good wife

Chapter 488 Gambling (5)
"That's right! The Ministry of Households belonged to King Ming, and the Ministry of Officials belonged to King Jin! Poor King Ming and Empress, they think they are smart! Look, they will regret it in a few days! If they expose the matter, At most, it would damage a few officials, but now, he actually thought of burning the granary! It can be seen that this is clearly to prevent the emperor from continuing to investigate! And the emperor must have thought of the tricks here! He just happened to make a big fuss about it! The court has been reshuffled!"

Jingyi nodded in agreement, "Your analysis is good! Although the emperor is old, he is not faint! You drove up the price of grain at the beginning, is this the idea?"

Yuan Xi nodded, "Are you still feeling a little uncomfortable?"

Jingyi pursed her lips, with some hesitation in her eyes, but she still said: "To be honest, I am really uncomfortable! After all, it is food, and it is a necessity for the people to survive! If you do this, how can you still eat it?" I don't know how many people will go bankrupt!"

"Yiyi, it's like you are seeing a doctor. If this person has a sore, you have to dig it out. Although it hurts when you dig it out, but after taking the medicine, you will recover soon! But if your heart is soft for a while, I can’t do it. Then the malignant sores will fester more and more, which will eventually make this person more and more serious, and eventually die! Therefore, short-term pain is worse than long-term pain! Yiyi, believe me, if it is not for my trouble, at most it will be beyond the reach In three years, all of Dayuan's granaries will become empty, and Dayuan's treasury will become increasingly empty! I did this not just for my own self-interest!"

"I understand. But it's one thing to understand, but another to be able to accept it emotionally!"

"Yiyi, I know you will feel uncomfortable if you find out, but I don't want to hide it from you, let alone lie to you. That's why I tell the truth! In the more than a dozen poorer counties in Dayuan, I ordered people to arrange A few porridge sheds to help refugees is the biggest compensation I can do!"

"Yuanxi, what would happen if you didn't do this this time?"

Yuanxi's expression was serious, and he looked at Jingyi with clarity in his eyes, "Yiyi, three years at the latest, Dayuan is full of disaster victims! And the latest news I got is that there is a lot of food in Dayuan, which has flowed into the Miao Jiang!"

"Miao Jiang?"

"Due to geographical and climatic reasons, most of the land in Miaojiang does not grow food. Instead, poisonous herbs grow a lot! There are also constant struggles in Miaojiang, and what worries me even more is this Miaojiang. The royal family actually took advantage of the royal family struggle in Dayuan to wantonly ask for food! I am worried that Miaojiang will become a serious problem!"

For a while, no one made a sound in the camp, only the shallow breathing of the two could be heard.

And the first day of junior high school who was sent out finally came back.At the beginning of the day, Jingyi was sent back to the camp where Jingyi was resting.

"How is it?" Jingyi asked as soon as she saw that it was the first day of junior high school.

Chu Dao said: "Reporting to the princess, Mr. Gao's concubine was killed, and his wife was seriously injured. I'm afraid she won't survive tonight. The two daughters and one son are not seriously injured, but they were frightened. Mr. Qingtian is doing it for you." They see a doctor."

"Where's Gao Feng?" Jingyi said again.

"Young Master Qingtian ordered someone to bring him there too."

Jingyi thought of what she said on the first day of the lunar new year that Mrs. Gao might not survive tonight, and her heart was filled with embarrassment again, with a melancholy look on her face, she finally said nothing.

In a blink of an eye, Jingyi saw the blood on Chuyi's body, "Are you injured? Go down and bandage yourself."

"It's just a small injury, it's okay!"

Jingyi's face turned cold, "A small injury is an injury! A small injury can become a serious injury if left untreated! Hurry up and bandage it up and take a rest."

Chu Chu glanced at the prince, saw that the prince was silent, just blinked lightly, and then retreated as ordered.

"Would you like to go take a look?"

Yuan Xi shook his head, "Let Gao Feng be alone with his wife for a while longer! It's his wife after all! No matter how cruel he is, he can't be cruel to his wife and children! Sigh! Unexpectedly, In the end, he failed to save his wife's life!"

"That Mrs. Gao is so innocent. As a woman, she neither participates in government affairs nor participates in the plan between Gao Feng and the queen. But she still cannot escape death! She is just a mere woman, and it is unexpected that the queen does not even know her. Willing to let it go! And those three children! If it wasn’t for the first day of junior high school, I’m afraid!”

"This is like her style of doing things! Cut grass and roots!" Yuan Xi said bitterly: "It's like me! Now I finally understand why she keeps chasing after me?"

Jingyi sighed, "Because you still haven't given up on the truth about the death of Concubine Li back then! Your biological mother was killed by the empress after all! She is afraid that if you know the truth, no matter how hard your wings are, Make her your enemy!"

"That's all! Don't mention this."

"We captured the Queen's people, what do you plan to do with them?" Jingyi then remembered the two dead men who were captured alive!
A wicked smile appeared on Yuan Xi's face, "Don't worry! The five dead men committed suicide, and the news will reach the Queen's ears soon."

"You are very thoughtful!"

"Okay! Let's take a rest first. It's been a long night and I have to go to the granary tomorrow. I'm afraid it will be very hard!"

Jingyi lay down with her clothes on, and Yuanxi also lay down next to her, "Yiyi, if you still feel uncomfortable, hit me twice!"

For a long while, Jingyi didn't make a sound.Yuan Xi sighed, and said again: "In your opinion, what should we do?"

"Think of a way to bring down the price of food naturally! Also, I know that what you said today makes sense. Although I feel panicked in my heart, I can't deny that you are right! You are right, long-term pain It’s better to have a short pain! Sometimes people are too comfortable, and it’s not necessarily a bad thing to have a pain!”

Yuanxi stretched out his arms to hug Jingyi, "It's the best if you think like this! Yiyi, I don't ask you to understand me so much. I just ask you to believe me!"

Jingyi suddenly laughed and said: "How do you explain the performance in the day? Will there be some little mice?"

"Of course! Tomorrow, let's catch these little mice again, and everything will be fine! This Pingqiu County will be peaceful!"

Early the next morning, Yuan Xi and Jing Yi were woken up by the first day of the lunar new year.The two of them slept very late, but they were woken up early in the morning, and they were really listless.If it wasn't for Jingyi who still wanted to watch a good show, she might not be able to open her eyes.

The carriage of Prince Ping's Mansion stopped steadily at the gate of the granary.

Yuan Xi looked at Jing Yi, who was lying in his arms and had already fallen asleep, and shook his head helplessly, his eyes were full of pampering! "Yiyi, wake up, we're here! If you don't wake up, I'll take you out of the car in front of all the people in Pingqiu County."

Sure enough, after finishing the last sentence, Jingyi woke up!
Yuan Xi saw that she woke up, but there was some disappointment in her eyes!

"Are you here?" Jingyi asked in a somewhat waxy voice.

"Well, here we are. Let's get out of the car again."

The two tidied their clothes and got out of the carriage. "All folks, please stand up!"

As soon as the people were flattened, they heard a voice from the crowd, "He is not King Ping! He is King Ping's bodyguard! He is a fake!"

Then came another voice, "Yes! He is a fake! We were deceived by him! King Ping never came to Pingqiu County!"

Next, there were several screams of similar content.

Yuan Xi and Jing Yi looked at the crowd calmly.The first day of junior high next to Yuanxi said angrily: "Come here, take it down!" After saying that, several figures jumped out of nowhere, and eight ruffian-like men were picked out from several directions. The young man quickly tied up the man and sent him directly to Yuan Xi.

On the first day of the lunar new year, he shouted to the common people: "Prince Ping is here, but he dares to speak disrespect to the prince! Death penalty!"

When the words fell, a woman said: "Princess! It's the concubine!" As she spoke, she pushed forward, "Princess, do you remember the women? You brought a bowl of dumplings to the daughter of the women. Oh! By the way, at that time, you and the prince gave the woman a white-faced steamed bun! They said that there were not enough dumplings, so I let my daughter and I eat the steamed bun!"

As soon as the woman finished speaking, many people in the crowd began to cry and shout, "Prince, Concubine!"Obviously, they are all those refugees who once fled to the closed city!They have seen King Ping and Princess Ping more than once, so they will recognize them naturally!

Now, the common people are no longer suspicious, they all have a respectful attitude, and they dare not speak presumptuously anymore!
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Everyone knows that the king is going to come here today. If you want to come, you are also hoping that the king will allow you to open a warehouse to release grain! Have you all prepared things to store rice? If you don't have any, go home quickly Take! Today, open the warehouse to release grain!"

As soon as Yuan Xi's words fell, the crowd burst into cheers!Most of the common people brought cloth bags.Only very different did not bring a cloth bag, so he ran home in a hurry, for fear that he would come back late and there would be no food!

"Folks, everyone, line up well, don't fight, don't jump in line! Don't collect repeatedly! Yue Zhengyang, send someone to make a record and maintain order."

"Yes, my lord!" Yue Zhengyang waved at the people behind him, and saw a small team of elite soldiers open one of the granaries, and pushed out carts of rice from inside.Outside, someone had already moved the tables and chairs, prepared pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and started registering to receive rice.

Originally, the crowd was still a little crowded, and the people were a little excited.But later, when I saw carts of rice pushed out from the inside, I didn't feel so anxious!After all, guarding the granary, are you afraid of running out of food?

Yuanxi and Jingyi stood aside, watching this scene with a smile, "Yiyi, thanks to your foresight, you ordered Qingtian to transport the grain back to the granary through the secret road, filling in the vacancy! In this way, the common people were Steady!"

"If the granary is opened and the people find it empty, then the officials of Pingqiu County and the officials who closed the city will definitely be very disappointed! Even if you can provide food quickly, the people will be very disappointed." There will be many guesses, and I won’t really think that you, an unfavored prince and a prince who has just been crowned king not long ago, can have such strong strength! Most of the people are like this, and when things happen, they will become a little blind and at a loss In this way, Pingqiu County will be in chaos!"

"You're right! In this way, we can still keep Gao Feng's good reputation. And the queen has decided that Gao Feng has already joined us and betrayed her!"

Jingyi chuckled lightly and said, "You think I can't see it? You just want to blackmail Gao Feng to do things for you? Now, even if he comes back to the queen alive, I'm afraid The queen will not believe that he is still loyal! This move of yours directly blocked his retreat!"

"Yiyi, you came up with the idea of ​​filling up the granary! You said it was my ghost idea?"

Jingyi gave him a blank look, "Yuanxi, you said Gao Feng is just a small seventh-rank county magistrate, why is he directly ordered by the queen? This is too unbelievable!"

Yuan Xi smiled faintly, "What's so difficult to understand? You forgot, this Gao Feng knows martial arts!"

"Huh?" Jingyi didn't react for a moment.

"Gao Feng's skills are not bad! It's just that he's used to being comfortable here for the past few years, so his skills are a little rusty! If I'm right, he used to be a bodyguard in Ouchi! He was in charge of protecting the Kunning Palace. of!"

(End of this chapter)