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Suddenly a cold wind blew overnight, and the capital suddenly entered winter.A layer of snow had already fallen on Mount Ying, and in the next few days, the snowflakes gradually drifted into the capital.

After Sun Junliang left the court, he left the palace. Because there was nothing wrong with Dali Temple, he wrapped himself in a cloak and stood outside the palace gate.

The courtiers went out of the palace one after another to go to their respective yamen. Seeing them still standing there waiting for someone, they thought of the senior scholar Sun who was called to stay by the former Xihe Emperor.

About half an hour later, someone came from a distance from the palace gate, Sun Junliang stepped forward, and stretched out his hand to send a hand stove covering his hand to the visitor.

"Father." Sun Junliang looked calm, and after sending Old Master Sun into the carriage, he followed into the carriage.

As the wheels rolled, Mrs. Sun closed his eyes and said, "How long has Qilang been to Jiangnan?"

Sun Junliang thought for a while: "It's been two months."

Old Mrs. Sun nodded, moved his hand while holding the stove, opened his eyes and said, "Two months have passed so quickly. The situation in Jiangnan is so serious that he doesn't even have time to send a letter from home?"

"The disaster in Changzhou is serious, and Qilang is in Jinling, where the disaster was the worst." Sun Junliang peeled an orange, and the fragrance of the orange peel spread in the car. "He is a serious kid, and I'm afraid he really won't be free."

"Even a child knows that the disaster in Changzhou is serious, and it should not be ignored. Why didn't Wang Yongjia know about it and help the governor of Changzhou to conceal the disaster?"

Yongjia is the name of Shangshuling Wang Youzhi.

Grandpa Sun said in a deep voice: "The governor of Changzhou, Ren Cuiyuan, is Wang Yongjia's disciple. He has always followed the Wang family's lead, just like a dog raised by the Wang family. He is very obedient. Without orders from the Wang family, where did he come from? , to conceal the disaster situation. There are many droughts and locust plagues in Changzhou, and nearly half of the grain in the Jiangnan granary is produced in this area. In this way, the Jiangnan granary may be empty next year."

"There is no food in stock, the people's hearts are not stable, and the people are displaced, which will inevitably lead to some people becoming bandits in the green forest. They may even die too much because of starvation and cannot be buried, causing disasters such as plague." Sun Junliang shook his head, "Shang Shuling In Changzhou, I’m afraid there’s something hidden. Otherwise, why bother to conceal the news, not to report the disaster to the imperial court, and even to seriously injure Dr. Yushi, to prevent Yushitai from mentioning this matter to His Majesty.”

"The more they do this, the more it shows that there is a problem in Changzhou." Grandpa Sun breathed out a cold air, "Qilang has never been out of Beijing, and I don't know where he is. I'm afraid people will speak lightly. It's a pity that His Majesty has been reluctant to make a decision until today. Still worrying about the prince."

Sun Junliang turned to look at him.

Grandpa Sun said seriously: "Last night, the Empress Dowager invited an old Taoist from outside the palace to open an altar in the palace, saying that it can cure the crown prince."

Sun Junliang was silent for a while: "Since the eldest prince became a monk, your Majesty has hated those Taoist priests and monks to deceive the public the most. If anyone in the harem does those secret things, once they are discovered, they will most likely be executed."

Grandpa Sun laughed out loud: "The best heir was tired by his filial piety and became a monk who escaped from the world. What is the use of him doing this now. Instead of thinking about how to save the prince and how to correct the prince, it is better to put that Focus more on Changzhou."

"Your Majesty... don't want to abolish the crown prince?"

"The third prince is still young, and the princes are staring at him, His Majesty dare not take any risks."

Sun Junliang was startled, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty is too indecisive."

"This is the biggest gap between him and the first emperor." Grandpa Sun didn't move, the chill on his hands gradually disappeared, but his heart was still frosty, "As an emperor, he is not decisive enough, and it will only affect the country. The soldiers stand on their own."

After that day, another memorial came from Jiangnan, but this time it was not written by Sun Peng, but by King Jing Xie Zhenting himself.

The memorial presented by King Jing was sharply worded, and the governor of Changzhou, Ren Cuiyuan, concealed the disaster situation, which caused disasters in many places in Changzhou, and prevented the people from fleeing. occurs.

He also said that Sun Peng, the supervisory censor of Jiangnan East Road, and the eldest prince took the people of Jinling to the mountains to find water sources, and accidentally deciphered the truth of the rumors of "mountain gods getting angry" in many places in Changzhou. case of gold mines.

As soon as King Jing's memorial came out, the officials were in an uproar.

What is even more surprising is that this memorial was directly presented by Censor Zhongcheng himself in the morning court.

Not long ago, when Dr. Yu Shi went out to enter the palace, he encountered a frightened horse, accidentally fell off the horse and hurt his back. He still can only lie on the bed and cannot move.Therefore, Yushi Zhongcheng is responsible for all the papers that Yushitai is going to present now.

But logically, the prince's book should not pass Yushitai's hands.

However, instead of thinking about why King Jing's zhezi was in Yushitai, the courtiers were more concerned about the discovery of gold mines in Jinling mentioned in the zhezi.

Gold, silver, copper, iron and tin, these are all minerals that must be looked after by the imperial court.Just because of its amazing output, it also involves too many important aspects.Therefore, there are gold mines in Jinling, and they are unrecorded gold mines that have been excavated and developed. This is obviously another way to say that some local people are trying to deceive.

Who would have such a great ability to spread gossip and gossip so that the people would not dare to go up the mountain so that they could dig gold mines with peace of mind?

It can't be the local county magistrate. The little censor of Jiangnan Dongdao has already said that the county magistrate of Jinling hanged himself in the county government because he was ashamed of the people and unable to rescue the disaster.

The only one who can cover the sky in many places in Changzhou is... Ren Cuiyuan, the governor of Changzhou.

King Jing's memorial was delivered suddenly, and the reason why he sent this memorial was to thank Chen.

On the day when Xie Chen arrived in Bingzhou, everything was covered with snow.Occasionally passing the pond outside the city, you can still see old people fishing by the side.The common people walked around the city with beaming faces, as if they didn't feel any natural disasters.

Obviously, Bingzhou and Changzhou are only separated by a thin line, but they seem to be in completely different situations in the same sky and place.

Before leaving Jinling, he and Sun Peng had studied why the disaster in Changzhou did not spread to several surrounding state capitals.After thinking about it, I realized that the disaster was not without spread, but the root cause of the further famine in Changzhou. The locust plague stopped at the end of autumn and the beginning of winter.

Therefore, Jiangnan outside Changzhou was saved from disaster.Even if some farmers found locusts, judging from the fact that there are a small number of locusts in the south of the Yangtze River every year, I am afraid that they would not think of a large-scale locust plague like Changzhou.

It is not difficult to find Prince Jing's Mansion.

Xie Chen quickly found King Jing's Mansion under the guidance of the people.Perhaps it was luck, King Jing was returning with Princess Jing to pay homage to the Buddha.There was a carriage lined up in front of the palace gate, guarded by personal soldiers, seeing Xie Chen stepping forward, he sounded a warning.

Xie Chen didn't seem to care, raised his voice, and called out to the man who helped Princess Jing get off the horse: "Uncle Huang."

King Jing left Beijing in his early years, and rarely returned to the palace except for the birthday of Emperor Xihe.The last time he returned to the capital was the birthday of Emperor Xihe.After his birthday, he returned to Bingzhou early.

Hearing the "Uncle Emperor" from behind him, King Jing was stunned for a moment, and turned around to look, only to see that the person blocked by his own soldiers seemed to be a monk.It's just that the hair has grown slightly, making the head less bald.

It looks vaguely...

"Chen'er?"

The monk nodded and said, "Uncle Huang."

Xie Chen was welcomed into the palace by King Jing.After Princess Jing exchanged greetings with him, she took people back to the backyard. The uncle and nephew were sitting in the study, pouring hot tea in front of them, and no one spoke first.

After a long time, King Jing sighed, "Why did Dalang come to Bingzhou?"

Xie Chen took a sip of tea, but didn't speak.

"I heard that you went back to the palace on the emperor's birthday, but have you ever thought about returning to the vulgar?" King Jing looked at him, "Your hair has grown out, so you are going to return to the vulgar? That's right, the ancient Qingdeng Buddha, who is it?" I can bear it. You are a real dragon, how can you swallow your breath and become a Buddha and a monk."

Xie Chen still didn't speak.

"The Pei family was loyal and sincere back then. When did they ever think about murdering Zhongliang and usurping the throne? The emperor's wife was dedicated to goodness and gave birth to a dragon son for the emperor's brother. Why take this risk and wait for the emperor's century? If you don't steal it, the Pei family will naturally be able to sit back and relax." King Jing held the teacup tightly, squinted his eyes, and recalled the scene of interacting with the Pei family when he was young, and it was hard to imagine that the Pei family would be exiled thousands of miles for trumped-up charges.

Seeing that Xie Chen was silent, he couldn't help raising his voice, and said, "Uncle Huang knows all about what Erlang did. Uncle Huang just asks you, Da Lang, do you want to take back the crown prince? If you want, Uncle Huang I will help you!"

"How to wish?"

"Nowadays the court is chaotic and the prince has lost his morality. Those courtiers are trying to find a way out for themselves. Since the prince is useless, they naturally set their sights on Sanlang and you. Sanlang is young, I'm afraid No. Only you are the most likely to return to the position of prince. Even if the Wang family refuses, as long as there are soldiers and food, why should they be afraid of them."

"The emperor has soldiers?"

"Have."

"The emperor wants to ascend the throne?"

"Do not want to."

Xie Chen suddenly said: "I don't want to either."

King Jing was taken aback.

"In my eyes, the emperor's throne is far inferior to a volume of scriptures. That emperor's throne killed so many people in my grandfather's family. Even if I want to fight for it one day, I will fight for those innocent people who died in vain. I can't do it. But for those members of the Wang family, I will definitely find an opportunity to cramp and tear their bones, so that they will never be reincarnated."

King Jing was stunned: "But if you don't fight, those people will only bully you..."

"I will do what I have to do. It's just a matter of time." Xie Chen closed his eyes and said calmly, "Compared to taking care of those things, Uncle Huang, there is a more important matter right now that needs Uncle Huang's help."

"what's up?"

"It's about long..."

Before Xie Chen could say it out of his mouth, the study was pushed a few times.Due to discussing important matters, the door was locked from the inside, and the servants avoided it early, and it is unknown who touched this place at this time.

"Who?"

King Jing said.

"Father!"

There was a crisp cry outside the door.Xie Chen was slightly taken aback, seeing King Jing's face full of helplessness, he suddenly smiled and said, "Who is this child?"

"It's my Shichiro."

As King Jing said, he got up and opened the door. Outside the door, a child wrapped up like a pink and white dumpling threw himself into King Jing's arms with a smile.

This child is only three or four years old, just the right age for being well-behaved and soft.Nesting in King Jing's arms, she looks soft and soft, as petite as a rabbit.

Xie Chen stared at the child who was also named Qilang for a while, and praised: "This child is born really well."

King Jing couldn't help laughing, turned his son in his arms, and said with a smile: "My Qilang is very handsome."

Xie Chen smiled, glanced at the face somewhat similar to Sun Peng, and said seriously: "Uncle Huang knows about the famine in Changzhou." Without waiting for King Jing to answer, he continued, "I wonder if Uncle Huang can borrow eight hundred soldiers?" Give the horse to your nephew?"