Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Gu Chan was also speechless!

To be honest, at that time, she felt embarrassed to ask everyone to pay out of their own pockets to help the victims.

After all, in order to help Xuanyuan Qing get border relief funds, she had emptied the pockets of many officials, businessmen and wealthy people in the Jiangnan area. She knew very well that these people probably wouldn't have much money left now.

If the dragon incident had not occurred and everyone had been given a few years to recover, they would have been able to accumulate wealth. However, given the current situation, this is probably unrealistic.

But the problem was that the prince would definitely not give her any disaster relief money, which made her very uncomfortable.

But when the lobby was silent, Nan Xing Kuang suddenly walked in wearing armor and looking majestic.

Gu Chan was stunned and asked, "General, why are you here?"

"You didn't even call me to discuss such an important matter as helping the disaster victims. You really don't take me, the great general of Jiangnan, seriously!" Nan Xing walked to the middle of the lobby and said in pretended anger.

Gu Chan said with a fake smile, "Isn't it what I was thinking? Let's discuss and come up with a result first, and then come to you?"

"So what have you discussed now?" Nanxing Kuang asked.

Gu Chan pouted in embarrassment and was speechless.

Nan Xing Kuang shook his head and said, "I knew you would be in trouble. I am here to help you solve the problem. An imperial edict has been sent from Kyoto, and I am here to read it out."

After saying this, he immediately took out the imperial edict and opened it.

Gu Chan and everyone in the hall quickly stood up and knelt to receive the order.

After Nanxing Kuang finished reading the imperial edict, everyone finally understood that the edict was not issued by the crown prince, but by the old emperor. The gist of it was that he had learned about the flood disaster caused by the dragon in the south of the Yangtze River, so he decided to send disaster relief silver and relief grain to the south of the Yangtze River, but required Lord Gu Chan to go to Kyoto in person to discuss the handover with the crown prince.

After standing up from the ground, Gu Chan's face turned green, and she took the imperial edict with her hands completely stiff.

"That's good! The emperor is indeed wise! Once the lord goes to Kyoto and brings back relief silver and relief grain, our Jiangnan area will be saved."

"Yes! This solves our problem."

"So what if the crown prince is in power? As long as the emperor doesn't give up his throne, the emperor still has the final say."

The officials, businessmen and wealthy people who had no idea what was going on were extremely happy and were talking about it among themselves.

Nan Xing waved his hand and said, "Alright, it's getting late, you all go back to your own places and wait for the lord to bring back money and food. Then you can come to Jiangnan City to collect them, and then return to your respective places to help the victims."

"Yes, General." Everyone responded in unison.

Then everyone left with a happy look on their faces.

Soon, the only people left in the huge lobby were Gu Chan, Nan Xingkuang, and Xu Ziguang and Cheng Hao who had not left yet.

Cheng Hao looked at Gu Chan, who had an ugly expression on her face, and said, "Master, this is definitely the Crown Prince's conspiracy. You must not go, otherwise, wouldn't it be like walking into a trap?"

"If he doesn't go, it means he is disobeying the order. Not only will he not be able to get the disaster relief money and grain, but he will also be convicted, and it will give the prince a reason to kill him." Xu Ziguang said with his hands spread out.

"Oh! This is really one problem after another. Why won't the prince let the master go?" Cheng Hao said with a grim face.

Nan Xing Kuang said coldly, "Because he has ruined the prince more than once and wanted to take over the Jiangnan area. Now that the dragon has been pacified by him, the prince can only order him to go to Kyoto and find a way to deal with him."

"Then the emperor must not be unaware of the reason! Why didn't he just order someone to send the disaster relief silver and grain, but instead helped the prince and ordered our master to go over there?" Cheng Hao said puzzled.

Although the old emperor of Tiancang has been behind the scenes for a long time, he is not an old and confused person! Now his imperial edict really feels like helping the prince to deal with Gu Chan, which is really incredible.

Gu Chan came back to her senses, looked at the imperial edict in her hand and sighed, "It's a blessing, not a disaster. If it's a disaster, it can't be avoided. I'm afraid I'm going to the capital this time, and there's really no chance of survival."

"Gu Chan, since you are the lord of Jiangnan, at this time you have to consider the millions of people in the Jiangnan area, rather than your personal gains and losses. This is the way of the emperor." Nanxing Kuang said with a smile.

"Bullshit emperor's way! I'm just a kid. I was forced to become the lord by Yan Xishan and others. So, I have to go even though I know I will die if I go to Kyoto?" Gu Chan cursed.

Dry!

She is neither a man nor a real prince, she is just a scapegoat.

Now, what are you talking about the way of the emperor? Isn't this just a joke?

Nan Xing Kuang's eyes flashed with disappointment and he said, "Alright, I won't persuade you. I am only responsible for coming here tonight to convey the emperor's order. As for whether to go to Kyoto or not, it is up to you to decide. And I also understand that even if you don't go to Kyoto, you may be able to think of a way to save the people in the Jiangnan area who have been affected by the disaster. It just depends on whether you have the courage to do so."

"Even though you knew it was a trap, would you still jump into it?" Gu Chan asked.

"That depends on what's in the pit. If it's worth jumping into, I will really jump." Nan Xing Kuang said affirmatively.

Gu Chan turned her head away in disdain.

Nan Xing Kuang added, "I'm going back to the Jiangnan camp. Think about it carefully! If you want to go, leave as soon as possible. If you don't want to go, think about how to resolve the matter of disobeying the emperor's order and give him a good explanation."

"I understand. You can go back now! I want to talk about it tonight. This is like going to die. I need to think it over carefully." Gu Chan waved her hand and said.

Nan Xing Kuang said nothing more and immediately turned around and left.

After he left, Cheng Hao and Xu Ziguang also took their leave one after another.

Only Gu Chan was left, standing in the lobby, staring blankly at the imperial edict in her hand.

After a while, she seemed to suddenly remember something, put the imperial edict into her sleeve, then walked out of the hall, called the tiger eagle to take her out of the lord's mansion, and headed towards the Jigong Temple on the east street of Jiangnan City.

Fortunately, the Jigong Temple itself is located on higher ground. Although the temple was submerged when the dragon caused the flood, after the water receded that day, the Jigong Temple was safe and was not destroyed by the flood.

Just as Gu Chan arrived on the tiger-eagle, the old beggar with nine fingers was leading the mangy dog ​​and a group of other beggars to clean the yard and pick up the remaining sewage and mud at night.

Seeing Gu Chan coming, the nine-fingered old beggar put down the broom in his hand, ordered the scabby dog ​​and others to continue cleaning, and then he slowly walked up to her.

Gu Chan jumped down from the tiger eagle's back, took out the imperial edict from her sleeve and handed it to the nine-fingered old beggar.