Lu Ronghuai acted quickly, he led a horse out, turned over, and then raised his horsewhip and rushed out of the courtyard.

He galloped all the way to the outside of the city, grabbed a passerby, and under the terrifying gaze of the other party, he picked off the coarse linen clothes on the other party's body, and changed his moire brocade robe to him.

After changing his clothes, he mounted his horse again and headed west.

Outside the city of Pingcheng is a large area of farmland, and there are farmers weeding in the fields, all with bent backs and black and yellow faces.

Lu Ronghuai dismounted and led the horse up the narrow ridge.

"Old man, how do you get to Wantian Village?" He stood on the ridge and shouted to the old man in the field.

Manta Village was the village he had asked from the passerby, and he was just looking for a reason to talk to the old man, not really going there.

"The young man is going to Wantian Village, it's still ahead, and it's fifteen miles away."

When the old man saw that he was a tall man with long legs, and although he was wearing a dusty linen robe, his back was straight, and he looked like he had a good body, and thought that he was a strong man from a nearby village, so he became less guarded in his heart, and came over to talk to him enthusiastically.

He also carried a basket on his back, which contained a small half-basket of weeds.

Lu Ronghuai thanked him, "Are you weeding?" ”

The old man's face was wrinkled deeply, and his skin was full of furrows, "No, come to the field to dig some wild vegetables, there is almost nothing to eat at home." ”

Lu Ronghuai frowned, "I see that there are a lot of fertile fields around here, and they have all grown grain, how can they not eat?" ”

When the old man heard him say this, he obviously didn't know the real situation in Pingcheng, he felt a little strange in his heart, and Lu Ronghuai didn't have this accent when he spoke.

He suddenly said, "You're not from our Pingcheng, are you?" ”

Lu Ronghuai's eyebrows moved slightly, and then he showed a somewhat silly smile, "Yes, I came to Wantian Village to visit relatives, and my hometown is in Mucheng in the west." ”

"Oh," said the old man, relieved himself when he reported his door, looked around again, and whispered to him, "Young man, this place in Pingcheng is not peaceful, don't stay here for long." ”

Lu Ronghuai pretended to be surprised, "Why?" ”

"These fields are all those rich people in the city, they not only occupy the fields, but also oppress the people, if they can't pay the taxes, they will take away the young adults of the family, and many children's children are taken away and never come back."

"What are they doing with people?"

"Who knows, the poor people of Pingcheng have no money and no way to live, they are forced to go up the mountain to be bandits, a few days ago, the mountains moved, many people were crushed to death, alas, evil."

Lu Ronghuai: "I heard about this on the road, and it was rumored outside that those people were thieves, and they killed and robbed people in Pingcheng, and they all spread to Yejing." ”

The old man said angrily: "What kind of thieves, those are all honest people who are forced to be cornered, there is a big backer in the capital behind the Pingcheng official mansion, and we have been doing evil here for so many years, and the chaos has been suppressed!" ”

"Big backer? Who is it? ”

The old man shook his head, and the wrinkles on his face looked deeper, "Last time, the boss of the grain shop came here to collect debts and had a conflict with the villagers, and someone said that he was going to Yejing to sue him, and he said in front of the whole village that there were backers to support them, and he sued him for suicide." ”

"I heard that King Li came here to investigate the case, why didn't he tell the prince?"

"Don't mention it, what's the one who came before...... King Qi, Taishou led him to our place and left after a circle. ”

Lu Ronghuai: "King Qi didn't find a problem? ”

"He's a prince, he doesn't understand anything, if we go to sue or run away, we will die if we are caught."

"So those thieves are actually the people of Pingcheng, and many people have been crushed to death by the mountain movement, they should still survive, right?"

The old man's eyes became sad, "I don't know, we also secretly inquired in private, but we didn't find anyone." ”

After Lu Ronghuai finished chatting with the old man, he secretly put a money bag in the old man's back basket, and then rode back to the city.

After entering the city, he first went to the ready-to-wear shop to buy clothes, changed the coarse linen clothes on his body, and then went to buy some snacks from Pingcheng for Chu Yuan.

As he crossed the street, he was stopped by a shout.

Cheng Dawei stood on the second floor and waved at him, "Lord Wang, come up quickly." ”

Lu Ronghuai went upstairs and found that there was only Cheng Dawei.

"The villain took the liberty of inviting the prince to sit down and drink two glasses." Cheng Dawei has been in the mall for a long time, with a strong businessman atmosphere, and his tone of voice is more meritist.

Lu Ronghuai sat down as he said and saw what he wanted to do.

With wine and delicacies on the table, Cheng Dawei personally poured wine for Lu Ronghuai, "The prince is out of the city today?" ”

Lu Ronghuai sneered in his heart, knowing that these people were sending people to follow him.

"Well, it's boring to stay in the city, go out to run horses, your suburbs have a good view."

The smile on Cheng Dawei's face deepened, "Yes, we have beautiful scenery here, and when the prince is free, the villain can take the prince around." ”

Lu Ronghuai was interested, "This king is planning to take the princess on a trip tomorrow, but what place do you recommend?" ”

Cheng Dawei: "The prince and the princess are really in love, and there is a Zhuangzi outside the city, why don't you take the princess to play?" ”

"Okay."

At this time, Cheng Dawei pushed a brocade box in front of Lu Ronghuai.

"What is this?" Lu Ronghuai glanced at it and didn't move.

Cheng Dawei smiled, he opened the brocade box, and inside was a silver ticket with a face value of 10,000 taels, a total of ten.

"The first time the prince came to Pingcheng, this is a little caution from everyone, and I hope the prince will smile."

The smile on Cheng Dawei's face remained unchanged, and his tone was modest, but his shrewd eyes were always looking at Lu Ronghuai quietly.

Lu Ronghuai stretched out his hand, picked up the ten silver tickets from the brocade box, and stuffed them directly into his arms.

"Your heart has been accepted by the king."

Cheng Dawei laughed, "If the prince needs anything in the future, even if he comes to find him, he will do his best to help the prince." ”

Lu Ronghuai sighed, his face distressed, "It's easy to say, this king is now disturbed by the thief, so he will go out of the city today to run and relax." ”

Cheng Dawei hurriedly said with concern: "The prince doesn't have to worry too much, this matter is actually easy to solve." ”

"Is there a good way to become a boss?"

"There have been thieves and robbers in all dynasties, it is nothing more than because of greed, as long as you kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, you will definitely be able to put an end to this matter in the future."

"What do you mean?" Lu Ronghuai asked along with his words.

A gleam flashed in Cheng Dawei's eyes, "The thieves first appeared in Chaihe Village, and there must be someone in this village who is instigating and instigating, but Lord Zhang has not been able to catch anyone before, which makes them more and more arrogant." ”

"In this case, it is better to arrest and behead all the people in this village, they are inextricably linked with the thieves, and they may be complicit."

"Lord Wang, I'd rather kill by mistake than let it go."

"Makes sense."

Lu Ronghuai had a light smile on his lips, he had been listening to what Cheng Dawei said, and even nodded approvingly.

But what Cheng Dawei didn't know was that Lu Ronghuai's hand on his knee had been clenched into a fist, and his muscles were bursting up, and he wanted to stand up and pinch him to death at any time.

The two talked happily with each other, and when they parted, they made an appointment to come out for a drink next time.

Just turned his head, the smile on Lu Ronghuai's face disappeared completely, his eyes were surging with anger, and his pupils were so black that he couldn't see the bottom.

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【A Day in the Life of a Land Dog】

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Chapter 80

Chu Yuan was chatting with Fu Qing when he saw Lu Ronghuai striding in with a black face, and the cold air was swishing out.

Fu Qing immediately got up and left.

Chu Yuan put down the teacup, got up and got down from the couch, and said softly with concern: "What trouble did the prince encounter?" ”

Lu Ronghuai shook his head, stretched out his hand to lift him up, hugged him back to the couch, and pressed the person on his lap.

"Let me hold it for a while."

His voice sounded the same as usual, but it still made Chu Yuan hear that something was wrong.

"The prince is sad?"

Lu Ronghuai leaned on his shoulder and laughed lowly, "I really can't hide anything from Ah Yuan." ”

Chu Yuan grabbed his sleeve, "What happened to the prince when he went out of the city?" ”

Lu Ronghuai recounted to him what he encountered today, Chu Yuan listened quietly and intently, and when he finished speaking, Chu Yuan's eyebrows moved slightly.

"Zhang Taishou and the wealthy businessmen deceived the people and dominated the fields, and they were unscrupulous, which shows that their status as backers in Beijing is not low." Chu Yuan said softly.

"Well, Ah Yuan is the same as I thought."

Chu Yuan: "According to the clues we have so far, we can't find this person yet. ”

"It's okay, I'll get him out sooner or later." Lu Ronghuai said, his smile was cold, "Right now, we must catch these small fish and shrimp first." ”

Chu Yuan took a deep breath and said tactfully: "Zhang Taishou will collude with the rich businessmen because they have all taken refuge in the person behind him, but the minister thinks that Zhang Taishou is cautious and tactful, just in case, he must have evidence in his hand in case of trouble." ”

"Well, what Ah Yuan said is reasonable."

"The prince can try to separate Zhang Taishou from the rich businessman."

Lu Ronghuai: "I'm afraid it's not that easy, especially Zhang Ze, who is very vigilant." ”

Chu Yuan bent his lips, his eyes were smart and pretty, "What the minister means is to pretend to be divisive, so that the group of wealthy businessmen mistakenly think that Zhang Taishou has rebelled." ”

"I'm familiar with this method," Lu Ronghuai raised his eyebrows and stole a fragrance on his face, "Let them eat dogs, and let's watch the excitement on the side." ”

"Hmm." Chu Yuan raised his sleeves and wiped the saliva on his face.