He rushed to Xu Shifeng with sweat on his head and said, "General Xu, what's going on? Why did the Emperor come here?"

Xu Shifeng looked back at him and said, "The Emperor is going back to Jinling."

"What?!"

Lu Boying was stunned.

The emperor had just arrived in Cuicang County yesterday. He didn't see any officials here and only stayed for one night.

Today, I am leaving and setting off for Jinling?

how so?

Regardless of whether he had taken the imperial examination before, such a thing was something that the emperor had never had since his tour. Lu Boying's face turned pale and he said hurriedly: "General, General, is this the emperor dissatisfied with the acceptance of the imperial examination in this county? Or is it still the crime of governing the subordinates? It is true that the subordinates are incompetent, so Lord Ye will be allowed to-"

“…”

"If you really want to be punished, please ask the general to be in front of the emperor - at least, protect my family and their family, they are innocent."

Seeing him sweating profusely with nervousness, Xu Shifeng sighed lightly and said, "You don't have to think too much."

“…”

"If the emperor really wants to punish you, an imperial edict will be thousands of miles away."

“…”

"Since you are still sitting in this county magistrate's position now, then sit quietly."

Hearing him say this, Lu Boying's heart finally became more stable.

After all, Xu Shifeng was also a close minister around the emperor. If he could say this, he must have known the emperor's mind before he dared to speak. However, when he thought that the emperor had arrived in Cuicang County, he didn't even see a single person, and did not leave a word, and he was still a little nervous.

So he said, "But the Emperor just left, this-"

Before he could finish his words, a person suddenly came over from the front, either, or Xiao Shunzi, the close servant who was following the emperor.

For the following officials, although the close servants around the emperor were just eunuchs serving the emperor, they were more grand than some first-rank officials. These people followed the emperor every day and had the greatest impact on the emperor.

So Lu Boying immediately bowed and bowed: "Shun the father-in-law."

Xiao Shunzi walked over and respectfully saluted Xu Shifeng first, then turned to look at Lu Boying and said, "Mr. Lu, the emperor asked our family to come over and ask you a few words."

Lu Boying didn't dare to raise his head, and just said, "The emperor has any orders, just give him the command, and he is in a state of vain and will not refuse."

Xiao Shunzi said lightly: "You don't have to be trampled on your heart. The emperor just asked, how much food is stored in the county?"

Lu Boying hurriedly said: "There are less than 200 stones left in the grain storage last year, but recently we can start collecting grain."

Xiao Shunzi said: "It's time for the green and yellow to stop. If you want to collect grain, the government should be faster. You should not let illegal vendors rob the government in front of the government. Even if you talk more about money, after all, you can still get repaid after spending money. But if the food is not enough, it will starve to death."

“…”

"The emperor is already angry when Lord Ye has something like this in Guixian."

When he heard this, Lu Boying's legs became weak and he almost fell to the ground. His forehead was sweating like rain, and he kept dripping down. Xiao Shunzi continued: "If something happened again and caused troubles, the emperor would really be furious."

Lu Boying hurriedly said, "The official understands, the official understands, the official will do it now!"

Xiao Shunzi smiled and nodded at Xu Shifeng again.

Then he turned around and walked towards the boat.

Soon, the people who followed the emperor to Cuicang County yesterday got on the boat one by one. Just like before, the emperor and the imperial concubine got on the dragon boat, and the other guards got on another boat. The boatman carried the water and food he bought here and boarded the third boat.

The only difference from before is that I brought one more person.

It was Ran Xiaoyu, the concubine's confidant.

In order to bring her with her, Li Bushu, the commander of the Jinyiwei who was supposed to be on the second ship, took a team of Jinyiwei's men to escort her directly onto the emperor's dragon boat. After that, they did not get off the boat.

Then, several ships set sail and left Cuicang County.

The officials stood on the dock and looked at all this until the ship walked away, and they still couldn't recover.

Until the three ships slowly disappeared into the mist in the twilight, several officials kneeling behind Lu Boying whispered: "Mr. Lu, what are the emperor's efforts to go all the time?"

"Just to pay tribute to Lord Ye?"

"We thought that the emperor would stay no matter what, and deal with matters on Xingluo Lake, at least we would have to go to the imperial tomb to watch it. In this way, we would also show our faces in front of the emperor. What's going on now?"

Lu Boying got up from the ground, dusted the picture on his knees, and said, "Okay, don't ask anymore, go down and work!"

Everyone was stunned. For some reason, they thought that after the emperor came, they would be busy, but unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor stayed for only one night and left. He thought it was okay, but Lu Boying asked them to work instead.

Everyone asked, "What kind of work are you doing?"

Lu Boying said: "Collection of grain, hurry up and go to nearby counties and towns to collect grain."

"What?"

Everyone was even more shocked.

At this time, it was the time when the green and yellow seasons were not enough for many people to eat. They had to wait until the first crops were harvested this year before there was food to harvest.

Why are you going to collect now?

Someone said, "Mr. Lu, isn't it yet?"

"It's not time? When it comes, the emperor will chop our heads."

"Ah? Did the Emperor ask us to collect it?"

Lu Boying sighed and reposted Xiao Shunzi's words just now. Everyone was stunned and confused. They said one after another: "The Emperor asked us to collect food now, what are we doing?"

Lu Boying said: "How do I know? In short, just do the emperor's will. If you can't even do this, and calculate it together with Lord Ye's previous work, do you know the result!"

When everyone heard this, they were also frightened.

No matter what, since it is the emperor's will, of course they will implement it.

So the group hurriedly left the dock and walked towards their government office.

On the other side of the dock, on the bank of the river, a man in a thick linen was standing far away, and he saw a figure wearing a bright yellow robe boarding the boat. The boat sailed away from the dock and finally disappeared on the river. The man murmured: "Emperor, have you left? You have to go back and report quickly!"
Chapter completed!