"Then why don't you take them to the village chief first?" One of them shouted loudly, and immediately drove the other villagers, this Fang Chu Nian and Ming Xiu frowned, and walked to the side and back of Gu Cheng, those villagers saw it, and immediately shouted: "It's just right, they came out, since they are here to do business, we don't need to cheat, just go to see the village chief directly!" ”

Three or two villagers casually stepped forward to grab Ming Xiu's wrist, Gu Cheng's face turned pale, and he hurriedly stepped forward to block in front of Ming Xiu.

Seeing that Gu Cheng was protecting Ming Xiu and the others behind him, the villagers misunderstood a little deeper, and someone sneered and looked at Gu Cheng, "Let's go with you!" ”

Chu Nian frowned and swept over the villagers present, and at the end, he nodded lightly towards Gu Cheng and said, "I'm going to see you sooner or later." ”

Ming Xiu pursed his thin lips and didn't speak, then he saw Gu Cheng take the lead in walking towards the outside of the courtyard, Chu Nian turned his head sideways, a pair of watery eyes blinked slightly, and his little hand also held the warm and stiff palm, Ming Xiu's face finally looked better, and he was led by Chu Nian to catch up with Gu Cheng, who was leading the way, and they were followed by dozens of villagers, looking at the backs of the two of them.

This courtyard is not big, a small piece of land is enclosed by a fence, the yard is planted with all kinds of vegetables and fruits, two trees standing side by side in the west corner, a peach tree and an elm tree, with the wind of the sea, the leaves rustle.

When Gu Cheng and Chu Nian approached, the old woman inside seemed to hear the footsteps outside the door, raised her head from her work, and saw Gu Cheng at the door, she frowned, put down the work in her hand and walked out slowly.

"Ah Cheng? You are ......."

The old woman suddenly understood something, and looked at the villagers standing outside the courtyard, "What are you all doing here?" Don't worry about Ah Cheng, don't worry about my wife? ”

Seeing that these two people were extraordinary, the old woman frowned slightly, her face suddenly became serious, and she made a gesture of invitation to the room, and saw Gu Cheng bowing her head, and said resignedly: "Two, let's go in and talk." ”

Chu Nian turned his eyes and glanced at Ming Xiu, but did not speak, at this time, Granny Li, who walked out of the door, came back, and what she was holding in her hand was a very delicate teapot, and the teapot was full of tea fragrance, smelling like a good jasmine tea.

Gu Cheng opened his mouth, but was stopped by Chu Nian, and saw Chu Nian smile lightly: "We are from the capital." ”

"It's okay, it's not a bump in the carriage."

"My family didn't know that we ran out without telling my family."

Chu Nian and Ming Xiu still had surprises in their eyes, and Gu Cheng's face was mixed, at this time, Chu Nian stepped forward to help Granny Li up, and said, "How did Mother-in-law guess our identities?" ”

"I wasn't sure about it." Granny Li looked at Chu Nian and Ming Xiu with red eyes, "Right now, it seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Wushuang County Lord have come to save us." ”

Ming Xiu's eyes on the side flashed slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and after a while, he saw Mama Li wipe a handful of tears, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, county lord, we don't have any good things in the poor countryside here, this jasmine tea is the only valuable thing that the grass people brought out when they came out of the capital, and I hope the two of you don't dislike it." ”

After three rounds of tea, Gu Cheng wanted to speak and stopped, Chu Nian raised his eyes to look at Granny Li, "We came today to understand some of the situation, if Granny Li is free, just tell us about the situation here, with understanding, we can solve the problem." ”

Granny Li glanced at Ming Xiu and Chu Nian cautiously, "This is also a helpless move, since Wang Dazhu's dog official took office, every month we have to hand over all the harvest in the salt field, he said that it is sold to the salt merchants who collect salt, one stone and twenty wen, he said that it is to deduct taxes, and the one stone left by us after deducting taxes is only five wen, although we are self-sufficient, but each family produces at most ten stones, fifty wen, a month, no matter what, we can't afford to feed a large family——"

Ming Xiu frowned slightly, if they catch that Wang Dazhu back now, it would be okay, but the original plan would be disrupted, and if Wang Dazhu was arrested at that time, the corrupt officials in the Beihai region might temporarily stop for a while, but if the wind passed, the mountain was high and the emperor was far away, and they made waves again, who could know?

Seeing that the two of them didn't speak, Granny Li rubbed her eyes, sighed and said: "The grass people know that His Royal Highness and the county lord must have their own plans, and we are not in a hurry, but now the dog official is vigorously investigating the situation of peddling illicit salt in the city, and our few pieces of illegal salt fields are also facing investigation, if a few pieces of salt fields can't be saved, then our village ......."

Saying that, Granny Li and Gu Cheng sighed together, Chu Nian and Ming Xiu glanced at each other, and saw Chu Nian frowning and said, "There's no other way to delay for a while?" ”

Chu Nian and Ming Xiu glanced at each other, and at this time, Gu Chengniang's voice sounded from outside the courtyard, "Ah Cheng, Ah Cheng, the meal is ready!" Hurry up and bring your Granny Li to have a bite together! ”

Granny Li turned her eyes to look at Chu Nian and the others inquiringly, and when she saw Chu Nian get up, she breathed a long sigh of relief, and said with a relaxed smile: "Then let's go to dinner first, if there is anything, let's talk about it after eating." ”

"Mother, didn't I say it, you don't need to cook, I'll go back to do it later, why did you come out again?"

Granny Li followed silently behind, and when she saw the two in front of her who seemed to have forgotten Chu Nian and Ming Xiu's mother and son, she couldn't help but show embarrassment and said: "Your Highness, don't mind the county lord, Gu Chengniang has never been out of the village in her life, and she doesn't know the rules......"

The concubine is the concubine and the prince is infinitely favored