Li Yunxing was surrounded by everyone and sat on the main seat, and Shen Qingshan sat next to him, looking at the people who were still around, and asked them to return to their positions.

Everyone reluctantly retreated, but it was difficult to hide their hospitality, some took the initiative to give Li Yunxing vegetables, and some poured him wine, Li Yunxing quietly leaned on the back of the chair, playing with a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, and quietly looked at the people in front of him.

Most of them are students who passed the imperial examination this time, and only two of them fell to Sun Shan, but they have stayed in the capital and want to continue to prepare for the exam in the capital, if it weren't for Shen Qingshan's banquet, the two of them would still be studying at home at this time, and they would not appear here at all.

I'm afraid that only these two people are the most cramped, and there is no student like those who have become officials who are scrambling to leave an impression in front of Li Yunxing.

Under everyone's gaze, Li Yunxing took a sip of the wine in his glass.

"Several of them are people trusted by Brother Shen, Brother Shen handed over the potatoes to you and asked you to help plant them, but unfortunately the thieves were too cunning and knew that the potatoes were there, so they ruined them, and also ruined the hard work of Lord Yang and me for a long time."

The expressions on everyone's faces froze, and they looked at Li Yunxing with some hesitation, they really didn't do a good job of protecting and let the potatoes be destroyed, but that was all done by those people in the rivers and lakes, they didn't have martial arts, and they couldn't prevent it if they wanted to, so they wanted to explain a few sentences, but the expression on Li Yunxing's face was not very good, and they were a little worried that he was blaming them for this.

When they received Shen Qingshan's potatoes, they thought that they would do a good job in order to attract Li Yunxing's attention, but they didn't expect to lose their wife and soldiers, not only did they not do a good job, but in Li Yunxing's eyes, they thought that they were too incompetent and did not complete the task.

"It's true that we didn't fulfill our duty of care, and let those thieves destroy the potatoes, the potatoes are very important, and now it's too late to apologize, if Your Highness wants to punish us."

The person who spoke was named Du Yiwen, a compiler of the Library Pavilion, ranked in the top ten on the gold list, and his palace examination results were also good, and he spoke very calmly, so Li Yuanxing had some impressions of him.

Now I saw that he looked sincere, and it seemed that he was sincere in saying those words.

It's just that except for him, the other people heard these words, their expressions were different, and some felt that they were right, they had done their duty, it was those martial arts people who rushed to their mansion and destroyed the potatoes, and they couldn't stop it, so naturally they didn't have to be punished.

But some people looked annoyed, knowing that taking the initiative to stand up and admit their mistakes at this time would definitely leave a good impression in Li Yunxing's heart, after not seeing Du Yiwen say this, Li Yunxian looked at him with a flash of eyes, he must have left an impression on the prince, but he reacted late, not as fast as Du Yiwen, if he echoed at this time, it would be useless.

And some people looked terrified, afraid that Li Yunxing would really blame them for this matter, after all, they didn't know what Li Yunxing was like at all, but they secretly scolded Shen Qingshan in their hearts, thinking that they were helping him, but they didn't expect to drag them into the water, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to blame, why didn't Shen Qingshan intercede for them?

In the eyes of the people next to him with different expressions, Li Yunxing spoke lightly.

"But I heard Brother Shen say that you have all done your best to protect the potatoes, those people in the rivers and lakes are strong in martial arts, and you people have no guards at home, so naturally they can't take care of it, so it's not that you did anything wrong, but that you have taken on responsibilities beyond your ability, so do you still think you should be punished?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes lit up, listening to the meaning of the prince's words, he understood that they didn't look at the potatoes, so they were really worried in vain just now.

Some people secretly hate Du Yiwen in their hearts that he is really insidious and cunning, he looks honest and does not fight on weekdays, and some people even think that his ranking is so high, but he was assigned to the library as a compiler, and he was wronged a little, it is better for Yang Wenxuan to please the prince, and he can stay in Sinong Temple.

He said that he was willing to obey the prince's orders, and it was okay to be a bookkeeper for the rest of his life, and everyone thought that he was not greedy for power, but he didn't expect that people were smarter than them, so he seized the opportunity to let His Royal Highness the prince notice him, but I was afraid that he was the second Yang Wenxuan, everyone had a deceived expression, and secretly gritted their teeth.

Yang Yiwen didn't notice the expressions of the people around him, but said seriously.

"Naturally, there should be punishment. Before we received these potatoes, we already knew how important potatoes were, especially when we knew that the potatoes in the suburban courtyard were burned, and we also knew that someone was secretly watching the potatoes, so we should naturally be careful. ”

To tell the truth, Yang Yiwen does pay a lot of attention to potato knowledge, because he is from a poor people's background, and he knows how uncomfortable it is to not have enough to eat, so after hearing about the yield of potatoes, he hopes that this thing can be spread out, and it is best to send it to his hometown, so that his parents and villagers will no longer have to live a hungry life.

Later, when he learned that the potatoes were burned, he was not to mention how anxious he was, and even went to the suburban courtyard to see it in person, but at that time, the prince had not come back, and the suburban courtyard was guarded by the forbidden army, so he would not let him go in to see it at all.

Later, Shen Qingshan found him, holding two potatoes in his hand, Du Yiwen didn't mention how happy he was, he didn't know how Shen Qingshan kept these under the fire attack of those people in the rivers and lakes, but he could also predict how sad this process was, so he was really determined to be like Yang Tinghe, and it was best to grow two baskets.

He was on duty in the library and was not busy at all, he usually read books in the library, but since he started planting potatoes, he has been nesting at home in his free time, and he is always suspicious, always feeling that someone is watching him behind his back, and he is more careful in doing things.

I didn't expect him to be so careful, one night, two people broke into the house, they searched in the room, Du Yiwen's room was not big, and they soon found the potato seedlings, and then in front of his eyes, the potato seedlings were uprooted, and broken into several sections, Du Yiwen was trampled on the ground, seeing this scene, his eyes were split, but he couldn't struggle at all, and watched the two men in black take away the potato seedlings that were broken into several sections.

At this point, his tone instantly became very firm again.

"Potatoes are very important to the people of the Wu Dynasty, although we are civil officials, but behind us are those potatoes, and we should also be like military generals to protect desperately, even if we fight to the death with those people in the rivers and lakes, we must defend the potatoes, but we not only did not hold the potatoes, but also failed to resist desperately, so I said we should be punished."