"Marquis Xuanping must have had some suspicions in his mind. We have invited you to come here. What is the reason?" The third prince asked straight to the point.
Zhao Jin smiled and said, "I really don't know."
The third prince narrowed his eyes, and the smile on his face faded slightly, "Marquis Xuanping has offended the prince now, if he doesn't find a backer."
"As a founding prince, it is not difficult for the prince to deal with you."
"But it's not an easy task." Zhao Jin said casually.
"Marquis Xuanping, if you seek refuge in this palace, I will keep you safe." The third prince did not like to mince words and stated his purpose directly.
Zhao Jin thought to himself: It is indeed so.
The third prince kept him here because he wanted to win over him.
The third prince of Zhao Jinchao cupped his hands and said: "I would like to thank His Highness for your kindness and for your concern for me, but..."
Facing the third prince's increasingly sharp gaze, Zhao Jin raised his eyes and looked at him, "Whether it's the prince, your highness, or a junior official, we are all doing things for your majesty."
"Why do you want to take refuge?"
"So," the third prince looked at Zhao Jin with a half-smile, "Marquis Xuanping is going to reject this palace?"
Zhao Jin sighed lightly, "Your Highness, Third Prince, I am not rejecting His Highness, I am just telling the truth."
"My status as a low-ranking official is embarrassing, and I am just a minister of the Ministry of Justice. Why is it worth your highness's efforts?"
The third prince's face darkened, "So, Marquis Xuanping is unwilling."
Zhao Jin remained silent.
No matter what, he cannot join any party.
As the eldest prince of King Liang, he now has an embarrassing status.
Zhao Qian values him, and there may not be a reason why he does not belong to any camp.
Not taking sides, although it offended both the Crown Prince and the Third Prince, it was better to offend His Majesty.
"Thank you for your highness's attention, but I don't have this honor."
Zhao Jin looked at the dark expression on the third prince's face, bowed his hands and said, "I won't bother you anymore, I'll leave first."
After saying that, Zhao Jin turned around and left.
After leaving the Third Prince's Mansion, Zhao Jin gathered up his cloak and exhaled a long white breath.
"Master Hou, are you out?"
Takeda, who had not seen Zhao Jin come out, finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Hurry up and get in the carriage. It's freezing cold here."
Zhao Jin jumped directly onto the shaft and got into the carriage.
"drive!"
While driving the carriage, Takeda leaned back slightly and asked Zhao Jin: "Sir, why did you come out so late?"
"His Royal Highness the Third Prince left me here to ask questions." Zhao Jin rubbed his brows.
"Here, do we have anything to do with the third prince?"
A wry smile appeared on Zhao Jin's face, "Yes, the third prince wants to win over me."
Takeda opened his eyes wide, "Master Hou, then you..."
"Of course it's impossible." Zhao Jin leaned against the car wall and slowly calmed down.
"If I really join any camp, Your Majesty will be the first to take my life."
Zhao Jin raised his starry eyes and narrowed his eyes, "I made the explosives. Zhao Qianming only asked for the formula and the Taoist temple in Yunzhou City."
Zhao Jin put his hands on the seat casually, "Actually, it's impossible for him not to have worries in his heart."
Because if Zhao Jin can make such explosives, he can make even more powerful ones.
Even though Zhao Qian trusted him now, the emperor's trust had always been very shallow, not to mention that Zhao Qian was still a suspicious person.
Takeda reacted, "If you, Lord Marquis, join any party, His Majesty will be suspicious of you for leaking the explosives."
"It's not suspicion." Zhao Jin looked calm and said in a calm tone, "If I seek refuge with the third prince or the prince, they will definitely ask me to hand over the explosives."
Zhao Jin knew that his greatest value was explosives.
Takeda cursed in a low voice. This would offend anyone no matter what.
"The Hou Mansion must be careful from now on. You and Jin Quan should try to restrain the people in the manor." Zhao Jin half-closed his eyes to rest and ordered.
"My subordinate understands."
At this time, in the third prince's study, not long after Zhao Jin left, someone knocked on the door.
The third prince had been sitting on the chair. When he heard the voice, without raising his eyes, he said directly: "Come in."
The door was pushed open, and a tall and thin man walked in, "Your Highness, what did Marquis Xuanping say?"
The third prince laughed and looked up at him, "What else can I say?"
After saying that, the third prince looked away and his eyes fell on the blank paper on the desk, "Zhao Jin will not agree, so it should be."
"But……"
"If Zhao Jin agrees, I will look down upon him."
If you can't even see through your own situation, what does it matter no matter how powerful you are?
…
As time went by, the weather became colder and colder, and it even snowed for three days in a row.
Looking at the heavy snow in the sky, everyone in Zhao Kingdom was filled with sorrow.
Three days later, the snow still didn't stop, and there was a thick layer of snow on the ground.
When a person walks on it, the snow can directly cover the entire calf, up to the knee.
On the entire street, the small vendors have completely disappeared, and there are even fewer shops.
Moreover, the most important thing is that because the snow has not stopped and the terrain of Bianzhou is relatively low, the speed of people in the city clearing the snow cannot keep up with the speed of the snow.
The roads around Bianzhou City are blocked, making it impossible to get in from the outside and out from the inside.
The whole family huddled on the fire bed to keep warm, "When will this damn weather be able to get over?"
"Oh, I don't know what's going on in the fields."
Similar scenes and conversations take place in every household.
The government once sent people to clear a road out of the city, but when the soldiers stood at the intersection and looked at the road that was completely covered with snow, they were unable to do anything.
After they finished clearing the front, when they finished clearing the road behind, the road ahead was covered with heavy snow again.
In the court hall.
"Snowstorms are severe in various places, and the roads outside Bianzhou City are blocked. Do you have any suggestions?" Zhao Qian's face turned gloomy.
Prime Minister Cen Qianyi stood up and said, "Your Majesty, there is a fire kang now, so there is no need to worry that the people will die of cold due to the severe cold. However, the problems of food and city closure must be solved as soon as possible."
"It is necessary to inventory the food currently in Bianzhou City and clear a road that can lead to and from the city as soon as possible."
As soon as Cen Qianyi finished speaking, someone sighed: "This year is considered a good harvest year, and the people have already harvested the food in the fields, so there is no need to worry about food for the time being."
"But how to clear a path is the most important issue."
Don't talk about the city. It is already difficult for them to go to and from court and get in and out of the city on weekdays.
If the snow doesn't stop, I'm afraid I'll have to call it quits.
The court meeting lasted for more than an hour, but the ministers still could not come up with a good idea.
In the end, the only option is to hire more people to clear the snow and try to keep the roads as clear as possible.
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