Chapter 237: The Sudden Arrival of Refugees
Because the effects of the drug had not yet worn off, Grand Tutor Zhao was so weak that he could only hold up half of his body. He kowtowed repeatedly on the bed and said, "Your Majesty! I will do anything you ask me to do, even if it means death! I hope Your Majesty will understand!"
Emperor Liang sneered in his heart, let the old fox continue to pretend, but there will always be a day when the old fox can no longer pretend!
For example, now!
Emperor Liang threw the imperial edict on the bed and said, "You must recover within three days. I am waiting for you to lead the troops to war!"
Grand Tutor Zhao shook his hands and grasped the imperial edict, saying, "Your Majesty, I cannot recover quickly! Moreover, I am old and frail. I have already handed over the tiger talisman. I hope Your Majesty will reconsider!"
Emperor Liang's face turned even more sour! Because Emperor Liang felt that Master Zhao was accusing him of stealing the tiger talisman!
Humph, Grand Tutor Zhao has one foot in the coffin, but he still refuses to hand over the tiger talisman. Does he want to pass it down to his descendants?
The world belongs to the Liang family. How can I allow others to snore beside my bed?
"I have thought it through clearly! In three days, you will lead your troops to battle!"
Grand Tutor Zhao wanted to say more, but Emperor Liang had already strode out of the bedroom, not giving him any chance to refuse!
"Damn it! This is too much!" Grand Tutor Zhao was so angry that he almost fainted.
Yangming Town was not peaceful at this time!
Just as Princess Pearl married into the palace, a large number of refugees also flocked there. However, the city defense officer was afraid that it would affect Emperor Liang's wedding, so he not only did not let a single refugee in, but also closed the gate tightly.
A large group of refugees were hungry and had nowhere to go, so they had to go to Yangming Town.
Lin Xiaoyue heard the news and hurried to the city gate. When she saw a huge crowd of people pouring in, she grabbed a girl's wrist and asked, "What happened to you? Where did you escape from?"
Seeing the clean and pretty Lin Xiaoyue, the girl shyly pulled her hand back and explained, "My village is in Matou Town in the northwest. After this year's harvest was handed in, everyone had no food to eat, so we had no choice but to run away! We originally wanted to go to the capital, but they said the emperor was getting married and wouldn't let us in. We had no choice but to come here. Girl, we really have no choice, please don't chase us away anymore!"
Lin Xiaoyue supported the girl who was about to kneel, patted her hand, and said, "We won't! By the way, do you know which family the emperor wants to marry?"
The girl breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't know. I heard she was a princess sent by another country. The gatekeeper kicked us all out without saying a word!"
Lin Xiaoyue intuitively felt that this princess was most likely the Pearl Princess of Yumu Country that Liang Jingyao had mentioned before!
"Okay! Thank you for telling me so much!" Lin Xiaoyue said with a smile.
At this moment, Liang Jingyao spotted Lin Xiaoyue in the crowd. He immediately squeezed over, greeted her, and said, "Yue'er, why are you here? There are too many people here. You should go back first! I'll come back to see you after I've settled these people."
Now is the time when we need manpower, why would Lin Xiaoyue be willing to leave?
She pulled Liang Jingyao aside and said, "Send someone to the teahouse to move the food! I've stored a lot of food in the past two days!"
Liang Jingyao nodded and said, "Okay! I'll go by myself and take you back by the way!"
Lin Xiaoyue shook her head firmly and said, "I'm not going back. I want to stay here and help! Look, so many people need to eat. I can help cook for everyone!"
Liang Jingyao felt sorry for Lin Xiaoyue's hard work and disagreed, saying, "That won't do! How much food do we have to cook for so many people? I don't want you to be too tired! Just sit in the teahouse, drink tea, and chat!"
Lin Xiaoyue was touched, but she still wanted to help share some of the pressure, so she insisted, "I won't! Also, I just heard a girl say that they are all from Matou Town in the northwest, and they ran away because they had nothing to eat. So I want Dad to come back and check on these refugees. Matou Town is far away from here. What if they have been to some place we don't know and caught a contagious disease? That would be troublesome!"
Liang Jingyao nodded and said, "You're right! You accompany Zhan Hu back to move the food, and I'll go back to the bamboo courtyard!"
Lin Xiaoyue did not stop her this time. The Queen Mother was in the bamboo courtyard, and she said she didn't want to see this selfish and domineering old woman at all!
"Okay then, go quickly and come back soon!" Lin Xiaoyue said.
After Liang Jingyao left, Lin Xiaoyue found Zhan Hu. When they returned to the teahouse together, Chen Yunyun had just finished feeding the chickens.
Chen Yunyun originally wanted to go and take a look, but Lin Xiaoyue left her at the teahouse to look after the family.
"Sister Lin, how is it? Where are the refugees from? How many people are there?" Chen Yunyun asked anxiously when she saw Lin Xiaoyue coming back.
Lin Xiaoyue replied, "It's from Matou Town. There are a lot of people there, so I asked Zhan Hu to move the food over there. We just need to keep enough for ourselves!"
Chen Yunyun sighed and said, "Alas, Matou Town is so far away, they must have mustered up a lot of courage to escape! But they are quite lucky to have met you and Brother Liang. You started preparing a lot of food early in the morning. No one else would be so willing to do this."
Lin Xiaoyue smiled and said, "This is a good deed, and we are the ones who benefit! In fact, Emperor Liang knows that the people are not getting enough to eat this year, but he doesn't care. If we continue to remain indifferent, then there will really be starvation everywhere!"
Chen Yunyun washed her hands and said, "I'll go with you later! The teahouse is closed now, and I have nothing to do here, so I might as well go over and help you!"
Lin Xiaoyue nodded and said, "Okay then! I'll go close the front gate. It's better to keep it closed when we're not home. As the saying goes, you shouldn't have the intention to harm others, but you must always be on guard against them!"
After the teahouse door was closed, Zhan Hu had already put two-thirds of the food, pork, eggs, and seasonings onto the carriage.
"Ms. Lin, I have loaded everything into the car as you asked. Can you please take a look to see if there is anything missing?" Zhan Hu said respectfully.
Lin Xiaoyue went to the kitchen and storeroom and came back, saying, "Since Yunyun and I are not here, take all the food! This stuff will only last three or four days at most. With so many refugees, plus the old and new members of the Cheetah Army, and you Silver Slash Guards, I'd better wait for Brother Liang to come back and discuss this with him!"
Zhan Hu knew that Lin Xiaoyue wanted to ask his master about purchasing grain from other places, so he told him what he knew.
"The master hired the best escort agency in Dongsui, but the food was robbed on the way, and all the people in the escort agency died. Since all the people the master can use are now in Yangming Town, they can only suffer in silence this time!"
Lin Xiaoyue was shocked, but she also felt that it must have been done by Emperor Liang! Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?
"Alright! Let's think of a solution after we finish eating! At worst, we can just move all the food back from the bamboo courtyard! There are always more solutions than problems. With so many of us, we can definitely figure it out!"
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