If you don't do what Chu Jingyan said, the old man said that the land in South Vietnam can't grow food, so wouldn't many people have to starve to death? Or is it raised by the official family?

"Yes, that's it. Sent away the young man, a pound of rice a day for a head. Vegetables, you can still grow some, it's a big deal to hunt and pick wild vegetables in the mountains, it's over, don't worry. When the old man talked about these things, he couldn't help frowning, obviously not in a good mood.

The fact that the land cannot grow food is a supreme disaster for the common people, and it is like cutting off people's livelihood.

"Have you been unable to grow food here?" Chu Jiayin couldn't help but ask, she suddenly felt that she was a little guilty of eating the bite of the old uncle's meal last night.

People's lives are so difficult, and they are cheeky to eat?

The old man said: "It's not that I can't all the time, just six or seven years ago." ”

"Six or seven years ago." Chu Jingyan carefully analyzed this time, and suddenly remembered something, "Isn't this the time that Master Li of the official family has been in office?" He can't be the one who did it, right? ”

In the past six or seven years, there should have been another adult, but the people here actually petitioned to keep Master Li. The imperial court thought that this Lord Li was a rare talent, and the northwest border of Nanyue was not a good place, so other adults were not willing to take the initiative to ask for a job here.

Who knew that in the past six or seven years, this place would actually be like this.

"No, no, Master Li is kind to us. In the past, the officials always had to make things difficult for us from time to time, overcharging taxes or something. But this Master Li will never embarrass us, and sometimes he can't pay the tax money, and he will pay for us himself. On weekdays, if someone's family is really difficult to starve to death at home, he won't care. This was placed on those officials in the past, but it had never been seen before. ”

It can be seen from the old uncle's words that this Master Li is really a good official. But Chu Jingyan felt even more strange, since this Lord Li is a good official, why hasn't he reported the situation in the northwest to the imperial court once for so many years?

Every time the documents submitted to the court about the northwest border are all template rhetoric such as the wind and rain are smooth and the people live in peace. There is no time when I mentioned that the fields here could not grow food, and in order to cope with the work, I actually had to go to Xiliang to live and support my family!

Chu Jingyan chatted with the old man for a long time, while Chu Jiayin buried himself in weeding beside him, working hard and complaining. The more she listened to Uncle Uncle, the more she felt that the people in this place were too miserable, and the more she felt that the bowl of rice she ate was not rice, but the flesh and blood of the other party!

If she doesn't do anything more to make amends, she feels guilty of conscience.

Although Chu Jiayin didn't want to know anything on the side, he also roughly heard some of the situation in the northwest and found that it was inappropriate and weird. Although this old man always said how that Lord Li was doing, Chu Jingyan, a bystander who was outside the bureau, would feel strange as long as he paid attention.

What he did was not humane, but he could convince the people of it, and this person's scheming was not insignificant!

After Chu Jingyan finished chatting with the old man, Chu Jiayin had already cleaned up all the weeds in a small field.

"Little girl, you are really diligent, I don't know which family is so blessed to marry you in the future. Blessed! The more the old man looked at it, the more satisfied he was with this girl, so he almost introduced Chu Jiayin to his son.

Afterwards, the old man wanted to leave the two of them to eat at home, but Chu Jiayin and the others didn't dare to accept it. Chu Jiayin felt guilty in her heart, and Chu Jingyan was still in a hurry to go down the mountain to investigate.

Things in the northwest of Nanyue seem to be getting more and more complicated, and the imperial court asked Chu Liangshan to come here, but he went to the capital of the Western Liang Kingdom. Did you find something strange in the Northwest? Even if he didn't have it before, with Chu Liang's mind, I'm afraid he would have seen through it a long time ago.

So, does he want to care about this side of the business? Now Chu Jingyan doesn't have enough evidence in his hands, and he can't write to the court and ask someone to help, relying on him and Murong Han alone will delay a lot of things.

Murong Han's duty is to guard the border, but the border of South Vietnam is not only in the northwest! If you stay in one place for a long time, it will be easy to cause chaos in other places.

Speaking of which, Murong Han had not been in the Northwest Territory for a long time since he took office, and he had never been to the Northwest Territory before, so did the previous commander know about the situation here?

It seems to be getting more and more involved!

The second brother, who was worried all the way, couldn't help but make Chu Jiayin worried: "Second brother, what's wrong with you, why don't you seem to be very happy?" ”

"When I think about some complicated things, there are too many people involved in this Northwest Border. If we act rashly, I'm afraid Murong Han and I will have to die here! "Some people will not easily let go of finding fault with them, unless the two of them know that they can be part of the same thing, or if the two of them become dead, these things can be stopped!

"Isn't it?" Chu Jiayin realized that the matter was a little serious, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

Chu Jingyan thought about a lot of things, glanced at Chu Jiayin again, and asked, "Yinyin, can you do me a favor?" ”

"What's the rush? Second brother, just say it, if I can do it, I will definitely help you. Chu Jiayin is afraid that she will be of no use now, so she will drag her feet by the second brother's side, and if she can help the second brother, she will naturally not shirk it, and she will not give up!

Chu Jingyan looked at a road to the northwest and said, "I remember that Master Li's son seems to be about to marry a wife. The girl you are going to marry has just reached the age of Hen, and she is similar to you. In this way, we stopped the person who sent us on the road and replaced the young lady of that family. ”

"Huh?" Chu Jiayin didn't expect this to happen, and was a little worried, "But second brother, what if I stay with the Li family?" I don't want to ......."

If you want to be a bride, you have to go into the cave room......

Chu Jingyan hurriedly said: "The girl of that family, it is said that both parents suffered hardship, so she had no choice but to rush to the northwest from other places and live in her husband's house. The marriage time agreed by the parents of both parties is the woman's sixteen years old, and there is still a year left. ”

Chu Jiayin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, that's good." Second brother, let's hurry up and go, what if we can't stop someone? Also, if they won't let me pretend. ”

"It's obviously not a simple matter to make the situation clear and convince them of the situation here. We're going to have to take a risk! Chu Jingyan had already thought of a countermeasure, and whether the future husband and the stranger would have to believe in which side, I am afraid that I can guess it with my toes.

Chu Jingyan planned to pretend to be a bandit to rob someone first, and then let Chu Jiayin pretend to be robbed by bandits, and then go to Li's house alone to find someone. In this way, there are no outsiders around, and it saves you from accidentally exposing this kind of thing.

Girl, there are also candidates.

If you want to pretend to be a robber, you have to find a few people to help, but Chu Jingyan knows a good person about breast milk here, and if you want to find someone to help, you still have to come through him. After leaving the mountain on the border between Nanyue and Xiliang, Chu Jingyan and Chu Jiayin quietly returned to the border city and got in touch with Murong Han.

As soon as he saw Chu Jingyan, Murong Han was like a chicken seeing his mother, and he pounced on him and complained: "Brother Chu, I thought you were going to abandon me!" I was left alone to face my grievances. ”

Chu Jingyan pushed him away in disgust and said, "You always compare me with Chu Liangshan on weekdays, don't pretend to be Fang Min." It's impossible for the two of us to be as cordial and tacit as them, so you're going to die of this heart, so keep some distance from me! ”

"Well, I don't expect you to be gentle with me. By the way, it's been a day and a night since we were separated yesterday, right? Did you find Miss Yinyin last night? "How can Murong Han think that Chu Jingyan deliberately dragged on the road and did not come back.

Chu Jiayin was busy making do: "Yes, yes, the second brother has been looking for me all night." And then I was in the same place, and I had to go all the way from there to the border city of South Vietnam, and the road was not very easy. We've been delayed until now. ”

When the two returned to the border city in the northwest of South Vietnam, it was almost dark, and when they found Murong Han himself, it was already pitch black everywhere!

"Oh, I'll believe what Miss Oyin says." Murong Han deliberately glanced at Chu Jingyan, wanting to see something on his face that he was interested in, but unfortunately he couldn't get what he wanted.

Chu Jingyan hurriedly told Murong Han everything he had heard on the road today, and asked him to get ready. This Murong Han had a calm face, because Chu Jingyan had been missing for a day and a night, and he was ready to face everything alone, so now his mind was clear.

Where did Chu Jingyan hear about it, he probably knew a little bit about it, and he was able to talk to Chu Jingyan.

"So what are you going to do first?" Chu Jingyan first asked Murong Han's opinion.

Murong Han didn't think of any foolproof strategy, but he just frowned a little, and said, "Now we still have to be careful and precautionary, otherwise we can't say which day we will die." Then, I can't always stay in the Western Frontier City, I have to plan ahead. Think of a way to take care of the rest of the world. ”

Chu Jingyan couldn't help but sigh, probably a day and a night away from him was not enough for him to really accept his fate. I knew that he should have played around with Chu Jiayin for a while, maybe the current situation would be settled by Murong Han, and it would not be so troublesome.

"Are you ready to save your life?"

"Of course!" Murong Han was quite proud, it was not easy to do this in just one day.

Chu Jingyan finally had some comfort in his heart: "That's good, by the way, send a few people to follow me to the outside of the northwest city in a while." ”

"What are you going to do?" Murong Han didn't know why.

"Block people!"