The emperor was wondering, is there anyone more qualified than Ji Qirui for the position of prince? The answer, of course, is not a few. In that case, what should he decide? Is it to allow Ji Qirui to inherit the unification in the future and be criticized by the world, or to stop the loss in time and find a clear king for the people of the world?

Troubled, he exhaled a heavy breath of turbidity, and immediately summoned someone to come and order: "Send the decree and send Zuo Huarong to help the prince in disaster relief, if there is anything he will decide, there is no need to ask me."

Zuo Huarong is a squire who has been promoted from the local government in recent years, and he has governed the county under his command in an orderly manner earlier, and the wind and rain are smooth, and he is a well-known Qing official, and he has a set of good methods to provide disaster relief. What's more, he has nothing to do with the prince's party, and he won't care about anything to help the prince deceive himself, so the emperor is relieved to send him there.

"Yes."

The next day, when Zuo Huarong was about to leave with light clothes, he was kept by the emperor who came and instructed: "This disaster relief must not be concealed, and it must be realistic."

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the ministers will definitely not be opportunistic and commit the crime of deceiving the king, so that the people will be miserable." Zuo Huarong agreed, and even if the emperor didn't ask him to do so, he would do it.

The Emperor's expression was complicated, and he replied, "I'm not worried about you, but the Crown Prince. The prince is ignorant of the world, so he naturally doesn't understand these things, and when the time comes, I need you to mention more, don't let the prince do something wrong and be infamy, and don't do things that are deceitful and rebellious because of your own selfish desires." He knew Ji Qirui's temperament, so he said so.

Zuo Huarong naturally understood what the emperor meant, although he was not sure that he could dissuade Ji Qirui, who was the crown prince, but he would definitely not condone him to joke about the national economy and people's livelihood, so he agreed to it, which made the emperor feel a lot more at ease, and then personally sent him to the carriage and left.

Five days later, Zuo Huarong's carriage came to the county seat.

Yan Lai, who learned about this early, had already led people to guard the entrance of the county seat, he didn't expect that in this short period of time, so many people came to Dijing to help with disaster relief, although he was happy that the people were saved, but he was also worried What should he do if they are all inaction?

However, when I met Zuo Huarong, these troubles were all in vain.

"See the squire."

Zuo Huarong hurriedly picked up Yan Lai, who was saluting, and signaled him not to be polite.

Because Ji Changye and they were fine for the time being, they came here to greet Zuo Huarong, and the other party was still very surprised when he saw them.

But just when he wanted to salute according to the rules, he was stopped by Ji Changye: "This time, you and I are both here to help the people solve the disaster, so there is no need to be so polite. Besides, there are many people who don't know my identity, and if it is exposed, I am afraid it will be affected." Zuo Hua understood it, so he did it.

"Lord, where is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now? His Majesty has instructed the ministers to come to the aid of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in disaster relief, and the ministers still have many things to discuss with His Royal Highness the Prince." Zuo Huarong looked around and didn't see Ji Qirui's figure, which was very strange. Usually this kind of scene, he should appear with great fanfare, how can he still disappear without a trace?

Ji Changye didn't know where he was, and when he was about to answer, He Yujin on the side spoke for him: "I haven't seen any trace of the prince in the past few days, I must know that disaster relief is not child's play, and I want to leave it alone, right?" Furthermore, what can you discuss with him? It's better to ask us if we're here." So he thinks that the prince is just to invite merit, and it is not a good thing to retreat now in the face of difficulties.

Zuo Huarong's face was embarrassed, even if Ji Qirui wanted to abandon it, he wanted to fulfill the emperor's order, no matter how bad it was, let them meet, and he would go back to explain to the emperor.

At this moment, a carriage suddenly appeared in the distance.

After recognizing that it was Ji Qirui's carriage, Zuo Huarong stretched his brows.

He Yujin didn't expect Ji Qirui to have a lot of perseverance.

"Minister Zuo Huarong, see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." When the carriage stopped, Zuo Huarong respectfully stepped forward and saluted.

Others followed.

Ji Changye bowed his head slightly, and a strange feeling rose in his heart, and he always felt that something had happened.

Ji Qirui got off the carriage with a spring breeze on his face, glanced around with his head held high, and said to Zuo Huarong

said: "You go back, the drought here has been solved, and you are not needed, remember to go back and report to your father." As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

He Yujin looked at him in disbelief, and was the first to speak: "When did it happen?" There was no warning.

"Is it a matter of the past few days? Hasn't King Jin been in the palace all the time? It's normal not to know." Ji Qirui said pointedly, as if He Yujin was just a person who had nothing to do.

The other three knew it wouldn't be that simple.

At this time, Song Qian looked around, only to find that today's county town is very quiet, and there are few people, which is very different from usual.

Ji Changye glanced at him, and after knowing that Song Qian and himself wanted to go together, he whispered to Changfeng on the side, "Go door to door to see if the people are all at home."

Although Changfeng didn't understand why he did this, he still obeyed the order and left quietly without being noticed by anyone.

Zuo Huarong naturally didn't believe that in a short period of time, Ji Qirui would be able to solve the drought that had plagued this place for many years, and the most important thing was that there was no change here, so he asked tentatively: "The minister dares to ask His Royal Highness the Prince, what method did you use? Is it possible for field crops to grow in season? Can livestock be fed at home? People's livelihood ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Ji Qirui: "This prince said that the solution is the solution, what proof is needed? Do you want to question whether this prince is not successful? Since your father sent you to assist the crown prince, do what you should do well, and don't talk more about the rest of the things that shouldn't be asked, otherwise don't blame the prince for telling your father that you have committed the following crimes!" He seemed to be a little weak-hearted.

Zuo Huarong was stunned, he didn't expect to be eaten as soon as he arrived here.

Seeing the gaze cast by the surroundings, he respected Ji Qirui as the prince, and it was difficult to refute him, so he could only swallow his anger and hold back what he wanted to say, and was ready to wait until there was no other person before knocking on Ji Qirui. Look at the book

Seeing that Zuo Huarong didn't speak, Ji Qirui thought that he was shocked by his majesty, so he got into the carriage and left triumphantly, as if he had really solved the disaster here.

"Lord Zuo, the lower officials have prepared a place for your lord to rest. Please also Lord Zuo, come with the lower officials." Yan Lai stepped forward and said at this time.

Zuo Huarong shook his head and refused: "Don't be in a hurry first, and ask Yan County to take his official to the fields to take a look, so that he can better solve the problem for the people." After listening to Ji Qirui's ridiculous words, he knew that Ji Qirui was unreliable, and he still had to intervene himself to be relieved.

If you can't refuse, you can only do it.

Before leaving, Zuo Huarong knelt down and saluted to Ji Changye and said, "Xiaguan has just arrived, and he has never been familiar with this place. I hope that if the prince finds something, please inform the lower officials. In this way, problems can be identified early and people can be helped to solve them." That's the purpose of his trip.

Ji Changye had the same idea as him, so he didn't think much about agreeing.

Looking at the figures of Zuo Huarong and Yan Lai leaving, He Yujin couldn't hide his worry and said, "What did the prince do? What does it mean that the drought has been resolved? Isn't it because they've arrested all the people?" This idea is absurd, but it also does not make sense.

Song Qian also chimed in: "I also think that what the prince said has a deep meaning, so I guess that something happened to the people. Otherwise, why are there so few people on the streets today? Even if you greet Zuo Shirou, you don't have to be like this, right?"

At this moment, Changfeng's figure hurried from a distance.

He whispered a few words in Ji Changye's ear, and his face still had a little anger and disbelief, which showed what she saw.

Maybe it was because this matter was too serious, so Ji Changye didn't tell Song Qian about them as soon as possible, but was willing to tell the matter with confidence after going back.

I heard that Ji Qirui actually let most of the victims leave here and go to other places in order to alleviate the disaster situation in the county, and there was no compensation.

"Where can the victims go? This ten miles of dry land is all dry land, what if something happens on the road? He is so bold that he can come up with such an idea, and I must tell Your Majesty."

And Yu Jin was angry

said unfairly, because Ji Qirui completely treated the people as arbitrary playthings, not for what they thought at all. Otherwise, I would not have done such a thing and would have been spurned by others.

Song Qian listened to them and said, "Changfeng, have you seen where the people have gone?" No matter how much you complain about what Ji Qirui has done now, it can't be worth bringing the people back

Changfeng pondered, and finally said, "I remember going north. I think it's going to be sent to the surrounding counties." Otherwise, there is nowhere else.

Ji Qirui has not yet reached the point of madness, and for his selfish desire to invite merit in front of the emperor, he tricked Chi Ying into knowing that he is the person here.

"Going north." Song Qian muttered thoughtfully, it was clear that she had found their final home.

He Yujin suddenly thought of something and exclaimed, "Isn't Brother Jiu in that place? I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence." In this way, if they were to find out about this matter, it would definitely be easy to meet Ji Qimu afterwards.

They didn't expect that there would be such a relationship.

"It seems that the prince did it on purpose, and since he can follow here, he must know what we will do and what we are going to do, otherwise he will deliberately send the people there. One is that he wants to take credit, and the other is that he wants to tell us that we know what we are doing. It was really a plan to kill two birds with one stone, but he didn't expect it to be full of loopholes." Ji Changye said that he had already guessed Ji Qirui's thoughts. So not surprised.

Unexpectedly, for the sake of the right to intrigue, he could treat the lives of the people as child's play, which made Song Qian even more determined to leave the imperial capital and stay away from the hustle and bustle, so as not to dirty himself.

At this time, Changfeng opened his mouth and asked, "Then Lord Wang, what should I do next? We can't afford to sit still, can we?" It was impossible for them to watch Ji Qirui use such despicable means.

"Since the prince doesn't want us to meddle in this matter, let's first confuse his mind and let him fall into the illusion that we really don't have anything to do with it, so that we can let our guard down. We can also take this opportunity to visit Lao Jiu, so that we can feel a lot more at ease, and we don't have to worry about it day and night." Unexpectedly, it was at this time that I had the opportunity to visit Ji Qimu, but it was much better than nothing.

He Yujin was very happy now, after all, he had been thinking about it for a long time.

said that it was too late and that was fast, in order not to let Ji Qirui notice, they quietly packed up their things and set off.