Lady forced to seek prince

Chapter 307 Unexpectedly
Xie Chen was hesitating whether to ask the girl what's going on, but the girl made a move before him.

The girl naturally took the reins of his horse and said to him: "Grandpa, it's too messy here, let's talk aside."

It was hard to refuse a look full of kindness. Most importantly, she seemed to have arranged it according to her own wishes without waiting for his response.

Cao Ben on the side anxiously wanted to figure out the current situation in Taozhou City, where he could stay here, and was about to move forward with gratitude.

Unexpectedly, the girl said: "The road ahead is crowded with people, you can't pass it, if you really want to pass, you have to go around the alley next to it, I know the way."

Cao Ben frowned.

The girl continued: "I'll take you there, and it will cost you twenty Wen."

Hearing this, Cao Ben heaved a sigh of relief. Asking for money is more reassuring. There will always be some children in the city who will guide people and earn some money.

Cao Bendao: "We are going to the government office."

"I guessed it, you two travel and dusty servants," Zhao Luoyang said, "It's the closest to the government office from here, do you want the government office to change your pass?" Long-distance travel requires paperwork for inspection.

Cao Ben didn't speak, but Xie Chen responded.

As if Zhao Luoyang had expected it, he stretched out his hand to touch the horse's back: "The sweat on the two horses is already sticky, and now you have to drink saliva and take a rest, otherwise you will be exhausted, so I will stop You don't have many twenties."

Zhao Luoyang said this to those who secretly monitored Xie Chen and Cao Ben.When the two Beijing officials arrived in Taozhou, the little mute sent a secret letter early in the morning.

It was also because of these two Beijing officials that the Feng family chose to make trouble today, so when the two adults entered the city, someone would naturally follow them secretly.

Zhao Luoyang also dressed up before leaving the village. After all, Fengxia Village is also a thorn in the eyes of those people...

In short, this arrangement is to "meet" the two adults here,
So it is inevitable to arrange everything thoughtfully.

Zhao Luoyang is very skilled in leading the horses. He walked forward with two horses and two people alone... No, in fact, in Shi Jiu's eyes, he led four horses. Xie Chen and Cao Ben stayed with the two horses. Horses are no different.

Avoiding the crowd, he reached a corner, surrounded by Huaiqing's people in ambush, even if Feng's family came, Huaiqing would stop them.

So Zhao Luoyang can talk to the two adults with peace of mind.

Zhao Luoyang stopped, took off the water bag from his body, and continued to feed the two horses water with his hands.

"These two horses are very good, it's a pity to be exhausted," Zhao Luoyang said with a smile, "You two have to use the horses to travel when you get out of the government office, and something went wrong, which delayed the trip instead."

Hearing this, Xie Chen had no doubts at all, this girl obviously didn't know their identities, she really thought they were passing through Taozhou, otherwise she wouldn't have said that they had to use horses to travel.

Xie Chen said: "What happened in the city today?"

Zhao Luoyang's smile was restrained, and the expression on his face looked a little heavy: "There is no more rice in the city. If this continues, the refugees and migrants will starve to death."

Cao Ben gasped, so it was indeed Zhao Jingyun who didn't deal with it well and caused civil disturbances.

"However," Zhao Luoyang smiled again, "soon everyone will have food to eat."

After Zhao Luoyang finished speaking, he looked around and softly "shushed" his mouth: "Someone promised us that we will definitely let us spend this winter well."

"Whether this can be realized depends on today's events."

Xie Chen couldn't help but said: "Why do you want to watch today?"

Zhao Luoyang shook his head, did not respond to Xie Chen's words, but instead said: "Actually, you can't go to the government office by taking a detour. The alley in front is also full of people. I lied to you just now when I said that I would lead the way."

Cao Ben was surprised, even Xie Chen couldn't help frowning, this girl lied to them?

Zhao Luoyang went on to say: "Maybe it's not cheating, I won't charge you twenty Wen silver, and I even gave water to your horses."

So they still have to thank her?

After all, Cao Ben was young, after experiencing such a thing, he couldn't help but show a stern face, ready to open his mouth to scold the girl.

Unexpectedly, when the girl looked at him, there was a kind smile on her face again, and that smile came from the heart.

Shi Jiu's voice came from Zhao Luoyang's mind: "Charm value +32."

It can be seen that the anxiety of the two officials has all turned into dissatisfaction with her.

Zhao Luoyang continued: "I did it out of good intentions. An accident will happen soon. We don't want to get hurt because of irrelevant people."

Xie Chen found that his thoughts seemed to be led away by the girl. He could no longer care that the girl lied to them just now. From the girl's tone, he could guess that this girl knew a lot about what was happening right now.

Zhao Luoyang said: "Really, all the men in our village have passed, not only us, all the immigrant men around have left the village early in the morning."

Xie Chen understood: "Are you going to grab food?"

Zhao Luoyang nodded: "Yes, we want to grab food."

Cao Ben and Xie Chen had never seen such a person who spoke of snatching so logically, with a smile on his face, without any panic.

Like those bandits in the mountains.

……

Not far away, Zou Guangda's people kept staring at Cao Ben and Xie Chen. The two Beijing officials entered the city, but instead of going straight to the government office as they thought, they were called away.

They vaguely heard the man say, "Lead the way for the two of you."

The man took the two officials aside but stopped again, and the three talked for a while.

Zou Guangda's people were a little anxious, but they couldn't come forward to pull the two adults over, lest the two adults realize that everything was arranged by the Feng family.

But the longer the delay, the more anxious they became.

"I can't wait any longer," one of them said humanely, "Although the two Beijing officials couldn't make it to the Yamen Office, it shouldn't be a problem."

If the time is delayed, their crime will be serious.

A few people nodded, and then they split up and squeezed into the crowd. They had to tell all the eyeliners, and began to provoke and encourage everyone to do it.

"Aside from killing people, what else can Yacha do?"

"What's the use of besieging here?"

"We must be given rice today."

"Yes, give us rice."

"Go in, go in and find Master Zhao..."

"We want to take back the relief food from the imperial court..."

"Let's go..."

There was a lot of noise, and the crowd immediately boiled.

Cao Ben and Xie Chen also heard the news, Xie Chen's complexion changed drastically, and he was about to get up to look, but he was stopped by the girl again.

Xie Chen thinks that the officials are clean and honest, and has been pleading for the people. Even if he is thinking about the safety of the people at the moment, he looked at Zhao Luoyang: "Do you know that robbing the court of food and threatening the court's order are against the laws of Daqi?"

Zhao Luoyang nodded: "I know."

Xie Chen said: "Knowing that you still..."

Zhao Luoyang said, "Who said we want to rob food and blackmail officials?"

Cao Ben had already walked a few steps, and upon hearing this, he couldn't help turning his head to look at the girl again.

Zhao Luoyang said: "Master Zhao said long ago that no one is allowed to sell grain at a high price in Taozhou, but some people deliberately hide the rice and secretly sell it to migrants at three times the price. Today, Master Zhao severely punished those people. day."

After Zhao Luoyang finished speaking, the shouts from all directions in the crowd stopped abruptly.

The eyeliner placed by the Feng family was yelling at the top of their lungs, but just after they yelled two or three sentences, several hands stretched out behind them, pressed their shoulders, and covered their mouths with cloth balls.

The gate of the besieged government office also suddenly opened at this moment. Standing at the gate was Zhao Jingyun in an official robe and a dignified face.

(End of this chapter)