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This court meeting lasted until Su Qinchao was about to get off work, and then it was almost over.

At that time, Su Qinchao was riding a horse and leading the government soldiers back to the Jinwuwei Yamen.

But I saw a man in a black robe with a handsome and sinister face.

He walked over as if no one was around, leading a horse with a bloody body on its back that was barely recognizable as a human.

The people around were all frightened by this situation and they all dodged to the side in no time.

"This man..." Seeing this, Su Qinchao was about to pull the reins and go over to ask something, but was stopped by Yuan Ji who stood beside him.

"General!" Yuan Ji shook his head and whispered a few words with fear on his face, "Don't mess with him."

"What's wrong?" Su Qinchao lowered his head and asked in a low voice.

“That man was the chief eunuch in the palace, Ling Qi. Later, because of his outstanding martial arts, he was specially promoted by His Majesty to the rank of the sixth-rank guard of Qianniu Guard.

Although she is of the sixth rank, she is more favored by His Majesty than those above her. "After saying this, Yuan Ji moved closer to Su Qinchao:

"This man is very bloody in his actions. Although he kills those who deserve to be killed, he is not liked by the officials in the court."

Anyway, don't provoke them if you can avoid it! Yuan Ji had just finished speaking when he felt a chill on his back.

When they looked up, they found that Ling Qi, who was still three or four feet away from them, was looking at them with a pair of cold snow-like eyes.

Yuan Ji was panicking and lowered his head guiltily. Oh my god, could he have heard it? No way, it's so far away?

"What are you afraid of? You haven't done anything wrong." Su Qin gave Yuan Ji a funny look, and he was instantly scared like a quail.

Then he raised his head and smiled at Ling Qi who was slowly walking towards him.

However, the latter obviously didn't want to pay attention to him and didn't respond. He just glanced at Yuan Ji coldly when he passed by them, which scared people.

"Oh my god, that's so scary!" After watching the person walk away for a long time, Yuan Ji patted his chest in fear.

Although this evil spirit is rarely seen, he is still terrified every time he sees it.

He didn't know who was so unlucky to fall into his hands. He recalled the bloody figure on the horse's back and shuddered involuntarily.

"It's so funny. You're still afraid of someone! Where's your usual bully-like attitude?" Seeing Yuan Ji's look, several soldiers who were familiar with him started laughing.

"You weren't afraid, why didn't you say anything just now?"

"We didn't say anything to him, why should we say anything..."

...

Originally, Su Qinchao thought that he and Ling Qi had only met once, and they belonged to different departments.

He is in the Qianniu Guards guarding the inner palace, and I spend most of my time patrolling inside and outside Chang'an. I guess we won't meet again in the future.

However, I didn’t expect that it would happen again in less than a month, and it was still such an embarrassing situation. But that’s a story for later.

What Su Qinchao is most worried about now is the affairs of Yizhou. No result was reached in the discussion in the court yesterday, which made him very anxious.

He didn't know what the situation would be today. Sometimes he really wanted to go to Princess Yucheng and recommend himself.

It was not just for Fubao's marriage that he wanted to go to the Xiao family in person to see the situation, but he was also a little worried about Wu Sanlang.

When he was patrolling in the east of the city yesterday, he went to Wu's cloth shop to ask, and found out that Wu Sanlang had checked the accounts in Mingzhou last month, and now no one knew where he was.

I just hope he is not in Yizhou and nothing unexpected happens to him.

However, Princess Yucheng did not summon him this time, which showed that she had other arrangements, so he had no choice but to give up and stay quiet.

Fortunately, before he could worry for a few days, the emperor's decision on Yizhou was announced at the morning court the next day.

It is said that the emperor was very upset when he saw that his ministers were hesitant and arguing with each other.

He ignored all objections and made a decisive decision to order the Ministry of Revenue to immediately allocate 20 taels of silver and dan of grain as disaster relief supplies.

The task was handed over to the Queen's third son, who went to Yizhou to provide disaster relief early the next morning.

The escort troops for this disaster relief were still provided by the Beijing Guard Camp, but the number of troops had been doubled.

One was to ensure that the relief silver and grain could be transported smoothly to Yizhou, and the other was to help the local officials and people of Yizhou to carry out post-disaster reconstruction as soon as possible.

...

The exact news about Yizhou was not brought back until nearly three days after the relief team had been on their way, by the secret spies sent out by Princess Yucheng.

But surprisingly, although the news came late, it was rare good news.

It turned out that the earthquake occurred in daylight, and the epicenter was not in the densely populated towns of Wenchuan, but in the sparsely populated mountainous areas.

Therefore, although the disaster affected far away and many houses and farmlands were damaged, it did not cause too many casualties.

They made a rough estimate that the earthquake caused about 86 minor injuries, about 12 serious injuries, and 2 deaths, including elderly people who were bedridden and did not have time to escape.

However, Governor Xiao, who was stationed in the disaster area, had already distributed pensions and resettled the remaining injured.

Most of the warehouses where grain seeds are stored have been swallowed up by the cracks caused by the earthquake. If they cannot be replenished in time, it is estimated that this year's grain tax will be difficult to collect.

The secret letter also mentioned that several roads leading to other states have been cleared, and each state has sent officials and civilians to Wenchuan to provide rescue and carry out post-disaster reconstruction.

There was only one problem that needed to be solved urgently, which was that all the states had just paid their grain taxes before the New Year and there was not much grain left.

Even if they were all gathered together, it would not be enough to feed the tens of thousands of people in the disaster area for a few days. The higher-ups needed to send people to provide disaster relief as soon as possible.

As the news came out, an urgent letter from Yizhou was also sent to the Su Mansion.

"What did Governor Xiao say in the letter?" Mother Su looked at Father Su with a smile. She turned the two pieces of letter over and over several times, and finally could not help but urge him.

Didn't this man see that his eldest daughter-in-law's neck was almost longing for her? What was he still hesitating about?

"Xiao, the governor, said that the trip was delayed because of the Wenchuan earthquake and he was very sorry and asked us not to mind.

He also said that on the 28th of this month, Madam Xiao would come to Chang'an to propose marriage, and would buy another house for Xiao Jiulang. After the wedding, the young couple would prepare for the exam directly in Chang'an..."

Father Su briefly explained the contents of the letter, and his face became more and more joyful.

"Really? Dad? Doesn't that mean that after we get married at the end of the year, Fubao will still be in Chang'an?" After hearing what her father-in-law said, Rong stood up in surprise.

"Jiulang is going to take the imperial examination in two years, of course it's true, Governor Xiao has already asked someone to arrange for him to be in the Imperial College."

"That's good~" Rong was very excited. She was reluctant to part with her eldest daughter.

After their marriage, the two of them stayed in Chang'an to prepare for the exam, and Xiao's parents were far away in Yizhou, so they couldn't help much.

The couple will naturally come to visit more often in the future, which will be a blessing for the baby, and they can stay with him for a few more years...