My son sleeps lightly

The Northern Territory is not like the Central Plains, which pays attention to monogamy and multiple concubines. As long as they enter the door, they are all wives, and they are only assigned first.

The three wives of the city lord, He Tianqi, gave birth to him three sons respectively, and the most favored one was the son of his beloved little wife, He Hui.

Most of the nobles in the city are vacillating between this little son He Hui and He Ying, the second son born to his wife, and can't make up their minds to bet on who will be the final heir.

He Hui started to have "accidents" when he was young. First, he broke his leg in a horse race, was assassinated during a spring outing, and then there were several crises that nearly hurt his life, but they were all deftly resolved at the last moment. , but He Hui is not like a person who makes friends. Many people think that his good luck is actually related to the few friends he played with since he was a child.

Xiao Chong rolled up his sleeves, fetched a basin of cold water from the well, rubbed his hands, and put it in.

The cold well water made him take a deep breath and calm down again, "Uncle Cheng?"

He asked Zhang Tao who was sitting by the well.

"Well," Zhang Tao responded, "It's not less than ten days away, and there will be another big disturbance in the city. What Cheng Yuan means is, let me take you to the northern suburbs to join him. We will find a way to sneak into the Central Plains, ignore This is wrong in the northern border."

"Is the Central Plains peaceful?" Xiao Chong thought of the chaos in the Central Plains that Shen Xiu mentioned a few days ago.

"But at least there are many places in the Central Plains where you can live and work. Apart from these big towns in the northern border, there are barbarian tribes in the outskirts. The land is vast and sparsely populated, and the weather is freezing. There is no way to make a living."

"If those people brought by Uncle Cheng want to avoid disaster, let them go by themselves." Xiao Chong pursed his lips, "I still have something to do in the northern border."

"I know, you are still worried about Madam and Young Master. Cheng Yuan said, he will find someone to pay attention."

"It's not just that." Xiao Chong didn't want to say any more, "It's already dawn, I'm going back."

"Little master, I know that the second young master is kind to you, but Luobei City is more complicated than other towns. Staying here, staying in Ye's house, is not as safe as it used to be."

Xiao Chong took the hot water pot and the copper basin filled with cold water in each hand, ignored Zhang Tao's words, and walked straight to Ye Lan's small courtyard.

Things are more complicated than he thought.

Xiao Chong secretly thought that he knew that Cheng Yuan had something to do with the slave riots in the northern border, but he didn't expect the situation to have expanded to such a serious level that they wanted to send him back to the Central Plains.

Could even Cheng Yuan's current strength be unable to protect himself?

Xiao Chong felt a little uneasy, and when he entered the room, he saw Ye Lan was wandering around in front of the bed with bare feet, "Let's go find my cousin and the others today."

"Okay." Xiao Chong replied, and put down everything in his hand.

Seeing that he was unhappy, Ye Lan was secretly curious, but when she thought of Xiao Chong's usual appearance of neither laughing nor crying, she gave up, and only said that if you stay with Liang Si for a few more days, you will probably become like him up.

Xiao Chong ignored him, straightened his clothes, and the two of them went to the city lord's house together in a carriage.

They just got off the carriage when He Ying came out.

"Yo, isn't this the second cousin?" He Ying saw Ye Lan smile, in terms of appearance alone, he should be the most outstanding of the three brothers, completely no different from his beautiful mother.

"Second cousin." Ye Lan nodded perfunctorily.

"Come to see He Hui?"

"Yes."

"You guys played so well, my cousin is jealous." He Ying paused for a while, then laughed again, "You're kidding."

Ye Lan had no choice but to scratch her hair, pretending to be fooled.

"Okay, you go in." He Ying patted Ye Lan's shoulder.

Ye Lan breathed a sigh of relief, and followed the butler all the way.

After knocking on He Hui's door, stepping in, sitting down, and waiting for Xiao Chong to close the door, Ye Lan was completely at ease. She lay half of her body on the round table, "Second cousin is too scary."

"Is there?" He Hui poured tea for him, "It is said that my second brother's face is like a peach blossom, and everyone loves it. The only person who is afraid of him is you."

"Forget it, forget it," Ye Lan waved his hand, "Xiao Chong, come and sit."

Everyone is accustomed to Ye Lan's attitude towards Xiao Chong, and sometimes they only feel that they are more like brothers than master and servant.

He Hui and the others are also young people, they don't have the prejudice of the old nobles, and they don't think there is anything wrong with being at the same table as slaves.

"Master Hui, is your illness better?" Seeing that Ye Lan didn't ask, Xiao Chong knew that he had forgotten about it.

On the day of the riot, He Hui had been exhausted from standing for a long time, and a murderer made the terrifying scene, and the guards' manipulation made He Hui, who was already exhausted, fainted.

"It's okay, I'm still too brave. When my father wanted to give me a chair, I should have given it."

Ye Lan watched He Hui's calm narration, her face changed color, "Aren't you afraid?!"

"Afraid?" He Hui finally understood, "The incident happened far away from me, and the guards are so tall, what can we see when they surround us?"

The only one who will be frightened is Ye Lan.

Xiao Chong thought to himself that he had quickly covered Ye Lan's eyes at that time, but it seemed that the appearance of that man being pierced by countless weapons was still buried in Ye Lan's memory.

"Hey, if you see that scene, you will definitely not be able to sleep for a few days."

"But brother Ye Cang came back for this, he will definitely deal with it, and nothing like this will happen again." He Hui said.

"My cousin, why are you?" Ye Lan sighed, "You're so naive."

He Hui was puzzled, "Father let me read the opinion letter sent by brother Ye Cang. I think it is very good. Once the abolition of slavery is fully implemented, it will only benefit Luo Beicheng."

"For example?" Ye Lan pouted and looked at He Hui.

But He Hui didn't seem to see that Ye Lan was mocking him at all, and said enthusiastically, "Abolishing slaves will increase tax revenue, and then slaves will no longer be private goods, and taxes can be collected from them. Second, once they If you can marry freely, the population of Luobei City will increase..."

"Cousin!" Ye Lan interrupted him, "What do you think is the reason why the previous abolitionist order cannot be carried out?"

"Uh," He Hui looked at Ye Lan.

"It's because of my second cousin and the group of old nobles behind him who support slavery."

Ye Lan rolled her eyes, "As long as they are here, this abolition order will never be implemented."

Ye Lan looked at Xiao Chong helplessly, Xiao Chong also sighed, and looked at He Hui, "I still hope that I can be abolished quickly so that I can escape the clutches of the second young master."

He Hui knew that he was joking, so he shook his head, "I really didn't think about this."

"But since you're willing to join my brother's camp, then today's trip is worthwhile." Ye Lan patted He Hui on the shoulder.

He Hui still looked confused about the situation.

……

"Second Young Master, did you come today to see Master Hui's attitude?" Xiao Chong asked while sitting in the carriage.

"Well, although I know that my cousin must stand for the abolition of slavery, I still want to make sure."

Xiao Chong nodded to show his understanding.

"Do you now think that the Second Young Master is very powerful, and especially good at using tactics?" Ye Lan raised her eyebrows, "Just by talking, you can abduct the city lord's most beloved youngest son into your camp, what a genius. "

Taking advantage of Ye Lan's bragging about himself, Xiao Chong looked out from the small window of the carriage. In Luobei City, where the curfew is about to come, merchants are busy cleaning up their stalls, and ordinary people are in groups of twos and twos, heading home. Let's go, it looks like it's the same as usual, but the guards hidden at the end of the deep alley silently cast a shadow on this once prosperous city.