Chapter 332 Yuezhou is a big piece of fat meat

Li Yaoguang and the others were protected by Ji Mo and Ying Yi. The 500-plus people were divided into small groups, guarding them from far and near, and headed towards Yuezhou City.

Everything we saw and heard on the way was tragic. Fortunately, the situation improved a little when we arrived near Yuezhou City.

The Yuezhou county led the officials at all levels to work diligently. In order to protect the people's livelihood and maintain peace as much as possible, they set up shelters and built porridge stalls outside the four gates of Yuezhou City early on.

When the refugees arrived here, those who were able to pay the ten-cent entry fee per person and carried a household registration pass could enter the city at will. If their household registration and other items were lost and they did not have the money to enter the city, they could stay outside the city. The government offices would not drive them away. Not only that, everyone could go to the porridge stall to get a bowl of thin porridge every day to sustain their lives. If the thin porridge was not enough to make a living, the refugees could register at the points set up by the government offices outside the city, and then they could be arranged to settle in towns near Yuezhou. They could be given land and half a month's food rations. Although they were just miscellaneous grains, peppers and beans, and not very good, they could sustain their lives.

It can be said that officials from all levels of Yuezhou did an excellent job.

This was the scene that Li Yaoguang and his companions saw upon their arrival. They were deeply touched and comforted. They felt that the governor of Yuezhou County was indeed as Ji Mo had said, a very nice person and a good official.

However, no matter how good it was, looking at the densely packed refugee camps outside the city, it was really not a good place to stay. Ji Mo was also unwilling to let Li Yaoguang suffer here. Moreover, they had to cross Dongting Lake and enter the Yangtze River. They had to either pass through the endless refugees outside the city, which would double the danger, or simply enter the city and pass through it to take a boat to the ferry in the north of the city.

Considering that they had been sleeping in the open air for days, it was time for them to rest, so the best option was to enter the city first.

We’ll make plans after everyone has recovered.

After hearing what Ji Mo said, Li Yaoguang naturally had no objection and listened to his father and brother. Ying Yi and the others hesitated for a moment, and for the sake of safety, they thought that they would have more energy to protect Li Yaoguang and his group after they had recuperated well, so they did not object.

Yu Meixue, who loves to worry, is still worried. "Brother Mo, Guang'er, although the city is good, our wanted warrant has not been withdrawn. I see that we need a household registration pass to enter the city, and we can't get it at all. How can we enter the city? Even if the household registration that Brother Mo used last time was not exposed and can still be used, now there are Yingyi and the others, it may be difficult to enter the city..."

Ji Mo had thought of this problem a long time ago, and hurriedly comforted her: "Aunt, you don't have to worry about this. There is still Qijitang in Yuezhou City. We can use the Qijitang token and the name of Qijitang to send the medicine dealer team. We can enter in batches. Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Yu Meixue, who was holding Yaoyao's hand tightly, also felt relieved. She said nothing and just listened to Ji Mo's arrangements.

Just like that, the group followed Ji Mo's method, disguised themselves in batches, and entered the city in several batches. Li Yaoguang and his group were naturally the first batch.

After entering the city, Li Yaoguang and his companions were settled by Ji Mo in the territory of Qijitang.

They had a large number of people and they didn't want to cause more trouble to their father and brother this time, but there was no way. Most of the people in the south were now flocking to Yuezhou City, and Yuezhou City had already been overwhelmed. Whether it was restaurants, inns, coach houses, etc., they were all full. With so many people, they really couldn't find a place to stay in a short time.

Including the 500 people brought by Ying Yi, they had to be divided into several groups. Except for the twenty or so powerful men who stayed with Li Yaoguang and others to live in Qijitang, the rest of the people were divided into three or four groups, and lived in the vicinity of Qijitang, in the courtyards rented by Qijitang. Only then did they barely settle down, and all their food, accommodation and transportation were arranged by Ji Mo.

It is said that people who eat from others are soft-hearted and people who take from others are short-handed. Even though Yingyi was secretly wary of Ji Mo, under such circumstances, their attitude towards Ji Mo improved a lot, and Yingyi was more willing to respect Ji Mo's opinions on many things. They originally planned to recuperate in Yuezhou City for three to five days before buying dry food and other supplies and setting off. However, they never thought that the world would change so quickly that they were completely caught off guard.

The next day after they settled down, a huge team came from the east with great momentum. With their arrival, the refugees outside Yuezhou city were ruthlessly driven away. The gates of Yuezhou city were opened, and officials from all levels of Yuezhou city gathered outside the city to welcome them.

With such a big commotion, people were curious. Ji Mo and Li Yaoguang got the news and rushed over to take a look. Wow, no wonder there was such a big scene. Looking at the full set of imperial processions, they knew that this was actually the team of a tyrant. In addition to the accompanying officials and the servants from the harem, there were about 20,000 other people escorting them.

All the people inside and outside the city looked on with pitiful eyes. The embarrassed and incompetent emperor and his entourage hurried into the city. The refugees outside the city who were driven out had resentment and hatred in their eyes...

Li Yaoguang, who was watching this secretly, also suddenly realized.

No wonder there was an army near the mountain town that day. It turned out to be the tyrant's troops. I wonder if they were the advance team or a bait to divert attention...

Of course, none of these are important. The most important thing right now is that the situation in Yuezhou City took a sharp turn for the worse after the foolish emperor and his entourage moved into the city.

At first, the thin porridge that was supplied to the refugees every day to sustain their lives was stopped. The emperor didn't care about the lives of the people outside the city at all. The foolish emperor used the excuse that his tens of thousands of troops needed food and drink, and used the imperial decree to forcibly levy the already scarce money, grain and taxes in Yuezhou City, completely seized power, and took over everything in Yuezhou City, including the city's defense.

Afterwards, Yuezhou City was completely sealed off, and the people were no longer allowed to enter or leave. Not only that, ferocious soldiers would come out of the city every day, holding sharp blades, ruthlessly driving away the refugees outside the city, and not allowing them to gather outside the city, just to prevent the recurrence of civil unrest and prevent people from sleeping soundly on the bed of the foolish emperor.

Then Li Yaoguang and his companions discovered that the food that could be bought at a reasonable price in the city had gradually disappeared. At first, there was still high-priced food, but with the prefect of Yuezhou being deprived of power, later on, in just a few days, even the high-priced food was gone on the market. The rich and powerful in the city were all robbed by the foolish monarch under the pretext of robbing the rich to help the poor.

For a moment, there was panic inside and outside Yuezhou City. Everyone was in danger. Everyone's nerves were tense, waiting for a signal, and everyone would explode in an instant.

However, in this tense atmosphere, another group of people appeared outside Yuezhou City.

There were as many as 50,000 to 60,000 people, all of them were ragged, numb, but with excitement in their eyes. They were the refugees who had rebelled in Xichang not long ago. Xichang had long been out of food, and in order to survive, the rebels heard that Yuezhou was rich and thought the journey was not far, so they were led by the bandit leader and headed straight to Yuezhou just to survive.

Unexpectedly, after arriving, the bandit leader heard that Shen Yue, the Northern King who controlled the entire northern land and then rebelled, and the tyrant entourage he was chasing were actually in Yuezhou. The bandit leader was overjoyed.

It is said that kings, princes, generals and ministers are all born with different species!

Seeing that wealth and power were at hand and the tyrant emperor was in trouble, the bandit leader felt it would be a shame for the uprising if he didn't try his luck. So he got excited and decided to take Yuezhou in one fell swoop, kill the tyrant emperor, and become an emperor himself.

I'm sorry, I've been too busy these two days and don't have any drafts saved. I'll post it right away after I write it. I'll post the next chapter when I have time to write it at noon. Please don't rush.