Wang Shou couldn't stop swallowing his saliva when he smelled the fragrance. He picked up the strange-shaped fork stuck in the paper cover and began to eat the noodles awkwardly.
It just so happened that he had just taken a bath by the river in the morning and his body was cold. After drinking this mouthful of hot noodles and hot soup, his whole body was warmed up immediately!
"No one has ever been so nice to me." Wang Shou cried while eating. He recalled the scene when he was a child and was beaten and kicked by his father for stealing half a piece of steamed bun. He finally ran away from home because he couldn't bear it anymore.
Tears streamed down his face. After finishing his noodles, Wang Shou looked at the large basin of hot water on the stove. This was the hot water prepared for him by the county magistrate. The magistrate must have been afraid that I would catch a cold, so he boiled the hot water for me.
It feels so great to be a human being again. Even if I have to carry manure for the rest of my life, I will be happy!
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Inside the palace.
"Your Majesty, this is the 'divine incense' sent back by the secret guard." Xu Cangguo bent down and presented the 'divine incense' with both hands. Lin Tianlong glanced at Xu Cangguo and felt that he was inexplicably honest today. Without thinking much about anything else, he directly took the 'divine incense' from his hand.
"Just this one box?" Lin Tianlong asked.
"Your Majesty, my secret guard sent back this box."
"So you don't want it? You gave me the whole box?"
"Your Majesty, how dare I snatch things from the master of the world? Everything in the world should belong to Your Majesty!"
Lin Tianlong put his hands on his hips and laughed. Xu Cangguo's words made him very happy. It was like a good friend who usually disapproved of you suddenly praising you and admitting that you were awesome. He happily walked quickly to Xu Cangguo and said slowly:
"Old Xu, you finally understand this truth. Tell me, what reward do you want?"
"You don't think I would say that, do you?" Lin Tianlong's expression suddenly changed, his face looking solemn and angry.
"Your Majesty, I didn't understand what you meant." Xu Cangguo answered intermittently. At this time, his feet were cold and he was sweating.
"Ah? I'm just the emperor, not senile. How can I not understand you, a sinister and cunning villain? Tell me honestly, how many boxes did you send back? Don't make me check it myself!" Lin Tianlong said with domineering and pressure. This look almost scared Xu Cangguo, who was standing motionless in front of him, into looking like a grandson.
"Your Majesty, there are nine boxes of wine," Xu Cangguo said tremblingly. His whole body was shaking and sweating profusely, and the sweat on his head was all over his face.
"Good of you!! Xu Cangguo, oh Xu Cangguo, you sent back nine boxes and you only gave me one box? You are deceiving the king! What crime do you think you should be punished for? How should you be punished?" Lin Tianlong had an expression of disbelief. He originally thought that only two boxes were sent back, and Xu Cangguo hid one box for himself, and then came to claim credit. He didn't expect that nine boxes were sent back!
"Reply... reply... Your Majesty... I have committed... the crime of... deceiving... the king... the crime of... the crime of... the crime of... the crime of..." Xu Cangguo immediately knelt on the ground, his face ashen with fear and sweat all over his face.
"Alright, alright, why are you so scared? Am I going to kill you? We've been together for so many years, and everyone in the court knows that you're the one I, Lin Tianlong, trust the most.
"Unless you rebel, I won't kill you. Do you dare to raise private soldiers? Haha, I don't think you have the guts to do that." Lin Tianlong said with a smile. He knew that Old Xu was a coward who only knew how to get rich and enjoy himself. He would never do such a thankless task.
"Little...little...man...no no no no...I dare not..." When Xu Cangguo heard the first half of the emperor's sentence that he would not kill him, he immediately felt relieved. But when he heard the second half about raising private soldiers, his face turned pale again, and he suddenly felt like the sky was falling.
When Lin Tianlong saw Xu Cangguo's frightened look, he felt that something was wrong. He rushed forward with an incredulous look on his face and grabbed Xu Cangguo's shoulders tightly.
"Are you really secretly raising private soldiers? You're courting death! If the people at the imperial court find out, you'll be doomed!
You must immediately hand over all your troops to Bai Qihe and tell him that it was my will! Otherwise, it will be too late and I, the emperor, can’t protect you! "Lin Tianlong roared:
"Your Majesty, it's not...it's me..." Xu Cangguo said intermittently:
After hearing this, Lin Tianlong relaxed his guard and sighed. It turned out to be a misunderstanding.
"You scared me, but what are you afraid of? You stuttered and made me worry for nothing."
"Yes...that rebellious son Xiao Yi is raising an army." Xu Cangguo said in a low voice, then took out a few pieces of letter paper from his chest and handed them to Lin Tianlong.
Lin Tianlong took the letter with doubt. Xu Xiaoyi raised private soldiers? He frowned and sat down, then began to read the envelope carefully.
Lin Tianlong read the letter for a while, and the veins on his forehead immediately popped up, until his whole body was shaking with anger!
BANG!!!
He slammed the table hard, walked up to Xu Cangguo who was kneeling on the ground, and pointed at him angrily.
"How dare you tease me?"
"Your Majesty, I am not teasing you!"
"What are these?"
Lin Tian threw the letter in his hand to the ground!
"Your Majesty, this letter was sent back by the two people I sent. They wouldn't lie to me. This should all be true!"
"What? You're still stubborn, aren't you? So what you're saying is, he was immediately appointed magistrate of that county known as the Death City! He immediately provided everyone with food upon taking office! The very next day, he prayed for rain and even withstood a thunderbolt.
He even killed two armed bullies, and his personality changed drastically, from a playboy to a proactive and capable county magistrate. Everyone in the county loved him! He also had the ability to turn mineral salt into refined salt.
He led the merchants of Xiqing County to start selling large quantities of refined rice, and even mastered the art of archery, capable of shooting arrows that could penetrate rocks and fly two hundred meters, as well as arrows that could turn around and blow up boulders.
After Lin Tianlong finished speaking, he shook his head, scratched his head, and then said to Xu Cangguo helplessly:
"I also watched Xiao Yi grow up. He was the type who usually wouldn't even dare to kill a chicken, but now he kills people without blinking an eye and killed two people at once.
Also, he couldn't even lift a stone at the hunting party before, but now in Xiqing County he can actually pull the bow to its full length?
Even Bai Qihe, who was born with supernatural powers, didn't dare to say that he could shoot an arrow through stone, so how could he continue to fly for another 200 meters? What nonsense! I think you have lived enough. You even dare to fool me so easily.
Lin Tianlong complained about the flaws in the letter and angrily cursed Xu Cangguo on the ground.
"Your Majesty, the person I sent out would not lie to me! Although I was also shocked by the words in the letter, I simply believe he can do such a thing."
"You're so confused! You're just saying one thing! How can a person resist the thunder? The people you sent out must have been bribed by that guy! That guy didn't lose his memory at all! We've all been deceived!"
Hearing this, Xu Cangguo stopped kneeling on the ground. Instead, he crossed his arms over his chest, sat on the ground, and firmly insisted that his secret guards would never be bribed!
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