Quick Wear: Men Farming and Women Weaving

Under a maple tree, Qi Xuanyi was roasting a pheasant. He took out a lot of seasonings and smeared honey on the pheasant. The fragrant aroma filled the air.

Suddenly, there were wolves howling in the distance, one howl after another. This was the message from the wolf leader gathering the other wolves to attack.

Qi Xuanyi sensed something was wrong, dropped the pheasant and ran towards the wolf pack.

Ye Yihua was besieged by wolves in a miserable state, and the sword in his hand was soaked in blood.

There were bleeding wounds on his body and three claw marks on his shoulder from the wolf.

The reason why he appeared in this deep mountain forest at this time was because he obeyed the emperor's order to assist the imperial envoy in investigating the truth of the flood in the south. The river embankment and dam were washed away, destroying four nearby counties. The people suffered an unprecedented disaster. The flood raged, the river overflowed, and the river water was surging, ruthlessly swallowing everything.

People were displaced, families were separated, and the grain in the fields was soaked before it could be harvested. The granaries in the south provided food to the north, and after the floods, food prices became tight and people were looting it.

The Minister of War and many military generals submitted petitions requesting military rations and salaries, fearing that the Ministry of Revenue would be out of money and food, which would affect the soldiers under their command.

The emperor was furious when he heard about the flood in the south. He sent two million silver taels every year to repair the dam, but it was still destroyed. He then sent his trusted ministers to investigate the cause.

Lord Zhong was an upright and fair person. Upon hearing that countless people in the south had been killed and injured, he immediately recommended himself to the emperor out of hatred for evil.

After the emperor gave his approval, he sent a general named Ye, who was highly skilled in martial arts, to lead a group of soldiers to the south along with the imperial envoy to investigate whether the southern officials had embezzled money.

Along the way, there were constant streams of disaster victims heading north from the south to escape the disaster, and there were countless beggars along the way.

When they arrived at the southern provincial capital, they found that these officials had not even settled the victims. Lord Zhong immediately got angry at these good-for-nothing officials and scolded them for a whole hour.

No one dared to say a word. They just exchanged glances with each other, as if trying to figure out how to escape the blame.

Lord Zhong led General Ye's men to inspect the dam several times and found that the dams were built with shoddy workmanship and inferior materials and could not withstand the impact of the flood.

Soldiers were dispatched to arrest all the officials in the southern provincial capital and put them in jail for interrogation about the whereabouts of the silver that the Ministry of Revenue had issued for disaster relief and dam repair in recent years.

Some officials simply dare not speak the truth for fear of implicating their families.

In recent years, even honest officials can be turned into corrupt officials. Even if you are not corrupt, others will make you corrupt. You can only feel at ease if you go along with the corrupt.

General Ye led his soldiers to search the mansions of each official. The maids and servants inside did not dare to stop them, and the women and their families cried and screamed.

Finally, the official silver account book was found in a secret compartment in Magistrate Li's study. Ye Yihua opened it and saw that every time Magistrate Li embezzled or accepted bribes, the silver was sent to Nuanchun Tower in the capital, and the account book was filled with dates and silver amounts.

He knew that the Warm Spring Pavilion in the capital was a brothel, and the owner behind it was a prince in the palace. He knew that this matter was of great importance, and this account book was related to the truth of the flood in the south. After Lord Zhong knew about it, it was different when it involved the prince. After discussing it, the two decided to act separately.

In a dark room in Beijing

"Your Majesty, the flood in the south is so serious that the news has reached the ears of the Emperor."

"We have sent people there to investigate the situation. Lord Li has been taken to prison."

There was a letter on the desk, and a man in a black satin robe with a dragon pattern was drinking tea and speaking casually.

"Then won't you send someone to deal with them?"

"Your Highness, our people have heard that General Ye found an account book in the dark corner of Lord Li's study."

When the man heard this, he tightened his grip nervously, and the teacup was cracked, with tea leaking out from between his fingers.

"I didn't expect that someone would set me up behind my back."

"Li Xin, this old man"

Angry voices echoed throughout the space.

"Hurry up and send someone to intercept Ye Yihua and destroy the account books. If you fail, don't let him come back."

On his way back to the capital with the account books, Ye Yihua was chased by more than 20 masked men in black, and many guards were killed.

He killed five or six assassins with a sword, and saw that there were still more than a dozen assassins. He only had a few people left, and he couldn't hold on for much longer. He gritted his teeth and desperately opened a gap, turned a corner and ran towards the deep mountains and old forests.

After getting rid of the killer, he limped towards the north.

Blood kept oozing from the wounds on his body, and he felt dizzy and about to pass out.

He rested for a while under a tree in a forest, but he didn't expect that the blood on his body would attract a pack of wolves to attack him.

Exhausted, he killed a wolf with the sword in his hand. After seeing his companion being killed, the man attracted the hatred of the wolves and pounced on him desperately.

His clothes were torn and his skin was scratched.

"I'm sorry, ma'am, I may not be able to come back." Ye Yihua missed Qi Wei and his children with some sadness.

"Jiaojiao, Daddy can't give you the gift he promised to give you personally."

"Qingbai, take good care of your mother and sister." He had a lot of things to say but he didn't have time to say them to his family.

Qi Xuanyi, who suddenly arrived at the scene, saw a pack of wolves besieging a bloody man. He took out a black-gold dagger from the space and swung it out quickly, chopping off a wolf's head with one blow, preventing it from pouncing on the man and biting his neck.

He rushed forward quickly, kicked the wolves away one by one, rushed in front of the man, and pulled the black and gold dagger out of the wolf.

The wolves seemed to be frightened by the sudden appearance of the person, and rushed forward to attack without hesitation at the howl of the leader.

Qi Xuanyi suddenly thought of Zhang Qiling's classic move. He flew up and grabbed a branch. He put his legs around the wolf's neck and twisted it hard, strangling its legs. He then jumped off the wolf and quickly reaped lives in the wolf pack.

The leading wolf felt the danger coming from Qi Xuanyi and was a little hesitant. Seeing his own people dying one by one, he immediately called on them to leave.

Before leaving, he turned around and glanced at Qi Xuanyi, with hatred in his eyes. He howled, then turned and left with the wolf pack. He would come back for revenge.

Ye Yihua looked at the young man who suddenly appeared and saved him, his eyes seemed to be stunned, especially when he saw him strangling the wolves with very skillful movements.

"Hey, are you okay?"

"Are you stupid?"

Qi Xuanyi walked up to him and saw that his body was covered with wounds and bleeding.

"Are you still alive? If you don't want to be eaten by wild beasts, follow me quickly." She waved her hand next to his eyes a few times to bring him back to his senses.

Ye Yihua came back to his senses and looked at the young man in front of him. He thought he looked very familiar, but he didn't know where he had seen him before.

"Thank you very much for saving my life, young man. I am grateful." Ye Yihua had a good impression of the young man who saved his life.