Ten days later, a certain place in Liaodong.

It was already late at night and the bright moon hangs.

This is a primeval forest, full of towering towering trees. Since it is still early spring and the trees have not sprouted, the light in the forest does not appear dim, and the soft moonlight can be sprinkled on the ground.

There was a faint sound of a strong horse sniffing.

There were also conversations with excitement and joy.

Several bonfires were crackling.

Next to one of the bonfires, two figures were sitting face to face, and one person said sincerely: "Brother Yan Jiu, please give me more this time. After finishing this business, I will never dare to win the favor of my brother! I promise to turn around immediately and let my brothers have a good rest..."

The person who spoke was a middle-aged man.

This man exudes a unique noble character from a family.

But although he was full of nobleness, he put his posture very low at this moment, and he looked forward to the person in front of him.

This person's name is Zheng Guanxiao. He was born in the Zheng family of Xingyang, which is of the five surnames and seven heads. However, two years ago, he made up his mind to follow Zheng Guanyu in the clan to split up.

His current identity belongs to the elder of the Zheng family's new branch.

As for Yan Jiu, who was sitting on the other side of the bonfire, it was the one who once was at the Gujia Village Inn.

At this time, Yan Jiu took a cake in his hand and put it on the bonfire and baked it carefully. After the cake was so soft that it was roasted by the bonfire, he suddenly raised his hand and threw it hard towards the distance. With a whoosh, a giant tree in the distance stretched out a hand behind it, steadily caught the cake, and slowly retracted the tree.

Yan Jiu shouted to the distance from the other side: "Brother Han Si, it's time for you to rest. Have someone change your defense and be on duty for you..."

The sound of swallowing cakes sounded behind the tree, accompanied by a muffled laughter, and replied: "It's still early, I'll be on duty for a while. My comrades are all very tired today, but I'm left in the forest to watch the house. I'm not tired, so I'll be waiting for a while for a night."

Yan Jiu didn't say anything more.

It was not until this time that he looked at Zheng Guanxiao and sighed: "Brothers have already gotten more than 800 cows, which is enough for you to complete this mission. Why are you still unwilling to return? Why are you still thinking about doing it again? Are people from aristocratic families so greedy? They can't help but want to reach out when they see the benefits..."

This was filled with obvious ridicule and disdain.

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But Zheng Guan smiled and fucked himself.

After a long time, he bowed respectfully. He seemed to be explaining solemnly, and sighed with emotion, and said with a wry smile: "It's okay not to be greedy. There is a family behind him who needs to be raised. Brother Yan Jiu, I know you can't stand my style, but I really have no choice. I have to get more cows back..."

He stopped and his tone became sincere, and said, "It's almost spring that many families have begun to organize the people to open up land. Although our Zheng family's new branch started early, unfortunately everyone's progress is very slow. There are cows and cows everywhere. Without cows, it is impossible to pull the iron plow. If the iron plow is not used, it is impossible to turn the land deep. If you can't turn the land deep, you will not be able to clear the dense thatched roots under the ground..."

He stopped again, his tone became more sincere. He suddenly sighed again, with a sad expression on his face and said softly: "Brother Yan Jiu, you can't imagine what scene I saw when I went back last time. When I sent the first batch of bullocks back, almost all the family came out to welcome me... All the clans came out to welcome me, but the clan leader did not show up. I thought I had done something wrong at the time, so the clan leader was disliked by me, but I soon found out that I was wrong because someone told me that the clan leader had no time to welcome me. The clan leader was helping the common people to open up the land..."

"So, I didn't even dare to take a breath and take a break. I led my servants to drive the cattle to the clan leader desperately, hoping to send the cattle to the patriarch as soon as possible. It was on that day that I saw a scene that I would never forget for my life."

"The young patriarch of my family was only wearing a thin shirt. He was slapped and pulled an iron plow with difficulty. The clothes on his shoulders were worn out, and blood was faintly visible in the worn areas. In the chilly spring weather, his sweat dripped all over his body."

"Even so, my family leader is still trying hard to pull pears. When I led the servants to deliver the cow, you can never imagine how sad his first sentence was. He said, "It's great. Finally, the cow is over, and the people no longer need to treat themselves as cows..."

"When he said that, his face was like a child. He only thought that the people did not need to be raed like oxes, but he forgot that he was pulling the plow like a ox."

"At that moment, I felt distressed and angry. I stepped forward and wanted to take off his plow rope and asked him angrily why he wanted to ruin himself? But the patriarch was very stubborn. He took back the rope of Lali. He smiled at me. He asked me for a request. He said, "Third Brother, you have worked hard, but I can't let you rest yet. Please go to Liaodong for another trip and help your family get some cows. There are too many people under our Zheng family. The cows you sent back are not enough..."

"At that moment, I saw the determination in the eyes of the clan leader. As long as there is a commoner under his command who treats himself as a cattle, then the clan leader will not put down his pear rope for a day."

...

Yan Jiu's expression gradually became solemn and suddenly breathed slowly, saying, "I am worthy of being Mr. Zheng Guanyu, and an alien in the aristocratic family."

Zheng Guanxiao looked heartbroken.

He also looked solemn and said with a bitter expression: "Brother Yan Jiu, do you know what the leader of my family is from? He was the son of the five surnames and Qiwang, and he could almost be regarded as the top group of people in the entire Tang Dynasty. His sister married Prince Yin, and was the sister-in-law of the entire Li royal family. If there was no Xuanwu Gate, my family leader would be the new uncle of the Tang Dynasty."

燕九点了点头,道:“就算经过了玄武门那一场变故,你家那位郑观鱼族长的身份仍旧不弱于人.我曾听马三保叔说过,观鱼公子从小就认识我家公主,虽然公主经常揍他,但是公主把他当成弟弟在疼爱.”

"Yes, Princess Pingyang regards him as her biological brother."

Zheng Guanxiao subconsciously repeated, his face full of honor.

But his tone soon became sad again, saying, "The princess treats him as her younger brother, and he also treats the princess as her elder sister. Later, when the princess married Mr. Gu, he naturally treats Mr. Gu as his own brother-in-law. It is precisely because he treats Mr. Gu as his own brother-in-law that he always wants to become a person like Mr. Gu... He treats himself as a plowing ox to pull pears, not to show anyone to anyone, he is doing things sincerely, because he wants to be a person like Mr. Gu who loves the people as much as his son."

Yan Jiu suddenly stood up from the ground, breathed out a breath of heat with a serious expression, and said in a deep voice: "I understand it with reason and move it with emotion. I have to say that you are a good lobbyist. To be honest, I didn't plan to do it anymore, because my brothers are very tired these days, I want them to take a break, but the young master Zheng Guanyu in your mouth touched me."

Zheng Guanxiao quickly stood up from the ground, his tone was obviously trembling and expectant, and said, "Brother Yan Jiu, are you agreeing to help me grab it again?"

Yan Jiu nodded slowly and said, "As you said just now, there are cows everywhere in Youyun..."

He said halfway through this and stopped continuing. He suddenly turned to look at another bonfire not far away and asked in a deep voice: "Brother Niu Si, how about we take our brothers to do another vote? The Grand Marshal asked us to transform into a bandit, with the intention of letting everyone come to Liaodong to rob. Although the Grand Marshal did not set a specific task for us, I think the more ox robbed, the better."

A man with a kind face stood up there and smiled silly, "Listen to you."

Yan Jiu turned around and looked at Zheng Guan with anticipation and said with a smile: "Brother Niu has agreed, so we will help you grab it. But there is one thing that you must explain to you in advance. This time you will still do it according to the old rules. The ox belongs to you and the property belongs to us. And every time you grab a ox, you will have to pay an additional 500-yuan commission..."

Zheng Guanxiao nodded quickly and said with a sincere look: "Don't worry, brother Yanjiu, Zheng's new branch promises that it will not owe you. As long as you grab an extra cow, we will add 500 cents."

He said, and then said, "Actually, you and I know that you can't buy a plowing ox at all. This time, Mr. Gu allowed us to hire a cavalry because he wanted to save money from the aristocratic family."

Yan Jiu looked solemn and pointed out his language loopholes and said, "We are not protecting the Gu cavalry in Youzhou, but the vicious bandits who are jealous of money and use money to do things. So don't make friends, we are just business."

Zheng Guanxiao was stunned at first, then his heart was stern, and he hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, not friendship, we are just business, there is no friendship."

Since ancient times, those who are superiors are most annoying to aristocratic families, and one thing they are particularly wary of is that aristocratic families have made friendships with the army. Since the Xuanwu Gate Incident two years ago, the plot of aristocratic families was destroyed by private soldiers, and since then, the sky has changed.

Yan Jiu did not continue this topic.

Zheng Guanxiao also wisely stopped.

The two of them then looked at the forest outside the moonlight, as if they were staring at the two hungry wolves in the land of Liaodong.

Suddenly, Zheng Guanxiao took out a map from his arms, and there were already many circles on it with a pen.
Chapter completed!