"What cousin? There is no woman accompanying us on this trip." Li Xuan reacted quickly and refused to admit it.

Pei Xinyi, who was following behind him, immediately turned around and ran back after hearing it.

Mad!

What a shame!

She had just been protected by King Liang in a manly way and had even developed feelings for him, but she had not expected that this man did not like her at all.

They had met before, and King Liang was now pretending not to know that she was a woman because he just didn't want to take responsibility.

Forget it, there is no such thing as a good man in the world!

I never think about getting married again!

Ning Luo was trying to test Li Xuan's intentions and didn't really want to promise Pei Xinyi to him.

Now it seems that this guy is really irresponsible and not worthy of my cousin.

"If there is no answer, then there is no answer. In the future, King Liang should not randomly pull people in during a crisis, lest people think too much."

Seeing her contemptuous expression, Li Xuan quickly expressed his feelings, "In fact, it is you that I want to protect, not someone else. I protected the wrong person just now. It was all a misunderstanding. I am sincere to you..."

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Li Yi in a harsh voice.

"Prince Liang, be careful with your words and do not tarnish Doctor Luo's reputation!"

"I don't like male homosexuality, so please respect yourself, King Liang." Ning Luo glanced at Li Xuan, then walked away with a flick of his sleeves.

"Doctor Luo--" Li Xuan wanted to chase after him, but was stopped by Li Yi.

"From now on, you will escort the grain and grass behind the convoy. Without my order, you are not allowed to come to the front to cause trouble. If you disobey my order, you will be severely punished!"

It was the first time he saw the emperor's uncle being so cold and imposing, and he subconsciously answered "yes" honestly.

Next, Li Xuan had no choice but to ride his horse and follow the convoy from a distance.

Unexpectedly, I heard the mysterious man's voice again, "Don't worry, wait for the next opportunity."

"Must I marry them both?" Li Xuan was a little annoyed. He felt that he was inexplicably assigned such a difficult task and was extremely unlucky.

"You must marry her, or don't come back to see me!"

As the man finished speaking, a turtle suddenly appeared in Li Xuan's arms.

"You were the one who warned me just now?"

The little turtle shook his head, "I was ordered to help my master fulfill his wish."

"Just you? What can you do?" Li Xuan pinched its little head.

"It hurts, please be merciful, young master."

Thinking the turtle was cute, he let go.

"Next time you encounter a monster, help me subdue it."

"Definitely." The little turtle responded confidently.

Seeing Miss Pei getting on the carriage angrily, Guizhi hurriedly tried to comfort her, "Miss Pei, have you forgotten that you are a man now? Don't mind if that man doesn't take you seriously. Our young lady always says that marriage is destined by heaven. If the two are not in love, forcing them to be together will only shorten their lives."

Pei Xinyi heard some truth in what she said, "That's right, he's not a good man, I don't want him!"

After saying that, he started to eat all the cakes and fruits on the coffee table.

The carriage traveled for another half an hour and finally arrived at the post station. The postmaster and postman here had known that the Regent and his entourage would pass by, and had been waiting outside for a long time, looking forward to seeing them.

When he saw the government's convoy approaching, he immediately came forward and knelt down to kowtow.

"Your humble servant Yuan Lang respectfully welcomes the Regent."

"No need to be polite." Li Yi said gently.

When the postmaster stood up, he asked him, "Are the counties and cities in this area peaceful recently? Have any strange things happened?"

He was worried that the tree monster had already hurt many people.

The postmaster was surprised that the regent asked such a question, and replied seriously: "There is no strange news, but there are quite a few refugees gathering nearby recently. We are worried that they will rebel, so we have ordered the government to settle them in the suburbs of Nanshan County."

Li Yi frowned when he heard this, "Where do these refugees come from?"

The postmaster said, "They are from all the counties in the southwest and northwest. They are all fleeing because of the locust plague and they can't survive."

"Some people brought their families with them, selling their children along the way."

"How many refugees are there?"

"There are more than 3,000 people now."

It seems that the locust plague is more serious than reported.

Li Yi was not going to rest, "Take me to see the refugees now."

The postmaster didn't expect that he cared so much about the people, but he hesitated and advised:

"My Lord Regent, the resettlement area is still thirty miles away from here. I'm afraid it will be dark by the time we get there."

"For me, it is just to hurry on before dark, but for the refugees, it is whether they can get a bite of food in time."

Li Yi made a prompt decision, "Xie Zhan, arrange for fifty grain carts to accompany us, and the others will wait for orders on the spot."

"Yes." Xie Zhan responded and got rid of the carriage.

Li Yi specially invited Ning Luo, "Doctor Luo, can you come with me? There may be seriously ill people among the refugees who need medical treatment."

Ning Luo readily agreed and arranged for a carriage filled with medicinal herbs to accompany him.

The postmaster led the way to the outskirts of Nanshan County.

Ning Luo took out a map in the carriage to check the topography.

Nanshan County is located at a high altitude and the mountain roads are rugged and uneven. If you travel at normal speed, you will arrive there in the middle of the night.

So when it got dark, she made hand gestures and chanted spells, performing a technique to shrink the earth.

The postmaster only felt a sudden strong wind blowing. When he opened his eyes again, he saw the tall boundary marker of Nanshan County in the light of the lantern.

Weird!

Is this divine help?

Or is it a demonic act, setting up a maze?

He turned his horse around tremblingly and galloped to the side of the Regent's carriage to report, "Reporting to the Regent, we arrived at Nanshan County ahead of schedule, but suddenly the distance is half less than usual, which is very strange."

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