Blade of Wind

"You'd better go back to Falcon Palace."

This was the first sentence Li Guang said when he saw me after I took a shower and changed into clean clothes.

I looked up at him in astonishment.

He was really angry, and his handsome face, which usually had a gentle smile, was tense, and he said: "Shang Long said that you are quite messy sometimes, I thought it was only his level at most... you know what? Don’t you know who you are? Do you know what will happen if something happens to you? Fang Country hasn’t recovered yet, do you want it to be abandoned again?”

"So?" I admit that I was a bit reckless when I entered the water rashly, and from his standpoint, it was indeed messy enough, but I didn't feel that I had done anything wrong, and Dang even pushed back, saying, "I just Should I just watch that child sink? Knowing that if I go into the water, there is at least half the chance of being able to rescue the person, so I can only stay on the boat and watch him die?"

"You only know that there is only half of the chance? What about the other half? Today, Qinglong came in time and nothing happened, right? But you clearly left him to protect Ao, didn't you? What if he doesn't come to save you in time? What if When he came to rescue you, what if something happened to Ah Ao?"

After he asked a series of questions, I couldn't even answer a single one. I opened my mouth for a long time, and finally closed it sullenly.

Li Guang frowned and stared at me for a long while, finally heaved a long sigh, stretched out his hand and patted my shoulder, and said softly: "I understand your mood. But both public and private, I hope you can be well. And You have to remember that if you live well, you can let more people live well."

I pursed my lips and said nothing.

Li Guang said again: "They are all waiting outside, what are you going to do?"

I was silent for a while before squinting at him: "Prince Li Guang, what suggestion do you have?"

Li Guang laughed, "Xiaojie, you know what you should do. It's just that sometimes you should calm down and think about it."

I also laughed, said nothing more, straightened my clothes, and went out.

There were indeed a lot of people standing outside, ranging from officials big and small, to the army and civilians involved in the river control. As soon as I came out, they all knelt on the ground, densely packed.

Although it has been more than half a year since I was kicked out to be the peak king, but I really can't get used to this kind of situation, and I couldn't help but sigh immediately.

The official closest to me seemed to shiver, raised his head and glanced at me, and called out tentatively: "My lord?"

I raised my hand and said, "Get up, I'm not used to talking to kneeling people."

I let a few responsible officials stay, and the others dispersed.They probably weren't used to King Feng talking like this, so they hesitated for a while before they all stood up, what to do.

But there are still many people looking here while walking.

Most of the remaining officials lowered their heads, occasionally exchanged a look or two with each other, but did not speak.On the contrary, Liu Shenghe looked at me with a frown, his expression seemed a little complicated, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

I smiled and asked the official who recognized me before, "What's your name? What did you do before?"

It was a middle-aged man with a round face, he looked very friendly, but when I pointed him out, his face turned pale, and he stepped forward to salute and replied, his voice seemed to tremble a little. "Reporting to the lord, my humble minister Jin Rui was originally the chief official of the Hall of Renzhong."

It turned out to be from Renzhongdian.I was a little surprised at first, although it's no secret that I led the death squads to kill demons as a man, but after becoming a man, my voice and shape have changed a little bit, and it's amazing to recognize it at a glance.It's not surprising that they are from Renzhongdian, after all, they used to look at Ao every day.

I smiled again, looked at Jin Rui who was trembling slightly, and asked, "Am I so scary?"

"I dare not..."

Jin Rui responded and knelt down again.As soon as he knelt down, everyone around him knelt down again.

Sheng He was slow for a few seconds, but he also lowered his eyes and knelt down.

"What is this?" I didn't ask them to get up again, just said, "What did I say wrong, or are you guilty? What did you do to dare not see me? Or blame me for not sending you to come here?"

"Master's lesson, Wei Chen and the others are loyal to the country, but they show the sun and the moon, and they never have the slightest intention of resentment and selfishness..."

I raised my hand, interrupted Jin Rui's words, smiled again, and said, "Let's not talk about selfishness, you all know what you... have done since you came here."

"My minister thinks..." Jin Rui still wanted to argue, but the person next to him kowtowed while shouting "Please forgive me, Lord".Jin Rui closed his mouth, looked up at me, and waited for me to speak.

"This incident, maybe it did happen because of me. I made mistakes first." I sighed, "I took it for granted, and I didn't read your files carefully, and I didn't consider your abilities and expertise. Then it was my fault to directly send them down across the board.”

Jin Rui seemed to be relieved, while Sheng He frowned slightly.

I continued: "But what you did after you arrived at the construction site disappointed me too much. Is it that difficult to admit that you don't understand, and to listen to the opinions of insiders regardless of your official rank? Every month, river workers' reports are sent to you. Pusu, why didn't you mention these things? If I didn't run out by myself, how long do you plan to build the river like this? The palace cut down on food and clothing, and Taifu personally negotiated with the merchants for the borrowed money for several days. Is it for you to throw it away for fun? Thousands of people gave up their homes and fields and were requisitioned on the construction site of the river. Is it to satisfy your so-called "ideas" that become unrealistic every day? In the next flood season, What are you going to use to block this river?"

At the beginning, I did remember what Li Guang told me to calm down, but after talking about it, I still couldn't help getting angry, and my voice became louder and louder.

A group of officials from Pusu fell on the ground, kowtowing like garlic.

Li Guang gently pulled me, "Xiao Jie."

I took a deep breath, calmed down my emotions, and said, "Jin Rui, you are the leader here, so tell yourself what you should be guilty of."

Jin Rui's face was pale, and he said in a low voice, "My humble minister...deserves death."

"Pull it down, if you really want to die, one time is enough." I sneered and said, "Besides, I don't want you to die. There is a shortage of workers on the construction site. Master Shenghe, did you hear that? You are welcome , make good use of these people."

Sheng He raised his eyes to look at me, frowned, and said, "But this...is not in compliance with the law."

I was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "You...you become pedantic at this time. Well, I will supply you with a formal amnesty later. Before that, you can just figure it out. Now you are the owner of this construction site. The supreme leader."

Only then did he respond, and bowed his head to salute, "Thank you, Lord."

I raised my hand and said, "But you too, you let them mess around. So what if you have a low official position? If you can even quarrel with them, won't you react upwards?"

Although it seems that it is not a good thing to make small reports by leapfrogging, it depends on what is going on. If the project continues to be delayed, it may be flooded for thousands of miles in the next flood season.

He lowered his eyes and said: "Weichen has written letters many times."

"Huh?" I blinked, "Why have I never heard of it?"

Although I usually don't pay much attention when reading memorials, it's impossible not to have no impression of this kind of thing.What's more, even if I didn't, Yuexi and Aao would definitely notice and tell me.

Although I have objections to Yuexi, I can't deny his ability in political affairs, it's impossible for him to hide this kind of thing from me.

Li Guang gently reminded me beside him, "He is a state official."

That is to say, he can only report to the Marquis of Qingzhou at most?

His official position is indeed lower than that of Jinrui and the others, but Zhouhou is clearly on top of them. Why is Qingzhouhou not moving at all?

I frowned and was about to continue asking when someone came to report that the child I rescued woke up.

The author has something to say: let’s play with the scarf~