"Master, there is Licheng in front of me, one of my cousins' home is there, she is very good, she has been close to me since she was a child, and there are few people in our family who are good to me, but unfortunately she married far away, and she has not been in contact with me all these years. ”

On the back of the Flying Dragon Hump Beast, Li Yuan held the bamboo cage in his hand, pointed into the distance, and slowly opened his mouth towards the city lying on the plain.

"My cousin's maiden name is Li Ping, in our Li family, the two-character name of the clansman represents a lower status, but my cousin is a strong character, competing for the first place in everything, versatile, but the husband's family is not very good. ”

"The largest animal farm in Licheng is my cousin's family, and my cousin is also in charge of it, and I have always admired her. ”

"Anyway, we're going to stop here for two days to rest and rest, and then you can go to your cousin's house more, where is there so much emotion now?"

Miao Hu was lying behind, weak but angry, and his face was even more ugly.

He was a dignified innate master, and after staying on this flying dragon camel beast for a long time, he was a little dizzy, his stomach was churning, and he was extremely uncomfortable, and he had long wanted to go down to the ground to refresh himself.

"Yes, but when I left here, I said that I was going to break out of the world, but I wanted to go back to Beijing in a gloomy way, and I don't know how my cousin laughed at me. ”

Li Yuan smiled, not minding Miao Hu's tone who had been looking around for something to vent his frustration.

"Then let's go down!"

Zhang Bairen nodded, and pressed down with one hand, and the body of the dragon camel beast under him immediately fell downward, and the dragon body pounced towards the city below with the howling wind.

"Hoo ......"

The huge body and huge wings instigated a fierce wind, like two tornadoes, holding the dragon body and slowly landing towards a manor outside the city.

Most of the beasts are outside the city, and Licheng is no exception.

"Something seems wrong!"

Even though he was unwell, his rich experience in the rivers and lakes still made Miao Hu realize that something was wrong for the first time.

"What's wrong?"

Liu Ruyan straightened up, looking eager to try and eager to go on.

"The people below look a little wrong. ”

Miao Hu tightened the long knife behind his back, and before the Flying Dragon Hump Beast could land, he jumped down and landed lightly on the specially built grassland.

"Hurry up, there's a guest coming. ”

In the distant house, someone greeted from afar, and the helper who leaned on the doorrail came listlessly.

"This is the Sima family's beast farm?"

Li Yuan also sensed that something was wrong, with his cousin's temper, it was impossible for these subordinates to be so lazy.

"That's right, we are the Sima family's beast farm here. You ......"

In the distance, a little old man wearing a felt hat ran over quickly, and at the same time saluted this side with a respectful face, but when he saw Li Yuan, his face changed suddenly.

"Young Master Yuan?"

"It's me, you're the steward here, right? I saw you when I was passing by some time ago, where is my cousin?"

Li Yuan nodded, and glanced in all directions, looking for the familiar figure.

"Young Master Yuan...... , young grandma...... Young grandma, she's been arrested!"

The man in charge was stunned for a moment, then his face was full of terror, the corners of his mouth moved, and he fell to the ground on the spot, howling and crying.

"Ahh

Li Yuan was shocked, but he was worthy of his tenacity, so he immediately settled down, pulled the other party up, and tried to calm his tone to make himself less excited.

"Just the day before yesterday, the City Lord's Mansion ordered the arrest of the main family, the thirty-seven members of the Sima family, regardless of the old and the young, all of them were arrested and imprisoned!

The steward continued to cry, but he also intermittently talked about things.

It turned out that Licheng had not been able to destroy demons for several years, and many troops were fled by the monsters in advance, spending a lot of gold and silver, but they did not serve any purpose.

Therefore, the city lord suspected that someone had fornicated with monsters, so he sent someone to investigate it secretly.

This investigation found out to the Sima family.

Because, the Sima family's beast farm is obviously outside the city, but it has not been attacked by this monster in the past few years, and it has been stable, which naturally aroused the idea of someone with a heart.

After such an investigation, the Sima family's crime of fornicating with the demon clan was given by the City Lord's Mansion, and on the same day, all the Sima family members were arrested with lightning speed!

"My cousin fornicated with a monster?

Li Yuan's eyes widened, and he yelled on the spot. Fornicating with demons, in the Great Zhou, is a big crime to punish the nine clans! Although the Li family is not afraid, the Sima family will be widely implicated.

"Yes, most of the business of our beast farm is used to donate to officers and soldiers, and the income can only be almost the same in recent years, and the wages of the helpers are used for the previous foundation, how can it be possible to fornicate with monsters?"

The one in charge is also grief and indignation.

At this time, everyone had already arrived at a large hall, and the four sides were empty, and he had less scruples when he spoke.

"Actually, from Xiao Lao'er's point of view, this is all framed by the City Lord's Mansion!"

"What do you mean by that?"

Li Yuan's face was straight.

"Just a few days ago, the city lord's mansion asked the people in the city and the gentry to contribute their own money and silver, and once again sent troops to recruit demons. ”

The steward's face was hateful, and when he talked about the past, his thin body was trembling with anger.

"Our Sima family was under the control of the young grandmother in the past few years, and was known as one of the eight great gentry of Licheng, but as a result, the tree was beautiful in the forest wind and would destroy it, so it was naturally targeted by the city lord's mansion, and it was required to pay a large amount of gold and silver every year. ”

"How much?"

"Ten thousand taels of gold!"

The steward's face was angry, and he raised a finger fiercely, and the amount of money in his mouth also made the three of Li Yuan's sisters and brothers gasp.

"Ten thousand taels of gold?"

"That's right! That's it! The young grandmother put it all together, and finally got it together. But!"

The steward's eyes widened, and his voice changed tone.

"On the day of the payment, the people from the City Lord's Mansion suddenly doubled the amount to be paid!"

"Twenty thousand taels of gold, and so suddenly, this is to cut off the roots of our family! The young grandmother naturally would not agree, so she turned her face at that time, and even said that she would tell the county lord. As a result, you all saw that the day before yesterday, someone from the City Lord's Mansion came, and everyone in the Sima family was imprisoned. ”

Although his face was sad and angry, in the end, the steward's voice also became weak, full of helplessness and helplessness.

"Is there any reason for this?

Li Yuan was furious, his hands were clenched tightly, and the blue tendons on his face were violent.

"No wonder everyone desperately wants to be an official, such a way to accumulate money, I'm afraid that doing nothing will not make such a huge profit!"

Miao Hu sneered, with a hint of envy in her disdain.

I think that at the beginning, I took a mountain person to work hard, and it was only a thousand taels of gold all year round, and I had to remove eating, drinking and having fun, how could it be so easy.

"So what? The City Lord's Mansion is now the only one, and the three adults, the adjutant, the clerk, and the prison are also obedient, and the gentry and the people are like fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others!"

The steward spread his hands helplessly, and his expression was full of despair.

"No, I'm going to save my cousin!"

Li Yuan's expression was certain, and he immediately looked at Zhang Bairen, who was silent.

"Master, uncle!"

"Don't worry, there's a guest outside!"

Zhang Bairen waved his hand, and the next moment he heard a loud noise outside, as if a heavy object had fallen to the ground, accompanied by the miserable roar of the Flying Dragon Beast.

"Listen to the people inside, you have been surrounded! Quickly disarm and surrender, or we will wait for a random arrow to be fired, and you will die without a place to be buried!"