Chapter 158: The Great Drama Begins
The weather in Huainan is very different from Yanjing, and it is cold early in late autumn.
After returning from watching the excitement in the dungeon of the Thorn Mansion, Nan Jinyu wrapped a cloak on her shoulders and leaned against the window to look at the letter that Lu Shao sent from Yanjing.
Before leaving Beijing, she was also worried about the marriage of Jinxi's girl, but after the scandal of the Marquis of Zhongyi spread throughout Yanjing, the Zhu family rarely stopped for some time.
"What? Do you want to go back? ”
Xiao Chen saw her with an emotional look on her face, thinking that she was not used to being outside, so she thought so.
"No, the letter from the green tree said that the Zhu family has not made any movement recently, at least I don't have the idea of playing Jinxi again, so I am relieved."
Nan Jinyu shook her head, Nanfu is not home to her, she was neither born there nor grew up there, although she is tired when she goes out, she will not have the slightest nostalgia, the only thing she is worried about is probably the shop business.
"The battle in Dongchuan is basically successful, and the army sent by the imperial court has won a complete victory, so Nanguo Gong will naturally be more restrained and not touch his head at this juncture."
Xiao Chen explained to her, although Nan Jinchen is young, she is also a malleable talent, I don't know what kind of reward she will get after returning to Beijing this time?
"I see......"
Nan Jinyu knew it, and her hanging heart was finally steady.
The trip has been a constant one, and it has not stopped much these days, and although she has not been implicated in any way, the unstable situation is very worrying.
If they get married, will it get worse?
"So what's the little fox so worried about?"
Xiao Chen raised his hand to smooth her eyebrows, although this face looked a little awkward at the moment, but she was her, no matter what kind of appearance she looked on, it was always different.
"Well, there's nothing else, where do I have to worry about so much?"
Nan Jinyu shook her head, closed the letterhead in her hand, folded it neatly and put it into the small red clay stove, which turned into a cloud of ashes in an instant.
"You're worried enough! It was your fourth sister's marriage before, and then it was Miss Liu and Ziqing's business, and now it's Yebai and Tsing Yi, oh, I forgot the old seven......"
Xiao Chen shook his head and laughed himself.
"What do I have to worry about! It's just a matter of moving your mouth by the way, or how boring will it be? But then again, it seems that what His Highness said has not worked out so far! Am I being too nosy? ”
Nan Jinyu sat in front of the window dejectedly, looking at the golden leaves falling all over the ground outside, and her heart was full of mixed feelings.
In her previous life, she was a cold-tempered person, and she couldn't do such a self-deprecating thing as meddling, but in this life, she was mixed in other people's feelings all day long, and God was really good enough to take care of her......
"In your words, it's idle anyway, and it's okay to be in charge, so it's better to do good things to the end?"
Xiao Chen touched her head dotingly, this fox in his family is kind in his heart, and he hopes that such kindness will not be wiped out by this world, and I hope he can protect her for a lifetime!
"That's right, they are all important relatives and friends, so naturally they can't sit idly by. I only hope that this prosperous 3,000 zhang soft red world, there will be more mercy and concern, and this life will not be in vain......"
As Nan Jinyu spoke, she suddenly noticed a deep sadness and suddenly fell silent.
The people who had already approached outside the door stopped half a pillar of incense, and waited until there was no sound inside before they went over and knocked on the door.
"Master, the time has come to set out."
Night Charm stood outside the door, thinking about the person who left without saying a word, and her heart was empty.
The older I get, the more I find that the people around me gradually have a home, but I am still drifting, and I feel extremely lonely.
"Well, let's go."
Xiao Chen pulled Nan Jinyu into the carriage, and the convoy of the Southern Patrol Disaster Relief Left under the eyes of the Assassin Mansion.
After the convoy was missing the dancing girl brought out by Fufeng County, it was so dull that she couldn't even hear the lace news, Nan Jinyu leaned on the carriage and couldn't sleep, staring at the patterns on the desk in a daze.
"Bypass Dongchuan Mansion and walk northeast to the destination, the hardest-hit area of the Huainan flood is the main county to be relieved this time, and the donors we met last time are also included."
Xiao Chen saw her bored appearance, and couldn't help but speak.
"Didn't you lose the silver taels for disaster relief...... What kind of relief can you take? ”
Nan Jinyu was a little puzzled, but she didn't study the affairs of officialdom, so she didn't know what it meant to judge the situation, she only cared about whether the victims of vested interests would starve and freeze.
"What if it were you?"
Xiao Chen puffed his chin and stared at her with narrow eyes, as if she was his adviser, without the slightest joke.
"Rao is His Royal Highness, no matter how much money he has, he can't use Nanhu Dongzhu for disaster relief, right? Green Tree also said that Nanhu Dongzhu has a price and no market, and a small amount can replace silver taels, but a large amount cannot be in the short term. Besides, the imperial court appropriation has been stolen, why should His Royal Highness ask for his own pocket? Wouldn't this be a big injustice if it went on like this? ”
Nan Jinyu said dissatisfied, although Lord Shi Yu of Dongchuan Mansion said that he looked like a clean official, but this silver may not be recovered, and the person behind the case may not be able to find out......
"Little fox, is this worried about the loss of this temple?"
Xiao Chen was not annoyed when she heard this, what she said was just the truth, there was no high-sounding good speech of a strategist, and the fact was so unacceptable.
"That's not true, Your Highness never suffers as a man, I'm just worried about those homeless people, how to deal with them?"
Nan Jinyu told the truth, she is not a hypocritical person, but she can't ignore life, especially after she has experienced life and death, she feels more and more fragile about life.
"Ahem......"
Xiao Chen was almost choked by her words, picked up the tea and took a sip before saying, "When we get to Luo County, you may know." ”
Although Nan Jinyu's curiosity was overflowing, she didn't want to reveal half a word when she saw this guy, so she completely lost interest, and if she didn't say it, she wouldn't say it, she was so mysterious, was she a fool?
Two days later.
The official road was fast, and the southern patrol disaster relief team soon arrived in Luo County.
Luo County is not only different from the fake wealth of Fufeng County, but also different from the real wealth of Dongchuan Mansion, there are not many people going back and forth in the county town of Nuoda, and it does not look like the streets are full of hunger, which is really shocking.
"Isn't this Luo County one of the most flooded counties? Why is there no abnormality? ”
Without waiting for Nan Jinyu to speak, Xiao Liuli in the carriage behind couldn't help but ask.
"yes, I'm wondering too!"
Xiao Jin acted like she didn't know, pretending to be a little more innocent than Xiao Liuli.
The convoy bypassed the main city and went straight to the post station, but found that there were only a few people inside and outside the official post, explaining that there was no young one among the old and frail old people.
"What the hell is this? The official post is like a righteous village! Invite your county magistrate over and explain why you are so lazy? ”
King Xian took a turn around the official post and turned back from the backyard with a curse.
"Fourth brother, don't be angry, it's really not good, let's stay at the guest house, I'm afraid it's easy to starve to death here......"
Xiao Jin echoed with a smiling face, acting mean and critical.
"Your Highnesses, please calm your anger, now in this Luo County, the best thing is afraid of this official post! Inn...... It's been empty for a long time! ”
The old official who led the way reminded that looking at the yellow and thin face was terrifying.
"Empty? What does this mean? Isn't it just right to live in when it's empty? ”
Xianwang was dissatisfied, people who have always been picky have suffered a lot along the way, and now they have finally arrived at the place, and they are still being so neglected!
"When I return to His Royal Highness, it means that it is empty, and it is no house! After the flood, the plague broke out in the villages around Luo County, and the merchants who came and went brought the plague in, and the inn was empty! Now there are nine out of ten households in the entire Luo County, and the rest are explained by the old, the young, the sick and the disabled, and those who can't escape or the sellers who are still alive......"
After the old man finished speaking, he choked up and wiped away his tears, turned around and left.
"Hey...... Don't go! Who let you go? What's going on! ”
When King Xian heard that it was the plague, he panicked, and then looked at the people around him who seemed extremely calm, and could only touch his nose in embarrassment, but the whole person was burning his buttocks, and he didn't want to stay here for a moment.
"Fourth brother, don't be impatient, even so, we can only settle down."
Xiao Jin sighed, looking indifferent.
Although Xu Shi's previous journey was not smooth, everyone had never been neglected, so the contrast between the places at this time was so strong, it seemed a little suspicious.
After two days of hurrying, everyone even compressed their sleeping time to the shortest, so they put down their luggage and went straight to the dining hall downstairs, and then exploded.
In the dining room, there were pots of food, wild vegetables and porridge with only a few leaves floating, which was shockingly bland. k
"What the hell is this?"
"You can't eat these things, can you?"
"Rare! Isn't this something to feed pigs? I don't want to see you here! ”
……
After the guards finished talking, some of them had already tried to eat some, and then immediately spit it out and went out to find water to rinse their mouths.
Yebai came close and sniffed, and his expression suddenly changed greatly.
"How?"
Xiao Chen didn't frown from beginning to end, and his face was still calm at the moment, as if he had expected this to be the case.
"Back to the master, it's all rancid, and some of the mushy ones are moldy."
Yebai replied with disgust, a smile on a baby's face that almost disappeared.
Since someone dies, then they can fight......
"Well, let's go."
Xiao Chen frowned, his gaze stayed on Nan Jinyu beside him, and said, "You stay here, I'll come back to pick you up later, you can sleep or ......"
"Don't even think about it!" Nan Jinyu glared at him and pouted, "Does Your Highness dislike me and get in the way?" It's just a matter of disgust, why bother? ”
"No......"
Xiao Chen wanted to explain, but found that everyone's eyes turned to them, so he had to sigh, "Let's go, follow me." ”
"Okay!"
Nan Jinyu jumped up and down, a triumphant smile appeared on her face.
Xiao Jin turned his face dumbfounded, but saw that Xiao Liuli was gone, and followed the third brother from a distance, without planning to get his consent at all, and suddenly felt a little internally injured.
"His Royal Highness King Qin, where are you going? Can you not go......
King Xian sighed silently, resigned himself to his fate, and brought his most powerful subordinates.
He has suffered a lot of sins along the way, obviously he is a person who can't lift his hands and shoulders, and from the beginning he was pushed to the front by three to the top bag, he was the one who opened the way, he was the one who was drugged, he was the one who took the dancing girl, and he was the one who didn't sleep for three nights by the crazy dancing girl!
Xiao Chen led people out of the house as usual, and even treated fewer people, only brought a few shadow guards, but it was King Xian and His Royal Highness the Seventh who brought many people, and the momentum was not good-looking......
Luo County is not big, and the official post went all the way to the county office in a quarter of an hour.
"What are you doing? Do you know what this place is? Do you dare to break in if you lead someone? ”
The guard at the gate of the county government had a grass stalk in his mouth, and the buttons of his clothes were wrong, and he didn't look like an official at all, but he looked like a ruffian.
"Presumptuous! His Royal Highness the King of Qin ordered the southern tour for disaster relief, but why don't you pass it on quickly? ”
The commander of the guards retorted, and the suppressed anger had been completely ignited.
"King Qin? What is the king? Lao Tzu has been popular for most of his life, and he has never seen a third-grade official! A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to see Lord Shi Yu who went back to Dongchuan Mansion, and he was just an official from the fourth grade, and you rich people who were dressed better dared to claim to be Wang Sun Guixuan? It's against you! ”
After the guard guarding the door finished speaking, he exchanged glances with a few people next to him, drew his knife and slashed it.
"Your uncle!"
The commander of the guards didn't have time to retreat, he blocked with his backhand, and the moment he looked back, he felt that the big knife in front of him was about to be chopped down, and suddenly there was a burst of blood mist in front of him, pouring from head to toe for a long time, and several people in front of him disappeared silently.
"Cut!"
Night Ghost stood in front of the commander of the guards, his fingertips still dripping with blood, no one could see what his weapon was, only to feel a gust of wind pass, and the group of shouting guards all fell.
"Thank you ......"
The commander of the guards muttered, shocked and a little afraid.
No wonder His Royal Highness King Qin only brought a few henchmen and guards to go out, such a mysterious trick, not to mention dealing with a few soldiers and ruffians, even if it is against the army, it is not impossible to win.
"You're welcome."
Night Charm didn't look at him, silently stepped aside, looked at Nan Jinyu for a few seconds, and showed a bewitching smile, "Childe wants to win Night Shadow?" I've got a way. ”
"Night Charm!"
Xiao Chen suddenly felt a headache, among the shadow guards under his command, the guy in front of him thought the most, he used to think that he was just noisy, but now it seems that where he is noisy, it is clear that he will be repaid.
"The subordinates are here! The master can rest assured, even if he is buried in the soil by Xiao Yu Gongzi, the night shadow will not die for a while. ”
Nightshade smiled brightly, but the people around her trembled.
This is the perverted shadow guard next to the legendary King Qin, right? It's even more terrifying than the poker face before, and he doesn't even let go of his colleagues!
"I'll come to you another day!"
Nan Jinyu's eyes lit up and she smiled mysteriously.
This sister is so funny! Anyway, if you don't learn in vain, maybe this thing will tell her how to beat Nightshadow into a pig's head?
Dreams always come true!
"Ahem! Third brother, shall we go in? ”
Xiao Jin looked at Xiao Liuli, who couldn't hold back and wanted to rush inside, and instantly felt that his whole person was not good, other people's daughters-in-law were gentle and gentle, and his family was ...... I'm afraid it's a wild monkey!
"Third brother, I can't fight this matter, why don't I go and pick up the blocker?"
The king's eyes kept dripping, and he thought that the southern tour disaster relief was to lie down and count the silver every day, and he wanted to make such a fuss?
The third brother is protected by a master, but he doesn't!
"Well," Xiao Chen nodded in response, and did not object to him escaping from the battle, and only after the person walked out a few meters did he say lightly: "Let one go and kill you." ”
King Xian stumbled suddenly, but Chrysostom was overwhelmed, so he could only respond with tears and laughter, "Yes!" ”
"Let's go in," Xiao Chen glanced at the guards around him, and his gaze stayed on Nan Jinyu, "You follow me." ”
Nan Jinyu bowed her head in silence, and the hand in her sleeve pocket was already on the colorful bottles and cans.
The guards stepped forward and prepared to break in, but they didn't want the door of the Luoxian County Government to open from the inside, and a person with a smile on his face greeted him, and when he caught a glimpse of several corpses on the ground, he didn't even frown.
"Xiaguan Luo County County, I don't know that Your Highnesses are here today, and you are not welcome, and you still look at Haihan!"
The person who came had a beard, and his age was not very old, and he looked like a polite scholar.
Nan Jinyu recognized this person at a glance as the third of the four brothers who killed people in Qingfeng County that day, her eyes were slightly condensed, and she silently turned to Xiao Chen's direction.
"Haihan is a fart! You are just a small county, and you dare to take it upon yourself to come to the peak for the county commander? Did you buy a black gauze hat? ”
Xiao Jin reprimanded angrily, looking quite unreasonable, in stark contrast to the county in front of him.
"This ...... Presumably the Seventh Highness? His Royal Highness was angry, and the county commander personally went to the Huai River to settle the victims, who had been away from home for seven days, and had not returned. ”
After the county Cheng finished speaking, he immediately beckoned to the two people behind him, not wanting to be stopped directly.
"The sword has no eyes, move again and watch your heads."
Yebai's sword was on the neck of the visitor, and the smile on the baby's face looked like a joke, but the murderous aura emanating from his body made people shudder, and he wanted to re-examine this kind-faced young man.
"Spare your life! Spare your life! ”
The guards hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, completely looking like a scoundrel in the market, where there was a little bit of a servant.
"His Royal Highness King Qin...... What does this mean? The lower officials are just doing things according to the charter, the county commander is not there, and he can't welcome all the distinguished guests, and the lower officials want to find people and don't let you, what kind of misunderstanding will lead to the patrol to oppress my Luo County like this? ”
The county man was trembling with anger, obviously scared to death, but he refused to retreat at all.
"A county prince dares to be so presumptuous, are you sure that no one will kill you?"
Nan Jinyu hooked his lower lip mockingly, pretending to be as dignified and courageless as a scholar, but the gloom and accident in his eyes exposed his inner thoughts.