Just treat it as a dream. I am still very moved even after being awake for a long time.

Jiang Tunan didn't dare to move because it was really painful.

"Girl, wake up~"

Jiang Tunan slowly opened his eyes, and a little girl with two buns on her head blinked at him.

A rough hand patted the girl's head, followed by an old voice.

"You're rude, call me sister!"

"Oh~ Sister, you're awake~"

The little girl had watery eyes, a little baby fat on her face, and a cute voice. In just a moment, Jiang Tunan felt that the corpse spots on his body had faded.

"How do you feel now, girl?"

The person who spoke was an old man with a cane, who seemed to be the girl's grandfather. Both the grandfather and granddaughter were dressed in the most ordinary coarse cloth.

Jiang Tunan wanted to sit up, but found that he had been wearing the same coarse cloth clothes as them, and the wound on his back had been bandaged.

Seeing Jiang Tunan's puzzled look, the old man quickly explained,

"Don't worry, girl. Your clothes were changed for you by Erya's mother. The clothes you are wearing also belong to Erya's mother. Your original clothes have been washed and hung up."

Jiang Tunan: Although, why do I always feel like I’m being scolded?

"Thank you, what's your name?"

The old man smiled and stroked his beard.

"My last name is Sun, and I'm the village chief of Qingshui Village."

"My name is Sun Erya~"

Arya raised her hands high, trying to show her presence.

"Thank you, village chief, for saving my life."

Jiang Tunan wanted to salute, but accidentally pulled the wound on his back. Old Man Sun hurriedly stopped Jiang Tunan.

"Girl, there's no need to be so polite. We are all rough people and we don't need to be polite."

Old Man Sun walked a few steps towards Jiang Tunan's bed with his cane and asked in confusion,

"How could a girl faint alone in the mountains? Luckily, Erya and I passed by at the time, otherwise you would be in danger."

Although this old man Sun saved him, Jiang Tunan still did not tell the truth.

"I went to Kyoto to look for my relatives, but I got lost in the mountains and ran into bandits, and that's how I collapsed."

"No wonder you have a knife wound on your back. It turns out you met a bandit."

Old Man Sun leaned on his cane, thinking, and then seeing Jiang Tunan's alert expression, he explained,

"Don't get me wrong, young lady. It's just that I served in the army a few years ago, so Arya's mother could recognize the knife wound."

Jiang Tunan was a little surprised.

"Village head, are you a veteran?"

Old man Sun smiled and waved his hands, his beard twitching with his facial expression.

"That was all many years ago. At that time, Daxing and Dayin fought fiercely. My leg was disabled during the war."

Hearing what Old Man Sun said, Jiang Tunan was filled with awe.

"Now, Daxing has a strong army and horses, and the Dayin people have become our vassal state. We Daxing people are no longer afraid of the Dayin people.

But recently I heard that there was a big spy in Kyoto, and it seemed that more than a dozen doctors were caught secretly making poison, but they were all caught in one fell swoop by people sent by the emperor.

I heard that the Lord of Dayin was asked to pay compensation and cede land, and a large area of ​​water between us and Dayin was taken over, and several islands were also obtained."

Jiang Tunan listened silently. It seemed that the King of Dayin Kingdom doted on the third prince very much. He would rather pay compensation and cede land than hand over the third prince.

I just don’t know whether the other big Yin people will be punished. Why didn’t they blow them to death at that time?

At the same time, in the hearing hall, all the civil and military officials knelt in unison. Baili Quan, who was standing at the top, looked at Xiao Mingyue, who was kneeling in the middle, with a slight smile on his face.

"General Xiao is truly a young talent. I heard that it was thanks to General Xiao that we were able to capture the remaining thieves."

Xiao Mingyue was respectful.

"I just happened to pass by, I dare not take credit for it."

Baili Quan laughed a few times.

"Well, you don't have to be so modest. I remember that you were the top martial arts scholar back then, right? So, starting today, you will be transferred to my Southern Court Forbidden Army."

When these words were spoken, everyone in the court had different expressions, only Xiao Mingyue kowtowed happily to express his gratitude.

Xiao Huaimin looked at his eldest son's happy expression and sighed silently. The court was full of twists and turns, and he really couldn't stay out of it forever.

After the court session, Xiao Huaimin quickly returned to the Xiao Mansion in a carriage. As soon as he entered the Xiao Mansion, he locked himself in the study.

"Fourth brother, did I do something wrong?"

Xiao Mingyue stood outside the study, feeling somewhat worried, but Xiao Mingrui shook his head.

"Give dad some time. He needs to figure some things out."

In front of Xiao Huaimin in the room was a painting of green mountains and green waters. The painter's skills were so superb that it made people feel that the mountains in the painting were faintly surrounded by mist, and the green waters at the foot of the mountains were also flowing slowly.

"Brother Jiang, you are right. I can't keep running away."

In my memory, there is the sound of wine flowing down the winding stream, familiar friends toasting and singing, and a handsome young man picking up his brush to paint.

[Brother Huaimin, you are getting stuck in a rut again.]

【Brother Huaimin, drink today and don’t worry about what’s right or wrong in front of you. 】

[I don't have any big ambitions, I just want to travel and see all the beautiful mountains and rivers. Anyway, if the sky falls, you people who love reading will hold it up.]

[Brother Xiao, I have already entered the game, and I have nowhere to retreat.]

Xiao Huaimin put away his paintings, thought for a long time, and finally stepped out of the study.

At the door, Xiao Mingyue looked at him with a guilty look on his face. Xiao Huaimin smiled with relief.

"Nothing, you did a great job. It's a good thing for a man to have ambitions. Since you want to fight for it, don't be restrained and fight for your father!"

Xiao Huaimin patted Xiao Mingyue on the shoulder and left. Xiao Mingyue stood there in disbelief.

"Fourth brother, did you hear what Dad said just now?"

"Ah."

Xiao Mingrui looked in the direction where Xiao Huaimin left, feeling heavy-hearted.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Tunan’s incident had such a huge impact on his father that it made him give up his usual attitude of restraining himself and protecting himself.

But Jiang Tunan's father is probably not just an ordinary farmer...

In the Bamboo Shadow Pavilion, Wen Zhu sat quietly at the desk. Wang Da pushed the door open and came in to report respectfully.

"Master, our people found this in the rubble near the cave."

Wang Da took out a wooden box from his arms and placed it respectfully in front of Wen Zhu.

Wen Zhu glanced at the box and raised his hand to open it. Inside was a simple jasmine hairpin. The body of the hairpin was made of silver to look like a flower branch, and the head of the hairpin was made of broken jade to look like a jasmine flower.

Wen Zhu's pupils shrank suddenly, and his voice was a little anxious.

"Have you looked around?"

"Master, we have carefully searched the area within a hundred miles, and there is indeed no sign of Miss Jiang. However, we found some signs of dragging, and I guess someone may have rescued Miss Jiang."

Wen Zhu lowered his eyes, as if thinking.

"There are many medicinal herbs growing on that mountain, so people from nearby often go there to collect them."

A gleam of light flashed in Wen Zhu's eyes.

“Yuxi County.”

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