The untimely fiance dressed as the heroine

During the conversation, the two quickly reached a consensus that Shanghe is not a place to stay for a long time.

The soaring price of rice is just a small detail. After all, for Wen Fei and Chu Xi, it is impossible to be unable to afford rice grain like ordinary people.But the continuous heavy rain, the swollen pier, and the greedy magistrates made people feel uneasy... When they got off the boat, the river was swollen too much. God knows how high the water level has risen in the past few days?

Wen Fei had heard that there were many floods in the south of the Yangtze River when he was serving as Habayashi Lang beside the emperor.At that time, the emperor allocated a lot of money to repair the river and build embankments, and now the heavy rain for half a month has not caused a problem, and it probably has the merits of that year.

However, no matter how hard the imperial court tried to guard against inevitability, it couldn't prevent its subordinates from filling their own pockets. Based on Wen Fei's knowledge of the greed of local officials today, she really couldn't believe that the imperial court did not extend their hand to the money allocated by the imperial court to build rivers and embankments!

Water and fire are ruthless, living in a place where floods may occur at any time, Wen Fei feels that he is not so big-hearted.

In addition, the soaring food prices are actually hidden dangers.After all, not long after the price of food has risen, some people came out to steal in broad daylight. After a while, if the people can't live anymore, will they just come out and rob?

Robbing passersby, robbing food stores, and even robbing government offices!

After all, everyone knows that the government is accumulating a lot of money, and now that the road outside the city is cut off, it is not unusual for bold people to take advantage of the opportunity to create chaos.

The more I think about it, the more I feel that this little Shanghe is not a place to stay for a long time.Now they are only waiting for the return of Yang Qi, who was sent out to check the grain prices, and they have confirmed their conjectures, and they are about to make a decision.

Yang Qi came back very quickly, and in less than half an hour, he appeared in front of the two of them covered in moisture.He didn't know why Wen Fei suddenly cared about the price of rice, but since Wen Fei ordered him to, he did it honestly: "General, I went to the rice store where I bought rice two days ago and asked, and the price of their rice has gone up." , a bucket of rice has increased by seventy yuan. I have also asked other rice shops, and they are all the same."

After finishing speaking, Yang Qi frowned tightly.He is different from Wen Fei, the guards with limited food and pay obviously know the price, the rice in Chang'an is only three hundred yuan a bucket now, the price of rice in Shanghe is already more expensive than Chang'an, and it is outrageous that it is still soaring now.

Wen Fei and Chu Xi looked at each other when they heard the words, and they both understood each other's decision.

The two stood up in tacit agreement, Wen Fei said to Chu Xi: "This trip is not going well, Miss Chu has worked hard."

When Chu Xi heard the words, there was a hint of helplessness on her face, and she shook her head and laughed: "It's my bad luck, so how can I blame others? You really don't have to tell me how hard it is. If I hadn't met you, I'm afraid I would have been buried in the belly of a fish."

She spoke sincerely, but if it wasn't for the marriage contract with Wen Fei, Chu Xi wouldn't suddenly go south.It can only be said that this is an incomprehensible mess, and now that Chu Xi has obviously accepted Wen Fei's favor, her attitude towards Wen Fei seems to have undergone a subtle change... As the person concerned, Wen Fei has vaguely noticed , I should have been vigilant and escaping in my heart, but I was inexplicably happy.

When she realized that her state of mind was wrong, Wen Fei panicked for a moment. She avoided Chu Xi's eyes and said, "You have already thanked me, so there is no need to mention these. Now things can't be delayed, I will inform the guard, You also pack up quickly."

After saying this, Wen Fei led Yang Qifei away quickly, leaving Chu Xi standing there looking at her back and raising her eyebrows.

On the other side, Wen Fei led Yang Qi to walk fast, Yang Qi followed closely for a few steps and barely caught up, he was a little puzzled and said: "General, why are you walking so fast, do you have any urgent orders?"

At this time, the two had already left Chu Xi's sight. Wen Fei paused when he heard the words, and then turned around and told Yang Qi solemnly: "It's very urgent. You should notify everyone immediately, pack up your things and prepare to leave the city immediately."

Yang Qi was a little startled when he heard the words, but he didn't ask any more questions due to the prohibition in the army, and immediately took the order.

After Yang Qi left, Wen Fei raised his hand to caress his forehead, recalling the slight joy before, the emotions in his heart suddenly became complicated again.

Forget it, now is not the time to think too much, after all, who wouldn't like a good-looking young lady?The two of them are destined not to be husband and wife, so it is good to be friends in the future after having the experience of helping each other.

Be friends...if only.

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Wen Fei and his party's trip to the south was originally an official business, and the people in the army didn't pay much attention to red tape, basically they went on the road lightly and simply.But Chu Xi is different, even if she is only going south to live temporarily, the ostentation of a family girl traveling is not small at all.

Clothing, food, housing, transportation, gifts, property and books, after all, Chu Xi has a lot of luggage.

Before disembarking, Wen Fei's personal guard helped to carry the luggage, but now he just moved out the things he needed to use and packed them, when he suddenly said he wanted to leave.I don't know what other people think, but Yudong just feels a little bad when he hears it.After all, many maidservants helped pack the luggage when she went out, but now she is the only one left to do it, and she is not capable of packing it right away.

Yudong looked at the room full of things that took two days to put out, and asked Chu Xi in a bit of a breakdown: "Miss, didn't you say to send the letter to Mr. Erlang, Jiangzhou should send someone to pick it up in two days, what's the matter?" Suddenly want to leave again?!"

Chu Xi remembered this after being reminded by her, but she didn't change her mind at all. Instead, she said: "That's right, I won't pack up the things, and let the second brother send someone to clean up later. You pack the two clothes now, and bring some more Xiruan, let's leave immediately."

Yudong didn't expect Chu Xi to make such a decision, and was stunned, but at the same time realized that the matter was not simple.She didn't say any more, and hurriedly found a piece of fur skin, and then started packing according to Chu Xi's words.And after throwing away most of the things, it was easy for the two of them to pack their luggage. It took only a quarter of an hour before Yudong was ready to stop with two bags on his back.

Chu Xi didn't delay when she saw this, and it was only when she took Yudong out that she realized that this was the first time she acted so vigorously.

Wen Fei and his group moved faster than Chu Xi, and they were already waiting at the door. When they saw the two of them coming out, they said, "Let's go. It's getting late today, and we probably won't be able to go far after we leave the city. Instead, we can go to the nearby mountains for a while. stay."

Yudong carried two big burdens on his back, as if he was fleeing, and was stunned when he heard the words—what did General Wen and her young lady think, not to mention going out of the city on a rainy day, and not living in the well-rented yard? Run to live in the mountains? !

If Yudong was rebellious, he would have scolded them both for being ill.

Chu Xi had no objection to Wen Fei's words.Who called Shanghe City not only has corrupt officials, but also has a bad location.Although the surrounding terrain is the flattest, it is also the lowest.In case something goes wrong with the dam and the river floods, this small town will be the first to be flooded!

The worries of the two are not easy to express, after all, nothing has happened yet.They had no choice but to leave first. Fortunately, Jiangzhou was not far from here, and even Shanghe City was originally under the jurisdiction of Jiangzhou.Let Chu Biejia take care of the Shanghe matter when he arrives in Jiangzhou. At that time, the state government will intervene. Whether it is to stabilize food prices or prevent floods, it may be the best.

With such thoughts in mind, Chu Xi and Wen Fei tacitly said nothing, and just led the people towards the city gate.

On this rainy day, the roads outside the city were broken down, and there were not many people coming and going at the gate of the city.The guards at the city gate were very lax because of this, and they were surprised to see Wen Fei and his party leaving the city, and someone made a special trip to remind them of the blocked road outside the city.

Seeing this, the personal guards were about to step forward to answer a few words, when they suddenly heard a loud "bang" sound from a distance, the sound was louder than thousands of troops galloping.He raised his head in a daze, and the words on his lips became: "What's the sound, is this thunder again?"

Wen Fei didn't think it looked like thunder, she felt a little flustered for no reason, and suddenly grabbed Chu Xi and led her to the tower.