"How could my father give such a foolish order? Isn't this pushing you into the fire pit?" Rong Zhan looked at the edict on the table angrily, and his heart was anxious.

"Are you confused? Why do I think the emperor's move is very sacred?" Yuan Xi opened the cabinet and rummaged through several sets of men's clothes she had specially prepared.

"Found it!" she was overjoyed, and took out a palm-sized white jade inlaid blonde hair crown from the box and put it on top of her head: "Is it good-looking?"

"What's so good-looking?" Rong Zhan snatched the crown: "You are not allowed to go." ”

"Why? I didn't see the holy decree saying that if I can quell the civil unrest, I will be the crown princess. Yuan Xi leaned over to him and winked: "You don't want me to be the crown princess?"

"I don't want to. Just your appearance?" he glanced at him: "When you are a princess, you will reach the sky." ”

Yuan Xi snatched the hair crown, untied the bun, twisted the hair to the top of his head into a tug, tried the hair crown and said: "If you have the ability, you will be the prince." ”

"Of course this king is the crown prince. He hugged Yuan Xi behind his back and rubbed her sideburns: "My father promised me." ”

"It's less smelly and beautiful. Yuan Xi pushed him: "This girl is now the sect master of Donglin, if there is such a thing as civil unrest, I won't come out, who will come out?"

"But!" he also understood that the truth was true, but concern was chaotic. If you are not afraid of 10,000 in everything, you are afraid of what if, what if the people of Donglin are instigated by those old ministers and face each other with knives?

"Then you'll have to take me with you. ”

Yuan Xi turned his head, pinched his face, and said with a smile: "It's so big, you can't do without people around you?"

He smiled: "Yes, you can't do without people, unless you take me, you don't want to get out of this door." ”

Yuan Xi couldn't help laughing: "This gate is not up to you, is it okay?" This yard, from bricks to nails, flowers and trees are all owned by this girl. In this place, everything has to be listened to me. Besides, your martial arts are so bad, how much trouble do you have?"

"No matter how bad your martial arts are, it's better than you don't know martial arts, right?" he whispered, "Take me, I'll be your attendant." ”

Yuan Xi looked him up and down, and patted him lightly on the face: "Look at your little face, say that you are an attendant, and a fool will believe it! ”

"Then you take Qin Shun with you, this will be fine, right?"

"Qin Shun can still think about it. Won-hee sat down.

He picked up the white jade hairpin and inserted it into the crown of his hair, held her shoulder, and looked at her in the mirror: "Look, Xiao Wensheng looks like a son." ”

changed into men's clothes and took two trucks to Donglinzhou. There was some rice bran on the truck, and no one was suspicious when I entered the door.

This is the first time Yuan Xi has come to Donglin Prefecture in his life, but he has caught up with it at its poorest. The streets were uncleaned, littered with ash and weeds, and most of the shops were closed, only a few were still open, but there was little business. Everyone is flesh and bones, and their faces are sallow, whether they are children or old people, they are all moving slowly, or sitting at the corner of the street basking in the sun.

They are scary thin, their skin is festering because of the lack of salt, Wonxi bites her lip, she still has too little salt to stockpile, she can only solve the temporary urgency, not the long-term.

Ling'er leaned over and was a little scared: "Miss, what's wrong with them?"

Qin Shun said in a low voice: "Hungry." ”

Qin Shun muttered in his heart, he was hungry like this, but he still had the strength to gather people to make trouble, it was really powerful.

"Sect Master, where are we going?" Qin Shun asked.

"Donglin Mansion. Yuan Xi frowned and replied categorically.

"You can't go," Qin Shun stopped in a low voice, "If those old ministers know your identity, they will definitely detain us." ”

"Then don't show your identity, let's see the situation first. Yuan Xi gritted his teeth, how miserable is this Donglin Prefecture, so that God will be sympathetic to his people?

"Send the rice bran, although it's not much, it's one that can save one. Yuan Xi commanded softly: "Qin Shun, you come with me." ”

As soon as Ling'er led two attendants to drive the car at the corner of the street, the refugees from Donglin poured in like a tide, their eyes shining green, stuffing the uncooked rice bran into their mouths, putting them in their pockets, and even hiding them in their crotches. One by one, dirty hands reached over and grabbed two handfuls of rice bran, but they were still unwilling and still did not leave.

Qin Shun scratched his head: "Sect Master, isn't this too dangerous? I'm afraid that there will be some deaths in a while!"

Yuan Xi nodded: "Don't worry, the officials of the government will come to suppress it in a while, I have already explained to Ling'er and let her escape while she is in chaos." ”

Qin Shun sighed and silently followed behind Yuan Xi.

"Qin Shun, where is the former Shangguan Mansion?" asked Yuan Xi.

"That's it, because the Shangguan Mansion took over the holy car. Their old house was not forcibly demolished, and now it is a school, but it is dilapidated. Qin Shun said, pointing to a courtyard with blue bricks and white tiles not far away.

Things are not people, this once powerful Donglin Sect Master's Mansion has become a broken wall, and there are a few houses standing alone, but there is no longer the sound of children reading. If you can't even eat, who will go to school?

"The sect mainly wants to rebuild the mansion, it is better to choose another mansion, after all, it is a waste of time to rebuild here. Qin Shun suggested.

Won-hee didn't speak, just slapped two shots on the brick wall, was this the place where her biological parents lived? she should have been born and raised here. It's just that because of Gao Bingyan and Xiao Rongshen, everything is different.

"Can the new officials still be contacted?" asked Won-hee.

Qin Shun shook his head: "Since the old faction killed a few new faction officials, the remaining people have been incognito, and even the ministers' minions can't contact them. ”

Two thin middle-aged men walked by, and Qin Shun hurriedly closed his mouth.

"Let's go, let's go! The lord of the government is going to spread the word! I heard that the imperial court is going to move troops!"

"But it's not! The court is not a thing, what kind of bullshit new deal, in the past, one tax per family, but now it is counted as a head, if there are eight people in a family, you have to pay eight shares! If you don't force the people to die, it's not over! Now it's going to be a war again, hmph, it's really better for the second master of the Shangguan family to occupy Donglin!"

"That is, in recent years, the imperial court has become more and more ruthless to our Donglinzhou, when the Shangguan Mansion was in the earlier, how good the land tax was formulated, but later it was changed, and this household tax has not been paid for a few years and has started to fight again, and now what kind of poll tax is being engaged, it is really a dead person. ”

"The new deal and the new deal, change back and forth, it's not as good as the time for the government to govern. Do you know? The emperor was afraid of the Shangguan Sect Master, so he deliberately found a stubble and killed him!"

"Hey, who doesn't know, the master of high merit, can still live?"

Won-hee followed the two men for a while, and they seemed to be aware that someone was following them, so they both lowered their voices and stopped talking. Yuan Xi paused: "No wonder there will be a civil uprising. ”

Qin Shun wondered: "Sect Master, what did you just say?"

I said, "I know the root of this popular uprising. Yuan Xi said firmly: "Did you hear the conversation between those two people?"

"I hear you, they're talking about the New Deal. Qin Shun nodded and shook his head again: "However, what they said is not right. ”

"That's right, they don't know what the new policy of the imperial court is!" Yuan Xi said: "It must be that the old faction has been misinterpreting the new policy in front of the people, increasing taxes, and making the people think that there is no way to live." When the people have no way to live, they will rise up. ”

"So, you mean that this popular rebellion was deliberately instigated by the old faction?" Qin Shun said in confusion: "But, but what are they trying to do?"

"Tu Quan!" Yuan Xi patted the dust on his hands: "The old school is the nobles who were knighted for their dukes during the period of the first emperor, and their interests are related to the current affairs of the first emperor. The emperor's new policy was aimed at the current affairs of the emperor everywhere, and the interests of the old school were shaken, which is why they hated the new policy. They instigated the popular uprising in order to create the false impression that even the people did not support the New Deal. ”

"What should I do then?" Qin Shun glanced in the direction of the two pedestrians: "It seems that they have a deep grudge against the imperial court." ”

"But they are still subservient to the Shangguan Mansion. Won-hee smiled smugly.

"There is now only one Shangguan Linrui left in the Shangguan Mansion, and he is locked up in the prison again. ”

Qin Shun sighed, this group of old schools is really hateful, when Shangguan Linrui captured Donglin Prefecture, they all became shrinking turtles one by one, and now that Shangguan Linrui has fallen, their waists have hardened. It's disgusting!

As he was talking, Ling'er ran over with two attendants in disgrace, Ling'er was a little better, and the clothes of the two attendants were torn.

"Miss, the Donglin Mansion really sent troops to suppress it. They said that the people robbed the government's grain cart and pulled away the remaining half of the cart of rice bran!"

Qin Shun raised his eyebrows and pulled out half of the sword: "What? Even half a cart of rice bran has to be deducted, this official is a bastard! Sect Master, you give an order, I will have a sword, and I will light their sky lantern!"

Yuan Xi smiled slightly, this Qin Shun was in a hurry, and even the black words popped out.

"Even if you are excellent in martial arts, how many unconscious officials can you kill?"

Ling'er glanced blankly: "Yes, you can fight, can you use your brain?"

Qin Shun put the sword back into the scabbard and said angrily: "Hey, you are smart, you have to say a way." ”

"I don't say it, Miss will. Ling'er grabbed Yuanxi's arm and stuck out his tongue at Qin Shun.

"What the sect master said is not something you came up with. Qin Shun glared at Ling'er, turned his head and asked Yuanxi, "Sect Master, what should we do?"

Donglin Prefecture is very tightly controlled by the old school, and if you want to succeed, you must be sure of one blow, and if you make a slight mistake, you will be crushed. Won-hee looked up at the slaughtering sky. Yes, only in front of the people, there was a head-on conflict with the government, but where is the weakness of the government?

Yuan Xi suddenly smiled and said: "Qin Shun, while those government officials haven't gone far, follow them immediately, see where their granary is, and then find a way to sneak in and see how many families they have." As soon as you see it clearly, you will come to report it immediately, and we will meet outside the official mansion. ”

"Yes," Qin Shun arched his hand and ordered the other two attendants: "You guys, you must protect the safety of the sect master, if something goes wrong, beware of the prince screwing your head off!"

"You don't scare them, if you can't do the errand, I'll screw your head first. Yuan Xi glanced at Qin Shun: "Why don't you go soon?"