"I think you are the most ignorant person!" Zi Tong responded unceremoniously, completely forgetting that he was on someone else's territory at the moment.
"Are you looking for a lie?!" The man glared angrily and made a show of getting up.
"Zhiping!" An old lady who seemed to be sleeping soundly in the corner suddenly shouted in a low voice.
"Grandma..." The man called Zhiping touched his nose and sat back down.
Zi Tong turned his eyes to the old lady in the corner.
The old lady noticed Zi Tong's gaze, stood up and walked slowly to Zi Tong.
"Princess! Don't worry, I won't let these bastards hurt you, so you don't have to be afraid!" The old lady had many patches on her clothes, but she gave off a very kind feeling.
Zi Tong bit her lips lightly: "How long are you going to lock me up?"
"When the emperor solves the disaster here, it will be time for us to give you your freedom!" The old lady's voice was soft, but there was a bit of doubt in it.
"In another ten days or so, water will be available here; your kidnapping of me is simply unnecessary!" Zi Tong firmly believes that this extradition method of digging a river will be successful.
"We also hope to succeed, but..." the old lady said with obvious doubt in her tone: "...how can we really believe it until we see the final result!"
Hearing what the old lady said, Zi Tong felt extremely unhappy: "Even if you kidnap me, so what? Things that should succeed will eventually succeed, and things that should fail will always be failures!"
"What you say makes sense, but don't forget; you are a princess after all. If something happens to you here, how can the emperor not pay attention to us victims!" The old lady said what she said.
"Why doesn't the emperor pay attention to you? Hasn't he always sent people here to distribute food and officials to solve the disaster here!" Zi Tong argued with reason.
"It's true that the emperor sent people to distribute food, but that small amount of rations is not enough for us common people. It can only keep us alive at most..." The old lady pointed out, scanning a circle of broken rations.
Everyone in the temple: "...Look at everyone here, which one looks healthy?"
Su Qianyou followed the old lady's gaze and saw that everyone in the ruined temple, whether they were adults or children, were all sallow and thin.
"As for the officials sent by the emperor, which one didn't stay for three to five months before finding excuses and fleeing here one after another?" The old lady's eyes showed disappointment with the current royal family: "So, we can only make this decision.
Use you to blackmail the emperor and make him speed up the solution to the disaster here!"
Zi Tong was silent for a long time: "I can only say that the emperor's brother has never abandoned you!" Zi Tong knew that no matter what he said now, they would never believe it as long as the disaster was not solved for one day.
"I hope it's true as you said!" The old lady sighed quietly: "Princess! Your injury is not healed yet, so you should rest for a while!" After saying this, she slowly walked back to her original place.
Zi Tong's body was bound to the wheelchair, so only his head and legs could move.
He tilted his head along the window and looked at the sun that was gradually turning to the west: 'Ice cube face! You must be very anxious now, right? You must be eager to appear in front of me right away...'
"How's it going?" Master Yuan couldn't wait to ask as soon as he saw the yamen officer responsible for tracking came back.
The yamen servant tremblingly replied: "Qi, Qi, Sir! I was following you, but I lost track of you!"
"What do you do for food?!" Mr. Yuan's voice was a little irritable. After all, if something happens to a princess of a country in the area under his jurisdiction, he has an absolutely unshirkable responsibility.
Hearing this, the yamen servant knelt down with a bang: "This subordinate deserves to die! This subordinate deserves to die..."
Zisai, who had always turned his back to everyone, slowly turned around and said, "Get down!"
"Thank you, Mr. Zisai!" The Yamen servant stood up hurriedly and left as if running away.
After a while, an older government servant entered the study.
"How?" Master Yuan asked.
"Your Excellency! All the family members of those involved in this matter have all disappeared without a trace, as if they had evaporated from the world!" the Yamen servant replied truthfully.
"Damn it!"
"I got it! Back off!" Zisai said quietly, already expecting this outcome; since they came prepared, there was no way they wouldn't take precautions in advance.
"My subordinates resign!" The officer slowly exited the study.
"Master Zisai! What should we do now?" Master Yuan Liushenwuzhu asked.
"What else can we do?!" Zisai's eyes were a little distant: "Speed up the process and make sure it is completed within twelve days!"
"yes!"
It wasn't until the sky turned dark that the sallow-looking man appeared in the ruined temple.
"Boss! You're back!" Several people who came back first gathered around him.
The thin man with a sallow complexion directly found a place to sit down without saying anything.
Someone with sharp eyes discovered that there was dried blood on the lips of the thin man with a yellow face: "Boss! Are you injured?"
"It's okay! Minor injury!" The thin man with a yellow face waved his hands impatiently: "Don't crowd around me, I can't breathe!"
Hearing this, everyone retreated in all directions.
"Zhihua! Are you really okay?" The old lady looked worried and walked up to the sallow and thin man.
Zhihua shook his head: "Grandma! I'm fine!"
"As long as it's okay! As long as it's okay..." the old lady muttered, and sat down next to Zhihua: "...he agreed to our conditions?"
"With the princess here, how can he refuse to agree?" Zhihua's lips curled up slightly: "Grandma! Let's just wait for news from him!"
"Okay!" The old lady touched Zhihua's head kindly: "I hope it can be as successful as they said..." Since then, the people here no longer have to live a life worse than death.
Zi Tong knew that the 'him' they were talking about must be referring to Ice Cube Face.
Glancing around, everyone here seemed indifferent, but in fact they were very cooperative with each other. Zi Tong no longer had the resentment and uneasiness in her heart at the beginning. At this moment, she felt extremely calm.
"Boss! You drink some porridge first!" A man fawned over a bowl of porridge and handed it to Zhihua.
Zhihua stretched out his hand to take it, as if thinking of something, he looked at Zi Tong: "Has she had dinner?"
"No!" The man shook his head decisively: "People like them, who usually have enough to eat and drink, will definitely be hungry for a few days without any problem!"
"Go get her the porridge!" Zhihua ordered unexpectedly.
"What?!" The man's eyes widened in shock, thinking he had heard wrongly.
"Get the porridge and give it to the princess! Go quickly!" Zhihua urged.
"Boss, boss! Did I hear you correctly?" The man still couldn't believe it.
Zhihua's eyelids narrowed dangerously: "What? You still want me to repeat it again?"
Seeing this, the man shook his head decisively: "I'm going to get porridge for her right now!" After saying that, he ran away in a hurry.
Zi Tong's eyes turned to Zhihua: "Thank you!"
A flash of surprise flashed in Zhihua's eyes: "I sent people to capture you, shouldn't you hate me?"