"Look at the way you look, you are not related to our official family."

"If it weren't for your two dollars, you wouldn't have gotten this bit of food."

"Dare to pick and choose here? See these with knives? If you say one more word, our government will take people! ”

For three days, except for Qingqu County, only the last county was left unattended.

"After buying the grain from this county, we will go back to Beijing." Chen Mu told Li Biao.

In the past few days, except for two catties of grain in the first county, Chen Mu only bought a few taels of grain in the remaining counties.

The attitude of the grain sellers in the counties is also bad, and they can only show a little smile when they take the silver.

In this last county, however, things are a little bit wrong.

The grain seller was unusual, and introduced the two of them to the grain sale quite enthusiastically, and even asked his subordinates to pour water for the two and bring chairs.

It's just that in the end, this note is not willing to be opened for the two of them.

Although Chen Mu was puzzled, the lack of a county's written evidence did not have much impact, so he did not continue to entangle.

On the contrary, it was Li Biao, who hurriedly pulled Chen Mu on the horse and left quickly.

"What's going on?"

"Childe, I'm afraid the grain seller just now knows me." Li Biao said to Chen Mu in a low voice.

"I thought he was familiar when I saw him just now, and he kept looking at me when we were buying food."

"And one of the officers and soldiers behind him was transferred from Qingqu County not long ago."

"I'm afraid we've been exposed."

Chen Mu's heart sank.

That's not good.

"Okay, our mission has been completed, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, just return to Beijing as soon as possible!"

The two of them glanced at each other, each urged their horses to whip up, and galloped away in the direction they came.

However, before they could ride out of Dongyuan, Chen Mu and Li Biao heard the sound of horses' hooves behind them.

Presumably, the pursuers were already behind.

For fear of attracting attention, when leaving Beijing this time, Chen Mu deliberately picked two inferior horses of average quality.

It's nothing to ride in normal times, but it pales in comparison with the war horses of officers and soldiers.

Li Biao decisively chose to follow behind Chen Mu, holding his knife in his hand.

Chen Mu's heart also began to panic.

What to do? Is it that you are planted in this matter?

Behind him, the first wave of pursuers had already caught up, and Li Biao slashed down two horses with a knife, and then took Chen Mu to temporarily distance himself from them.

The two fled from the county seat in a hurry and rushed into the woods on the side of the road.

Soon, the pursuers followed in their tracks.

"Dare to rebel! Dare to escape? Come back with us and confess! ”

Hearing the words shouted by the chasing leader, Chen Mu's heart moved.

Anti-thief?

Don't these pursuers know why they're chasing themselves?

"His Royal Highness the Prince, fight with them!" Li Biao clutched the knife in his hand tightly and asked in a low voice.

Chen Mu waved his hand and took out a jade plaque from his arms.

This is the Nine Dragons Jade Plate, which was given to him by Chen Xingtian before leaving Beijing.

"With this jade plaque, seeing this thing is like seeing me myself, and I will give you the right to cut first and then play."

Unexpectedly, this jade plate was not used by him to cut first and then play, but was used to save his life now.

"Dare to rebel! How dare you ......"

Nearby, the leader of the pursuers was still shouting.

Chen Mu gritted his teeth and stood up from his hiding place suddenly.

"Listen!" Chen Mu shouted angrily at the top of his voice, and his voice even drowned out the voice of the pursuers.

"I am the crown prince Chen Mu! On the orders of his father, he secretly visited Dongyuan to investigate the embezzlement of disaster relief grain by officials of the Qin Mission! Have the right to cut first and then play! ”

"If you hurt me, it's a great sin to be beheaded!"

"Which is more important, you decide for yourselves!"

There was a sudden silence in the woods.

In a moment, an officer and soldier rushed to Chen Mu's side from not far away.

"You're the crown prince?" The officer and soldier looked Chen Mu up and down with suspicious eyes.

Indeed, Chen Mu looked grizzled and embarrassed at this time, which really didn't match the image of the "prince".

Chen Mu handed over the jade plate in his hand.

"Seeing this jade plaque is like seeing the emperor."

Although the officers and soldiers didn't know the authenticity of the Nine Dragons Jade Plaque, the superior feel of the jade plaque and the nine dragons with fine carvings could not deceive people.

Coupled with Chen Mu's righteous words, the officers and soldiers inevitably muttered in their hearts.

"I'm the head of the Qingqu County Catch Team, Li Biao, if you don't believe it, you can go to Qingqu County to ask." Li Biao was also standing beside Chen Mu at this moment.

"Think about it, if you don't catch up with someone, at most you will be derelict in your duties, and you will be deducted once."

"If you hurt His Royal Highness the Prince, it will be a great crime to be beheaded all over the house!"

"You whole family, don't even think about running!"

These few words obviously frightened the officer and soldier.

He returned the jade plaque to Chen Mu, then saluted him a little unnaturally, turned around and left.

It didn't take long for Chen Mu to hear the sound of the horse's hooves of the pursuers.

The first wave of pursuers was frightened and foolishly evaded by them.

It is better to leave as soon as possible, otherwise who knows if those officers and soldiers will chase them back.

A few days later, when he saw the gate of the capital again, Chen Mu actually felt like tears welled up in his eyes.

It feels so good to be home!

Although he didn't have such fine clothes and food in his previous life as being a prince, he never had such a day of hiding from others everywhere!

didn't have time to think about it, Chen Mu directly rushed into the palace with his things and went straight to Chen Xingtian's study.

Chen Xingtian was taken aback when he saw Chen Mu's gray face.

"Didn't you go to visit Dongyuan secretly? How did it get like this? ”

Chen Mu was so tired that he couldn't breathe, and just put those notes on the table one by one.

"Look."

"These officials embezzled the disaster relief money and sold the grain at sky-high prices to fill their own pockets."

"I was chased and killed on the way back to Beijing, if it weren't for the Nine Dragons Jade Plate, I'm afraid I would ......"

said anything else, Chen Xingtian could still accept it.

As soon as he heard that Chen Mu was in danger on the road, Chen Xingtian slapped the table and stood up.

"How can this be true? Who are the people who are chasing you? ”

"They are all officers and soldiers from various places in Dongyuan."

Chen Mu opened the bags of grain bought at sky-high prices and showed them to Chen Xingtian.

Chen Xingtian is used to being pampered, how have he ever seen grain mixed with sand!

Look at the note again, it is clearly written: one tael of grain, one tael of silver.

Many of the notes are still stamped with the seal of the government, and the evidence is ironclad, even a fool understands what is going on!

"It's ...... It's ridiculous! ”

Look at his son's embarrassed appearance, and then think about the people who were affected by the disaster are displaced at the moment, and the people are struggling to survive.

Chen Xingtian only felt angry, and he couldn't wait to fly directly to Dongyuan.