Hong Mo and the others were very anxious in the guest hall, not knowing how the princess would punish herself when she came. He asked Xia Hua next to him if he really explained the reason why he collected the Anmin tax.

Xia Hua reassured him that he had already explained. Pour him tea: "City Lord, sit down and drink tea, don't turn around, make people dizzy." ”

"I'm not in the mood for tea. Hong Mo looked anxious.

Chu took pity and walked in with Xiang Bei, and Hong Mo hurriedly knelt on the ground.

"Get up" Chu took pity on the chair and asked Xia Hua why it was so fragrant in this room?

The girl asked knowingly, and a large pot of flowers was placed on the table in front of her.

Hearing Chu Pixi's question, without waiting for Xia Hua to say anything, the city lord hurriedly explained: "Princess, the fragrance comes from this flower, and it has been taken care of for several years, but with such a delicate flower, I think only the princess is worthy of it." ”

Chu looked at the flowers on the table with pity and asked what kind of flowers this is?

Hong Mo hurriedly explained that this is a moon flower, which will only bloom at night, and if it is placed under the moonlight, it will flash a layer of silver light, which is very beautiful.

"This is the Moon Flower, I've heard of it, but as far as I know, this kind of flower is extremely difficult to find, so the price is also very high, what do you mean by bringing such a valuable thing?" Chu pity looked displeased.

Hong Mo hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The princess is angry, I don't have any other intentions, I just think this flower is delicate, and I am here to dedicate it to the princess." This flower is definitely not my greed for ink, my wife was born in Moon Mountain, which is her ancestor, and it has only multiplied three plants in hundreds of years. Seeing that I liked it, when I married my wife, my father and uncle specially gave me this thing. Let me cherish my wife as much as I cherish this flower. ”

"Then you have a heart, but since there is such an important meaning behind this flower, I can't accept it. ”

Xiang Bei next to him was sad to death, and said in his heart, what are you pretending. He said out loud and told Chu to pity: "Princess, I see that the Lord of Hong City is so hearted, he has brought this flower from afar, so he might as well accept it." ”

"Yes, this gentleman is right. The moon flower is the most taboo to move, I brought it from Red Leaf City, it has already made it cold, if you bring it back, I'm afraid it has become a dead thing. Hong Mo was grateful to Xiang Bei.

Chu regretfully waved his hand: "Don't be in a hurry to discuss this matter first, you are a guilty person, I can't accept your things at will." This is my advisor and the head of this house. I have discussed a lot about you, and although you have extenuating circumstances, raising taxes without permission is a felony, and this matter must not go unpunished. However, it can be mitigated as appropriate. ”

The city lord looked disparate, and said in his heart that he was afraid that he would not be able to do it.

Chu pity asked Xiang Bei, what punishment should be done according to the law?

Xiang Bei replied that she had no right to punish this matter, and that she should also transfer it to the official prison office, which would send someone to carefully investigate before making a conviction.

When Xiang Bei said this, Hong Mo's face turned pale with fright: "Ask the princess not to, I already know that I am wrong." If it is handed over to the official prison, I am afraid that I will not only be dismissed. If you ask the princess, you will let me go, I know that the princess, you have the right to deal with special matters. You will use this right to punish me according to special matters, and I am not the lord of the city, I just want to be able to spend the rest of my life without spending the rest of my life in prison, and my family has a wife and children who need me to take care of it. ”

Hong Mo snorted and cried, but the princess said no, the right to deal with special matters must be related to herself in order to do special things. He has nothing to do with himself.

Xiang Bei reminded: "Princess, the city lord's subordinates, there was a dispute with your apprentice's parents, and this matter was found out, and this matter has something to do with you." ”

Hong Mo hurriedly said yes, this matter has something to do with the princess, and she begged the princess to deal with it, and she didn't want to be taken to the official prison.

The princess was embarrassed: "I can only use this special matter handling power three times a year, and I use it here for you, what should I do if I encounter something in the future? In this royal city, among those adults who often enter the palace, you haven't made some people who can help you? You go to help you go to the supervision office to say goodbye, I don't know." ”

Hong Mo said no, he is not sociable, and he is afraid that no one will help him.

"Then what is the relationship between you and Feng Erlei, when Feng Erlei was alive, you worked together in Red Leaf City, you should have a good relationship, right? If so, you can go to General Feng to say a few words for you. ”

Chu pity is very ghostly, if this guy has a close relationship with Feng Erlei, then maybe he really colludes with Kurong. If the relationship is mediocre, there is no suspicion.

Hong Mo sighed: "Let's tell the princess the truth, when the Wind Commander was in office, not only did the two of us not intersect, but I even deliberately avoided him." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Because I want to avoid suspicion, Red Leaf City is the acropolis of the royal city, and the city guards are so important, so I don't want to know too much about the city guards. If the deployment of the city guards or some other important matter is leaked, it will probably have something to do with me. ”

Chu looked at Xiang Bei with pity, and Xiang Bei also nodded. Since he can do this, it should have nothing to do with Kurong.

Chu thought about it for a while, felt that it was time to get down to business, and told him, "Do you know who the new city guard commander is?"

"I know, Yunlang, I have taken office early this morning. ”

"I'll give you a task, if you do a good job in this matter, the matter of Anmin Tax will no longer be investigated, how about you continue to be your city lord?"

"Please ask the princess to command. ”

"Interact with that cloud wave a lot, keep an eye on his every move, and report it to me at any time if there is anything abnormal. You know, that Yunlang was a member of the Feng family before, and he was kicked out of the Feng family because of his misdeeds, this person has a bad character, and I am very uneasy in such an important position. ”

"This ......." Hong Mo was very embarrassed, he wanted to stay away from the city guards before it was too late, and he had to take the initiative to make friends.

Chu pity told him to rest assured, in case any military aircraft of the city guards leaked, he would prove his innocence for him, and it had nothing to do with him.

Hearing the princess's assurance, Hong Mo immediately nodded: "I am willing to serve the princess, and when I go back, I will congratulate him on his appointment." ”

Chu took out a golden ticket with pity: "This is two hundred gold coins, you take it." I've checked you a long time ago, and I know that you don't have much money in the bank, and you're a poor egg. This money is for you to carry out your mission, and from now on, you can look like a corrupt official. This cloud wave loves money and joy, you just don't do a raccoon dog with you, and someone will give you a gift in the future, even if you receive it, you can enjoy it in the red leaf city. If you are investigated in the future, I will clear your name. ”

"I understand what the princess means, I'm afraid the princess isn't worried about this Yunlang's misconduct. It's that he has been plotting against him, and he has been mastered by the princess, and he will have to be eliminated in the future. ”

"It is worthy of being an official, that is, smart, this matter is related to the safety of the country, and you have done a great job. ”

"But then my lady will probably leave me, and he pleases me most of all, and if I am corrupt, she will not want to be close to me any longer, and I must not tell her at this time." ”

"You are a good man, but it is a matter of national security, can't you bear with it? In the future, when the wicked people are eliminated and the truth is revealed, won't your wife come back again? At most, she will go back to her parents' house, and there is no divorce paperwork, can he still remarry?"

"Yes, I see, please rest assured, princess. ”

"Well, did you bring a lot of people this time?"

"Not much, only a confidant guard, how dare the guilty publicize. ”

"That's fine, go back secretly, and act as if you haven't been here. I took your moon flower, but I can't take yours in vain, give you a promise, do this well, and enter the royal city to be the city lord. ”

"Thank you, princess, but I like Momiji City a lot, familiar. ”

"You're really not greedy, then I don't care, be a good city lord in your Red Leaf City for the rest of your life, go ahead." ”

"Thank you, princess, I'll retire first. Hong Mo left.

Chu asked Xiang Bei with pity: "Is it too much to give him two hundred gold coins?"

Xiang Bei replied angrily: "Anyway, you snatched two hundred gold coins from me, and you are still distressed." Okay, this moon flower is also worth dozens of gold coins. ”