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What else could it be because of?

Of course, it was because Magistrate Cai Xin was timid and did not dare to face the princess's anger in person, so he pushed him to take the blame first.

Master Cai felt a little bitter in his mouth, and finally plucked up the courage to raise his head. With just one glance, his eyes were burned by the princess's light, and he quickly lowered his head: "Back to the princess, there are many official affairs in the county government, and I can't leave Master Cai for a day. Your Excellency first sends the younger one to come to apologize and ask the princess to forgive you. It is a crime of negligence and neglect.”

After three days of fast horse march, we have reached the foot of Black Pine Mountain. The anger in Jiang Shaohua's heart not only remained unquenched, but in fact grew stronger and stronger. Hearing this, he snorted coldly: "According to what you said, the head of the palace was killed when he encountered bandits. Magistrate Cai couldn't come to the palace to plead guilty. Is it because of the heavy official duties?"

Master Cai bravely begged for mercy on behalf of Magistrate Cai: "Princess, please calm down. The spring plowing has just begun, and Mr. Cai goes to inspect the farmland every day. Originally, he planned to go to the palace after the spring plowing..."

Jiang Shaohua interrupted Master Cai coldly: "There is no need to say anything. He is not going to the palace, and I am here in person. Kill the bandits first, and then go to the county government office. Then I will ask your Master Cai personally. "

Master Cai didn't dare to say anything anymore and kept kowtowing. In a moment, his forehead turned red.

Master Cai is a loyal protector of his master.

Jiang Shaohua's expression softened slightly: "No need to kowtow, get up! You stay in the military camp and wait for the princess to send you."

Master Cai kowtowed three more times, thanked the princess for her kindness, then stood up and bowed out of the tent. He wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve and glanced in the direction of the county government office.

Mr. Cai, I can do what I can do. Next, just wish yourself good luck!

In the open space outside the tent, chopped wood was quickly brought in to build a camp. Deep pits were dug, and the trees with their branches and leaves retained were placed in and compacted. Hundreds of strong men were busy coming and going, and soon a small camp was set up.

Master Cai was used to being busy and worried at the county government office on weekdays, so he couldn't help but go over to help: "With so many people running around, it's a waste of manpower and time. If you do this, each team will be divided into three groups. Cut down trees, one group will transport the wood, and the other group will stay here to build a camp.”

"Also, don't crowd into one place. Each team should be assigned a place. No one should be lazy and build the camp that their own team is responsible for."

"Come on, come on, your team will go here. This team will go over there..."

At first, some people thought that the black goat was chatty and noisy. However, the black goat said things in an orderly manner, and it was indeed more efficient to follow them. Everyone did it without saying a word. Sure enough, it was no longer crowded and noisy. Everyone had something to do, busy but not in a hurry, everything was orderly.

Master Cai shouted for more than half an hour until his voice became hoarse. Wiping his forehead with his sleeve, he looked for water. Turning his head, a water bag was suddenly handed to him: "Are you thirsty?"

Master Cai nodded subconsciously. When he saw the pretty smiling face, his legs softened and he knelt down: "Princess Princess!"

...The speed of kneeling down was too fast.

Jiang Shaohua was a little amused: "It was Magistrate Cai who did the wrong thing, not you. If this county wants to question the crime, it will only go to Magistrate Cai, and will not vent its anger on you. What are you so afraid of!"

Master Cai didn't know what he was afraid of.

He traveled thousands of miles to take office with Magistrate Cai, and he was never afraid of fighting with big families and punishing unruly people. When the King of Nanyang was still alive, he came to Li County for inspection, and he also met the prince.

For some reason, this young princess gave him an extremely oppressive feeling.

Perhaps this is the intuition buried deep in the body.

Jiang Shaohua looked at Master Cai, who was sweating profusely, and smiled: "Get up! I just saw you commanding everyone to build the camp, and you were very impressive. You did a good job, and this water bag is a reward from me. .”

Master Cai was flattered, thanked him repeatedly, and received the water bag respectfully.

He listened to the princess' casual instructions: "Since you are here, stay in the military camp and make arrangements to build the military camp first. Come back when this errand is completed."

Master Cai had been enslaved by Magistrate Cai for many years and was used to being busy, so he immediately accepted the errand. After drinking half of the water in the water bag, I continued to make arrangements energetically. Song Yuan followed the princess's gaze and whispered: "Master Cai, I will have some impressions. Four years ago, the prince inspected the official affairs of the counties, and the county government in Li County did the most careful and best work. At that time, the prince specially praised it. Magistrate Cai. Master Cai was also present at that time. He answered most of the prince’s questions.”

It seems that Master Cai is the real person in charge of the Li County government office.

Jiang Shaohua understood clearly: "Magistrate Cai has a good master."

"Keep Master Cai here and let me see what he is capable of."

Song Yuan nodded slightly.

……

At the foot of Black Pine Mountain, trees were cut down and camps were built. Many people entered the forest with knives and bows and arrows on their backs.

With such a big movement, the bandits in Black Pine Mountain were not deaf or blind, so they were naturally alarmed. The more than 300 bandits in the bandit village were all panicked, and several small leaders rushed in and talked nonsense.

"Boss, what should we do now?"

"Look at this movement. The people coming are strong and powerful, and their number is several times ours. There is no way we can defeat them, so we better run!"

"Yes, yes, we ran out of the back door, dispersed into the mountains, hid for a month or two and then came back. These officers and soldiers will not stay with us all the time."

In the past, when the King of Nanyang sent troops to suppress bandits, they would just run away after hearing the news, hide for a while and then come out.

Therefore, although Heisongzhai is not large in scale, it has luckily escaped several bandit raids and has survived to this day. He is also quite famous in Nanyang County.

The bandit leader's surname is Zhu. He has a ruthless face and a ferocious appearance. His usual weapon is a thick-backed machete. It is said that one knife can cut a person in two, so he was nicknamed Zhu Yidao.

Zhu Yidao chuckled: "The King of Nanyang has been dead for a year, and there is only a ten-year-old yellow-haired girl left in the palace, who is afraid of a ball!"

"No matter what I run, I always keep my heart in my heart. This time is the right time for us to make a name for ourselves."

The little bosses looked at each other in confusion. After a while, one of them said boldly: "Boss, the princess is a yellow-haired girl. The soldiers in the palace are not vegetarians. They are all tall, strong and fierce. If we are facing each other head-on, I'm afraid we are no match. .”

"Don't talk about making a name for yourself by then, I'm afraid your life will be in danger."

"That's right, let's run...hey!"

With a scream, Talkative was kicked to the ground. The other leaders immediately shut up and became as quiet as chickens.

Zhu Yidao glanced around in a conspiratorial manner: "Whoever dares to say the word run again, I will kill him first!"

"If you pass on my words, everyone should cheer up and start patrolling inside and outside the stockade tonight."

"Anyone who comes near the village will be chopped with a knife!"

... (end of this chapter)