The three years of Yongning are destined to be a year of tranquility.

First of all, the case of King Yue suing Prime Minister Xiao Zhun for rebellion was widely implicated, and Xiao Zhun committed suicide in prison for fear of crime, and Xiao was also deposed as a concubine and died of illness in the cold palace. The case ended, but the king of Yue was not reused by the emperor, but the king of Lingnan was proclaimed into the auxiliary government of the court. Soon after the king of Lingnan entered the dynasty, he asked the emperor to order the kings surnamed Qi to return to the domain, and the king of Yue had a grudge in his heart, which caused him to be jealous, and threatened to make the king of Lingnan look good several times.

In June, someone secretly accused the king of Lingnan of rebellion, and the king of Yue received an order from the emperor to send troops to surround the Lingnan palace overnight and slaughter the Lingnan king's mansion. When the emperor heard the news, he was furious, and said that the king of Yue had killed him without permission, and he was complicit in rebellion, and the crime was not forgiven, so he was arrested and sentenced to death when the king of Yue entered the palace.

In just a few days, the royal family surnamed Qi killed two high-ranking and powerful princes in a row, and the kings said that the emperor intended to kill the kings, and they did not want to say directly what the emperor wanted, so they played the tried-and-true banner of "Qingjun's side", and several vassal kings united to raise troops, and the army went straight to Shengdu.

In desperation, the emperor had to send his henchmen to Yunxi with a secret edict, and ordered Fengnuo, the king of Yunxi, to lead troops into the court to quell the rebellion.

In August, Feng Junyang, the prince of Yunxi, led an army of 200,000 to the east, all the way like a bamboo, breaking through several vassal kings' armies, straight into the Shengdu, and stabilizing the situation. But soon, an old minister admonished the emperor: the army of the king of Yunxi stopped in Shengdu because of the wolf's ambition and the omen of the country's demise. Just when everyone thought that the emperor borrowed the Yunxi army to quell the rebellion was "rejecting the wolf at the front door and entering the tiger at the back door", he didn't want the prince of Yunxi to invite the respected vassal king surnamed Qi to join the court as an auxiliary government, but he led the army back to Yunxi, and he did not commit any crime all the way.

This move is greatly unexpected by the world, if it is said that Feng Junyang led the army to quell the rebellion or has a mixed reputation, when the Yunxi army returns to the west, the people of the world will only have praise for it. It is Jiangbei, which has long been in turmoil, and the people are full of praise when they mention the prince of Yunxi, and they are full of praise, saying that is the real benevolence and righteousness, and the Yunxi army led by him is a loyal and righteous army.

Xiao Hou'er was assigned by Chen Nian to go to Jizhou to purchase grain, and came back to tell everyone about the fresh news he heard, and he couldn't help but give a thumbs up when he said this, and praised: "That Yunxi Wang Shizi is a real hero, a real man, I heard that when he led troops to garrison Shengdu, there was a stubborn old man who scolded him in the face on the street, saying that he was a wolf with ambitions. Guess what happened to him,"

He was talking with his eyebrows fluttering, but Wen Daya on the side suddenly scolded him: "I can't stop your mouth when I eat, let's not say it's useless, hurry up and eat, and go do your work after eating,"

The others were listening attentively and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Some people speculated: "I must kill that old man, he is the uncle of the court, and he is a heavy soldier, and he dares to scold him, he is really impatient,"

Xiao Monkey was triumphant, and just wanted to continue, but saw that the owner of the village, Chen Nian, had been eating in a muffled voice, and he didn't even raise his head. He couldn't help but ask her, "Big boss, guess what?"

Chen Nian glanced up at him and asked, "What?"

Xiao Hou'er didn't want to speak so wonderfully, she didn't even listen to a word, and couldn't help but be a little dissatisfied, and said: "There are stubborn old ministers who scold the prince of Yunxi on the street, what do you guess will happen to that prince?"

"Oh." Chen Nian responded, thought about it, and said lightly: "It won't be anything, ten of you are spitting on your own face and treating each other with courtesy." ”

Xiao Hou'er slapped the table excitedly at the moment and shouted: "The big boss guessed correctly, then the prince of Yunxi really did this, and people said that he was so powerful." ”

Chen Nian snorted lightly and said: "His person is like this, he won't bring anything on his face, even if he wants to kill you at night, he can also smile and call you brothers and sisters during the day." ”

Xiao Monkey was very surprised, opened his mouth and was about to ask again, but Wen Daya suddenly raised his foot and kicked the stool under him. Xiao Monkey sat down on the ground and shouted angrily, "Wen Daya, what are you doing?"

Wen Daya was busy squeezing his eyes and squeezing his mouth, Xiao Monkey was stunned, and suddenly remembered that the man named Zheng Lun had mentioned that Chen Nian was the person who was the prince of the world, and the prince was not the prince of Yunxi, he only cared about the vernacular for a while, and he actually forgot about this stubble completely. Xiao Monkey was shocked in her heart, and immediately silenced, only carefully peeking at Chen Nian's face.

Chen Nian smiled indifferently and said, "It's not a hindrance, it's not something that can't be mentioned, I have indeed dealt with this prince of Yunxi for a few days before." ”

In fact, Wen Daya and the others all heard Zheng Lun's headless words that day, except for Cui Xi, who had asked Chen Nian in private, the rest of the people didn't dare to ask what was going on between Chen Nian and the prince. After a long time, Xiao Monkey and the others almost forgot about it, and they were so careless in their words.

Most of the people in the village were rough-branched, and when they heard Chen Nian say this, they asked stupidly without thinking: "Big boss, how do you know that Shiziye?"

Wen Daya didn't want to have a more stupid thing here, so he was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and he couldn't wait to kick the stupid big guy again. It's a pity that it was too far away, and the stupid weight was heavy, so he secretly raised his foot to kick it, not only did he not shake the stupid big point, but he almost stretched his hamstrings.

Chen Nian finally put down his rice bowl, raised his face to look at everyone, but asked with a straight face: "Do you say I'm handsome?"

Everyone was stunned by her question, and then they all nodded. Everyone has been with her for a long time, although they think she is very good-looking, but they are also used to it, but those who see her for the first time often look dumbfounded at the first time.

Chen Nian asked again: "Can it be regarded as a beauty,"

The bandits responded one after another, "The big boss is a big beauty,"

Chen Nian stood up, stepped on the stool, and said boldly: "We are all brothers who have passed our lives, I don't hide it from you, the prince of the world also looked at my beauty and wanted to take me as a concubine." But what kind of person is the owner of this village, that is both beautiful and martial arts, how can it be regarded as both talent and appearance, even if he marries him, he has to make a big house, he kid actually thinks that the master of this village is a concubine who doesn't know how many numbers he has lined up, do you say I can rely on him?"

The bandits were furious and shouted, "No, no,"

Chen Nian smiled and said briskly: "I don't think I can either, so the two couldn't talk about it, so they broke up,"

After experiencing many things, everyone in the village already respected Chen Nian very much, so someone immediately hugged her grievances and said: "That prince is a bullshit, and he dares to call our big boss a concubine, I'm sorry,"

Some people even shouted: "Catch him when you have the opportunity, and ask him to be the wife of our big boss,"

Everyone laughed when they heard this, Wen Daya glanced at Chen Nian, and saw that she was not angry, so he deliberately joked: "Don't say this, go back and let Lu Ye know, I have to split you,"

Before the words fell, Lu Xiao happened to enter the door, and everyone laughed kindly when they saw it. He was so confused by everyone's laughter that he raised his eyes to look at Chen Nian, but when he saw that she was also smiling in her eyes, he couldn't help but grin. His smile made everyone laugh even more fiercely.

Chen Nian was helpless, so he had to sink his face, slapped the table and shouted, "Enough!" Enough is enough, when I am full, I will go to the back mountain to collect stones, and the house will not get up again, and if there are new people who come to join, they will have to live outside the house."

Because of the war, many people in Qingzhou fled into the mountains, and many of them heard the name of Niutou Village in the southern town, and learned that the big boss of the village was benevolent and righteous, and never did that bullying thing, so he came to defect.

And because Niutouzhai is not like other cottages, as long as those young people are young and strong, whether you are old or young, male or female, as long as you are not a ferocious person, you will not be accepted into the gang, and you will be treated with two meals. As a result, in just a few months, the number of people in the village, which originally consisted of only about 20 people, surged to hundreds of people.

The village is not big, where can so many people live. Chen Nian had no choice but to send people to quarry and cut wood, saying that he had to build some houses before the cold weather, so that everyone could have a place to stay.

Two days later, Cui Xi, who went out to inquire about the news, returned from outside the mountain, and when he saw Chen Nian, his face was a little heavy, and he said to her: "I have traveled a lot of places in the past month, and almost everywhere I go is fighting. The whole Jiangbei is in chaos, not only on the Qingzhou side, but also on the Yongzhou and Suzhou sides. I heard that Taixing Heban took advantage of Zhang's attack on Qingzhou and led his troops north, and the two families were fighting for Yuzhou. The rest of the smaller military towns also wanted to take advantage of the fact that the two of them were fighting for some territory and fighting lively. ”

Chen Nian said: "It can be seen that the number of people fleeing to the mountains is increasing day by day, and there are so many people in such a poor place as ours, which shows how chaotic it is outside." ”

Cui Xi added: "On my way back, I also saw a lot of refugees coming to the east. At the moment, Jizhou is the most stable, and it is no wonder that everyone is fleeing for their lives here. It's just that the Feilong Pass was sealed by Xue Shengying, and the refugees couldn't take the road in the city, so they had to go over the mountains and mountains from elsewhere. Moreover, Xue Shengxian of Jizhou will not allow these refugees to pour in, even if he flees to Jizhou, he doesn't know what will happen. ”

Chen Nian was silent for a long time, and sighed: "No wonder the book says, 'I'd rather be a peaceful dog than a troubled world', and that's true,"

Cui Xi saw and heard a lot on this trip, and he was also quite emotional, silent for a moment, glanced at the people who were busy building houses in the distance, and asked Chen Nian: "The big boss wants to expand the village,"

Who knew that Chen Nian shook his head slowly, and said in a low voice: "The house is just to cover people's eyes and ears, and it is also to find some work for those newcomers, so that it can be seen clearly who is honest and who is slippery." ”

Cui Xi listened, and looked at Chen Nian with some puzzlement, "Is the big boss going to do it??"

"I'm going to eat Hukouling." Chen Nian said in a deep voice.

The king of Liu Yan and Hei, Bai Wuchang and others all died in the Flying Dragon, and the corpses were taken back by Zheng Lun and hung at the Flying Dragon Pass to show the public, in order to set an example. All the bandits in Hukouling thought that those people were killed by the Qingzhou army, and they also wanted to seek revenge from Zheng Lun, but even several groups of people were killed by Zheng Lun, and finally had to give up.

"After the death of King Liu Yan and the black and white impermanence, the strength of Hukouling was far inferior to before, and then it was attacked several times by other cottages to seek revenge. However, the village was built solidly, and after many years of painstaking management by King Liu Yan, there was a lot of grain in the village, if we can take the village, not to mention these people, even a few hundred more, we can also support it. ”

Cui Xi's eyes flashed slightly when he heard this, and he was also very moved, and asked: "There is really a lot of grain in that village," the current war, the most rare thing is food, as long as there is food to feed everyone, it is easy to do anything.

Chen Nian smiled but didn't answer, turned his head to look at Lu Xiao who was waiting on the side, and said, "You asked him, he went to visit it in person." ”