Being a cannon fodder female supporting role is not as good as marrying a lucky villain

"Hurry up! If this business is delayed, your little lives will be lost!"

The fat man waved the whip ferociously, his heart was full of anger, as soon as he saw a laborer slow down, he swung the whip vigorously towards him, his eyes were full of ferocity, and he vented all his anger on On these scrawny laborers.

These laborers are numb, and only when they are whipped, they will show pain. They are covered with bruises, and they are almost unable to stand still, but they can only carry a stone that is twice as heavy as themselves to the stove. .

When the fat man was being arrogant, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a person from the corner of his eye. With a flattering smile on his face, he trotted up to this person.

"Second son, why are you here?"

It was Li Cheng who came.

There was a smile on his handsome face, and when he saw those tall iron-smelting furnaces, the smile in his eyes was a little real: "It's done well, how many swords can you smelt this time?"

"At least two thousand pieces." The fat man rubbed his hands. Seeing that Li Cheng's smile faded, he quickly added, "There are a lot of iron ore here, but we are short of manpower! Those batches of workers who were sent earlier A lot of people died, and now there are only five or six hundred laborers, and we don’t have many iron smelting furnaces, so it’s not easy to smelt these two thousand weapons!”

Li Cheng was wearing a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, which had been polished very smooth, but its owner was a ruthless person.

"Since there are so many laborers missing, let's go to the surrounding villages to catch more people. We can't make our big customers dissatisfied."

After hearing the words, the fat man showed embarrassment: "Second son, you don't know that the villages in Yuezhou, big and small, have all the people we can recruit, and I'm afraid we can't find any young adults!"

"Young and middle-aged people can't do it, but middle-aged and old people can do it too." Li Cheng said lightly, "Left and right don't expect this business to continue for a long time."

There is only one iron mine, and it will be gone after mining. What he wants is short-term manpower.

Fatty was secretly surprised, he thought he was already a ruthless person, but he didn't expect that his second son's methods were much better than him.

With a flash in his eyes, he suppressed the idea of ​​adding more food expenses to these workers.

The Second Young Master didn't treat these laborers as human beings, so how could he be willing to spend money on them.

Li Cheng made a tour and ordered coldly: "Before winter comes, we must gather enough [-] weapons. Since there are not enough people, we can always make [-] arrows, right?"

The fat man smiled mischievously: "Don't worry, even if you work day and night, my subordinates can make these two thousand swords and one thousand arrows for you."

Seeing his flattering smile, Li Cheng sneered, and walked into a wooden house, which was his usual resting place.

They didn't realize at all that in the unfathomable forest beside them, a group of people were ambushing in it, and they could clearly hear the conversation between the two of them.

The news was sent to Gu Ning, and the grumpy Zhou Jie had already punched the tree trunk heavily.

The big tree, which was too thick to be hugged by one person, shook, which showed the strength of his punch.

"What a beast!" Zhou Jie has been with the eldest princess for many years, and he is well-informed, but he has never seen such a short-sighted person from the Li family.

As a ruler, even an uncivilized like the Xiongnu would regard the people as precious wealth, let alone the self-proclaimed orthodox Chu State.

"Hearing what they said, the young and middle-aged people near Yuezhou were basically deceived by them and trapped in this mine." Zhou Jie sighed, "So many young and middle-aged people are missing, so the government didn't notice? ?”

"What if there are people in the officialdom?" Gu Ning said in a low tone, "The Li family is just a big family in Yuezhou, but their control in the officialdom is far inferior to Fang Chengyu."

"As the magistrate of Yuezhou, Fang Chengyu couldn't be ignorant of what happened under his nose. There is only one reason why he turned a blind eye to it...he is also a member of this organization."

Zhou Jie's expression became solemn: "Fang Chengyu's job report every time he enters the palace is rated first-class, he..."

"There are people in the court who are easy to handle." Gu Ning smiled, and the coldness in his eyes instantly emerged, "Don't forget, the Fang family and the Jiang family have a lot of contacts."

Almost half of the people in the court are Jiang's disciples, it is not easy to give Fang Chengyu a first class!

As soon as Gu Ning's words came out, Zhou Jie couldn't help but think of one thing: "What is the Jiang family doing for them? Could it be..."

Zhou Jie covered his mouth, his pupils dilated suddenly: "The Jiang family actually colluded with the Xiongnu?"

Gu Ning's peach blossom eyes were slightly raised, and there was a sneering smile in his eyes: "It depends on what the Jiang family thinks! But once this matter is exposed, the Jiang family will definitely be in trouble!"

Seeing Zhou Jie nodding continuously, Gu Ning patted him on the shoulder: "Therefore, this matter must be handled beautifully. It is not appropriate for Li Cheng to be captured by us. It is best to send some people to follow him, watch his every move, The Xiongnu's spies buried in the city of Yuezhou were uncovered."

"Yes!" Zhou Jie replied with anger in his heart, "If I don't make the Li family's disgusting public known, I'm not worthy of being an official!"

……

Thousands of miles away, the capital is calm.

It's just that under this calm surface, there are many undercurrents.

Gu Qingqiu stood under the tree at the side door of the Third Prince's Mansion, with a thin figure, the wind brushed her skirt, she looked like a fairy about to fly away, and there were many emotions in the look she looked into the courtyard.

"Your Highness still refuses to see me?"

Gu Qingqiu frowned, the melancholy in his eyes made the servants who came to deliver the message lower their heads tremblingly, not daring to take another look.

Seeing that he didn't dare to answer, Gu Qingqiu tightly clenched his hands under his seemingly soft surface.

During this period of time, Chu Yunyi's attitude towards her was extremely abnormal, even going to and from Ming Guifang every day, many noble ladies who went to Gu's mansion seemed to care about her, but in fact they all wanted to see her jokes.

Those noble ladies who have admired Chu Yunyi for a long time have been dissatisfied with her for a long time. Before, they were suffering from Chu Yunyi's love for her and dared not do anything to her. Now that they have such an opportunity to see her jokes, they will naturally not miss it. Almost scrambling to go to Gu's mansion.

Gu Qingqiu keenly sensed something was wrong from these things.

In order to win Chu Yunyi's heart these years, she has almost exhausted her strength, and she understands Chu Yunyi better than anyone else in this world.

Thinking of Chu Yunyi's rejection of her, she felt uneasy all day long and couldn't sleep at night. She finally found a chance for Chu Yunyi to be in the mansion, and she would never let it go.

Before the servant could react, he saw Gu Qingqiu striding towards the inner courtyard.

As she walked, she shouted Chu Yunyi's name, completely lacking in her usual gentleness and delicacy.

When the servants saw this scene, they were almost terrified. They were about to stop her, but they saw Chu Yunyi walking out of the inner courtyard with a complicated expression.

"How did you come?"

Even though Chu Yunyi tried his best to make his tone gentle, Gu Qingqiu could still see the difference in how he treated him.

At this moment, many thoughts appeared in Gu Qingqiu's mind, and finally she lowered her eyes and buried this matter in her heart.

When he looked up again, Gu Qingqiu's eyes were filled with tears: "Your Highness, you have avoided seeing me these days, but... you want to break off the engagement with me?"

At the end of the sentence, Gu Qingqiu's voice trembled, and those words were almost uttered through gritted teeth.

Seeing her like this, Chu Yunyi felt distressed and wary at the same time.

Over the years, he has never lied about his love for Gu Qingqiu. For Gu Qingqiu, he can contradict the queen and marry Gu Qingqiu from a humble family background as his concubine.

But once he found out that Gu Qingqiu wanted to take advantage of him, and even took advantage of their relationship for many years, Chu Yunyi did not dare to soften his heart.

Therefore, seeing Gu Qingqiu crying so pitifully, Chu Yunyi just helped her up, but he didn't make a promise.

At this moment, Gu Qingqiu's heart seemed to be held in someone's hands, she gasped for breath, and after a while, she broke free from Chu Yunyi's hand forcefully.

"I know what Your Highness is suspecting!" Gu Qingqiu paused every word, his eyes full of tenderness in the past were replaced by tears and determination today, "Don't you just suspect that what happened at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet was done by me!"

"But when your Highness was provoked, did you think about one thing, I never wanted to marry you! I have said many times before, since Your Highness wants to marry the county lord, you should make a decision with me! I, Gu Qingqiu, will never marry you." Don't be a concubine!" Gu Qingqiu broke down in tears, "It was His Highness who promised me that he would give me the position of Concubine! It was His Highness who made me love you so deeply! That's why I am willing to wait for Your Highness!"

"I believe His Highness is someone who will keep what he says, so why would I take such a big risk to plot against you?" Gu Qingqiu's eyes welled up with emotion, as if he was extremely distressed, "This world is so unfair to women! What happened that day was enough to make me ridiculed by the world! It was Your Highness who persuaded me time and time again, and made me put out my ambition to die!"

"Your Highness has avoided seeing me these days, and let those noble girls come to mock me one by one, all because they want to break off the engagement with me!" When Gu Qingqiu said this, tears were streaming down her face, her voice was trembling, but she was extremely angry. Resolute, "Then I will do as Your Highness wishes! I will go to the palace gate today to ask the empress to see the empress, and ask her to call the shots and cancel our engagement!"

"After that, I will take my own life with a white silk, and I will never hinder His Highness's future marriage."

After saying that, Gu Qingqiu stepped back step by step, turned around firmly, and ran out.

The hem of her skirt was like a gust of wind, gentle but unable to catch it.

Chu Yunyi stared blankly at her back, suddenly his expression changed drastically, and he immediately chased after her.

He hugged Gu Qingqiu tightly in his arms: "Qingqiu, don't go!"

"I was wrong!" He earnestly said every word, "I shouldn't believe those people's instigation! How can I doubt you? You are the most innocent girl in the world."

Gu Qingqiu felt his tension and pity, and a gleam of light burst out of his tear-covered eyes very quickly.