The pretty boy of the landlord's house

When he said he wanted to go out to play, Du Zhou asked someone to pack his luggage and money.

The place to go is not far away, but Lin'an City near Nanzhou. Du Zhou went there with his father when he was a child. He heard that a palace was going to be built there before. The people were miserable, and they were all expropriated as coolies in the practice palace. Last year, the harvest in Lin'an was extremely poor, and many people starved to death.

It hasn't rained since the beginning of spring this year, and there is already a vague trend of drought in Nanzhou.

This time, Zhao Fengye went to see how the local situation is. If there is really a severe drought this year, the things in Lin'an should be planned in advance.

He didn't want to bring Du Zhou with him, but if he took his subordinates there, it would attract too much attention. If the newly married couple went to Lin'an for a visit, they would not be so eye-catching, but Du Zhou seemed to attract more attention when he was with him .

Du Zhou knew about the practice palace in Lin'an, but didn't know how bad the local situation was, so he decided to go out with her husband for a honeymoon.

Zhao Fengye arranged for four servants to follow him, Gao Wu was among them, Du Zhou didn't know the others, Gao Wu seemed to be the boss of the group.

"Master, where are we going?" Tweety asked.

She was not allowed to serve in Du Zhou's yard for a while, and was assigned a lot of rough work. Now that she was able to come back, she was about to perform well, but found out that the uncle was going to take the young master out.

Du Zhou said: "Go to Lin'an for a play."

"What?" Tweety suddenly turned pale with shock.

Du Zhou asked: "What's wrong?"

"Master, I thought of it. I told the steward for leave before, and I plan to go home and visit my parents." Tweety said in a low voice.

Du Zhou didn't ask too much, and said, "Then you go back."

"Thank you, young master." Cui'er hurriedly replied, for fear that Du Zhou would regret taking her away, Cui'er did not dare to go to Lin'an, she had a fellow villager who was doing business there a few years ago, and fled home last year, talking about Lin'an The people over there are struggling to make a living, and many people have become bandits.

The new son-in-law actually took the young master there, isn't it a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?

Cui'er was scary even thinking about it, but she didn't dare to remind her. She was quite afraid of Zhao Fengye, afraid that he would take revenge on her, and she didn't know how she died in the end.

When she saw that Du Zhou was about to leave, she couldn't help saying: "Master, be careful on the road, go early and return early."

"En." Du Zhou got into the carriage and shared a small carriage with Zhao Fengye. Fortunately, the weather was just right and neither hot nor cold.

The carriage drove all the way out of the city. Du Zhou lifted the curtains and looked out. On the wide official road, there were some pedestrians and carriages passing by. The horseshoes raised up the loess dust, which fascinated the sky and made the whole world look a little dark.

Du Zhou was so choked that he coughed twice, put down the curtain, and said, "It would be great if it rained."

"Well, it hasn't rained for three months, and the seeds in the field are hard to germinate." Zhao Fengye frowned, as if he was worried about this matter.

Du Zhou said: "It's okay to have a few places with plenty of water near Nanzhou. I asked someone to build an improved bobbin car a few years ago. It's really difficult in other places."

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about these things." Zhao Fengye comforted.

Du Zhou thought for a while, and said a little disappointed: "I have been looking for new food years ago, but I couldn't find it. If I found it..."

"I'll continue to help you find it." Zhao Fengye let him rely on himself.

Du Zhou suddenly thought of something, and said, "I think Yu Nineteen knows a lot, why don't you ask him."

After Zhao Fengye heard this, he couldn't help feeling funny, and asked, "You are so generous, you actually let your husband find another brother?"

Du Zhou glared at him, and said, "I just told you to ask him, not what to do? If you dare to go out and fool around, I will... just..."

"That's it?" Zhao Fengye saw that his eyes rolled, and he didn't seem to have thought about how to deal with him.

Du Zhou thought about it and said, "I'll talk about it after I think it over."

Zhao Fengye laughed hahaha, and the accompanying guards outside the car couldn't help but feel surprised when they heard it. Is there anything so funny?

Gao Wu was not surprised.

Du Zhou lifted the curtain of the car again, saw the entrance of a mountain road, immediately pulled Zhao Fengye and said, "Did you see that road?"

"Ok?"

Du Zhou told him enthusiastically that when he was going to Yujia Village, he had to find a place to rest because the wheel of the car was broken, and finally met him and took him home.

After Zhao Fengye heard this incident, his eyebrows and eyes could not help but be stained with a touch of tenderness. Du Zhou said with some fear: "Fortunately, the wheel of the car broke that day, otherwise I would not be able to meet you."

"No, everything is predestined, even if we don't meet at this time, we will meet in the future." Zhao Fengye grabbed Du Zhou's hand and said firmly.

Du Zhou smiled and said: "That's not okay, it's better to meet you earlier, otherwise I may be promised to marry someone else, or just find someone to marry."

When Zhao Fengye heard this, he thought about it for a while, and felt that meeting at that time was indeed the best arrangement.

Du Zhou chatted with him for a while, and soon lay drowsily on Zhao Fengye's lap and fell asleep.

He was awakened by the sudden jolt of the carriage, and he asked, "What's the matter?"

"Don't make a sound." Zhao Fengye took out a few pieces of sesame bread from his bag and took them out, and soon he heard someone expressing gratitude.

Du Zhou opened the curtain and found that it was already dark outside. A woman and three scrawny children by the side of the road shared the large noodle cakes they had just obtained, and devoured them hungrily.

When Zhao Fengye came back into the car, Du Zhou asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"

"Famine, drought, natural disasters and man-made disasters." Zhao Fengye said simply.

Du Zhou thought, there was no drought last year, and if he worked hard, he could save enough food for this year. The situation here is so serious, it must be caused by man-made disasters.

Zhao Fengye saw that he didn't seem to understand, so he said: "Lin'an is in the practice palace, and the people around are all taken away as strong men. The farmland at home is deserted, and there are many miscellaneous taxes. If it goes on like this, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Then won't the imperial court allocate funds?" Du Zhou thought, since he has to pay for recruiting workers, it is impossible for the imperial court to do things without the common people's wages.

Zhao Fengye snorted, noncommittal, his dark eyes stained with mysterious coldness.

Du Zhou saw that he seemed to be thinking, so he didn't ask much, but he felt that the man in front of him was very attractive, and vaguely felt that he seemed to have important things to do, and his heart suddenly felt a little sweet, and he took himself with him in everything he did.

Du Zhou held his hand, and he held him back.

The outside of the city is full of hungry women and children, it looks extremely desolate, but once you enter the city gate, Lin'an City is very bustling, restaurants, markets, casinos, brothels and restaurants, people in fine clothes come and go on the street, Enter various occasions.

Even though it was already dark, the city was still brightly lit, like a city that never sleeps.

Zhao Fengye took Du Zhou into an ordinary looking restaurant, Xiaoer immediately greeted him enthusiastically, and said: "A few guest officials are from other places?"

"From Nanzhou." Zhao Fengye replied.

Du Zhou glanced at the price on the tag of the inn, and was shocked. This restaurant looks like the most dilapidated one in Nanzhou, but the price is more than three times more expensive than the most luxurious restaurant in Nanzhou. live?

Du Zhou suppressed the curiosity in his heart and remained calm, so as not to appear as if he had never seen the world.

Two upper rooms were opened, and the four servants took turns guarding the door. Du Zhou entered the room and asked the doubts in his heart.

"Of course there are people who will live there, don't you think the two of us are just idiots who live in the hotel?" Zhao Fengye laughed at himself.

Du Zhou was at a loss for words, it was true.

While the two were talking, Xiaoer had already come in with hot water, and said, "You two guests, wash your face, you are here to marry, right?"

"Climbing?" This is a strange thing to say, shouldn't you usually ask if you are here to find relatives?

Zhao Fengye rewarded Xiao Er with a little silver, and Xiao Er looked at Du Zhou with a very understanding look, and then revealed some information to them, saying: "If you want to meet that ancestor, you can go to the gambling house and try your luck."

"Thank you." Zhao Fengye got the news he wanted.

Xiao Er retreated back, Du Zhou was even more confused now, and asked: "So, who is that master?"

"Go to the gambling house and have a look later." Zhao Fengye responded, "Clean up, we'll go to the gambling house."

Du Zhou complained in his heart, you don't know who to turn to, what are you doing with Xiaoer Yinzi?

A quarter of an hour later, the two of them brought Gao Wu and another square-faced servant to appear at the door of the gambling house. Du Zhou looked at the gamblers coming and going around, with greedy expressions, hastily expressions, maddened crying, or They are the same, full of thoughts.

Du Zhou pulled Zhao Fengye's sleeve and said, "Are we really going to gamble?"

"Go see it." Zhao Fengye said.

Du Zhou reminded in a low voice: "What if we lose?"

"No, you win a city." Zhao Fengye blinked at Du Zhou.

Du Zhou felt that gambling was not good, and was afraid that his husband would fall into the abyss of gambling, but when he said that he won a city for himself, he was very attractive.

He followed him into the casino by mistake.

Du Zhou found that the inside of the gambling house was even more smoky. It was the first time he saw such a place, and he snuggled up to Zhao Fengye's side like a little chick. Zhao Fengye also took his arm and hugged him beside him.

"Big big!" The gambler shouted loudly, and the dealer opened the market, some people were happy and some were sad.

Du Zhou couldn't help being curious, he glanced at the gaming table, and suddenly saw a familiar man on the gaming table, staring at the cards on the gaming table with red eyes.

Du Zhou couldn't help frowning, he didn't expect him to appear here.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Fengye looked around the casino, but found that there was no target he was looking for.

Du Zhou whispered in his ear, "I saw an acquaintance, over there, Xu Hansheng."

Zhao Fengye glanced at the direction Du Zhou was looking at just now, and said, "Oh, I thought he was dead."

"Have you found the person Xiao Er talked about? If you want to play two games, let's go." Du Zhou didn't want to stay here any longer. He felt uncomfortable in this environment, and he didn't want him to gamble, either. But it's all here, it's still okay to play two games.

The gift money they received when they got married before has not been spent yet.

Du Zhou silently calculated the money in his heart.

Zhao Fengye said: "I didn't find it, let's go."

"Did that mistress lie to you?" Du Zhou didn't dare to speak normally until he came out.

Zhao Fengye looked into the distance and said, "I didn't lie to me, it's in front."

Du Zhou looked in the direction he said, it was a short and fat man, he was several times fatter than Shen Yucheng, and half a head shorter than Zhou Li, but he put on an arrogant appearance, The clothes on his body are also very luxurious, and there are several guards with knives around him, so he must be of extraordinary status.

When Du Zhou saw him, he thought of Li Zhongju who had made things difficult for him before. This kind of familiarity made him a little scared.

"Captain, this is the guy, he looks good." Beside the short and fat man was a man with mischievous eyebrows, and when he looked at Du Zhou, his eyes were very wretched.

When Cao Yuehai saw Du Zhou, he showed a satisfied expression on his face, and said, "It's nothing to ask for, you did a good job, go back and receive the reward."

"Thank you for the reward from the governor." Bai Deqiu has been looking for all kinds of beauties. When he saw Du Zhou in the casino, he was fascinated, and immediately sent someone to inform Cao Yuehai.

When Du Zhou heard the conversation between the two, he couldn't help panicking. He quickly pulled Zhao Fengye's clothes and said, "Let's go quickly."

"Little beauty, come back with me, and make sure you eat delicious food and drink spicy food." Cao Yuehai was so excited that he salivated at Du Zhou.

"I'm married, please respect yourself." Du Zhou said solemnly, but he was panicked to death. On their territory, the other party has a lot of people, how should they escape?

Just when he was in a complicated mood, the people around him suddenly moved and took a step back. Cao Yuehai laughed loudly and said, "Look at your useless and useless husband... the good man spares his life."

His arrogant words were harsh, and he knelt down quickly. He didn't even realize what was going on, so Zhao Fengye pulled out the sword of the guard around him and put it on his neck. There were really thousands of troops to take the enemy out of it. Put the momentum of the first level.

Du Zhou was guarded by Gao Wu and the square-faced guards, leading him back far away until he could no longer see these people, the people brought by the other party were also leaderless, lost an inch and did not pursue, all raised their knives at Zhao Fengye.

"Back off, if you want him to die, just come here." Zhao Fengye snapped.

The sound was like a tiger roaring and a dragon chant, shaking the mountains and rivers, making people's hearts tremble. Cao Yuehai hurriedly shouted: "Back down, back down, if you still don't put down your knives, good man, spare your life, I will never dare again."

"Cao Yuehai, do you really think that no one can control what you do?" Zhao Fengye patted his cheek with the blade.

Cao Yuehai's mind was empty, he knelt on the ground and looked at the man in front of him, he looked familiar, he seemed to be... yes...

"You are...Jiujiu..." Cao Yuehai remembered that many years ago, Uncle Jiuhuang returned to Beijing triumphantly and sat on a tall horse. At that time, he was still a little attendant by Grandpa Gan's side. He also knelt on the ground and looked at him The armor reflected the dazzling white light, just like now.

When Zhao Fengye left, Cao Yuehai was still kneeling on the ground in a daze. After a few breaths, his head fell from his body, bleeding profusely. When his head fell to the ground, he saw his body and was still thinking: "It turns out that I'm so fat, no wonder the concubine always says that I can't bear it?"