Otherworldly Days

Chapter 481 Who Is Behind Them?

Since the imperial court raised taxes, the situation in Fengdu City, which used to be bustling in the past, is now a little downturned, and the life of ordinary people is not easy at this time.

This year is not good. The further north you go, the drier the sky is. People in a village rely on two wells to draw water, and the water in the wells is almost dry.The harvest in the field is not good, and it is okay for the common people to have some money in their pockets, but those who rely on the few acres of land for food will be hungry.It happened that the imperial court collected taxes at this time of inactivity, and all the money in the pockets of the common people was looted, and now even the little rice grain left in the rice tank is gone.

The imperial court has jurisdiction over the people in various places, and the people cannot move at will, unless there is a document from the yamen for approval. The imperial court has strict control in this regard, and this document cannot be issued at will.

Once the people became refugees, the family would lose their land, and if they were caught by the court, they would suffer exile. Therefore, no matter how hard life is in the north, the people have to grit their teeth.

Merchants pay heavy taxes, common people raise taxes, and common people complain a lot.

These days, the business of merchants is not easy to do. People have no money in their hands. Who will buy things from them?Once the goods cannot be sold, they will lose money, and if this continues, they will not even have business.

The gate of the town was closed for fighting, and the caravan did not dare to go there.

The gates of the rich and the noble are still rich and honored, and the poor and humble households can't even have enough to eat. The life of the common people is getting more and more difficult.

There are more and more beggars begging in the city.

"Master, please do me a favor, my grandson hasn't eaten for two days, sir, please give my grandson a bite..." The old man took his little grandson and walked on the street with a broken bowl in his hand. Begging, begging one after another.

The thin child followed Grandpa's side in fear, his eyes were timid, and he was a little scared.

"Master..."

In the eyes of the common people, there are many rich and noble lords in Fengdu City, and they will not be hungry when they come to beg in Fengdu City, and there will always be good people rewarding them with a bite of food.As long as they don't meet that domineering young master, they can get more or less money every day they come to the city, and they can live on no matter how bad they are.

A young master who came out of the building was stopped by the old man. The young master took a look at the slave behind him, and the young slave took out a few copper coins from his bosom with great interest, and threw them into the old man's broken bowl, making a crisp sound.

"Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord."

"Master, be careful." The little slave helped his master into the carriage.

Fang Ziye, who had just walked into the small courtyard, raised his eyes and saw the black dots flying far away in the sky. He retracted his gaze, walked inside, and saw a person standing in the courtyard.He was no longer surprised that Feng Lingxiao appeared with him.

He stepped up, walked to the man's side and stood still, bowed his head and called out "Master." The attitude was alienated, doing his own duty. After many things, Fang Ziye no longer dared to expect anything extravagantly in his heart, what should he do before, What to do now.The only thing that remained the same was that no matter what this person asked him to do, he would never refuse, including solving his needs for him, and he did not refuse either.

Feng Lingxiao heard footsteps and knew who was coming back, so she didn't put away the letter in her hand.Seeing the person standing behind him with low brows and pleasing eyes, an emotion flashed in his eyes, and it passed quickly.

He had expressed his displeasure, but the more this person insisted on doing so, he had no choice but to make the two of them unhappy because of these trivial matters.

The letter was sent from the north, and Feng Lingxiao handed it to the person next to him between his fingers.

Fang Ziye took it, scanned ten lines at a glance, read all the content inside, frowned, and asked, "What are you going to do about this?"

Feng Lingxiao said nothing with a cold face, but his displeasure could be seen from the ground.

"Let me go." Fang Ziye said.

"No, I have my own arrangements, it's fine for you to stay in Fengdu." Feng Lingxiao vetoed this proposal in one go.Fang Ziye's eyes were a little sad, and he said "yes" in a low voice, and didn't say any more.

He has followed this person in the town gate for so many years, and he is more familiar with the town gate than Fengdu City, so it is best to let him go.It's just that this person has been keeping him in this Fengdu City, not allowing him to leave. Fang Ziye can understand the reason why this person does not let him leave, but the more he understands, the more he resists in his heart.

Fang Ziye knew that the death of Old General Li was the most unbearable thing in this person's mind. Now Feng Lingrui still intends to take all the remaining old subordinates of the Li family army into his possession. It was the last thing the Li family left for Feng Lingxiao, which belonged to Feng Lingxiao. Feng Lingxiao's, he doesn't allow anyone to take it away.Looking at it this way now, something must have happened at the Zhenmenguan. As for what was going on inside, he had to go there and check it out himself.

In the two years since they came back to Fengdu, they have put most of their focus on this side, managing the affairs of Fengdu city, so they neglect to pay attention to the affairs outside the town gate.They thought that with the Li family army at the gate of the town, they must be safe, but who knew that something happened to General Li, which led to the current situation.

Now that the situation in Fengdu City is unclear, if they throw this one, no matter what happens, both sides will gain more than they will lose in the end.Since they had chosen at the beginning, they have no chance to regret it, and they have no way out.

"Ye'er, I..." Feng Lingxiao knew that Fang Ziye had misunderstood him, and when the words of explanation came to his lips, he didn't know how to speak.Seeing the anxiety on this man's face, Fang Ziye smiled. In fact, he understands this better than anyone else, doesn't he?He said, "I understand." So you don't have to explain, and he doesn't want to hear it, that's all.

The two didn't continue talking about this matter.

Feng Lingxiao didn't want Fang Ziye to go to Hecheng at this time, because he was afraid that something would happen to him.At this time, Feng Lingxiao still didn't understand it, even if he couldn't get it in this world, he didn't want Fang Ziye to have any accidents because of it.

It's just that there are some things that people can't understand until later.

The news from He Cheng is not good news. When Feng Lingrui led the army to the gate of the town, Feng Lingxiao actually understood the situation. It should be said that it was not Feng Lingrui who made the idea on Li Jiajun. Well, a mere Feng Lingrui doesn't have that kind of ability yet, but his good father has long looked down on the existence of Li Jiajun, and wants to completely control the world.

As for who else's handwriting is here, it really needs to be checked carefully.

No matter who it is, he will not let anyone go!Feng Lingxiao's eyes narrowed, full of killing intent.

"Wow." A child's cry sounded in the room, and the child who woke up did not want to be coaxed by anyone, and waved his little hand not to bring his Ah Mo near, his little face was flushed from crying, full of grievances, and turned around The eyes seemed to be looking for someone.

Ah Mo, who was with the child, was impatient. The more he wanted to get closer, the more the child wanted him. "Little ancestor, don't cry." The old lady was about to cry, this did not serve the young master well, and he would be punished if the master pursued it.

The two people outside also heard the cry of the child in the room, Fang Ziye didn't have much expression on his face.Such an older child is becoming more and more recognized. That child doesn’t know what to do, so he recognizes him as an aunt. He cries all day and doesn’t want anyone, just wants to rely on him as a fake aunt. .

I don't know that he is not his Eminem...

Feng Lingxiao usually came at night, when the child was already asleep, and he had seen the child a few times when he was still in the infancy, and he didn't pay much attention to the child afterwards.He only remembered the child in the small courtyard when he heard the cry of the child.

He lifted his foot and walked inside.

Seeing someone go in, Fang Ziye followed him in, step by step, as if walking into an abyss.

The child stopped crying when he was in his arms, curled up in his arms and choked, Fang Ziye looked at the child in his arms, this is a beautiful child, but his heart is against this After all, the child can't like it.

He himself didn't know why this kid always recognized him, but he was the one who took him the least.

How did children understand this? Once they recognize the smell, they will fall in love with it. It’s not right to change it to anyone else. They just want to find that person. Only when they find the right smell will they be happy. They smile and show their toothless gums.

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..." The child was delighted, grabbing his mother with both hands, and babbled without knowing what to say. A pair of black eyes are as beautiful as obsidian, like Talk like that.It's just that these eyes are neither like his father's nor his mother's, but like the eyes of his mother who gave birth to him.

If someone who has seen that princess Yi saw this child, perhaps they would feel that this child looks a bit like that noble Princess Yi.It's just how could Princess Yi's child be in this small courtyard?The little master in the palace is Princess Yi's child.

Fang Ziye looked at the child in his arms and didn't know what he was thinking.

The child's babbling can be heard in the room, entertaining himself, being held in Eminem's arms like this is the happiest thing for a child.

The servants who served inside all went down, and Er Shun came in with the boiled goat milk. At this time, the young master must be hungry, "Master, slave come." He looked at the master holding the young master, and asked carefully road.

Fang Ziye didn't put the child down, the child held onto his clothes tightly, he knew that once he put it down, he would cry, "I'll do it." He said lightly.Er Shun grinned, naturally he would like to see the master feed the young master with goat milk, he held the goat milk and stood in front of his master, watching the master feed the young master with goat milk.

As soon as the spoon was put to his mouth, the child opened his mouth and ate it, which showed that he was really hungry.While eating, he kept staring at Eminem, as if he was afraid that Eminem would throw him out.

"Master, look at how good the young master is." Er Shun saw the little master's small mouth squirming, and his heart almost softened.

The little slave can still feel a little sensitively in his heart that the master doesn't like the young master very much, but he doesn't quite understand it.Seeing the estrangement between the master and that master, he just thought that something happened between the master and that master, which made the master dislike the young master.

The young master is so cute, master, how can you not like the young master?Er Shun wanted to arouse his master's liking for the young master as much as possible.He didn't care about that master, he only knew that this was the young master born to his master.

The lowered eyes looked at the child in his arms, and the gentle smile on the mouth of the person holding the child seemed to be the gentle smile of all the Eminems in the world to the child.