Liubukou of the Imperial City,

Chu Muhan, who had been busy in the household department for a long time, slammed down the case fold in his hand, and there was a thick and bottomless darkness precipitated in his always warm and peaceful eyes, which clearly showed his bad mood to the extreme. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Slightly moving his faintly sore knuckles, he picked up the tea that had already cooled in his hand and drank it all, and only this could calm his raging anger that he wanted to kill.

Rubbing his eyebrows fiercely, Chu Mu was cold and quiet, and reconsidered the locust control actions in recent days.

In fact, this is not the first time that Dachu has had a locust plague, but this time it is indeed more violent than any in previous years, so that simply increasing the allocation of disaster relief funds has no effect.

Under such circumstances, the control of locusts should be the top priority, but there are always some ministers who add fuel to the fire, insisting that the locust plague in Tongzhou is a disaster sent to people by heaven, and his father and emperor are instigated by him, and he has learned from the pain and issued an edict to reflect on his moral and political failures, but he does not focus on the root of locust control at all.

In this case, the attitude of the locust control above is negative and lazy, but there are treacherous people who deliberately engage in superstitious propaganda, so that now Tongzhou not only does not actively carry out the work of locust control, but in order to eliminate the disaster and seek blessings, it begins to make some useless tricks of burning incense and praying for God, if it continues like this for a long time, it will inevitably aggravate the disaster situation in Tongzhou.

And if the locust plague is not eliminated as soon as possible, there will be resentment among the people, and as for riots, it is naturally inevitable, and then the world of the Chu family is afraid that it will not be protected.

However, since he has been appointed to take charge of this matter in a critical situation, he will not sit idly by and allow the situation to continue to be serious, whether it is the will of the people or the throne, he will not lose any of them.

It's just that those moral and political factions headed by the right prime minister who always emphasize that "good officials have good governance, and use politics to drive locusts out of the country" are indeed extremely difficult to deal with, and the old ministers are difficult to move, and they are afraid of hurting the country's foundation, but now they can no longer tolerate him for half a moment.

If you want to exterminate locusts, such deaf people must be severely attacked, otherwise with their ignorance, they will forcibly obstruct the progress of locust extermination, such as Xu Wenqing, the Tongzhou thorn in his hand now.

This Xu Wenqing is a corrupt Confucian, and he has been squatting in the position of long history for many years, because Han Chengwen's private raising of government soldiers was exposed, and Fang is the daughter-in-law for many years became a mother-in-law, and she became the assassin of Tongzhou.

It's just that Chu Muhan didn't expect that this guy who was pulled up by him refused to obey his orders, but was full of the short knowledge of poor literati, and actually talked to him about "how can man be determined by natural disasters" and "exterminate locusts with virtue and politics".

And today, the report he sent made Chu Muhan's anger that had been suppressed for a long time explode.

Lowering his eyes again looked at the report on the bookcase that he had caught out of the folds, on which he was tired of hearing in the court, what "locusts are natural disasters, manpower is irresistible, to eliminate locust plagues, only to accumulate virtue and practice", in his eyes, it was all nonsense.

As for Xu Wenqing's so-called method of "sending officials to pray for spiritual miracles", it made Chu Muhan laugh angrily, and sighed that he was a corrupt Confucian, and he couldn't eat the ancients.

"Lord Wang, did Xu Wenqing make you angry again?"

Putting the food box in his hand on the table, Du Heng took the teapot on the side, refilled some boiling water into it, and stood upright in front of Chu Muhan.

"Hmm,"

Tapping his chin, Chu Mu glanced at Du Heng, who was facing a 10,000-year-old iceberg, and turned his gaze to the fold in front of him again, "Say, what's the matter?" ”

"Midnight Ling replied with a message, Xiangling had already gone to see Queen Gu, and then Cheng Dehai came to see the princess in person, and then,"

"And then?"

Raising his eyes to look at Du Heng, Chu Muhan's eyes were slightly condensed, and he sneered coldly, "So make Lao Shizi Xuanxuan and say, whose things have changed?" ”

"It's the princess who has something,"

As he spoke, Du Hengyan looked at Chu Muhan, and the corners of his tense lips loosened slightly, "Not long after Cheng Dehai left, the princess sent Linglong to meet Ye Sangongzi, and she didn't delay much during the period, I paid attention to it, and Linglong brought a pot of peach blossom brew when she came back." ”

"Peach blossom stuffing?" Raising his eyebrows unexpectedly, Chu Muhan raised his lips and chuckled, and the hand holding the brush slowly loosened, "This is Ye San's favorite wine, he doesn't even want to give others a taste on weekdays, and he actually gave Ye Li a jar, it seems that he really loves this twin sister." ”

"The prince believes that the princess is just begging for wine and leaving?"

"Asking for wine? It's just a pretense,"

After taking the empty fold at hand, Chu Muhan put down the brush stained with ink, and closed his eyes and thought quietly, "Presumably in order to know yourself and the enemy, I went to ask her third brother about the queen's family." ”

"Then I don't know, what does the prince think about the queen's attraction of the princess?"

Lowering his voice, Du Heng's heart moved slightly, and he said solemnly, "Do you need to arrange something for your subordinates?" ”

"You don't have to worry about anything, just let it be."

Picking up the pen and writing down the locust extermination on the fold, Chu Muhan waved his hand and motioned for him to retreat, "The queen mother will go with the princess, you just need to be optimistic about Mu Yunhua, don't let her have nothing to do to harass the princess to recuperate." ”

"Please rest assured that your subordinates will successfully complete the task!"

Earnestly making a guarantee, after a pause, although Du Heng had an expressionless and cold face, his eyes were already secretly looking at Chu Muhan's expression.

"Why don't you leave," the pen kept moving, Chu Muhan grabbed the paper ball on the side with one hand, and then threw it directly in front of Du Heng's feet without raising his head, "Could it be that you want this king to help you with your feet?" ”

"Of course not,"

Shaking his head vigorously, Du Heng changed his previous iceberg expression, his narrow eyes were slightly curved, and he actually showed a thief's smile, "My subordinates have feet, of course I can go back, but this time I came, I did have another task." ”

"Mission?"

Looking Du Heng up and down, seeing that his expression was not as joking as usual, Chu Muhan decisively left the half-written fold, and his ink-like eyes were as dark as night, "Besides me, who dares to send you a task?" ”

"Of course,"

Nodding solemnly, Du Heng once again returned to his previous deep appearance of not smiling, "As the steward of the palace, how can you not listen to the words of the princess?" ”

"Princess," frowning slightly, Chu Muhan stared at Du Heng's face carefully, but he didn't have the heart to care about the fold in his hand anymore, "What did she ask you to do?" ”

"Actually, it's not an assignment," thinking of his princess's cautious demeanor and tone when facing him, Du Heng felt more and more funny in his heart, and simply explained the matter directly.

"So she asked you to come to me and ask for a favor?"

With one hand on his chin, Chu Muhan's fingers tapped the edge of the table, but in those eyes that rarely fluctuated emotions, there were a few smiles flickering by, and they were called a clear rhyme.

It's a pity that Chu Muhan is useless even if he laughs in front of him, he is not a princess, and he has no intention of breaking his sleeves for men.

Thinking like this in his heart, Du Heng did enough work on his face, pretending to bow forward, his right hand stretched out horizontally, and gave a thumbs up, "That's right, it's still the prince's wisdom." ”

"You don't button me up these high hats,"

Waving his hand impatiently to drive away, Chu Muhan buried his head and continued the locust extermination plan in his hand, "Tell her that this king is approved, and from today onwards, the books in the Yanhai Pavilion will allow her to take a look." ”

"Yes, my subordinates will rush back to tell the princess."

"Wait,"

Glancing at the food box on the table, Chu Muhan withdrew his gaze without a trace, "Take this away, I'll go back to the palace tonight." ”

Turning around and taking the food box, Du Heng leaned forward slightly, his eyes were full of essence, "Since you are going back to the house, and you are allowed to ask your subordinates more, where is the prince going to stay tonight?" It's good for subordinates to go back and arrange in advance. ”

Raising his eyes to look at Du Heng, Chu Muhan suddenly opened his lips and smiled gently, his face was like a spring breeze in March, blowing away the coldness that had been staring between his eyebrows and eyes all day long, and a pair of black eyes were faintly shining.

Yes, Du Heng, who had long been familiar with Chu Muhan's habits, immediately said that his heart was not good, but before he could pretend not to understand, he had already heard someone sigh leisurely, "Well, this king has decided, stay in the study tonight, and you will be accompanied by your Steward Du." ”