The villain and traitor is my brother

Chapter 68 Chu Lian
The eldest prince looked coldly at the two women struggling in the lake, and sarcastically said, "It's just a cheap life, but it is worthy of General Pei's mercy."

Seeing that talking to him was useless, Pei Yuanqi sent his own guards to intercept him. The two waves of people fought in the middle of the lake, and finally saved Ji Ruyan and her sister.

The eldest prince's face was as gloomy as ink.It seems like water can be squeezed out.

Ji Ruyan was rescued by the guards and taken to the boat. From a distance, she kowtowed three times in the direction of Zheng Qiuyun.

Seeing such a scene, the eldest prince's face became as cold as ice, and the banquet broke up unhappy.

He was not in a hurry to read out the imperial edict, and Pei Yuanqi was naturally not in a hurry to hear the content of the edict.Taking advantage of these few days, I can take Zheng Qiuyun around Qingzhou City.

Zheng Qiuyun has already been to Huangming County, where the scenery is beautiful and the people are kind.They rode horses and walked casually and came to Ning County again.

Ningxian County is at the border with the Chrysalis people. The outermost part is the river, the innermost part is the towering ancient trees, and the innermost part is the county seat of Ningxian County.

People's lives are getting better, and there are people setting up stalls and selling things on the streets.Zheng Qiuyun looked at it and saw that these things were very local, including silver tip tea, Xiao flute, and small bamboo basket.

The clothes they wore were also quite unique. Zheng Qiuyun bought one at a clothing store and continued shopping.It had rained and the bluestone road was still a little slippery. She carefully pulled Pei Yuanqi's sleeve.

Seeing her natural movement, Pei Yuanqi quietly raised the corners of his lips and quietly moved closer to her.

"Look, those are locusts." Pei Yuanqi pointed it out to Zheng Qiuyun.

Zheng Qiuyun looked up and saw a group of tall men with straight noses and thick lips walking towards him. They were indeed different from the people around him.

Zheng Qiuyun was puzzled, "How come there are still people in Qingzhou?"

Pei Yuanqi explained, "If people have business dealings with local people, they must undergo strict inspection and accept control. Under the condition of limiting the number, they are also allowed to come and exchange things with local people."

“Are they selling people?”

The two men at the back pushed the cage away. Several people were locked in the cage. Zheng Qiuyun was quite shocked.

Speaking of this, Pei Yuanqi clenched his fists and said, "The worms robbed people here before, and now they are selling them as slaves."

Zheng Qiuyun asked Pei Yuanqi: "Is there no way to get it back?"

Pei Yuanqi said with a heavy heart: "If you snatch one, the others will not be able to come back."

Most of the people in the cage looked numb and their eyes were wandering. They didn't know when the guillotine of fate would suddenly fall.

There was a woman who was squeezed into the innermost part of the cage.There is a strong desire for survival in his eyes, and he is extremely defensive of the people around him.She didn't care whether the clothes she was wearing could still protect her body, she just looked at the people around her and didn't relax for a moment.

The man dragged her out by her hair and shouted: "This is the last female slave today. Whoever pays first can take her away."

The woman fell to the ground in embarrassment and immediately got up. Because her hands and feet were restrained, it was quite difficult for her to get up.

The man slapped her, causing blood to flow from the corners of her mouth, and she suddenly fell to the ground. Her ankles were bloody and bloody from the iron chains.Her eyes were still fixed on the man, never relaxing for a moment.

"Watch me dig out your eyeballs!"

The man pretended to hit her again, and the people around him were all angry and picked up the things in their hands to help her.

The Chrysalis man shouted: "We have many such prisoners over there. If you rob them openly, we will kill them all."

The people put down what they were holding and cursed in low voices.

"I'll buy it," Zheng Qiuyun walked up to the man, "Don't touch her. I'll give you the price."

She rescued the woman and took her to the end of the street. Then she took out broken silver and medicine from her arms and placed them in her palm.

"You go."

The woman blinked in confusion, making sure that Zheng Qiuyun was not teasing her.She took a few tentative steps out and looked back.

Then, she walked back and said, "I have nowhere to go and I don't have much to eat. Can you let me follow you?" Zheng Qiuyun smiled and said, "I don't need you to be my slave."

The woman added: "My name is Chu Lian. I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child. I can protect you."

Zheng Qiuyun then agreed to let her follow him, "Although I bought you, you are not my slave. As long as you want to leave, you can leave at any time."

The eldest prince sent someone to look for Pei Yuanqi again. This time he really read out the imperial edict, and Pei Yuanqi took Zheng Qiuyun with him.

Pei Yuanqi was promoted from General Xuanwei to General Yunhui and immediately went to Mobei to take up his post.In addition, he was rewarded with a hundred acres of fertile land and a thousand taels of silver.

After reading out the imperial edict, the eldest prince turned his attention to Chu Lian and said, "General Pei is really in a leisurely mood. He actually brought two women with him this time."

Zheng Qiuyun frowned. Chu Lian looked at Zheng Qiuyun. Seeing that she was unhappy, he stretched out his hand to give the eldest prince a fatal blow.

Zheng Qiuyun asked her to stop, and Chu Lian regretfully retracted her move and asked blankly: "Aren't you going to kill?"

Zheng Qiuyun quickly said: "No, he is the prince, he cannot be killed, he cannot be killed."

Zheng Qiuyun didn't expect that he would buy back a loyal young man.

The eldest prince was furious, but there was nothing he could do. After all, Chu Lian had not touched her at all.

After completing the handover work, Pei Yuanqi had to go to Mobei. Zheng Qiuyun said goodbye to Li Mingzhu, Ji Ruyan and others were preparing to take Chu Lian back to Linjiang County.

The people heard from nowhere that Pei Yuanqi and Zheng Qiuyun were leaving, and spontaneously stood on both sides of the road to see them off.

"General Pei, take care."

"Mrs. Zheng, the people of Qingzhou will always remember you."

"Bon Voyage."

Zheng Qiuyun opened the car curtain and waved to them, "Everyone, go back."

It wasn't until they left Qingzhou City that the people stopped chasing.

Zheng Qiuyun stopped and walked just like when he came.Three days later, he and Chu Lian returned to Linjiang County.

Zheng Qiuyun was a little surprised at the changes in Linjiang County after not coming back for a long time.The people on the road were in high spirits, and even the vegetable sellers had high-pitched voices.

The carriage drove to Zhutian Village. Zheng Qiuyun got off the carriage and Chu Lian helped her carry her luggage.The house has been unoccupied for so long that it has become covered with spider webs.

Back in Zhutian Village, everyone felt relaxed.Zheng Qiuyun asked Chu Lian to take a bath, change his clothes, and tie his hair up.

After tidying up like this, Chu Lian revealed her appearance, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, full of heroic spirit.

After a while, Sun Shaoyan, Zhao Dahu and others came to look for her.Some villagers spontaneously went to the academy to look for Zheng Wenping and Zheng Wuan and told them that Qiu Yun was back.

In the yard, everyone was talking and laughing.

Sun Shaoyan said: "Qiuyun, there are people in our primary school who have passed the county examination."

Zheng Qiuyun was extremely surprised. It turned out that he just wanted to enlighten his children, but he didn't expect that some children could pass the county examination.

Sun Peng took the credit and said, "We caught two thieves, and the county magistrate praised us."

Zheng Qiuyun also praised them: "You have protected the peace of our county."

Zhao Linlang presented Qiuyuefang's account book, "This is a year's income."

Zheng Qiuyun flipped through it and was very satisfied with the numbers above.

(End of this chapter)