"Datian, it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. Just stay in bed and don't get any chronic illness!"
Liu Datian sat in the main room weaving baskets. He grinned and said, "Dad, it's all right. I can't count on the crops this year. I went to cut some bamboo and weave some baskets to sell at the market."
Liu Yigen glanced at Liu Datian, reached out to pinch his son's thigh, tilted his head and asked suspiciously, "Are you really okay?"
"I'm really fine now. That knife was scary, but luckily it didn't hit the bone. I listened to my father and just lay down somewhere and pretended to be dead."
"After the battle, they finally found me while cleaning up the battlefield. Dad, you don't know how scared I was at that time. I was afraid they would kill me with a knife, but what happened in the end..."
Liu Datian wiped his sweat with a sweat cloth and grinned, "In the end, they rounded up over a hundred thousand of us, and the general gave us a lecture in the rain before letting us all go. Isn't that strange?"
This is certainly a bit strange.
Liu Yigen sat on the threshold with his back to the door, lit another cigarette, looked at his son, and asked curiously, "Did you hear clearly what the general said?"
"It was still raining hard, so I couldn't hear him clearly. I could vaguely hear him say... everyone should go back and live a good life... He also said something about good times coming. Anyway, his implication was that the Liao Dynasty would definitely be destroyed, and this place would be transformed, and everything would be fine in the future..."
Liu Datian looked at his father, his eyes full of longing: "Dad, do you think it's possible that things will really get better?"
Liu Yigen took a deep drag on his cigarette and exhaled a long stream of smoke. "Who knows? I hope it will be better than before."
At this time, his wife Liu came over with a basket in her hand. "The girl from Old Yu's family picked some mint tea. She said it's refreshing and can help you cool down. I want you to drink some..."
As she spoke, Liu stood on tiptoe and looked toward the village entrance, whispering, "Old man, I just saw a carriage parked at the entrance of our village. It's huge, pulled by eight horses. Magistrate Sun of Heye County only has a carriage pulled by one horse. I'm afraid some very important person has arrived."
Liu Yigen laughed, "Even County Magistrate Sun is unwilling to settle down in our Huanglin Village, and other important figures don't even bother to look at this shabby place of ours... What are they thinking?"
Yes, I guess it was because the weather was too hot, and the big shot just wanted to stop under the poplar tree at the entrance of the village to rest and cool off.
"Then I'll go get some mint tea and make a pot for you two."
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Under the scorching sun, Fu Xiaoguan, wearing a linen short shirt and waving a paper fan, stood at the entrance of the village.
The village was very quiet, with no sounds of chickens or dogs, only the annoying chirping of cicadas.
Li Xiucai, who lived at the south entrance of the village, hid in the house and looked nervously through the small window on the earthen wall - the carriage was pulled by eight horses, and the rest of the carriages were also pulled by six horses!
The carriage looked simple and elegant, but according to the rules of the Liao Dynasty, only the Liao emperor could ride in a dragon chariot pulled by nine horses when he went on tour...that carriage did not look like a dragon chariot.
Li Xiucai had never seen what a dragon chariot looked like, but he thought it must be extremely luxurious. Although this carriage was spacious, it was obviously still a long way from being luxurious.
So... this must be some big shot!
By the way, he is guarded by so many soldiers. It seems that this important figure holds a very important position in Daxia... Maybe he is the imperial envoy of the Emperor of Daxia?
Liu Jin looked up at the scorching sun in the sky and quickly held a paper umbrella over Fu Xiaoguan's head. "Master, it's too hot. How about going to the poplar forest over there to cool off? The Empress Dowager and the other ladies are drinking water over there to cool off. Master, why don't you go and rest a little?"
Fu Xiaoguan frowned slightly as he looked at the seemingly deserted village. After a moment, he shook his head and said, "Let's go and take a look in the fields."
"It's such a big day, and the wild water river has dried up. It probably hasn't rained for a long time, and the crops in the fields are probably suffering."
Having said this, Fu Xiaoguan turned and walked towards the field outside the village. Liu Jin was stunned and hurriedly followed him. Looking at Bei Wangchuan, a smile appeared on his dark face.
He took a big sip of water, carried the Sun-Breaking Bow on his back, and followed Fu Xiaoguan.
In the poplar forest.
Xu Yunqing looked at the fat man and asked in a low voice, "Don't tell me?"
"What?" the fat man asked weakly.
"What else could it be? I didn't ask about this matter, so it's not easy for him to ask. Are all the people in the Linjiang Fu Mansion...really killed?"
An indescribable look appeared on the fat man's face. After a moment, he nodded and said, "They used poison. They all died peacefully without alarming the neighbors. They were all thrown into the Yangtze River."
"Those children are innocent!"
"...Yunqing, I'm leaving." The fat man looked up at Xu Yunqing, then looked up at the mottled sky above the locust tree. "I'm leaving here and going to the other side of the sea."
Xu Yunqing was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Escape?"
"I'm just a loser! I've done so many immoral things in my life. These days I've been thinking that if it weren't for me, Shang Ruoshui probably wouldn't have committed suicide. My concubines... I shouldn't have taken any concubines. All of this is in the past. I don't want to stay in this land anymore, because I'll be very uncomfortable like this!"
"I don't even dare to confront this humble official... When Su Changsheng severely injured me, it would have been much better if I had died! I wasted a divine elixir, so what's the point of keeping this body?"
He withdrew his gaze and looked at Xu Yunqing again, pointing to Fu Xiaoguan in the distance under the scorching sun. "He is a truly good emperor. Daxia is lucky to have him, and it is lucky for the people of Daxia. I plan to go to the other side of the sea to start anew and do something meaningful. This is what I have been thinking about these days."
Xu Yunqing also looked at her son's back under the scorching sun. She sighed softly, "When are we leaving?"
"Now."
Xu Yunqing looked at the fat man, frowning slightly, "So urgent?"
"I have to leave sooner or later, so I might as well leave sooner."
"Who's with you?"
"Among the Taoist disciples, except Su Su, the other seven will accompany me."
"Are they leaving too?"
"It's better for them to leave. After all... after all, Su Changsheng is their master, and I am their junior fellow apprentice."
Xu Yunqing didn't say anything else. She thought for a moment and said, "Goodbye!"
"goodbye!"
The fat man stood up decisively and took Su Jue and Gao Yuanyuan out of the locust tree forest. Xu Yunqing tilted her neck and no one noticed that two lines of tears were flowing from her eyes.
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Fu Xiaoguan squatted by the field. He was drenched in sweat, but he seemed to feel nothing.
He frowned as he looked at the cracked paddy fields and whispered, "I wonder how much rice paddies will be affected by this drought. We need to start providing relief immediately, otherwise... these people won't survive!"
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