After Chen Jinye gave the order, Bai Ju immediately went to prepare the car, and when Bai Ju went out of the courtyard door, Hongling tugged Chen Jinye's sleeve slightly, and said, "Bai Ju didn't eat anything in the morning, and lunch fell again, do you want to bring him a few steamed buns?" ”。

Chen Jinye was slightly stunned, hesitated for a moment, and said, "You ......", Hongling saw that he was suspicious of something, so she rolled her eyes and interrupted: "I won't take a fancy to him if I kill you!" If you don't take it, let's go! ”。

Seeing Hongling's appearance, Chen Jinye smiled, took two steamed buns and half a salted duck egg from the table, and then went out of the house one by one.

Seeing Chen Jinye's stunned appearance, Hong Ling shook her head helplessly, and then quickly followed him out of the vassal palace.

As soon as he walked out of the side door, Bai Ju's busy figure came into view, Chen Jinye stretched out his hand and handed it forward, saying, "Didn't you have lunch, take a dip on the road, you get into the carriage, and I will catch the carriage today."

Bai Ju was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No need, no need for the prince, I can catch the car with one hand, and, and I'm not hungry", as he spoke, Bai Ju swallowed his saliva from the heart, Hong Ling smiled playfully, and said: "You shouldn't be worried that your prince's carriage is not in a good way, so you are very worried, right?" ”。

"No, it's not......"

Seeing that Hong Ling would turn Bai Ju's face red in a few words, Chen Jinye couldn't stand it, so he interrupted: "If it's not, you can go in quickly!" ”。

Bai Ju was forced by the two of them to have no choice, so he had to respond bluntly: "Yes."

Seeing Bai Ju reluctantly entering the carriage, Hongling made a gesture to go in together, and thought that she could make fun of him, but as soon as she got into the carriage, Chen Jinye grabbed her and swore that "Don't you like to watch the scenery outside the carriage a few days ago, today this king will approve your hobby, and sit on the other side."

Hongling was a little dazed by Chen Jinye's words, so she sat down on the side of the carriage in a daze, and when she came back to her senses, Chen Jinye had already driven the carriage to the main road.

It's just that as soon as they arrived on the main road, Hongling and Chen Jinye found an abnormality, why did so many small shops suddenly open on both sides of the road, seeing this, Chen Jinye hurriedly stopped the carriage, and then lifted the curtain and asked in a whisper: "Do you know where these people come from?" ”。

"Lord Qiqi, my subordinates come and go quickly in the morning, so I didn't pay attention to these"

Hearing this, Chen Jinye and Hong Ling glanced at each other, then jumped out of the carriage and went to the nearest vendor's shop.

Seeing that he cared so much about the people, Hong Ling smiled slightly, and then kept silently staring at his back, and after a while, Chen Jinye came back with a frown.

"What's going on?"

"They are all pretended to be people in the palace, and they are persecuted by the royal brother"

Hearing this, Hong Ling raised her eyebrows clearly, and then turned her gaze to the distance and looked at it a few times, and said, "It seems that the prince of the domain is very worried about your transfer of the people from Xicheng."

Chen Jinye was silent, with a cold face, he drove the horse towards the Xicheng River, along the way, Hongling leaned on the railing of the carriage, the breeze blew through the green leaves and trees to bring bursts of fragrance, Hongling opened her mouth slightly and greedily sucked this fresh nature, and her heart became more and more happy.

Seeing Hongling like this, Chen Jinye snorted slightly and muttered, "You are happy."

Hongling didn't show weakness when she heard this, and then went back and said, "Naturally happy, the prince specially asked me to come out to enjoy this scenery, I should cherish it."

Chen Jinye was silent for a long time, Hong Ling was a little puzzled and glanced at him sideways, only to see him frowning with a straight face, looking bitter and hateful, Hong Ling naturally knew what he was depressed about, but still sighed slightly and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”。

Chen Jinye, who was asked about the point, took a deep breath, glanced at Hong Ling, and then said: "I think that the one who assassinated us in the dark last time may be the imperial brother."

After a while, Hongling never spoke, Chen Jinye couldn't help but squint at her and asked, "Don't you have anything to say?" ”。

"Don't know what to say"

"Didn't you say you understood him? I'd like to hear what you think."

Hongling was a little speechless, looked at the scenery in the distance and pondered for a moment, and asked rhetorically, "How much does the prince of Jinsong know about your skills?" ”。

Chen Jinye was slightly stunned, and said slowly: "I started practicing martial arts in the year after he and Guan left, maybe he doesn't know my skills."

After another period of silence, Hong Ling leaned on the railroad obliquely, her eyes retreated from the scenery aimlessly, Chen Jinye clenched his left fist tightly, as if he was vindictive, and slapped the horse with his right hand, containing a little anger: "Drive!" ", which made Hongling feel quite uncomfortable.

Soon, several people drove the carriage to the bank of the Xicheng River, and the people were already led by other craftsmen to pull the dam stone, and Lao Song sat in the camp with a sad face, and when he saw Chen Jinye and his party coming, it was like seeing a savior.

"Prince! His Royal Highness the Prince! You're here."

Seeing Lao Song's appearance, Chen Jinye sighed slowly, and then said, "Take us to a secluded place and say."

"Yes"

Then, Lao Song took Chen Jinye to a small forest behind the camp, avoiding all the women and children in the station.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, you don't know, these people don't know what's going on, since we started work, we haven't done a good job a day, a few days ago without them, we have more than a dozen craftsmen and can still do some projects, now the brothers are almost every day to serve these people, not to mention that the project can't do much in a day, Rao is fishing for them, it has already consumed most of the labor, those women and children, at first they will help pick up some firewood or something, but now they only think about how to eat, The little salt left in the station is also going to be used up, not to mention the half bag of rice you brought last time, they have already been turned out and eaten up, this is not counting, now I don't know which tendon is on it, and they actually began to coax me to report to you to ask for food, and said that if they don't give food they will strike, if they can really do something, this begging for food is understandable, but now, they don't do anything, just cry all day long, my old Song is really helpless! ”

Listening to Lao Song's accusation, Chen Jinye's heart became more and more unpleasant, when he brought the people to Xichenghe in order to have a care, so as to protect their safety, but now it is good, as if he started to be a demon after eating a full stomach.

Thinking about it, Chen Jinye's face had already turned pale, no matter what happened, the people doing this was like a slap in the face, and at the same time, they also tore their compassion for them to pieces.

"Take the king to the place where they worked"

Hearing Chen Jinye's cold order, Lao Song Lianlian took the three of them to the place where the people dragged the dam stone, Chen Jinye stood far away behind the big tree dozens of meters away from the people, and only heard the people keep shouting at the craftsman: "It's powerless!" It's powerless! ”。

The craftsman was called by the people and couldn't help it, and finally waved his hand to call everyone ashore, only to see the people who had just finished shouting, and came to the shore with great vigor, and the sound of talking and chatting was loud, as if he was afraid that no one would hear it.

"Oops! I haven't eaten rice in days! I'm hungry and I don't have the strength anymore! ”

"Not really! I was as strong as an ox! I'm hungry! ”

"Oops! Ah! Me too! ”

......

Listening to the clamor of the people, Chen Jinye closed his eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and then said, "Call me Xiaosi."

As soon as Chen Jinye's words fell, Lao Song hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the lonely Xiao Si on the side of the resting crowd, and everyone looked back in the direction where Lao Song and Xiao Si left, and saw Chen Jinye and the other three.

There are those who are timid, and they have already begun to retreat, muttering, "Why don't we go down to pull the dam stone?" ”。

"What a pull, this prince is here, we just took the opportunity to ask him for rice, I'm afraid you haven't forgotten the taste of rice!"

"But..."

"No, don't forget, the prince promised everyone to bring rice to everyone a few days ago, how can the prince of a country not be trustworthy!"

......

Everyone was talking about it, but Xiao Si stood in front of Chen Jinye very embarrassed, "His Royal Highness the Prince, I...".

Chen Jinye was a little annoyed, and he didn't bother to listen to the nonsense on the side, so he interrupted and asked, "Why did it become like this?" ”。

Xiao Sixiao's face turned red, his hands were folded and clenched together, his head was drooping and he was about to fall into the dust, that pitiful appearance made Hongling feel a little distressed, so she asked in a gentle tone: "Have you noticed anything wrong with other people recently?" ”。

Xiao Si slowly spoke: "Prince Qiqi and Red Girl, they always get together and whisper something, and they don't take me, and I don't know why they ...... like this."

"Do you see anyone among you looking stranger?"

Xiao Si bit his lower lip and struggled for a long time before he slowly spoke: "When I was in Xicheng a few days ago, everyone was hungry, and they always plundered each other, and everyone didn't have much contact with each other very early, plus everyone didn't have the habit of washing at that time, so I didn't know ......."

Hearing Xiao Si say this, Hong Ling was suddenly shocked in her heart, and then quickly turned to look at Chen Jinye, and said word by word: "I wiped their faces, I remember!" ”。

Chen Jinye's pupils also shrank slightly, his cold face melted slightly, and then he slowly buckled Hongling's shoulders and said softly: "You are really a good strategist of this king!" ”。

After that, he immediately ordered Lao Song to summon everyone back to the station......