Attacked that prince!

After bidding farewell to the old man, Zan Lang kept a straight face and wrote a long letter to Shen Qi. She was obviously very depressed. She had imagined many possibilities, but she never thought that they would take the vitality of the common people as a trifling matter. , and made Zan Lang even more angry.

All of this seemed to be within their plan. All the news in Lingnan was submitted to the imperial court from the memorials of local officials. Is the imperial court asking for money and food just to fill their own pockets?Then the risk is too great!

Seeing Zan Lang's frown, Qu Muting couldn't bear it. He pressed her shoulders for a while and said: "The king's city is thousands of miles away, and the generals are still under orders. Overlord tiger? It’s inevitable that there will be a few moths in this forest when it grows big, just deal with it.”

Zan Lang pressed her hand, looked out the window, the carriage moved forward slowly, it was supposed to be a field full of vitality and greenery, and weeds can be seen everywhere, the rich Jiangnan water town added a bit of scribbled meaning She can see the sighing old man beside the field ridge, and she can also see the weeping women and children alone by the stream. Their life is very difficult, and the culprit of all these lies in the imperial court.

In this way, Zan Lang also understood why those so-called common people rose up. If even the most basic living homeland is destroyed to such a state, if there is no way to survive, then what is there to do? from?

"Let's go west." Zan Lang sighed: "Didn't the old man say that the surrounding areas in the west have stopped distributing food, and the people have complained about it? Go and see what's going on, and then go into the city."

"Aren't you going to the city?" Qu Muting was a little worried: "The old man also said just now that Lingnan has been strictly inspected recently, only letting people out and not letting them in. If you want to enter the city, you have to go through layers of screening. "

"Go and see what's going on before making a decision." Zan Lang subconsciously pressed his brows: "What do you think the Lingnan governor wants?"

Qu Muting bit her lower lip lightly, hesitated, but said it anyway, she felt that even if she didn't say it, Zan Lang still had his own ideas, so it's better for the two of them to exchange views, maybe there will be other discoveries.

"Before coming to Lingnan, you, me, and everyone in the royal city thought it was a simple hail disaster, which caused no crops to be harvested and the people complained, but along the way, I found that it was not the case. This road from north to south, It can be seen that the Jiangnan area was originally very rich, but Lingnan, which should be the most fertile, is just the opposite. It shows that this is man-made, and the facts have also proved that this is indeed man-made. Good good land is abandoned and not cultivated. , wouldn’t that just cut off the people’s rations? Then lie to the imperial court to let the imperial court provide disaster relief, and the purpose is only for the money and food for disaster relief?”

Zan Lang shook his head, and before he could speak, he heard Qu Muting continue to say: "Obviously not. But anyone with a little brain knows that it is the best choice to be a corrupt official in a wealthy place, so why? Don’t local officials in Lingnan know about this?”

"Because they don't know, their purpose is not to be a stable local official at all, Zan Lang, the purpose of lying about natural disasters should be in the treasury." Qu Muting was a little scared when she spoke, she had thought too much before Simple: "And the purpose of bringing you here from the royal city, Zan Lang."

She couldn't go on, she was holding Zan Lang's hand hard, the purpose was too obvious, no one would be willing to invite trouble to their door, the only purpose was to get rid of this trouble!

Zan Lang is the only heir to the royal family, if something happens to her, who will be the biggest beneficiary?

"Didn't you say that Zan Zixin sent Jiang Lou back to the northwest? Where is he now?" Qu Muting was a little nervous as he grabbed Zan Lang's sleeve. If that's what she thought, then Zan Zixin was hiding too deeply.

Zan Lang also understood what Qu Muting meant, frowned, and pursed his thin lips: "I don't think it should be Uncle Wang. If it was him, it wouldn't take so much effort, as long as he wanted to, he could easily replace him." My position, don't forget, he already knew my identity, and he didn't even need to say anything, as long as he mentioned a sentence or two at the right time, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty would immediately ask for orders to abolish me as the crown prince, why bother so much Twists and turns?"

"Then only King Pingyao is left." Qu Muting took a deep breath: "It seems that King Pingyao may have hooked up with Ji Ming long ago, but he didn't notice it under his nose. After so many years, it must have been planned long ago, so there is such a plan, and this is just the beginning."

Zan Lang frowned tightly: "At present, only by solving the Lingnan problem as soon as possible can we return to Wangcheng as soon as possible to deal with it. I will immediately send someone to send news to Father Emperor so that he can deal with it early. Now, the eldest son Jiang Lou has returned. There is no bargaining chip to restrain King Pingyao."

The bargaining chip to restrain King Pingyao was indeed gone, but Qu Muting suddenly realized that maybe Zan Zixin had other premeditated plans in staying in the northwest?It's just pity for Jiang Lou, a young man. She couldn't make a choice or judgment on this matter, and she only felt sorry for Zan Zixin and Jiang Lou. This relationship was destined to end in separation.

No matter how the situation develops in the future, it is impossible for Zan Zixin to stand by Jiang Lou's side wholeheartedly. Even if Zan Zixin is indeed by Jiang Lou's side at this moment, the goal is probably just to restrain King Pingyao.

Jiang Lou may or may not understand, but he always understands sometimes.

In order to move more conveniently, the two of them have already abandoned the carriage, and Zan Lang has also changed into cheaper men's clothes, which are similar to the villagers' clothes that Qu Muting wore before, and Qu Muting even specially painted her face again. It was blacked out a few layers, pretending that the two of them were traveling merchants, and they came to the south to buy.

Because he was worried about unstable factors and brought Qu Muting with him, Zan Lang didn't go directly to the said place rashly, but just wanted to see what was going on along the way.The two of them hiked, and after walking for half the morning, they were a little tired. After wiping the sweat off the faces of the people around them, Zan Lang felt a little distressed: "There is a cool place over there, let's go and have a rest."

Qu Muting nodded, she was indeed tired, there were a few big old trees not far away, and passers-by on foot stopped to rest their feet when they were lush.As soon as the two sat down in front of the big tree, they noticed that the two of them were not the only ones sitting under the tree, because the tree trunk was thick and blocked each other, resulting in obstructed sightlines. There were a few people, old and young, and some middle-aged men, but all of them were dressed in shabby clothes, with dull and disheartened eyes.

Qu Muting saw a woman holding a baby with her clothes up and breastfeeding. The baby was sucking milk without crying or fussing, but after looking at it again, she felt something was wrong. The child just kept sucking, even biting.

That scene made Qu Muting suddenly startled and shuddered, and then leaned against Zan Lang. Although her background was not very good, she was born under the red flag, and her life was smooth, she had never been so real Having come into contact with these things, it is quite a shock for Qu Muting to know and face them.

Especially those gazes that seem to fall on her and Zan Lang inadvertently but actually, those gazes are like vultures staring closely at a dying corpse in the desert, it is frightening.

She tugged on Zan Lang and moved her lips: "Let's go."

Zan Lang was a little confused, but seeing the face of the lover beside him changed a little, he also knew that it might not be a good thing, so he held her hand tightly, and then stood up with the burden of the two of them.

They just stood up just now, and the lady who was holding the child also stood up and walked towards the two of them with the child in her arms. Qu Muting almost subconsciously clenched Zan Lang hand, took Zan Lang and took two steps back.

The woman stopped following, and stared blankly at the burdens in their hands: "Is there anything to eat? The child is hungry."

Seeing the woman standing up, the originally sparse crowd also stood up slowly, moved their feet and looked at them, there was a trace of light in their dull and gray eyes, like a pack of hungry wolves staring at them. with his prey.

Qu Muting shook his head, there was only some cakes and dry food in the bag, let alone enough for these people, even if it was enough, she would not dare to take it out, these people have lost their minds, this little dry food is not enough at all, until now At that time, I am afraid that both she and Zan Lang will be in danger.

Those horrible rumors that he had heard in his childhood kept reappearing in Qu Muting's mind, and his palms began to break out in cold sweat. It was impossible to say that he was not afraid.

"Give the child something to eat." The woman walked forward with the child in her arms.

"Give me something to eat."

"Give me something to eat."

A curse-like voice followed, and Zan Lang protected Qu Muting behind him, held up the burden in his hand, and said: "We are passing by, here is some dry food, if you need it, share it. "

As soon as they heard that there was dry food, the crowd rushed towards Zan Lang in a commotion. Qu Muting grabbed Zan Lang and shouted: "Throw it out quickly." Pulling Zan Lang back, he ran away.

Zan Lang threw one of the bundles towards the branch, took Qu Muting's hand and ran, the commotion behind them did not stop because of their departure, Qu Muting glanced back, there were several The middle-aged man wanted to catch up with them unwillingly, snatching another burden from Zan Lang's hands. Maybe it was the temptation from food or the instinct of survival that drove them to keep chasing.

Zan Lang also noticed the people behind him, took out some broken pieces of silver from his body and threw them behind him. Although the people hit by the silver were unwilling, they still gave up and continued to chase.The two of them didn't dare to take it lightly, they ran a long distance in one breath, and then stopped to breathe a sigh of relief. Qu Muting felt that she would never forget that look in her whole life.

It was a kind of eyes longing for food, cold and cruel eyes!

Into the city