The next day, the first day of the eighth month, around the hour of Mao, even Jingnv just woke up and heard a loud knock on the door outside the house, and someone called out softly outside the house.

"Second Young Master? Second Young Master? Jing Nu?"

“…”

Jingnv opened her eyes, turned over and got off the couch, walked to the door of the house in her coat, and asked in a low voice: "Who is it?"

He responded outside the house: "It was sent by the village marquis."

"Qinghou?"

Jingnv was a little surprised, wrapped her coat on her body, carefully opened the door of the house, and glanced out of the crack in the door.

Sure enough, under the bright sky outside the house, a guard in leather armor stood.

Seeing that the quiet woman opened the door of the house, wrapped herself in her coat and bowed a little, she asked, "Brother Guard, I don't know what the village marquis has to give."

The guard clasped his fists and said, "The Queen of the West is here to come and pass the message. Please ask the Second Young Master to get up early today. The Queen of the West is interested in taking the Second Young Master out for a trip... I have already passed the message, so I will say goodbye first."

“Hard work.”

Jingnv nodded and responded, watching the guard walk several feet away before closing the door.

The village marquis wants to take the young master out?

Relying on the closed door, Jingnv felt a little surprised.

You should know that she has been at the Marquis' Mansion in Luyang Township for more than a year. Although she was only following her wife Zhou before, she had never heard of the eldest or second sons of the Marquis' Marquis' going out. This is the first time like this today.

However, no matter how surprised she was, since it was the order of the Marquis of Luyang Township, Jingnv naturally did not dare to delay. She immediately walked back to the bed and gently pushed Zhao Yu who was sleeping on the couch: "Young master, young master?"

After calling out several times, Zhao Yu slowly woke up. He opened his hazy eyes slightly, but then closed immediately and asked in a daze: "It's dawn?"

Looking at Zhao Yu's confused appearance, Jingnu wanted to laugh but quickly held back and said seriously: "Young Master, it's time to get up. The village lord sent someone to come here to ask the young master to get up earlier today. The village lord will take you out for the door around Chen Shi."

Maybe I heard a few more keywords I care about. Although I was still sleepy, Zhao Yu still opened his eyes: "Why?"

"I don't know, but the person who came did not explain."

"oh."

Zhao Yu responded and slowly sat up on the couch, while Jingnu immediately put on her clothes and fetched water for him with a wooden basin.

Using a bit of cool water to wipe his face, Zhao Yu immediately woke up much, just as Jingnu was surprised. He was also surprised that the Hou of Luyang Township was actually preparing to take him out.

『Is it...』

Thinking of the suggestions he made yesterday, Zhao Yu felt a little excited.

After washing up, Zhao Yu took Jingniao to the northern house.

When he arrived at the main hall of the northern house, he saw his father, Luyang Township Hou, having breakfast, while his mother, Zhou, was waiting for him and Jingnu to arrive.

"Dad, mom."

Zhao Yu saluted respectfully.

The Marquis of Luyang Township nodded, and Zhou recruited Zhao Yu, rubbed his hair and chuckled softly, "Yeah, this time your father said he wanted to take you out to gain some knowledge. If you also want to go out to see the world with your father, then use premature food soon. Don't delay your father's major affairs."

『It seems that it should be...』

Turning his head to look at the Marquis of Luyang Township, seeing the latter nodding and echoing Zhou's words, Zhao Yu said excitedly: "Mom, I'll have a meal now."

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious." Zhou said with a smile.

After spending breakfast and sitting for a while, the Marquis of Luyang Township took Zhao Yu towards the direction of the mansion.

Zhou personally saw him off, and whispered to Jingniao: "Jing Girl, it may take one or two days to go out with the village marquis. During this period, you may have to stay overnight. You have to take good care of Xiao. The weather has gradually become colder recently, so don't let Xiaoniao catch a cold."

"Yes." Jingnv nodded repeatedly, keeping Zhou's words in her heart.

When everyone came to the door of the mansion, two carriages had been prepared outside the door of the mansion, one had a cover and the other did not.

Because at this time, there were more than a dozen or twenty guards with sharp blades waiting outside the mansion, the refugees who were still staying here in the distance did not dare to step forward, but just watched from a distance.

"Qinghou."

Accompanied by a loud call, Zhang Chun, the guard commander of the mansion, stepped forward to the Luyang Township Marquis, clasped his fists and said, "Quanhou, the brothers are ready." As he said, a little hesitation flashed across his face and asked, "Quanhou, do you really need to follow me? It is said that there is a group of thieves causing trouble in Lushan, which is to the north of this place, and I am worried..."

"It's okay."

The Hou of Luyang Township waved his hand and said, "This time I went to Ruyang with Mr. Liu from the county town. Mr. Liu must have been following him. Although he was not as brave as the brothers in the mansion, how could some thieves dare to attack the official car?"

"What's the use of those soldiers?" Zhang Chun frowned and asked, "Will Ding Wu follow him to Ruyang this time? This person is still a little brave."

The Luyang Township Hou nodded, and Zhang Chun was a little relieved: "Then, the Township Hou is careful."

"Well, I'll ask you inside and outside the government. Remember, you must keep a few barns. As for the crops in the fields, let them go. Don't ask anyone to drive them away."

"Yes!" Zhang Chun hugged and clasped his fists.

Afterwards, after Zhao Yu and Jingnu said goodbye to Zhou, the Hou of Luyang Township asked the two to ride in a carriage with a closure with him, and the other carriage without a closure with six guards boarded up and sat cross-legged on it.

Including the four guards driving two carriages, I think there are a total of ten fully armed guards following him this time. This show still disappointed Zhao Yu a little.

After all, the wealthy families, especially the nobles, followed at least dozens of people when they traveled, especially Tian Wen, who was called Mengchangjun in ancient times. According to legend, when he traveled, there were hundreds or thousands of followers.

"What's wrong?"

It seemed that Zhao Yu was absent-minded, and the Hou of Luyang Township asked casually.

"No." Zhao Yu shook his head and suddenly asked: "Dad, who is Ding Wu that Chief Zhang Wei mentioned just now?"

"The county lieutenant of Luyang County." The Hou of Luyang Township explained concisely: "This time it was this county lieutenant Ding who personally escorted Mr. Liu and us to Ruyang."

"Go to Ruyang?"

Zhao Yu had just learned about his destination today and asked curiously: "Are you going to Ruyang County to ask for money and food?"

Maybe he thought it was not nice to ask for money and grain, so the Hou of Luyang Township corrected: "I'm going to ask for help... although it's roughly the same as you said."

Looking at his father's serious appearance, Zhao Yu couldn't help laughing, and the quiet girl who was sitting beside him in fear secretly pulled his sleeve.

However, the Marquis of Luyang Township did not care. Instead, he was a little surprised that Zhao Yu was not afraid of himself. At least he was not afraid of himself at this moment. You must know that when the two brothers saw him, they were as afraid as mice when they saw cats.

“Depart.”

With a guard shouting, the two carriages slowly started.

At this time, Zhao Yu seemed to have thought of something, moved to the car window and looked at the refugees passing by outside.

His eyes were searching for the woman with two children in the refugee group that day, but unfortunately, he did not see it. He only saw the rest of the refugees watching the carriage slowly leave with complex eyes looking at the carriage with mixed expectations and disappointment.

Why is the woman with two children not among these people?

Did I miss it, or did the woman have left?

Or...

As he thought about it, Zhao Yu's mood gradually became heavier.

He is not the kind of bad guy, but as the saying goes, the rabbit dies and the fox is sad, and the things hurt their kind. Seeing the yellow-faced refugees sitting in rags and letting the wind and rain hit Zhao Yu really feels a little embarrassed.

As if he had noticed Zhao Yu's actions, the Hou of Luyang Township calmly comforted: "It's so soon. As long as you can use the methods you came up with to persuade Ruyang and other Rushui counties this time, my Luyang County will get a considerable amount of money and grain to implement what you said... 'Work-for-relief', and then these people will be rescued."

As he said that, he took a little more pride with a look at Zhao Yu.

He felt that if everything went well, the refugees would have to thank the ten-year-old child in front of him, because it was this child who came up with a feasible solution, and this child was his second son, descendant of the Zhao family in Luyang.

Thinking of this, the Marquis of Luyang Township also felt much more pleasing to Zhao Yu.

About an hour later, the group arrived near the county town.

At that time, Zhao Yu peeked at the county town from a distance from the car window. Only then did he truly witness the so-called refugee tide. It was like a tide. Outside the county town where the county gate was closed, there were crowds of black people everywhere. These people were lying on the road or lying in the fields until a county soldier drove him away and he refused to retreat.

Even though it was far away, Zhao Yu could still feel a strong sense of panic and despair came to his face.

It has to be said that compared with the refugee wave gathering outside the county town, the number of refugees outside the Marquis' Mansion in Luyang Township is really nothing.

Gently patting the back of Jingnv's hand to comfort the little girl who was surprised by seeing the number of refugees outside the county town. Zhao Yu turned to look at his father, but saw his father sitting opposite them sitting upright, watching a volume of books with one hand intently, looking very calm.

"What do you want to say?"

As if he noticed his son's gaze, the Hou of Luyang Township glanced at his son, then turned his eyes on the book in his hand again, and said calmly: "I feel that my father is cold-hearted and ignore the tragic situation of those refugees?"

"No." Zhao Yu shook his head and said seriously: "On the contrary, I think, Dad, you are still a person who does big things."

“…”

The Marquis of Luyang Township looked at Zhao Yu in surprise, and then snorted softly: "Is it useless to please him as a father?"

Having said that, his inner thoughts were unknown.

A moment later, a guard told outside the carriage: "Qingshan Hou, Duke Liu is here."

"Yeah." The Hou of Luyang Township heard this and put away the book in his hand and said to Zhao Yu: "Ye'er, Jingniao, come out of the car and greet me."

"yes."

At the request of the Marquis of Luyang Township, Zhao Yu and Jingnu followed the former to get off the carriage.

At this time, the two saw a carriage slowly coming from a distance, parked not far away, and from beside them, there were about dozens of county soldiers wearing standard armor following the guards.

Immediately, a man who was in his forties walked off the carriage, greeted him with a smile, and bowed his fists to the Luyang Township Hou: "Quanhou, Liu is here late, so he has been waiting for the Township Hou for a long time."

As he said that, the man's eyes fell on Zhao Yu, who was beside the Hou of Luyang Township.

"Liu Gongyan is so serious."

The Marquis of Luyang Township bowed his hand and replied, pointing at Zhao Yu and introducing: "Mr. Liu, this is the second son of Xiaohou, Zhao Yu."

"oh oh."

Liu Gong, the county magistrate of Luyang County, looked up and down at Zhao Yu when he heard this, and said with a smile: "The second young master has extraordinary wisdom. When he goes to Ruyang this time, please be sure to borrow wisdom from me."

"You are too proud of yourself, you are too proud of yourself, and you are ashamed of you."

Zhao Yu replied politely, then turned his head to look at the Marquis of Luyang Township.
Chapter completed!