Chapter 1006: Re-drafting the decree

"Come here!"

After Commander Hao left for a while, the old emperor's voice sounded again in the imperial study.

The eunuch next to him immediately trotted over, bowed his head in front of the old emperor, and waited for the old emperor's order.

"Draft an edict!"

"Viscount Wu Fan has made great contributions to saving the princess, and is specially appointed as the magistrate of Qingyuan County. Order the county magistrate Wu Fan to immediately clear out all the rebels around Qingyuan County! All troops in and around Qingyuan County are under his command, and no one is allowed to disobey. Order the county magistrate Wu Fan to clear out all the rebels around Qingyuan County within one month. If he fails to do so, he will be dismissed from his position as county magistrate and viscount!" The old emperor said in a deep voice.

The eunuch in front of the old emperor recorded what the old emperor said word for word, and then the old emperor read it and stamped it with his seal.

"Send this memorial to Qingyuan County as soon as possible, and there must be no mistakes!" The old emperor ordered again.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The eunuch turned and left with the imperial edict that had just been issued.

"I will not let anyone who wants to frame my Qi'er go!" The old emperor said to himself in a cold voice.

Obviously, the ambush of Zhao Qi by Zhou Dalong's troops made the old emperor very angry. Not only did he want Commander Hao to find out the leaker, he also wanted to wipe out all the rebels around Qingyuan County as revenge.

In Qingyuan County, the person the old emperor trusted most was Wu Fan. Therefore, he appointed Wu Fan as the county magistrate of Qingyuan County and was fully responsible for the suppression of the rebels in Qingyuan County. Originally, Qingyuan County lacked a county magistrate, and the old emperor had been thinking about the right person recently. However, now he was anxious to avenge Zhao Qi. Appointing a newcomer to Qingyuan County as a county magistrate would take a long time just to familiarize himself with the local situation, and the old emperor didn't want to wait for a moment now.

"However, shouldn't Wu Fan be carrying out the task I gave him at this time? Why did he return to Qingyuan County? Didn't he carry out my task?" The old emperor was slightly confused.

Later, in order to prevent Wu Fan from meeting Zhao Qi, the old emperor specially assigned Wu Fan a task to keep him away from Qingyuan County. However, the old emperor did not expect that Wu Fan would return to Qingyuan County and meet Zhao Qi, which made the old emperor confused and annoyed.

However, thinking that Wu Fan had just saved Zhao Qi, the old emperor suppressed his anger. However, he also assigned Wu Fan a new task. If Wu Fan could not do it, the old emperor would settle the old account together.

"Wu Fan, can you do it?" The old emperor said to himself.

The old emperor was not sure about this matter, because there were already many rebels in Yanfeng Country at this time. Although all places were suppressing the rebels, the effect was minimal, which made the old emperor very angry, but he could not do much now.

The rebels around other cities had not been eliminated. Although Wu Fan had some ability, it would not be easy to eliminate the rebels around Qingyuan County.

On the other side, Wu Fan didn't know that the old emperor had already appointed him as the governor of Qingyuan County and gave him the greatest military power in Qingyuan County. At this time, he was taking Zhao Qi to the destination.

"My Lord is back!" When Wu Fan took Zhao Qi back to the entrance of the Hermit Village, the soldiers standing guard at the entrance immediately found Wu Fan.

The place where Wu Fan took Zhao Qi was the Hermit Village!

There were many pets in the woods behind the Hermit Village, and that was where Wu Fan wanted to take Zhao Qi to play.

The news of Wu Fan's return spread quickly. When Wu Fan brought Zhao Qi into the village, Niu Er and others had already greeted him.

"Hello, my Lord!" Niu Er and others bowed to Wu Fan.

As for Zhao Qi next to Wu Fan, no one saluted, because she was dressed in men's clothes at this time, and no one recognized her as a princess.

"I just came back this time, you continue to do your things." Wu Fan said to Niu Er and others.

"Yes, my Lord."

Then, Wu Fan took Zhao Qi to the back mountain.

"What are the people here doing? Building a city wall?" Zhao Qi asked curiously, looking at the busy crowd around.

"Yes." Wu Fan nodded: "This place is called the Hermit Village, where I was born. It was attacked by rebels before. In order to protect the safety of everyone here, I asked them to build a city wall to strengthen the defense."

Zhao Qi nodded and looked at the city wall that had already taken shape. Zhao Qi said: "It looks like this. The height and thickness of this city wall are greater than that of Qingyuan County, and it is also taller than the walls of most cities I have seen along the way."

"Yes." Wu Fan said: "Since we are going to do it, we must do it well, so that we can solve the problem once and for all. It happens that there is no shortage of manpower and materials here, so I will naturally not build a low city wall."

"That's right." Zhao Qi nodded in agreement: "By the way, where are you taking me? Where are those cute little pets in your mouth?"

"Don't worry, we will be there soon." Wu Fan said to Zhao Qi.

Soon, the two arrived at the woods behind the mountain. Wu Fan said to Zhao Qi, "We're here. This is it."

"Here?" Zhao Qi looked at the woods in front of her and was a little confused: "This woods seems to be no different from the woods in other places. Are there really pets here?"

"Of course there are, and there are a lot of them." Wu Fan smiled and said, "Come on, I'll take you in."

"Okay." Zhao Qi responded.

Then, the two entered the woods one after the other.

"Ah! I saw a pet that looks like a rabbit." Soon, Zhao Qi suddenly shouted in surprise.

"That's called a long-eared feather rabbit." Wu Fan looked at a small animal foraging in the distance and said to Zhao Qi with a smile.

"Long-eared feather rabbit? So cute." Zhao Qi said with stars in her eyes.

As she spoke, Zhao Qi's feet unconsciously walked towards the long-eared feather rabbit. Wu Fan did not follow immediately, but secretly released Xiaobai from the pet space.

After Xiaobai came out, he wanted to find Wu Fan to act coquettishly and complain, but when he saw the surrounding environment, he was stunned at first, and then he was happy.

It's home!

"Ah, it found me, it ran away!" Zhao Qi suddenly said, her tone full of disappointment and unhappiness.

"It's okay, it will come back." Wu Fan stepped forward and said to Zhao Qi.

Then, Wu Fan secretly exchanged glances with Xiaobai, and the smart Xiaobai immediately understood what Wu Fan meant.

Not long after, when Zhao Qi was still disappointed, the long-eared silk rabbit ran towards her. As it ran, its body trembled slightly, as if it was afraid of something, but Zhao Qi obviously didn't notice.

"Ah, it's really back!" Zhao Qi exclaimed in surprise.