The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

Chapter 50 The true identity of the bandits

Qi Chenglang looked at the figure of Prince Wen jumping away and expressed that he was innocent.

He has just returned from a long journey and is about to be rushed to work by His Highness. Can anyone speak for him?
Fortunately, Aunt Xu discovered it in time and said with a smile: "You have worked hard all the way, Guard Qi. Go back and rest. Today I will personally cook for you and let you eat something good."

Guard Qi licked his lips unconsciously. Although this journey was difficult, the thing that Guard Qi couldn't bear the most was eating.

As an escort, you have to be careful even when talking and staying in a hotel. It can be said that Qi Chenglang's nerves have been tense all the way. How can he still have a good meal.

He said with a smile: "Then there is Grandma Lao. Not to mention that you are away from home, you really miss Grandma's cooking. It would be great if you can eat Grandma's cooking at any time when you are away from home."

Qi Chenglang just said it casually, but Nanny Xu wrung her hands and froze on the spot.

There are sword-carrying guards in front of the Qi Guards Hall, and they are high-ranking officials of the third rank. Now they can go to the escort agency with peace of mind. Shouldn't they think so much about it?

But her status is different from that of Guard Qi, not to mention that she is a woman...

But in an instant, Nanny Xu suppressed the thoughts that were about to arise.

Gu Yuzhi returned to the study and opened the letter. He read the entire letter first, then marked the words he knew, and based on his mother-in-law's previous habit of writing letters, he almost guessed the content of the letter.

Shu Xiaohan nodded while listening. After Gu Yuzhi finished reading the letter, she said: "Your Highness is really amazing! In just a few months, he can actually read the letter by himself! The teacher believes that in two months, the New Year will be celebrated At that time, Your Highness can write a letter to Concubine Taixian by yourself!"

Gu Yuzhi was very embarrassed to be praised by Shu Xiaohan. He pursed his lips tightly. After a while, he couldn't help but curled up again: "It's time to rest. When Xie Changshi comes back in the evening, I will ask him to read it to me again."

Xie Changshi would be very surprised if he knew he could read letters.

However, Gu Yuzhi's little plan failed today, because it was not until [-] hour three days later that the two of them returned to the house in the snow and wind. After entering the house, they did nothing and fell asleep. They did not wake up one after another until the end of the next day. Come.

After Gu Yuzhi finished his lunch, Xie Changshi came forward to ask for an audience.

"Xie Changshi!" Gu Yuzhi rushed forward excitedly and pulled Xie Changshi up. Just as he was about to drag him to read the letter, he looked up and saw his pale face and bruises under his eyes. He looked worse than before he left. Lost a lot of weight.

Gu Yuzhi was startled by Xie Changshi's haggard appearance, and said anxiously: "Mingli, go to Qin Yuan to judge! Xie Changshi is sick!"

There was a hint of crying in his voice, and he couldn't help but think of his father before his death.

Mingli was startled by Gu Yuzhi. She turned around and was about to run out, but was stopped by Xie Changshi: "Your Highness, I'm fine. I'm just a little tired these days. I'll be fine in a few days."

Gu Yuzhi looked at him with his mouth pursed, obviously not believing it: "Xie Changshi, you must be afraid of drinking the bitter medicine to say that!"

He turned his head and saw Zhang Yuankai again. His obviously blue face looked even scarier than Xie Changshi's.

He snorted and looked at Mingli: "Hurry up and go!"

Mingli then hurriedly ran towards Judge Qin's room.

Xie Changshi sat down: "Your Highness, after the efforts of Guard Zhang during this period, I finally investigated the background of these bandits." As he said this, Zhang Yuankai handed over the evidence, and Gu Yuzhi only looked at it briefly. He looked away. After all, he couldn't understand these testimonies.

"These bandits are not villagers from Jingxiang in Quanzhou as they said before, but deserters from the Mobei Army..."

Gu Yuzhi's eyes widened and he exclaimed: "Desert?"

No matter how young he is, he still knows what deserting means. If he is caught, it will be a serious crime to destroy the nine tribes.

Gu Yuzhi still felt a little unbelievable, his little face wrinkled up: "Don't the Mobei Army know about so many deserters?"

"Guard Zhang conducted a secret investigation. These people were registered as killed in the Mobei Army."

Gu Yuzhi scratched his head and couldn't figure it out: "But doesn't dying in battle mean death? Why did you still escape?"

This matter involves so many areas that it is really difficult to investigate.

Looking at Gu Yuzhi's childish face, Xie Changshi explained as simply and straightforwardly as possible: "Your Highness should still remember that these bandits said that they were villagers of Jingxiang before, so I suspected that they were the residents of Jingxiang. Exchanged identities with these fallen deserters."

Swap identities?

Gu Yuzhi carefully considered the meaning of Xie Changshi's words, and then said after a while: "Xie Changshi, do you mean to say that my brother Wang also did this?"

He felt very angry and slapped the table hard, feeling severe pain in the palm of his hand. Gu Yuzhi pursed his lips and thought to himself, even the table was bullying him.

Xie Changshi was still thinking about how to bring this matter to the prince, but when he heard that His Highness had already reacted, he felt as happy as an old father in his heart: "I do have such suspicions. Prefect Qi wants to bring this matter to the attention of the prince." I reported this matter and was stopped by the minister.”

Gu Yuzhi nodded and quickly realized what was wrong: "Why did you stop me? Shouldn't I tell Brother Huang about this?" He wrinkled his face and said in confusion, "But, Xie Changshi also said before, We can't hide this from the emperor, otherwise we will be bullying the emperor..."

He scratched his head and couldn't understand why Xie Changshi wanted to hide such a big thing since he was the person pointed out to him by the emperor's brother.

"I don't want to hide it." Xie Changshi smiled slightly, "but I feel that it is not safe to report through the Qi Prefecture. Hasn't His Highness's Escort Agency been established? I thought, and will pass the news to the Emperor through the Escort Agency."

Gu Yuzhi blinked: "pass it to the emperor brother through the escort agency?"

He felt like he had overlooked something...

Xie Changshi suddenly lifted up his gown and knelt down: "Your Highness, what I said is definitely not alarmist. The person behind the scenes can make the dead soldiers of Mobei reappear. He must have a big plot against Mobei. Every move of Mobei is very important." It is possible that they are all under that person's surveillance. If Magistrate Qi writes a letter to express his love, I am afraid that the letter will not be able to get out of Mobei and will be stopped."

Zhang Yuankai, who had been silent for a long time, also knelt down: "Your Highness, Xie Changshi's worries are not unreasonable. I have quietly gone to Quanzhou these days, and the people behind the scenes used the same method to wipe out three remote villages in Quanzhou, killing nearly a thousand people. The soldiers in Mobei were forced to die in battle. I suspect that these people have changed their identities and are hiding in every corner of Mobei."

Xie Changshi and Zhang Yuankai looked really ugly. After all, they thought they came to Mobei after being fully prepared, but they didn't expect that the situation in Mobei had become so serious.

That man transferred so many Mobei Army through death escape, not to mention that there were that man's spies in the Mobei Army!
Xie Changshi fell on the ground, sweating profusely...

(End of this chapter)