"Second Miss, you're too polite. As a prince, you are living off the people's salary, so you should serve the people." Gu Siyuan smiled lightly, "Second Miss is also a citizen."

Hearing this, Qin Zhongwan felt mixed emotions in his heart and did not speak for a long time.

Liu Lanyan saw the difference in her expression and said to Gu Siyuan, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is righteous. It is my good fortune for Wan'er to be favored by His Highness."

"Mrs. Qin's words are serious." Gu Siyuan said calmly, "What I do is my responsibility."

Qin Zhongwan had come to his senses at this time and said: "Since Your Highness is here about the porridge shed, why not go to the front hall to talk in detail?"

Only then did Liu Lanyan feel that it was inappropriate for the three of them to stand on the roadside talking, and hurriedly asked Gu Siyuan to go to the front hall.

"No need." Gu Siyuan said, "I can just chat with the second girl on the way."

The investigation can only be carried out quickly and not slowly, and naturally it is done as much as possible to save time.

Liu Lanyan agreed and said: "Since Wan'er wants to cooperate with His Highness's investigation, then I will go to the porridge shed to help first. When things are settled, how about I come back to find my mother later?"

She looked at Qin Zhongwan.

Qin Zhongwan nodded, "Fortunately, my mother has kissed me."

"It's not hard." Liu Lanyan patted the back of Qin Zhongwan's hand and asked, "Cooperate well with Your Highness."

Then he took Queer and the two boys to the porridge shed.

"Second girl, where do those refugees come from? Do you know?"

There was no one else around, so Gu Siyuan asked directly.

"Jun Yin thousands of miles away."

Qin Zhongwan told Gu Siyuan all the information he had found out before.

"I see."

Gu Siyuan's face darkened slightly, "Go to the city gate and have a look again to see if you can find out more information."

Qin Zhongwan nodded and followed Gu Siyuan into his carriage.

However, the two of them never noticed that there was a woman standing behind the rockery, looking at Qin Zhongwan with jealous eyes.

The look of jealousy was also mixed with resentment and resentment.

It was Qin Xiaoyun.

"How did Qin Zhongwan, a bitch, get involved with His Highness the Crown Prince?!"

Qin Xiaoyun gritted her teeth as she watched the carriage drive away.

"What a fox!"

There was a hint of calculation in her eyes and she turned to leave.

But when Qin Zhongwan and Gu Siyuan arrived at the city gate, they saw countless refugees lying or sitting.

When these refugees saw Qin Zhongwan, they recognized her and encouraged one of them to come forward and ask questions.

"Second Miss Qin, we have diarrhea..."

"We are already checking." Qin Zhongwan came back and asked again: "Little girl, are you also from Junyin?"

The sallow-looking girl nodded, "Yes."

After thinking for a while, the girl added: "We people..." She pointed at the gate of the city, "We all escaped from Jun Yin."

"I can't live anymore..."

"When my parents and I escaped from Jun Yin, we had not eaten for seven days because we had to pay taxes...My parents gave me all the food on the way...it was gone..."

The girl's voice was choked and she could no longer speak.

Several people nearby also looked sad when they heard what the girl said.

After comforting the girl for a few words, Qin Zhongwan and Gu Siyuan went to inquire elsewhere and got the same answer as the girl.

Gu Siyuan frowned and stood in an empty place, and suddenly said, "Jun Yin has always been rich, and his taxes are paid on time every year. But it turns out..."

Exploiting the people.

Qin Zhongwan understood what he wanted to say and couldn't help but sigh.

"Li Chengzhang, the prefect of Junyin, took office three years ago. Since he took office, the people of Junyin have lived and worked in peace and contentment... My father has praised him repeatedly."

"...Taxes are getting higher and higher, and everyone has no food to eat and can't work at all!"

"But they don't care whether we live or die. They still collect high taxes and plunder people's wealth everywhere! We really couldn't stay any longer, so we chose to flee. We wanted to redress our grievances in Kyoto! But when we sued Li Chengzhang, no one accepted it at all. , accuse us of slander! And slap us!"

……

Thinking about what the refugees had just said, Gu Siyuan fell silent.

Qin Zhongwan also thought of those words and sighed: "Li Chengzhang has a good reputation in the official circles, and his Majesty has praised him. It is reasonable for the officials in Kyoto not to believe him. Now that His Highness is investigating this matter, I believe he will give them a reward." Fair."

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