With a large population and limited prey, they could not be said to be well-fed and watered, but at least they were able to stave off hunger.
Ning Xi'er had given Xie Zhun some pills left, and following Ning Xi'er's instructions, Eunuch Xu fed Xie Zhun two more.
A short while later, Xuanfeng and Xuanshuang returned.
The two men looked anxious and reported to Xie Zhun. As soon as they arrived at the city gate, they explained their purpose to the guards, who immediately changed their expression and closed the city gate.
Even though it is noon now, it is far from time to close the city gates.
The number of people entering and leaving the city was quite large, but the guards paid no attention to it and immediately announced that the city gates would be closed for three days. Anyone who needed to enter or leave the city could only come back after three days unless Magistrate Chi wrote a letter in his own hand.
Zheng Ye was furious. In the past, he would have grabbed the magistrate by the collar and given him a good beating!
This was clearly intentional!
"How about this..."
Seeing that Xie Zhun was unwell, Eunuch Xu took the initiative to assume the role of advisor.
"Let's take stock of the supplies we need here, and then have Xuanfeng and Xuanshuang go to the city gates to find people who can enter and exit the city to help with the purchases. We won't be going into the city..."
The guards acted this way; it must have been ordered by the county magistrate.
If the county magistrate acted this way, it must have been at his behest.
Although Prince Cheng and Duke Huguo have fallen to such a state, Prince Cheng is still the emperor's nephew, and Duke Huguo is a veteran of three reigns with many disciples...
If it weren't for the powerful forces behind him, a mere seventh-rank county magistrate would never dare to offend him like this!
Xie Zhun frowned slightly, as if this was not the ideal answer.
"Then what are we waiting for?! Quickly compile the statistics and then send people over!"
Zheng Ye said impatiently.
"What are you panicking for?!"
Second Madam Chen gave him a nudge, "Let's hear what His Highness has to say first."
Eunuch Xu sighed. Although they wanted to share the burden, His Highness Prince Cheng was their ballast. It seemed that they could only feel at ease when His Highness approved all decisions.
Ning Xi'er glanced at it and said leisurely, "No!"
Zheng Ye blurted out, "Men are discussing matters, what right do women have to interrupt?!"
Ning Xi'er was not annoyed at all.
As expected, the second wife smacked Zheng Ye, "Shouldn't your mother shut up too?"
Zheng Yejing was as still as a quail, and immediately dared not speak.
"Your Highness, why do you say it's not allowed?"
Eunuch Xu replied respectfully.
"The guards' attitude is clearly directed at us. Leaving aside the heavy security, there's the question of whether anyone can enter or leave with a letter from the magistrate..."
"Even if they did, and even if they agreed to buy it for us, with so many of us and such a huge amount of supplies to purchase, the guards might not dare to let us pass..."
No sooner had Ning Xi'er finished speaking than Zheng Ye, who never learns his lesson, questioned, "This won't work, that won't work, then tell me, what will work?!"
白芷手指按得咔咔作响，若不是小姐在场，以她的脾气，绝对上前暴揍一顿！
Ning Xi'er smiled, "I do have some ideas, but whether they'll work depends on the young general's abilities..."
For some reason, Zheng Ye felt a chill run down his spine when Ning Xi'er looked at him like that.
I had a feeling she had bad intentions, but I didn't dare to argue back, otherwise it would seem like I was backing down.
What do you want to do?
It sounded like they were discussing it.
"It's very simple..."
Ning Xi'er smiled.
Zheng Ye cursed as he ran, "This girl did it on purpose!"
Prince Cheng has so many guards, why don't you use them? Xuanfeng and Xuanshuang ran away so fast just now!
He was insisted to personally go outside the county town to buy a horse-drawn carriage, and he was also required to personally inquire about the county magistrate's family situation.
Inquiring about the situation was relatively easy, but very few farmers outside the county town owned horses, let alone horse-drawn carriages!
Zheng Ye grew angrier the more he thought about it, but considering Prince Cheng's illness, he could only run faster and faster, not wanting Ning Xi'er to see him clearly.
When he finally encountered a passing carriage on the road, he pleaded and offered to buy it for three times the usual price, but the seller, seeing his prison clothes, refused to sell it to him...
Although the silver note was given to him by Eunuch Xu before he left.
Learning from experience, he stole a set of cheap clothes from a neighboring farmer's house, leaving a few strings of cash in the distance.
I waited at the city gate for half an hour and then encountered two horse-drawn carriages delivering goods into the city. They probably hadn't received the news that the city gates were closed and thought they could enter the city.
Zheng Ye bought the two carriages for twice the price, and drove the two horses back as quickly as possible.
"What?!"
When Zheng Ye got off the carriage, his mouth dry, he heard Ning Xi'er's instructions and could hardly believe his ears.
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