Wei Fu held up a large chicken drumstick and said with a greasy mouth, "General Maodu, are you saying that Fu'er and the Crown Prince shouldn't pass through here?"
General Mao's expression froze, and he immediately knelt down to apologize: "Your Highness, please understand, I never intended that."
He looked terrified, but in his heart he hated Wei Fu's talkativeness.
Wei Fu continued, "General Maodu, are you secretly scolding Fu'er?"
"You don't have to curse secretly. Fu'er is here. You can curse Fu'er directly in front of her. If you curse secretly like this, I will be embarrassed to curse back at you."
Humph, you big bad guy, I can’t deal with you now, but it’s okay to make you feel uncomfortable for a while!
Mao Du was secretly shocked that Wei Fu actually knew he was scolding her, but he still tried to maintain his composure: "My little princess, you are worrying too much. How dare I insult you?"
Wei Fu swung his legs and said, "Then I'll just believe you for now! General Maodu, you must perform well to prove that Fu'er misunderstood you before."
What else could Mao Du do? He could only say, "I will definitely perform well."
The prince suppressed his laughter and said seriously, "General Mao, please get up and have dinner soon. The princess and I are both kind people and don't like to punish people."
General Mao: “…Yes.” I don’t believe you.
Wei Fu was so smart at such a young age that he knew how to cooperate with the prince and play both the good and bad cops.
As expected of a royal family member.
It seems that I need to be more careful in the future.
However, the prince is now busy helping the prefect investigate these trivial matters in Liaocheng, so there is no need to rush him to lead troops to suppress the bandits. This will give him more time to make thorough preparations.
After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms.
General Mao slept for a long time during the day and did not sleep much at night. He said he wanted to help the prefect to interrogate the monks in the temples, and sentence those who were guilty as soon as possible to avoid the cells at the back being too small.
He did not say that he wanted to try the bandits. The bandits were kept separate from the monks in the temple, so the prefect agreed directly. What he was most worried about was that General Mao would kill people to silence them.
General Mao was in a bad mood because he was humiliated by Wei Fu.
Over the years, he can be said to be the one who calls the shots in Changzhou, and everyone gives him some face, but today he was humiliated by a little girl like Wei Fu.
So, these fake monks became his tools to vent his anger.
Under his torture, those fake monks who refused to confess could no longer bear it and began to beg General Mao for mercy, saying that they were willing to confess the crimes they had committed.
Only then did General Chang feel a little better.
As he was washing the blood off his hands, his personal guard came over and whispered, "General, I've heard a piece of news. It's said that the Empress's niece, Miss Su, is not getting along with the Princess."
General Mao's eyes flickered: "Really?"
The guard said, "Really!"
General Mao wiped the water off his hands with a handkerchief, sat down leisurely, and thought for a moment before saying, "I've heard that Miss Su is different from other women in the boudoir. She's very insightful, not particular about small matters, and she likes to travel the world."
He waved to his guards and whispered a few words.
After receiving the order, his personal guards rode away from Liaocheng overnight.
As soon as his personal guards left, the prince received the news.
Su Cheng sighed and said, "Our previous plan was in vain. The plan cannot keep up with the changes. Now General Mao has ordered people to leave the city again. Your Highness, why do you think this is?"
Before the prince could answer, someone reported that General Mao had arrived.
After greeting the Crown Prince, General Mao said, "Your Highness, I've heard that Liao City is in turmoil. Many people have come to report to the authorities today. After careful consideration, I feel that the 100 men I brought with me may not be enough. So, I have sent someone out of the city tonight and will return with another 100 men for Your Highness's use."
The soldiers are General Mao's soldiers, and he has such power.
The prince smiled politely and said, "Thank you, General."
After General Mao reported the matter to the prince, he did not disturb the prince any further and left first.
Just as Su Cheng was about to ask something, the prince said, "Cousin, we have a habitual misunderstanding. We always like to think a hundred steps ahead before we even take the first step. We even start thinking about what will happen next before we even take the first step."
"This is truly too much of a hassle, and things won't develop the way we want. So instead of overthinking it, it's better to sit back and wait and see."
"Our people have already followed him. When they come back, we will know why he sent his personal guards out."
Su Cheng also discovered this.
In the past, he would think before he acted, but basically nothing went wrong. But this time, when he was with Wei Fu, he found that his previous experience didn't seem to be very useful.
The next day, the prince met Wei Fu when he went out.
Wei Fu gave the prince a big smile: "Good morning, big brother~~~"
The whole look is full of energy and vitality.
The prince was now completely relieved, seeing that Wei Fu was not depressed about what happened yesterday.
However, his peace of mind was soon shattered. While they were having breakfast together, Tingyu rushed in and said angrily, "Princess, this is terrible. The pregnant woman you saved yesterday just gave birth, but she was so cruel that she wanted to strangle her child to death. It was her husband who couldn't bear it and saved the child."
"But when the couple was pushing and shoving, the man accidentally pushed the pregnant woman down. The woman's head hit the edge of the stone bed in the cell and she died."
There was a moment of blankness on everyone's face, and they had no idea what expression they should use to express the complicated emotions they felt when they heard the news.
They felt that the man in Taohua Village was hateful, so hateful that he would kill his own wife and children with his own hands.
But the man who was going to kill his wife and children with his own hands saved the child when his wife was about to kill him.
They originally thought that the women in Taohua Village were innocent, pitiful and miserable, but those innocent, pitiful and miserable women were so cruel.
Even a tiger won’t eat its own cubs!
Everyone present was silent for a while.
The prince sighed and said, "The difference between a good person and a bad person is just a thought away."
"They are all pitiful and pathetic."
It is pitiful that they are deceived by evil spirits and have been offering sacrifices to them, but that is also due to their greed. People do not think about relying on their own efforts, but always think about what others can give them. Such thoughts are the source of their misery.
What’s even more tragic is that what they thought were gods were actually evil spirits.
But who can guarantee that if they know that it is an evil spirit, they will not become its slaves because of their laziness and greed?
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