There was resentment in Kong Chenyang's eyes. There was no way he would let this go. He was going to find the emperor and report the matter.

What he could not have imagined was that while the mantis stalks the cicada, there is an oriole behind it. Just as he stood up and prepared to leave the dungeon, a cold light flashed, and when he came to his senses, a sharp knife was placed on his neck.

Kong Chenyang didn't dare to move. He glanced sideways and looked along the blade. It was Lu Yanluo, dressed in black, with her hair neatly tied up. Even though his life was at stake at the moment, Kong Chenyang had to admit that compared with Luochuan, Lu Yanluo was more like a heroic general who charged into battle, which was admirable.

"Master Kong, we meet again." Lu Yanluo held the knife in one hand and smiled suddenly: "We are quite predestined. How come I can see Master Kong everywhere?"

Kong Chenyang chuckled: "Yes, it seems that this is my fate. I can't escape the knife in the princess's hand, but..."

Kong Chenyang looked at the corpses on the ground and said meaningfully, "Princess, did you come here to arrest me or to help the Fengxi people escape? Who is lying in here? I don't need to say more, right?"

Lu Yanluo snorted coldly, and the blade approached Kong Chenyang's neck again: "Stop talking nonsense. I know that with Lord Kong's intelligence, what happened in this prison must be hidden from you. I have taken the people in the prison away. If you know what's good for you, just pretend that this incident never happened. The person lying here is Fengxi's man. If Lord Kong doesn't know what's good for you, don't blame me for being rude."

Kong Chenyang found it inexplicably funny. With a knife at his neck, how dare he not know his place? This threat was a little too direct.

"Okay, Princess, I promise that I will pretend that I have never seen anything in the dungeon today, and I will never say a single word. Will Princess be satisfied with this?"

Lu Yanluo nodded: "Satisfied, but... Lord Kong is very shrewd. In order to make this princess feel more at ease, I can only wrong Lord Kong temporarily."

"What are you going to do..." Kong Chenyang had a bad feeling and wanted to try to escape, but Lu Yanluo was prepared. She turned the blade and hit Kong Chenyang's neck directly with the back of the blade. Her movements were smooth and clean. Kong Chenyang was knocked unconscious and fell to the ground.

Lu Yanluo threw the knife aside, crossed her arms and sneered, saying, "Old fox, let's see how you can ruin my business this time! Come, take him away and lock him up."

Two men in black quickly appeared from the darkness, lifted Kong Chenyang up, and left quickly.

Half an hour ago, Shen He led his men to secretly take the Fengxi people away. Lu Yanluo returned to the dungeon again. She knew very well that Kong Chenyang would never give up after getting the news and would definitely come to the dungeon to find out what was going on, so she simply caught the turtle in the jar.

After dealing with Kong Chenyang, Lu Yanluo immediately led her men to meet up with Shen He.

Shen He and his group had already secretly left the capital and stopped at Ziqiong Villa, only a dozen miles away from the capital.

This villa covers a large area and is far away from the crowd. It was originally a place chosen by a famous eunuch of the previous dynasty for his retirement. Unexpectedly, before he retired and returned home, the court was gone, so this place has been empty ever since.

Chu Xuan suggested sending someone over to take care of things, intending to temporarily settle the people of Fengxi here.

When Lu Yanluo came over, Shen He was waiting for her at the door. As soon as he saw Lu Yanluo, he came over.

"princess."

Lu Yanluo stopped and asked, "How is it? Have the rescued people been settled?"

Shen He said, "I was going to talk to the princess about this. We rescued more than 300 Fengxi people, which is more than 100 people more than we expected. Although we have rescued them, it is easy to find a place to live, but food is a big problem. We don't have enough food."

When they decided to rescue people, Chu Xuan and Lu Yanluo had already thought about preparing food. Now Fengxi is in civil strife, and these people who left their homes to escape the war cannot return to Fengxi for a while, so they can only be temporarily settled in Tianji.

Chu Xuan even took out grain from the palace to solve the urgent problem, but now it seems like a drop in the bucket.

After hearing this, Lu Yanluo thought for a moment and then ordered: "If that's the case, then go buy some food. It's not reasonable to save someone and then let them starve."

Shen He took the order and arranged people to buy grain everywhere in the capital. However, in order to avoid attracting attention, Shen He specially ordered people to disguise themselves as grain dealers to facilitate the operation.

But there is no wall without ventilation in the world. When a servant was buying grain, he inadvertently had a conflict with Sun Jin, the member of the Ministry of Revenue in the court.

Sun Jin was a vindictive man, and although he failed to find the Night King's Palace, he still discovered that a mysterious organization was secretly purchasing large quantities of grain in the capital.

Food is related to life. When Sun Jin learned about it, he immediately went to the palace to report to the emperor.

The emperor was suspicious by nature, and after hearing Sun Jin's news, he fell silent. He had a hunch that this private purchase of grain should have been done by his good son, King Ye Chu Xuan.

Sun Jin stood respectfully, waiting for the emperor to tell him what to do next.

After a long while, the emperor finally looked up at Sun Jin and said, "Privately hoarding grain is no small matter. We cannot turn a blind eye to it. Pass on my order to immediately seal off all major grain stores in the capital. Each household is not allowed to purchase more than half a catty of grain per day. Those who frequently purchase grain must be arrested and interrogated immediately. It is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go!"

Sun Jin's eyes widened in surprise, but he didn't dare to refute. Restricting people from buying food was a bad idea. It was okay for people who had stored food at home, but if not, half a pound of food a day was not enough for a family to make a living, not to mention some wealthy families who also had servants. Isn't this outrageous!

The only thing to blame is the emperor, who grew up in the royal family, is accustomed to fine clothes and delicious food, and has no idea of ​​the sufferings of the people. If this continues, I'm afraid something big will happen!

Sun Jin began to regret reporting the matter so hastily.

But once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. The emperor's order has been issued, and it is useless for Sun Jin to change his mind. He can only bite the bullet and pass on the order.

As a result, chaos broke out in the capital. First, the people who received the news began to frantically buy food while the grain shops were still open. The government heard the news and tried to stop them, so the people had no choice but to stop.

But they could endure anything except hunger. The grain shops in the city were open on time every day, but each family could only buy half a pound of rice, which was not enough to eat. Gradually, public resentment began to boil in the capital, and ordinary people and government officials started fighting.

Some wealthy families even united to denounce the government's ridiculous behavior, and civil unrest was on the verge of breaking out.

In the court, many ministers came to the emperor and asked him to revoke his order.

Under so much pressure, the emperor had no choice but to give up.