When the people heard this, they were silent for a few breaths, followed by an earth-shattering cry.

"Long live Your Majesty, King Kang Chitose!"

City Lord Xu was also stunned when he heard it, he silently raised his head and looked out of the window in disbelief.

The shouts of those Li people shattered his last line of defense, making the eyes of a middle-aged man who had passed the age of confusion warm.

Snorting, City Lord Xu gritted his back molars and thought back to what he had done over the years.

He still has no regrets!

King Kang continued to say to the people outside: "This king guarantees the throne and lives up to your trust, and will definitely save the life of the city lord of Xu, but the collusion between the city lord of Xu and the Sanhe gang is a conclusive fact. ”

"As for his crimes, it will be up to the Holy One to decide."

Look at me, people, and I'll look at you.

What they want to keep is the city lord of Xu, and the most important thing is the city lord!

If the city lord of Xu steps down, will the next city lord take care of Rong City wholeheartedly like the city lord of Xu?

If not, then how is it different from punishing the city lord of Xu?

A scholar who had read a book suddenly got up, and his thin figure was unusually conspicuous in the crowd.

He bowed deeply in the direction of the second floor of the inn, and his clear voice was carried into the ears of everyone in the wing room by the cold wind.

"The breadth of the Han is incomprehensible. Jiang Zhiyong, can not be thought of (1). Our Rong people are trapped by the river, the water bandits do not disappear for a day, and we are hungry and cold for a day. Although the city lord of Xu is at fault, he can help thousands of people alive, and one merit will be worth ten times! ”

After saying this, the scholar knelt down again and prostrate.

The people followed his words and repeated them step by step: "One merit will be worth ten times!" ”

Not long after King Kang entered the office, he obviously did not have such a dilemma.

In his heart, he had already sentenced the city lord of Xu to merit, and he also guessed that his father would also forgive the city lord of Xu for his sins.

However, it is a taboo for the emperor to go beyond the bounds.

He was worried that because of his self-assertion, he would make his father disgusted and self-defeatingly harm the city lord of Xu.

Therefore, he did not dare to jump to conclusions.

City Lord Xu suddenly got up and came to the window, he still had a thumb-thick hemp rope tied to his body, and he looked extremely embarrassed on the outside.

But his eyes were firm and unyielding.

"Fathers and fellow villagers, please listen to what I Xu said, Xu's purpose as an official is the supremacy of the people, and today the fathers and villagers are willing to brave the snow to intercede for Xu, and Xu is very grateful."

"However, I will take the credit, and I will bear the sin. If you really think that you are thinking about Xu, don't embarrass His Royal Highness King Kang, I believe that His Majesty will give Xu a certain justice and give Rongcheng a life! ”

A powerful voice hovered over the street, and those farthest away could still hear him clearly.

Sobbs began to be heard in the crowd, louder and more numerous.

It's just that the voice of pleading is silent.

Seeing the situation, King Kang immediately ordered people to evacuate the people.

Closing the doors and windows, King Kang ordered someone to untie the city lord of Xu, and he sighed: "Thank you City Lord Xu." ”

"Your Highness is serious, it's all what the lower officials should do." City Lord Xu smiled bitterly, but his heart was as warm as a hot summer day.

No matter what his crime is in the future, isn't it the original intention of him to join the government at that time to have the taste that the people remember?

……

In the next three days, Xie Yunyan assisted King Kang and personally sat on the dock to dispose of all the corpses piled up into a hill.

King Kang stood with his hands in his hands, facing the endless river, and said lightly: "With the Sanhe Gang as a breakthrough, I believe that the next water bandits will also be wiped out smoothly." ”

"This matter-" Xie Yunyan glanced at Shen Yu, who was directing people to repair the ship not far away, and said faintly: "That day should not be far away." ”

"This king wants to take Shen Jue and Xu City Lord back to Kyoto as soon as possible to resume his life, I don't know what Lord Xie plans to do next?"

King Kang retracted his gaze and asked Xie Yunyan solemnly.

Xie Yunyan pretended to be relaxed and said: "This time I left Kyoto and came to Rongcheng, but I actually went to Anwar. ”

Anwar is a small county town that belongs to Yanzhou.

It is similar to Jinjing Town, and is a border adjacent to the Khitan.

However, it is the southernmost part of the Qi Kingdom, and the climate is far from being comparable to Jinjing Town.

Who Anwar has, King Kang knows.

"He Yuan's first wonderful hand can be rejuvenated, I believe that Lord Xie's memory will be able to be retrieved soon."

Xie Yunyan curled his lips and smiled. "By His Highness's auspicious words."

The next day, King Kang, with the Shen Yu brothers and the city lord of Xu, set off to leave Rongcheng first.

After Ning Shu Xie Yunyan saw King Kang leave, he also boarded the carriage to Yanzhou.

Along the way, the snow also turned from scattered to fine.

Until more than half a month passed, there was a faint new green on both sides of the road.

Hui Feng broke into the carriage from time to time, making Ning Shu's slightly sleepy eyes suddenly refresh.

"How long will it take to get to Anwar?"

Xie Yunyan shook his head, "You already asked yesterday, and Xuan Feng said that there are about three days left. ”

"You're in such a hurry to see your grandfather?"

Ning Shu pursed her lips, "It's my grandfather." ”

Xie Yunyan: ......

"So you and I have had a fateful friendship, even if—cough, then we are best friends, and your grandfather is my grandfather."

Ning Shu couldn't help but smile in her heart, and pretended to be angry and didn't overdo it.

Since leaving Rongcheng, the two have been fighting with each other.

Ning Shu tried to use this way of their first acquaintance to stimulate Xie Yunyan to recall the past as soon as possible.

However, Xie Yunyan's reaction was very different from that year.

He would let himself go, and occasionally say something soft.

It's like—

She reacquainted herself with Xie Yunyan.

In other words, what she got acquainted with was Xie Yunyan's hidden personality at the beginning, and the Xie Yunyan in front of her was the Xie Yunyan that most people recognized.

"Do you think Your Majesty will let City Lord Xu go?" Ning Shu stopped the topic and asked.

Xie Yunyan nodded, "If Your Majesty is the kind of person you told me, I think it should be." ”

"What about Shen Yu?"

Women in the back house are not allowed to touch the affairs of the court.

Ning Shu also had no intention of asking about those complicated official affairs.

Because he has a lot of contact with Shen Yu, as Xie Yunyan said, he is more or less a familiar friend with Shen Yu.

It's inevitable to care about it.

Xie Yunyan's face froze, and his eyes gradually sank.

"There's one thing I've always wanted to ask you."

Ning Shu was unaware of the change in his expression, "You say." ”

Xie Yunyan stopped talking for a long time, and finally asked, "What do you think of Shen Yu?" ”

Ning Shu: "Huh? ”

The slightly drooping eyes slowly lifted, and gradually rose along Xie Yunyan's dark clothes, falling onto his face.

His facial features are still so handsome and unscrupulous, compared to the former Xie Yunyan, there is a little less sharp and flamboyant, but Ning Shu feels that the Xie Yunyan in front of him is just right, and he knows how to restrain his anger.

However, he asked what he meant by this?

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1) From the Book of Poetry "Han Guang".