The next day, in the morning, the hanging beads were not condensed.

The wolves who had been guarding all night saw the light of day and finally dispersed, and Lin Qi and Xiao Chengyue flew down from the treetops exhausted.

The two of them came to the place where the valley collapsed yesterday, and as expected, someone deliberately moved his hands and feet on the top of the mountain to loosen the mountain soil in advance, which led to the mountain stream, once people and horses passed, it would cause a collapse.

Lin Qi leaned over to check, only to see that in the mountains and soil, there was also a kind of man-eating ant spice, specially hooked ants and insects, whether they were smashed by stones yesterday, or were stoned to death, today they have become white bones.

"The methods are so vicious, and they are really an opponent to be reckoned with." Lin Qi clenched his hands and used a piece of wood to pick up a giant ant from the crack in the stone, which was actually a man-eating ant.

"You already know who it is, right?"

Xiao Chengyue doesn't need to say his name, Lin Qi naturally understands that now Lin'an City wants Xiao Chengyue's life the most, and it is related to the matter of medicinal materials, it is nothing more than King Ning.

However, how did King Ning know about the place where the medicinal herbs were stored?

This place, to be said strictly, is actually fine, but when it comes to loose defense, it is not necessarily, Yun Shangshu has never been here, and it is not easy to find the exact location from Xiao Chengyue's words on weekdays.

"Look, it's the young lady and the prince."

"Master......"

But at that time, on the other side of the mountain stream, the ugly Kong Lingfeng and Lan Yin Lanruo, plus a group of secret guards rushed together, and when they saw Lin Qi, the ugly ugly immediately greeted them.

"Master, the subordinates are not doing well, and the master has suffered, please punish the master." Lan Yinlan and Lan Ruo came to Xiao Chengyue, knelt on the ground and bowed.

Xiao Chengyue waved his hand expressionlessly, and there was almost no emotion on Jun's face, "It's okay, have all the medicinal materials been recovered?" ”

Kong Lingfeng took a step forward and said, "The medicinal materials are still there, and Miss Lin led someone to find them first." ”

Lin Qi was still looking down to check the medicine in the mountain soil, thinking that this ant insect attack power was so strong, he would definitely take it back to study, and if he encountered it next time, he would have a way to rescue him in advance.

Xiao Chengyue looked at her so attentively, and pursed his lips and smiled lightly.

This smile is envious of others, just like Lan Ruo, she has been by Xiao Chengyue's side for many years, and she has never seen Xiao Chengyue smile at anyone, let alone a woman.

However, the next moment, Lan Ruo was even more dumbfounded.

Xiao Chengyue walked over in two steps, held Lin Qi's hand, lifted his sleeves to wipe her hands clean, "Prepare food." ”

As he spoke, he wanted to take Lin Qi's hand and walk back, "I haven't eaten for a day, are you hungry?" ”

Lin Qi had just taken out a small medicine bottle from his waist, and before he had time to fill it with soil, where could he leave like this.

When a workaholic meets a job, it can be called "the five are empty", and when everyone was still shocked, the dignified three princes of the god of war actually lifted their sleeves to wipe the hands of the woman, a more surprising scene came.

Lin Qi didn't care about him, he shook off his hand by himself, squatted down and filled the small bottle with soil, and a quick sentence flashed in his mouth, "You go eat it yourself, don't worry about me." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, this woman is afraid that she is crazy, right?

In front of the three princes, he was rude and didn't say anything, but he openly hung the three princes, and regarded the soil on the ground as heavier than the three princes, what is the reason?

Lan Ruo secretly rejoiced, quietly glanced at Xiao Chengyue's face, and waited for Xiao Chengyue to get more and more angry, she had followed Xiao Chengyue for many years, so she naturally knew that Xiao Chengyue's majesty was sacrosanct.

It's like a woman, over the years, whether it's the battlefield, the imperial city, or the civilian farmhouse, there have always been countless women who have stuck on him, but Xiao Chengyue has never given special treatment to any woman, and today, it must be the same.

Lan Ruozheng was thinking about being happy, however, it appeared unexpectedly.

"Okay, this king will go to the other courtyard to see the medicinal herbs first, and wait for you to eat with you later."

Xiao Chengyue not only did not blame, but also had a rare pleasant face, even if he was rejected, he seemed to be in a very good mood.

Looking at the direction in which Xiao Chengyue was gradually moving away, Lan Ruo glared at Lin Qi on the ground viciously, and happened to be glared back by the ugly ugly, but he couldn't argue, so he had to leave angrily.

Lan Yin carried a broken knife on his back, and his expression turned back and forth on Xiao Chengyue and Lin Qi a few times, with a solemn face, but he didn't say anything, and followed back.

It was past noon, and Lin Qi was satisfied with putting all the dozens of vials of samples into his pocket, stood up, and looked up to see Kong Lingfeng still behind him.

She didn't say much, she didn't know and thought that Kong Lingfeng was thinking about her safety, but she couldn't hide anything from Lin Qi's eyes, Kong Lingfeng stayed just to be ugly.

Back in the other courtyard, Xiao Chengyue had already re-examined the medicinal materials, changed into clean clothes, and sat at the table waiting for Lin Qi.

"How's it going?" Xiao Chengyue looked at her and asked.

"King Ning is murderous this time." Lin Qi said, and took out a medicine bottle, which was a live man-eating ant, golden yellow, with serrated double pincers, and more than three times larger than ordinary ants, "You must be careful about disaster relief." ”

Xiao Chengyue nodded.

Presumably, King Ning and their departure from the north will still be implemented according to the original plan, and soon there will be a disaster relief failure, and the news that the silver two have been robbed or stolen will come, and at this time, it also happens to be the best time for Xiao Chengyue to make a move.

Lin Qi looked at the table full of food, and he didn't care about any image, so he sat down directly, picked up the chopsticks and started eating, and asked while eating, "Have you ever investigated the reason behind King Ning's greed for ink and silver?" ”

"The reason behind it?" Xiao Chengyue stared, "Are you ......suspicious?"

The two looked at each other and smiled, Lin Qi didn't say anything, "Isn't it, just try it, the prince just needs to do what I say." ”

"It seems that this king underestimates you on weekdays." Xiao Chengyue quipped.

"Make a living in the dark, each according to his ability, when to use what means, hasn't the prince already seen it?"

Lin Qi refers to the fact that when she was on the battlefield, although she did not hold a steel knife to help Xiao Chengyue eradicate the enemy, she snatched back the lives of the soldiers from the hands of the king of Hades one after another, and even gave advice behind her to help him pacify several cities.

These deeds are not something that can be forgotten when she returns to Lin'an, and of course Xiao Chengyue can't forget it, her ability is almost on par with herself.

When Lin Qi returned to Luofu, Luofu was peaceful, and I heard that Qu's came once yesterday, and when I heard that Lin Qi had fallen asleep, I didn't come in to disturb him.

Qu thought that he saw the reason, and ordered him to go down and say that in the past few days, Luo Baisu has been making sachets for Luo Ting'an in the room, and no one is allowed to disturb him.

Of course, when Lin Qi returned to Luofu, he did so, and stayed up all night for two consecutive nights before Qu's lie was fulfilled.

Since that day, news has also spread in the Three Princes' Mansion, claiming that the Three Princes are seriously ill and closed their doors.

In the past seven days, Beijing has been calm.

On the eighth day, Ugly Ugly hurriedly brought back Xiao Chengyue's two words: proper.

Only then did Lin Qi settle down, and he still stayed in his courtyard, just waiting for the wind of the court to blow away King Ning's snobbery.

On the tenth day of King Ning's trip to the border north for disaster relief, there was a sudden news of defeat, claiming that the epidemic in the north of the border was serious, and the victims did not go along with the officials, so they set off a riot.

On the Jinluan Palace, the political heart has been chaotic.

"Your Majesty, the disaster relief is small, but the people's hearts are big, King Ning's disaster relief in the north of the border brought is not only the food and salary for disaster relief, but also a clear heart of the emperor, representing the Tianyu Dynasty, is the emperor, you, you and other ordinary people, ungrateful and restless in private, according to the views of the ministers, should be killed!"

"Your Majesty, Lord Yue's words are inappropriate, the drought in the north of the border for many years is a natural disaster, unstoppable, the people are innocent, the emperor is the king of a country, he should put the people first, and the law of solution should be the foundation, if he should be suppressed by stubbornness, he is afraid of losing the hearts of the people."

Emperor Sheng Zhi was on the top of the throne, and his heart was clear, but he pretended not to know, "Then according to what Aiqing said, what should be the solution?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the few people who were in a hurry to fight suddenly stopped, took a few steps in a row, and retreated into the crowd.

And Lord Guan Suguan, who was personally named by the emperor, was also speechless and stammered, "This ...... This ......"

"Your Majesty, the ministers are foolish, since the north of the border has been slaughtered by the famine, it is better to abandon the site and move the victims to Lincheng, first, to stop the spread of the plague, and second, to open the banner for the emperor's prosperous reputation, but in this way, those who were infected with the plague before will only ...... Discarded. ”

The person who spoke was Liu Yuan, the squire of the military department.

In the crowd, Liu Yuan's words can be said to really poke at the weakness of Emperor Shengzhi.

This method has pros and cons, ordinary people hear it, it is indeed a compromise method, but people with a clear eye, especially those who know the relationship between this person and King Ning, know that Liu Yuan is excusing King Ning.

King Ning personally brought the silver two to the disaster relief, but after a few days, he sent back the news that the disaster relief had failed, and since it failed, it means that the silver two have been used up, and another way must be found.

Only those who really know the inside story know whether the silver taels were used on the victims of the disaster or hid in whose pockets they had, it is still unknown.

Now, as long as everyone turns their attention to the other side, then the silver can "disappear" in the open.

What a cunning!

"According to the minister's view, this law is inappropriate."

Suddenly, a person strode into the outside of the Jinluan Palace, and everyone followed the prestige, only to see one person, clear and elegant, eyebrows like stars and moons, handsome facial features, and a slight look between the cold and refined.

He came against the light, and dozens of lights behind him hid the faint emotions on his face, dressed in dark red court clothes, but the whole person looked arrogant and cold.

The person who came, it was Xiao Chengyue!

Xiao Chengyue came to the front of the hall, bowed to the person above him according to etiquette, and then said, "Your Majesty, forgive the ministers for being reckless, and what Lord Liu said is not reasonable. ”

Emperor Sheng Zhi's face was impermanent, and he still sat upright, "Tell me your opinion." ”

Xiao Chengyue calmly swept over the crowd and continued, "Natural disasters and man-made disasters are not expected, since you are sick, medical treatment is the best remedy, why should you give up your life for no reason? This is one of them. ”

"Although His Royal Highness King Ning has already brought the silver taels for disaster relief, but the iron and iron silver taels are in a barren land like the north of the border, and they can't be eaten or drunk, what is the difference between the silver taels and the stones? This is the second one. ”

"In the process of transporting the silver, the road was bumpy, and the officials exploited it layer by layer, even if it really reached the hands of the victims, how much was left? This is the third one. ”

"With the above three points, it is enough to prove that there are great flaws in the disaster relief in the north of the border itself, which will cause riots among the victims, and it is inevitable that this is not the fault of the victims.

Emperor Sheng Zhi seemed to be satisfied with his answer, and continued to ask, "Then what can you do to solve this matter?" ”

Xiao Chengyue swept past Liu Yuan, who was standing aside, and sneered in his heart, "Just prescribe the right medicine." ”

"Since there is a shortage of food and clothing in the north of the border, then we will send food and clothing, and since the plague is endless, then we will prepare and buy medicinal materials. For the victims, that's what they need. ”

In short, give them what they need, and will they still rebel?

Of course not.

"In the affairs of the court, the minister had no intention of interfering, but he was seriously ill recently, and between his thoughts and dreams, he always dreamed that there was a divine doctor in a dream, and he occasionally got a single pair of medicine to help the world, and the will of heaven was destined to be so, and it cannot be pushed."

"The minister is willing to lead by example and handle this matter properly."

Xiao Chengyue kept his eyes slightly from beginning to end, and he was always reluctant to look up at Emperor Sheng Zhi.

In his mouth, he also called himself a "minister", but he was not a "son", which shows that Xiao Chengyue still has a grudge against Emperor Sheng Zhi.