Chapter 148 Mind your own business and live a few more years

"I... I didn't hide any food in the first place!"

Lord Zhu now knew that something was wrong. Although he didn't know the identity of the man in front of him, he didn't even take the high officials in the capital seriously. Lord Zhu was sweating profusely.

"Hehe..."

Prince Yi snorted coldly, and Lord Zhu shrank his neck. He also knew the seriousness of the matter. If the man in front of him knew how much food he had hidden, his fate would be even worse!

From the corner of his eye, he saw the people staring at him covetously not far away. Lord Zhu's eyes were fierce: "I really don't have any!"

"The grain store outside is not opened by me, but by my brother-in-law. There is not much grain in it. The famine has lasted for such a long time, and there is not much grain in my house. The reason why my brother-in-law sells it at a high price is because he has no grain. He saves from his teeth and sells it to the people."

Lord Zhu cried with tears in his nose. If you don't know, you would think he loves the people very much?

"Brother-in-law?" Liu Quan sneered.

Lord Zhu choked, turned his head and glared at Mrs. Zhu.

This woman, I will settle accounts with her after the man in front of me leaves! She deserves to die. He gave his wife all the honor and respect, but this woman dared to cheat on him.

Even the son whom he has loved for so many years is not his own.

Lord Zhu wanted to beat this bitch to death immediately!

[Alas, what a righteous and aloof talk! ]

[Will the court give you a banner for being diligent in government and loving the people? ]

[With how much you eat, who would believe you if you said that the mansion didn't have enough stored grain to sell? ]

[The people outside can't even afford to eat bran and vegetables, how can you have the nerve to eat so much meat and fish and become so fat? ]

Listening to the county magistrate's lies, Yuan Baobao rolled his eyes helplessly.

I believed you, you idiot!

He is obviously a corrupt official who extorts money from the people, but he makes himself sound like an innocent little white flower. It would be a waste of talent for Lord Zhu not to act!

[But where can this pig hide the grain? ] The little girl didn't even blink, and couldn't think of it for a moment.

[It should have been searched very thoroughly, right?]

Hearing this, Liu Quan was frightened and said quickly: "Master, I have searched the yard and the rooms very carefully, and there is nothing anywhere!"

He couldn't let the prince think that he was perfunctory.

He glanced at him and sneered, "Let him speak! Just keep his breath!"

Lord Zhu trembled with fear when he heard this: "No, you can't do this to me, I'm an official appointed by the court..."

"I have someone behind me, he won't let you go!"

Liu Quan laughed: "Won't let our master go? Do you know who our master is? He is the dignified Prince Yi, the emperor's most beloved son!"

"As for the little minister you mentioned, he'd better wish him good luck!"

"The prince was ordered to come here to provide disaster relief. You local officials really gave our master a big surprise!"

The people who were watching nearby heard that the person in front of them was actually a dignified prince, and was ordered by the emperor to come here to provide disaster relief, and they knelt down again in silence: "Thank you, Prince!"

"It turns out that the court has not forgotten us!"

"The emperor actually sent a prince here! And he is his favorite son. The emperor still cares about us!"

Yuan Baobao felt a little sad when he heard these words.

These people are too simple.

It seems that there is something wrong with the official selection system of this dynasty.

"It is the fault of the court and me. We just learned about the disaster here. The emperor is worried about you, so he asked me to rush to provide disaster relief!" Prince

Yi waved his hand to let them get up, but how could those people get up? Many people cried bitterly.

"Don't worry, I will arrange for them to go down and cook porridge immediately. The relief food from the court will be delivered one after another. Everyone, hold on!"

Many grown men cried heartbreakingly.

"Your Highness, we will be satisfied if you can give us a mouthful of porridge!"

"That's right, Your Highness, we just want to live, and it's enough if we can barely survive!"

"When will it rain?"

Yuan Baobao also looked up at the sky. It looked like it would not rain for a while.

However, because of her and Prince Yi's arrival, the faces of many people changed.

[So happy, a lot of people have been saved! ]

The little girl was a little surprised, but more worried.

Even if there is support from the court, how much food can be collected? They can feed these people for a while, but not forever!

[How about I do the math? ]

The little girl was a little eager to try, but now she is older, and she doesn't know if doing this kind of thing will have any impact on her body!

[In my previous life, I calculated too much and died young. I should be fine now, right?]

When Prince Yi heard this, his face changed.

"Liu Quan, I'll leave the matter here to you! No matter what method you use, just make him speak! I'll go to the next place first!"

Liu Quan was also surprised. He had heard what the little princess had just said. What did she mean? The little princess really knew how to calculate. Could this harm the little princess' body?

Prince Yi would definitely not agree.

"Okay, I'll do it!"

Prince Yi returned to the carriage again. Because of what he had just said, Yuan Baobao did not think about it any further.

"Who knows when it will rain today? But what if we know? We can't make it rain, can we?"

Prince Yi said seemingly casually, and Yuan Baobao's eyes rolled.

[Daddy's words make sense. Even if we figure it out, it won't make it rain immediately, so forget it!]

[We agreed to mind our own business and live a few more years, but I have such a damn temper!]

The little girl finally stopped wanting to calculate the rain. When Prince Yi heard that she didn't want to calculate it, he was relieved.

Only two people were left here to deal with it, and the rest of the secret guards continued to move forward.

He went directly to the prefect.

However, it was already dark when he arrived, and people could still be seen leaning on the street with hunger.

When they saw the carriage coming, many people's eyes glowed green.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the government office.

Unlike the county government offices he had seen before, this one looked a bit older.

However, there were many people waiting outside, and they were also skinny and hungry .

A secret guard had already gone to inquire about the news, and Prince Yi got off the carriage directly holding Yuan Baobao.

He walked in, and a yamen runner saw him and ran over quickly:

"Who is it?"

"Where is the prefect ?"

"Our master..."

The yamen runner hesitated, looked outside, and saw that only two people came in, so he was relieved:

"The yamen has no food. I have told you many times that it is useless to come here to ask for food."

Prince Yi snorted coldly:

"

Where is the prefect?" "Where did you come from? How can my master have time to see a small person like you?"

[It seems that my father will be disappointed again. ]

[This prefect should not be a good person. ]

[It is clear without thinking that there can be a person like Master Zhu down there, how can he be honest? ]

[Besides, the famine here did not start recently. ]

[The people don't know how many people have starved to death, and they have just reported it here. Haha, it is clear without thinking that there must be something fishy among them. Prince Yi

also knew this, but he didn't believe that there was no good official under him!

The people under his father would not be so useless!

"Take me to see your master."

Prince Yi's face was cold, and he looked at the yamen runner with icy eyes.

The yamen runner wanted to refuse, but the man in front of him was too powerful.

"My master is not at home, he went out."

Prince Yi paused. Going out? At this time?