The best farmhouse

Chapter 216
Chen Zhongqiu washed his face with cold water and felt much more awake.

It is rare to fall asleep like this, and I feel a little unaccustomed to it.

"Wake up, where did you go just now?"

Chen Zhongqiu didn't find Zhao Canniang when he got up, but he heard the little maid below say that Zhao Canniang had gone to the outer courtyard.

Zhao Canniang was walking back and forth, a little tired, her belly was a little big, I don't know if it was because the baby in her stomach was growing up well, or because she had gained weight, and now she is only about six months old. Seven months old.

Because she is afraid that she will not be able to give birth smoothly in the future, Zhao Canniang now has to walk for a long time every day. This is also the task that Zhao Canniang arranged for herself.

Zhao Canniang sat down, and then said: "I went to find Master Bai. You had a break at noon. Master Bai came and said that the people from the Tiger's Escort came to find trouble. Fortunately, nothing happened in the end. They and the people from the Tiger's Escort In the battle, Bai marked them as victorious, but the other party said a lot of threatening words when they left. I was worried about those people's madness. After all, there was someone like Ke Tianlin behind him, so it was inevitable to be a little worrying, so I called Bai Bodyguard They moved to our yard temporarily, and they will leave tomorrow anyway, I don't want anything to happen."

When Zhao Canniang said this, she looked at Chen Zhongqiu: "I didn't expect that what I was worried about would still happen. Not long after the White Tiger Escorts left, the White Tiger Escort Bureau was set on fire. Fortunately, all the people from the White Tiger Escort Bureau came to us. Otherwise, I don't know what will happen, I just went to talk about this to Bai Biaozhu, what do you think about Zhongqiu?"

Hearing this, Chen Zhongqiu frowned, he didn't expect that even the members of Huwei Escort were so rampant.

"This matter can't be let go like this, have you reported to the government?" Chen Zhongqiu asked.

Zhao Canniang shook her head: "No, but this matter was told to me by an official. The matter of arson can be resolved slowly. The most important thing right now is to take the dart away. I thought of a way."

Right now, this is the only method available, and Zhao Canniang is really worried about what big things will happen later.

Chen Zhongqiu was also worried.

"What method did you think of?" Chen Zhongqiu asked eagerly.

Zhao Canniang said with a smile: "I want to ask the officials to help us escort the darts. So many things have happened. I believe that we use the border guards as an excuse, and they dare not refuse. I will send the letter to Feige later. , tell the Panther coach what happened to us, and ask the Panther coach to lead someone halfway to pick up the darts."

Having said that, Zhao Canniang stopped listening.

He looked at Chen Zhongqiu seriously: "Zhongqiu, we can't be soft-hearted anymore, Ke Tianlin is going too far, I'm very worried."

In fact, Zhao Canniang was a little scared, she could ignore herself, but the Qin family and Zhao Qingfeng, and the current Chen family, she couldn't ignore them, people couldn't be too selfish, otherwise it might be meaningless.

Now Zhao Canniang cares about many things, such is the affection between each other.

"You're right, we can't be soft-hearted, I'll go to the Yamen right now."

Chen Zhongqiu spoke very seriously, and Zhao Canniang nodded: "I'm coming back to tell you about this matter, you go to the Yamen, I will settle down with Bai Escort and the others, they will leave as soon as the city gate opens tomorrow morning, and I will send some martial arts High-strength people are accompanying us, and we must be fully prepared this time.”

Chen Zhongqiu nodded.

"I'm going to find the county magistrate."

Zhao Canniang still felt unsafe, Ke Tianlin was too crazy now, turned around, Zhao Canniang wrote a letter and handed it to Lan Die.

"Take this letter to my brother at once."

Zhao Canniang spoke very seriously, and Lan Die left immediately after receiving the letter.

Now she can only look at Zhao Qingfeng, they know too few people who are officials in the court, but Zhao Qingfeng is different, and consciously told Zhao Canniang that Zhao Qingfeng should know some important people.

After these things happened, Zhao Canniang couldn't sleep, and she wanted to wait until Chen Zhongqiu came back to understand the situation, so she walked back and forth in the house.

Chen Zhongqiu went out of the mansion and went straight to the Yamen.

At this time, the yamen was closed, and when Chen Zhongqiu saw the county magistrate, he saw a sad face on the county magistrate's face.

Chen Zhongqiu sat in front of the county magistrate, finished the matter in a low voice, and the county magistrate frowned even tighter.

The county magistrate sighed and said, "Mr. Chen, I hate such things as much as you do, but...well, I won't hide it from you. You will understand after reading this letter."

The county magistrate handed the letter to Chen Zhongqiu.

The letter has been opened, Chen Zhongqiu took out the letter and read it carefully.

"What, they are really too much, don't they have no king's law in their eyes?"

Chen Zhongqiu's hand holding the letter was trembling all the time.

The county magistrate sighed, put the letter away and said, "I thought at the beginning that what happened in your granary might just go away like this, but I didn't expect it to be so. The one above me had a very close relationship with the Ke family before. Well, when the Ke family still had business in our Baiyun County, he told me to take good care of the Ke family's business, and I was already mentally prepared for this time."

The county magistrate is fairly upright, and usually has a good relationship with the Chen family.

Chen Zhongqiu looked at the letter in the county magistrate's hand, and said seriously: "Do you want to take a gamble, my lord?"

There was anger in Chen Zhongqiu's eyes, he must bring down the Ke family this time, otherwise he would never feel at ease for the rest of his life.

"What do you want to say?"

The magistrate asked worriedly.

Chen Zhongqiu gritted his teeth and said, "I want to ask, can you give me this letter in your hand."

Chen Zhongqiu spoke very seriously, and his expression was a little ferocious.

The county magistrate was a little hesitant. If it was handed over to Chen Zhongqiu, it would be him who leaked the secret, and the higher official than him might deal with him at that time.

People are selfish, especially at critical moments.

"What do you want to do with the letter?" The county magistrate still asked worriedly.

Chen Zhongqiu said: "I want to bring down the Ke family and the people behind the Ke family. I don't want to do anything else. By the way, I have one more thing to trouble you, magistrate."

The county magistrate actually doesn't like the Ke family either. Baiyun County used to be peaceful, but the Ke family has been making troubles behind them recently. How many things have these been lately?

Although the Ke family dealt with the Chen family, it was him who ultimately affected their political achievements.

So to a large extent, it can be said that the Ke family is the common enemy of the Chen family and him.

"What do you want to do?"

The county magistrate asked carefully.

Chen Zhongqiu went on to say: "I would like to ask you to send a few officials to accompany our bodyguards. I think Ke Tianlin will restrain himself a little with your people. As long as the bodyguards are delivered to the border safely, anything can be said, and you know that." Now the border is not very peaceful, maybe a large-scale war will break out at any time, and the border will definitely need these grains and grass, Mr. County Magistrate, we are all subjects of the ancient Zhou Kingdom, if we really can't hold the front line, Do you think those of us living in the rear can live better?"

Chen Zhongqiu tried to persuade the county magistrate.

The county magistrate has been hesitating: "Mr. Chen, do you know that you have given me a difficult problem?"
Chen Zhongqiu said with a wry smile: "If I still have a better way, I won't embarrass the county magistrate, but the current matter is really serious. The Escort will set off tomorrow morning, and my people plus the Escort are only two people." More than a dozen, there are a lot of goods this time. I think it will be enough to feed the border soldiers for three or four months if they are sent to the border. You know how difficult it is to get the food this time, magistrate, even if you send officials. I’m sure nothing will happen if I go with you.”

The county magistrate listened carefully to what Chen Zhongqiu said.

There was still hesitation in his eyes.

"Master County Magistrate, think about the soldiers at the border, and think about the people we are facing now. No matter how powerful the Ke family is, do you think they can beat the emperor? To be honest, we have decided to tell the emperor what the Ke family has done. We will ask the Panthers coach to come forward and deal with this matter."

Chen Zhongqiu was actually gambling.

When the county magistrate heard what Chen Zhongqiu said, the expression on his face gradually eased: "I promise you this matter, I will send someone to go with your darts."

Chen Zhongqiu's heart was finally relieved, and Chen Zhongqiu clasped his fists and said gratefully: "Thank you, magistrate."

It was getting late, Chen Zhongqiu hurried back home.

But she saw Zhao Canniang sitting with a man, and after a closer look, she found that the man was Zhao Qingfeng.

Chen Zhongqiu was overjoyed and immediately walked into the room.

"When did Qingfeng come?" Chen Zhongqiu asked with a smile, Zhao Qingfeng had at least one person here who could discuss matters.

Zhao Qingfeng stood up, looked at Chen Zhongqiu, and said directly: "It was Canniang who called me here. Canniang has already told me the matter. You don't have to worry about this matter. I plan to find someone to help me myself."

Zhao Qingfeng did know a relatively powerful person, but this is a secret, and he will not reveal it until the critical moment. Zhao Canniang also told Zhao Qingfeng of her difficulties because she saw a little clue in Wangcheng last time. .

"Let's sit down and talk." At any rate, he finally heard good news, and Chen Zhongqiu's mood was not so depressed.

As soon as Zhao Qingfeng sat down, he said: "I know about the White Tiger Escort, and the Tiger Mighty Escort. Ke Tianlin is already insane. If we don't get rid of it early, it will become more and more difficult in the future."

Zhao Canniang, who was on the side, continued, "How is Zhongqiu doing with you?"

The county magistrate gave the letter to Chen Zhongqiu before leaving, and now Chen Zhongqiu took out the letter and handed it to the two of them.

After the two finished watching, both of them were obviously angry.

I didn't expect Ke Tianlin to know such a person. Now that the Ke family is like this, the other party dares to stand up and help, which is enough to show that the Ke family is stronger than them.

"What do you think about this?" Chen Zhongqiu asked worriedly.

Zhao Qingfeng put the letter away and said: "We need to be careful in doing things. Canniang said that she has sent the letter to the border, but it will take more than a month from here to the border, and it will take at least three months to go back and forth. We have to survive these three months, and Zhongqiu, I suggest that you don't provoke the Ke family in the near future."

After Zhao Qingfeng finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Canniang: "Let's take things slowly, let's find out about the arson first. If it was really done by the Huwei Escort, I suggest that you don't be soft-hearted just because you are related to each other. You know As long as you are soft-hearted now, many people may suffer in the future, and maybe even lose their lives."

Early the next morning.

Chen Zhongqiu felt that he hadn't slept for a long time when he heard the sound of the watch, and immediately got up again.

The three of them discussed for a long time last night about what to do in the near future and how to guard against the Ke family.

Zhao Canniang was still sleeping soundly. Recently, she had become more and more lethargic. She would go to bed for a long time every day. Chen Zhongqiu went out cautiously.

When they came to the front yard, Bai Renyi and the others were already ready. They didn't have anything to pack up, and they packed it up early.

At this time, the maid had already brought the prepared meals to the yard.

A few square tables were put together, and a few people sat down and began to eat. There were big fish and meat on the table.

It is a very hard job to be a dart. Every day, I have to eat and sleep in the open, and my spirit is also high. I also have to walk for a long time every day, which consumes a lot of energy.

Zhao Canniang knew this, so last night she ordered the kitchen to prepare these dishes on the table.

Bai Renyi ate the chicken leg in his hand and said, "If you're full for this meal, you'll have to work hard. I don't want to say anything else. The young lady has treated us so well and we can't let the young lady down. We must keep our spirits up for the escort, as long as the escort returns, we must settle the accounts with the people from the Huwei Escort Bureau, and the debts owed to us must be repaid.”

Hua Yu nodded: "This time, I will never spare the people from the Huwei Escort Bureau. They actually burned down our home and our Escort Bureau..."

Several people encouraged each other, and sometimes hatred would turn into motivation and strength.

When Chen Zhongqiu entered the courtyard, he heard several people say this.

"I will give you an explanation when you come back." Chen Zhongqiu said loudly and had already walked to the edge of the table.

Seeing Chen Zhongqiu coming, Bai Renyi immediately stood up.

"Master Chen."

"I'm really sorry about this incident." Chen Zhongqiu also felt guilty in his heart. Tiger's Mighty Escort actually came after him, just because the members of Tiger's Mighty Escort did not dare to provoke the Chen family, so they went to provoke the rudimentary White Tiger Escort.

Chen Zhongqiu paused for a moment and said: "I won't say too much, eat well, and see you at the gate after eating. I'll take a step first."

Bai Renyi nodded: "Mr. Chen, we will be there soon."

The harnessed carriages were waiting at the gate of the city one by one, waiting for the gate to open. Chen Zhongqiu checked the carriages one by one, and the county magistrate arrived at this time with several officials.

As soon as the county magistrate saw Chen Zhongqiu, he said: "This is the person I arranged for you. There are five people in total. I originally wanted to send some people out, but the yamen is afraid that there will be insufficient manpower. These people are all relatively skilled. , it will also help to follow you.”

Chen Zhongqiu took a look at several officials, each of them was younger and taller, so he knew it was Lianjiazi at a glance.

"Thank you magistrate."

The county magistrate smiled and said: "Mr. Chen, you don't have to be polite. Just like you said, we are doing this for ourselves now. We can't lose money to the soldiers at the border. These officials are all asking to go. They Just trying to do my best.”

Chen Zhongqiu was a little moved when he heard this.

"Thank you county magistrate, thank you brothers, rest assured that I will take good care of your family after you leave."

After Chen Zhongqiu finished speaking, the faces of several people were grateful.

"Just trouble Mr. Chen." One of the leading officials said gratefully.

At this time, Bai Renyi and the others also arrived.

After several explanations, the city gate has been opened.

The county magistrate then said: "Today the gates of the city were opened half an hour earlier than usual, you should leave quickly while the night is dark, and be careful on the road."

Bai Renyi glanced at the county magistrate gratefully, put a dart flag on the car and went straight out of the city gate.

There were still several carriages waiting at the gate of the city. Zhao Dafu stood at the gate and saw the convoy coming out with joy on his face.

"Mr. Chen." Zhao Dafu shouted.

Chen Zhongqiu immediately stepped forward with a smile: "Uncle Dafu."

Zhao Dafu pointed to the carriage behind him and said, "A total of five carriages have been prepared, and the man I chose is a stronger man."

The grooms chosen by Zhao Dafu are from the village, and they are all relatively burly.

Because Zhao Dafu's price is high, everyone is basically scrambling to get it.

Chen Zhongqiu said to Zhao Dafu: "Your carriages go to the back, and the people from the Escort Bureau will open the way in front."

Hearing what Chen Zhongqiu said, Zhao Dafu immediately went to make arrangements.

The county magistrate also came up at this time, and he was relieved to see the mighty convoy leaving.

"I just hope that I can reach the border safely."

Chen Zhongqiu also sighed and said: "I think so too, I hope!"

He always felt that Ke Tianlin would not give up like this.

On the other side of Rongcheng, Ke Tianlin heard the report from the people below that he had already left the Escort Bureau and left Baiyun County for two days.

"Young Master Escort has left Baiyun County, what should we do?"

Ke Tianlin thought about things with an evil smile on his face, and finally said: "Don't do anything for the time being, the county magistrate of Baiyun County has reported what we did last time, and Mr. Wu has warned me that we can't do anything with food and grass, so don't worry about it for now The matter of food and grass, and they must be vigilant, I heard you said that there are official messengers accompanying them, and if there are official messengers, they can't do anything, you can make a big deal about this matter, otherwise it will only be us who will suffer in the end."

Ke Tianlin is not stupid, some things must be done in moderation, Chen Zhongqiu's defense is so good, if there is another incident in the Escort Bureau, it will not be Chen Zhongqiu who will be harmed, but him.

When the time comes, it will be easy to find him.

He deliberately left flaws in the things he did in the past. Even if it was the shoddy food last time, he asked someone to write a letter to Zhao Canniang in order to make Zhao Canniang and the others worry and fear. There is nothing better than watching every day. Watching the other person live in fear and worry is even more satisfying.

All Ke Tianlin thinks about now is revenge.

"Young master and the third princess have been found."

The boy hesitated for a moment, but still said.

(End of this chapter)