The Little Lucky Girl

Ming Youyou looked up at the rock wall for a long time. "Their ancestors must have suffered a lot to open up such a road."

Magistrate Tao also sighed: "I'm afraid every step is a test of human lives."

The person on the opposite side arrived very quickly. As soon as the bamboo basket touched the cliff on this side, he immediately jumped out of it and leaped all the way down along the cliff. He was even more agile than a monkey.

This is a young man who is about the same age as Zheng Huan, but he is much shorter than him.

He first looked at everyone warily, but when his eyes fell on the peacock in the cage, he suddenly became excited and shouted something they could not understand.

Sun the peddler immediately began to explain haltingly. The young man gradually calmed down and walked tentatively towards the cage. Seeing that no one stopped him, he ran over quickly and tried to open the cage.

The guarding yamen runners glanced at Magistrate Tao and squatted down to help.

The lock of the cage was made of a very tough local grass, woven in a twisting and turning way. Several grown men tried to untie it for a long time but it became more and more tangled. The yamen runner simply pulled out a knife and chopped it off in one swipe.

The young man stared at the yamen runner's sword with a flash of eyes. When he saw the cage was open, he immediately took the peacock out.

He checked carefully and found that the peacock was indeed not injured, so he threw it into the sky with force, and the peacock immediately flew up.

It flew into the woods for a while, then flew back, circled above Ming Youyou's head for a few times, and then flew to the opposite side again while chirping.

Ming Youyou's eyes were bright as she followed the peacock's gaze towards the other side of the river. Suddenly, she heard several chirping sounds from the woods on the other side, and then a group of large birds took off into the sky and joined the peacock.

Many of these birds are larger in size, like peacocks, so they don't fly very high, but everyone can see their colorful feathers and graceful postures.

Ming Youyou felt as if she was watching a fireworks display, but these fireworks were not fleeting. Instead, they were agile and changeable. The sunlight also gave each feather a special glow.

She looked at it for a long time before coming back to her senses and murmured, "It's so beautiful."

She suddenly thought of what the teachers often said, "In this situation, I should compose a poem." Although she agreed with it in her heart, the knowledge in her stomach did not support it.

Zheng Huan pulled a few people aside and whispered, "Did you notice? Among the flying peacocks, there is a white one."

"Yes," Ming Youyou nodded, "It is indeed very rare, but why are you so serious?"

"You don't know that before the Three Kingdoms period, all dynasties respected the color white," Lu Tai explained. "Emperor Gaozu started the uprising with a white snake; Emperor Taizong met an immortal who gave him a white tiger; even in the previous dynasty, there was a saying that a white dragon brought the imperial seal."

Ming Youyou understood, "So, the white peacock is a good omen?"

"The white peacock is unheard of before. If it is announced, it will indeed attract attention, but it also depends on how it is implemented," Zheng Huan said in a low voice, "But if Da Qi and Daliang knew that the auspicious sign came from our country, I'm afraid there will be trouble."

He turned to look at Magistrate Tao and Lawyer He, both of whom had serious expressions on their faces.

"Don't think about it for now. Look, there's movement over there again." Feng Xu said.

There was someone on the opposite mountain who had been watching them. When he saw the peacock coming back, another person came down in a bamboo basket. This time it was a middle-aged man.

The young man stepped forward and whispered a few words. The middle-aged man's eyes quickly swept across the crowd and fixed on the face of Magistrate Tao.

"Is this the master from the county government?" He spoke Yuqing's local dialect unfluently and stepped forward to salute.

Magistrate Tao smiled and returned the greeting. "I am Tao Qian, the current magistrate of Yuqing County. Is the person opposite you the leader of the Golden Tooth Clan? Someone sent the peacock to the county government before, and we are here today to return it..."

Both of them spoke very slowly. After a long time, the middle-aged clan leader gradually let down his guard. He hesitated for a while, and finally seemed to have made up his mind, "Please come to our village as a guest, and let us entertain you well."

There is currently only one way to get to the village, which is quite challenging for those who have never experienced it.

Magistrate Tao was bold enough to sit on the bamboo basket without hesitation, regardless of his subordinates' advice. The yamen runners saw this and lined up behind him. In the end, only He Shiye and Ming Youyou, the old and young ones, stayed behind.

However, the other side did not forget about them and sent a few young men to bring food to everyone. However, they could not communicate with each other, and Sun the peddler had also gone to the village, so the other side did not say anything. They just looked at them curiously for a while and then returned.

Magistrate Tao did not return until the evening. Perhaps he had been forced to drink too much, so he staggered when he went down the mountain. Zheng Huan and Feng Xu hurried over to help him down.

Tao County Magistrate blushed, but he was very happy. "Although the Golden Tooth Tribe has inconvenient transportation, they are also paying attention to the mountain. When I asked them to come and see the new town, the tribe leader immediately agreed..."

Ming Youyou's eyes lit up, "Doesn't that mean the new town will soon have enough people?"

"It's not that simple," said Magistrate Tao. "It will take a long time for the Golden Tooth Clan to come out. We can't be impatient."

However, the population of the new town was filling up much faster than they had imagined.

Originally, there were several villages like Yuxiang's near Xiaguan Village and Dafeng Village.

After the Yan family stronghold decided to relocate, the county government sent people with the leader to contact them. However, at that time, those families either had some concerns or felt that the conditions offered were not as generous as those of the Yan family, so they were hesitant.

After hearing that the county government had actually reached the bank of the Jinshui River, the villages became restless and came forward one after another, expressing their willingness to go down the mountain.

Magistrate Tao did not pursue their little tricks and simply processed their household registration. Then he chose an auspicious day and officially upgraded Xiaguan Village to a town.

Village chief Guo was promoted to village chief as expected. Village chief Shi was very moved by Guo's efforts in resettling the Daqi folks and had already been convinced. As soon as he heard the news, he brought people to congratulate him.

The small courtyard where Ming Youyou and her family lived was originally a bit remote, but after it was upgraded to a town, houses were built on all sides of it, and it became a bustling center of town.

Captain Jin did not like this kind of hustle and bustle, so he discussed with County Magistrate Tao and decided to move to a new residence. When Ming Youyou and the others woke up, the yard next door was empty.

Feng Xu was stunned, "Did they forget to take us away?"

Aren’t these guards supposed to be guarding them?

Master He, who was in charge of the aftermath, just came out from the side yard. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "I was just about to go look for you. Captain Jin said that your punishment has been completed and there will be no more demands from today on."

Lu Tai exclaimed: "Doesn't that mean we are free?"

Master He smiled and nodded.