With the assistance of the guards at Yanmen Pass, the caravan successfully drove 30 cattle into Yanmen Pass.

In order to avoid suspicion, Heliantuo and Dihu cavalrymen just watched from a distance and did not participate in it. After the shopkeeper Luo Zhaohe was busy with the cattle herd, the first thing he did was to go out to thank Heliantuo. Thanks to their mother and son for taking care of them and their group in Dihu Royal Court a few days ago, and for escorting them all the way.

He Liantuo didn't say anything, but said lightly that the favor he owed you Qi Wang Xiao Jie has been repaid, and everyone will not owe each other from now on.

Speaking of this, Luo Zhaohe and shopkeeper Yu couldn't say much more, but they were surprised that the little princess Yun Xi who pestered them every day to ask questions was missing, but they couldn't ask too much, either. He just waved goodbye to Helian Tuo.

As they entered Yanmen Pass, the gate was closed with a bang. Heliantuo glanced at the majestic Yanmen Pass with complicated eyes, and he didn't know what was going on in his heart.

After a long time, he waved his hand and greeted the others: "Send someone to call the princess back, we should go back to the royal court."

Only then did Yunxi come over and tell him that the smell of messy cattle was too strong, so she went to other nearby places to take a breath.

Helen Tuo, like his mother, has always loved this younger sister, so she let her go, and specially sent a few people to follow behind to protect her, lest she be in any danger.

But soon, the people sent to look for Yun Xi came back, and brought back a few people who were ordered to follow Yun Xi to protect her. They told Heliantuo that Yun Xi wanted to relieve her on the pretext of feeling sick in her stomach, and asked them to She avoided them far away, took the opportunity to get rid of them, and now they are nowhere to be found. They searched for a long time but couldn't find anyone.

Heliantuo was going crazy. If something happened to Yunxi, how would he explain to Khan and his mother? He sent everyone around him to look for Yunxi outside Yanmen Pass like crazy, but in the end No one was found either, but a stunned person was found beside a bush.

The man said that he was a member of the caravan. When he was driving the cattle, Princess Yunxi suddenly called him aside and asked him to help him with something. Suddenly he was knocked out in a place where no one was around, and when he woke up, he found that the buddy's clothes had disappeared from his body...

Heliantuo understood everything instantly in his heart, and he couldn't help turning his eyes to the direction of Yanmen Pass.

He should have thought earlier that his younger sister must have sneaked into the caravan and entered Yanmen Pass, and followed them to the capital to meet Qi Wang Xiao Jie, who she had been thinking about day and night.

Anyway, he could breathe a sigh of relief that Yun Xi was fine, but a wry smile soon appeared on his face, how could he tell Khan and his mother about this.

……

Luoyang, Changning Palace.

In the Imperial Study Room, Commander of Qilin Guard Zhang Chu fell to his knees, not daring to look up at Emperor Xiao Ji.

There was no anger on Xiao Ji's face. Looking at Zhang Chu who was kneeling below, he asked indifferently: "I heard that there are some gossip about King Qi in the capital now, right?"

Zhang Chu was so frightened that he sweated even more. He forced himself to calm down, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, there are indeed some rumors circulating in the capital. Be clear and report to His Majesty..."

There was still no trace of anger on Xiao Ji's face, but he just took a deep look at Zhang Chu, and a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes inadvertently.

Lian Yi, who was standing on the sidelines, saw Xiao Ji's displeasure at a glance, and quickly smoothed things out with a smile, saying: "Commander Zhang, Your Majesty is as open-minded as he is, and he is as good as he is. He has always been very concerned about what's going on in the streets and alleys of Luoyang. If there are any gossips, you can speak out, the Son of Heaven is wise, and there will be a holy judgment."

Zhang Chu secretly scolded himself for being confused, because it was related to Qi Wang Xiao Jie, and he was also worried that someone was manipulating behind his back, so he wanted to find out the ins and outs of the matter and report it to the emperor, but he didn't know where the emperor heard the news , actually took the initiative to ask him, but the nature was completely different.

He glanced at Lian Yi gratefully, then bit the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, there are indeed some rumors in the capital that are unfavorable to His Royal Highness Qi Wang, saying that His Royal Highness Qi Wang is a prince, and he is a captain of Sili, but he doesn't care about the people. They don’t care about people’s livelihood, they only want to enjoy themselves, and they seize thousands of hectares of fertile land from others to plant exotic flowers and plants from the West.”

"Those are all King Qi's own fields. He can plant whatever he likes. Why do the people complain and criticize so much?" Xiao Ji couldn't help frowning when he heard the words, apparently also a little puzzled in his heart.

Xiao Jie and the Tao family teamed up to create a run on the Shengtai Bank, forcing the six great families of Wei Pei Liu Xue Yang Du to give money to the land to avoid disasters. Xiao Ji knew that he also secretly supported his son in his heart. After all, these aristocratic families are all sitting on tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, and it would be good for Xiao Jie to let them spend money and bleed to weaken their strength.

However, he also didn't want to understand what his son, the dignified king of Qi, had to spend on food and clothing, and he had the financial support of the Tao family, what would he do with such a field, but he didn't send anyone to ask Xiao Jie, just let him toss about.

Therefore, this is the first time he knows that his son is not growing food on the land, but some exotic flowers and plants from the West.

Zhang Chu couldn't help showing a wry smile when he heard the words: "Your Majesty is wise, what you said is very true, but the people are ignorant. They all said that last year Daning experienced a large-scale locust plague, Jiaozhou had two rebellions, and the Huaihe River flooded a large area of ​​fertile land. The food in the country has dropped sharply, and even the imperial court has issued an order to prohibit the people from using food to make wine, but His Royal Highness King Qi himself does not grow wheat on his hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land, but instead plants all useless things such as exotic flowers and weeds. In fact, there are some...some...that's why the common people have some...some complaints against His Royal Highness."

Xiao Ji frowned even deeper, feeling a slight pain in his head.

He is not an emperor who doesn't care about the suffering of the people. On the contrary, as the emperor, he knows that the people in the world should be based on agriculture, so he has always been very concerned about farming.

Since the spring of this year, there has been little rain in the north. The Sinong Temple has given him a memorial, speculating that this year's grain production may be further reduced, which has already caused him a great headache.

Now his son Xiao Jie has seized thousands of hectares of fertile land from the Guanzhong and Heluo families. He does not grow a portion of grain, but he wants to grow some exotic flowers and plants from the West. Is it used as a meal?It's no wonder that the common people are talking about it. I'm afraid that Zhang Chu said that he has complaints in his heart, but he is being polite. Maybe the common people have already complained about this.

Xiao Ji couldn't help sighing, he found that he couldn't see through this son more and more, sometimes he would make himself feel at ease when he did things, and felt that in the future, if the country was passed on to him, he would definitely be able to rule the country, but sometimes he I like to do some outrageous and unimaginable things, so that I still don't feel at ease to hand over the country to him.

But Xiao Ji still believes that his son is not an absurd person, and there may be other reasons for him to make such a move.

Lian Yi has followed Xiao Ji for many years, so he couldn't see what he was thinking, so he couldn't help but suggested with a smile: "Your Majesty, why don't you call His Royal Highness King Qi into the palace now, and ask him face to face."

Xiao Ji frowned and did not speak. After a long time, he still shook his head, as if he had made up his mind, and said in a deep voice: "No need, what is said is that what you hear is what you see, Zhang Chu, go and arrange it. I want to go out of the palace in a low suit and see with my own eyes what kind of exotic flowers and plants King Qi is planting."

Zhang Chu was stunned for a moment, and instinctively wanted to persuade the emperor to take back his order, but when he looked up, he saw Xiao Ji's stern gaze, and was too frightened to speak any more, so he accepted the order with a bitter face.

Lian Yi didn't mean to dissuade, but just sighed silently.

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