Seeing his daughter leaving the guest room filled with white mist, Hong Qing felt a little better. When she came to the study, Hong Qing ordered the maid standing at the door of the study:

"Go and call Dong Yuan and tell him that I have something important to discuss with him."

"Yes, sir."

The maid bowed, then lowered her head and left.

In the study room, Hong Qing sat on the couch, frowning, and gently pressing his head with his right hand.

"Ding-deng-deng~"

There was a knock on the door, Hong Qing closed his eyes slightly and said calmly:

"Enter."

The mahogany door of the study room was pushed open, and a tall and thin young man was seen pushing in. This man was fluttering in white clothes, dressed like a standard Confucian scholar, and his face was quite delicate. Just one glance at him could make him...

People unconsciously feel close to each other.

As the footsteps approached, Hong Qing opened his closed eyes, slowly lowered his right hand that was pressing on his head, and asked:

"Dongyuan, how do you explain this matter?"

The young man named Dongyuan heard this and then smiled slightly:

"Father, this matter is not difficult to explain. The momentum of the passenger ship battle was too great. Although you have completely erased the traces of the passenger ship, there are still many people at the scene who witnessed the destruction of the passenger ship. Everyone said,

This news will definitely spread quickly, so the top priority now is to delay time. We don't need to wait for the Six Emperors to fully recover, as long as he can move out of bed. By then, he will appear in front of those who are interested, and everything will be done.

The rumors and rumors were naturally dispelled without attack."

"Therefore, we must ensure the safety of the Sixth Prince. Nowadays, all forces are ready to move and want to get some benefits from this chaos. Father, we have no way out. We can only fully support the Sixth Prince.

, only by supporting him on the throne can we avoid this fatal situation."

Sighing secretly, Hong Qing slowly got up from the bed, walked to the wooden window, looked at the vibrant green bamboo outside the window, and sighed:

"The governor of Baiyue County is really not that easy to be. This time it can be said that opportunities and dangers coexist. If you make a wrong step, you will be in a doomed situation."

"The four escaped assassins cannot be let go. I have ordered all the soldiers to block all the docks in Baiyue County. If we can catch them, we can follow the clues and shovel them out."

In addition to the Second Prince’s deployment in Baiyue County, this is also a good thing for the Sixth Prince’s safety.”

Hearing this, a hint of thought flashed across Dongyuan's young and delicate face, and then he said:

"Father, among the four assassins, the three second-rate warriors alone are enough to give us a headache, let alone a first-rate master. These ordinary soldiers alone may not be able to stop them."

Hong Qing naturally knew the strength of those four people. With the four of them working together, the ordinary soldiers could do nothing against them. Among his current power, only Granny Long could compete with them.

The world is so big. There are seven cities in this state, and there are twelve counties in each city. Hong Qing is just a county guard. How can those first-class masters be compared with others? They are all arrogant and arrogant.

Qing also paid a huge price to retain the immortal Long Po Po.

Hong Qing put his hands behind his back, rubbed the back of his hands gently, and then said helplessly:

"How could I not know, but if Granny Long is asked to take action, the price will be like eating ten pounds of my fat meat. Besides, treating the Sixth Prince's injuries requires a lot of money as support. We must not lose the big because of the small.

The four assassins can only do their best."

"Bachelors are as good as cows, they are all profit-oriented, and they have a lot of money. Now, the only person we can trust is King Zhennan Qianxionghu. We only need to wait for King Zhennan's black scale army to arrive, and we can sit back and relax.

Already."

The breeze blows, and the green bamboo leaves sway immediately. The green bamboos are like graceful girls in green skirts. They are holding hands and swaying together in a beautiful dance.

Standing in front of the window, the rustling sound of bamboo leaves colliding with each other could be heard endlessly. Hong Qing looked thoughtful, and then looked towards Dong Yuan behind him and said doubtfully:

"Dongyuan, are you twenty-five this year?"

Dongyuan stood beside Yu Hong and responded:

"Yes, he is twenty-five years old."

When Hong Qing heard this, his face showed a look of reminiscence, and his tone was somewhat emotional:

"Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, I have already been in office for 20 years. I vaguely remember that 20 years ago, a rare drought occurred that year, and the entire Northeast region was seriously affected. At that time,

I had just won the imperial examination and was assigned to be the chief registrar in a poor small county in Linzhou. When I received the transfer order, I went to resume my duties with enthusiasm."

"Along the way, I

I have seen too many, hunger is destroying everyone, from the body to the soul. Without rain, the fields are dry and food cannot be grown, so they eat weeds and bark. The hungry people are like a group of passing locusts.

, there was no grass growing wherever they passed. When all the weeds were snatched by people, human nature was completely exposed at this time. People used their skinny bodies to fight and bite each other. The winner ate their flesh and blood, drank their blood, and the loser transformed into a human.

Being someone's nourishment and being cut up alive while wailing, that scene can be said to be a purgatory on earth, Dongyuan, do you still remember it?"

Upon hearing this, Dongyuan quickly lowered his head, his delicate face showed a dignified look, and his voice was deep:

"Dongyuan dare not forget that I was just a five-year-old child at that time. It was my adoptive father who desperately saved me from my mother's mouth."

After saying this, Dongyuan slowly lifted up his white robe, and saw a row of deep tooth marks on his right arm, which were hideous and terrifying, as if they had been bitten wildly by a hungry beast.

Hong Qing turned around and reached out to pat Dong Yuan on the shoulder:

"Dongyuan, when this man gets old, he can't help but recall the past. Among my sons, you are the only one who can take on important responsibilities. As the eldest son and eldest brother, you must shoulder your due responsibilities. If we don't succeed this time,

If you can survive the disaster, I will try my best to buy time for you."

"Brother is like father, Dongyuan, I believe you will do your best to protect your family like me, right?"

Holding his fists and bowing deeply, Dongyuan spoke with a heavy tone and promised word by word:

"Please rest assured, foster father, Dongyuan will definitely protect him with his life."

Seeing that Dong Yuan responded without any hesitation, Hong Qing also helped him up with a rather distressed tone:

"That's how life is. When disaster strikes, someone always needs to step forward and take on the responsibility. I'm very pleased that you understand this."

After Hong Qing finished speaking, he quickly turned around and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve robe.

With his back to Dongyuan, Hongqing let out a breath, and then said calmly:

"Okay, you can leave. When you have time, go and persuade Yan'er to stop staying in that medicinal-smelling guest room."

"Yes, foster father, then Dongyuan retreated."
Chapter completed!