After deceiving the villain, I was forced to love him.

Lin Yuchuan calmly replied, "I know."

"You know?" Lu Jian smiled coldly.

"Then let me ask you, if I fail to strike and instead provoke the He family and the forces behind them into a desperate act, what should I do?"

"Kill the ministers to appease the people, and then suppress the Investigation Bureau."

"Apart from the Baili and Zhou Lin families, almost all other prominent families are related to the Wang family. If Wang Qingyan takes advantage of the situation or discovers that powerful families were involved in the He family's case, what should I do?"

"Thump!" Lin Yuchuan kowtowed heavily. "Your Majesty, I am willing to be this blade to help you eliminate the powerful clans!"

“Noble families are by no means benevolent. If we are surrounded by enemies, I may not be able to protect you, and I may not even be able to protect myself.”

"Even so, you still want to make this knife? And you want me to deal with the He family at this time?"

Lin Yuchuan remained silent for a long time.

He said, word by word, "A ruler cannot abandon his people, and a subject cannot abandon his ruler; otherwise, a subject will not have a good end, and a ruler will not be a ruler!"

"Insolence!" The eunuch stepped forward and shouted, but was once again waved away by Lu Jian.

"Is there really no room for maneuver?"

"It's because they don't want to back down."

Lu Jian glanced at the eunuch out of the corner of his eye, and the eunuch, with great insight, presented Lin Yuchuan's memorial.

"But the investigation department found no concrete evidence."

"It is indeed my fault for failing in this matter, but please give me some more time, Your Majesty, and I will definitely find a result that will satisfy Your Majesty."

"..." Lu Jian's eyes were deep and unreadable.

"Your Majesty..." Lin Yuchuan waited patiently for a while, thinking that Lu Jian was still hesitating, so he simply gritted his teeth and made up his mind!

Looking up at the emperor's face, he said, "The He family doesn't have many connections in officialdom. No matter how wealthy they are, it's not enough for them to expand the kiln to such a scale."

"I know this matter is extremely risky, but Your Majesty has already gained the upper hand. If we don't press on, it will be difficult to find any leverage against them later, Your Majesty!"

Seeing Lin Yuchuan's sharp gaze from beginning to end, Lu Jian's eyes lit up as well, "Good!"

Since we've already alerted them, we might as well press on and eliminate them completely!

He immediately took a blank imperial edict, stamped it with the imperial seal, and then tore off the imperial guard token from his waist, personally handing it to Lin Yuchuan.

"In that case, I hereby appoint you to take full charge of this matter!"

"We must eradicate the He family and their cronies completely!"

Encouraged, Lin Yuchuan accepted the imperial edict and the token that could mobilize 20,000 imperial guards. He looked at Lu Jian for a moment, his heart pounding with emotion, before solemnly kowtowing, "Your Majesty, I will never fail you!"

......

After leaving the capital, they traveled northeast along the official road and arrived at a sentry post on the outskirts of the capital at noon.

After picking up He Wenyuan, who was said to be very knowledgeable about farming, at the checkpoint, and then traveling for another half an hour on a dirt road, a vast, unobstructed wasteland suddenly appeared before them.

“This…” Cao Nongguan looked slightly embarrassed when he saw the blazing sun overhead.

Even the most hardened farmer would find it hard to withstand such scorching sun.

Bai Li Ce turned to look at He Wen Yuan, his face saying, "It's time for you to shine."

He Wenyuan quickly explained, "With such a blazing sun, it's definitely worth taking a break before continuing."

"But in this kind of weather, there is usually heavy rain after nightfall. If we are delayed for too long and cannot reach the next post station before dark, we may not only get soaked in the rain, but also have to sleep in the open in the mountains."

"With such a bright sun, how could it rain?" said another young man, even less experienced than her.

Bai Li Ce ignored him, tied his hair up with a hairpin, and said, "Hurry up and get going."

After saying that, he gave each person a straw hat.

“Young lady, the sun is so strong, why don’t you rest for a while before you go?” Bi Cui glanced at the woods behind her, turned around and took the bamboo hat that Bai Li Ce handed her, looking rather unwilling.

Bai Lize wasn't going to give in either. "If I can get a tan, why can't you?"

Seeing her face turn pale, he smiled sweetly again, "Be good, I'll treat you to something delicious at the next inn~"

“Yes…” She reluctantly put on the bamboo hat, her emerald eyes lingering on the ebony hairpin in Baili Ce’s hair for a moment before immediately looking away.

......

They rushed about for several days, braving wind, sun, and rain, and Baili Ce...

I've completely adapted.

Not only did it not exhibit the spoiled habits of "being pampered for years, frequently suffering from water and soil incompatibility on the journey, not being used to dry food, and experiencing pain all over the body after walking for a short while, requiring someone to comfort it."

He's as strong as an ox.

As Sister Wang from the team put it, "If you punch someone, even bandits will be crying and begging to join your cause."

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

She was gentle and quiet, kind as water, well-educated and polite, intelligent and kind-hearted... How could she possibly be a bandit? Absolutely not.

But the young master in the team, who was even more useless than her but insisted on leading the team, stammered, "Well... if the young lady likes boxing, I... I'm willing."

You're willing?!

What?! You're willing to do that?!

What are you willing to do?!

Bai Li Ce bypassed the bursting laughter of the crowd, caught up with Song Zhao He, and punched him a few times.

It's not heavy at all.

But Song Zhaohe actually tried to stage an accident!

"Ouch... my head hurts so much, I feel so dizzy... how about you lead the team tomorrow, young lady?"

Bai Li Ce gritted his teeth, “…”

His fists are harder now!

I'm so angry!

But she didn't dare to throw a few more punches because Song Zhaohe really did start having diarrhea after the "accident".

Three days and nights!

My legs were so weak from the strain that I could only sincerely apologize and go back to my room to lie down.

See, people do get their just deserts.

But after Bicui also fell ill, Baili Ce changed his mind.

Because the feeling of washing clothes yourself is really...

Let's just say, we don't really need things like taking care of ourselves.

"Young lady, this servant...this servant deserves to die, how could I let you...you wash the clothes..."

Seeing Bi Cui, who was suffering from heatstroke, still clinging to the wall and then the door to watch her wash clothes, Bai Li Ce sighed.

He shook his head again, wiped the water off his hands on the sides of his gray apron, and then helped her back to her room to rest. "Look at you, you're barely alive. You should get better first."

"Young lady, I..." Bi Cui, who had been forcibly pressed onto the bed by Bai Li Ce, still wanted to struggle a little more.

Bai Lize pressed her back down, saying, "Oh, you should rest well, sweetie~"

I tucked the blanket in and patted her a few times like I was soothing a child... Before long, Bicui drifted off to sleep again.

call......

I'm finally asleep.

Bai Li Ce was very satisfied with his talent for coaxing people, and then touched his own forehead, and then touched Bi Cui's forehead.

Yes, neither of them had a fever, and they slept very soundly.

She could go ahead and brew the medicine without worry. After all, Cao Nongguan had also fallen ill, and as the leader, she naturally had to do some "insignificant" little things for everyone.

As for the pair of cotton socks in the yard?

Forget it, I'll just buy a new one.

Dirty clothes?

Hilarious! How could a rich person have dirty clothes?

......