After all this trouble, Zhao Jingyun barely recovered from the surprise.
He looked at the faces in front of him. The sixteen households left the Zhao family and Mr. Song to accompany them to talk. Huaiguang and Ding Rong were guarding the door, so they were not afraid of being overheard.
Thinking like this, Zhao Jingyun said: "There is no one else here, so I will tell you about Min County."
Mr. Song was stroking his beard, while Zhao Xueli, Mrs. Yang and others listened quietly.
Zhao Jingyun's move was to treat the Sixteenth Household as his own.
"That Sui Ji, that is, Wang Zhen from 'Fu Ji', although he did not die after taking poison before, the poison still took effect over time. Now he is seriously ill and can no longer speak. I am afraid he will not be able to survive for a few days."
"But it doesn't matter," Zhao Jingyun said, "The steward of 'Fuji' has recognized Wang Zhen. Even if Wang Zhen dies, it won't change this case. On the contrary, it will be good for you."
Zhao Luoyang pretended to be Wang Zhen. After Wang Zhen died, fewer people would know about it, and Zhao Luoyang would be safer.
Mr. Song said: "The Qin family's side..."
Zhao Jingyun said: "Qin Tongpan did not dare to say anything, otherwise the court would not be able to spare him this time. In the past few years, Sun Ji had done something in Taozhou and Min County. Qin Tongpan had known about it for a long time. He did not report it to the court in time. He was already guilty.
If he does not take the initiative to arrest Sun Ji, he can be blamed for his dereliction of duty. If he says that he was forced to send troops to arrest Sun Ji this time, he is asking for his own death."
Zhao Xueli nodded. They knew that Mr. Zhao would hide the matter from Sister Luo before, and now they have come to a conclusion.
Mr. Song spoke at this time: "After we moved to Taozhou, we heard that soldiers burned many granaries and the price of rice is very expensive now."
Zhao Jingyun sighed: "Sun Ji's people took advantage of the chaos to burn the evidence, and several granaries were burned down. I reported this to the court early in the morning and asked the court to allocate some food, so that the emigrants can at least survive this winter."
The food was originally prepared by the imperial court for the relocated people. After the relocated people settled down, they should be given out by the hair. Sun Ji was ready to steal most of it from the beginning. Now that Sun Ji has been taken away, the food still cannot be saved.
In fact, Zhao Jingyun was not very sure that the imperial court would provide relief to Taozhou again. The imperial court would definitely provide relief, but how much would be the relief and when would the rice grains arrive?
The difference is so big that many people will die as a result.
Thinking of this, Zhao Jingyun glanced at Xiao Yu calmly. Fortunately, the prince has already started to deal with the matter. Someone in the court will supervise this case so that the people of Taozhou can get life-saving food as soon as possible.
"I also heard that the price of rice in Taozhou is soaring. I came back to Taozhou this time to rectify this matter. There are also those who hoard rice and want to defraud the emigrants of their money. Anyone found will be severely punished and will never be tolerated.
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When Mrs. Yang heard what Mr. Zhao said, she thought about the expensive grain in the city. If the price of rice could be brought down and they could still get relief grain, what else would there be? For them right now, this is the most important thing.
Good news.
Mr. Song nodded and said, "Will anyone save Sun Ji?"
"Sun Ji naturally thought," Zhao Jingyun said, "After entering the prison, no matter how he was interrogated, Sun Ji would not speak, just to wait for a turn of events, but that was wishful thinking."
Zhao Jingyun was certain that Sun Jihui had managed to get someone to deliver a message to the Feng family, hoping to ask the Queen Mother and the Feng family to save his life.
Before he returned to Taozhou, he went to see Sun Ji, who had a talk with him.
He couldn't say that here.
Sun Ji meant that he also wanted to be a good official, but the military resources allocated by the imperial court every year were limited, and it was not up to him to decide who should be given or not.
If he doesn't want money, his superiors will also want money. If he doesn't show respect, Taozhou will get nothing.
If you want to win the war, you cannot do without these things.
Sun Ji stared at him meaningfully: "I was just like you before, otherwise I wouldn't have gone to Prince Yu's Mansion. It's a pity... After arriving in Taozhou, I realized that there are some things that just have a passion for. It's useless until the court doesn't
When I give you food, don’t give you military supplies, and ask you to fight, you will understand everything.”
"If not, why did the Wuwei army lose the battle? Why did Prince Yu die in the battle?"
Zhao Jingyun knew that some of Sun Ji's words were right, but he would not do what Sun Ji did. Sun Ji could not see what would happen to Taozhou in the future.
Zhao Luoyang was standing not far away. Zhao Jingyun looked at the Prince Wang next to him several times, always when he mentioned the imperial court. It seemed that the identity of this Prince should be more than the nephew of General Wang.
Without any preparation in advance, the best meals the Zhao family could serve were porridge with beef jerky and Mrs. Yang’s specialty wild vegetable pancakes.
The dishes are also very simple. Zhao Xueli went to the city market to buy some dried vegetables. Mrs. Yang changed her usual habit and added a lot of oil to stew.
The oiled vegetables were naturally more fragrant than usual, and the greedy Zhao Yuanbao stood beside the stove and refused to move.
Fortunately, Zhao Xueli bought a few more eating bowls when he went to the city, otherwise there wouldn't be enough for today.
Food is being served one after another.
Zhao Xueyi made the table himself from wood. It looks ugly, but it is strong and durable.
Mrs. Yang smiled and said, "When you come back in a few days, the food will definitely not be like this."
Zhao Jingyun looked at the hot meal and sighed in his heart: "Excuse me, this is already the best. I didn't do anything, but I asked you to entertain me."
Zhao Xueli said: "Master Zhao is too polite to say this."
Zhao Luoyang put the cakes cooked by Mrs. Yang on the table. This was their first time entertaining guests after moving here. Although it was a bit crude, Mr. Zhao and the prince obviously didn't care.
When the wild vegetable cakes were served, Prince Wang reached out and took one.
Zhao Luoyang was a little curious. This prince really likes to eat wild vegetable cakes?
Xiao Yu put a piece of cake into his mouth, and when he felt Zhao Luoyang's gaze, he met her gaze.
There were guests at home and there was no extra place to sit down, so Zhao Luoyang naturally didn't serve the table. She just went back and forth to help serve the food.
Xiao Yu deliberately sat on the outside, not far from Zhao Luoyang.
"I would also like to thank you for the wild vegetable pancake you sent me early in the morning. I ate it and it was delicious," Xiao Yu said, "but it doesn't have the same aroma as freshly made."
Xiao Yu raised the wild vegetable cake in his hand.
Just as Zhao Luoyang was about to speak, she found that the plate containing wild vegetable cakes had been picked up and handed to her.
It was the prince.
"Try it too, it won't taste good when it's cold."
Zhao Luoyang was a little stunned. The situation in front of him seemed familiar.
The little mute would also give her food, a whole plate would be handed to her and let her choose.
She picked and chose the slightly burnt ones to eat.
Xiao Yu said: "This one is a bit burnt."
These words...
Zhao Luoyang was a little dazed. She looked at Mr. Wang, how did he know that she liked to eat slightly burnt cakes?
Xiao Yu's eyes were clear and he looked at her quietly. The corners of his mouth that naturally raised seemed to contain a smile: "Don't you like eating this kind of food?"
Zhao Luoyang said: "I like it."
As soon as she answered, the plate was handed to her again.
Zhao Luoyang reached out and picked up the wild vegetable cake. Xiao Yu then put the plate back and placed a glass of water in front of Zhao Luoyang.
Everything went so smoothly, as if he had done this many times.
Zhao Luoyang felt more and more strange.
"Thank you, Mr. Wang," Zhao Luoyang said, "There is something else in the kitchen, I will go over and help."
Zhao Luoyang said and walked outside the house.
Xiao Yu looked at Zhao Luoyang's back.
Isn't she very courageous? Why did he scare people away after just saying a few words?