Twenty-four chapters

"Master,"

Outside the door, there were a cloud of people waiting to bring me relief materials. I have heard the matter of my illness again, and it is conceivable that there must be his eyes and ears in the general's mansion, but they can't clean up this person. I have the king's pardon today, and I am allowed to work at home, so that I will have to work hard again.

"Come in and say."

The door is not the place to speak, and besides, this time the matter is not something that can be explained clearly in a few sentences.

Although his behavior yesterday will not fundamentally remove General Zhou's prejudice against Zhou Xiaochuan, he can also subconsciously think about defending it the next time he hears someone slandering his son, instead of feeling ashamed and wantonly criticizing and educating him.

Zhou Xiaochuan's fool has always been a lone ranger, and he doesn't want too many people to get involved in his plan, hoping to be able to keep the happy land of the General's Mansion, but he forgot that the General's Mansion has always been in the struggle for power, how can he put it aside, in this case, why fight alone, his father is a great general of the dignified Great Xia Dynasty, although he is not proficient in the court's official skills, but he has also fought bloodily for many years, and the enemy is naturally seen a lot. Those methods and stress reactions are much better than Zhou Xiaochuan.

Fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers.

If they release their previous suspicions, the power of the General's Mansion will only be strengthened and not weakened, and if they themselves are solid, it will take more effort for others to disintegrate. Such a win-win situation, if it weren't for the estrangement and obstacle between them, with the wisdom of the two, how could they not have imagined.

They all want to save face, and their face is more important than their lives.

But the master is a faceless and skinless person, if he can save his life, why not do it!

"Qingshan, serve tea, go to the study and invite my father."

The first step to break the ice is to increase understanding and take the initiative to ask him for advice.

Zhou Qiaoan was studying the art of combat in the study, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a hidden arrow lying on the corner of the desk. This kid seems to have walked through the palace of Hades, and suddenly opened up, not making mistakes, not deceiving superiors and subordinates. (System: Actually, it's still hiding from you, and it's also hiding a big thing that will break your leg, old man.) ）

"Master, the young master said that someone is coming to the palace, please go over and discuss."

Qingshan felt that the young master was becoming more and more pleasing to the master, look, look, just discuss things together, this one made the corners of the master's mouth uncontrollably rise.

The young master of his family is really powerful now, which makes Qingshan admire it very much. He must observe it carefully and learn a trick and a half.

(System: Xiao Qingshan, don't learn from your young master, it will become bad.) ）

"Tell Chuan'er, I'll be there soon."

He knew that Chuan'er was now entrusted with an important task - disaster relief, which was now imminent, and it would be a hot potato in anyone's hands. There is no room for further delay in the disaster area, when the time comes, innocent people will be killed or injured.

"Father."

"I've seen General Zhou."

Ruyun doesn't know what the master's purpose is, but she has always listened directly to the master's deployment.

"Ruyun, you first tell me what the current situation is."

"The affected place is Nanyin County, this county is located in the southeast, the terrain is mountainous, the terrain is rugged, several heavy snowfalls in winter, at the beginning of spring, the weather is warm, the ice and snow melt, the river is blocked, causing many places of sediment, stones are carried down, the torrent washes down the houses, damages the farmland, causes more than 10,000 people to be trapped, and now the crops planted in the early spring are all destroyed."

According to Ruyun's description, this should have happened in Lingxin. This is a natural disaster, and the people who are victims have no place to redress their grievances.

"The local government reported to the imperial court that they had made preparations and that food and money for disaster relief had been distributed."

This day is far away, and it is unknown how credible the report is. What's more, now that the king has called me, a servant of the ministry, to check the accounts, it can only show that the king suspects that their hands and feet are not clean.

"But what's wrong?"

"Yes, during your absence from the capital, those victims poured into here, and the envoy of the city reported to the court after discovering it, and the king was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter."

It seems that I hit the muzzle of the gun again, sir. Alas, these tricky things, they will pick people and throw them all to Zhou Xiaochuan, this is not weak, but why are they always bullied?

It can't be that Zhou Xiaochuan has a good ability to do things, and those who can work hard, right?

"The terrain of Nanyin County is precipitous, the old man once fought on the border, the person in charge at that time was the first old county king, and now the king of Nanyin County is the eldest son of the old county king, inheriting the county king for more than three years, when the old county king was alive, he had dredged the river in Nanyin County and strengthened the mountain."

Zhou Qiao'an saw his son's brows frowning slightly, thinking that he must have invited him to come to give advice, he had also been to that place and knew a little about the customs there.

I was very excited, but I didn't expect Zhou Xiaochuan's father to take the initiative to speak, this is a proper olive branch to me, I must grasp it.

"So as my father saw it, can those rivers still withstand this catastrophe?"

This question is very pleasing to the old man.

"The troops stationed in the southeast have just passed the New Year, and they have estimated the harm caused by excessive snowfall, so they are naturally prepared, and I have also seen the snowfall data, although it is rare for decades, but the river that has just been overhauled for five years will not be as serious as it is now."

"What the general said is that Ruyun has also received an estimate of the disaster situation in the southeast, and after accounting, the king of the southeast county is suspected of lying about the disaster."

If Ruyun is the same as the army, I am afraid that the refugees in this city today are not caused by natural disasters, but by man-made disasters. And the number one suspect is naturally the king of Nanyin County. Ignoring the victims within his jurisdiction, this Nanyin County King is afraid that he is playing some bad idea.

From the disaster to corruption, and now to the discovery of the ruler's bad intentions, this is afraid that it will be endless.

"It's getting late today, you go back and discuss it tomorrow."

"Yes, like a cloud."

"Hmm."

Ruyun was gone, and my father and I were left in the room with our heads bowed and pondering.

If it is simply disaster relief and corruption, these things will be since I, the servant of the ministry, will find evidence, and if the intention is wrong, the man next to me will be on the battlefield again.

At that time, I had already thought about it, and the position of the servant of the household department must be not easy.

The master doesn't owe the one in the high hall, but Zhou Xiaochuan, so he has to guard the general's mansion for him. And the old man is the pillar of the general's mansion that must not fall, Zhou Xiaochuan has not yet reached the crown, although his sister is now in the military camp, women are not allowed to enter the military camp, she is the only one who has been specially approved by the king, but if one day, this old man goes west, they will have no support.

But although the old man is not old now, he is not confused, and he will be more majestic than others in the battlefield all day long, and he will have a murderous aura on his body, but it will also damage his life, after all, he is so exposed to the wind and sun, and he is fighting wits and courage with all his strength, how can he not consume his energy?

Lian is quite old, can he still eat?

The beauty is twilight, and the general is easy to age. The most ruthless years in this world are counted.

"Father, it's getting late, let's eat first."

"Okay."