Yan Xiwen's men led the villagers to loot the granary in Qianshan County.
What they brought back was not food, but seeds!
Yan Xiwen became busy. He brought along Yang Wei, the mayor of Huangtang Town, and personally supervised the distribution of the looted grain to the villagers of the six villages in Huangtang Town.
Not much, each household is assigned land according to the household registration.
This incident scared Yang Wei so much that he almost peed his pants, but the fact was already done, what could he do?
He went door to door in fear and took attendance, and it took him two days to distribute all the rice seeds.
He was very worried that the government would send soldiers to destroy Huangtang Town, and he was even more worried that Master Yan, who had committed this capital crime, would run away!
If this daring Master Yan ran away, Yang Wei felt that he should take the villagers into the mountains for refuge.
But Mr. Yan did not run away. He still lived in Li Erniu's house, and even took two guards with him to visit each household in the village every day, supervising the villagers to plant rice.
It’s a little late in the season, but I think we can still harvest some.
He also sent six guards with guns and villagers from various villages into the mountains to hunt!
With a gun, hunting black bears is no longer a difficult task.
They brought back black bears, wild boars, and so on.
That's meat!
Everyone who participates in the hunting can get a few pounds of meat!
In the eyes of the villagers in the six villages of Huangtang Town, this Mr. Yan was simply sent by God to save them!
These peasants seemed to have forgotten the danger that was about to come because of the meat. Yang Wei had not forgotten it, and the County Magistrate Qian, who had been starved to the point of being emaciated and looked like a nobody, also seemed to have forgotten it.
Yang Wei sent two villagers to the road that must be passed through Chuyun Mountain to keep watch, for fear that the government troops would arrive.
The county magistrate Qian was still living tenaciously, and he firmly believed that Lord Zong Shiji would bring the palace soldiers to rescue him.
But in the blink of an eye, eight days have passed. The news of Qianshan County being robbed should have reached Lord Zong's ears long ago, but why haven't the palace soldiers arrived yet?
He only had a mouthful of vegetable soup to drink every day, and the man surnamed Yan seemed not to want him to die.
Then I will live and watch that Yan guy die!
What is the Lord Zong Shiji, whom he is waiting for, doing now?
Zong Shiji was like an ant in a hot pan.
"Are you saying that a suspicious person was found in Huangtang Town, Qianshan County?"
"Your Excellency, I have already found out that the Qianshan County granary was robbed by those unruly people from Huangtang Town! They don't have the guts to do that. The instigator of this incident is a foreigner, and he brought a dozen guards with him, and he had guns!"
"Sir, it was he who sent guards and six hundred unruly people to the Qianshan County granary. I heard that the rice was taken back and not distributed for consumption. Instead, it was planted in the fields and is now being grown into seedlings!"
Zong Shiji frowned, "What's this guy's last name?"
"My Lord, my last name is Yan!"
Zong Shiji's heart skipped a beat. His surname was Yan, he had armed guards, and he farmed... then he was most likely Yan Xiwen, the prime minister of Yan.
The situation in Yueshan North Road has been getting increasingly tense these days. Yan Daotai hasn't sent anyone down to deliver a message for several days. I'm afraid he's also getting extremely worried.
What should I do?
Two carts of gold and silver and a letter were sent to my brother-in-law Wei Wubing, but it will take at least half a month to reach him.
His wife, Wei Xianghan, had suggested leaving, which seemed like a good idea. However, he sent scouts to explore the route and discovered a problem. There were only two roads out of Chongzhou: one leading east to Dayue City, the capital of Yueshan North Road, and the other running south through Xiaocang Mountain to Yueshan South Road. However, suspicious individuals were constantly stalking the choke points of both routes. According to the spies, they were most likely members of the Tianji Pavilion.
This means that if I dare to leave, they will catch me on the spot!
Rather than being captured like that, it would be better to wait for news about Wei Wubing, or... save yourself!
"Zongxin, remember, take my official seal to Beiwei Prefecture and tell General Li to organize 3,000 prefecture soldiers and march to Chuyun Mountain."
"Also, pack up, take thirty personal guards, and three carriages of gold and silver. Let's set out tomorrow morning to meet the man named Yan in Huangtang Town."
"Okay, I'll do it right away!"
Zong Xin turned and left, and Wei Xianghan whispered, "Taking the palace soldiers to Chuyun Mountain... this is a serious crime!"
"Don't be afraid." Zong Shiji put his arms around Wei Xianghan's shoulders. "I'm just going to take a look. What if that Yan isn't Prime Minister Yan? If he robbed the granary, he'd be a robber. Bringing the imperial guards with us will just be the right way to apprehend him."
Wei Xianghan pursed her lips and said, "How about we wait for news from my brother?"
"I'm afraid it's too late. The news from outside has suddenly stopped in the past few days. We are like being cut off from the world. This is the work of the Tianji Pavilion, which means that people from the Censorate or the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Justice will be here soon."
“…What should we do then?”
"You leave first."
"No, if we're going, let's go together!"
"Listen carefully next time!"
"Most of the huge wealth plundered from Yueshan North Road over the years was secretly sent to the Peacock Kingdom by Yan Daotai!"
"You don't need to take much treasure with you when you leave here. You must disguise yourself and leave Dayue City. First, go to Baocheng to pick up my parents and two children... My parents may not leave, so forget it. You'll need to take the two children to the Peacock Kingdom. The journey is quite long and difficult, so you must go to the Yelang Kingdom first."
"After arriving at Yijucheng, the capital of Yelang, find a grain store called Jiangnan. It's a hidden shop left by Princess Yu Shurong. Take this jade token with you, and they will send you to the Peacock Kingdom. You'll be safe there, remember!"
Wei Xianghan was stunned for a moment. "Peacock Kingdom? Princess Yu Shurong? Why did she go to Peacock Kingdom?"
"Don't ask too much. In short, all of this is for the great cause of the revival of the empire!"
Wei Xianghan was startled. "You, you...you and Yan Xibai did all those things to restore the Yu Dynasty?"
"Isn't it good for Daxia to do this? Why do you do that?"
"You know how powerful Fu Xiaoguan is, why are you so confused?"
Zong Shiji smiled sadly. He certainly knew that Daxia was a good country, but he had boarded that ship and there was no way he could get off now.
"None of this matters anymore. Just go and disguise yourself and leave. I can't give you extra people, so just take the two guards from this mansion with you. They are relatives of my clan, and I'll feel more at ease with them."
"So what are you going to do?"
"I……"
Zong Shiji put his hands behind his back and looked at the dark night sky. "I don't believe that Prime Minister Yan can remain unmoved when faced with so much gold!"
"Promise me you won't do anything stupid!"
This stupid thing refers to the palace soldiers brought by Zong Shiji. What if that person is really Prime Minister Yan, and what if Prime Minister Yan refuses to accept him? If Zong Shiji attacks Prime Minister Yan, even the gods cannot save him.
"Don't worry, I've met Prime Minister Yan once before, and it hasn't reached that point yet."
That night, Wei Xianghan left.
That night, Zong Shiji went out and brought back a young and beautiful woman who went crazy until dawn.
The next day, he left the clan mansion and headed down the mountain village.
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