The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

It wasn't until this moment that Qi Chengjun's deepest worries were completely let go.

The second brother has gradually grown up and can shoulder the important responsibilities of the Duke of Qi!

He felt that even if he died in Huizhou, there would be no need to worry about the Duke of Qi having no successors.

After bandaging the wound, Qi Chengjun wrote a letter to Qi Chenglang. He first confirmed Qi Chenglang's desire to join the army and praised his growth, and then he wrote to resolve his doubts.

"Joining the Mobei Army, guarding the border and resisting the Beidi people is also the mission of His Highness. So when you join the Mobei Army, you are not betraying His Highness at all, but changing to another place to fight side by side with His Highness."

"Your Highness is still young. What he wants is to stay with people close to him. You only need to explain this to him in person. I believe that with your intelligence, Your Highness will understand what you mean."

Then Qi Chengjun's letter became much more cryptic, and he secretly had the intention of entrusting the Duke of Qi's government to Qi Chenglang.

It was already a month later when this letter arrived in Qi Chenglang's hands.

This month, the emperor's secret guards secretly set out to the Jiangnan area, and fought several times with the Chu king's secret guards. Both sides had their own victories, but overall, Qi Chengjun's situation was safer than before.

At the same time, the news that Qi Chengjun sent people to assassinate Ling Changshi gradually spread in several states in the south of the Yangtze River.

At the suggestion of those aides, Ling Changshi's wife handed a petition accusing Qi Chengjun of murder to the Prince of Chu's Mansion.

Looking at the letter, King Chu couldn't help laughing.

At this moment, all the guilt King Chu felt for beating Ling Changshi to death completely disappeared.

He even thought that if he had known that after Ling Changshi's death, the remaining staff could be so loyal and knew how to make themselves happy, he should have killed Ling Changshi earlier!

King Chu shook the paper for a while with a contemptuous smile on his face. His irritable mood due to the constant damage of the secret guards during this period was relieved at this moment.

Gu Yuchen placed so many guards around Qi Chengjun, letting King Chu understand how much Gu Yuchen valued Qi Chengjun.

The more of his secret guards die, the more likely it is that King Chu Qi Chengjun will win!

After being happy for a while, the smile on King Chu's face fell again. He picked up the teacup and threw it to the ground.

If he had known that Qi Chengjun could be killed in such an upright manner, why would he have to pay for all his secret guards!

The King of Chu suddenly stood up, strode out, and shouted in a loud voice: "Send an order to Chen Shoubei to take three hundred city defenders and set off immediately with me to Huizhou to capture the murderer Qi Chengjun!"

Following the King of Chu's order, the entire Prince of Chu's palace was in motion. Housekeeper Mu sent someone to deliver the news to Chen Shoubei. The princess personally served the King of Chu to change clothes and prepare the carriage and other things for the trip.

The distance from Jiangzhou to Huizhou is not very far. The group of people worked hard and reached the outside of Huizhou city in only half a day.

However, what King Chu did not expect was that they would not be able to enter Huizhou at all.

Ling Changshi's family sued Qi Chengjun for killing Ling Changshi, which was very high-profile. From the time he left his home and arrived at the Prince of Chu's Mansion, the servants of the Ling family were talking as they walked, and the entire Jiangzhou people knew about it.

Their original intention was not to let the King of Chu protect Qi Chengjun because of his status as the prince of Qi State, but they did not want there to be many people in Jiangzhou City who Qi Chengjun had saved and who had been abandoned because of the plague.

In the hearts of these people, Qi Chengjun is their reborn parent and the only Qingtian master among all the officials in Jiangnan.

These rescued people vowed to repay Qi Chengjun for his great kindness.

So when the Ling family made things big, someone who knew the King of Chu better quietly left Jiangzhou and arrived in Huizhou before the King of Chu. He first told Qi Chengjun about this, and then united the people of Huizhou and closed the city gate himself. Even Qi Chengjun's attempt to open the city gate was rejected.

Qi Chengjun looked at the people on the street, holding all kinds of weapons in their hands, such as brooms, kitchen knives, axes, etc...

From the city gate to the government office, the people firmly protected him behind them.

Qi Chengjun's eyes were hot and his nose was sore.

When he came to Jiangnan, Qi Chengjun just wanted to save the people from the fire and water, and wanted to share the emperor's worries.

Even after becoming the prefect of Huizhou, Qi Chengjun only thought that he was doing his duty.

He really didn't expect that the people in Jiangnan would see what he had done, nor did he expect that they would be willing to compete with the King of Chu for him.

Faced with such a scene, Qi Chengjun couldn't say a word for a long time.

Who can be treated as a prefect like me?

He just felt that even if he died now, it would still be worth it!

The captain of the guard breathed out gently: "Master Qi, you deserve such love from the people!"

The area south of the Yangtze River was an extremely prosperous place in the past dynasties. Many royal merchants made their fortunes in the south of the Yangtze River. The King of Chu's fiefdom was in the south of the Yangtze River. His life was already easier than that of ordinary princes.

But the King of Chu was not satisfied with this.

He wanted the Jiangnan navy, private soldiers, staff, and famous literati...

If he wanted to cultivate his own power, he would have to spend a lot of money. Therefore, after King Chu arrived in Jiangnan, the first thing he did was to increase taxes.

The second thing was to win over the previous magistrates of the Jiangnan states. Those who could not be won over would be killed and replaced by their own people. In just one year, the taxes of the Jiangnan states increased several times.

Although it will not make the people miserable, their lives have become tight.

Until Qi Chengjun arrived in Huizhou and abolished those inexplicable exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, Huizhou's economy developed rapidly in just a few months.

Not only that, after taking office, Qi Chengjun looked through the previous files, solved more than a hundred wrongful cases, redeemed the people, and killed corrupt officials in the yamen and those businessmen and officials who were unkind for their wealth.

Even though they have never experienced the plague, Qi Chengjun is still a reborn parent to the people of Huizhou.

They believe in Qi Chengjun, and they will never let Qi Chengjun be taken away!

So, after that person came to Huizhou and found an acquaintance to explain what happened in Jiangzhou, he spread the word to others, and the people of Huizhou soon spontaneously protected Qi Chengjun at the back. .

The king of Chu harmed the people and only cared about his own enjoyment. Such a person is not as good as a few-year-old child of King Wen, and is not worthy of the support of his people!

At this moment, the people standing densely on the city wall glared at King Chu!

The King of Chu did not expect that when he rushed to Huizhou to capture Qi Chengjun, he would face such a scene...