This year is really eventful for the Zhou Dynasty.

On the night of the Shangyuan Festival in the first month, a comet passed by. At that time, most of the people in Beijing and China were going to the lantern festival in the street. Almost all of them saw this scene, which caused a panic.

After the holiday, some courtiers made a statement, linking the incident with the lack of a crown prince in the court, claiming that it was a warning from the heavens, and asked the sage to canonize the prince early to stabilize the country.

The Holy One has never been a king who can be manipulated by his ministers. Seeing that someone took the opportunity to bring up the old incident again, he flicked his sleeves and slammed the matter of the comet back on the ministers, condemning them for their incompetence in the court. Leave them a sentence, "All ministers should introspect themselves."

When the Holy Majesty said so, these courtiers had no choice but to go home and write an apology, and the matter of establishing the crown prince was left alone.

Then there was a severe drought for several months. Since the autumn of last year, until this spring, many places have been drought.The auspicious snow heralds a good year, and spring rain is as expensive as oil. However, in the past six months, there has not been a single snow or rain.

Most people depend on the sky for food. Even if they can get water to irrigate the seedlings, the drought has lasted for a long time, and the original water source is not enough for everyone to drink, let alone water the crops.

Blessings and misfortunes never come singly. In mid-April, there was another news of locust plagues in Dongzhou.

Babaili rushed to send the imperial case to the Holy Majesty. The Minister of the Household Department was originally anxious because of the severe drought and poor harvest this year. Now when he received the news, his mouth was full of blisters.

Dongzhou has always been a land of abundant grain production. If there is a problem with the harvest, it will definitely affect the taxation of the Zhou Dynasty.

What's more, this place is densely populated. Once there is a famine, it must be a heavy blow to the Zhou Dynasty, and there may be rebellious officials and thieves who take advantage of it to make trouble.

The Holy Majesty also acted vigorously and sent people directly to Dongzhou for disaster relief.

Rong Le was dumbfounded as soon as the decree reached Duan Wang's residence.

He subconsciously looked towards Wan Chengzheng, but saw that the other party's face was calm.That's right, I'm afraid Wan Chengzheng has already expected the content.

Wan Chengzheng took the imperial decree, and asked the attendants around him to deliver a purse to the chief executive who came to announce the decree, and then took Rong Le back to the house after the other party left.

King Duan's fief happened to be in Dongzhou. Wan Chengzheng didn't know whether the locust plague was as serious as it was reported in the mansion report, but he was sure that Dongzhou was by no means a safe place now.With King Duan's character, it would be a waste of money not to grasp such a good opportunity.

So he couldn't take Rong Le with him, because it would only be more dangerous to follow him.

He went this time not only for the will of the Holy Majesty, but also with the intention of dealing with King Duan. If he brought Rong Le with him, it was hard to guarantee that he would not be distracted.

At least in Beijing, this calm can last for a period of time, with the Holy Majesty on top of it, in a short time, the adult princes will not have the courage to do anything, only dare to do small things in private.

However, when he thought of the distance between the two of them, he felt a little uneasy.

He saw that Rong Le was scratching the table unconsciously, and said: "I will leave Kong Zhao and Qu Yuan behind. If something happens, I can order someone to go to the Qu Mansion or the Princess Mansion for help."

Knowing that Qu Yuan is his capable subordinate with extraordinary martial arts skills, Rong Le quickly shook his head and refused, "You should take Qu Yuan with you when you are away from home. What can I do in the mansion?"

When he mentioned disaster relief, he had to think of the TV series and novels he had read, in which disaster relief was a very dangerous task.

Including but not limited to encountering corrupt officials who concealed the disaster, cults who used the disaster to spread feudal superstition, evil cults, and rebellious parties who took the opportunity to create chaos and plot rebellion... Thinking about it, I suddenly felt that Wan Qizheng was very dangerous.

Looking at Wan Chengzheng's thin figure, he asked worriedly, "Can you bring the imperial army with you?"

Although Qu Mingxuan looked unreliable on the outside, he was really not picky about his cousin Wan Chengzheng.But after all, he was reused by the emperor, so it might be difficult to take him along, but it's okay to let him borrow some people.

Wan Chengzheng laughed, "Don't worry, I won't be the only one going to Dongzhou for disaster relief, including the Secretary of the Household Department, the Yushi, the imperial doctor, and military officers and soldiers. The food, herbs and medicinal materials needed for disaster relief will always have to be escorted to the location of the disaster. The duty of the imperial army is to guard the imperial city, and they are not allowed to leave the capital at will."

As for Rong Le's previous proposal, he just pretended not to hear it.

The two brothers Qu Yuan and Qu Dan are loyal to him, but in comparison, Qu Yuan is more strategic, while Qu Dan is not flexible enough and will only obey his master's orders.

Once something happens, Rong Le may not be able to react immediately and how to deal with it. At that time, Kong Zhao and Qu Yuan need to take the first step to protect Rong Le better.

After comforting Rongle, he was still worried, so he specially called these two people over, "During the time I'm away from Beijing, you put Rongle's safety first, and you can use any means if necessary."

The two looked at each other, and they both saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.

Wan Chengzheng was silent for seven years after his leg injury, but during this period of time he did not do nothing, on the contrary, he made a lot of preparations in private. I don't know how many hidden stakes he has planted in this capital.

But according to the wishes of the crown prince, once the crown prince is in danger, even if the secret forces of the crown prince are exposed, the safety of the crown prince must be guaranteed.

They immediately had a deeper understanding of Rongle's position in Wan Chengzheng's heart.

They are rare and loyal servants. Facing Wan Chengzheng's orders, they will not think about the right or wrong of this matter, and whether it will affect the son.They just agreed and promised Wan Chengzheng that it would be completed. As for what consequences would happen, they were not in their consideration.

Wan Chengzheng is also aware of this, so he dares to leave them at ease.

But this insurance was not enough, so he went to find Qu Mingxuan and Wei Yang and entrusted Rongle to them.

Qu Mingxuan agreed without hesitation, and teased him a few words, but he just pretended not to hear.

Wei Yang felt that he was making a big fuss, "As an imperial envoy sent by my father, you don't need to go through every detail of the disaster relief. You just need to report the real situation on the ground, and my father will send someone to go to the prime minister for help." Affairs. I’m afraid I’ll be back in less than a month or two, so what can happen in such a short period of time? Less than two copies of "Hongxi Continent" have been released."

As soon as you hear it, you know that this princess is also a loyal reader of "Hongxi Continent", and is currently working hard to follow the serialization.

But even though he complained a lot, it was just talking, Wei Yang still agreed to Wan Chengzheng.

Duan Wangshizi never asks for favors, and there are not many opportunities for him to owe favors.

Wei Yang said with a smile, "In the past, I always thought you were invulnerable, but now I have caught your weakness."

Wan Chengzheng said, "How do you know that is my weakness, not my Ni Lin?"

Wan Chengzheng is not as optimistic as Wei Yang. If possible, he certainly hopes to do what Wei Yang said, but many things will not happen according to people's wishes.

The night before leaving, the two comforted each other in bed again.

Maybe it's because he has done this kind of thing too many times. At first, Rong Le felt embarrassed, but later he got used to it, and instead felt more fun from it.

Whenever he saw Wan Chengzheng showing a completely different appearance from his usual indifferent expression under his actions, he would always be tempted to become more excited, and then he would be held down and cleaned up.

Afterwards, I beat myself up in my heart, why is my willpower so weak!It's easy to be seduced.

But secretly looking at Wan Chengzheng's side face, he had to comfort himself, it was not that our side was too incompetent, but that the enemy army was too strong.

Faced with Wan Chengzheng's face, those who can bear it are rare.

Because this task is very urgent, Wan Chengzheng will leave for Dongzhou three days after the Holy Order.

Wan Chengzheng immediately thought about how to protect Rongle, but Rongle was worried about his traveling schedule.

He thought that Wan Chengzheng might not be able to eat or sleep well on the road, so he ran to the kitchen and spent a whole day working out a portable seasoning bag.

It is similar to the butter bag in instant noodles. A lot of seasonings and spices are put together, with butter and chili and other things. There is nothing delicious on the road. You can put it in a pot and boil it, sprinkle a handful of noodles in it or soak dry food You can eat it all.

Furthermore, because Wan Chengzheng has a light taste and likes to eat porridge, since he came to the mansion, he has marinated a lot of side dishes for Wan Chengzheng in the kitchen, and now he happened to bring them over.

I was also afraid that there would be no place to buy some things when I wanted to use them on the road, so I asked someone to prepare a bunch of daily necessities, packed them and put them on the carriage.

The so-called rich road for a poor family is definitely not as comfortable as being at home when you are outside, so you can only think a lot in advance and bring everything you should bring to avoid suffering on the road.

Wan Chengzheng doesn't care about these things, such a short time is only enough for him to analyze some information from Dongzhou, and then dispatch missions to his subordinates by the way.

So it wasn't until the day before he left that he realized that the luggage that Rong Le had prepared for him was full of four carriages.

Rong Le looked at him with an inexplicable look, blinked, and asked cautiously: "Are you not allowed to bring so many things on business trips? Do you need me to simplify and simplify?"

Wan Chengzheng sighed in his heart, raised his hand to rub his head, but finally just touched his earlobe lightly, "It's okay. Be obedient and wait for me to come back in Beijing."

This time he left to bring out the big red horse. Chi Yanji is a rare and precious hard-blooded horse that can run thousands of miles a day, and has an extremely fierce personality and strong hooves.

Once another accident happens, it will be able to return to Beijing in a few days with Wan Chengzheng on its back.

This lively horse was very happy to be able to go out with its master this time. When being led aside by the servant, it wanted to go to Wan Chengzheng's side, and snorted from time to time.

When Rong Le saw Chi Yanji for the first time, he was fascinated by this tall horse, but now that the horse was so close, he didn't pay attention to it, and only cared about Wan Chengzheng's safety.

Seeing Wan Chengzheng getting on his horse and beckoning him back to the mansion, he just stood there stubbornly. Seeing the motorcade passing by the gate of the palace, after a while Wan Chengzheng's back on the horse turned into a small Only then did he return to the small courtyard in a daze.

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