After the four of them went back, the other three went back to rest, while Li Qi went to the Golden Palace of the Royal City alone, and after seeing Ge Luofeng, the latter took the lead in asking, "Where did the prince go this time?" I sent someone to invite you to drink, and they have gone out of the house, and they have finally returned, so they will stay here tonight, and we will drink and talk together. ”

Li Qi arched his hand and said: "It's not a problem to drink and talk about it, but this time, I found something when I was traveling, and when I came out, the king might be unhappy." ”

Ge Luofeng's expression changed, and he said: "What's the matter, although the prince says it." Li Qi continued: "This time, I took my subordinates to Pengcheng, and I happened to go to their poorest village, Butterfly Village. When we got there, we found that they were not well fed and clothed, that the young and middle-aged people in the village were in the army, and that there were many orphans, and most of all, that they did not see a penny of the compensation you promised them, King Nanzhao. ”

Ge Luofeng frowned, and said to the soil below: "Accountant!" If I'm not mistaken, there will be corresponding compensation for the conscription in these villages, why not this butterfly village? ”

Accounts: The positions of Nanzhao State specializing in the management of state property are managed by dozens of people, and the entry and exit of treasury property are recorded by Si Zheming. The accountant hurriedly walked out and said, "I have already asked people to go back to get the account books, and my king will wait later." It didn't take long for the account book to be sent to Si Zhang, and after he checked it, he said: "My king, in the middle of April five years ago, the Ku Si took out five thousand taels of silver and sent it to Pengcheng, Butterfly Village... Five hundred taels! ”

After reading it, Ge Luofeng said, "There is obviously a record here, how can Butterfly Village not receive this money?" Are you mistaken? ”

Li Qi shook his head and said, "It's right that Kusi transferred out the silver taels, but after arriving in Pengcheng, it was not transferred to various villages, of course, I don't know about other villages, but Butterfly Village didn't receive a penny." And I went to Pengcheng Fuling's house a few days ago, and his yard is big enough! The most important thing is that I saw a lot of priceless treasures, the villagers of Butterfly Village, sometimes they can't eat enough, but Nafu Ling... But there was a surplus at the end of the day. ”

Ge Luofeng took the case and said angrily: "Where is the Zhongzhao official, who is the government order of Pengcheng?" Behind Li Qi, a middle-aged man walked out and said, "Tell my king that the government order of Pengcheng is Qianpu, and his father is Qianzhongshu, the general of Huwei under the generalissimo's account. ”

Ge Luofeng glanced at Ge Luohong and said, "Generalissimo, I remember, if I remember well, this Qianpu seems to be what you recommended to me, right?" You and I Qianzhongshu had meritorious service before the war, and his son is a person who reads poetry and books and loves the people like a son, this is your love for the people like a son? Yourself, how to deal with this matter? ”

Ge Luohong clenched his fists and said, "My king, please hand over this matter to Ben Shuai to deal with, if the matter is true, Ben Shuai will definitely personally bring Qianpu's head to see the king." But if this matter does not match, if someone catches the wind and catches the shadows, don't blame Ben Shuai for being polite! With that, Ge Luohong brushed his sleeves away directly, and glanced at Li Qi viciously.

After the other officials left, Ge Luofeng shook his head and said, "My younger brother, I really can't control him anymore, I didn't expect him to leave privately in the Golden Palace, and he didn't give me any face as a king!" If there is really a problem with this Qianpu, I am worried that our generalissimo will read the face of Qianzhongshu and let him go, Qianzhongshu has a life-saving grace for him, and it is because of this that he will recommend Qianpu to me, and now it seems... Alas. ”

Li Qi smiled and said: "The king and the generalissimo are brothers, everything is easy to solve, and I am just an outsider, the whole country belongs to the king, even if you want to give the generalissimo a face, no one dares to do anything." ”

"Yes, it's because they don't dare, no one in this country dares to oppose me, but if I really do this, won't it chill the hearts of the people? I have always hoped that I can love the people like a son, and I also hope that I can bring a more prosperous country to the people of Nanzhao, but it backfired, and I can't even do the first one so far. ”

Li Qi sighed: "The capital family has a scripture that is difficult to read, but the management of the country is even more difficult, and if it is not done well, the people will complain, so being a king also has the helplessness of being a king." However, in this kind of matter, it is still necessary to deal with it impartially, otherwise the people of the entire Pengcheng may have opinions about King Nanzhao. ”

After Li Qi finished chatting with King Nanzhao, he left the Golden Palace and went to the West Pavilion Garden, after going back, Zheng Lin had already written the notes for the draw, Li Qi called everyone again, and said: "A new round of ghost catching games is about to start again, I hope this time, everyone can take it seriously, no matter what the situation is, you have to persevere, the time is very short, and the opportunity is fleeting." But this time, our rules have changed slightly, that is, the person who is caught will be eliminated immediately, so his trial this time is the lowest score. ”

"I've said before, the ghost catching game will be closely related to your future promotion, so every time, you have to go all out, and now everyone is starting to draw lots." With that, Li Qi took the lead in drawing one, and everyone else began to choose the note, Li Qi glanced at Zheng Lin and said, "What are you?" ”

Zheng Lin covered the note and asked rhetorically, "What is the prince?" When he saw the word "person" on Li Qi's note, Zheng Lin shrugged helplessly and said, "It seems that we are opponents, and I am a ghost this time." Then, everyone turned out the slips of paper they had picked, and when they saw the distribution, Zheng Lin was dumbfounded, and said, "This... Luck is too good, right? ”

This time the draw can be rare, Zheng Lin, Wei Rousi, Nie Lin, and Lu Yanhe won the "ghost", among these sixteen people, the four of them are recognized as the four people with the lowest force. So when they saw the four of them winning the ghost, the others were also snickering in their hearts, and Li Qi looked at Zheng Lin: "Do you want to draw again?" ”

"Of course not, it's all up to luck who wins the lottery, it's fair, what's the matter, doesn't the prince look down on the four of us?"

Li Qi shook his head and said, "Of course not, it's just that you and Rousi are not very old, and your cultivation is naturally lower, and Mr. Lu is not very good at martial arts, so..."

Zheng Lin glanced at Lu Yanhe and said with a smile: "That's it, be fair, no matter who draws the ghost, you have to face it, maybe we will be chased and killed by thousands of troops in the future." They're not going to give us a chance to do it all over again, okay, just a few of us. ”

In this way, a new round of ghost catching games is about to start again.