rich concubine

Chapter 187 Banditry in Yizhou
The rice was sweet and soft. Rong Yi took a small bite, then put the meat with celery and chopsticks into her bowl.

Rong Yi was stunned, thanked Jiang Shunxiao, then silently pushed the celery aside, and ate the piece of meat with the rice. After he picked up the vegetables, Rong Yi became a little bolder and reached out for himself Eat the food in front of you.

Jiang Shunxiao looked at her for a while and said, "Why don't you eat celery?"

Rong Yi paused and said, "I will be allergic to celery if I eat it."

allergy?Jiang Shunxiao raised his eyebrows and asked: "To what extent?"

Rong Yi: "It can range from red and itchy skin to severe acne all over the body and difficulty breathing."

As soon as he finished speaking, the celery in the bowl was taken away by Jiang Shunxiao. Rong Yi looked at him in confusion and ate it by himself, and said "Oh!" "Master! Those are the leftovers from the slave!"

Jiang Shunxiao glanced at her: "I've already kissed you. I don't dislike you."

Rong Yi: "..."

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After the meal, Jiang Shunxiao asked Rong Yi to talk about what happened while shopping today. But after a while, Hinayana came back. It seemed that she had something to report. Rong Yi was about to leave, but Jiang Shunxiao stayed behind.

"You're here too, listen carefully."

Hinayana glanced at her and smiled.

"Tell me what's going on."

The Hinayana said: "Master's guess is indeed correct. Yizhou is close to Xunzhou and has been implicated for a long time. Banditry has been happening here for a long time. Local officials are colluding with bandits and squeezing the people. The business here is a little bigger, but it's okay. The worst offenders are hawkers, some small ringleaders specialize in collecting the money earned by hawkers, arresting men to expand their gang strength, and... prey on young and beautiful girls."

Rong Yi trembled and her face changed. Jiang Shunxiao glanced at her and knew that she, a little girl, would definitely be scared after hearing this. How had anyone raised in a deep courtyard ever heard of this?

"Are you afraid? Just go back first if you're afraid."

Unexpectedly, Rong Yi shook her head and said, "I'm not afraid, my slave."

Jiang Shunxiao pursed his lips and nodded to Hinayana, who then continued.

"Those thieves and bandits have done many evil things. They have wiped out all the rich families in Yizhou. The poor families cannot afford to pay, and some can only sell their sons and daughters to the bandits to work as coolies and gangsters... Anyone who disobeys even a little bit. They would be beaten to death with sticks and thrown into the river without even leaving their bodies. Because the governor was there to protect him, the people would have no way to sue the officials even if they wanted to."

"But when my subordinates wanted to inquire about the lair and leader of the gang of thieves, no one was willing to tell them. They all seemed to be afraid of those bandits, and even advised my subordinates to leave Yizhou as soon as possible." Jiang Shunxiao frowned and whispered coldly. He said: "A group of unscrupulous people dare to be arrogant. It seems that I have come to the right place!"

Rong Yi glanced at him and saw that his eyes were full of anger, and she was a little worried. Those thieves did all kinds of evil. I only brought these people, I'm afraid I can't cure them...

Then he said: "Sir, would you like to request an order to send some more people over?"

Jiang Shunxiao looked up at her and saw the worry in her eyes. His brows relaxed slightly, but he said to Hinayana: "You go down first."

"Yes."

Jiang Shunxiao took Rong Yi's hand and asked, "Are you worried about me?"

"Of course I'm worried. If those bandits can control a whole Yizhou, they may have deep roots and big leaves and cannot be eradicated easily. We only brought 100 people, I'm afraid..."

Seeing her anxious look, Jiang Shunxiao suddenly laughed.

"That's great. Now you know how to worry about me. It's not in vain for me to love you."

Rong Yi sweated slightly. What he did to her really hurt her!But this is not the time to talk about this.

"Our group is too conspicuous when we come out as a caravan. I'm afraid we might be targeted by them. I have to be careful."

Jiang Shunxiao looked at her chattering little mouth and suddenly pecked her lightly. Rong Yi quickly covered her mouth and said, "What are you doing!"

Seeing that she looked angry, Jiang Shunxiao smiled.

"I like you like this. It's much more comfortable to look at you than when you were submissive before."

Only then did Rong Yi realize that she had angrily annoyed him. She blushed a little, but when she saw him smiling happily, she didn't seem to care about her disrespect at all.

Originally, Rong Yi was not a submissive person.

Unknowingly, facing him, I felt a lot more courageous.

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(End of this chapter)