The weather is gradually entering the depths of winter, and this year's winter not only came very early, but also extremely cold, even in the capital which has always been relatively dry, this year is a heavy snowfall.

Although Sikong Mubai's cold poison was suppressed by Yueyinxian's medicine, his body was also deteriorating in such a cold winter.

In addition, after the recurrence of the cold poison last time, the vitality of the whole body was damaged, and basically there was no recovery, and now I can only hold the hand stove every day and wear a thick mink fur, which can barely hold on.

It will definitely not work if it goes on like this, in order to take care of him conveniently, An Moran asked him to ask for leave in the court, and also came to Zhuangzi to recuperate, it just so happened that this Zhuangzi has a hot spring, An Moran put some medicinal materials at the entrance of the hot spring pool every day, Sikong Mubai soaked twice a day in the morning and evening, supplemented by the medicine left by Yue Yinxian, it was much better.

However, there have been a lot of things in the DPRK and China recently, and Ye Qing has to personally run twice a day to deal with some of the excerpts that need to be handled by Sikong Mubai in the DPRK, and then send them back, and then take new ones over, so that sometimes he doesn't have to run twice a day.

The snow disaster near the capital has been suffered, and some towns in the south are even more miserable, the heavy snow has collapsed the houses in many places, and even many places have not had time to prepare because of the rush of winter, and many people have frozen to death and frostbite, on the contrary, the north has prepared in advance every winter, but it is better.

As a result, although it is still winter, there is still a faint spread of plague, and many people have to leave their homes in order to survive, hoping to find a safe place.

Requests for disaster relief from all over the country flew to the court like snowflakes and flew to the imperial case of His Majesty the Emperor.

The emperor has not closed his eyes for several days and nights, and has been thinking of a strategy, hoping that someone will help solve the epidemic and snow disaster as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, disaster relief is urgent, please give an order to start releasing grain for disaster relief immediately!" When he was in the last dynasty, the emperor was also forced to have nothing to say by officials large and small.

"Then who do you think is more appropriate for disaster relief?" The emperor sighed secretly, why didn't he want to send people for disaster relief, but every time he went for disaster relief, the selection of people was not good, but there were more mistakes, and he couldn't eat and sleep for this matter in the past few days.

Su Hanyu has always known the emperor's mind the most, so he thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I think it is most appropriate to choose one of the several princes in this matter. ”

"Huh? Who does Su Xiang want to recommend? The emperor thought about it, if this matter was to be done by his own son, it would be the most appropriate, but who would be the best?

The prince, the pillar of the town, but if the prince's power is too great, it will affect his prestige, and if King Qi is in bad health, and the war in the north still needs him to be in charge, then only King Rui is left.

Su Xiang really understood the emperor's thoughts, and said directly: "The minister recommends His Royal Highness King Rui, although His Royal Highness King Rui is young, he has always done things safely, what does Your Majesty think?" ”

"Che'er, Su Xiang recommended you to go to disaster relief, you might be able to do it?" The Emperor looked at Sikong Qianche, who was standing below.

"The son is willing to go to the disaster area for his father." Sikong Qianche is also a very discerning child, how could he not understand that his father asked so, that is, nine times out of ten, it has been decided.

"Okay, this disaster relief is in charge of King Rui, with the assistance of the household department and Dali Temple." The emperor directly decided all the candidates.

Although the granary and silver of the household department have not yet been sown, the local government has long given the power to open the warehouse and release grain and resettle the displaced people, but the daily sharp increase in the number of displaced people and the number reported make Sikong Qianche, who has always been careful, suspicious.

Sure enough, it doesn't matter if you don't check, a big problem is found when you check it.

Not only is there a deficit in the number of people reported by the local government every time, but even some of the granaries of the household department itself do not match the figures.

Sikong Qianche is stupid, how can there be such a thing?

He couldn't do such a big thing, so he immediately reported it to the emperor, and the emperor was furious when he heard this, and immediately asked for a big court meeting, and even Sikong Mubai, who was recuperating in the hot spring, was urgently recalled to the palace.

Everyone crowded one after another, and the emperor's face changed unpredictably: "Let's talk about it, what's going on?" ”

Sikong Qianche secretly glanced at the Hubu Shangshu, then at the prince, and said: "Two of the eight granaries of the Hubu are empty, and the number of displaced people reported by the local government and the number of people registered in previous years do not match. ”

The household department is the place where the prince is in charge, and now that there is such a big thing, the emperor looks directly at the prince: "Tell me about it, do you know what's going on?" ”

"Erchen ......" He glanced at the Tobe Shangshu: "I don't know." ”

"I don't know, Liang Aiqing, the prince doesn't know, and you don't know?" The emperor glanced at the Tobe Shangshu, and his eyes flashed with unkindness.

"Minister...... Guilty, the minister was negligent. "Tobe Shangshu is also an old fritter, and he only admits that he has neglected to supervise.

The emperor sneered: "Okay, the prince doesn't know, the head of the household department is still overlooked, come, the head of the household, should you say that you have just taken office, and you don't know about the oil and salt, and then continue to check, it is a warehouse management warehouse that emptied my granary?" ”

The ministers were worried in their hearts, everyone knelt on the ground, even the prince knelt down, only Sikong Mubai and Sikong Qianche were still standing, Sikong Mubai has always been so arrogant, and the criminal department and the military department he is in charge of have always been strict, it can be said that the water can't be splashed, so he stood proudly, but he has just been crowned king for only half a year, and Sikong Qianche, who has always been rich and noble, is in charge for the first time, and he made such a big move, he is a little panicked, and he doesn't know if he should kneel down.

"Who's going to explain to me how much filth there's in here!?" The emperor stood up angrily, walked among the ministers, looked at the unsuccessful prince, and wanted to kick him twice.

"Okay, since no one is talking, then check, check for me, if you let me know that any of you dare to take life-saving money and food, you have to wait."

The emperor is an old fox in the end, he has regained his composure after turning around, he has a cold face, looks at the ministers, and finally looks at Su Xiang: "I still believe in Su Xiang the most, Su Xiang said, who should be asked to investigate this matter?" ”

Su Hanyu was actually flustered at this time, he had always stood for the prince, but he didn't expect that now that there was such a big basket in the household department, he also had a lot of responsibility.

The old fox quickly calculated in his heart, and glanced at Sikong Mubai in front of him, he had seen the wrist of this young master, it was his own business that the water could not be dropped, the oil could not be spilled, it was not his own business, he didn't stretch out his hand, and his subordinates made mistakes, and they were the ones in the army at every turn, and no one dared to do things under his nose.

It stands to reason that recommending this master at this time can do things best, if the prince falls, he still has a recommendation merit here for this master, but he knows Sikong Mubai too well, even if he recommends him, what should happen in the future, and he will not be able to reap the benefits.

That...... He thought about it quickly, took a step forward, and said, "The minister thinks that Uncle Bai can preside over the case, assisted by King Chengjun." ”

Uncle Bai Guo is also the prince's nominal uncle, although the prince has no blood relationship with the queen, but he has been raised in the queen's palace since he was a child, and there is only one princess Changle under the queen's knees.

The emperor glanced at Su Xiang a few times with some doubts, and finally thought for a moment, and still said: "Then do what Su Xiang said, and this matter will be supervised by Su Xiang himself." ”

Su Hanyu understands that this time, the prince has escaped, even if the people below are gone, the prince's position should not change hands.

Sikong Qianche glanced at Su Hanyu with some surprise, he just thought that Su Hanyu would recommend his third brother, it was obvious that Sikong Mubai was much more reliable than Uncle Bai Guo in doing this.

Now it seems that I was really wrong.

In fact, the emperor also wants to let the prince go, he is still young, the prince can't have too much power, and he can't have no power, and all the princes are the same, including Sikong Mubai, who doesn't seem to have much interest in the throne.

Sikong Mubai is now in charge of the military power and is also in charge of the criminal department, if the crown prince falls at this time, then the world is afraid that it will be chaotic, and the emperor does not want to take this risk.

After a brief discussion of the disaster relief, Sikong Qianche hurriedly said: "Erchen is young, not as good as a few elder brothers, Erchen wants to ask his father to issue a decree, and the third brother will go out of Beijing for disaster relief together with Erchen." ”

The emperor glanced at his delicate little son and nodded: "If your third brother is willing to go, let him help you." ”

Forehead?

What does that mean?

Sikong Mubai shook his head helplessly in his heart, now that Beijing is in chaos, it is good that he has left this circle.

Then he went out of class and said: "Erchen is willing to go out of Beijing with the fourth brother for disaster relief." ”

The capital is so chaotic, it's more convenient to go out.

Sikong Mubai is actually not the best choice to go out of Beijing at this time, because his body really can't withstand the toss, but the water in the capital at this time is also deep, and there is no way to continue to stay.

Su Zhiyuan learned that Sikong Mubai was going out of Beijing, and his heart was very entangled, Su Zhiya is also in the recovery period now, and he will definitely need to take care of himself and An Moran in the later stage, if he and An Moran follow Sikong Mubai out of Beijing at this time, then Su Zhiya's side ......

She wanted to refuse, but as soon as she made a decision, An Moran actually received a letter from his master, asking him to immediately go to the worst-affected place in the south, because there was already a spreading epidemic there.

Su Zhiyuan could only swallow his saliva and said with difficulty: "Then you go back to your master's life, I will follow Sikong Mubai out of Beijing for disaster relief." ”

Sikong Qianche knew Su Zhiyuan's difficulties, so he said: "Don't worry about your sister's side, I have an absolutely safe person on my side, I will put him next to your sister, I can take care of your sister's body when I come, and I can protect your sister when I come." ”

"Who?" Su Zhiyuan looked at Sikong Qianche with a little doubt.

Sikong Qianche said: "I picked up the person two years ago, he is strong in martial arts, and he is also familiar with medical skills, I have been taking him close to me in the past two years, and I have done a lot of things for me!" ”

"Is that so?" Su Zhiyuan saw that Sikong Qianche was so determined, so he reluctantly accepted it.

After seeing this guard named He Xu, seeing that he was also honest and honest, the point was that he was very careful when taking care of people, Su Zhiyuan also transferred Xiaoli over, and left a few maids before her sister's side, so that she could always be around without a shortage of people, so that she dared to go out of Beijing with confidence.

Several people put on makeup and left Beijing, and asked the grain relief officer to delay it for half a day.

They were an outlier along the way, because most of them were heading north, and only a few of them were heading south in light cars.

It was the first time Su Zhiyuan had seen such a scene, on both sides of the official road, there were homeless people everywhere, maybe corpses, some people dragged their children and daughters, dressed in tatters, and their clothes were not covered, and they couldn't help but come up to ask for food when they saw them.

"Brother, what should we do?"

Sikong Qianche also encountered this situation for the first time, he had always stayed in the palace city, where had he seen so many homeless people.

Su Zhiyuan just wanted to distribute the dry food he brought with him to these homeless people, but Sikong Mubai glanced at it and said, "Don't give it." ”

"Why?" Sikong Qianche looked at his brother in surprise.

"Our purpose is to visit, there are people behind the disaster relief, and besides, how much dry food have we brought, can you manage one, can you manage so many people?" Sikong Mubai pointed to more homeless people in the distance: "You only need to give one, and the rest of the people will surround us, we don't have manpower now, we can't maintain order, and we won't be able to leave when the time comes, and we will even kill a lot of people." ”