The old lady stepped forward, pulled the woman aside, and said to Huangfuxue with a smile, "Don't bother with her, she has a sick brain, obviously has a rich friend like you, and she has to suffer with her children, you say, you have a good life, why do you have to suffer." Isn't that right, girl, you said you were going to give me money, and you have already thought about how much you want to give? ”

Huangfu Xue glanced at the old lady with a smile, didn't speak, and walked over to support the woman, "Don't worry, since I said it, I can naturally do it, but I don't give you this money for nothing, my husband and I first came to your land, and we don't know anything about things here, can you tell me about this matter, this fixed amount of money is the reward I paid you." "One ingot of silver, ten taels. The woman had never seen so much silver before she had grown so big, and she was so frightened that she did not dare to touch it.

The old lady ran forward and stretched out her hand to grab it, Huangfu Xue took the first step to put away the silver, and the old lady saw this and immediately stopped, "Didn't you just say that you wanted to give us this set of silver, what do you ask, I will tell you now, and the silver will be brought over quickly." The old lady didn't seem to know what it meant to be embarrassed, and her face was straightforward, if Huangfu Xue hadn't looked at the woman's face, she would have left a long time ago, so why stay here and talk nonsense with them.

"Have you figured it out?" Huangfu Xue looked at the woman, and when the woman saw the old lady waiting for him, she nodded hurriedly, "Madame, just ask, as long as I know, I will tell you, if I don't know, I will ...... I can go out and ask for you, and I will surely please the woman." The woman knew that she was helping him with so much money at once, but he still wanted to give him a little, so he gave her a little.

"Just now I was on the street, and I saw that there were no people in many shops, but along the way, I found that there were many people here, why didn't everyone go to the street?" Life at the border is really bad, but it's not so bad that you don't even buy basic daily necessities. The woman thought that he was going to ask something, and sighed helplessly when she heard this, "In the past few years, the life of that family has not been easy, and everyone can't even afford to eat now, where is the spare money to buy other things." ”

"Can't afford to eat? But in the past few years, the imperial court has not always had relief food for the border passes, and there are no disasters at the border passes, why can't you eat? "As Huang Fuxue knows, although the border is poor, it is also extinct to the point where she can't eat food, but today, she does see it in her eyes, and the people's lives are indeed not easy, what went wrong, for a while, Huang Fuxue was confused.

"We know about the relief grain given by the imperial court every year, but in the end, we people can get very little, and the land here is barren, and we can only barely wrap up our stomachs when we grow a season's grain, and we pay taxes, and there is nothing left. But there are a lot of people in the family, how can there be enough food left. Many people in our village have starved to death today, and even my family, today I took out all the money, and this grain will be eaten for a month. ”

The magpie has been holding those grains just now, and Huangfu Xue knows how much there is, these grains, if their family lets go of their stomachs to eat, they can eat them in three days, but he has to eat them for a month, this is ...... The more Huangfu Xue listened, the worse her face became, "You haven't reported it to the government, what did they say?"

"Every time the government said that they knew and understood, but after that there was no follow-up, if they went again and annoyed them, they would put the troublemakers in prison, and over time no one dared to go and say it. Girl, you're not a local, you don't know our difficulties. Over the years, everything that can be walked is gone, and the rest can't be walked. Originally, we also wanted to go to our relatives, but now that we are at war, we can't leave. We had to hide in the village and stay up one day at a time. ”

On the way back, Huang Fuxue's mood was very heavy, as soon as she returned to the camp, An Mingchen came in, saw that she was in a bad mood, and stepped forward to hold her in his arms, "Did you go out today and encounter something, your face is so ugly, do you need to rest for a while." ”

"I'm fine, I just think, the more I know about here, the more I feel powerless, before, I always felt that as long as I made more money, one day in the future, I could help the people I wanted to help, and I could also try my best to make everyone live a good life, but now it seems that I was too naïve to think before, the world is too big, everyone has everyone's difficulties, but I can't help them with anything."

"If something happens, can you tell me about it?" Pull her to the table. Huangfu Xue wiped a handful of tears and told today's events from beginning to end. After listening, An Mingchen sighed, "Actually, I guessed it when you left, which is why I asked you to go over and see it in person." The inaction of the government often happens, but I didn't expect the yamen here to be so arrogant, don't be sad, when I finish dealing with the matter at hand, I will definitely go to the Zhizhou here to ask for an explanation. ”

"What if you want it, will those who die come back to life? Xianggong, they are really too much, don't they know that if there is no people on this side, they are nothing at all, the court trusts them and sends them to be parents and officials, so that they can take care of these people as their own heirs, but what have they done, they are devils who kill people without blinking, such people are not worthy of living in this world at all. “；

"Okay, okay, stop crying, I know you're in a bad mood, have you eaten?" Help her wipe away her tears, and let the magpie bring some food, "Lady, tomorrow I will go to Nanyue to see King Nanyue, what you said, we will have a way soon, don't cry, I am not in a good mood when you cry." An Mingchen's mood is not good, but no matter what happens, he has to come one by one, no matter how many things there are, there will be a day when they will be solved.

Huangfu Xue was tired of crying, and fell asleep in Ji Chengyu's arms. An Mingchen put her on the bed, called a magpie to guard her, and got up and went to Yang Zihao's tent. "I'll leave early tomorrow morning, and if there's anything you're missing here, you can tell me now." Yang Zihao thought for a while, there was really such a thing, he hadn't paid attention to it before, but now when he heard An Mingchen's reminder, he said, "I overheard that this Nanyue envoy likes to watch people cook, and to be specific, he likes people with money and status. However, Lord Ji himself is, so naturally there is no need to deliberately disguise. ”

"Really?" An Mingchen smiled meaningfully, and at this time, the deputy general walked in with a few guards, "Lord Ji, these people are carefully selected by me, let them dress up and follow you tomorrow, if there is anything, there are people around you who can do things." An Mingchen was originally about to refuse, but nodded after thinking about it. After everything was ready, An Mingchen returned to the tent, Huangfu Xue was still sleeping, and An Mingchen sat at the table and read.

Early the next morning, Yang Zihao personally took An Mingchen to the agreed place, the envoys of the two countries made an appointment in a restaurant in the city, when An Mingchen came, the Nanyue envoys had already arrived here to drink tea and chat, Yang Zihao looked at An Mingchen's dress, and for a while he didn't understand his thoughts, "Lord An, what are you ......?"

"Don't worry, I've got it." An Mingchen didn't explain too much, the two came to the restaurant and went directly to the box on the second floor, Nanyue's envoy saw An Mingchen, a touch of disgust flashed in his eyes, An Mingchen pretended not to see it, and sat down after introducing each other, the negotiation began, An Mingchen preemptively, "During this time, Nanyue has frequently raided our country, resulting in heavy casualties on us, I don't know what Nanyue has to say here?" ”

"On the battlefield, there are no eyes for swords and guns, and if we talk about it, we Nanyue don't seem to take advantage of it. When Lord An said this, did he want to give us Nanyue an explanation. ”

"The person at the beginning of this matter was Nanyue, and then Nanyue was aggressive, how embarrassed to explain to us now. As early as after your defeat, we stopped attacking, and then who attacked overnight, resulting in heavy casualties, we have never understood, what is the reason why Nanyue is like this? ”

"Lord An is so smart, how can he not even know such a simple thing." The envoy looked like you didn't know that you were a fool, Yang Zihao was a little angry, but An Mingchen was like a nobody, still with a smile on his face, "Yes, what I know is really the reason why Nanyue provoked the war?" Then I'll talk about it, the reason why Nanyue was angry this time, and the reason why he directly provoked it was because Nanyue wanted to annex us, and those were just some excuses at the beginning, right. ”

The envoy didn't know what he was thinking, and after listening to it, he nodded subconsciously, and after nodding, he realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly explained, but unfortunately An Mingchen had already taken the opportunity to be aggressive, "It turns out that this is really the case, and the emperor of our country still thinks that it is because of the reason that Nanyue said before, now, the two countries are at loggerheads, and several other countries are eyeing each other, if Nanyue continues like this, even if he wins us in the end, what benefits can you get." As far as I know, you have brought two-thirds of your Nanyue troops to the battlefield. You said, if I go to other countries to stir up your relationship at this time, what will happen to you Nanyue. ”

"You dare to ......" The envoy's face changed instantly, if it weren't for the wrong occasion, the envoy would definitely not let them go so easily. It's a pity that An Mingchen doesn't care at all, the effect he wants has been achieved. Then the situation was already one-sided, "If you want our subordinates to show mercy, you can also agree to all the above conditions, and withdraw immediately." ”

The envoy took the paper and looked at it quickly, and with each one he looked, his face became a little solemn. Yang Zihao stood aside, seeing that the atmosphere in the room was not right, he reminded An Mingchen worriedly, "Wait, if something happens, you just have to go first, and I will help you break off." An Mingchen respects his friendship, but he won't leave, and he also concludes that this envoy won't disagree. It's just going to take some time.