Conspiracy

Chapter 214

The character of a literati should not be trampled on, He Lan was full of pride and ambition, and then completely forgot about Jing Yao, and started talking with Su Zhen.

Su Zhen replied calmly, the expression on her face was not at all mature for her age.Therefore, when He Lan learned about Su Zhen's step-by-step plans and plans from her mouth, she even forgot that Su Zhen was still a young man.

Su Zhen's monopoly law is different from those of merchants. Although it sounds unreasonable, it does not harm the rights and interests of the people, and even takes it as a priority.But in this way, it is naturally contrary to the interests of those famous families. If you make a wrong move, you will definitely be unable to turn around in an instant, and you will lose everything.

Jing Yao rested her chin on one hand, watching the two of them talking, her eyes could not help being completely attracted by Su Zhen.

Sure enough, hearsay is unbelievable
Fortunately, Su Zhen didn't forget the purpose of this trip, and quietly got more information about Xiyan and the mysterious woman in white.

Two hours later, they finally calmed down, and Jing Yao's sleepiness had already brought her into a dream, and it wasn't until Su Zhen woke her up that she realized that it was already dark.

Jingyao, who was still a little confused, rubbed her eyes, "Huh? It's dark? Have you finished chatting?"

"Well, let's go."

He Lan originally wanted to keep them, but there was really no good food to entertain them at home, and it was getting dark, so he reluctantly let them go.

Of course, he didn't forget to bring Jingyao some fresh cookies.

The two walked towards the outside of the village side by side, Jingyao looked at the simple villagers smiling kindly at them, and whispered to Su Zhen, "Did Master Yu come then?"

"He didn't come, as if he was stuck by something, but the officers and soldiers who came have collected the villagers' suggestions. I believe that without the cancer of the Huang family, the life of the villagers will be better in a short time."

"You two little guys are quite naive, but the Huang family is as simple as you think."

Under the locust tree at the entrance of the village, a dead rattan recliner was placed at some point, and an old man covered with old patches was lying on the recliner.Holding the cattail leaf fan in his hand and shaking it gently, a few leaves on the fan surface have fallen off, and the rough back of the hand is covered with wrinkles like old tree branches, if you twist it lightly, it looks like a pinched bun skin.

His temples are pale, and his thin, sunken face is dotted with dark brown age spots.The lips opened and closed, and they hummed a little song they had never heard before, but the sadness in it was self-evident.

Su Zhen stopped in her tracks, she really didn't bother to ask about the Huang family's affairs.

Tie the cloth bag containing the cookies to the horse, walked up to the old man and asked with a smile, "Old man, is it possible that Huang Yi has some powerful background?"

The old man slowly opened his cloudy eyes, revealing an indescribable sadness, "Oh, how should I put it, young man, do you know what it will be like when the former dragon slayer becomes an evil dragon? "

"Dragon Slayer? Evil Dragon?!"

This old man is too bold, Tu Long?If he said this outside the village, he would have been caught by the government and beheaded for treason, not to mention that she was accompanied by the emperor's daughter.

She glanced sideways at Jingyao, but she didn't respond.

The old man said slowly, "Yes, Huang Yi's father was originally a homeless refugee due to the war, but at that time, some people made money from the country and treated the refugees as slaves to exploit and squeeze them, and used them to do some black business. As time goes by, we don't want to be bullied anymore.

Huang Yi's father, Huang Kang, was the leader we elected. At the beginning, the old man took us to escape together. Who knows that the time is not good, and he met a group of horse thieves.At that time, they wanted to escort a batch of red goods from the Escort Bureau, and we just happened to catch up with that unlucky thing.At that time, many people were killed, some died, some fled, some were seriously injured, and many women from good families were taken captive to the mountain. "

Su Zhen subconsciously looked at Jing Yao, sure enough, the anger and hatred appeared in her eyes again, is she really upset because of the dumb slave?
He took the palm leaf fan from the old man and fanned him, "Old man, what happened next?"

Appreciation appeared in the eyes of the old man, and he began to speak eloquently.

"Later, all of us came to the capital city and wanted to seek asylum. But there were too many refugees. Although the imperial court opened warehouses for disaster relief, the money and food were not enough for us to share. Later, we went into various mountains. Although it was a bit bitter, it was not unbearable.

Unexpectedly, there is a big man in the capital city who took a fancy to our land and wanted to take it for his own use.The folks went to the Huang family to discuss it, but they didn't expect that they belonged to the same group. They not only cheated us of our land, but also made us lose a lot of money and became their tenant farmers.

Xiaohe studied a lot, and he once warned us, but we were deceived like lard, and we couldn't listen to anything, which is why we suffered so much.Fortunately, we couldn't pay back the money at all, and the Huang family asked us to sign a deed of sale. Not only that, that Huang Yi also took over the women in the village.That kind of beast deserves to be hacked into pieces! "

Big shot?What big man can come to the mountains to dig oil and water from the poor?There must be some treasure hidden in this mountain, right?

Jing Yao gritted her teeth and was very angry, "Isn't this equivalent to killing you donkeys after eating you dry? They still want to make people into donkey-hide gelatin paste?"

"It's too late to say anything now, we can only wait for the court to decide for us."

"Old man, you just said that you once encountered refugees entering the capital, and even encountered horse thieves. Did He Lan follow you at that time?"

"Yes, I vaguely remember that Xiaohe rescued a girl on the road at that time. Although the girl's clothes were a little simple, she was beautiful. She was a very nice person, hardworking and willing to do any rough work. Do it. At that time, in order to survive, I tried my best! But in order to save Xiao He, the girl was caught by those horse thieves and never came back. "

"Old man, do you remember the girl's name?"

"It happened more than eight years ago, and I can't remember clearly. The old man only remembers that her surname seems to be Yue."

eight years ago?Isn't that just the twenty-ninth year of Shangde, the year when the dumb slave was brought back to the palace by Jingyao?Is that woman a dumb slave?

Otherwise, if it wasn't for the dumb slave, why would Jingyao follow her all the time?
Jingyao was arrested on the mountain in the [-]th year of Shangde. According to calculations, she should be only eight years old at the time, but according to what she said, the dumb slave had already stayed in the mountain village for many years. Could it be?Jing Yao lied about this matter?
Su Zhen wanted to ask more, but the old man closed his eyes again, and after calling twice, he didn't respond, so she couldn't bother her any more.

Just when Su Zhen was about to get up, she heard the old man whisper like in a dream, "The girl's surname is Yue, and her name is Xian'er."

Yue Xianer?
Sensing the strangeness in Jingyao's eyes, Su Zhen waited for a while, but the old man didn't say anything more.She had no choice but to unhook the horse and put the beauty picture she wanted back from Jingyao on her back, and the two of them rode away from Huanyu Mountain.

The smoke and clouds swept across, the twilight was sinking towards dusk, and the sky was red like the setting sun. The coldness of the world smoothed the sharp edges and corners of people, and extinguished their blood and passion until it was cold.

(End of this chapter)