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Yu Xuezhong's anxious hair is turning gray. What's the matter? It's not the first time Huizhou has encountered a snowstorm, but it's never been as troublesome and difficult as this time.

He doesn't like to participate in factional disputes in the court, and has always remained neutral. On the one hand, he feels that these people disregard the life and death of the people for personal interests, and on the other hand, he is worried that he will be used by others.

This time, he also discovered that Huizhou has become a chessboard for some people to play games. Some people use his small territory to fight against the third prince.

Yu Xuezhong's forehead throbbed when he thought of those innocent people who died in vain. Those were the people he tried his best to save.

How dare those people! ...how dare!

"Crack!" Yu Xue jumped up and shouted, "Come on!"

Soon a yamen servant ran in, "My lord, what are your orders?"

Yu Xuezhong took a deep breath, followed his thinking, and said in a steady tone: "Go and see if His Highness the Third Highness is up, if he is up, invite him to come to the Yamen."

Originally, he was supposed to come to visit in person when something happened, but now he really can't care about etiquette. He just wants to solve these troublesome things as soon as possible.

Yu Xuezhong waited for news in the study, and the yamen servant came back after a short while, and brought back a letter.

"My lord, I haven't seen the third prince, but His Highness sent you a letter."

"Letter?...Bring it to the official to have a look." Yu Xuezhong didn't understand where the third prince would go if he wasn't in the mansion at this stall, and even wrote him a letter specially, so he couldn't have just fled the battle, right?Hehe... The letter is not long, just a few lines on a page. After reading it the first time in school, I read it again in disbelief.

What... what does the third prince mean?Why do you tell yourself not to care about local affairs?Did he already think of a solution?

Yu Xue thought about it and thought it was unrealistic. The disasters that emerged in one place after another even pointed the finger at the third prince. If it was him, he couldn't think of a good countermeasure for a while.

"Isn't His Highness in the mansion when you went?" Yu Xuezhong asked the messenger.

"I don't know, but I haven't seen the Third Highness."

"Then have you ever seen the Seventh Young Master?"

"Neither."

Yu Xuezhong nodded and waved him to go out first. He sat behind the desk and stared at the few lines of writing in thought for a long time, but he didn't make up his mind whether he should take care of it or not.

After all, he is the magistrate of a state, and the person in charge of this Huizhou. If he doesn't care about anything, his superiors will investigate severely in the future, and if he is labeled as "dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty", his performance in the past three years will be in vain.

Just when the magistrate was sweating profusely with worry, Teng Yuzheng quietly left Huizhou with his people and headed for the nearest Lishui County.

Yin Xu didn't accompany him, but sat in the mansion with a substitute by his side, creating the illusion that Teng Yu hadn't left the mansion.

Yin Xu is used to the days when people are watching around where he lives. As long as these people don't see something they shouldn't see, he is as lazy as Teng Yu.

So this time, what the watchers saw was that the Third Prince and Huo Qishao were huddled in the mansion, even though Yu Zhifu sent someone to invite them, they did not see them go out.

In a manor on the outskirts of Huizhou, a tall man frowned when he heard his subordinate's report.

"Did we deliberately help the black hand behind the scenes, but didn't lead them out?"

"Boss, why bother? The guards around the place where they live are not tight. Let's send someone in in the middle of the night, and we will definitely be able to stop them!"

"They are officials, and we are bandits. How can there be any reason for bandits to kill the government directly? During this time, the court has obviously paid attention to the affairs of the Jianghu. Do you think the emperor will let us hurt his son over and over again?" ?”

During this period of time, the decent sects in the Jianghu did not know what kind of crazy they were, and there was another wave of "eradicating the devil's religion".

It's not uncommon for the famous decent sect to launch such a thing every few years, but Xiao Feng saw the shadow of the imperial court behind this incident and had to pay attention to it.

Since the last attack on the third prince was unsuccessful but retreated, the leader ordered them to keep a low profile, refused all business, and hid in their lair to lick their wounds.

But Xiao Feng was not willing to do that. Ever since that time, he has been envious of the secrets that Huo Qishao used last, as well as the Yanyang Jue in the hands of the third prince. If he can get these two exercises, then the position of leader It's time to change hands.

So when he heard that the Third Prince and Huo Qishao had set off for Huizhou together, Xiao Feng also followed.

But how to get those two exercises, you have to add them up carefully.

Teng Yu didn't do much when he went to Lishui County. He asked people to check the collapsed shantytown, and after confirming that there were traces of human activity, he quietly killed several perpetrators. Anyway, so many people died. , no one will doubt more than a few.

Some of them were crushed to death by the snow, some were frozen to death, and some fell into the icy lake and drowned. It was too easy and normal for someone to die under such circumstances.

Without the instigator, the high-spirited victims gradually calmed down. Without enough food, clothing, warmth or even a place to sleep, they really didn't have much passion to vent on speculation about destiny.

At this time, Teng Yu sent ten carts of food with great fanfare, and expropriated several other courtyards of local wealthy businessmen, so that these victims could eat well and live well, and the good treatment made the victims panic. Doubt that the third prince is a disaster star or a broom star?

Teng Yu didn't show up from the beginning to the end, watching the development of the situation with a cold eye, and deeply realized that the people don't care who is in power, what they care about is the person in power who gives them a way to survive.

This is also the reason why those who seek to usurp the throne can still live forever.

With such a profound understanding, Teng Yu felt that his heart had hardened a lot. He did not visit every county and town affected by the disaster. After he finally caught a useful witness, he wrote a sincere letter The memorial was sent to Beijing together with the personal certificate.

In the memorial, Teng Yu told the emperor in detail what happened these days.

He said: "Father, this is the first time for my son to be on a job, and I finally know that it is not easy for the ruler, and every decision may cost his life."

He said: Father, my son saw many dead people this time. They were disheveled, skinny, and starved to death. It was the first time he knew what the life of the common people was so low.

He said: "Father, my son was a complete jerk in the past, and he didn't know the sufferings of the people. During this trip to Huizhou, what he saw and heard made him hate his past self."

Teng Yu did not complain in the memorial, nor did he say who was behind the food poisoning, but the more this happened, the more emotional the emperor felt when he saw the memorial.

This feeling is like a child who grew up locked in a small dark room and suddenly sees the light outside, the complex emotions of cautious anxiety and yearning.

"Da da..." A fast horse galloped down the official road.

"The decree arrives..."

Yu Zhifu knelt down to accept the imperial edict with a restless heart. When he finished listening to the lengthy content, a relaxed smile hung on his drooping face.

It seemed that this time, he made the right bet, but the process was really tormenting.

In the imperial decree, the emperor first praised the prefect of Huizhou, and gave Yu Xuezhong an additional calligraphy and painting, and then asked the third prince to return to Beijing immediately after the disaster relief, and was not allowed to travel outside in the name of official business.

On the same day, another imperial decree was issued to General Yun's mansion. After the fifteenth day, the emperor ordered General Yun Heran to set off for the northeast immediately to fulfill his duties as a great general.

For a while, the direction of the wind in the court was confusing, and everyone couldn't tell whether the emperor's two imperial edicts had deeper intentions, but as the events in Huizhou spread to everyone's ears bit by bit, most officials believed that the emperor's decree He is supporting the Third Prince.

In fact, the testimony sent by Teng Yu is not enough to prove that Yun Heran sent people to interfere in Huizhou's disaster relief, but the emperor's support of the third prince was originally to check and balance the Yun family, and it is impossible for the emperor not to follow up on this matter privately, Yun Heran No matter how concealed it is, there will be clues left behind, and these are enough.

As soon as Yun Heran left, the happiest person was not the third prince Teng Yu and the second prince Teng Ji, but the eldest prince Teng Yi.

At the eldest prince's mansion, Teng Yi had just sent his uncle out of the city, and was reminded by the other party how to guard against Teng Yu, Teng Yi promised very well, but he couldn't help sneering in his heart.

He felt that this uncle really had a brain for nothing, and he also knew about the affairs of Huizhou City. If it was him, he would never use this method to hinder Teng Yu from making meritorious deeds.

His uncle always liked to put himself at the forefront of danger. Although his tactics were subtle, his motives were so clear that it was hard for anyone not to suspect him.

He has been worried these days, focusing all his attention on the palace, fearing that things arranged by Yun Heran in the palace might go wrong, this is the most important thing compared to others.

Recalling Yun Heran's meaningful smile before he left, Teng Yi had a bad feeling, and he didn't dare to slack off any more. He went to the palace every day before dawn, and stayed in the palace after the next court, accompanying the emperor. Playing chess and chatting, unexpectedly brought the relationship between the father and son closer.

"Looking at your father's behavior, I'm afraid he has made up his mind to train the third child."

"Why is the concubine mother worried about this? Isn't his intention obvious? Chaozhongyun's family is the only one, and if it were his son, he would also cultivate another side of power. This is the way to check and balance."

Concubine Yun glared at her son, "Of course I understand this truth, but don't forget that if the third child is allowed to stand out, many things may be decided. We underestimated him before, but we didn't expect this to happen Your uncle was right."

The eldest prince curled his lips secretly and did not refute.

Concubine Yun Gui was so angry that she hadn't had a good rest for several days. Ever since she knew that Teng Yu was not incompetent in civil and martial arts, she never let go of her heart.

This is someone who grew up under her nose. She doesn't even know when he learned martial arts and who he studied under. If she didn't know the emperor's past, she would have thought that the father and son were united to deceive her up.

"The person who hides deep is often the final winner. Back then, your father was the least conspicuous among all the princes, but you can see the results. The first few princes fought to the death, and in the end your father won. So, Don't underestimate any inconspicuous opponent."

The eldest prince sat next to Concubine Yun, "Mother Concubine, you are becoming more and more unconfident now, you didn't say that before, don't worry, even if Teng Yu is capable and we are not stupid, we can be easily won by him." gone?"

Concubine Yun rubbed the corners of her eyebrows, she seemed to have aged several years in just half a month, "Hey, I don't know what's wrong, I just feel that my temper has become much more irritable recently, and I don't have the same energy as before."

The eldest prince covered her temples with both hands, and rubbed them lightly, "I must have been frightened last time, and I haven't calmed down yet, and there is nothing important in the harem now, you might as well put things aside and rest more .”

"Who says it's nothing important?" Concubine Yun snorted coldly, "Concubine Rong has a big belly, and this is the most important thing in the palace. If the concubine mother doesn't stand up, she won't know when she will be tricked."

The eldest prince gave her a hand, not knowing how to comfort her. He didn't understand this kind of struggle between women, and he didn't want to understand.

However, he also knew that every time a concubine was pregnant in the palace, the mother concubine was like facing an enemy, but it was precisely because of her prudence that he could have fewer opponents.

If the father only had one son, how could there be so many things?