The waste prince is so fierce

"Yan'er, why are you here? Come in quickly! I'm just about to go back!" Zhang Rui greeted her with a smile, reached out and took Yan'er's soft and boneless little hand, and pulled her into the house.

The two sat on the chair together, and Zhang Rui asked: "Yan'er, where is your grandfather? Why don't you see them?"

Yan'er pouted and said, "My grandpa is sick. He has been sick for a long time and I haven't visited him. But mom is taking care of grandpa!"

"Ah, your grandfather is sick? Is it serious?" Zhang Rui asked with concern.

Yan'er shook her head, looking sad: "I don't know either. I go to see grandpa every day, but grandpa just won't take his medicine."

Before Yan'er finished speaking, she suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no! I should go find a doctor to get some medicine."

Zhang Rui was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when he heard this.

Only then did he remember that Yan'er's grandfather had been bedridden for a long time, and the girl probably had already forgotten that her grandfather had not taken the medicine yet.

"Uncle Zhang..." Yan'er hurriedly pulled Zhang Rui, pleading, "Uncle Zhang, can you help me go see grandpa? He must be sick this time. Uncle Zhang has great magical powers, he will definitely be able to save grandpa, right?"

Zhang Rui was immediately helpless, but Yan'er's father and he were both admitted to the imperial examination in the same year, and they were very friendly with each other. He could not do anything but watch it.

Zhang Rui shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Yan'er, I'm afraid Uncle Zhang can't do this."

As soon as Zhang Rui finished speaking, Yan'er's eyes suddenly turned red.

This made Zhang Rui feel helpless, as he had never coaxed a girl before.

But, isn't this girl too easily sad? She's already in tears before I could even comfort her.

Now Zhang Rui was panicked.

He quickly took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the crystal tears from Yan'er's eyes, and comforted her: "Yan'er, Uncle Zhang will do his best, okay?"

Zhang Rui didn't know how to explain to her, so he could only comfort her.

"Uncle Zhang, I believe you can save grandpa." Yan'er burst into laughter and excitedly pulled Zhang Rui's arm with an expectant look on her face.

Zhang Rui nodded and said, "Uncle Zhang will help you find a good doctor to save your grandfather."

"Yeah." Yan'er nodded obediently.

Zhang Rui heaved a sigh of relief, finally getting away with it. He was still worried that he would be struck by lightning for deceiving the child.

Zhang Rui chatted with Yan'er for a while and then left Zhou's house.

He headed straight toward the north of the city.

This place is only two streets away from the southwest corner of Yangzhou City, close to the suburbs, and not far from the Zhao Mansion.

On the way, Zhang Rui met two groups of people.

These two groups of people are very strange.

One of the groups was obviously the imperial court's officials. However, they were dressed in civilian clothes, riding horses and walking, and some of them didn't even have armor or weapons. This kind of attire made them look like guerrillas.

The other group of people was different. They were dressed in military uniforms, with long swords on their waists, and looked very majestic. They were fully armed and held muskets.

What shocked Zhang Rui the most was the horses they rode.

It turned out to be a war horse!

In ancient times, war horses were used as military supplies. How could ordinary people have so much money to buy war horses, let alone ride on horseback to fight?

Zhang Rui sighed: The soldiers in ancient times were really awesome.

But this cavalry is also very strange.

Their leader turned out to be a young man in his twenties.

At this moment, the young man was galloping on his horse. His face was slightly pale, and sweat was dripping from his forehead. He looked very weak, but he still gritted his teeth and persisted.

The young man was accompanied by several guards.

These people are tall and strong with sharp eyes, and they are obviously experts at first glance.

"General Wang, please slow down. Your physical condition..."

"Get out! I don't need your care, get out of here immediately! Otherwise, don't blame me for turning my back on you!" The young man snorted coldly.

The guards were terrified.

These people are all Jinyiwei.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard was the Emperor's private army and was managed by the Eastern Depot.

The Jinyiwei was organized into thousand households, divided into six levels: one hundred households, thousand households, one hundred households, five hundred households, one hundred households, and fifty households.

This Wang Tongzhi is in charge of five hundred households and is the personal guard of the current emperor, with enormous power.

"Ouch." A carriage came galloping and blocked everyone's way.

"Xu..."

The Jinyiwei stopped their horses.

"General Wang, please calm down. My master has something important to tell you. Please move aside." A voice came from inside the carriage.

Commander Wang frowned slightly, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Tell your master that I will talk to him in detail after I finish my work."

The voice in the carriage sounded again: "General Wang, your duty is to obey the orders of the current emperor, but don't forget that even if you are the commander of the Jinyiwei, you are only assisting local officials."

"You dare to threaten this commander?!" Wang Tong snorted coldly.

The voice in the carriage said calmly: "Wang Tongzhi should know that I am the eunuch who was ordered to investigate the assassination of the emperor."

Hearing this, Wang Tongzhi's expression became solemn, and he whispered, "I will go with you."

"Okay!" said the voice in the carriage.

Then, the carriage slowly drove towards a house.

Zhang Rui saw this scene from behind, frowned and muttered: "How can it be such a coincidence that we meet Jinyiwei again? Moreover, it seems that this Jinyiwei is hired by someone."

"No matter what, you'd better be careful. If you get into trouble, it will be troublesome." Zhang Rui muttered and turned to leave.

……

The residence of the commander-in-chief of Yangzhou City.

Zhou Ke came here in a carriage.

Yang Delong had been waiting outside the door for a long time.

He walked forward quickly and greeted respectfully, "I pay my respects to Lord Du Zhou."

Zhou Ke looked him over and nodded slightly: "No need to salute. I am not the commander anymore, so you don't need to salute me."

After Yang Delong stood firm, he bowed and said, "That won't work. You were the one who promoted me to this position. Whenever I see you, I respect you."

"Commander Yang, please come in and talk."

"Yes." Yang Delong followed Zhou Ke to the living room.

At this time, tea, fruits and pastries were also served on the table.

Zhou Ke waved his hand and asked the servants to leave. Then he said, "I came here today mainly to talk to you about the recent incident where the Ninth Prince turned Yangzhou upside down."

Yang Delong's face was serious, and he said, "I have heard this news a long time ago. The Ninth Prince is really going too far."

Zhou Ke sighed and said, "He relies on the emperor's favor to do whatever he wants. Now, the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang officialdom is full of complaints about the Ninth Prince. Especially us Beijing officials, we are worried every day."

Yang Delong said, "Your Excellency, don't worry. We, the officials of the capital, are all serving in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to govern the country for Your Majesty. No matter how arrogant and domineering the Ninth Prince is, would he dare to attack us?"

Zhou Ke said bitterly: "The Ninth Prince can't do anything, but what about the Emperor? Will the Emperor sit idly by? The Emperor certainly doesn't want to see this happen, so there is this disaster relief."

Yang Delong was stunned for a moment and said, "What does your Excellency mean?"

"This is the emperor's decision, no one can change it, unless he wants to rebel, then he has to do it. It's a pity that all of us Beijing officials have been sent to Yangzhou, it's really sad. I guess the emperor's attitude is also very ambiguous.