Chapter 308: Desire to Stab
When Jiao Haixing was taken into custody, the people of Yukang City cheered and the gloom was gone.
In recent years, due to Jiao Haixing's local tyrant style, the people of Yukang City have been living in dire straits. Therefore, the people of Yukang City are grateful to Huo Xifei from the bottom of their hearts and have come to the government office to kowtow to Huo Xifei.
For several days, Huo Xifei opened the granaries in Yukang City to distribute grain and set up porridge stalls. At the same time, he settled the mines and the victims who came after hearing the news. Then he left Huo Wu and his men here to wait for the new county magistrate, and left Yukang City with Yuan Ziyu and a large group of people.
At the same time, in the Taifu Mansion in the capital, Taifu Liu broke a cup in his study.
"Uncle!" Xuanyuan Xiao paced back and forth in the study. "Huo Xi flew south to provide disaster relief, but why did he end up in Yukang Mansion? Isn't Yukang Mansion located in a remote area, and has no one been interested in it?"
"Who knows!" Imperial Tutor Liu said bitterly, "Why did Huo Xifei go to Yukang Mansion and discover the mine? Now Jiao Haixing is not only in his hands, but he has also submitted a memorial to the emperor!"
After saying this, Taifu Liu sighed fiercely: "That mine can't be saved!"
Xuanyuan Xiao asked anxiously, "Is this mine no longer safe?"
As he spoke, he pounded the table: "Before, when the Su family workshop failed to be preserved, we lost a large source of silver. Now this mine..."
Having said that, Xuanyuan Xiao suddenly looked at Master Liu: "Uncle, did Jiao Haixing betray you?"
"I don't know!" Imperial Tutor Liu shook his head and said, "It wasn't mentioned in the memorial, but I think that with Huo Xifei's intelligence, he must have figured out that there was someone behind Jiao Haixing. I just don't know if he thought of me!"
Xuanyuan Xiao narrowed his eyes: "Uncle, no matter whether Jiao Haixing is biting you now or not, the most urgent thing now is to make him shut up!"
Tutor Liu is Xuanyuan Xiao's uncle. If Tutor Liu is reprimanded or even demoted by the emperor because of the mine, it will be a big blow to both Concubine Liu in the palace and Xuanyuan Xiao!
That is equivalent to breaking one of their arms!
"I don't think it's going to be easy!" Imperial Tutor Liu sighed. "Huo Xifei has always been upright and cautious. Since he submitted a memorial to the Emperor, saying that Jiao Haixing and his group should be placed in a safe place, that place must be very secret. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to find it."
"Then what should we do?" Xuanyuan Xiao asked anxiously, "Should we just wait for Huo Xifei to return to the capital, hand Jiao Haixing over to His Majesty, and then have Jiao Haixing bite you? Huo Xifei is going south to provide disaster relief, and he won't be back for two or three months. Are we just going to sit and wait for death for two or three months?"
Xuanyuan Xiao became more and more anxious as he spoke, and finally he just started roaring.
"Don't worry, Your Highness!" Imperial Tutor Liu said hurriedly, "We certainly can't just sit there and wait for death."
"Then what good ideas does uncle have?" Xuanyuan Xiao asked with a frown.
Taifu Liu took a deep breath, turned his head to look at the night outside the window, and said quietly, "Your Highness, what do you think of the night?"
"It's already this late, and you're still enjoying the night view, uncle?" Xuanyuan Xiao said angrily.
"Haha, Your Highness, don't worry!" Imperial Tutor Liu said with a faint smile, "Since Huo Xifei has discovered the mine, I think the mine cannot be saved. Jiao Haixing might even bite back. At this point, we can only take a risky move."
"How to take a risky move?" Xuanyuan Xiao asked hurriedly.
"Your Highness!" Imperial Tutor Liu said, "Now Huo Xifei holds Jiao Haixing in his hands. That is the biggest hidden danger. Why don't we solve it directly at the source? That way, even if His Majesty finds out about the mine, he won't be able to trace it back to us."
Xuanyuan Xiao narrowed his eyes and said, "Are you talking about killing Huo Xifei?"
“That’s right!”
"What about Jiao Haixing?"
"Haha, this Jiao Haixing is nothing to be afraid of. As long as Huo Xifei is dead, if this Jiao Haixing dares to enter the capital, this old minister will make sure he never returns!"
The candlelight in the study reflected on Master Liu's face, showing a hideous look!
"Prince!" Yuan Ziyou rode his horse beside Huo Xifei and pointed in the distance, saying, "Look at that man."
Hearing the voice, Huo Xifei looked in the direction Yuan Ziyu pointed, and saw a man staggering and running, followed by a group of soldiers chasing him.
"Pingshan!" Huo Xi ordered, "Go and see what's going on and bring the people here."
"yes!"
Huo Xifei then asked Huo Er who was standing beside him: "Where are we now?"
"My lord, we have now arrived at the territory of Jiangyin Prefecture!" Huo Er said hurriedly.
"Jiangyin Prefecture!" Huo Xifei looked at the situation around him. It had been about ten days since he left Yukang Prefecture. During this period, he also passed by a prefecture - Shaotian Prefecture. The county magistrate of Shaotian Prefecture was diligent and loved the people. Although the entire Shaotian Prefecture was hit by floods, the county magistrate of Shaotian Prefecture opened the granaries to release grain and set up porridge sheds to safely settle the victims.
Therefore, Huo Xifei and his party did not stay in Shaotian Prefecture for long.
But since arriving in Jiangyin Prefecture, Huo Xifei has seen many displaced victims, which made him frown. He didn't know whether the prefect of Jiangyin Prefecture was not governing properly or was just like Jiao Haixing, making the situation worse for the victims.
"Prince!" At this time, Pingshan brought the man and a team of soldiers.
When the fleeing man saw Huo Xifei, he hurried forward and kowtowed, saying, "Sir, sir, help me!"
"Get up quickly. What's going on? Why are they chasing you?" Huo Xifei asked hurriedly.
"Sir, please save the villagers in our village!" The man's face was covered with tears. Seeing that there were many soldiers following Huo Xifei, he knew that he must be an official, so he hurriedly asked for help.
"Tell me what happened." Seeing that the man was just asking for help but didn't explain the reason, Huo Xifei asked again.
"Your Excellency!" Before the man could say anything else, a captain-like figure from the group of soldiers stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency, we have been ordered to hunt down this man. Someone in his village has been infected with an epidemic, and the prefect has ordered no one to enter or leave. This man escaped from the village, so we are following the prefect's orders to capture him."
"No, no!" the man said hurriedly after hearing this, "That's not the case. It's... they want to burn the village. They want to burn everyone in our village to death, regardless of whether they are infected with the plague or not. Sir, sir, help us!"
Huo Xifei was shocked when he heard this and looked at the captain: "Burn the village? Burn them all, regardless of whether they are infected with the disease or not?"
The captain said hurriedly, "Sir, the people in that village have been infected with a serious disease. Even this person is very likely to have been infected. If we allow them to leave the village, it may affect more people, so... so..."
"So, your sheriff ordered the entire village and all the inhabitants burned down?"
(End of this chapter)
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