Chapter 286: Can we ordinary people afford to offend the Marquis' Mansion?

That day, the team went to Li Zheng's house.

As soon as Li Zheng saw these guards wearing strong armor and fully armed, he knew that the opponent must be of great importance.

He was extremely apprehensive and asked cautiously, "I wonder what the lords are doing here?"

The captain of the guard stepped out from the crowd.

He had a square face and a sword on his waist, looking very majestic. He said in a deep voice: "We are from the Linyang Marquis' Mansion. We are going to build a mausoleum in the mountain behind your village. Please inform the people in your village and ask them to move all the graves there."

Li Zheng's face changed: "Sir, this, this is not appropriate... Although I don't know which specific piece of land you are talking about, the back mountain is where our Nantuo Village has been since we settled here. The graves of our ancestors are all buried there... I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to move the graves."

The captain of the guards said impatiently, "What's wrong with that? It's just moving a grave. We in the Linyang Marquis' Mansion are not overbearing. Before we set out, the Marquis also told us that he was willing to help the villagers find another Feng Shui treasure land, and give each grave fifteen taels of silver for the relocation."

Only then did Li Zheng show some interest.

Although they all value being buried in peace, but...their descendants also have to live.

Besides, they are not just moving the grave and leaving it there, they are choosing another Feng Shui good location for it!

Not to mention, the other party is some kind of marquis!

But what a noble man!

They are just ordinary people in the countryside, how could they afford to offend such a nobleman!

"Then... I'll go ask the villagers." Li Zheng wiped the sweat from his head and agreed.

This, this family has several tombs in the back mountain.

It's a good thing that you can get several taels of silver in one go just by moving the tomb.

Thinking this, Li quickly called his nephews and nieces to go to the village to inform them.

Now the villagers of Nantuo Village have experienced a famine, and some have moved away. There are not many villagers left in the village now, but there are still dozens of households.

Li Zheng and his nephews and nephews went door to door to notify the family, and soon the Yu family was informed, and it was Li Zheng who came in person to notify them.

When the Yu family's doorman saw that it was Li Zheng who came, he did not dare to be negligent and hurried in to tell the host.

Old Man Yu came out to greet him personally and asked curiously, "Brother, what's the matter?"

Old Man Yu is currently at home, wearing rich clothes with hidden gold patterns, very low-key, looking like an ordinary wealthy man.

Li Zheng asked, "Where is your wife? ... This is not a trivial matter. Your wife must be present and you two must discuss it carefully."

When Old Man Yu heard this, he knew this was no small matter, and hurriedly took Li Zheng to the backyard.

The weather was still a bit hot, and there were two watermelons in the well in the main courtyard. When Old Man Yu led Li Zheng past, he casually told the maid beside him: "Go cut a watermelon and bring it to the house."

The maid knelt respectfully: "Yes, old lady."

Li Zheng was inwardly smacking his lips in amazement and feeling a little jealous.

This old man Yu lives a really comfortable life.

When we arrived at the main room, Mrs. Wei was sitting on the couch watching Mian Ge'er, who was a little over four years old, and Xu Ge'er, who was a little over two years old, playing with wooden figures.

Seeing that he was coming in, Mrs. Wei also stood up and said with a smile, "What wind blew you here today?"

As she spoke, the maidservant beside her wisely poured tea for Li Zheng.

The room was filled with luxurious furnishings, and Li Zheng didn't know where to put his hands. Fortunately, the maid brought tea, and Li Zheng used this opportunity to cover up his embarrassment. He took a sip, put down the teacup, coughed, and then told Old Man Yu and Mrs. Wei about the relocation of the grave.

Mrs. Wei slapped her thigh and said, "Isn't this right? I was wondering why Zhao Youde and Zhao Youkang suddenly showed up at my house a few days ago. What a commotion!"

Old man Yu's face did not look good, and his brows were tightly wrinkled.

Li Zheng said: "...Actually this is a good thing. People in our village are not very wealthy. If we move the grave, we can get a few taels of silver, which is also a good thing."

Old Man Yu said in a muffled voice: "...but my parents and elders have been in the underground for so many years..."

I can see what old man Yu means, which is that he is unwilling to be reburied.

But looking at the Yu family's furnishings, their food, clothing and other expenses, it is understandable that they are unwilling to move their graves for a few taels of silver.

While they were talking, the maid came up with the cut watermelon.

Mrs. Wei said, "Eat the melon first, and then we can talk slowly. Eat the melon, eat the melon."

Li Zheng was looking at the bright red and icy watermelon. He swallowed subconsciously, and without being polite to Mrs. Wei and Old Man Yu, he reached out and took a piece of watermelon and ate it until the juice overflowed.

After eating half a melon, my belly felt swollen.

He wiped his mouth and spoke from the bottom of his heart: "Brother Yu, I know your family doesn't need these few taels of silver, but did you see the scene today? Wow, dozens of guards wearing armor and riding tall horses came to that station. I'm not afraid of your laugh, I was so scared that my legs were shaking!... They said they were from the Lin'an Marquis Mansion, and I was so scared that I almost didn't dare to breathe!"

"That's a marquis' mansion, brother Yu! Even if we're not moving for money, we're just ordinary people. Can we afford to offend the marquis' mansion?"

This made a lot of sense, and Mrs. Wei looked a little worried.

Old Man Yu usually looks like a cheerful old man who is easy to talk to, but Mrs. Wei knows that once the old man has made up his mind, ten oxen cannot change his mind.

Mrs. Wei didn't think it was a big deal, but she was afraid that Old Man Yu would get too obsessed with it.

Old Man Yu looked at his two little grandchildren who were still having fun on the couch, pursed his lips, and finally said in relief: "...Okay."

Li Zheng was very happy and stood up to leave: "Okay, I feel relieved after hearing what you said. I will go and talk to the next family."

Mrs. Wei quickly took out two pieces of watermelon and asked Li Zheng to eat them.

Li Zheng didn't bother to be polite with Mrs. Wei. He took a piece of watermelon in each hand and went out.

…

Xingxing accompanied Li Chunhua to the Wuming Taoist Temple today.

Ever since Huai'er secretly ran away to the border to join the army, Li Chunhua would come to the Wuming Taoist temple every now and then to burn incense and worship Buddha.

Because Li Chunhua firmly believed that Xingxing was a lucky star who would bring good luck, and her words were always true, she always asked Xingxing to come with her to burn incense and shake a bamboo stick.

Most of the fortunes Xingxing gets are auspicious.

Even the worst fortune has the meaning of turning misfortune into good fortune.

This time, Xingxing accompanied Li Chunhua to burn incense and worship Buddha, and she drew another good fortune stick, which meant good luck.

Li Chunhua was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.

After finishing the work, Xingxing said something to Li Chunhua and went to the lost forest.

Xing Xing walked through the misty forest with ease, and saw the slanting sunlight shining on a young man who was practicing swordplay in an open space. The young man dancing with the sword in the sunlight was simply a beautiful painting.