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The carriage went out of Chang'an City, and when the sky was bright and rushed to the bank of the Weishui River, if you wanted to go to the other bank, you had to change boats, the carriage stayed, and Ji Yao and others arrived on the south bank in several batches by ferrying wooden boats.

Han Qi has been walking in the rivers and lakes since he was a child, he is a big ghost, and he often has a lot of eyes when he gets along with others, he noticed that Zhong Yi was dressed in a simple dress, and even the shirt under the shirt was plain, and he couldn't help but mutter.

He is filial piety for his father-in-law, and he wears coarse linen filial piety clothes under his military robe, but why is the Zhong family Erlang Jun's simple clothes?

The level of the river is slow in spring, the cold wind on the Weishui River is pressing, although the green leaves can be vaguely seen on both sides of the river, but it is not changed that the early spring has not arrived.

Zhong Yi stood on the bow of the boat with his hands down, and he felt someone behind him staring at him, and he also looked back.

Han Qi didn't shy away from it, and looked at Zhong Yi frankly.

I don't know why, Zhong Yi hates the young man who is in the same boat with him, there is a kind of indescribable resistance, I really don't understand how my father looks down on this kind of person and entrusts him with important tasks, and it may not be for the sake of Song Shiyilang's face.

Zhong Yi knows very well that his father is a person, and he will never appreciate a person because of others' recommendations or indelible favors.

There were six or seven people on a small boat, all of whom had their own thoughts, Ji Yao wrapped her cloak tightly and didn't pay attention to the eyebrows and eyes of Zhong and Han, she stared at the other side of the river, with the last glimmer of hope in her heart, I hope my uncle was not so confused that he sold all the fields, but who knows?

When Ji Yao got off the boat, she only stepped over the sampan with the magpie in her arms, avoiding the people who wanted to help her, she didn't look at who it was, anyway, she didn't want to provoke these two people.

Han Qi fell behind, seeing Zhong Yi's hand stretched out to support Ji Yao fall short, he raised his eyebrows lightly, and there was a hint of pride in his eyes.

The wooden boats of the ferry mounts behind also docked one after another, and Han Qi led the horse to order a brother beside him: "Have more eyes, find out the details of the second child of the Zhong family, for no reason he wore that plain clothes, could it be said that someone died in the family." ”

It is not a secret that the Zhong family has lost their second daughter-in-law in the capital, but Han Qi has been out on business before coming back, and the news is blocked, and he has doubts in his heart and must find out.

The Yan Gang man who had followed Han Qi to escort Ji Yao to Nanyang looked at the dignified Zhong family Erlang Jun not far away, and then looked at the eldest lady of the Ji family with a beautiful appearance, his eyes were dripping, and he sighed, and he also felt that something was wrong with this matter.

said that Ji Yao rode on the horse, and the three of them didn't speak, and followed the Zhong family's slaves straight to several fertile fields in the Zhenguo Mansion. Seeing that spring ploughing is about to come, you can also see three or five Zhuang slaves working in the fields with farm tools, and it is definitely not okay to ask them, ordinary people and slaves have even changed two emperors to sit in the country and mountains are confused, they only know that they have worked hard to fill their stomachs, and if the fields really change hands, the people under them will inevitably know.

"Let's go to the front Zhuangzi and ask the head of the village, maybe we can ask the truth. After Ji Yao finished speaking, he whipped and ran at the front, and Zhong Yi followed behind.

Han Qi didn't follow, he dismounted and walked straight to the few Zhuang slaves, his half-length leather boots smashed a few pieces of dirt and swept up the floating dust, and the people who walked over a distance of several hundred meters became gray again.

Zhuang Nu looked at a little military master who suddenly appeared, stopped what he was doing one by one, and two or three gray figures quietly slipped behind the big tree on the edge of the field, looking at the graceful posture and touching the homes of several daughters.

Han Qi took off his armor with his hand, and while begging for a bowl of water to drink, an earthen clay pot that had been stretched out and placed on the field was poured into a black coarse porcelain bowl that was almost indistinguishable, and he drank it dry in one gulp, wiped the water stains on the corner of his mouth and looked at Zhuang Nu with a smile: "Don't be afraid, I came out today to accompany my cousin to check her family's land, the harvest of more than 100 acres of land has been bad for two consecutive years, there is a lack of food and money, my cousin and aunt have no income on the side, and the days are fast and can't be supported." Don't be a black-hearted Zhuang Tou who put money and food in his pocket behind his back and deceived the little master and the master's mother?"

A Zhuang slave boldly asked: "Whose field is it, maybe there are one or two of our acquaintances in the Zhuang slave." ”

Han Qi gave a surname, and Zhuang Nu shook his head and denied it: "This area of three or four hundred acres is all the land of the Ji family in the Zhenguo Mansion, I have never heard of this surname, you have to go further if you want to find your own field." ”

"Ji family? I heard that they had already sold this piece of land to others, did they hear it? Han Qi walked around the fields casually.

"Nonsense, only a change of stewardship, no land sales. What kind of family is the Ji family, they will sell the land. Several Zhuang slaves retorted loudly in unison, and after speaking, an older Zhuang slave sighed: "The new housekeeper said that he wanted to add a tap, which was originally one out of ten, and increased to one out of eight for two consecutive years, and I heard that it will be added again this year, and the days are becoming more and more unbearable." ”

Hearing this, Han Qi had a rough idea in his heart, he looked at the old face of the old Zhuang slave who was wrinkled like a dead tree, put down a dozen official money into the porcelain bowl for drinking, turned around and walked out, and when he got on the horse and rushed to the Grange, Ji Yao and Zhong Yi were sitting and drinking tea waiting for the head of the village to appear.

The sun was shining near noon, half of Ji Yao's face was shrouded in shadows, and half of her face was bathed in the sun, quiet and leisurely.

Han Qi walked outside the door and stopped, slowed down his steps and walked to the seat beside Ji Yao, picked up the tea bowl and drank it dry.

He made a lot of noise, so that Ji Yao had to look at him, and for no reason she laughed in her heart.

Han Qi was even more proud, and was about to squeeze his eyebrows and do something, Ji Yao turned his head early in the morning and left the side for him to see, there was no one to play, so he had to shout to add tea.

Zhong Yi sat opposite and was silent, his eyes swirled between Ji Yao and Han Qi, since last night when A-Niang ordered him to accompany the cousin of the Ji family out of the city, he had doubts in his heart, and the second lady was intercepted halfway back to the house in the morning, from that moment on, he completely understood his mother's intentions and arrangements.

The eldest daughter of the Ji family has a close relationship with the Song family, and according to the current relationship between Song Shiyi Lang and the saint, the Zhong family should win people over.

Without Ji Yao, there will be nobles from other families for him to choose, Zhong Yi must lose his wife and remarry, this is his father's strict order.

Zhong Yi snorted lightly and turned his head to look outside the house, just as Zhuang Tou entered the house at this time, he took the lead: "It's such a big shelf, let me wait here and wait, and I changed the tea two or three times before I saw the owner." ”

Zhuangtou was tall and thin, wearing silk and satin, and he saluted Zhong Yi and Ji Yao with a shy smile on his face. He felt that everything was in order, but Ji Yao was clear at a glance, reasoning that she was the head of the Ji family, and there was no rule that slaves should salute outsiders first.

Thinking through the joints, Ji Yao got straight to the point without going around the corner: "I heard that this field was sold to someone else by my uncle, I just want to confirm it today, and I hope you will tell the truth, don't do things that fool people." ”

Zhuang Tou's eyes were aimed at Zhong Yi, and he said with a smile: "I really don't know where the rumor came out, hundreds of acres of land have been owned by the Zhenguo Mansion, and a lot of money and grain are handed over to the Zhenguo Gong every year, and the small ones dare not have half a lie." ”

Han Qi interjected coldly: "Are you afraid that you will sell it to others, and in the blink of an eye, you will be robbed by General Zhong's people, it is better to bite to death and say that it is the Ji family, the generals in the army will not be bold enough to reach out to the general's in-laws' house, is it reasonable to say something." ”

Zhong Yi squinted at Han Qi, when his father's subordinates first arrived in Chang'an City, there were a few people who did things out of the ordinary and robbed other people's mansions and fields, but they were also meritorious people, and the ones who were robbed were also from declining families with rich family properties. Good steel is on the blade, and the silver money should also be used where it should be used, and it is better to keep it in your own hands for military use than to keep it for people to squander.

He warned Han Qi not to do anything overstepping, Han Qi did not retreat, but the first heavy soldier in the dignified court did the business of robbing the house, how much better could it be than the Huaibei Salt Gang, at least the men of the Salt Gang had no face to swallow other people's furniture in vain.

Zhuang Tou bit to death: "Xiao Langjun laughed, how could the Ji family's property become someone else's." ”

Zhong Yi was angry, did not forget the purpose of coming out today, and opened his mouth to make a guarantee: "You can say it bluntly, with me, no matter who owns this land, no one will forcibly occupy it." ”

Zhuang scalp smiled and nodded, Han Qi interjected again: "What is the number of taps in Zhuangzi now?" He didn't want to say anything about the new stewards and the increase in taps year after year, and he couldn't bring trouble to a few innocent Zhuang slaves in the field.

Ji Yao took over the conversation smartly: "Since you said that Zhuangzi is still under the management of the Ji family, I want to read the account book and decide what seeds should be planted this year." A few days ago, I heard my uncle say that there is a shortage of grain and grass in the army, so it is better to set aside 100 acres of land to plant sorghum and plant alfalfa on the corner land of the slow slope of the mountain. ”

Zhuang Tou is still hard-mouthed, and he does not have all the account books and other books in the hands of Zhenguo Gong, and he can't be the master of the temporary replacement of crops, because the seeds are prepared in the morning, and he is afraid that the loss will be greater if they are replaced, and he can't afford it.

"That's better, just let me tell my uncle, I won't let you work in vain if you are exempted from this year's rake. Ji Yao smiled and smiled.

The corners of Zhong Yi's mouth curved slightly to reveal a hint of a smile, and he spent a good time watching how Zhuang Tou lied.

The head of the village really didn't get in with oil and salt, so he straightened his waist and choked: "The affairs in the Zhenguo Mansion, I'm afraid that the eldest lady is not qualified to speak." He alluded to Ji Yao's situation in the mansion.

Ji Yao smiled and did not change: "You don't have to worry about whether I am qualified to speak or not, I just care about what should be planted in these hundreds of acres this year, and someone will come to stare at you in three days, if you plant something else, I have to ask my uncle to entrust me for two years." ”

To tell the truth, General Zhong's words are really deterrent, Zhuang Nu swallowed a few times, and finally bowed his head and softened: "Big lady, what you said about Tian Chuan doesn't count, and it doesn't count if you say it, even if Zhen Guogong comes, it may not work." ”

"Then who has the final say?" Han Qi forced forward, he really endured it for a long time, if it wasn't for the Ji family's family affairs, Ji Yao would have to come forward to solve it himself, according to his temperament, he would have beaten Zhuang Tou down and asked questions in a few words, and he dared to talk nonsense.

Zhuang Tou realized Han Qi's authority, shrunk his neck and whispered: "Zhenguo Gong sold hundreds of acres of land to other families three years ago, and he repeatedly told him that no matter who came to ask, he must not tell the truth, and the small ones are also ......."

Zhuang Tou didn't speak, he rolled on the ground with his chest in his arms, it turned out that Han Qi was angry and kicked over.

"Don't, I have something to ask. Ji Yao stopped.

Han Qi heard Ah Yao speak to him, this was the first time today, he withdrew his foot and muttered if he was a little early.

"Let me ask you, there are still five or six hundred acres of land further south, is it also sold by my uncle?" asked Ji Yao.

Zhuang Tou covered his chest, sweat broke out on his forehead, and his speech was intermittent: "Small...... I don't know, but I've heard that ...... There are also face-sprung stewards over there. ”

"Got it", Ji Yao said lightly, there was only a piece of treasure left at the bottom of the box, I heard that it had already been broken, and it felt like that.

Zhong Yi glanced at Ji Yao strangely, wondering how calm and calm she was.

Han Qi stepped down again, and only Zhuang Tou was screaming in the house.