Lin Yunxi didn't sleep well that night and couldn't figure out what to do after thinking for a long time.

If she went to the military camp to discuss with Murong Hao, he would definitely not let her act alone.

If she went to buy the meat first, she would not be able to reimburse her money because she did not have Murong Hao's private seal.

"Forget it, prepare some meat for the army first. Whether it is reimbursed or not is a trivial matter."

In the end, Lin Yunxi convinced herself that with so much gold, she could afford to buy some meat...

Early in the morning of the next day, before dawn, Murong Hao quietly left the military camp from the rear camp with Tian Yi and several secret guards on horseback.

They have to go to the three border state capitals to transfer food.

After riding for 10 miles, the group arrived at the state closest to the military camp, Luonan Prefecture.

When Zhao Taishou of Luo Nan Prefecture saw Murong Hao coming in person, he broke out in a cold sweat.

He did not expect that Murong Hao, the commander of the First Army, would personally come to the capital of Nanzhou when he landed, and hurriedly came forward to greet him:

"I respectfully welcome His Royal Highness Prince Rui."

"Get up and speak." Murong Hao sat uninvited at the top of the state capital and looked down at Governor Zhao in front of him.

"Yes."

Governor Zhao stood up and glanced at Tianyi, whom he had met two days ago. Two days ago, Tianyi came to ask for food and grass, but he did not give much. Today, Prince Rui came in person. It must be that Tianyi said something that should not be said.

"Prefect Zhao, your Luonan Prefecture is closest to the border. Now Zhu Xiannan's army from the Western Region Kingdom is advancing eastward. Without me to guard it, can your Luonan Prefecture resist his army of hundreds of thousands?"

Murong Hao did not directly talk about food, but mentioned the size of the Western Region Kingdom's army.

When Governor Zhao heard this, he broke into cold sweat on his back in the cold June.

"Prince Rui, there are only two thousand officers and soldiers guarding the city of Luonan Prefecture. They are absolutely unable to resist the hundreds of thousands of troops from the Western Region Kingdom."

"If you can't hold it, someone is guarding it for you. Shouldn't you provide something to the army?" Murong Hao looked at Governor Zhao with cold eyes.

As soon as Zhao Taishou raised his head, he ran into his ice pick-like eyes, shaking like chaff:

"Xiaguan will open a warehouse to provide grain to the army. However, we in Luonan Prefecture don't have much grain and grass. We can only provide the grain and fodder for King Rui's 15 troops on the 10th at most. No more, and there will be no more. There are tens of thousands of people in Luonan Prefecture. In case of any natural or man-made disaster, we must prepare food and grass."

Governor Zhao said tremblingly that the most he could give was so much.

"Okay, on the 15th, bring me the deed."

Murong Hao also knew the situation in Luonan Prefecture. The ability of this cold state capital to supply the army with 15 days of food and grass was already their bottom line. He no longer embarrassed Governor Zhao. To embarrass him was to embarrass the people of Luonan Prefecture.

After finishing their work, Murong Hao and his party continued to rush to the next two state capitals without stopping.

The next two states were relatively far away from the military camp. After going to the second state capital and getting food and grass, the group found an inn in the second state capital to rest for the night.

The next day we set off again before dawn.

When he arrived at the third state, it was already noon. Murong Hao did not take a break and went straight to the state capital to find the prefect of this state.

Just like the previous two states, they used the same method to obtain the food and grass for the 20-strong army on the 10th.

Murong Hao could only get food from these three prefectures, but not meat. The weather in these prefectures was cold all year round, and the people raised their own animals for their own food. It was rare for people to have extra animals to bring. If it is sold, it is even less likely to be handed over to the government.

However, Murong Hao was already satisfied. After all, having food was better than having no food. He could apply to his father for meat and see how much meat could be transferred from other states this time.

After finishing his work, Murong Hao took a group of secret guards to a restaurant for lunch.

After lunch, he was in no hurry to return to the military camp. He had not been to the border for a year. He wanted to see how the people here were living.

He rode a horse and walked slowly on the street, observing the lives of the people in the city.

He was watching with great interest, when suddenly a little boy in ragged clothes ran past in front of his horse.

In an instant, Murong Hao saw the little boy running over from the corner of his eyes. He tightened the reins, and the horse's head was pulled up by him, turning the angle slightly.

"what……"

The little boy was frightened and fell to the ground, less than a foot away from where Murong Hao's horse hoof landed.

Seeing the little boy fall, Murong Hao quickly dismounted to check.

"You, are you injured?"

Murong Hao looked at the boy in front of him, who looked about 4 to 5 years old. He was holding a brown oil paper bag in his hand.

"I'm not hurt. Someone gave this to you."

The little boy said in a sweet voice, opened the oil-paper bag, then put the contents of the oil-paper bag into Murong Hao's neck and poured it out.

Tianyi watched the prince helping the little boy on the horse, thinking that the prince was indeed a kind-hearted person.

Tianyi was thinking when he suddenly noticed that the little boy poured something black from his hand into the back of the prince's neck. He hurriedly shouted:

"My lord, be careful."

All the secret guards quickly came to Murong Hao and grabbed the little boy.

A burning pain hit Murong Hao's neck. He quickly slapped the black things squirming around his neck, killing some. When he took it in his hand, he saw that they were unknown black insects. He could still feel that there were still... A few of them continued to bite the back of his neck.

When Tianyi saw this, he immediately stepped forward.

"Prince, don't move, Tianyi will come." Tianyi pushed aside Murong Hao's stand-up collar and saw a few bugs biting on his neck. He slapped the two bugs to pieces instantly with his big hand.

Tianyi quickly checked Murong Hao's neck and found that there were no bugs, and said:

"My lord, the bugs are gone, but your neck is all red and swollen from the bites."

How could Murong Hao not know that the neck on his back was swollen? At this moment, the back of his neck was burning, and waves of heartbreaking pain began to spread throughout his body.

He looked at the little boy angrily:

"You, who asked you to do this?" His voice was roaring, like a beast about to be released from its cage.

The little boy was still smiling when he saw his good-looking uncle in front of him being bitten by bugs. Now when he heard Murong Hao's growling voice, his legs began to tremble.

"I don't know, I don't know." The little boy was glared at by several people and wanted to cry.

Tianyi knew that if he frightened the child like this, he would not be able to ask for any information. He held back the anger in his heart. He knelt down half-kneeling, squeezed out a gentle smile and asked:

"What's your name?"

"Er Gou." The little boy Ting Tianyi had a gentle voice and was willing to talk to him.

"Where is your family?" Tianyi's voice was soft.

"I only have a blind grandma. Look, she is there, and we make a living by picking up trash."

The little boy pointed to a garbage place. An old man with white hair and shabby clothes was rummaging through the garbage, as if he wanted to find something in the garbage.

"Then who gave you these bugs?" Tianyi looked at the boy and asked patiently.

"Just now, a sister in red gave me two copper coins and asked me to give the bugs to this uncle. She said that this uncle likes bugs and asked me to put these bugs on his neck, and this The note was also asked by my sister in red to give to this uncle."

The little boy took out a note from his waist with his small dark hands and handed it to Tianyi.

Tian handed the note to Murong Hao. Murong Hao opened it and clenched his fists...

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