In gratitude for the help from Long Rui and Xuexue, the villagers voluntarily began to dig, burying a few bodies, then left with profuse gratitude.
Xuexue sighed and said, "I've heard of disasters in Tunkou Town before. I didn't expect it to be this severe. It's truly pitiful."
Long Rui frowned, "There must be corrupt officials within the Imperial court."
"Why do you say that?"
"The disaster in Tunkou Town was something I also heard about last year. I even heard The Emperor say that the Fourth Prince was to come down and supervise the distribution of relief grain. Yet, the villagers just said they haven't received a single grain. Isn't that a sign of corrupt officials? I think this has something to do with the Fourth Prince."
