Step on...

The horse's hooves galloped up mud chips and ran across the rugged road. Dozens of riders walked through the night and headed towards the house with two large lanterns in front of them. More than a dozen war horses were docked at the gate. Dozens of knights rushed over to say hello. The long cloth bag on the horse's back struggled and twisted and fell to the ground.

"Is this the person?" The wolf rider who greeted him walked over and pulled his pocket to reveal a tender face with panic, which was quite delicate. "I'm still a child..."

He said with a smile, and the man untied the cloth strip from Yuan Xi's mouth. He looked around tremblingly, his lips trembling: "Do you know... my father is Yuan Shao... he is the governor of Jizhou. You want property... you can let me go back to letters... how much... my father will give you."

"Then what about we want your father's head?"

Yuan Xi was so scared that she shook, shook her words: "Ah...you...you..."

The wolf rider made a joke. Seeing that the boy was so scared, he waved to his companion: "The leader is inside, you can bring him in."

"I heard that Zhang is very charming, isn't it true?" The wolf rider who came over carried the boy directly on his shoulders. The figure who wrapped his arms over there shook his head: "... Don't be rude. That woman can support such a large Zhen family. She must have the ability. Just be careful that there is no residue left after being eaten."

"Haha... It's good to be eaten..." The wolf rider carrying the boy laughed rampantly and walked into the yard. When the servants of the Zhen family saw the bandits coming in, they probably didn't dare to look at them. They thought they had been greeted before. When they walked to the yard outside the main hall, they heard the sharp voice of a woman inside, as if they were arguing with someone.

"The food rations of hundreds of thousands of people a month are not available in my Zhen family? Even if you sell my old bones, you can't supply them... I don't agree with this idea!"

"Mrs. Zhen is young and beautiful, so why is she old... The Zhen family can't produce so many, but it is also an important big family in Jizhou. It must have appeal... right? Isn't it better for the family to produce a little? The family is also for your own good."

"Call together... other great men are fine, but who is willing to spread the grain? My Zhen family will work hard, and I will pay back the favors at that time, and I will not be able to pay them back at any time! You just want to live like this?!"

"Mrs. Zhen's words are wrong. The horse vendor Zhang Shiping removed it for your Zhen family earlier, and he got hundreds of horses from Youzhou for you... In the future, your family's good days are still behind. Mrs. Zhen is also a person with a long-term vision, so why do you only see in front of you?"

Jian Shuo sat in a few desks with a smile and spoke softly to the panting woman above: "... Besides, my leader is also your daughter's adoptive father. After all, we should be together for a father and a mother."

Zhang's face turned red, he bit his silver teeth, glanced at the shadows in the corner, and patted the long case with his backhand, "...I won't mention this beforehand, just say that nearly most of the horses you brought to you the previous month were injured. For this matter, horse dealers from all over Jizhou have found old men for several times. Can you regard old men as your own people? Now when you are in trouble, you will only ask for food for hundreds of thousands of people. No matter how kind the Zhen family is, they are not from Shantang."

On the other side, Jian Shuo also looked at the figure in the shadow, and his smiling face gradually became colder: "Madam Zhen, do you really not think about it?"

"No need to talk about"

"Sure enough... after getting married to Yuan Shao, his tone was different." Jian Shuo rubbed his hands and stood up: "But Yuan Shao is in Yecheng, he can't catch up."

The woman also stood up, raised her chest, and raised her chin: "I am not afraid of death. I still have a son. If my son dies, I still have a grandson. If you have the ability, you can kill me to the city. The Zhen family is not afraid of threats. At worst, it will be humiliated. However, I have not touched a man for several years. Who will be humiliated may not be known at that time."

"..." Jian Shuo couldn't speak, obviously he didn't expect this woman in her thirties to say such a stingy thing.

Slap

The slap slapped in the shadows, and the candlelight moved, and a figure stood up and strode, "Mrs. Zhen's words made Gongsun Zhi admire him... Since you have such confidence in your heart, I'll let you see someone."

Zhang said this because he was helpless. After all, it was obvious that it was not possible to deal with the bandits. However, this time, the other party waved and brought someone in and threw it on the ground with a bang.

"Come on, tell the woman in front of you." Gongsun Zhi reached out and pinched the trembling boy, lifted it up from the ground, and pointed at Zhang: "...what is your name."

"Yuan...Yuan Xi..." The young man trembled in his hand and stammered, "...Don't kill me...what do you want...I'll ask my father to give it to you."

After letting go of his hand, he threw Yuan Xi aside. Gongsun Zhi stepped forward and walked up to the woman: "Woman Zhen secretly engaged my adopted daughter, why didn't he notify me? But now, I accidentally caught my future son-in-law. Do you think I'm going to let Mi'er be a vain? Or find a marriage for her again... I think you have a problem with your vision... It's bad to choose a son-in-law."

"You can't kill him, he is the son of Yuan Jizhou..." Zhang is not a fool, so he naturally would not believe in the wrong person. He was also a little anxious at this time. If this thief really killed Yuan Shao's son here, the Zhen family would be completely finished.

Gongsun Zhi smiled: "So... rations for 500,000 people, you can think of a way, you will need them at the end of the month."

"The time is too short... At the latest, it will be the beginning of next month. Such a huge sum of food is not to say that if someone takes it, others will be willing to take it out. At that time, my Zhen family will inevitably have to take some valuable things to counteract them. It will take time... Don't force people too much, at worst, you can't be able to kill you."

"The fish may die, but the net will not be broken!" Gongsun Zhi turned around and walked back, grabbed the boy's bun on the ground. The other party screamed in pain and was dragged out of the hall door. His walking figure waved his hand and fist in the air. The sound then came from outside the door: "...You don't have that courage, don't hold on! In early September, I'm waiting for you, there are not enough food. I personally lead people to rob each one. Don't blame me if there are too many people."

The courtyard became deserted. Since her husband passed away, the entire Zhen family's burden was pressed on the woman's shoulders and was almost about to collapse. She sat down with a little depressed look at the deserted main hall. There were maids around her who wanted to come in and support her, but she waved her hand and drank herself. For a moment, tears fell down.

"If you want to fight, you will fight... If you want to save others, you will save hundreds of thousands of people, so let the old man carry such a big burden alone..."

The sobs slowly rang in the dim and cold hall. The light of the candlelight shone on her silhouette, and the lonely silhouette was attached to the ground, pouring wine and drinking wine, wet tears flowed down her cheeks, mixed with wine stains and dripping onto the ground.

...

The next morning, the woman returned to her usual expression and left the door early. She got on the bus and ordered the coachman: "Go to the Wang family first..."

During this half month, the woman quietly visited dozens of wealthy families in the northern region, and at the same time, some of the property, house deeds and land deeds in her home were also folded into most. If you look down on the land of Zhongshan, you will find that a large number of convoys quietly passed by from different directions towards Black Mountain from all directions, and there were also some items such as winter clothes and bedding.

On the other hand, in the huge Taihang Mountains, the migration was also dragging on, but there were also some rebounds, which made Zhang Yan look very unfair. After autumn, winter will soon begin. At this time, people will leave, so some people in the Black Mountain will naturally refuse.

Such tension and resistance continued until the winter moon.
Chapter completed!