It was almost noon, and the busy peasants came to the field, and there was a special person who carried the food with his burden and prepared to start the meal.

This is the time that everyone is looking forward to the most.

Since she was hired to farm for Miss Xin, this meal at noon was the most solid, not only with enough rice and noodles, but also meat.

"Second Uncle Xiao, what are you busy with, let's do it after eating." Someone shouted at a man squatting in the ground.

"There seems to be something wrong with these vines." The people in the field squatted and did not move.

Xin Yu and He Qingxiao were about to go back to Zhuangzi, but when they heard that there was a problem with the vine, they raised their feet and walked over.

"What's wrong with the vine?"

The man known as Second Uncle Xiao was an old farmer in his forties, and when he saw Xin Yu coming over, he hurriedly pointed to the vine leaves: "Miss Xin, look, the leaves of these vines are all withered, and there are spots on the leaves, like insect pests." ”

In Xin Yu's impression, Second Uncle Xiao is an old farmer who is bored and does things, does not talk much, and works very neatly.

She glanced at Second Uncle Xiao fixedly, and half-squatted down: "The leaves are withered?" When did you find out—"

The cold light flashed, and the dagger hidden in the sleeve of Second Uncle Xiao was exposed, piercing Xin Yu's heart.

His movements were fast and steady, and his shots were decisive and ruthless, without a trace of the old peasant's honesty and honesty.

Such a distance, such a sudden assassination, it is difficult for even a master to dodge. But Xin Yu seemed to have been prepared, and rolled on the spot to avoid the attack at the moment when the opponent's dagger was revealed.

Before she could stand up, Second Uncle Xiao was blocked by He Qingxiao.

This change came so quickly that the hired peasants did not react at all, and remained in their original posture of serving bowls or beating rice.

Qianfeng and Ping'an were like shadows, rushing over and one person blocked in front of Xin Yu, and the other went to help congratulate Qingxiao.

Second Uncle Xiao paused, and blood flowed down the corners of his mouth.

He Qingxiao's face changed slightly, but it was too late to stop it.

It wasn't until Second Uncle Xiao fell that the hired farmers exclaimed.

A young farmer ran over, looking panicked, and didn't dare to move forward: "Second Uncle Xiao! ”

Ping An leaned over to check and made sure that the man had died of exhaustion.

"Miss Xin, are you alright?" Bai Ying rushed over.

"It's fine." Xin Yu glanced at the corpse that had fallen to the ground and said to Bai Ying, "Let's gather all the hired farmers together and control them for the time being." ”

The moment she dodged, she felt a murderous aura like a substance, Second Uncle Xiao must be a carefully cultivated killer.

"Yes." Bai Ying responded and reminded in a low voice, "Miss Xin, we have brought less than sixty people, although it is no problem to control these hired farmers, but Zhuangzi is so big, I don't know if there are other ......."

It is even unknown whether the local government that can mobilize the officials is reliable.

"Hmm. Hold on to these people first. ”

Bai Ying hurriedly went to gather people.

He Qingxiao motioned for the young man to come over, pointed to the corpse of Second Uncle Xiao and asked, "Are you uncles and nephews?" ”

The young man hurriedly said: "Second Uncle Xiao is Xiaomin's neighbor, he married his daughter-in-law in his early years and died of illness, so he didn't marry again, and he has always ......lived alone."

"Is he really your neighbor?"

The young man knelt down in fright and swore to the sky: "The little people will never dare to lie to the adults!" ”

He Qingxiao half-squatted down and reached out to touch Second Uncle Xiao's face.

The young man got closer, thinking that he was testing Second Uncle Xiao's snort, but his pupils suddenly shook.

In his sight, Second Uncle Xiao's face was lifted little by little by two slender and white fingers.

The young man screamed in fright, retreated again and again, and waited for Second Uncle Xiao's entire face to be revealed, revealing an unfamiliar face, and as soon as the screaming stopped, the whole person seemed to be frozen by magic.

"Do you know this person?"

The young man woke up from a dream and shook his head violently: "I don't know!" I've never seen it! ”

After that, the hired farmers were gathered to recognize people, and no one knew this unfamiliar face, and then went to the house of Second Uncle Xiao to search, and found a corpse from the cellar, which was the real Second Uncle Xiao.

"I've been dead for a few days, and the murder method is very simple, and I haven't shed much blood." He Qingxiao checked it, and the situation was clear.

The dead man killed the second uncle Xiao, who lived alone, disguised himself as him to work in the field, looking for an opportunity to assassinate Xin Yu.

Zhang Zhixian rushed over and made amends again and again: "Miss Xin, don't worry, the lower officials will definitely find out the behind-the-scenes instructions!" ”

"There's Lord Lao Zhang." Xin Yu politely sent Zhang Zhixian away, but in fact, he didn't have any hope that the local government could find out the real culprit behind the scenes.

Although Zhang Zhixian is not a local, who knows if he will have been bought by those people a long time ago.

"Actually, there's no need to investigate, it's nothing more than those big clans whose interests have been damaged."

found out the Wang family, as well as the Liu family, who wanted her life too much, which could not solve the fundamental problem.

He Qingxiao spoke: "I consulted a few experienced old farmers, at this time there is not much work in the field, and if the rain is sufficient, watering can be saved, and we can deal with it by our own people in the next month or so." ”

No more outsiders are allowed to approach the fields, and most of the calculations can be stifled.

Bai Ying said: "If we just take care of these fields, we have more than enough people." However, fifteen acres of fields are scattered in three places, and to protect the fields from destruction, manpower is far from enough. You also have to consider those people who are willing to go out and do it to Miss Xin recklessly......"

It is very likely that the thorns will not succeed and the sweet potato vines will be destroyed.

"That's why we're going to send troops to support."

"Troop transfers?" Bai Ying raised her eyebrows.

Now that Changle Hou is no longer the envoy of Jinlin Weibei Town, it is unlikely that he will have the military talisman delivered by the emperor, and he can still transfer troops to support?

He Qingxiao and Xin Yu glanced at each other.

Some things are not easy to say when courtiers, Xin Yu can say: "As far as I know, Changping Wei is stationed nearby, just ask them to help." ”

That person attaches great importance to planting sweet potatoes, whether he wants to protect her, he is afraid that she will take the opportunity to go south and fly away, Changping Wei must have received a secret mission to keep an eye on the movements here, I am afraid that it will not be long before the news of her assassination will pass.

Sending people here to ask for support just gave Changping Wei a justifiable reason to send troops.

When Bai Ying heard this, she volunteered to ask for support.

The next day, the sky was just dawning.

"The white girl brings more people."

Bai Ying waved his hand in a dashing manner: "It's enough to bring two people, and the rest will protect Miss Xin and the sweet potato field." ”

"Then the white girl be careful on the road." Xin Yu admonished, stared at Bai Ying for a moment, and whispered in her ear.

Bai Ying's face was surprised, but she had always been calm, nodded and didn't ask more.

The garrison of Changping Wei is not far from this, and it will set off early in the morning, and it will arrive on the same day without stopping. Bai Ying didn't dare to delay, and took two guards and rode away.

Xin Yu didn't retract her gaze until she couldn't see anyone, and said to He Qingxiao: "Those people are likely to set up an ambush on the road to hinder the white girl from transmitting the message, you can bring some more people." ”

He Qingxiao shook his head: "If you are assassinated, Changpingwei will definitely know about it, even if we don't have anyone to ask for support, Changpingwei will not dare to stand idly by if he has the emperor's order." It is impossible for those people not to understand this truth, they want to stop the white girl, there is only one possibility, that is, to delay the time for Chang Pingwei to come to help. ”

Xin Yu looked at the field and said softly, "I know. ”

The other party has to buy time and take advantage of the shortage of manpower here to attack the sweet potato field. This is also an important reason why she gave up tracking down the line of "Second Uncle Xiao".

The strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and it will take a lot of energy and manpower to investigate these, and it is easy to be exploited on the side of the sweet potato field.

She entrusted the six masters to cross the ocean to bring back these precious sweet potato vines, and only today can there be a green field, and you can't put the cart before the horse and forget what is most important.