Before the sun set, Wei Yunlan finally saw the red-footed falcon flying from the east.
After reading the contents of the letter, my uneasy heart finally calmed down.
My father has arrived safely at Beiguan.
The situation was better than expected. Lord Gong, the Northern Border Defense Commander, was quite friendly. In just a short while, my father had decided where to stay in Northern Border and was given a job copying documents in the City Affairs Office.
After hearing Wei Yunlan's retelling of the letter, Gao was greatly relieved. "This is much better than doing hard labor and repairing the city wall."
Fortunately, Guard Xiao reminded me to send the memorial exposing the Holy Moon Cult to the capital. Otherwise, I would not have been able to avoid hard labor and get such an easy job.
"I have to thank Mr. Xiao." Gao said to Wei Yunlan, "You didn't prepare any tuition for practicing martial arts before, so now I have prepared an extra gift to give to Mr. Xiao and Team Leader Yu before we arrive at Beiguan."
Wei Yunlan had the same idea.
Along the way, they got along quite well with the people of Tianshu Pavilion. Although both sides did spend money on the relationship, the care that Tianshu Pavilion gave them had already exceeded the weight of the 25,000 taels of silver.
In Wei Yunlan's heart, Mingxuan's life alone is worth far more than 25,000 taels of silver!
"Earlier in Lishui County, we found out about a few manors on the east bank of the river that were not affected by the famine." Gao suggested, "Your sister-in-law and I have some silver notes hidden on us. After we buy the manors and land deeds, you can use the remaining silver notes to buy some gifts in the city?"
"Okay." Wei Yunlan nodded in agreement, but he already had an idea of giving a gift in his mind.
In a desolate place like Huangzhou, you can't buy any rare items even if you have silver. Instead of wasting the silver, it would be better to pick out a few real treasures from the dowry she placed in the space to express her sincerity and gratitude.
After the previous night's conversation, Wei Yunlan no longer carried all the responsibilities on her own shoulders. For example, she handed over the matter of setting up the farm to Gao.
The mother and daughter had already discussed their requirements for the manor. Since entering the Wasteland State, Gao had been constantly looking for a suitable manor, and now she had found one. After crossing the Dan River, the convoy, under her command, headed to Danyun City in the northeast.
There is the largest pawnshop in the eastern part of Huangzhou, east of the Dan River. More than 50% of the manors that I have inquired about before can trade directly there.
They don't have much time left, so this is the most efficient way.
Galloping all the way, the Wei family's team arrived at Danyun before the city gate fell.
Unlike the southern part of Dan River, near Dan Lake, this place was not affected too much by the disaster, and the city was still prosperous. Seeing that they did not look like locals, the inn's guide introduced them enthusiastically: "Although our Danyun is not the capital of Huangzhou, it is more prosperous than the capital. Do you see that seven-story building over there? It is the Zhaiyue Tower, which was built in imitation of the Wangyue Tower in the capital. The scenery is first-class!"
The guards of Tianshu Pavilion, who were a few steps behind the Wei family, paused slightly when they heard this.
Feng Ping, who was walking beside Qi Xu, couldn't help but glance at his master.
Didn't expect that a replica of their Moon-Watching Tower would appear in such a remote state?
Gao, who was walking in the front, glanced in the direction of the Zhaiyue Tower and asked, "This Zhaiyue Tower looks very new, but was it recently built?"
"It was just completed last month!" When talking about the Moon-Picking Tower, the waiter looked very proud and said, "Many scholars and writers heard that the Moon-Picking Tower is a good place to climb and see the moon and stars, so they came all the way from other cities. Since our inn is not far from the Moon-Picking Tower, our business has improved a lot."
Looking at the buildings that are still brightly lit even at night, it is hard to imagine that within the same state less than a hundred miles away, there are so many people who are hungry and in danger of losing their lives.
As if not noticing the silence of the Wei family, the waiter turned around and pointed in another direction opposite to the Zhaiyue Tower. "I heard that Master Cao is going to build another Zhaixing Tower over there. By then, our place will definitely be more prosperous than it is now. Who knows, people from other states may come here specially!"
Hearing the waiter mention "Master Cao", Wei Yunlan frowned slightly and asked, "I wonder if this Master Cao is the same as the new Mr. Cao who came last year..."
"It seems that this is your first time visiting Danyun City."
Seeing that Wei Yunlan and the others knew nothing, the waiter explained to them: "Master Cao is the elder brother of Lord Cao. They are brothers from the same mother!"
"I see." Wei Yunlan lowered his eyes.
Even a small innkeeper knew about this relationship and made no secret of it, which shows how powerful the Cao family is in this area.
No wonder he dared to make such a fuss about water conservancy matters that concern the people of an entire state!
I just don’t know if the people in Beijing know about what’s happening here?
Is it because it is located in a remote area that what happened here has never been reported back, or is it that it was reported back to the capital a long time ago but was covered up?
Just as Wei Yunlan was beginning to have doubts, Qi Xu, who was standing not far behind her, was also thinking the same thing.
The grief I felt when I saw the crops destroyed on both sides of the river instantly turned into indignation.
If the Cao family had spent half as much time on building the river as they did on constructing the Zhaiyue Tower and the Zhaixing Tower, the people would not have suffered so much!
If they had spent half a cent more of the money they had used to create a prosperous place here on the disaster-stricken areas, there wouldn't have been so many people forced to sell their wives and children due to hunger.
But unfortunately, these instigators of the disaster do not care about the lives of the people at all.
Hundreds of miles away, while the people were suffering, they were living a life of debauchery and pleasure here!
The long-lost murderous intent rose in his heart. Qi Xu had never wanted to sit in that position so urgently as at this moment, to hold the power of life and death, and to kill all the corrupt officials who exploited the people with his sword.
Sensing that something was wrong in the atmosphere behind him, Wei Yunlan turned around and his gaze met Qi Xu's eyes filled with anger.
Slightly startled, she felt the murderous intent in those eyes at this moment.
The thought that came to my mind when I crossed the river earlier resurfaced in my mind.
At this moment, she was certain that the "Guard Xiao" in front of her must be someone extremely loyal to Dayong.
He attaches much more importance to the land and people of Dayong than ordinary people.
This made Wei Yunlan curious. Who was the person who trained Guard Xiao and the rest of the Tianshu Pavilion? What was the relationship between Tianshu Pavilion and Dayong, or the Dayong royal family?
She had a strange guess in her mind.
In the previous life, Tianshu Pavilion only appeared in everyone's vision six years later when Princess Changping was sent to marry the Northern Barbarians.
Princess Changping is the only legitimate princess who shares the same mother as the crown prince...
The crown prince has died, and Changping has married.
Tianshu Pavilion began to appear in the public eye, protecting the people but ignoring the royal family and the powerful.
Putting all these things together, no one would believe it if they were told that they had nothing to do with the Crown Prince or the late Queen's lineage.
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