But Xia Qingyang didn't want to tell such a heavy guess to Empress Yin.

She knew that the closer she was to Luo Shucheng along the way, the heavier Empress Yin's worries and nervousness would be about Zuo Cheng's family.

In this case, she decided to tease her or amuse:

"Maybe I'm dressed horrible."

Empress Yin looked at her, pursed her lips and couldn't help laughing: "Well, it's possible." ”

"Shall I change into a plain robe? It just matches the lady's body. ”

“…… Flam tongue again. ”

"Hey, hey."

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They came to the place where they agreed to meet Su Quan and the others.

It is a tea house with a private room, and it is quite magnificently built.

Xia Qingyang walked into the teahouse, and as soon as he entered the door, he was shocked by the bustling scene.

She took a slight step back, crossed the threshold, and exited the teahouse.

"What's wrong?" Empress Yin turned around and asked.

Xia Qingyang looked sideways at the street outside, and walked in after a few breaths: "It's okay, let's go." ”

She just didn't react.

After all, there is only one wall separating them, but on both sides, it seems that they are not a world at all.

It is clear that hunger is everywhere outside the wall, and mourning is everywhere, and the sheng songs that should be played inside the wall will not stop.

Probably it was this extreme sense of disparity that shocked her.

Xiao Er led the two upstairs, stopped outside the private room, and knocked on the door.

There was a voice inside, and Xiao Er pushed the door open, bowed down and invited Xia Qingyang and Queen Yin into the house.

"You're here."

Inside the house, Su Quan and Ye Jingqing were waiting for the two.

Xia Qingyang turned around and confirmed that the door was firmly closed, and then took off his hat: "I'm really sorry, there was some delay on the road, and I made you wait for a long time." ”

"Hey, what's this, sister-in-law, sit down!"

Su Quan took the hat and put it aside, and then enthusiastically poured hot tea for Xia Qingyang and Empress Yin, and sat down with Zhang Luo.

He had already learned from He Minghua's letter that Gu Sinan was in this copy.

It's just that He Minghua has always cherished words like gold when writing letters.

So no matter how much Su Quan scratched his ears and read the letter, he couldn't read any more detailed information.

If it weren't for the fact that there was still an outsider like Ye Jingqing, Su Quan couldn't wait to press Xia Qingyang here now, and ask her how she recognized Gu Sinan and what happened to the two of them in the palace.

"Boss Ye." Xia Qingyang greeted Ye Jingqing again, "For more than half a month, you have been working hard and hard in everything outside the palace. ”

"Miss Xia, don't say that, it's hard for you to stay in the palace. I heard that there were several waves of assassins at the palace banquet, and we, who traveled thousands of miles, didn't help much. ”

"Wherever, it's all for the mission."

Xia Qingyang greeted him, and he caught a glimpse of Empress Yin's expression, as if he opened his mouth several times but didn't find a chance to interrupt.

She thought for a moment: "In this way, two of you, the polite words will be said later." I don't know what the current situation of Zuo Cheng's family is, where is it? ”

Su Quan came back to his senses: "Oh, yes, you don't have to worry, Zuo Cheng and his wife are now resting in the post station specially arranged by the city lord, and their condition is stable." I thought you would talk about it as soon as you came, and I almost forgot about it. Fortunately, my sister-in-law brought it up. ”

When Empress Yin heard this, she was a little calmer, and bowed to the two of them: "Thank you for taking care of my parents all this way......"

"Don't, Miss Yin, this is what we should do." Su Quan hurriedly raised his hand to help her.

Xia Qingyang also patted Empress Yin's back comfortingly.

"Then again, how long will the exile party stay in the city? Since the city lord has arranged a post station for them to rest, do you think they want to stay for a while? Xia Qingyang asked.

Su Quan nodded: "Didn't the group of exiles last night be instigated by us to stop the exile team." Under pressure from the officers and soldiers, the city lord locked up the group of homeless people. Now a decision is being made on what to do with them. ”

These days, Su Quan and Ye Jingqing have been implementing the plan formulated by Xia Qingyang step by step.

Yesterday evening, the two of them incited the exiles to stop the exile procession, and deliberately clashed with the officers and soldiers—

It is not easy to grasp the extent and timing of this incitement.

On the one hand, they want to avoid telling the truth, lest they be confessed afterwards.

On the other hand, it is necessary to ensure that this group of displaced people can really muster up the courage to act.

They didn't have the talent that Xia Qingyang had so much effort, so it took a lot of effort to complete this task.

"The leading officer and soldier seem to be very unhappy, so the team should not leave until they decide what to do with these homeless people."

"I see."

Xia Qingyang nodded, making sure that the progress of the matter did not deviate from expectations.

"Miss Xia, let me ask more."

At this time, Ye Jingqing suddenly spoke, "What was said in the previous letter was not very detailed, so I didn't understand a little, why did you have to let these exiles rush to the exile team?" Now that they have been arrested, the next time they officially rob prisoners and save people, how can ordinary people dare to act with us. ”

It is normal for Ye Jingqing to have worries.

Being able to complete the quest with such a temporary teammate who can use his brain, Xia Qingyang is happy.

She began by answering his first question – why did she choose to incite the displacement.

Xia Qingyang: "First, it is because the displaced people are more likely to be incited than the people in the city. They have nothing left to lose, so they act impulsively. In contrast, the people in the city are not so persuasive. ”

Ye Jingqing bowed slightly.

He and Su Quan have deeply experienced this point along the way.

People under different living conditions react differently to the same thing, and even complain differently.

The people who have no surplus food at home, of course, criticize the government, the emperor, and the injustice of the world. At the slightest disturbance, this group of people tends to unite to fight and leave no way out.

The people who are still abundant will generally go along and pretend to be the same as everyone else. But when it comes time to really let go of everything and give it a go, do you think you can still find their shadows?

It's a human heart, and it's quite interesting.

"And secondly, it's actually the eldest princess's meaning - she wants to take this opportunity to force the city lord here to deal with the problem of displaced people."

On this point, Xia Qingyang and Ren Yi have the same opinion.

The city lord Fan Xi isolated the displaced people from the city gate, neither drove them away nor let them in, which at first glance seemed to be a benevolent act to give the displaced people vitality, but in fact, to put it bluntly, it was lazy government.

Why are the displaced people willing to rush into the officers and soldiers? Is it really because they think the officers and soldiers will give them food?

No, it's actually because they've figured it out, and they'll be able to eat at least a few half-full meals in prison, and they'll starve when they come out.

"I didn't think about that." Ye Jingqing frowned.

Ye Jingqing is a businessman, and he understands people's hearts very well.

It's just that he hasn't thought about the problem from the perspective of being a monarch, so he doesn't understand.

"That's what politics is all about." Xia Qingyang smiled, "After the city lord Fan Xi disposes of the displaced people, we can take action when we see the opportunity, and we can win the hearts of the people." ”