"Lord and Princess." The voice of the guard sounded outside the door. "A lot of people outside the door asked to see them."

"Do you know what?" Sikong Jin retracted his eyes, let the guards outside the door in a deep voice, and then asked.

"Qi Qi Wangye, they said that they would ask the prince to make decisions for them." The guard said succinctly after saluting.

"What?" Sikong Jin frowned slightly, "What about the local officials?" He asked in a deep voice.

Suri has also been in this era for a long time, and knows that civilians cannot go beyond the level to sue even if they have grievances. Not to mention suing the prince directly. Sikong Jin's question about the magistrate was also a natural reaction.

"Back to the prince, this place is dozens of miles away from the county seat, the road is closed by heavy snow, and the chief of the town is also among the people." The guard said.

Also, this full of wind and snow, if you want to go out of the town to the county seat to redress your grievances, I am afraid that you will have to wait until the snow stops.

"Then go and meet." Sikong Jin stood up, then looked at Su Rui, who was a little bored, and smiled slightly, "Let's go together?" Then he held out his hand to Suri.

Su Rui was stunned for a moment, and then showed a faint smile, "Okay." An indescribable warmth flowed through my heart.

His hand was held in his palm, and it was also warm.

Su Rui followed behind him, looking at his heroic back, and couldn't help but feel a little sweetness in his heart. The corridor was too short, and it would come to an end in a few moments, and it would be nice if we could walk a little further.

When he came to the lobby of the inn, Su Rui frowned, and there were more than a dozen people dressed as peasants in the lobby. They were all dressed in bulging clothes, but their clothes were torn in different ways, and some people had wounds on their bodies, and the weather was cold, and even if the blood did not coagulate, it was frozen into blood-colored ice.

"The prince and the princess have arrived, and you still don't kneel." The guards guarding the staircase shouted.

These people were shocked, and they fell to their knees in the lobby.

"Get up." Sikong Jin said.

Liuli moved two chairs, and Sikong Jin and Su Rui sat down side by side.

The smell in the lobby is not good, the smell of sweat and blood permeate the hall, what does Su Rui do, she has smelled even worse in the hospital before, but Sikong Jin has always been pampered, and he is a little uncomfortable.

He raised his finger and covered it slightly under his nose, and lowered his eyes, "What is the matter of looking for this king?" ”

The man at the head looked to be in his forties, and he was slightly better dressed than the others, and he looked a little polite, not as nervous and cramped as the others.

He knelt down, and the people behind him had already gotten up, and when they saw him kneeling, they all knelt down with him.

"What is this for? Let's all get up and talk back. It's cool on the ground. Sikong Jin said unhurriedly. His gaze swept over the crowd, and his gaze fell on those who were wounded, knife wounds.

Sikong Jin is a person who practices martial arts, and he can only see it at a glance. Those men had not only stab wounds but also sword wounds.

These people looked like ordinary peasants, how could they be wounded by swords?

"Go back to the prince." The middle-aged man in his forties got up again. "The grass people are residents of this Linshan Village, which is not far from this town, a few miles away." The man was still a little nervous, on such a cold day, he just said a few words, and a little bead of sweat appeared on the tip of his nose.

He said that the back was already a little stumbling.

Suri said to Ruri, "Let him drink some water, speak slowly." ”

"Yes." Liuli poured a cup of hot water and handed it to the middle-aged man, the man took it gratefully, moistened his throat, held the hot water in his hand, the man calmed down a little, he smiled honestly at Su Rui, "Thank you, Niangniang." ”

"Go on." Su Rui nodded yes and smiled back.

"Yes." The man said, "The grass people are the new village chief of Linshan Village, named Geng Erniu. He continued, "There are 200 villagers in Linshan Village, and there are about 100 men. The harvest in the village is quite stable, and everyone is rich, but this year, the harvest is not very good, but there is surplus grain from previous years to survive this winter. Everyone is counting on plowing the fields again in the spring, and there is a hope. Just last night, our village was robbed. Not only was the food snatched, but even the seeds left behind were also snatched. The gang of robbers also injured many middle-aged men in the village, and even robbed many girls to leave. We have always been the people of the crops, and where the enemy lives the crazy people. He said that he was already a little choked up, and pulled up his sleeves to wipe his eyes that were confused by tears.

"We originally wanted to go to the county seat to report to the official, but the wind and snow are really too big." Geng Erniu continued, "You can only bring the injured people to the town to seek medical treatment first. But there wasn't much medicine in the pharmacy. I'm really sad. The second child of the pharmacy said, the prince is here, and we are in this town. So we were bold and came to ask the prince to make decisions for us. ”

Sikong Jin's face was solemn.

Seeing that Sikong Jin was silent, Geng Erniu didn't know what this beautiful prince who looked like a person on a painting meant.

As soon as he was in a hurry, he knelt down again, "Lord, we don't want anything else, we just want to live and work in peace and contentment, have fields to plant, grain to eat, and hot kang heads for wives and children." But the robbers not only robbed the grain, but also the seeds, and even robbed the girls in the village. Lord Wang, if you don't make decisions for us, we really have no way to live! ”

After he finished speaking, he couldn't stop kowtowing, and the villagers behind him also knelt down and kowtowed together.

Su Rui's heart softened, and she turned her eyes to look at Sikong Jin. The side of the Sikong brocade jade carving is perfect, like a finely carved jade carving.

"Get up." Feeling Su Rui's gaze, Sikong Jin glanced at her, and then asked slowly, "How many robbers are there?" Horseback riding or walking? ”

"Back to the prince, it's dark, it's windy and snowy, we're all asleep, and we don't see it too real." Geng Erniu thought for a while and said, "There are about thirty people, riding horses. ”

More than 30 people, riding horses, Sikong Jin looked at the wind and snow outside, this kind of weather, even if you ride a horse, you can't go too far. Besides, it's still night, and when I go back, I can't go far with the things and girls with the guns. If you can know where they are, it will not be difficult to find them.

Sikong Jin knew that there was indeed a group of bandits occupying the mountain in this vicinity, but they were usually very low-key, and although he had lived in the other courtyard in the valley, he didn't have the heart to care about these things at that time, and the magistrate here also knew about the existence of this gang of thieves, and he had repeatedly asked the court to allocate funds to suppress the bandits, and the court also approved it, but he didn't expect that after so many years, this bandit had not been eliminated.

After so many years, they still exist, but I am afraid that there are some Taoism. So it can't be taken lightly.

Sikong Jin asked in detail, and only after he had asked all the questions did he wave his hand.

"Lord Wang." A guard behind him stepped forward and clenched his fist, "What do you command?" ”

"You take fifty cavalry and go to Linshan Village with Geng Erniu, check on the spot, and first investigate where the thieves' lair is. Don't act rashly first, and report to the king at any time after finding out the situation. Sikong Jin said.

"Yes." The guard took the order and withdrew.

When Geng Erniu heard this, he was busy and kowtowed. "Thank you, thank you, thank you."

"Not necessarily." Sikong Jin motioned for him to get up. "Just follow them."

"Yes." Geng Erniu knocked again before standing up, and he said a little embarrassedly, "There is another request, please allow the prince." ”

"Say it." Sikong Jin said.

"The little two in the pharmacy said that they didn't have much medicine for their injuries. They were all bought by the people in this inn. The little one wants to ask the prince to help ask, can you even some medicine out, we don't have much silver, but we pay to buy it. Yesterday many people in the village were injured, and a few were seriously injured. ”

When Su Rui heard this, she was slightly embarrassed, this thing was done by her in the morning......

"Who bought the medicine?" Sikong Jin looked around and asked.

"Lord Wang. It's a concubine. Su Rui hurriedly whispered, and she tugged at Sikong Jin's sleeve.

"Oh, then please ask the princess to bring out some medicinal herbs." Sikong Jin was a little surprised, but he still said gently.

"The medicine was handed over to Mr. Hua for safekeeping." Su Rui stood up, "The concubine will go and get it." With that, she walked back to the back hall.

Lady Hua lived with Li Yan, and when Su Rui entered the house, Lady Hua was not there, and Su Rui estimated that he was at Feng Ling'er's place.

"Mother." Seeing Su Rui come in, Li Yan was rummaging through the herbs drying in the house, he was first overjoyed when he saw Su Rui's figure, and then immediately stood up, "Are you looking for Mr. Hua?" He just got out. ”

The room is warm like spring, he is not wearing much, wearing Mr. Hua's plain white robe, I don't know if it is because of the medicine in the room or Mr. Hua's old robe, his body contains a faint medicinal fragrance, very good.

Mr. Hua's robe was a little short for Li Yan, and he simply rolled up his sleeves, which looked a little capable.

"I'm here to get some medicine for the wounds we went to buy in the morning." Suri said with a smile. "Are you helping the master dry the medicine?"

"Yes. Mr. Hua said that these medicines had been wet with snow when they came out of Zhuangzi and had to be dried. Li Yan said, "I can't go anywhere, I can only do my best." ”

When they escaped from the villa, Doctor Hua was afraid that something would happen to everyone's body, so he tried his best to bring out some rare herbs, but they were all soaked with snow. In order to preserve them well. They can only be dried again. Li Yan's injury has just improved a little, and now the identities of Sikong Jin and Su Rui are no longer hidden from everyone, and Li Yan, as an outsider, also tries to avoid going out, so as not to cause something.

Li Yan looked at Su Rui's face, and there was a slight coolness in his heart. It seemed that an incomprehensible sourness seeped from the depths of his heart, and then slowly flowed to his limbs, and this feeling made him a little confused.

In just two or three days, Li Yan felt as if she was far away from herself, even if she was standing in front of her as before, but between the two of them, it seemed that there was an insurmountable mountain between them. In the villa before, although he also guessed her identity, but she didn't show it, so he didn't know it.

But now he could no longer ignore that identity.

"By the way, does Gongzi Li know where the medicine brought back by the master in the morning is placed?" Suri asked.

"Oh. Over here. Li Yan opened a cabinet next to him, "I don't know what medicine Niangniang is looking for?" ”

"Wound medicine." Suri walked over with a smile, "I'll just take it myself." As she walked past Li Yan, her clothes brushed against his arm.

Li Yan's eyes faded a little, and he lowered his eyes to look at her blue clothes.

Su Rui and Doctor Hua had also learned to distinguish herbs for a while, so it was not difficult to find the medicine for treating trauma in the messy medicine in that cabinet.

She took a lot of it and walked away, but she couldn't take it a little, so she said to Li Yan, "Can you help?" ”

"Mother, just tell me." Li Yan hurriedly took the medicine from her hand, "Where are you going to send it?" ”

"The Frontroom." Suri said.

"Okay."

"Wait. Dress more first. Seeing that Li Yan was about to go out with the medicine like this, Su Rui hurriedly grabbed him, she put the medicine in her hand on the table first, and then picked up the cotton coat he put on the chair.

"Thank you, mother." Although he really wanted Su Rui to put it on for him with his own hands, Li Yan knew that he couldn't do it.

He also hurriedly took the padded coat and put it on.

When the two of them came to the front hall, Sikong Jin was still waiting for Su Rui, and Geng Erniu was also there.

Sikong Jin called someone to go to the largest hospital in the town, and invited two doctors to go back to the village with Geng Erniu to treat the injured villagers.

When Su Rui and Li Yan came, the people in the front hall were already ready to go. These peasants could leave at any time, and the guards under Sikong Jin were all well-trained.

Sikong Jin's gaze swept over Li Yan's face, and his eyebrows twisted slightly.

However, he was very calm, and after just a glance, he looked away and fell back on Suri's.

Su Rui handed the medicine to Geng Erniu, and Geng Erniu and the others thanked them for their kindness, and then walked out of the front hall with many guards.

When everyone was almost gone, Sikong Jin took Su Rui's hand and walked back to the room quickly.

"Who is the man in the robe?" Sikong Jin asked, his voice faintly a little unhappy and cold.

"Didn't they sue you?" Su Rui was a little surprised, "Liuli should have said it." His name is Li Yan. ”

"He's the one you saved?" Sikong Jin frowned and asked.

"That's right." Su Rui knew that Sikong Jin was very unhappy now, but she didn't understand where Sikong Jin's thin anger came from. Is it because Li Yan is a very beautiful man? No, Sikong Jin is not such a stingy person.

But it's hard to say, when he framed himself for having an affair with the guards, he was a little chicken belly guy!

"Stay away from him!" Sikong Jin dropped a sentence and immediately threw off his sleeves and went out. Leaving Su Rui alone, he stood in the room inexplicably, looking at his slightly angry back, stunned.