She also found it very strange. In the past, she could calculate the affairs of ordinary people by counting on her fingers, but for some reason, she couldn't calculate the affairs of Foreman Zhang.

What the hell, I could have calculated it before, what went wrong?

Huo Bingbing couldn't figure it out, so she simply stopped thinking about it.

Two days later.

The people sent by Huo Bingbing finally came back, and they brought back shocking news, saying that Zhang was actually killed by Foreman Zhang, and he did this in order to win people's hearts.

"Winning over the people's hearts?" Upon hearing this, Huo Bingbing felt that something was wrong and immediately sent people to look for Foreman Zhang. However, it was too late. The people who came back reported that at midnight last night, Foreman Zhang had fled Youzhou with a large group of indignant old subordinates.

Huo Dong was also very angry. He had clearly promised his father that he would take care of the matter of Foreman Zhang, but he didn't expect that in order to win people's hearts, he even killed his own biological mother.

Moreover, he escaped in the middle of the night with his old subordinates.

Huo Bingbing glanced at the regretful Huo Dong and quickly spoke to comfort him: "Don't feel guilty, Dong'er. You are still young and don't understand many things. You can slowly accumulate experience in the future."

Huo Dong clenched his fist and said...

"But Foreman Zhang is Daddy's confidant. He killed Zhang and spread rumors that we killed him. He also escaped with so many people. I'm afraid it will be bad for Daddy's reputation. If the news spreads to the army, I'm afraid the morale of the army will be unstable."

That’s right, the palace even slaughtered the families of the old subordinates who had followed the prince for more than ten years. If the news spread to the military camp, who would be willing to follow the prince to fight?

"Oh no, our Youzhou gold is gone." Suddenly, Uncle Fu shouted in fear...

"Princess, all the gold in Youzhou is managed by Foreman Zhang. He fled with so many people, so he must have taken all the gold away with him?"

The prince trusted Foreman Zhang, so he gave the gold mountain to him to manage. Now, he betrayed him and ran away with the prince's money.

Huo Bingbing glanced at him and said calmly...

"Uncle Fu, don't worry. The prince knew that Foreman Zhang had two minds, and he has already taken the gold back."

"Even if he really ran away with the gold, it was only mined in the past two days. The amount is not large, and our loss is not very serious."

Huo Dong nodded and said...

"Yes, we were prepared, but we didn't expect Uncle Zhang to be so cruel that he would even kill his own mother."

The soldier who delivered the message shook his head and said...

"No, according to reliable sources, Foreman Zhang is not Zhang's biological son. He was adopted by Zhang when he was a beggar. However, not long after she adopted Foreman Zhang, her biological son died. From then on, Zhang treated Foreman Zhang as her own son."

"And Zhang didn't know that her biological son was actually killed by Foreman Zhang, and his goal was to take his place."

"And Foreman Zhang did all of this. After that, Zhang worked hard to make money, lived frugally to raise him, and sent him to a martial arts school, where he learned powerful martial arts. Later, when the court recruited soldiers, he joined the army. In the end, because of his military exploits on the battlefield, he became the prince's right-hand man."

"In order to establish his image, he claimed to be very filial to his mother, but in fact he was just average. Otherwise, Zhang's life wouldn't have been so difficult."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. They didn't expect that the usually honest and simple-minded Foreman Zhang was actually a wolf in sheep's clothing. They really misjudged him.

Now that I think about it, it is true. When I first met Zhang, she was wearing a set of coarse cloth clothes that were washed white and had patches on them.

Foreman Zhang has been with the prince for so many years, and his monthly allowance is not small. If he had given Zhang a little bit of money, her life would not have been so difficult.

Huo Bingbing frowned and said...

"We believe your news, but the problem is that others don't believe it. They think that our palace deliberately distorted the facts and framed Zhang the foreman for murdering his mother in order to whitewash ourselves. I'm afraid that more people will scold our palace then."

"You need to find evidence that Foreman Zhang murdered Zhang, otherwise, it will not be convincing."

The soldier knelt on the ground and said respectfully, "Princess, I have a witness. There was a petty thief who stole something in the middle of the night and was about to go home. When he passed by Foreman Zhang's house, he heard screams from inside. He climbed over the wall out of curiosity and saw Foreman Zhang murdering Zhang. He was scared to death and accidentally kicked over a flower pot. Foreman Zhang found him and left Zhang's body to chase him. The thief was so scared that he didn't even dare to go home and fled Youzhou overnight."

"He was penniless and was begging on the road when he was met by our people, who brought him back."

Huo Bingbing was overjoyed when she heard this and said...

"Good, great. Now that we have witnesses and physical evidence, we can prove that the foreman murdered his mother, and then we can issue a notice to clear our palace of the injustice."

"Uncle Fu, I'll leave this to you."

"Yes, Princess. I will arrange it right away." Uncle Fu was very happy. The prince risked his life for the sake of the people of the world and often fought hard on the battlefield. He didn't want him to be blamed and ruin his reputation for life.

Soon, Uncle Fu and his men found a handkerchief with a drug on it at Foreman Zhang's residence. He had used this handkerchief to knock Zhang unconscious and then killed her. There was even blood on it.

When the people of Youzhou saw the posted notice, they couldn't believe their eyes and couldn't help but start discussing it...

"No way? Foreman Zhang is so vicious that he even hurt his own mother?"

"What's so surprising? Zhang is not his biological mother. I heard that he was vicious when he was a few years old and secretly killed Zhang's biological son. Zhang was unaware of it and raised him as her own son. This woman is really pitiful, so pitiful."

"Yes, a wolf is a wolf, and it is difficult to change its nature. I didn't expect that Zhang would die in his hands in the end. It is so pitiful for this mother and son to encounter the jackal Zhang Foreman."

"Who says it's not?"

In the crowd, a bald middle-aged man said disdainfully: "Tsk, who knows if the government notice is true? Maybe the palace deliberately released the news to whitewash itself. Don't be so naive."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and immediately refuted...

"There are witnesses and evidence, how could it be false?"

"That's right. Everyone in our area knows who Er Laizi is. He often sneaks out in the middle of the night to steal and rob people. Isn't it normal for him to kill Zhang Foreman when he meets him?"

The middle-aged man curled his lips and said, "You said he was cheating. Can you believe what a man like him says? Maybe the palace bribed him."

As a result, everyone was half-believing and half-doubting the notice. Uncle Fu was in disguise and mixed in the crowd. When he heard this, his eyes narrowed into a line. He pinched his nose and shouted loudly...

"Brother, you look unfamiliar, and your accent doesn't sound like someone from Youzhou. You sound like someone from Moli Country. Are you a spy from Moli Country, who came to make trouble in Youzhou while meeting with Foreman Zhang, and deliberately trying to discredit the prince?"

Everyone reacted immediately and surrounded the middle-aged man and interrogated him...

"Tell me, who are you? Why are you trying to discredit the King of Youzhou?"

"Do you know that the King of Youzhou is our adopted parent? Without him, we wouldn't even have a home, let alone a free academy for our children."

"That's right. Anyone who dares to come to Youzhou to cause trouble and deliberately slander the prince is our enemy. Kill him, kill him."

At this time, the common people reacted and were filled with indignation, and some even attacked the middle-aged man.

Yes, they were originally refugees from the four countries, with no place to live and no identity. They were not eligible to find a job or be slaves, and could only beg for a living every day. Later, the King of Youzhou came and fiefdomed the land, expanded the territory, built many houses for the refugees to live in for free, and distributed fields and food for free. Only then did they have a home, and even their children went to school in the academy.

If it were in the past, this would be a good thing that they would never have dared to imagine.

Now that someone is causing trouble, they are naturally very angry.

There were a lot of people at the scene and it was very chaotic. You kicked and I punched, and I didn't know who hit me?

Suddenly, the middle-aged man was beaten and screamed.

He wanted to escape but had no chance.

In order to survive, I had to confess.

"Don't hit me, don't hit me, I confess, I confess, in fact, I am an informant sent by the Emperor of Moli Country to guard Youzhou. The Emperor said that if I take the opportunity to cause trouble when something happens, he will reward me."

When everyone heard this, they became even more angry. They punched harder, kicked harder, and cursed more...

"You dead traitor, traitor, spy, I'll beat you to death, I'll beat you to death."

Gradually, the middle-aged man lost his breath.

It was not until this time that everyone realized that someone had been beaten to death, and they all ran away in fear.

Seeing this, Uncle Fu also took advantage of the chaos and left.

From then on, everyone in Youzhou knew that Zhang was killed by Foreman Zhang. They all scolded Foreman Zhang as an ungrateful person who killed his adoptive mother and younger brother who had raised him for more than ten years at home, and betrayed the prince who had been so kind to him.

This kind of person is born without conscience, and his death is not a pity.

This news soon reached the ears of the emperor of Moli Kingdom. Later, even though Foreman Zhang went to Moli Kingdom to surrender with dozens of kilograms of gold, he was not valued by the emperor. He was also wary of him everywhere. In the end, he could only be a gatekeeper. This is a story for later, so we will not mention it for now.

The bandits in the mountain stronghold were extremely anxious when they saw that the five young leaders had not returned. Finally, they simply gave up the mountain and came to Youzhou for refuge.

When the five brothers and sisters of Huo Dong were not attending the academy, they would be taken to the fields to help the common people harvest, plow the soil and plant crops.

Summer is the season for double harvests, and it is very busy.

After the grain is harvested, it is time to plow the soil and plant rice seedlings.

In previous seasons, common people were in a state of panic, but this year is different, as there are so many bandits helping.

In a blink of an eye, they had finished working on a large area of ​​land.

What satisfies the common people most is that they don’t have to worry about feeding the bandits.

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