From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

After three days of drunkenness, he burned away all the decadence in his heart, leaving only a clean body, and set off easily.

Zhou Yuan took Xiaoying, Ye Qingying and Ayinizi to Liangzhou first, and then went south to Xiningwei.

When they arrived at the gate of Xiningwei, it was time to say goodbye.

Ye Qingying did not dismount, but looked at Zhou Yuan and said, "I will cross the entire Dajin, galloping at night, and go directly to Fuzhou Prefecture. You can go directly to the South China Sea Military Academy to find me."

Zhou Yuan was reluctant to let her go, but seeing that she was so free and easy, he didn't want to be hypocritical, so he sighed, "Don't be so tired to rush. You don't have much time for vacation. Go slowly and see the scenery along the way. It can also be regarded as helping me to inspect the progress of the implementation of the One Whip Law."

"In addition, it is more important to pay attention to safety. Although you are good at kung fu, you are also afraid that the bandits are numerous and powerful." Ah. "Ye Qingying laughed:" People who have been outside have been very experienced for many years. With the Ma's towards the front, he didn't look back, just waved his hand: "Remember to come to me, I can't bear to you." Looking at her back, Zhou Yuan fell into silence. : "Don't worry, we will set off back to Shenjing for two days, and then go south." "Walk, enter the city." He rode away from the city of Xining, and his mood was not good. He had experienced too many separations, and he was a little numb. He was eager to end this state.

But the road must be moved forward step by step, and things must be done one by one. The oath he made in Lin'an Prefecture seemed to be about to be fulfilled.

Give Jianjia and the others a peaceful world, let them live in a prosperous era, not a chaotic world where everyone is in danger.

Only in this way can they be truly happy.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yuan felt better.

He sighed and thought again... I have been quarreling with Zhuang Sizhu for so many years. Sometimes she wanted to go further, but I was busy. Sometimes I wanted to go further, but she was reserved. It was inexplicably dragged until now, and even Xiaozhuang couldn't stand it.

Alas, Wanfang is guilty, and the crime is mine.

Back then, I was full of vigor and vitality. Although I accomplished a lot, I also didn't do a lot of things well.

Now I am more mature, and I hope to do the remaining things better.

With this mood, he came to the Xining Wei Nei Tingsi Branch.

"Master Sizhu? Are you going to carry out your mission?"

The female official of the Inner Court Office respectfully invited Zhou Yuan and others in and talked about Master Zhuang's situation.

Zhou Yuan wondered, "How is Xining Guard doing recently? Why has the Inner Court Division been so busy for so long and still not finished?"

The female official said, "Nothing serious happened. We caught all the spies and spies in the city in less than 20 days, but we encountered difficulties in measuring the land, and even more difficulties in allocating the land."

Zhou Yuan frowned and said, "These things should not be your responsibility. What about the government?"

The female official shook her head and said, "I don't know the specific reasons. Only the head of the division knows."

Zhou Yuan thought for a while before saying, "Xiaoying, you and Ainizi stay here, I will go to find the head of the Zhuang Division."

Ainizi immediately said, "Let's go too! I want to see more things. Of course, if it's too dangerous, I won't go to make trouble."

Zhou Yuan said, "There's no particular danger. Let's go."

The female official led the way, and the three of them followed all the way out of the city and headed west. They rode for more than two hours and ran nearly 300 miles before finally reaching their destination.

There are about four or five villages along the river. There are cultivated lands on the river bank and grasslands on both sides.

The houses made of stone and mud are full of traces of time and also reveal the poverty here.

There are almost no people in the village. Occasionally, old people and children pass by. When they see a few people, they immediately avoid them, as if they are afraid of something.

Zhou Yuan looked more and more strange, and then stopped an old man and said in a deep voice: "Where did the people in the village go?"

The old man said "ah" several times and pointed to his ears, indicating that he was deaf and dumb.

Zhou Yuan took out a silver ingot and said: "Where did they go?"

The old man almost popped his eyes out, clenched the silver, and hurriedly said: "I went to the village in the south to fight for land. There is a big fight over there."

His official language is very standard.

Zhou Yuan said: "How exactlyGo?"

The old man hurriedly said: "Just follow this path, it's about four or five miles away."

After saying that, he turned around and ran away.

Zhou Yuan frowned, gestured to the crowd, and went directly south.

After a while, he saw a large number of people gathered together, holding various weapons such as sabers, hoes, and sticks, roaring and extremely angry.

On the opposite side of the abyss, there were also a large number of villagers, both men and women, all three generations of old, middle-aged and young, which could be said to be the strength of the whole village.

This kind of armed fight between villages often occurs in the southern areas with strong clan concepts, but the northwest is different from Shaanxi, Jizhou and other places. It is far away from the capital, the people are tough, and often There was a fight.

Both sides sent out hundreds of people, and between the two groups, Zhuang Xuansu led more than 20 internal guards, who seemed to be talking about something, but it was too far away to hear clearly.

Some elderly people gathered beside her, cursing at each other, and seemed to be unable to control their emotions.

There were curses and roars everywhere, and the conflict was about to break out. If the two groups of people fought, Zhuang Xuansu's more than 20 people would find it difficult to escape from the vortex even if they were good at fighting. After all, the terrain there was low and it happened to be between the two groups.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Zhou Yuan hurriedly said: "Xiaoying, give me your gun."

Xiaoying hurriedly handed him the mother-and-child flintlock gun.

Zhou Yuan operated for a while, then fired a shot into the sky, and the huge noise suppressed people's quarrels.

"Shut up! Be quiet!"

Zhou Yuan used his internal strength and roared: "Make way for me! "

He had an intimidating aura and a soldier's iron-blooded temperament, which actually caused the surroundings to be briefly quiet.

At this moment, Zhuang Xuansu saw him and breathed a sigh of relief.

She was also smart and immediately shouted: "I am Zhuang Xuansu, the head of the Inner Court Department, and I am here to see the Grand Marshal of the Army!"

Some people may not understand if he calls him His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei, but everyone knows the words "Grand Marshal of the Army".

"Follow me, follow closely, and be careful of hidden arrows. "

Zhou Yuan instructed Xiaoying, and rode forward under the gaze of everyone.

Zhuang Xuansu also led his men towards him, and the two sides approached nervously.

If these people really become a mob, the consequences will be disastrous.

Finally, they gathered together, but the people around them kept staring at them, without saying a word, with fierce eyes.

Zhou Yuan looked at Zhuang Xuansu deeply and said nothing.

He looked up and looked around, and finally shouted: "I can make the decision. You choose the people in the village who can make the decision and come to talk to me."

No one responded, and the world seemed to fall into silence.

The tense atmosphere was so depressing that Ayinizi couldn't help but swallow her saliva carefully.

Zhou Yuan immediately shouted: "Talk to me! It's not your fault! Where is the elder and patriarch of your village! Why don't you come! Wait for the other party to come first! "

As soon as these words came out, five or six old men from both sides ran out and hurried towards Zhou Yuan.

Only at this moment did Zhou Yuan breathe a sigh of relief.

The atmosphere here was too wrong. Once a fight broke out, he could protect himself, but the fate of others was unknown.

But as long as they were willing to talk, it meant that these people had not gone completely crazy.