However, there was still no sound inside, so Xiao Yuan pushed Zhang Lin away, stepped forward by himself, and knocked on the door directly, with a hint of weirdness in the silent night.

"Lord and princess, the lower officials have to tell me again, and please see the previous one." Xiao Yuan said with a dark face.

After finishing speaking, Xiao Yuan waited for a while, and at this time Zhang Lin also felt strange, that is, he really fell asleep, and he should have woken up according to Lord Xiao's knock on the door, but there was still no movement inside, there would not really be anything abnormal, then he was negligent, thinking of this, Zhang Lin couldn't help but secretly glanced at Xiao Yuan, thinking of Lord Xiao's torture methods, he panicked, and immediately withdrew his gaze.

Xiao Yuan's face sank completely, his frowning brows could kill the flies all the time, and he stood at the door with this look and waited for a while, there was still no sound inside, Xiao Yuan ran out of patience, and directly motioned to the guard standing behind him to push the door. It seems that the door was opened violently.

Under Xiao Yuan's instructions, several guards walked to the door together, intending to hit the door directly, so they mustered up their strength and rushed to the front, but at this moment, the door opened, and the person who opened the door inside saw that several people were rushing towards him, and they raised their feet without thinking.

At this time, the guards were too late to dodge, so they kicked to the ground one after another, screaming mournfully.

And it was none other than Xiao Pan who stepped forward to open the door, Xiao Pan was standing at the door wearing only a thin middle coat, looking like he had just gotten up.

Immediately, Xiao Yuan slowly looked at Xiao Pan's face, and saw that Xiao Pan's face seemed to be like the layers of black clouds before the storm came, which was depressing and frightening.

Xiao Yuan shook violently and immediately knelt down, feeling inexplicably frightened, and hurriedly said, "Lord Wang's forgiveness!" As soon as Xiao Yuan knelt down, the group of people behind him, including Zhang Lin, also knelt down, and the group of people all lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at Xiao Pan.

And Xiao Pan saw that the people in front of him knelt down, and then slowly spoke: "What is Lord Xiao doing?"

Xiao Pan's words were wrapped in a cold knife, Xiao Yuan's whole body shook, and then buried his head lower: "Lord forgive your sins!" Xia Guan is to discuss with each other, so he came to disturb in the middle of the night, and he also hopes that Wang Ye Haihan! ”

Xiao Pan's lips flashed with a layer of cold and hard arcs, as if playing with a knife: "Lord Xiao, you'd better have something important to tell, otherwise this king will never spare you."

A layer of cold sweat oozed from Xiao Yuan's back, and he hurriedly said, "Yes, yes."

Seeing this, Xiao Pan urged again: "Say it."

Xiao Yuan's brain spun up quickly, at the beginning, when Xiao Yuan came here, he already had seven or eight layers of certainty, and it was estimated that Xiao Pan and Chu Qingli were not there, and they were in a hurry, so why did they think of any important reason, as soon as Xiao Pan asked, Xiao Yuan lowered his head and turned wildly, the more anxious he was, the more he couldn't think of it.

Xiao Pan naturally knew that Xiao Yuan didn't have anything important to discuss when he came this time, it seemed that the matter of Qingtong Teahouse had alarmed Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yuan immediately came to confirm, wanting to see if he and Chu Qing were there, thinking of these Xiao Pan's faces became more and more difficult to see.

"Lord Xiao? The king's patience is limited, and the king advises you to hurry up if you have something. Xiao Pan said as he walked towards Xiao Yuan again, with a majestic momentum, pressing Xiao Yuan's head lower.

Xiao Yuan's forehead was full of cold sweat, he was obviously still expecting the cold spring, but Xiao Yuan's whole person was almost soaked with sweat, Xiao Pan on that end had run out of patience, and slowly raised his hand as if he was ready to make a move.

Xiao Yuan immediately shouted loudly: "Lord Wang! Rajah! Yes, yes! We're talking about taxes! There is a town in Yangzhou that seems to have a tendency to riot for tax purposes! Xia Guan was worried that the group of Diao people was really going to make trouble, so he came to discuss with the prince overnight! In the end, Xiao Yuan had no choice but to pick this matter to temporarily block Xiao Pan's actions. The first is to alleviate the current situation, and the second is to divert Xiao Pan's attention and not let Xiao Pan find out about Qingtong Teahouse. Anyway, this Xiao Pan doesn't claim to love the people like a son, and this matter will definitely hold Xiao Pan's heart.

Sure enough, Xiao Pan's raised hand slowly hung back, and the killing momentum around him was much lighter, Xiao Yuan mustered up the courage to look up secretly, and saw that Xiao Pan's face was not as dark as just now, Xiao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

I only heard Xiao Pan stand condescendingly and said: "If you have something, say it quickly, why grind and chirp, get up."

When the people present heard Xiao Pan's words, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Xiao Yuan was the first to stand up, and the people behind got up one after another, still hanging their heads and not daring to look at Xiao Pan, and the guards who were kicked to the ground by Xiao Pan were also helped up, and they felt that the pain in their abdomen was unbearable, and they were afraid that their ribs were broken.

Seeing that the crisis had passed, Xiao Yuan dared to stretch out his hand to wipe the cold sweat off his head, and then continued to explain: "What the prince taught me is that the next official will not dare next time!"

Xiao Pan nodded, and then said with a hint of impatience: "Then Lord Xiao can talk about the specific situation now, right?"

Xiao Yuan immediately nodded and said: "It's the prince, the town that Xia Guan wants to talk about is under the city of Yangzhou, the poorest town, close to the east, where there are many mountains and close to the sea, and the people can not cultivate much land, so they are in arrears of taxes year after year.

Hearing this, Xiao Pan's face slowly sank again: "Since it is such an important matter, why do you only tell this king now!" When this king first came to Yangzhou, why didn't you say it! ”

Xiao Pan scolded, and Xiao Yuan couldn't help but want to go back, but Xiao Yuan secretly pinched himself to hold back, and then Xiao Yuan explained the follow-up he had prepared: "Xiaguan looked at the prince and you came, and I didn't know about Yangzhou, so I didn't dare to mention it rashly, in case you had an impulse to go and investigate in person and were injured by the Diao people there, it would be difficult for the lower officials to apologize for their death."

Xiao Pan sneered in his heart, this Xiao Yuan said it well, I'm afraid that I can't do it tonight, so I reluctantly took a question to prevaricate him.

And Chu Qingli in the middle naturally heard their conversation clearly, and because Chu Qingli didn't show up, he sneered directly.

However, Xiao Yuan on the other end also seemed to have noticed something wrong, and after explaining, Xiao Yuan didn't wait for Xiao Pan to continue to ask, but asked first.