The next morning, Ran Er and Qinglian, who were having breakfast with their grandmother, suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and both of them came to the front yard and saw a cavalry team galloping from the direction of Xia Village from a distance. The two understood that it should be someone from the palace who had arrived.

When Ran'er and Qinglian came to the fence courtyard, a group of seven cavalry also arrived. They gathered their mounts in unison and jumped off their horses. One of them, a young man in his early twenties, of medium stature, with a resolute face, handed the reins to a cavalryman beside him, stepped forward and asked:

"May I ask who is Miss Ran'er?"

Ran Er said:

"I'm Ran'er."

"Rui Wangfu's four guards with knives, Guan Zhongping, see the eldest lady."

The young man who called himself Guan Zhongping bowed to Ran'er, took out a letter from his bosom, and handed it over. Ran Er took it, immediately tore open the seal, took out the letterhead, hurriedly browsed it, and handed it to Qinglian. The letter was written by Zhao Yucheng of the Rui Palace, to the effect that the palace sent a total of seven people, and the leader was the four-grade guard with a knife Guan Zhongping, and if there was anything, just command.

Ran Er didn't dare to treat Guan Zhongping as Zhao Yucheng said in his letter, in terms of official positions, the four guards were one level higher than the county magistrate.

"Minnu Ran'er has seen Master Guan."

Guan Zhongping saw that Ran'er saluted him, hurriedly dodged sideways, and replied:

"The eldest lady can't be like this, Guan Zhongping was entrusted by the prince to come to guard the mausoleum and ancestral hall of the lord of Lingyin, if there is something in the future, the eldest lady just orders."

"Lord Guan is polite, but Ran'er is a people's girl, how dare you order Lord Guan. I don't know if I saw Grandpa Ran'er when I came? ”

"Old Man Ge went out of the city with us in a carriage, but we arrived all the way day and night. Presumably, the old man will not arrive until tomorrow afternoon. ”

"Master Guan has worked hard all the way. Uncle Zhang, please go to the ancestral hall to rest, and let Aunt Zhang prepare breakfast for the seven guards. ”

Ran Er had already discovered that not only were the horses covered with dew, but the clothes on the seven were also wet with dew. Regardless of Zhongping's introduction, Ran'er also knew that they came day and night.

"Miss, Old Man Ge said that someone came to make trouble, I wonder if I'm too late?"

"It's Xie Yu from Linkang City, who led twelve people to attack the villa in the middle of the night the night before, but we captured ten people, and now they are being detained in the ancestral hall, just waiting for the adults to deal with it here."

When Guan Zhongping heard Ran'er say this, he was shocked, thinking that his group was hurrying up, and they hadn't rested for a day or two nights, and they were still late. Hearing Ran'er's tone was flat, and seeing that several people in front of him were intact, he knew that although he was attacked by someone, he did not cause danger to the villa, so he put his mind at ease. So he said to Ran'er:

"Since I have been captured by the eldest lady, the rest of the matter will be dealt with below."

After speaking, under the leadership of Zhang Dazhu, he came to the ancestral hall, took a short rest, and after a simple breakfast, he arranged for a subordinate to take the royal palace to the county government to deliver it, and at the same time interrogated the ten people who came with Xie Yu to sneak attack and were captured. Before lunch, the guard who went to the county government led a group of officials and the county magistrate to arrive.

It's not the first time that the magistrate has come here, the last time the prince was there, he had come once. When he saw Guan Zhongping, the magistrate was about to pay a big salute, but Guan Zhongping stopped him. said lightly to the magistrate:

"Before leaving, the prince instructed that the seven of us are only responsible for guarding the people and things in the Bamboo Forest Villa, and as for how to deal with the people who come to make trouble, they will all be handed over to the magistrate. These people, whom I have tried just now, are just some family thugs, and the culprits are not among them. Now all of them will be handed over to the magistrate to take back to the mansion, and the magistrate will be asked to quickly transfer the text to Linkang City to arrest the culprit and bring it to justice, and the prince is still waiting to report it next. ”

When the magistrate heard this, his head suddenly became bigger. It's not that he doesn't know that the Xie Mansion is in Linkang City, and even the power of the entire imperial court. It's just that it was the Rui Wangfu who ordered him to arrest the Xie family, and he couldn't afford to offend. had no choice but to bite the bullet and let the official take ten of Xie Yu's subordinates, who had been detained for two days and two nights, and turn around and go back to the county seat.

"Lord Zhixian go slowly, I still have a message from the prince to Lord Zhixian here."

"Captain, please."

"The prince ordered that the seven of us guard the villa here, and we should not live in the villa. As for the campsite, the prince said that the east of the summer village and the west of the mountain villa can be camped. Therefore, we still need to know the approval of the county lord, so that we can build barracks. ”

"Well said, well said. When the subordinate returned to the county office, he immediately sent someone to send the approval document. How much area do you need, fill it in yourself, and give it to someone to bring back. If it is necessary to occupy private land and the cost of building barracks, the county will also pay for it. ”

"That's not necessary, the camp won't occupy people's land, and there is no need for the county to contribute."

After sending away the magistrate, after lunch, Guan Zhongping and his party of seven people rested in the two empty rooms of the ancestral hall. Around the time of the application, the people sent by the county to deliver the approval document arrived. First went to the village to find the village chief, and then made an appointment to come to Zhulin Villa.

Guan Zhongping took the two of them to find Ran'er, and the four of them came to the foot of the mountain east of Xia Village together.

"Miss, what does the prince mean, the barracks are built here, does the eldest lady have any other orders?"

"Don't dare to tell you, try not to occupy the farmland, and don't hinder everyone from cultivating the fields. For other things, please follow the instructions of the prince. ”

"Okay."

Guan Zhongping casually pointed to the east and said to the people from the county and the village head:

"From now onwards, all the barren hills and wastelands up to the boundary of the mountain lodge shall be set up as camps, and no one shall be allowed to cultivate or graze cattle during this period."

Just don't look at the face of the palace, just the identity of Guan Zhongping's four guards with knives, whether it is the county or the village, they can't afford to provoke it, so naturally Guan Zhongping says what it is. In this way, Guan Zhongping waved his hand, and the area of Zhulin Villa increased by 67 acres. To the east of Xia Village, to the west of the villa, this place is said to be a mountain, but in fact it is a small hill more than ten meters high. Due to the poor soil quality, the people in the village have not reclaimed the land, and they are just idle. Now that it is classified as a mountain villa, it is different. Although you can't grow crops, you can grow moso bamboo.

In the evening, Qinglian looked at the approval document of the county and said to Ran'er:

"Sister, it's good to be powerful. It took us a lot of effort and how much money it took to buy 15 acres of bamboo forest, and later 20 acres of wasteland, which also cost a lot. Look at the people's palace, a guard waved his hand casually, and he waved such a large place. ”

"Lian'er is greedy?"

"Sort of. Sister, or we can practice martial arts. ”

Qinglian's words made her giggle for a long time, and her grandmother also patted her chest next to her, laughing so hard that she coughed repeatedly.

"Even if Lian'er practices martial arts, will anyone invite you?"

The two sisters sat down with their grandmother for a while, and then served their grandmother to rest.