Zhao Mingqing, who was in the prison car, had an expression on his face that was worse than death. His eyes were empty and lifeless. He looked up at the sky, seeming to be looking at the scenery, and also seemed to be wondering why God only wanted to attack good people like him. When he heard Zhao Xuanyi's words The voice slowly turned back!
When he saw Zhao Xuanyi in front of him, Zhao Mingqing's eyes slowly regained their brightness. "Xuanyi?" Zhao Mingqing called out softly.
"Father, it's me!" Zhao Xuanyi said in a trembling voice, "Please punish me, my son is late!"
Zhao Mingqing sighed, and then gave a wry smile. This wry smile contained too much, "My silly son, what should I punish you for?"
"Don't worry, father, I will definitely find the lost food money and rescue you! That's enough for you!"
"Hahaha! Son, you still don't understand, this is the Ming Dynasty! Hahaha!" When Zhao Mingqing said this, he was smiling, but tears slowly fell down.
Zhao Xuanyi saw his father crying, and he understood what his father wanted to say. His father was still too loyal, and he was not ashamed to say even these words that damaged the reputation of Ming Dynasty!
"Father, my son is incompetent and cannot break this cage to rescue you. I can only rush to Qianqiu City as soon as possible. Do you have anything to explain?" Zhao Xuanyi asked hurriedly. Now is not the time to talk about family matters!
Zhao Mingqing thought for a moment and looked at Zhao Xuanyi, "Shen Wei is someone you can trust!"
When Zhao Xuanyi heard this, he frowned and said nothing.
At this time, the escort soldier on the side walked up to Nanzhu and said, "Sister Nanzhu, let's return to Beijing as soon as possible to resume our duties!"
Nanzhu nodded and came to Zhao Xuanyi's side. Before he could speak, Zhao Xuanyi waved his hand to signal Nanzhu to stop talking, "Go back and tell the eldest princess, don't forget the order I gave her, otherwise I will make her do this." Something that I will never forget in my life!”
After Nanzhu heard this, he couldn't help but be so frightened that his heart trembled. His order to the eldest princess? What is this nonsense?
Zhao Xuanyi knelt down again and kowtowed three times to Zhao Mingqing, "Father, you must take care of yourself. Your son will be with you in everything, so you can rest assured!"
Zhao Mingqing smiled bitterly, waved his hand, and didn't want to say anything anymore!
The prison car drove slowly, and the wooden cage on the car made a creaking sound, which was very harsh in the ears. Looking at the prison car gradually moving away, Zhao Xuanyi was filled with anger, but he could not explode!
"Young Master Zhao, don't worry. I will escort you all the way, won't you...?"
"Don't worry?" Zhao Xuanyi roared, frightened Nan Zhu and took a step back. Zhao Xuanyi stared at Nan Zhu, "Weren't you there when we escorted the silver coins? What the hell am I thinking?"
When Nanzhu heard Zhao Xuanyi's hatred, he lowered his head in shame and did not dare to speak.
Zhao Xuanyi came to Nanzhu and glared condescendingly, "When you return to the capital, send him to Dali Temple immediately and tell Wang Heming that you took good care of my father. I will thank you deeply when you return. Don't tell me it's useless, I don't believe you!"
After Zhao Xuanyi finished speaking, he turned around and walked in front of Aoxue, got on his horse, and following the order, the team rushed quickly, heading straight to the south!
Nanzhu stood there blankly, watching Zhao Xuanyi's leaving figure, his eyes were full of sadness, and two transparent tears fell. When Nanzhu saw his tears, he immediately turned his head, wiped his sleeves, walked quickly, and jumped on the horse. , galvanized his horse and whipped his whip, and left here.
Zhao Xuanyi, who was riding a horse, was very confused. What did his father mean by this sentence? Is Shen Wei someone you can trust? Shen Wei had followed him through life and death for many years, and he didn't need to mention his trust in Shen Wei at all, but his father said such a thing. Could it be that Shen Wei knew something that was inconvenient to say? It seems that everything can only be discussed after seeing Shen Wei!
In the afternoon, before the sun set, Zhao Xuanyi and others finally arrived at Qianqiu City. When they arrived at the city gate, they saw that they had been blocked by dozens of soldiers. When the soldiers saw a group of people rushing over, they immediately got into a fighting stance!
"Stop comers, Qianqiu City has been sealed off at this moment. Outsiders are not allowed to enter, and insiders are not allowed to leave!" A soldier shouted loudly.
As soon as the soldier finished speaking, he was slapped by someone. "I'm going to blind you. This is General Xiangyun, my uncle. What are you shouting for? Get out of the way!"
After Liu Bo finished speaking, he ran over in a hurry and grabbed Zhao Xuanyi's horse. "My ancestor, you are here. Come in quickly. This has changed everything!"
Zhao Xuanyi got off his horse and looked at the soldiers guarding the city gate. Looking carefully, they all seemed to have minor or serious wounds. It was obvious that they had experienced a hard battle!
"What's going on now?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
"It's very difficult. Fortunately, it has been sunny these days, otherwise it would be worse. The food and silver that were escorted were missing. The second young master immediately ordered the city to be closed, but after searching for many days, there was no result. The people of Qianqiu City were all I have been hungry for half a month, and if I can't find it anymore, the food we brought is gone, and we will all be hungry by then!" Liu Bo said helplessly.
Zhao Xuanyi walked into the city and found that the atmosphere in the city was very depressing. All the people were very skinny. Some were wandering on the street, some were nestling at the door, and some were sitting directly on the ground. A group of children were all sitting together with pitiful eyes. He looked at Zhao Xuanyi anxiously, as if he was very afraid of this stranger and did not dare to speak!
Zhao Xuanyi took a brief look, then looked up at all the houses, and then continued to ask, "How many households are there in this city? How many have been found?" Zhao Xuanyi asked.
"There are 832 households in total. We have basically searched them all, but there are no clues! How can you say that so much food and silver can all disappear? The city was closed that night, so many things are not available at all. Maybe it was shipped away!" Liu Bo was puzzled.
"How is the road to the disaster area?"
"It's not that good. It's been raining for two days, but everything inside has been destroyed. It's full of mud. Not to mention cars, even people can't walk. There is a broken bridge, but it's a full ten feet away. , it can’t be repaired in a day or two, and we don’t know that it will rain again that day, and the river will be turbulent. This...?" Liu Bo said this, shook his head and stopped talking!
Zhao Xuanyi nodded and said nothing. Liu Bo took everyone to the place where everyone lived. Before they arrived, he saw Li Hanrui, Shen Wei and others running over quickly from a distance. Li Hanrui came to Zhao Xuanyi, his eyes filled with tears. Excited, he hugged Zhao Xuanyi in his arms and said, "My brother-in-law, you are here!"
"Sorry, second brother, I'm late!" Zhao Xuanyi said softly.
"It's not too late, it's all good if you come. I'll have hope if you come!" Li Hanrui let go of Zhao Xuanyi, "Thank you for your hard work. Let's go and take a rest first!"
When Shen Wei and Jinglan saw Zhao Xuanyi, they immediately knelt on the ground, "Young Master, my subordinate did something wrong and put the master in prison. Please punish me, Young Master!"
Zhao Xuanyi immediately came over and pulled Shen Wei and Jinglan up, "Brother Shen, sister-in-law, aren't you scolding me? As a son, I didn't come to protect you, how can I blame you? If you want to scold, you should scold that person. A group of people stealing disaster relief food funds!"
Shen Wei lowered his head and couldn't say a word!
"Senior brother, we are here too!" Wang Heqing and his senior brothers gathered around!
Shen Wei was very happy when he saw that all his fellow apprentices were here, "That's great, it's great that you can come!"
Zhao Xuanyi looked around and saw a group of people gathered around. Their clothes were dirty and their hair was fluffy. Some of them even had no shoes. Looking at Zhao Xuanyi from a distance, Zhao Xuanyi frowned and said nothing. .
"Brother-in-law, let's go in and talk!" A group of people walked into a house. After everyone sat down, Li Hanrui immediately said, "Brother-in-law, the most important thing now is to find this lost item quickly. If you can find it, send it to him." In the disaster area, maybe Uncle Zhao’s situation will ease!”
"But your second brother, I am incompetent. I led people to search door to door, but couldn't find anything!"
Zhao Xuanyi said nothing and seemed to be thinking about something. "Where are the officials here?"
"Zhizhou became seriously ill because of this incident, and he is still lying at home!" Li Hanrui said.
After Zhao Xuanyi heard this, his face became even more ugly, "How many people are there in Qianqiu City?"
"Totaling all the large and small ones together, there are more than two thousand mouths!" Shen Wei said.
Zhao Xuanyi slapped his thigh and said, "It's broken!"
Zhao Xuanyi's move shocked everyone: "Brother-in-law, what are you talking about? What's going on?"
"I'm afraid if we find this material, most of it will be lost!" Zhao Xuanyi said.
"Young Master, do you already know something?" Shen Wei asked.
Zhao Xuanyi looked at Liu Bo, "When I first entered the city, I saw a group of children sitting on the ground. Are they all from the city?"
"Yes! They squat on the street every day. Sometimes the soldiers give them half of their rations!"
Zhao Xuanyi sneered, "Catch a family with three children, young and old, arrest them all!"
"Ah? This? Why is this?" Liu Bo asked confused.
Li Hanrui kicked Liu Bo in the butt and said, "I told you to go and hurry up and bring so much nonsense?"
"Yes!" Liu Bo left in a hurry.
Zhao Xuanyi looked at Shen Wei, "Brother Shen, come here, I have something to ask you!"
"Yes!" Shen Wei stood up and walked out of the room with Zhao Xuanyi. The two came to the yard. Zhao Xuanyi looked at Shen Wei, "Brother Shen, time is running out and I won't talk nonsense. I met my father's prison car on the way. He said you are a Someone you can trust, do you have anything to say to me?"
"No!" Shen Wei shook his head. Before Zhao Xuanyi could ask the next question, Shen Wei continued, "But there is something I want to give to the young master!"
"what?"
"Young Master, follow me!" After Shen Wei finished speaking, he led Zhao Xuanyi to his room. After entering the room, he took out a box thirty centimeters long and less than twenty centimeters wide from under the pillow. "This Leave it to the young master!"
Zhao Xuanyi took it over and looked at it without opening it. "What is this?"
"I don't know either, Master gave it to me!"
After Zhao Xuanyi heard this, he understood that this was what his father was talking about. Shen Wei gave Zhao Xuanyi a small key, and Zhao Xuanyi opened the lock on it and gently opened the box!
Just when he opened a corner, he saw a bright light coming from inside. Zhao Xuanyi couldn't help but widen his eyes and thought, what kind of treasure is this? When the box was opened, two luminous pearls the size of billiard balls appeared in front of the eyes. The two luminous pearls were very round!
The same size, the same color, emitting green light, it was almost dusk, and the room became dark, but these two luminous pearls actually illuminated the entire room!
"This is...?" Zhao Xuanyi looked at Shen Wei.
"Young Master, these are night-light pearls. They are so big. Two of them are priceless!" Shen Wei said in surprise.
Zhao Xuanyi hurriedly closed the box, and then seemed to understand something. Could it be...? "Brother Shen, can you buy these two for fifty taels?"
Shen Wei shook his head, "I don't understand this, I don't understand this gem! But doesn't Miss Ziyuan understand it?"
"Yes, go and call Zi Yuan quickly, be careful and don't let others follow you!" Zhao Xuanyi lowered his voice and said.
"Yes!" Shen Wei hurriedly went to find Zi Yuan.
