I have seen many vain Jane Nings, but this is the first time I have seen someone as vain as Ding Youtian. Who would boast about being handsome?
"Mom, I can't walk anymore." Erniu tugged at Jian Ning's sleeve, refusing to move. Jian Ning frowned. It had only been a few steps. From the kiln to the city gate, she and Ding Youtian each carried one child. This little girl was becoming more and more spoiled.
She was about to criticize her when Dabao said, "Third sister didn't even ask to be held."
"I'll carry you." Qiaofeng was about to squat down when Dabao's eyes flicked to Erniu. She pouted and shook her head, "I can still walk by myself. If my sister can, I can too."
"Second sister, let's have a race to see who can run faster." Sanniu pointed to a shop in front of her that was hung with red lanterns. "Whoever gets there first wins."
"I don't want it." Erniu's pout was so big that it looked like she could hang a bottle of oil on her lips. "I'm hungry and can't run anymore."
The voices of several people behind him came over, and one voice said: "It seems that the people of Yan are really poor. Even the children can't get enough to eat. It's pitiful, really pitiful."
"What do you know? The Yan people only value boys. In their eyes, girls belong to other families, so naturally they are reluctant to feed them enough."
"How foolish! Only the people of Yan Country could do such a foolish thing. In our Dayue Country, women are more respected than men. It is truly tragic to be a woman of Yan Country."
Dabao stopped, turned around, looked at them and said, "If that's the case, why are you wearing clothes from our Dayan people? Tsk, I get it. You Yue country women must be lazy and stupid. You can't even make clothes. You don't just wear animal skins on a daily basis, do you?"
"Dabao, you know so much." Qiaofeng said with a smile, "I heard it from my grandfather. He said that the women of Yue Country can't weave and are too lazy to learn. That's why the men of Yue Country always come to our Dayan Country to steal clothes, shoes and socks. They steal everything. In their eyes, things from our Dayan Country are rare and precious. Otherwise, they wouldn't spend five thousand coins to buy a broken cup and bowl."
Sanniu pointed at them and asked, "Are they thieves?"
"Hey! What nonsense are you talking about, little kid?" A man glared at Sanniu and the others, then looked at Ding Youtian, "The child is rude and uneducated, and don't adults know any etiquette?"
Jian Ning sneered, "You still know etiquette? Etiquette is for people, not you. You don't deserve it!"
"How dare you!" Two men stepped forward, one of them pointing angrily at Jian Ning, "Who are you calling unworthy?"
"I'm talking to you. Do you not understand what I say, or do you have donkey hair stuck in your ears?" Ding Youtian walked up to Jian Ning with a smile, took Jian Ning's hand, raised his head and looked at them without waiting for Jian Ning to speak.
The two men were about to explode, but the man who had bought the cups earlier coughed lightly, and then they stopped moving and just glared at Ding Youtian and Jian Ning.
Apparently, this man was the leader of the five of them. He straightened his waist and said loudly, "I am Pei Xiyuan. I am outspoken. This is their first time to accompany me to Yan State for fun. If they have offended me in any way, please forgive me. I apologize on their behalf."
He said he was apologizing, but his expression was extremely arrogant and he didn't seem to be in the slightest bit guilty.
"What the hell!" Old Qin couldn't hold it in any longer. He glared and cursed, "How can you apologize with your eyes looking up at the sky like this? This is the first time in my life that I've seen such a thing. Your parents didn't teach you how to speak, and they made me teach you. If you want to apologize, you should look like you're apologizing properly. You haven't even bent your waist. What kind of apology are you making?"
"Hehe." Blind Liu laughed and said, "Brother, anger is harmful to your health. Calm down. It's okay for you to argue with me, but it's not worth it to argue with other people. It's really not worth it."
He shook his head, which made the middle-aged man opposite him furious. He pointed at him and said, "Who do you call a toy, old dog?"
"Who are you talking about, old dog?" Blind Liu asked back.
"Talk about you!"
"Oh." Blind Liu chuckled twice again.
Ding Youtian and Qin Yifan looked at each other and burst into laughter. The middle-aged man reacted belatedly and his old face turned red in an instant. Without saying a word, he raised his fist and stepped forward to beat Blind Liu. Just as he took a big step, his knees bent and he fell to his knees on the ground with a thud.
"Alas, what's the point of such a big gift? Even though it's New Year's Day, the old blind man didn't give you any New Year's money. You're not a child anymore, so get up quickly."
"Are you going to do something dirty?" Just as one of them was about to move, he fell to his knees with a thud.
"Hmph, we won't allow you, the scoundrels, to run rampant on the land of our Dayan Nation." Qin Yifan's smile was still there, but his tone had turned cold. "Be smart and keep your tails between your legs. If you just keep causing trouble, don't blame me for charging you with provoking disturbances!"
They didn't seem surprised at all that he was an official. Pei Xiyuan even smiled, but it was a cold smile. He raised his chin and said, "I have already apologized. It was your people who spoke rudely afterwards. As the local official, County Magistrate Qin should treat everyone equally. Moreover, isn't your country known for its etiquette? Don't you have an old saying that everyone who comes is a guest? May I ask, County Magistrate Qin, is this how you treat your guests?"
"Bah!" Qiao Feng pointed at his nose and said, "The one who is invited should be the guest. Those who come uninvited are shameless!"
"Shame on you, shame on you!" Sanniu scratched her little face, stuck out her tongue and made a face at him.
The people who came from the kiln saw that something was wrong, and after entering the city, they surrounded them, talking to each other, pointing and talking at them, and some even spit at them, shouting at Qin Yifan to arrest them all and put them in jail.
Pei Xiyuan's face was full of excitement. It just so happened that Feng and Sanniu were both children, so he couldn't take his anger out on them. He also saw that Blind Liu was no ordinary person. The other party was also very sharp-tongued and verbally aggressive, so he couldn't gain any advantage. There seemed to be no reason for him to attack, so he could only suppress his anger.
He bowed to Qin Yifan and said, "Thank you for your advice. See you later." After that, he flicked his long sleeves and led his men in another direction.
Ding Youtian glanced in their direction, then turned to ask Qin Yifan, "You just addressed me as 'this official' and didn't say whether you were the county magistrate or the county magistrate's assistant. Yet he knew you were the county magistrate and your last name was Qin. It seems he knows you very well. Do you know their details?"
Qin Yifan shook his head and said, "I'll have someone check it out later."
Old Qin said, "Let's investigate thoroughly. These people have bad intentions. That Pei thing is not a good guy either. I'm afraid he has some background."
On the way back, they kept discussing this matter. Jian Ning listened from the side and roughly understood that this Dayue Kingdom should be the Liao Kingdom.
In the second year of Yongping, the Liao Kingdom launched a large-scale invasion, but was defeated by the Dayan Army led by King Pingnan. The two countries stopped fighting and signed a friendly alliance agreement. Only then did the border counties resume trade and exchanges.
Historically, these nomadic peoples, due to their lack of resources, had a need for external expansion and constantly provoked wars in order to obtain compensation.
It has only been peaceful for more than 30 years. Are they going to start another war?
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