The only thing that everyone doesn't know is that in the dead of night, Gongsun Jian is alone, drinking bland rice wine, looking at the moon outside the window, and missing his family in another world. There are many things that you may not feel particularly rare when you have them, but once you lose them, you will find that they are so important to you.

Gongsun Jian secretly swore that in this life, he would never lose the people and things he valued and cherished.

It didn't take long for the news to come, and as Gong Mohan expected, His Majesty the Emperor of Zhou's adoptive mother, the old concubine, died of illness. The Yue Emperor, who had a deep affection for the old concubine and was very filial, dropped out of the dynasty for three days, and called all the royal children to keep filial piety for the old concubine. Naturally, the wedding of Gongsun Jian and Princess Ningguo was postponed for some reason.

A few days later, after the appointment of the officials, Gongsun Jian was awarded the post of Jiupin County Lieutenant in accordance with the documents transferred by the previous military department and his previous merits at the border pass. However, the place of office was changed to another place - Linshui County.

After a simple tidying up, Gongsun Jian went back to the mansion to say goodbye to his grandfather and father. But when they broke up, they were told by the cheap daddy Gongzhen that although he was able to be awarded an official, the place was changed, presumably by Emperor Yue or Chen Cheng, the secretary of the ministry, who did it in private. Let Gongsun Jian be careful after taking office, and if he encounters danger, he will abandon the official and leave at any time, and it is important to save his life. Gongsun Jian kept this firmly in mind. He cares more about his life than anyone else, and even if Gongzhen doesn't remind him, he will pay extra attention. And the proposal of the public to send someone to protect him did not hesitate to refuse. He wanted to leave, but it was not just because he promised Gong Mohan to leave his blood for the public family. In fact, he wants to completely break off the relationship with the public family, no longer interact with each other in the future, and live his own life well.

After going to the public house, Gongsun Jian had to come to the palace again to thank and bid farewell to His Majesty the Emperor Yue, and solemnly promised that after the mourning of Princess Ningguo was over, he would return to the capital to marry her. Emperor Qian Hong also changed his normality, and tried his best to Gongsun Jian, asking him to be a good official and make more contributions to the imperial court, and gave him the right to perform secretly. In the end, he also asked him to go to the royal palace where Princess Ning Guo lived to say goodbye to his fiancée.

I have to say that Gongsun Jian went to the Imperial Garden with all kinds of helplessness, he disgusted this kind of arranged marriage from the bottom of his heart, and at the same time was full of sympathy for the princess of Ningguo who had a marriage contract with him. Open the history books, how many princesses of all dynasties can be free and happy? Most of them have become victims of politics, and few people can barely live long, and there is hardly any happiness in their lives.

When Gongsun Jian saw the so-called fiancée, Princess Ningguo, the whole person was not good. In his previous life, he had a marriage and a cute son who was white and chubby. And as the husband of the third generation of red rich second generation and vice president of a listed company, he has never seen any kind of beauty. But when he saw Qian Mingyue, the princess of Ningguo, he suddenly felt as if he had an unprecedented urge to fall in love, perhaps to be precise, a possessive and protective desire from male animals.

Fortunately, Gongsun Jian can also be regarded as a long-tested revolutionary soldier, and he quickly forced himself to stabilize his mind. However, after a brief meeting, Gongsun Jian still involuntarily made a seemingly ridiculous promise to the other party: Wait for me, one day I will take you out of here to see the outside world.

Three days later, Gongsun Jian finally got his wish and left Shangjing, the capital of Zhou, and went to Linshui County, a remote town in the northwest, to take office. But when he really left, Gongsun Jian felt as if he had left something in Shangjing. If you think about it carefully, maybe it is also a good choice to stay in Shangjing to marry the princess.

There were six people in a group, Gongsun Jian, Gongyu Wu, Qi Shi and Ma Teng. Set off in the direction of Linshui County, all the way in order not to let Gong Yuwu suffer on the way, the big guy stopped and stopped as if he was traveling, and he was not in a hurry.

More than a month has passed, and this day is not far from its final destination. Ma Teng, who was riding a horse to explore the road ahead, returned to the crowd, found Gongsun Jian, and said in a low voice: "My lord, there are still about one hundred and twenty miles to go, and we will arrive in Linshui County in three days at most." I went out to investigate. Although it is still some distance from the northwest border pass, it does not seem to be very peaceful. ”

"Oh?" Gongsun Jian glanced at Lao Ma and blew a whistle to call Lao Qi to him. Then he looked at Ding Feng and Wei Meng, who were walking and playing with Gong Yu Dance not far away.

"Old Ma, tell me what you have learned in the past two days."

"My lord, we were dealing with the 'Great Qi' country at the northern border pass. This place is bordered to the west by the 'Kingdom of Wu'. The strength of our 'Great Zhou' is worse than that of 'Qi State', but it is comparable to 'Wu State'. In particular, there is an in-law relationship between the two countries. However, according to what the lowly office has learned, in fact, Wu Guo has always wanted to wait for my 'Great Zhou' to resist the 'Qi State' before stabbing me in the back, so as to take the opportunity to seize part of my 'Great Zhou' land. ”

"Well, I know all of that. Old Ma, let's talk about the key problems we may face now. Gongsun Jian nodded.

"Linshui County is still more than 300 miles away from the border pass, and it is not dangerous, unless the 'Wu State' really sends troops to attack my 'Great Zhou'. However, according to the news I have inquired about in the past two days, many local big families in this part of the northwest are more or less involved in the 'Wu State', and I am afraid that they are leaving a way out for themselves. Especially Linshui County, where adults are about to go to work. It is said that the county magistrate of this term had no power there at all, and the actual power was all controlled by the four major families of the county seat and the county magistrate and the chief bookkeeper who were born locally. ”

"Hehe, that's very thoughtful." Gongsun Jian touched his chin and said thoughtfully.

"Old Qi, how many silver taels do we have now?"

"My lord, there are less than seventeen taels of scattered silver. In addition, there are three thousand taels of silver tickets and one thousand taels of official silver given by the old man and the public servant when we leave. These have been kept for a long time, and I didn't dare to move without your orders. Lao Qi replied with a frown.

"It seems that it was enough before I arrived in Linshui County. However, I have other plans for this money in the future, and now we have to find some ways to get some money for ourselves. ”

"Your Excellency, what are you going to ......?"

Gongsun Jian ignored Qi Shi's question, turned his head to Ma Teng and said, "Old Ma, you enter the city first and bring the 1,000 taels of silver." Find a reliable place for everyone to settle down first. It can be rented or bought, and it needs three places in a more secluded location. But the transportation should be convenient, the kind that can be attacked and defended, you know what I mean. ”

Ma Teng thought for a moment and nodded.

"Also, find a way to bring five of the seven crossbows and arrows we brought into the city. Leave two for me and Lao Qi to use on the road. The most important thing is to bring the women into the city together. A few of us went to Linshui County four or five days later. Remember to leave a mark at the gate of the city, and we will find you. Remember, first, the most important thing is to ensure the safety of the baby. 2. Try not to reveal your identity. ”

"Yes, don't worry, sir. My old horse scout for more than ten years was not done for nothing. In addition, as long as my old horse is in Nannan, the girl will be fine. Even if my old horse is gone, nothing will happen to me. ”

"Huh." Gongsun Jian smiled and patted Ma Teng's shoulder.

"Old horse, it's not that serious. It's just a small county town. I just don't want to reveal my identity right now. This age is the naughtiest time, and you have seen it these days. Playing with her for a day is more tiring than going to the battlefield to kill the enemy for a day. Hahaha. ”

"Hahaha......" Ma Teng and Qi Shi also laughed knowingly.

"Okay, old horse, you work hard again today, go and take a look around. Let's see if any of the big families who are unkind to the rich come back and tell me. Tomorrow you will take the girl first. Lao Qi and I robbed them along the way. Haha, who let us not have much money on us! ”

In Linshui County, a shop facing the street in Shiao Lane has only been open for two days, and business is not very good. Just after the afternoon, the door had been hurriedly closed.

"My lord, these noodles you make are so fucking delicious." Wei Meng pouted as he pulled the noodles in the bowl.

"Smack!" Lao Qi angrily slapped Wei Meng on the back of the head, almost slapping Wei Meng's face into the noodle bowl.

"How many times have I told you, call the boss in the future, and you are not allowed to call the adult. Just know what to eat. ”

Wei Meng, who raised his head and was just about to make trouble with Lao Qi, looked at Gongsun Jian and glared at him, so he had to shut up and continue to eat noodles.

Gongsun Jian looked at everyone, coughed lightly and said, "In the future, this noodle restaurant will be the point of contact for everyone." Lao Qi was right in what he said just now, and when he sees me here in the future, he will call me boss. Other times when I met on the street, I tried not to say hello. ”

After seeing that everyone nodded, Gongsun Jian continued: "In two days, Lao Qi will bring my official certificate and seal letter to the county government to report, which is a copy that I specially asked people to help fake when I went to the capital, and Lao Qi took my identity as the Jiupin County Lieutenant." Ding Feng followed Lao Qi and pretended to be an entourage for him. ”

"My lord, I'm afraid this is a little inappropriate, right?" Lao Qi stood up and said with some trepidation.

Gongsun Jian raised his hand and pressed it, motioning for Lao Qi to sit down first.

"There's nothing out of place. At the beginning, I told my brothers that I wanted everyone to follow me, and I would not worry about food, drink, and money in the future. Can a small county lieutenant raise these big men? So in the future, you will listen to my arrangement, and you will not have to worry about it for the rest of your lives. ”

Ma Teng looked at Gongsun Jian and asked in a low voice, "My lord, oh no, boss." Are you trying to deal with those in the county? ”

Gongsun Jian nodded slightly.

"The county order can be set up by them, and I am a little county lieutenant. Besides, I've also inquired about it these days, and I estimate that those ones should be enough for the five of us to eat. Not to mention more, there are always tens of thousands of taels of silver for one person. Otherwise, why bother. ”

"But it's a big ...... Boss, I'm worried that the first is whether the imperial court will take care of it, and the second is that there is something about the Chen family here. The one whose family is in the capital is the eldest brother of the current queen, and he is also the official of the current dynasty, so won't we make trouble for ourselves if we do this? The old horse still asked in a low voice.

"The Imperial Court? Hehe, the county orders of their court don't work, and they still fucking have a shit about his court. As long as we occupy the law and reason of the imperial court, it's fine, and by the way, win over the idiot county order. Also, don't forget that I'm not without a background behind me. When the time comes, we will take the money, and he will take the power. Chen? It's just a side branch, Lao Tzu, the prime minister of the dynasty, and his grandson were once sent to guard the border pass. Are you still afraid that his ministry Shangshu will have a side branch and a side house? ”

Saying that, Gongsun Jian looked at the four people sitting and smiled,

"Today, I would like to give you an account of the four brothers here. I won't go back to the public house in the capital, but sometimes I can still use it. In this life, I will only have Nannan and your four brothers. You have to recognize me, although my grandson Jian has no regrets in death. If you don't admit it, it doesn't matter, after making money this time, everyone will go their separate ways. ”

As soon as the words fell, Wei Meng threw down the bowl and took a step forward and knelt down on one knee.

"My lord, you saved my life by blocking the knife for me, and I Wei Meng said that he would follow you for the rest of his life."