The robbery of grain was something Yun Zhongyao hadn't expected. In his entire plan, the grain in Yunzhong Fengtun was absolutely the top priority. Now that it had been robbed it was indeed a major issue.
Fortunately, Yun Zhongyao always prepares a backup plan.
"Are you injured?" When standing beside Yun Zhongfeng, Yun Zhongyao could smell a very faint smell of blood.
"It's just some skin trauma , it has been taken care of. My attendants are dead, and I had a narrow escape. Those people were not like mountain bandits at all, they were more like well-trained soldiers."
Yun Zhongyao's expression sank. This matter is more complicated than he thought, and someone might get killed.
"Why is the situation in Kaining City so serious?" Yun Zhongyao asked.
They discovered the drought in Kaining in time, it shouldn't have become so serious.
"Someone poisoned the river, so the river water in Kaining City is no longer available. They can only fetch water from other cities, but the distance is too much.
"What about the people?"
"Caught, but fearing that they would commit suicide, the government opened a warehouse to release food, but it will not last long."
Yun Zhongyao rubbed his eyebrows, and said to the governor, "Prepare a pen and ink."
The governor took Yun Zhongyao to the study room. The pen, ink, paper and inkstone had already been prepared.
Yun Zhongyao wrote three letters, packed each letter separately, and handed them to Yun Mo.
"Go to Commander Wang, this letter should be sent into the capital to emperor father, and this letter should be sent to the border to the eldest brother." Yun Zhongyao put the last letter in Yun Mo's hands, with a serious face, "This letter should be sent by a shadow guard together with this prince’s token and has to be secretly delivered to the prince of Beilin Kingdom. Remember, you must hurry.”
Yun Zhongfeng didn’t see what Yun Zhongyao had written. After Yun Mo went out, he couldn’t help but ask.
"The one who was sent to the capital was to inform the father of the situation here, and the one sent to the border is for big brother to be careful of the Liuyue Kingdom taking advantage of the situation." Yun Zhongyao and Yun Zhongfeng went out of the governor's office with the intention of checking the situation in Kaining City, talking while they were walking.
"What about the letter to the prince of Beilin Kingdom?" This was what puzzled Yun Zhongfeng the most.
"The grain is gone, if we buy it from the merchants, they are bound to sell it at a sky-high price at this time. The disaster relief funds are limited, so we cannot squander it like this. The border city of the Beilin kingdom is rich in grain, and it is closer to the northwest border of our country. It's not too late to buy it now." Yun Zhongyao said, frowning at the scrawny people on the roadsides.
A little girl suddenly ran in front of the two, Yun Zhongyao could see her dry and cracked lips, but those eyes were black and shiny like *obsidian.
(T/n: it's a hard, dark, glass like volcanic rock)
The guards accompanying them wanted to stop her, but Yun Zhongyao waved his hand to stop them.
"Are you fairies?" The little girl probably has not had water for a long time, her voice was a little hoarse, but it couldn't hide her child like innocence.
Yun Zhongyao looked down at her, "No."
Hearing his words, the little girl's eyes visibly darkened full of disappointment, "How come you are not a fairy?"
Knowing that Yun Zhongyao didn't like to talk much to others, Yun Zhongfeng bent down and smiled gently at the little girl, "Why do you ask?"
"Mother said, there will be a fairy who will come to save us ,and that the fairy is very good looking."
Yun Zhongfeng took out a *jujube from his wide sleeve, stuffed it into the girl's mouth. He made a silent gesture, and said mysteriously, "Hush, this is given to you by the fairy brother."
(T/n: chinese date)
Watching the little girl run away, Yun Zhongfeng looked sideways, amused at the cold-faced Yun Zhongyao, "Do you know Yan Bei'an?"
(T/n: Name of Beilin kingdom's prince)
"No." Yun Zhongyao shook his head. He might not know him right now, but not necessarily in the future.
"How are you so sure that he will help you if you don't even know him?"
"In the future he will beg us for something," Yun Zhongyao said vaguely.
Yun Zhongfeng didn't quite understand what Yun Zhongyao said, but he didn't ask too much. Yun Zhongyao must have made some calculations.
"Second brother, I want you to go and get help from the Beilin kingdom. I'm not good at negotiating with people, I can only leave this to you."
"Don't worry, I will leave for the Beilin kingdom tomorrow."
When Yun Zhongyao and Yun Zhongfeng reached the upper stream of the river, and saw that it was glowing with a layer of green.
Originally the drought would not have been this severe.
Just as Yun Zhongyao was observing the river, several people in black suddenly jumped out from behind him.
The people under the command of the prince have all gone to arrange the relief funds, and Yun Zhongyao only brought two shadow guards along with him.
Yun Zhongfeng protected Yun Zhongyao behind him, and fought with the men in black who rushed up towards them.
The target of these men in black is obviously Yun Zhongyao.
"Second brother, be careful." Yun Zhongyao said.
"Protect yourself."
Yun Zhongfeng has been away for a few years and has also learned some self-defense skills, but he is still no match for these assassins, and got injured.
There are too many assassins, and the two shadow guards are struggling to stop them.
Yun Zhongyao dodged the swords and was forced to the edge of the river by an assassin.
Behind him is the poisoned river.
The assassin kicked Yun Zhongyao towards the river.
Yun Zhongyao's face turned pale, if he fell in the river it would be bad.
"Mo Mo!" Yun Zhongyao called.
His waist was tightly held, and he fell into someone's chest, it was not very wide, but gave him a sense of security.
Yun Mo's toes lightly touched the water surface, and he leaped up, throwing the sword in his hand straight through the chest of the assassin.
After landing safely, Yun Zhongyao still felt like his legs were weak, and he couldn't stand up properly.
If it was even a little late...
"Your Highness, are you alright? Is there any injury?" Yun Mo was also scared for a moment, and quickly checked Yun Zhongyao's body to make sure that there were no other injuries except for the left abdomen (that was kicked by the assassin)
After coming back to his senses, Yun Zhongyao quickly stood up and pushed Yun Mo, "Quickly go and help the second brother."
Yun Mo nodded, letting go of Yun Zhongyao's waist. He walked over to the corpse of the assassin and withdrew his sword back.
Yun Mo's martial arts skills are very high, it seems to have gotten even better than before. With him here the assassins were quickly defeated.
"Stay safe." Yun Zhongyao said.
Yun Mo responded, and when the last assassin was about to commit suicide, he did not hesitate to cut his chin and hands.
"Bring him back to the government." Yun Zhongyao said and glanced at Yun Zhongfeng, whose expression was fairly normal, and heaved a sigh of relief.
Along the way, Yun Zhongyao walked very slowly. Yun Mo saw a little cold sweat on his forehead. Although his face was expressionless, Yun Mo could tell that Yun Zhongyao was in pain.
Yun Zhongyao asked Yun Zhongfeng to take the assassin back to the government first, and he took another look back, and then caught up.
Yun Zhongfeng didn't think too much of it.
As soon as they separated, Yun Zhongyao couldn't hold it anymore, his face turned pale and fell towards Yun Mo.
Yun Mo quickly hugged Yun Zhongyao, panicking he asked "Your Highness, what's wrong with you, Your highness?"
"Pain..." Yun Zhongyao's face was full of pain, "Don't go back to the government, find a place where no one is there to look at this prince's injury."
Yun Mo was very anxious and without care, he directly hugged Yun Zhongyao and ran towards the private house on the side.