Zhou Chuntong's hair stood on end after hearing these words. If he went to see King Huai at this time, King Huai's shrewdness would probably discover something unusual about him.
He didn't want to go, but King Huai said he wanted to see him, but he had to see him.
He glanced at Tang Miaoxin, turned to the guard who came to invite him, and said, "I'll be there right away."
Tang Miaoxin and Shuxiu were acting as his followers and wanted to follow him.
Zhou Chuntong felt that it would be fine if he was the only one, but adding the two of them together would create two big flaws.
He was extremely worried, not only afraid that King Huai would kill him, but also afraid that Tang Miaoxin would kill him.
He knew clearly in his heart that he had no other choice but to resign himself to fate.
He used to think that his life was quite strong, but now he found that he was extremely fragile.
He bit the bullet and followed the guards to see King Huai.
They met King Huai in front of the largest granary.
Because King Huai was there, the place was brightly lit.
As soon as Zhou Chuntong came closer, King Huai noticed something strange about him and asked directly: "What's wrong with your hand?"
Zhou Chuntong gritted his teeth, knelt directly in front of Prince Huai and said: "This subordinate has made a big mistake, please punish me!"
King Huai asked: "What mistake did you make?"
Zhou Chuntong replied: "I had a somewhat unpleasant quarrel with Ma Qizhi, who is responsible for guarding the iron mine."
"He has always had a grudge against me, and today he deliberately asked two of his guards to dress in women's clothes, claiming that I brought them into the mining area."
"He used this as an excuse to lead his troops to kill and rob me. I took the guards on duty and fought with him to survive."
"I killed him, and he cut off one of my palms."
He knew clearly in his heart that if King Huai had not come here, he could still find a way to hide the fight between the two waves of people.
But now that King Huai is here, you can see the injuries on his hands. If you check further, you can easily find out the problem.
So the best way is to take the initiative to talk about it and take the responsibility yourself.
As for how King Huai will investigate in the future, he has a way to justify it.
After all, what he said was that the squad leader deliberately wanted to kill him and even asked someone to pretend to be a woman.
The people who had met Tang Miaoxin and Shuxiu head-on were all dead. In this case, of course he had to blame everything on the squad leader.
In this way, the whole incident of his broken hand can be blamed on the squad leader.
After hearing what he said, King Huai frowned and asked directly: "What grudges do you have with Ma Qi?"
Zhou Chuntong coughed lightly and said: "It's not a big grudge, it's just that his fiancée wanted to marry me, but I didn't agree and she committed suicide."
King Huai: "..."
Zhou Rong was King Huai's most capable general, so King Huai still knew the character of Zhou Rong's son.
Why did she commit suicide without his consent?
It was obvious that he had played a trick on others, and they couldn't bear it and sought death.
King Huai said coldly: "I don't want to interfere with your private affairs."
"But if your personal affairs affect my king's major affairs, I will never forgive you lightly!"
Zhou Chuntong knelt on the ground and said: "I made my own mistake, let the prince punish me!"
With Prince Huai's thoughts, everyone now wanted to kill Zhou Chuntong directly.
But he still wanted to use Zhou Rong, and Zhou Rong only had one son, Zhou Chuntong, so he couldn't kill Zhou Chuntong at this time.
King Huai said in a deep voice: "After you go back, you go to your father to receive the punishment."
Zhou Chuntong could not help but breathe a sigh of relief knowing that his life was temporarily saved.
He hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After he finished speaking, he asked: "I wonder what the prince wants to give to his subordinates tonight?"
King Huai gave him a cold look and said, "Can you still do things?"
Zhou Chuntong said hurriedly: "Of course! As long as it is something that the prince has asked me to do, as long as I am still alive, I will definitely complete it well."
Tang Miaoxin lowered her head at this time, praising Zhou Chuntong in her heart as a talent.
His reaction was really quick and very shameless.
After he said these words in front of King Huai, she didn't need to worry about the subsequent finishing work.
Although this person's character is extremely poor, his abilities are surprisingly good.
King Huai glanced at Zhou Chuntong indifferently: "I would like you to continue doing things."
"But your hand is broken now. If something happens to you, your father will probably come to me to fight for your life."
Zhou Chuntong immediately flattered Prince Huai: "Your Majesty is considerate of his subordinates, which is their blessing."
"But my subordinates cannot do nothing just because of the prince's compassion."
"If you have anything to do, Your Majesty, please tell me. I can just ask my deputy to do it."
King Huai glanced at Zhou Chuntong indifferently and said, "Okay, you have someone send a copy of the grain reserves and the total quantity of each granary to me within three days."
"Also, the flood season is coming soon, so the drainage outside the granary must be done well."
Zhou Chuntong immediately said: "With regard to the grain storage situation in each granary, in less than three days, I will have the account books sent to the prince's case tomorrow."
"As for drainage, my subordinates have made preparations early and will never let a grain of rice become moldy."
Although King Huai felt that he had a lot of shortcomings, it was really easy to use.
So King Huai became a little more patient with him and said quietly: "Okay, please explain these things and go back to the city!"
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand lightly, turned around and walked out.
Zhou Chuntong just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard King Huai say again: "Forget it, you go back to the city with me."
Zhou Chuntong: "..."
He knew that King Huai wanted him to return to the city with him at this time, which was a reward for him, but he didn't want it at all!
After all, Tang Miaoxin and Shuxiu are with him. The longer they stay, the easier it is for them to reveal their flaws.
But at this time, he couldn't refuse Prince Huai's kindness, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration."
After he finished speaking, he asked his deputy who had called him to explain the matter of sorting out the account books, and then followed King Huai to his ship.
Huaizhou is rich in water, with rivers extending in all directions.
There is a river outside the mountain road where the grain is stored.
It's just that the river has also been arranged using formations, so ordinary people can't enter this waterway at all.
Tang Miaoxin and Shuxiu followed Zhou Chuntong onto King Huai's ship.
When they got on the boat, Tang Miaoxin quickly took a look at the location of the boat, and then discovered that when they came out, there was actually a formation.
As for this formation, she didn't even notice it when she followed them over.
These are enough to prove that the person who set up the formation for King Huai was a master of formation.
She inexplicably remembered the big formation under Dingbei Prince's Mansion, and she felt a little hopeful in her heart. Could this formation be set up by Su Ling'er?
But after calculating the time in her mind, she felt it was impossible.
