Yuan Xi walked a few steps unsteadily, holding on to the wall. When he looked up, he saw Cao Xian hiding behind the window stealthily, so he walked straight towards Cao Xian.
This frightened Cao Xian so much that she hurriedly jumped into bed and pretended to sleep. As a result, Yuan Xi opened the window from the outside and hit her on the head, "What are you thinking about all day long?"
Cao Xian chuckled, "Only if you find something happy every day can you get by."
Yuan Xi felt uncomfortable when he heard the bitterness hidden in her words that Cao Xian himself did not realize. He said softly, "Thank you for your hard work these days."
Cao Xian shook his head and asked curiously, "Did the young master really lose?"
Yuan Xi was stunned, then laughed and said, "I can't beat her if I stand, but I may not be able to beat her if I lie down."
"She's still asleep now."
After hearing this, Cao Xian stuck out his tongue, gave a thumbs up and said, "Young Master is awesome!"
Yuan Xi secretly wiped his sweat, thinking that the first victory was just a narrow one, and he was afraid that he would be in big trouble in the future.
He said, "I'm hungry after getting up so early. I'll make you some porridge."
Cao Xian quickly jumped out of bed and went out, following Yuan Xi, "This is a rare time to be alone with you, I can't miss it."
Lu Lingqi's nostrils twitched as if she smelled some fragrance. She slowly opened her eyes and what happened last night suddenly flooded into her mind. She was suddenly angry and annoyed. She was bullied so badly!
But I have also made great progress. If I try a few more times, I will be able to completely defeat Yuan Xi!
At this moment, Yuan Xi's voice rang in his ears, "Madam is awake?"
"You must be hungry. Have some porridge."
Lu Lingqi propped herself up and sat up. When she saw Yuan Xi holding the bowl of porridge, she snatched it away angrily, "Don't think you won!"
Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Okay, okay, Madam wins."
Lu Lingqi looked down at the porridge with milky white rice soup, and her face turned red for no reason. She brought it to her mouth awkwardly, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly drank it.
Perhaps because she was very hungry, Lu Lingqi drank up the whole bowl of porridge. She put the bowl down and was about to get up and dress, but she hissed in pain. Yuan Xi hurriedly said, "Be careful. If you can't do it, take a rest for half a day."
Lu Lingqi said bitterly: "It's you who are so careless!"
Yuan Xi was sweating profusely. He somehow thought of Madam Du's matter and wanted to speak it out. But then he changed his mind and thought that telling it now would spoil the mood, so he swallowed his words back into his stomach.
Seeing Yuan Xi's expression, Lu Lingqi snorted, "You also know that what you did was wrong?"
"I never thought you were this kind of person!"
Yuan Xi defended himself: "This is all normal between husband and wife."
Lu Lingqi said disdainfully: "I don't believe it!"
Yuan Xi was sweating, "Really, the same goes for others!"
Lu Lingqi was half-believing and half-doubting when she heard Cao Xian chuckle outside the window. Yuan Xi angrily said, "Cao Xian, you're eavesdropping again!"
Lu Lingqi had heard Cao Xian approaching a long time ago. She had been talking to Yuan Xi and originally did not want to argue with Cao Xian, but then she changed her mind and thought that if she allowed her to eavesdrop all day, what would happen in the future.
She immediately made a gesture to Yuan Xi, endured the pain, stood up and put on her clothes, then she lowered her body and flipped out of the window extremely agilely, and caught Cao Xian who was fleeing in just a few steps.
Cao Xian cried out, and before he could react, he was carried into the house by Lu Lingqi.
Lu Lingqi threw Cao Xian on the bed, pounced on him and pressed him under her body, then stretched out her hand to tickle the soles of Cao Xian's feet. Cao Xian cried out in surprise and struggled to dodge, but he was no match for Lu Lingqi and was quickly defeated, begging for mercy.
Yuan Xi watched with great interest. Lu Lingqi must have inherited his true skills. Besides, it was really pleasing to the eyes to see two young girls fighting on the bed.
As he watched, he took advantage of the two women's unpreparedness and joined the melee, causing the two women to scream out loudly, and the mansion was filled with long-lost laughter.
Yellow leaves fall, the autumn wind stops temporarily, the leisurely days do not last for a few days, and the autumn harvest comes.
The gate of Beixin City was, as usual, crowded with people going out of the city to harvest. Everyone had a smile on their face. Some of them were going to their own private fields, while others were doing odd jobs on public fields.
In this world, the number of wastelands far exceeds the population, so Youzhou currently has a large number of public fields. The harvested grain is placed in public granaries for emergency use. On weekdays, the public fields are cultivated either to offset corvée labor or to pay temporary workers. In this way, many idle citizens and businessmen will also join in the farming.
Their enthusiasm was high. After all, after going through so many things, they knew that the food in this public warehouse might very well save their lives in the end!
Together with the common people, there were also officials and soldiers. According to Han law, officials had to work in the fields regardless of spring ploughing or autumn planting. Although the world was in chaos and Han law was virtually meaningless, because of Yuan Xi's emphasis on the law, this rule was still well preserved.
When the crowd walked out of the city gate and looked up at the several heads on the top of the city wall, they couldn't help but shudder in their hearts. The Youzhou army had recruited many soldiers, some of whom were stubborn and could not change their old habits. They harassed the people, but they were dealt with according to the law, which frightened away some people with evil intentions.
The officials were in the front, and the common people were walking among the soldiers. At the end of the team were hundreds of people in shackles. When the common people saw this, they unconsciously moved away.
They were already familiar with this group of people. They were the Black Mountain surrendered soldiers who were undergoing labor education. They were probably bandits in the past and might suddenly attack and hurt people at any time, so no one wanted to get close to them.
Yang Feng walked in front of the surrendered soldiers. After a period of rest, her complexion had improved a lot. To her surprise, the Youzhou side did not abuse her, including the hundreds of soldiers who were captured with her.
Many of these people were injured, sick, or had pre-existing illnesses. Youzhou sent doctors to treat them, which puzzled the Black Mountain surrendered soldiers.
What surprised them the most was that during these days, although Yang Feng and others had to do farm work and digging every day, the food they ate was the same as that of the Youzhou soldiers and civilians!
There are two meals a day, which include coarse grains, bread, wild vegetables, and even some meat every other day. Yang Feng originally thought that it would only be one or two meals, but so far, the meals have remained the same as usual.
Her two personal guards smiled bitterly and said to Yang Feng in private that the food here was much better than when they were in Montenegro.
The price is hard labor, but it is actually not that hard, only four or five hours a day. The laborers in Montenegro work harder than this, but what Yang Feng cannot understand the most are the two hours before going to bed at night.
Go to a gathering to reminisce about the past and look forward to the future.
The surrendered soldiers from Montenegro were dispersed into various groups, with each group of five people leading one surrendered soldier. They did farm work during the day and held heart-to-heart talks at night.
Yang Feng thought that it would be fine during the day, but what happened at night was just a secret meeting for the Taiping Dao to preach the gospel, right?
She was very disdainful of this. Aren't these just the leftovers from her past activities?
So at first she refused to take part in this stupid thing which she thought was quite childish. Until one day, she found that one of her guards came back crying, and then Yang Feng realized that things were not simple.
This personal guard had always been a believer in the Taiping Dao, but now he reacts like this. Could it be that this vicious tiger is so skilled in bewitching people?
Wouldn't that be the biggest enemy of the Taiping Dao?
Yang Feng felt heavy-hearted and asked to attend this so-called party, which was immediately approved.
After a few times, Yang Feng became silent.
Isn't this just a comparison of misery?
But as he watched one person after another stand up and talk about their past experiences, Yang Feng actually seemed to begin to empathize and resonate with them.
When she came to her senses, she broke out in a cold sweat. Relying on the common tragic experience, everyone developed a sense of identity and thus found common goals and pursuits. Whether on the battlefield or in doing things, they were able to work together. This is the highest realm that a leading general pursues!
How did this vicious tiger come up with such a horrible idea?
But Yang Feng still had many doubts. Many times, the targets of these soldiers' accusations were all landlords and gentry.
As the ruler of a state, Yuan Xi is himself the largest noble family and landlord. Isn't he afraid that the final target will be himself?
She really had something to say, so she asked this question when Yuan Xi was inspecting the military camp.
After hearing this, Yuan Xi's eyes flashed with a strange and joyful light. He bowed to Yang Feng and said, "I can't answer this question now, because I am also looking for the answer."
"If you can find it before me, I will take you as my master."
Yang Feng sneered in his heart, this ferocious tiger is too good at acting!
However, she had to admit that the question she raised seemed to have no answer!
The cool breeze in the early morning caressed everyone, swept over the golden waves of wheat, and then brought the rustling sound back to everyone's ears, pulling Yang Feng back to reality from his thoughts.
When the surrendered soldiers around Yang Feng saw the endless fields filled with golden color, they all ran forward several steps at the same time, as if they wanted to pounce on the wheat.
For how many years, these people have been faced with endless killing and looting, and have never really faced this kind of harvest scene?
At this moment, many people felt a long-lost sense of peace in their hearts.
Soon many sergeants came over, took away their surrendered soldiers and handed over the harvesting tools to them. Yang Feng thought that these people were very thoughtful. Five people watching over a man in shackles would not cause any trouble.
Then a silent young man came over, handed the sickle in his hand to Yang Feng, and waved to Yang Feng to follow.
Yang Feng held the sickle in his hand, looking at the other party's seemingly defenseless neck, thinking that the other party could not be unaware that he was a master. He really didn't understand what the sickle meant in his hand?
But the other party just walked in front so openly, as if tempting him to take action.
Yang Feng had attended a heart-to-heart talk with this sergeant and knew that one of his relatives was killed by the Black Mountain Army. Could it be that this was a way to seduce her to take the initiative and then let herself be killed by the cavalry patrolling in the fields?
The two of them walked to the edge of the field, where four people were already waiting. The sergeant pointed at the ridges in front of them and motioned Yang Feng to follow them to harvest the wheat.
Yang Feng shook his head and started cutting wheat side by side with the five others.
It was unknown how many times they had cut the grass, but several people including the sergeant were so tired that they were out of breath. However, Yang Feng was not out of breath at all. When the sergeant saw this, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.
There was the sound of horse hooves as several horses came over. The sergeant saw them and quickly stood up and saluted, saying, "Greetings, Your Excellency."
The people who came were Yuan Xi, Sun Li and Lu Lingqi. He jumped off his horse, took out his sickle and said to the sergeant with a smile: "I will help you harvest the wheat."
The sergeant immediately stood between Yuan Xi and Yang Feng and said, "This man is dangerous, please think twice."