenly heard several sharp and urgent whistles!

Xie Tianqi turned to look at Liu Qiang

"My sister?"

Liu Qiang finished his porridge in one gulp and called over Liu Nan, Liu Bei, and Liu Xiaodong.

"Let's go take a look!"

After saying that, the group ran towards the direction of the whistle!

Before long, they saw Xie Yushu riding on the tree and Han Zhongyu under the tree. The group thought that Han Zhongyu had bullied Xie Yushu, so without saying a word, they drew their knives and slashed at Han Zhongyu!

"stop!"

Xie Yushu shouted as she jumped down, clutching her things!

"Sis, what happened?"

"It's nothing, I just called you guys here to get promoted and make a fortune!"

"What promotion and wealth? Where do ordinary people like us get promoted and get rich?" Liu Nan asked, puzzled.

Liu Qiang and Liu Xiaodong looked at Xie Yushu, equally puzzled.

Xie Yushu pointed at Han Zhongyu and said

"Hey! This is Han Zhongyu, the Left Vice Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, a third-rank official from the capital. He's fallen on hard times and needs your help. He's offered a chance to turn his life around. Do you want it?"

Sister, you're telling me this is true?! He really is a high-ranking official from Beijing?

Xie Tianqi asked awkwardly.

The Liu brothers also looked at Xie Yushu expectantly, hoping to confirm the answer to Xie Tianqi's question.

"It's real! Realer than pearls! This is a token!"

As Xie Yushu spoke, she took out a bronze plaque to show them. Although the group couldn't read, they all believed her because the plaque looked very high-class. After exchanging glances, they hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

"This humble subject greets Your Excellency!"

"This humble subject kowtows to Your Excellency!"

Xie Tianqi and his brothers had only ever met the village head before, so they were quite apprehensive about seeing such a high-ranking official. Xie Yushu quickly stepped forward to help him up, but Xie Tianqi refused to get up no matter what. The Liu brothers were the same, saying that the official hadn't told them not to get up!

Han Zhongyu finally regained some of his sense of being a third-rank official. He had been hiding these past few days and finally ran into Xie Yushu, who, relying on her kindness to him, completely disregarded him, making him feel inferior!

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