In this way, the two spent the first night back to Scoop City silently.

However, this night, it was not peaceful outside, and massacres and rebellions occurred in all corners of Yangzhou and even Qingzhou.

The crown prince was one step ahead of the king and led the troops to Qingzhou, and the salt gangsters from all over Yangzhou had long been wanted by the Yangzhou government.

So the prince left Yangzhou early, and did not grab the remaining leftovers with King Xian.

Every time a stronghold is discovered, it is a battle, and in just one night, the Yangzhou government and the military have suffered repeated setbacks.

Among them, there were some local officials who actually led their subordinates to surround their county officials, but they finally resisted stubbornly.

"Tonight's incident, I don't want it to reach the palace, it will be very difficult for His Royal Highness to do it!"

That day, the general who surrounded and suppressed Xi Yuanxiu and others in Yangzhou Mansion said to his subordinates.

At this time, the Dongtai County Ya in front of him was already in ruins, the raging fire was still burning, and the black smoke from the flames was soaring into the sky.

Dongtai Zhixian knew that he had no way out, so he dispatched all his manpower and prepared to flee in a panic.

But where are those people the enemies of the military, but the practice of Dongtai Zhixian made His Royal Highness the Xianwang not very happy, so he simply left no one, including the family members of Dongtai Zhixian.

But what His Majesty the Emperor is most afraid of is this kind of bloodshed in Qingyang and Yangzhou, and he is afraid that the rule that has been consolidated over the years will no longer exist.

It will make the people's hearts unstable and give birth to the intention of restoring the country.

Soon, this Dongtai Yamen, which is second only to the Yangzhou Salt and Iron Division, only a few wisps of green smoke remained, and there were ashes all over the ground.

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"The cleaning of Yangzhou is a bit loud!"

Xi Yuanxiu sat on the ground, drank porridge and said.

Because everything was smashed by the people in the city, the two didn't even have a place to eat properly.

Before Liu Xiao made breakfast, Xi Yuanxiu received the news of last night's cleaning.

Liu Xiao nodded yes and said: "On the other hand, Qingzhou, which is presided over by the crown prince, is gradual and unhurried, and it looks better than His Royal Highness the king!" ”

Xi Yuanxiu didn't understand what the intention of offering the king was, but it must not be as written in the letter.

Do you want to suppress it first, Xi Yuanxiu smiled and licked the porridge in the bowl with his tongue.

Liu Xiao took out another letter of belief and said: "Most of the people in the Chenghua Gang have been driven to the vicinity of the East China Sea at this time, I am afraid that they want to escape to the sea!" ”

After listening to this, Xi Yuanxiu roughly thought about the island after going to sea, and thought that it was indeed possible.

There are many islands in the east of the sea, and there are many reefs, if these people do become sea bandits, it may be another threat to the nearby fishermen.

Jingguo did not have the concept of a navy, and never wanted to put it into construction.

Only the king of Pingnan had a naval army to fight against Nanzhao, and there was no other army that could go to the sea.

Xi Yuanxiu then returned to the house, picked up the pen, scribbled a number of crosses, and then handed it to Liu Xiao, saying, "It must be delivered to King Xian before those people go to sea." ”

Liu Xiao understood what Xi Yuanxiu meant, nodded vigorously, and trotted all the way to the backyard, whistling and calling for the carrier pigeons flying to Dongtai.

Among the many carrier pigeons, he finally found the carrier pigeon with the Dongtai logo, tied it and sent it away, and was about to go back to the house to talk to Xi Yuanxiu, but found that he was asleep on the side again.

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Looking at Qingzhou in a blink of an eye, the prince seemed to have predicted where those people from the Yishui Gang would appear, and without much effort, he arrested all the salt gang dealers in Qingzhou.

And those Qingzhou officials involved in the case had no intention of resisting, and some even asked their subordinates to tie themselves up and send them to the prince in person.

In front of the Qingzhou Mansion, the Qingzhou prefect said flatteringly: "It is worthy of His Royal Highness the Prince, the master of the East Palace, and then look at His Royal Highness Xianwang, it is too much worse than you!" ”

The prince rode on a horse, looked at the Qingzhou prefect contemptuously and said, "No matter how bad the fourth child is, it will not be your turn to judge!" ”

The prefect of Qingzhou hurriedly said in fear: "That's nature, that's nature, but the prince is wise and martial, and the lower officials admire it from the bottom of their hearts!" ”

"There's a lot of nonsense, this palace wants to go and sit down first!"

After speaking, the prince dismounted directly and entered the Qingzhou Mansion, followed by the Qingzhou Prefect.

And this matter also spread back to Huangcheng, and Xi Yuanxiu, who had already woken up, rubbed his thighs and looked at the words on the letter.

"Master, what do you think?"

Liu Xiao was classifying the news from all over the world at this time, and replied angrily: "What else can you think, isn't every official doing this to please the prince?" ”

Xi Yuanxiu looked at the last of the letter: "I stayed for about an hour!" ”

"Qingzhou is standing in line!"

Liu Xiao put down the envelope in his hand, looked at Xi Yuanxiu and asked, "The prefects in various places also need to stand in line?" ”

Xi Yuanxiu couldn't help but think of Xue Luping, and he said slowly: "That's natural, Qing, Yang, Jing, Liang, Yong, except for Yongzhou, which has Chang'an, which doesn't need to stand in line, otherwise you are in Yangzhou, but these princes have a way to make you unable to live a peaceful life!" ”

Liu Xiao nodded slightly and said: "In this way, Qingzhou is on the side of the prince, and the king of Xian takes Yangzhou, and he still can't tell the difference!" ”

Xi Yuanxiu shook his head, he knew that Li Yuanhuan had suffered a big loss this time.

Liu Xiao asked puzzledly, "Am I not right?" ”

"The prefect of Qingzhou got on the prince's ship by himself, but who in Yangzhou can get on the car of the king?"

Liu Xiao was about to blurt out the three words Xue Luping, but he was swallowed alive.

"Yangzhou is now different from Qingzhou, even before the king returns to Beijing, you can see the newly appointed Yangzhou prefect, but Yangzhou has such a thing to change the new prefect, how can he dare to choose which side to stand on just now, if the new Yangzhou prefect really dares to be so bold, unless he is His Majesty's person, otherwise his brain is not very good!"

Liu Xiao nodded and said: "I understand what Brother Xiu'er said, since the new Yangzhou prefect was sent by His Majesty, then it must be His Majesty's favorite, or there will be His Majesty's people to follow, in short, this time the king lost a little badly!" ”

Xi Yuanxiu responded to Liu Xiao and said, "Yes, this time the prince won!" ”

But he was thinking in his heart, why Li Yuanhuan chose to stay in Yangzhou knowing that it was difficult for the new Yangzhou prefect to win over, and he also committed the most taboo indiscriminate killing of His Majesty.

can still let those grass cowards of the Chenghua Gang wander to the vicinity of the East China Sea, Xi Yuanxiu can only attribute this to the torture of the prince to him in the past few days and his eagerness for quick success, and he wants to make a comeback.

But Xi Yuanxiu suddenly thought, what if the new prefect of Yangzhou was the one who offered the king?