This concubine can eat too!

Putting pressure on the tenants, ten days before the deadline given by Gu Changyan, they had handed over the rent they owed last year to Zhao Lizheng, and those who had no food to pay were replaced with silver taels, and the tenants' rent was paid. After all the food was collected, Zhao Lizheng set off early in the morning to go to the Marquis Mansion to report.

Gu Changyan and Song Ruolan, who had just had lunch, tidied up their appearance and came to the main hall to meet Zhao Lizheng. They each sat on the throne, and Zhao Lizheng immediately knelt down: "The grass people see Renhou and Princess."

"Get up." Gu Changyan picked up the teacup, saw that he was up, and then asked, "What is Zhao Lizheng doing here today? Could it be that those tenants have acted wildly on me again?"

"After Lord Hou taught them a lesson last time, how dare they make trouble again. Today, the grassroots came here to inform Lord Hou that all the rent they owed was paid back yesterday. Those who failed to hand over the food have already used it. Silver taels instead, because the total amount of food recovered was 30 to [-] shi, and the silver taels were as many as [-] to [-] taels. In the village, there were only two households with ox carts and one household with mule carts. Many, Cao Min was afraid that something might happen on the way, so he specially came here to ask Lord Hou how to solve it."

Last time, I cooperated with Song Ruolan to pretend to be a prince, but Song Ruolan gave her a general idea about how to solve the problem in advance. Gu Changyan pretended to think, but actually secretly looked at Song Ruolan's place. Since the two of them accidentally kissed, they got along well. Even more alienated, it can also be said that the two of them also deliberately avoided each other, and they haven't talked much.

Song Ruolan, who was sitting on the throne on the right, naturally saw her little eyes begging for help, and smiled a little at her cuteness. She cleared her throat, and pretended to Gu Changyan, "My son-in-law, there seem to be two mule cart, but it seems that it is a bit difficult to transport [-] shi of grain in one go..."

"Princess, Lord Hou, this servant has some friendship with the pig dealer in the market. He also has a mule cart, and after they transport the pig to the market in the morning, there is no other use. If you give me some rent money, you should be able to borrow it." Come here and use it." Xiaofeng took a step forward, his voice was neither high nor low, very respectful and authentic.

Xiaofeng is the person of Gu Changyan, Song Ruolan gave her a look, Gu Changyan smiled and praised Xiaofeng, "Okay, I will leave the matter of borrowing the mule cart to you, and now I should be able to transport the food back in one go. As for the bank, it's easier to handle. Tomorrow morning, Benhou will bring his guards to Fengnan Village to transport the grain himself, and he can also intimidate the villagers who owe taxes, so that the villagers don't think that Benhou only chases tenants to rent grain. Zhao Lizheng, you still have to pay Follow up the villagers to pay back the taxes and grains owed by the villagers, if this matter is done well, the Marquis will naturally be rewarded."

He had seen Princess Jinan repay him a tael of silver for a teacup. Zhao Lizheng heard that there was a reward for doing this well, and his eyes lit up. He hastily bowed his head and saluted: "Caomin will definitely take back the taxes and rations of the village households for Lord Hou."

Gu Changyan hummed in satisfaction, she secretly felt that she had performed well, and then looked at Song Ruolan for praise, but the other party seemed to wink at her with a dark wave, she pursed her lips and hummed softly.

The childish low hum made Song Ruolan's mouth amused again, and finally pushed away the dark cloud of their relationship that had cooled down because of that kiss in the past few days. Master has done a good job, there should be a reward, Die Er, reward Zhao Lizheng for Master Hou."

"Yes, princess." Die'er took out a purse and took out a tael of silver and handed it to Zhao Lizheng.

Giving people money, □□, after receiving the reward from the Princess Marquis, Zhao Lizheng went back to the village and made arrangements for the Marquis to come to Fengnan Village tomorrow. I haven’t forgotten that Marquis likes to eat the snacks of Fengnan Village, so I asked Aunt Li in advance Zhao Niang prepared the ingredients and made some more for Lord Hou to eat on the way back.

This trip to Fengnan Village to transport grain, Song Ruolan originally wanted to follow, but she gave up on Xiao Qi's persuasion. For example, Xiao Qi said that if she followed, the time it would take for the brigade to go to Fengnan Village would be longer, and Xiao Qi had to arrange more shadow guards to protect her, and it was a bit of a laborious effort.

It was another early morning, and Song Ruolan and Gu Changyan got up an hour earlier than usual to freshen up and have breakfast. After breakfast, she personally sent Gu Changyan out of the door.

She told herself that she didn't want to look at Gu Changyan more, but just put on a show in front of others, trying to make her and Gu Changyan's husband and wife harmonious, singing in harmony.

Before Gu Changyan got on the horse, Song Ruolan saw her collar turned up, so she went over to tidy her up. This intimate gesture made all the servants present bow their heads, not daring to touch the close contact between the princess and Lord Hou. Xiaofeng and Dieer, who were beside them, looked at each other and bowed their heads with a smile.

Both of them were sighing in their hearts, and Princess Hou's feelings became stronger and stronger.

"Thank you, Princess Xie." The soft fingertips swept across Gu Changyan's neck, and there was a burning/hot/feeling on the neck, and the two of them hadn't been so close for a long time, she smelled Song Ruolan's voice The scent of the scent made my palms sweat, and my heartbeat increased from nervousness.

Even though the two of them are fake couples, Song Ruolan did not give up on what they should be told. She gently stroked each other's shoulders and said, "Be careful on the road, let the brigade stop and rest when you are tired from riding, and... don't go Eating while riding a horse, the doctor said it was bad for the stomach.”

"Understood." After being lectured on eating again, Gu Changyan was unhappy, and pursed his lips childishly.

Song Ruolan looked at Die'er, Die'er clearly gave her the small bundle in her hand, Song Ruolan took it and handed it to Gu Yan, "I know you get hungry easily, so I told Uncle Jiang to make some golden taro cakes , for you to eat when you rest on the way."

It's easy to coax if there is something to eat, Song Ruolan smiled when she saw the man with her mouth pursed, and rolled her eyes for a moment, and wanted to take it apart to reward a piece, but she stopped it with her eyes.

In order to quickly "rest" halfway, Gu Changyan carried a small burden on his back and pretended to be a clumsy dignitary to help him onto the horse. The shadow guards Xiao Qi selected for this trip were all big men, so she didn't bring Xiaofeng either. Feng stayed in the mansion to serve the princess with Die Er.

Although there were no "female family members" on this trip to Fengnan Village, everyone was on horseback, but they had to take three mule carts on the road, and the speed was only a little faster than the last time, but when they arrived at Fengnan Village It's too early.

Zhao Lizheng had already calculated the time and arrived at the entrance of the village a little earlier: "Master Hou, the journey has been exhausting. The Caomin built a thatched hut in the front hall of the ancestral hall for everyone to rest. They also prepared tea, some pancakes and mung bean cakes."

"Alright, Ben Hou is a little thirsty." Gu Changyan originally wanted to finish the matter and go back earlier, but he couldn't refuse his kindness, so he agreed.

When I came to the front hall of the ancestral hall, there was an extra thatched shed compared to the last time I came, and many chairs were arranged. Gu Changyan asked Xiao Qi and the others to drink tea and eat some pastries. Everyone was not too tired, but He was a little thirsty, so he listened to Gu Changyan and sat down to drink some tea.

"Master Hou, you and everyone are resting here. The grass folks are going to pack the mule brought by Lord Hou and pack the food for rent. The rest of the grass folks have already prepared it in the morning." Zhao Lizheng asked Gu Changyan to rest here to avoid alarming He, let her rest here, and he can send her away smoothly after finishing his work.

Gu Changyan thought for a while and nodded in agreement, but she turned to look at Xiao Qi: "Xiao Qi, you go with Zhao Lizheng."

It's not that she doesn't trust Zhao Lizheng, it's just that Xiao Qi went to the prison in her name, which can intimidate the people in Fengnan Village, so that the people in the village don't think that she, the Marquis, is just pretending to rectify the tenants , It can also make it smoother when collecting taxes and grains in the future.

After Xiao Qi bent down to salute, he didn't say much, and followed Zhao Lizheng to the granary to receive the goods with a cool face.

About half an hour later, Zhao Lizheng and Xiao Qi came back, and Xiao Qi reported to Gu Changyan who was eating pancakes until his eyes were bent: "Master Hou, the rice is all packed, it's just outside the door, this box is The silver taels received by Zhao Lizheng totaled 28 taels, and the subordinates counted them, and the numbers matched."

They came with four mule carts and two ox carts, and the carts were full of sacks of rice.

"Then let's go back, don't make the princess wait too long." She wasn't lying, Gu Changyan wondered whether Song Ruolan would be lonely and in danger in the mansion by herself.

"Yes." Xiao Qi saluted lightly and asked her to go out.

As the village head, Zhao Lizheng naturally sent them out of the village in person, and he also wrapped some meat buns for Master Hou just like last time, so that she could eat when she was hungry on the way.

If there is something to eat, Gu Changyan will not be polite, and naturally reaches out to take it.

A group of people had to escort more than 70 shi of rice back, and the speed was slower than that of the "female relatives", so Gu Changyan just calculated the time before making the decision to return immediately, or she wanted to give Zhao Lizheng to "them" "The prepared pancakes and pastries were all eaten, but now that Zhao Lizheng gave her some buns, Gu Changyan felt happier.

After walking for almost an hour, the sky has gradually changed from the initial light to a layer of golden light due to the sunset. The team is located on a mountain road. As long as they cross this mountain road, they only need to walk for another hour at their current speed. You can go back to Hangzhou Mansion.

Suddenly, a group of bandits with big knives and sickles ran out to block the way and surrounded his team. The number of people was unexpectedly large. Xiao Qi visually estimated that there were nearly 100 people, but because the princess was not traveling, he only brought ten shadow guards to escort him. , Outnumbered and outnumbered, he is not sure whether he will retreat unscathed this time.

"Protect Lord Hou!" Xiao Qi shouted, drawing his sword, and the other shadow guards obeyed the order, and all immediately drew their swords and prepared.

The bandit in the lead sneered, raised his knife and waved "Give it to me!" The bandits who surrounded them came to kill them, and the shadow guards fought hard, but the martial arts of these shadow guards were not very high, except for Xiao Qi who could easily In addition to dealing with the bandits who kept coming up, the others struggled to resist.

They formed a circle with their backs facing Gu Changyan, and killed the thieves as soon as they came up. There were too many shadow guards, and soon many shadow guards were hacked several times, but luckily they were not fatally injured.

Surrounded by Gu Changyan, she controlled the frightened horse. Her expression turned cold, and she was always more lazy than usual. If anyone pays attention to her expression at this time, they will definitely give her a look. The cold eyes were so threatening that his legs went limp.

Some of the shadow guards around her had been cut a lot, she was annoyed, she jumped off the horse, pulled up the man who was cut and lying on the ground just now, and brought his sword over.

No one saw how she made a move, and the shadow guards around her only knew that suddenly, the bandits who kept rushing up in front of them were slashed by some sword lights, and all of them were slashed precisely on the hand holding the knife. , blood was sprayed on their faces, and soon they saw the figure of Lord Hou that Xiao Qi asked them to protect, walking through the bandits very quickly with a sword.

In the blink of an eye, many bandits were chopped off in the arms, and the wounds were extremely deep. Everyone was afraid of the well-dressed man who looked very feminine.

Especially "his" eyes that seemed to be bloodshot, and the bloodstains all over his body, made "his" look even more evil.

Gu Changyan took the sword and walked step by step to the side of the bandit leader, which was right behind Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi turned around and glanced at her, but was also frightened by her killing intent. He has followed Gu Changyan for a year Except for Xiao Qi seeing her lightness kung fu when they met for the first time, they had no chance to see her martial arts.

She wanted to play the role of a weak scholar, so of course she couldn't wield swords and swords in the mansion, not to mention that the empress sent secret guards to watch them. Over time, Xiao Qi also forgot that this person knew martial arts, and was many times stronger than him.

"Hou..." Xiao Qi swallowed, and then Gu Changyan stopped him with a cry.

Gu Changyan took a step forward, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he looked at the leader of the bandits: "Who told you that we would pass by here? If I'm telling the truth, I can save your dog's life, and at most cut off your limbs and feet." gone."

"Fart!" The bandit leader spit out a mouthful of saliva and walked in front of "him", and immediately raised his big knife to slash at him.

The government has been chasing them closely recently, and the food in the den of thieves is about to run out. They received a notification that a food protection team would pass by at this hour today. The letter also mentioned that they would have a lot of silver on them. Since there is a fat fish Passing by, he will not let go of this great opportunity.

Gu Changyan snorted and laughed, and within half a move, or even without a move, his body quickly came to the bandit's body, and the sharp sword rested on his neck, and gently cut a very shallow wounds.

The leader didn't dare to move at once, not to mention that the other people saw that the boss was blocked, so they stopped their offensive and took a few steps back.

"Are you still farting?" Gu Changyan pushed harder, and Jianfeng went deeper.

"My lord, spare me! Don't kill me! Please let me live, I promise I won't be a thief again!" The leader was so frightened that his legs softened, and as soon as his legs softened, he knelt down and kowtowed to Gu Changyan.

"I have never killed anyone, so I won't kill you, but if you dare to touch my things, you will have to pay the price."

She lowered her head coldly, staring at the dog-like man beside her legs, raised her sword and dropped it, the leader's left little finger lying on the ground was separated from the palm in an instant, and a miserable roar caused the rest of the people to throw away their weapons and kneel down. Come down and beg for mercy.

"Xiao Qi, send someone to press them back to guard the thief's den. Originally, I wanted you to press them all back to the government, but just now I thought that they might be useful. Also, don't say anything to the princess about today's matter. ,Do you understand?"

Gu Changyan turned around and looked at Xiao Qi with murderous red eyes. She clearly gave orders to him, but at the same time she was also giving orders to other shadow guards.

"Yes, this subordinate understands!"

The rest of the shadow guards also said that today, they and Xiao Qi understood why the emperor chose her to protect the princess Zhouquan.

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The purpose of this chapter is to show Gu Changyan's martial arts prowess at the beginning, heh.