Chapter 125 You Deserve to Die
Luo Qinghan ordered someone to fetch the prince's seal.
Yang Kaiguang had never seen the prince and didn't know what he looked like, but he knew what the prince's seal looked like.
When he saw the prince's seal in front of him with his own eyes, he finally had to accept the reality. The handsome man standing in front of him was indeed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!
Yang Kaiguang was struck by lightning and froze in place. It took him a long time to come back to his senses.
He never expected that the dignified prince would condescend to come to Gangu County in disguise!
Then, wouldn't everything he did during this period be known to the prince? !
When he thought of this, Yang Kaiguang felt cold all over and his hands and feet trembled constantly.
He stammered, "Your humble servant, your humble servant Yang Kaiguang, pays respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Your humble servant did not know that Your Highness was coming, and failed to welcome you. Your humble servant deserves death!"
Luo Qinghan said coldly: "You really deserve to die."
Yang Kaiguang was frightened again and cold sweat broke out.
He was really afraid that the prince would kill himself on impulse.
"Your Highness, spare me. I can explain! The reason why I blocked the city gates was to prevent the people in the city from being harmed by the outside refugees. You don't know that the refugees outside are very fierce. They are so hungry that they can do anything. Many innocent people were robbed by them before. I have no choice but to drive them out of the city."
Nie Changping sighed and said, "How do you explain the ten taels of silver for the city entrance fee?"
"The entrance fee of ten taels of silver is indeed a bit expensive, but in this situation, there are disaster victims everywhere who have no food to eat. I can only rely on this dishonorable means to earn money, and then use this money to exchange for food to help those poor disaster victims."
Nie Changping sneered: "So, you actually did a good thing?"
Yang Kaiguang laughed dryly and said, "It's not a good thing. I just want to do something for the people."
Nie Changping wanted to see how this old man would continue to make up stories, so he continued to ask.
"You collected a lot of taxes from the people and forced them to build the palace day and night. How can you explain this?"
Yang Kaiguang smiled flatteringly and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince has come all the way to Gangu County. There is nothing in the county that can accommodate His Highness the Crown Prince, so I want to build a temporary palace for the Crown Prince. The money for building the temporary palace was given voluntarily by the local gentry. They also wanted to make His Highness the Crown Prince live more comfortably in our Gangu County. It was completely out of good intentions. As for those ordinary people who do hard labor... their families are so poor that they can't even afford to eat. I asked them to build the temporary palace and provide them with two meals a day, which can be regarded as giving them a bite to eat."
"Okay, I believe you on all this, but what about the large number of children missing in the city?"
When Yang Kaiguang heard this, his expression changed slightly.
Just when Nie Changping thought that Yang Kaiguang was going to excuse himself again, he saw that the old guy actually admitted it.
"Those children were indeed captured by me!"
Nie Changping didn't expect him to admit it so readily. He was stunned at first, and then asked, "As a parent official, why would you do such a thing?"
Yang Kaiguang said bitterly: "There is nothing I can do. It has not rained here and the crops in the fields have died of drought. If this continues, I am afraid that the people of Gangu County will starve to death."
"What does this have to do with the children?"
(End of this chapter)
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