"Why are you here?"

Lian Jinchen subconsciously pulled Qi Mingyue away, her eyebrows knitting together.

He even quickly glanced behind Qi Mingyue. After seeing Qi Guogong, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Because of the disaster relief work, he has not slept a full sleep these days, especially these days. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is exhausted. If the money for disaster relief is delayed, the situation in Lingzhou will be chaotic, and no one knows how many people will die.

Here.

He has fought in wars and seen bloody battlefields, but this is the first time he has seen the tragic plight of innocent people during a disaster.

He was afraid that if something went wrong, he would be blamed for his death.

On the way to Lingzhou, he and Prince Ning were secretly trying to compete with each other. However, after arriving in Lingzhou and facing the current situation in Lingzhou, they were afraid of not being able to compete even if they worked together, let alone competing.

Once it’s done, we won’t be able to close it down by then.

Prince Ning was even worse off than him. He didn't have enough money and food. He led the officials from the Ministry of Revenue day and night to find ways to keep accounts and raise money and food. They had food and accommodation in the government office.

At this time, let alone talking about the love between children, he didn't even have time to take care of himself.

"Brother Chen," Qi Mingyue's eyes turned red when she saw Lian Jinchen's attitude.

"Ahem," Qi Heng, the Duke of Qi who came over, saw Lian Jinchen's face and was a little embarrassed. He also knew that it was inappropriate to bring Mingyue here at this time, but so many things happened in the capital before, and he was not in the capital, leaving Mingyue

After suffering such great grievance, his wife became ill and the family became a mess. Under such circumstances, Ming Yue experienced another danger, and he could not refuse her request.

We can only bring her here with us.

They say a friend in need is a friend indeed, and he thought that maybe after going through this experience, he could also ease the relationship between the two.

After all, the relationship that was so deep in the past and a little misunderstanding would not have reached this point.

It's not that Qi Guogong's mansion can't afford to lose face, but he is also worried that Ming Yue's body won't be able to hold on if this continues.

He already owed another child and could no longer just watch something happen to Ming Yue.

"All the money and food raised by the Household Department have been delivered safely. The second batch of Household Department is still thinking of a way. It is urgent to solve the urgent needs first." Qi Guogong first explained the business to Lian Jinchen, then lowered his voice and led

Tell Lian Jinchen apologetically,

"Your Highness, Ming Yue is not in good health and is tired from traveling. It is also because I am worried about you that I have lost weight several times. I almost had an accident in the capital. I was saved thanks to meeting King Ke."

"Dad, I'm fine. I'm just worried about Brother Chen. Nothing else matters." Qi Mingyue looked at Lian Jinchen aggrievedly, but seemed to be stubbornly holding back tears, looking extremely pitiful.

Lian Jinchen's face darkened slightly.

Lian Jinchen only read the news from Beijing about the disaster relief. As for what happened at home, he didn't have time to read it.

I don’t even know what happened to Qi Mingyue.

But no matter what, at this time, he really couldn't care about Qi Mingyue. This was not the place to talk. He glanced at the carriage and called the maid who followed Qi Mingyue, "Hel... help her into the carriage first."

"Brother Chen,..." Qi Mingyue grabbed his hand.

"Go in first." Lian Jinchen had no choice but to soften his voice.

Seeing his soft attitude, Qi Mingyue finally smiled and followed the maid back to the carriage obediently.

Lian Jinchen then said to Qi Guogong: "Your Majesty has received the news from Lingzhou and is expected to come here in the next few days. Lingzhou is in chaos now. If things are not handled well this time, it will be difficult for me to deliver, so please ask

My lord, I forgive you for bothering you. When you return to Beijing, you should take Ming Yue back first. Since I have let her into the palace, I will not treat her badly in any case in the future. This is something I have promised, and I have never treated her badly.

It hasn’t changed.”

Qi Guogong frowned. Although he admitted that what Lian Jinchen said was reasonable, what was going on now that Qi Mingyue was in his house without any name or status?

He had promised to marry Ming Yue as his concubine.

Now I have agreed to let the concubine in without mentioning Ming Yue’s status.

If he were in the capital at this time, he would have a nice talk with him without being such a bully.

But right now, it’s really not the time to talk about this kind of thing.

There is no room for error in the errands assigned by His Majesty, otherwise neither he nor Lian Jinchen will be able to handle them.

Everything has its own priority. No matter how uncomfortable he feels, he can only endure it first.

"After the handover is completed, I will leave for Beijing. Can Ming Yue stay here for the next few days?" Qi Guogong looked at Lian Jinchen.

Lian Jinchen's face looked ugly, but he still nodded: "Lingzhou is in chaos now, and I am not able to take care of it. I have to trouble the Duke in the past few days."

Qi Guogong almost cursed.

Lian Jinchen was clearly telling him that he brought Qi Mingyue here just to cause trouble.

He is not free now anyway, so he just ignores it.

This is simply unreasonable!

But he didn't take the matter seriously, and it was not easy to argue with Lian Jinchen at this time, so he could only say "hum", "Old minister, I know."

Even Jinchen didn't have time to appease him. He directly ordered the guards he brought to escort the money and food he had brought to get off the boat. He also had to pay attention to the surrounding movements. Although this was the dock of the state capital, the entire Lingzhou was about to be in chaos, and there was no way to prevent it.

Does anyone here have any idea of ​​​​this money and food?

So he didn't dare to relax even for a moment.

But the more you fear something, the more it will come to you.

Just after unloading the escorted money and food from the ship, before starting to set off, someone threw several torches with thick smoke at the ship.

The weather was dry and the ship immediately caught fire.

This sudden change even shocked Qi Guogong.

He hurriedly ordered people to put out the fire, but was stopped by Lian Jinchen, "My lord, this is not the time to take care of the ships. You should take Mingyue into the city first. This money and food are very important, and there must be no accidents."
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Now we don’t know how many people are secretly there, and there are still more than ten miles from the dock to Fucheng, and we don’t know how many refugees are guarding us along the way.

No delay at all.

Qi Guogong did not expect that the situation in Lingzhou had reached such a serious level, and finally realized that his move of asking Ming Yue to follow him was outrageous.

Before he could let go of his frown, he saw human heads emerging from the water. He didn't know how long they had been lurking.

Seeing that the torches were useless, the group went ashore with knives.

Rushed over for money and food.

At a glance, there are at least a hundred or ten people.

Even Jinchen and the others were not aware of such a big movement, and they didn't know how long the other party had been hiding secretly.

"Brothers, charge -" A group of people who were like wild wolves, not afraid of death, raised their knives and slashed at the guards guarding the money and food.

The group of people fell into a melee in the blink of an eye.

"Woo buzz——"

Suddenly, a loud suona sound came from not far away.
Chapter completed!