The city defender hesitated for a long time and still didn't believe that Wang Xiao and Tian Xuan were the emperor and empress.
How could an emperor or empress rush into someone else's house alone to demand someone's return without even a servant?
After realizing this, the burden on the city defenders became heavier.
However, before he could make any move, he heard a loud noise suddenly coming from outside the mansion gate.
Immediately afterwards, the entire gate of the City Guard Mansion was removed.
The city keeper secretly groaned in his heart, wondering what day it was today. How could one or two people dare to come to his city keeper's mansion and act wildly?
The butler was also a little surprised, so he looked towards the door.
I happened to see Shangguan Lingyun and Ye Xiaoxiao leading a group of disaster victims walking towards the City Guard's Mansion.
The city guard knelt on the ground and was immediately furious when he saw that it was the victims who broke in.
He forgot that he was still being forced by Wang Xiao to kneel on the ground, and he was shouting angrily.
"How dare you! Who are you? How dare you trespass into the City Guard House? Are you tired of living?"
Seeing that he was not obedient even when he was stepped on, Wang Xiao immediately increased the strength of his foot.
The city defender was almost vomiting blood after being trampled by him. He wailed and begged for mercy immediately.
"Please spare my life, my dear. Let's talk it out nicely. Let's talk it out nicely."
Wang Xiao sneered. The people brought by Shangguan Lingyun had already stopped all the people from the City Defense Office.
Seeing this, Wang Xiao immediately let go of the city guard and quickly walked to Shangguan Lingyun and Ye Xiaoxiao.
Shangguan Lingyun took a look and immediately ordered Wang Xiao to have the secret guards search the entire city defense house.
Shangguan Lingyun came to the city guard and asked in a cold tone.
"Are you the city guard? What's your name? Please tell me."
The city defender was frightened by Shangguan Lingyun's momentum and couldn't help but give his name.
"I am Xia Zhenguo, the governor of Lincheng."
When the disaster victims around heard this, they immediately started cursing.
"Bah, you're still talking about Zhenguo. I think you're almost the one who's misleading the country and the people."
"Xia, return my daughter's life to me."
"You dog officer, where did you sell my brother to?"
The victims were outraged and shouted at Xia Zhenguo to return the lives of their loved ones.
Shangguan Lingyun and Ye Xiaoxiao looked at each other, and Ye Xiaoxiao immediately stepped forward.
"Fellow villagers, please calm down for a moment."
"I know how you feel right now, but right now, the most important thing for us is to resolve the disaster."
"Xia Zhenguo, hand over the key to the city's granary."
Xia Zhenguo had been helped up by the housekeeper at this moment. When he found out that Ye Xiaoxiao was also a woman, he became a little angry.
"Who do you think you are? How dare you order the imperial court to appoint an official?"
Tianxuan stepped forward and knocked the man to the ground with a slap.
"How dare you! This is the current Empress. How could a mere city guard like you be so presumptuous?"
When Tianxuan said this, everyone in the City Guard Mansion was dumbfounded.
Dalin was the first to react and immediately knelt down with the victims from his fellow villagers.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty and the Empress. Long live Your Majesty, and long live the Empress."
With Dalin taking the lead, the other victims immediately knelt down and worshiped together.
In fact, Ye Xiaoxiao was still not used to the people here kneeling when told to do so, but now, she wanted to establish her authority in the City Guard House, so she just let them do it.
"Your Majesty, I'll leave it to you to handle from now on."
Shangguan Lingyun nodded, and looked at the trembling Xia Zhenguo with an expression of majesty on his face.
"The Queen asked you to hand over the key to the granary. Didn't you hear it?"
Only then did Xia Zhenguo realize that the real emperor had actually come.
He thought to himself, "Oh no!" and immediately put on a flattering smile.
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I will have the granary key delivered to you right away."
After Xia Zhenguo finished speaking, he immediately asked the housekeeper to get the key without caring about his brother-in-law lying on the ground and wailing.
The housekeeper didn't dare to delay any longer and returned to his room as fast as a flash.
Soon, the granary, warehouse, and all the account books and keys of Lincheng were delivered by the housekeeper.
When Xia Zhenguo saw this, he almost fainted from anger and glared at the housekeeper with difficulty.
How could the butler care about him? He had heard that the emperor and the empress hated corrupt officials the most.
Even the Jingzhao Yin and the Dali Temple Minister were dealt with by them, so what could he, a small city guard and steward, do?
When Ye Xiaoxiao saw what the butler was holding, she had already listened to his thoughts.
"This housekeeper is quite honest. Your Majesty, let's go see what surprises this Xia City Guard can bring us."
Shangguan Lingyun did not refuse. He opened a few account books casually, took a few glances at them, and frowned deeply.
Ye Xiaoxiao turned sideways to look, and when she saw the flowing water above, she was immediately furious.
After kicking Xia Zhenguo hard several times, he finally calmed down his anger.
When the disaster victims around saw Ye Xiaoxiao's violence, they couldn't help but wonder if they had offended her just now.
Ye Xiaoxiao looked up at the crowd. After hearing the voices of several disaster victims, she was suddenly speechless.
[Well, I'm usually very gentle. Although, I'm vindictive, but... well, I'm just a stingy person.]
"No, I'm the queen now. I have to behave properly, or else I'll be laughed at."
Ye Xiaoxiao was right next to Shangguan Lingyun at the moment, so Shangguan Lingyun could hear everything he said.
He looked up at the victims in confusion, and saw many people looking at them with some concern.
Shangguan Lingyun tried hard to hide the cold expression on his face, and then took the key to the granary.
"Dalin."
"The common people are here."
Dalin knelt in front of Shangguan Lingyun, who helped him up.
"When traveling, keep things simple. No need to be polite. Everyone, please stand up."
Dalin was helped up by Shangguan Lingyun and looked at him with some excitement.
Shangguan Lingyun didn't waste any time and handed him the key to the granary.
"Go open the granary and put out the grain. Take everyone to set up a porridge stall nearby so that everyone can have a full meal first."
"After dinner, gather those victims whose families have been wrongfully convicted and have them wait at the city guard's office."
"I will have secret guards accompany me. If anyone tries to stop me, I will kill them first and report to you later."
Dalin held the key and looked at Shangguan Lingyun in disbelief.
"Your Majesty, with such a heavy burden, I am afraid..."
"Go ahead. I trust you. The victims are emotionally unstable right now. It would be much better for you to intervene than for the government to intervene."
Although such words make the government seem incompetent, in the current situation, even if the government comes forward to provide porridge and medicine, the victims may not dare to accept them.
Moreover, after looking at the account book just now, Shangguan Lingyun felt that the government here was rotten to the core, and he simply couldn't believe it.
After hearing what Shangguan Lingyun said, Dalin suddenly felt that the burden on him was even heavier.
"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. I will definitely live up to your trust."
After Dalin finished speaking, he organized the victims and left.
In order to show off, the butler immediately stepped forward and spoke flatteringly.
"Your Majesty, I am quite familiar with the city. How about I help that warrior? What do you think?"
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