Hearing this, Pang Xiao suddenly sat up, but he got up too hastily, he forgot that he still had injuries on his body, and he "hiss" took a breath of cold air in pain.
Qin Yining was taken aback, and hurriedly held his arm and asked him to find a comfortable angle: "How can you be so reckless, forgetting that you are still injured?"
Pang Xiao raised his hand, "I see. Before leaving the day after tomorrow, be sure to check the disaster relief items carefully in public." He took Qin Yining in his arms and shook it, "Sister Yi, you are really my baby. ."
"You may not think of these things. It's just a momentary fascination."
"That's not true. I have a good wife and a man in my family. I don't know how many people envy me." Pang Xiao whispered something in her ear.
Qin Yining's face turned red, and he beat him: "Why are you so annoying!"
Pang Xiao didn't take it seriously, he still looked at her and smiled.
The time of the day passed in the blink of an eye. Pang Xiao arranged the trip properly, and Xie Yue, Xu Weizhi and other advisors left first.
To avoid danger, Pang Xiao also arranged for Tang Xiu to lead people to follow and protect him.
Qin Yining gathered the servants in the inner house and gave them double the monthly money.
"I don't know when I will be back for disaster relief this time. Maybe a year and a half, maybe three or five years. For such a long time, the palace only needs people to watch the house. When the prince and I return, I will invite you to come."
The servants naturally obeyed, took the money and scattered.
The rest of the people will be brought with you on this trip.
Although Li Qitian gave him a tight schedule, Pang Xiao and Qin Yining prepared everything for only one day.
In the early morning of the eleventh day, Pang Xiao and Qin Yining and his party just got dressed, and someone came to report: "My lord! The sage has come to practice it for you!"
Qin Yining and Pang Xiao glanced at each other and had already guessed what Li Qitian was going to do. The two led the crowd out of the gate of the palace and bowed respectfully in front of the door to greet him.
Li Qitian stepped down from the imperial carriage, looked down at the couple who were saluting respectfully, and said with a smile, "What are you doing, Zhixi, your injuries have not healed yet, let alone between me and your brother, why should you do this? ."
While speaking, many people gathered in front of the palace gate, and horses and carts slowly approached one after another, and stopped at the roadside in front of the palace gate.
From the corner of his eyes, Pang Xiao glanced at the row of carriages, there were twenty or two in total, and he turned his head and said respectfully, "Although the sage said that, the etiquette of the monarch and the minister cannot be abandoned, the minister is the minister, the emperor is the emperor, how can the minister be sloppy. rule?"
Li Qitian nodded with a smile, glanced at Qin Yining behind Pang Xiao, "Princess has been missing for many days, where did you go to play a few days ago?"
Qin Yining knew that Li Qitian had ordered people to track and kidnap her as a threat, but she was very lucky not to let Li Qitian's people meet. This emperor is so small and willing to attack women. Qin Yining is quite ashamed of such people. .
"Going back to the Holy One, I just walked around at will. The natural and man-made disasters became more and more serious, so I returned to the capital."
Li Qitian thought about it for a while, and did not ask any further questions, not to mention the rude behavior of Pang Xiao and Qin Yining that day, he just smiled and said: "Zhi Xi. The importance of disaster relief doesn't need me to say more, right? Go, I must do my best to relieve the suffering of the people. I don’t want to see the miserable scene of those people being displaced.”
But that's what happened to the one in front of him.
Qin Yining lowered her long eyelashes, hiding the contempt in her eyes perfectly.
Pang Xiao said: "What the sage said is that I am afraid that the minister will do his best to share the worries of the sage." He looked at the carriage parked on the side of the road, and said with a smile, "These are the supplies for the relief of the victims?"
Li Qitian nodded with a smile: "Yes. These are already registered, you should take them with you." He turned his head to signal.
Xiong Jinshui immediately touched a dark blue booklet with both hands.
Pang Xiao took it over, thanked Shengen respectfully, turned around with the ledger, and handed it over to Huzi, "You bring someone to count the materials on the carriage, and you have to take it apart and display it in public.
"Yes." Hu Zi nodded respectfully and walked quickly.
Li Qitian frowned, his face was hot, and his heart was a little flustered.
Pang Xiao pleaded guilty and brought Qin Yining to help.
Li Qitian hurriedly said: "Those who are registered in the booklet have already been brought over. It's approaching the auspicious time of departure, so you should also prepare."
However, Pang Xiao didn't seem to understand Li Qitian's words, and said with a smile, "Yes, this minister is preparing."
Seeing that Pang Xiao was busy following, Li Qi's brows were so wrinkled that a fly could be caught, "I said that the good time has come, so we can't delay the time of departure, otherwise, Qin Tian has calculated it, which is a big bad thing. Zhixi, you and the princess should get on the bus quickly and set off immediately."
Although Li Qitian's tone was a discussion, but he was the emperor, and he said it as a golden mouth.
Pang Xiao couldn't resist the decree in public, so he had to take Qin Yining to the carriage.
Hu Zi checked it out with great fanfare, and didn't care whether the carriage that had been installed would be overturned.
Li Qitian's forehead blood vessels were bubbling, and he immediately said: "I ordered to leave immediately, you can't hear it!"
Xiong Jinshui followed the emperor, and the emperor had spoken like this, how could he dare to be silent
Xiong Jinshui walked quickly to Pang Xiao and said, "Hurry up, you can't go against the will of the sage!"
Pang Xiao had no ill will towards Xiong Jinshui, so his attitude was considered polite, but his voice was as loud as a bell.
"Since the sage said that it should not be violated, it should be investigated clearly, and people should not be allowed to take advantage of the loopholes. What if someone takes this opportunity to embezzle the disaster relief materials? It is better to check it out in person. black pot."
What Pang Xiao said was really direct, and all the people present were shocked. The people who were watching from a street far away were surrounded by the Imperial Forest Army, and they couldn't help but talk in a low voice.
"The world is in chaos like this, and there are still people who will embezzle relief supplies? Isn't that intolerable!"
"You don't know that there are even more abhorrent grain merchants in the south who are still making money! Maybe in the blink of an eye, someone will use counterfeit materials to deceive the prince.
Li Qitian gnashed his teeth, but Sheng made up his mind today to be a benevolent king. If he couldn't get out of it, he could only nod with a smile on his face, "Forget it, since you can't trust me, it's right to check it out in person."
"This minister is frightened. How dare I doubt the Holy Highness." Pang Xiao immediately knelt down with a plop, and didn't care about the wounds on his body.
Qin Yining also hurriedly knelt down. As a woman, it was inconvenient to speak, so she just lowered her head and shivered, as if she was frightened by Li Qitian's words.
The people did not know why, but when they saw the prince kneeling down, they also knelt down.
The voice of Prince Zhongshun in the court is too high. There are many people who are concerned about the government and even think that Pang Xiao can go to the Tartars, but he did not expect that the Holy Master would arrange for him to go to disaster relief.
The people were not at ease in their hearts, and because of the distance, the discussion grew louder and louder.
Some people are even whispering that a military general who has made great contributions like Pang Xiao is now a hero who is useless, and has to be so suppressed by the saint.
When the people thought this way, the argument that they were not acting cautiously grew louder.
Although Li Qitian didn't know what the people were thinking, he had already guessed something by looking at the expressions of the people.
How could he forget that Pang Zhixi is the best at winning people's sympathy, so that people can stand in line with him.
In addition to being angry, Li Qitian had already figured out how to deal with it, and he was no longer panicking.
Originally, he was just taking chances and luck today. If he could subdue Pang Xiao in this way, it would be an unexpected gain.
After a short period of anger, Li Qitian changed the subject, "You're right in checking, after all, I have a lot of opportunities in my day, and I don't have to do everything myself. For example, the supplies for this disaster relief, because of the urgency and the quantity, I also I didn't have time to take a closer look. You might as well check it carefully, lest something go wrong when you get it, and that would be a pity for the people who were affected by the disaster."
Pang Xiao lowered his head and looked at the ground, Li Qitian's shadow was elongated by the early morning sunlight, and cast a shadow on the bluestone brick in front of him.
It seems that Li Qitian stopped immediately and planned to arrange for someone to top the tank.
Pang Xiao murmured in his heart, but with a smile on his face, he kowtowed: "Yes, this minister will definitely check carefully."
Sure enough, after a while, Hu Zi took someone to check the items on the car, and handed the booklet to Pang Xiao, saying: "My lord, there is no gold or silver in the car, and the food and grass of these twenty cars are actually concentrated. But it can hold twelve carriages. There is no gold or silver in the booklet."
Pang Xiao presented the booklet to Li Qitian, and said with a smile: "Sir, some of the poor officials will not be held accountable. Just one point, the Sage must strictly investigate this fake account book, or this person is greedy for the imperial court. The money! I see that this man with hands and feet has ulterior motives!
"You think, it is your honor that the minister went to the south to run an errand. Naturally, I will accept your kindness. The minister is also a powerful person by the holy side. If you use this to divide the relationship between the ruler and the minister, it will be difficult to deal with disaster relief in the future."
Li Qitian nodded again and again, but he was secretly relieved. Fortunately, Pang Xiao had a different idea and did not directly doubt his head. Otherwise, he will not be able to explain it even in front of these people.
"Don't worry, I will investigate thoroughly!" Li Qitian's face was sinking.
Pang Xiao said respectfully, "Yes, I thank you, Lord." After he finished speaking, he turned around and instructed Hu Zi, "Take the people and gather the food and grass, which is convenient for management after the trip. Otherwise, if the team is too long, there will be troubles."
Hu Zi immediately took orders and took people to carry the supplies.
When it was transported, the guards of the palace did not let the people avoid it. Everyone's eyes were fixed on each other, and no one had a chance to do anything.
Until the food and grass materials or linen clothes were loaded into the cart, Pang Xiao counted the number of carriages and said with a smile: "Eight carriages can transport the grain and grass, but the people from the household department actually packed twenty carts."
The corners of Li Qitian's mouth drooped, and he closed his eyes before replying to Qingming, "Don't worry, those who do this kind of thing will not forgive me lightly."