Traveling through time and space to meet a replacement bride? But I’m a man!

Still on the way to Jixiang Village.

Xu Wenyan was already thinking about how to resolve this crisis facing the entire village.

Seeing his compatriots suffering, Xu Wenyan felt bad.

Of course, the most important thing is that if we fail to overcome this difficulty and all grain taxes are imposed, the refugees will have no source of food.

By that time, the shelter in the mountains would be the first place they thought of for attack. The villagers more or less knew about his cooperation with Wang Zeren.

They knew there was a treasure land with food in the mountains and forests.

When people are really hungry, they won't care about so many things. They will only follow their psychological instincts. They only know that they need food.

At that time, can we really defend ourselves with the traps in the mountains and forests?

Even if they succeeded in defending themselves, it would surely come at a great cost. Now that Wang Dongmei is pregnant, it would be impossible for her to escape with her belly bulging.

Another point is that if all the thousands of refugees in the village were dealt with, both myself and others would definitely feel guilty.

Xu Wenyan’s head hurt when he thought of this.

"Fuck, that's fucking hard."

Chen Sanlin didn't know what Xu Wenyan was angry about, but he still walked over to him and held his hand, as if to say "I'm here".

I looked up at Chen Sanlin, who just smiled slightly.

While they were thinking, several people entered the village. Just as they passed the door of the house, they heard a hoarse roar.

"what!"

I saw a man with disheveled hair stabbing towards Xu Wenyan with a wooden stick in his hand.

Chen Sanlin pulled Xu Wenyan back and into his arms, and Xiaoman kicked the man several meters away with just one kick.

Several soldiers rushed forward and restrained the man.

The man continued to struggle, looking at Xu Wenyan with vicious eyes.

"Who are you? Why did you hurt someone?" Xiaoman was still questioning. Xu Wenyan noticed that this person seemed familiar: "Is it you?"

"Brother Xu, do you know him?" Xiao Liu, who was holding down the man who attacked him, was a little flustered, not knowing whether he should catch him or not.

"Yeah." Xu Wenyan nodded and then looked at the man on the ground: "I have no grudge against you, are you going to kill me?"

“You! It’s all because of you!” The man roared with a ferocious look on his face, “If it weren’t for you, my wife wouldn’t have died of illness!

I have already found out. You are also a doctor. You could have saved my wife, so why didn't you? It's all your fault...it's all your fault that she died!"

Xu Wenyan frowned and said, "No, brother, you are sick, not to mention that I had an emergency that day, and I have already told you that you can go to see Doctor Zhao.

You didn't dare to go, which delayed your wife's best treatment time. Now you've killed her and you want to trouble me?

Do I owe you anything?"

The man just stood there staring at him blankly: "Hahaha, it's you, you killed her..." He shook his head, his eyes blank.

Xu Wenyan sighed lightly and shook his head: "Let's go, don't pay attention to him."

"what--"

Just as everyone was leaving, a loud crash was heard behind them.

"Did I harm her?"

The man hit his head against the tree and was killed.

Xu Wenyan had mixed feelings along the way. You have to know that even if he was a troublemaker in his previous life and his hands were stained with blood, he had never killed anyone.

It has been less than a year since I traveled to ancient times. Not only have I killed people, but I have also seen people die in front of me. This is more or less related to me.

If I had helped him then... would it be possible...

Besides, was he really wrong? Was I really wrong?

If it were a peaceful time, he would also take his wife to the best clinic in the county for medical treatment.

Maybe...

"What are you thinking about?"

Chen Sanlin saw Xu Wenyan's worry, held his hand and asked softly.

Xu Wenyan smiled bitterly: "Nothing."

After walking for a while, they arrived at Wang Zeren's tent.

"Hey, you're finally here, come and sit down." There were only three seats in the room, the other two were occupied by Wang Zeren and Er Mazi. Luo Sanyuan stood up and took Xu Wenyan over to sit down.

Xu Wenyan just took a quick glance and saw that the people in the tent obviously did not get enough rest.

Wang Zeren, who had been squinting, opened his eyes: "Xiaoman has briefly told you everything."

"Ah."

"Alas, the imperial court is planning to sacrifice the car to save the king. They won the war, but lost the support of the people. I have also figured it out. Even if my small village has objections, it will be of no avail. I can't change anything." Wang Zeren glanced at Xu Wenyan, his eyes full of helplessness.

After all, he was just a military general, and an eighth-rank one at that, a small official who couldn't cause any trouble.

"Well, you are right to think so. People are selfish. Caring about the world is what the protagonist does. For us small characters, it is good enough if we can protect ourselves." Xu Wenyan also sighed. He was not living a satisfactory life and could not even afford a donkey cart.

"How about if you help me out and I pay you later?"

Xu Wenyan thought carefully. He probably already had a solution to the issue of grain delivery: "What reward?"

Wang Zeren lowered his arms and said, "You know, I don't have that much money. I can promise you a horse in the future. How about that?"

"Okay."

"Really...really?" Wang Zeren didn't expect Xu Wenyan to agree so easily.

"Really."

Not to mention that what Xu Wenyan wants most now is a means of transportation, and her solution is actually wild goods in the mountains. Her skills in identifying wild goods have been passed down from generation to generation by her ancestors.

If we spread this life-saving knowledge now, even if it means we can have enough food to eat in the future when there is famine, at least we will know what we can eat and what we cannot eat.

Wang Zeren was excited for a moment, but he just looked at Xu Wenyan and smiled. He was too embarrassed to say thank you in front of so many people.

"Oh, and I also want a small carriage that can carry some goods."

"it is good."

"Also, you are gathering the refugees now. I guess you haven't told them about this yet."

Wang Zeren was puzzled: "Are you going to tell them about the tax increase now?"

"I don't think it's appropriate. If the matter is exposed now, if the refugees rise up to resist, I'm afraid we won't be able to resist." Er Mazi said with a cold face.

Xu Wenyan leaned back in his chair and said, "Well, your concerns are correct, but if you don't make it clear, I'm afraid I'll be seen as a pushover."

After saying that, Xu Wenyan looked at Wang Zeren and waited for his decision.