During the famine, my ancient well connected to modern times

Yuan Li's tense muscles relaxed instantly, and a smile appeared on his face. He saluted King Yuzhang as he walked over, "Yuan Li pays homage to King Yuzhang."

King Yuzhang curled his lips and seemed not surprised by his appearance, "Why are you here so late?"

"Of course it's to protect the prince from being harmed by Xiao Xiao."

Yuan Li smiled just right, and said respectful words, but he stood upright, with a faint aura that was intimidating.

King Yuzhang signaled Xiangu to put away his sword, and then said to Yuan Li: "Did Luo Tingye ask you to come?"

"Yes, but don't worry, Your Majesty. I am not here to cause trouble for Your Majesty, nor am I here to spy on Your Majesty. I have my own things to do."

Wang Yuzhang thought about the credibility of his words, "What are you going to do?"

Yuan Li raised his eyebrows when he saw Xanthium following King Yuzhang step by step, sitting upright on the crooked tree trunk, "Your Majesty, you still doubt that I am here for you?"

"Since I promised the emperor that I will do a good job this time, I don't want anyone to cross paths with me."

Yuan Li thought for a moment and said, "Does the prince know about Xiangmi?"

King Yuzhang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Everyone in the capital knows this, how could I not know it?"

"I came here for Xiangmi and it has nothing to do with the case that the prince wants to investigate. Now the prince should be relieved!"

Of course King Yuzhang was worried, but thinking about Luo Tingye's attitude towards Xiangmi, he became a little convinced.

"If you want to investigate Xiang Mi's matter, do it yourself. Why do you want to get involved in the convoy?"

"Of course I don't want to arouse suspicion. Only if I follow the prince's motorcade will I not be discovered. Prince, don't worry, I won't be in the motorcade for too long. I will leave when we get to Hengyang."

Hengyang, isn’t it almost to Jiangnan?

Could it be that elephant rice was transported from Jiangnan?

"it is good."

After King Yuzhang finished speaking, he turned to leave.

Yuan Li suddenly spoke up, "Your Majesty, how about we cooperate!"

King Yuzhang paused, "Cooperation, how to cooperate?"

"This time the prince goes to Jiangnan to rectify the officialdom and salt tax, he will definitely need a lot of intelligence, and this is what our Supervision Department does."

Yuan Li said it too easily, but King Yuzhang frowned.

He never likes to cooperate with others, and Yuan Li is one of the people Luo Tingye trusts the most.

The Supervision Department he handled was the department he was most interested in and the weakest. Three spies sent by the Supervision Department had been caught in the Yuzhang Palace, but no matter how hard they tortured and extorted confessions, they could not get anything useful out of them.

It can be seen that Yuan Lip did a lot of homework before sending them here, and he even did some research on himself.

Just like now, the suggestions he made were too tempting.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to rush to reply to me. You can only reply to me in three days."

After saying this, Yuan Li left Shi Shiran.

Xanthium went to chase, but King Yuzhang stopped him, "Yuan Li must not have come here by himself, be careful of falling into the other party's trap."

Xanthium exhaled deeply and looked at the moonlight feeling sorry for his sword. King Yuzhang was also a little shocked, "How much strength did you use just now?"

Xang Er said: "I feel like I didn't use all my strength. The key is that Yuan Li's dagger is good. Although my sword is also a good sword, it is not as good as his."

The difference is not just a little, but a lot. Xian Er felt that if his sword and Yuan Li's dagger were made of the same material, he would definitely be able to chop off his head just now.

"I heard that Ye Shaohua formed a special team at the border. The team is well-equipped with soft armor and daggers that can cut iron like clay. Yuan Li's dagger should be the same as the one used by Ye Shaohua."

"Where did they come from such good daggers?"

King Yuzhang sighed, "It should be that Luo Tingye has a new refining method. We found out before that he was mining iron ore privately in Runan County. The new refining method should be there."

Xanthium frowned, "It's a pity that the guards are too tight. It's very difficult to go in and find out the news."

King Yuzhang chuckled, "You are overthinking, and you have no intention of taking the secret recipe as your own. I am just curious."

Xanthium looked at him worriedly, "My lord, are you really going to give up?"

"Everyone knows what I'm doing. What else can I do if I don't give up? Is it possible that we will fight to the death?"

That would be too much of a loss!

Rivers of blood are not what he wants to see. What he wants to see is a peaceful and prosperous age, even if the person who brings the peaceful and prosperous age is not him.

Xiangu could fight if he wanted to, but he knew that the prince didn't want them to fight, otherwise the prince wouldn't have been hiding behind the scenes, carefully planning, just to prevent them from dying.

It was obvious that they were going to succeed, but Luo Tingye showed up, took away everything, and destroyed the results of the prince's painstaking planning for many years. Now he has to work for Luo Tingye for their sake.

King Yuzhang knew what he was thinking, "You don't have to complain about it. In fact, it's good. Luo Tingye is more suitable to be an emperor than Luo Jingce. He can also be a good emperor. With the support of his people, The days will get better and better.”

"No matter how good it is, it doesn't belong to the prince."

King Yuzhang smiled bitterly, "The throne is not easy to sit on. In fact, I have sometimes hesitated over the years as to whether I should grab that position or not."

"I wanted to give up countless times, but I felt unwilling to give up countless times. My father and the late emperor clearly agreed that the country would take turns."

"But after the late emperor ascended the throne, he regretted it and never mentioned his previous promise. Later, my father also died. I don't know if he died because of the late emperor's plan, but now these are not important."

Xanthium became anxious, "How can you say it's not important? The country belongs to the prince."

"It doesn't matter whether it is or not."

Xanthium wanted to say something more, but King Yuzhang interrupted him and glanced in the direction behind him, "Go back!"

At night, the Supervision Department sent back the latest information. Luo Tingye was speechless when he learned about the agreement between the late emperor and the old King Yuzhang.

Jiang Miao also remained silent.

Luo Tingye sank deeply, "Go and find Eunuch Fulin."

"Yes."

Luo Tingye stared at the translated text with a gloomy face, feeling a wave of emotion in his heart.

Jiang Miao looked at him worriedly, "Are you okay?"

Luo Tingye patted her hand and said, "Why don't you go and rest first?"

"No, I want to stay here with you."

After a while, Eunuch Fulin arrived. Luo Tingye asked Feng Jizhong to guard outside the door and no one could come near.

Eunuch Fulin was shocked, but his face remained calm.

"I just learned something about the relationship between the late emperor and the old King Yuzhang. This matter is old and not many people know about it, but I think you must know it."