Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

A group of pampered court officials soon arrived in Linjiang City.

As soon as he arrived here, Du Mingxuan pinched his nose and looked disgusted.

"This county town looks like a run-down village. How can it be called a county town?"

The lackey behind him, Xu Ruohai, a sixth-rank official from the Ministry of Justice, quickly responded:

"You're right. It's far inferior to our capital. It's really not easy for us to come here. Lord Du and Lord Huang, you two must have been very concerned about the court."

Xu Ruohai is Concubine Xiao Shufei's man.

Having been in the imperial court for so many years, he was the one who could best weigh the order of priority in flattering his superiors.

Even when complimenting, Du Mingxuan was put first.

On the surface, the first person who came down this time was Huang Zhang, followed by Du Mingxuan.

But actually?

With the relationship with Concubine Xiao Shufei, everyone follows Du Mingxuan's lead.

Song Dingsheng had already received the news and rushed over to greet them.

Faced with Du Mingxuan's attitude of pointing fingers at others, talking big and looking down on others along the way.

He had already made up his mind.

When we entertain them tonight, we must secretly give that damn Du Mingxuan a dose of the most powerful vaccine.

"What's that white cloth hanging there for?"

As he walked, Huang Zhang noticed that some of the houses on both sides of the street in Linjiang City had white cloth strips hanging in front of their doors, fluttering in the wind.

When he first saw these, he thought someone was in mourning.

But I saw more and more of it later.

There is no pattern to these white cloth strips, sometimes several houses hang them together.

Sometimes, there are two or three hanging in a house.

"that."

Song Dingsheng took a look and said calmly:

"There are smallpox patients in the house. There are as many white cloth strips as there are patients."

The plague here has not completely dissipated.

However, many people are no longer afraid after being vaccinated.

You can also use this to take care of your family.

What follows is a period of waiting. Within a few months, the plague will completely fade away.

"I see."

Huang Zhang looked calm and nodded slightly.

It seems that the plague in Linjiang City has not been resolved yet.

Although the designated area for gathering patients is large, things like plague require some extreme correction.

This way there will be no trouble.

However, although the two of them spoke very well, when their words fell into Du Mingxuan's ears, it was a completely different picture.

He shuddered with fear.

I almost couldn't help but sit on the ground.

"There's a plague here, and you still brought us here?"

"It's just smallpox. It will pass if you hold on."

Song Dingsheng glanced at him and spoke in a flat tone.

He wished that this corrupt official from the imperial court would die in Linjiang City.

Anyway, it has nothing to do with me if he dies of illness.

"Bullshit! My life is much more valuable than these lowly people. Can you bear the responsibility of dying?"

Du Mingxuan no longer dared to take a single step forward.

He stood on the street, pointed at Song Dingsheng's nose and started yelling and cursing.

Song Dingsheng's temples were throbbing with anger.

But the other party's official position was higher than his, so he didn't dare to contradict him.

He just stood there with his head down, looking as if he didn't want to leave.

"Your Highness is not afraid, and he has personally dealt with the plague here. It's not even an outbreak yet, and everything is under control. What is there for Lord Du to be afraid of?"

At this time, Chang Baishan, who had come from afar with the city guards, had arrived.

He is familiar with many people in the capital and dares to say certain things.

"I'm not afraid, but if I get sick, won't it affect our investigation?"

Du Mingxuan's face looked a little ugly.

Xu Ruohai and others behind him naturally also valued their lives and began to whisper to each other.

Some people even suggested setting up camp outside to isolate themselves from the plague.

Huang Zhang frowned as he listened to what they said, and finally couldn't help but shouted angrily:

"Okay, there's plague everywhere, so what if I get it?"

"If you are afraid of death, get out of here now!"

Du Mingxuan felt humiliated when he was scolded by his own people.

He immediately brought out the court factional struggles and retorted:

"If Master Huang says so, I really want to go back."

"But you need to explain this to His Majesty yourself. Don't leave us with nothing to report back and be scolded."

After a few words, Du Mingxuan started to form cliques again.

Huang Zhang was the one who was most fed up with this situation, so he immediately said:

"You can go back and I will explain it to you."

Chang Baishan, who was standing nearby, was amused by the sight and squatted aside, waiting for their internal fighting.

He also silently noted down the situations of these people in his mind, so that he could report them to Qin Ming after analyzing their internal conflicts.

Everyone argued for a long time, but no one gained the upper hand.

In the end, Huang Zhang left them behind and went to dinner with Song Dingsheng alone.

Song Dingsheng was still amazed when he left.

No wonder His Highness said to wait for a while and give them some time to dry out.

It turned out that he had long seen that everyone in the court was acting on their own.

There is a saying that goes, when they get together, they are a pile of shit, which is very appropriate to describe them.

In the evening, Chang Baishan wandered around the city and returned to the military camp to report the situation to Qin Ming.

"Your Highness, their internal strife is already quite intense. Should we add fuel to the fire?"

Sitting by the campfire, Chang Baishan was bored and was stirring the fire in front of him with a branch.

The sparks were blown away by the cold wind, floating up into the sky and then quickly going out.

He raised his head and whispered suggestions to Qin Ming.

Qin Ming also had this idea, and nodded lightly and said:

"Who do you want to start with?"

"Guess what? I guarantee you won't guess. I made the right choice."

Chang Baishan smiled proudly.

Qin Ming looked at the flickering fire and suddenly smiled.

"It can't be Huang Zhang, and it can't be Du Mingxuan either."

"He must be a minor official with bad character, and his hands and feet are not too clean."

"Grass."

Chang Baishan was ready to show Qin Ming some of his skills.

At this moment, he suddenly became unhappy and threw the branch in his hand into the fire.

Since Qin Ming had already guessed it, Chang Baishan simply told him everything.

"I'm going to give them gifts. After they accept them, I can use this opportunity to report this to Huang Zhang and ask him to clean up his mess first."

Qin understood him and said:

"Everyone knows you're my man. If you give him something as a bribe and he tries to take advantage of you, he might turn around and tell Huang Zhang about it. Then we'll be charged with another crime."

"what……"

Chang Baishan was suddenly speechless.

When he heard that Qin Ming had cheated Han Mingrui, he thought it was quite amazing.

I want to try it myself.

However, he did not have much education and could not stay in the court for long.

The strategies used were also full of holes.

However, his words inspired Qin Ming.

Qin Ming pulled out a five-hundred-tael silver note from his sleeve and handed it to Chang Baishan.

"Here's five hundred taels of silver. Let Song Dingsheng go. He's the most suitable person."

"he?"

Chang Baishan was stunned for a moment, feeling that something was wrong.