Wow!

The rainstorm came suddenly, and the bean-sized raindrops hit the eaves, the ground, and the withered yellow leaves, making crackling sounds.

Xie Lin stared at the spy for a long time before letting him go.

The door of the study was opened, and strong wind mixed with rain blew in, wetting his face and hair.

After the study door was closed again, Xie Lin stood up, folded the paper he had just written, and handed it to Wangshan.

"I have written down on this piece of paper what you need to do after I leave Shengjing City. Just complete them in the order written on the paper."

Wang Shan took a step forward anxiously: "Are you going to Qingyang City? This year, Master Yuan Yu's rice planting method has yielded a bumper harvest. I don't know how many people are watching you, especially the Prime Minister, who has always held a grudge against you. Once you leave Shengjing City, I'm afraid you will be in danger!"

Xie Lin did not respond to his words, but just said to himself: "You must complete the tasks on this paper carefully and keep it secret. Do not let more people know, otherwise our long-term persistence and planning will fail. Do you remember it?"

Wangshan looked at the note that Xie Lin handed to him, pursed his lips, and pursed his lips again, refusing to take it.

Xie Lin said: "This is an order!"

Wang Shan's eyes turned red after hearing this, so he had no choice but to take the note: "I will definitely do whatever the adults ask me to do, even if it costs me my life!"

He clutched the note tightly and said in a hoarse voice, "My Lord, please return safely as well."

Xie Lin's face didn't show much expression, but his eyes were firm. He said, "Of course."

It was windy and rainy outside, so a servant came over with an oil-paper umbrella and helped Xie Lin get into the carriage. The carriage then set off in the pouring rain on this dark afternoon.

Not far behind the carriage, there were secret guards following silently to protect it.

Looking out of the car window, the trees were pressed down by the wind and rain, and stood up again after the wind passed.

Looking forward, the vision was very blurry. He couldn't see clearly more than five meters away. The wind and rain were blowing sideways. He only looked for a moment before his face was covered with rain.

Do you really have to go out at a time like this?

For what?

Is it for the people of Qingyang City, or simply for the lingering figure in your heart?

He once felt tormented by his own status. It was not Concubine Xie's words that hit him so hard that he could not get close to Chu Heyi, but Concubine Xie had completely turned out his true thoughts, which made him feel like he was struck by lightning and could not bear it.

So the result later became like this.

He bought a white jade butterfly hairpin and deliberately dropped it in front of Princess Pingyang.

Then, in the garden of Xie's house, he took back the jade pendant that he had carried with him for many years from the white palm.

He was filthy, like a street rat, afraid of the light, how could he dare to get close to her?

Finally, he said goodbye to her under the moonlight in the village late at night and watched her walk away, step by step into the hazy moonlight, never to be caught again.

The moonlight that night was so beautiful, but when Xie Lin thinks back on it now, he only feels that the moonlight that was scattered all over the world was extremely hot, even hotter than a blazing flame.

Now, why would he brave the wind and rain, abandon everything in Shengjing City, and go to the disaster-stricken Qingyang City to look for her?

Was it because he sensed in advance that something was wrong with her?

Did you confirm from the spies that something happened to her?

Is it because the girl who appeared in his dream last night said she was waiting for him?

Since the day he learned about the earthquake in Qingyang City, he had been mentally prepared for the possibility of her getting into trouble. Only in this way, he had not been instantly defeated until today.

Something really happened to her...

The glimmer of hope in my heart was completely shattered.

So from the night they said goodbye under the moon, he was destined to lose her forever?

Xie Lin gently closed his eyes and pursed his lips. There was no trace of life on his pale face, and his whole body seemed to be wrapped in coldness.

He wants to take her home in person!

She grew up in the countryside, without a real home or real relatives. She finally returned to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, and has only spent two years with the care of her family. How could something go wrong somewhere else?

She should live or die in love.

She should live or die under the care and watchful eyes of her loved ones.

Life or death... he would bring her back.

If she were still alive... Xie Lin slowly opened his eyes. Just the thought of if she were still alive and rescued from the rubble made his heart filled with turmoil and he could hardly control himself.

If she were still alive, he would personally hand the jade pendant to her and then do whatever she wanted.

Thinking of this, Xie Lin trembled almost imperceptibly.

After the carriage left Qingyang City, the rainstorm gradually subsided. This rainstorm came quickly and went away quickly.

Along the way, many villagers were rejoicing because the rain had stopped. After all, it was the autumn harvest season. The rice ears in the fields could not withstand the beating of the heavy rain, and the rice drying on the dam could not withstand the soaking of the rain.

The sun came out, but the road was still muddy and would not dry up in a short time, so Xie Lin's carriage moved extremely slowly.

It was not until the evening of the next day that the road became much drier and his carriage sped up.

Another day and night passed, and it was almost dark. The driver sped up and tried to pass through the woods and rush to the next town. It was also in this woods that Xie Lin heard the sounds of fighting and killing.

He called a secret guard to come over and said, "Go check what's going on in front."

The secret guard went away for a while and then came back: "There is a team escorting relief food ahead. There are bandits on this hilltop and they have surrounded them."

Xie Lin frowned slightly. As far as he knew, the relief food should have arrived in Qingyang City by now, but it was still in this forest.

Moreover, this forest is so lush with trees and rarely visited by people, yet the team escorting relief food chose to pass through this forest at this time.

Either the officials who transported the relief food were not very smart - this situation almost never happens, as it is difficult for people with poor brains to be entrusted with such an important task.

Or maybe the official did it on purpose and didn't want the relief food to be delivered to Qingyang City.

Xie Lin quickly recalled the letter, his eyes instantly flashed with a bright cold light, and he almost instantly determined what was going on.

He said in a gentle but very cold tone: "Take some people to help and make sure to secure the relief grain. Also, capture a bandit who can be questioned and a soldier who is transporting the relief grain."

After a pause, he added: "It must be done quietly."

The secret guard responded and quickly stepped back to summon the people behind him.

After a while, Xie Lin felt a gust of wind blowing past his ears. When he raised his eyes, a shadow had passed in front of him.

He was silent for a moment, then asked the driver to continue on his way, bypassing the fighting scene in front and going from the other side. In the endless darkness, he rode non-stop towards Qingyang City.

Along the way he changed two or three coachmen and horses, but never stopped.

Qingyang City at dawn.

When the victims opened their eyes and saw the sun rising from the east, they knew they had survived another night, but still no relief food arrived.

However, there is new news.

"The Lei family rice and grain business is open, and there is grain to sell."

Everyone's eyes lit up, and then they heard: "But the price is quite high, 150 coins per stone."

The people were horrified, as one pound of grain cost two hundred and fifty coins, a sky-high price!

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