The Demon Queen of Divine Doctor is not to be trifled with

Chapter 718 Ping County

Guan Bao was very sure that he would definitely go along with them. He said, "I've lived enough. I've been living just to wait for another disaster in the future. I'll be relieved after this disaster."

Ye Wenyan didn't wake up until 9:00 p.m. Feng Zhaolian woke up even later than her. When she woke up, she found herself sleeping on Quan Qinghua's legs. She was very happy at that moment: "Hey! I have been fantasizing about this scene for more than ten years. Today it finally came true. My fuss last night was not in vain."

Quan Qinghua was speechless. Did she make such a fuss just to sleep on his lap? Why didn't she just say it earlier?

Ye Wenyan was not in high spirits and had no appetite. Ji Duotianya and Yun Xiao had gotten up early to hunt pheasants and rabbits, and roasted them over a fire, but she couldn't eat a single bite. Shi Liyuan urged her to eat something, but she had no choice but to eat the remaining steamed bun from last night. But she only ate two or three bites before she couldn't swallow any more.

Shi Liyuan did not try to persuade her much, as he knew what was wrong with her and was helpless. He could only wait until midnight tonight when everything would be fine.

I wanted to stay in this dilapidated temple for one more day, but Ye Wenyan disagreed. She said that since it was not raining today, we should hurry up and try to reach the next city before dark. Once we get there, we can have a good rest and get some supplies.

He felt that this was the truth, so he cast a spell to make the girl fall asleep. When the girl closed her eyes in a daze, he held her horizontally in his arms and strode out of the ruined temple.

Feng Zhaolian looked at him with envy, "Looking for a man should be strong. Look at the way he holds her, it's like he's carrying a chick."

Quan Qinghua looked down at himself, then looked at her, thinking, "If I hold you in my arms, you'll be like a chick too. Why don't we try it?"

But he didn't say it out loud. After all, he had never done such a thing, nor had he ever said such words. He thought he was not a person who liked to joke around, nor was he used to showing his emotions, but in his perception, Emperor Zun didn't seem to be that kind of person either. So he felt that he still needed to reflect on himself and adapt to this so-called new life.

Because Ye Wenyan was ill and could not use his spiritual power, Shi Liyuan took over the task of shrinking Guan Bao. He was even more cruel than Ye Wenyan. Ye Wenyan at least shrunk him to the size of a washbasin, put him in a storage bracelet, and gave him some nectar to eat. But Shi Liyuan shrunk him directly into a treasure in his palm, and then gave it to Feng Zhaolian to play with.

At this moment, Guan Bao was held in Feng Zhaolian's palm, and he was poked on the face and pulled on the tail. Whenever he wanted to retract his head and limbs into his shell, Feng Zhaolian would say, "If you dare to retract them, I will ask her to blow you up when Ah Yan gets better."

Guan Bao was very afraid of Ye Wenyan. In his eyes, Ye Wenyan was just like his former master Yan Budu. So when Feng Zhaolian threatened him, he became timid and resigned himself to being played with. He resigned himself to watching Feng Zhaolian playing with him while flirting with Quan Qinghua. He ate so much dog food that he burped.

Shi Liyuan also wanted to ask if there was something wrong with your eyes, but he was too lazy to say it because he felt that it had nothing to do with him whether there was anything wrong with his eyes or not. As long as Ye Wenyan was fine, there was no one else in the world who was worth his extra care.

The two carriages traveled for another five days before finally arriving at Ping County.

In fact, it is quite close from Xiushan County to Ping County. In normal weather, it only takes two days at most to get there. Otherwise, the Ye family would not have been rescued by the Jiang family near Xiushan.

However, it had been raining for those days, sometimes heavy and sometimes light. The heaviest rain fell on the second day when the carriage was on its way. It was as if there was a crack in the sky, and heavy rain poured into the world like a flood, directly destroying a section of the official road.

The heavier the rain fell, the greater the suppression on Shi Liyuan and Ye Wenyan's spiritual power. When the official road was washed away, Ye Wenyan's spiritual power had been suppressed to the point that he couldn't even open his storage bracelet. Even if he pinched the flowers that had been prepared outside, he still couldn't perform any magic.

Fortunately, Shi Liyuan was able to use a little magic to stabilize the two carriages and prevent them from sinking into the collapsed mud. But this little magic was not very helpful for the damaged official road, so they had to take a detour. In this way, at noon on the fifth day, they finally arrived in Ping County.

Tianya traveled a few hours in advance and arrived at the Ye family in Ping County to inform the clan leader. He did not mention that Shi Liyuan was coming, but only said that the fourth young lady had arrived and brought a distinguished guest, and asked the Ye family to prepare to welcome her.

Clan leader Ye Feng was a smart man. When he heard that the fourth young lady had arrived and brought distinguished guests with her, the first person he thought of was Lord Emperor.

So he immediately rushed to the county government office and told Luo Yuchun, the magistrate of Ping County, what Ye Wenyan had asked for and his own guess.

Luo Yuchun was a wise man. Hearing this, he told Ye Feng, "Whether His Majesty the Emperor comes or not, we have to welcome him. Because an Empress is more important than the Emperor, how dare Ping County neglect her?"

So Luo Yuchun led the way, bringing a group of officials, together with Ye Feng, the patriarch of the Ye family, the old lady Jiang, and the descendants of the Ye family, and arrived at the gate of the county early in the morning. Ping County also built a city wall, but it was not high, not as magnificent as Xiushan County, and the officials guarding the gate did not call it a city, still remembering that it was just a county.

The city wall was built during the reign of the previous emperor, because the Ye family's ancestral tomb is in Ping County. The Ye family has made great contributions for generations, and the ancestral tomb must be well protected. Even in the past few decades, the court has investigated all the people living in Ping County, and every household has been investigated for three generations. The fear is that someone is lurking here with evil intentions, which will be detrimental to the Ye family and affect the generals of the Ye family on the expedition.

When Ye Wenyan and his party arrived, they saw a group of people standing at the gate of the county town, behaved very well. Even though their clothes and shoes were soaked due to the rain, they still did not show any annoyance, only anticipation on their faces. There were even children who kept jumping up and looking into the distance, and then cheered happily when they saw a large carriage coming towards them.

Ye Wenyan didn't know if it was a child of the Ye family, because she didn't know anyone except the clan leader Ye Feng. And among the people who came out to greet them, there were obviously many people who came spontaneously, standing happily with umbrellas or wearing straw raincoats.

The atmosphere in Ping County is very good, at least much better than that in Xiushan County, and even better than the inner city of Lin'an.

When she got to the place and lifted the curtain, she was about to get off the horse. Ye Feng immediately ran up to her and said, "Don't get off yet. It's raining hard outside and the ground is muddy. You just stay in the carriage and let's go home first."

Then he led the crowd of people who came to greet him to salute the carriage, and shouted: "May the Empress live long and long!"

After saying that, he was about to kneel down. Ye Wenyan quickly said, "I won't get off the car, and you don't have to kneel down. It's the same principle. The road is not easy to walk on, and I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time." As he spoke, he looked towards Luo Yuchun.

Luo Yuchun came in his official uniform, so he was easy to recognize. She said to him, "Are you the county magistrate of Ping County? No need to be polite. We can talk later. Thank you for coming to pick me up, and thank you to all the people who came here. Please go back first. The weather is bad and it is easy to catch a cold after being caught in the rain. I will write a prescription for the county magistrate later. If you catch a cold, please take medicine according to the prescription. Please keep the money for the medicine in the clinic, and Yefu will pay it back later."

When people heard this, they were happy. Someone who liked to talk said with a smile, "It's okay, Miss, don't worry that we don't have money to see a doctor. Ping County has a lot of land, and every household has good farmland. Life is good! A small illness like a cold is not something that can be ignored. We are happy that Miss is back, so we thought of coming to see her. We are relieved to see her. You should go home quickly. The rain is getting heavier. When the weather clears up, we will kowtow to Miss at the gate of Ye Mansion."

"Yes, yes. If the sky clears up tomorrow, we will definitely kowtow to the Fourth Miss. The Fourth Miss is really ambitious. I thought that the Ye family had made contributions to the country for generations and had already reached the pinnacle of glory. I didn't expect that the Fourth Miss would marry the Emperor and become the future Empress. This is really a great joyous event for our Ping County."

"Yes, it's not only a big happy event for the Ye family, but also a big happy event for Ping County. When the fourth young lady and the emperor get married in the future, we in Ping County will definitely set up a buffet for three days, so that all the guests coming and going from Ping County can celebrate for the fourth young lady and the emperor together!" "Quickly get out of the way, the fourth young lady is still holding up the curtain of the carriage in the rain, don't let her get cold."

The people of Ping County were honest and spoke heartwarming words cheerfully. There was not much tension or flattery, and there was no fawning. It was like chatting about family matters or welcoming relatives who had not returned home for a long time. Even the county magistrate Luo Yuchun said, "That's right, get out of the way! Hey, old Zhang, take your two baskets of eggs away quickly. The fourth young lady can still use your little things. And those people holding cabbages, come on, the Ye family has more things stored than you, take them back quickly. It has been raining for a long time, and the vegetable fields are flooded, right? You should store some for yourselves! Don't let the Ye family help you when you have nothing to eat."

People laughed and some even made fun of the county magistrate, saying that he was always exposing others' shortcomings and didn't know how to save face for the people under his command.

Ye Wenyan felt that this atmosphere was very good. It also showed that the business of these big families in Ping County was also positive. At least they did not do the tricks of the Jiang family, which made the whole county and even the entire Jinzhou Prefecture a mess. She lowered the curtain, and the carriage slowly moved forward. The officials and people who came to greet them gathered around the carriage all the way, talking and laughing, which was quite lively. Even though it was raining outside and even though they had been waiting for several hours, their enthusiasm remained unabated.

Quan Qinghua said to her, "Ping County is indeed a place that makes people worry-free. Because of Ping County, De'an Prefecture has been doing better in recent decades. As a result, officials in De'an Prefecture are unwilling to be promoted. Even if there is an opportunity to be an official in Beijing, they are not willing to do so. They just want to stay in this place and be an official with the protection of the Ye family. In addition, the court is unwilling to frequently replace officials in De'an Prefecture, so in recent decades, unless the officials retire and return home, there has been no other form of transfer."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "One year, a major event also occurred in Ping County..."