The faint morning light penetrated the clouds and mist and spread to the ground in the main city of Jiangdu. Several days of heavy rain had passed, and most of the water on the ground had long evaporated and dried up.
Shangyu Chen rode forward on horseback, with Jin Lian closely guarding him, and the rest of the group followed behind.
"Prefect Lu, the flood is a natural disaster, but the strange disease is hard to say. Now that I'm here, I will never go back to my father until the root cause is solved."
After saying that, Shang Yuchen cast a sidelong glance at Lu Qinglin, who was walking, and sat firmly on the horse, letting Lan Zhi, who had transformed into a guard, hold the reins of the horse and move forward.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is absolutely right, but I have been investigating for several days and have not found any useful clues."
Lu Qinglin glanced behind him, but did not see the person he was thinking of.
And Shangyu Chen's attitude towards him was not that bad. Could it be that the spies he placed in Liting Town made a mistake and Tao Yongji didn't tell the truth?
Shang Yuchen looked at his mung bean eyes and sneered in his heart.
Dare to kill him, now that they have arrived in the main city of Jiangdu, he wants to take a good look at how calm these people can be.
It's just... Lu Qingping is quite capable. In addition to inviting all the chieftains out, even the great chieftain Mo Xiu came.
Ha... It seems that the trip to Jiangdu is more interesting than he thought.
He didn't think it was just a matter of trying to scare the snake. It didn't matter whether he said it or not. It was better to make it clear and see what other tricks they could come up with.
Along the way, Shangyu Chen sometimes asked about the status of the dam construction, sometimes chatted with Mo Xiu, and sometimes asked about the incidence of strange diseases in the main city.
After these few days, few people have become ill, and the scarecrows who were infected after becoming ill have been placed together.
The rest who show no signs of illness are already rebuilding their houses.
As the prince, Shangyu Chen always had a pleasant appearance and did not put on a condescending air. From time to time, he would listen to people around him telling him things about Jiangdu and various tribes.
He seemed careless on the surface, but he took in everything.
A few days ago, his eyes were still bloodshot, but under Gu Yunshu's forced restraint, his face became much better than before.
Su Zhen was lying on Gu Yunshu's shoulders, her hands clenched into fists to support her head. Her body swayed as the horse moved forward, but she remained steady and did not fall down.
"Zhen'er, Young Master Yang hasn't looked very good these days. Have you gone to ask?"
Su Zhen was stunned, "Lamb? He is very good! His face is rosy, his eyes are clear, and his steps are windy. I saw him yesterday helping people rebuild their houses. Is he tired?"
Gu Yunshu's eyes suddenly became weird, and he shook his head at Su Zhen with complex eyes, "Oh...don't you think his fiery gaze when looking at certain people makes you feel very familiar?"
Su Zhen sat on his shoulders with her legs crossed and scratched her head with a straw hand, "Is there anything? It's okay."
"..."
Gu Yunshu finally gave up playing the piano to others... No, he gave up talking to the same person who was full of straw.
Seeing that Gu Yunshu no longer wanted to talk to him, Su Zhen turned around and looked around for a long time before finally locking her eyes on Yang Huanzhi behind him.
He was riding a horse alone with no expression on his face, while Tang Yinchen was gesticulating beside him as always, talking nonstop.
Normally, Yang Huanzhi would have chatted with him for a few words, but today, he was uncharacteristic of himself and completely ignored Tang Yinchen's words.
"Lao Yang! Lao Yang!"
Tang Yinchen called a few more times, but Yang Huanzhi just blinked his eyes naturally, as if he didn't hear his voice.
Tang Yinchen resisted the urge to kick Yang Huanzhi's horse, and raised his hand to tug on his sleeve...
Finally, Yang Huanzhi made some news...
He stretched out his hand from his wide sleeve, raised his hand and pulled out the short strip of cloth stuffed in his ear.
"What did you just say?"
"..."
Looking at this scene, not only Tang Yinchen was burnt on the outside but tender on the inside, even Su Zhen was stunned for a moment, then hit Gu Yunshu on the shoulder and started laughing wildly.
Zhang Yang's laughter attracted the attention of others. Gu Yunshu felt his ears buzzing and raised his hand to flick her away.
However, Su Zhen had anticipated it early, and when he made his move, she quickly moved around from behind Gu Yunshu's shoulder to his other shoulder.
At the same time, he continued to beat his shoulders wildly.
Gu Yunshu looked back at Tang Yinchen, who was gritting his teeth with hatred towards Yang Huanzhi, and suddenly felt his head hurt even more.
"Old Yang! You have gone too far!"
However, Tang Yinchen's hysterical roar was only replaced by Yang Huanzhi's indifferent glance.
"oh."
Then, Yang Huanzhi looked away again.
"..." Tang Yinchen scratched his hair irritably and shouted to those people, "Stop looking! What's there to see?"
After he finished speaking fiercely, he turned around to face Yang Huanzhi, his face speechless and confused again, "No...Old Yang...are you dissatisfied with me?"
"No."
"Then how did I offend you?"
"No."
"Then what did I do wrong again? That makes you uncomfortable?"
This time Yang Huanzhi did not rush to respond to him, but stared at him, which made Tang Yinchen feel terrified.
After a long while, he silently replied with three words, "No."
Tang Yinchen scratched his head again, and then started counting with his fingers, "I was so busy the past few days that my feet didn't even touch the floor. I only had some free time when Hazelnut came back. But I didn't do much, except for distributing medicinal materials and decoctions.
It’s just building houses together with the people. Other than that, there’s nothing else!”
"Um."
Yang Huanzhi nodded, but then he stuffed the strip of cloth into his ears.
When Tang Yinchen saw this, he knew that he was still angry from nowhere. Although he couldn't understand what was going on, he was definitely right to coax him.
"Oh, stop stuffing it! Stop being so depressed, why don't I tell you a story." Tang Yinchen took the strip of cloth back from him, thought about it and said, "Lao Yang, let me tell you a story."
The Qing'er girl I met yesterday. Speaking of her life experience, she was quite miserable. Her mother died early, and her father married another stepmother after her mother died. But her stepmother was not
Instead of beating her, her father thought she was a loser and would often beat them both until they were covered in injuries when they were drunk."
Tang Yinchen started talking, but everyone was confused, but Yang Huanzhi moved his ears and listened carefully.
"What happened next?"
Seeing that he was finally willing to talk to him, Tang Yinchen smiled so much that his lips almost reached his ears.
"Later, they ran away from home together until they arrived at the town we passed yesterday. Qing'er's stepmother was beaten with wounds all over her body, and her illness had long been established. They were all girls, so
When it comes to making a living, it’s hard to even survive.”