Chapter XVIII Fundraising

Adu and Princess Yuxiang ran all the way back to Qingfeng Temple.

"Miss Li, Yuxiang is back!" the princess shouted excitedly as soon as she arrived at Qingfeng Temple.

"I'm here, princess!" Hearing the shout, Miss Li jumped out and ran out. As soon as the two girls met, they hugged each other and cried with joy!

"Congratulations Miss Li! You can finally see the bright sunshine, the beautiful scenery and the beloved Adu again!" said Princess Yuxiang.

"Thanks to Adu's Tianshan Snow Lotus, the slave and maid will finally see the light of day!" said Miss Li.

Princess Yuxiang turned around and asked Ah Du again, "How did you get the Tianshan Snow Lotus?"

"After the princess rescued Miss Li, the emperor fell for the treacherous trick of Father-in-law Wei and ordered the princess to go to Huozhou and kiss. For more than a year, the emperor was very worried, so he repaired a letter and secretly ordered Adu to send an envoy to Huozhou. The princess didn't see it, but she came to the Tianshan Snow Lotus. What a chance!" replied Abdul.

"Hate the old thief Wei!" the little woman can't wait to peel his skin and eat his flesh immediately!" Miss Li said hatefully.

"Miss Li, have you seen that begonia tree?" Ah Du asked suddenly.

"Adu, Miss Li has already regained her sight! What do you mean by asking?" Princess Yuxiang thought Adu's question was outrageous.

"Princess, don't get me wrong! You see that this begonia leaves only the remnants of branches and leaves in the killing environment, and it is stealing life, and when the spring flowers bloom in the next year, it will be full of red and pink branches, full of vitality!

"Yuxiang understands!" replied the princess.

"I'm not a big husband!" Miss Li was a little unconvinced.

"Princess! This is a letter from the emperor to you, please take a look!" Adu took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to the princess.

Princess Yuxiang took the letter, couldn't wait to open the envelope, and read it carefully. Looking at it, my eyes are moist!

"The emperor asked me to be with me, it's really a helpless move! I can't see that the imperial brother actually has affection and love for me!" After reading the letter, Princess Yuxiang felt a lot.

"By the way, princess, please also repair a book, so that Adu can return to Beijing to resume his life. It's just that you must not mention what happened to you, princess, in the letter! Just say that you are happy and happy in Huozhou, and the Pope must not worry about it!"

"Yuxiang understands!" the princess thought to herself, she should focus on state affairs at the moment, so what's the harm if she is wronged!

After Princess Yuxiang finished repairing the book, Adu took the letter.

"I'm going back to Beijing to resume my life, princess! Miss Li! take care!"

In the Imperial Palace.

"The princess understands the righteousness, goes to the wilderness, and shares worries for the country!" The emperor read the letter from Princess Bi Yuxiang and was also emotional!

"Adu was ordered to send an envoy to Huozhou, and the king of Huozhou was deeply affectionate, and he was rewarded with a piece of Hetian jade pendant. This is a thing of Xihan, Ah Du dare not swallow it, and now it is presented to the emperor!" Ah Du took out a jade pendant that was as white as snow and shaped like a pile of fat from his arms and handed it to the emperor.

"There are so many treasures like this! You can keep this jade pendant for yourself! Aiqing, you went to the Western Regions, all the way, and lived up to your mission. Tell me what you want?"

"Ah Du doesn't want anything else, I just want this sword!" Ah Du pointed to the Shang Fang sword at his waist and said seriously. The emperor smiled and said, "Anything else is okay, this sword can't work!"

"Your Majesty! Thanks to the emperor's kindness, Adu has no worries about food and clothing, and has nothing else to ask for. It's just that there is a big drought in Baoding this year, and there is no harvest in some areas, so there is starvation all over the wilderness, and some people even change their children to eat! Adu implores the emperor to open a warehouse to help grain, allocate silver for disaster relief, and save the people from fire and water!" Adu only thought about the victims in his heart, so he said to the emperor.

The emperor looked embarrassed and said: "I have heard about the disaster in Baoding. It's not that we don't provide disaster relief, it's just that our dynasty has been fighting for many years, and the treasury is empty! But the grain depot and treasury in Baoding are at your disposal! As an official of your parents, you should do your best to find ways to help the victims tide over the difficulties!"

"Emperor Xie!"

Besides, since Grandpa Wei looked at the beggar in front of the palace, he had nightmares every night, and he always felt a pair of resentful eyes staring at him! Princess Yuxiang's, or Miss Li's? The more Grandpa Wei thought about it, the more frightened he became, so he called Commander Luo, and asked with a gloomy face, "Are you sure you have done anything about Princess Yuxiang?"

Luo Sigong was startled, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and replied: "Go back to Chitose! I have already burned them with my own hands and cut off their heads, verifying that they are correct! Chitose doesn't need to worry too much!"

"That's good!" Grandpa Wei said coldly, "You go!"

Gonggong Wei was still not at ease, so he decided to go to Baoding Mansion again to find out the truth.

Baoding County Ya.

Abdul is meditating on how to help the disaster. After the last time Jin saw the emperor and returned to his home, Adu checked the second treasury of gold and grain overnight and found that there was very little grain in stock, and there was almost no silver available! How can this be used for disaster relief? Suddenly, Ma Zhutou came to report, and Chitose Venerable came. Adu hurriedly went out to greet him.

Adu invited Gonggong Wei into the mansion and asked tentatively: "Chitose is here, what do you have to say?"

"It's nothing important, the old man can walk around!"

"I understand it in the next! Dare to love Chitose is on the order of the emperor to come to Baoding to inspect the disaster?"

Father-in-law Wei seemed to be smiling and noncommittal.

"Chitose is really blessed! Today, the house hunted a wild boar, and I will do the work to ensure that Chitose drinks to the fullest!"

"Then there is Lord Laozhixian!"

Everything was ready, and the nine thousand years old, Commander Luo, Ah Du and other cadres sat down in turn.

"Chitose, how about a taste of this wild boar?" said Adu, pointing to a large blue and white porcelain pot.

"It smells so good!" Father-in-law Wei was just about to stretch out his chopsticks to clip a piece and taste it, when he suddenly realized that something was wrong with the porcelain basin containing wild boar. If you look closely, it turns out that it was the urinal that Adu took away from his house!

"The meat is very fragrant! But the old man's teeth are not good, and he can't bite it! You eat, you eat!" Wei Gonggong thought to himself, you stupid bird wants to show off, and you won't use the old man's urinal to hold vegetables!

"Come! Chitose drink some chicken soup!" Luo Sigong got up, scooped some soup from another blue and white porcelain basin in a small bowl, and handed it to Gonggong Wei respectfully. Father-in-law Wei was just about to drink it, and suddenly found that it was not the spittoon that Ah Du was going to leave from his house, so he hurriedly said: "The old man is a vegetarian today! You can drink it!" After speaking, he handed the soup to Luo Sigong. Lord Luo was flattered and drank it with relish! Everyone was not polite, and they enjoyed themselves to their heart's content. Chitose was the only one drinking alone, because he had no appetite for a long time!

After the meal, Ah Du came to Grandpa Wei's side and said cautiously: "There is a matter of asking for a thousand years old, I don't know if to talk about it?"

"But it doesn't hurt to say it!" replied Grandpa Wei.

"Tomorrow Baoding will hold a fundraising and disaster relief conference, and I would like to invite Chitose to come and guide in person!"

"This ......" Father-in-law Wei looked embarrassed, and then said, "It's just that the old man went out in a hurry, and he didn't have much silver taels on him!"

"Hui Chitose! I just let you preside over it in person, nothing else!"

As soon as he heard this, Gonggong Wei finally understood. This kid just wants to pull the tiger skin and pull the banner!

"Okay! Disaster relief is a major matter of the imperial court, everyone is responsible, if I refuse, I will fall into injustice! The old man will attend the meeting on time tomorrow!"

"Thank you Chitose!" Ah Du hurriedly knelt down and thanked him.

Fundraising for disaster relief.

I heard that Gonggong Wei personally presided over the fund-raising and disaster relief conference, and no one was absent from the dignitaries, businessmen, and even small merchants and hawkers, so the conference was crowded.

"Thank you for coming. The emperor was deeply worried and sent a special 9,000-year-old man to visit the country to inspect the disaster. Chitose is virtuous and benevolent, and he specially donated 1,000 taels of silver to save the people from fire and water!" Adu pointed to the silver on the red cloth on the long table (in fact, it was two taels of silver from the Baoding treasury, and only Wu Bailiang), and then said, "I hope you can follow Chitose and donate generously!

Gonggong Wei, who was sitting in the middle of the stage, stood up. Everyone knelt down one after another to pay homage to Chitose. Father-in-law Wei looked around and wanted to say something, but he graduated from elementary school, his level was too low, and he couldn't say anything if he wanted to, so he sat down directly again, and the scene was very embarrassing!

At this moment, Adu said in a loud voice: "Nine thousand years old teaches us to talk less, do more, and do practical things!

Everyone donated one after another, which was too busy for Master Niu. I saw that he kept shouting loudly.

"Wang Dafan donated one hundred taels of silver!"

"Luo Kaide donated fifty taels of silver!"

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Suddenly, Master Niu saw President Chen of the Chamber of Commerce, so he asked loudly, "How much does President Chen donate?"

"I'll donate five hundred taels!" replied President Chen.

"President Chen donated five hundred taels of silver!" Master Niu shouted. After a while, Master Niu shouted loudly again: "President Chen said that he would donate 500 taels, but only 300 taels!"

Hearing this, President Chen had to take out another two hundred taels from his arms and throw them to Master Niu.

Due to the presence of Father-in-law Wei, the fundraising meeting was a great success, and Adu couldn't help but be overjoyed!