The day after Pei Yuan ascended the throne, Pei Hai left in a hurry, he chose to walk with a cane, and did not follow an entourage by his side.

The road to Nanzhao is far away, Pei Yuan is really relieved, he wanted to send a team to escort him on the way, but Pei Hai insisted on refusing, before leaving he only left this sentence: "Like a carp with the waves, like a goose listening to the wind, this is the direction of life." Although Yunqiu is far away, it has its own destiny, and you can take care of Mingjiang...... It is the greatest filial piety. ”

From the lord of Mingjiang on the rich side to the walker who gave up everything and traveled hard with a cane, the years have passed, and what kind of troubles he has experienced before he is old.

The old man's stumbling back gradually faded away, tears had already wet the shirt's clothes, and he secretly swore that he must wash away the shame and shame in the hearts of the subjects of Mingjiang.

Pei Yuan knew that if he wanted to be ashamed, he must first be self-reliant, but at this time, Mingjiang was already accumulating disadvantages and difficult to return, and on the accounts of the household department, the huge amount of annual tribute and the empty treasury were shocking, which was ...... It is almost a papier-mâché court, and any wind and waves from the outside world can directly crush it.

"Wei Xiang, you stay for a while." After the morning court the next day, Pei Yuan called out to Wei Tai, who was about to leave.

“…… Be. Wei Tai, who was full of old age, stopped his staggering steps, he slowly turned around, and bowed slightly, "The lord of the country left the old minister...... Is there something to discuss? ”

"Heh, it's nothing, I just want to ask Wei about the accounts of the imperial court, give a seat." Pei Yuan smiled slightly, and motioned for the attendant to bring a chair and let the elderly Wei Tai sit down.

Wei Tai sat down slowly, his white beard shaking from time to time with the chewing in his mouth, and under his white and yellow eyebrows, a pair of misty and deep eyes made it impossible to see through his mind at all.

"Wei Xiang has been in the company for many years, and I remember that when I was very young, you were doing things by your father's side."

"Ahem...... Yes, the old lord has been assisted by the old minister since he ascended the throne. ”

"Father, he...... The heart is not in the court, but the society of the Ming Xinjiang Kingdom is thanks to you, so many years of operation, hard work. ”

"Where does the lord of the country say, it is within the duty of those of us who are courtiers to be loyal to the lord of the country and Mingjiang." Wei Tai smiled and stroked his beard, and shifted slightly unnaturally in his chair.

Pei Yuan didn't continue to greet him, he looked at the household file on the table and frowned, "Wei Xiang, why have the taxes in various states and counties increased so much over the years?" ”

"Hey, it's not because of Daning's New Year's coins."

"But if Gu remembers correctly, the number of coins in the Chengping collegiate agreement signed with Daning back then was 100,000 taels of silver and 100,000 taels of silk."

"That's right." Wei Tai nodded.

"But why is the standard of the annual currency tax issued by the states and counties is 150,000 yuan for silver and silk?"

"Hey......" Wei Tai sighed and shook his head, "The lord of the country has lived in the clouds for a long time, and he doesn't know it, this tax is levied from the bottom up, and there are too many officials to deal with, and it is inevitable that there will be some mistakes, and there will be losses and losses along the way, so these strain expenses are added to it." ”

Hmph, there is nearly half of the extra strain fee, Wei Tai can also say this kind of thing, it seems that he really didn't take the fledgling Pei Yuan in his eyes.

“…… I see. Pei Yuan nodded thoughtfully, he smiled, "Then there is nothing else to do here, Wei Xiang walked slowly." ”

"The old minister retired." Wei Tai raised his hand slightly, and was about to turn around to leave, when he suddenly took out a notebook from his arms as if he remembered something, he turned around and handed it to Pei Yuan tremblingly, "This is the list that the old minister and several adults of the ministry have just drawn up, they are all officials with good political performance in various states and counties, and they will be transferred to Wanghai at the end of the year, if the lord of the country thinks there is no problem, the old minister will notify them to do it." ”

Pei Yuan simply glanced at the list, and then smiled indifferently: "The person designated by Wei Xiang, don't worry, you just go and notify it." ”

"Eh, Lord Xie. Ahem...... Ahem, ahem. ”

Wei Tai's steps looked staggering, and when he crossed the threshold of the temple gate, he had to hold on to the door frame on one side, and at the same time, he was able to slowly walk through it with the support of the attendants on both sides of the temple door.

When will the chamberlain be able to serve the ministers...... In the main hall, Pei Yuan looked at Wei Tai's back, his eyes looked complicated, and after that, he handed the list in his hand to the attendants on the side, and said lightly: "Go and check, what dealings these people have with Wei Tai." ”

"Yes."

In the valley where the snow melts, a man and a woman in ragged clothes are chasing each other, and the woman shouts as she chases: "You stole my jade pendant again!" Give it back to me. Suddenly, the dead branch under her feet tripped the woman hard, and she fell to the ground.

"Linxiao!" Yan Changfeng was startled when he saw this, hurriedly turned around and ran back, and carefully helped Mu Linxiao up, only to see that her knees had been separated by a little bruise, "I'll rub it for you." Yan Changfeng's hand was placed on her knee in distress.

"Who wants you to rub! Where's my jade pendant? Mu Linxiao angrily pushed him away.

"Okay, good, jade pendant for you." Yan Changfeng reluctantly took out the jade pendant engraved with the word Pei from his arms, and handed it to Mu Linxiao very reluctantly, "You don't know the origin of this jade pendant, why do you want it." ”

Mu Linxiao snatched the jade pendant, carefully wiped it and put it in his arms, "Hmph, although I don't know where this jade pendant came from, I still remember that it is very important to me." Mu Linxiao pointed at Yan Changfeng's nose with his finger, "So, if you pay attention to it again in the future, I will really be angry with you." ”

"I just feel like I can't even see a figure in the mountains all day, I'm afraid you'll be bored, and I want to make you happy, hehe." Yan Changfeng hurriedly explained.

"I'm afraid I'll be bored, so steal my jade pendant? I think you're bored. Mu Linxiao was aggressive and looked unforgiving.

"Good...... Well, it's me who is wrong, say I was wrong. Yan Changfeng squatted on the ground as he spoke, turning his back towards Mu Linxiao.

"Xiao Fengzi, what are you doing?" Mu Linxiao said suspiciously and vigilantly.

"What else can you do, put your hands on it, I'll carry you."

The warm spring sun sprinkled all over the vast mountains and forests, and the snow that had been silent for a winter gradually dissipated and turned into streams.

After falling into the valley, the two of them have been walking in the mountains and forests for nearly a month, what Yan Changfeng didn't expect was that after the amnesia, Mu Linxiao not only gradually lost a lot of resistance to him, but also got acquainted with him day and night, I have to say that this is Yan Changfeng's blessing in disguise, even if she always likes to call him "Xiao Fengzi", but he also admits it, who made him like her so much.

As he walked, Yan Changfeng stopped, he looked at the surrounding scenery thoughtfully, and suddenly said, "Linxiao, we seem to have returned to the north again." ”

"North, where is the North?" Mu Linxiao on his back looked left and right curiously.

Yan Changfeng didn't answer, he took a few steps forward, turned over a hill, and a city came into his eyes, that's right, they returned to Qinzhou, Yan Changfeng vaguely remembered the perspective of standing here at this time, and it was here that he saw Lu Ziyu fighting bravely on the city wall.

Although at this moment, he is no longer the Yuan Khan who held a heavy army at that time, he is still smiling happily, and he said behind his back: "These days, I am a little tired of eating those messy things in the mountains." ”

"Hmm...... I want to eat the dumplings made in the Imperial Dining Room. Mu Linxiao suddenly said this.

"The Imperial Dining Room?! Do you remember? Yan Changfeng was a little surprised.

"What do you remember?"

"You just said dumplings in the imperial dining room, do you remember what happened in Beigong?"

"What Beigong, how could I have said that? You're sick. ”

"......" Yan Changfeng was speechless for a while, okay, maybe the fragments of her memory came out unintentionally.

Before entering the city, Yan Changfeng covered his mouth and nose with a sackcloth, he thought that Wan Qiyan was so vicious, he would definitely not give up until he was sure of his life and death.

Sure enough, in the doorway of the city wall, two huge wanted notices were posted on the wall, and he was described as a murderer and wanted, and a large number of people were surrounding there and talking.

It's ridiculous, but it's very realistic, although he used to be the khan of the Yuansu Khanate, but the only people who really saw his face were some ministers of Beiye and his personal guards for many years, and most of the soldiers and people, where they would identify the wanted person would be Yan Changfeng.

"Eh, isn't this person you? When did you become a murderer, how I don't know. Mu Linxiao pointed to the notice stupidly.

"I've killed more people than murderers." Yan Changfeng lowered his voice and walked away quickly with her on his back.

In Qinzhou City, the two of them walked around for a long time before they found a food shop, so they immediately couldn't wait to walk in, Yan Changfeng gently put Mu Linxiao on the bench, "Is the injury on your leg better?" ”

"It doesn't hurt much." Mu Linxiao shook his head obediently.

"Okay, what do you want to eat? Dumplings are they? ”

"Mm-hmm......" Mu Linxiao nodded obediently again.

"Okay." Yan Changfeng turned around and walked to the counter to order.

Qinzhou is remote and poor, restaurants like this are generally run by their own families, and there is basically no spare money to go to Gu Paotang, generally men act as a counter and a little two, the wife is busy in the kitchen, and the children are in it.

"Restaurant, two big bowls of dumplings, two catties of roasted ......" Yan Changfeng smashed his tongue and looked back at Mu Linxiao, "Forget it, two bowls of dumplings will do." ”

"Shochu is it? There are small shops, it's not expensive, you can drink a cup for two big dollars," the fat restaurant haha.

"Who wants your soju, dumplings, don't you hear?" Yan Changfeng said impatiently.

"I'm sorry, there are no dumplings in the small shop...... Are ravioli made? ”

"......" Yan Changfeng was very helpless, he walked to Mu Linxiao's side again and apologized: "They are ...... Without dumplings, do you eat ravioli? ”

"What are ravioli?" Mu Linxiao's eyes widened.

"......" Yan Changfeng heard for the first time that the scope covered by amnesia also included food, "that is...... Smaller dumplings. ”

"Yes." Mu Linxiao nodded obediently again.

Soon, the steaming wontons were served, and Mu Linxiao, whose eyes were shining, picked up the spoon and couldn't wait to send it to his mouth, thinking about it, these days they don't know how many wild fruits they can't name in the mountains, and occasionally they are lucky enough to meet one or two rabbits, or dig out a few bird eggs, since that night, they have never encountered the opportunity to eat meat, and they are just hungry and sleeping all the way.

Yan Changfeng kept watching the girl in front of him gobble up the wontons, until she picked up the bowl and drank the last trace of soup, a drop of imperceptible tears slipped silently from the corner of Yan Changfeng's eyes, at this moment, his heart was indescribable guilt and sadness, the princess who used to be high on the top of the world had no worries about food and clothing since she married him, she was so bitter that it was so rare to even eat a bowl of wontons, why should his Yan Changfeng's woman suffer like this.

"Xiao Fengzi, why don't you eat it." Mu Linxiao wiped the coriander from the corner of her mouth with satisfaction.

"I'm not hungry, you can eat." Yan Changfeng, whose eyes were slightly red, smiled.

"How come, you've been carrying me for so long, how can you not be hungry?" Mu Linxiao said as he picked up a spoon and brought the wonton to Yan Changfeng's mouth, "Come, open your mouth ......"

That scene may be the most shameful scene for Yan Changfeng since he was a child, the dignified nine-foot man was forced to stretch his neck and open his mouth, and was fed by a little girl.

But some things are so strange, when Mu Linxiao brought the spoon to his mouth and said "open his mouth", his brain was already out of his control.

Yan Changfeng was wondering why he hadn't eaten such delicious wontons when he first came to Qinzhou.

But Yan Changfeng seemed to have forgotten that he had already pulled down the sackcloth covering his face at this moment, and the diners who passed by from time to time began to point fingers at him, and by the time Yan Changfeng, who was intoxicated, noticed it, it seemed to be a little late.

Soon, a lot of heavily armed soldiers poured into the small food shop.

The general led by him shouted directly after seeing Yan Changfeng: "Take it for me!" ”

Saying that it was too late, Yan Changfeng immediately lifted the table and knocked down a group of soldiers, he stood up, pulled Mu Linxiao with his left hand, held the halberd in his right hand, kicked with his left foot, and rushed out of the restaurant with a wave of his right hand.

At this time, Mu Linxiao didn't seem to be a little flustered, because along the way, this little Fengzi had protected her too many times, and she had already had absolute trust in him.

I saw that Yan Changfeng directly intercepted a carriage, and the green dragon halberd in his hand was heavily split, and the horse was directly separated from the body, and the driver who drove the carriage was stupid.

"I'm sorry, I'll lend you a horse and pay you back ten." Yan Changfeng jumped on the horse, and then bent down and hugged Mu Linxiao in his arms, "Drive!" ”

Just ask, Yan Changfeng on a horse, how many people in the world can stop him, especially when he is still holding his beloved woman.

"Did we forget to give money to the restaurant?" Yan Changfeng said proudly.

"I haven't finished your bowl of wontons."

"If you don't eat it, you can't stay in the north, I'll send you to your brother."

"My brother?"

"Yes, my men are defeated."

"Hmph, look at you proudly, although I don't know who my brother is, how can my brother lose to you."

"Haha, just ask your brother to know, otherwise you will marry me?"

"Xiao Fengzi, when am I going to marry you!"

"Oops, oops, don't pinch...... Don't pinch, it hurts, it hurts. ”