Although Li Da did not hold a particularly high official position in the court, because her brother-in-law was a household secretary, he had a very high status in this court, and the officials would naturally give Li Da some face.

For example, this time, the original disaster relief errand did not fall on Li Da. But Li Da saw that there was oil and water in this errand, so he begged the head of the household to help him ask for it.

Although he is now facing the county lord who is personally appointed by the emperor, Li Da has never taken Xue Ning, the county lord who only has a false name and no real power, in his eyes.

Originally, because Li Yinhong was there, Li Da also gave Xue Ning some face. But now that Li Yinhong has been captured by the mountain bandits, it is unknown whether he will be able to come back safely, and Li Da naturally does not take Xue Ning seriously.

"County Lord, the prince was captured by the mountain bandits, and we are naturally very worried in our hearts. We have also sent people to look for the prince, but the county lord said this, which made everyone feel cold. ”

Li Da means that he and all the soldiers are included. put all the soldiers and the people of the city on the opposite side of Xue Ning, making Xue Ning the enemy of everyone.

Hearing Li Da's words, Xue Ning's face froze slightly, and then showed a smile: "What, Master Li, do you think that it doesn't matter if the prince comes back or not?"

"I didn't mean that, I just felt that we had done our best, and the county lord should not say that we were shirking our responsibilities. ”

Xue Ning chuckled lightly and sat down next to him: "Okay, since Master Li said that what I just said was wrong, it is also your responsibility to admit that it is your responsibility to save the prince." In that case, if you don't return to the prince, then what about this matter?"

Li Da originally wanted to use Xue Ning's words to put her on the opposite side of everyone, and use everyone's hands to find an excuse to drive Xue Ning out. But I didn't expect that these words were repeated by Xue Ning so much, and it became Li Da's responsibility to save Li Yinhong back.

Seeing that Li Da was stunned and didn't speak for a long time, Xue Ning pursed his lips and showed a smile: "Originally, I was worried about how to save the prince, but now that Master Li is in charge of this matter, I am naturally more at ease." ”

Xue Ning stood up and walked in front of Li Da: "I believe that Lord Li will definitely save the prince back, right?"

These words directly handed over the matter of rescuing Li Yinhong to Li Da, if Li Da did not agree again, it would really become a shirk of responsibility.

"This is natural, the minister will definitely save the prince back. "Now that Li Da is already riding a tiger, there is no other choice but to respond to Xue Ning's words.

Xue Ning pursed his lips, then turned around and strode away. After returning to the room, Xue Ning closed the door and sat down on the soft couch: "Cold, Li Yinhong, he should be fine, right?"

"Miss, rest assured, the prince has his own way of doing things, and he will definitely protect himself. Leng Yi knew that Xue Ning's heart was full of worry, and looking at her frowning, he couldn't help but open his mouth to comfort her.

In fact, the cold comfort was not particularly useful, but after listening to her words, Xue Ning pursed his lips and smiled, and his brows loosened slightly: "I only hope that he can come back safely." ”

Li Yinhong acted in a play, which made the mountain bandits think that he was alone, and caught him and brought him back to the cottage. Li Yinhong stood above the lobby, surrounded by a lot of mountain bandits, and one of them sat directly opposite him: "You are from the capital?"

"Yes, I'm from the capital. Li Yinhong stretched out her hand and waved at him, "Li Yinhong." ”

The man snorted coldly and stood up: "I'm Shi Dan, I don't know who you are, but you're from the capital, so it won't be a good thing." ”

"It's not a good thing to come from the capital? Why is that?" Li Yinhong heard this, tilting her head slightly, frowning slightly, and looking a little puzzled.

Shi Dan walked up to him and looked him up and down: "Looking at you like this, you look like a noble son, you must not have suffered hardship, right? You definitely don't know how much the people have suffered in this flood?"

"I know that the people have suffered a lot due to the floods. But the emperor has already sent officials to come to relieve the disaster, and the flood has not already had the effect of control, why are the people who come from the capital are not good?" Li Yinhong's purpose in coming this time is to understand the reason why these people have become mountain bandits.

Shi Dan snorted coldly, obviously thinking that Li Yinhong's words were very funny: "The flood is indeed over, but the people are still living a miserable life. The official from the capital said that he had brought silver and grain from the capital, but we didn't see any of the silver, and we didn't see much grain. ”

When the emperor asked Li Da to deal with the flood, he asked him to bring silver taels and grain for disaster relief, which were originally to be delivered to the people. But now this Shi Dan said that he didn't see anything.

"So, I didn't see the silver and grain, is this why you fell into the mountains?" Li Yinhong frowned, his eyes full of doubts.

Shi Dan nodded: "This is natural, we are all ordinary people, if we really have a peaceful birthday, who wants to become this mountain bandit?" And even if we become mountain bandits, it is just to plunder the money of some rich people, and part of the silver we plundered is also given to the people, I really don't know why the emperor wants to exterminate us?"

The reason why mountain bandits are bandits is because they plunder the money of ordinary people. But if this mountain bandit is just plundering the money of the rich and distributing it to the rest of the people, how can he be called a high-ranking bandit?

"Robbing the rich and helping the poor should indeed not be bandits. But although you are not really a bandit, what you do is against the law. Even in this case, there should be no violations. ”

Maybe they are indeed facing a situation that they can't solve, but the country has its own laws, and the family has its own rules.

"Then what should we do? This Li Da and Song Ke are already covering the sky with one hand in this city, how can we, the common people, fight against them? All we can do is to ensure the normal life of us and our families. ”

Shi Dan has made some changes to Li Yinhong in front of him so far, at least in the end, he didn't say that they were bandits.

"I will help you, I am the current prince Li Yinhong, and I came to suppress the bandits on the orders of the emperor. But now that I know that you are helpless to fall into the mountains, then I will naturally be clear to my father about this situation, and there is no such thing as suppressing bandits. ”

Knowing Li Yinhong's identity, Shi Dan's face froze slightly: "Are you the great prince today?

In the face of Shi Dan's very straightforward inquiry, Li Yinhong did not have any displeasure, and nodded: "Naturally, if Li Da really did something that he shouldn't do, I naturally won't let him get away with it." ”