On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 474 Extra Jiang Yu
Xiao Xiao glared at him: "Are you in your seventies or eighties, or are you blind?"

Li Yan hurriedly explained: "I saw Jiang Yu and a man go to Baihua Tower a few nights ago."

"The night before yesterday, I passed by Peony Pavilion and saw Chen Yibin and his gang of friends go in."

Seeing Xiao Xiao's bad face, he quickly explained: "I didn't go in, I was just passing by."

"Explanation is a cover-up." Xiao Xiaoming was furious: "Could it be that you were trying to steal someone's love and that's why you ran into them by chance?"

"Really not!" Li Yan said immediately, "The one in the north has been sitting firmly on the throne in the past few years, so his appetite has grown and he has sent many spies here."

"The Emperor ordered us to pay more attention to those unfamiliar faces."

"There are many people coming and going in the fireworks area, so it's easy to get information and hide your whereabouts, so I pay special attention to these places."

He took advantage of her unpreparedness and kissed her on the corner of her lips, then quickly left. "This is stealing the beauty."

Xiao Xiao's anger instantly dissipated a lot, and she rolled her eyes at him: "Can't you be serious?"

She was too embarrassed to lose her temper.

Li Yan whispered, "Can you teach me how to be serious between husband and wife?"

Xiao Xiao stretched out her hand and pinched him: "Are you getting bolder?"

Li Yan immediately grabbed her hand and said, "A gentleman should use his words instead of his fists."

"I am just a little girl." Xiao Xiao calmed down and asked about his work first: "Did you catch anyone?"

Compared with war, love affairs are nothing.

By that time, there will be chaos and no one can save their own life.

Before Xiao Xiao gave birth to her two daughters, she still had some extravagant hope in her heart. She thought that when she died one day, she might be able to go back to the past when she opened her eyes again.

But now she has given birth to two daughters, the eldest is five years old and the youngest is only two years old. She really doesn't want them to be born in troubled times and be displaced.

Li Yan nodded: "We have arrested seven people, but we don't know how many spies there are."

This is normal, as they are not the only ones who have spies from the north.

They also have spies sent to the north.

This is to avoid the North sending troops to invade before they receive the news.

According to the rules, such an important matter should not be spread out.

But Li Yan also knew that she was tight-lipped and would not say more, so he dared to tell her so that she could be prepared: "But even if the north does not take action, the emperor is also hoarding soldiers and food, and there will definitely be a war in two years."

Xiao Xiao also looked heavy-hearted: "I thought about it, but I didn't expect this day to come so soon."

He said what he had thought of a long time ago: "You can select some girls from the charity who know some martial arts and teach them carefully. They will be very useful in the future."

It is said that the prime minister’s door is a seventh-rank official.

In recent years, those girls aged fifteen or sixteen in the charity hall have found a place to stay.

Da Zhou provided the venue and Xiao Xiao provided the staff, and they opened the Qiao Jia Ren Health Care Center which was only open to female members.

There are also chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep and fish raised.

As well as clothing shops and cloth stores, they provide re-employment opportunities for some of the little girls in the charity hall.

In addition, the Queen Mother selected a group of little girls who knew some martial arts to enter the palace, and the rest were divided up by Xiao Xiao, the Zhou family, and the Sheng family.

The more than 2,000 little girls left in the charity hall were all too young and would have to be raised for another two or three years before they could leave at the age of 16. Of course, only 1% of them wanted to be free.

Most people still hope to sell themselves as slaves or servants, so that they will not have to worry about food and drink, but also receive monthly wages.

Not only is life after marriage hard, but you also have to worry about meeting the wrong person.

In the past, some were chosen out of the charity hall and sent to work in brothels, and some were forced to work in embroidery shops. Now they are far away and can hardly see clearly.

Their experiences made the girls in the charity hall feel sympathy and fear.

Therefore, the little maids in the charity hall were eager to be chosen by Xiao Xiao to be maids.

"I'll keep an eye on it." Xiao Xiao didn't want to worry him, so she didn't explain to him that there was no suitable person at the charity hall. "But I've only selected more than 20 little girls. I can't pick any more girls to enter the mansion for the time being. Otherwise, if others see it, they will think that there might be trouble."

In order to consolidate his imperial power, the emperor certainly would not want his civil and military officials to buy too many boys and train them as private bodyguards.

In Li Yan's family, according to regulations, they can only employ 100 guards.

Of course, Li Yan and the others couldn't be so obedient, so they arranged some people to go to the farm to help with farm work and mainly practice martial arts to ensure that there would be no shortage of people when they were needed.

Li Yan didn't want to buy the man because he was worried that he would be targeted.

After hearing what Xiao Xiao said, he gave up the idea: "Then we'll talk about it next year or the year after next."

I hope the North can be more calm and not rush into war.

"You have something else to do this afternoon, so why don't you go do your thing first?" While Xiao Xiao was advising him, she also enlightened herself: "There is always a way out when the car reaches the mountain. We can survive the most difficult times. Now that we have made preparations early, we will definitely be safe."

"You're right." Li Yan did have to report to the palace in the afternoon, so he stood up and said, "Don't worry about your father-in-law's matter. Let them find out the details before making any plans."

Xiao Xiao didn't want him to worry, so she nodded in agreement: "I've remembered everything. Anyway, even if the sky falls, there is a tall guy like you in front to support it."

She had such an obedient face and her eyes clearly showed that she knew my husband was the best, which made Li Yan feel so happy.

When Xiao Xiao saw him leave, she also stood up and said to Yanzhi, who was pretending to be a quail, "Let's go to Huichuntang."

As long as Li Yan treats her well, she doesn't mind coaxing her man more.

After all, in this day and age, men are really tired.

Especially since his job is special, isn't it said that serving the emperor is like serving a tiger?
Therefore, Xiao Xiao didn't mind letting him go out happily.

Although his salary is not as much as what he earns himself, money cannot buy his current official position.

And if it weren't for his position, he wouldn't be able to keep his business.

Therefore, Xiao Xiao never said that he didn't earn much.

He Shuang hadn't come back yet, so Widow Wu asked the shopkeeper to arrange someone to keep an eye on things, while Yanzhi herself drove the carriage to Huichuntang.

Five years ago, Mr. Jiang secretly took care of the Empress' health, and was later appointed as the Imperial Physician by the Emperor. Now he is the Judge of the Left Court, although he is only a fifth-rank official, no one wants to offend the doctor.

After all, no one knows when you will need help from a doctor.

Another thing is that Jiang family’s in-laws are related to the Minister of War, which is really powerful.

Anyway, Huichuntang is doing good business now.

Yanzhi drove the carriage to the back door with familiarity and asked the gatekeeper, "Is Mr. Jiang here? My mistress is the eldest lady of the guest minister's mansion."

"It turns out that it's the grandmother who's here," the servant immediately smiled, "The master has gone home today."