Chen Jinye leaned in the carriage and closed his eyes slightly, Hong Ling could see that he was already very tired, so he didn't make a sound to disturb again, outside the carriage, Bai Ju and Xiao Si sat left and right, how indifferent Bai Ju was, how excited Xiao Si was, this was the first time Xiao Si took a carriage in his life, and it was also the first time he went out of Xicheng in his life, and the scenery flying by beside him made him dizzy, all of this was too novel for Xiao Si.

Hong Ling looked calmly into the distance through the car window, but her mind fell into an embarrassment, who were the thugs who slaughtered the victims last night, how could the victims have no property and no prisoners, how could they cause such a killing disaster.

Hong Ling was distracted, and didn't notice that Chen Jinye had already opened his eyes, and the carriage was staggering forward for a long time, originally Chen Jinye wanted to take this opportunity to rest for a while, but every time he closed his eyes, Chen Jinsong's cold-blooded face and the tragic situation of the people dying appeared in his mind, all of this was like a huge dark cloud hanging over his heart, no matter how he couldn't ignore it.

Hong Ling thought about it with a little headache, so she sighed slowly and glanced back at Chen Jinye, seeing that he was awake, Hong Ling asked in surprise: "Why did you wake up so quickly, but you fell asleep?" ”。

"I can't sleep"

Hearing Chen Jinye say this, Hong Ling didn't feel too surprised, it seems that he should still be thinking about this matter, "Do you know who did it?" ”。

Chen Jinye lowered his eyelashes slightly, "What if you know, what if you don't know?" ”。

Hong Ling frowned slightly, and looked at Chen Jinye, this is really not like what he would say, with his character, if he knew the driving force behind the manipulation, shouldn't he have arrested him early to settle accounts? But in the moment of hesitation, a terrible thought crept up in Hong Ling's heart, could it be that Chen Jinsong did all this? But why did he do that?

"If you chase the cause, the culprit of all this may be because of me"

"Why do you say that?"

"If it weren't for me, Brother Huang wouldn't have done this"

Sure enough, it was him, Hong Ling couldn't help but close her eyes and sigh, she vaguely guessed why Chen Jinsong did this, but the victims were so innocent, and after a long silence, Hong Ling said again: "But even so, you didn't do anything wrong, did you."

"But the people died because of me"

"But they also have a way to live because of you"

Chen Jinye couldn't help but look sideways at Hongling, she could always say such shocking words without being shocked, but she had to admit that every time her words poked at herself.

Hongling leaned sideways on the carriage, her eyes blinked, the scenery outside the carriage had long been unable to attract Hongling, her thoughts were stretched far away, she thought of many things, father and mother, Jiang Zhong and Wang Anxin, Wang Shang and Queen, she had seen how much they loved each other, but why did some people who love each other so much choose to separate in the end, some will separate their children, and some will teach paranoid people?

The silence on the carriage lasted until the bank of the Xicheng River, where a group of conscientious craftsmen were waiting carefully, Hongling followed Chen Jinye out of the carriage, and the craftsmen saw Chen Jinye and quickly bowed and knelt, shouting: "Meet His Royal Highness the Prince."

This call really shocked the silly little four on the side, he scratched his head and didn't expect that the person who had cast nets for the victims in the past few days was actually the prince of the dynasty. Seeing Xiao Si stunned in place, Bai Ju pushed slightly to remind him to pay attention to his stunned expression.

Chen Jinye put his hands behind his back quite majestically, glanced at all the craftsmen present before telling everyone to get up, and then said, "Take me to the Xicheng River first."

With Chen Jinye's words, the leading craftsman did not shirk, and led the way to the bank of the Xicheng River, and Hong Ling followed Chen Jinye's side, carefully observing the terrain near the Xicheng River.

It can be seen that this place has been affected by a flood, there are still dead fish embedded in the mud far from the shore, and along the road leading to the Xicheng River, all the way to the Xicheng River, all the way to the uneven mountain roads, such a place, once flooded is the most likely to cause waterlogging, and in serious cases, it will also affect the mudslide.

With her memories of the hydrographic map a few days ago, Hong Ling quickly recognized the narrow channel in the southwest corner of the Xicheng River, and now was the time when manpower was needed, and in order to prevent the next wave of rainstorms, the craftsmen had to quickly dig a new tributary in the surrounding depression.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, look"

As he spoke, the craftsman pointed to a nearby dam that had been washed away, which had been a little dammed upstream, but which had been destroyed now seemed to be the most urgent thing to clean, otherwise the stagnant water would only overflow more quickly.

"What have you been doing these months?"

Seeing such a mess, Hong Ling couldn't help frowning and asked, there was no trace of human intervention in the Xicheng River at a glance, but her hydrographic map was clearly given to Chen Jinye two months ago, and she could conclude that Chen Jinye must have quickly ordered the craftsmen to build it, but the current scene clearly confirmed that they did nothing.

The craftsman saw that the prince had not yet asked, but an unkempt girl beside him asked first, and was slightly startled at first, but immediately calmed down and replied: "Miss Qiyu, I think you can also see that there is no trace of our rebuilding here, but this is not our original intention, our group of dozens of people came to this Xicheng River in order to build it as soon as possible and then return to the royal city as soon as possible to resume their lives, but now in this Xicheng, the prince of the domain does not provide grain and grass and does not use tools, Rao is I and others are anxious and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice." ”。

Hongling understood this time, it seems that if he wants to build this place quickly, Chen Jinsong will be the most unavoidable obstacle in the entire project, if he does not cooperate, then the dam construction of the entire Xicheng River and the improvement of the waterway will be an empty sentence that can never be realized.

Obviously, Chen Jinye also thought of this problem, so his eyebrows and eyes were already filled with sadness, if Chen Jinsong did not cooperate, how to obtain the tools needed for the project, he couldn't go back and forth to the royal capital.

Just when everyone was full of sadness, Hong Ling already had a plan in her heart, "I don't know what the tools that the craftsmen are lacking right now are used for, can you talk about it?" ”。

"This girl, to tell the truth, we are waiting to build this dam first and first need is hemp rope, if there is no hemp rope craftsman even if he has the ability to resist the water, this project has not yet landed, I am afraid that people will be washed away one after another, and then we need a shovel for digging, this shovel we brought a few when we came from the king's capital, but it is too little, and then we need a large number of manpower, whether it is to carry wood or dig and send soil, it is necessary to have manpower."

"If I help you solve the manpower problem, I wonder if the craftsmen can design the appearance of the required tools overnight and we will make the tools together?"

I saw that the craftsman waved his hand with a sad face, and said: "The drawing design of the tool is simple, but the tool for shoveling soil must have a blacksmith, otherwise there are many people, and we can't find the shovel."

Just when everyone was at a loss, Xiao Si said cowardly: "I know that there is a blacksmith shop in the city a few days ago, and I have seen many abandoned shovels before, why don't you go there and look for them?" ”。

Hearing the news, the leading craftsman's eyes lit up, put his hand on Xiao Si's body, and said excitedly: "Little brother, have you really seen such a good place?" ”。

The eyes of everyone focused on Xiao Si's thin body, and under everyone's eyes, Xiao Si's face burned red at once, he had never been stared at by so many people like this, so that he was a little nervous and a little excited.

Seeing Xiao Si nodding firmly, the craftsmen were finally a little relieved, and Hongling also had a relieved expression on her face, but Chen Jinye looked at Hongling with a puzzled look and asked, "How do you plan to solve the manpower problem you just mentioned?" ”。

Hong Ling looked at the corner of Chen Jinye's mouth playfully hooked, and then said slowly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not forgotten the people in Xicheng, they must be very willing to help His Highness with this."

"But ......"

Before Chen Jinye's hesitant words could be spoken, Hongling's words completely made him unable to refuse.

"If the people come here, it will be much safer to take care of the craftsmen and masters."

Thinking of this, Chen Jinye did not hesitate to adopt Hongling's opinion, and after deciding on these things, the sad faces of the craftsmen finally bloomed with a smile of relief.

After Bai Ju saw Hong Ling help Chen Jinye solve this problem again, he suddenly realized why his prince must bring the princess when he came to Xicheng, she did help the prince think of many trivial things, thinking of this, Bai Ju's hostility towards Hong Ling in his heart seemed to have gradually subsided.

After deciding on a solution, Chen Jinye didn't stay anymore, thinking about discussing this matter with the people of Xicheng earlier, as for his identity as the crown prince, it seems that there is no need to hide it anymore, so that he can try to mobilize other forces in this Xicheng domain a little.

Hurriedly returning to Xicheng, Chen Jinye instructed Bai Ju to follow Xiao Si to search for shovels in the blacksmith shop first, while he and Hongling came to the center of the people, and after indicating their identities, the people who already trusted Chen Jinye became more and more supportive of him, and when they heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince specially asked for this errand for them in order to protect the safety of the people, he was even more grateful in his heart.