Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

"what?"

No one could have imagined that such a good thing could happen, and everyone looked at each other with disbelief and joy in their eyes.

What I feel more is worry. I am afraid that my joy is in vain and that the decree may not be implemented.

However, they did not have much time to hesitate. Some of them who did not understand pestered the person who posted the notice to ask him what they did not understand, while others silently repeated what they had just heard and rushed home one after another.

There was a person dressed as a peasant woman at the scene, and next to her was her husband whose body was covered with patches. The two looked at each other, and both of them listened to what had just been said.

Their family is a typical farming family.

There were two elderly people above and three children below. Including the couple, there were a total of seven people with their mouths open to eat.

Their family had a lot of land, and they were hardworking and thrifty, so they were relatively well-off. That was why they were able to live safely in such a chaotic world until now.

But now he and his wife came to the city because they really couldn't make a living and his parents were worried about their illness. He wanted to see how much the land was worth and whether he and his wife could find a job.

If they could find a job like Niu Er in their village, it would be a great relief for their family.

At least I can get money for my parents’ medicine.

What kind of person is Niu Er in the village? As the youngest son in the family, he made chaos at home and was driven out by his eldest brother.

Now he brings money and food and drinks home every day. His family is much better off now because of Niu Er.

This was what they had originally planned, but who knew they would hear something like this.

Ding Dun caught a man who was rushing back and asked, "Were the previous recruitment and current decrees issued by the city lord?"

The person he caught happened to know all these things. He nodded when he heard this and said, "The current mayor of Yizhou City may be young, but he has done this!"

The man raised his finger to express his praise for the new city lord. Ding Dun looked at the man's praise and asked, "Brother, I just came from afar and don't know anything about this city lord. Can you tell us something? Otherwise, we won't be able to explain it to the elders in the village, and it will delay planting crops!"

The man was impatient at first, he also had something to do, his face was full of anxiety. But after hearing what happened, his anxiety was not much. He looked at the man, his body was covered with patches, his face was simple, he looked like a farmer.

Knowing that they were also anxious, he softened his heart and let the man grab his arm and tell him about the deeds of the newly appointed city lord.

"Speaking of which, our original city lord was Jiang Shiping from the Jiang family, wasn't he? Although he was from the Jiang family, he had little relationship with them. He worked hard for our Yizhou City and made a lot of contributions. But who can stop him? He was not capable enough and could not solve many problems.

This time, the Thunder King of Chenzhou attacked us, but our city lord had no solution at all."

As the man spoke, he began to gesture, trying to make this illiterate man understand the cause and effect so as not to delay the family's farm work and harm his family.

"He didn't have any ideas, but our former city lord was a good listener, so a young man came forward to offer his ideas. He explained the pros and cons to City Lord Jiang and helped solve the problem of thousands of refugees at the city gate!

Just think about it, he alone with a very small number of people actually attacked Chenzhou and not only intercepted Chenzhou's food and grass, but also turned Chenzhou upside down. City Lord Jiang had never done such a thing before.

The newly appointed city lord did more than that. Do you still remember the Jiang family? City lord Jiang had been unable to do anything about what the Jiang family did for so long, but as soon as this city lord took office, he arrested the Jiang family's playboys.

Not far from there, he was beheaded on the spot and displayed to the public. I was there at the time.”

The man was speaking with great excitement. If his arm had not been in the farmer's hand, he would have used both hands and feet to explain to him.

They talked until the end, and when there was nothing more to say, they said goodbye to each other with reluctance.

The two of them were not far from the teahouse, and their voices were not concealed, so not only the people around them could hear them clearly, but even Wei Qiqi who was about to leave could hear them clearly.

Seeing the people behind him disperse, Wei Qiqi curled the corners of his mouth slightly under his hat veil, then lowered the hat veil and left.

Huo Xiuwen has been in a state of tension since the announcement was made.

When getting off the car, he still saw Huo Xiuwen's tense body and nervous expression. Wei Qiqi said, "We're at the mansion now. I'll have someone else guard the night. You should have a good rest. We'll be busy tomorrow."

After confirming that there were no people with bad intentions around, Huo Xiuwen breathed a sigh of relief after hiding Wei Qiqi and entering the mansion.

"I know, but I don't want to cause any trouble." Huo Xiuwen said, and then said with a smile: "When Yizhou City is completely stable, I and..."

Thinking of that girl, Huo Xiuwen couldn't continue speaking. It was really embarrassing for an old man to see such a love affair.

"Xiao Ju and I have settled down now, and we would like to ask Madam Wei to be a witness. We are going to get married."

Wei Qiqi lowered her hood and looked at Huo Xiuwen in surprise. She had heard that Huo Xiuwen's love life was bumpy, but because she didn't understand him and was busy, she didn't interfere in their affairs.

Since Huo Xiuwen could say that, it must be that everything between the two of them has been settled naturally.

"Your wives and daughters..."

"Speaking of this, I, Huo Xiuwen, would like to ask Madam Wei for a favor."

As he said this, he lifted up his skirt and knelt down. He said solemnly: "Though those people are not my real wives and children, we have had a relationship for many years and are closer than my family. I would like to ask you to give them some decent jobs and identities so that they can live well without me."

"If Madam Wei can do this, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Wei Qiqi didn't agree at first. She thought about it seriously for a while, then said, "They can be tutors first. They will be useful, but this is definitely not a long-term solution. If there is a better place to go, I will arrange for them to go."

These words obviously touched Huo Xiuwen's heart, and he kowtowed heavily to Wei Qiqi.

"Thank you, Madam Wei."

He knew that since Wei Qiqi could say it, he would try his best to do it.

Li Yuan once told Wei Qiqi about Huo Xiuwen. Huo Xiuwen's wives and sons actually had nothing to do with him.

In the beginning, when Huo Xiuwen was not yet the head of Jiguanshan, he took in all the orphans and widows whose husbands and fathers died in order to save him and had nowhere to go.

There was no better way than this at the time.

Although Huo Xiuwen had a good relationship with them and always pretended to be so in front of outsiders, they were ultimately like siblings and there was no trace of love between them at all.

As a result, Huo Xiuwen only tasted love for the first time at such an old age.