Although there was no one around, Lin Menglong still subconsciously turned sideways and helped her block her possible sight.

He tilted his head and whispered to her, "What is this?" ”

Xia Qingyang unfolded the door of Fangcai's mansion, and the uncle gave her a look at the things that the uncle gave her-

"Petition." She paused, quickly folded the thing and stuffed it into her arms, "Dozens of bloody handprints were pressed. ”

Rao is Lin Menglong, and his mind tightened when he heard this: "What is the petition?" ”

"Don't kill General Min."

Xia Qingyang patted Lin Menglong's shoulder, signaling that someone inside him seemed to be coming out.

Lin Menglong immediately stood upright.

After a few breaths, the two really saw Ren Yi who walked out of the door.

Ren Yi: "Let's go, City Lord Qiu wants to talk to Lord Thorn Shi alone, let's go back to the room first." ”

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Just like last time in Vena City, after Xia Qingyang took care of the little "guards" who were watching around, he told Ren Yi about the situation of Zuo Cheng's family.

"In addition, there is this, Your Highness, please take a look." Xia Qingyang took out the petition and carefully presented it to Ren Yi.

This paper is very thin, and when you touch it, you can know that it is not a good paper, and it is easy to break.

But the writing on it is excellent. Xia Qingyang believes that it is most likely from the hand of the very civilized uncle just now.

In the petition, the uncle almost summed up the content they shouted just now in written words.

In the end, it was written that it was the people of the three villages near Chichun City, one person from one household, who jointly petitioned to punish Min Jiang lightly.

Few of the other people were literate, so few of them signed their names with a pen, and most of them were handprinted.

After reading it, Ren Yi closed the petition and sighed slightly.

Xia Qingyang observed her expression and asked softly, "Your Highness, are you already seeing General Min?" ”

Ren Yi didn't answer, Lin Menglong answered: "We went to the prison in the morning. His Royal Highness, as his father's comrade-in-arms, admonished him for a long time, wanting him to confess to the other accomplices and tell where the food was, so as to alleviate the crime, but Min will ...... this kid Alas, it is bitten to death and does not let go. ”

Xia Qingyang: "In other words, this 'Min General' is really the son of that old comrade-in-arms?" ”

Lin Menglong nodded.

Ren Yi opened the petition and read it again, and finally closed the petition with determination: "This matter originated from the fact that the relief grain could not be delivered on time, and it was the court that was responsible for the people. And General Min has come to this point for the sake of the people, if he is really killed like this, we will have no face to see Lao Min when we get to Jiuquan. ”

"What is Your Highness's plan?" Xia Qingyang asked.

"I want to save General Min." Ren Yi turned sideways and bowed to Xia Qingyang, "I hope Mr. will help me." If Min refuses to tell him where the food is, I want to fill in the gap for him. ”

"Your Highness, please let me think about it." Xia Qingyang rubbed his chin, seemed to be in thought, and did not answer for a while.

Lin Menglong raised an objection instead: "Your Highness, is this really feasible?" Since His Majesty has sent the assassin Shi to ask for an explanation, he must arrest someone to bear the guilt. ”

Ren Yi: "We have just tried it at the dinner table, and what is urgent at the moment is actually the whereabouts of the remaining part of the military rations." It sounds like my royal brother must have given him a death limit and made him have to take back the grain within a few days. ”

"The rest? Have you already found a part? Xia Qingyang heard the key words.

Ren Yi: "Hmm. As soon as the grain looting came out, the city lord of Qiu sent people to search from house to house. In the end, in several villages in the subordinate counties and towns, the grain was found - because the military rations were packed in special bags, and a few families were not cautious enough, so they put the bags in the house in a grand manner, and the officers and soldiers found them as soon as they entered the door. ”

"How much do you get back?"

"Not much, only about one-fifth. It was still up to the people to report each other that these were recovered. ”

"Oh yes, speaking of which, how did Min get caught? None of his accomplices were caught? Xia Qingyang asked again.

Lin Menglong: "I heard that three of his accomplices were arrested with him. But the three had been beheaded a few days earlier, in order to intimidate General Min and force him to tell him where the rest of the food was. But how did Min get caught......"

He didn't know either.

Ren Yi suddenly said: "There is a family of people who gave Min Jiang out." He said that he led people to rob the grain, and pointed out his hiding place to the officers and soldiers. ”

Lin Menglong was stunned when he heard this: "I don't even know about this ......"

"Well, because this is what Min told me when I was talking to the two of them alone when I was in prison." Ren Yi wanted to speak and stopped.

Xia Qingyang understood a little: "Then General Min feels that he has been betrayed by the people?" ”

Ren Yi bowed his head.

Combined with many descriptions, Xia Qingyang already has the image of General Min in his mind - nine times out of ten he is a very hot-blooded young man. I think that what I am doing is a good thing for the benefit of the people, but I don't want the villagers to give him out in order to protect themselves in front of the government, and now I am probably in a very angry and disappointed state.

Looking at Ren Yi's attitude, the conversation between the two in the prison just now should not be very pleasant.

"I understand, Your Highness. We can give this food, but a little later, is it okay? ”

"You brothers and sisters should need to discuss it as well. It's okay, just before tomorrow. ”

"Yes."

Xia Qingyang nodded, and after hugging his fist at Ren Yi, he left the City Lord's Mansion on the grounds of going back to He Minghua to discuss.

She left the petition to Ren Yi, this thing represents the will of the people, or it can be of greater use if it is left in Ren Yi's hands.

Now she plans to go to the place where the old gentleman told her to take a look, and after seeing the old gentleman, can she know more about Min Jiang.

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Asking all the way, the more remote he went, and when he arrived at the position where he was about to leave the city, Xia Qingyang finally stopped outside a dilapidated alley.

The location pointed to by passers-by was here, but further inside, I didn't know which one it was.

Just as Xia Qingyang was thinking about whether to ask the big tree on the side of the road, a child came out of the alley.

Seeing her, the child seemed a little scared, but still ran to confirm her identity: "You, you are the person next to the eldest princess, right?" ”

Xia Qingyang leaned down slightly, trying to make his tone as gentle as possible: "I am." ”

"You're finally here! Grandpa Dong has been waiting for you for a long time. ”

Under the guidance of the child, Xia Qingyang followed him into the depths of the alley and finally found a place.

I saw that in the courtyard, several people she saw outside the City Lord's Mansion were there, including the old man.

"Your Excellency, you are here. Ah, my surname is Dong, and adults can call me whatever they want. After Mr. Dong introduced himself, he beckoned Xia Qingyang to sit in the room.

Xia Qingyang looked around and found that both the house and the yard were very old. However, the house is very clean, and it can be seen that someone is living there, and there are many people.