Come on, Your Highness

"The lower official is from Qingshui Village, Kuiliang County. He was a scholar 20 years ago. He served as the teacher of three county magistrates in Kuiliang County. He passed the examination four years ago. After the county magistrate lost his position three years ago, the magistrate Let me make up the county magistrate of Kuiliang County. This county is poor and no one wants to come, but it has caught a loophole for me."

"Lord Nalu has been in the Kuiliang County Yamen for a long time!"

"Yes, it's been 12 years. The iron master and the flowing magistrate, so I know more than ordinary people." Lu Zhixian smiled faintly, but there was a bit of bitterness in the smile.

He Xichao said: "I remember that the county magistrate who took office was reported by the prefect of Jiangzhou for swallowing food, and he was dismissed from office along with the governor of Jiangdong. At that time, the governor of Jiangdong impeached the Luozi county magistrate to make people miserable... Is there something missing in it?"

"Master He has a really good memory." Magistrate Lu praised.

"What's going on?" Xiao Hong asked, "I always feel like a dog bites a dog."

Master Lu laughed when he heard the words, "Isn't that right? It's true that the county magistrate swallowed food, but the county magistrate of Luozi County didn't take advantage of him. That's all."

"But the governor has fallen. The king has asked his father about this matter. He has no doubts in the prefect of Jiangzhou."

"The governor is in the hands of the Lu family, not the magistrate." County Magistrate Lu said, "Although the actions of the Lu family are small, the floods have become more and more serious over the years. In fact, relying on Songjiang's own waters to release floods is not a big problem. As long as you know some water conservancy and have doubts about it, you can detect the key. Your Highness has not been to the land occupied by the Lu family in the upper reaches of Songjiang, so you can already guess what happened. What, the governor is the same. But he is different from His Highness, he used this as a threat to ask Cheng Enhou for a share of the pie, and for him to win over the former magistrate of Kuiliang County."

After hearing this, He Xichao roughly understood, he interjected: "Marquis Cheng En pretended to agree, but took the opportunity to search for an opportunity to eradicate the governor and the disobedient magistrate of Kuiliang County. He has someone in the court."

"It's natural. The governor himself is not clean, not to mention the magistrate of Kuiliang County. With the help of that disaster relief, he was wiped clean." Lord Lu said.

Xiao Hong looked at Magistrate Lu, frowned and asked, "Is this evidence provided by you?"

Lu County Magistrate did not hesitate, and nodded: "Yes. I had won the exam that year. Mr. Huo found me and promised the position of Luozi County Magistrate, and I agreed. I am the master, and no one knows Kui Kui better than me. What did Liang county magistrate do? Even though he was acting as a minion for a tiger, a small person like me would always choose one of the two tigers. A strong dragon can't overwhelm a local snake, not to mention the governor is not even a dragon. , Cheng Enhou turned over the waves in his hand. Furthermore..."

At this point, County Magistrate Lu sighed, "Kuiliang County can no longer stand the battle between these two parties. Instead of doing this, it is better to drive away the jackals first, and then find a way to deal with this tiger that occupies the mountain."

He Xichao said: "This Zhanshanhu is not easy to deal with, Lord Lu, what did you plan to do?"

County Magistrate Lu smiled wryly and said: "There is no other way, we can only wait. Fortunately, the emperor paid off. I didn't expect His Highness the King of England to travel thousands of miles from the capital to Jiangdong. God has eyes. I just heard that When it happened, I was really excited.”

"Is there?" Xiao Hong rubbed his chin and curled his lips, "Why can't I see how excited you are? Asking a question is evasive, and the words are ambiguous. Let us guess? Shouldn't you come here and cry bitterly? Is this king in charge?"

County Magistrate Lu laughed: "Your Highness was joking. As soon as you came, the official tried to find a way to keep Wang Shizhu behind. There is no other way. Mr. He guessed right. In fact, the official has no way out."

He Xichao nodded, "Your Highness, go to the Lu family and see Marquis Cheng En. If you persuade him to rein in the precipice and restore the original appearance of the Songjiang waters, do you think the Lu family will agree?"

County Magistrate Lu shook his head slowly, "No, the Lu family has been planning for many years, and they are about to succeed, so how could they be reconciled. Do you know how much fertile land there is in Kuiliang County? And these fields don't need to pay taxes!"

He Xichao said: "Fine land means money, but Mr. Lu, no matter how much money you have, it is something outside of your body. The Lu family is from the officialdom, and the eyelids are not so shallow. I'm afraid it's not just these fertile land?"

Hearing this, Magistrate Lu looked at He Xichao in surprise.

And the latter murmured: "It doesn't matter if the land has not been obtained yet, even if it has already belonged to the Lu family, but if Your Highness goes up to the emperor and reveals the breach of the Songjiang embankment to the world, even if the emperor misses the old days and let the Lu family live, they should vomit. What came out still had to be spit out, so His Highness tried to persuade him, why would Master Lu not take a step back?"

When He Xichao said this, he walked up to County Magistrate Lu and said word by word, "Lord Lu, once His Highness breaks face with the Lu family, there will be no turning back. What else do you know, please tell me frankly."

Lu County Magistrate nodded heavily, "Your Majesty understands." He said, "There are a large number of refugees in Kuiliang County, almost all of them flow to Luozi County. His Highness also knows that a county can accommodate so many refugees without any turmoil. It is almost impossible to pay for one soldier and one death. But in fact, Luozi County is settled by the county magistrate alone. Ashamedly, even the lower officials have lost a lot of benefits."

"Then what about these people?" Xiao Hong thought for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Are they still there?"

"exist."

"Where?"

"Your Highness, those who escaped from the flood were almost all young and middle-aged. The old, weak, sick and disabled couldn't bear to travel, and even if they stayed, there were very few of them. Most of these men were in the Lu family, and the women..."

"Flower House?"

"Yes, the Songjiang River nourishes people, and Kuiliang County produces good girls. Before the floods were famous in the early years, the daughters of Kuiliang County were the objects of marriage proposals. The village is rich, and the daughter's dowry is not small. Now These daughters escaped from Kuiliang County... Some still stay in Luozi County, and some have been sold elsewhere. Jiangnan women are charming and charming, brothels are everywhere, especially in Jiangzhou Prefecture, where high-ranking officials and nobles come. This will definitely take away one or two people, these are all contacts of the Lu family."

The magistrate of Lu's eyes showed sadness, "Some daughters were born under the watchful eyes of the officials, and now they are eighteen or nineteen, oh..."

"Where is Wang Shizhu?"

"He is also from Qingshui Village. When Xiaguan was a child, he was the grandson of Aunt Wang next door. When Xiaguan was seven or eight years old, he lost his parents. He grew up eating a lot of food. The one who ate the most was Wang Shen's family. The silver given."

"Lord Lu, we don't want to comfort you anymore. After so many years of dormancy, I must have experienced a lot of it. It's just those young and middle-aged people. Can we see them in Luozi County?"

"I can't see it. This is what I want to explain most." County magistrate Lu put away his sadness, and said solemnly, "Your Highness, according to the laws of Daqi, there is a certain number of princes and marquises who have a noble mansion. Your Highness is a prince, and you can only have a thousand guards. And these young and middle-aged men are all the guards of the Lu family now, and there were so many people at the gate of the county government two days ago, many of them were them."

He Xichao ever thought that someone from the Lu family was in the mix, and in order to provoke the villagers in Dong'ao and Xi'ao, they forced Xiao Hong to build dams.

Unexpectedly, so many refugees were taken into the Lu family.

"Do they know who made them homeless?" Xiao Hong asked.

County Magistrate Lu sighed: "It doesn't matter whether you know it or not! Your Highness, you don't need to farm in the Lu family, you don't need to worry about floods, you don't need to worry about food and clothing, as long as you obey orders, you can live a good life. Besides, The Lu family also promised that there will be good land to share in the future, who wouldn't like it?"

"I'm afraid the number of people is several thousand?" He Xi finally tightened his brows, and suddenly he felt something was wrong.

Lu County Magistrate said: "It's just too much, so Your Highness, you must be extremely careful when you go to the Lu family this time. Luozi County is the territory of the Lu family, and some news may not be able to be sent out."

As soon as these words came out, not only Xiao Hong, but also He Xichao's expression changed.

"Your Highness, I have told you everything I know without reservation. For the rest, I implore Your Highness to be the master of Kuiliang County in the face of the souls in the Songjiang River and the people who are desperate."

After finishing speaking, County Magistrate Lu knelt down and kowtowed heavily to Xiao Hong.

After bidding farewell to County Magistrate Lu, Xiao Hong said to He Xichao: "I was still thinking of breaking up with the Lu family directly, but now it seems I should take it easy."

"You still want to take it easy, the Lu family is not stupid, he will let you choose as soon as you step into his house." He Xichao said as he walked towards a cage.

Xiao Hong followed behind He Xichao and said, "If you say I don't want to accept it, what will they do, kill me?"

He Xichao gave him a pause, ignored him, and took out something from the cage on his own. The bright yellow color was the imperial decree and tiger talisman that Xiao Hong gave him.

Xiao Hong picked up the Tiger Talisman, "Xi Chao, do you think Father had already expected this and gave me the Tiger Talisman?"

"Has the emperor mentioned the Lu family?"

Xiao Hong shook his head, "No."

"I don't know about [-]% of it, I just give it to you out of concern."

"Oh, Father is so kind to me, otherwise I will be in trouble, good thing!" Xiao Hong took a few glances at the tiger talisman, and then asked, "Do you think the Jiangdong Guards will also be killed by the Lu family..."

He Xichao gave him a sideways look, "No."

"Why?"

"If the Jiangdong Guards are here, why does the Lu family have to keep so many thugs?"

Now Xiao Hong was relieved, and he asked: "Should we go to dispatch troops now? In fact, what Lu County Magistrate said today can convict the Lu family."

However, He Xichao frowned and shook his head, "Although you have the tiger talisman, the emperor did not decree to punish the Lu family, but you are not easy to send troops to deal with the Lu family at will. The tiger talisman is used by the emperor to protect your life. If you use it indiscriminately, the emperor will be afraid. It's not good."

After hearing this, Xiao Hong subconsciously glanced at He Xichao.

He Xichao asked: "What's wrong?"

"How long do you think it will take for the Jiangdong Guards to reach Kuiliang County?"

"At least two days."

"That's quite a long time. If something happens to me, they may not be able to catch up."

He Xi rolled his eyes at him, "Shut up! Don't talk nonsense about such things."

Xiao Hong leaned over with a smile, "Hey, Xi Chao, you were so cruel to me before, and now you don't want to hear anything bad about me!"

He Xichao ignored his flattery, and gave him a supercilious look: "Okay, Master Lu will save us a lot of trouble, as long as he gives us the evidence and then presents it to the emperor, even if the emperor sees it in the face of the empress dowager. If they die, the Lu family will be ruined and will cease to exist. So when you go to the Lu family this time, you should find a way to stabilize Marquis Cheng En, and it is best not to move the military amulet if you can."

"If you can save their lives, then I am too sorry for these common people." Xiao Hong was a little dissatisfied with the result.

He Xichao asked sarcastically, "Then what else can we do? The lives of royal family members are always more valuable than civilians. This is already the best outcome that can be foreseen."

He Xichao has been in this era for 15 years, and he has already deeply realized that in the era of imperial power, people will only be more unfair. After all, even the laws are divided into different classes.

Of course, if he wants to let the Lu family play to the end, there is no other way, it's just a little more risky.

But when he looked at Xiao Hong, he was still reluctant in the end, and did not dare to fight.

In He Xichao's heart, thousands of people couldn't compare to this person in front of him, they cared too much, as long as they were related to him, their hands and feet would restrain themselves involuntarily.

He Xichao was a little helpless, but he was willing to do so, "Stay in the Lu family and wait for the emperor's ruling."

He said it again, Xiao Hong knew it and couldn't change it.

He sighed, and thought brokenly: "Steady? How can you be stable? What if someone sends me a beautiful woman and wants to be my father-in-law? Wouldn't it be unstable if I don't accept it?" As Xiao Hong talked, he said in a mean-spirited way, "You know, your Highness, I am more recruiting."

He Xichao looked at Xiao Hong curiously, and there were four words clearly written in his beautiful eyes: I'm getting fatter!

"You can try it." He Xichao said with a smile, but his gaze lightly cast down on Xiao Hong, making the latter suddenly feel that the place below was chilly.

"If you can't bear it..." He Xichao's smile deepened, Xiao Hong said before he finished speaking, "Then I have to bear it, it's been so many years, don't worry, I can bear it!"

After Xiao Hong finished speaking, he suddenly felt very sad. There were several people in his brother's room, but he was still a young chicken, and he had never experienced the feeling of wanting to die described in the book!

He Xichao almost laughed out loud, he waved to Xiao Hong, "Come here."

Xiao Hong was not very happy, and asked, "Why?"

The man who has held back for too long will always feel awkward when he thinks about this aspect.

"Kiss you, do you want?"

Xiao Hong: "..."

In fact, there is nothing wrong with broiler chickens. The body and mind are one, which is very good!

Xiao Hong came to him in a hurry, lowered his head slightly and pouted...

He Xichao raised his head and was about to move closer when he heard a knock on the door.

In an instant, He Xichao was two steps away from him.

And Xiao Hong glared at the door angrily, with flames in his eyes: "Which bastard is so ignorant, get out!"

The author has something to say: Xiao Hong: When will I experience the feeling of dying!

Yao: Don't think about it, you will be banned.

Xiao Hong: ...