"Stop?"

Zhao Cuo was also startled when he heard what the secret guard of the East Palace who lowered his head and did not dare to look at them said. According to the law of Dayu, it is a capital offense to stop the imperial driver. No one would be free enough to stop the Queen Mother Luan Jiao from playing, right?

"Who is it?"

Empress Dowager Zhao, whose good mood was ruined, asked with a cold face.

"They are a few ordinary people in ragged clothes, kneeling in front of the royal road. We have ordered the team to stop and do not dare to act rashly."

The secret guard of the East Palace replied.

"Mother, shall I take care of it?"

Zhao mistakenly smelled a conspiracy.

"This matter is entirely left to you."

The Queen Mother nodded her little head, then stood up and jumped onto the phoenix chariot.

"My lord, please follow me."

The secret guard of the East Palace who reported the news said respectfully to Zhao Cuo.

"Don't dare to take it seriously."

After Mr. Zhao returned the salute politely, he followed him towards the front of the patrol and saw two half-clothed men kowtowing in the middle of the road.

"The common people have grievances to redress! We have brought a letter from Mr. Wang Wei, the former governor of Guangping Mansion. We want to see the Queen Mother!"

"How dare the unruly people stop you!"

Just when Zhao Cuo was about to step forward with several guards, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came over, and several police officers in official uniforms were seen running towards him. The middle-aged man at the head looked frightened and drew his sword.

Kill the kneeling civilians.

"Who dares to commit murder in front of Feng Jia?"

Zhao Cuo grabbed a fire whip and hit it, and immediately knocked several government officials who came from nowhere from their horses to the ground. Then the secret guards of the East Palace stepped forward to control the situation.

"The lower official is the inspector of the Xima County Post Station. Because the Queen Mother is traveling, he was ordered to patrol the royal road. Letting these two unruly people stop in front of the imperial carriage is a dereliction of duty. Please forgive me!"

The muscular official said to Zhao Cuo with fear and fear.

"Someone is coming!"

Zhao Cuo shouted with a calm expression.

"Put these people into prison cars respectively. I will interrogate them personally. Keep moving forward!"

These post officers seem to have nothing to do with the two unruly people who complained, but since such a thing happened, all the people involved must be arrested and interrogated before they are reported to the Queen Mother.

"You said you came from Guangping Mansion?"

Zhao Cuo asked as he sat in front of the case in the prison car and looked at the emaciated man who had been shackled in front of him. The other person was interrogated by Su Chengji. This was done to avoid collusion between the two.

"The grassroots people are from Hanoi County, Quang Binh Prefecture! The Bajiang River flooded a year ago, and the governor of the river channel failed to control the water! There are not even one in ten of the more than 200,000 people in our county, and several surrounding counties have also been reduced to swamps!

"

The skinny young man cried with tears streaming down his face.

"Is this happening?"

Zhao Cuo looked at this person suspiciously. It had been four hours since Queen Mother Luan Jia walked from dawn to now, and then she entered the boundary of Yannan Mansion. It was still far away from Guangping Mansion. It was so miserable. How could it cross this

Who came from such a long distance to complain?

"The small family is also famous as a squire in Hanoi County, but now that the flood has struck, I am the only one left. I want to ask my empress to make the decision!"

"You were originally going to Beijing to file a petition, but on the way you heard about the Queen Mother's southern tour, so you stopped us here?"

Zhao Cuo asked, because this southern tour was originally intended to shock the kings, so he deliberately spread the news to the world.

"We have run out of troubles along the way, and we have to do this as a last resort. If the imperial court can immediately send officials to Quang Binh Prefecture to provide relief, the grassroots people are willing to surrender and sacrifice their heads."

He cried and took out a letter from his arms and handed it over.

"This is a letter from Mr. Wang Wei, the former governor of Quang Binh Prefecture. Please give it to the Queen Mother. The counties in Hanoi are in misery!"

Zhao Cuo also realized the seriousness of the problem at this time. Several counties were flooded and the court didn't know about it yet. Isn't it obvious that Guangping Prefecture officials were concealing the information?

"Have a good time taking care of this person."

He called an accompanying clerk to give instructions, and then found Su Chengji. After some comparison, he found that there was no difference between the words of the two victims who were interrogated separately.

"Empress."

Zhao Cuo quickly arrived at the side of the phoenix chariot, jumped on it, walked straight into the carriage, and said to the Queen Mother Zhao who was having lunch.

"The two people who stopped the car have already been interrogated."

"What other big deal could it be?"

The young queen mother looked at him doubtfully.

"This letter was brought by them. It is said to be written by Wang Wei, the former governor of Guangping Mansion, and is addressed to the empress."

"Wang Wei?"

She nodded her head lightly.

"There is such a person who was dismissed from office by me two years ago. How dare he be stopped by someone to deliver a message?"

"According to what those two common people said, the Bajiang River flooded several counties, including Hanoi County where there were numerous casualties."

Zhao Cuo whispered, and Empress Dowager Zhao's expression suddenly changed! She suddenly snatched the envelope from his hand and opened it.

"His heart is to be killed!"

Queen Mother Dayu's face gradually froze.

"The authenticity of this news needs to be verified. It may not be true. Your Majesty should send someone to Guangping Mansion to investigate."

Mr. Zhao, who didn't want to go to bed at night, took the initiative to ask for help.

"I am willing to go."

"You're not allowed to go anywhere."

The Queen Mother said without hesitation.

"If such a big thing is true, it means that the officials in Guangping Mansion are completely rotten. I need to consider this carefully. Send those post officers back to the capital for questioning."

"yes."

After Zhao Cuo saluted, he left the chariot and ordered those station officials who failed to protect the royal road to be sent back to Xiangjing. Regardless of whether these people were involved in the affairs of Guangping Mansion or not, they would be scrutinized and convicted.

After finishing the matter, he did not return to the chariot but rode toward the end of the southern patrol.

As the adjutant on this patrol, he wanted to know a person's location and could easily ask.

'Can the female devil give Yan'er such treatment?'

Zhao Cuo came all the way to the end of the nearly ten-mile-long team. The last one was a four-wheel luxury carriage. According to the etiquette, only the first-level princes and princes were eligible to ride.

"But it's too much to ask someone to divorce her, isn't it?"

Zhao Cuo muttered, then stood up and broke into the carriage unceremoniously. Before he could see the scene clearly, a cold sword was placed across his neck.

"What are you doing..."

Young Master Zhao looked at the pretty widow who was staring at him with a frosty face in confusion, then nodded apologetically as if she had realized something, and said softly in embarrassment:

"The Queen Mother suddenly dragged you on the southern tour probably because I entrusted Daozong to your charge. It was indeed my fault to let you be bullied by her, and I apologize."

There was a hint of confusion on "Mrs. Yan's" charming face.

"but……"

Zhao Cuo's expression suddenly turned unkind. He raised his hand and pinched the blade of the long sword against his neck to push it away. While she was stunned, he slapped the thick material under the lake green robe.

"Pa~"

A crisp sound echoed in the car.

"But you can't use your sword against me just because of this kind of thing..."

Zhao Cuo's words came to an abrupt end. He looked in disbelief as he watched the beautiful woman in front of him who he knew well was instantly shrouded in white mist, and the surging power that seemed like the sky was falling and the earth was sinking suppressed him in place, unable to move!

He was familiar with this coercion.
Chapter completed!