When rivals dress as husband and wife

Going forward, there is a long and narrow corridor. The two of them entered sideways, and in front of them were overwhelming vines. Gu Jiangwan pulled out the Zhuohua sword to cut off these vines. Around, as the ancient book said, there are a few Seven Nights Lianxin.

The Zhuohua sword has been unsheathed, and Gu Jiangwan placed it on the thousand-year-old cloud ice according to the method shown in the Tai/Zu Handbook.After waiting for a while, the Zhuohua Sword began to absorb the cloud and ice at a speed visible to the naked eye. After half an hour, the thousand-year cloud and ice disappeared completely, but the body of the Zhuohua Sword seemed to be transparent.

"What will happen to the Zhuohua Sword after absorbing Yun Bing?" Lin Mu'an, who was standing aside, asked.

Gu Jiangwan said mysteriously, "I'll tell you when I get back to the mansion."

"Oh." Lin Mu'an responded, and carefully dug out Qiye Lianxin with the knife he brought with him, but he didn't expect the surrounding vines to grow wildly. Fortunately, the Zhuohua Sword has the power of a thousand years of cloud and ice to deal with these things Still more than enough, the two quickly walked out of the ice door.

"Fortunately, we let the Zhuohua Sword absorb the thousand-year-old cloud and ice first, otherwise we would be entangled to death by this vine man." Lin Mu'an felt lingering fear, and looked at the Qiye Lianxin in his hand. What kind of heart is it? Obviously those vines.

"Okay, let's go quickly, the temperature here is too low, we'd better go to the cave outside to rest, and we'll go back at noon tomorrow." Gu Jiangwan put the scabbard on the blade and said.

The cave outside was not cold. Gu Jiangwan spread hay inside, and took out a sheet to cover it. After touching it, it was quite soft, and it shouldn't be too uncomfortable to sleep on.As soon as it was packed, Lin Muan who was standing outside waved to him, and Gu Jiangwan clapped his hands and went out.Lin Muan pointed to the sky, the night was dark, but the sky was full of stars.

"Looks like tomorrow will be a fine day." Lin Mu'an said, "I haven't seen such a beautiful star for a long time."

"Yeah, the air in L City is bad, and we can hardly see the stars at night, and we don't have that kind of thought." Gu Jianwan sat on the floor, with his hands folded behind his head, "Do you think we look like literary youths now?"

"It's quite similar." Lin Mu'an was about to sit down, but was stopped by Gu Jiangwan, "It's cold on the ground, I'll get you some hay to spread."

Lin Mu'an nodded, and did not reject Gu Jiangwan's kindness, after all, with his current body, sitting on the cold ground is really not good.

The two sat outside the cave for a long time, and talked for a long time. Seeing that Lin Muan was drowsy, Gu Jiangwan carried him in. Lin Muan fell into a drowsy sleep, and subconsciously hugged Gu Jiangwan's Gu Jiangwan put him gently on the grass bed, and fell asleep with his arms around his neck.

On the second day, the slightly glare of the sun woke the two of them from their dreams. After packing up their things, they felt that it was almost time, and they went down the mountain.

"What are you going to do next?" When he finally walked to the bustling market, Lin Mu'an saw the candied haws on the street, and his heart was itchy. In order to avoid going up to get a bunch of sticks, he had no choice but to change the topic. .

"Next, go to the Lingshan Flower Farm. Lingshan is the birthplace of the Yunzhou River. To make the river water have miraculous effects, it must start from there. The Lingshan Flower Farm is also the only place where the Gu family grows poppies. Clean it up. These, a big stone in my heart can fall to the ground, and the environment over there is quiet, which is good for your body." Gu Qiaowan said, seeing Lin Muan's liking for candied haws, Gu Qiaowan dragged him away After a few steps, he bypassed there.If he was really asked to go up and eat the hawthorn, would the child in his womb survive?

"There is a small shop on North Street that makes hot and sour noodles very well. I'll take you to try it." Walking from the main street, Gu Jiangwan pointed to the front and said, "You must be very hungry after walking for such a long time. Very much."

Not to mention, the hot and sour noodles in this store are really good. The butler told him the day before yesterday, but he hadn't had time to come here yet. At the moment when the hot and sour noodles were served, Gu Jiangwan could already smell the tempting smell inside. Human scent.He specially asked the cook to add more vinegar to Lin Muan's bowl, and the sour smell could be smelled in the air. Lin Muan almost took out the chopsticks with glowing eyes, and couldn't hide the smile on his face.

Ancient things need to be widely circulated. You have to say that teahouses and taverns are the best places. This can be clearly seen from the TV series of various David TV.

"Oh, I won't have the money to eat this noodle in the future." An old man next door said.

"The tax has been increased so much, you still want to eat noodles, and you don't know if you can satisfy your food and clothing." The person on the opposite side also sighed, "When the new emperor ascends the throne, the Yellow River will flood, and the court will not produce money. Let us ordinary people pay for it, what do you think it is."

"Hush." ​​The person next to him quickly stopped him, "If there are too many people, you can't say too much. Be careful that misfortunes come out of your mouth. Yesterday, when the officers and soldiers came to collect taxes, there was a man next door to our house who complained, and he was arrested by the officers and soldiers and put into a prison. Yes, I heard that he will be beheaded."

Upon hearing this, several people quickly fell silent, Gu Jiangwan glanced at Lin Muan, but finally said nothing.

After returning home, Yingying took the account books of the past three months and gave them to Gu Jianwan. During this period of time, she was away, and the basic business at home had not been dealt with for a long time.

"Go back to your room first. I'll go to the study and have dinner with you tonight." Gu Jiangwan said to Lin Mu'an, watching him walk away before heading towards the study in the front yard.

"Why did the commercial tax increase so much in the past two months?" Gu Jianwan looked at the account books, the income in September and October was nearly one-fifth lower than before, and the tax rate increased from the previous three percent To 15.00%.

"Uncle Cheng said that this is a new tax decree promulgated by the imperial court, which has been strictly enforced in the capital. In the past, merchants took the initiative to pay taxes, and if they couldn't pay, the Ministry of Households came forward to coordinate. Now the tax payment is completely compulsory, and the tax is collected. The officials of the household department are still followed by officers and soldiers, and if anyone fails to pay taxes, they will be imprisoned immediately. Now the smaller businesses have closed their shops and went out to make a living, and the capital is no longer as prosperous as it used to be." Yin Ying told Gu Jiangwan about everything.

Gu Qiaowan sighed, "There must be a reason for the court to raise the tax rate so high."

"The document issued by the imperial court said it was to relieve the victims of the Yellow River disaster." Yin Ying said.

Gu Jiangwan also knew that this must be an excuse. When Zhao Huan was in power, Jingzhou also had floods. How could he not have seen him begging for money from the common people in such a big way.

"It is said that there is another reason." Shadow lowered his voice.

"what?"

"The Wuyue people in the north are preparing to attack Daxia, and the increase in taxes is to prepare for the upcoming war."

Gu Jiangwan lowered his eyes. The current Wuyue people are just like the Xiongnu in the Han Dynasty. They live in the north of the Central Plains. They are serious nomads. Animals hibernate, and they come to the Central Plains to ask for food if they can't find food.Since the establishment of the Great Xia Dynasty, the number of wars with Wuyue has never been less than a hundred times. It was not until Mingzong came to the throne that the Central Plains officially fought against Wuyue. Ting, Wu Bing and other brave generals, Daxia's army fought all the way to Maichuan, if it wasn't for the soldiers' difficulty adapting to the cold climate there, it would be no problem to go straight to Huanglong.

The leader of the Wuyue tribe panicked all of a sudden, and quickly sent envoys to ask for peace. Daxia’s money was consumed by these years of war. Mingzong saw that these people could not provoke any big waves, so he signed a peace treaty with Wuyue. Since then, Yue has become a subsidiary state of Daxia, and the Mingzong period has also become the most glorious period of Daxia so far.

However, there are many problems left after the glory. The accumulation of the previous generation was used by Mingzong to fight wars, and the national treasury was empty for a while.The later emperors had to reduce the army to ensure the food and clothing of the people. Without a strong army as a backup support, the Wuyue people were not as "well-behaved" as they were during the Mingzong period. Now that the new emperor has just ascended the throne, the Wuyue people are ready to move .

However, there is no need to worry about the Gu family's business. The money accumulated by the Gu family over the years cannot be destroyed overnight by taxes, and the Gu family's secret business is enough to support the family.

"Also, the Marquis of Dingguo became ill because of this incident."

Gu Jiangwan frowned deeply, "What's going on?"

Shadow said, "It seems that the emperor proposed to raise the tax rate in the early court, and the Marquis of Dingguo advised the emperor in the court hall. Unexpectedly, the emperor not only didn't listen to it, but deducted three months of Marquis Dingguo's salary. It wasn't very good at first, but now I fell ill directly."

Gu Jiangwan's frown deepened, "Then send someone to inquire, how is Mrs. Lin? How are Big Brother and Brother Ye?"

Shadow said, "According to the servants, Mrs. Lin has been taking care of Ding Guohou non-stop for the past few days. Originally, Mr. Ye opened a school in South Street, and it closed recently. Also, Mr. Ye is pregnant. It seems that it has been more than five months. Master Lin was ordered to go to the Yellow River to provide disaster relief, but he has not returned yet."

"Understood, you go down first, remember, don't let Madam know." Gu Jianwan instructed, although Lin Mu'an didn't have much contact with the Lin family, he could still see how well the Lin family treated him.Now that his body is different from the past, it is better not to tell him.

"Yes." Shadow respectfully replied and stepped back.

Staying in the study until dinner time, Gu Jiangwan personally brought the food into the room. When he entered, Lin Muan was still asleep. Recently, he stopped sleeping with anything in his arms. It should be because he was afraid of pressing the child. Gu Jiangwan slowly Walking up to him, he gave a soft cry, Lin Muan turned around and went back to sleep, Gu Jiangwan smiled dotingly, and patted his shoulder, "Get up and eat, and go back to sleep after eating."

Lin Muan opened his sleepy eyes, blinked them, and asked after his eyes got used to the light, "What time is it?"

Gu Qiaowan switched the 24-hour clock and the [-]-hour clock in his mind, "It's about six o'clock, are you hungry?"

Lin Muan rubbed his eyes, and said in a daze, "Yeah."

Gu Jianwan smiled, and before Lin Muan could react, he hugged Lin Muan to the side of the table, "Come and see, this is the dish I asked professionals about, it's the best for you to eat."

Lin Mu'an glanced at the table, green vegetables tofu, ginkgo steamed eggs, and a bowl of porridge. At a glance, except for the green vegetables, the rest were all white.What is this good for me? Looking at these dishes, my stomach became acidic again, and the morning sickness that had been better seemed to appear again.

The author has something to say: yesterday’s chapter didn’t even have a single comment, it seems that there is no such situation, little angels, where have you all been,~(>_<)~

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