The General and His Enemy Your Highness

The plain jade desk surface, the snow porcelain tea set, is shiny, clean and extremely elegant. Liu Changjue, who is dressed in snow, sits upright in front of the desk, like a jade tree, handsome and beautiful like a cedar on the snow-top of Kunlun, cool and indifferent .

"My lord, King Xiping's carriage has left the city."

The maid in white behind the bead curtain bowed her head respectfully.

Liu Changjue was silent for a moment, looking down at the secret letter on the table, which had Mei Geng's private seal on it, detailing the above-mentioned water control strategy, nothing more than the specific regulations for excavating the canal, and the huge cost required.

He really took Fengyue Tower as his own.

Thinking of the abducted fifth younger brother again, Liu Changjue's complexion was subtle, and his clear voice sounded like pearls and jade: "See the private seal of King Xiping, and I can give him the information he asks for."

The maid outside the bead curtain was startled, and said hesitantly: "My lord, Fengyuelou belongs to the emperor..."

"Your Highness Fifth is also the prince." Liu Changjue interrupted her lightly, but her voice was a little cold, and the maid immediately didn't dare to say anything, and retreated with low eyebrows.

Liu Changjue conveniently placed the three secret letters that had not been opened in wax on the candlelight, and let the flames eat them into ashes, and it was faintly visible that the word Chu was left on them.

Chu is the surname of the emperor.

The sects in the rivers and lakes rose and fell, new ones were established and destroyed, and so on, but Fengyue Tower always occupied a place. It can be seen that it is not an ordinary power in the rivers and lakes, because standing behind it is the royal family of Chu.

However, Liu Changjue obviously hated the royal family deeply. Anyone surnamed Chu never saw each other, and even his own father was a stranger. However, the current situation of Dachu is in dire straits, and Fengyuelou has a solid foundation, so it is no longer something Dachu can shake at will. That's why Liu Changjue didn't even look at the royal family's business.

After burning the letter paper, Liu Changjue looked at the secret letter from Xiping Prince's Mansion again. While thinking about the feasibility of digging the canal, he couldn't help being amazed at the ingenuity of Mei Geng's detailed plan.

However, this plan really has nothing to do with Mei Geng.

For the canal excavation, Chu Ce started preparations when he was enthroned, and finally pacified the court and persuaded all the ministers. In the second year of Suihe, the canal was about to be excavated. Who knew that Chu State was really doomed. Before the construction of the canal started, the flood broke out, and then Mei Geng led the troops into battle. After three years of bitter fighting, he was escorted back to Yong'an.

The canal was put on hold, but Mei Geng and Chu Ce personally dragged the officials of the Ministry of Industry to revise the plan, and it took eight months to finalize it.

It's really a pity.

Linzhang County is under the jurisdiction of Yecheng, and the journey is not short. Mei Geng is the supervisory censor who has been ordered by the emperor to take the Fifth Highness to patrol. Touring around, it can be said that the official authority is mighty.

Chu Ce's health was not yet well, and the anorexia recurred again under the exhaustion of traveling and traveling. Mei Geng simply walked more slowly, and began to investigate these officials when he was free. Such a search turned up a lot of dirty things.

However, in half a month, many cases of officials' corruption and bribery, and neglecting human life, were investigated by the newly released supervisory censor. With convincing evidence, all of them were sent to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Everyone can't go back to the house, and they turn over the case files by lighting lamps and boiling oil.

However, with such a deterrent, no one dared to underestimate the supervisory censor who had just taken office. A young man who had not yet reached the top was so scheming and ruthless that the old and cunning officials felt the danger.

All the way north, all the officials in the past were trembling, fearing that the knife in King Xiping's hand would be on their necks, so they respected King Xiping and the fifth prince, and wished to offer incense.

Investigating the case at a leisurely pace, and rushing on the road at a leisurely pace, so when he arrived in Linzhang, it was almost two months away from Kaiyong'an.

It is Guiyue, the rainy season and autumn floods, the water level of the Huaihe River is high, and the Zhanghe River is also gradually rising.

Before the guard of honor of the convoy entered the city, there was already a formation at the gate of the city to greet them.

The arrival of the supervisory censor was quite a commotion. There were forbidden soldiers leading the way in front of them, black and black armor stern and stern, luxurious sedan chairs with tassels, fragrant BMW cars, and a huge guard of honor.

This is not only for outsiders to see, but there is another world inside the carriage. The little highness in brocade robes is sleeping lightly on the white jade mat, with his head resting on the man's lap, rubbing the indigo brocade robe from time to time. , extremely intimate.

"My lord, there are quite a few people at the city gate." Qin Gui's voice came from outside, Mei Geng comforted the young highness who was trying to get up, lifted the side curtain and glanced outside, put down his hand without hesitation, and sneered in a low voice : "What a big battle."

Chu Ce opened his eyes, not sleepy, but rather clear, "What's wrong?"

"Officials from Linzhang welcome us both." Mei Geng's expression was indifferent, and there was a slight coldness in his words.

Coming along the road, the villages and towns around Linzhang are all sparsely populated, with little clothes and no food, and they are almost starved to death. However, the disaster relief funds allocated by the imperial court are really quite a lot, even if they live in a miserable life. It's not as bad as this.

Looking at the officials' simplicity, Mei Geng knew that there might be something tricky in it, who was he pretending to show?

Chu Ce was strangely silent for a moment, he patted Mei Geng's hand away, stood up and straightened his slightly messy black hair and skirts, the laziness all over his body faded away in the blink of an eye, and he sat upright, with warm eyebrows and eyes like Spring water, full of dignity and self-restraint.

Mei Geng: "..."

Big change? !

The exquisite and handsome little prince evoked a shockingly beautiful smile, but there was a deep silence in his eyes, "I can't lose the face of the royal family."

"...tsk."

Mei Geng was speechless. Ever since he left Yong'an City, Chu Ce had put on the airs of a prince. He was completely different from the gentle and cowardly Fifth Highness in Yong'an City. He relied on him like a cat when no one was around. It is arrogance and nobility, not inferior to the prince and Luo Wang.

But that's not changing.

Mei Geng knew that Chu Ce was like this from the beginning, as if he had thousands of faces, always showing that suitable self at the right time.

When the guard of honor arrived in front of the city gate, the officials knelt down and shouted loudly: "Welcome to Lord Yushi, Your Highness the Fifth Highness."

The moment her fingertips touched the brocade car curtain, Mei Geng's lips twitched into a smile of interest.

interesting.

He is only a second-rank censor, even if he still has the status of a prince, but the prince of the royal family is more valuable than the prince, but he, a king with a different surname, ranks in front of His Royal Highness, which shows that the officials in Linzhang are not stupid. You know who you should please.

Turning around, he cast a playful glance at the immovable little Highness, and said with a low voice, "Your Highness will forgive me for my crime of treason and immorality."

Chu Ce laughed so that his eyes were covered with clouds, and said slowly: "Then, the prince has thought about what to exchange for it?"

Hey, look, this little guy is getting more and more presumptuous.

Mei Geng lifted the little guy's chin with one hand, with a frivolous tone and romantic eyes, "Your Highness is all my servants, what else can I change?"

His Highness snapped Deng Tuzi's hand away, raised his chin, and signaled that there were still a group of people kneeling and waiting for him.

The king of Xiping withdrew his hands in dismay, and the moment he stepped out of the sedan chair, he was full of indifference. The indigo robe was embroidered with silver pythons, and the pattern of auspicious clouds was complicated and luxurious. The cold man is noble and arrogant, how can he look like a young man who has not yet reached the crown?

Then the young man in a navy blue brocade robe also stepped out, standing beside the man, soft but not weak, his eyebrows and eyes were extremely harmless and gentle, and he was full of dignity.

Indigo blue and navy blue are almost the same color. Standing side by side, the two have their own strengths and cannot give in to each other.

"Get up."

Mei Geng was not polite to them at all, his voice was extremely cold, and his temper was also arrogant, he got off the carriage lightly with a flick of his sleeves, and even picked up the Fifth Prince.

The officials present had heard about the vicious name of this King Xiping long ago. When he returned to the court, there was a big storm in Yong'an, and he even turned to the younger generation to attack him. I don't know how many colleagues fell into his hands along the way. Naturally, no one dared to neglect. I'm afraid that this evil star will do something to me at any time.

The county magistrate of Linzhang is a bookish scholar, with gray temples, rather thin, and he smiles neither humble nor condescendingly: "Feng Yucai, magistrate of Linzhang County, has met King Xiping, His Highness Fifth."

Feng Yucai's official uniform was obviously very old. Mei Geng glanced at it and could even see a few patches. Looking at his yellow and thin face, he really didn't look like a corrupt official.

In just a moment, Mei Geng restrained his momentum a little bit, he was neither hot nor cold. He hummed and said again: "The Fifth Highness got off the boat and the car is exhausted, let's find a place first and tell him to rest."

Feng Yucai naturally agreed, "Yes, it's just that this place is barren and the huts are simple and shabby. It's definitely not intentional to treat you harshly. Don't dislike the two nobles."

Mei Geng nodded perfunctorily: "It's okay."

But when Mei Geng brought Chu Ce to Feng's residence, he realized how poor the county magistrate's family was. There was no high wall and rich family, but only a small courtyard with old wooden doors and a few thatched huts.

Although Mei Geng never trusted Feng Yucai, he was startled when he saw this residence, and unconsciously glanced at the county magistrate.

The county magistrate laughed a few times awkwardly: "Ahem... resting here is really wronged to the prince and His Highness, so I will go find an inn."

"No need." King Xiping smiled kindly, narrowed his eyes and said: "Master Feng is an upright official, you can live here, and so can this king and His Highness."

As he spoke, he gently tugged at the corner of Chu Ce's clothes, and the young Highness responded with a smile, "What the prince said is true."

Feng Yucai breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and opened the door to let people in.

There are some chickens and ducks raised in the yard, they are not raised in captivity, but are roaming around in the yard, a commoner woman walked out of the house, she could not be called beautiful, but she looked honest, Feng Yucai hurriedly said: "This is the clumsy thorn Mrs. Feng Zhou is so cheap and vulgar that the two adults laughed."

"It's okay." Mei Geng agreed, with a half-truth and half-fake smile.

This county magistrate is also interesting, one after another.

He tilted his head and looked at the young highness who was smiling gently, and they knew each other tacitly.

--something wrong.