Chapter 16: Murong is not dead
After rectifying the affairs of the government, Zhu Wanqing drafted a temporary ordinance and asked Zhang Xiaohu to take people to post it at the entrance of Langcheng Caishi.
Yixiucai read the temporary ordinance aloud one by one, and the people shouted hello after each one. When it is recited, "If there is another person who robs the people's property, he will be beheaded immediately." The people burst into warm applause.
Long live the Emperor! Long live Chincha-sama!
We are saved in Langcheng!
Shen Liang accompanied Zhu Wanqing to drink tea in the teahouse on the side, and when he saw the cheering people below, he said with a smile: "Lord Qincha is really a good means, and the people of Langcheng are all thinking of your goodness." ”
Zhu Wanqing twisted her fake beard, looked at Shen Liang and said, "I'm afraid Lord Shen isn't praising me, right?" ”
"How so?" Shen Liang asked.
"Although I have lived in the palace for a long time and have not experienced the world, I am not stupid. At present, this order is nothing more than a delaying measure to appease the people. The crux of the problem in Langcheng lies in food and materials, and if this person does not have enough to eat, any laws and regulations are bullshit. Do you say yes or no? As soon as Zhu Wanqing said this, Shen Liang's smile suddenly changed from a fake smile to a real smile, and he laughed because he looked down at the girl in front of him.
"The princess is very knowledgeable, and I admire it, but how to solve this critical problem, do you have eyebrows?" Shen Liang asked again.
"Gentleman!" Zhu Wanqing took a sip of tea, looked at the wasteland outside the city and said.
"Those people are not easy to deal with." Shen Liang has not done such a case before, he knows very well that it is more difficult for people from the country gentleman clan to deal with it than being an official. The official sees the brocade guard like a mouse sees a cat. And those sub-soil squires, all of them are local soil emperors, what brocade guards are not brocade guards, if they are provoked, they still organize people to copy guys and do it with you, all of them are not fuel-efficient lamps.
"Then I have to ask Lord Shen to do me a favor, in three days, I will hold a banquet in the mansion and invite the nearby gentry to come to the banquet, you have no shortage of eyeliner in this territory, and I will leave the matter of going to the banquet to you." Zhu Wanqing said.
"It's okay to be announced, but I'm afraid they won't come." Shen Liang knew these people very well.
"You said that Lord Chincha wanted to buy back the land in their hands at a high price, and they would come. After the beginning of spring, it will take more than half a year for the autumn harvest to hire people to farm, and besides, there will be two things to say about whether there will be a disaster this year, and there is a large amount of money to be made at the moment, and they will at least be willing to listen to it and talk about it. Zhu Wanqing gave Shen Liang an idea.
Shen Liang couldn't help but sigh in his heart after hearing this: This little girl looks inconspicuous, and she calculates people one by one, it's not simple.
"Even if they do, how do you get them to do it? You don't necessarily have to buy back land at a high price, right? Shen Liang still had some doubts.
"The secret of heaven cannot be leaked, I have my own way when the time comes, and Lord Shen can help me convey it in place." Zhu Wanqing also sold Guanzi.
Shen Liang smiled, said goodbye, and set out to do his own business.
"Miss, tell me quickly, what tricks do you have?" Ling'er saw that Shen Liang was walking away, and asked in a low voice.
"Call Xiaohu, let's go to Hongyan Village and find Murong Xiaosui." Zhu Wanqing said.
"Huh? Murong is still alive? ”
"Who can rob the prefect, who else can have this courage except for him Murong Xiaosui?" Zhu Wanqing had already guessed that Murong Xiaosui was not dead.
Zhang Xiaohu's tailwind ear could be heard clearly downstairs, and as soon as he said that he was going to find Murong Xiaosui immediately, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It's over, I'm afraid I'm not going to be killed by him!
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Hongyan Village's efforts at this time are also to the point of exhaustion, except for the half-dead victims on the boundary of Langcheng, there is not even a single bird or beast, all the food can be eaten, and the bark of the tree is not complete.
Murong Xiaosui was seriously injured that time, although he didn't lose his life, but his vitality was also greatly damaged, and he couldn't slow down for a year and a half.
On this day, Murong was exercising to speed up his body's recovery, and he would report it with one hand.
"Report to the owner of the village, someone under the mountain wants to see you."
"Who?"
"Just the princess last time, and the guy who stabbed you in the back!" As soon as the dwarf mule finished speaking, Murong's eyes opened suddenly.
"Okay, I still have the courage to take the initiative to send it to the door." Murong immediately came to his senses, and it seemed that his blood flow in his whole body was much smoother all of a sudden, and he got up and walked straight towards the entrance of the village.
"How many of them came?" Murong asked the dwarf mule as he walked.
"Just the third son, and the maid who waits for people."
When Murong heard this, he thought that he had really come to send him to death.
Outside the gate, Zhu Wanqing, who was dressed in men's clothes, looked a little handsome and scholarly, but the unobstructed mustache looked a little funny.
Murong was originally full of anger, but when he saw Zhu Wanqing's dress, he was so amused that he laughed for a while.
"Sui Manzi, what are you laughing at me for?" Zhu Wanqing was a little displeased when she saw this.
"Spike barbarian? Qing'er, not long ago, you were still screaming at Murong Gongzi, why did you turn your face so quickly, but you took me first. Murong seemed to be flirting with Zhu Wanqing.
"Don't call me Qing'er, I'm not familiar with you." Zhu Wanqing tore off her fake beard and threw it aside.
"The princess is so interested, what? The palace is tired and crooked, and you come to me to have fun? Murong said with a sinking face.
"My young lady was ordered by the emperor to come to Langcheng to investigate Zhang Hanwen's case as a female Qincha lord." Ling'er said loudly.
"Oh? Zhang Hanwen was arrested? Murong was a little surprised.
"Yes, I came this time, firstly, to get back the new prefect who was robbed by you, and secondly, I want to ask you for help to save the people from fire and water." Zhu Wanqing looked at Murong carefully, but she was much thinner than before, and her face was also very pale, presumably not only because of her injury, but also because she couldn't fill her stomach.
"Change? That's a dignified state governor, what do you get in exchange? Murong glanced at Zhang Xiaohu who was standing beside Zhu Wanqing, Zhang Xiaohu didn't dare to look at him, so he had to look away.
"I know that you are almost unable to open the pot, there are ten carts of food and supplies under the mountain, as long as you promise me two conditions, the brothers in the village can be fed and clothed." Zhu Wanqing was full of confidence, she really couldn't think of any reason for Murong to refuse.
"No problem, as long as I can feed my brothers, I can say anything, but I still need one more thing." Murong pointed at Zhang Xiaohu.
"He is now the captain of the Jinyi Guard, a member of the imperial court, don't beat his idea." Seeing this, Ling'er hurriedly protected Xiaohu, who was a little surprised, but also very moved.
"Okay, I was the one who stabbed you that day, as long as you agree to Lord Qincha's request, I, Zhang Xiaohu, will be at your disposal." In order not to make it difficult for Zhu Wanqing, Zhang Xiaohu took the initiative to stand up and say.
"Someone!" With a wave of Murong Xiaosui's hand, several dwarf mules stepped forward to take Zhang Xiaohu's knife.
Zhang Xiaohu did not resist, and was tied up and taken down by Wuhuada.
"Miss!" Ling'er was so anxious that tears came out, and she kept pulling Zhu Wanqing's sleeves, meaning that you should hurry up and save him.
"You calm down, Murong won't poison Xiaohu." Zhu Wanqing still has a little understanding of Murong's temperament, and she concluded that Murong would not kill Xiaohu, because at present, the people of this big village want not to starve to death, and there is no way out except to do things for the imperial court. Murong arrested Xiaohu for the sake of face, and for the sake of a bite to eat, let the enemy go, what is his prestige in front of everyone in the future.
Zhu Wanqing was very annoyed when she saw that Ling'er couldn't hold her breath, and her tears flowed.
Murong made a gesture of invitation and said, "Please send the lady into the hall to speak." ”
When Zhu Wanqing passed by him, Murong deliberately grabbed Zhu Wanqing's hand under the pretext of support.
"You barbarian, be respectful." Zhu Wanqing wanted to withdraw her hand, but she couldn't match Murong's strength, even if she was seriously injured.
"Lord Chincha, please, look at the road, alas, don't fall." Murong dragged it more vigorously now.