The tiger guard replied: "The Southern Chu cavalry has returned to the Southern Chu border. There are tens of thousands of border guards guarding the border, so we can't pursue them any further."
Shen Xiuming was furious.
He stood with his hands behind his back, thought for a moment, and then ordered the Tiger Guards: "Let the spies from Nanchu continue tracking. Invite the King of Wu and others from Donglin Kingdom. I want to question them in person."
The Tiger Guards are extremely efficient.
As dusk approached, the troops of King Wu of Donglin State were invited to the inn. King Wu and Shen Xiuming met, and King Wu told Shen Xiuming the whole story.
At last, the King of Wu said with red eyes: "Lord Shen, you have to help me! Xi'er is my concubine who has not yet been married. The Emperor of Nanchu is so shameless that he actually took away my love!"
Chen Xiuming's eyes were complicated: "Unmarried concubine?"
The King of Wu nodded vigorously.
Shen Xiuming was silent for a moment, and reminded King Wu: "When you go to the capital to meet the new emperor and the emperor of Qing, you must not mention the matter of 'unmarried concubine'."
King Wu didn't understand why, but he vaguely felt that Shen Xiuming was doing this for his own good, so he immediately nodded in agreement.
Shen Xiuming summoned Yuanfu again and asked him about Yuan Xier. Yuan Fu stepped into the room, staring at Shen Xiuming with his dark eyes, his teeth clenched.
It's like looking at an enemy.
The sanctimonious, scholarly middle-aged man in front of him was Shen Xiuming, whom the people of Donglin hated so much!
When Shen Xiuming asked him a question, Yuanfu gritted his teeth and turned his head away, resolutely refusing to answer.
King Wu touched his nose awkwardly and poked Yuanfu's head: "Lord Shen asked you a question, you should say it. Just think of it as for your sister."
Yuanfu finally relaxed when his sister was mentioned.
With a stern face, he told Shen Xiuming how his sister had committed suicide by jumping into the sea and had luckily resurrected. Shen Xiuming analyzed the time of "Yuan Xier's" resurrection, which was similar to the time when Lu Yun woke up.
The fisherman's daughter Yuan Xier should be his sister Shen Wei.
Shen Xiuming secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He gave Yuan Fu a gentle smile and said, "Go and have a rest first and eat something. I'll leave the rest to you, my Lord."
Yuan Fu snorted angrily: "I won't eat anything you give me! You evil man!"
Shen Xiuming was stunned.
He has been in officialdom for many years and has always worked hard and cared about the people. The people praise him as an honest official. I didn't expect that when I came to Minzhou today, I would be called a bad person by a twelve-year-old kid.
Shen Xiuming was in a good mood and asked with a smile, "What evil did I do?"
Yuan Fu was furious: "You built a dam upstream, which caused Donglin's harvest to be poor in recent years! Many people starved to death!"
Shen Xiuming raised his eyebrows: “This official was ordered to supervise the construction of the dam, and the water flow to Donglin has never been interrupted in these years.”
After the dam was built, it strangled the throat of Donglin Kingdom. At the same time, it plays a lot of good roles in flood prevention, water storage, and irrigation of fields.
Last year, heavy rains occurred upstream and the water level of Mingyuan River surged. If it weren’t for the flood control measures of the upstream reservoirs to regulate the water flow and water level, no one knows how much land would be flooded and how many people would be drowned in the downstream Donglin Kingdom.
Chen Xiuming asked Yuanfu: "Who did you hear say that I am a bad person?"
Yuanfu: "Listen to what the government says!"
The King of Wu next to him wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Shen Xiuming smiled and patted Yuanfu’s head: “You believe everything the official says.”
Yuanfu held his head, glared at Shen Xiuming, turned around and ran out.
In the inn room, only Shen Xiuming and King Wu of Donglin Kingdom were left. King Wu took two sips of tea guiltily, glanced at Shen Xiuming cautiously, and explained awkwardly: “Sir Shen, this is the way the Donglin royal family behaves, don’t take it to heart!”
The people of Donglin are ignorant and have lived in fishing villages and seaside all their lives. How could they know the game between countries? For the Donglin royal family, it is better for the people to hate Qing Kingdom than to hate Donglin.
Whenever the royal family wanted to exploit the people but couldn't find an excuse, they would use Qing as a cover. The poor harvest was due to the dam built by the Qing State; the increased taxes were due to the huge tributes demanded by the Qing State.
All the bad things were done by Qingguo.
This is called conflict transfer.
That's politics.
Shen Xiuming shook his head and said, "The most urgent thing is to find Yuan Xier. As for other things, I don't care much."
The King of Wu was full of doubts. He did not expect that a little fisherman's daughter, Yuan Xier, would be fought over by the Qing Kingdom and Nan Chu. King Wu couldn't help but ask, "My little prince is curious, what is the relationship between Lord Shen and Yuan Xier? Could she be your daughter who is stranded outside?"
Shen Xiuming smiled without saying anything, and politely invited King Wu to have tea.
...
After Shen Wei was captured, she nestled in the carriage at ease.
Li Yuanli was originally worried that she would run away, but he saw that Shen Wei was lying in bed all day, eating and sleeping well, and had a huge appetite.
Li Yuanli couldn't help but wonder: "Not running away anymore?"
Shen Wei had just drunk the cold medicine prepared by the imperial physician. It tasted bitter and made her face red.
She held a piece of candy in her mouth and leaned lazily against the car wall: "I have food, drink and medicine, so I won't run for now."
She has always been good at analyzing the pros and cons of a situation.
Shen Wei's body is so fragile now that she starts sweating after walking a few steps and her limbs become weak after running a few steps. She is truly powerless. Moreover, they have already entered the territory of Southern Chu. There are Southern Chu cavalry watching along the way, and not even a fly can fly in.
Shen Wei gave up on escaping.
Take care of your body first.
Only when you are physically healthy, mentally strong, and have sufficient qi and blood, will you have the energy to think about countermeasures.
Besides, Li Yuanli went to Mingyuan River with great fanfare, and Qing State must have received the news. Li Yuanjing and Li Chengtai would think about strategies to save her.
Shen Wei just needs to wait patiently, there will always be a chance to escape.
Chen Wei leaned against the carriage window and made a request to Li Yuanli: "I heard that there is a delicious delicacy in Nanchu called Lychee White Kidney. It tastes delicious. I want to eat that tonight."
No matter how badly you treat others, you can never treat yourself badly.
Li Yuanli looked closely at Shen Wei's dark and rough face. Even through the unfamiliar skin, he could still glimpse that interesting and lovely soul.
Things in the world are ever-changing, only Shen Wei is always alive. Li Yuanli seems to have become a moth, and can't help but get closer to Shen Wei's fire. No matter how much it costs, he feels it is worth it.
He smiled, held the reins in his hand, and let the horse go parallel to the carriage Shen Wei was riding in: "You don't have the self-awareness of a prisoner."
Shen Wei was confident and asked, "You went to great lengths to capture me, didn't you just want to use me to threaten Qing Kingdom? If I starve to death, your plan will fail and the gain will outweigh the loss."
Shen Wei thought that Li Yuanli had gone to great lengths to do this in order to use her as a bargaining chip to gain sufficient benefits from the Emperor of Qing.
After all, she has a special status and is involved in a huge interest group. She is a gold mine and silver mine for the Qing Kingdom, and countless benefits can be gained from her.
But Li Yuanli looked at her for a long time, his eyes deep: "I am looking for you, not for the exchange of benefits."
Shen Wei frowned.
Li Yuanli said slowly: "I am only doing this for you."
Shen Wei ripped down the gorgeous carriage curtain to block Li Yuanli's overly passionate gaze.
This guy is mentally ill.
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