Chapter 150 Is Lady Ye's Man Here?
Liu Wenshu had just left when Sha Niu figured she'd be arriving soon.
She went on this trip with a mission.
"Madam, the items have been delivered and should arrive soon." Hui Gu, disguised as an old man, took a long detour before finally returning home.
"I don't know if it was the right thing to do to send that silly girl on this trip."
Ye Wan looked at the yellowing leaves outside. A gust of autumn wind blew by, and it was almost the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Last autumn, I was too busy making a living to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. This year, Lin Anyuan is not here, and Sha Niu has also left.
Ye Wan felt that she was naturally aloof and rarely cared about others, but now she had one more person to care about.
Hui Gu comforted Ye Wan, "I've reached the age of retirement, but Silly Girl is still young. This is her own choice."
The silly girl has almost mastered martial arts with her, and given her innate superhuman strength, it would be a waste for her to stay in this village. It would be better to send her out to make a name for herself.
This was suggested by the silly girl herself.
"Mother, Hongmei is getting married. I want to go to her house to see her. Do you want to come?"
Er Ya pushed open the door with a creak and came out of the house dressed in a new outfit.
After learning about aesthetics from Aunt Cai for half a year, Er Ya's aesthetic sense is no longer so bizarre, but she still has one flaw: she likes to dress up in flamboyant ways.
"I'm not going. Be careful if you go." Ye Wan didn't have a good impression of Hongmei's family.
She didn't like to get involved in the village's weddings and funerals.
"knew."
Just as Er Ya was about to leave, Ye Wan called her back, "Wait a minute, weren't we supposed to get married after the New Year? How come we're getting married so early in the autumn?"
Ye Wan has a good memory; she remembered what Er Ya said last time about Hongmei getting married after the New Year.
"Oh dear, the man she was betrothed to is no longer a good match. His family has increased the dowry and wants Hongmei to marry into the family early to bring good luck."
Er Ya didn't know what "marrying for good luck" meant at first, so she asked Aunt Cai and felt very sorry for Hong Mei.
If the ritual goes well, things will be a little easier in the end. But if it doesn't go well, the blame will definitely fall on Hongmei.
Ye Wan waved her hand to let Er Ya go, and couldn't help but frown, "It's too outrageous to drag a twelve-year-old child to marry someone off."
She remembered that Hongmei was older than Erya, and about the same age as Daya. Daya didn't like going out and socializing. Erya and Sanya, on the other hand, were always out and about.
Hui Gu had washed away her disguise and stood behind Ye Wan in her true form. "If one day Madam stands in a high position, this trend will naturally change."
Ye Wan was taken aback.
Suddenly, she thought of Lin Anyuan. "You know... I wonder if Lin Anyuan is capable enough to get a government position."
She's not capable of conquering an empire; she's just a lazy bum waiting to reap the rewards.
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Lin Anyuan was in a very bad state at this time.
The main problem is that I haven't eaten for three days and I'm extremely hungry.
"Damn it, these bastards are trying to surround us and kill us here. I'd rather be hacked to death than starve to death!"
Qin, the big guy, was panting heavily, feeling incredibly hungry and his stomach was burning. He ate more than others and couldn't stand being hungry for long.
They've been trapped on Black Wind Slope for almost a month now, and they've run out of food. If this continues, they're sure to starve to death.
"Sir, let's go out and fight. It's better than starving to death here."
If they continue to starve like this, they won't even have the strength to resist, and they'll starve to death. It would be utterly pathetic.
"Wait a little longer, it will be dark tonight."
Lin Anyuan closed his eyes and listened to the sound of the wind.
There was a traitor among them during the capture of Black City. Although the traitor has been killed, the five hundred personal guards he brought with him are now surrounded by the imperial army.
Just then, four men arrived outside Black Wind Slope, leading a four-ounce donkey cart, which was bulging with cargo.
"Who goes there?!"
They were intercepted before they even got close.
A burly man hurriedly jumped off the donkey cart, smiling obsequiously, "Sir, I'm a镖师 (bodyguard/escort), passing by Black Wind Slope, please do me a favor."
"A caravan escort? You dare to go on a caravan with just a few people? You're really bold. I've heard there are a lot of bandits in this area. How did you get here?"
A junior leader, holding a weapon, examined the donkey cart; it was the first time he had ever seen a donkey cart used for escorting goods.
"It's nothing valuable, the bandits wouldn't even look at it," the burly man said with a forced smile.
What are all these things in the car?
As they were talking, someone patted the covered goods, and a cloud of dust rose up, making everyone cough.
“These are all clods of earth.” The burly man said, pulling back the cloth covering them to reveal large clods of earth.
"Holy crap! Are you out of your mind? Escorting four truckloads of clods of dirt!"
The burly man hurriedly explained, "This is cargo from out of town. He said his mother is dying and asked her son to bury her with soil from their hometown before she passed away. That's why he made this shipment. Four cartloads of soil, enough to bury someone. It got rained on the way, so it clumps together. We'll just crush it when we get back."
The leader stabbed the blade with his knife, and dirt fell from it. "We can't go any further. Let's go around."
The burly man said with a pained expression, "Hey, sir, we'll be there once we get past Black Wind Slope. If we take a detour, it'll take forever."
"That's your own business, get lost! Don't blame me for being ruthless with my knife if you say another word!"
The burly man was startled, then cautiously approached, revealing a pained expression. "Sir, this is a gift for you. Please have some tea."
"This is all the money I have on me, please do me a favor!"
After glancing at the bag of silver in his hand, the leader quietly relented.
"The car can go in, but only one person can go in... but this donkey is absolutely out of the question!"
If we send the donkey in, those rebels will be full and have more energy.
I wonder how much effort it took to trap them here. I heard there's a fierce general of a rebel leader inside.
Just wait one more day, until the rebels are too weak from hunger to fight them. Killing them will be as easy as cutting vegetables and melons. Then we can offer this fierce general up to them...
What a great achievement!
The burly man immediately unloaded the donkey cart, sent the other three to drive the donkeys back, and pulled the cart full of clods of dirt into Black Wind Slope by himself.
"Why did you let people in?!"
Bi Wan had just finished dealing with the two peasant girls he had kidnapped in the tent when he came out after receiving the news. Just then, he saw a burly man pulling the last cart into Black Wind Slope, and he was immediately enraged.
Bi Wan was the general in charge of suppressing the rebellion. He suffered three defeats at the hands of Lin Anyuan and bribed an insider. It took a lot of effort to trap the opposing general in this place.
As long as he can send Lin Anyuan's head back to the capital, his previous defeats will be nothing.
The junior leader, Bi Wan's deputy, hurriedly explained, "General, we've already checked. Those four cartloads of clods of earth—even if they were capable, they wouldn't be eating dirt, would they?"
Whether the rebels kill that burly man or not is none of his business.
Upon hearing this, Bi Wan asked, "Are you sure it's a clod of dirt?"
"Absolutely true!"
"I am indeed Madam Ye's nephew!"
Silly Girl hauled loads of goods to Black Wind Slope, where she was captured and mistaken for a spy sent by the imperial court. Silly Girl then shouted loudly.
"Is Madam Ye's husband here? Your nephew is here!"
"Who is this? Their noise is awful."
All men and women will starve to death!
"Madam Ye? Whose woman is surnamed Ye! Your nephew is here!"
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