In the main hall of the inn, Wang Gui held a steaming yellow-faced steamed bun with his back to Chen Ji.

He thought to himself, if Chen Ji came up to ask for steamed buns, what reason should he use to send Chen Ji?

However, Chen Ji ignored Wang Gui and just walked straight to the left stairs. Every time Chen Ji took a step, Wang Gui slowly turned his body as he listened to the sound of footsteps, leaving his back to Chen Ji all the time.

At this time, Chen Wenxiao stood at the corner of the stairs on the second floor and shouted loudly: "Wang Gui, why have you been there for so long? You haven't had enough food yet..."

The moment he saw Chen Ji, the voice suddenly stopped and turned around and walked into the house.

Everyone was waiting for Chen Ji to go upstairs until Chen Ji disappeared at the corner of the stairs, and Wang Gui then breathed a sigh of relief.

Behind the counter, the shopkeeper in a black cloth shirt glanced at Wang Gui: "Isn't Chen Ji also a member of your Chen family? Why are they all guarding him like thieves?"

Wang Gui gave the shopkeeper a fierce look: "Do you have to take care of the Chen family's affairs? After finally buying some food, the legitimate son may not be able to eat enough. What's his turn?"

The shopkeeper sneered: "The Chen family has a prominent family, but they like to do something shameful. This is true for the master, and the dogs tied to the house are the same."

Wang Gui narrowed his eyes slightly: "The Chen family has been in trouble, but you can't let any man in the countryside interrogate you. If you want to stand up for him, you might as well share your food for him. But this is not long before the besieged city.

Don't raise others and starve yourself to death."

While speaking, the cotton curtain was lifted up again.

They thought together with a Yulin Jun were wearing regular clothes, each carrying a light cloth bag in his hand. At a glance, they knew that there was not much food in it.

When he saw the steamed buns in Wang Gui's hand, his eyes lit up.

The young master of the Qi family stepped forward a few steps and grabbed two steamed buns from the tray, stuffing one into his mouth and the other into his colleague's mouth.

He chewed the steamed buns while vaguely saying, "You are starving to death!"

Wang Gui was shocked and reached out to snatch the steamed bun from Qi Jingjing's mouth: "What are you doing? This is the food I finally collected from the people's homes!"

Qi Jingjing leaned back, avoided Wang Gui's hand, and cursed, "What's yours, mine, now we can work together, take out the food, and eat together! Come here, I'll take two more, my brother-in-law has been in the morning

Haven't eaten yet!"

"There is no door!" Wang Gui turned around and ran upstairs in fear.

He thought about it and felt lost. He looked at the steamed buns left in his hand, gritted his teeth and stopped eating them, intending to leave them to Li Xuan.

The shopkeeper looked behind the counter and thought: "Is it not going well for Jun Ye to collect grain?"

All of them were excited: "The grain shops of each family were searched by the border troops, so they could only collect some food from the corners of the people's houses, and they had to buy them at a sky-high price. The silver for buying this small half bag of grain is enough

I went to the Bada Hutong to have a drink!”

The shopkeeper said lightly: "Save some food, I'm afraid I'll have a long time to go hungry."

Qi Zhenjiu's eyes turned: "Shopkeeper, you have been in the main hall. Have you seen how much food the Chen family bought?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "I bought it for a little bit and steamed it into steamed buns in one breath."

Qi Jingju asked again: "Where is Chen Ji? Has Chen Ji returned with food?"

The shopkeeper glanced at him: "No."

Wang Gui took the steamed bun and went upstairs, knocking on the door of Room B. Chen Wenxiao opened the door and frowned and looked at the tray: "Is this the only thing? There is not even beef sauce, how can I swallow it?

Go down?"

Wang Gui patiently explained: "Second Young Master, this was bought by the villain from the people."

Chen Wenxiao hesitated for a moment, but finally took the tray.

Wang Gui was about to follow into the house, but the door bumped into his face and closed it hard in front of him. Wang Gui was stunned for a moment, and opened his mouth to say that he had not eaten yet, but he didn't know how to speak, and his face gradually became gloomy.

Inside the room, Chen Liqin and Chen Wenzong were standing by the window, frowning.

Liang took the tray from Chen Wenxiao: "Master, Wenzong, come and have something to eat."

However, Chen Liqin and Chen Wenzong did not come to eat immediately, but instead observed the movements in Guyuan City condescendingly.

Wildfires burned outside Guyuan City and thick smoke rolled

Chen Wenzong said solemnly: "Dad, Guyuan is in danger. I'm afraid I can't hold on for half a month, let alone keeping the grain in the city."

Chen Liqin sighed heavily: "How can I care about Guyuan City? If I can't buy food, the Yulin Army will go hungry tonight! At that time, those military men will be making trouble, but I don't know what to do.

Come."

Chen Wenzong hesitated: "The Yulin Army also has military discipline."

Chen Liqin sneered: "The Yulin Army has military discipline, but when people are hungry, they can do anything. I am afraid that they will steal the people's food and be arrested by the border army and deal with it with military law. The Yulin Army is His Highness

The reputation of the Yulin Army was destroyed and the reputation of His Highness was also destroyed. At that time, it would be a question whether the position of the crown prince could be preserved."

Chen Wenzong's pupils contracted: "Why is this the enemy in front of you?"

"You are still young and don't understand the dangers of the court," Chen Liqin explained slowly: "Hu Junxian is the uncle of King Fu. The King Fu seems to be harmless and does not fight with the world, but how do you do it privately?

Who knows? I have never seen a shadow of Jing Chaotiance Army now, and the city wall is quiet. I even suspect that everything was fabricated by the border army just to make the Yulin Army make mistakes and to seize the throne.

!”

Chen Liqin continued: "Think about it, Dusi Mansion, granary, and armory have always been strictly guarded. How can the thieves of Jing Dynasty set fire? It must be that the border guards robbed themselves!"

Chen Wenzong murmured: "But they tried their best to make such a big noise just to frame the prince? If the Yulin Army did not make any mistakes, the people in the city would be so hungry?"

Chen Liqin shook his head. Seeing that his eldest son still didn't believe it, he could only patiently say: "Striving for the throne is to seize the world. Compared with that dragon throne, what is the people of a city?"

Chen Wenzong was worried: "What should I do? Dad, let's go find food!"

Chen Liqin frowned and said, "Where to look for it? I have searched all the things I should look for!"

Chen Wenzong suddenly had his eyes lit up: "When he looks for Chen Ji, he has many ideas, and he may not be able to do so!"

Chen Wenxiao was chewing steamed buns and sneered: "Brother, do you think of him as a god? The five hundred Yulin Army can't find food. Can he find it? If he can find it, I will see him standing upside down in the future.

!”

Chen Wenzong said coldly: "You have the skill of saying sarcastic words, so why not think about how to share the worries of Your Highness and your father!"

Liang took his arm and sat at the table, and made a smooth move: "Journal, hurry up and eat something, you haven't eaten for a day."

Chen Wenzong picked up a steamed bun and hesitated for a moment: "Have your mother ever sent food to Chen Ji?"

Chen Wenxiao laughed and said, "You all say that he has great magical powers, so how can we use food to deliver? Brother, aren't you contradicting yourself?"

However, the next moment, Chen Wenzong stood up, put four steamed buns on his back and walked out: "I'll go see him."

Liang was anxious: "What are you doing? I...I have arranged for Wang Gui to send him four steamed buns, so you can eat yours!"

Chen Wenzong was suspicious: "Really?"

Liang said angrily: "Can you still doubt your mother? This is against filial piety!"

Chen Wenzong hurriedly explained: "I'm not suspicious of my mother... It's fine since my mother has made arrangements."

...

...

In front of the room with Tianzi C, Chen Ji gently knocked on the door with his knuckles: "It's me."

With a creak, Xiaoman opened the door.

Chen Ji saw Zhang Zheng walking around the house, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

He looked into the room, frowned and asked, "Where is Miss Zhang Er?"

Zhang Zheng took a few steps forward and said hurriedly: "After you followed Lao Wu, my sister said you must want to know where the two men in Luocheng have gone, and they have to go and see. I disagree, but she

While Xiaoman and I were not paying attention, I didn’t know where I went!”

Chen Ji thought it was not good, so he turned around and wanted to go out to find someone.

But as soon as he left the door, he saw Zhang Xia coming up the stairs and said curiously: "Where are you going?"

Chen Ji suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought you were in the hands of those people in Luocheng."

Zhang Xia smiled and said, "I'm not that stupid either. I won't let them discover mine. Let's go, go inside and say."

Chen Ji looked around the corridor and then closed the door: "Where have you followed you?"

Zhang Xia leaned against the window and said in detail: "I didn't dare to follow too close. I don't know who they had seen along the way. I only knew that they finally went to Taohuaifang and then joined a private servant named Li.

Home."

She continued: "I secretly sought out a few children to inquire. One of them said that Mr. Li is a businessman and is quite rich. He would give his neighbors some profits during the holidays. Everyone has a share of the children.

, a kind family.”

Chen Ji thought for a moment: "What business does Mr. Li do in his family?"

Zhang Xia thought for a while: "I didn't ask... Wait, the street smells very strong, maybe it's the sulfur business?"

Chen Ji suddenly realized: "Sulphur!"

Zhang Xia asked in confusion: "Isn't sulfur the medicinal material? Why is it so big to react?"

Chen Ji was silent.
Chapter completed!