Chapter 138

"I am truly wronged!"

Ji Huan probably didn't expect that the Seventh Prince would skip the probing phase and directly flip the table and said urgently, "Your Highness, please listen to me in detail."

Qu Watanabe: "Either they are colluding with the bandits, or they are testing me."

"I am here on orders. Deceiving me and testing me in this matter of suppressing bandits is equivalent to deceiving your Majesty and testing your Majesty..." He paused, "Master Ji, this is a capital crime."

Qu Dubian stood up slowly, walked to Ji Huan who was bowing, looked closely at his face, and lowered his voice.

"You are either colluding with bandits or trying to deceive the emperor. Which one are you?"

Ji Huan stuttered: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Qu Dubian circled around him and said, "Think about it first."

Ji Huan held his breath for a while, "I am stupid!"

Qu Watanabe: “…”

"puff!"

Pan Deng couldn't hold it in. When he realized that he had laughed out loud, he quickly pinched his mouth to control the curvature of his mouth.

"Yes, I am just too stupid," Ji Huan stuttered for a moment, and quickly thought of an excuse, "Although I am in Qingzhou, I have never really interacted with the prince. The capital is a place where many nobles of the Great Zhou gather, and Qingzhou cannot compare."

"I have been thinking hard day and night about how to make you and Commander Zuo feel at home, and how to make you speak well of Qingzhou in front of His Majesty. I didn't expect that I didn't do this well, and I didn't prepare for that. Instead, I made you unhappy. Oh, look at what I have done!"

He looked extremely annoyed, but there was no sign of hypocrisy on his face.

Qu Dubian stood in front of him. After a moment, he suddenly smiled, as if nothing had happened, and personally raised his hand to support Ji Huan.

"Master Ji, this is serious."

A hint of surprise flashed across Ji Huan's eyes.

Qu Duanbian pretended not to notice his surprise, "I don't care about what happened tonight, but please remember, Lord Ji, the position of governor is not open to stupid people."

"Tomorrow, I want to see a normal Futai Yamen, not a bunch of stupid people on the stage." He glanced around, "Do you understand?"

Judge Deng: “I understand.”

Zhang Canjun: "I understand."

Qu Watanabe then nodded and clapped his hands, "Okay, let's stop here."

He left, and Xi Zixing dusted off the corners of his clothes and followed him.

Zuo Tianlang was walking behind and was shocked by the Seventh Prince's appearance, which seemed like a completely different person - he actually felt an indescribable deterrent force from the always sickly and lazy Seventh Prince.

Before he came, His Majesty asked him to take good care of the Seventh Prince, but I'm afraid His Majesty himself didn't know that the Seventh Prince had such a side.

And after they left.

Ji Huancai straightened up in the small courtyard. He patted his chest, took a long breath and a smile appeared on his face.

Judge Deng came over and said helplessly, "You had to test it out, and you almost got yourself into trouble, didn't you?"

Ji Huan: "What does it mean to be the general of two states? If he really messes around here, losing soldiers and generals would be the least of his worries. The lives of the soldiers are not worth my trying like this."

"You know about the Seventh Prince testing medicine in Xianghe River," Deng Tongpan shook his head. "There must be nothing wrong with his character. What's unclear is his ability. What conclusion do you have after testing him?"

Ji Huan laughed and said, "The scare you gave me just now will be enough to suppress Xiao Zhang's soldiers."

"What about tomorrow?"

Ji Huan said sternly, "Open the office normally and give the records of the suppression of bandits to the Seventh Prince. Xiao Zhang, mobilize your elite troops and take the Seventh Prince to Bai County. Don't use the old man to fool around."

"yes."

-

Qu Watanabe's room.

After he closed the door, he glanced at Xi Zixing speechlessly.

Xi Zixing finally laughed out loud, "My God, I've never seen you break a cup before. I feel like you're funnier when you scare people than when you tell jokes."

He, the Seventh Prince, and Xia Fuyang, although not necessarily growing up together, have been friends for ten years and are familiar with each other's personalities.

When Qu Dubian started to scold people, he started laughing.

Qu Watanabe: "Go, go, go, examinee, go back to your room and review, you are an eyesore."

Xi Zixing: "Ji Huan is probably used to being in the officialdom and is very smooth. He wanted to play Tai Chi with you, but you just flipped the table. He probably hasn't seen someone like you for a long time."

Qu Watanabe: "He has time, but I only have one year."

"If he can understand human language, he should be back to normal tomorrow. Go back and go to bed early, and help me screen the information tomorrow."

Although Xi Zixing is not quite normal sometimes, his brain still works well.

"Okay," he looked up, "Hmm? Where's Eunuch Xiaoyuan?"

Qu Watanabe: "He has something to do."

Xi Zixing was tactful enough not to ask any more questions and just left.

Qu Dubian sat in the room and waited for a while before Ye Xiaoyuan came back from outside the Futai.

He pushed the door open, turned around and closed it gently.

"Your Highness."

Qu Watanabe: "Have you got the news?"

"Well," Ye Xiaoyuan took out a thin booklet half the size of his palm from his sleeve.

Qu Dubian opened it and read.

This is the information collected by the dark web in Qingzhou about Governor Ji Huan's life, achievements, style of doing things, etc., which were put together to help him get a more comprehensive understanding of Ji Huan.

Let's see whether he is loyal or treacherous.

"He emphasized agriculture and sericulture, promoted fishing... He had many policies to support the people. He was a man of action, and he also made some reforms, but he was not ruthless enough and could not stick to them, so most of them were wasted."

All in all, it shouldn't be unclear.

Qu Dubian finished reading and closed the booklet.

"Banban, have you seen Liuliu?"

Ye Xiaoyuan: "I haven't seen it, but he left this for His Highness," he smiled and took out a small jar of jade powder from his sleeve. After opening it, there were indeed a few cone-shaped incense sticks inside.

There was also a small note the size of a fingernail in the small jar, which read: [I came across this in a small village on the way and saw an elder making this. I was delighted to hear about it and bought it as a gift to you.]

Liu Liu runs around building dark networks. In his spare time, he is like a ranger. He will wander around remote corners and send all the good stuff he finds to him.

Qu Watanabe felt like he had a 66-version traveling frog that would work hard.

He sniffed it, "Hmm?"

“The ingredients are simple, but the taste is unique.”

There is a leisurely feeling of green mountains and flowing water in the mountains.

Ye Xiaoyuan: "Then let's order this tonight."

"good!"

-

The second day.

Qu Dubian got up very early.

After he finished cleaning up and opened the door, he saw Ji Huan in official uniform standing at the door with a serious face. He was holding a wooden tray in his hand, on which were three thick records of bandit suppression.

"I reflected on my mistakes yesterday and stayed up all night. I have already made amends. Military Officer Zhang has already selected 2,000 elite soldiers. As long as Your Highness wants, we can set off at any time!"

Qu Watanabe smiled and said, "It's quite efficient."

It's completely different from yesterday when he was leisurely and not in a hurry.

Ji Huan coughed lightly and said, "Your Highness, do you want to have a meal?"

Qu Watanabe: "We'll eat on the way. I want to see the soldiers."

"yes."

Ji Huan took him to the Qingzhou military camp.

Only General Zhang was standing on the parade stand in the military camp. When Qu Dubian came up from the side, he had no idea about the two thousand elite soldiers.

It was not until he stood on the reviewing platform and looked down that he felt that two thousand people were really a lot.

Military Officer Zhang clasped his fists and said, "Seventh Prince, during the period of suppressing the bandits, I and the others will obey your orders!"

"Greetings, Your Highness!"

Two thousand soldiers said in unison: "Greetings, Your Highness!"

Qu Watanabe: "Okay, the team is ready, let's go to Bai County."

"yes!"

Two thousand soldiers followed behind in a mighty procession.

Qu Dubian sat in the carriage for a rare time. He was having breakfast and analyzing the bandit suppression records given by Ji Huan with Xi Zixing while eating.

The banditry began two months after the flood and plague in the three counties.

At that time, the government did not take it seriously and only sent the local county government to suppress the bandits. But even if they won and destroyed the bandits' lairs, new bandit dens would soon appear. And with the increase of refugees in the three counties, the number of bandits became more and more, roaming around the border between Qingzhou and Jeju.

Later, the bandit problem became more and more serious. The governor began to make efforts to suppress the bandits, but they either escaped, or it was difficult to fight in the area, or they won the battle. The captured bandits cried bitterly and repented, and the government punished them and released them, but they turned around and became bandits again.

It seems like it will never be defeated and finished.

Bai County is located at the junction of two states, and is the place where banditry is most serious.

Xi Zixing: "All the bandits we caught were registered. Some of them were from the three counties whose families were destroyed, while some were locals. They mixed together and formed a force."

Qu Duanbian: "Even if it's a makeshift group, it still needs people to support it," he pointed to the records of the anti-bandit movement, "Look, just six months ago, this group of people were never caught by the government again. Playing tricks on the government is like playing tricks on monkeys."

"Well... it's like this. The largest bandit group on Jing'an Mountain, which is closest to Bai County, is called Heituzhai. We are making quite a noise. Once we enter the territory of Bai County, they will know about it soon."

"It doesn't matter. They've been suppressed so many times, they should be used to it."

Qu Watanabe: "Please help me copy the list of bandits and see who has been recaptured more than twice."

Xi Zixing: "Okay."

He glanced at Qu Watanabe, who was concentrating on reading the bandit suppression records, and after a moment, he chuckled silently.

As Qu Dubian was flipping through the pages, his expression suddenly became strange.

Xi Zixing: “?”

"What's wrong."

Qu Duanbian suppressed the weirdness and said, "It's okay."

In my mind, the simulator's reminder sounded again:

[Yu Ruo's favorability +1]

[Yu Ruo's favorability +1]

Qu Watanabe: “…”

This guy is secretly thinking about him? What the hell is wrong with him!

-

Bai County.

Black slaughter village.

This village is built on the mountain and has quite complete facilities.

The boss and the second in command had just returned from neighboring Jeju with a lot of goods. They called on their brothers to eat and to get their injured ones bandaged.

The third in command was a new member who joined the village half a year ago. Although he was weak in stature, he was extremely intelligent and quickly won the admiration of everyone in the village.

However, after the third in command came back, he did not drink and eat meat with them, but went straight to his own room.

No one was surprised, after all, the third in command never liked noisy occasions.

At this time, the weak third in command was reading a secret letter in his room.

He whispered, "The Seventh Prince presented his weapons to the court, overwhelmed the First Prince and the Second Prince's party, seized the post of commander-in-chief of the two states, and led his army to Baixian to suppress the bandits..."

He read the short message several times.

Gu Xin whispered, "Your Highness? Is the news wrong?"

The third in command looked up and saw it was Yu Ruo in disguise.

His eyes were very bright, "It's not wrong, it's absolutely right."

That's how it should be.

His feeling is always right. If someone like Qu Watanabe were to fight, he would make a big splash.

Is he finally not hiding anymore? He thought this guy would hide for the rest of his life, with his sharp edge hidden from the world.

He was sent to deal with the bandit problem in Da Zhou, while the Seventh Prince was sent to suppress the bandits.

Yu Ruo stood in front of the window in a very good mood, with a smile on his lips.

"Then let's fight and see if the bandit problem can be eliminated, and see who is stronger and who is weaker between us, and who will win and who will lose."