The emperor is also difficult to be!

Chapter 12

The means of transportation in ancient times were not as good as those in modern times. There are airplanes, automobiles, and all modern means of transportation in modern times, but in ancient times there were only horses and carriages.

It took half a month from Kyoto to the county seat in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, Xiancheng.

This journey has been surprisingly smooth.

Su Mo was wearing armor, riding on horseback, looking down at the messy fairy city.What came from my ears were mournful humming, low weeping, and sighing, which deeply hurt everyone present.

"Mom, I'm hungry."

A child's weak voice entered Su Mo's eardrums.Su Mo jumped off the horse, and led the horse into the alley where the noise was made.

The scenes in the alley are shocking to watch.A group of old, weak, sick and disabled, nestled into a ball.There were several dead corpses lying on the ground, who had been dead for a few days, emitting a foul smell.

Su Mo frowned tightly, resisting the urge to vomit, and walked into the alley.

"Your Majesty!" The entourage hurriedly called out when they saw Su Mo's actions.

Su Mo didn't stop because of the shout behind him, and walked forward resolutely.She never knew that the flood of the Yellow River had caused such serious consequences, and the memorial also reported good news but not bad news, and did not write about the conditions of these people at all.

If she had known earlier that the common people lived in dire straits, she would definitely not have arrived so late.

The common people nestled in the alley saw a stranger coming, and he was wearing a military uniform.Then I knew it was the ministers sent by the imperial court to control the water, and then I heard someone shouting the word "Emperor", as if grasping at straws, they immediately rushed to Su Mo, knelt down and bowed to the ground, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" , help us!"

The guards behind Su Mo immediately ran forward when they saw this situation.He stood in front of Su Mo, drew his saber, and faced the crowd of people who came.

The people were terrified by this battle, kneeling on the ground, trembling.

"Get out of the way, who told you to point my saber at my people!" Seeing a group of frightened people, Su Mo became angry and annoyed, and his tone became much more serious.

Walking in front of the people, squatting down, comforting in a gentle voice, "Don't be afraid, all stand up, don't kneel down."

But the people just looked at me, I looked at you, and looked at the guards behind Su Mo tremblingly, but they didn't dare to stand up.

In desperation, Su Mo had no choice but to personally help a woman kneeling in front of her with a child in her arms.Say softly, "Get up."

No one expected that Su Mo would personally help a commoner.The woman who was lifted up was also taken aback, and could only help Su Mo up in a daze.

"Do you want me to help you one by one?" Su Mo said lightly, but his tone was very soft, without any hint of anger.

After hearing Su Mo's words, the people immediately lowered their heads and stood up.

Su Mo sighed softly, and looked at the child in the woman's hands, who looked less than one year old.The face is surprisingly thin, which seems to be caused by long-term starvation.

The child's eyes were extremely big, and the pair of watery eyes stared wide open, looking at Su Mo.

Su Mo has always liked children, so he couldn't help but take a second look.After watching it, I felt distressed again, how did such a thin child persist until now.

"Why do you gather here to suffer from the cold and starve, instead of going to the government office to get food." Su Mo remembered that she had just sent a large amount of food to the disaster relief a few days ago.Logically speaking, these people don't have to suffer from cold and starvation here.

"Your majesty does not know that the county magistrate of the government office did not release the disaster relief items allocated by the court at all. We have also heard that the court has distributed a large amount of food for disaster relief. When we arrived in front of the government office, we waited for three full days. There was no movement. Some people were really hungry, so they gathered in front of the government office and asked the county magistrate to allocate food for disaster relief. Unexpectedly, the county magistrate not only refused to distribute food, but also sent the refugees gathered in front of the government office. He was arrested, beaten to death and thrown out! Please the emperor decide for us!" One of them, a [-]-year-old man who seemed to have read some books, stood up and exposed all the evil deeds of the county magistrate of Xiancheng. out.

The other people immediately knelt on the ground and echoed, "Your Majesty, you must be the master for us! Your Majesty!"

Su Mo listened, his hands clenched into a ball, he shook his sleeves fiercely and said, "Well, magistrate Mao, if I don't punish him severely today, my Su country will definitely be corrupted by such corruption in the future." Corrupt people are ruined! Don't worry, I will go to the county government now, capture Mao Xianlin, and behead him for public display!"

As a modern person, Su Mo would not take human life unless it was absolutely necessary. This is the minimum respect for human rights.But this time she was really angry, looking at the corpses everywhere, she could no longer convince herself not to take the dog officer's life.There is no need to be kind to a corrupt official like Mao Xianlin.Why should she respect and maintain a person who doesn't respect the lives of others.

"The emperor is wise, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Seeing Su Mo's resentment, and hearing what Su Mo said, the people were very excited.Corrupt officials like Mao Xianlin should have been executed long ago.

Seeing the people cheering and jumping for joy, there was no one present who was not moved.

"Okay, get up, let's go to the county government with me." Su Mo put away his resentful expression, and said warmly.

"Your Majesty, can you take a step to speak?" Hong Wei, who was behind Su Mo, walked to Su Mo's side, and said in a low voice.

Su Mo glanced at Hong Wei suspiciously. Seeing his solemn expression, he nodded, turned around and walked back.

"What else do you want to say?"

"Your Majesty, this Mao Xianlin cannot be beheaded!"

"I can't be beheaded, why can't I be beheaded! For a corrupt official like him, even if he beheaded ten times, he still won't let go of his hatred!" Su Mo shouted a little emotionally, which attracted many people's gazes.

After realizing this, Su Mo calmed down his excitement and said, "Give me a reason why I can't be killed!"

"The emperor doesn't know that Mao Xianlin is Princess Ning's younger brother. If you kill Mao Xianlin, you will slap King Ning in public! In this way, the relationship between you and King Ning will become more and more tense." Hong Wei analyzed cautiously.

When Su Mo heard this, his unattractive complexion darkened again.

"Could it be that we let that bastard Mao Xianlin go just like that! I absolutely can't do it, not to mention that King Ning is not present, even if he was present, I wouldn't let that bastard go for his sake Yes!" Su Mo raised his voice fiercely, she wished she could catch Mao Xianlin and chop him up right now!

Seeing that Su Mo insisted on this, Hong Wei shook his head and stopped persuading him.Basically no one can change what Su Mo decides.

Su Mo led a group of people, and rushed to the county government in Xiancheng aggressively.

Mao Xianlin had received the news that Su Mo was coming to Xiancheng in advance, and stood at the gate of the mansion, welcoming Su Mo with an uneasy face.

Seeing Su Mo followed by a large number of refugees, he cried out inwardly, and raised his hand to wipe away the fine sweat from his forehead.Pretending to be calm, he walked quickly to Su Mo, knelt down on the ground and kowtowed, "My minister, Mao Xianlin, see the emperor, long live my emperor!"

Su Mo glanced at Mao Xianlin coldly, with killing intent already in his eyes.

Mao Xianlin is only in his thirties, but he is already in a state of fat.The people in this city are all pale and emaciated.Just this county magistrate, with a flushed face and a fat head and big ears.

Su Mo suddenly pulled out his sword, pointed at Mao Xianlin, and shouted angrily, "Bold Mao Xianlin, you are guilty!"

Mao Xianlin was so frightened by this sudden shout of anger, he stammered tremblingly, "Your Majesty, what crime has this humble minister committed, please tell me clearly!"

"What's the crime, stealing the food and salaries of the imperial court for disaster relief, abusing lynching, corrupting the law, and disregarding the life and death of the people! Which of these is not enough for you to die hundreds of times! Do you still use me to list them one by one? Hmm..." Su Mo pressed tight Staring at the dying person in front of him, he recited word by word, loudly.

The author has something to say: The problem of flooding in ancient times has always been serious, so I wrote this with this theme~ Don’t mind if the writing is not good~