After Guanyin's birthday, Mai Xiaoji and others have not been to Linchun County for half a month. In the past, they only had to pay two cents to enter the city at will. There were only two guards guarding the gate to collect money, and no one was on duty at all.

But today no one collected money, but there were four officers on duty, and all four of them were neatly dressed in official uniforms, standing neatly and solemnly inside and outside the door.

The two of them looked at each other. Could it be that the county town had been occupied by someone? A sudden thought occurred in his heart, and he even wanted to turn around and leave the city. After all, Mai Xiaoji remembered Mr. Situ and boldly entered the city.

Half an hour later I saw Mr. Situ, "Sir, what happened?"

Situ sighed, "The King of Liaodong is here."

Mai Xiaoji didn't know that King Yan Tao of Qi had become the King of Liaodong. "I said, it turns out that big shots are coming." These big shots have nothing to do with him, a little guy. He felt relieved and said, "Sir, there are a lot of soldiers coming from the south of Dongsheng.

Jin Niang asked me to ask you whose subordinates they are."

Mr. Situ looked like he hated iron and said, "Why should I ask? Of course they are the garrison of the King of Liaodong."

"Oh..." Mai Xiaoji scratched his head in embarrassment: "Everyone thought there was going to be a war, so weren't they worried?"

Li Ji was silent and steady, standing aside and not saying much. Even if Mr. Wei was surprised why he didn't come out of the stall today, he didn't ask any questions.

After hearing what he wanted to inquire about, Mai Xiaoji felt relieved, and then he realized: "Sir, it's this hour, why are you still at home and haven't set up shop?"

Situ glanced at Li Ji out of the corner of his eye: "We don't go out to the stall every day. Are you hungry? I'll treat you to a restaurant for lunch."

They took a detour and walked for a day and a half before arriving at the county seat. Mai Xiaoji was indeed hungry, so he was not polite. The three of them went out to find a small restaurant for lunch.

In July, it is very hot even in the north.

It was almost noon, and things were almost done. Wangcai walked out of the county office back street, walking briskly, and bought some food on the street and brought it to the inn.

"Eat quickly. After you finish eating, we will check out and move."

Chunxi was delighted, "Guanshi Kang really helped us buy a house?"

"Then there's still time left." Wangcai ate his lunch in two bites.

"Where is the house?"

"Two streets away from the Yamen."

"Very good."

After a bumpy journey, they finally settled down. The two of them were so excited that they carried their luggage to the mule cart and arrived at the small yard bought by Kangtai, regardless of the middle of the day. They closed the door and started to pack up.

At the end of packing, Chunxi found that a cloth bag was not packed, "Brother Wangcai, did you collect it?"

"What?" Wangcai was fetching water from the well in the yard.

"It's that packet of chili seeds." The boss was very treasured when he was still alive. Chunxi has always missed his dead boss. He took a packet with him when he left Beijing, but he can't find it now.

"I got it from the mule cart just now at the inn. Could it be that I dropped it on the ground?" Wangcai also knows about chili peppers, which are the seasonings of the host. They are basically inseparable from them. He hurriedly looked for them and followed the route in to the entrance of the courtyard without even looking.

arrive.

As soon as the door opened a crack, someone passed by the door. There was a path at the door. It was normal for people to pass by. What was unusual was that one of them was the fortune teller who introduced them to work at his employer's house.

He opened the door suddenly and shouted, "Sir-".

Situ was startled and turned around, also surprised: "Xiao Lu?" The street boy he had rescued.

Wangcai was a street boy. He only knew that his surname was Lu, and he didn't even have a name. He only got a name when he worked as a long-term worker in Ji Rongjin's family.

"No wonder I can't find my husband in the capital. It turns out he is here." When he met his benefactor, Wangcai was delighted and friendly, and hurriedly ran to them.

Chunxi heard that 'Mr.' also ran out, and found the packet of pepper seeds lying on the threshold. She quickly bent down to pick it up and held it in her arms. Today, she first got a house, then met her benefactor, and found her boss's precious seeds.

Happy events come one after another.

"Sir..." She also ran to him excitedly.

"You..." Situ Lai was in a complicated mood.

When you meet a benefactor, you can pour beans out of a bamboo tube to bring wealth, and you can say whatever you want.

Only then did Situ Lai find out that after the Lantern Festival, Ji Rongjin's home was confiscated. Since they were not sold as slaves, they were fined a few taels of silver and then released. After that, they wanted to find Ji Rongjin's 'corpse' and bury it, but nothing happened.

No matter how much I asked, I couldn't find it.

"Sir, do you know?"

"..." Rarely in his life did Situ Lai become speechless when being asked a question, and he glanced at Mai Xiaoji with a guilty conscience.

Of course, it was impossible for Mai Xiaoji to tell them both, just looking at the scenery.

Li Ji, who didn't know much about Ji Rongjin's past, unexpectedly learned something about her boss's past. It turned out that she was from the capital city of Daxia, and she 'jumped' out of the restaurant by some accident and 'died without a body.'

Who would have thought that she would be fine in Dongsheng Town? Not only that, she also lived a more free and easy life than men.

"You just said that you met His Highness on the way north?"

Wangcai nodded, "Chunxi and I heard that Dong's family grew up in the northwest, and we were going to build a tomb for her in the place where she grew up. Unexpectedly, we walked to the east and met His Highness.

, so I followed His Highness here."

It was such a fate that fortune teller Situ was almost speechless.

"His Royal Highness's residence is in Shanglin County. You are now..." He pointed to the yard behind the two of them.

Wangcai scratched his head and said with embarrassment: "If it weren't for the boss, we would have had the opportunity to meet such a big shot as His Highness. We originally wanted to settle down in Shanglin, but then Your Highness came to Lin Chun for inspection. We thought Lin Chun was pretty good too.

, I just stayed here, this is the yard I just entered half an hour ago."

The spring forest is very nice, with clear mountains and clear water. The late spring and early summer are as graceful as the south of the Yangtze River. The cold winter and twelfth lunar month are the scenery outside the Great Wall. The plain areas are like the Sichuan Basin. The soil is fertile. As long as the weather is good, the people will be safe and prosperous.

'If it's not the boss, then there is a chance to get in touch with His Highness...' These words made Li Ji's head buzz. The 'His Highness' they were talking about was the King of Liaodong, right? Does Jinniang know the King of Liaodong?

For a moment, Situ Lai had several thoughts, but finally he calmly said, "Very good, very good!"

"Sir, are you now..." Wangcai wants to ask you if you are still setting up a fortune-telling stall on the street? It's embarrassing to think about it.

"Still doing the same thing." This is the truth, he didn't lie.

"Sir, you've been here before, did you live here?"

Situ didn't deny it, pointing to the front not far away, "The past three houses are the yards I rent."

"That's great, sir." He came to a strange place and became neighbors with an acquaintance. Wangcai was very happy and invited his benefactor to come over as a guest when he had time. "Sir, Chunxi and I are married, and you are our elder."

"

After finally getting rid of the enthusiastic young couple, the three of them returned to Mr. Situ's rented courtyard.

He raised his eyes and said, "Brother Li Ji, you heard what I just said. I don't want Xiao Lu to know that Jin Niang is still alive. I hope you..."

"I know." Li Ji replied simply. He didn't want Jinniang to know any 'His Highness', and of course he didn't want people who were related to 'His Highness' to know that Jin Niang was still alive.

Mai Xiaoji would not let King Liaodong know that Jin Niang was alive. Although he did not know that King Liaodong was the former King of Qi, he felt that no matter what the king or His Highness was, he was not a good person, so it would be difficult for him to save her.

The little green plum is in danger again.

With two ordinary servants, King Liaodong didn't take Kangtai's handling of such trivial matters at all. He now had to solve two things. First, to feed the remaining 35,000 men and horses, and second, if Da

Liaodong accounts for one-fifth of Daxia, and its population is not as large as that of a county in Daxia's capital.

Without a population, there would be no production, and without production, there would be no money. How would he feed his army?
Chapter completed!