readx; Li Qing'an's manor is located in Weinan County, which was awarded to him by Li Longji after the First Battle of Broken Leaves, which was first Wu Sansi's family property, and later confiscated by Yu Guan and rewarded to the former prince Li Ying, who was confiscated by Li Longji after Li Ying was convicted, and is now rewarded to Li Qing'an. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The grange covers a vast area, there are 4,000 acres of land, close to the canal, is a piece of land abundant, the water source is sufficient in the field, in addition to the cultivated land, there is a small mountain, the local people call Qibao Mountain, refers to the seven kinds of native products produced in the mountain, the mountain is not big, but the winding path is secluded, the forest is dense, there is a nunnery on the top of the mountain, called the water moon nunnery, it is the nunnery that Wu Sansi repaired for his mother, there are more than a dozen nuns in the nunnery who practice here, there is a mountain spring in the middle of the mountainside and falls down the cliff ten zhang high, forming a waterfall, under the waterfall is a clear pool, It is the place where the nuns take water, and there is an annex next to the nunnery, which is the place where Wu Sansi's mother cultivates, and is covered by a piece of green bamboo.

At present, there are 120 tenant farmers cultivating the land in the fields, and the tenant farmers are responsible for the land endowment, and Li Qing'an collects very little rent, only takes two buckets per mu, and does not harvest in disaster years, and has accumulated less than 2,000 stone of grain in the past two years, plus the original grain stockpile, a total of 8,000 stone, which has been donated by him to the victims of the disaster in Hedong.

In fact, in addition, the former prince Li Heng also rewarded Li Qing'an with a manor of more than 2,000 acres of land in Jingyang County, which he distributed to more than 60 families of orphans of soldiers who died in the Battle of Shibao City, and most of the families of the fallen soldiers in the Battle of Shibao City were taken to Anxi by him to settle Jinman County and Gaochang County, but more than 200 families were unwilling to leave their homeland, so Li Qingan gave a heavy pension so that they could buy land for the elderly.

The carriage traveled for more than an hour, and finally arrived at the official road only two miles away from the grange, and the lush Qibao Mountain could already be seen from afar, as the owner of this grange, Li Qingan was still the first time to come to this grange, he only knew that the grange was an old deacon surnamed Wang who was responsible for taking care of it, and went to the capital to find Mingyue to report the account last year.

The gambling in the carriage has stopped, the windows are open, everyone is enjoying the beautiful scenery of the windows, it is early spring, the flowers are blooming, a large peach forest, plum trees, the spring flowers on the edge of the ridge are blooming, the open space on the side of the road, all kinds of wild flowers are swaying in the wind, red, white, yellow, purple, everywhere is purple and red, the boats on the canal in the distance shuttle back and forth, a winding river passes through the fields, flows into the canal, not far away is a village, hidden in a tall poplar tree.

The winter wheat in the fields has begun to grow vigorously, and there is a lot of life everywhere, and you can see farmers busy in the fields everywhere, and the arrival of Li Qing'an and his party made them feel very curious, and they stopped their farm work and looked at it.

At this time, an old man came from afar on the ridge, he is the deacon of the grange, named Wang Licai, about 50 years old, he is in charge of the grange from his father, has been in charge of the grange for more than 20 years, only collects rent and pays rent every year, there are not many things, the land is taken care of by its own tenants, he is also the head of the village, and he is also responsible for all kinds of dealings with the government.

Wang Licai is also the first time to see his owner, he was the first to deal with the former prince Li Ying of the old club, of course, Li Ying did not come to rent, but to live in Qibao Mountain, Wang Licai's memory Li Ying is an extremely arrogant and exquisite owner, the rules are extremely strict, no mistake can be made, only a few cold words to him, not even look at him, of course, the person is the prince and prince, he is just a small commoner, but Li Ying's arrogant attitude left a deep impression on him.

Although Wang Licai has not seen the new owner, but he has seen the future housewife, last November, he went to the capital, reported to his wife, and sent some local products of the grange, that is the tenant's mind, after all, they have never encountered the owner who only collects a bucket of rent, such a low rent makes them unhappy, in Wang Licai's impression, their future grandmother is very tolerant and gentle, kind-hearted, and the person is also very beautiful, which makes him feel happy, I don't know what the owner is like.

Of course, Wang Licai also knows Li Qing'an, the envoy of Anxi Festival, and the general with great achievements, but this identity makes him feel very nervous, will the new owner be very strict?

"Wang Youcai sees the general of the Jiedu envoy!"

Originally, he wanted to say that he would see the owner, but as soon as he was nervous, he said that he would see the general, the carriage opened, and a burly young man got off the car, Wang Youcai was a little apprehensive in his heart, this man was a little younger, would he be the guard of the owner, but soon he knew who this person was, only to see that the second one who came out was the main mother who he saw last year, the man held her hand and helped her out of the carriage, and then several young and beautiful women came down, all of whom were helped down by him one by one, undoubtedly he was the famous Li Qing'an, His new proprietor was gone, and he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See the proprietor!" ”

Mingyue knew Wang Youcai, so she smiled at Li Qing'an: "Li Lang, he is Uncle Wang, the steward of the grange." ”

A 'uncle' called Wang Youcai's old face turned red, he has always been called Wang Old Man, no one has ever called him 'Uncle', and now the main mother actually calls him Uncle, and he is about to be the princess of the county, he was also very moved in his heart, and hurriedly said: "The little old man greets the late, please forgive the owner!" ”

Li Qing'an looked at the steward and saw that he was thin, but he was very energetic and looked kind, so he nodded and said, "Steward Wang has worked hard." ”

Unlike Mingyue, Li Qing'an was born in the military, with a strict concept of hierarchy between the upper and lower levels, and sometimes he seems to be very open to his subordinates on the surface, such as calling him a brother and a brother with Li Fei Yuanli and others, but that is only the surface, not the right thing for people, if Li Fei Yuanli really dares to do things without knowing the severity, he must be indispensable for a military stick, and Li Qing'an does not have that kind of superficial kung fu for this steward, Mingyue calls him uncle, that is because Mingyue is kind-hearted, he can't Li Qingan also call him an uncle!

Wang Youcai saw that Li Qing'an was not as indifferent and serious as he imagined, his heart was slightly lowered, and he hurriedly smiled: "The owner, please go to the village to rest for a while!" ”

The village is at the foot of Qibao Mountain, so it is called Qibao Village, there are more than 100 households, most of them are tenants of the grange, only two miles under the official road, through a long ridge to arrive, Li Qingan and his entourage are surrounded by the guards, and go to the village, Wang Licai leads the way in front, and keeps shouting loudly to the farmers who are busy in the fields: "The owner is here, everyone comes to meet." ”

The peasants came to the fields one after another to greet them, most of them looked nervous, Li Qing'an's identity was far away from them, and they didn't care, they were only worried about whether the owner came here to increase the rent, and several granges next door had increased their rents due to the drought in Hedong, could it be their turn to be here today? Li Qing'an saw their nervousness, so he smiled: "I'm just here to play in Qibao Mountain today, and I have no other meaning." ”

Hearing that there is no rent increase, the tenant farmers are smiling, a few young students even cheered, pulled their legs and ran to the village, the news soon spread throughout the village, men and women, a few hundred people came out of the village to greet, dozens of thin dogs are running in front, barking at this group of strangers, the young of the owner of the family certainly surprised many people, but the four women behind him caused a discussion, they have never seen such a beautiful woman, a group of young descendants will be countless envy and eager eyes to Mingyue and other women, Wang Youcai saw that the people in the village were a little rude, and he couldn't help but be annoyed, waving his hand and shouting: "You guys, the owner is here, don't you know the ceremony?" ”

At this time, two village elders stepped forward to bow and salute, their tones were earnest and full of gratitude, "Welcome to Qibao Village!" ”

Only they can appreciate the preciousness of this proprietor, they are only his tenants, all their subsistence comes from him, and the land they have cultivated for generations belongs to him, he has given them the lowest rent, and has given them the security of living in times of disaster, so that they can live in relative abundance, without him, the people of their village would have been displaced, or gone to rent expensive land as tenants, or sold themselves as serfs, and today, when their proprietor first came, The two old men only felt that bowing was not enough to express their gratitude, so they knelt down.

The two old men are respected seniors in the village, their kneeling led the whole village, they suddenly understood the gratitude of their fathers, and knelt down one after another, and many of the descendants were ashamed of their rude eyes just now, and hundreds of villagers in the whole village knelt down together.

Li Qing'an could understand their feelings, and the simplicity of the villagers also touched him, he hurriedly helped the two old men, and said apologetically: "We are here to play in Qibao Mountain, disturbing everyone." ”

The proprietor is the owner of the manor, this is the proprietor's home, what is there to disturb when he goes back to his own house, the two old men said enthusiastically: "The New Year has just passed two months, every household has cured wine and bacon, since the proprietor is here, we must have a lunch here!" ”

Li Qingan looked back at Mingyue and asked for her opinion, but Mingyue pointed to the soldiers, Li Qingan remembered that the guard's lunch had not yet settled, so he smiled happily: "In this way, I will disturb everyone!" ”

The crowd burst into laughter and ran home to get the best food and wine to entertain, and the two old men led Li Qing'an and his family to the wheat field at the east end of the village, where the luncheon would be held.

"Uncle, is there any other livelihood in the village besides farming?"

Li Qingan asked with a smile: "It seems that I see fewer young people." ”

"Some of the young people went to run Caoyun, and the other part was still in the wheat field, although farming is not worrying about food and clothing, but there is no money in their hands, running Caoyun can not only earn money, but also see the world, but the village also stipulates that each family can only go out of one young person at most."

"Why?"

"No, why, they all ran out, who will serve in the government's labor? Also, who will protect the village? Especially in the harvest year, the hungry people flock to the wheat field, and the wheat field can be wiped clean in one day. ”

Li Qingan nodded silently, and at this time, another old man said cautiously: "I heard that the owner is a high-ranking official of the army, can you give us some weapons, after all, we have few people, and it is difficult to gain the upper hand with hoes and sticks alone." ”

Li Qing'an smiled, but did not answer them, this request is difficult for him to answer, from the perspective of farmers, to protect their own food, to protect their property is beyond reproach, but he is the envoy of Anxi Festival, and even entered the political hall, then his responsibility is the world, if you say more specific, his responsibility is to find a balance between the hungry and the peasants, so that both sides can survive, from this point of view, his low rent policy may not be correct, if he can collect rent normally, Then the food he donated to the victims will not be only 8,000 stones, but 12,000 stones, which will give more victims a glimmer of hope.

There is so much wealth, if one party takes more, the other party will inevitably take less, Li Qingan couldn't help but fall into contemplation.

Soon, mats were spread on the wheat field, and a sumptuous wine banquet was placed, and Li Qingan took his family and villagers to sit on the ground, laughing and laughing, as if they were carrying out a festive festival.

．．．．．．．． After lunch, Li Qing'an took Mingyue and others to Qibao Mountain, the nuns of Shuiyue Nunnery had already received the news, several old nuns were already waiting in front of the mountain, Li Qing'an and others arrived, and the nuns led by them immediately stepped forward to salute, "Poor nun Jinghui, see the general, see the lady!" ”

Li Qing'an returned the salute with his palms, but Mingyue stepped forward and said, "May I ask Mrs. Jinghui, is Mrs. Jingyun here?" ”

"She meditates in the nunnery and never sees outsiders."

"It's okay, you just say that the bright moon of the Dugu family came to see her."

"Alright! The general and his wife, please go up the mountain with the poor nun. ”

Everyone walked to the mountain together, the path up the mountain was paved with bluestone, it was cleaned very clean, the woods on both sides were luxuriant, the chirping of mountain birds could be heard everywhere, it seemed that the valley was empty, the scenery was very beautiful, the pearl and the picturesque joy was abnormal, and the spirit rushed to the front, at this time, Li Qingan walked two steps slowly, and asked Mingyue in a low voice: "Who is Mrs. Jingyun?" ”

Mingyue whispered to Li Qing'an: "It's the former crown princess." ”

Li Qing'an suddenly realized, it turned out to be Li Ying's wife, this is also, this grange turned out to be Li Ying's property, the princess actually hid here and became a monk, the former princess didn't make him feel anything, but Mingyue blew like an orchid when he spoke in his ear, which made his heart ripple with spring, he suddenly turned his head and kissed Mingyue's soft and delicate lips, Mingyue was caught off guard, and was lightly succeeded by Li Qing'an, a bold and reckless person, she couldn't help but be ashamed and annoyed, and looked back to see Rushi's face twisted to the side, but her face was red, obviously she saw it, The two nuns further behind were so frightened that they bowed their heads and clasped their palms, secretly reciting their sins.

Mingyue bit her lip with hatred, reached out and pinched his wrist, and quietly reprimanded: "If you are not honest, I will not marry you." ”

Li Qingan smiled, and said to him: "It's strange! I heard that there is a waterfall on this mountain, why don't you hear it? ”

Jing Hui Lao Ni in front pointed to the top and smiled: "Turn the corner and hear it!" ”

"Let's go! Let's look at the waterfall. ”

Li Qingan took Mingyue's hand and ran to it, Mingyue loved and hated him, but he had no choice but to follow him up the hill.

Just turned a corner, I heard the roar of the waterfall from afar, and saw a jade belt-like waterfall falling from the sky from a distance, the water mist was flying, the water vapor was filled, under the waterfall was a pool of clear water, flowing out of the pool, forming a gurgling stream, the stream was clear, the pearl and the picturesque barefoot in the stream laughed and played in the water, saw them coming, immediately shouted loudly: "Brother Li, sister, there are small fish in this water." ”

Mingyue saw that the water in the pool was crystal clear and the waterfall was like practice, she couldn't help but be very happy in her heart, but Li Qingan lay on the side of the stream and drank two sips of water, the stream water was sweet and cool, and the ice was thorough, he praised it in his heart, Mingyue asked curiously: "Li Lang, can you drink water?" ”

"I'll pour you some."

Li Qingan took out the horn kettle from behind him and filled it with a full pot of water, handed it to Mingyue and said with a smile: "Very good, you try it." ”

Mingyue took the kettle, took a small sip, and immediately shivered, and said coquettishly: "You guy, you don't say a word first in such cold water." ”

"What do you think?"

Mingyue thought about it, then nodded and smiled: "Hmm! It's a little icy, but it's sweet! ”

Ahead, Mingzhu pointed at them and giggled: "You two, you're drinking my footwashing water!" ”

"Go! Dead girl. ”

Mingyue took a sip, bent down to pick up a small stone, and threw it at her, 'Plop! Xiaoshi splashed in front of her, far away from Mingzhu, Mingzhu smiled more vigorously, but she slipped under her feet, and the whole person was unstable, and fell into the pool of water, which frightened the picturesque screams beside her.

The pool was waist-high, Mingzhu struggled in the water a few times, but couldn't get up, everyone laughed, Mingyue clapped his hands and smiled: "You deserve it now, play tricks on people all day long, and teach you a lesson." But after a while, instead of getting up, Mingzhu slipped into a deeper pool of water, and disappeared, Mingyue's face suddenly changed, and she was so anxious that she was about to cry, "Li Lang, save Mingzhu, she can't swim." ”

Li Qing'an was also taken aback, leaped two steps, and a fierce man plunged into the pool water, in a series of bubbles at the bottom of the pool, he saw that Mingzhu was slowly sinking, struggling very weakly, and gradually stopped moving, Li Qing'an struggled to swim forward, hugged Mingzhu's legs, carried her on his shoulder, and struggled to swim to the water, 'Wow! The ground rushed out of the water with a thud.

Li Qing'an's personal guards were all at the bottom of the mountain, and they didn't follow, only a few nuns helped, and everyone dragged Mingzhu ashore, and Mingzhu had choked on the water and passed out.

Mingyue saw that her sister's face was pale and she couldn't wake up, she couldn't help but regret and be anxious, lying on her sister and crying, several nuns were even more helpless, the old nun Jinghui touched her heart, and it stopped beating, the old nun was so frightened that she stood up with her palms together, and said in a trembling voice: "Amitabha!" Sister Ling has been... It's gone! ”

Mingyue was even more frightened and cried, and at this time, Li Qingan climbed the shore and shouted: "Don't worry, let me come!" ”

Li Qingan knew that Mingzhu was just choking on water, and there should be help, he immediately knelt down, held Mingzhu in his arms, face down, put his lower abdomen on his lap, patted her back rhythmically, broke her lips with his hand, and pulled out the water in his mouth Immediately after, he lay Mingzhu on his back, held up her jaw, pinched her nose, took a deep breath, aimed at her lips and blew, waited for her chest to bulge, pressed hard, inhaled again, blew into her mouth with mouth, but slowly pressed her heart rhythmically, Again and again, again and again.

Although Li Qingan's movements were very indecent and even frivolous in the eyes of the Tang people, Mingyue was so anxious that she couldn't care about it so much, kneeling in front of Li Qingan and looking at her sister with tears in her eyes, if her sister had three long and two short, how could she explain to her parents.

Suddenly, Mingzhu coughed violently, a large amount of water flowed out of her mouth, she turned around again, Mingyue suddenly burst into tears and laughed, hugged her sister and cried again.

"Mingyue, wait a minute, it's not over yet!"

Li Qing'an held Mingzhu in his arms and shouted to the old nun Jinghui: "Mrs. Shi, go to the nunnery and light a fire, and then prepare dry cloth towels and hot ginger soup, or wine!" ”

Jing Hui saw that Li Qingan was able to save the dead, and admired him so much that she hurriedly ordered, "Go and prepare!" ”

Several nuns quickly ran towards the nunnery, and Rushi next to her brought a change of dry clothes, she hurriedly covered Mingzhu with dry clothes, and asked nervously: "Big brother, Sister Mingzhu is okay!" ”

"There should be no problem!"

Li Qing'an wrapped Mingzhu in dry clothes, held her tightly in his arms and ran to the top of the mountain, and Mingyue and the others also followed him to the Shuiyue Nunnery on the top of the mountain.

At this time, Mingzhu was already a little awake, she felt that she was being held by a pair of powerful hands, her body was bumpy, she was shocked in her heart, and instinctively wanted to push away, Li Qingan felt that she had woken up, and her heart was even more happy, and she shouted in a low voice: "Don't move!" ”

Mingzhu heard that it was Li Qing'an's voice, and her heart was relieved, it was Brother Li who saved herself, and she pressed her face tightly into his spacious and thick arms.

The fire had already been lit in Suigetsu-an, and the nuns brought a bed and a few clean thick mattresses, and some people brought wine and ginger.

Li Qingan said to Mingyue: "Change Mingzhu's clothes, give her some wine, cover the quilt and bake by the fire, and there will be no problem when your body warms up." ”

Mingzhu wanted to take off his clothes, and he couldn't stay in the room, so he retreated and closed the door gently.

The mountain wind is cold, his body is also wet, the mountain wind blows, can't help but shiver, he asked for a pot of wine, sat down on a big stone at the entrance of the nunnery, originally took everyone out to play is very happy, but I didn't expect this accident, just now to save people's hearts, he didn't have time to think about it, but now he is afraid for a while, if he doesn't understand the common sense of saving people, the lovely pearl may really go like this, he just reacted to the reason why Mingzhu drowned just now, the stream was too cold, and she froze in an instant, So much so that she couldn't struggle.

At this time, he suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder, and Mingyue's concerned voice came from behind him: "Li Lang, it's cold outside, and you're soaking wet, go to the house to bake the fire!" ”

Li Qing'an took her hand, gently wrapped his arms around her waist, and asked her to sit side by side with him.

"Is Pearl better?"

"It's all right, picturesque is taking care of her, hey! Just a little bit and started laughing again. ”

Li Qingan smiled and said, "This is her cuteness, optimistic, isn't it?" ”

Mingyue's heart was full of joy, she sighed, pillowed her head on Li Qing'an's shoulder, and said faintly: "It's really thanks to you, Mrs. Shi said that her heart is no longer beating, but you can save her, I am very grateful." ”

"If you are grateful, I will make a promise!" Li Qingan laughed.

"You're here again!" Mingyue pinched him lightly.

"Angry?"

Mingyue shook her head, her face was a little shy, and she said in a low voice: "Li Lang, the concubine will soon be your person, and I am actually not angry at all." ”

"Okay, let's hug again!"

Saying that, Li Qingan smiled and reached out to hug her, but Mingyue slapped it on his hand, "Go!" I'm wet, don't touch me, I'm not a pearl. ”

"What?" Li Qingan was stunned for a moment.

Mingyue pursed her lips and smiled, glanced at him, and said with a smile: "You and Mingzhu kissed just now, and you have a thin hand, what do you say?" ”

Li Qingan scratched the back of his head and said, "Didn't you save her just now?" ”

"I know!"

Mingyue smiled and said, "That's why I'm not angry with you, otherwise I want you to look good." ”

She suddenly seemed to think of something, her brows suddenly frowned, and she hurriedly told Li Qingan: "You must not tell Mingzhu about this matter, she is fast-mouthed and will speak out, once the gossip spreads, she may not be spread into what it will be, if her husband's family knows about it in the future, it will be terrible." ”

Li Qingan stood up, stretched his waist and smiled: "Don't worry!" Of course I won't tell her, okay, I'm going to bake the fire, you want to see that princess nun, you go to see her, and I won't accompany you as a husband. ”

．．．．．．．．．．．． Li Qingan had just walked to the door, but he heard the picturesque description in the room detailing his rescue of Mingzhu.

"Oops! Speaking of shame, Brother Li kissed your mouth, blew into your mouth, his hand was still touching you, rubbing and pressing, rubbing and pressing, don't say it, it really works, you are obviously dead, but you are alive again. ”

"What! Where did he touch me? Mingzhu asked with a scream.

"Here, he touches you here, kneading and kneading!"

"I'm going to kill you, can you touch it there? Take your hands away. ”

"It's not me touching you, it's Brother Li touching you."

"Call him quickly, I'm going to kill him!"

At this time, Rushi next to him smiled and said: "Mingzhu, don't listen to picturesque nonsense, we all know that Brother Li is actually saving you, if it weren't for him, you would be finished." ”

"But you can't kiss that one to save me... Oh my mouth! I'm still touching people's places, no wonder I'm still in pain now! ”

Li Qingan coughed heavily and knocked on the door, "I'll come in and roast the fire." ”

There was a sudden silence in the house, and Mingzhu suddenly shouted, "Sister Rushi, don't open the door for him!" ”

"Brother Li's body is also wet, and he will get sick if he doesn't roast the fire."

Rushi was worried about Li Qing'an's body, so she hurriedly opened the door and said, "Brother Li, hurry up and come in to roast the fire." ”

Li Qingan walked into the room, winked at him ambiguously and picturesquely, pursed his lips and made a blowing motion, but Mingzhu buried his whole head in the quilt, not daring to look at him.

"Huh! It's so warm here. ”

Li Qing'an sat down in front of the fire, Rushi brought him a bowl of ginger soup, and said in a low voice: "Hurry up and drink it!" ”

Li Qingan nodded to her gratefully, took the ginger soup and drank it all, and soon a warmth surged up in his chest and abdomen, he turned around and glanced at Mingzhu again, and happened to see Mingzhu peeking at him from the quilt, the two looked at each other, Li Qingan smiled at her wink, Mingzhu was so frightened that he hurriedly closed the quilt.

Li Qingan coughed, and said with a picturesque smile: "I'll tell you two a story, saying that a rich man crossed the bridge and fell into the river, and another person on the shore struggled to rescue him, the man who fell into the water was grateful, and gave him the money, the rescuer shook his head, the man in the water thought about it, and gave him the good horse he rode, the rescuer still shook his head, the person who fell into the water was in a hurry, don't give you money, don't give you money, don't want to give you money, so what do you want?" Tell me, what does this rescuer want? ”

Ruhua's mouth was fast, and he immediately said: "He wants her to make a personal promise?" ”

"Nope! Both of them are men, such as poetry, what do you say? ”

Rushi thought about it: "Could it be that there is little money?" ”

"No, the man who fell overboard gave him all the money."

I can't figure it out if it's picturesque, so what does this rescuer want?

At this time, Mingzhu's cat-like low voice came from behind him: "Brother Li, thank you!" ”

Li Qingan laughed, "By the way, that's what he wants." ”

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(To be continued)