exile? She emptied the emperor's private treasury and escaped from famine

"uncle."

Just as Cheng Weian was about to take action, a loud uncle called out to him.

In the darkness, Nan Zhihe suddenly opened his eyes, his sharp eyes staring straight at the person who came.

Cheng Weian's hand still fell, and a thick cotton jacket was passed behind Nan Zhihe and draped on his shoulders.

The unlit knife has long been hidden away!

"He'er, it's cold at night, don't freeze. You're still injured, so there's no need to worry your mother again."

Seeing his uncle's sincere and caring look, Nan Zhihe's eyes softened under his brows.

"Uncle, if you talk about me, why don't you?"

Cheng Weian lowered his eyes and looked at his thin upper body without a coat. He shook his head and smiled and said, "I just woke up and saw you keeping watch, nephew. My uncle was afraid that you would get cold, so he came over to see you first."

"Uncle, don't worry, my body and bones are fine and I have adapted to the weather here."

Nan Zhihe smiled indifferently and put the clothes back on Uncle Cheng.

Uncle Cheng felt helpless and said, "You kid, you've always been a worry-free kid."

"I haven't talked to you about anything along the way. I heard that you were seriously injured, but I don't care. I have to show you."

After saying that, he was going to take off his clothes.

"Uncle, don't look at it. If your eyes are good medicine, I will let you look at them more, so that He'er won't really catch the cold."

Just kidding, he was just pretending to be sick.

"I'm extremely concerned. If it doesn't heal, I'll prescribe medicine!" Cheng Yian was angry, "That's right. Don't get cold now. You can go and rest. Uncle will come instead."

"Uncle, you should go and rest. If no one comes, I still have to protect you."

Thinking that he had been robbed and that his nephew's bravery on the battlefield seemed to have not faded a bit, Cheng Yian gave him a speechless look and patted him.

"You brat, you know how to kill your uncle. Wasn't I careless on the way? My uncle is here..."

Cheng Yi'an nagged for a while, and Nan Zhihe drove him to bed for fear of waking others.

Uncle Cheng couldn't make sense after talking for a long time, so he had to go into bed. He covered himself with the quilt and gave Nan Zhihe a gentle smile.

But when he leaned over the quilt, his eyes were dark, filled with anger and strangeness.

No one disturbed them, and everyone had the most peaceful sleep in a long time.

At three o'clock in the morning, everyone who had slept until they woke up naturally got up and simply washed up. However, the water was very tight, and there was only half a bucket of water in the carriage, so they were reluctant to use it.

Wei Chuyu used the water from the water bag to wash the whole family.

The two daughters-in-law of the Lin family got up earlier. They baked pancakes, took out some pickles they bought on the way, and invited everyone to eat together.

There was still some leftover soup from the hot pot last night, and some dry rice. Some were eaten with cakes, and some were soaked in soup. I started working when I was full.

Today, everyone is going to visit the Silent Ridge Village to find the land with the best terrain and water, and then buy the land.

Most of the twenty or so people left to look after their luggage, except for a few who were left to guard their luggage.

Before setting off, Lin Hengzhi said:

"Those officials are making things difficult for us. They may not be where they say they are. As long as we live within the Silent Ridge Village, so what's the problem?"

Everyone knew that these government officials had a urinary nature and used chicken feathers as arrows. Everyone nodded in agreement.

They must find a suitable place to live, which is related to their future.

Wei Chuyu and the others left Nan Zhize and Shen Cuihua to guard the luggage while the others went out to look for it.

Everyone walked around the mountain shape. This place was desolate and sparsely populated. It was really different from the other villages where people gathered along the road.

Although the land in those villages is not fertile, at least it has green plants for farming and is not bare.

After walking for a day, they discovered the problem. It turned out that the reason why Silent Ridge Village was so terrible was that, apart from the barren land itself, what was very different from other places was that it had no rivers or streams, which meant there was no water source!

This made everyone anxious. When they found the concentrated area of ​​​​the village, which was only about ten households, they didn't have much water!

It was just a small ditch that was weak and on the verge of drying out, a dozen or twenty centimeters wide. The water floated shallowly over the rocks and sand, and was only a few centimeters deep.

As shallow as someone washing the carpet.

Damn it, is this the best in the world?

Wei Chuyu lowered her body and was shocked when she saw that the people in the village had to cut off the water before they could scoop it up.

Her expression was also amazing.

Everyone else was as surprised as she was!

After asking around, it was found that the water was sometimes not available. When it was not available, the villagers had to go to the next village to fetch water.

This is bad news! ! !

No wonder Xue Wei wants to drive them to this village. It’s really not a place for people to live alone!

"Xue Wei, I'll mess with your ancestors!"

Lin Xiuyuan couldn't help but cursed loudly. One sentence represented everyone's mood. He was going to force them to death!

The terrain of this gathering place is relatively flat, with some sparse crops planted in a few areas. Life seems to be very difficult. If a killer comes, there is almost no way to avoid it. Wei Chuyu and Nan Zhihe, who are whispering, look at each other, too There is no guarantee (security) anymore.

Wei Chuyu shook his head and said, "Even if a foreigner invades from here, he will go back crying with his pants down."

This sentence made everyone dumbfounded, but this is the fact. Every household is so poor that it is hard to imagine how they survived.

The people in the village were all wearing gray clothes, slovenly, with their hands inserted into dirty and shiny sleeves, and their eyes were numb when looking at the strangeness of their newcomers.

He inquired about Li Zheng's home and sent a few representatives to get a feel for it first.

In front of them was a low house with mud walls that was slightly better than other houses. Wei Chuyu, Nan Zhihe and Lin Xiuyuan stepped forward and knocked on the door.

The door opened from the inside, and a middle-aged man with dirty and shiny hair, but well combed, received them.

"Are you the leader of the village?"

Looking at this man who was not very thin, Nan Zhihe asked him.

The man had his hands behind his hands and a tooth was missing in his mouth as he spoke.

"I am Li Zheng Xu Jin, what do you want from me?

newcomer? Come to show up? Okay, show me your household registration to Benlizheng. From now on, you can come over every day and let me take a look.

We don't have many houses here, so you have to pay to rent them.

You can't use the water here either. You have to pay for it, otherwise you have to go to the next village to fetch water!

Also, don’t run away! "

"Cough cough..."

The man finished speaking fluently, but then he kept coughing.

"Can't run away?" Wei Chuyu raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile, "Is the land here for sale?"

Xu Jinduo glanced at her, her face was white and fleshy, these people seemed to be very rich.

He replied: "Yes."

Nan Zhihe got straight to the point and asked: "How to buy it and at what price?"

Li Zheng pondered for a while and said: "Although the land here is deserted, it is owned by the border troops stationed in the village over there, so don't think about escaping. Once you escape, you will definitely be caught, and they can execute you directly. !”

The village next door actually had troops hoarded?

Nan Zhihe said with a nonchalant expression: "Who is their leader?"

"General Ye."

"General Ye?" Wei Chuyu and Lin Xiuyuan asked.

Nan Zhihe lowered his eyes and said, "I know who it is."

"If you want to buy, just go to them."

Li Zheng smiled scornfully and said, "But I'm afraid they won't sell the land to you."

Wei Chuyu said: "If we don't want to escape, we can always buy land. Li Zheng, could you please go over and tell us, if we want to escape, why bother buying land?"

On the other hand, if you don’t buy the land, you might just run away.

Hearing this, Wei Chuyu gave him a bunch of copper plates, but Nan Zhihe took them and gave them to Li Zheng.

Li Zheng quickly accepted it.

"Yes, your Majesty is merciful. He sent us here to give us a way to survive. Otherwise, we would have been executed in prison long ago. Why bother?"

Lin Xiuyuan also said.

Before, he would not say anything nonsense about the emperor's kindness, but after all, the family wanted to survive, so long as he bowed his head without losing any sense of restraint, what would it matter?

Li Zheng didn't speak.

Nan Zhihe said regretfully: "Hey, it would be great if we could sell us land with running water. Unfortunately, there is no water source in this land."

There is no water source, so what if we sell it to them?

"I would like to thank you for your convenience and reciprocate as courtesy."

Having said these words, they departed.

It expresses the intention to buy, but it is not that urgent.

They told everyone what they were going to talk to Li Zheng.

"What should we do next?" Lin Xiuyuan said.

Wei Chuyu turned to Xia Ziming and asked, "What tools do you need to find underground water?"

Xia Ziming said: "Hoe, oil paper."

"It's both," he laughed.