The wooden wheels pressed against the squishy yellow clay, rolling into ruts.

A train of horses came from a distance, passed the inventory of the soldiers of the Lonely Bamboo Manor, and slowly marched into the manor.

A beautiful woman with a face like a silver plate leaned against the car window, looking inexplicably at the fertile fields not far away and the busy farmers on them.

"It's a pity for this manor." She pursed her lips lightly and complained to the girl in the car, "I'm afraid I won't be able to come to the safari anymore." ”

The girl in the same car was dressed in a plain linen suit, as if she was keeping filial piety, and only occasionally showed her fingers outside her sleeves to reveal her true heart.

"Hmph." She snorted coldly, a hint of fierceness on her sunken cheeks.

Gongsun Xuan's originally flamboyant and beautiful face was still covered with thin powder, and his slender eyebrows were drawn, but in just half a month, he was so thin that he was not presentable.

That day, she waited anxiously for news from Guzhu, but heard her father send a richly decorated box.

She thought that her father had got some luxurious jewelry, but when she opened it with anticipation, it turned out to be the head of her cronies and guests who entered the curtain.

Half intact, with slightly closed eyes, just as they did when they closed their eyes after rejoicing.

The other half is a deep and light red and white variegated color, like flesh and bones chopped up, and then kneaded and kneaded into a meatball, with a round eye scrawled on it.

Gongsun Xuan didn't remember what happened after that, she only knew that from then on, that person would fall into her dreams every night.

Sometimes he questioned and scolded her, and sometimes he pressed on her body, trying to forcibly rejoice with her.

Even if she later learned that it was nothing more than a wooden carving, the head lying on the beautiful silk had become a nightmare in her heart.

Even when she thought back on it at this time, she was terrified.

Thanks to her good niece.

Gongsun Yan!

Gongsun Xuan gritted his teeth, eager to grind and swallow these three words.

With her high-flying temperament, she would not have stopped there.

But the box was sent by her father himself, and she knew that her actions had aroused his father's displeasure, so she had to give this warning.

She also knows that her high-flying confidence comes from her father's connivance, if she touches the scales again and is abandoned by her father's dislike, where is the huge grandson's family lacking her a daughter, so she has to be patient for the time being.

It's just a dead seed of good luck.

Gongsun Xuan was full of evil words, and it was not easy to spit it out in front of the person in front of her, this girl was not only her close friend, but also her future sister-in-law Ye Yun.

"Don't mention the disappointment." Gongsun Xuan tore down the curtain of the car, and the broken jade falling under the curtain collided with each other and made a loud noise.

"Okay, okay." Ye Yun nodded with a smile and said connivingly.

The Ye family in Liaodong has been friends with the Gongsun family in Liaoxi for generations, and her father was an official in Liaoxi because of the official avoidance policy of the Three Mutual Law.

Although Gongsun Xuan is a concubine, she is very favored by the head of the Gongsun family, and the favored girls and concubines are not so important.

She has known and intersected with Gongsun Xuan since she was a child, and she is a close friend in the boudoir, and the two often invite each other to hunt and play.

Later, Gongsun Xuan and her second brother became married, and the relationship between the two became closer.

In previous years, Gongsun Xuan came to play in this Zhuangzi, and occasionally invited her and the rest of her friends, and this Zhuangzi became a paradise for them to play around.

Now the owner of the Zhuangzi has changed, and they are afraid that they will not be able to find such a secret place again.

Ye Yun regretted it in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face.

Last month, Ah Xuan also wrote that he would become the new owner of this manor, and now that his big words have come to naught, he must be uncomfortable.

"Okay, if you don't mention it, you won't mention it." Ye Yun grabbed Gongsun Xuan's shoulders and shook it gently, "I specially came with the third brother to offer condolences this time, and I was also looking for an opportunity to meet you." ”

For this reason, they also deliberately set off from Liaodong early and took some detours to Lingzhi first.

"I haven't seen you for months, and seeing you like this time makes me feel distressed."

Although Ye Yun's words are a bit exaggerated, they are generally true, and when she saw Gongsun Xuan again, her emaciated appearance scared her a lot.

"Thanks to my good niece." Gongsun Xuan hated and hated, Ye Yun wanted to ask carefully, but she kept her mouth shut and refused to reveal half a word.

knew that Gongsun Xuan must have suffered from her niece Gongsun Yan.

Ye Yun was already hostile to Gongsun Yan, who was not yet masked, and she had to take a closer look at what kind of unfilial character this Gongsun Zhan's daughter was.

I can't tell how Aunt Ah Xuan can suffer such a big loss.

The girls in the car were talking in whispers, and they were riding outside the car, and they were carefully surveying the manor.

The young man wore pleated trousers for riding a horse and wore a long sword at his waist, but at a glance it was clear that he was not a warrior.

A young man with a short beard on his chin, with a long crown, a very handsome face, and he is only in his twenties, with a clear temperament.

He is the cousin of the girl in the car, Ye Yao, who is the Cao of the Taishou Mansion in Liaodong, and he is also a young man.

This time, I came to the south to meet the Lulong County Commander who arrived two days ago.

Aduna has been entrenched in the area of Qian'an and Lulong for a long time, and this battle was destroyed at the hands of this commander surnamed Zhao, and the situation on the border of western and eastern Liaodong does not know whether it is good or bad.

Moreover, like the Gongsun clan in Liaoxi, the Ye clan in Liaodong also had some business dealings with Aduna, trading salt wine and leather materials, and the fall of Aduna undoubtedly cut off a business of the Ye clan.

He had to meet with the newly appointed commander of Lulong County, the Governor of Lulong, and ask if he could keep the trade route outside Lulongsaisai.

In addition, if it weren't for the death of his mother-in-law last year, the Ye family would have married the Gongsun family, and this time he also came to mourn Gongsun Chan on behalf of the Ye family.

He is delicate, observant, travels to several states, and is also knowledgeable, and some clues in this lonely bamboo manor immediately attracted his attention.

The soldiers who guarded the wall before, Ye Yao was not too surprised, he heard that Tian Kai, a veteran under Gongsun Zhan's tent, was living in the village at this time.

Tian Kai has been a horse for half his life, and he has been a thorn in Qingzhou, and the whole training of Zhuang Hu is naturally not a problem

What really made Ye Yao suspicious was the farmer who worked in the fields.

The peasants here look the same as they look outside, but they are no different.

Ye Yao thought for a long time, and when he passed by a farmer again, he was suddenly stunned.

He hurriedly grabbed the reins, turned over and dismounted, stood on the edge of the ridge and called: "This old man, there is something I want to ask, can you come and talk about it?" ”

Ye Yao's stop, and his personal guards didn't know what was going on, and they also stopped the entire convoy.

The farmer who bent down to weed straightened up, and saw that Ye Yao, who was standing on the edge of the ridge, was dressed extraordinarily, and there were attendants following, so he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly came to the edge of the ridge barefoot.

"This old man, I see that although you are working hard, you are happy, I don't know why?"

Ye Yao's old man made this farmer stunned, although he looked old, in fact, he was only a year old, and he didn't dare to be called this old man.

Ye Yao didn't want to care about this, and said a few polite words, and asked again, "I don't know what happened to make you so happy." ”

The difference that Ye Yao noticed was here, he traveled to several states, everything he saw and heard was weeping, and he rarely saw such a happy look on the faces of the low-level peasants.

The peasant was stunned for a moment, why was he happy?

He grinned, due to severe malnutrition, he lost several teeth in the front row, and his smile was indeed no different from that of the old man at this time, "Because our Yan Niangzi has reduced the rent for the village this year." ”

He laughed happily when he mentioned this, Yan Niangzi not only distributed new crops and grain seeds for free, but more importantly, reduced the tenant rent by 20%, and if the new crop yield was not good, it would be reduced by 20%.

In this way, as long as there is no catastrophe this year, it will be a bumper harvest and rich year.

"Mrs. Yan also said that in a few days, she will let us rent new farm tools and horses for free."

I heard that the new treasury started construction, and the conditions for recruiting workers were extremely good, and two dry meals were provided.

Thinking of this, the farmer smacked his lips, and when he went back, he also asked the steward who managed the area if there was any land nearby.

Rent reduction, new farm tools, and cultivated livestock, Ye Yao silently read a few words, and was suddenly a little surprised, what a kind manor owner.

This Yan Niangzi thought that she was the daughter of Gongsun Zhan, but she didn't expect that she would have such a benevolent heart in the face of this catastrophe.

He couldn't help but have a good impression of this Yan lady, and was about to ask again, when he heard the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground behind him.

Several knights dressed in the same robes marched in a line and trotted along the ridges on horseback.

Only then did Ye Yao notice that his car and horse were parked on the side of the road, blocking the road.

Ye Yao hurriedly asked the convoy to get out of the way, and saw a tall warrior in the lead coming directly on horseback.

The other party is tall, with short hair, a calm complexion, a dignified appearance, and a dark horse under his crotch is very powerful, Ye Yao didn't want to conflict with the other party, arched his hand, and was about to explain, so he heard the farmer next to him shout: "Zhao Duwei." ”