Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 82: The river bursts its banks, Su Chen is released from prison

"It's the third day since the young master left. I miss him, miss him, miss him."

"Alas...if the young master were here, at the very least I could go to the brothel and listen to music."

Sun Qiang held his chin with one hand, his face full of sorrow.

Jin Yong lay weakly on the table, like an eggplant hit by frost, his whole body wilted.

Su Chen has been detained in the government jail for three days. During these three days, people from the government jail came over from time to time to ask him questions and also watched Jin Yong and others train, which made Jin Yong's head swell.

We are just exercising, why are you staring at us like that?
Oh……

Sorry, please continue.

The other party would always say this apologetically and then leave, but within a stick of incense, they would appear again, hiding nearby and watching.

Therefore, Jin Yong directly gave up the training, told everyone to rest for a while, and then sat in the smelling fragrance like a walking corpse like Sun Qiang.

"What on earth is Lu Chengqing doing?"

Jin Yong tilted his head, looked at Sun Qiang beside him and asked, "We have not committed any crime or robbed anyone here, so why is he targeting us?"

Sun Qiang: "I know nothing!"

"If I knew the reason, why would I still be sitting here??"

Jin Yong sighed, "How boring!"

"Take care, my dear guest."

After seeing off a distinguished guest, Su Wang came to Sun Qiang and the others. Seeing their listless appearance, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Can you guys stop acting like nagging women?"

Sun Qiang: “???”

Jin Yong: "Just treat me as I am fine."

Su Wang shook his head. "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that the young master will be back in three to five days at most. Now three days have passed. I think the young master should be coming out soon. I have prepared charcoal and red beans. Do you plan to rest here?"

"Otherwise?"

"Lord Du He has received news that he has made a batch of sulfur soap and is preparing to send it to the warehouse. You two should go over and keep an eye on it."

"Sulfur soap?"

Sun Qiang and the other man nodded.

They both knew about sulfur soap.

Not only the workshop overseen by Jin Yong was producing sulfur soap and medicated soap, but the workshop over there by Du He was also doing the same.

Su Wang reminded: "These things were specially instructed by the young master, and no accidents can happen."

"understand!"

Sun Qiang and the other man nodded, stood up and walked out to smell the fragrance.

Naturally, the two of them would do as Su Chen instructed without hesitation, even if they didn't know why.

The warehouse is not far from Wenxianglai, and there are special people responsible for ensuring the safety of the warehouse, so they are not worried about any problems with the warehouse.

This time, I just came here to cooperate with Du He's people and deliver the soap to the warehouse and keep records.

Da da da.

The sound of hurried horse hooves came from far away.

Sun Qiang and the other man turned their heads and saw a messenger with a stern look on his face, riding his horse at full speed.

"Step aside!"

"Urgent news from Jiangnan Road!!"

along the way.

Anyone who heard the news would step away to avoid disturbing the messenger.

After the messenger left, the passers-by returned to the road and looked at the messenger in confusion as he headed straight for the Ministry of War.

"Something happened on Jiangnan Road?"

"I haven't heard of it."

"Seeing how nervous and impatient the messenger is, something big must have happened in Jiangnan Road!"

"I guess it will spread in the next two days."

"..."

Sun Qiang and the other man looked at each other and both felt a little strange.

Jiangnan Road has always been a rich place. What big thing could happen?
The two shook their heads and came outside the warehouse.

"Steward Qin."

Sun Qiang bowed and stepped forward to greet him.

Butler Qin smiled and nodded, "So it's you. The master asked me to bring the things over. Can you guys count them?"

"It's not necessary."

Sun Qiang laughed, "How can you not trust Master Du when he does things?"

"It will take some time to move these things. Butler Qin, would you like to have a cup of tea with me?"

"it is good."

……

Ministry of War.

Zhou Qian, a doctor in the Jiabu Department, rushed to find Li Jing with an urgent report.

"My Lord, something happened on Jiangnan Road!"

"Ok?"

Li Jing frowned and reported the result urgently. He just glanced at it and his face changed instantly.

The river burst its banks?!
Li Jing stood up suddenly and ordered immediately, "Quick, prepare the horses, follow me into the palace!" Zhou Qian: "My lord, the horses are ready, you can enter the palace anytime."

"go!"

Without stopping, the two men mounted their horses with the urgent report and headed straight for the palace.

In no time.

The two of them rode their horses to the palace gate.

"Old Li..."

Facing Cheng Zhijie who came towards him with a smile, Li Jing didn't even bother to look at him, "It's urgent."

Whoosh.

Two horses passed each other.

Cheng Zhijie scratched his forehead, looked at Li Jing and the other man riding into the palace, and suddenly slapped his head, "Something big is going to happen."

Under normal circumstances, if Li Jing rode into the palace like this, Cheng Zhijie would definitely stop him and then bring him before Li Shimin.

However, Li Jing looked serious and did not hesitate at all. It was obvious that something big had really happened!
Even if I rode into the palace, His Majesty would not say anything.

Could it be that the little brat who escaped back to the Turks is causing trouble again? ?

In the imperial study, Li Shimin was dealing with memorials.

Many of these memorials were delivered in the past two days, but because most of them were trivial matters and I was busy with Cui family's affairs, I had not dealt with them.

Suddenly there was a loud commotion, which made Li Shimin frown unconsciously. Then he saw Li Jing and Zhou Qian rushing in hurriedly.

"Your Majesty forgive me."

"You guys go down first."

Li Shimin waved his hand and the eunuchs retreated.

He knew that given Li Jing's character, he would not be so rash, so he thought there must be a reason.

"Pharmacist, why are you in such a hurry?"

"Your Majesty, the Jiangnan East River has burst its banks and is flooding many places in Suzhou!"

"What??"

Li Shimin's face changed instantly and he hurriedly took the urgent report.

At midnight, the river flooded, destroying more than 3,000 houses and drowning more than a thousand people...

Li Shimin gasped.

At midnight, the river water surged!
Just when the people of Suzhou were sleeping soundly, the river suddenly rose and broke its banks. Even with the government's warning, it would be difficult to escape in a short time!
This leaves no way out for the people of Suzhou!

Li Shimin seemed to have thought of something and began to search hurriedly on the table.

Soon, Li Shimin found Wang Ren, the governor of Suzhou, and wrote to him about the continuous rainfall in Suzhou.

It mentioned that the river water might rise and overflow, and personnel had been deployed to strengthen vigilance to prevent the dam from bursting.

But unexpectedly, the dam burst still happened.

Li Shimin rubbed his head and said, "My dear ministers, what do you think?"

Li Jing: "We can dispatch important officials to provide disaster relief, allocate grain to control local grain prices, and provide relief to the victims."

Once natural disasters or floods occur, local food prices will inevitably rise rapidly.

Many illegal businessmen will hoard large amounts of food at this time, making it impossible for ordinary people to afford it!

Li Shimin nodded, and Zhou Qian said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I think we should arrange elite soldiers to follow to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to cause trouble!"

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, then said, "Urgently summon Fang Xiang and others to the palace to discuss disaster relief!"

……

"I am a carefree person from Wolonggang. I can control the world with the help of yin and yang..."

Inside the prison, Su Chen patted his knees and sang softly.

The sound was not loud, but it was heard widely in the silent prison.

As soon as Lu Chengqing walked into the prison, he frowned, this little bastard!

When Lu Chengqing thought of Su Chen's previous teasing of him, he became furious, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Who made him a member of the Eastern Palace and a partner of His Majesty?
Lu Chengqing walked out of the cell without saying a word and waved to the jailer beside him. The jailer tactfully opened the cell door.

"Hey, Master Lu is here to see me again?"

"You can be released from prison now."

Lu Chengqing had a blank expression on his face. "After investigation, I found that Wen Xianglai had no intention of destroying the friendship between the two countries or plotting rebellion."

Su Chen smiled and said, "In that case, what about the false accusation made by the merchant from the Arab Kingdom?"

Lu Chengqing: "According to the law."

Su Chen smiled and nodded, stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked out of the prison.

call.

Su Chen stretched out his arms, "The air outside is still better."

Lu Chengqing: "From my point of view, you are living quite comfortably in there."

"Master Lu, do you want to go in and try?"

"..."

Lu Chengqing had a dark face and said nothing.

Su Chen chuckled, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Lord Lu, for your hospitality these past few days."

"Go away, I don't want to see you again."

(End of this chapter)