The Anshen Festival had passed, and people's lives had returned to normal. At this moment, Zhao Xin was leaning in Su Qingyu's arms, eating the grapes she handed him.
"Come, your majesty, have some grapes."
He suddenly felt like he was in the company of King Zhou and Daji. The woman's smooth voice and flawless face immediately threw him off.
"I can't eat anymore. I still have memorials to review."
He was also reserved and went directly from Changle Palace to the bedroom where several piles of memorials were piled up.
Halfway through, I saw that the memorials reported that the world was at peace. Everything about it made Zhao Xin's decision seem incredible. This kind of narrative style was more like exaggerating.
But he didn't believe a word of it.
In that case—
"Mr. Zhuge, please help me keep an eye on the court these days. I will be out of the palace for a few days."
"Your Majesty, the festival has just ended. Where are you going?"
Zhao Xin waved his hand, and it was really sigh-worthy that he didn't take away a single cloud.
This was also a private visit for him to inspect the group of ministers who had been sent away before.
I have to say that those ministers were really mean. For example, all the places they mentioned were desolate and quiet, and there was no sign that crops could grow there. What's more, the land was so dry this year that nothing could grow.
This group of subjects here are also ruining his reputation by eating and drinking for free.
It seems necessary to beat drums and gongs to announce this to every place.
"Your Majesty, how are you—"
Zhao Xin appeared in this vast wilderness with only two civil officials. To be honest, he had not expected that the difference in territory, which was less than a thousand meters apart, would be so huge.
A thousand meters away lay the city, bustling with activity, beating drums and gongs, selling goods. The local economy was vastly different. Just a thousand meters separated nearly a generation.
Walking further, you will see the protagonist Chu Zhan riding a horse.
Chu Zhan was driving the carriage, and no one knew who was sitting in it. They only saw the two of them chatting happily. Seeing that they were probably heading towards the city over there, the three of them immediately started to drive over there.
They stopped.
An inn.
The innkeeper seemed to know them well. He ran out with a smile on his face and helped them move their luggage and chatted with them, acting more attentive than his own relatives.
When Zhao Xin and his group came over, they only helped move the luggage and then left it in the room without anyone paying attention. They were left to sort it out on their own.
But it just so happened that their rooms were next door.
"Your Majesty, this is what you are doing."
"Whose girl is that following Zhao Xin?"
He Shen, who was standing next to Zhao Xin, stroked his sleeves, his words gnashing his teeth in frustration: "This bandit dares to go out? Isn't he afraid of being caught?"
This was also Zhao Xin's mistake. From the beginning to the end, he never expected that Chu Zhan would run to such a remote mountain area. He always thought that he would at least be wandering around a few places nearby.
I really underestimated the protagonist's ability.
After all, before the Chu War, he had to endure hardships for several years, and in the end, relying on his skills and several stepping stones, he gradually climbed to the position of emperor and even achieved unification.
Fortunately, Zhao Xin had secretly arranged an ambush with some palace guards. That's why half of the personal guards were already there. He had to kill the protagonist right now.
Otherwise, the protagonist would be at a great loss if he continued to discuss a secret uprising. After all, what could Chu Zhan not do after so many years of hard work?
"Your Majesty, it seems they are marching towards the local governor's mansion."
He didn't want to reveal his identity and go to the prefectural governor's office, as that would easily alert the enemy. Besides, he probably had never been involved in this remote place from the beginning to the end. Although the local prefect's position was low, he could still submit an application.
Although he can't come up with too much money, it's better than nothing.
But it seems that he has to go. In order to follow them, Zhao Xin plans to... secretly let the group of guards send one person from among them to go to the local prefectural government to observe the situation before making any decision.
One of the personal guards secretly climbed up the wall of the prefectural government office, and then quietly turned over a piece of brick and tile to see what was going on inside.
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After the guard told him everything, Zhao Xin suddenly felt a little disgusted with the so-called martial arts conference in another place. Even a traitor who had turned bandit could be sent to participate, so he must have obtained this ticket with dirty tricks.
"Either tear up that invitation, or bring Chu Zhan's head to me."
It just so happens that the time, place and people are all on his side. Now if Zhao Xin wants to kill Chu Zhan, it would be as easy as killing a fly, right?
But I didn't expect it to be so easy.
The group of people's eyes were squinted by the sudden strong wind when they attacked for the first time. Even the darts they were about to throw deviated by several angles and flew straight to the wall next to Chu Zhan.
Clang——
The dart fell to the ground, and Chu Zhan continued to practice kung fu, so no one noticed the problem for the time being, so he started the second action.
The second operation involved hiring a group of reckless killers to kill people. After all, the emperor could not be stained with blood, and that would be quite ugly, right?
But before the assassination was successful, a woman showed up with a whip that was incredibly skilled and beat the group of low-level assassins half to death. It's not easy to run a business in such a small place, and since the other side was so difficult to deal with, they set their sights on the men.
So the result was that Zhao Xin had them beaten half to death and also helped to close the shop permanently. Of course, as the emperor, Zhao Xin was also generous and gave them some money directly under the pretext of medical expenses.
Poor kids who got beaten.
Otherwise, I could have gotten the medical expenses, so I got beaten in vain.
There is no need to endure it anymore.
Zhao Xin was planning to pack up, change his appearance, and head directly to the local governor's mansion to inspect the people's sentiments. However, before he could investigate, he discovered that several ministers sent down from above were chatting animatedly with the governor.
It seems that they have fed these subjects too much.
Otherwise, how would they dare to scold him outside.
"This emperor is a tyrant. If he hadn't sent so many ministers down, he would have taken the opportunity to disrupt the court."
“…”
What made him even more suspicious was that the group of people actually started chatting at the door. Fortunately, there were not many people outside at that time, otherwise he would have been embarrassed.
but……
Those ministers were chatting happily with Chu Zhan and the woman, as if they knew each other. Although he couldn't hear Zhan's restrained voice clearly, the governor's voice was like a bell, which really made it difficult for him.
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