It turned out that the madam tricked Linghu Yunlong into going in, and Zhao Huan stuck his head in to see what was going on, but was pushed back in by the madam.
Zhao Huan was shocked. It was too late for him to turn back. The madam locked the iron door with a bang.
Linghu Yunlong, who had been wandering the martial arts world for many years, would not have fallen for a trick, but he was unable to resist a teammate as idiotic as Zhao Huan. He had Zhao Huan guard outside to prevent the brothel owner from cheating.
But Zhao Huan had no experience in martial arts and was easily tricked. If Nangong Lian'er was here, she wouldn't have been fooled either.
The madam laughed heartily outside the door. "You two idiots, you still want to bully me! I'll lock you up here and starve you to death, so you know how powerful I am!"
Zhao Huan and the other two were shocked. This old brothel owner was truly vicious.
"Let us out!" Zhao Huan shouted while grabbing the iron gate railing.
"Scream, scream, no one will come to save you even if you scream your throat out!" The old madam spat and walked away humming a little tune.
Zhao Huan was terrified: "Linghu Yunlong, what should we do?"
Linghu Yunlong didn't answer. He walked around the dungeon. After a long period of darkness, people had become accustomed to this environment. He saw an exhaust vent on the roof, but other than that, there was not even a window in the room.
"Your Majesty, we can't get out." Linghu Yunlong said lightly.
Zhao Huan was shocked. Was he really going to starve to death here?
Outside Pizhou, the Imperial Guard, led by Wu Ge, escorted 10,000 dan of grain and marched towards the city. Overjoyed, Cao Zhenguo led government officials out of the city to greet them: "General Wu is truly a timely help! Pizhou is flooded with disaster victims. If General Wu hadn't come, we would have been eating tree bark."
Wu Ge clasped his fists and asked, "Your Excellency?"
Cao Zhenguo hurriedly responded: "I am Cao Zhenguo, the governor of Xia Pizhou!"
Wu Ge nodded: "I've heard a lot about you!"
Cao Zhenguo said hurriedly, "Let's stop talking nonsense. General Wu, please follow me into the city quickly. The granary in Pizhou is almost empty."
Wu Ge said calmly, "That's what I meant, Lord Cao. Take me into the city to see the victims."
Cao Zhenguo was delighted. This man was very decisive and the first thing he asked about when he entered the city was the situation of the disaster victims. After seeing the photo taken by the emperor, he thought this man was quite reliable. "General Wu, please come into the city quickly."
Nangong Lian'er rode out of the city and spotted Wu Ge's grain transport team from afar. Overjoyed, she galloped towards them. Cao Zhenguo and Wu Ge were talking when they suddenly saw a woman galloping towards them on horseback. Upon closer inspection, they saw it was the woman they had met at the government office. Remembering what the lawyer had said, they were startled.
As expected, Wu Ge hurriedly dismounted and knelt upon seeing the woman: "General Wu Ge, I pay my respects to Madam Nangong!"
The guards behind him knelt on the ground. Cao Zhenguo was shocked and realized that the other party was indeed a concubine, so he hurriedly followed suit and saluted.
Nangong Lian'er nodded: "Everyone, get up, Wu Ge, His Majesty wants you to go into the city and provide relief to the victims!"
Everyone stood up, and Cao Zhenguo asked nervously, "Madam, who is in the government office?"
Nangong Lian'er smiled and nodded: "It is Your Majesty. Your Majesty does not want to disturb the place, so he did not show his true face."
Cao Zhenguo was even more frightened when these words came out. The emperor had seen that the beating he had given Er Gouzi was fake. The power of the emperor was unpredictable. He didn't know whether he would blame him or reward him.
Nangong Lian'er pulled out an imperial edict from her sleeve. "Sir Cao, this is the Imperial Edict given to you by His Majesty. His Majesty has stated that although Bo County is not under your jurisdiction, you have been personally appointed as the Imperial Emissary, empowered to exercise interstate judicial power. Take this Imperial Edict and send men to apprehend the Bo County Magistrate. If it is proven that he has abused his power for personal gain and perverted the law, bringing harm to the country and its people, he can be executed on the spot! Then submit this memorial and this Imperial Edict to the capital."
Cao Zhenguo was overjoyed when he heard this: "I thank your Majesty for your grace. I will definitely investigate this case thoroughly!"
Nangong Lian'er said this and mounted her horse: "I am going back, Lord Cao. His Majesty admires you very much. I hope you will live up to the imperial mission and govern Pizhou well."
Cao Zhenguo bowed and agreed. Wu Ge, upon hearing that His Majesty was in Pizhou, was overjoyed. "Your Majesty, could Your Majesty come to the government office to meet with me? I would like to hear your instructions."
Nangong Lian'er reined in her horse. "I don't know about that. It depends on your Majesty's wishes. But your Majesty said that if we meet you, we should have Lord Cao quickly register the victims one by one, and then distribute relief food according to the number of people. After everything is settled, the victims will be sent back to their original places, and the court will distribute crop seeds free of charge to restore people's production."
The two men said in unison: "Your Majesty, I obey your command!"
The news that the relief grain had arrived in Pizhou spread like wildfire. The victims were even more excited than during Chinese New Year. The relief grain from the imperial court had finally arrived.
Cao Zhenguo was indeed a good official. As soon as he returned to the government office, he took out a stack of papers and said, "General Wu, please look, I have already prepared the registration of the disaster victims and am just waiting for the food to arrive."
Wu Ge was taken aback. He took the list and looked at it. "Master Cao, I admire you! I originally thought that the county government would start registering the victims after the relief food arrived, but I didn't expect Master Cao to be ready so quickly."
Cao Zhenguo smiled and said, "I have no other specialties, but I can only plan ahead."
Wu Ge took the booklet and said, "Okay, let's post the notice and distribute the food one by one!"
When Nangong Lian'er returned to the inn, Cao Dongsheng was waiting at the door.
"Cao Dongsheng, where is the young master?" Nangong Lian'er couldn't help asking before getting off the horse.
Cao Dongsheng muttered, "Young Master said he and Linghu Yunlong were out on some business and would be back soon. It's already dark, and we haven't seen any sign of them yet. It's really worrying."
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