After giving his instructions, Guard Zhang didn't dare delay and selected a few people to leave overnight.
Guard Zhang had thought things through thoroughly. If he intercepted the person halfway, he would break the person's leg and have them escorted back, while he himself would continue forward, taking Huo Liangyao into Quanzhou to complete the final mission.
Gu Yuzhi stood at the door watching him leave, always feeling that Guard Zhang's back was particularly tall and imposing.
He turned around and saw the slender Xie Changshi and Mr. Huo, who was a head taller and twice as burly as Xie Changshi.
Um……
Mr. Huo is still much taller!
After changing his conclusion, Gu Yuzhi happily took off his boots and climbed into bed to rest.
He's too tired; he needs to go to bed early because he has a lot to do tomorrow!
Gu Yuzhi pouted, turned over, and fell into a deep sleep, so fast that neither Xie Changshi nor Huo Qiyuan expected it.
The two exchanged a glance and tiptoed out of the room.
A few days later, on the day agreed upon by the Wen family business and the Huizhou grain store, Guard Qi set off early for the escort agency, gathered most of the agency's manpower, and led the managers of various businesses toward Jinzhou.
This time, they carried the hopes of the people of the northern desert and left openly and honorably, greeted and welcomed by the people.
Gu Yuzhi stood on the city gate, watching as Huang Yanzhang, the prefect of Qingzhou, chased after him for several miles without turning back. He felt a dull ache in his heart.
He puffed out his cheeks and only said in a low voice after seeing Huang Yanzhang stop, "Thank you, Chief Secretary. Prefect Huang will be a very good prefect in the future, won't he?"
Chief Secretary Xie nodded, but in his heart he thought that as long as Huang Yanzhang did not change his original intention, he would be a good prefect.
But people's hearts are unpredictable, and things are unpredictable. Who knows whether Huang Yanzhang will turn out well or badly in the future?
Chief Secretary Xie glanced down at Gu Yuzhi, seeing the seriousness written all over his face, and suppressed his words.
Forget it, the young prince is still young. We'll teach him about these unpredictable things when he's a little older.
It's better to let him keep his childlike heart for now.
As soon as Gu Yuzhi arrived at the backyard of the inn, Ke Liangyi knelt in the center of the backyard and kowtowed three times to Gu Yuzhi before standing up and telling him that he wanted to return to Quanzhou.
“As the prefect of Quanzhou, it is unreasonable for me to hide after something happens. I must seek justice for the yamen runners in the prefecture.”
As Ke Liangyi spoke, his eyes reddened, and he lowered his head, looking extremely dejected.
Gu Yuzhi scratched his head, unsure how to comfort him.
He instantly thought of the guards who had sacrificed their lives to protect him.
Gu Yuzhi stepped forward, stood on tiptoe, and patted Ke Liangyi's arm: "Prefect Ke, you have to pull yourself together. If you don't pull yourself together, won't those yamen runners die with their eyes wide open in disbelief?"
He heard these words while he was unconscious. He couldn't really tell whose voice it was, but he remembered them very well.
Those guards sacrificed themselves for me; if I were to die too, their sacrifice would have been in vain.
Gu Yuzhi thought that Prefect Ke must feel the same way he did.
He hadn't expected how shocked Ke Liangyi would be after he said those words.
Qi Shiwei had said these words to him many times along the way, and it was because of this thought that he had been able to persevere until now.
But he never expected that the young prince would understand such a principle.
Ke Liangyi didn't know whether he felt more excited or sad.
After being forced to be promoted to prefect of Quanzhou, he discovered that something was wrong in Quanzhou. In the years since he took office, he has been working diligently to protect the stability of the people of Quanzhou and to keep them away from the Mobei army. However, he did not expect that Bai Jiwu would not let him go!
Ke Liangyi's gaze fell on Gu Yuzhi again. He noticed that the flesh on Gu Yuzhi's cheeks was still slightly chubby, and his eyes were round and dark, clearly showing a childlike appearance.
He didn't know why, but he had a strong premonition that the northern desert might actually be able to overcome its current predicament under the young prince's leadership.
Ke Liangyi took a deep breath and bowed deeply to Gu Yuzhi: "Your subject will return to Quanzhou now."
Gu Yuzhi waved her hand and said, "Rest for two more days. Let Chief Secretary Xie check your pulse again and give you a couple more doses of medicine to consolidate your recovery."
It would be best to have acupuncture done again...
Although he found acupuncture scary, it seemed to be really effective!
In just a few days, Prefect Ke had completely regained his senses. He was no longer as slow-witted as he had been when they first met, and it took him a long time to react.
"It will take several days to travel from Xinliang to Quanzhou, so you need to take good care of yourself to avoid getting sick..."
He beckoned to Ke Liangyi with his finger, and Ke Liangyi squatted down and put his ear close to his.
Gu Yuzhi looked around before speaking, and only when he saw that he couldn't hear Qin Yuanpan's voice did he say in a low voice, "Let me tell you, although Qin Yuanpan's medicine tastes bad, it is very effective. You don't need to drink it for so long."
Ke Liangyi nodded. Qin Yuanpan was the head of the Imperial Medical Academy, so his medical skills were undoubtedly excellent.
"But if you're traveling a long distance back to Jeonju in poor health, then you'll definitely need to drink at least more..."
He silently counted on his fingers: "It would be best to drink the medicine for another half month!"
Not necessarily.
Ke Liangyi smiled and said, "I know my limits. I will not let myself die easily. Those yamen runners are still waiting for me to go back and make decisions. I will not let anything happen to myself."
Gu Yuzhi then said dejectedly, "Okay then."
He was about to say that he would have the kitchen pack some dry rations for him when Ke Liangyi bowed, turned around, and led his horse out of the inn.
Only after Ke Liangyi's figure was out of sight did Gu Yuzhi shake his head and walk towards the private room.
Having finally managed to get out, he naturally wanted to have a meal at the inn. That's why he deliberately didn't tell Granny Xu today, so that he could eat something normal.
Gu Yuzhi smiled and affirmed that he was indeed very clever.
But to Gu Yuzhi's surprise, Huang Yanzhang finally returned shortly after entering the private room, his eyes red and swollen as he bid farewell to Gu Yuzhi: "Your Highness, I have been in Changzhou for several days now, and the people of Qingzhou are still waiting for news from me..."
Food is the most basic thing for people to survive, so Huang Yanzhang dared not delay any longer and was thinking of bringing the grain that Changzhou Prefecture lent them back to Qingzhou as soon as possible.
Huang Yanzhang originally intended to borrow from Gu Yuzhi, but Gu Yuzhi didn't have much grain in stock, so he could only give it to him after the guards brought the grain back.
At this moment, Prefect Qi took the initiative to step forward and borrowed a whole granary full of grain.
Huang Yanzhang was so moved that he almost burst into tears in Qi Zhifu's arms.
Gu Yuzhi knew that Prefect Qi was so generous only because he had seized the grain from Li's Grain Shop; otherwise, he might have been even poorer than him!
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