Dress up as a sickly person to capture the villain princess!

"Are you going to put such an important case on hold, too, sir?"

As Xia Zhiyuan walked along the streets today, he heard the most rumors about this matter, which were even louder than the gossip about how the court dealt with King Wen.

But it was not surprising. After all, King Wen's affairs had been settled, and no one could cause any trouble. Moreover, King Wen had been thinking about how to become the emperor for so many years and had not paid any attention to this little piece of land.

It has not been carefully taken care of.

He thought that sooner or later he would leave this place, leave this small border town, return to Jinzhou City and become a powerful royal descendant again.

Now that he was about to take on the great task of reorganizing Xizhou City, he must start with the people's daily lives and win their hearts.

"I dare not, I dare not... This case is really difficult. I sent my men to the village to inquire several times. Rumors say that the younger brother had an affair with his elder brother's sister-in-law. This... It is difficult for an honest judge to judge family affairs."

He would make excuses for himself, saying that it was not that he had not dealt with the matter, but that he had just washed his hair and had something else to do.

"It's hard for an honest judge to judge family affairs."

"My Lord, is this just an excuse for yourself?"

Xia Zhiyuan took the complaint in her hand. Her attitude was not as fierce as the county magistrate expected. Instead, it was very gentle. However, this kind of woman is the most worthy of vigilance. This is the so-called boiling frog in warm water.

"Of course I don't dare."

After hearing the expected answer, Xia Zhiyuan did not plan to rush into the operation today. Instead, he coughed lightly and sat down on the chair in a very natural posture.

Put the lawsuit in hand on the table.

"Now that things have come to this, Your Majesty has sent me here, so I must do my best to help Your Majesty solve his problems."

"You, go patrol East and West Street with your men."

The power of these words was extremely damaging. You have to know that he was the magistrate of the county government. How could he be asked to do such a trivial matter as to patrol the streets in public? This was like using a sledgehammer to kill a chicken.

As expected, he knew that the woman from the Jinzhou court was just being polite to him before, but now her true colors were revealed.

"Sir, I will go..."

He swallowed the words back when they came to his lips, but when he looked up, he saw the smile on Xia Zhiyuan's lips. She raised her fingers slightly, and the shadow guard behind her raised his elbow like a ghost, and drew his sharp blade.

The cold light of the inky sword blade flashed, making people terrified and afraid to say anything.

"To go or not to go?"

As the saying goes, you need to use both soft and hard methods on people. If soft methods don't work, then use hard methods. If hard methods don't work, then use soft methods. If neither soft nor hard methods work, then use both soft and hard methods together.

"Go, go, go naturally!"

After hearing the answer that satisfied her, Xia Zhiyuan put down her slender fingers and pressed down the official documents on the table. Today she wanted to take a look at the account books and accumulated cases in Xizhou City.

I'm afraid I'll be busy until late at night today.

But she wanted to take advantage of her more time to lay a solid foundation for His Highness's kingdom. At the very least, she had to sort out the demoralized situation in Xizhou City, and then take the military power of Xizhou City into her own hands and return it to His Highness.

"Well, sir, take care."

"The security in Xizhou City is very poor now. I'm afraid that it's not enough for you to travel with only government soldiers. How about I ask a group of shadow guards to accompany you?"

Sima Zhao's heart is well known to passers-by.

Xia Zhiyuan said this not because he was worried that the county magistrate would be killed by a violent bandit who suddenly jumped up on the road, but because he was worried that he would do something sneaky.

But you can say it's protection. After all, I had just arrived in Xizhou City, so how could I let the county magistrate die?

There is still a lot of use in keeping this man alive.

Xia Zhiyuan watched the red figure leave, but then he thought of how the prince looked before he left, braving the wind and snow and the severe cold to send him to the gate of the palace.

Thousands of warnings and instructions.

Every word is about peace.

I don’t know when Your Highness will receive the letter I sent you. The mountains are high and the road is long, so I hope you take care of yourself.

……

Inside the Jinluan Hall.

The candlelight was dim and the curtains moved slightly.

Zhao Changlin picked up the letter on the table with her fingers. She didn't want to look at the three words written in a flamboyant style even for a second, but she had to read it both for official and private reasons.

What was he asking for? Was he asking for a marriage, or something else?

After taking a quick glance and seeing what was written in black and white on the paper, Zhao Changlin chuckled. It turned out that what he wanted was to withdraw his troops and return to his own garrison.

This was not something difficult to accomplish. On the contrary, it was exactly what Zhao Changlin wanted. This was what she had been thinking. If Lu Boshan could be more sensible and take the initiative to leave Jinzhou City, it would be easy to handle.

I'm afraid he will start a rebellion soon.

Although Zhao Changlin could not be completely sure that Lu Boshan had this idea, she could guess a little. Lu Boshan was concerned about his title of marquis, the merits and protection of his ancestors, but if he smelled it, she would revoke his title and take away his military power.

Then, he will inevitably do something desperate.

Will the evacuation route go all the way up and enter the northern border Great Wall defense line, or will it take a detour through Xizhou City?

If you came to Xizhou City on purpose, don't blame her for being rude.

Who gave him the courage to pester Zhi Yuan again and again? Did he really think that he could make the clouds and rain with the military power in his hands? Could he make plans and win the battle thousands of miles away?

Zhao Changlin held the brush, placed the tip of the brush on the inkstone, licked the ink, picked up the brush and quickly wrote down his reply.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent letter."

A crisp sound was heard outside the hall.

Zhezhi stepped forward and handed over the letter in her hand. This was handed to her personally by the shadow guard, so she didn't dare to neglect it for a moment.

I’m afraid there’s some urgent matter that needs to be dealt with by Your Majesty.

The letter was only covered with brown paper and had no words written on it. Zhao Changlin stretched out her fingertips to pick up the letter, and suddenly a sense of anticipation rose in her heart.

Could it be a letter from Zhiyuan?

According to the time, if she took the official road, she should have reached Xizhou City by now.

I hope you are safe and worry-free.

When Zhezhi saw that His Majesty was about to open the letter, he took a step back very attentively and quietly retreated out of the hall.

Don't bother anymore.

Spreading out the white rice paper, the handwriting on it was indeed very familiar, but it seemed that because the carriage was very bumpy, the strokes of several characters of Xia Zhiyuan overlapped.

It looks beautiful even like this.

Just like she sometimes does stupid things.

"I'm here to see Your Highness. I want to ask how Your Highness is doing. It's been a few days since we last met. I wonder if Your Highness is eating well and sleeping well..."

Since she ascended the throne, everyone changed their way of addressing her except Xia Zhiyuan. However, Zhao Changlin really liked calling her that.

So there was no anger in my heart, but a mixture of sweetness.