Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 645: Lu'an County, Cangzhou
The next day, the sky was bright and the summer morning light shone into the courtyard, shining brightly with golden light. The pavilions and towers seemed to be covered with a layer of golden gauze, magnificent and gorgeous.

This also made the air become stuffy.

Chen Mo opened his eyes and turned his head. Suddenly, he felt his arms numb. He found that Xiao Yunxi and Xiao Ya were holding one of his arms and pressing him down. Their two white and slender legs were also resting on his body. However, Chen Mo did not feel any enjoyment. Instead, he felt a little hot.

Looking at the golden light shining into the house through the window, Chen Mo understood that the temperature in Linzhou was also beginning to rise.

He gently pulled his arms away from the arms of the two women and wanted to go out and ask the servants to fetch some water for a bath. After a night of lovemaking, his body was covered in a mixture of sweat and a strange smell. Although it was not unpleasant, it would be somewhat uncomfortable if he didn't wash it off.

However, just as he stood up, his expression froze and he didn't draw his sword out of its sheath.

Xiao Ya, who was lying next to him, frowned and uttered a light groan, with a hint of pain between her brows. Then the girl opened her clear eyes, and when she saw the young man's face clearly, she was a little dazed for a moment, then her eyes couldn't help but glance down, and soon the fair and tender face turned blood red.

She looked away for a moment, recalling the past night's lingering memories. The last practice before going to bed was between herself and her husband.

She pursed her lips shyly, then raised her eyes and whispered, "Husband, you are awake. Do you want to get up? I will help you get up."

After saying that, Xiao Ya frowned and started to move. As the sound of a red wine bottle cork being opened was heard, Xiao Ya took a long breath of cold air, then quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth, for fear of waking up her aunt who had not yet woken up.

"Xiao Ya, are you okay?" Chen Mo looked at Xiao Ya's painful expression. He didn't expect that she was still so uncomfortable after a night.

"It's much better now." After saying that, Xiao Ya was about to get up and find clothes to help Chen Mo change, but the latter grabbed her slender hand.

"Xiao Ya, please lie down quickly. I'm not that delicate. You can do it yourself." Chen Mo said softly with a warm smile on his face.

Xiao Ya's voice was extremely lazy with a hint of hesitation, and her eyes showed a trace of worry. She said, "Husband, this is not good. Besides, according to the rules, I have to serve tea to Sister Mi later."

Although she had entered the house a long time ago, she had just shared the same room last night, so she was considered the new bride and had to pay her respects and offer tea to the legal wife.

"It's nothing wrong. I'm the boss in this house. I'll tell your sister Mi about it. It's okay."

As he spoke, Chen Mo helped Xiao Ya lie down, and then said, "Let me see."

"Ah?!" Xiao Ya was startled. She suddenly closed her legs and put her hands under her body to protect herself. Her cheeks turned red with embarrassment.

But she still couldn't resist Chen Mo's curiosity, so she could only say shyly, "Husband, don't."

Chen Mo took a glance, as if he had been stung by a bee, and said softly: "I'll ask your sister Mi to get some medicine for you to rub on."

"No, absolutely not." Xiao Ya waved her hands in shame and panic, her voice almost crying. If she really did that, it would be too embarrassing.

"Don't want what? Husband, don't bully Xiaoya so early in the morning." Xiao Yunxi had been woken up by the two of them. She didn't know the current situation and just thought that Chen Mo was bullying Xiao Ya so early in the morning. She raised her hand and pulled Chen Mo's arm, asking him to stop.

After she understood what happened, Xiao Yunxi's plump and attractive cheeks blushed, and she immediately complained to Chen Mo: "My husband, it's all your fault. You don't know how to pity Xiaoya at all."

Chen Mo: "..."

He was already very compassionate, but he did not expect Xiao Ya's physique to be different from that of an ordinary person. He did not make any excuses, but simply took the blame on himself and said, "Blame me, it's all my fault."

As he spoke, Chen Mo looked at Xiao Yunxi and said, "Yunxi, you are the elder, so Xiaoya will be taken care of by you."

This time Xiao Ya did not object. After last night, there were no secrets between the two women anymore.

……

On the other side, in Yang Qingqing's room.

A ray of golden morning light shone in from the window and sprinkled on Yang Qingqing's face, which was warm. The scorching and dazzling sunlight made Yang Qingqing raise her hands to block it, but she did not wake up immediately. Until she felt a little uncomfortable from the sun, Yang Qingqing suddenly thought of something, sat up abruptly and opened her eyes.

She looked around blankly, looking at the books that fell on the ground and the pipa next to them. She suddenly thought of something and reached out to touch the back of her neck, where she felt a swelling like a pimple.

She quickly checked her body and found that there was nothing wrong with it. When she saw that the toad's blood was still there, she murmured, "What happened last night?"

She couldn't help feeling annoyed. Seeing the white tiger Dabai still lying there sleeping, Yang Qingqing couldn't help but pick up the books on the ground and threw them at Dabai.

Right in the forehead.

Dabai, who was sleeping soundly, opened his eyes and looked at the books that fell in front of him. Dabai was about to roar when he suddenly saw the unfriendly expression of his master. He froze and lowered his head carefully. He looked around blankly, wondering who had made his master angry.

……

a month ago.

Cangzhou is located in Lu'an County.

On the bumpy official road, hundreds of people were walking tiredly with their families, carrying packages on their backs, and pushing wheelbarrows. Fortunately, the weather was dry and the road was not as muddy as in spring. Although it was bumpy, it was still easy to walk on.

In the team, several groups were divided based on family. Dai Ling's family of three, Huang Zhaodi and her son, Huang's father and Huang's mother formed one group, and at this moment, this group was talking.

"We're finally in Cangzhou. I heard that Lu'an County suffered a disaster before and many people died. It's the most difficult to investigate. Let's settle down in Lu'an County." Dai Ling, the leader of the group, said in a low voice.

This group of hundreds of people were all those who had fled to the south when the north was in chaos. Now that they heard that the north had become slightly more stable, they rushed back with their families.

After all, this is where our ancestors have lived. No matter how good the South is, it is not as good as our former home.

"Zhao Di, hurry up and get to Lu'an County while the sun is not too strong in the morning. If we wait until the sun is strong, we will be burned to death." Dai Ling turned around and said to Huang Zhaodi who was carrying his son on her back.

"Zhaodi, let me carry the child on your back for once. You took care of the child last night and didn't get much sleep." Father Huang took off the bag on his back, handed it to Mother Huang, and went to pick up the child carried by Huang Zhaodi.

Dai Ling's wife, Wang, nudged her fourteen-year-old son with her elbow and asked him to come over to help.

"Grandma, let me help you with your luggage." Dai Ling's son Dai Qi stepped forward to help Huang's mother.

Wang took the opportunity to ask, "Zhao Di, has Hu Er's fever subsided?"

Hu'er is the nickname of Huang Zhaodi's son.

"I'm back." After handing her son over to Huang's father, Huang Zhaodi felt less pressure. She wiped the sweat off her forehead, forced a smile and said, "Aunt, I'm so grateful for your care along the way. Otherwise, I really don't know what I would do. After I recognize Dai Tu, I will make sure that Dai Tu thanks you."

Huang Zhaodi wants to cry just thinking about the hardships and experiences along the way.

When passing through the four states of Huai, Lin, Yu and Qing, the journey was peaceful and the road was flat. There were also post stations, so it can be said that it was very smooth.

But after coming to Gaozhou, everything changed.

It’s bad enough that the road is difficult to travel on, but you also have to be careful of the “road bullies” who block your way.

However, if you really encounter a "road bully", it's not that bad. These people are the people who can't survive in the north, the lower-class people. If they stop you, they will only ask you for some food and money. They won't take all of it and will leave some for you.

But if you encounter bandits, it’s hard to say.

I don't know whether I can be lucky or have bad luck.

Dai Ling, Huang Zhaodi and their companions once encountered bandits who robbed them of almost all of their belongings and food. If Dai Ling and Huang's father had not been old hands and hidden some silver coins and gold leaves in their anus and soles of their shoes, they would never have been able to reach Cangzhou.

Fortunately, the bandits they encountered did not kill them.

Afterwards, they encountered a gang of human traffickers who abducted women and children. Fortunately, Dai Ling and Huang Zhaodi's sons were grown up, so the gang of human traffickers did not do anything to them. They just gave them a few warnings and then parted ways.

There are also evil boatmen and black shops on the roadside.

If Dai Ling had not traveled far and wide and had a wide range of knowledge, he would have been tricked.

It was thanks to Dai Ling's experience that the group arrived in Cangzhou safely.

When they first arrived in Cangzhou, Huang Zhaodi's son suddenly fell ill, perhaps because he had eaten something bad or something else, and had a high fever that wouldn't go away.

The most important thing is that they are unfamiliar with the place and they don’t know where to find a doctor.

In the end, there was no other choice but Dai Ling to try every possible means. Relying on his experience, he collected some herbs and used a folk remedy to boil some medicine for Huang Zhaodi's son to drink.

Now it seems that the cure has been successful.

Before the sun rose high in the sky, Dai Ling and his party finally arrived at Lu'an County after rushing all the way.

They and the people who rushed back from the south rushed to the yamen as soon as possible.

When Chen Mo drove away the Jinxia barbarians and returned, he made preliminary arrangements for the north.

After taking control of the court, Chen Mo asked the emperor to issue various stabilizing policies for the north.

Among them, anyone who came to settle in the north could be allocated land.

However, various policies are good, but the people below do not do their job.

In fact, at the beginning, the people below were still doing their job.

After Chen Mo drove away the Jinxia barbarians and took control of the north, he had no talent to govern the local area, so he asked the clerks in the original government offices in various places to temporarily maintain the operation of the government offices and wait for the officials to take office.

However, it has been almost two years since then, and still no official has taken office, but the silver that Chen Mo left in the north has been used up.

The local government had no money, and they were worried that they might not be able to keep their lives in the future, so the people in the government started to have other ideas.

There is a policy of allocating land to households after they settle down.

But the handling process needs a process.

If you give me money, I can do it faster.

If you don't give me a penny, I will do it more slowly or just delay it.

When Dai Ling and his men arrived, the clerks in the yamen directly stretched out their hands and asked them for money without even trying to pretend.

Dai Ling said he had no money, and the clerk simply told them to get out of the way.

Because Dai Ling and his men came to Lu'an County to settle down with other purposes, they naturally couldn't use Dai Tu to scare people.

So the group gathered together the only valuable things they had left and gave them to the clerk.

The clerk then asked with a smile: "Name?"

Dai Ling turned around and glanced at Huang Zhaodi.

Huang Zhaodi immediately understood and came forward with her son: "This is my son, his name is Guo Feng."

"age?"

"Just turned nine."

"Where are you originally from?"

"We are Cangzhou natives, but from the neighboring Mancang County."

"Then how did you come to settle down in Lu'an?"

"We have offended someone in Mancang County and we are afraid of being retaliated against, so."

"Okay, next one."

After the clerk registered Dai Ling and his group, he gave them two sets of keys and said, "This is where you live, in No. 2 Dingzi Hutong in the west of the city... As for the land, you have to wait for unified distribution. Come to the government office in three days and I will take you to measure the land."

"Thank you, sir."

……

Three days later, Dai Ling and Huang Zhaodi's families received the land as they wished. Of course, the condition of the land was somewhat unsatisfactory.

Wang asked, "Why are other people's fields paddy, but our fields are so different?"

The clerk said coldly: "With the little money you gave, this is only enough for us to share."

Although Wang was angry when she heard this, there was nothing she could do but endure it.

Dai Ling said: "Sir, didn't I hear that there are still rice seeds?"

"Go find whoever told you that. There's no such person in Lu'an County anyway." The clerk said this and left without looking back.

It says above that rice seeds will be distributed, but in the situation in the north, the landlords don’t have any surplus grain, so what’s the point of distributing yarn? You’ll have to figure out a way yourself.

Fortunately, Dai Ling and Huang's father were not from the lower class and had some money, which they had not given away all to the clerks before. They had hidden some of it and were now using it to make purchases.

After a few more days, Dai Ling and Huang Zhaodi's families finally settled down in Lu'an County.

After "Guo Feng" recovered from his illness, Dai Ling suggested that it was time to go and recognize his relatives.

Huang Zhaodi agreed, and they are indeed living a miserable life now.

They mortgaged the allocated land for a sum of money as travel expenses to find their relatives. Eventually Huang Zhaodi, her son "Guo Feng" and "Guo Ling" (Dai Ling) went to Linzhou.

Dai Ling learned a lesson from the troubles he encountered in Cangzhou, so when he went to Xiangyang, he deliberately took a detour to avoid these places.

However, there are more than one bandit and road bully.

Even though Dai ordered them to be careful, careful, and careful again, they still accidentally encountered another wave of bandits.

But this wave of bandits is not like the previous one.

It not only wants money, but also kills people.

But Dai Ling and his friends were really lucky. Just when the bandits were about to kill them, they met their savior.

It was Lin Zhong who came to Lu'an County to take up his post.

After Chen Mo knew that there was unrest in the local area, he sent more than ten soldiers to protect Lin Zhong when he left Xiangyang. This would also help Lin Zhong quickly turn the situation around and take control of the government office after he took office.

(End of this chapter)