The eldest prince and the third prince went to the house in the morning on this day, and asked their respective housekeepers, and learned that no one came to them when they went to the early court, and they waited anxiously in the palace again, and a day passed, and they did not wait for someone to come back to report to them.

The next day, they met on the first floor of the world, they didn't know that the first floor of the world was the property under the name of the prince, only when it was the largest and best restaurant in the capital, and they were the princes, and of course they came out to eat the best restaurant.

"Brother Emperor, I don't know if the person you sent has returned?" The third prince took a sip of tea and asked.

"No, Third Emperor Brother, what about your people? Is there any news that there is not? The eldest prince asked, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.

"No, it stands to reason that they should come back to report after they succeed! According to the itinerary, I should have come back yesterday morning, even if there is a delay on the road, it will not be that there is no news until now. The third prince also realized that something was wrong.

The eldest prince's face was also very ugly, he pondered for a while and said, "They can't be failures, right?" ”

"It's impossible, all the people we sent out are strong in martial arts, one in a hundred, and the guards on the Seven Emperors' Mansion are just afraid that they won't be enough to fight at all." The third prince was very confident in the people he sent out.

"This king saw that there seemed to be a few fewer people in the forbidden army in the palace today, I heard that they were sent out by their father to carry out a mission, the third emperor brother, do you think they were sent by the father to protect the seventh emperor brother?" The eldest prince said thoughtfully.

"Brother Emperor, is this true?" The third prince was taken aback when he heard this.

"This king is just a guess, my father's mind is meticulous, who can guess what my father thinks? This king just felt that there was a familiar face missing from the forbidden army, which was a little strange. The eldest prince sighed and said, "However, if there are people from the forbidden army in the guards of the Seven Emperor Brothers, it will not be so easy to deal with." ”

"Hmmm! Let's investigate this matter again. The three princes frowned, feeling that things might not be as simple as they thought.

"If those people in the forbidden army are really going to protect the Seventh Emperor Brother, then the Father Emperor is probably suspecting that we are going to be unfavorable to the Seventh Emperor Brother." The eldest prince said worriedly, his face was very ugly.

"Brother Emperor, don't go down by yourself, in the eyes of this king, even if the father sends someone to protect the Seventh Emperor Brother, it may not be because he suspects us, you think, from the capital to Jiangnan, the road is far away, there are always bandits, bandits or something, it is normal for the father to send someone to protect him." Although the third prince was worried that the killers he sent had failed, he didn't think that the emperor would suspect them.

The prince and Cheng Xi walked for four days before they arrived in Jiangnan, but they had not yet arrived at the hardest-hit area, but along the way, they saw many people who had fled out, and when the victims saw them, they all surrounded them.

"Please, give us something to eat, we've been hungry for days and haven't eaten."

"Look at our children, they are dying of hunger, please give us something to eat!"

"Officials, those unscrupulous merchants have raised prices, and now they can't buy twenty catties of rice for one or two pieces of silver, how do you say we poor people can live?"

Cheng Xi looked out from the curtain of the car, and saw such a scene, she really couldn't bear to look at it, she looked at the prince, and the prince also saw it, and he ordered his subordinates to distribute some of the food they brought to these victims.

The prince thought about the words of the victims, so he asked Qin Dong to send his subordinates to pretend to be victims to understand the situation and see if it was true.

What makes them angry is that not only is the price of rice extremely high, but the price of all kinds of food is ridiculously high, so why don't they let the people live?

The prince's team entered the city, and the prefect came out to greet him, and the prince arrived at the palace and sat on the upper seat, and he asked: "Lord Zhang, when this king first came here, he heard from the victims that unscrupulous merchants were raising prices. ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, there is no such thing at all, this is all those who spread rumors among the people, please let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know." The prefect hurriedly denied it.

"Oh, the prefect said that there is no such thing, so why did the king's subordinates encounter it? Could it be that the prefect doesn't eat the fireworks in the world, and he doesn't need to buy firewood, rice, oil and salt? The prince said coldly.

The prefect suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he secretly said in his heart that it was not good, I am afraid that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had already sent someone to investigate, and he came here.

He was scared and anxious in his heart, and suddenly his heart moved, and he thought of a good excuse, he said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, there is still grain in the Weichen Mansion, but I haven't sent anyone to buy grain these days." ”

"You haven't sent anyone to buy food, so why are you so sure that it's a rumor spread by the people? I don't know if the prefect thinks this seat is comforting? The prince said angrily.

As soon as they entered the border of Jiangnan, they met the hungry victims, fortunately they came and brought a lot of food from the capital, which could be distributed to the victims, but now they have not yet reached the hard-hit area, they have to replenish food here, so as not to reach the hard-hit area and have no food.

It's hateful that the merchants here have raised their prices so high, and Qin Dong secretly investigated the news that these merchants who participated in the price hike are inextricably linked to the prefect, maybe it can be said that if they have nothing to do with the prefect, they can't open a grain store in this city.

The news that Qin Dong secretly investigated was that the grain stores in this city were monopolized by the people of the prefect's wife's mother's family!

How does this make the prince not angry? It's just that they have just arrived, and he can't get evidence for these things, so he can't remove the prefect. However, it is still okay to take those unscrupulous merchants.

The prince ordered those unscrupulous merchants to be arrested, and all the food in the store was confiscated, and some of them were taken away and kept for distribution to the hard-hit areas, and the other part was distributed to the victims in the city on the spot.

The people in the city and the victims of the disaster were all given food, and when the prince left here and went to the hard-hit area, they came to see him off.

And the eldest prince and the third prince in the capital couldn't wait for someone to come back to report, so they all sent people out to find the killers they had sent out before, and finally, many bodies of black-clothed people were found in the woods.

Only then did they know that their assassination of the prince had failed.

However, to their restlessness, the corpses of those men in black were far fewer than the number they had sent, so what had happened to the other killers?

Was he caught by the prince's men? Or did they run away on their own?

It's fine if you run away by yourself, but if you're caught by the prince's men, it's a bit of trouble!

Although they knew that those killers would not casually confess to the people who entrusted them, they were also worried that if the prince's methods were cruel, who would be able to bear it? If they can't bear it, give them up, and that's the end of it!

The eldest prince and the third prince were extremely worried, so they had to make an appointment to meet on the first floor of the world, what they didn't know was that their every move was all seen by the people on the first floor of the world, and what they said was all heard by the people on the first floor of the world.

The content of the dialogue between the eldest prince and the third prince was all passed to Qin Dong by the people on the first floor of the world, and Qin Dong would naturally tell the prince about the situation.

The crown prince who was far away in Jiangnan listened to Qin Dong's report and sneered, "This king had long expected that those killers were sent by one of them, but I didn't expect that they would unite to deal with this king, they really look up to this king!" ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, what should we do then?" Qin Dong asked.

"Just be careful, if they want this king to die, then they will definitely not stop there, and they will have follow-up actions." The prince said.

After the eldest prince said goodbye to the third prince, he did not return to the palace, but went to the Protector's Mansion, intending to find the Protector and Lu Yuchen to talk secretly, but who knew that he didn't meet Lu Yuchen, and only saw the Protector, but it was good to have the Protector Prince.

He knew that Lu Yuchen was not in the mansion at this time, so he went to find the woman who looked like Cheng Xi, and he didn't say anything, but just told the Protector that he had sent someone to assassinate the prince and suspected that the emperor had sent a master in the forbidden army to protect the prince.

The Protector thought about the latest disaster in Jiangnan that came recently, there was already a plague over there, and he told the eldest prince his plan, he must let the prince go and never return.

The eldest prince couldn't help but exclaim: Jiang is still old and spicy, and the protector is worthy of being scheming, with his help, he doesn't believe that the prince can come back alive!

When the prince and his entourage arrived in the hardest-hit area, in addition to seeing the devastation, they heard that there was a plague here.

Originally, the emperor sent the imperial doctor to accompany him, because he was worried that the prince's body would not be able to bear it, but now the imperial doctor came in handy, and the prince ordered them to treat the victims.

Cheng Xi also wanted to help, but was stopped by the prince, "Xi'er, you must not contact those disaster victims, lest you be infected." ”

"However, Your Highness the Crown Prince, if those victims are not treated in time, they will infect more people, and the plague will become more and more serious!" Although Cheng Xi knew that the prince was worried about herself and felt sorry for herself, she couldn't see death without help.

"Xi'er, you're still pregnant! If you don't think about yourself, you have to think about our baby! The several imperial doctors who accompanied him this time were all highly skilled, and the husband believed that they could treat these victims. Seeing what Cheng Xi wanted to say, the prince continued: "If they can't cure it, the husband will definitely let you help, okay?" ”

Cheng Xi looked at the prince's determined eyes, only nodded, and said, "Okay, then you let Qin Dong and them know about the situation of the victims, I also have some preventive medicines here to distribute to those who have not yet been infected." In addition, it is necessary to isolate those who have been infected from those who have not been infected to prevent more people from being infected. ”