After the cannon fodder prince collapsed, the country will not perish

As soon as the few of them came in with wind and frost, the vague and ambiguous atmosphere in the cave just now was swept away.

Even the appearance of Xiao Di embracing Xie Qingci, falling on Xie Huayan in this scene is not charming, but the appearance of loyally protecting the Lord.

Xie Huayan took his younger brother over logically, took out the cloak he had prepared and wrapped it around, this time he looked at Xiao Di and said, "It is my benefactor who rescued Captain Feiqi this time, don't worry, I will definitely report to His Majesty , The official rank of Flying Cavalry Captain can be promoted again."

The prince expressed his intention of promotion so straightforwardly, all the guards present couldn't help but look at Xiao Di enviously.

But Xiao Di just stood there with a gloomy face, and he didn't seem to be overjoyed.

Xiao Di lightly clenched his fist.

Just now, he was obviously still thinking about how to step up and hold the power step by step, but at this moment, facing such a situation, his heart felt like a heavy stone was blocked, unable to plot the future with a smile.

He paused, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Thank you for the kindness of the crown prince. This time I rescued you because I had already promised myself to Your Highness. If you really want to repay, only His Highness can repay it. As for the official position, I am a man. I will kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds on the battlefield, so there is really no need to rely on this matter."

The prince paused, and looked at Xiao Di with a more inquiring gaze.

"No matter what, I will report to Your Majesty that you sacrificed your life to save your life."

After that, he turned his head to look at Xu Huizhou: "Huizhou, take Qing to the front carriage, I still have a few words to say to Captain Feiqi."

When the two of them and the Dong Gongwei retreated, the prince's heavy eyes flicked over the faces of those bandits one by one, and his voice was a little chilly: "When you came to rescue Qing Ci, these people... didn't do anything out of the ordinary. "

His question was cryptic, but Xiao Di instantly understood it, and his eyes turned cold: "Don't worry, the prince, there are subordinates around, and no one can hurt His Highness in the slightest. If they really dare to overstep, it will not be this way of death."

Xie Huayan nodded, and looked carefully at the bandits' faces. He knew that Xiao Di had always been thoughtful, so he said, "In your opinion, what's going on with these bandits?"

"Among them, there should be a few who really fell into bandits on this mountain, and the rest..." Xiao Di said coldly, "I'm afraid they were sent by the imperial court."

Xie Huayan pondered: "How to say?"

"When they hijacked His Highness, they thought that His Highness was in a coma. They had talked with the people in the court and asked them to do this evil thing. The purpose was to let His Highness let go of surveying the cultivated land." Xiao Di said: "Besides, if they are all bandits, how can they How can you be so unscrupulous, knowing your identity as the crown prince, you dare to resist stubbornly, even cutting bridges and breaking roads, it means that you will not give up until you achieve your goal."

The confiscation of fertile land this time obviously has nothing to do with inviting bandits out. These bandits are probably bewitched by someone with a heart in the court. First of all, the court is doing this to eliminate the bandits. At this time, when people are in a panic, they are giving them benefits. It made them take the risk.

"I guess someone instigated it." Xie Huayan said coldly: "This time surveying the plowing field forced many cats and dogs out of the imperial court."

Several imperial physicians rushed to Liuyun Palace overnight and did a detailed examination on the two of them.

Xie Qingci's injuries were not serious, but the back of his head was hit, and there were bruises all over his body. He is not in good health, and he is always bedridden by me. This time it is so dangerous, he must rest and recuperate.

Xiao Di's trauma was much more serious than Xie Qingci's.

His whip wounds were all cracked, almost horrific, and there were several deep or shallow sword wounds on his abdomen and chest.

Coupled with excessive blood loss, it is necessary to take good care of it so that the root cause of the disease will not fall.

Fortunately, the emperor personally decreed that the Tai Hospital should do its best to treat her properly.

These eight words literally opened the door for Xiao Di to the rare pharmacy of the Tai Hospital, and the continuous supply of medicinal materials and supplements from the Tai Hospital was moved to Xiao Di's residence.

The fact that the two of them were lying on the same bed spread quickly inside and outside the palace, and the court ministers couldn't help whispering.

In the eyes of most of them, surveying the arable land in the capital is not an easy task. It is likely that they will die halfway. Now that the two of them are lying in bed at the same time, it is likely that the vigorous collection of grain and grass will also be stranded.

Unexpectedly, the emperor praised Xie Qing's resignation to Xiao Di in the court hall. The implication is that what the two of them did was in line with his wishes, and they will continue to do it in the future.

With no one to fight, Xu Huizhou took the initiative to stand up and took over the distribution of refugees after measuring the cultivated land.

Allocating refugees is even more difficult than measuring cultivated land. It is jointly organized with the Ministry of Household Affairs to register the artisans, farmers and other families on these cultivated lands, redistribute them according to their heads, and collect taxes.

Xie Qingci felt very sorry when he found out, and said: "I don't know how many important officials of the imperial court are involved in this matter, and I have been involved in it. You go to this muddy water again..."

Xu Huizhou is a son-in-law who doesn't know much about the world, but he has to go to the village instead of him to do the most difficult and trivial things.

How can those nobles who have been devoured by the imperial court be easy to get along with?

Even though he was unscrupulous towards the prince's personal guards, Xu Huizhou, the son of an official, went, and there was no bones left to be eaten.

Xu Huizhou said: "I'm not a fool, I've already called His Highness the Second Highness, he didn't pay much attention to the matter of farmland and military pay, but after knowing that you were plotted against, he swore to make it happen. Let them see it."

On the second day, Xu Huizhou and Xie Huaiwei came to the suburbs of Beijing.

"Ugly talk first." Xie Huaiwei raised his brows, still looking reckless and unrestrained: "This king is here to give you a boost of courage, and you can decide what to do, but don't even think about sending this king."

"Of course I don't dare." Xu Huizhou said, "I just need to trouble Your Highness to read the imperial decree."

Xie Huaiwei: "?"

It is said that it is not dominated.

Xu Huizhou said: "After all, His Royal Highness is handsome, and he is also a member of the royal family. Reading it will convince the people the most."

Xie Huaiwei went to work in silence: "..."

Xu Huizhou recorded the personnel, but the pen in his hand could not help but pause, and looked at the tall and straight man in front of him.

"Who are you?"

"The villain is blacksmith Zhao from this village."

"... When did you get here?"

"The little one has been living here..."

Xu Huizhou slightly narrowed his eyes.

If he remembered correctly, he had seen this face before.

At that time, they were still in the army, and there were more than a dozen people who were unwilling to give false testimony, and did not agree to point out that Xiao He appeared in the enemy camp.

But not long after, these people were all caught by the plague, and they were isolated and guarded, and ordinary people couldn't avoid it. When Xu Huizhou saw the time and wanted to go in to inquire, those people had disappeared.

It was rumored that he had died of illness, and in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, he was quickly burned.

But this blacksmith was clearly one of the dozen or so people at that time.

How could it appear in the suburbs of Beijing again?

Also changed into a blacksmith?

Xu Huizhou thought for a second.

If he was really the person from back then, wouldn't there be witnesses to what he had been trying to clarify.

Even if no one in the capital is willing to help him, he can argue with reason.

It's just that this person doesn't know his appearance, at first glance, he really looks like a simple blacksmith.

Xu Huizhou signaled him to come out, and when he walked to a place where no one could see, Xu Huizhou said, "Lieutenant Nie, long time no see."

The man trembled all over, but turned his eyes away: "Your little one can't understand what the nobleman said."

"Really?" Xu Huizhou said with a faint smile: "You once served in the army. During the Battle of Ferry, you followed General Xiao to conquer the city, beheaded 45 enemy soldiers, and was named General Zhonglang. During the Battle of Yanmen , you fought to the death to retreat from the enemy and escorted the army to retreat..."

"The little one is panic." The man said: "Maybe the nobleman has misunderstood the person, the little one has been blacksmithing in this village, and has never known any Zhonglang generals..."

"You were stubborn at the beginning and refused to testify, so you were framed and got the plague. You must have narrowly escaped death."

"But today is different! You are in the capital, and you are no longer as far away as the sky and the Yellow Emperor! At this time, the Xiao family is being accused by thousands of people, and you need to stand up and point out all this."

"What is the relationship between these things that the nobleman said and the little one?"

"I have already lived an ordinary life with a wife and son. I really don't understand the small things that the nobleman said." The man insisted: "Please also hold your noble hand high and let me go!"

Xu Huizhou was silent.

Although I didn't expect him to react like this, but after thinking about it carefully, I can understand his thoughts and concerns.

"You don't trust me, don't you trust the court?"

"Back then in the army, they covered the sky with one hand and dared to silence their mouths unscrupulously. But now you are in the capital, and you are not weak. General Xiao has fought so many battles for the court. You shouldn't bear the infamy. Your name counts on merit." The award should also be held high in the imperial court, instead of being incognito and fearful like now, why don't you take the initiative to stand up and fight hard!"

The man was just silent.

"Do you think you can escape if you don't participate?" Xu Huizhou looked at him: "Now that the imperial court is re-surveying the number of people, and even the three generations of your ancestors can find out clearly when allocating cultivated land, how long can you keep your matter from them?"