Chapter 57 The Old Patriarch of the Mountain Village

Li Yao asked the guards to clean up the battlefield first, the weapons and equipment of these soldiers are basically good, you can use them, two hundred sets of armor and weapons, not a lot, but it should be useful! Li Yao and these guards gathered overnight and found a cave to hide.

Looking at the corpses of these soldiers, Li Yao thought, it is not good to show it like this, so he found wood and directly destroyed the corpses. By the time people come to the border to find the whereabouts of these people and find this place, I am afraid that they will have disappeared without a trace!

The fire burned for half the night, and seeing that it was almost burned, Li Yao clapped his hands and said, "Let's go find a remote mountain village to stay for two days!" When it's time to go, you women dress up as men and wrap your breasts, and I guess there won't be many people who know you! ”

Hearing the chest wrapping, Zhuang Xiaomeng and Fuchuan's faces turned slightly red!

They whispered, "Got it! ”

Looking at his surroundings, Li Yao asked, "Do you know what this place is?" Fuchuan shook his head and said that he didn't know, Fuchuan, a Yiguo person, didn't know, so Li Yao didn't know, and he still had to rely on Li Yao's guards, and the guards scattered five to find nearby villages, and the remaining three guarded Li Yao's safety.

Although Fuchuan took refuge in Li Yao, Li Yao's guards were still not at ease, so they had to protect Li Yao's safety.

Li Yao looked at the sky, it was a little bright, it was estimated that the sun was about to come out, and after a busy night, Li Yao was tired. So he said, "Let's rest for a while and recuperate." ”

Li Yao had just squinted for less than an hour, and a guard ran back, saying that he had found a small mountain village!

So after gathering the guards, Li Yao and the others walked towards the small mountain village!

When they walked to the small mountain village, the sky was already bright, Li Yao and their walk into the mountain village did cause a lot of commotion, and the children all looked at Li Yao timidly, after all, Li Yao's guards still looked very fierce!

After standing at the gate of the village for a while, an old man came out surrounded by everyone.

The old man said, "I am the patriarch of this village, may I ask what the prince is doing in our village!" ”

Li Yao arched his hand and said, "Hello patriarch, I am going to go to the capital of Yiguo to visit relatives and friends, I accidentally got lost, I am physically and mentally tired, I want to recuperate in your village for two days, and I hope that the patriarch will allow it, and we will give you some silver as a reward!" ”

The old man said: "Childe, you are now outside, you are a guest from afar, since you have come to the village, you are a distinguished guest in the village, how can you say that you give money!" If you give money, you're slapping the old man in the face! Let's go, go to the village! I'll give you a place to stay! ”

Li Yao smiled: "The patriarch is too polite, please first!" ”

Came to the ancestral hall of the village, the patriarch said: "There are a few rooms behind the ancestral hall, I will send someone to clean it up for you, whether the son has eaten, it is better to go to my house for a meal first!" ”

After a busy night's work, Li Yao was indeed hungry, and as for the dry food, Li Yao really didn't want to eat it, so he said: "Then bother the patriarch!" ”

Under the greeting of the patriarch, the whole village became busy, in this village in the ravine, in fact, there are not many people, there are only dozens of households, and everyone adds up to two or three hundred people.

The feast here was not set up in a house, but the patriarch set up a few tables in a large courtyard, and then took a few pheasants and hares from the house, and gave them to the women, so that they could take them!

Sitting down, Li Yao asked, "Patriarch, how far is this village from the nearby county seat?" ”

The patriarch said: "Our village is relatively secluded, there is a mountain road leading to the town, it is estimated that it will take three or four hours to get to the town, after arriving at the town, the road there is wide, there are several roads to the county seat, if you can rent a carriage in the town, it only takes half a day to get to the county seat!" ”

Oh, Li Yao nodded, so he pulled up his family routine: "Patriarch, do our villagers here often go to the town?" ”

The patriarch shook his head and said: "Childe, our village is not very rich, except for the New Year's festival you can go to the town to exchange some items to use, in addition, we don't often go out, the rice fields here are not very fertile, the food grown is not much, and it is not easy to hunt good game, and the days are tight, but here is remote enough, so the taxes in the town outside can't be paid, so the life can still go on, even if it is a disaster year, we can also go to the mountains to plan, hunt some game, dig some wild vegetables, It can also deal with the past! ”

Li Yao said with a smile: "Then this is a paradise, although I don't often communicate with the outside world, but there is no heavy tax, everyone lives a very relaxed and happy life, I really yearn for such a day!" ”

Fuchuan asked: "Master Hou, the people of your fiefdom or the people here, which one do you think is more comfortable?" ”

Li Yao said: "Every place has its own laws, and I don't judge which one is better." In addition, although I have a fief, it is handed over to the county commander, so I don't know as much about the living conditions of the people as my guards! ”

It's just that I can be sure of one thing, there is absolutely no one in the county who can't eat, and I have also been to the countryside below, although life is tight, but as long as you can work hard, you will definitely not go hungry.

When the patriarch heard that this son was a marquis, he immediately got down from the chair, knelt on the ground, and shouted: "The villain doesn't know that the marquis is coming, and he has offended a lot, I hope I will forgive me!" ”

Li Yao saw the patriarch kneeling on the ground, and hurriedly helped the old patriarch up, and said, "Patriarch, what are you doing here?" I'm here to visit relatives and friends now, you just treat me as a passer-by who comes to play, you treat me like this, it's really tormenting me! ”

The old patriarch said cautiously: "Don't dare, don't dare, Master Hou, you are a noble nobleman, I don't dare to climb high." ”

Pressing the old patriarch to the stool, Li Yao said: "Old patriarch, I am not a nobleman of our Yi country, I am the marquis of Qi country, so I can't control you, you don't have to be so polite to me!" ”

The old patriarch said: "This nobleman is handed down by the old generations, and it is the same everywhere, not to mention, the previous dynasty has only been destroyed for more than 20 years, for us, all the nobles are nobles!" ”

Li Yao said with a smile: "Old patriarch, in fact, nobles are also people, counting up to three generations, they are also ordinary people!" The roots are all the same, they are all family, and the old patriarch should not see the outside! ”

Looking at Li Yao, the Hou Ye, so kind, the old patriarch put his heart at ease and said sadly: "Hey, Hou Ye, there are not many nobles like you, I still remember ten years ago, when I went to the county seat to do business, there was a common man who ran into a local official on the street, and the official was so angry that he beat that person to death on the street!" ”

At that time, we all dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, so we had to wait for the official to leave, and then dragged the body to the mass grave outside the county town and buried it hastily.

Officials protect each other, and Yiguo will be ruined by these officials sooner or later.

Li Yao said: "Old patriarch, don't worry, I believe that it won't be long before those dark officials will die well, and sooner or later someone will give the people a blue sky!" ”

The old patriarch smiled: "I don't know if I can see this scene, although this village is remote, but it is very happy, compared to the county town outside, I still think this is the place where you can live!" ”

As he spoke, the game was served, and the patriarch greeted: "Master Hou, you eat first, you eat first!" ”

Li Yao unceremoniously took a piece of meat, ate it in his mouth, and said, "This game is really delicious, let's eat it together!" ”