Chapter 483: Can't resist my charm
A servant took out a bag and threw it to one of the farmhands. "Go back and fill it with spring water before dawn tomorrow. Someone will come to pick you up."
The commoner took the bag, weighed it carefully, and then revealed an embarrassment: "Master, the amount of copper coins you gave me today is wrong. It's less than yesterday."
"Oh, what's wrong? I gave you fifty cents, not a cent less. You must have embezzled it and wanted to frame me."
After saying that, the man pulled out the whip from his waist and started whipping the farmer.
The farmer didn't dare to hide and could only grit his teeth and endure it.
In a few seconds, the farmer's body was covered in blood.
The farmer screamed in pain and rolled on the ground.
After whipping him more than ten times, the servant cursed, "Bah! You bastard! Our princess asked your village to carry water because she thinks highly of you.
How dare you take this opportunity to attack the princess? Are you tired of living?
Do you know what the charge is for slandering the princess?
Even if you go to court, you have to roll on the nail board first.
Pooh!
You ungrateful bastard!"
After the servant finished speaking, he whipped the farmer a few more times, then waved his hand and left with the water cart.
Wait until this group of people go far away.
Wen Yan asked Pei'er to drive over.
The farmer who was beaten had been helped up by his companions.
He was beaten all over, his clothes were torn and his skin was torn in many places.
Wen Yan asked Pei'er: "Do we have any medicine for injuries?"
"Yes." Pearl got into the carriage and took out a bottle of medicine for external injuries and a bottle of medicine for internal injuries from the box under the cushion.
"Give these medicines to this brother." Wen Yan gestured, and Pei'er handed the medicine over.
The farmer's companion took the medicine and thanked Wen Yan repeatedly.
Wen Yan smiled gently and winked at Pei'er.
Pearl took a water bag from the carriage and walked towards the men.
After a while, she returned to the carriage.
Wen Yan handed her some tea and asked, "Have you found out what's going on?"
"It's so hot, and I've been chatting for so long that my throat is almost smoking." Pei'er gulped down two large glasses of water before she recovered. "Miss, you don't know how excessive the Lan family is..."
Then, Pei'er told her what she had heard.
It turned out that Princess Ruixue learned that there was a very sweet spring in the mountain behind their village.
Lan Tingxue ordered someone to buy the small area of the mountain behind where the spring was, to enclose the spring, and to forbid the villagers at the foot of the mountain from using the spring water.
Not only that.
They also hired villagers to transport water to the capital at the price of ten cents per person per day.
Carrying water is hard and tiring, but these servants of the Lan family deliberately withhold their wages.
Just like just now, after being exploited by the servants, only three cents were left of the ten cents a day wage.
If you argue with them, you will only get beaten.
If you dare to resist, you will be subjected to even more brutal retaliation.
"The most important thing is that the Lan family cut off the water supply. They would rather waste the water than give it to the villagers.
Not only are villagers struggling to get drinking water, but the few acres of crops that were once barely enough to support their livelihood are also withering away. "I'm afraid their village will not even have a harvest this year!"
Pearl became more and more angry as she spoke.
Crops are the lifeblood of farmers.
The Lan family not only cuts off people's source of income, but now they are completely denying them any chance to survive.
Pei'er looked at Wen Yan expectantly: "Miss, isn't your son-in-law in the Dali Temple? Can he handle this case? Can he help those villagers?"
Wen Yan said, "I know the situation well. After entering the city, go find Aunt Shuang and ask her to come see me."
Since the Lan family personally handed the evidence to her, she didn't have to be polite.
"Okay!" Pei'er responded happily and drove the carriage out.
Miss, please go to Aunt Shuang. She will definitely take care of this matter.
**
It was already past lunchtime, and Wen Yan was ravenous.
After entering the city, when passing by a gourd chicken shop, Wen Yan saw that there were two gourd chickens left in the shop. He stopped the carriage and bought the remaining two.
(ps: Gourd Chicken, the ancient version of fried chicken)
Wen Yan took one back to Qingfeng Xiaolou to eat herself, and gave the other to Pei'er.
Wen Yan held the gourd chicken and said to Pei'er, "This place is quite close to Qingfeng Xiaolou. I'll walk back. You can drive the carriage to find Aunt Shuang."
After 'Qingfeng Xiaolou' closed down, Wen Yan originally wanted to give Aunt Shuang a vacation so that she could recuperate for a while.
But Aunt Shuang couldn't sit still and insisted on going to "Yidian Mo" to help.
However, today the Wen family's slaves were sold, so Wen Yan asked Aunt Shuang to secretly buy the informant and his family, and then give them freedom.
Pearl drove away in the carriage.
Wen Yan tore off a chicken leg and walked back while chewing it.
Eating while walking is not very elegant for a woman, but who cares?
As she walked, she suddenly stopped.
Outside a dim sum shop in front, Huo Yaoxing was holding a plate of pastry and walking towards a carriage.
A pair of slender hands stretched out from the carriage, took the Sushan, and said something to Huo Yaoxing. Huo Yaoxing showed a gentle and restrained smile on his face.
He nodded towards the carriage and watched it leave.
Then, he saw Wen Yan coming towards the carriage.
Wen Yan was wearing a soft and flowing cloak.
Wen Yan tilted her head and looked towards the carriage.
The cloak was pure white, reflecting a soft light under the scorching midday sun, making Wen Yan look as if she would transform into a fairy in the next moment.
Huo Yaoxing was stunned by Wen Yan's beauty.
The carriage drove away.
Wen Yan turned around and prepared to leave.
Huo Yaoxing quickly caught up with her: "Wen Yan."
Wen Yan pretended not to hear.
Huo Yaoxing actually grabbed her arm directly.
"You scoundrel, don't touch me." Wen Yan waved his arms away in fear.
"Wen Yan, are you jealous?" Huo Yaoxing turned to face her, looked at her with a smile, and wanted to get closer to her, "Wen Yan, listen to my explanation, it wasn't what you saw just now.
I originally wanted to buy some Sushan to send to you, but Princess Jinghe wanted to eat it but didn't want to queue.
Her mother is the eldest princess, so I had to give it to her.
Don't worry, I will buy some Sushan tomorrow and deliver it to you personally.
Then you won’t be angry with me anymore.”
As Huo Yaoxing spoke, he began to feel aggrieved.
Wen Yan was about to vomit the chicken leg she had just eaten, and almost threw the rest of the gourd chicken at him.
"Master Huo, I think you're mistaken. I'm not familiar with you, and I'm not angry with you." Wen Yan took two steps back, put herself at a safe distance, then turned and ran.
"Wen Yan..., Yan Yan..." Huo Yaoxing stretched out his hand to try to keep her but failed. In his heart, he was thinking: She said she wasn't angry, so why did she run away so fast!
Seeing that he was getting closer to Jinghe, he started to feel jealous.
Wen Yan.
Even if I were to live again, you would still not be able to resist my charm.
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