Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Tiger's Mouth
Hongli sat in the carriage, after several days of bumps and was really sleepy, he actually fell asleep in the carriage, when he woke up, lifted the curtain of the car and poked his head out, and the scene that caught his eyes made his heart ache.
The roadside was full of refugees, all ragged, unkempt, staggering, crying, screaming, screaming. There are also people lying on the side of the road, buzzing with flies, presumably dead for many days, but unfortunately there is not even a loved one who collects the corpses.
"Stop!"
"What does the young master command?" Heber, who was riding at the front, heard the sound and jumped off his horse and came to the carriage.
"Let them go and find a place to bury those poor people on the side of the road!"
"Yes, you guys, go and bury those bodies." Herb instructed a few of the guards beside him.
Zhang Tingyu saw what Hongli had done from inside another carriage, and nodded affirmatively, "The emperor is wise!" ”
Due to burying the corpses all the way and relieving the old, weak, sick and disabled, it took five or six days to arrive in Henan Province.
"Young master, you should be tired after such a long journey, let's find an inn to stay in first! I'll go back tomorrow for an unannounced visit. Herb led the horse and followed the carriage.
Hongli lifted the curtain, looked around, and nodded in response.
The emperor was lying on the bed, tossing and turning in discomfort, with beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead, "Ahh...... It's uncomfortable, it's so uncomfortable, take a break, go get me some Hibiscus, I really can't stand it, go quickly. ”
"Your Majesty, you are persistent, seven days, seven days can completely remove A Furong's poison."
Orange Creek grabbed the emperor's hand, seeing him so uncomfortable, his heart was like a knife, "Your Majesty, you bear with it, it will pass soon, and the concubines will accompany you day and night." ”
"Chen Yu, Imperial Doctor Liu, why don't you go quickly, do you want to resist the decree? Ah......h
Chen Yu and Imperial Physician Liu both knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, you can bear with it any longer!" Focus on the big picture! ”
"Ahhh......h
"Niangniang, be careful that the emperor accidentally bites his tongue." The doctor was in a trance when he saw that the emperor was uncomfortable, and hurriedly reminded Orange Creek.
In a hurry, Orange Creek put his hand directly into the emperor's mouth, "Ah......" The emperor bit down hard, and Orange Creek screamed in pain.
After struggling for a long time, the emperor finally fell asleep, and Orange Creek gently embraced him into his arms, and he snuggled quietly in Orange Creek's arms like a child.
When the emperor woke up, he saw the orange stream beside him and the scars on her hands, and he was so distressed that he couldn't do it, but he was more moved, this woman finally had him in her heart.
"Your Majesty, wake up! How does it feel? There's nothing uncomfortable about it, right? As soon as Orange Creek opened his eyes and saw that the emperor was awake, he kept asking.
The emperor stroked the scabbed wound on her hand, "I'm okay, does it hurt?" ”
Orange Creek shook her head and withdrew her hand, "It's okay, it doesn't hurt." ”
Usually, when inviting pets, all the concubines run faster than rabbits, and I heard that his poisonous attack will hurt people, and they can't even see a shadow.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Xiang and Concubine Li are here to say hello!" Father-in-law Chen came in to report.
"Let them all go back! I don't want to see anyone. ”
"Huh!" Gonggong Chen withdrew from the room, "Two mothers, please go back!" The emperor wants to be quiet, so let's come back another day! ”
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's ......" Concubine Li was a little unwilling and shouted loudly outside the door.
"Concubine Li, please go back! The emperor is accompanied by Concubine Tong! ”
"Humph! I'll just say it! It turned out that someone was the first to get there, I said Sister Xiangfei, aren't you in a hurry? Soon people will come from behind! ”
"If you can get the emperor's affirmation, then you will naturally have something extraordinary, there is nothing to say about coming first and then coming, those who can work hard! Sister, you think too much. Concubine Xiang deliberately raised her voice, pretending to be generous and benevolent.
"Liu'er, go, go back to Yonghe Palace, I'm tired." When I walked away, I didn't forget to say to myself, "You deserve to have two sons and can only be a concubine, if my baby is an elder brother, I must not be content with being a concubine." ”
"Young master, I have been observing for three days in a row, and every gathering point that distributes disaster relief food has been distributing food normally every day, and it doesn't look like there is a private pocket." The three of them continued to observe secretly at various gathering points, and indeed distributed disaster relief food on time every day, but why did they still starve all over the wilderness.
Hongli pointed to a few young and sturdy men, "A few of you go and follow those people, see where they go after receiving the grain?" ”
"Yes!"
"Young Master, who are you?" Heber was puzzled.
"You'll find out later."
The governor of Henan came to the distribution table with a sound of "get out of the way, get out of the way", "Everyone be quiet, today is the last time to distribute food, the only remaining food in the government has been distributed, and the official has also connected three folds, but the court refuses to allocate funds to eat, and the official has been wrapped in porridge for a few days. Seeing the villagers suffering, the official also felt the same way, it was the official who had the trust of the villagers, sorry, sorry ......" said the words sincerely, and tears fell.
The victims, who were still noisy, sighed and shook their heads when they saw this scene.
"What a clean official! The old man wanted to cry when he heard it. Zhang Tingyu was full of emotion beside him.
"Let's go! There's a tea stall there, so let's drink tea and wait for their good news! Hongli pointed to the tea stall five or six paces away, and remained unmoved by the governor's words.
"Young Master Qiyu, those people spared a few laps on the street, and they all entered the governor's yamen. We secretly followed, and the food we begged for was packed into *bags, and the whole house was piled up* bags, which should be all food. "The person who just went with me came to report back.
"Humph! Sure enough, as I expected, a good plank road to repair and secretly cross Chencang. Hongli slapped the table with his hand, and the water in the teacup splashed out, and Mr. Zhang, who didn't know the inside story, was so frightened by Hongli that he almost fell to the ground with the cup in his hand.
"Young Master, how did you notice it?" Heber began to admire this young and promising little prince from the bottom of his heart.
"After several days of observation, the people standing in front of them to receive food are all very strong men, they are full of energy, where are they like disaster victims, they are numerous, always pushing those old, weak, sick and disabled, it is difficult for the real disaster victims to receive food at all."
"I see, young master has good eyesight."
"Lord Zhang, this is a token for transferring troops, you take it, and quickly go to the nearest barracks to transfer some troops, and it will be too late for them to transport the food out." Hongli took out the token and handed it to Zhang Tingyu with his own hands.
"Yes, young master, the old man will go." Zhang Tingyu left in a hurry with a few entourages.
"A few of you go to monitor outside the governor's yamen, if there is any movement, come back quickly and report it, Heber, you and I will go back to the inn first."
"Yes!"
Back at the inn, Hongli couldn't sleep, he wandered around the house all night, he was afraid that Lord Zhang had not come back, the food had been transported, and the unlicensed crime governor was light, what should be done with these thousands of victims? This is life-saving food!
Zhang Tingyu also knew the seriousness of the matter, and when he arrived at the barracks, he didn't have time to take a sip, so he quickly took out a token and asked the general to transfer troops.
"I say General! You'd be quicker! Human life is at stake! Zhang Tingyu sat in the carriage and yelled at the general who was riding at the front.
"Master Zhang, it's already the fastest speed! It's useless to urge, and these soldiers don't have wings, so can't they fly? ”
Zhang Tingyu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, the emperor personally handed over the little prince to him, if there was any mistake, his ten heads would not be enough to cut off!
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
Hongli woke up from a knock on the door, "Who?" ”
"Report to the young master, there is movement in the governor's yamen, and they are ready to transport some grain out of the city first."
Hongli hurriedly took off the clothes on the bedside and put them on, "Wake up General Herb quickly." ”
Heber, who came out of the room, followed him downstairs and asked, "Is there any movement?" ”
"Yes, we'll have to stall first, the army should be back soon." Walking to the door, Hongli suddenly stopped, and pointed to a guard beside him, "You, stay, Lord Zhang comes back, let them come directly to the governor's yamen." ”
At the back gate of the governor's yamen, more than a dozen cars were parked there, some of them were already filled with grain, and the other part was still loaded, and the governor was wearing a cloak and personally commanding there.
Seeing Heber and them coming, dozens of big men drew their swords to block in front of the governor, "Look at a few faces, are you from other places?" ”
"The governor has good eyesight, what is the governor doing on this big night?" When the guards saw each other draw their swords, they also drew their swords to protect them in front of Hongli.
"If you know each other, go away quickly, and it's better not to meddle in things." The governor began to issue an expulsion order.
"As for me, my curiosity is heavier, and I can't sleep if I don't figure it out." Hongli originally wanted to entangle with him, but he didn't expect that the other party would not accept the move, and directly ordered his subordinates to kill him.
The two sides began to fight, and Heber was in front of Hongli to the death. Due to the large number of opponents, several guards were slashed.
It came early, it was better to come by chance, and at this time, Lord Zhang finally arrived and brought the army to rescue Heber and them from the encirclement.
"The last will participate in Prince Bao." The general took all the soldiers with him and bowed before Heber.
"Get up!"
Prince Bao? When the governor heard these three words, he was so frightened that he could not speak, and he felt as if his head was no longer on his neck. "Sinner...... Ginseng...... Prince Garbo! ”
"Someone! Take him down for me. Hongli pointed to the governor who was kneeling on the ground, not daring to look up.
"The prince spares his life! The minister knows that he is wrong, and the prince spares his life! The governor kept begging for mercy, and at this time it was probably from the bottom of his heart that tears fell.
Early the next morning, the army helped maintain order and escorted the governor to the execution ground, where Hongli wanted to behead him in public.
"Fathers and fellow villagers, this is a good governor who loves the people like a son in your eyes, today, I love Xinjue Luo Hongli, and I will be here, cutting off his head, this is the fate of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, secretly swallowing the disaster relief food allocated by the imperial court, filling their pockets, so that they starve all over the wilderness, and deceive the king."
There was still a lot of discussion in the crowd, the knives were up and down, and everything was calm.
Hongli began to personally distribute relief food, according to the household registration, to ensure that everyone can get a share of food, the victims can finally fill their stomachs, in their eyes, Hongli is indeed better than the governor, and they all began to praise him.