Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

Xu Jinyu was woken up by the heat and wiped the sweat from his forehead in annoyance.

The weather was hot and muggy, there was not a breath of wind, and the air seemed to be frozen.

Xu Jinyu looked up to the sky and screamed: [Air conditioning, I miss air conditioning! ]

The sudden sound startled the guard standing outside the door.

"Miss Xu, are you awake?"

In the room, Xu Jinyu agreed casually: "Yes, yes."

"His Royal Highness has ordered that a wealthy family in the city will come to visit you and ask if you would like to go."

“Go! I’ll go.”

Xu Jinyu agreed immediately, and along with the sound of his agreement came the joyful voice of Xu Jinyu.

[Banquet, are there any beauties dancing, are there any delicious food, I want to eat royal cuisine. ]

After a while, Xu Jinyu's voice of collapse could be heard from the room: [Ahhh! How on earth should I style this shabby hair? I only know how to tie a ponytail.]

[If I go out now, I will definitely be exposed. 】

The guards outside the door couldn't help but smile. Miss Xu was still worried about being exposed, but in fact, she had already exposed her secrets completely.

After a while, Xu Jinyu's hesitant voice came from the room: "Um... Brother Guard, can you find someone who can comb my hair for me?

"Miss Xu, please wait a moment."

Half an hour later, Xu Jinyu appeared again. Not only did she not know how to comb her hair, but her clothes were also in a mess.

The maid was busy for half an hour before she made Xu Jinyu presentable.

Originally, the maid wanted to put some powder on Xu Jinyu's face, but she refused.

With Xu Jinyu's current face, she can scare people half to death if she goes out to scare them. Who is she trying to scare to death by putting some powder on her face?

By the time they arrived at the back hall, the banquet organized by the prince had already begun.

The seat the prince reserved for Xu Jinyu was behind a pillar, which just blocked everyone's view so that Xu Jinyu could eat and drink with peace of mind.

There was nothing special about the food on the table, just some ordinary food. However, these were also good things that Xu Zhaodi had never eaten before.

Now Xu Jinyu was in urgent need of nutrition, so he sat down and started eating from both sides, while eating, he watched this quaint banquet.

The people present were all important figures in Zhengyang County. Normally they would bow and nod when they saw the county magistrate. This time, they were even more respectful when they met the prince of Daqian.

Compliments are given as if they are free.

"Your Highness is truly wise and powerful."

"His Royal Highness loves the people like his own children."

"Your Highness is sympathetic to the people."

.........

Zi Shuyan accepted all these compliments.

"In this case, can you give some food to the disaster victims who can't survive?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the banquet hall looked embarrassed.

Zi Shuyan was not angry when he saw this. Everyone knew the kind of people these rich people were.

Anyone who does not take advantage of famine years to drive up food prices is considered a rare good person.

Let them dream of getting food for free.

"Don't worry, all this food will be converted into gold and silver and given to you. It will be considered as my purchase of you."

"You don't want starving refugees to break down the gates of the county town and rob the rich."

Zi Shuyan's words made everyone present feel a chill in their hearts.

This kind of thing happens every time there is a major famine. It happened once in Zhengyang County a hundred years ago.

The county magistrate failed to provide disaster relief, and the refugees colluded with the Zhengyang County guards to open the city gates.

That night, all the families with names and surnames in Zhengyang City were replaced.

These refugees not only robbed food, but also killed people and stole money and women. The prosperous Zhengyang County was destroyed overnight.

It took a hundred years to barely recover its former prosperity.

Wang Chen was also frightened when he heard this, because his ancestors were from Zhengyang County a hundred years ago.

But... Wang Chen was unwilling to pay for the food, as those were all saved with great difficulty.

Besides, the current disaster situation has not reached the extent that the prince said.

Thinking of this, Wang Chen said with a bitter face: "Your Highness, it's not that I don't want to give it to you, but we don't have much food in our house."

"It looks like there will be no harvest this year, and we have more than 100 people in our family who need to survive."

"I will make the decision to send His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a thousand kilograms of coarse grain as a token of my respect to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

With Wang Chen leading the way, the rest of the people stood up one after another. You deliver 500 kilograms and I deliver 200 kilograms.

There was even a man who resigned from his official position and returned to his hometown, crying that he had always been an honest official and had little food, so he donated 100 kilograms of coarse grains.

Zi Shuyan's face turned pale, what a bunch of bastards who value money over their lives.

If I didn't know what would happen next, I would not make any mistakes now.

Zi Shuyan really wanted to send troops to search these people's homes directly to see if they really had no food.

"Mr. Li Hongyan is truly incorruptible."

Shu Yan said this almost with gritted teeth.

[Hey! The name Li Hongyan sounds familiar. I have heard it somewhere before.]

At this time, Zi Shuyan heard a familiar voice.

Zi Shuyan's heart was filled with surprise. How could he forget that there was a treasure around him who knew everyone's background.

Zi Shuyan glanced behind the pillar calmly, hoping that Miss Xu could be more helpful.

[Let me see, it’s here! ]

[This Li Hongyan is my cousin's godfather. It seems that because my cousin's status is too low and she is a commoner, she cannot become the queen. So this Li Hongyan took the opportunity to step forward and act as the heroine's godfather.]

[When the emperor and empress got married, Li Hongyan brought 128 pieces of dowry as a gift. Is he honest? You must be kidding!]

Li Hongyan was just congratulating himself on his ability to pretend to be honest and honest so that the Crown Prince had nothing to say, when he suddenly heard a voice exposing his past.

Li Hongyan was sweating profusely and knelt on the ground with a plop: "Slander, this is all slander, Your Highness..."

“Cough cough cough…”

Seeing Li Hongyan suddenly kneel down, Xu Jinyu almost choked to death on the meat in his mouth. After finally catching his breath, he thought in surprise, "I was so busy eating that I missed any plot?"

Li Hongyan clearly saw that the girl who made the sound did not open her mouth.

He pointed at Xu Jinyu with bloodshot eyes: "Monster...monster..."

Xu Jinyu was confused: What do I want?

Zi Shuyan said in a deep voice: "Cao Kuan!"

Cao Kuan jumped out from behind Zi Shuyan and hit Li Hongyan's neck with the back of his knife.

Li Hongyan fainted without a sound.

Xu Jinyu patted his chest, feeling nothing unusual.

[I was shocked. What's wrong with this Li Hongyan? He asked me what I wanted and I don't even know him.]

Xu Jinyu tilted his head and touched his face: [Could it be that my face scared people? ]

As soon as these words were spoken, there was another round of coughing in the back hall.

What was said just now was not only heard by Li Hongyan, but also by all the wealthy businessmen and bigwigs present.

After Zishuyan coughed, he said sternly, "Cao Kuan, take him away for questioning to see how much money he has embezzled."

[Let me see how much this Li Hongyan has greedily taken.]

Xu Jinyu opened the system again.

[Oh my god! 5000 taels of gold, 10 taels of silver, more than a hundred manors all over the country, countless shops, several warehouses of calligraphy and antiques, and several warehouses of grain, but they are all in the manors outside the city.]

[This is considered honest, how much money must the corrupt officials have embezzled! ]

After listening to Xu Jinyu's thoughts, Zi Shuyan nodded to Cao Kuan.

Cao Kuan understood what he meant and a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. If Li Hongyan didn't tell him everything, he would change his surname.