After the immortal disappeared

Several officials felt familiar at first sight. After a closer look, they quickly saluted: "Zi Rui! You, who are you?"

The young man with mud stains on his face in front of him is the fourth son of King Yao, and his name is Rui!

The eldest son of King Yao died in Beqa, the second son died in infancy, and the third son was also sent to Beqa at the age of twenty-five. The fourth son is fourteen years old. He usually stays in the palace and occasionally comes out to observe the public sentiment. Who would have thought that he would dress like this?

Why did your Majesty send the prince here? Could it be that you are worried about You Rongzhi and He Xiao? But the fourth prince was only fourteen years old.

Wang Zirui raised his head and said in a clear voice: "I invited myself to come here to study, and my father also agreed."

He Lingchuan stood aside with his arms folded: "Wang Zirui spent an hour picking out the earth and stones and building the slabs for two hours. He never relied on others."

He Lingchuan had heard of the fourth prince's good reputation in the country, but he never expected that this young man would invite himself to the construction site to study, nor did he expect that King Yao's son could actually dig soil with his head down under the scorching sun and work hard.

Of course, with his clear mind, he figured it out in the blink of an eye.

He Lingchuan turned over Wang Zirui's palm. When everyone looked at it, they all hissed:

This young man was usually well-dressed and well-fed. After three hours of grinding his teeth, blisters appeared on his palms and his fingers were swollen like carrots.

"Oh, what's wrong with this? Bring water and medicine!" Huang Shilu turned to call for medicine, then turned back and said, "His Royal Highness is here to give guidance. If we are injured, how can we explain to the king?"

His attendant turned around and went out to find medicine.

Wang Zirui replied: "Since you are studying, you have to do it yourself."

The ministers were suddenly enlightened and said one after another: "Wang Zirui is humble and studious, which is a great blessing for me!"

Wang Zirui smiled and said: "I also signed a military order. If something happens here, you are not responsible!"

All the officials expressed their admiration and there was a surge of praise.

You Rongzhi then stepped forward and said, "Okay, Wang Zirui has worked hard for a day, and it's time to take medicine and rest."

He Lingchuan interrupted: "We have to move bricks tomorrow."

Wang Zirui said, "I'm not sleepy yet. Can Master He take me to see the expansion plan?"

He is here to study, both to learn and to study.

He Lingchuan smiled: "Okay, I'll take you there after applying the medicine. Lingguang——"

Before he finished speaking, his dedicated medical officer jumped in from the big tree outside the house, took out the silver needle from his arms, blew on it, and the tip of the needle lit up with a loud fire, and it was still green.

"Reach out!"

Wang Zirui stretched out his hand blankly, and saw that the monkey quickly treated his wounds, doing it lightly, quickly and well, and he turned out to be extremely skillful.

He couldn't help but secretly touched the soft hair on Ling Guang's head: "Is this a medicine ape?"

"You know?" Lingguang shook her head.

"I saw it in a book." Can you still speak? "I heard that in the very far west, there is a clan of ape demons who are proficient in medical skills, called Qian, Qian..."

"Qianxinliu!"

"That's right, Thousand Hearts Medicine Ape!"

Lingguang was happy and took out two purple fruits the size of grapes from his pocket: "Here you can eat."

The guard on the side immediately said: "No, Your Highness, the origin of this fruit is unknown."

Just now, Yao Yuan suddenly stabbed the fourth prince with an acupuncture. His action was so fast that they were already startled. What kind of inexplicable fruit was he given now?

Why is this medicine ape like its owner, with no sense of boundaries at all?

Wang Zirui rolled his eyes at them: "He Island Master will not harm me."

After saying that, he took the fruit and ate it.

Who would poison him in full view of the public?

"Oh, so sweet!"

Ling Guang didn't even raise his head: "That's a mulberry marble fruit, which has the effect of reducing swelling and analgesic."

One person and one ape were talking, surrounded by countless Yao Kingdom officials and guards.

Ling Guang acted quickly, and in less than half a cup of tea, he had applied the medicine on him.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Zirui followed He Lingchuan and You Rongzhi to see the strategic plan, and did not want the officials to follow.

In fact, the two steps he took when he stood up were a bit staggering.

He was really tired after three hours of intense work, but now he still had to grit his teeth and hold on.

The officials also dispersed. After all, everyone has a heavy workload now, and no matter how fierce the sun is at noon, they only have three-quarters of an hour to rest. Some officials had already brought their own meals, and they didn’t want any delicacies, just simple and delicious food. They stuffed the food into their mouths and quickly found a place to take a nap.

Tired.

The worst one is You Rongzhi. Because he had to sign for all projects, no matter how big or small, he had to be by He Lingchuan's side basically all day long.

What is the intensity of He Lingchuan's work? Master You only experienced this kind of hardship when he joined the army when he was young. Fortunately, he didn't fall ill at all, but after half a month of torture, he became dark and thin, and the dark circles under his eyes were no longer visible.

Of course, the topic among officials today is:

What on earth did the Fourth Prince do?

From the perspective of officials, there is only one conclusion:

Behave yourself.

"Your Majesty has not established a crown prince, so both the third and fourth princes have a chance."

More than three years ago, the prince of Yao Kingdom unfortunately died in Bejia. Since then, King Yao has not established a heir apparent.

"Yes, your Majesty originally liked the fourth prince, saying that he is diligent and studious. The eastward expansion of the capital is a major project that has not been seen in decades. If he can perform well here, the fourth prince may be appointed as the prince."

Who told the third prince to stay far away in Bejia? Out of reach. So this is the stage for the Fourth Prince.

After hearing this, all the officials felt that it made sense.

Master Xu said: "Our eastward expansion project has been carried out at such a speed and with such courage that your Majesty was greatly shocked. It is reasonable to send the fourth prince here to observe and study."

As a prince, managing the world and controlling his subordinates are compulsory courses.

Apart from anything else, although they were quite critical of the training they had endured in the past few days, they had to admit that Island Master He's flexibility and efficiency in doing things were really eye-opening.

The seven-day construction period has not only been made up, but it seems that the road construction project can be completed ahead of schedule.

When such talents act, the prince watches from the sidelines and does not drop the price.

The next day, You Rongzhi's third son You Xuhe also appeared at the expansion site. After arriving, he took over the work assigned by his father and worked hard.

He is sixteen years old.

Two days later, Mr. Xu's seventeen-year-old nephew also came.

Everyone else is curious, this is a boy of fifteen, sixteen, seventeen or eighteen years old. He has no job or title at the construction site. He just works for nothing. What is he trying to do?

Working all over the body in stinking sweat and stepping on mud, just for that few wages?

When others asked Mr. Xu, he only said that the children in the tribe needed experience, and it would be good to bring them here to be immersed in them.

But after two days, interested people discovered that these two teenagers were always hanging around Wang Zirui, intentionally or unintentionally, looming, and often went up to chat with him and ask for advice.

Oops, let me go, got it!

After this, the children of officials and nobles often appeared in the capital expansion project. Everyone said that they didn’t need fame or status, as long as they could stay here and learn experience.

When their number grew to thirty or forty, the Soul-Taking Mirror finally couldn't bear it anymore:

"What are they doing? They keep crowding people in here! Are they addicted to the hardships? They don't have enough to eat themselves, so they invite their family members to come over and have a taste of it?"

It is true that 30% of the officials' children could not bear the hardship and went back home on the second or third day, never to show up again.

He Lingchuan was hiding in his pergola, closing his eyes and recuperating. Hearing this, he smiled and said:

"Normally, how difficult is it for the younger members of their families and clans to get in touch with the prince? They have to pay money to be included in the candidate list, and they have to go through many screenings. The chance of actually being selected to be the prince's companion or official is extremely high. Not one.”

The mirror seemed to understand but not understand, and said oh.

"Now Wang Zirui is at the construction site every day. Although he is not as hard as moving bricks the day before, he still has his face turned to the loess and his back to the sky, following me around. It is the time when he is closest to people. Isn't this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Why not? If you don’t send the younger members of your family over, contact Wang Zirui as soon as possible.”

"I understand!" The mirror clicked. "I understand! They want the younger generations of the family to become familiar with Wang Zirui!"

"If you can be selected by Wang Zirui to become his reading and martial arts companion, it will be like getting to know the future crown prince in advance." The fourth prince was already liked by King Yao. He had performed well in the recent large-scale expansion project of the capital, and under the guidance of his old father That adds a lot of impression points.

Even when He Lingchuan reported to King Yao, he described the fourth prince as "sensitive and eager to learn".

He didn't care about Wang Zirui's virtue at all, but the young man's tenacity, alertness, humility and eagerness to learn did make him look like a crown prince.

"So, these officials' children must also behave well."

Therefore, He Lingchuan was not polite to them. He sent people wherever they were needed and did not give them any privileges.

It is commonly said that if you can't do it to death, you will do it to death.

After a few days, the originally delicate young master's skin was peeled off by the sun, and all of them were dark and red. You Rongzhi's son even lost four pounds.

For this matter, King Yao specially summoned He Lingchuan to the palace. The latter's words, "Those who can succeed in this project will be talents in the future" made King Yao ponder for a long time.

There is a saying that jade cannot be used until it is polished.

…

At this time, the main road has also been repaired. Officials, dignitaries, civilians, and even idlers with nothing to do can go to the new city expansion site to collect news and publicize it when they return to the city.

Therefore, every step of the expansion project was carried out under the eyes of the people of Tianshui City.

The whole city is watching.

In just half a month, that is, on the eighth day after the road was repaired, the block model was completed. King Yao was also very impressed by the novelty, and even went to the site to inspect it personally.

He went, and all the officials followed him.

Although the smell of paint is a bit pungent, the roads are wide, the ground is clean, the houses are neat, and the vegetation is dense.

Everything is presentable and in sharp contrast to the surrounding wilderness. Once you see it, you can't help but imagine how comfortable it will be to stay here in the future.

At least it’s more comfortable than living in the crowded, cramped and waterlogged Tianshui Old Town, right?

This unprecedented efficiency and speed not only shocked all the officials, but also King Yao.

Are the people who can achieve such efficiency really officials from Yaoting? Are they really his gang?

The progress of the project was too fast and too smooth to be true. King Yao actually had an ominous premonition.

Soon, this hunch came true when he saw the report.