"Folks, it's so late to bother you."
When almost all the refugees gathered, Liu Qi stood up.
But facing Liu Qi, everyone's eyes were confused, and everyone's eyes turned to fall on Shi Kelin.
"temple..."
"It's okay, just tell them."
With the prince's permission, Shi Kelin dared to speak.
"Folks, this person is the crown prince of our court. Why don't you hurry up and see His Highness?"
The atmosphere that was noisy just now suddenly became quiet.
Prince?
To the common people, this is heaven, a big shot they may never see in their lifetime.
After a few seconds, everyone knelt on the ground.
Unlike officials, these uneducated people at the bottom of the class do not know that in addition to kneeling down, they also need to say "See Your Highness the Crown Prince."
But Liu Qi didn't care and walked slowly in front of everyone.
"Everyone, get up."
"Why don't you thank me quickly?"
Shi Kailin urged this with some worry, fearing that the prince would be displeased with these people who had no manners at all.
Everyone stood up and Liu Qi asked an old man in front of him.
"Uncle, where are you from?"
The old man seemed a little scared and a little reserved. When he spoke, he kept his head lowered.
"Sir, the younger one is from Jeju."
Jeju, Liu Qi remembered, seemed to be nearly 800 miles away from here.
You know, this is ancient times. You can imagine how difficult it is to come all the way from such a far away place and at such an old age.
"Then why don't you go to Jeju City? It's so far away."
The old man sighed softly.
"The countryside has been flooded, and the younger one has no place to live. I originally wanted to go to Jeju City, but I need paperwork there."
"Later, I followed a group of people and planned to go to Qingdu. Unexpectedly, when I got here, I even asked for paperwork even though I was in Qingdu."
"Fortunately, Mr. Shi took us in. We have a temporary place to stay and we are provided with food. Otherwise, alas, we would have died outside."
Liu Qi asked a few more people randomly.
Basically, they all came from other disaster-stricken places.
There are procedures required to apply for paperwork, and there are so many victims. Who knows how long it will take if we continue to wait.
We can only try our luck and see if we can find a place to stay.
Fortunately, there are officials like Shi Kailin, otherwise, these refugees would just be refugees in the wilderness.
At this point, it can be confirmed.
Shi Kelin did not lie, he really did the real thing.
Liu Qi took a deep breath, not only feeling the helplessness of Shi Kelin, but also feeling very sorry for these people.
Turned around and walked to Skylin.
"Master Shi, you did a good job."
These four simple words can already be regarded as recognition of Shi Kelin.
Shi Kelin was a little frightened and knelt on the ground.
"Your Highness, this officer is guilty."
"No, this king not only believes that you are innocent, but will also commend your achievements to the emperor."
"You can continue to take care of these refugees. I will inform the Emperor later and deal with them properly."
When Shi Kailin heard this, he kowtowed heavily several times.
"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
The common people can probably understand that they finally have hope for a good life.
Seeing Shi Kelin like this, everyone knelt down and worshiped, imitating his example, and shouted loudly.
"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Look at these refugees lying on the ground.
From this moment on, Liu Qicai felt that he was the crown prince of Daqing, and also intuitively felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
.......
After appeasing the refugees, Liu Qi returned to his residence.
But he didn't fall asleep directly. He sat in a chair and meditated for a long time.
"Your Highness, judging from the future, Shi Kailin is indeed a good official.
Maybe we really are too worried. "
Although this sentence may offend the prince.
But in Qin Wei's opinion, saying something nice for such a good official would
It should still be done.
However, what Qin Wei didn't expect was that the prince shook his head.
"You are right. Judging from the current situation, Shi Kelin is indeed a good official."
"But have you forgotten? Today's assassin, when she assassinated my king, she kept shouting, Dog Officer!"
"If Skylin was really so incorruptible, how could something like this happen?"
Qin Wei still felt that the prince was thinking too much.
Maybe because he had stayed in the court for a long time, he felt that all the officials seemed to be Yang Wenyuan's party.
"Your Highness, I forgive you for being so bold."
"Since we arrived in Jincheng, both the people in the city and the refugees have spoken very highly of Shikelin."
"Moreover, when he decided the case, you also saw that he enforced the law impartially and without any favoritism."
"The general thinks that maybe you are really overthinking it. The assassin's appearance may only be targeting other officials, or she may have mistakenly identified the wrong person."
Liu Qi did not give Qin Wei a positive answer.
"Qin Wei, you go to the city tomorrow and see if you can find the assassin for me."
To be honest, it was difficult, and Liu Qi didn't have high expectations.
But how can you know if you don’t try? It's possible that she was following him in the dark again.
"Your Highness, since you are still looking for him, why did you let him go then?"
Qin Wei was very puzzled.
"That assassin would take such a big risk to assassinate a court official. He must have great hatred in his heart."
"If I had kept her at that time, she would have been imprisoned."
"I'm worried. Maybe the assassin will be killed before anything is found out. By then, we won't know anything."
And that's not all.
On the other hand, it was because Liu Qi discovered that the assassin was a woman.
A woman who dared to have such backbone to step out and assassinate a court official would not believe it if she said that there was nothing wrong with Jincheng.
"But..."
"Okay, Captain Qin, please step back."
I originally wanted to persuade the prince again, but after hearing what he said, I could only sigh and exit the room.
Liu Qi was still sitting on the chair, clasping his hands together and supporting his chin.
Even his closest confidants believed that Skelin was a good official.
But Liu Qi still firmly believed in his original idea. This Jincheng was definitely not as simple as everyone thought.
He even had a vague feeling that something seemed to be hidden behind this peace.
.......
Just as Liu Qi expected.
At noon the next day, the fourth prince Liu Yin took Yan Wenhu and others to Jincheng.
But what makes Liu Yin very strange is.
Although he arrived a day late with his troops, Liu Qi actually did not blame him at all.
At the lunch banquet, this was the first time that Shi Kelin took the initiative to pick up the wine glass.
"Your Highness, I apologize for my poor hospitality these days!"
Liu Qi chuckled.
"Master Shi, if you are here, I am here to make trouble. I am very satisfied with your reception."
Shi Kelin still held the wine glass and pursed his lips.
"Your Highness, no matter what, I still want to thank you. With your words, those people are finally saved. Here, on behalf of all the refugees in Jincheng, thank you!"
After saying this, his expression was very excited, and he immediately raised the drink in his hand and drank it down in one gulp.
Immediately afterwards, he poured a second cup.
"Your Highness, it is truly an honor for Jincheng and an honor for me to have your presence in this small town."
"I don't know much about soldiers. I just hope that Your Highness will be able to win the battle today and show off the power of our Daqing army."
But just when Shikelin was about to drink the second glass of wine.
Liu Qi suddenly raised his right hand.
"etc."
Everyone was stunned, wondering what the prince meant.
The next sentence made everyone look very surprised.
Suddenly, Shi Kelin, although holding the wine in both hands, suddenly trembled in his hands, and the wine immediately overflowed, falling a few drops, and fell on the table...
