Xiao Zhi wrote a letter and sent it back to Kyoto City, and after Master Xiao received it, he went directly to the palace.

The prince was released to practice before, and the results were still good, but this time the emperor listened to Master Xiao's words and still supported Master Xiao's suggestion.

"Where are you going this time?" The emperor asked, his eyes also looking at Master Xiao.

Master Xiao was beating a drum in his heart, afraid that the emperor would see something, so he said: "Lingbei Prefecture is in trouble, and there is a shortage of food, it is better to let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince go to the disaster relief, on the one hand, he can also supervise whether the household officials are doing their best, and on the other hand, it can also leave a good reputation for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince among the people." ”

The emperor nodded and said, "That's fine, just let him go, disaster relief is also Aiqing's specialty, and I can rest assured." ”

"Wechen obeys!" Master Xiao then left the imperial study, and only after walking far away did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Lingbei Prefecture and Shuobei Prefecture are adjacent to each other, and the northern inland is also prone to drought, but this time the shortage of grain in Lingbei Prefecture is not too serious, and a large number of victims have not been formed. However, what he values is the Praetorian Guards around the prince, as long as the prince goes, there will inevitably be many people to escort him. And disaster relief, there must also be a need for food, and the household department will still start with Xi Hongdou this time, and Lingbei and Shuobei will also be close at that time, maybe the prince will be able to help if he goes.

Soon, the prince's decree for disaster relief was issued, and now the prince's statement is getting bigger and bigger, and the majesty is naturally different.

"Your Royal Highness, this time there will be an official from the household department to accompany and assist all the way, and after arriving in Lingbei, the household department will also start to handle the matter of grain collection, this is all the things that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come into contact with this time, Your Highness also please take a good look." Master Xiao handed over the paperwork in his hand, and when the prince saw it, he said, "The price of grain has risen so high?" ”

Master Xiao sighed: "No way, although the imperial court has some control, but the grain spectrum is closed on the surface, but secretly it is trading at a high price, and the people always have to make a living, even if the price is high, they can only accept it, so this time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince comes forward, and the people will definitely be able to avoid the dire situation!" ”

The prince is happy, this time the experience of leaving Beijing was mentioned by Xiao Zheng on his own initiative to go to the emperor, and he understood the attitude of the Xiao family, now is a good time for him to make contributions, and he will naturally cherish such an opportunity. What's more, Xiao Zheng still thinks about everything thoughtfully, he almost only needs people to come forward, and the rest doesn't have to worry about the future, why not do it?

The prince set off like this, Master Xiao was relieved, Lingbei is further north than Shuobei, it is estimated that when he arrives in Shuobei, he can also make some noise, Xiao Zhi didn't say anything else in the letter, just said that let the prince go to Lingbei, now that his task is completed, the rest depends on Xiao Zhi himself.

On the other hand, Xiao Zhi never thought that this small Lihong County could make him alarm his father, if he was a different person, he didn't know what method would be used in such a predicament as Lihong County.

As soon as the new batch of grain from Xi Hongdou's side arrived, Xi Hongdou went to the shop to deal with it, and he was tired when he went home.

Daguli's reply has been delivered, and the person is already on the way at this time, Xi Hongdou also has to prepare a barbecue stall here, and found a grocery store to prepare a charcoal box first.

"Boss, I want a box like this, made of iron, can you make it?" Xi Hongdou asked a few grocery stores that couldn't do it, and finally she found Wu Blacksmith at the intersection.

When Blacksmith Wu saw it, he said: "What can be done is what can be done, but it takes a little effort, and it also takes some time, and the most important thing is that it takes labor and materials, and the price is ......."

"Do you give me a quote?" Xi Hongdou said.

Blacksmith Wu said a price, and Xi Hongdou nodded: "Cheng, when can I pick up the goods?" ”

"You can get it in five days." Blacksmith Wu said: "It's not okay to be in a hurry. ”

Xi Hongdou counted the days, and Daguli estimated that it would be almost time by then, so she discussed with Blacksmith Wu to pay a deposit and go home first.

Rue Xiang was shopping for vegetables on the street, Xi Hongdou saw it far away, and wanted to say hello and go back together, but as soon as she raised her hand, she saw a few people rushing out of the street, dragging Rue Xiang and dragging people away, Xi Hongdou saw this situation, and quickly chased after it!

"Stop! Put people down! Xi Hongdou shouted while chasing, and many stall owners on the road saw it.

"Help report to the officer!" Xi Hongdou shouted to the stall owner next to him, and then continued to chase, the stall owner hesitated, and finally did not report to the official, it is none of his business, why bother with trouble?

Here Xi Hongdou chased out two streets, and he was about to catch up, but the back of his head suddenly hurt, and he became unconscious after that.

It was time for lunch here, but when everyone went to the dining hall to wait for the meal to start, they found that the meal had not yet been cooked, so they began to wonder.

"Where's Rue?" Xiao Zhi asked, and Xi Hongdou has always been very active when he eats at noon, and there is no reason why he will not see anyone when it is time to eat.

Liu Fu went to the kitchen to look around, and then shook his head: "I didn't see Ruexiang, and the young grandmother was not in the yamen." ”

"Let's go to the shop." Xiao Zhi frowned, thinking in his heart that something couldn't have happened, right?

As soon as Liu Fu was about to go out, Sister-in-law Liu came to find someone.

"I'm a guy in the red bean grain recipe, someone came to the rice shop on the street and said that the owner and the sister next to the owner were kidnapped and taken away, and they were on the street!" Sister-in-law Liu was originally sitting in the shop and didn't know anything, but later a few people recognized Xi Hongdou as this family, so they came over to talk about it, and she hurriedly came to the yamen to find someone for help.

As soon as Xiao Zhi heard that Xi Hongdou had been kidnapped, he stood up and set fire in broad daylight, and now he is kidnapping people in the street court, this is really using Wang Fa as an insoles, and you can step on it as much as you want!

"Hurry up and find someone!" Xiao Zhi said, Zhou Kuan saw this situation, so he hurriedly took the brothers of the yamen out to find someone, and here Zhao Huan said: "My lord, Mrs. has been taken captive, it is better not to make a noise about this matter, it is estimated that Guo Linjiang just wants to disgust the adult, I estimate that there is a chance that Mrs. will be innocent...... If you don't want to protect it! ”

When Xiao Zhi heard this, he couldn't calm down, so he said: "Find someone first, and I will count the rest of the things myself!" "His face is not good, the Guo family's tricks this time are really the same as always!

On the other side, Xi Hongdou woke up slowly, only to feel that his head was cracked, and he reluctantly sat up and wiped the back of his head, and there was blood in his palms.

"Young grandma, are you awake, are you okay?" Rue Xiang next to her saw that Xi Hongdou had woken up, so she hurriedly ran over.

Xi Hongdou remembered what happened before, and knew that he should have been yin, but why did those people kidnap Ruexiang? A little girl, the Guo family, shouldn't care, right?

"Where is this?" Xi Hongdou asked, it looked like a firewood house, the doors and windows were sealed with wooden boards, and if they wanted to go out, there was a dog hole in the corner, but the dog hole was too small, or she really wanted to drill it......

There was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door, Xi Hongdou hurriedly asked Rue Xiang to keep quiet, and the people outside put food in the dog hole and came in, and then they were about to leave.

"Don't go! Who the hell are you? What is this place? Kidnapping the people's girl, you have a big deal to do, you know?! Xi Hongdou said, it is estimated that the outside is a food delivery person, and she also knows that it is useless for her to shout, but she can't be here all the time, and Xiao Zhi doesn't know if she knows the situation here at home.

The people outside saw Xi Hongdou shouting vigorously inside, and they didn't dare to stay here, so they quickly ran away to find someone.

"Let her call, don't bother, you should deliver food, and don't ask anything else!" Steward Guo said to the little guy who delivered the meal, a county lord's wife is not enough to mention in front of their Guo family, they have already designed it, but they originally wanted to tie up Xi Hongdou, but the people who do things are stupid as pigs, if Xi Hongdou didn't follow up by himself, they would really tie up the wrong person.

Xi Hongdou was walking around in the firewood room, she couldn't just be sleepy here, Rue Xiang was not dizzy, it was estimated that the time should be close to evening, and Xiao Zhi should be looking for the sky outside.

"Young grandma, what should we do?" Rue Xiang cried and said that she was not very bold, and it was the first time she had encountered such a situation.

Xi Hongdou said: "Don't cry, it's useless to cry, it's better to think of a way if you have the strength to cry." ”

Rue Xiang was very scared, and said: "Young grandma, I heard that women of our age were taken away, and most of them were going to be sold to the kiln, I don't want to be a kiln sister......" After speaking, she howled and cried, that kind of resistance has been manifested in the hair, where can Xi Hongdou not feel it?

Xi Hongdou smiled bitterly, Rue Xiang hadn't figured out the situation yet, and this brain hole was a little farther away.

"No, don't cry yet, I'm in a mess." Xi Hongdou exhaled, thinking about any other way to get out of here.

There was a small servant outside to deliver the rice, Xi Hongdou saw that the rice was coming, and directly brought it over and beckoned Ruxiang to eat, Ruxiang wiped her tears and asked, "Young grandma, can you still eat this?" I couldn't swallow a mouthful......" nervous straight nauseous.

"You should eat, save your strength to run, if you don't eat, you will be dizzy when you run, I can't move you!" Xi Hongdou directly put the steamed bun in Ruxiang's hand, Rue Xiang looked at the steamed bun, watched Xi Hongdou eat it in a big gulp, and then sent it to his mouth.

As soon as it was dark, Xi Hongdou pushed the window, as long as she heard footsteps approaching, she quickly stopped, although she couldn't see the outside inside, but she couldn't see the situation inside either, plus it was definitely dark and couldn't see clearly, so she wanted to rush the window open little by little.

Outside, Lin Da took Lin Er and secretly went to Guo's house to see if Xi Hongdou was hidden by the Guo family, and the two of them also risked death to explore the way, if this is discovered, I am afraid that they can be killed by the Guo family, and they are people from the Yamen, and the Yamen will be involved at that time.