On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Yan Ruyu discussed with Huo Changhe and prepared a new year gift for Governor Cao.

There are many officials in Youcheng, it is a big city after all, but the biggest ones are Governor Cao and Shen Huaixin.

Shen Huaixin is Mingming's enemy, and his relationship with Governor Cao is not good either.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Although Governor Cao is said to be weak, judging from the current situation, he is not a bad person.

Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe agreed that they could make friends.

But they didn't expect that before they went, Governor Cao came to the door, bringing a lot of gifts and setting two tables full.

"Your Majesty, Princess, happy New Year!" Governor Cao smiled, his chubby face full of joy.

"You're welcome, Lord Governor, and happy New Year," Huo Changhe said with a hand, "I wanted to visit later, but I didn't expect that your Excellency arrived first."

When Governor Cao heard that Huo Changhe wanted to visit him, he was very excited and said, "How dare you trouble the prince? I should be a lower-ranking official."

"What happened last time, I always wanted to thank the prince for saving my life. If it weren't for the prince that night, I would have..."

He sighed and looked sad. For him, it was really a narrow escape from death.

If Huo Changhe hadn't been there, Shen Huaixin wouldn't have cared about his life or death if he really had to be left in the wilderness.

"Your Majesty, your words are serious. You are the official of Youcheng's parents. How can I ignore this? Besides, it's all a simple matter, so I don't need to take it to heart."

Yan Ruyu ordered Yin Ding to bring the gifts. When Governor Cao saw those exquisite boxes, his eyes widened.

"The prince and princess are too polite. This... why is this official so embarrassed?"

After all the polite words were said, the atmosphere became a little colder, but Governor Cao had no intention of leaving yet.

Huo Changhe ordered the silver ingots to be exchanged for tea, and asked: "Is there something difficult for Governor Cao? You might as well just tell him."

"It's...it's not difficult. I have a strange thing and I want to hear your opinion from the prince."

"Sir, please speak."

Governor Cao sighed: "Actually, when I met the prince on the road that day, I was just returning from work."

Huo Changhe thought about it and felt that he seemed to have something to say, but he didn't say it in the end. Besides, he was in a hurry to go to Sima's house at that time, so he didn't ask any more questions.

"I have received several reports," Governor Cao paused for a moment, not knowing how to speak.

Yan Ruyu said slowly: "Sir, it's okay to say it. Is there any life-threatening case?"

Yin Ding stood at the door of the hall, pricking up his ears and listening. He loved hearing gossip and so on. If he told the abbot, it might become material for writing a book.

Then Governor Cao lowered his voice and said, "The official has received a report. For some reason, many families have problems with their chickens."

Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu looked at each other, a little confused.

Yan Ruyu had countless thoughts in her mind. Could it be that someone had poisoned the chicken and caused a chicken plague? Intentionally causing damage to other people's property?

Then I thought about it and it was wrong. This is not the era of making money by raising chickens. Ordinary people just raise a few chickens, lay eggs on weekdays, and slaughter one or two during the New Year.

"What went wrong?" Huo Changhe asked.

Governor Cao frowned, subconsciously stroking the hair on his forehead, and said with a bit of pain: "The hair was plucked."

"For some reason, those who had two or three chickens at home had one-third of their feathers plucked, and those who had seven or eight chickens at home, five or six chickens had their feathers plucked, and one or two were spared."

"Although the chicken will not die if its feathers are plucked, it is ugly to be naked, and it is shivering from the cold, which is really indecent."

"Xiaoguan didn't take it seriously at first. He thought it was a conflict between two families, and it was just an ordinary dispute between ordinary people. But there were several cases in a row, and they didn't know each other, both in the east and west of the city. , there is no connection.”

"When I met the prince that day, the subordinate realized that something was not right. Everything was strange. It was almost New Year, so he was afraid that something big would happen and there might be some conspiracy, so he went over to take a look. At first glance, it was not what the people said. Virtual, it is indeed so.”

Yin Ding rolled his eyes, opened them slightly, rubbed oil on his feet, and slowly stepped out of the threshold.

Huo Changhe originally thought that it would be enough for Yan Ruyu to be happy anyway, and not to think about the chicken, sheep, and cow dancing performances, but he didn't expect that just at the beginning of the first day of the new year, Governor Cao came to mention this matter again.

He raised his eyes and glanced at the silver ingot that was about to slip away quietly, and he knew that this matter had something to do with them.

Yan Ruyu sipped tea to hold back her laughter, never expecting that Governor Cao would mention this matter.

Governor Cao lowered his head and frowned. This matter had troubled him for several days. It was nothing to compensate the people with a little money. The key was that this matter was too unbelievable.

"Your Majesty," he continued, completely unaware of the change in the atmosphere in the hall and the reactions of the three people.

"Is it possible that someone used some evil magic?" He lowered his voice, "Otherwise, how could such a thing happen? I found a Taoist priest who was traveling around and asked him to do the calculation. He said this …”

Governor Cao pondered for a long time but could not recall what the old Taoist said.

"Anyway, what he means is that there is a monster causing trouble, the official thought," his fat body leaned forward slightly, his eyes full of seriousness and slight panic.

"It coincides with the New Year, could it be... Nian? When Xianguan was a child, he heard from his family that the Nian beast is ferocious and can eat people."

Huo Changhe coughed a few times and felt that his idea was really strange.

"Sir, you also said that you can eat people, but I haven't heard that you can pluck chicken feathers. Besides, those are just legends. It should not be taken seriously if the elders in the family coax the children."

Yan Ruyu suppressed the corner of her mouth and took over the words: "Sir, just relax, this matter will never happen again. This time's matter is not a Nian beast, let alone what the Taoist said."

Governor Cao's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Princess, then this is..."

This question was asked so suddenly that Yan Ruyu always wanted to laugh, but couldn't think of anything good to say.

He asked now, and Yan Ruyu had an idea: "Sir, you said, compensation was given to those people?"

"Yes, I think it's not easy for ordinary people to raise a few chickens at home. If the chickens lose their feathers and freeze to death, let them beat their teeth as a sacrifice and give them some money to buy chicks next year so they can raise them again."

Yan Ruyu put down the tea cup: "This is it. This is exactly what God meant."

"Please give me some advice, Princess."

"Sir, you have been in Youcheng for many years and are a good official. Although this incident is a bit unusual, it is reasonable. This is God giving you a reminder."

"You are a parent official of Youcheng. You care about the people and even care about a chicken. God will definitely be satisfied and will naturally bless you in the future. If you ignore it, maybe... something will really happen."

Hearing what Yan Ruyu said, Governor Cao suddenly became enlightened.

"That's it! What the princess said is absolutely true. I have learned a lesson from you."

He stood up and bowed excitedly, and the worry and anxiety in his eyes quickly dissipated: "This is God reminding me, don't waste money, and do more for the people!"