The cannon fodder fake prince at the beginning, I won by hugging thighs

Because border villages were harassed by tribal tribes all year round and had no production, a large number of people fled to the capital.

Many of them were captured by wealthy and powerful families and became hidden households.

Before Yan Yuanhao was reborn, the border troops still had to rely on transportation from the imperial court for food and fodder.

It will take two generations or even longer for the border to become self-sufficient.

Not to mention the border defenses that were torn to pieces by the attacks of the tribes.

Yan Yuanhao's eyebrows were tightly gathered together, forming a deep "川" character in the center of his eyebrows.

Lu Jiao stretched out a finger and lightly touched his forehead.

The slightly cool fingers brought Yan Yuanhao back to his senses quickly.

He stepped back subconsciously like a frightened lamb, his whole body pressed against the backrest.

"what are you doing!"

Yan Yuanhao was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a moment, but Kuilang roared.

He wanted to slap Lu Jiao's arm away, but she dodged it.

"You are not the emperor, why do you worry about this?"

"You are a traitor!"

Kuilang was so angry that he wanted to punch again, but was stopped by Yan Yuanhao.

"Kui Lang, stop it!"

Lu Jiao's bold remarks made Yan Yuanhao forget about his previous touch and he sat up straight again.

After all, Lu Jiao still has the mentality of a child and died early in his previous life, so it is understandable that he is unaware of the tragic situation at the border.

If she really has the ability, it would be most appropriate for her to do that job. She can also go to the northwest and see the methods of the Guo family. I think she will not be so naive.

But before that, we still need to test her ability.

Having made up his mind, Yan Yuanhao first said to Kuilang, "Why are you more impatient than Kaiyang?"

Kaiyang, who was innocently shot by an arrow, said: I was just standing aside and didn’t say anything. Who did I offend?

Yan Yuanhao looked at Lu Jiao again and pointed at the map.

Only then did Lu Jiao discover that there was a map of the capital city on Yan Yuanhao's desk.

This is a good thing!

With just a glance, Lu Jiao wrote down the contents of the map.

This map is no more than three feet long and two feet wide, but it depicts the capital's 110 markets and main streets quite clearly.

But Lu Jiao was familiar with the alleys near Lu's house, so they were not marked here.

"The Urgutu that Kuilang and Liuhuo found here."

Lu Jiao followed Yan Yuanhao's finger and looked towards the northeast of the map.

After secretly calculating in his mind, he found that the place Yan Yuanhao was pointing to was not the courtyard he had been to before.

"Okay, I'll go over and take a look now."

Kuilang rolled his eyes in disdain: "With you? Be careful that the foreigners will break your arms and legs."

"Kuilang!" Yan Yuanhao didn't understand why Kuilang started to quarrel with Lu Jiao as soon as he came back.

Lu Jiao shrugged his shoulders, and the casual aura around him made Kui Lang even more displeased.

"You look down on me, don't you? This time, I'll let you see how powerful I am!

In terms of martial arts, I may not be as good as you guys.

But when it comes to hiding and escaping skills, none of you combined can match me!"

Lu Jiao said as she flirted with Kai Yang: "Go back to the yard and tell Lu Ze a message for me. I'll be back later, so let him go to bed first.

You are not allowed to steal the food on the stone table in the yard. Please help me put it into the house so that I can have a midnight snack when I come back."

After saying that, she walked out quickly, leaving the three men looking at each other in bewilderment.

"He just left like that? He didn't even ask how many people were around Urgutu, and whether he could understand what they were saying?"

Kuilang was so angry that he followed him out.

But once I left the study, I could no longer find Lu Jiao.

Kaiyang also followed them out, fearing that the two of them would fight.

He just looked around and didn't notice anything: "Where's the person? Did he disappear so quickly?"

The two returned to the study dejectedly, puzzled.

They were clearly there just after each other, so how come the person disappeared?

Yan Yuanhao looked unhappy: "Why do you have such a big problem with Lu Jiao?"

"That pretty boy..."

Kuilang blurted out, but when he saw Yan Yuanhao's eyes becoming more serious, he felt guilty for no reason.

"I think his motives for coming to the Prince's Mansion are not pure. He is either a traitor or a thief if he is being so attentive to you for no reason!"

Kuilang's words made Yan Yuanhao happy.

What purpose could it have? Does it count as relying on yourself to eat and drink well and to enjoy the shade under a big tree?

"Alright, I know what happened to Lu Jiao. Let's go."

Kaiyang tugged at Kuilang's sleeve, signaling him to retreat quickly.

After the two of them left the prince's courtyard, Kaiyang began to persuade them.

"Lu Jiao is a pitiful person. She is just looking for support by the side of the prince. She has no ill intentions! Why do you keep targeting her?"

"Why are you on his side too?"

Kaiyang put his arm around Kuilang's shoulders and forced him to his side: "We have been friends for many years, how could I stand by him?

I just think we are all adults, why target a child?"

"How can he look like a child? He's obviously a little rascal! How can he look like a child?"

Kaiyang patted his brother on the shoulder and said, “We are able to have the life we have today because of the prince.

When we were five or six years old, we were adopted by Tong Bo and later sent to the prince.

He is not as lucky as us.”

Kuilang thought about it and it made sense.

At the same time, he was secretly planning in his heart that he must correct Lu Jiao's ruffian nature.

Just like how Tong Bo taught them back then.

"I miss Tong Bo."

"Me too. I wonder if he has found the master in the northwest."

Lu Jiao felt her nose itchy. She knew without guessing that it must be Kuilang whispering to her behind her back.

Tsk, how can a grown man act like an old woman?

She didn't know yet that from today on, Kuilang would start the person-marking mode and annoy her a lot.

She was arguing with 248 at this time: [You are kidding me! How could there be no scanning function? ]

248 will not be fooled again!

As long as it says yes and the mall window pops up, Lu Jiao will definitely unlock it herself.

It doesn't earn any points.

This time it was not stupid and said no to any question.

Lu Jiao curled her lips. 248 had learned his lesson and was not fooled.

He resigned himself to his fate and released his mental strength, referring to the map and the location of the imperial palace, to look for the courtyard that Yan Yuanhao had pointed out before.

When she found the place, it was indeed empty, not even an old servant who was guarding the yard was left.

The secret compartments in the bedroom and study were also empty.

Not a single piece of paper.

It was something expected, so Lu Jiao was not surprised.

She continued to sense the remaining breath in the room and followed it.

After circling the market for a long time, he came to another courtyard, which was also empty.

But a lot of gold, silver and grain were hidden in the dark room of this yard.

This should be a temporary stopover to replenish gold, silver, food and the like.

Normally, I don't live here permanently.

Lu Jiao didn't hesitate to take them all away.

He took out a handful of copper coins and threw one or two on the ground every now and then.

Keep scattering it all the way to the back door of the yard, pretending that it fell accidentally.

If she was discovered by some idlers on the street and sneaked into the yard, it would no longer be Lu Jiao's business.