Infrastructure masters in the red building

"Don't get excited, folks, just speak up if you have something to say."

Seeing this, Jia Fang quickly spread his hands, indicating that he was not carrying a weapon at all.

Unexpectedly, when he moved a little, the crowd on the opposite side was all fussing:

"Don't move, don't move!"

"You...don't come here, as soon as you move, the bow and arrow in our hand will greet you!"

Jia Fang quickly stood still and said loudly: "I just strayed into Guibao Land by mistake, and I have no malicious intentions at all."

His voice was immediately drowned in a rush of tongues: "Ganqing is a young man."

"It's been so many years since anyone from the Xianliang Temple has come here. Why did a young man suddenly appear? No one came on the road at the entrance of the village!"

"Hey, look how handsome you are after this..."

Jia Fang: Please, where is your attention? Please listen to my explanation and put down your weapons!

"Wait... This young man looks very familiar. Doesn't he look a lot like that noble man back then?"

Someone saw some clues and was yelling: "Don't be in a hurry to greet people!" but heard a shout from behind the crowd, "The village chief is here, let me out!"

At this time, it was getting dark, and the light from the torches illuminated Jia Fang's body.An elderly man with the appearance of an old farmer squeezed in from the crowd, squinting at Jia Fang.

The "village head" seemed to feel that the light at the scene was not bright enough, so he reached out to take a torch from the villagers around him, held it in his hand, and approached Jia Fang.Jia Fang tried his best to make a peaceful gesture, smiled frankly, and tried to explain with his expression——I have no malicious intentions.

But I don't know if the village head is short-sighted. Holding the torch high, he got very close, looked at Jia Fang almost face to face, then bowed his head and carefully observed Jia Fang's clothes.

"Oops!" The old man suddenly yelled, which startled Jia Fang and the villagers surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside.The swords and weapons in everyone's hands were rattling, and they didn't know whether to rush forward or retreat quickly.

Who knew that the old village head suddenly put the torch in his hand on the ground, knelt down straight, and shouted: "The nobleman has come, the villain is the village chief here, I have seen the nobleman."

When the village chief knelt down like this, the surrounding villagers were startled, and they immediately knelt down one after another, throwing kitchen knives, bows and arrows on the ground one after another.

Jia Fang was even more surprised, and hurried forward to help the village head up, not forgetting to say loudly: "Don't be like this, what kind of nobleman am I?..."

Coming from modern society, Jia Fang has never had the basic concept of high or low status.

"...Old man, didn't you admit the wrong person?"

Unexpectedly, the village chief didn't get up, but raised his head to look at Jia Fang, and asked loudly, "Aren't you Jia Fang, the third master of Rongguo Mansion in Jingli?"

Jia Fang was completely shocked: "How do you know..."

In this way he confessed his identity frankly.

But the village head continued: "Even if I have never met you, this jade pendant cannot be fake." He pointed to the ugly fish jade pendant on Jia Fang's waist, and said, "This jade pendant was handed over by the Duke of the State. Yours?"

Jia Fang's father's words suddenly flashed in Jia Fang's mind: "As long as you are in the garden, you need to wear this jade pendant, remember it - this thing will definitely keep you safe."

So this is the reason? ——If he didn't wear this ugly fish with him, he might be mistaken for a thief when he came here, and his personal safety could not be guaranteed.Jia Fang's forehead was sweating, and he secretly complained to his father: Can't you speak clearly?

But judging from the current situation, Jia Daishan knew the secret of "Fei Changfang's endless lovesickness" in Daoxiang Village.

"The Duke of the country sent someone to say it last year, saying that the period for the third master to observe the filial piety for the Duke of the country has expired. After the removal of the filial piety, the third master will naturally come back here to take over everything." The old village chief continued, which is equivalent to reconfirming Jia Fang. conjecture.

"I... I am indeed Jia Fang." Jia Fang confirmed his name again, but he still didn't understand, "Mr. Rong is my father. But what my father said... what do you mean by 'come back here and take over everything'?"

After he finished asking, there was silence all around, only the burning sound of the burning torches in the hands of the villagers.

Jia Fang seemed to hold the pause button of this world, pausing this small village.

After a while, Jia Fang was surrounded by mournful voices, which shocked him again.Only the old village chief in front of him cried the loudest: "Third Lord! Don't you want us?"

"I beg the third master to show mercy—"

"Third Master, we have nowhere to go but here, please give us a place to stay!"

This... what's the situation?

Jia Fang felt more and more that he was in a dream. From the moment he stepped into the main house of Daoxiang Village, he felt that everything he experienced was so unreal.

He confirmed that he was awake, but the more he was awake, the more he felt that he was in a dream-he didn't know when he would wake up.

But the problem is, now that there is a lot of crying around him, he can't just sit idly by.So Jia Fang stretched out his hand to support the old village chief in front of him, and said softly: "Old man, I definitely don't have any opinions on you, but I am here for the first time today, and I still don't understand it at all, so I urgently need my old man to explain it to me. You guys yes……"

When the old village chief heard what Jia Fang said, he stopped crying immediately. He got up with a bang, turned around and waved to the villagers around him: "It's okay, it's okay, the third master is just here for the first time, and he hasn't understood the situation yet. Don't worry, everyone. Let's go back to the entrance of the village first. The meals are ready for each household, and the good wine is brought out. Tonight we will treat the third master well."

The surrounding villagers said loudly: "Okay!" The atmosphere was almost like a festival, and it was hard to imagine that this group of people were begging sadly just a moment ago.

Jia Fang was at a loss, so he could only turn his head to look at the old village chief, hoping for an explanation.

The old village head picked up the torch, made a "please" gesture, and invited Jia Fang to join him and follow the crowd towards the village.

"Third Lord, didn't the Duke mention us to you?" The old village chief asked Jia Fang as he walked, "It is said that he should give you this jade pendant beforehand!"

Jia Fang recalled Jia Daishan's attitude: when his father handed the ugly fish jade pendant to him, he really seemed to want to explain something, but in the end he didn't say anything, he just told himself to wear it properly.

"After all, this is a fish talisman!"

Fish charm?

Jia Fang suddenly realized: the fish talisman is a kind of talisman in the Tang Dynasty, and it is also a proof of identity.Legend has it that this kind of fish charm is divided into left and right pieces, and the left one is placed in the inner court as a "stub"; the right one is carried by the holder as a proof of identity.

When he saw this ugly fish jade pendant at the beginning, he didn't like it no matter what, but he didn't know it was such an important thing.

"That is to say, old man, do you still have another fish talisman in your hand? Do you need to check it?" Jia Fang borrowed the string tied around his waist, and handed the ugly fish jade pendant to the old village head.The village chief took it with both hands respectfully, and also took out a fish-shaped bronze vessel from his arms. Two pairs of two pieces fit together perfectly, forming a perfect jade/copper fish.

"Third Master, do you know the meaning of this fish talisman?" The old village head asked Jia Fang while carefully returning Jia Fang's jade pendant.

Jia thought at ease: If I knew, I wouldn't be so confused now.

"There are hundreds of hectares of land here, including fields, mountains and forests...Since the Duke of the Kingdom has given you this fish talisman, this piece of land is your land, and all of us here have lived here for generations The farmer's family... That's why they were so scared just now, they drove them out because they were afraid that something would happen to you."

Jia Fang walked and listened, already dumbfounded, and confirmed again and again: "You mean, the land here is all mine?"

The old village chief bowed to him and said affirmatively: "Not only the land here, but also the people on the land...we are all yours."

Jia Fang no longer knew whether he was facing a surprise or a shock—he just built a Daoxiang village, but he actually harvested hundreds of hectares of land and the population of a whole village?

He walked all the way to the village entrance in a daze, and gradually remembered what his father said: "What is yours is yours after all, and no one else can touch it."

At the beginning Jia Daishan spoke so cryptically, but was he referring to this?

That being the case, why didn't this father send someone to deliver the letter, so as to inform the villagers here in advance, or to take care of himself?I almost became an "intruder" and was pointed at with a kitchen knife and bow and arrow.

Jia Fang couldn't figure out the many mysteries for a while, so he had to put them aside for the time being and ask Jia Daishan after returning home.

That night, the villagers gathered at the entrance of the village and lit a bonfire, and each household brought out the best meals to entertain Jia Fang.Jia Fang tasted a kind of sweet rice wine, and also tasted a special "rice flower fish", which is said to be a carp raised in rice fields. , and then roasted on the firepit, the taste is refined and salty, and the flavor is good.

After dinner, the villagers danced around the bonfire at the entrance of the village, and sang folk songs very loudly.Perhaps it was Jia Fang's statement that reassured everyone. The villagers were very happy, and all the good rice wine produced by every household was drunk to the bottom.

It was late at night, and a round of bright moon was shining, sprinkled a handful of silver frost on the earth.

The climate here is very warm, and when the villagers get drunk, they sleep on the ground near the bonfire, not afraid of catching cold.

Beside Jia Fang, the old village head was snoring loudly, but Jia Fang himself did not feel sleepy at all.

He got up suddenly, followed the way he came back to the "Xianliang Temple" outside the village, turned around suddenly, and looked down at the village in front of him again.The moonlight was bright, and the village in front of him seemed to be shrouded in a veil—but every scene in front of him was clearly seen by Jia Fang.

Food and wine, the aftertaste still remains between the lips and teeth.

The passionate singing and dancing of men and women in the early days left an incomparably deep impression on the senses.

Jia Fang finally felt that this was not a dream.

The belated ecstasy finally welled up in his heart unscrupulously. Now that he is standing here, he suddenly wants to shout to the village, fields, mountains and rivers in front of him——

it's me!

My, Peach Blossom Spring——

I am coming!