I have a weird dynasty

Chapter 257 Arrangement (asking for monthly ticket)

When Sang Que returned to the mountain village, it was just daybreak. Before she entered the cave, she heard suppressed crying outside.

"Sister, please don't leave me, Sister——"

As soon as I entered, I saw the younger sister Wanhe lying on the bed, and the older sister Wanyun on the bed was already dead.

The other two girls stood not far away, also wiping their tears secretly. During the time they were locked up in the mountain stronghold prison, every time the bandits came, it was the oldest Wanyun who stood in front of them.

The hostage Zhang Junyao sighed silently, feeling heavy-hearted.

Sang Que was helpless in this matter. It was too late to rescue him, and Wan Yun's body was extremely weak and he couldn't bear it at all.

Sang Que walked to the bedside and wanted to try whether the upgraded money of Yan Sheng could bring the dead back to life. After trying, he found that it didn't work. The dead could not be saved.

"If you want to take your sister back to your hometown, I can send you back." Sang Que said to his sister Wan He.

Wan He grabbed Wan Yun's already cold hand and shook his head, "We can't go back anymore. No one would want us even if we went back."

As he said that, Wan He turned around and knelt at Sang Que's feet. "Lady, you saved my life. I am willing to serve you for the rest of my life to repay you. Apart from you, I have nowhere else to go."

Wan He fell to the ground and cried. The two girls beside her also knelt down and begged Sang Que to keep them.

"Everyone, get up."

Sang Que spoke, and the three girls felt disappointed when they heard his words, thinking that Sang Que didn't want to keep them.

"Don't kneel down and kowtow so often in the future. I don't like this. You can stay if you want, but I can't always be by your side to protect you. You must learn to protect yourself. If you are willing to endure the hardship, I can teach you martial arts."

"Although I have taken over this village now, I don't keep idle people in this village. I have hands and feet and I don't need anyone to serve me. Think carefully about what you can do and what you want to do here. Give me an answer after you have thought it through."

After saying that, Sang Que glanced at Wan Yun who was already dead on the bed.

"I'll tell Ruan Shichun outside. When you're ready, ask him to take you to bury your sister."

Ordinary people bury their dead by burning them first and then burying them. Sangque doesn't need to explain this, as the locals know it better than Sangque.

Although Sangque has decided to try to raise corpses, he cannot use the bodies of other people's relatives.

Someone came to deliver breakfast. Sang Que had eaten at home before, so he let Wan He and the others eat by themselves.

When preparing to go out, Zhang Junyao called Sang Que.

"Lady, can I ask you to take me to the nearest Pu'an County? You name a price. As long as I find my family's business in the city, my family can afford any price."

After what happened last night, Zhang Junyao knew that Sang Que was a powerful man. Now she didn't even have any servants, and she had to go home alone. She might be kidnapped again before she even got home.

Sang Que glanced at Zhang Junyao. She had known through her ghost eyes that Zhang Junyao's family ran a business of considerable size. She just needed a business partner to help her resell some things in the future.

"Okay, but I need to arrange things in the village first, so you may have to wait a few days."

Zhang Junyao was a little panicked, but she had no other choice.

Sang Que asked Ruan Shichun to gather all the bandits to the meeting room again and inquire about the current basic situation of the mountain stronghold.

There was not much food stored in the mountain stronghold, and it was only enough for more than fifty people to eat for one month. Including the money hidden by Ruan Shichun and his son, there were only 140 taels of silver. They had originally been counting on exchanging Zhang Junyao for a large sum of food and money.

The seeds for spring plowing have not been purchased yet, the mountains have just thawed, and the wasteland has not yet been reclaimed.

There are carpenters and blacksmiths in the village, as well as a few craftsmen who can build houses. Apart from Ruan Shichun, the only literate people are Sun Sheng and his father. These two are the only carpenters in the village. His father learned some basic characters when he was an apprentice in the county when he was young.

Sang Que wrote down all the things that needed to be purchased and done in his little notebook, and then set rules for all the bandits, asking Ruan Shichun to arrange for the bandits in the village to cut down trees and reclaim wasteland first.

During the day today, Sang Que planned to survey the terrain of various parts of Jinfeng Mountain to determine the location for building the city next, and plan out the arable land, the place to raise corpses, and the locations of various workshops.

An escape route should also be planned in the back mountain to avoid being trapped in the mountain in the future.

She would not build the city in Jinfeng Mountain too big, just enough to ensure basic production and survival. Mom was right. If there was a chance in the future, she would still have to expand outward. Jinfeng Mountain could be used to hide soldiers, as a secret base for her to raise corpses, and as a logistics base for manufacturing weapons.

Having witnessed Sangque's methods and knowing the existence of the Ghost Slave Seal, all the bandits dared not act rashly. They all became farmers and lumberjacks and went into the mountains to work.

When Sang Que was preparing to survey the terrain, Zhang Junyao was afraid of staying alone in the bandit camp and wanted to be with Sang Que. She felt safe only when she was with Sang Que. The way Sang Que saved her at the critical moment last night was deeply imprinted in her mind.

"Can you draw a map?" Sangque asked.

Zhang Junyao was stunned. She had never drawn a map, but she had been dabbling in music, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child. She had also seen many maps in her brother's study. In addition to those of the Xuan Dynasty, there were also maps of Tibet and the sea.

I don't talk about how good the painting can be, but it's always okay to give a rough idea.

Zhang Junyao nodded, "Yes!"

Sang Que carried a roll of white cloth on his back and teleported with Zhang Junyao to the nearest high mountain, overlooking the earth and their village.

“I didn’t expect that Jinfeng Mountain, viewed from a high vantage point, really looks like a phoenix.”

Zhang Junyao had never climbed a high mountain before, and at this moment she was attracted by the beautiful scenery around her.

The lush vegetation, the misty clouds and the towering mountains made Zhang Junyao feel heroic and gave him a concrete understanding of the word "magnificent".

In such an era, ordinary people like Zhang Junyao will never have the opportunity to climb high and enjoy the scenery in their lifetime. She couldn't help but look at Sangque beside her, and the admiration and envy in her eyes could no longer be suppressed.

"Just start from here and depict the basic terrain clearly, and then move on to other places."

Sang Que handed the white cloth and the brush and ink to Zhang Junyao, turned around and looked around the forest. There were some unclean things in the forest. Yin Tong had been eager to show off recently, so Sang Que let Yin Tong out and let her hunt the wandering evil spirits in the woods by herself.

After finding a relatively flat stone, Zhang Junyao quickly began to draw.

While describing, Zhang Junyao asked, "Were you a bandit before?"

"No."

"So you plan to stay here and be a bandit in the future? Since you are so capable, why don't you join the Evil Suppression Division?"

Sang Que was a little embarrassed, "I like freedom, what is your dream?"

If you don't want others to keep asking you about your affairs, just throw the questions back.

Zhang Junyao smiled and said, "I want to be like my brother, traveling around doing business, opening my family's business in every corner of Xuan Dynasty, so that everyone knows that women are not necessarily inferior to men."

Sangque leaned against the tree with his arms folded, nodded slightly and said nothing.

Zhang Junyao thought that Sang Que disagreed, just like her family, so she said, "There are already female officials in the Evil Suppression Division, and our Prime Minister has been working hard to give women all over the world a chance to come forward. I think the era when women can only get married and have children should be over!"

"Do you know that there is a very powerful female night tour guide in the Xiesi of Wangshan Town. She is famous in Qinzhou, and even in Jinzhou, her deeds are spread. It was because I heard about her deeds that I ran away from home and wanted to give it a try, but the result was..."

Sang Que raised his eyebrows. Zhang Junyao had been arrested for three days, and the incident in Wangshan City had only been going on for seven days. The news spread too fast.

No wonder she showed no signs of losing control after being promoted to the ghost level. Her heart lamp must be terribly strong now.

Just as she was thinking about it, Sang Que suddenly saw a crowd of people somewhere in the forest, and many of them were heading towards her village.

Sangque loosened his arms and smiled, arriving just in time.

"You draw first, I'll be back soon, she will protect you."

"Hey! Wait!"

Zhang Junyao was unable to stop Sang Que, and he disappeared from the spot. She turned around, and saw a little girl with a blue body appearing from the depths of the dark forest. She stared at her with a pair of scarlet ghost eyes, and gave her a smile that she thought was kind but was actually very scary.

Gudong!

Zhang Junyao swallowed hard, she was almost scared to tears.