Inside the tent, there is a lantern hanging here, the light and shadow are swaying and dim, but the furnishings in the tent are extremely simple, only one table and four chairs.

Sitting down on the chair, Sihan reached out and rubbed his slightly swollen eyes, and then said in a tone: "Shan Zhongze, let the state officials come in." ”

As soon as the end fell, Shan Zhongze's respectful voice came from outside the tent.

In a moment, the curtain of the tent not far away was lifted slightly and simply, and then, Shan Zhongze led several state officials into the tent quickly, and finally stood in front of Sihan.

Because of the tightness and weakness in their hearts, the state officials were sweating on their foreheads, and their legs were trembling uncontrollably. Several people were all pestled in place like wood, hanging their heads one after another, and no one dared to look at Sihan.

For a while, the atmosphere in the tent became more and more silent, and there was a bit of depression that could not be concealed.

Si Hanzai looked at them carefully a few times, then opened his thin lips and said in a low voice: "Do you know where the black-clothed people who attacked today came from?" ”

The low voice revealed a bit of majesty and coldness, but even so, because of the overnight journey, he was tired, and even the blurted out voice couldn't suppress a little dullness and hoarseness.

The state officials trembled, lowered their heads, and secretly looked at the state officials beside them, not knowing how they should react.

The eldest princess of Tanglin was in distress during the disaster relief in Jiangnan, and no matter what, they, the state officials of Jiangnan, could not escape their responsibility.

Yes, even if the eldest princess of Tanglin is safe and sound after all, if this master gets angry at this time, blame them for not controlling the security of Jiangnan, which caused her to almost lose her life.

The more I thought about it, the more frightened I felt.

The state officials' faces became paler and paler, and their bodies trembled more and more.

Sihan's eyes also sank for a while, and he asked in a low voice: "What this palace has just said, have you heard it?" ”

The state officials did not dare to delay any longer, and immediately nodded hurriedly.

Sihan continued to say coldly: "In this way, why don't you reply?" ”

The state officials looked at each other again, all wanting to embolden the people around them to speak out.

It's just that Sihan is at present, but no one dares to come out to answer, for fear that Sihan's fire will suddenly fall on him, and he will be the one who will be unlucky at that time.

In the bottom of everyone's hearts, they were so worried that no one dared to speak back.

Sihan stared at them coldly, coupled with the exhaustion, deep in his heart, he finally accumulated anger.

In just a moment, her face sank, and her palms slapped together on the round table.

In an instant, only an extremely shocking and crisp sound was heard, and the state officials' legs trembled, and they suddenly knelt down in fright again.

Sihan looked at it coldly, "Say, have you ever come into contact with those people in black today, or have you heard of them?" ”

One of them finally gained courage, and replied tremblingly: "Eldest princess, Jiangnan has been extremely calm in recent years, and the lower officials have really never come into contact with those black-clothed people, let alone heard of them. ”

As soon as these words fell, the rest of the state officials hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Sihan's pupils shrank, and he continued: "Although Jiangnan has been calm all these years, what are the strange or extremely powerful people who have been in and out of Jiangnan all these years? ”

The state official who spoke had a white face, couldn't help but reach out and wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, shook his head, and continued: "Hui, back to the words of the eldest princess, no, in the past few years, there have never been strange or extremely powerful people in Jiangnan. And most of the people who came to Jiangnan were literati and writers, and they wrote a lot of poems, but there were no strange and eccentric people. ”

Is it compensated?

Sihan's face also sank for a while, "Since the disaster in Jiangnan appeared, there are no suspicious people or powerful organizations in the Jiangnan area to incite the people?" ”

The state officials' eyes trembled more and more, sweating profusely, and they all lowered their heads, and no one said anything more.

Sihan's pupils shrank slightly, his silent and cold gaze swept towards them slightly, his voice was raised, and he continued: "If you don't find a powerful organization, then, around the south of the Yangtze River, can there be mountain bandits and bandits?" ”

The cold and deep voice revealed a bit of undisguised majesty and coldness, but even so, even if the appearance was forcibly pretended to be tough and cold, and the whole body was unbearably sore and extremely tired.

When the voice fell, Sihan looked at the state officials who were in good spirits, but the state officials still hung their heads, trembling all over, and still didn't say a word.

Sihan's brows furrowed terribly, and in the bottom of her heart, she was finally a little helpless and sighed, and when she was about to wave these state officials out of sight, the state officials who spoke at the beginning raised their eyes timidly and glanced at her quickly, and then said in a tight voice, "Long, eldest princess." ”

Sihan raised the corner of his eyes and turned his eyes to look at him.

He hung his head, looking extremely respectful, "There are a group of bandits on the Phoenix Mountain around the south of the Yangtze River, and the imperial court has also sent troops to encircle and suppress it many times, but because the mountain bandits are too good at using the terrain of Phoenix Mountain, they are so that the imperial court forces have been defeated one after another." It's just that those bandits were still making trouble everywhere a few years ago, but in the past few years, they have suddenly disappeared, so the lower officials are not sure whether those bandits are still entrenched on Phoenix Mountain. Moreover, after the flash flood broke out a few days ago, there were indeed a group of people who entered the south of the Yangtze River to make friends and lobby with some refugees, but I don't know if those people were the bandits on the top of the Phoenix Mountain. ”

Sihan's eyes were slightly dark, and the complex meaning in the depths of his heart became more and more intense.

After a while, she said in a low voice: "This palace knows about this matter." ”

As he spoke, his voice raised slightly, "In addition to the mountain bandits at the top of Phoenix Mountain, do you know anything else about anti-thieves and the like?" ”

As soon as these words fell, the state officials shook their heads one after another.

Sihan glanced at them lightly, didn't say anything more, and only said: "The matter of the mountain bandits, this palace will send someone to investigate thoroughly." These days, you have tried your best to arrange the disaster victims on Nanshan, and then cooperate with Chu Yu to build the houses of the disaster victims. ”

"Yes." The state officials hurriedly said respectfully.

Sihan replied lightly, and the words changed, "You go out first, and you go first." ”

The governors nodded again, not daring to stay any longer, and immediately trotted away towards the curtain not far away, as if relieved.

In just a moment, several state officials all ran out of the tent, and the tent curtain not far away also fell.

For a moment, the surrounding atmosphere was silent and slightly depressing.

Si Hanwu was silent for a moment before he raised his eyes to look at Shan Zhongze, who was standing in front of him, and asked in a low voice: "Commander Wang thinks that the man in black who attacked yesterday looks like a mountain bandit?" ”

Shan Zhongze frowned slightly, and then said respectfully towards Sihan: "If it is organized, or even well-trained, those black-clothed people are somewhat similar. But when it comes to fighting to the death and committing suicide by biting poison, those people don't seem to be as good as mountain bandits. ”

Sihan nodded nonchalantly.

Also, ordinary mountain bandits, most of them just robbed silver, how could they really go against the imperial court like this, and even dared to incite refugees to rebel, trying to overthrow the entire Tanglin Dynasty.

Moreover, there must be no dead soldiers in the nest of ordinary mountain bandits, and the black-clothed people who attacked yesterday all had poison in their mouths, and once they were alive, they would bite the poison and commit suicide, such a hideous and extreme move is not something that ordinary bandits can do.

The more I thought about it, the more I thought about it, the more complex my state of mind became.

Shan Zhongze raised his eyes and stared at her for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and said respectfully: "The eldest princess is suspicious of the mountain bandits on the top of the Phoenix Mountain?" ”

Sihan came back to his senses, his eyes fell towards Shan Zhongze, and he only said: "Although I doubt it, I don't think it's possible." It's just that now, even if you feel suspicious and don't fight, you can't ignore it. ”

Shan Zhongze's expression moved slightly, and he asked resolutely: "What does the eldest princess mean?" ”

Sihan looked away slightly, his expression was deep and complicated, and he didn't speak.

After being silent for a moment, he said in a low voice: "The intention of this palace is to send people to secretly investigate the mountain bandits on Phoenix Mountain." ”

Shan Zhongze was not too surprised, he only frowned slightly, and said with a slight embarrassment: "The eldest princess allocated a thousand elite soldiers to build houses for the victims of the disaster with Lord Chu yesterday, so as to remove the Jingwei who maintains the safety of the victims of the disaster in Nanshan, and the Jingwei who removes the disaster relief, and there are not many troops left......

Sihan's eyes gradually faded away for a while, "The matter of troops, the palace has its own arrangements." Anti-thieves are rampant, and there is a meaning of anti-ours in Donglin, and this palace will not tolerate it. At this time, you sent someone to personally send people to the government offices around Jiangnan to spread the decree of the palace and order the surrounding government offices to send troops to help. Send more of your cronies to lead the troops to spy on the bandits on Phoenix Mountain. At noon tomorrow at the latest, this palace wants to know if those mountain bandits are the same group that attacked the main palace yesterday. ”

Shan Zhongze was slightly stunned, silent for a moment, and finally nodded respectfully.

When Shan Zhongze was ordered to come out of the tent, for a while, the surrounding atmosphere fell silent again.

Sihan was tired, stretched out his hand and couldn't help rubbing his temples, and then lay down on the round table next to him a little and rested himself.

Probably too tired, yes, even if he was lying on the table to rest, he could all fall asleep.

And when she finally woke up, it was noon.

After sitting up straight, my head was slightly dizzy, and my arms were stiff and numb, which was really uncomfortable.

Sihan frowned slightly, rested for a while, and after the numbness in her arms finally relaxed a lot, she slowly got up and stepped forward.

When the curtain of the tent was lifted, a very bright light came in.

Sihan's eyes were astringent, and she immediately subconsciously raised her hand to cover her eyes, and after a while, her eyes finally adapted to the oncoming light.

Really, it's rare.

It has rained heavily for many days here, and the weather is gloomy and cold, but now, the weather has finally cleared, so this rainstorm and flood disaster must be over.

At this point, my heart was slightly relieved.

At this moment, the state official, who had been standing outside the tent and looking at Sihan cautiously, spoke in a tight voice, "Eldest princess, noon has arrived, are you going to eat?" ”

Sihan pressed his heart, then turned his eyes to look at him, and when he lowered his head in a little fear, he replied in a low voice, "Hmm." ”

The governor hurriedly nodded respectfully, and then ordered the officials around him to hurriedly bring the meal into the account.

The officials hurriedly received the order, and they all nervously entered the account with the meal, and after placing the dishes in their hands on the table, they did not dare to stay for a moment, and immediately turned around and retreated.

Sihan was still standing by the curtain of the tent, looking at the state official with a faint gaze, silent.

Probably being stared at like this by Sihan, he was too nervous, the state official's legs were faintly trembling, and his forehead was sweating again, but his hand was frozen in his sleeve, and he didn't dare to raise his hand to wipe his forehead.

Si Han stared at him for a long time before lowering her eyes, and after all the servants had withdrawn from the tent, she asked in a low voice: "Is the lunch for the victims on Nanshan arranged?" ”

The state official said tremblingly: "Back to the eldest princess, it has been arranged." ”

Sihan's expression moved slightly, "How is the progress of Chu Yu and the disaster victims' repair of the house?" ”

The governor continued to tighten his voice: "Most of the foundations of the houses have been built, and some of them have been repaired quickly, and the houses have been repaired nearly half high. ”

Sihan felt a little relieved in his heart.

It's just that it's easy for people to do things, and now that I look at it, it's true. If all the victims are settled, then the floods in the south of the Yangtze River should also recede, and then it will be time to re-desilt and fertilize and sow grain.

After all, the relief food of the imperial court cannot be eaten for a lifetime, and the follow-up will be the time for the victims to work together and be self-sufficient.

At this point, Sihan's heart also spread a little distant and complicated, and then he didn't say anything, just raised his eyes and glanced at the trembling state official again, and after telling him to go about his own work, he turned around and sat down at the round table in the tent.

On the round table at this time, although the dishes are simple, the meat and vegetables are reasonable, and the appearance is slightly exquisite, which seems to have taken some effort.

Sihan held the chopsticks a little and ate slowly, but his appetite was still not good, and he stopped eating after a few bites.