How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Shen Yuan had a headache.

This round was indeed a killing game. Shen Yuan was unable to handle everything by himself. Given the speed of the refugees from various counties, after they arrived in Jiangdu County, he could at most persuade the refugees from two counties to return to the city.

Just when Shen Yuan was busy and exhausted, Xie Chengze hid stealthily behind the wooden pillar in the corridor and waved his hand at Shen Yuan who was walking in a hurry.

Shen Yuan wanted to ignore it, but Xie Chengze blew the hooligan whistle that the Beijing dandies often blew, and called out in a coquettish voice, "Shen Lang~ come here~"

Shen Yuan instantly got goosebumps all over his body and didn't want to pay attention to him even more. But thinking of Xie Chengze's cold words and extremely disappointed eyes that day, he stopped and clenched the hilt of the sword at his waist, and finally turned around and strode towards him.

In the face of important events, it is not advisable to completely fall out with Xie Chengze.

"Your Highness, please tell me what you want to say. I am very busy." He spoke in a low voice, with a hint of regret for being forced to compromise.

"Ahem, Lord Shen, have you thought of a strategy to deal with those tens of thousands of refugees?" Xie Chengze coughed lightly and asked in a serious tone.

"I am incompetent." Shen Yuan lowered his head and eyes, his brows filled with hatred.

Didn't you say I'm incompetent? Then I'll show you how incompetent I am.

"Oh, I know you are incompetent, you don't have to remind me specifically." Xie Chengze couldn't help but say sarcastically.

Shen Yuan: ...

Shen Yuan turned and left.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Xie Chengze hurriedly grabbed him. Why was this man so easily amused? "Okay, I won't joke with you anymore. Regarding the refugee issue, I do have a plan in mind."

Shen Yuan turned around and looked at him suspiciously, "You?"

"Yes, if you beg me, I will tell you~" Xie Chengze started to play the music again.

Shen Yuan's expression changed instantly. "If Your Highness is really worried about the people, then don't act like this..."

Before he could finish his words, the golden fan in Xie Chengze's hand poked him into his mouth.

Shen Yuan: ???

"You'd better stop talking. You just use the lives of ordinary people to morally blackmail me all day long. Can't you just beg me based on our simple relationship as monarch, subject and friend?" Xie Chengze frowned and said with disdain. After he finished speaking, he put the golden fan back and wiped it on Shen Yuan's robe.

Shen Yuan: ...

Shen Yuan took a deep breath and held his forehead with some helplessness.

Occasionally, he would really be amused by Xie Chengze's bizarre and sick behavior.

"Okay, isn't it just begging you?" Shen Yuan stepped forward and leaned against the corridor pillar. His tall and slender figure trapped him in his arms. He stared at Xie Chengze with deep eyes.

Since he wants to see it, he will show it to him. He wants to see what good method Xie Chengze has to settle these 30,000 refugees.

However, when the words came to my lips, I found it difficult to speak for some reason.

Perhaps it was because Xie Chengze's bright eyes revealed strong expectations, or perhaps it was because the playfulness and teasing on his face were too obvious, making him... unconsciously feel a little ashamed.

Especially when you get close, you can catch a glimpse of his red lips which are slightly raised in pride. They are bright red without any cinnabar, as if waiting to be picked. Because his head is tilted, a tassel red bead earring on his fair white earlobe sways slightly, which inexplicably touches people's heart.

He couldn't help but take a step back, but Xie Chengze noticed this and pressed on, raising his fan to stop him from retreating, his voice soft and slightly playful, "Lord Shen?"

The handsome young man raised his eyebrows slightly, as if to say: Sir Shen, are you not capable of this?

His heart was beating like a drum, making his ears ring. Shen Yuan's originally clear eyes trembled slightly, and his gaze involuntarily moved from his lips to the ground to the side.

He opened his lips. Due to the dryness of his throat, his voice sounded a little low and hoarse, and it was tainted with a bit of temptation. "Second Prince, please help me, please... please..."

After he finished speaking, Shen Quanchen's ears were already red as if blood was dripping.

Shen Yuan's face seemed to be put into a furnace, burning hot and red. He had no idea that he was already cooked. He raised his hands and saluted calmly, "Second Prince, are you satisfied? Can you tell me the plan you came up with?"

If he dared to play tricks on him, he would definitely——

"Satisfied, satisfied~" Xie Chengze was already laughing like a pig in his heart. He leaned close to Shen Yuan's red ear and muttered something.

The expression on Shen Yuan's face changed from speechless to stunned, then from surprised to shocked, and finally a strange look appeared.

"You..." He hesitated to speak, and his eyes changed several times as he looked at Xie Chengze.

This plan was so shocking that he couldn't tell for a moment whether the person in front of him was really someone who could have come up with this plan from the stupid and mediocre second prince in his previous life?

The Second Prince would never come up with such a thoughtful and even...overly strange trick.

Was it that Xie Chengze was reborn too early and secretly recruited those promising people from his previous life to give him advice, or was it that he was simply...

Shen Yuan suddenly remembered two sentences Xie Chengze had said.

"Shen Lang, ah Shen Lang, I am not the vicious and cruel Second Prince."

"I have never owed Lord Shen anything, and Lord Shen has never had any grudge against me."

What do those words mean?

Shen Yuan didn't dare to think about it anymore.

"Sir Shen, do you still remember the bet I made with you?" Xie Chengze smiled, his bright and beautiful face inexplicably making people lose their minds and their hearts flutter. "When the water of the Minjiang River follows my command, don't forget to call me dad."

Shen Yuan: ...

Shen Yuan ruthlessly strangled the mortal desire that had just arisen in his mind.

Even if Shen Yuan starved to death, jumped off Mount Min, or drowned in the Min River, he would never have any improper thoughts about Xie Chengze!

"Since you agree with my plan, then I will have to trouble you, Lord Shen." Xie Chengze imitated his salute and said with a smile, "I will let Wuji guard Lizhou and Yuzhou. You just need to delay the grain carts in the north and wait for my letter."

"Okay." Shen Yuan looked at him deeply, "I hope that Second Prince will keep his word."

……

After Liang Wanda gathered the yamen runners and soldiers from all over the place, he rolled and crawled towards Xie Chengze, "Second Prince! Those refugees are coming soon! The servants who scouted the way said that the first batch to arrive will have a total of 2,000 people!"

"Don't panic, Governor Liang." Xie Chengze patted his shoulder confidently, "Now you can do this, this, and then that and that."

He made detailed arrangements, and Liang Wanda couldn't help but feel suspicious and worried after hearing it, "Can this really solve the problem?"

"Prefect Liang." Xie Chengze walked to his side and put his hand on his shoulder, with a meaningful smile on his lips, "How can it be enough to just predict mountain torrents? I also plan to let the students of Jian'an draw a picture of you rebuilding the river embankment and admire your heroic feat of blocking the mountain torrents."

Upon hearing this, Prefect Liang’s face turned pale.

"Your Highness, the matter of rebuilding the river embankment..." He was horrified and trembling, "Is it still worth considering?"

It was not until this moment that Liang Wanda suddenly felt that the second prince was not simple. The words the second prince had just said were all shocking. Liang Wanda finally came to his senses and realized that something was wrong.

On the surface, the Second Prince seemed to be the same type of person as himself, but everything he did was to love the people and benefit the country, especially the prediction of flash floods and heavy rains. His wisdom and decisiveness were admirable and shocking, and even Liang Wanda himself could not help but be amazed at his extraordinary talent.

How could such a person collude with a corrupt official like himself?

Liang Wanda has been an official for many years after all. Even if he is slow and tempted, he should have realized by now that Xie Chengze is more terrifying than Shen Yuan.

Although Shen Yuan acted arrogantly and forcefully, he followed the law and acted according to procedures. However, the Second Prince was like a smiling tiger with a dagger hidden in his smile. With just a few words, he made Shen Yuan run around in circles...

I'm afraid the Second Prince has already seen through it, that I'm in cahoots with those adults, but he hasn't said anything. He's just waiting to use me and then kill me as a warning to the rest -!

Liang Wanda knelt down suddenly and shouted, "Please spare my life, Second Prince!"

Xie Chengze raised his eyebrows slightly, opened his folding fan and waved it gently, "Oh? Why did Magistrate Liang say that?"