Luoye Village is not big, but the village chief only took half an hour to spread the news that Muchen had come to provide relief. Thousands of victims in the entire village came after hearing the news.

Muchen also started distributing food in the village square, organizing doctors to see patients, and doing the usual to appease the people.

Although, in this world where martial arts is respected, no one cares about the life and death of ordinary civilians. As the ancestral leader of the Celestial Empire, Muchen, as the lord, still has the responsibility to distribute food and provide disaster relief. If the victims are left alone, what will happen to them?

With large-scale casualties, the Emperor of China will hold the lords accountable. In normal times, no one would dare to report the Mu family in front of the emperor for such trivial matters. But now, there are many people in the imperial capital waiting for the Mu family to make mistakes so that they can have an excuse to punish them.

Muchen didn't want to get into trouble when the Mu family launched an attack. What's more, Muchen, who had memories of his past life, didn't want to see many civilians lying dead in the wilderness.

In just half a day, more than 2,000 victims came and went. All of these civilians were emaciated and sallow. This was the first time Muchen had seen people who were really starving to death. The hopeful look in their eyes when they saw the food made people's hearts tremble.

, the scene was very shocking.

Unexpectedly, in this world where martial arts is respected, the lives of the real lower class civilians can be so miserable.

I thought that the victims would show gratitude when they received the relief food, but what surprised Muchen was that many of the victims were still very ordinary, as if receiving the relief food was so natural.

A few of them actually had a slight dislike for Muchen and others. This made Muchen very confused.

After a busy day of disaster relief work, Muchen and others returned to the post house to rest.

At the dinner table, Muchen said curiously: "Brother Luo, uncle, did you find it strange during the day that many victims seemed to be resistant to us?"

Xiao Jun looked indifferent and said: "Resistance? Xiaochen, are you wrong? We are here to provide disaster relief. How can those victims feel resistance to us? They should be grateful."

Luo Cheng: "Indeed, a small number of victims did express dissatisfaction. This is not difficult to understand. After all, it took us a long time to come to provide relief. Many civilians starved to death, so it is normal to be a little emotional."

"It's impossible. Half a month ago, my father had asked some wealthy villages and towns in the surrounding area to allocate some food for emergency use. Even if it's not enough, he shouldn't be dissatisfied." Xiao Jun was a little confused.

"Brother Luo, let's see if the brother I sent out to investigate has come back."

"Back to the young master, I just came back not long ago. Originally, I planned to wait for the young master to finish the meal before letting them see him."

"No, let them in now."

Not long after, several sergeants in plain clothes walked in outside the door.

"Subordinate, please see the young master."

"Excuse me, get up and tell me what you gained from pretending to be disaster victims these two days."

"Back to my young master, in the past two days, my brothers have pretended to be victims of the disaster and sneaked into the disaster area. They found that every once in a while, strange people come to spread the disobedient words of my Zhenshan Prince's Mansion. Moreover, these people also use food.

To buy people's hearts and minds, let more people spread rumors in the disaster area and discredit our Zhenshan Prince's Mansion."

Muchen suddenly realized and said: "So, you actually want to smear my Zhenshan Palace through rumors, and you really go to any lengths."

Xiao Jun was furious and said: "It's really unreasonable. We came here to provide disaster relief with good intentions, but there are people who are stumbling behind our backs. What on earth did they say? Let's hear it."

"Back to Young City Master, those people's remarks mainly include three points. One is that our Zhenshan Prince's Palace deliberately delays disaster relief and embezzles disaster relief funds from the Celestial Empire; the other is that the Prince's Palace deliberately blocks the river water source and causes disasters. The third is that...

, the young prince has a reckless character, is arrogant in taking credit, looks down on the common people, and does not care whether they live or die."

"Oh, in this world, there are still people who know what it means to be fearful! This twists and turns method is very similar to those of the great nobles. Have you found out who is behind it?

Slandering my Zhenshan Prince's Mansion... Let me guess, it's Tianrong Trading Company."

"Young Master Yingming, we followed those people and they are indeed from Tianrong Trading Company."

"Tianrong Trading Company! It's the Murong family. It's the Murong family who is behind this!" Xiao Jun was immediately very excited.

"Uncle, this doesn't seem to be difficult to understand. The Murong family and my Mu family have been incompatible with each other for a long time. This time, when we return to Nanshan County, if they don't do something to make us sad, I will feel strange. It's just that

, What I didn’t expect was that they would do such a childish thing. According to Murong Tian’s temperament, this kind of petty trick is too small-minded and should not be his method."

Xiao Jun: "This is a small trick, Xiao Chen. After all, you have just arrived in Nanshan County. If your reputation is affected by this matter, it will be very detrimental to your future leadership of Nanshan County. Nanshan County has complex forces. If the palace

If we lose the support of the people again, it will not be easy to quickly rule Nanshan County."

"If old man Murong Hai came to plan it, it would probably not be a drought, but a plague or a bigger disaster. Then within a few days, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people would die directly, and then a group of nobles would be secretly massacred.

After the matter gets serious, he will put this shit basin on the head of my palace. At that time, as the lord, I have made a serious oversight, he can openly propose to the emperor and attack my Mu family. Such a method,

It is more suitable for Murong Hai. The current petty quarrel is too childish and will not have much impact on us. After all, the death toll in this disaster was not high."

Then, Muchen asked again: "Then, what else did you find out?"

"Back to Young Master, we also found out that the main culprit causing the disaster in Luoye Village and the downstream villages was the water source, and the person who blocked the water source was the Lord of Qingshan City, who secretly changed the direction of the river.

, which caused the current disaster.”

"This is good news, how did you know about it?"

"Back to Young Master, when we were following the shopkeeper of the branch of Tianrong Commercial Bank, we found that he had contact with people from Qingshan City. He seemed to be discussing the purchase of large quantities of grain. We accidentally mentioned this matter and we found out about it.

"

"Okay, good job. Let the brothers go down and receive the reward. I will reward each of you with two pieces of sweet potato."

The guard was overjoyed, knelt down and said thanks, "Thank you, young master, for the reward." As soon as they came back, they heard their brothers talking about sweet potatoes, how delicious they were, and how magical they were. Now that they could taste them, they were naturally happy.

As soon as they left, Luo Cheng said: "Young Master, what should we do next? Do we need to deal with the people from Tianrong Trading Company?"

"Don't worry, these are just little people. It doesn't matter if we let them dance around for a few more days. Since the Murong family wants to see my Mu family make a fool of themselves, then let them make a fool of themselves."

"Brother Luo, starting from tomorrow, we will issue a guilty order from our Zhenshan Palace, saying that our Zhenshan Palace acknowledges the delay in disaster relief, is willing to make compensation, and promises to open the closed river within a week to maintain smooth water flow forever, and to reduce the burden on Luoye Village.

To pay taxes for one year, please be more diligent in your wording. Starting from tomorrow, people will take the order of sin and read it around the whole village without stopping."

Xiao Jun was startled and said: "Xiaochen, isn't this a bit... over the top? You are the majestic prince of the heaven, how can you issue orders to offend yourself at will? Isn't this a joke for those nobles?"

"Hmph, even if I don't do anything, those nobles will only flatter me on the surface and flatter me secretly. Why do I, the king, need to be looked down upon by these villains! I am who I am, and I don't need anyone to look at me differently. If I am the king, others will obey me.

That's it. If I am a bandit, I will die once and I don't need anyone else's help! Brother Luo, please call someone back tomorrow and ask your mother to send another 5,000 Qianlong soldiers. It is also time to let everyone know who is in Nanshan County.
Chapter completed!