handed over the letters one by one to his secret agents, and Tianshu also hurried to Ye Yunyi's place, striving to mobilize the people on the letters to protect him before he started in other states and counties.

Just when the new forces were playing the idea of Ye Yunyi and Ye Beijiang, Ye Yunyi and Ye Beijiang had already rushed most of the distance slowly, and Ye Beijiang didn't seem to know that this time Ye Yunyi used him and himself as bait to catch a wave of big fish.

At this time, they were really as Tianshu expected, and they had already walked less than two days away from Suizhou County.

"Let's rest, after a day's journey, there is an inn in front of us, why don't we rest there today", Ye Beijiang pointed to an inn in the distance and said.

"Okay", Ye Yunyi nodded in agreement, these days, it was quiet all the way, just like the calm before the storm, the entire Chu country was brewing a storm against their father and son.

The two dismounted and led the horse forward, and the inn not far away was built on the edge of an avenue, which was neither remote nor very good, and looked a little dilapidated with houses, and the trees on both sides of the avenue surrounded the avenue tightly in the middle.

Some of the dilapidated houses blend perfectly into this environment, like quaint homes in the countryside.

The door of the inn was wide open, but there was hardly anyone to see. An old shopkeeper with his hands in his arms, sitting at the door bored to pass the day, staring at the end of the avenue with a pair of eyes, as if looking forward to the arrival of guests. I saw Ye Yunyi and the two at the end of the road, and the shopkeeper was still a little surprised, but it was the first time that the shopkeeper who was in a hurry like their father and son had seen it.

In recent years, the Chu State has not wanted to be as prosperous as in the past, and there are fewer and fewer guests in the past, so the reason why the old shopkeeper insists on this place is to pass some boring time, and he didn't expect to make money here.

After Ye Yunyi's father and son walked in, the shopkeeper reluctantly got up to greet the guests, and he didn't see the other juniors, it seemed that there was only one shopkeeper in the entire inn.

"Two guest officers, stay in a hotel or eat"?

"You also need to live in a hotel, and you also need to eat."

"Okay, please, wait a minute, please give me the horses, there are stables in the back."

After handing over the horse to the shopkeeper, Ye Yunyi walked into the inn to take a look, although the quiet inn was still very dilapidated on the outside, it was very clean inside, which was very in line with Ye Yunyi's taste, so after the shopkeeper led the horse to tie it up, Ye Yunyi asked the shopkeeper for two rooms.

At this time, Ye Beijiang asked the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, why is this store so deserted now, this is on the side of the avenue, why haven't you seen customers?"

"The guest officer laughed, these years, the life of Chu is not very peaceful, plus from time to time to face the attack of other countries, Chu is no longer the former Chu State, and I don't know what happened over the years, Chu Huang doesn't care much about the people's livelihood, each state and county manage its own territory, you say that if you meet a good county guard, it will be okay, but if you meet our county guard, it will be difficult to say."

"Oh, isn't it any difference?"

"Guest officer, you are from out of town, don't you know, the current Chu State is already bad in the bones, the court is powerless, let the state and county become bigger, and the county guard of our county is simply a black-hearted guy, and he will increase taxes at every turn, you say, we people can only live in such a world, how can we live with this tax plus."

"Yes, what kind of taxes are they", hearing the shopkeeper's words, Ye Yunyi suddenly became curious.

"Harm, these years, once there is an invasion of foreign enemies outside, it is what military tax, when there is nothing to do in peacetime, it is what tariff, grain tax, you see, this is a road, put it aside, there are not a few merchants here, but you see now, where are people coming, if it weren't for the guest officer, I guess there will be no business in the past few months."

"But in recent years, except for the imperial court, when facing a big war, military taxes have not been levied, and there has been no document to increase military taxes in peacetime." Ye Yunyi said in surprise.

"Hmph, the imperial court does not levy it, but these county guards, each of them is either crazy about making money in their own pockets, or thinking about how to strengthen their own power."

Ye Beijiang, who heard this, was a little angry, but more helpless, he didn't expect that he inherited his father's order, thinking that the decline of Chu was completely the invasion of foreign enemies, so he left his young son and worked hard to guard the frontier for more than ten years, thinking that this would allow the people of Chu to live a good life, but he didn't expect that the country he was desperately guarding had become something he didn't know.

"It's just a pity that the military god of my Chu country, who guards a quiet land for our people, is deprived of nothing by these ruthless dog officials", the shopkeeper sighed.

"Oh, who are you talking about?"

Hearing Ye Beijiang's inquiry, the shopkeeper looked at Ye Beijiang with a hostile face, and took a few steps back, pretending to be defensive, "Say, who are you, why don't you even know our Great Chu's military god, which country's fine work you are."

Seeing the tense shopkeeper, Ye Yunyi smiled, at least these people were really grateful for what his father had done, which made everything his father do meaningful.

"Shopkeeper, don't be nervous, our surname is Ye, we are the Ye of the god of war, we are his pro-army, wasn't it the battle of Qingyun City not long ago, after we won a big victory, because of the injuries on our bodies, we had to return to the hometown, we all call him General Ye, I don't know who the god of war you are talking about, please forgive me", Ye Yunyi explained with a smile.

As soon as he heard Ye Yunyi's explanation, he was still tense before, so he directly changed his face and became extremely enthusiastic, "You are really General Ye's pro-army", Ye Yunyi nodded at Ye Beijiang, and Ye Beijiang also nodded understandingly.

"Really, I can be regarded as seeing Ye Junshen's pro-army, is Ye Junshen okay? When I was in the market before, I heard those people say that Ye Junshen was injured in the last war, let me tell you, I have a son, who also joined the army before, and it happened to be under General Ye, and he also participated in the Jinchu War more than ten years ago? The innkeeper said excitedly.

"yes, what about later?" Ye Yunyi saw that the other party opened the chatterbox, and they also started talking, anyway, after a long journey, it is not bad to find someone to chat.

"Later, I died in battle, leaving only me, an old man, guarding this dilapidated inn, but I am very proud and do not regret having this son."

Ye Beijiang, who was on the side, heard the shopkeeper's conversation, and was a little distracted, not knowing if what the shopkeeper said reminded him of or something else.

"You are a great father, if the people of Chu are like you, why worry about the Chu country." Ye Yunyi comforted.

"Hey, don't say anything, since the two of you are not only the personal soldiers of the god of war, but also the soldiers who protect the Chu State, then the two of you can rest assured, if you need anything, just mention it to me, I will try to meet it," the shopkeeper said with excitement.

"It's good to fight, uncle, I hope you will forgive me for the disturbance, we may have to stay here for one night, and continue our journey tomorrow, I don't know what you have to eat here." Ye Yunyi changed the subject.

"Yes, yes, yes, wait a minute, I'll go get ready," he said, turning around and entering the kitchen.

The empty inn, only one old man is struggling to support it, along the way, what Ye Yunyi and Ye Beijiang have seen is that the war in the Chu State has dragged down the Chu State over the years, and it is common for ten rooms and nine empty rooms. Coupled with the decay of the imperial court in recent years, as well as the corruption of local states and counties, most of the people in the entire Chu State have not lived satisfactorily.

Previously, although Ye Yunyi had solved the problems of the imperial court, through the way of reform and change, he could no longer reach these lower-level people, and the strength of the state and county in these years, a newly changed imperial court still could not control the state and county well, so next, Ye Yunyi was waiting for the next bloody storm to completely rejuvenate the Chu State.