400. Kneeling on your knees
Anyway, no one in the capital knew that the King of War and the Princess Protector were in Jiangnan. Even if it's to blame, it's just that you don't know the identity of the person who came, and you think someone is fake, what else can you do?
Besides, those who achieve great things should be decisive, not procrastinating and indecisive. Now that it's been done, there's no going back.
"That Lord Liang is really ...... Arrogant! Yan Lian naturally felt the compliment on the surface of others, and the disdain in her bones, so she looked at Beichen and said with a smile proudly.
"I hope he can continue to be arrogant," such a person is easier to grasp the handle.
What he's afraid of is the kind of delicate mind who obviously wants to kill you, but pretends to be honest and kind, stabs you in the back, and can smile at you.
Seeing Beichen's gloomy face and suppressed anger, Yan Lian was also very distressed. She knows that Beichen Ao, like the people, hopes for peace, so that their family can have a real reunion and enjoy a peaceful day.
Since the birth of the twins, the days in the palace are numbered.
It was better before, when he was in Guquan Village, at least he could still think about it and be freer, but since the identity of the King of War was exposed, the War King's Mansion was like an inn, no wonder the two children were reluctant to take care of him last time.
"The emperor has already issued an order, I came from the capital for farming, these days, I should let that Lord Liang arrange the arrangement, maybe, there will be an unexpected harvest, "There is no impermeable wall in the world, no matter what you do, there are always traces of tracks, just look at how God arranges."
Yan Lian's idea was right, a few days later, she really found out something, and it was extremely strict.
I don't know if it was a holy decree or a special notification to the officials in Jiangnan, anyway, when Yan Lian proposed to see the land here, Lord Liang and the officials agreed without thinking about it, and thoughtfully arranged for the agricultural officials to accompany them, and thoughtfully let Yan Lian raise her eyebrows - this is very courteous, a little too much.
"Your Royal Highness the Princess, this is Guantian, and now it's autumn, and the grain has just been harvested, so the field is a little desolate," the agricultural official's surname is Bai, an old man in his fifties, his temperament is uncertain, and he is lukewarm to Yanlian, what should be said, what should not be said, not a word of nonsense.
Yan Lian was wearing an ordinary skirt, plain and without a special shelf. She stood on the ground, looking at a great field so empty, suppressed the displeasure in her heart, and asked coldly: "After autumn, will the world here be like this?" β
"Her Royal Highness Princess Qiyu, this has been the case here since ancient times, but when you wait until the autumn harvest, the heaven and earth here will be empty, and when tomorrow is early spring, the seeds will be sown," Bai Nongshi saw that the so-called officials asked about things that all the people knew, and he couldn't help but feel disdainful, thinking that this so-called princess who protected the country came to Jiangnan was nothing more than a show, what could be changed.
"Go forward," Yan Lian didn't say anything more, but pinched the corners of her skirt and continued to walk forward...... The more you go inside, the more desolate it becomes, and the Yanlian you see is shocking.
At this time, it was only autumn, and the beautiful mountain land was so empty, making her heart bleed.
"How's this year's harvest going?" Yan Lian looked into the distance and asked in a deep voice.
"Average, similar to previous years!" Bai Nongshi felt that people were just here to shop, and his attitude began to cope.
"Where's the food?" Yan Lian wants to know the quality of the food, so that she can decide what to plant next, how to break the original trajectory, and let all the qiΔ start planning again.
"Grain?" Bai Nongshi's tone turned a little weird, and then his face turned pale, and he said sternly: "The grain is naturally in the granary, could it be that Her Royal Highness the Princess doesn't even know this?" β
What a princess who protects the country, she is simply deceiving the people.
Yan Lian understood Bai Nong's disdain and ridicule, but she didn't want to explain anything, because she didn't do anything, she said too much, it was just empty talk, and it didn't make much sense.
"This palace is going to take a look," Yan Lian naturally didn't ignore the surprise and surprise in the tone of the people's tone, and immediately demanded.
"Your Royal Highness Princess," Bai Nongshi, who was still perfunctory, suddenly said with a stern tone of fists: "This grain is harvested into the granary, naturally it can't be opened at will, if the grain is damp, this loss will be great!" β
Since you don't know anything, you can fool around casually, and you will definitely be able to get by.
But if people knew that the annual grain harvest of a Guquan Village was more than hundreds of thousands of catties, and it was stored in the granary or treasury of the Zhanwang Mansion, they would not know if they would be so ashamed.
"Really?" Yan Lian replied lightly, not insisting on checking.
She knew that there was something wrong with the grain in Jiangnan. It doesn't matter how much you harvest, because if you don't do a good job, there will always be a big difference. However, when was it stipulated that even the granaries could not be opened?
Is it true that when the people have harvested grain, they just put it for seeing, and they can't even eat it?
How many problems are there in this Jiangnan!
Yan Lian knew that people were completely perfunctory to themselves, treating themselves as a straw bale princess who didn't know anything, and she didn't explain, she asked casually, and got a lot of information from the perfunctory attitude of others, and felt that if Beichen Ao wanted to start investigating, she would start with food first, and estimate that she could kill a lot of people.
If you don't know where to start, then mix the water in the south of the Yangtze River a little first, and everyone will start to be in danger, and the gap will not be a problem.
It is said that there is no impermeable wall in the world, and it really is.
Dong Congrong and Mei Yilan did not live in a guest house according to Yan Lian's suggestion, but instead made a mysterious merchant to live in a private house, and gradually, he also learned some strange news from the mouths of the people - about iron ore.
Iron ore, which is the most important raw material for forging weapons, is generally found, and can only be reported to the imperial court, and even local officials have no right to interfere.
But now, not only did the imperial court not get the news, but the officials in Jiangnan began to recruit people to dig iron ore privately.
"Forging weapons privately, digging iron ore privately, concealing grain harvests, this pile, one by one, is not that a major matter that will cause disaster to the nine clans? Could it be that the entire Jiangnan officials are hugging together, planning to have a result of both prosperity and loss? "Beichen Ao is angry, I feel incredible.
Such a major event, if one is discovered, that is, the great crime of destroying the nine clans, how many innocent people will be implicated. But that's it, but nothing has been exposed, if they hadn't come to Jiangnan secretly, I'm afraid things would have been even more crazy.
"Beichen Ao, I think that things may not be as bad as you think," Yan Lian remembered the Lord Zhang that day, and said thoughtfully: "How many officials are there in the entire Jiangnan, it is impossible for all of them to be bought by the Yue family, there will always be a few smart ones, or those who are silent, it is better to open the gap from here and see, for example, the Lord Zhang who was in the Ouyang family that day, he is a little weird!" β
Whether it's a cow or a horse, pull it out and slip it, and you can know the difference!
The matter is urgent, Yan Lian and Beichen Ao can only be investigated separately.
"What did the princess do today, and what did she ask?" Lord Liang asked Bai Nong about it almost every day, and he didn't let go of a single bit.
"Lord Hui, the lower official led the princess of the protector to check everywhere, basically nothing unusual!" Bai Nongshi bowed his head slightly, but his eyes flashed heavily.
How much official food in Jiangnan has disappeared, if it is really known by the princess who protects the country, not only the prince and the princess are in danger, but I am afraid that even they will be wiped out.
I thought that the imperial court would send a useful person who could break the strange situation in Jiangnan, but a princess with a straw bag came to me, which was infuriating.
"Then still do it, good life waits, what to say, what not to say, you should be clear!" Lord Liang's face flashed with cruelty, and he said angrily.
"Xia Guan understands!" Bai Nongshi lowered his head and held his breath.
"Lord Liang? White farming? Yan Lian came out of it and shouted in surprise when she saw the two of them coming out of the house together.
"Meet Her Royal Highness the Princess," the two saluted as soon as they saw each other.
"No courtesy," Yan Lian stretched out her hand to help, then looked at them and asked, "Is Bai Nong busy with something?" β
"Her Royal Highness Princess Qiyu, the officials are fine!"
"Oh, I thought you had something important to talk about together," Yan Lian muttered casually, and then said with a smile: "Since there is nothing to do, let's continue to accompany the palace," In the past few days, she has been walking around the ground like a fool, not saying anything, not caring about anything.
"Bai Nongshi, be a good hospitality, you must take care of the princess," Lord Liang commanded with a smile on the side, thinking that this straw bale princess would pretend.
"Yes," a layer of complexity flashed in Bai Nongshi's eyes, and the thoughts that flashed were captured by Yan Lian. She looked at the somewhat smug Lord Liang quietly, and then pretended that nothing had happened, and walked out again .......
"You ...... Guys, hurry up, take good care of Her Royal Highness the Princess and Bai Nong, if anything happens to Her Royal Highness the Princess, be careful of your dog's head," Lord Liang saw them go out, and hurriedly ordered a dozen or so people on the side.
Is this fanfare order for them not to know that someone is watching them now?
I always thought that Bai Nongshi was in league with Lord Liang, but now it seems that this matter is still to be discussed.
As soon as he saw the person following behind, Bai Nongshi's brows furrowed slightly, but Yan Lian saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart. Those people were sent by Lord Liang to spy on her and Bai Nong, not the ones she thought she was alone.
That's kind of interesting!
"Your Royal Highness Princess, this is Mintian," has been wandering around, and will always turn out of Guantian, so when Yan Lian stepped forward, she was stopped by Bai Nongshi.
"What's wrong with Mintian? Since the palace has been ordered by his father to come to Jiangnan to manage agricultural affairs, it is natural that even the people will take care of it together," Yan Lian pretended to be arrogant.
When Bai Nong heard this, his brows furrowed even deeper. "Princess Qiyu, now that the autumn harvest has passed, if the people see someone from the government, they will be frightened!"
After Yan Lian heard this, she looked back at the neatly dressed officials behind her, and frowned slightly: "You stay here, you are not allowed to come with you without the order of the palace!" β
The group of people behind didn't take Ying Yanlian in their eyes at all, and when one of them took the lead, when he heard it, he immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess Qiqi, Lord Liang ordered the little ones to take full care of Her Royal Highness the Princess's safety, and I really don't dare to leave without permission, and I ask Her Royal Highness the Princess to understand!" β
"What kind of understanding or not, you dare to spoil the opportunity for this palace to show your face in front of your father, believe it or not, this palace will let Lord Liang cut off your heads now?" Yan Lian pretended to be ignorant and arrogantly threatened, and played a bullying princess vividly.
"But the princess ......," the person who came wanted to argue with reason, but was unceremoniously interrupted by Yan Lian.
"What is unbelievable, in the past, it was the people's house, who dared to be unreasonable to this palace? Besides, you are better dressed than this palace, and with you going, the identity of this palace will be more exposed! "She is dressed simply, and the white peasant is also dressed simply, so the most problematic thing is that these officials who want to use their identity to intimidate something.
"You stay here, this official will accompany Her Royal Highness the princess for a walk," Bai Nongshi saw that it was not good to make trouble, so he winked at the person who took the lead, and said loudly: "This is all people's homes, there will be no problems, we will come back when we go!" "These days, this high-spirited princess, she didn't leave when she arrived at a place that day, when can she really pay attention to the issues that should be paid attention to?
"Yes!" As soon as they saw Bai Nongshi accompanied, several people discussed it and agreed.
Seeing this, Yan Lian snorted coldly pretending to be dissatisfied, and then turned around and strode forward, as if she was angry, only she knew how heavy the expression on her face was.
These people tried to spy on themselves, but fortunately, at the beginning, they didn't show any momentum, making everyone think that she was a useless princess, otherwise, it would be really difficult to take a step.
Bai Nongshi could only raise his feet and try his best to catch up, fortunately, he walked in the field all the year round, and he would not lose face, but he was surprised in his heart: this princess's feet are so strong that she almost can't catch up with him.
When Yan Lian felt that it was almost over, she put down her steps, pretending to be tired and being caught up by Bai Nongshi, and when the two of them were only one or two steps away, Yan Lian suddenly asked in a sharp tone: "Bai Nongshi, where did all the official grain in Jiangnan go?" β
"Huh!?" This split question made Bai Nongshi's feet suddenly soften, and he felt that the princess in front of him was like a different person, and he couldn't resist it.
"Bai Nongshi, don't let this palace question a second time," At a corner, Yan Lian knew that those officials couldn't see her and Bai Nongshi, so she reminded her in a sharp voice.
Bai Nongshi only felt that his head was very chaotic, completely confused, and he didn't know how to speak.
"The lower official doesn't understand what the princess means!" This princess...... Don't...... The previous qiΔ, are they all pretended? The current aggressive momentum has a kind of posture of a superior.
Was he deceived by Her Royal Highness the Princess? No, it was Her Royal Highness the Princess who deceived everyone, including Lord Liang. Everyone thinks that the princess who protects the country is a good-for-nothing straw bale princess.
"Don't understand?" Yan Lian glanced at him and said coldly: "Bai Nongshi, don't treat this palace as an idiot princess, if this palace really doesn't have the slightest ability, can you follow the war king to Jiangnan?" Didn't the people in the capital tell Lord SΓΉ Liang that the grain and grass planned for this war in the north had taken out a million catties of grain from the palace alone? β
Bai Nongshi was shocked, this million catties of grain was really a big number for him.
Alone? Did you mean that the princess was alone? Such a gap made Bai Nongshi feel as if he was still in the clouds, and he couldn't come back to his senses.
"Princess Qiyu, there is indeed a problem with the official food in Jiangnan," knowing that the princess in front of her was not a straw bale princess, but really had some ability, Bai Nongshi immediately knelt down and said.
"Tell me everything you know," Yan Lian didn't let Bai Nong get up, but ordered in a stern tone.
"Yes," Bai Nongshi sorted out his excitement, bowed his head and said: "Xia Guan is an agricultural official, so he naturally knows how much grain will be in the autumn harvest in Guantian, and how much grain tax the people will pay...... The grain was loaded into the government's warehouse, and it was not allowed to be used privately without an order. However, once before, Xia Guan entered the granary to check the old grain left last year, but inadvertently found that the grain in the granary was nearly half less, although the outside was well camouflaged, but Xia Guan secretly checked and found that the grain had already been dropped, and he didn't know where to go! β
"Have you told Lord Liang about this?" Yan Lian controlled her anger and asked again.
Bai Nongshi shook his head and said with some confusion: "After the lower officials found out, they originally wanted to tell Lord Liang. However, before the lower official came out of the granary, Lord Liang got the news. Presumably because he was afraid that the lower officials would know the secrets in the granary, Lord Liang had been trying, and the lower officials pretended to be deaf and dumb, always lamenting that this year's harvest was not good, and it was not as good as last year. β
After saying that, he was the first to be beheaded. It doesn't matter if he dies, but he must always be blinded to death, and find out what food has gone where.
"You mean Lord Liang knows that the grain has been dropped? Still testing you? "How many things has this Lord Liang been mixed with? Isn't he afraid of death, not afraid of being wiped out of the Nine Clans?
"It should be so," after telling the secret in his heart, Bai Nongshi felt that even if he died, he would be able to look at it, and his tone was much more relaxed. "Also, since Her Royal Highness the Princess and Her Royal Highness the King of War came down, Lord Liang not only asked the lower officials to tell the princess's words and deeds every day, but even the people who followed the King of War had to tell them one by one, being cautious, as if they were very guarded!" He was angry before, because he felt that the princess did not meet the legend outside, and he felt disappointed, so he was perfunctory.
Lord Liang, on the other hand, was very vigilant from the beginning.
"Coo...... just when Yan Lian was about to ask something, suddenly the cuckoo's call sounded in the quiet environment, which made Yan Lian frown, and hurriedly ordered: "Get up quickly, go,"
Bai Nong didn't know what was happening, so he staggered to his feet and followed the princess away.
Just as they disappeared around the corner, the officials who were supposed to be standing there and waiting appeared.
"We're like this, aren't we!?" Some people hesitated, thinking that it was a little bad to follow the princess and Bai Nong. If it is discovered, it will be embarrassing.
"What's so bad, if it's discovered, just say it's to protect the princess's safety, could it be that the straw bale princess can still kill us?" The leader's disdainful mockery, thinking of the identity of the person who came, said a little irritably: "It's really a good fate, such an idiot can also be named the princess of the country by the emperor!" β
Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to say a word, so they didn't know whether to retreat to their original positions or continue to ...... forward.
"Let's go, follow up," the person who took the lead saw the person behind him hesitating, so he said sharply: "Then don't forget jΓ¬, it was Lord Liang who ordered it!" β
As soon as Master Liang was mentioned, everyone shuddered, and immediately quickened their pace to follow.
After noticing the faster and faster footsteps behind her, Yan Lian sneered in her heart, and found that this Lord Liang was more authoritative than her own princess.
"Go this way," Yan Lian ran around with Bai Nongshi like a headless fly, but she remembered that she would never break into the village of those people.
If the Liang Lord knew that they had entered the village and did not know what they had done, they might have caused trouble to the people, so they only wandered around the fields, and after noticing that those people were about to follow, they deliberately rested in the fields and talked about farming, as if nothing had happened.
The pursuit of the officials attracted the attention of some people, and it was even more frightening.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, Lord Bai," after the officials caught up, they saw the princess and Bai Nongshi standing in the fields of the people talking something, their eyes flashed, and they stepped forward to salute.
Yan Lian glanced behind her, and when she saw the people standing far away and talking, her face suddenly changed, and she said sharply: "The order of this palace, you should all be in the ears, aren't you?" β
"The subordinates don't dare!" Everyone was startled and immediately knelt down.
"Humph!" Yan Lian pretended to be angry and didn't let them get up, so she turned around and left.
This time, the officials were tragic. Autumn is not very cold, but with the autumn wind is strong, it is not pleasant to kneel like this - and there is a large group of people watching the excitement behind it.
Kneeling and kneeling, Yan Lian had already walked away, and she had no intention of letting them get up at all.
Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to get up.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, is it so good?" Bai Nongshi glanced back at the officials who were still kneeling in the field, and was entangled in their hearts - they were unlucky to meet a pretending to be arrogant and intelligent.
"What's so bad?" Yan Lian didn't even look back.
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