Chapter 175 The Emperor's Man
The old marquis smiled and said, "This really wasn't my decision. You should thank your foolish father for this. It was he who made it happen for you. But you have to treat Yue'er well from now on. That girl deserves your sincere love."
The old marquis felt unhappy when he thought that his beautiful granddaughter was about to get married. No wonder most people wanted to have a son.
You don’t have to face this kind of mood.
Murong Li said quietly, "Grandfather, please don't tell me about this. I really thank him. I will burn more incense at his grave in the future. As for Yue'er, Grandfather, don't worry. Even if I have something wrong in this life, I will not let Yue'er get hurt."
If the emperor knew that their marriage was a happy one rather than a couple of enemies, he would probably jump out of his coffin even after his death.
He originally wanted to use Su Yue to disgust him, but he didn't expect that she had changed her mind, which made the emperor miscalculate.
The old marquis was very satisfied with what he said. He nodded and said, "Your words sound pleasant to the ears. I hope you can do what you say."
"That's a must. I might not have thought so before, but it's different now. Yue'er is indeed worthy of my whole life."
Murong Li thought to herself, that former usurper, she looked down on him and he looked down on her too, a wandering ghost who came from nowhere dared to be so picky, humph! He was really blind.
But Murong Li couldn't possibly tell the old marquis about Su Yue's past, and it wasn't his turn to tell the story.
The main reason is that this matter is too weird, and no one believes it when he tells it.
Just say nothing.
If I have to say it in the future, I'll just listen to Yue'er then.
The two discussed some things, mainly about the security of the Su Mansion. He told the old marquis about recruiting a thousand people.
"Well done."
The old marquis was naturally satisfied and looked up to Murong Li even more highly.
After Murong Li left, Su Yue moved the coal in the space to the kitchen and told Liang Bo how to use it before going to bed.
After falling asleep, she used her mental power to look around the northwest city. This look was not in vain, as she made a major discovery. Four people with powerful auras appeared in her mental power. The four of them had been hiding and lurking not far from the Su Mansion.
Their target is the Su family and Murong Li.
Since there are no zombies here, Su Yue rarely uses her mental power to check around. The main reason is that there are people living everywhere and she doesn't want to see other people's privacy.
Su Yue frowned and watched those people for a long time. Seeing that they were still lurking and not making any movements, she withdrew her mental power.
She also didn't notice Murong Li's secret guards. His secret guards never left him, which meant that he also discovered the four people.
I just don’t know if those four people are the emperor’s men. I’ll ask Murong Li tomorrow.
She didn't like the idea of potential danger lurking around the Su residence.
Murong Li did know it. After he came back from the old marquis, the secret guard reported to him and he also found out that the four people were secret guards sent by the emperor.
The secret guards can still recognize each other's identities. Others may not know each other, but the secret guards can tell them apart. The secret guards have markings on their bodies, otherwise how can they distinguish their own people?
No matter who their secret guards are, they are usually dressed in black and are invisible no matter day or night. If there is no identification, how can we recognize them?
So those four secret guards could not escape the eyes of Murong Li's secret guards.
Murong Li immediately withdrew all his secret guards. There was no doubt that those four people were sent by the emperor to monitor his every move. I don't know what Murong Yi said to the emperor when he returned, but he only sent secret guards to monitor him.
Those four people were the secret guards sent by the emperor. However, they did not find Murong Li when they came, and only found him today, so they lurked in the dark and monitored their every move.
When they came, they also brought the emperor's oral order, asking Lord Fang to monitor the Su family to see if they had any ulterior motives.
But what the emperor didn’t know was that Lord Fang was Murong Li’s man.
Lord Fang did not report anything that was unfavorable to Murong Li and the Su family. He only reported that they were very honest in Northwest City and did not behave excessively.
Murong Li thought about it and decided to go and meet with Lord Fang. He quietly left the Su Mansion and came to the County Magistrate's Mansion and knocked on Lord Fang's door.
A rhythm of three fast and one slow sounded, which was the secret code between him and Lord Fang.
"who!"
Lord Fang, who was sleeping soundly, heard the noise and suddenly turned over and sat up.
Murong Li knocked on the door again.
This time, Lord Fang heard it clearly. He immediately stood up and opened the door, and a figure flashed in.
"Your subordinate greets King Li!" Lord Fang immediately paid his respects, feeling somewhat excited. During the past few months of Murong Li's exile, he had been worried all the time, fearing that something bad might happen to Murong Li.
Ten years ago, he was a poor scholar who came to Beijing to take the imperial examination. His already limited money was stolen. In this unfamiliar capital city, he could not get any help from heaven or earth, so he decided to just die.
He was in a daze and went to find a carriage to kill himself, but he didn't expect to hit Murong Li who had run out of the palace to play.
At that time, Murong Li was still a ten-year-old kid. After hearing about what happened to Lord Fang, the kid was overwhelmed with sympathy and gave him one hundred taels of silver for him to take the imperial examination.
Later, Lord Fang passed the imperial examination and learned that Murong Li was the fourth prince. He immediately vowed to follow Murong Li.
Murong Li was of course willing to accept it. With his secret help, Lord Fang climbed up step by step until he reached the Ministry of Revenue and became the most core official.
Murong Li helped Lord Fang up and said, "Lord Fang, please don't be polite. Sit down first. I have something to tell you."
In front of his people, Murong Li still called himself the King. His people also understood that his exile was only temporary and he would return to the capital sooner or later.
It was freezing and snowy outside. Even without turning on the lights in the house, one could still see things by the light of the snow. Lord Fang got up, put on his clothes, and sat opposite you, Murong.
Murong Li then spoke, "The Emperor sent four secret guards down, and I just found out about them. Now they are lurking near the Su Mansion, so if I don't contact you recently, don't make any moves."
Lord Fang: "This humble servant also knows this. The Emperor also sent them a verbal order for this humble servant to monitor the Su Mansion. I wanted to contact the prince, but knowing they were there, this humble servant did not notify the prince immediately. I hope the prince will forgive me."
After Lord Fang finished speaking, he immediately stood up and knelt down to apologize.
Murong Li helped him up: "Master Fang did a great job. If you contacted me, you would be exposed."
Lord Fang secretly rejoiced, as this was what he was thinking at the time. He had been hiding it for so many years, and he didn't want to expose himself and ruin the prince's plans.
After Lord Fang sat down, he asked, "Your Highness, the people of Northwest County are having a hard time this winter. I estimate that 60% of them won't survive. Does Your Highness have any solutions?"
Lord Fang took the opportunity to ask, when he came, the emperor didn't give him anything, he really came here alone.
(End of this chapter)
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