These barbarian troops totaled 100,000 men. Apart from the main force sent by Xuchuan Prefecture, the other troops from the other counties were scattered and disorganized.
Commonly known as the grain-collecting team.
Only then was the entire Xu Chuan mansion filled with people.
He was busy here and there, so how could he possibly go back?
However, considering that Song Shi had already been rescued by Jiang Bai, she probably didn't need him to help her get the travel permit.
Ji Yanwen's expression fell for a moment, but he quickly composed himself.
That woman has no heart.
However, judging by the time, it has been almost a year since the two got married. The tax collectors from the county government should be coming to their door soon, right?
Ji Yanwen was lost in thought and didn't even hear Ming Yu speaking to him.
Until Mingyu called him again.
He looked at him and replied, "It's been several months since I last came back."
"What month is it?" Mingyu asked, feigning surprise.
"Now that the main force of the barbarians is blocked outside Xuchuan Prefecture, Yanwen, would you like to go home and take a look?"
Ji Yanwen glanced at him in surprise. Was this kid really willing to let him go back? Did he have some other plans?
Perhaps his gaze was too direct, for Mingyu awkwardly touched his nose and said, "It's been quite a while since I've seen my cousin-in-law, so why don't we go together?"
It appeared to be a request for his opinion, but it was actually just a notification.
Ji Yanwen's face immediately turned blank.
He calls Jiang Bai his cousin-in-law, and he calls him Yanwen. If there's nothing fishy going on here, he'll twist his head off and give it to him to sit on.
"Your Highness, won't you stay and wait for news?"
Not long ago, he obtained a highly skilled medical guard from Jiang Bai and sent him to the capital, entrusting the Yang family to deliver him to the palace.
It is said that Consort Jia used to love Mingyu the most, but after catching a cold, her temperament suddenly changed.
Not only did he become indifferent to Mingyu, but he also became less friendly towards the Yang family.
Instead, she became obsessed with love and romance, which made the emperor infatuated with her. Many court officials also admired her beauty and became her devoted followers.
The reason why the barbarians attacked the Qian Yuan Kingdom was because the barbarian prince was bewitched by her and insisted on marrying her as his queen.
The emperor refused, so the barbarians simply invaded.
Who knows how the barbarian prince in the far west became so attracted to the beautiful concubine in the deep palace that he insisted on marrying her?
All that is known is that this Consort Jia is as if she is bewitched, and every outstanding minister loves her, yet she only acts out of affection and keeps within the bounds of propriety, making it impossible for anyone to have her.
Otherwise, Mingyu probably wouldn't have found her a doctor, but would have defied the world and murdered his mother.
"No need to wait anxiously, they will send news when they have it."
When the capital was mentioned, Ming Yu's expression turned cold.
Consort Jia's abnormal behavior had been going on for several years, and he had long since lost any maternal affection for her. The reason he sought out a skilled physician was simply to put his mind at ease.
The thought of that gentle and loving woman brought a touch of bitterness to my mind.
Ji Yanwen knew he shouldn't have brought up that person; by blood, she was his own aunt.
Even so, when the Ji family was executed and exiled, she didn't say a word in their defense.
At that time, she was the emperor's most favored concubine. If she had just said one word, the Ji family would not have been completely destroyed.
Thinking of his mother and sisters who died in the music hall, Ji Yanwen's face turned cold.
For a moment, neither of them had anything to say.
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Jiangjia Village.
After the clan chief told the villagers that Zhao Jiuchang was willing to buy grain at a high price, many families in the village were tempted.
However, they weren't stupid, and they didn't immediately sell their own food rations.
Instead, following Jiang Bai's advice, each family sent a message to their relatives in the city, obtained travel permits, and then went to the nearest county town to buy grain.
After buying the grain, they used the clan chief's words to talk to Zhao Jiuchang and others, and finally sold it to them at a price of 110 coins per catty.
It was ten coins more than the price Zhao Jiuchang had offered.
The villagers of the original Zhao Family Village were dissatisfied, but they had no connections here, so even though the grain was expensive, they had to grit their teeth and buy it.
Each family has a large family to support.
They were dissatisfied, and so were the people of Jiangjia Village.
After they made these purchases a few times, they received no response no matter how many times they sent messages to their relatives in the city.
However, it was because food was also in short supply in the city, and the city's residents had all received notices that people from outside the city were not allowed to enter the city to buy food.
The tense atmosphere made the villagers of Jiangjia Village panic as well.
"Chieftain, are the barbarians about to invade our territory?"
They were terrified.
Thinking about the food stored at home, it would only last for a few months at most.
Originally, they thought they would have enough food to eat after the autumn harvest, so they sold all the grain from the city to the people from Zhao Family Village. But if the barbarians invade this place, how can the crops in the fields grow?
"Don't talk nonsense."
The clan chief scolded the man a few times, and although he appeared normal on the surface, he was actually a little flustered inside.
The villagers don't just have relatives from Nan'an County; they also have relatives from several nearby counties.
Even in some remote counties, relatives have settled in the city.
Now that all their relatives have refused them, it means that the people in the city have also heard the news, and they are afraid that the barbarians are really going to attack.
"Don't think too much about it. First, gather and organize the grain at home. I'll go ask Daya to see if we can give her a piece of land in Pingshan."
The clan chief was also panicked, wondering if he should hide for a while.
If you want to escape, Pingshan is undoubtedly the best place to go.
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