The life of a peasant girl reborn

Chapter 355 Prelude (2)
Seeing Shen Chaoqiu's actions, shopkeeper Hong quickly stepped forward to hold Shen Chaoqiu's arm to stop him, and said modestly, "Master Shen is too polite, there is no need to do so."

Hearing Shen Chaoqiu's address to Xie Wuyou just now, shopkeeper Hong An knew that they had a close friendship. Although he was a big shopkeeper, he was just a servant.As a subordinate, he dare not accept Shen Chaoqiu's gift, not to mention that Shen Chaoqiu is also an official, how can an official salute his subordinates, the shopkeeper Hong An thought so in his heart.

"Master Shen, do you think we should bring back the food first?" The shopkeeper Hong An asked to change the subject.

"That's right, go get the food first, and see that I forget about the most important thing when I'm happy." Shen Chaoqiu hurriedly agreed.Thinking that this matter needs to be reported to the crown prince, he suggested, "Please also invite shopkeeper Hongda to come in and sit down. This matter needs to be reported to the crown prince, and we must make good arrangements."

"Okay, I understand, let's go in and wait." Shopkeeper Hong Da complied obediently.

Several people went into the county yamen together, arranged shopkeeper Hong Da in the small side hall of the county yamen, and after ordering the servant girl to serve tea, Shen Chaoqiu went to the back of the county yamen to report to the crown prince.

After asking the prince's guards, Shen Chaoqiu found him in the prince's temporary study.After the notification, Shen Chaoqiu soon met the prince.

"Prince, there is a great joy! We have food, we won't run out of food the day after tomorrow, and the people won't starve to death." Shen Chaoqiu replied as soon as he entered the study, his tone was eager and happy.

After listening to Shen Chaoqiu's reply, Murong Qingfeng dropped the writing brush in his hand onto the paper, the ink on the pen tip stained the white paper and a few drops splashed onto his clothes, but at this moment, Murong Qingfeng couldn't care less about these things up.

"You mean we have food? Really?" Murong Qingfeng asked pleasantly.Confirmed, suspecting that he had heard wrong just now.

"Prince, you heard me right, this matter is true." Shen Chaoqiu understood the prince's mood, and hurriedly agreed firmly.

Hearing Shen Chaoqiu's firm answer again, Murong Qingchen knew that this matter was true, he was really overjoyed!Trying to calm down, he turned his head and asked Shen Chaoqiu, "What's going on, please tell me quickly, could it be that the imperial court's rescue has arrived?"

Hearing Murong Qingfeng's inquiry, Shen Chaoqiu knew that the prince still had hope for the imperial court, suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart, and explained aloud, "It's not the imperial court's rescue, but the food provided by the shopkeeper Hongda of Fuyuan Restaurant. This Fuyuan Restaurant is the property of Xie Mansion in Fengyang City. Their current owner is Xie Wuyou. Brother Xie and his younger sister know each other. They have business with each other. Food is provided, but the quantity is not large, only enough for emergency."

"So that's it. It seems that Ms. Shen knows a lot of people." After listening to Shen Chaoqiu's explanation, Murong Qingfeng replied with no emotion in his tone, and he didn't know what he was thinking about this matter.

"I have one more thing to do, and I ask the prince to agree." Shen Chaoqiu continued.

"What's the matter? Just say it." Murong Qingchen looked at Shen Chaoqiu and said casually.

"Please ask the crown prince to arrange your bodyguards to transport food this time." Shen Chaoqiu replied, this was something he had thought about on the way here.Looking at the prince's expression, Shen Chaoqiu continued to explain, "Because the treasurer Hongda provided us with food in private, which endangered the interests of the grain merchants. In order to keep this matter safe, the prince is also asked to decide who will transport the grain. Shang found out about this, and it was a big blow to Fuyuan Restaurant."

After Shen Chaoqiu finished speaking, he lowered his head, waiting for the prince's reply, while Murong Qingchen was thinking about the pros and cons of this matter in his heart.

This matter is very important, and it is really not easy to leak the news. If he sends his personal guards, he does not need to worry about this aspect, but he will face the danger of not having a confidant around him.As the next heir to the throne, he has been in constant danger since he was a child, on the bright side.Secretly, there are many people to protect, but there are also many dangers.After a long time, Murong Qingfeng made a decision in his heart.

"I'll arrange twenty personal guards to accompany you to transport food, and you will be responsible for this matter. You go down and prepare, and they will wait at the gate of the county government later." Murong Qingfeng ordered.

"Yes, don't worry, the prince, I will definitely handle this matter well." Shen Chaoqiu promised.

After sending Shen Chaoqiu away, Murong Qingfeng took the two closest guards by his side.Feng Er called into the study.

"Feng Er, you are waiting at the gate of the county yamen with nineteen personal guards. Follow editor Shen to transport food, and he will be fully responsible for this matter." Murong Qingfeng instructed the guard Feng Er.

"Master?" Feng Er exclaimed, trying to make Master Murong Qingfeng change his mind.

"Master, are you safe? We only brought 30 people for this trip..." Feng Yi hurriedly tried to persuade.

"Okay, there is no need to say more, this matter is arranged like this." Murong Qingchen interrupted his subordinate's persuasion, and said in a majestic tone.

"Do you want to send some people there?" Feng Er suggested.

"That's right, master, if you arrange it like this, there are not many people around you who can protect you?" Feng Yi hurriedly said in agreement when he heard Feng Er's proposal.

These personal guards were selected by Murong Qingfeng himself for training. They are called masters and servants, but they are actually brothers. They have a deep relationship with each other, and you can tell the difference just by listening to the names.When there were no outsiders, they all called Murong Qingfeng their master. If there were outsiders, they would call him Prince. They were Murong Qingfeng's hidden forces.

In fact, Murong Qingfeng is not mediocre at all, he prefers to hide compared to King Qi's aggressiveness.If he didn't have a certain strength, how could he secure the position of crown prince? Relying on the support of his younger brother, King Jin, was far from enough.

Hearing the proposal of the two, he knew that they were considering his safety, but Murong Qingfeng, as the crown prince, had an irresistible responsibility on him, and said in a tone of no doubt, "The most important thing now is food. I can watch the people of my Great Zhou Kingdom face the situation of being starved to death."

"If there is a shortage of food, we can use..." Feng Er suggested again, what he wanted to say was to use Murong Qingfeng's private property to raise food.

"Feng Er!" Seeing Murong Qingfeng's angry face, Feng Yi hurriedly scolded Feng Er to stop his "nonsense".

As Murong Qingfeng's hidden power, these subordinates all clearly understood that this is not the time to expose them, if there is even the slightest mistake, their master will lose power.

Hearing Feng Yi's scolding, Feng Er realized the mistake he made just now, carefully looked at Murong Qingfeng's face, and quickly knelt down to admit his mistake, "This subordinate knows his mistake, please master to punish him."

(End of this chapter)