Chapter 299 Drought in Yuzhou It has

been three months since the drought, and almost everyone has died. Where is the extra water to nourish such a precious flower as peony?

Jiang Shouwei is the legitimate son of the Jiang family and the youngest son of Jiang Yanxi. He frowned and was already unable to open his eyes due to the scorching sun. He pulled his eldest brother's sleeve and said, "Brother, I really can't stand it anymore. It's too hot. If they don't let us in, forget it! I want to go back."

Among this group of people, Jiang Shoucheng, another legitimate son of the Jiang family, is the oldest. He is already in his twenties and is also the leader of this group of young boys.

He always felt that the weather here was too hot, and he was not angry when he was rejected. Instead, he smiled and poured a glass of water for the two guards and handed it over: "Two young men, we are also a well-known family in the capital. If other students have completed the teacher's instructions, but only we have not, it would be too embarrassing. Please help me."

He took the lid of the water bag in one hand, and Jiang Shouwei held the water bag for him.

The two guards looked at the water in his hand, and their throats were about to smoke. But this young man was very black-hearted. The water was clearly poured into the lid, but he just smiled at them and didn't give them a drink.

One of the guards swallowed the sore throat and reached out to grab the water bag, but was pushed back by Jiang Shoucheng: "What are you doing, young man? Knowingly breaking the law to steal other people's things is against the law."

The two guards were so thirsty that their eyes were red. Jiang Shoucheng realized that something was wrong and quickly handed them two glasses of water. While they were drinking the water, he asked: "Well, we won't make it difficult for you. You can be more convenient and just tell us what happened here. Otherwise, we will have a hard time explaining to the teacher when we go back."

"Give us some more water..."

The guard who had just grabbed the water was already red-eyed: "Give us some more and I'll tell you."

"You're crazy!"

Another guard with better self-control stopped him: "The governor has ordered that you are not allowed..."

"I can't care less!"

The red-eyed guard roared, "Look at the situation in the city. These tender-skinned young men will be tortured like beasts and their bodies will be eaten if they go in. They can give me water, and let my family live a few more days. They can also report the situation to the court, so that our brothers and sisters can be saved."

The guard who was yelled at also had red eyes. He let go of him dejectedly and stood aside with his head hung.

Jiang Shoucheng gave the whole water bag to the guard: "Can you tell me now?"

"There is a severe drought in Yuzhou. You can't enter the city for three months. The county magistrate reported the matter a long time ago, but the report was rejected by the governor of Yuzhou, who sent heavy troops to guard the city and not let the news get out. The county magistrate is now trapped in the city and can't get out. We are the guards sent by the governor from Yuzhou City. If anyone tries to force their way in or out, we will kill them without mercy."

"The governor didn't open the warehouse to release the grain, and he took all the stored water here to the governor's mansion. Even for us as official businessmen, we only get very little water. We still have our families in the city, but because of the governor's actions, the city has been suffering from drought for too long and there is no water. There has already been cannibalism, and countless people have died of thirst. If this continues...if this continues, our families will all die in there."

"What? There has been a drought for three months but the court has not been informed. What on earth does the governor of Yuzhou want to do?"

"Of course, it's to keep the black gauze hat on his head. The Great Yan Dynasty has laws that if a natural disaster or man-made disaster occurs in the area under its jurisdiction, if the local governor fails to implement timely policy control, it will affect his performance."

"These corrupt officials disregarded the lives of the people in the entire city for the sake of their own careers. They are so cold-blooded and too much."

When the young man encountered injustice in the world, he felt his blood boiling and he wished he could beat up the Yuzhou governor.

The guards saw the pity of these nobles and knelt on the ground and begged: "Gentlemen, please save us! If this continues, everyone in the city will die."

"What are you doing?"

A vicious soldier on the wall pointed a whip at the people under the wall and said, "Catch them."

The guards were startled and quickly stood up and pushed Jiang Shoucheng away: "Go! They are the personal soldiers of the Yuzhou governor. If you don't leave now, you won't be able to get away."

"Go!"

Jiang Shoucheng stuffed all the water bags to the guards, and immediately grabbed Jiang Shouwei's collar and ran to his carriage.

The group of young men behind him were all skilled, riding and shooting were not a problem, and they all got on the carriage or drove the horses.

Jiang Shoucheng shouted, "Gather in Chenzhou. My cousin is the most favored imperial concubine of the current emperor. Whoever arrives in Chenzhou first, report my name and Shouwei's name to see the Minister of Justice Jiang Yankun. He is our uncle."

The people who heard it showed surprised expressions. The two brothers of the Jiang family had never revealed their identities. They thought they just happened to have the same surname as the new noble Jiang family in the capital, but they didn't expect that they were really a family.

They were too low-key.

"Brother!"

Jiang Shouwei in the carriage grabbed the window frame excitedly: "Damn bastards, they killed the guard boy."

Jiang Shoucheng lowered the curtain and took out the letter that was sent back by the governor of Yuzhou from his sleeve: "When he asked us to save the people of Yuzhou, he was ready to die. He kept this letter with him every day. It was probably entrusted by someone and he was loyal to him."

As for who entrusted him, Jiang Shoucheng guessed that it should be the county magistrate of Yuzhou.

Countless carriages and horses scattered on the side roads. When the officers and soldiers who were held up by the guards for a long time chased after them, the young men on horseback disappeared, and the carriages also mixed into the nearby caravans, and there was no trace of them at all.

They didn't know which road to chase even if they wanted to.

"My queen, what soup should we cook to send to Jiuzhou Qingyan today?"

Chef Gao Yu laid out the ingredients: "Is it pork liver soup again?"

Jiang Xinyue shook her head: "Although the insect is now imprisoned in the emperor's arm, it will make people lose their appetite and weaken their spleen and stomach. Let's cook some porridge with meat soup today. I will personally send it."

If she doesn't go, the emperor will be depressed.

"The Royal Concubine... Where is the Royal Concubine?"

Sun Shi stumbled into Changchun Xian Pavilion: "The Royal Concubine... Sister Yun... Sister Yun was kidnapped."

Nanny Lu, who was holding the Sixth Prince in the yard and breathing fresh air, was shocked. She thought someone was going to assassinate the Sixth Prince, so she quickly wrapped the little baby in her clothes and hid under the corridor.

Qian Shenghe was peeling oranges for the Fourth Prince to eat. Sun's shrill voice frightened him so much that his hands trembled, and all the orange juice in his hands splashed onto the Fourth Prince's face.

But he didn't have time to care about the Fourth Prince. Instead, he helped Sun, who had fallen to the ground, up and said quickly, "The Queen has gone to Jiuzhou Qingyan."

He did not ask what happened, not wanting to waste time.

When Sun heard this, he immediately turned around and ran out.