The sarcasm in Song Shuwan's eyes became more intense, but before she could speak, the carriage suddenly shook and then stopped.
Pei Huan turned his head and asked, "What happened?"
An San's voice came into the carriage: "There is a group of refugees blocking the road. Please don't worry, Prince, they will be dealt with soon."
Song Shuwan frowned slightly, and she wanted to get off the carriage to check, but she didn't want to cause trouble to the people outside, so she could only sit still.
However, not long after, the noise outside suddenly became louder, followed by a hoarse roar coming into the carriage: "This is the court's disaster relief food. What is on these cars is the court's disaster relief food. Grab it and bring it to me."
Run forward and grab food!"
Song Shuwan's face changed drastically. She was actually robbing food. Are the refugees in Mingzhou City so courageous?
At this time, another cold voice sounded: "Anyone who dares to move forward will be killed without leaving a trace!"
"yes!"
Song Shuwan's heart was touched by this sentence, and her face became heavy.
"Don't worry."
Song Shuwan was stunned for a moment by the sudden four words. Then she realized it was Pei Huan who was speaking and couldn't help but look over.
"What are you looking at?"
Pei Huan seemed to be able to see Song Shuwan, as his pair of dark eyes locked onto Song Shuwan's gaze almost instantly.
"nothing."
Song Shuwan suppressed the surging thoughts in her heart and listened to the changes outside. After an unknown period of time, the noise disappeared and the stopped carriage started to move.
Outside Mingzhou City, a group of officials were waiting. When they saw the motorcade, they immediately came up to greet them: "I am waiting to greet the Crown Prince, Crown Princess!"
Pei Huan showed his face and motioned for them to get up: "No need to be polite, let's go into the city."
"yes."
Song Shuwan frowned, and because her thoughts were still on the group of refugees grabbing food on the road, she became a little more careless.
"The Crown Prince, Crown Princess, Xiaguan and others have held a reception banquet in the city. Please condescend to accompany us to Fuyan Tower."
Jie Feng Yan? Fu Yan Lou?
Song Shuwan came to her senses and heard these words, her brows furrowed even more tightly, but she did not say anything, but looked at Pei Huan silently.
"The people outside are miserable, but you still have the thought to hold a reception banquet in the city?"
Pei Huan spoke slowly, his understatement mixed with murderous intent, making the official who spoke stiffen up. After reacting, he quickly explained with a smile: "The prince misunderstood, the reception banquet mentioned by the official is just a simple meal.
, not..."
"Fuyan Tower, right?"
Pei Huan interrupted him, and with a signal, several people came forward and held down the official who was speaking. At the same time, An San also led people to the Fuyan Tower.
There was silence all around, the wind was blowing, and the atmosphere was almost stagnant.
Not long after, An San turned around: "Your Majesty, there was indeed a banquet in the Fuyan Tower, and the food was even more exquisite than those in the capital."
As soon as these words were said, all the officials who were still standing knelt down.
"Your Majesty, this is all a misunderstanding."
"Yes, that's right, the food in Fuyan Tower was not prepared by us."
A group of people were making excuses, but Pei Huan no longer wanted to listen: "Let me capture them all and put them all in jail!"
"yes!"
A group of officials were arrested. Song Shuwan watched from behind and couldn't help but widen her eyes. She guessed that Pei Huan would deal with the officials here, but she didn't expect that Pei Huan would do it when they met. With this behavior, wouldn't Mingzhou City be going to do it?
chaos?
"The prince's move is indeed neat, but what will happen to the people in Mingzhou City? Without local officials, the disaster relief after the prince will probably not go smoothly."
Song Shuwan lowered her voice and tried to persuade Pei Huan to release a few officials.
However, Pei Huan didn't care at all. He said calmly: "I am only here to provide disaster relief. How can I tolerate those officials who have nothing to do but eat and drink?"
"But……"
"Just watch, I know what's going on here."
When Song Shuwan heard this, she could only suppress the hesitation in her heart.
Half an hour later, the group of people stayed at the inn. Pei Huan sent out several secret guards to look for them. Soon the secret guards brought several people back to the inn.
"Your Majesty, these are the people who live outside Mingzhou City, beside Jiuyuan River."
When several common people heard the word "Crown Prince", they trembled and knelt down to salute.
Pei Huan raised his hand slightly: "Excuse me. I am waiting for you here because I want to ask about the sudden flood in Mingzhou City. As far as I know, it is not the flood season now, so why did the flood happen? And?
If I remember correctly, there were no floods in Mingzhou City in the past years, right?"
Several people exchanged glances, and one of the old men gritted his teeth and stepped forward: "Hui Shizi, you remember correctly, Mingzhou City did not suffer from floods in the past years, but that was because the dams upstream were well repaired. Tang Cheng
Your Excellency will check the condition of the dike every month.”
"But since last year, Mr. Tang Cheng was injured for no reason. He lay in his house for more than a month before he came out. At that time, he was ignored by the officials below. This year, there was a problem with the dam. Mr. Tang Cheng wanted to repair it, but they suppressed it.
Because Lord Tang Cheng didn’t give any money, it rained, then, then..."
When the old man said this, he knelt down on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, please save Lord Tang Cheng and the people beside Jiuyuan River!"
Pei Huan's face gradually darkened with the old man's words. When he heard this, he tightened his fingers little by little: "Please step back first."
The old man wanted to say more, but An San had already grabbed him: "Old man, it's time to go."
Seeing this, the old man could only swallow his begging words and exit the room.
With a "pop" sound, Pei Huan slapped the armrest of the wheelchair: "These bastards!"
Song Shuwan heard this angry curse as soon as she arrived at the door, and felt a little strange: "Who is the prince scolding?"
Pei Huan tilted his head slightly and suppressed the emotional changes on his face: "Nothing, I will set up a tent at the gate of the city to serve porridge tomorrow, do you want to go and take a look?"
Song Shuwan raised her eyebrows, walked slowly to Pei Huan, and twitched the corners of her lips for a long time: "The prince doesn't want to say, so I won't ask, but I guess the only people who can make the prince so angry are the officials of Mingzhou City.
Right? What did the prince find out?"
Pei Huan sighed quite a bit in his heart. Song Shuwan was so sharp that she could guess the key with just a few twists of her mind.
"The collapse of the Nine Canal embankments was not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster."
Song Shuwan paused and frowned after reacting: "Someone deliberately destroyed the dam?"
"It can be said that Tang Cheng, the county magistrate of Mingzhou City, was emptied out and the dam was not repaired, which led to the current situation."
Song Shuwan was silent for a while and asked: "Where is Mr. Tang Chengtang now?"
"The government office, although he has been sidelined, he is still the county magistrate of a city, and the people below do not dare to take his life."
Song Shuwan nodded lightly and was about to speak when two gentle knocks suddenly came from outside the door, followed by a tired and numb voice coming into the room.
