Chapter 156: Trade-offs
Li Ran returned to Jin County safely, and after waiting for more than an hour, Zhou E and his party also arrived safely.
Zhou E looked at Li Ran, who breathed a long sigh of relief, and laughed.
"Scared? It's nothing, I see, nine times out of ten, it's just a nest of evil slaves who are greedy for your money.
From the first glance, the two boys of the Huang family didn't recognize us, so I didn't think it was a big deal.
Think about it, if it's really a spy, you have arrived in Jinxian County for such a big thing, it is impossible for them not to know, and they can't do it if they pretend not to recognize it.
Let me see, what kind of stragglers and rangers are extorting money or something, it's all nonsense, this stragglers are themselves.
Such a big Zhuangzi, more than ten years of harvest, tsk! That's a lot of money.
I asked Lao Ma and Lao Han to go around and go back to look at them.
But I don't think you'll be able to get your money back. ”
Zhou E pursed her lips and sighed.
"I thought so too, so I gave them a chance." Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief again.
She didn't feel much about the harvest of more than ten years that Zhou E said, the hundreds of thousands of acres of land in the name of the palace were just a paper number for her, and she couldn't turn it into real silver, so she couldn't feel distressed.
"Are you trying to ignore the past? That's not good. ”
Zhou E thought about what Li Ran and Huang Zhuangtou said about what they said about sharing food and money to run for their lives, and pouted and shook her head.
"No, I'm afraid that he will jump off the wall.
At that time, we were in Zhuangzi, so we couldn't mess with them. Now, even if you return here, this is not the time to pursue these things, so let's stabilize them first. ”
Li Ran thought about the three fathers and sons of the Huang family, frowning slightly.
"That Huang Boyuan, saying that he is the second son, Huang Bojun is his younger brother, what about the Huang family?"
"Dead?" Zhou E blurted out.
Li Ran glanced at her.
Zhou E laughed dryly, "When the Huang family was young, it was a time of chaos, and if they said they were dead, they would die.
If you didn't die, where did you go? ”
Li Ran shook her head, "I don't know." The Huang family's matter, if they are only greedy for silver, it is not a big deal, let's talk about it later. ”
"Also, there is no shortage of money in your house. Wait for the old horse and them to come back, see how it is, and if there is nothing serious, let them go for the time being. ”
Zhou E replied with her hands behind her back.
The next evening, Lao Ma and Lao Han returned to Jin County one after the other and reported carefully:
In the morning, before the sky was very bright, Huang Boyuan and Huang Bojun took about 20 healthy servants and five or six cars to Shudi.
In the afternoon, Huang Zhuang burned down the house, took five or six guards, rode horses, and also went to Shudi.
Li Ran sighed and breathed a sigh of relief.
There were only five or six cars in total, and the cars should be full of women and children, and the money or something must have been out of the village for a long time.
They all went to Shudi, too, greedy for Xie Ze's silver, how dare they stay in the realm of the imperial court.
It is probably because of Shu that they dare to take away the income of the entire Zhuangzi for more than ten years so unscrupulously.
"The boss of the Huang family is definitely not dead, over there." Zhou E shook her head and sighed.
She has seen too many things like people dying for money, and when she can only choose the same way of life and silver, there are many who resolutely pounce on the silver!
Zhou E picked someone to quietly go outside Zhuangzi to watch the movement, and Li Ran temporarily put down the matter of Zhuangzi.
Early the next morning, Li Ran had just washed up, and a series of reports came from outside: The prince is back.
Li Ran hurriedly went out, Xie Ze strode into the second gate, and when he saw Li Ran, his expression was obviously relieved.
"You said it would take four or five days to come back."
Li Ran rushed to Xie Ze and blurted out with a heart.
She felt the anxiety and worry in him, and even a little fear, what was wrong?
"Hmm." Xie Ze responded paradoxically, stopped, pressed his hands on Li Ran's shoulders, and pushed her around.
"Did you go to see Zhuangzi outside the city yesterday?" Xie Ze pushed Li Ran into the house.
"I went the day before yesterday, do you know about Huang Zhuangtou's burning of Zhuangzi? They're not spies, are they? Li Ran looked at Xie Ze and asked.
"Zhou E thinks they are spies?" Xie Ze asked rhetorically.
"General Zhou and I both think it's not, it should be the greedy villain who has been greedy for our Zhuangzi harvest for more than ten years, I went over the day before yesterday and scared them.
When he said that he was leaving, there were only five or six cars, only people and no things, and he must have settled down in Shudi a long time ago. ”
Li Ran listened to Xie Ze's rhetorical question, and hurriedly explained carefully.
"Why did you rush back all of a sudden? You're all right, right? Entering the house, Li Ran looked at Xie Ze carefully and asked.
Xie Ze looked down at her, suddenly opened his arms to hug her, and hugged her hard in his arms before letting go for a while.
"I'm fine, I heard that Zhuangzi burned, I'm worried about you." Xie Ze's throat tightened slightly.
"You came back overnight?" Li Ran stepped forward and leaned against Xie Ze's chest.
"Well, Cao County's spy report, there is a sentence in the middle, when I saw it, it was a little late, thinking that with Zhou E, you must be fine......
It's okay if you're okay, let them set breakfast, I'll have to rush back after dinner." ”
Xie Ze smiled slightly.
"Okay." Li Ran hurriedly responded, raised his voice to call in the purple eggplant, and ordered to hurry up and set the meal.
Xie Ze seemed to have a good appetite, Li Ran only drank most of the bowl of porridge, watched Xie Ze eat a good meal, handed him a cup of tea, and sat next to Xie Ze.
"On the day I first arrived in Jin County, General Zhou told me about the massacre of the city in Jin County, saying that she once met Hu Laosan on the way to lead the troops, so she took a little detour, exterminated Hu Laosan, and avenged the massacre."
Xie Ze looked at Li Ran, who had a slightly serious expression, and waited for her to continue.
General Zhou said that she was so impulsive and emotional, and she could only be a general.
is a handsome person, with an iron heart, and the six relatives do not recognize it.
You shouldn't have rushed overnight like this. ”
Xie Ze's eyelids drooped slightly, and he didn't answer.
"Those generals, kill the enemy and die, and die as they deserve, but if you are in a mess and die, you will die in vain, and this kind of vain death is too undeserved.
I have General Zhou and Wang Cui by my side, self-protection must be safe, you don't have to worry about me, you are safe, I will be safe. ”
"Okay." Xie Ze reached out to hold Li Ran's hand, looked at her, and for a moment, smiled, bent down and kissed her on the lips, "I'm leaving." ”
Li Ran smiled and sent Xie Ze to the second gate, watching him take the ordinary face mask with a straight face from Shi Nan and put it on, he couldn't help but take a step forward and reach out and touch the mask.
Xie Ze bent down slightly, his eyes behind the mask were full of smiles, Li Ran touched it again, and said with a smile: "This mask is really good, you can't tell it's a mask from a distance." ”
"Well, I'm leaving." Xie Ze straightened up, went out and got on the horse, and rode away.
Li Ran stood in the door and saw that he couldn't see it, so he turned around and slowly went inside.
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