royal husband

imperial palace

Ying Ziqi looked at the news from outside, and said with a sneer, "As expected of Shen Youxiang, since you have hidden the whereabouts of Lao Qi and Prince Li so deeply, fortunately, I found out after all."

Ying Ziqi knew that when Li Jin and the others were going to Zhuzhou, he made two preparations. One was to arrange dead men to assassinate Li Jin and Ying Yuan in the name of Ying Zijun, and the other was to find someone to lurk in the food delivery team. .

No, after the first strategy failed, Ying Ziqi immediately used the second strategy.

Linglong, Ying Ziqi's confidant, suggested, "Third Highness, now we have finally found their traces, and the person who arranged to go there has not been discovered by them, why don't we let that person assassinate them?"

"No." Ying Ziqi shook his head and said, "The letter said that they have captured two people in a row. If I send someone to assassinate them at this time, I will only scare the snake away."

Linglong hurriedly knelt down and said, "It's my slave who didn't think well, so please ask the Third Highness to punish me."

"It's nothing." Ying Ziqi waved his hand indifferently, "The most important thing now is to find out who sent the other spies who were caught, and the news about General Lao Qi and the others. Tell Ying Zijun."

Ying Ziqi can be sure that he only sent two people as spies, and only one person who committed suicide after being caught was deliberately/exposed/exposed/goed out, and the other person was still hidden in the team and was not found.

Therefore, the other soldier who was captured must not be his.

As for telling Ying Zijun that the purpose is very simple, that is to let Ying Zijun take action against Li Jin and the others, while he himself can be the mantis catching the cicada with peace of mind, the oriole behind.

"Yes, servant girl will do it immediately."

Linglong blessed her body and withdrew respectfully.

"and many more."

Ying Ziqi calls Linglong to stop.

After Linglong heard this, she stopped immediately and said, "What is your order, Third Highness?"

Ying Ziqi said helplessly, "Since Jiang You went to Zhuzhou, there has been no news. You can check for me where he is now. Then send someone to tell him to come back immediately, otherwise there will be no need to come back in the future."

Relying on the special relationship with Ying Ziqi, Jiang You always did things that made Ying Ziqi dumbfounded, so when Ying Ziqi found out that Jiang You could not be contacted again, he subconsciously thought that Jiang You must be doing something to cause trouble. Things to pay attention to.

"Yes."

Linglong nodded yes, a look of jealousy quickly flashed in her eyes.

the other side.

The lieutenant general in battle armor knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Highness, the spies we sent have no news, and they must have been discovered."

"Then continue to send people there, and be sure to find out the exact news about Li Jin." Ying Zihui, who was wearing a general uniform, looked at the mountain peaks in front of him, and said word by word, "And let my soldiers Get ready, I will go to Zhuzhou to suppress the rebellious refugees in a few days."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The lieutenant standing behind Ying Zihui saluted Ying Zihui before stepping back.

Ying Zihui looked at the back of the deputy general who was gradually going away, and murmured to himself, "Mother, concubine, just watch from the sky. This time, I will not miss the position of crown prince."

A full seven years.

Ying Zihui and the surviving Helian people tried their best to help Ying Zihui escape the fate of being imprisoned, regain the appreciation of Ying Zhengjing, and then obtain the long-lost freedom and the title of general.

……

Zhuzhou City.

"Who are they?"

"It looks like a soldier. Could it be... what's going on in Zhuzhou?"

"No way, Zhuzhou is suffering enough. If there is a war, won't we be forced to die?"

"How could this be..."

"Wait, don't talk nonsense one by one, they are transporting food, it is food, maybe the imperial court came to relieve the disaster, and came to help us."

"If only it was what you said it would be."

"Hey, it's strange, how did they detain people?"

As soon as Tao Yichu and the others approached Zhuzhou City, the people around them who happened to see them started talking about it.

Two soldiers guarding the gate of Zhuzhou City stopped Tao Yichu.

"Please take out the paperwork for entering the city."

"it is good."

Tao Yichu nodded, and took out the documents on his body for the soldiers to check.

soon.

After checking the documents, the soldier respectfully handed the documents back to Tao Yichu, "That's all right, please come in, my lord, our magistrate has already prepared a place for you."

Tao Yichu said calmly, "The guards here are pretty good."

"Your Excellency, we are just eating together." The guarding soldiers smiled embarrassedly, but soon, when the soldiers saw the people in Tao Yichu's team who were tied up by five flowers, they were dumbfounded, "These are..."

"Prisoner."

"Prisoner? Wait, isn't that Mr. Chen?"

The soldier guarding the city who asked the question was already an old man, and one of the people who was tied up could be seen at a glance. It was the former county magistrate Chen Manzhou who had abandoned all the people of Zhuzhou before and ran away secretly. After being surprised, the hatred in his eyes suddenly Unstoppable burst out.

Tao Yichu said in surprise, "It shouldn't be possible. The man I tied up is a villain who has done a lot of evil. The villagers outside Zhuzhou City have suffered a lot from him. How could he be an official?"

Tao Yichu's reaction was to pretend, he had already learned about Chen Manzhou's identity from Li Jin and the others.

The defender's pupils shrank, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I can't admit my mistake. My sister was killed by him back then. Even if he turned into ashes, I can recognize him."

"Isn't this Li San? Help me quickly." As soon as Chen Manzhou saw that the guarding soldier was Li San, who had supported him back then, he immediately shouted, trying to attract Li San's attention.

"Chen Manzhou, do you still dare to come back?"

Because of Chen Manzhou's appearance, the resentment that had been hidden in the hearts of the soldiers guarding the city for many years exploded in an instant.

Followed by.

The guarding soldier actually took out the knife from his waist and stabbed at Chen Manzhou, "Go to hell with me."

"Li San, how dare you?"

Chen Manzhou was frightened by Li San's eyes, and subconsciously wanted to back away, but he was tied with ropes all over his body, and was pinned down by two soldiers, one on the left and the other on the back, so he couldn't move at all.

"He can't die yet."

Li Jin got off the carriage unexpectedly and blocked the attack of the soldiers defending the city.

The guarding soldier roared sharply, "Go away, he killed my sister, and I want him to pay in blood."

"If you killed him, your revenge was avenged, so what about the others?" Li Jin indifferently snatched the knife from the guarding soldier, "Does he deserve to let his relatives die without knowing why? Besides, he is still Official body, if you kill him, it is equivalent to killing the imperial court official, what will happen to your family then?"

"me……"

The soldiers guarding the city heard Li Jin's subtext, and immediately clenched their fists, not continuing to say that they wanted to kill Chen Manzhou.

"It's time to go in."

Li Jin looked at Tao Yiran and got into the carriage.Tao Yichu quickly gave Li Jin a thankful look, and then said to the soldiers guarding the city, "After entering Zhuzhou City, I will escort him to meet the new county magistrate, and let the new county magistrate judge him."

The guards' mouths moved, and they reluctantly agreed.

but.

After entering Zhuzhou City, many people in Zhuzhou City recognized Chen Manzhou, and they showed expressions of disgust, but most of them were hatred.It can be said that if they didn't know that Tao Yichu and the others were wearing military uniforms, they would have been unable to resist tearing Chen Manzhou up.

Snapped.

Suddenly, a rotten egg slammed into Chen Manzhou's face.

Chen Manzhou is used to domineering, and it still stinks when someone throws eggs like this. He immediately shouted angrily, "Bah, what kind of disgusting thing is that? Who threw me?"

I don't know.

It was because of this sentence that other people who hated Chen Manzhou to the core threw things at him again, and every time they threw them at Chen Manzhou's face.

Of course.

In addition to the unresolved drought in Zhuzhou, there is also a famine. The people throw out rotten things, and they are reluctant to part with the good ones.

a time.

Chen Manzhou's body was full of stench.

"Stop, stop for me, bah, remember, I will never let you go... um..." While Chen Manzhou was speaking, a rotten egg was thrown into Chen Manzhou's mouth, and there was an unpleasant and disgusting smell. The taste invaded Chen Manzhou's taste buds in an instant, making Chen Manzhou afraid to speak in an instant.

As for Li Jin and the others, when they were about to enter the inner city, in order not to disturb the people, they placed all the carriages outside the city, and found a few soldiers to guard them, while Tao Yichu and the others walked in together.

After a while, they finally arrived at the yamen.

I see.

The yamen in Zhuzhou City that caught their eyes was very dilapidated, and the plaque with the word yamen hanging above it was even more tattered.

"go in."

Li Jin was not surprised that this would happen. In other words, the situation they saw was pretty good. With such a former county magistrate, it was a great fortune for the people not to turn against him.

It's too late, it's too soon.

After Li Jin finished speaking, Lan Mingzhou, wearing the county magistrate's uniform, came out of the yamen, cupped his hands and said, "Lord Tao, you have worked hard."

Tao Yichu said, "Master Lan, these are relief food, please count them."

"Okay." Lan Mingzhou nodded, and immediately asked a master and an official beside him to help them count together.

Li Jin walked to Lan Mingzhou, smiled and said, "Lord Lan, do you need my help?"

"This voice is... Li Shizi?"

Lan Mingzhou turned his head and realized that it was Li Jinhou who came, and was stunned.

Shouldn't he be in the capital at this time?Why did you come to Zhuzhou for no reason?

Lan Mingzhou is just a low-level official now, and he came to Zhuzhou much earlier than Li Jin and the others. Moreover, Lan Mingzhou has already fallen out with the Lan family. It is impossible, and no one will tell Lan Mingzhou that Li The news that Jin and the others are coming to Zhuzhou.

What's more, the members of the Lan family may still be waiting to see his good show.

After all, he was the companion of the Fifth Prince, and Li Jin was the companion of the Seventh Prince. It is well known in the palace that the Fifth Prince hated the Seventh Prince, and even the Fifth Prince was still an enemy of the Seventh Prince in the palace. Now that Li Jin saw him, how could he make him feel better.

Thinking of this, Lan Mingzhou couldn't help but smiled wryly.