honor me as god

Chapter 529 The Prince of Kindness
(Two chapters combined into one chapter today)

Perseus had nine children in his life, six of them died in the Wangcheng coup 13 years ago, and three remained.

No, to be more precise, 5 of them died, and the whereabouts of the eldest son, the "big prince", are unknown, leaving 3 in the end.

Among the three heirs, apart from the young Solandelle, the two princes Andre and Bolton happen to be well-versed.

There is no need to mention Bolton's deeds. He joined the army since he was a child and learned from Sting. Now he has grown into a general galloping on the battlefield. With him on the battlefield, the soldiers are like a reassurance. Forge ahead.

Andre and Bolton are just the opposite. His martial arts are very bad. He can't teach offensive and defensive moves. He never won a fight with Bolton when he was a child, and his ability to comprehend military command is average. Not military material.

But what the gods take from you, they often give something else.

Andre is indeed not talented in the military field, but he has read hundreds of books since he was a child, and he knows the ways of the world. He has developed a kind and easy-going style of dealing with people since childhood.

When Andre was 14 years old, he was already able to sit beside Perseus and observe the meeting, and put forward his own opinions in a timely manner, and his opinions were mature and not immature at all.

Seeing that Andre had such a talent, Perseus began to entrust him with some simple tasks so that his talent could be displayed.

Andre didn't live up to his father's expectations, and he was able to handle the affairs assigned to him by his father in an orderly manner. While proving himself, the responsibilities on his shoulders became heavier day by day, but he always worked hard and tried his best to share his father's worries.

This kind of humble attitude and down-to-earth hard work are very rare in the flashy royal family. Many ministers admired Andre's talent very much. They would not hesitate to praise him every time they mentioned him, and asked their children to pay respects to the second prince. Your Highness studies.

As for the folks, Andre often visits various places, conducts investigations based on facts, solves problems for people everywhere, discovers talents for the kingdom, and devotes himself to improving people's lives.

Andre was born noble, but valued poor families, and never looked down on people with low social status. Many children from humble but talented poor families were supported by him and got the opportunity to study in school, which changed themselves and their lives. The fate of the family.

The royal ministers praised Andre very much, and regarded him as a kind and friendly nobleman, and the evaluation of him by the people was even worse, and the common people regarded him as a benevolent master who solved problems.

This is where the name "Prince of Compassion" comes from.

This time Danyu City has made such a mess, it may be difficult to get the best of both worlds. We must send a person who has a good relationship with all parties, who speaks weighty, has a reputation, and everyone is willing to listen and cooperate. Only in this way can we deal with this mess .

And this person was undoubtedly Andre, and Perseus naturally handed over the burden to him.

It was already evening when the main hall meeting ended. When Andre left the meeting room, many ministers came over to say hello to him:
"His Royal Highness, please take care of Danyu City's affairs. If you need help, just ask. I will do my best to help."

"Second brother, when you arrive in Danyu City, you must teach the officials there a lesson. It's too shameful! Especially the dereliction of duty officer Kerry, if you don't kill him, it won't be enough for the people to be angry!"

"Andre, you have a good rest tonight, and leave immediately when you are ready, without delay."

Andre responded to everyone one by one, reassuring them, and then walked towards his mansion.

The moon and stars are thin tonight, Wangcheng is no better than Danyu City, the winter wind is icy cold, the vegetation in the palace has withered except for those evergreen trees, leaving only bare dead branches, waiting for spring in the severe cold Arrival, a solitude.

After Andre left the main hall, he dismissed the guards, did not let anyone follow him, and walked alone.

He came to a fork, and did not walk in the direction of the mansion, but quietly chose a remote path leading to a secluded place.

The path is gloomy and long, and lifeless dead branches are intertwined, like the minions of a devil. The cold moonlight falls on it, adding a pale and strange color.

Andre meandered through the deep path, and stopped walking along the main road halfway, but stepped into the grass covered with dead leaves, peeled off the intertwined dead branches with his hands, and squeezed into the depths of the forest.

He seemed to be very familiar with this vast forest, without any pause in the middle, he walked to a remote area with ease, and stood in an open space full of dead leaves.

The surrounding area is full of trees, and the surrounding landscapes are very similar, like a blinding enchantment. People who step here for the first time probably don't know how to tell the direction.

Andre stood where he was, and took out a jade from his arms.

This piece of jade seemed ordinary, and it was unremarkable in the hand, but when it was placed on the ground by Andre, mysterious lines slowly appeared on the surface, shining brightly, and the whole stone seemed to be on fire.

This is a piece of jade carved with runes!

The rune energy on the jade penetrated towards the ground, and centered on the place where the jade was placed, a square area began to glow faintly, and the dead leaves and the ground became distorted and blurred, as if the paint painted on the paper was forcibly wiped away.

Under the surge of rune energy, the blurry square area gradually disappeared, finally revealing the hidden stairs leading to the ground.

If there are people from the Eric family here, they will find that this is a hallucinogenic soul technique.

This kind of soul technique can build an energy barrier, and the illusion it generates will automatically blend with the surrounding scenery, which cannot be detected by the naked eye. Even if outsiders touch this barrier, it will not trigger any reaction.

If you want to break through the illusion barrier, you have to place the corresponding "curse-breaking stone". The jade that Andre took out just now is this object.

Andre walked into the passage hidden under the phantom barrier. After he took back the curse stone, the barrier reappeared and the surface became seamless again.

He took out a glowing lighting stone from his arms again, and walked down the stairs to the ground.

There is a wooden door at the end of the stairs, which is unlocked and slightly concealed. There is a faint but deep sound of airflow coming from inside the door. I don't know if it is the sound of air flow or the breathing of some living thing.
The rich darkness and eerie voice did not make Andre flinch. He seemed to be a frequent visitor here, and he pushed the door calmly to enter.

Inside the door is a secret room with a narrow space and unremarkable layout, only a table and two chairs, without any extra furniture.

At this time, a figure was already sitting on a chair. He was hidden in the darkness, and his figure and face were hard to distinguish. Only the continuous breathing sound indicated that he was a living person.

Andre put the lighting stone on the table, and the light illuminated the other person's face. He sat down on another chair, looked at the other person and said slowly, "Lord Lan Xian, I've been waiting for a long time."

Lan Xian and Andre were not surprised by each other's appearance, they should have secretly made an appointment in some way.

The light of the lighting stone fell on Lan Xian's face, and the outline of the shadow was uncertain. He said in a deep voice, "Let's end the conversation as soon as possible. You are the focus of everyone's attention now. If you disappear for too long, it will inevitably make people suspicious."

Andre nodded, didn't say anything nonsense, and cut straight to the point: "Danyu City is beyond my expectations. I thought that there would be resistance to the implementation of the decree to replant blood essence grass, but I didn't expect that it would be destroyed by natural disasters in the end." .”

"Whether it's a natural disaster or not, I can't say for sure yet." A stern light flashed in Lan Xian's eyes, and his brows were tightly knit together. "It's very rare for a southerly wind to blow in winter."

"The result? Danyu City not only had a southerly wind, but it didn't blow in the early morning and late in the evening. The wind happened to blow on the night of the Dragon Fire Festival, and it happened to burn the relief grain in the eight granaries. Do you think this is a coincidence? Maybe it's a coincidence. ,Maybe not."

Andre thought for a moment, then squinted his eyes and asked: "I am going to Danyu City this time, besides implementing the administrative order, am I going to find out the truth of this matter as well?"

"No!" Lan Xian shook his head bluntly, and said heavily, "You must find a way to refuse the mission His Majesty has assigned you."

"Resignation?" Andre was puzzled.

"Yes, we must decline." Lan Xian's tone was without hesitation, and his voice was very dignified, "Let's not care whether the fire in the granary during the Dragon Fire Festival is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster. The current situation in Danyu City is-"

"The relief food in the eight granaries was destroyed, and there is not much food left in the homes of more than 600 million people. They are waiting for the upcoming harvest season, and they have to rely on the wheat that is about to mature in the Danyu Plain for food. However, in order to ensure the supply of blood essence grass, those people The stalks must be removed immediately."

"Originally, Wangcheng transported 162 million tons of relief food to Danyu City to make up for the half-year food shortage period caused by replanting blood essence grass. But now that the relief food is gone, the people can say that they have no food to eat."

Andre thought for a moment, then asked, "Maybe you can try to adjust from other places."

Lan Xian still shook his head: "Even if we ask the provinces to borrow food for adjustment, in the harsh winter like now, each city has limited surplus food, even if we make up some scraps and forcefully transfer some, it will be difficult to feed more than 600 million people for the first half of the year."

"Then the question is, in this situation, are you going to follow your father's order, discard the small and take the big, ignore the people of Danyu City, and try your best to protect the supply of blood essence grass?"

"Or are you going to stand on the side of millions of people, delay the implementation of government orders, refuse to pull out the straw in the Danyu Plain, and ensure that everyone can have enough food?"

"No matter how you choose this situation, it will put you in a dilemma."

"If you choose to implement the government decree, your evaluation in the eyes of the father will be unprecedentedly improved. But at the same time, you will lose the hearts of the people. Everyone will think that you are a person who disregards the life and death of the people for the sake of political achievements. You have worked so hard for so many years." "The image will also completely collapse. "

"If you choose to stand on the side of the people, the hearts of the people will be gained, and everyone will shout and support you even more, but can you bear the consequences of disobeying the government order? Even if you take it, what will your father think of you? Do you still dare to entrust you with important national affairs?"

Lan Xian's analysis made Andre fall into long contemplation.

Indeed, now he seems to be highly regarded by his father, and when he is ordered to be in danger, everyone looks at him with admiration, waiting for him to turn the tide like a savior.

But in reality, it's a bad job.

Father's heart, people's heart, he can only get one, and he must lose the other.

Either way, it would be a disaster for him.

This is not to push the administrative order, this is to go to cross the catastrophe, if you don't die, you will lose a layer of skin
Andre had already stood up unconsciously, pacing back and forth in the narrow secret room, his voice was very dignified: "However, it is not up to me whether to accept this task or not."

"Father asked me to do it by name. Do I ask him to refuse in private? If he refuses at such a critical moment, he will definitely feel dissatisfied, and he will also neglect me in the future. It's really difficult."

"So, we must come up with a way to pass this task to others without affecting His Majesty's evaluation of you." Lan Xian's eyes were full of light, he got up and came to Andre's side, his tone was as deep as Dahai, "I've already thought of this method for you."

Andre hurriedly signaled Lan Xian to sit down, and said respectfully, "Please enlighten me, my lord."

Lan Xian's fingers were beating regularly on the table, and he said slowly: "If you want to reject the task without affecting His Majesty's opinion, first of all, you must ensure that you are doing practical things and let him see your efforts. So you The first thing to do is—”

Lan Xian said two words in a deep voice: "Raise food."

"Raise food." Andre muttered.

Lan Xian nodded: "Yes, to raise food. Given the current food situation in Dogolande, and there is only such a short time, no matter whether it is borrowing from other provinces or spending a lot of money to buy food from the Chamber of Commerce, it is not enough to make up again. Produce millions of tons of grain."

"In other words, famine in Danyu City is inevitable. However, even if you know that the funds are not available, you can't do nothing. You must try your best to raise food."

"As long as you go to raise food, first of all, His Majesty the King will be very pleased to see that you are doing practical things, and he will secretly praise you in his heart."

"Secondly, regardless of whether the food is enough or not, it will be distributed to the people in the end. They know that this is the food that His Royal Highness "Prince Ci" tried his best to raise. When they eat this ration, they will think of you and thank you. "

"Even if they are hungry later, they will only vent their grievances on the officials of Danyu City, and they will not resent you for doing your best for them."

"So, even if you know that the food is not enough, you still have to raise food, and you do your best to raise food. The more you raise, the higher His Majesty's evaluation of you will be, and the people of Danyu City will be more grateful to you."

"The last and most critical step - you will raise the food, but you must not be the one who transports the food to Danyu City to implement the administrative order. You must find a way to get out early, and you must not wade into this muddy water."

When Lan Xian said this, he reached out and took out a pocket bottle from his bosom. The bottle was all black and sealed with a red plug. It looked like a small medicine bottle.

Lan Xian put the medicine bottle in Andre's hands, and then pulled him over, and said in a deep voice: "Remember every word I say next. Before you finish collecting food and prepare to leave for Danyu City, do this Do"

(End of this chapter)