Chapter 541 542【One hand covering the sky】
While the three of them were having dinner, Xu Er hurried to Shang Rong's tent.
"Lord Shang, the two women in the inn are indeed suspicious, and they may be Hong Derui's daughter." Xu Erhui reported.
"Hmph, they must be heading south to Quyang." Shang Rong heard this, and said worriedly, "Ji Xiaolan led the emperor to go south as well, passing by Quyang. Is there something tricky here?"
"My lord, from a small point of view, we might as well strike first. Regardless of whether the two girls are from the Hong family, or whether the emperor is going to Quyang, let's get rid of Hong Derui first." Xu Er sneered, " As long as Hong Derui dies, even if they rush to Quyang, it will be useless."
"Okay, Xu Er, you really deserve to be my confidant." Shang Rong laughed and said, "Okay, let's go to Quyang right away."
…
In the restaurant, Qianlong, Heshen, and Xiang Nan sat and drank tea after eating.
"Lao Ji and He Er, I have a deep understanding when I come out this time." Qianlong sighed.
"Master, tell me!" Xiang Nan and He Shen asked together.
"My master thought that the edict was well issued this time. After three hundred miles and thirty miles, this world is very different from what I imagined. If it goes down three thousand miles, this country will not dare to recognize it." Qianlong sighed.
"Master, you are very wise." He Shen flattered.
"Don't say good things." Qianlong glared at him, "I have only been out for two days, and what I saw was nothing like what you told me.
Bitter well water and dark dens, dilapidated huts and barns, refugees and beggars everywhere... Is this the Qing Dynasty of the Lord? What kind of prosperous age is this? "
He Shen was reprimanded by him, and his face suddenly showed embarrassment.
Just at this moment, three beggars came in at the door, one big and two young, dressed in rags and disheveled.
"Master, please give me something to eat~" All three begged pitifully.
"Get out, get out!" The man shouted when he saw it.
When He Shen saw it, the opportunity to show came. He quickly took out a few copper coins from his pocket and wanted to give them to the three beggars.
"He Er, no need." Qianlong stopped.
"Master, they look really pitiful." He Shen explained.
"Are they pitiful, or are you pitiful? Is it good for a king to do good to a beggar?" Qianlong said in displeasure, "Is it a great kindness for a monarch to make sure that there are no more beggars in the world? I can't give it, give it, my lord." It's even more pitiful."
"My lord, don't do good because it's small, and don't do evil because it's small. Good deeds don't depend on their size, and so does the king's good deeds." Xiang Nan smiled, then took out some scattered silver taels from his pocket, and handed them to three Beggar, "Go, buy something to eat."
"Uncle Xie, Uncle Xie!" The three beggars left gratefully.
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"Third Master, do you think that bitter well water, dark dens, and refugees and beggars everywhere are already the worst scene?" Xiang Nan sat back and said, "Master, this is not the darkest."
"Oh, what is the darkest?" Qianlong asked curiously.
"Excessive taxation, bone-eating marrow, remnant people enrich themselves, and cover the sky with one hand." Xiang Nan said in a low voice.
"Old Ji, what nonsense are you talking about!" He Shen said angrily when he heard this.
"How can you make such a miserable scene?" Qianlong asked, frowning upon hearing this.
"Master, do you want to see it, do you dare to watch it?" Xiang Nan didn't answer, but asked directly.
Qianlong's face froze, and then he nodded, "Take me there. You let me go into exile for three hundred miles, just because you want me to see this world. I have come out all the time. If you give up halfway, just go back. That's a lifetime. You can only be a foolish emperor."
"Master! Well said! What you said is more real and thorough than what you said in the Golden Palace." Xiang Nan stretched out his thumb and said, "It's not convenient here, or I just said this for you, I want to make a big gift!"
"Okay, owe it first, let's owe it." Qianlong waved his hand, "Old Ji, where are we going?"
"Old Ji, what are you doing in Quyang?" He Shen was startled when he heard this.
"He Er, why did your face change when I mentioned Quyang?" Xiang Nan sneered, "Are you afraid that I will go to Quyang with the third master?"
"Huh?!" Qianlong looked at He Shen curiously when he heard this.
"Nonsense, I don't have it, what am I afraid of." He Shen quickly forced himself to be calm.
Xiang Nan smiled, asked the coachman to drive, and the three rushed to Quyang.
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At this time, Xiaoyue and Hong Xia also went a step earlier, rushed to the Quyang quarry, and met Hong Derui.
"Daddy, you have suffered." Hong Xia couldn't help feeling sad when she saw Hong Derui's ragged clothes, dusty face, haggard and old.
"Xia'er, how did you come here?" Hong Derui couldn't help being surprised and delighted when he saw his daughter.
"Master Ji asked Sister Xiaoyue to rescue me." Hong Xia simply explained.
When Hong Derui heard it, he was very grateful, "I have never met Mr. Ji, but he is willing to take risks for me. It is really hard to repay such kindness."
"Hong Yushi, I won't say thank you. The master told me that you are very dangerous now, and Shang Rong is likely to deal with you and wipe you out." Du Xiaoyue said, "So you can't stay in the quarry. , we will come here at night and get you out. When you hear three cuckoo calls, come out of the shed. Then we will take you out."
Hong Derui nodded.
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At night, Du Xiaoyue and Hong Xia quietly came to the quarry.
At this moment it was dark and windy, most of the soldiers were fast asleep, only a few stood guard.
Du Xiaoyue touched it quietly, solved a few guard posts, and then uttered three cuckoo calls.
Hong Derui turned over and got up when he heard the sound.
"Hong Yushi, where are you going?" someone asked in the shed.
"I'm going to take a rest." Hong Derui said, and then slipped out of the shed.
Xiaoyue and Hong Xia hurried forward to support him and helped him leave the quarry.
Didn't go far, Hong Derui stopped suddenly, "It's broken, I didn't bring my account book."
"What ledger?" Xiaoyue asked curiously.
"It is the evidence of Shang Rong's embezzlement of public funds, shoddy goods, and embezzlement of wages." Hong Derui explained.
"Let's go first, and come back later to pick it up." Xiaoyue said quickly after hearing this.
"No, once someone discovers it and destroys it, Shang Rong will not be cured." Hong Derui waved his hand, "We must go back and get it, it is more important than my life."
Seeing this, Du Xiaoyue had no choice but to nod, and took Hong Yushi to get the account book.
After such a delay, Shang Rong has led troops to surround the mining market.
Lamp ball torches illuminate the quarry as bright as day.
"Hong Yushi, long time no see, how are you?" Shang Rong stood on the hillside, looked at Hong Derui in the quarry, and asked with a sneer.
"Shang Rong, you wolf in human skin, as long as I, Hong, have a breath, I will fight to the end with you, a corrupt official!" Hong Derui gritted his teeth.
"Hmph, you are really stubborn when you are about to die. Come on, arrest them for me." Shang Rong sneered.
"Slow! I have the imperial fan in my hand, who dares to be presumptuous!" Du Xiaoyue immediately took out the imperial fan when she saw it.
(end of this chapter)