Rebirth of a Lost Nation: Princess, Please Respect Yourself

Chapter 180 Assassination

Seeing this, Ning Yunxiao took a few steps back, Gu Fan drew his sword and cut off the arrows and crossbows, shouting "Protect the prince".

Ning Yunxiao frowned and immediately shouted, "Protect Prefect Qin!"

Unfortunately, there is still one step missing.

It happened so quickly that dozens of arrows and crossbows came at them indiscriminately, catching everyone off guard. In the chaos, Prefect Qin was shot in the chest and died suddenly!

Immediately, all the people hiding in the dark retreated, as if they had never been there.

Obviously, these people's goal is to assassinate Prefect Qin!

Ning Yunxiao had just forced himself to breathe, causing his internal energy to become disordered again. In addition, when he saw Prefect Qin being killed, his blood and energy suddenly surged and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Gu Fan was terrified and quickly stepped forward to support Ning Yunxiao, "Prince!"

Ning Yunxiao coughed twice and took a long time to catch his breath. He raised his hand and said, "It's okay. Don't say anything more about this matter."

What you mean is, don't tell Jiang Lige?

Gu Fan understood and curled his lips and said, "I understand. What about Prefect Qin?"

Ning Yunxiao paused, trying hard to suppress the resentment in his tone, and calmly made the most appropriate decision at the moment.

"They are all the people that Prefect Qin trusts the most. Take them all back to the Border City Yamen and conduct an overnight trial. We must make breakthroughs one by one and prove Prefect Qin's guilt."

"Yes." Gu Fan responded quickly and asked, "Who is behind this?"

Ning Yunxiao shook his head. "The person behind the scenes is secretive, they won't know. It's a pity that we can't catch the person behind the scenes, but I can't do much now. With the death of Prefect Qin, the people in the border town will be safe."

"My subordinates know."

Gu Fan nodded, and looked at Ning Yunxiao with concern. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Ning Yunxiao say, "No need to see me off." After that, he disappeared into the night.

At this moment, in a magnificent house not far from here, a man was holding a golden cup in one hand and pinching the woman's slender waist with the other, his eyes blurred with drunkenness.

"come in."

As the man agreed, a black-clad guard in tight uniforms hurried in from outside the door, "Master, there's something wrong in the border town."

"Oh?" the man replied lazily, pinching the woman's slender waist. "Tell me about it."

"The Imperial Commissioner for Water Conservancy was purchasing Vetiver Grass on a large scale, but he was actually investigating the damage to the water conservancy project. The foolish Prefect Qin was completely oblivious and was eventually caught in a trap at Santou Mountain, nearly betraying his master. I, your subordinate, took it upon myself to order the execution of Prefect Qin. I beg your punishment."

"You did a great job, and there's a reward." The man straightened himself up. "By the way, who ruined my good move?"

"This man's name is Ning Yunxiao." The guard thought for a moment and added, "He is the prince of Southern Chu Zhao."

"It's no big deal. Just kill the dog that's blocking the road."

The guard bowed in response, hesitated for a moment before considering, "Master, the princess is also with Ning Yunxiao, what do you think?"

"Who?"

"Princess Zhaohua."

"Zhao Hua..." The man repeated the name, then waved his hand and said, "Ning Yunxiao cannot be kept, but Zhao Hua... must not be killed."

"Yes, sir." After receiving such an order, the guard had a plan in mind and immediately talked to the man about the aftermath of the border town.

Outside the door across the wall, a woman in gorgeous clothes narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly when she heard the words, and clenched her hands hidden in her wide sleeves into fists.

Since the person inside wants to protect Jiang Lige's life, she must get rid of him as soon as possible!

……

The confidants under Prefect Qin were much easier to deal with than Ning Yunxiao had imagined. After just one night of torture, they all told him everything they knew.

As Ning Yunxiao expected, these confidants only knew what Prefect Qin had done, and knew nothing about the person who instigated it behind the scenes.

Following the confessions of these people, Ning Yunxiao followed the clues and almost eliminated all the corrupt officials involved in the incident in the entire border town, and made their evil deeds public.

Once this matter was announced, it caused an uproar. The people in the border town who had been kept in the dark for a long time all applauded and praised Ning Yunxiao as being more powerful than the gods in heaven.

Ning Yunxiao himself is very low-key. He still does his job calmly and presides over many post-disaster matters.

Now that the flood has receded, people no longer have to worry about the suffering caused by floods. Post-disaster reconstruction has become the top priority of this stage.

According to the rules of this crown prince assessment, the time for Ning Yunxiao and others to return to Beijing is getting closer.

Time was limited, so Ning Yunxiao took off his gorgeous clothes and led people to clean up the mud and ruins and repair the damaged houses.

Ning Yunxiao will teach you how to clean quickly and how to repair safely.

They even selected a literate and learning-capable person from each village as the new village head, who would then lead the people in the area under his jurisdiction to participate in post-disaster reconstruction. They also promised that the village that completed reconstruction and returned to normal life the fastest would be exempted from one year of exorbitant taxes and levies.

In this way, the people have to work hard for their own personal interests.

Jiang Lige was also busy, leading the women and children of the border town to silently undertake the logistical tasks of post-disaster reconstruction. Although these tasks were not as hard as men's work, they were not easy either.

Jiang Lige taught the method of purifying sewage into drinkable water at least ten times, and Zheng Baoyao and others also took turns to teach the method, so that the people working hard in the front could have a constant supply of clean water to drink.

Not to mention the laundry, collection of supplies, care of the wounded, etc. There are so many detailed things to do, and they all need to be arranged properly, which is really not easy.

Lu Er, who used to be at loggerheads with the two, now admires Ning Yunxiao and Jiang Lige so much that he praises them as "a golden boy and a jade girl, a match made in heaven" to everyone he meets. If he hears that some adult is thinking of giving Ning Yunxiao a woman, he will definitely come to their door the next day.

In the end, it was not until the master of that family came to Ning Yunxiao with a bruised face to complain that the two of them learned about the matter.

There is strength in numbers, and post-disaster reconstruction is proceeding at an incredible speed.

On this day, Jiang Lige, who had some free time, discussed with Shi Daizhi about organizing a free lecture on basic pharmacology. Although the border town is poor, it is rich in medicinal materials. If the people know the pharmacology and can make good use of it, wouldn't it be a good thing?

Many people from the border town came to listen to the lecture, and they all listened very attentively. This scene made everyone very happy. They smiled and listened to Zheng Baoyao sighing with her: "It's great."

Jiang Lige smiled and nodded, "It will get better and better, it will definitely get better."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Fan rushed into the crowd in a panic, not even caring about basic etiquette, and grabbed Jiang Lige's hand.

Gu Fan's eyes were red, and his lips trembled as he said, "Princess Zhaohua, the Crown Prince... The Crown Prince vomited blood and fainted. He doesn't look well."