after being kidnapped by the general

Three Heads Mountain in Ruyang County.

The rice field seedlings at the foot of the mountain are green and fragrant.Farmers gathered in groups at the foot of Three Heads Mountain, looking up at the young man on the narrow mountain road.

The young man was tall and straight, wearing a strong suit, his waist was stretched out in a slender and tight arc.Her jet-black hair was neatly tied up high, a dagger was pinned to her waist, and a bow and arrow was carried on her back, making her look extraordinarily vigorous and heroic.

The farmers chatted in low voices from time to time, their words full of curiosity.

"Whose child is this, how dare you enter the mountain alone?"

"It looks familiar. It seems to be... the eldest son of the county magistrate! I went to the street to buy medicine for my old lady a few days ago, and I just met him once."

"It's that kind and intelligent young master?! How did he get into the Three-headed Mountain? There are man-eating wolves, tigers and leopards in the Three-headed Mountain!"

"The hunters here dare not go into the mountains alone!"

Whispering continued, more and more farmers gathered.

Suddenly, at the end of the dirt road, there was a simple carriage and dozens of servants hurried over. The horse's hooves kicked up a little bit of mud on the mud, splashing all on the clothes, but no one cared.After the carriage came to a complete stop, the leader looked anxious and sad, and quickly stepped forward and knelt down at the foot of the three-headed mountain.

"Eldest son, how can you go up the mountain alone!"

The old slave choked up, raised his hand to wipe his tears, and cried louder, "Madam is seriously ill. I have searched all the pharmacies in Ruyang County, but there is only one herbal medicine that is missing. The doctor said that this herbal medicine is only available in Three Heads Mountain, but How can you go up the mountain alone!"

The servant behind him burst into tears immediately, "Eldest Young Master, come back quickly."

The old slave became hoarse, weeping every word, "The old slave knows that you are filial to your wife, and you are not afraid of wolves, tigers and leopards for her sake, but the three-headed mountain is too dangerous, please think twice!"

The farmers on the side suddenly realized, "It turns out that the county magistrate went to the mountain alone to gather herbs for the county magistrate's wife!"

Some people already had tears in their eyes, "I have heard that the magistrate is filial, but I didn't expect him to be able to do this for his mother. You see, the more these people shout, the faster the magistrate walks. These people stop themselves!"

An old man sighed and said, "If I had such a son, I would be able to wake up laughing from my dreams."

The Northern Zhou Dynasty ruled the world with loyalty and filial piety. As long as they are loyal and filial, they will be admired by the people.

But no matter how the servants shouted, the young man in spring clothes still walked firmly into the dense forest without stopping.

A haggard female voice came from the carriage, "Forget it, Steward Lin. If he insists on fulfilling his filial piety, you don't have to stop him."

Steward Lin stopped shouting, but just led people to hug each other and cry.

After a long time, the group left Three Heads Mountain in a hurry.The farmers had no excitement to watch, and they also dispersed.Among them, two thin farmers looked at each other, and walked away from the paddy field lightly, and came to a rare roadside.

The magistrate's wife and her party who had just left suddenly stopped here.

The farmer stepped forward and said in a low voice, "The steward, everything is done."

Steward Lin had already suppressed his crying, and threw a bag of money to the two peasant households, and looked at them coldly, "You know what to say and what not to say. Take the money, and the rest Don't gossip anymore."

The two farmers nodded repeatedly, and carefully left with the silver.

Inside the carriage.

The county magistrate's wife, leaning on the soft pillow, had a pale face, as if she had just recovered from a serious illness, her cheeks were specially smeared with rouge to enhance her complexion, but she looked even more sick and haggard.

"Ma'am, it seems that this matter has been settled," the maid served the tea to the county magistrate's wife, showing a little joy, "The situation now is finally not in vain for your painstaking efforts."

Hearing this, the county magistrate's wife opened her eyes and couldn't hold back a smile.She reached out to take the tea bowl, her wrist was strong, but she didn't look like she was sick, "My husband and I have worked hard for Yuanli's filial piety."

Today's scene of "going up the mountain to collect herbs for the mother" is a scene they made.

Now if you want to be an official, you can only be recommended by others to be Xiaolian.If they are powerful and powerful, they naturally don't have to worry about a quota of filial piety, but if these small families want to find filial piety for their descendants, it can be said that they have taken great pains.

The county magistrate's wife's surname is Chen, and her natal family is somewhat powerful in Ruyang County, but it's not enough to look outside.Her husband, Yuan Song, is also an ordinary person. He only had the chance to become an official after worshiping a good master, and his connections are not as good as the county magistrate's wife.

If you want Yuanli to be an official, you must first establish a good reputation.

The servant girl came behind Chen Shi, pinched Chen Shi's shoulders, and said comfortingly: "Madam, don't worry, with the reputation and intelligence of the eldest son, he will definitely be selected for the Imperial College."

To promote filial piety, reputation alone is not enough, knowledge is also required.Nowadays, the places of filial piety and honesty are monopolized by aristocratic families, and those with bad backgrounds can only find ways to enter the Imperial College. After completing their studies, they will be recommended by their teachers to start their official careers.The students of Guozijian are either rich or noble, but they also accept famous and talented people.If he can enter the Imperial College, the Eldest Young Master will already have half a foot in his official career.

Mrs. Chen took a sip of her tea, and showed a bit of melancholy again, "How can it be so easy. Even if it is the Imperial College, it depends on the status of the father and ancestor."

There are three schools with different levels in the Imperial College, namely Guozixue, Taixue, and Simenxue. These three subjects are aimed at the children of high-ranking officials and nobles.

Her husband-in-law is just a small county magistrate, if he doesn't work his joints, he might not be able to enter the Imperial College for the rest of his life.

"Besides, there are not only my Chen family in Ruyang, but also the Wei family and the Wang family." Chen rubbed his forehead, "There are so many people, but there is only one filial piety, and the Wei family and the Wang family are still married. Fortunately, Li'er is talented. Smart and hard-working, I can compare them with their two nephews, otherwise it would not be us, but their two families who have spread the reputation of Ruyang."

The maid said softly: "Madam, don't worry. I don't know why, when I looked at the Eldest Young Master, I felt that the Eldest Young Master must be able to enter the Imperial College and become a famous teacher."

Chen couldn't help being amused. Although Yuan Li was still young, he had a plan in everything, and his demeanor was already impressive.Such a child, how can the future achievements be small?

After drinking two sips of tea, Mrs. Chen did not forget to tell her: "Go and remind the people down the mountain to take care of the young master."

The servant girl responded with a smile, "I'll go right away."

"Wait," Chen stopped her, and gently wiped off the tea on her lips with a handkerchief, and the white powder was wiped off together, revealing her rosy lips, she closed her eyes, "you put on some makeup for me , make sure I look like I've had a serious illness."

"Don't worry, ma'am."

The maid washed her hands, put down the curtain, and carefully put on makeup for Chen Shizai.

Yuanli walked quickly to the mountain.

As soon as he walked to an area where there were few people, more than 30 guards rushed out from behind the jungle.The leader had a thin face, cupped his fists towards Yuan Li and said, "Young Master."

Yuan Li nodded and said with a smile, "Guard Meng, I've worked hard for you these few days."

Since it's a show, of course he can't just stay on the mountain for a day and leave. The longer he stays, the wider and truer Yang's reputation will be.Yuanli had already decided to stay in the mountains for three to five days.

Thinking of this, Yuanli looked at the system in his mind again.

[The Encyclopedia of Everything System has been activated. 】

[Task: Enroll in the Imperial Academy. 】

[Reward: Soap formula. 】

Yuanli has a secret, he is not from this era.

Before crossing, he was an excellent battlefield logistician.After time travelling, he came to Northern Zhou with his memories, and became a crying baby with a motionless system in his mind.

However, since the system was activated until now, it has not given Yuanli any help at all, and only displayed three lines of words coldly, using rewards to coax Yuanli to complete the task.

Yuan Li is very wary of this thing in his mind, but his goal is the same as the system's, to enroll in the Imperial College and promote Xiaolian as an official.He simply planned to take a look at what would happen to the system if he really entered the Imperial College.

But I have to say that the soap formula is indeed a big temptation for Yuanli.

Because when Yuanli discovered that this era was about to be a prelude to chaos in the world, his goal became to adopt a large number of soldiers and horses, so as to gain a firm foothold in the troubled times.

In his previous life, Yuanli's major was raising soldiers and horses, and doing logistics well. He knew how much it would cost.

Here comes the problem, as the son of a small county magistrate, he doesn't have that much money at all.

Yuanli regretfully withdrew his gaze from the system.

The Three Heads Mountain is the largest mountain in Ruyang County, not only in Ruyang County, but even in neighboring Sanchuan County.

Yuanli dug a lot of herbs, and the group walked from the south side of Three Heads Mountain to the north without knowing it.Yuan Li shuddered, looking down, this place and the place they went up the mountain seemed to be two worlds, the vegetation was sparse, the land was bare, and the dead branches and weeds were desolate.

Meng Huwei's complexion changed suddenly, he pointed to the distance and said, "Young Master, take a quick look."

Yuan Li looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a group of ragged civilians climbing up the mountain in the dense forest.

This group of people was so thin that they only had a thin layer of flesh. Each of them held an ax or a stone knife in their hands. Their mouths were dry and cracked, and they were constantly swallowing saliva hungrily.It's just strange that this group of people are all men in their prime of life.

It seems that the visitor is not good.

Yuan Li frowned, signaling the people around him to keep silent, and led them to follow quietly.

Ahead is the farmland in Ruyang County, Yuan Li thought, holding the dagger at his waist.

Meng Huwei looked at the group of people for a while, and thought of something, "My lord, there was no snowflakes in Hanzhong last winter, and there has been no rain since the beginning of spring. The rice fields are dry, and there must be locust plagues in severe droughts. In order to escape, many People rushed to Luoyang with their families, and judging by the appearance of these people, they should also be refugees from Hanzhong."

Yuan Li thought, "Then why are they in the mountains in Ruyang County?"

Meng Huwei smiled wryly, "You don't know. Luoyang is an imperial city, how can you allow refugees in at will? These people have nowhere to go, and many of them fled to surrounding counties and towns. But Luoyang doesn't accept refugees, and these counties and towns naturally dare not Accepting refugees. Some of the refugees starved to death, and some went directly to the mountains and became bandits. I think these people also look like a group of bandits who have fallen from the mountains.”

Yuan Li lowered his eyes and suddenly sighed.

Ever since he knew that he had traveled to ancient times, Yuan Li knew what kind of cruel world he would face.

This world will only be more cruel than the future, and the people will have even less civil rights.This is why he wants to take the lead in seizing a place in the troubled times. Yuanli can't save everyone, but he wants to try his best to save more people.But even if you are mentally prepared, seeing this scene all of a sudden, it is still unavoidable to be heartbroken.

But Yuanli quickly put away such emotions.When nothing can be done, no amount of sentimentality is just hypocrisy.

Meng Huwei said: "My lord, if these people are really bandits from the mountain, shall we still follow?"

"Follow." Yuan Li said decisively, "but don't hurt anyone for now. You take two people with dry food and pretend to be farmers and walk around in front of them to see how they react. If they only robbed food and never hurt anyone, Then give them half of our food."

Yuan Li's expression turned cold, "If they plan to kill people and rob food, kill them on the spot, so as not to harm the people of Ruyang County."

Meng Huwei clasped his fists: "Yes!"

He took off his coat with two people, rolled on the ground in the mud, then put the dry food water bag and some money into the luggage, and approached the victims from the other side.

In fact, such a test of human nature is not fair to the victims.

They are in extreme hunger, thirst, and poverty, and in this state they are more likely to become impulsive than usual.

But Yuanli couldn't ignore their possible danger because of their pity, and let them have the opportunity to harm other innocent people.

Soon, Meng Huwei and his party met the victims.

As Yuan Li thought, as soon as they saw the bags carried by Meng Huwei and the three of them, the victims became restless.They stared closely at Guard Meng, swallowing faster and faster, their eyes glowing green.

Someone even held out a hand to Guard Meng with a stone knife. The three guards of Meng were nervous, and when they were about to make a move, the victims were stopped by the leader.

The leader was a skinny young man with sharp eyes, swallowing his saliva, threatening: "Put down the things on you, and get out!"

Meng Huwei's face was ashen, he and the two subordinates behind him looked at each other, remembered the eldest son's advice, endured the humiliation, put down his things, turned and prepared to leave.

The leader quickly pulled the luggage over, flipped through it twice, took out the dry food and the water bag, and threw the rest of the stuff into a ball on the three of Guard Meng, "We only need to eat Drink, don’t want anything else, take your money!”

The three guards of Meng turned around quickly to catch the luggage. They looked down at the money bag and looked at each other in blank dismay.Looking at the victims who had already begun to share food, they returned to Yuanli in a daze.

Yuan Li watched the whole process, and he looked at the leader thoughtfully, "Go, let's meet them."

The people in the refugee pile were devouring dry food, but everyone was only given a small piece the size of a palm.What was left was wrapped up by them and seemed to be set aside for other uses.

After hearing the sound, all the people in this group raised their heads vigilantly and put their weapons in front of them.As soon as Yuanli and his guards appeared, the expressions of these people suddenly changed, and they were nervous, as if they recognized them as other people, and there was some hatred in them.

The young man standing in the middle was covered with dirt and dust, and looked much calmer than the others. He could tell at a glance who was in charge here. He stared at Yuanli and spoke first, his voice hoarse like a dry tree short of water, "You guys who is it?"

Yuan Li took off the water bag on his body and threw it to him, indicating that he was not malicious, "Strong man, are you refugees from Hanzhong?"

The young man took the water bag with one hand, didn't drink it, and became more vigilant, "So what if it is, so what if it is not."

"Don't be nervous, I don't mean anything malicious," Yuan Li smiled, "The water is fine. To put it bluntly, the money to buy poison is more expensive than your lives."

The refugees were silent, the young man suddenly pulled out the water plug, stared at Yuan Li and took a sip, his throat rolled greedily, then he forcibly restrained himself and threw the water bag to his brothers.

Yuanli threw a few more water bags to them and asked the young man, "What's your name?"

The young man paused, "Wang Er."

Yuan Li asked again: "Why did you enter the mountain? Why are you the only ones? Didn't the elderly and children escape with you?"

After three questions, Wang Er's muscles that had just been relaxed immediately tensed up again, without saying a word.

Yuanli was very patient, "If there are only you people, we will give you some food, but not a lot. If you have wives and children, then I will provide you with a livelihood."

This sentence is poking the hearts of the victims who have suffered so much in the wind and rain.Many victims were obviously moved, and they all turned to look at Wang Er.Wang Er pursed his lips and asked, "What kind of livelihood?"

"Come to work on my farm," Yuan Li said, "In addition to farming the fields, you men also have to take care of the house. In addition, there are wages including food and housing. Although it is not a lot of money, it is enough to eat and wear It's okay to be warm."

Wang Er hesitated for a while, "To be your part?"

Part [-], slaves and maidservants are domestic servants*.

If there is nothing wrong, they are just servants who guard the house. If something happens, they will be private soldiers with a wave of their arms.

In this era, wealthy businessmen from all aristocratic families have tribal music at home.

Yuan Li said warmly: "That's right."

The victims looked at each other, Wang Er gritted his teeth and questioned, "We don't even know who you are, so how can we trust you?"

Meng Huwei snorted coldly, "This is the eldest son of the magistrate's mansion in Ruyang County, you should believe it."

Wang Er was stunned for a moment, his face softened visibly immediately, and he bowed deeply to Yuan Li, "It turns out that it is Ruyang Yuanlang, it's really better to see once than to hear a hundred things."

Yuan Li blinked and understood that this was the effect of his "fame".

In this era, as long as the reputation of loyalty and filial piety spreads far and wide, people will not be regarded as a bad person by the people.If a person is so filial to his parents, how bad can he be?

For the first time, Yuanli felt the usefulness of fame.

Wang Er and his party had already believed in Yuanli, so they offered to come out.According to what they said, there were many refugees who were placed under the mountain and hid. They were all women, children, old and young, and there were more than a hundred people in total.

Yuanli had the bottom line in his mind, and asked Meng Huwei to bring these people over with Wang Er, and when the night was getting dark, he would find someone to take them to the farm.

That night, Yuanli and the guards dug some wild vegetables to make porridge for their stomachs for the time being. Many people took the bowls and chopsticks tremblingly. As soon as their lips touched the porridge, they began to sob in a low voice. You don't have to starve to death, but you are still sad that your relatives have not persisted until now.

Wang Er was also holding a bowl of porridge with wild vegetables and devoured it hungrily. Liu Dagen moved to his side and whispered, "Wang Er, if we follow the magistrate, will the corrupt officials still be robbed?"

"Of course it will be robbed," Wang Er sneered, "There was a severe drought in Hanzhong, but the dog official sent carloads of silver and jewelry to Luoyang. I don't know if he wanted to ask someone to hide the disaster for him. We must take away the people's fat and people's anointing earned by that dog official before he dies! It's just that Mr. Yuan is the son of the county magistrate after all, we can't make things difficult for him. Let's do this without telling Mr. Yuan, and don't implicate your benefactor."

Liu Dagen nodded heavily, "I know, don't worry."

Wang Er did the math, the convoy of corrupt officials should arrive in Luoyang in two or three days.

After they robbed the convoy, they didn't want the corrupt officials' dirty money, so they just gave it to Mr. Yuan, and then begged Mr. Yuan to save more refugees in Hanzhong.

With Mr. Yuan's benevolence, he will definitely lend a helping hand to them.

A hundred miles away, Luoyang.

Chu palace.

Prince Chu and his wife Yang are also thinking about Yuanli.

Yang's eyes were red and swollen, as if he hadn't slept for several days and nights, and his voice was hoarse and weak, "The begging cronies have been sent to Ruyang, and we will get ready when the Yuan Mansion agrees. Feng'er's body Not good, I can’t do obeisance to get married in person. Fortunately, Ciye will be back soon, so let him come to do obeisance for brother.”

"Can Chu Hechao listen to us?" Lord Chu snorted coldly, "If you ask him to worship on behalf of your brother, I'm afraid he will scare the Yuan family's Erlang so that he immediately regrets the marriage."

Yang was silent for a while, "So what, our Feng'er..."

She choked up and couldn't speak.

Prince Chu's complexion darkened, and after a long time, he changed the subject and said, "How is that child from the Yuan family?"

Yang's face softened slightly, "He is a good boy, but his family background is not good."

Prince Chu said: "It's hard for these two children."

Yang shook her head and didn't want to say any more.She took out the old almanac, looked it over carefully, and smiled, "Master, what do you think of this auspicious day?"

Prince Chu looked at it and was surprised, "Six days later? Ma'am, are you in a hurry."

Yang shi said softly: "Master, if it's later, Feng'er won't be able to hold on."

Prince Chu's eyes became hot, and he nodded silently after a long while.

The author has something to say:

Babies, I'm back!It’s been a long time since I’ve been fishing, the third update of the article, I’m happy within three chapters, and the last chapter will give out red envelopes~

① The background is empty, modern and ancient times are all empty.

②It will be updated at midnight every night before v, let's watch it the next day

③ Gong is called Chu Hechao, and the word Ciye.Both Gongshou and Shou are adults, and Shou has not yet established a crown, so there are no words for the time being.

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*From "Tang Law Shuyi"