Start in exile and use the space to pamper the yandere regent.

Xiao Jinren escaped in the end.

He himself suffered a lot of sin because he ate the chicken stewed with mushrooms and was later punished by the Duke of Zhen. After that, he received two more blows, and the internal injuries undoubtedly worsened.

It's not that the Duke of Zhen didn't want to save Xiao Jinren's life. After all, nearly a thousand Tao clan members and the family members of the deputy generals had lost two to three hundred people during their exile. This account must be settled.

But in the end, Xiao Jinren was spared his life, so that he could return to the capital to bring a message to Emperor Qihui.

As for whether we can go back safely on this journey, it's hard to say.

In the previous flood, because someone secretly used gunpowder, the mother river that had burst its banks changed its course and formed a large barrier lake.

Perhaps there was some providence here, and a large piece of land was unexpectedly carved out for the Tao clan to rest and recuperate. Looking back, whether it is counterattack or peace talks with the imperial court, I feel somewhat confident.

Originally, Zhen Guogong and his son wanted to go to the northwest three thousand miles away. As it is now, staying in Taoyuan Village is not too bad.

After all, Xu Yixuan had not finished her wedding with Tao Jinyu, so she decided to stay in Taoyuan Village. She allocated one-third of an acre of land near the river beach near the back mountain, surrounded a small yard, and hired people to build three rooms. Cottages.

The Yang family, mother and son, who had always had a good relationship before, also built a small yard not far away.

In response to this, Tao Jinyu's face looked a little sick. Perhaps he thought about the favors he had received during his exile, but he did not immediately fall out.

During this time, the Tao clan and the family members of the deputy general were busy. In addition to settling in Taoyuan Village, there are also several other nearby villages. Because the original villagers in these villages were mostly soldiers and their families who had returned to their fields, they did not cause too much trouble.

It was a coincidence, because the floods inundated several states and counties near Zhongzhou County. Tens of thousands of ordinary people were destroyed and displaced, becoming disaster victims and refugees.

The imperial government's treasury was already empty, and there was basically no money available for disaster relief due to this flood. Unexpectedly, Emperor Qi Hui also ordered the prefectures and counties to find ways to settle the victims on the spot.

In this way, these more than 700 people can get new household registrations with a little effort.

Speaking of which, this was also the result of Emperor Qihui's incompetence and the chaos of court management.

But for Xu Yixuan, this is not necessarily a good thing.

By the time I was completely settled, it was mid-November of the lunar calendar.

The weather is getting colder. As a former southern girl, Xu Yixuan, who has settled in Jiangnan for most of the past ten years, has never seen such heavy snow.

Xu Yixuan held a copper hand warmer in her hand, looked at the vast white field outside the window, and sighed softly.

Xiao Jinren was let go on purpose. Those officials responsible for escorting were not so lucky. Except for those that were damaged on the road, the rest unfortunately became coolies. Now they are probably still wearing cross-links on the other side of the mountain, mining to atone for their sins.

Bai Qi was pretty lucky. He found an opportunity when he was helping with the search that day and escaped early. It was Bai Qi who later took the opportunity and rescued Xiao Jinren.

Now, we should work together with Xiao Jinren to rush to the capital.

In order to make things like that, after the Duke of Zhen discovered that Xiao Jinren had escaped, he specially sent people to follow him from a distance and catch up from time to time. Xu Yixuan knew this from the news coming intermittently from Bai Qi.

I even suspected that Tao Jinyu was probably the one who initiated such an operation.

Don't ask, just ask.

Being so petty, what else could Xu Yixuan say. Xiao Jinren is not a good person anyway. If it were her, she would probably do more evil things.

"Sister Xuan'er." Just when Xu Yixuan was distracted, she heard Tao Wan'er's voice coming from outside. Because she was not married yet, Tao Wan'er no longer called Xu Yixuan second sister-in-law, but instead called her "Sister Xuan'er" one after another.

In fact, Xu Yixuan is not older than Tao Wan'er.

"Why did you come here on such a snowy day?" Xu Yixuan stood up and welcomed Tao Wan'er into the back room.

Because a kang was set up in the back room and a fire wall was specially installed, even though it looked like a thatched house from the outside, in fact the interior layout was not bad at all. After all, Xu Yixuan is not someone who would wrong her.

On the surface, the Duke of Zhen and his wife, in order to appreciate Xu Yixuan's hard work along the way, also gave Xu Yixuan a large amount of settling-in allowance after she settled down in Taoyuan Village.

Xu Yixuan did not refuse. However, privately, I was still thinking about finding an opportunity to secretly return the dowries of Mrs. Zhenguo and Mrs. Tao to them.

A woman's dowry is her confidence. Although Xu Yixuan had emptied out a lot of money before, she never thought about embezzling it. It’s just that I can’t swallow this breath.

"It's nothing. Mom asked me to bring you some food. In addition..." Tao Wan'er paused, leaned close to Xu Yixuan's ear, and lowered her voice and said, "Listening to what Mom said, dad is going to open an ancestral hall to pray for family members. .”

"Hey?"