The best county magistrate

The thirteenth day of the first lunar month was sunny.

Because Yang Xuanchen said there was nothing to do today, Zhao Yanli dragged him into the carriage and went straight to Liuyinglu.

Yes, the eldest prince wants to listen to music again today.

Using urine escape as an excuse, Yang Xuanchen wandered into a thatched cottage pointed out to him by Zhou Xinran.

"Hey, isn't this Shao Zhan's business, Mr. Yang? He is really a busy man. When he is busy, he can't see anyone for days..."

Hua Qianying's mouth was silent, but her hands were not idle. She gently helped him untie his cloak and hung it on the hanger beside him.

"Hey, come on, Second Sister Dihua. I've been running around either the East Palace or Honglu Temple in Dali Temple all day long. I also have to go to the Ministry of Punishment and the Yushitai from time to time."

"I really wish I could master those multiple shadow clones and have a few more of me..."

"What? What kind of clone technique?" Hua Qianying didn't understand what Yang Xuanchen was saying for a moment.

He smiled coquettishly, "It's nothing, nothing. I haven't been investigating a case recently. I'm busy and have no clue. It's really a headache."

"Fortunately, I have my second brother and you guys to help me, otherwise I would be really busy all by myself."

The two of them sat opposite each other around the stove. Hua Qianying made him a cup of tea, and her eyebrows arched, "You have some clues about what you asked people to investigate."

Hearing what she said, Yang Xuanchen immediately became energetic.

"On the day of the court meeting, after Song Guangxin was so angry with you that he vomited blood on the spot, he didn't go to court for several days. The family said he was ill."

"Actually, he is much better. Zhang Debiao, Wei Ting, and Kong Lingchen have been to the Song Mansion in the past few days..."

Speaking of this, Yang Xuanchen's eyes flashed and he asked: "Besides the three of them, who else has been there?"

Hua Qianying took out a piece of paper from her arms and wrote down the names of many people on it.

"According to your instructions, everyone who visited Song Guangxin and us kept records, including when they visited and how long they left before leaving the house."

Yang Xuanchen looked at the words on the paper carefully, with a smile on his lips, and then carefully folded it and put it in his sleeve pocket.

"Do you have any news about the person you paid to kidnap me last time?"

"Since that night, that person has never appeared. Oh, by the way, Xie Tianhua has been accused of collaborating with the enemy and treason..."

"What?" Yang Xuanchen shouted in shock, "He collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country? Is there anything wrong!"

"According to Master Jiang, someone must take the blame for the Nanman troupe's affairs..."

Hearing what Hua Qianying said, Yang Xuanchen could only smile bitterly, "It seems that Jiang Li didn't find anything useful."

"Is Xie Tianjie okay?"

"He's fine. It's just that the Xie family has been very active recently. They have stopped several workshops that they have cooperated with for a long time, saying that they will no longer purchase goods from them."

Hua Qianying's words attracted Yang Xuanchen's great attention, "Have you checked those workshops?"

"If you haven't checked, try to check. My intuition tells me that there are shadows of those high-ranking officials behind these workshops."

As he spoke, he took a charcoal pen and wrote down the names of some high officials he saw in Zuiyue Tower that night.

Hua Qianying nodded and put away the paper.

Yang Xuanchen likes to communicate with her because she usually doesn't ask questions and will complete the tasks she assigns beautifully.

"Second Sister Hua, the cost of sending people to do things is relatively high. If you don't have enough money, just ask..."

Before he could finish speaking, Hua Qianying stretched out her hand and joked: "Mr. Yang, give me another tens of thousands taels to spend first."

Just as she was about to take out the money, she suddenly giggled, "I'm just kidding you. The money is enough, so you should save more for Zhang Biao."

"Your second brother and my third sister have been together every day these past few days, busy repairing the mansion in Mirror Moon Bay."

"I think your third sister is almost becoming your second sister-in-law..."

Poof, a mouthful of tea spurted out, "Really?"

"No! If the bride price is not enough, my third sister will not get married."

Yang Xuanchen laughed loudly, feeling happy that Zhang Biao could regain his second youth.

Seeing how happy he was, Hua Qianying's beautiful eyes gained some unexplainable color, and she secretly sighed for herself.

Will he dislike me, a woman who is almost thirty... Ah! What am I thinking!

Yang Xuanchen felt a little strange when he saw her lowering her head, but he didn't ask anything.

After the thatched cottage was quiet for a while, Hua Qianying asked: "Besides what I just said, is there anything else?"

"Oh, that's true. I need to trouble Second Sister to find out where there is a good place with mountains and rivers on the outskirts of Shangjing City."

"The distance is shorter, and the bigger the place, the better. I want to move some properties here..."

Yang Xuanchen said a lot of requests and ideas, which made Hua Qianying frown and said that she would look for them carefully.

The two chatted for a while, and seeing that the time was almost up, Yang Xuanchen retreated from the thatched cottage.

Looking at his leaving figure, Hua Qianying spat, "Smelly brother!" Every time we meet, you tell me to do a lot of things, and I don't see you caring about me.

If we do this again next time we meet, I will quit, huh!

After thinking about it, she took out the exquisite dagger from her arms, her face full of tenderness and smile.

On their way back to the palace, Yang Xuanchen and Zhao Yanli specially asked Yang Zhen to drive a carriage and stroll around the outer city for a long time.

"Teacher, what are we doing here?" Zhao Yanli couldn't help but asked when he saw the carriage driving aimlessly.

"Don't talk, just watch. I'll ask you a question later!"

After Yang Xuanchen finished speaking, he stopped talking, but Zhao Yanli was completely confused.

look? What are you looking at?

It’s either people, houses, or alleys. It’s pretty much the same everywhere, so there’s nothing interesting about it.

After the carriage drove for a while, Yang Xuanchen asked Yang Zhen to stop the car in front of an alley, "Get out of the car!"

Zhao Yanli heard the sound and stared at him for a long time before reluctantly getting off the carriage.

Yang Xuanchen pointed to a frozen corpse in the alley and said, "Look at that!"

"Huh?" Zhao Yanli glanced in the direction of his finger, "Teacher, he is a pariah who froze to death!"

At this time, Yang Xuanchen turned his head, looked at him coldly, and said nothing.

However, Zhao Yanli felt as if this simple glance made him fall into an ice cellar, and he couldn't help but hugged his hands to make himself feel warmer.

After a long time, Yang Xuanchen's voice rang in his ears, "Look at it again and think about it before you talk!"

Zhao Yanli touched his head and looked into the alley a few more times, "Teacher, these are common people, one old and one young, who have frozen to death!"

Yang Xuanchen's answer this time was a little more popular, "Do you know why they died?"

"Return to the teacher, I don't know!"

"Stupid! He's freezing to death!"

Zhao Yanli, who is next door to Mary, is very angry this time. You ask me so damnedest. Do I dare to say that he froze to death? ah? Dare you!

"Do you know why they froze to death?" Yang Xuanchen asked again.

This time Zhao Yanli learned the lesson and quickly replied, "It's cold and I'll freeze to death if I don't wear enough clothes!"

"Stupid! It was you who caused it!"

I'm wondering, is your mother sick? I am the eldest prince, and he loves his people like a son, how could he harm them!

Yang Zhen on the side looked at the behavior and conversation between the teacher and the student and couldn't help but curse in his heart, both of them were crazy.

Yang Xuanchen glanced at Zhao Yanli beside him, sighed, and then spoke.

"As a prince, you are not good at literature or martial arts. You spend all day listening to music!"

"Did you know that the wine and meat of Zhumen are stinky, and the roads are freezing to death?"

He pointed at the two corpses and raised his voice a little, "They are just bones that have been frozen to death!"

Then he pointed at the wealthy family across the wall and said, "This is the wealthy family that smells of wine and meat!"

"They are your subjects, Zhao Yanli, and you should improve their livelihood for them!"

"Have you ever thought that one day your people will be educated, have income from work, have medical treatment for their illnesses, have care for their old age, have a place to live, and have support for the weak?"

After saying that, Yang Xuanchen turned around and got on the carriage, leaving Zhao Yanli alone to think.

Looking at the corpses in the alley, Zhao Yanli frowned, clenched his hands into fists, and kept mumbling what Yang Xuanchen had just said.

After a moment, he ordered to Yang Zhen beside him: "Yang Zhen, pass on the decree of this palace. Instruct Yin Jiangli to inspect the streets and alleys of the inner and outer cities so that the people of this palace can be buried safely."

Then, he bowed deeply to the carriage and uttered a sentence clearly and clearly.

"I want the people of the world to be educated, to have income from work, to have medical treatment for their illnesses, to be provided for in old age, to have shelter, and to have support for the weak."

"Please teach me, teacher!"

A hearty laugh came from the carriage, "Boys can be taught!"