It's winter again.

In the northwest, thousands of miles of ice and snow drift.

Inside and outside the city, only reckless; Up and down the Wei River, suddenly lost and surging.

This year's heavy snowfall was earlier, more severe and longer than usual, making the winter even more bitter and cold.

In the northwest where the wind and rain have been smooth for 30 years, there has been a rare frost disaster, and the fertile fields in villages and towns have not been harvested, and starvation is everywhere.

Cangbao Street, Zhongfu.

Zhong Qiyu listened to the latest famine situation, and his brows tightened.

From November to now, Qingyang City has opened a warehouse for disaster relief twice, using war reserves, fortunately, the war in Qingyang is not tense, otherwise it would not be able to relieve so many victims.

However, there was a famine in the entire northwest, coupled with the war, and waves of refugees converged on the relatively peaceful city of Qingyang.

Now, outside Qingyang City, which has been expanded again and again, the number of displaced people has increased by hundreds of thousands.

"There are refugees from Wangqi, Heishui, and Shunyi coming to Qingyang, and most of them are from Baiyan City......"

Although population means prayer beads, in the case of long-term lack of labor, the value created by simple prayer is not cost-effective, and the major cities do not accept it.

After being silent for a long time, Zhong Qiyu said: "Let the Caoyun Gang, the Ten Thousand Halls and the major families donate, and then put some of them from the Fuyang granary, and survive this cold winter until February or March next year, Uncle Zhong, what do you think?" ”

Zhong Xiaozhong hesitated a little and said: "The Zhong clan came forward, they naturally did not dare to disobey, but I am afraid that there will be a lot of opinions in private, it is best to convene a council together and promise some benefits to appease."

In addition, the return of the Wei army of one million, the arrival of the year ago, will be a large expenditure, the current Xiahou war is suspended, but the situation in the northwest is clear, the Xiahou army may start the war again at any time, and the grain reserve is not suitable to move again......"

The woman in a palace skirt next to her met Zhong Qi and said: "Husband, you really have to be cautious about grain reserves, there are too many displaced people, and every day is a huge expense, even if the Xiahou family does not attack the city in the short term, but Shizun summoned the Qiyang army to return, presumably there are other arrangements, why don't you ask Shizun for advice?" ”

There was a round of deliberation.

Zhong Yu flew down to the thirty-fifth courtyard.

"The expectation is coming!"

"I've seen Aunt Yu, and the child has something to ask to see his father."

"Go ahead, your father is in the study, and he happens to be free."

"Yes."

Zhong Jiyu walked through the corridor and walked all the way to the main hall study, and saw his father sitting at the table, holding a bell and frowning in thought.

"The child meets his father!"

Zhong Yan looked up, put away the communication bell, and said with his head bowed, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhong Qi got up, poured a cup of tea, and explained the situation in detail.

"It's ......"

Zhong Yan nodded, pondered for a moment and said, "It's okay, the Bigu Dan stored in the clan can be taken out and used, which is enough to support the needs of the army for half a year, you go to your Aunt Qingyao...... As for the family in the city, if you want to stay in Qingyang to be stable, you have to follow the rules of my Zhong clan, Qingyang is the foundation of the family, and the people's will is very important, just do it according to your wishes. ”

Zhong Ji has been the head of the family for more than a year, Zhong Yan has completely delegated power, and his son has taken control of all the affairs in the clan, and he has asked for opinions a few times, no matter whether it is right or wrong, as long as it does not cause bad consequences, it is also decided by the other party.

To this day, even if he leaves, he can rest assured that he will hand over the family to his son.

"Yes!"

Zhong Qiyu bowed down and said yes, hesitated for a moment and asked: "Dare to ask, the Qiyang army has returned to Yan's million-strong army, but there will be an important war in the coming year?" Or, the civil war is at a critical juncture? ”

Zhong Yan bowed his head: "Almost, you can't fight endlessly like this, my father has decided to subordinate Ming Hao." ”

Slave...... Zhong Jiyu's eyes flashed, and he had some expectations in his heart, and the family was finally going to participate in the civil war left and right.

Wait for him to retreat.

Wei Siyu and Yun Qianxun came hand in hand, and the former asked, "What is the matter with Uncle Lin's summons?" ”

Zhong Yan looked at Yun Qianxun and said, "For you and Ziyi." ”

"What's wrong with me and Seventh Sister?" Yun Qianxun was stunned, and then reacted, mostly because of the beauty of the two of them.

Zhong Yan frowned and said, "Recently, there have been disciples of the Shenxiao Sect in Anlu City talking about you and Ziyi, and most of them will come to the door. ”

Wei Siyu hurriedly asked, "How did you suddenly notice the sixth and seventh sisters?" ”

Zhong Yan said: "It should be the last time the purple clothes showed their true face, the Xiahou family spread the news and expanded its influence, which attracted the attention of the lustful people of the Shenxiao Sect, and used this to kill people with a knife, and Qianhiro just mentioned it incidentally." ”

In the early years, there were few people in the Shenxiao Sect in the Yan Kingdom, and although Yun Qianxun was famous, he had the identity of a disciple of the Seven Peaks, and no one dared to covet it.

Later, Yun Qianxun pretended to be kidnapped by the evil cultivator Quan Boguang, went to Shattered Star Island, and disappeared.

After that, Yun Qianxun returned to Zhongfu, and the traces were rumored for a while, but they did not spread widely.

As for Yuan Ziyi, he has been well hidden until the last time the Xiahou army attacked the city, he was mistaken for 'Zhong Xi' when he saw the face of the country and the people.

Yun Qianxun laughed angrily: "We are already women, can the Shenxiao Sect, as a subordinate force, still be able to rob it?" ”

Zhong Yan sneered: "What do you say? What does personal behavior have to do with the Shenxiao Sect? ”

Wei Siyu and Yun Qianxun glanced at each other, both frowning, and the latter asked, "How are you going to deal with it?" ”

Zhong Yan shook his head and said, "It's not a big problem, let Zhang Ran come forward to solve it when the time comes." ”

With Zhang Ran's energy, it was easy to deal with this matter.

But.

After some deliberation, he decided that the Xiahou family only played the role of 'fuse', but it was Zhang Ran who wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble and earn favors.

There are three reasons for this.

First, it has been more than a year since the Xiahou army attacked the city, and the news has already spread, and the people of the Shenxiao Sect really want to covet the appearance of the two women, so they have already come;

Second, the inner line of the Shenxiao Sect developed by Lin Zhengping said that it was a disciple who had just come from the Chu State who was interested in the two girls;

Third, the time happened to be after he showed some of his strength in Liuli City and Zhang Ran came to Qingyang to play again.

If so.

What Zhong Yan is unhappy about is this feeling of being manipulated and controlled by others.

There was no big problem, Yun Qianxun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "I went to the eldest sister's, but I couldn't persuade me, and I didn't want to join the Zhong clan." ”

Wei Siyu said: "It should be reluctant to Qifeng, the eldest sister attaches more importance to power." ”

Zhong Yan pouted: "Don't lobby, in the future, she will go to the outer courtyard to see the children." ”

Su Yue is willing to marry, but he is not willing to marry.

gave birth to two children, and his loyalty is only 75, and he is not as good as many guests, why do you marry back? Exposing more family secrets?

Yun Qianxun said again: "There is nothing abnormal on Ni Sang's side. ”

The family has found out that Ni Sang is hiding in Sangtian Town with another child.

Zhong Yan thought for a while and said, "Don't worry about it, don't disturb it." ”

He suspected that Ni Sang had been taken away, and he was taken away by Uncle Mei of the Seven Peaks.

This idea had come to me as early as when Yun Qianxun secretly ran back and said that Mrs. Mei was sitting down.

To this day, the suspicion, or intuition, in his heart is even stronger.

There are four reasons for this:

First, Ni Sang and Wei Siyu have the same qualifications, Su Yue first arranged for the two of them to go to sea, and then changed to Yun Qianxun, if Mrs. Mei has the same qualifications as the two of them, it is more likely;

Second, although Yun Qianxun was bored on Shattered Star Island and had the idea of sneaking back, he only thought about it because Mrs. Mei had said before she sat down, 'If you want to go back, it's okay to go back', which finally contributed to Yun Qianhiro's move.

Third, when Yun Qianxun returned to Shattered Star Island again, he did not find Ni Sang for the first time, and it took three months for the two to converge, if you add the time on the way back and forth, it will be more than half a year.

Fourth, Ni Sang's personality changed a lot before and after he went to sea, and he was not so talkative.

It's just that these alone can't prove that Ni Sang was taken away, and until now there is no strong basis, and he doesn't dare to try it rashly.

If Ni Sangzhen was taken away, if Old Lady Mei was in a very high realm before she was injured, her divine sense might be so strong that it was unimaginable.

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