Although it has been more than ten days since the end of the matter, there are still many people discussing this matter every day, spitting on Sikong Min and praising Zhang Yansheng, as for the Xiao family, it has long been forgotten by everyone. (The full-text novel is read on the Shilu Literature Network) {}

After all, in the wrestling between the two giants, Xiao Mo is just an insignificant supporting role.

Yunzhou, located in the southeast of Huanzhou, is the birthplace of Taizu and the place where the Chu Dynasty arose.

Although because of the geographical location, Taizu did not build the capital here, but thinking that this is his hometown after all, he has taken care of Yunzhou for many years, compared with other states, Yunzhou's taxes are lighter, and the government is Qingming, plus the surrounding land is more fertile, densely populated, and merchants are constantly coming and going, and its prosperity is much stronger than that of Huanzhou.

For the people of Yunzhou, they are the proudest. Because this is the hometown of Taizu Tianxian and the place where the Chu Dynasty arose; People here are born with a keen sense of observation and responsiveness to business transactions, and those who have a lot of money do not know how many; The climate here is mild in all seasons, and it is a basin on the Taihang Mountain, which is the most suitable for human survival, and there are countless longevity people; This is even the place where the human race arose, and many well-known myths and legends such as "Yandi Planting Valley", "Jingwei Reclamation", "Kuafu Chasing the Sun", "Nuwa Mending the Sky" and so on all originated from here.

However, at the same time, the people of Yunzhou are the most inferior, in this era of prosperous culture and extremely noble literati status, as the place where Taizu arose, there has never been any slightly more famous literati here for a hundred years. The imperial examination is not prosperous, the culture is not prosperous, the previous imperial examinations, the lowest county examination is not mentioned, but the state examination held by the Ministry of Officials, those who can obtain the meritorious name of the child, in the forty-two states of Great Chu, the number of people ranked thirty-ninth, almost the bottom. In the previous palace examinations, those who can obtain the meritorious name of Jinshi are ranked the lowest among the states.

"People from Yunzhou? It's just a bunch of profit-seeking businessmen......"

This is the most direct idea of everyone in the Chu Dynasty about people from Yunzhou.

However, people's psychology is so strange, out of the inferiority of lack of culture, the people of Yunzhou are the most sought after by literati. But all those who have surplus wealth in their families do their best to train their children and grandchildren to embark on the road of literati; On the streets of Yunzhou, pedestrians dressed as literati can be seen everywhere, whether they are businessmen or commoners; And poetry and singing are indispensable programs for Yunzhou people's gatherings.

But the strangest thing is this, although the literati are so sought after, but in the more than 160 years since the establishment of the Chu Dynasty, Yunzhou has not had any top scribes.

Even so, here, even if there is a Jinshi at the end of the list, it is enough to make the people of Yunzhou excitedly pursue and discuss for a long time.

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Within Yunzhou, there are two cities and seven counties, namely Jiangcheng, Deyang City, Shanxian County, Ju County, Changzi County, Liuxian County, Licheng County, and Jinzhong County.

Among them, Shanxian is the most ordinary county seat in the two cities and seven counties, and it is in the middle of Yunzhou in terms of population, taxation, environment, etc., and there is hardly any place to attract the attention of others.

As with the distribution of all cities and counties, the southern district of Shanxian County is a residential area for the more affluent people in Shanxian County, with many houses and dense population.

At the edge of the southern district of Shanxian County, there is a small courtyard that looks very ordinary, and at this moment there are bursts of coughing from time to time, and there is a faint smell of Chinese medicine in the air.

In the inner room of the courtyard, there is a handsome young man, who is half-leaning on the bed at the moment, holding a copy of "Spring and Autumn" in his hand and looking at it carefully, looking serious, coughing from time to time, his face has a trace of sickly ruddy, and he looks a little sickly.

In the outer room, however, there was another young man, a little older and with a calm expression, who was now squatting next to a small carbon-clay stove, on which a pot of medicinal soup was constantly rolling, and it was here that the smell of medicine in the air came from.

After a long time, it seemed that the medicinal properties had been completed, the slightly older young man picked up the medicine jar, poured the medicinal soup inside into the porcelain bowl next to him, and then entered the inner room with the medicine bowl, walked to the beautiful young man on the bed, and said softly: "Young master, the medicine is ready." ”

The young man on the bed nodded, put the scroll in his hand aside, barely supported his body, took the medicinal soup, and drank it while it was hot.

These two teenagers are Xiao Mo and Xiao Yi who took refuge here.

Xiao Mo has always disliked the bitterness of Chinese medicine, and he used to be able to hide from such things as drinking medicine, but Xiao Mo did not hesitate to drink medicine at this time, because he didn't want his body to continue to be so sick and weak, and he still had a lot of things to do.

The most important thing is that the price of goods in Yunzhou is relatively expensive, and this bowl of soup medicine alone requires two coins of silver, but the money on Xiao Mo and the others is not much, and they can't be wasted like before.

Just as Xiao Mo put down the medicine bowl, an old man entered the room, it was Xiao Shenyan.

In just two months, Xiao Shenyan looked a lot thinner.

I saw Xiao Shenyan walk to Xiao Mo's side, and after taking a closer look at Xiao Mo, a trace of relief flashed on his face, and he said, "Mo'er, your illness looks much better." ”

Xiao Mo showed a wry smile on his face and said, "How can it be bad, these days, for my illness, I have spent almost twenty taels of silver before and after." ”

After this illness, Xiao Mo finally deeply understood that whether it was a pharmacy in ancient times or a hospital hundreds of years later, its black heart was in the same vein.

After hearing the words "twenty taels of silver", Xiao Shenyan's cheeks couldn't help twitching slightly, he didn't know how expensive firewood and rice were if he didn't belong to his family, and after leaving the Xiao family, Xiao Shenyan and Xiao Mo, the old and the young, knew that the money in their hands was so worthless.

But obviously, Xiao Shenyan didn't want to continue to talk about this topic, but just said: "The letter has been sent." ”

Xiao Mo nodded, a trace of gloom flashed on his face, and said, "After learning the news that we won't go back, I'm afraid that my grandfather and grandmother will be sad again." ”

Xiao Shenyan shook his head and sighed: "Yes, but there is no way to do it, you are right, we can't go back." ”

Xiao Yi, who had been silent next to him, also flashed a trace of trance in his expression after hearing the conversation between the two, as if he recalled the days when he was still in the Xiao family.

It turned out that since the three of them left Changzhi City, they rushed to Yunzhou non-stop, and chose the least noticeable single county to live, hiding their traces while inquiring about the affairs of the Xiao family.

Two months later, the Xiao family's grievances were revealed, and Xiao Shenyan's idea was that since the Xiao family's grievances had been revealed, the three of them should return to the Xiao family immediately. But Xiao Mo, who only listened to Xiao Shenyan's arrangement but rarely spoke along the way, suddenly raised objections.

Xiao Mo believes that at this time, not only can the three of them not return to the Xiao family, but they should remain incognito and not let others reveal their true identities.

The reason for Xiao Mo's decision is very simple, because in his opinion, the opponent of the Xiao family from now on is no longer Sikong Min, who has been demoted to the people, but Zhang Qian, the prime minister who leans towards the government and the opposition!!

In the eyes of outsiders, the Xiao family's unjust case was completely because of Sikong Min's frame-by, but Xiao Mo and others, who had personally experienced the events before and after, knew very well that Sikong Min had framed the Xiao family, but Zhang Qian, who used the Xiao family to bring down Sikong Min again, was not one of the culprits? It can be said that in a certain way, the Xiao family's unjust case was indirectly manipulated by Zhang Qian.

Zhang Qian knew that the Xiao family would resent him because of this matter, but Zhang Qian didn't care about the Xiao family's thoughts, because the Xiao family couldn't threaten him at all.

But if Zhang Qian is not stupid, just in case, he will definitely make people pay attention to the situation of the Xiao family. Judging from various circumstances, Zhang Qian is not only not stupid, but also an extremely smart person, so it is impossible for him to forget this.

Therefore, if he knows that someone in the Xiao family has gained fame and entered the officialdom in the future, in order to prevent trouble, Zhang Qian will inevitably suppress the Xiao family and the people who have entered the officialdom of the Xiao family!!

It can be said that if Xiao Mo returns to the Xiao family, it will be impossible for him to get ahead in the officialdom from now on, let alone avenge the Xiao family.

Gaining fame, becoming an official, and making himself and the Xiao family will never be threatened by other powers again, this point was already very clear at the moment Xiao Mo left the Xiao family.

Therefore, Xiao Mo can't go back to Huanzhou, and he can't go back to Xiao's house.

Hearing Xiao Mo's explanation, Xiao Shenyan thought for a long time, sighed silently, and agreed with Xiao Mo's opinion, and since then the three of them have lived in Shanxian County, and it has been two months since then, and the letter mentioned by Xiao Shenyan before was used to explain the reason to Xiao Shenxing and Liu.

However, although after such a decision, Xiao Mo and the others have no long-term worries for the time being, they need to face a new and more urgent problem.