In the house, Xiao Jingqing and a middle-aged man sat face to face, there was a small kang table between the two, lit an oil lamp, because of the heavy rain outside, it was much darker than usual, and the dim light made the room slightly brighter, but it was only possible to see people clearly.

"Childe, Li Zheng came over and asked, what do you want to eat for dinner, he can prepare it." The guard came in and asked.

"Just come to some farmhouse meals, coming to live is already causing trouble to others, don't bother people anymore." Xiao Jingqing commanded.

"Yes," the guard obeyed and walked out.

"The second son is benevolent and righteous, and he doesn't take a stitch from the people, which is beyond the reach of others." The man opposite Xiao Jingqing touched his beard approvingly.

"Mr. is too famous, the people's life is not easy, the taxes on the body are already very heavy, if we nobles come to exploit again, how can they survive, the water can carry the boat or overturn the boat, and treating the people well is the plan for the country to prosper." Xiao Jingqing just smiled.

This Mr. Wang is a strategist personally invited by him to help him give advice, this long time to come here, but also to pick up this gentleman, Mr. is a great Confucian in the world, rich and rich, but he likes to live a plain life, living in seclusion in the countryside, if it is not for some thought this time, Mr. will not go out of the mountain.

"If the emperor of the country has such an idea as you, it will be a great blessing for the country, but it's a pity, it's a pity." Mr. Wang glanced at the dark sky outside, although he couldn't see the stars outside today, but the change of ownership of Ziweixing was a foregone conclusion, and the new monarch made him feel even more chilled, the tyrant is in the world, and countless people will be ruined, but fortunately, there is still hope in this country. If it is not broken, it will not stand, and the one in front of him is the master who will create a prosperous world.

"What do you mean, sir?" Xiao Jingqing asked.

"The secret of heaven cannot be revealed, when the son returns to Yingtian, he only needs to train the soldiers and horses, and when the time comes, I will make it clear." Mr. Wang shook his head and said no more.

Xiao Jingqing thought about it for a while, but didn't understand Mr. Wang's words, so he had to stop asking.

It rained heavily all night, and early in the morning, the sky cleared.

"Wow...... The air outside is good," Zhou Xiya stood at the door and took a deep breath. I feel like the boredom of being blocked by the heavy rain yesterday has been blown away.

"Be careful. The floor is covered with water and mud, so don't get your shoes dirty. Li Mu grabbed Zhou Xiya's arm and reminded.

"Don't treat me like a child, I see it." Zhou Xiya turned around and smiled brightly.

"You're like a child in my eyes, come and have breakfast. I've sent someone out to check the road. Let's see if we can go. If the road is walkable, it's time for us to go. Li Mu smiled and touched Zhou Xiya's head, because he was staying in the ancestral hall yesterday. Everyone slept in the corner of the wall and clothes, it was very hard, although he didn't want Zhou Xiya to suffer, but the existing conditions were really helpless.

"Okay, we've been going back and forth for a while, and we've been delayed for a lot of time, haven't we delayed your business?" Zhou Xiya smiled embarrassedly, if it weren't for worrying about them, Li Mu and the others would definitely be in a hurry.

"It's okay, it's just spring, as long as you can let me go south at the beginning of summer." Li Mu lightly pinched the tip of Zhou Xiya's nose.

"You should be a turtle for us, such a slow speed, so long, you can crawl over." Zhou Xiya joked.

Just after breakfast, the person who went out to investigate came back, but his face was a little bad, and he said directly to a steward beside Li Mu, "Steward Liu, we went outside to investigate, and found that there was a mudslide on the official road, which washed away the road surface, blocked the way, and was no longer able to walk. ”

These people in the caravan didn't know that Li Mu was their big boss, they just thought that they were just the people accompanying them.

"Are there any homes nearby, but are there villages that have been washed away by mudslides?" Zhou Guangbi hurriedly asked.

"No, it's near the official road, it's still some distance from the village, and no villagers have been affected." The guard shook his head.

"It's definitely not enough to have so many people, there is a lot of power, so let's go to the village and find some people to help clean it up, otherwise if you take other roads, you will have to go around in a big circle, and it will take about the same time to compare the two phases." Li Mu said.

"Okay, I'm going to go to the village to arrange for people to grab the official road, alas, when I go out, I'm most afraid that the road will be impassable, and I don't know how long it will be delayed." Steward Liu led people out in a hurry.

"We'll all help to get through the official road in a while, you wait here, I'll hand over the lunch to you, if we don't have enough food, buy some from the villagers." Li Mu was uneasy.

"It's so long-winded, I really treat me like a child who doesn't know anything, don't worry, I will handle everything, don't forget, I'm the daughter of the general who protects the country, and I can go to the battlefield." Zhou Xiya raised her chin and was very arrogant.

"Yes, yes, it's all a small fault, I don't know Mount Tai with my eyes, I forgot that the woman in front of me is a woman who can get out of the hall and into the kitchen, write articles, and win the battle, Xiaosheng is polite." Li Mu saluted with a funny fist.

"Go, go, hurry up and get going." Zhou Xiya snorted and laughed, and hurriedly pushed Li Mu out.

"Miss, your face is red." When there was no one, Jinxiu came over and smiled.

"You stinky girl, you dare to laugh at me." Zhou Xiya clicked on Jinxiu's head and glared.

"I don't dare, look at Li Gongzi so precious to you, if you know, you won't have to eat me" Jinxiu smiled playfully, "But Miss, it's so good that you are like this now, in the past, the slave maid always felt that you had something on your mind, and the mood was very heavy, but now you are much more cheerful, and your body seems to exude light, all of this is the credit of Li Gongzi, and it is he who resolves the anger on Miss." After the joke, Jinxiu said very seriously.

"Really? It's a pity that there are some things that I haven't really let go of yet, and soon, this will come soon. Zhou Xiya muttered.

When Steward Liu went to look for Li Zheng's house, he happened to meet Xiao Jingqing who came out of it.

Steward Liu frowned slightly, he had seen this son, this was not the second son of Marquis Xiao, he had seen him from afar when he was in the capital.

"This is Lizheng's home?" Steward Liu pretended not to know and asked.

Xiao Jingqing's guard was about to answer. I saw Li Zheng running over with a foot of water and mud, "Childe, there is a mudslide on the official road in front, the official road is blocked, you can't leave for the time being." ”

"Mudslides? Are there many stones washed down? Can it hurt someone? Xiao Jingqing asked,

"It didn't hurt anyone, it just blocked the road, and it was all big rocks, so it wasn't so easy to clean." Rizheng shook his head.

"Lizheng, you came just in time, we were looking for you, see if you can ask the villagers to help. Quickly clean up the stones and mud from the road. In order to restore the passage of the official road, our caravan people will also help. Steward Cui asked hurriedly.

"Okay, I'm looking for someone to clean the road when I come back, I'm going to find someone." Li Zheng hurriedly ran away.

"Alas. Lizheng. Hurry up and help us find some guys. We don't have shovels or anything in our hands. Steward Liu hurriedly chased after him.

"It seems that I can't leave today" I don't know when, Mr. Wang walked out.

"yes, fortunately, it didn't hurt anyone. However, the rain has been heavy these days, and it has rained three times in the days since I left the capital. Xiao Jingqing sighed.

"It's difficult......" Mr. Wang only said these two words, the country will be in chaos, there will be different phases, this is just the beginning, but it is the people who suffer, the world is not kind, and everything is a dog.

It just so happened that at this time, Li Mu brought people to help here, and the caravan would also bring some tools such as shovels when he traveled, but he was afraid of bad weather such as rain, and the carriage could not walk, just in case, but he didn't bring much, so he couldn't do it with one person, so he could only borrow the farm tools of the people in the village.

"Li Mu?"

"Young Master Xiao?"

Li Mu and Xiao Jingqing called each other in unison.

"How did you end up here?" Xiao Jingqing frowned, he already knew that Zhou Xiya had a crush on Li Mu, and he was very unwilling, he thought that he was much better than Li Mu in every aspect. It's a pity that sometimes, fate is so unpredictable.

"I'm going to the south next, so I'm going to travel with the caravan, Xiao Gongzi is going to respond to Tianfu, it's really a coincidence." Li Mutan was frank.

"It's a coincidence." Xiao Jingqing just nodded.

"In the future, I have to organize people to help me get through the official road, so I won't chat with Xiao Gongzi here, and I'll see you again." Li Mu left directly with people, he knew that Dugu Jin and Xiao Jingqing both loved Zhou Xiya, but what does it matter, the current winner is her, and there is a man chasing, which shows that Zhou Xiya is very good, he is a confident man, so he doesn't care very much, and he doesn't think about notifying Zhou Xiya, not letting her meet Xiao Jingqing, as long as Zhou Xiya has him in his heart, any man's insertion is in vain, he has unconditional trust in the person he loves, if there is really no love, you might as well let it go and let it leave to choose the person you love, He thought he could do it.

"Second son, who is this person?" Mr. Wang took a deep look at Li Mu's back and frowned.

"This is the young master of an official eunuch in the capital, he has seen him twice, and he knows each other." Xiao Jingqing was a little not very interested.

"Second son, this person is very capable, if you can get his assistance, then no matter what the second son wants in the future, it will be like a tiger with wings, this person is definitely not simple, now the world's heroes, in the old man's opinion, can be ranked in the top three is the son, Dugu Jin, and that son." Mr. Wang thought about it and said.

He is rich in five cars, well-read, naturally some metaphysics such as looking at the face of the sky, a person's qi can also spy on one or two, that person's face he can't understand, but one thing is to see clearly, that is, that person is rich and invincible, resourceful and novel, is a good person in governing the country, with his help, great things can be achieved, maybe it is still much faster. “

"Forget it, if it were someone else, I would still be wooing him, if it was him, I wouldn't necessarily be wooing, and he wouldn't necessarily be willing to help me." Xiao Jingqing shook his head, he didn't know that his rival would be willing to help him, and he couldn't do it without any guilt in his heart, after all, there was a Zhou Xiya in the middle, and he would not let go of Zhou Xiya.

"Son, do your best, the old man is all he says, he will become a friend by fate, this person is unfathomable" Mr. Wang sighed, and turned back to the courtyard.

Xiao Jingqing looked at the direction of Li Mu's departure, there was no longer Li Mu at this time, and he thought deeply in his heart, is Li Mu really so peculiar? He is not just the son of a squire, how can he be so valued by Mr., and he is placed in a position equal to him and Dugu Jin, Dugu Jin's ability He knows, although it looks like a playboy on the outside, but the snobbery in the secret is definitely not small, the capital is strictly controlled by him, otherwise there would be no Xiao Jingqing in the south and Dugu Jin in the north, but this Li Mu? I've never heard of him doing anything before, huh?

Xiao Jingqing also sent out the guards around him to help clean up the national highway, three groups of people worked together, and the speed was much faster, but there were too many stones and silt on the road, and the area of the mudslide was very large, and it was very difficult to clean up. Now there is no such thing as a road administration.

Zhou Xiya, who cooked at noon, asked the maids and Mama Liu around her to bring the food to the official road, so that everyone in the province was rushing back and forth, and the walk in the village was very difficult, Zhou Xiya put on a riding costume, changed into boots, and walked to the official road with a deep and shallow foot.

When he got closer and saw Xiao Jingqing standing on the side of the road directing this digging you, Zhou Xiya was completely stunned, how could he be here, didn't he leave the capital a long time ago, it is said that if it is fast, it is almost time to arrive at Yingtianfu.

A maid didn't know Xiao Jingqing, so she shouted directly at the guards of the Zhou family, "It's time to eat, it's time to wash your hands and eat." ”

Zhou Xiya, who wanted to leave quietly, couldn't leave, didn't Xiao Jingqing turn around when he heard the voice?

Zhou Xiya glared at the maid, what to do.

"Zhou Xiya, why are you here?" Xiao Jingqing strode over.

God, she can't run now.

It's a pity that this mind hasn't turned around yet, Xiao Jingqing has already walked in front of her.

"Xiao Gongzi, what a coincidence, why are you here, didn't you go back to the capital early?" Zhou Xiya smiled awkwardly.

"I have some things on the way, I took a detour to Shunning Mansion, I am also curious about how you appeared here, yes, Li Mu is here, it is not strange that you appear here." Xiao Jingqing's words were a little sour.

He really couldn't stop being sour in his heart, although he said to himself in his heart that he should be open-minded, but seeing the woman he liked go out to play with his rival, he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, if he didn't feel so uncomfortable, it meant that he didn't care about Zhou Xiya.

He now somewhat understands why Dugu Jin dared to stand up and rob Zhou Xiya with the third prince on the emperor's birthday, even if he didn't know that the person the third prince asked to marry was not Zhou Xiya at that time, maybe in the face of love, he might as well be Dugu Jin, yes, he has too many concerns. (To be continued......)