Chapter 4 The Xianbei man is not bad
"If you want to know who I am, let the others go first." Although Zhu Wanqing was scared to death in her heart, she still pretended to be fearless on her face.
"Miss no!" Zhang Xiaohu just wanted to step forward to stop him, but he was knocked out by a dwarf mule from behind.
This guy looked very powerful before, but I didn't expect it to be so useless at the critical moment, what a waste! Ling'er looked at Zhang Xiaohu, who was lying unconscious on the ground, and complained secretly in her heart.
"Hmph, do you think you have bargaining chips with me? Now you are just fish on the chopping board, and you are not qualified to negotiate conditions. Murong Xiaosui said as she leaned over to Zhu Wanqing's side and sniffed it with her nose.
Zhu Wanqing was so disgusted that she avoided it.
"Hmm~, it's really fragrant, I smell it, this must be the princess of Lingyang in the Ming Dynasty, right?" Murong Xiaosui deliberately dragged out the last few words, he wanted to see what kind of expression this woman would make.
Zhu Wanqing was indeed taken aback, but reason told her that she must not show panic at this time, and she must maintain Princess Daming's integrity and demeanor at any time.
"You know who I am, and you should know what you are responsible for such an act." Zhu Wanqing didn't have much to do, so she could only take one step at a time.
"Yo, I'm so scared!" Murong made a frightened expression, which made the dwarf mules laugh.
"If you are really Princess Lingyang, I can promise to let your subordinates go, but you also have to promise me one thing." Murong Xiaosui picked up a strand of Zhu Wanqing's hair, leaned it to her nose and sniffed it.
Zhu Wanqing turned her head away, unwilling to look at his reckless behavior.
"You bandit leader, you want our princess to be the lady of the village? There are no doors! Not to be outdone, Ling'er pushed Murong Xiaosui away.
Seeing this, the dwarf mules immediately rushed up to teach the maid a lesson, but were stopped by Murong in time.
"Hey, you girl, who did you hear that I was going to arrest her to be Mrs. Zhai?" Murong Xiaosui untied the jade pendant on his waist and handed it to Zhu Wanqing.
"This thing is yours, isn't it?"
"Nonsense, it wasn't like it was robbed by your bandit accomplices that day, give it back to us." Ling'er said that she was going to grab it.
Murong stopped and didn't let Ling'er succeed.
"Don't be an old thief, I'm not in the same group as them at all. Two days ago, I led someone to destroy a mountain, and this is what the leader was on, and he said that he also snatched it from a princess, otherwise you think I can really smell you as a princess with my nose? Murong said and returned the jade pendant to Ling'er.
"Ling'er give it back to him, I don't want anything he touched!" Zhu Wanqing said.
Ling'er hesitated, and then threw the jade pendant back to Murong Xiaosui.
Murong Xiaosui smiled and said that it would be a meeting gift from the princess.
"Say, I'm going to promise you something, and I'll release you as soon as I finish speaking." Zhu Wanqing didn't want to dwell on it too much.
Murong Xiaosui suddenly knelt down on one knee, and the dwarf mules were stunned at first when they saw this, but they could only kneel down immediately.
"Princess Qiyu, the villain is an ordinary horse dealer in the surrounding countryside, how can I have been suffering from disasters in recent years, and the government has withheld disaster relief money and food. It's just that we never harm innocent people, but only rob the convoys of the government and the business of other hills. Murong Xiaosui said.
"Do you want me to get a way out for you?" Zhu Wanqing saw that things had taken a turn for the better, so she asked.
"Not for us, but for the people of the world." Although Murong Xiaosui said this sentence in a loud voice, the words shook Zhu Wanqing's heart, such a mind actually came from a Xianbei man who looked at Jiao'er Langdang.
"The court is still powerless, how can I, a woman, save the people from fire and water." Zhu Wanqing continued to ask.
"Back to the princess, there are eight townships in two counties and eight townships in the border of Langcheng, and more than 100,000 people, you can still save it." Murong raised his head, his eyes shining.
"If you really have a way, this princess is willing to try." Zhu Wanqing didn't dare to make eye contact with her.
"We are relieved to have the princess's words, you all listen, now put down your weapons and go back to Langcheng." Murong shouted at the guards who were peeing their pants.
The guards scattered in all directions, and the mules tied up the fainted Zhang Xiaohu and put him on horseback to be transported back to the village.
Ling'er was also caught in a carriage.
As for Zhu Wanqing, she was hugged into the saddle by Murong Xiaosui, and Murong passed her hands through Zhu Wanqing's waist, holding the reins in one hand and the whip in the other.
Drive~!
Roar roar roar ~~!
The neighing of the horse was mixed with the roar of people, and Murong Xiaosui took Zhu Wanqing to gallop on the horse.
By the bright moonlight, Zhu Wanqing secretly glanced at this man a few times, the appearance of Xianbei was a little handsome, but the smell of cattle and sheep on this body was really unbearable.
The next day, Ling'er was allowed to return to Zhu Wanqing's side to serve.
Hongyan Village is named after the huge red rock on the top of the mountain, which was originally the lair of a mountain thief and bandit, but after being destroyed by Murong, this became his base.
There is a viewing platform in the village, where major events are generally held.
Zhu Wanqing was invited to take a seat, and Murong led a group of small and large leaders to salute below.
"Last night, I made it clear to the princess that I was willing to help the 120,000 people of Langcheng get out of the sea of suffering." Murong said loudly.
Good~!
Princess Chitose!
The people below began to cheer.
"However, if you want to really get this done, the princess has to suffer a lot of grievances, and I will elaborate on the detailed plan later. If there is something offended, Murong is here to make amends to the princess first! After speaking, Murong Xiaosui knelt on the ground and bowed.
His subordinates followed suit.
"Everyone, please hurry up, I am the princess of Daming, and I should share my father's worries, so you don't need to be like this." Zhu Wanqing asked everyone to get up.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, forgive your little nonsense, if this court can be like Princess Lingyang since the emperor Lao'er, then the people will not fall to the current situation." One of the leaders sighed.
Oh, yes!
It is!
The crowd chimed in.
"Alright, don't say more. I'm going to talk to the princess about this, so go down and get ready." Murong let everyone disperse and led Zhu Wanqing into the main hall of the village.
Since it was originally a bandit's lair, the hall was full of white bones of cattle and sheep as ornaments. Even occasionally saw the bones of some people, Zhu Wanqing only felt scared when she saw it, but she didn't dare to lose her temper.
Murong sent someone to serve some food, and adding a small strip of air-dried bacon to the cornmeal nest here, plus a bowl of wild vegetable soup was the best condition.
Zhu Wanqing was hungry all night, although she was a princess, she didn't dislike it, she had anything to eat.
Many people can't even eat wild vegetables, they can only gnaw on tree bark, compared to them, isn't what they are eating now delicious in the world?
Murong originally thought that this Lingyang princess would be disgusted with the food here if she was used to eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas, but she didn't expect Zhu Wanqing to start eating without saying a word.
Although the food on the plate is simple, Zhu Wanqing eats unhurriedly, gentle and moving, without losing her royal demeanor at all.
Murong Xiaosui liked the woman in front of her more and more in her heart.
After the princess finished eating, Murong began to explain the local situation over the years.
The two counties and 18 townships near Langcheng were originally considered rich because they were close to the capital, and commercial agriculture was very developed.
If you want to talk about the disaster, as long as the imperial court provides a little relief, the people will soon recover after they recover.
However, the prefect was corrupt and perverted the law, deducting the money and grain of the imperial court for disaster relief, resulting in a large number of people around Langcheng becoming displaced people, population loss, and deserted land without anyone to cultivate.
In the coming year, the sky will strike another disaster, and the government will still deduct money and food as usual, and finally it will reach the hands of the people, which is not enough to eat a full meal.
Since then, Langcheng has fallen into a vicious circle, natural disasters and man-made disasters have been destroying the nearby people all the time, and people who can't eat have fallen into the grass, and this law and order is getting worse day by day.
A year ago, Zhang Hanwen was urgently transferred to Langcheng to take office, thinking that this Yao Ge's old protégé could make a difference and alleviate the disaster, but he didn't expect that since he became the official of Langcheng's parents, he immediately joined the same stream.
This year's imperial court disaster relief funds did not reach the victims, and they were all divided among the dog officials.
It is impossible for Zhang Hanwen, as the prefect, not to know, but he has done nothing.
Hearing this, Zhu Wanqing and Ling'er were stunned, they didn't expect that the man they admired was so terrifying.
Zhu Wanqing tried to calm her emotions, and she kept warning herself that she couldn't just listen to this guy's words.