After the diversion, no one could guess where Chen Qian was going, and there was less to welcome the people of the city, plus Wan Chaoyun's carriage surrounded the Chen family's light car, and those who didn't know were only rich businessmen passing by.

Yes, in the next complaints, they were able to successfully stay in the restaurant or inn under the Wuxu Commercial Bank, no matter how bad it was, there were also shopkeepers who personally arranged for the small courtyard to move in.

Chen Qian didn't want to be so troublesome, but Wan Chaoyun only used the banner of arranging for the old lady, and he couldn't either, no matter how he said it, the old lady was also old, so he couldn't be careless.

Fortunately, the old lady has an optimistic attitude, smiling wherever she goes, which makes Chen Qian even more afraid to show any frustration, under self-regulation and Wan Chaoyun's intentional or unintentional intervention, he is not as disheartened as when he first left the capital.

However, it is not easy to completely get out of the haze of failure.

"I can't see clearly, is there a city gate in front of me?" The old lady lifted the curtain and squinted ahead.

The winding official road, connecting the county gate at the other end, is about to arrive at the county seat called Changxuan County, which is the county seat where Chen Jiaqi is located.

Knowing that Chen Jiaqi had been a county magistrate in different places for six years, Wan Chaoyun secretly admired that if he was to be replaced by someone else as the first assistant, he would at least arrange a real power official with more than four grades for his son, and Chen Qian did not appoint his son, but sent his son to the grassroots level.

She has seen Chen Jiaqi not even reach one-tenth of his father's ability, and he is indeed not qualified to achieve the position of more than four grades at a young age.

In Daxing, there are almost no fourth-grade officials under the age of thirty, and there are also fourth-grade officials, who are talented and capable, and can't find any faults, and there are very few in their early thirties, Wen Jiyou is one of the most representative.

It's not that the older generation wants to suppress the newcomers, but it is really that the first thing to govern the country needs is stability.

is Chen Qian, who is in his forties, as the first assistant, and many people say that he is too young, and being young is equal to rushing in the eyes of many officials, and being bold is equivalent to failure.

"It's Changxuan County in front, and the old lady will be able to see Lord Chen soon." Wan Chaoyun Road.

The old lady hadn't seen her grandson and reborn daughter for a long time, and she was suddenly excited, "Okay, good." He said several good words.

Chen Jiaqi in Changxuan County did not know that his father and grandmother had arrived, and he was still in the county government for a long time, and the holy decree to abolish the new law was two days, and he also knew about the resignation of his father and other core members, and the holy decree ordered him to fully restore the old law and abolish the new law in Changxuan County.

Nothing else, the new law is his father's painstaking efforts for several years, and no one knows better than him the efforts his father has made for this, although he was sent to this small land by his father, but as his son, he is proud, proud.

Now, everything that my father pursued and worked hard for will be gone, and he will be thrown away like garbage, and it would be false to say that he does not have heartache.

Even the young Chen Dongshu knew that her father was in a bad mood, and she was naughty and mischievous on weekdays, but she was quiet.

Outside the city, the carriage was moving slowly, and Chen Qian suddenly said, "Stop." ”

The carriage stopped, he stepped out of the carriage, looking at it, it was not majestic, but it was still standing tall on the wall guarding the people, he looked at it for a long time, and finally walked to Mrs. Chen, knelt down, and kowtowed three times, "Mother, please forgive my son for being unfilial and can't accompany you to see Da Chen, please mother go to reunite with Da Yang first, son...... I'll pick you up if I figure it out. ”

He said and kowtowed again.

For some reason, he obviously didn't let out any negative emotions, but Wan Chaoyun felt that he could see his heart, and he still couldn't face it, he couldn't hear any words of the new law, and he couldn't see everything he had created with his own hands being abolished.

The old lady has always been very strong, very optimistic, very cheerful, at this moment her eyes are also full of tears, she personally helped her son up, tears dripped on the back of his slender and powerful hand one by one, "Son, go, you are tired for most of your life, you should go out for a walk, no matter where you go, your mother and family, and Dongshu, will be waiting for you, our family is not afraid of anything." ”

Chen Qian nodded when he heard this, and smiled warmly, "Mother rest assured, Changxuan County is not a prosperous place, no one will look down on it, and the family is very safe, but if you want to be promoted in the future, I am afraid that it will be difficult, and I also ask my mother to inform him, I hope he will not do anything wrong because of the promotion." ”

"Okay, I'll help you watch him for my mother." The old lady patted her son's hand as she spoke, knowing that he had endured to the limit, and she didn't plan to say anything more, so she took Wan Chaoyun's hand and reached out to touch her face, "It's so good." ”

I don't know what she meant by this really good sentence, so she only said this sentence and ordered the carriage to drive to Changxuan County.

Looking at the lonely canopy far away, Wan Chaoyun felt deeply, when she made a fate, her original intention remained the same, and when she returned to the ordinary, she had no complaints.

"Rose, send a letter to the commercial bank and come to Changxuan County to open a restaurant." She was worried that the old lady would not be used to eating here, and that there was no good cook to cook for her, so she also wanted to help the Chen family.

Chen Qian didn't stop it, watching his mother's carriage disappear at the city gate, his whole person was like an autumn leaf, quickly depressed, and it was distressing.

But soon, he got rid of those unpleasant emotions that made people look at them, and said with a warm smile: "Miss Wan, can you still hurry?" ”

"Nature can." Wan Chaoyun grinned, used the horse to beat the horse, "Sir, let's come to horse racing, do you dare?" ”

When you are in a bad mood, some people choose to hide and cry, and some people choose to do something to divert their attention, and this place is obviously not suitable for hiding and self-pity, and finding something to do is a good choice, "Okay, if you lose, don't cry." ”

"Lose? I haven't lost in my life, but you, sir, if you lose, you will lose face. Wan Chaoyun raised his horsewhip and said heroically.

Rose and Willow Mei glanced at each other, and their whole hearts were in their throats, and the girl's riding skills ...... Why is she embarrassed to boast about such a sea mouth? It's not Miss Song.

Yu Shan gave his horse to Chen Qian very interestingly, he and Lan Qi's horse were relatively docile, but it was not as difficult to control as day by day, after Chen Qian turned over and got on the horse, Wan Chaoyun immediately shouted: "Begin!" ”

When the words fell, she was gone, leaving only Chen Qian messy in the wind.

But he didn't get angry, he just shook his head helplessly, and then hit his horse to catch up.

The convoy hurriedly followed, bypassing Changxuan County and heading straight for the next town.

When Chen Jiaqi learned that his father arrived at the door of the house but did not enter, and hurriedly chased him out, there was still a convoy at the city gate, and the empty official road did not leave any trace.

Wan Chaoyun's riding skills...... It can be described in a word, even if she took the first step, she was still caught up, seeing that Chen Qian was about to overtake her, she immediately sped up, the horse whipped on the horse, the horse was in pain and galloped, she couldn't stand it and almost fell down.

Chen Qian was frightened, and then he didn't dare to surpass her.

After comparing for a while, about an hour or so, she herself felt too frightened, so she took the initiative to stop, "Sir, I won." ”

"Bow to the wind." Chen Qian said with a smile, this little woman is completely different from in the capital, she is generous, dignified and wise when she is in the capital, where is the current appearance? In order to win him, run ahead.

"Sir, I know, you just let me." Wan Chaoyun said gratefully, also looking for a topic to chat, the team was left behind, and now there are only the two of them, and it looks very embarrassing not to find something to say.

Chen Qian shook his head, "No, it's because I'm not good at riding, but you don't have to work so hard in the future, it's not a joke to fall down." ”

Wan Chaoyun peeked at him, was this concerned about her?

It's a good feeling to be cared for by a legend.

She laughed unconsciously, like a second fool.

Chen Qian saw her smiling, that smile was sweet, under the golden glow of the sunset, it was particularly breathtaking, and he hurriedly withdrew his gaze.

The little girl really grew up.

"Sir, there seems to be someone up ahead." Wan Chaoyun suddenly pointed ahead.

Chen Qian looked around, and sure enough, he saw an old man sitting on the side of the road in front of him, the old man looked like he was sixty years old, with a thin body, and rode a horse to the front of the old man, only to see that he was soaked in coarse linen clothes, and on the side of his rest was a wild vegetable that looked like a hundred pounds in weight.

Wan Chaoyun knows a lot of wild vegetables, but there are also many that he doesn't recognize, and roughly guesses that most of them are inedible to people, and they should be pig food for pigs.

"Uncle, I'll help you." Chen Qian dismounted.

When the old man heard this, he immediately got up, looked at Chen Qian and Wan Chaoyun carefully, and saw that the two of them had extraordinary bearings, dressed in precious silk, first at a loss, and then waved his hands again and again, "Thank you, thank you, the little old man can carry it, and there is no need to bother the nobles." ”

"It's okay, I'll carry you with a horse, I'm not tired." Chen Qian said that he was going to move the pig food.

"If you can't do it, you will dirty your horse." The old man refused again.

Wan Chaoyun shook his head and hurriedly went to help Chen Qian, "Uncle, it's okay, where is your home?" We'll pull you over with a horse and we'll be there soon. ”

Seeing that the two of them insisted, and they had already started fighting, they would definitely not be able to beat it, so he accepted the help, and said with a smile: "In the small Qin village in front, the little old man's surname is Qin, and he is the third in line, and the people in the village call me Qin San, and I don't know what the two nobles call me." ”

"My surname is Wan, my husband's surname is Yun, uncle, how can you carry it so heavy?" She remembered Chen Qian's fake name Yun Qingci, so she simply used it, and Chen Qian didn't refute it.

Qin San couldn't help but laugh when he saw Wan Chaoyun's appearance of ten fingers not touching the spring water, "I have done these rough jobs since I was a child, and if I get used to it, I will be able to carry it." ”

"Uncle, what are these for?"

"Feed the pigs, the two pigs in the family have laid cubs, feed more." Speaking of the pigs at home, the smile on his face was even bigger, and his eyes were full of pigs.

"Your family is going well." Wan Chaoyun answered, in Daxing, the common people will raise a few pigs, one will be killed for the New Year, two will be sold for silver, and the rest will be used for a red and white wedding at home, if it is useless, it will be killed and sold.

It is such a social background that the old man's pig farm is not worth raising rabbits.

"No, especially since Lord Shoufu is exempt from taxes, our lives will be better." The old man said sincerely.

Chen Qian, who was leading the horse, paused for a moment, but Qin San didn't notice it, and only said to himself, "Lord Chen is really a good official, corn seeds used to be ridiculously expensive, and we didn't have the silver to buy seeds, but later the adults directly distributed them for free, with corn, and exempted from taxes, I have lived a lifetime, and I have the best life in the past few years." ”

Wan Chaoyun couldn't help but look at Chen Qian, only to see him leading the horse silently, as if he hadn't heard it, the will to abolish the new law had not yet reached the village, but soon, it wouldn't be long before Qin San might not be happy.

Don't talk about him, I'm afraid that the people of the whole country will not be happy, and I am afraid that there will be complaints and the people will not be able to make a living.

Thinking of this, Wan Chaoyun didn't know what to say, he could only say that he should live well in the moment, who knows if the turmoil will come tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

Silently sent the old man and his pig food to Xiaoqin Village, Chen Qian had something on his mind, felt ashamed of the people, and insisted on leaving quickly.

Wan Chaoyun followed him silently, without speaking, not knowing how to comfort him.

Chen Qian's new law abolished the poll tax, which is unprecedented, the abolition of the poll tax, according to the personal income tax, a bit like personal income tax, the vast majority of the people's income does not have to pay taxes, and the weight of the tax is on the landlords and wealthy families, these people are capable.

Abolishing the poll tax, Wan Chaoyun felt that Chen Qian had done a little too much, and this era was not suitable for doing so at all, but I have to say that he was politically minded.

In other words, it is just that the social development force cannot keep up with his political ideas.

I don't know how long I walked, it was completely dark, Wan Chaoyun was fascinated by things, and was scraped the back of his hand by the thorns extending from the side of the road, and suddenly there was a hot pain, "Hiss." With a bang, he hurriedly blew the wound on the back of his hand.

When Chen Qian heard this, he immediately stopped and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's okay, it's been scratched by thorns." She shook her hand.

The sky was dark, and there was a crescent moon hanging on the sky, and the faint moonlight was not enough to illuminate the road ahead.

Chen Qian dismounted and groped his way to Wan Chaoyun's side, "You come down first." ”

Wan Chaoyun dismounted according to his words, wanted to touch the fire fold, and found that ...... It's been years since she's brought her own fire.

Chen Qian is similar to her, there have been people serving her for many years, where will there be such a thing as a fire fold.

"Doesn't it hurt?"

Wan Chaoyun vaguely saw that someone was beside him, and the surroundings were quiet, only the mountain wind was whistling, "It doesn't hurt." ”

"Where is this? Where did we come from? She looked around and found that they were all tall bushes, dark and swarthy, and her back was still chilling after looking at it for a long time, so she couldn't help but get closer to Chen Qian.

"I'm sorry." Chen Qian sincerely apologized, and he couldn't tell where Fang Cai came from on the road, "It's all my fault." ”

"It's okay, put the horse back, the horse will go to find Lan Yu and Yu Shan by itself, and then bring them over to find us." Wan Chaoyun Road.

"Let a horse go back, keep one." Chen Qian apologized, at this moment he blamed himself very much, and he also saw some things clearly, self-blame is useless, I don't want to blame myself, I have to think carefully before doing things!

Letting go of a horse, the two of them didn't move, Wan Chaoyun turned his head and saw something slightly white not far away, and couldn't help but be curious: "Sir, what do you think it is?" ”

Chen Qian's eyesight was not as good as Wan Chaoyun's, and when he looked in the direction of her finger, he only saw some faint whiteness, "I don't know." ”

"Is the snake out of the hole now?"

"The sting hasn't arrived, and it shouldn't have come out of the hole yet." Chen Qian said.

"There's no snake, let's go over and see what that white thing is." Wan Chaoyun rubbed his hands, his curiosity was bursting, and he couldn't help it.

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