On the wedding night, the substitute princess cured the war king's poison

"It's okay, it's okay." Qiyue felt a little sympathetic towards him, "After hundreds of years, your hair has turned completely white."

"It's because... I don't have the chance to attend the Peach Banquet." Cao Chengyan was a little embarrassed.

When they first met, they were both teenagers. Now that they meet again, he is still a handsome young man, while I have become old and frail.

It's sad and lamentable that people of low status feel inferior.

Qiyue comforted him, "Don't worry, you never know when your luck will turn and you'll meet a noble person who can help you. It won't be difficult to advance a few levels."

As he said this, he nodded in Ning Luo's direction.

God of Land: Cling to someone? Yes, I can.

He immediately looked at Ning Luo with anticipation, "Fairy Li Luo, can I also call you master?"

Ning Luo did not comment. "Since you two know each other, help me look around to see if there is any unusual person following me. This person is a woman with a beautiful face. She has magic but she may not be a demon."

"If you find any clues, I will reward you handsomely."

"What difficulties has the master encountered?" July asked curiously. After all, he had just been released and knew nothing about what had happened in the past few days.

The God of Land told him in a few words what he had just seen and heard.

Ning Luo added: "That woman is interested in the Regent. She probably came here for a purpose because she was attracted by his identity as the White Emperor's Yuanshen."

"You are so brave that you dare to compete with the princess for a man." July blurted out.

Ning Luo smiled slightly, "From her tone, she seems to be familiar with me. Do you know if I have ever offended anyone in the heaven before?"

"Well." July thought about it, and a figure emerged in his mind.

"If there really is such a courageous acquaintance and enemy, she is your third sister, Fairy Yuling. Her soul is a phoenix bird. Before you were born, she was the most beautiful woman in the fairy world. Since you were born, she has been eclipsed."

"She was jealous of your beauty. Later, you caused the White Emperor and the Xuanling Immortal to fight for you. One woman is sought after by hundreds of families, but no one is interested in her. So she often goes against you."

Ning Luo was secretly surprised that he didn't expect to attract so many romantic interests in the heavenly realm.

He coughed lightly and asked seriously, "Does Fairy Yuling count as coming to the mortal world without permission?"

"We don't know this, we need to ask the Immortal Lord Siming." Qi Yue finished speaking and recommended herself, "Why don't I go and ask him?"

Naturally, it is more suitable for him to do the errands. He can make a contribution by doing one thing.

After Ning Luo nodded, July suddenly turned into a wisp of red smoke and disappeared.

The God of Land still wanted to hug the golden thigh eagerly, "What can I do? Please give me the order, Master."

"You are to patrol the area within a ten-mile radius and not allow any demons or monsters to approach."

"Yes!" After receiving the order, the land god waved to the fairy boy and went to work.

Li Yi felt a little jealous when he saw a handsome stranger appear next to Ning Luo just now.

Who is that? Why haven't I seen him before?

I looked again and it was gone.

Just when he was about to come over to ask about the situation, Xie Zhan had already come rushing over with the county government officials and soldiers.

The person sitting in the carriage should be the magistrate of Nan County.

Xie Zhan stopped his horse, turned over, knelt down and saluted.

"Reporting to the prince, the magistrate of Nan County, Zhang Fang, has arrived!"

A county magistrate wearing the uniform of a seventh-rank official also quickly got off the carriage and led a group of county yamen runners to kowtow to Li Yi.

The torches revealed their frightened expressions.

"Your humble servant Zhang Fang has come to see the Regent and respectfully welcomes the Regent to inspect Nan County. Your humble servant learned of this too late and failed to welcome you from afar. Please calm down, Regent!"

"Get up." Li Yi asked him straight to the point, "Why did you drive the refugees here without giving them porridge, rice or clothes?"

"The truth is that there is no grain left in the granaries of Nan County." Zhang Fang said sympathetically, "The autumn harvest has not yet arrived, and the new grain is still in the fields."

It seems that he is a veteran.

"I heard that there is no grain left in the granary in Nan County. Is this true?"

"This... the granary was burned by a fire from the sky. Nan County was struck by a natural disaster last month. A ball of fire from the sky fell on the granary out of nowhere at night and burned all 18 granaries."

This is consistent with what the refugees said about the granary being on fire.

But whether it was a natural fire or man-made, we need to find out the truth.

"Did you bring the Nanxian account book?"

Zhang Fang was surprised that the Regent would ask this.

"I was hastily summoned by the regent's sword-bearing guards, and for a moment, I had no time to bring official documents."

"Well, tomorrow the king will go to Nan County to check it out. However, as a county magistrate, you should have seen the account books. Do you still remember how much tax the people of Nan County paid and how much grain they handed over last year?"

When the Xia Kingdom collected taxes, the people paid one part in silver and one part in grain. The local governments handed over one-third of the taxes to the national treasury, and the rest was kept for government expenses. Part of the retained taxes was used to build farmland and water conservancy projects, and to be used as a reserve for responding to natural disasters.

It is impossible that the county government could not afford to provide disaster relief at all.

When Li Yi asked this, Zhang Fang knew that he was a powerful person.

But he embezzled a lot of tax money and could not withstand investigation.

"My Lord Regent, that day the fire burned down the granary. I was so anxious that I led people to put out the fire and was hit by a heavy log. I fell seriously ill and I don't remember the old account very clearly. Can I ask you to take out the account book for my Lord Regent to review tomorrow?"

The county government had two sets of account books, and he planned to use fake accounts to deal with the regent's investigation.

"Where is the injury?" Li Yi knew that he was trying to be cunning, so he naturally played along.

"It's here." Zhang Fang pointed to the back of his head.

When he was a child, he hit his head on the table and got a big scar, which is somewhat similar to a burn scar.

"Someone, go ask Doctor Luo to examine his injuries."