Empress, she is beautiful Lu Ziye

Chapter 422 You have something to tell me
Xiao Rongxi sat at the table reading annotations.

Hearing Nan Zhen's words, he paused for a while, and a cloud of black ink quickly faded away.

He shook his wrist and picked up the pen, put it down before saying, "No see."

The less people know about going out of the palace, the better. Although Liu Mo is credible, it is not unavoidable, and it is better not to be seen.

What's more, there are people from Chenwang Mansion beside him.

Nan Zhen wasn't surprised by Xiao Rongxi's answer. She didn't make a sound, but slowly shifted her gaze to the guard on Liu Mo's left side, "Your Majesty said earlier that you can see the attitude of King Chen during this trip. It seems that he treats Liu Mo well." Mo is quite attentive."

The guards sent out are not idle people.

However, it remains to be discussed how much reuse or surveillance it means.

Hearing this, Xiao Rongxi's expression finally relaxed a little.

He put down the book and looked out along the thin slit of the window, which might arouse the other party's vigilance, and with just one glance, he looked away.

"It's very caring, and it's in line with my wishes."

He Tingzhi has been entrenched in Jincheng for many years, and it can be said that he only covers the sky with his hands. If he is really in a hurry, he might do something that jumps over the wall and hurt Liu Mo.

Now that Prince Chen sent someone to follow him, he saved himself a worry.

"Fei Liu," Xiao Rongxi asked suddenly, "How many people did Prince Chen send to follow?"

"Return to Your Majesty, there are four of them in total, and their skills are not bad."

Xiao Rongxi nodded, glanced at the people passing by outside the window, and squinted his eyes.

Nan Zhen also followed their footsteps, "Can Liu Mo see that these are officials in disguise?"

On the day Liu Mo arrived in Jincheng, they returned to the inn from Wuti Mountain, and they naturally noticed all the changes in the city.

He Tingzhi's ability to bluff people is really good, if they hadn't known the truth, they might have been deceived.

"It's not a big problem."

Zhang Dian sent him here, on the one hand to remove the suspicious points on him, and on the other hand because he can handle them well.

If he was easily fooled by He Tingzhi without the slightest suspicion, then he is not worthy of being reused.

As soon as the voice fell, the people in the teahouse started to move.

After drinking a bowl of porridge, Liu Mo felt better in his stomach, so he got up, "It's almost time, and I'm a little tired, let's go back."

He Tingzhi was eager to hear this sentence, and said with a smile, "That's fine, Mr. Liu, please."

After coming out of the teahouse, countless eyes rushed to Liu Mo instantly, causing him to frown uncomfortably.

He walked very slowly, but his mind was active.

The information His Majesty gave him was very detailed, and he did find out the problem, but now the city and the outside are calm, and there is no point of entry, so it is not easy to attack.

As a result, he had to find an excuse for himself.

Before I could make up my mind, I suddenly heard——

"Xiao Lian, watch the road!"

Xiao Lian was small and nimble, and when Xu Li didn't pay attention, he got out of the crowd and went down to the eaves with the newly received porridge.

He walked fast, without looking down at the road, and when Xu Li's panicked voice reached his ears, it was too late.

Xiao Lian stumbled with his left foot and his right foot, he threw himself forward, the bowl turned sideways, the porridge naturally spilled, half of it fell on the ground, half of it fell on the edge of Liu Mo's robe, even the uppers of his shoes were not spared.

"Oh!"

He Tingzhi was startled, and hurriedly asked Tian Wang to arrange his robes for him.

"Why don't you grow up...you can't walk well! Fortunately, the porridge is no longer hot, and the porridge just out of the pot may be hot and blister."

Just as he was about to blurt out the curse words, he swallowed them in time.

He turned his back to Liu Mo, glared at Xiao Lian viciously, and called the disguised official next to him to take him away.

"It's okay, it's just a child, don't be harsh."

Liu Mo interjected at the right time, bypassing Tian Wang who was about to kneel down to tidy up his clothes, and walked straight to Xiao Lian.

Looking at his red eyes, I couldn't bear it, "It's okay, it's not hot."

After finishing speaking, he patted the dirt on Xiao Lian's clothes again, "Does it hurt from the fall?"

Xiao Lian shook his head, with a bit of timidity in his eyes, as if he wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry.

Liu Mo was about to comfort him, but Xiao Lian suddenly hugged his leg, raised his head, opened his eyes wide, and stared at him without blinking.

There was a little grievance on the white and clean face, and the hand that grabbed his clothes unconsciously exerted force.

He is nervous.

But under such tension, I still choose to be close to myself...

Liu Mo was a bit puzzled, lowered his voice, "Do you have something to tell me?"

Xiao Lian nodded and said word by word, "Can you not leave?"

He didn't keep his voice down, and the people around could hear what he said, and they all turned their heads to look over.

He Tingzhi's intuition was not good, and he said hastily, "Children's words are not taboo, Master Liu, please don't mind."

Then he raised his voice again, "Whose child is this, take it back quickly, and give him a bowl of porridge again, don't be hungry..."

As he said that, he was about to approach, but the guard suddenly stretched out an arm, preventing him from moving forward.

He Tingzhi didn't dare to force himself, so he had to stop, trying to get Liu Mo's attention back, "Master Liu, my servant has already sent porridge over, the child is young, don't be hungry."

Liu Mo acted as if he hadn't heard of it, he just gently stroked Xiao Lian's head, and asked, "Why don't you want me to go?"

"Because you are here, we have food; if you go, we will starve to death."

He stared helplessly at the person in front of him, and spoke in a tone that was almost pleading, which made people worry.

On the one hand, Liu Mo was moved with compassion, but on the other hand, he realized that this was an opportunity, so he asked, "How could it be? The imperial government's relief food has been distributed two months ago. Even if I leave, it will not be cut off."

"No," Xiao Lian pursed his lips, tears welled up in his eyes, "There's only porridge since the day before yesterday, my parents didn't eat white rice porridge, they only ate the one mixed with sand and stones, it's gone... woo... ..."

Liu Mo couldn't hear the whimpering words later, but it wasn't hard to guess.

Hundreds of eyes were staring at him, he rubbed Xiao Lian's hand, turned to look at He Tingzhi, and said in a deep voice, "Master He, the relief food from the imperial court had already arrived in Jincheng two months ago, why did it take until now?" take it out?"

He Tingzhi straightened his back, cleared his throat, and explained, "It's like this. At that time, it was not the most difficult time, and there was still food left in the people's homes, so the officials wanted to support it first, and didn't delay it until a few days ago on purpose. .”

"What about the porridge mixed with sand and stones?" Liu Mo pressed his eyelids, his face darkened, "You should know that this is absolutely not allowed in the laws of the Great Zhou."

He Tingzhi cupped his hands, "My lord, this is absolutely impossible."

Liu Mo didn't have any evidence, and he couldn't be convicted based on what a half-grown child said.

As long as he refuses to admit it to death, no one can do anything to him.

At this time, the officials mixed with the common people played a role, and they all expressed their support.

"Maybe the child remembered it wrong."

"Although I didn't have much time to distribute porridge a few days ago, they are all excellent white rice porridge, and there is no sand or stone mixed in."

"Yeah, how can you swallow the one mixed with sand!"

……

One sound was louder than the other, clear to the ears.

He Tingzhi drooped his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

(End of this chapter)