After losing the vest at the beginning, the female general was forced to marry the scheming prince

Chapter 293 The Flood Is False

Qu Chu was always worried.

"During Ning Youdi's rebellion, King Jiangcheng's private soldiers never showed up. He knew the secrets of the Ning family. The emperor publicly wanted to make you the emperor's younger brother. I'm afraid he wanted to get rid of you."

King Jiangcheng's private soldiers were most likely raised in Changqing Kingdom, and Pengzhou was adjacent to Changqing Kingdom, so it was extremely convenient for King Jiangcheng to attack Ning Youbei in Pengzhou.

Ning Youbei held Qu Chu's hand, "Ah Chu, I know it well."

There is another point that Qu Chu didn't say, she was worried that Jiangcheng King was colluding with the Wolf Kingdom.Since the King of Jiangcheng could collude with Nanyi before, he can also collude with the wolf country.

It's just that Qu Chu didn't expect that Ning Youbei was also worried about this, and his purpose of going here was to use himself as bait.

……

Early the next morning, Mao Yi, Ye Yu'an and others came to Chu Palace, waiting for Ning Youbei to set off together.

In addition to Qu Chu, Yan Hong also stood beside Ning Qingheng holding Ning Qingheng, and there were two three-year-old boys standing beside her.

Qu Chu called Ye Yuan aside alone.

"You may meet King Jiangcheng this time. I hope you can calm down and focus on the overall situation. As long as you can keep Youbei safe this time, I promise to help you deal with King Jiangcheng."

Ye Yu'an had approached Qu Chu before, and wanted to join forces with her to deal with King Jiangcheng, but Qu Chu never gave him a clear answer, and he didn't expect Qu Chu to speak out at this time.

Ye Yu'an looked directly at Qu Chu:

"I've already sorry to Youbei once, and I won't do anything wrong to him again. Even if you don't say these things to me today, I will try my best to protect him."

Qu Chu looked at Ye Yu'an with sincerity.

"Then I will trust you this time."

After explaining to Ye Yu'an, the two returned to the crowd.

Ye Yu'an looked at Su Chongjiu, and Su Chongjiu gave him a sweet smile, "Uncle Ye, take care!"

Ye Yu'an suppressed the excitement in his heart, and nodded towards Su Chongjiu.

Ning Youbei stretched out his arms to hug Ning Qingheng, "Listen to your mother at home, Daddy will be back soon."

Ning Qingheng said "paw" on Ning Youbei's face: "Daddy".

Ning Youbei also kissed Ning Qingheng on the cheek, then handed her over to Qu Chu, "Let's go."

Qu Chu nodded, suppressing the reluctance in his heart.

Ning Youbei patted Ning Qingyu's head twice, "Take care of mother."

Ning Qingyu nodded coolly.

It wasn't until Ning Youbei and the others could no longer see their backs that Qu Chu said to Ning Qingyu and Su Chongjiu: "From today onwards, you two will practice martial arts with me."

Su Chongjiu grabbed Ning Qingyu's arm tightly, "Brother Qingyu, our good days are over."

From this day on, Ning Qingyu and Su Chongjiu squatted on a fragrant horse every morning, and then followed Qu Chu to learn "Merced Palm".

"Mingran Palm" is a palm technique created by Qu Chu's master Tianshuke for training Qi and flexibility. Its steps are also flexible and changeable, which is most suitable for beginners of martial arts.

In the morning, the two children studied and practiced calligraphy with the Hanlin of the Imperial Academy.

In the afternoon, Su Chongjiu followed Su Yingxue to learn how to prepare and detoxify poison, while Ning Qingyu practiced archery.

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蓬洲
Ning Youbei and his group rushed to Pengzhou day and night, without experiencing any danger along the way, and arrived at the boundary of Pengzhou seventeen days later.

Although there are thousands of islands in Pengzhou, people only live on a dozen or so large islands, and the only way to travel between these dozens of large islands is by boat.

Ning Youbei decided not to disturb the government, but to go to various places to check first.His future people will be divided into four groups, each in four directions, and several islands in each group to inquire about the people's sentiments.

Ning Youbei, Ye Yu'an, and Mao Yi were in a group of three, and they were heading east.The largest island in Pengzhou, that is, the island where the city lord's mansion is located, was assigned to Gu Liangfei's group.

Pengzhou has experienced a flood, but it is not as serious as the city lord of Pengzhou City said. There is no sign of serious damage to the city, and the people have not lived on the streets.

Mao Yi knows water conservancy. After checking the topography of Pengzhou City, he said:
"Although the rivers in Pengzhou are crisscrossed, the river is not congested, and it is connected to the East China Sea, and the foundations of the houses on the shore are built high. It stands to reason that there will be no serious floods in Pengzhou."

Ning Youbei approached a local and asked, "I heard that your place has just experienced a serious flood, right?"

The man looked Ning Youbei and the three of them up and down and said, "The young master is from another place, right?"

Ning Youbei said: "I am from Luofu, my family is in the fur business, and I pass by Pengzhou."

The man said:
"No wonder the son doesn't know.

Some time ago, Pengzhou had torrential rain for more than ten days, and the water couldn't flow out for a while, which really caused floods.

But our Pengzhou has a terrain with high west and low east, and all the water flows to the East China Sea, so the flood will recede by itself within a few days. "

"Are there any people whose houses were damaged? Or displaced?"

The man wondered, "Young Master, why are you inquiring about this?"

Ye Yu'an took out an ingot of silver and handed it to the man, "My son is just asking around, to see if there are any business opportunities?"

The man took the silver.

"Seeing that you don't look like people from the government, it doesn't matter if I tell you.

This flood was more severe than previous years. Some people living in the lower part of the island were affected by the flood, but the flood subsided within a few days. How could it be said that they were displaced? "

Next, Ning Youbei asked a lot of people, and his words were not too different from this person.The news from the other three groups was roughly the same as that found by Ning Youbei and the others.

Ning Youbei frowned and said:
"The life of the people in Pengzhou is not bad, and they have not experienced serious floods. So what is the purpose of the city lord of Pengzhou to report the serious disaster?"

Su Ziyi said: "Could it be that the lord of Pengzhou City wants to embezzle the imperial court's disaster relief money?"

Gu Liangfei denied this statement.

"It shouldn't be.

If the lord of Pengzhou City wanted to embezzle the imperial court's disaster relief money, he would not report the catastrophic disaster to the imperial court and implore the imperial court to send people for disaster relief, but report a small flood and ask the imperial court for disaster relief silver taels. "

This is true.

In the past, many cities made false reports of disasters in order to swallow up the imperial court's disaster relief funds, but if they were not really needed, they would not ask the imperial court to send people for disaster relief.

This is the first case of a false report like Pengzhou City.

Ning Youbei and Ye Yu'an looked at each other, they were afraid that this incident was aimed at Ning Youbei, and the purpose was to lure him to Pengzhou.

Ningyou North Road:

"Let's take a look around tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. If we are sure that Pengzhou Mansion has not experienced floods, we will go to Pengzhou City Lord's Mansion and see how he explains this matter."

After everyone's discussion, Ning Youbei left Ye Yu'an, Su Ziyi, Dai Anguo, and Gu Liangfei alone, and called the captain of the guard of Chu Palace who traveled with them.

Among the people who came out this time, Ning Youbei, Ye Yu'an, and the captain of the guard had the highest martial arts, while Su Ziyi, Dai Anguo, and Gu Liangfei were not as good at martial arts.

(End of this chapter)