Chapter 401 Buried Alive
Thus, the useful Fengqi was left behind and followed Lu Li and his group to their next destination.
At the same time, Lu Yanshi in the capital also received a secret letter sent back by his daughter in an urgent manner.
When he first saw that the magistrate of Du'an County had embezzled the river engineering funds, causing the river embezzlement and the collapse of the river embankment, he became furious.
Looking back, he found that his daughter had evacuated the people in advance, and he couldn't help but smile.
Seeing that in the end, no civilians were killed, Lu Yanshi couldn't help but laugh out loud.
In the court, the ministers felt uneasy as they watched the emperor's expression change again and again.
Could it be that the emperor was provoked by something?
But they didn't dare to ask. Who knew if the emperor would quit after being so upset?
After all, the emperor has been clamoring to abdicate and let the crown princess ascend the throne for many years.
Over the years, they have accepted their fate.
The emperor has led Daxia to a prosperity that they have never seen before. The emperor is a wise ruler, and they don't want to replace him.
"Cao Dehai, read the secret letter sent back by the Crown Princess to the ministers." Lu Yanshi smiled and handed the letter to the eunuch chief Cao Dehai behind him.
"yes."
Cao Dehai read it aloud.
The ministers had the same reaction as Lu Yanshi. When they heard that the magistrate of Du'an County was corrupt, they all frowned and were shocked.
But after hearing what Lu Li did, they couldn't help but smile.
The Grand Tutor and the Grand Preceptor smiled with pride; the Crown Princess was truly their best student.
The court officials couldn't help but nod their heads. The Crown Princess was really good and the Emperor had made the right choice of heir.
When Qu Fufeng heard that his son had also accomplished something great, he raised his chin with pride.
See, he said that if you go out with the Crown Princess, you will definitely learn something.
"The Crown Princess is brave and resourceful, and has the world at heart. She has saved tens of thousands of civilians. She is truly the pillar of the country and the welfare of the people. With such a Crown Princess, there is no need to worry about the prosperity of Great Xia in the future." Qu Fufeng was the first to stand up and praise Lu Li.
Lu Yanshi glanced at him with satisfaction.
Qu Fufeng still understood him and knew what he wanted to hear.
His Xiaojiu has done such a great thing, it should be recorded in history books.
The other ministers suddenly realized: Damn it, this flatterer Qu Fufeng got ahead of them again!
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After leaving Du'an County, Lu Li and his group continued heading south.
Not long after they started walking, Qin Xiao, who was at the front, reined in his horse.
"What's wrong?"
The carriage suddenly stopped, and Lu Li sent someone to the front to inquire.
"Young Master, a skeleton was found ahead. Although it is incomplete, it looks like a child of about five or six years old." Qin Xiao came forward to reply.
"It is estimated that the flood a few days ago uprooted some trees and washed out the skeleton."
When Lu Li heard this, she was about to ask him to pick up the body and rebury it, but the melon-eating system started beeping.
[Was this child buried alive? ]
Lu Li couldn't help but continue reading.
Lu Can, who was riding in the same carriage with her, heard her thoughts and felt heartbroken, and at the same time, doubts arose in his mind.
Who would kill a child who is only a few years old?
Or such a cruel death by being buried alive?
[What, how many children killed him? ]
Lu Li watched the whole process and fell silent.
She knew the child's father.
Outside the carriage, Qin Xiao waited a long time for Lu Li's reply, and did not dare to act rashly.
After a moment, he asked again, "Does the eldest master have any plans? If not, I will bury him on the spot."
"Try to find all the bones, collect them, buy a small coffin, and take him on the road." Lu Li said gloomily.
Qin Xiao was a little confused when he heard the order, but he didn't ask any questions. He just said "yes" and ordered someone to buy a coffin.
After doing all this, everyone got back on track.
Lu Can only heard half of what was in his heart and didn't know the truth, so how could he bear it?
He couldn't help but ask, "Sister Nine, do you know that child?"
Now that there are no outsiders around, he still calls Lu Li "Sister".
"I don't know him, but I know his father." Lu Li replied.
"Who is it?" Lu Can continued to ask.
"You don't know him, but you'll know when you meet him." Lu Li pinched his little face.
"Ninth sister, I'm not a child anymore, stop pinching my face." Lu Can angrily slapped her hand away.
"I'm a child, Ninth Sister, you can pinch me." Lu Xuan grinned and put his face in front of Lu Li.
He could see that Ninth Sister was unhappy.
If pinching his face would make him happy, he would make that sacrifice.
Lu Can glanced at Lu Xuan and gritted his teeth.
How dare Lu Xuan call him a child?
He looked like this when he was born.
He is fourteen years old now and he still looks like this!
When he was a child, he called Lu Xuan brother.
But later, as he grew older, he gradually became taller than Lu Xuan, and he was unwilling to call Lu Xuan brother anymore.
So he coaxed Lu Xuan and called him brother.
Lu Xuan loved the Yutang cake from the Yanxi Palace the most. In order to eat it every day, he obediently called him brother.
After the other brothers and sisters knew about it, they did not correct the situation and allowed Lu Xuan to call him brother.
It would be nice for Lu Xuan to be a child all his life.
"No matter how old you are, you two are just children in front of me." Lu Li treated them equally, laughed and pinched their faces with one hand.
Only then did Lu Can's mood improve.
He glanced at Lu Xuan arrogantly, and his sister pinched his face a little more, which made her like him even more.
Lu Xuanya didn't understand his hidden thoughts at all. Seeing Lu Li smiling, he just picked up a roasted chicken leg and started to eat it with confidence.
Not long after the carriage started moving, Long Aotian, who had been staring at Feng Qi, ran over to report.
"Master, that guy surnamed Feng ran away on our horse. Do you want to chase him?"
"What?" Lu Li was a little surprised.
Why is Fengqi running away for no reason?
When Lu Can heard this, he became furious.
"Ninth sister, I told you he's not a good person. He said he wanted to repay us for saving his life, but now he stole our horse and ran away! We can't let him go."
"Don't worry, Can'er, he can't run away." Lu Li smiled slightly.
She has a melon-eating system, so it is easy for her to find someone.
Unexpectedly, when she opened the gossip system to try to find Fengqi's whereabouts, it was a blank.
【What? There is nothing? 】
Lu Li was shocked.
This is the first time that the melon-eating system has been completely blank.
[Guagua, what's wrong with you? Are you broken? ]
Lu Li was a little anxious.
The melon-eating system has been with her for so many years. If anything goes wrong with it, she will be very uncomfortable.
Lu Can was also a little surprised.
In his opinion, the magical Guagua in the heart of the Ninth Princess is a know-it-all who can find out everything.
How come Fengqi's whereabouts cannot be found?
Lu Li used the melon-eating system to take another look at her father, the emperor, and her mother, who were far away in the palace, and found that everything was normal.
She fell into deep thought.
Who exactly is this Fengqi?
Why can't even the melon-eating system provided by old man Tiandao find out his identity?