0p0 Chapter 182 The Best Knife
Chapter 182 The Best Knife
Zhou Yichen had no intention of putting on airs, so he said to Han Yaojun, "I came here today for an important matter. You get up first and go inside to talk."
He said this in a relatively calm and neutral tone. He had no intention of deliberately building a good relationship with Han Yaojun, nor did he act arrogantly and superior.
Han Yaojun quickly glanced at the two hundred guards behind Zhou Yichen. Whether judging from their hurried movements or from Zhou Yichen's words, it was not difficult to tell...
What Zhou Yichen said was indeed true. He must have other plans for coming here.
He stood up from the ground without being servile or arrogant, then stepped aside and said, "Your Highness, please sit inside."
Zhou Yichen glanced casually and didn't see any white, which made him frown unconsciously, but he didn't ask immediately. After all, he was outside, with many people talking, and even if he wanted to ask, it shouldn't be in this occasion.
Han Yaojun, Zhou Yichen, Rong Qingzhu and a few others entered the tent, while the rest of the people stayed outside, responsible for the safety of everyone camping. As for the guards who came with Zhou Yichen, they temporarily found an open space to sit down and rest and eat.
"The city of Xi'an has been submerged. We can only retreat here and set up camp temporarily, waiting for the flood to recede." Han Yaojun explained in a few words why they had to set up camp in the mountains.
Zhou Yichen had no intention of questioning. Even if Han Yaojun didn't say it, he could guess why they retreated to the mountain to set up camp.
But compared to this...
He cares more about the white things.
"Where is Qibai?" Zhou Yichen waved his hand, indicating that Han Yaojun didn't need to explain any more, and changed the subject.
Han Yaojun was stunned. At first he didn't react to who the Third Prince was asking about. But after a moment, he quickly realized that the Qi Bai the Third Prince was talking about was Chu Jiang!
The Third Prince and Chu Jiang grew up together. Chu Jiang was the Third Prince's study partner, so it was natural for him to address him by his given name.
"Prince Chu was arranged to live on another mountain. He is responsible for leading a group of people to set up camp." Han Yaojun smiled bitterly with a little helplessness, "There are too many people in the city, plus tens of thousands of soldiers. One mountain cannot accommodate so many people."
Zhou Yichen nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, "I came here on the orders of my father to build the river dam. Now it seems that we came too late."
Han Yaojun naturally didn't dare to agree with Zhou Yichen's words. The Third Prince could blame himself, but he, as a subject, had no right to do so!
"Your Highness, you are joking. How can you predict when the dam will burst?"
Rong Qingzhu took his breath slowly on the side. Facing the "greetings" from Han Yaojun and Zhou Yichen, he did not easily respond. The Rong family has always maintained a neutral stance, so he could only pretend to be deaf and dumb on some topics.
He just thought silently that it was a pity that Qi Bai was not here. He originally wanted to reminisce and talk with him.
Unexpectedly, he was not here.
Zhou Yichen's dark eyes looked solemnly outside the tent. He had been rushing day and night along the way, fearing that he would be late. Unexpectedly... he was still late in the end.
He didn't do this to show it to anyone, he just didn't want what Qi Bai said to happen, the people were displaced... the epidemic that appeared in Yunzhou would happen again in this city.
"Your Highness, you must have been exhausted after traveling all this way. Why don't you take a rest first? If you really want to see Prince Chu, I can send someone to inform him."
Han Yaojun had no idea about the princes in the court. The Han family was a family of military generals. If they really had to take sides, they might be a great help, but he was not willing to get involved in such a power struggle.
My current consideration for Zhou Yichen is just the duty of a subject. Anything more... is impossible.
"No need, I'll go myself." Zhou Yichen didn't want to delay any longer, and was about to turn around, but then he suddenly seemed to remember something, and asked, "Where are the people who were arrested?"
Han Yaojun was not surprised at all that Zhou Yichen knew about this. Not to mention that they had already written a memorial and sent it to the capital at full speed, the mere presence of Prince Chu was enough for Zhou Yichen to know everything about the military.
"Those people are under the custody of Prince Chu and are not here." He said frankly.
After hearing this, Zhou Yichen didn't ask any more questions.
Han Yaojun wanted to send someone to call Chu Jiang over, but Zhou Yichen had already tried to stop him, so he didn't want to send anyone else.
They had no choice but to follow Zhou Yichen's advice and ask a local soldier from Xi'an who was familiar with the terrain to lead the way.
This was also the first time that Rong Qingzhu and Han Yaojun met. They nodded slightly at each other and did not have any more in-depth conversation.
Zhou Yichen intended to meet up with Chu Qibai first, so he would naturally turn his head to ask Rong Qingzhu's opinion. To him, it didn't matter whether Rong Qingzhu stayed or followed.
Rong Qingzhu looked around. It was a strange place with strange people. He naturally didn't want to stay. "I will go with Your Highness."
Zhou Yichen nodded indifferently, "Yeah."
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Another cup of tea time passed, and Chu Xi was lying on the simple bed made by the soldiers in the tent, closing her eyes to rest. After a night of climbing, she was really exhausted.
She lay on the bamboo bed and fell asleep peacefully after a while. Even though there was a lot of noise outside, it did not affect her sleep.
When Zhou Yichen and his party reached the top of the mountain, it was almost noon. The sun was high in the sky and Chu Xi was sleeping soundly. He had never expected that Zhou Yichen, Rong Qingzhu and others would come here.
After resting day and night, they finally reached the top of the mountain and saw Chu Xi, but Zhou Yichen was told that Chu Xi was sleeping. He raised his hand to stop them from going in to wake her up.
"Forget it, no need to wake him up, let him have a good rest." Zhou Yichen calmly glanced at the people who were trembling with fear and were too frightened to sleep by the scene.
"Rest first, we'll talk about it later." This sentence was said to both the captain who was leading the way and Rong Qingzhu.
Rong Qingzhu's reason for traveling with you this time is largely due to His Majesty's selfish motives. He neither has the wisdom and clear mind that a wise ruler should have, nor does he have a common problem among those in power - suspicion.
He could not tolerate any disloyalty from anyone, even his own blood, and he was always suspicious of them.
To him, Rong Qingzhu is the best knife.
The Rong family did not take sides, and he followed Zhou Yichen to Xi'an City, which could give His Majesty a certain degree of peace of mind.
Rong Qingzhu knew that Zhou Yichen was being considerate of Qi Bai, so he didn't insist on meeting him. He nodded in agreement, "Your Highness is right."
His main purpose for coming here was to build a dam. Now that the river has burst its banks, even if they brought enough manpower and money, they would not be able to carry out any action.
Since it is impossible to start construction, why bother disturbing its rest?
Zhou Yichen and his group quickly set up tents. They brought the tents themselves and there were enough of them. Because of Zhou Yichen's special status, they set up a separate tent for him to rest, and there were guards standing guard outside.