Quick Wear: The Development of a Pure Cannon Fodder

Shao Lian took Yu Zinyin to the superior room, and Shang Liang brought over a letter about Wei Zhe's investigation.

Shao Lian looked at the contents of the letter.

Wei Zhe wrote in the letter that he had indeed discovered those people hiding and peeping on the hilltop when he led the team into Qingcheng. He found out that the people behind these people were sent by a miracle doctor named Yan Yue, in order to see if there were any soldiers or officers around.

Moreover, the people seemed to have reached some kind of agreement. Anyone who found anything wrong or abnormal would immediately run to the clinic where the genius doctor Yan Yue was to report it.

Shao Lian frowned, "Yan Yue..."

When Yu Zinyin, who was sitting opposite Shao Lian, heard the name, her hand holding the teacup paused and she stared at Shao Lian opposite her without blinking.

Shao Lian didn't know what the people around him were thinking. He burned the paper with a fire stick and looked at Shang Liang sideways. "Where's Wei Zhe?"

"Still monitoring that group."

"Let him come here immediately. I have something to ask him." Shao Lian said.

"Yes."

After instructing his subordinates to do the work, Shao Lian asked the inn to prepare food. Although the side dishes made by the inn's kitchen were simple, there were still four dishes and a soup, and even a plate of meat buns.

Yu Ziyin was biting a bun while thinking deeply. Shao Lian thought that the way she chewed was really cute.

Yu Ziyin pulled herself out of her thoughts and looked up to meet Shao Lian's smiling eyes. "What's wrong? Your Highness... Shao Lang, are you not used to the food?"

Shao Lian laughed and shook his head, "No. But Qingqing, are you used to eating this?"

He had stayed in the military camp under an assumed name before, otherwise he wouldn't have been so close to Major General Wei Zhe in his words. So he had eaten even worse food in the army, so how could he not be used to these?

But most of the noble ladies in the capital are delicate, and he was afraid that it would make Qingqing suffer.

"I'm used to it. These buns are delicious, try them." Yu Zinyin pushed the plate to him.

Shao Lian picked up a bun and took a bite under her gaze. It was just so-so, but he still praised it and said it was delicious, "It's really delicious."

Yu Ziyin's eyebrows curved, "If it tastes good, eat more."

Wei Zhe flashed in from the window and saw this harmonious scene. He looked a little at a loss and only dared to glance at Shao Lian and Yu Ziyin out of the corner of his eyes.

It stayed on Yu Zinyin for a longer time.

Just because Concubine Wei is his biological sister, Concubine Wei would communicate with his mother from time to time, and he could also learn some details about his sister from his mother. He learned that his sister had not been doing well recently because the prince favored a woman named Concubine Liu. However, Wei Zhe had never seen Concubine Liu, and did not know that the woman in front of him was Concubine Liu.

He just thought it was the prince's beautiful new lover, but even if he knew that it was Concubine Liu in front of him, Wei Zhe would not do anything. He was just like his father, General Wei, who clearly distinguished between public and private affairs and would never bring family affairs and personal feelings into official business. This was why even though his sister was the prince's concubine, he was still able to be close to the prince and would bring him along when doing things.

Shao Lian glanced at him and said, "Tell me about Yan Yue's situation."

"Yes."

When it came to business, Wei Zhe immediately calmed down and told everyone what he had found out. "I've found out that Yan Yue, 18 years old, learned from a legendary doctor. He had been traveling around before entering Qingcheng. Furthermore, the Qingcheng County Magistrate seems to have concealed a lot of information. For example, not long after the drought hit Qingcheng, there was actually a small-scale epidemic. If Yan Yue hadn't appeared and treated those patients, many people would have died. I guess that's why he has such a good reputation among the people, and he was able to lead the people in a rebellion to kill the prefect and imprison the county magistrate."

The county magistrate here is the younger brother of the wife of the prefect Huo Qi. Relying on his relationship with the prefect, he collects three times more taxes than other places. Part of it is handed over to the government, and the rest goes into the hands of the county magistrate.

It would have been fine in the past, as the local people knew that the people should not fight against the officials. However, this year there was a drought, and under these circumstances, the county magistrate saw that the people under him could not pay taxes, so he ordered the yamen runners to force the people to sell their land and even their children.

Such a result was actually tragic at the beginning, but no one expected that something even more tragic would happen. For example, in a certain shop, several members of the family, from a 70-year-old woman to a 5-year-old child, lost their lives because of resistance, and in the end they were unable to keep their own shop.

Yu Ziyin felt a chill in her heart as she listened to Wei Zhe detail the evil deeds done by the local county magistrate.

Even if it wasn't a drought year, the people here would have suffered a lot. If it weren't for the miracle doctor Yan Yue leading the people in a fierce resistance, I'm afraid the people here would have been bullied to death.

Wei Zhe was quite disgusted with these idiots who tried to conceal the local situation.

He clearly has no ability to solve the problem, but he chose to conceal it for the sake of his own political achievements and in order not to damage the local economy. He didn't realize that if the matter got out of hand, wouldn't the people be harmed?

So emotionally, Wei Zhe admires the miracle doctor Yan Yue very much.

"Have you found out why they united to ask the court for money?" Shao Lian was most puzzled by this question.

Wei Zhe recalled the scene he had seen, a look of disapproval appeared on his face, and he said, “It seems they are going to build a wall and ironwork.”

This is also the reason why Wei Zhe did not dare to favor this miracle doctor in public.

Motivating the people to imprison the county magistrate and kill the prefect can be interpreted as you could not bear the local oppression and rebelled, but you wanted to build walls in Qingcheng and construct iron tools, which was purely under the banner of rebellion.

Privately building iron tools is a capital crime in any dynasty, and in serious cases, the nine generations of the family may be executed. Yan Yue also knew this, so the place where she built the iron tools was actually hidden very deeply. However, she did not expect that the crown prince of the current dynasty would personally bring people to investigate the matter.

Even the Jingzhao Prefecture in the capital couldn't claim that its people could compare to the talented individuals under the Crown Prince's command. Furthermore, those chosen by Shao Lian were personally trained by him, so how could they be inferior? Therefore, although Yan Yue's cover-up was somewhat difficult for Wei Zhe, it wasn't impossible to uncover.

"Ironware?" Shao Lian's eyes turned cold as he asked a question that made Yu Ziyin and Wei Zhe tremble with fear. "So the current situation is that this miracle doctor is raising an army and planning a rebellion?"

Wei Zhe said, "I don't know, but I did see Yan Yue training a group of young men. However, they were only holding farm tools; the iron tools didn't seem to be finished yet."

Shao Lian's eyes dimmed, his voice icy. "If it's as easy as you say, how could they have killed the governor of Qingcheng, who commanded several rows of troops? We'll investigate further. If we find that Yan Yue has the prepared iron tools, we can control the people and capture him alive. The others can be dealt with on the spot."

Shao Lian could tolerate resisting the oppression of the local county magistrate. After all, the worst that could happen was to replace the county magistrate, appease the other party, and promise benefits to the people, and the matter could be put behind him. However, if a rebellion arose as a result, it would not be a simple appeasement.

"Yes."

While the two were chatting, Yu Ziyin, who was becoming more and more frightened, had been eating quietly beside them. She wanted to be a background board. She thought that if she had known earlier, she would have gone out to eat in the restaurant and would not have been so uncomfortable here.