The son-in-law is a thief

Chapter 118

Zhaoyang couldn't sleep peacefully all night. Originally, returning to the land where he grew up should be more comfortable, but it turned out to be a nightmare all night. After a while, Zhaoyang dreamed that he had escaped from the palace, and the road was full of bones. In a precarious state, she dreamed of a tsunami for a while, and the hundred-foot-high waves rushed towards Niangui City. She wanted to find Gu Ruyang, but Qin Li'an and Chu Han stood everywhere, their eyes fixed on themselves, as if To eat myself alive.In the end, Zhaoyang woke up from the dream in the Qionger Strait. She saw Chu Han stabbing her mother's chest with a knife, but it was Qin Wuyong who died after she fixed her eyes.

After waking up, Zhaoyang's mouth was dry. She got out of bed and went to the table to pour a glass of cold water. She drank the glass in two or three gulps. Then she saw that the underwear was tightly attached to her body, and her body was covered with sweat. I couldn't escape this nightmare even when I slept, so I put on my coat and sat at the table, but my mind was always restless.

There were few people around Gu Ruyang, and he also woke up from the daze. Seeing Zhaoyang sitting at the table, he also got up from the bed.

"Why don't you sleep?" Gu Ruyang asked.

"Take the bed, I can't sleep." Zhao Yang was afraid that Gu Ruyang would be worried, so he found an excuse.

Gu Ruyang sat down beside Zhaoyang, she took Zhaoyang's hand, but felt her palm was cold.

"Are you worried?" Gu Ruyang held Zhaoyang's hand in his palm, rubbing it to give her warmth.

"Don't worry, just accept the bed." Zhaoyang still couldn't help sighing: "I guess I'm still a little bit uncomfortable."

"Go to Li Village tomorrow, three or four hours on the way, if you don't have a good rest tonight, if you really are not acclimatized, you may not be able to bear it tomorrow." Gu Ruyang said, although his tone was stern, but he was full of concern .

"Then... then I won't go." Zhaoyang said: "If I feel unwell, you have to worry about it, and if you care about it, it will cause chaos."

"Okay." Gu Ruyang didn't need Zhaoyang to explain too much, Zhaoyang said what he said.

"Actually..." Zhaoyang looked at Gu Dangjia who cared so much about him, and couldn't bear to hide it, and then said: "Actually, many answers are already clear in my heart..."

"Northern Qi?" Gu Ruyang asked cautiously. In fact, she could feel that even though Bei Qi was a child, she was full of vitality, and everyone had hope on their faces.

Zhaoyang nodded, and said again: "In time, will it be impossible to even regain the homeland?"

Gu Ruyang comforted: "Didn't you say that this is just for outsiders to see? Maybe other state capitals don't have the atmosphere of Fujian, so I can only say that the governor of Fujian is a character."

"I hope so."

"If you don't feel well today, don't go out tomorrow and rest in the hall. Mr. Du asked me to ask you more about your business, and you will teach me too."

"Ruyang is talented and intelligent, and he can understand it as soon as he talks about it. I don't need to teach him." Only now did Zhaoyang feel a little more relaxed. Gu Ruyang always made her less anxious.

"Why don't you just do what you say?" Gu Ruyang doesn't care whether it's time or not, when she sees that as long as Zhaoyang can stop being so focused on the subjugation of the country, she can do whatever she wants.

Zhaoyang chuckled and said, "It's too early, isn't it?"

"Isn't it necessary to study early? When Mr. Du taught me knowledge, he always woke me up early." Gu Ruyang recalled the uncomfortable past.

Zhaoyang naturally knows that Gu Ruyang likes to sleep the most, this must be to make himself happy again, besides, everyone in the guild hall is also resting, and now learning the way of business has also disturbed others.

"I'm tired, I'd better sleep." Zhaoyang compromised.

"Don't recognize the bed?"

"With you by my side, it's the same anywhere."

"Then don't wake up alone while I'm asleep." At the end of the sentence, Gu Ruyang resisted Zhao Yangyi on his shoulders, the role of a pirate is indispensable.

"Gu Ruyang, let me down... ah..."

Haicheng prepared the carriages and horses early in the morning. He originally wanted to prepare for Gu Ruyang's trip to Li Village, but Gu Ruyang suddenly changed his mind and wanted to study in the guild hall for a day. Whatever the master thought, he dismissed the convoy again, but Butler Li was called to Gu Ruyang.

Gu Ruyang still has some impressions of this old man, he was the one who opened the door when he arrived at this guild hall yesterday.

"Butler Li."

"The head of the house." The housekeeper and the first time Gu Ruyang were virtuous, and they knelt down on the ground with a plop.

Gu Ruyang was most annoyed by these red tapes, and immediately asked Haizhu to help him up.

"My little brother has something to ask you. This is Captain Zhou." Gu Ruyang pointed to Zhao Yang who was disguised as a man. She didn't want more people to know that Zhao Yang came with her.

"I've met Zhou Fanchang." After being lifted up, the old man took a seat under Gu Ruyang. He is indeed old and has many wrinkles on his face, but he still looks tough. There is a reason why Haicheng wanted to arrange him to be the housekeeper. .

"Guan Li, today I wanted to go to Li Village with Master Gu," Zhaoyang said truthfully, "but today the head of the family has other important matters to attend to, so I also want to ask you about Li Village."

Old man Li is actually a little confused. This Li village is a small place at the foot of the mountain. There are only forty or fifty households. Many young people have also entered the nearby town. How can this little-known place be remembered by Gu Ruyang? up.

"The head of the family can ask. Although I left home when I was young, I will go home to interrogate my relatives every two months. Except for the years of war, it is almost non-stop. I still know some things about my hometown."

"Is there any big landlord in Li Village?" Zhaoyang asked.

Old man Li laughed and replied: "In a small village, where are there any landlords? Each household has no more than [-] or [-] mu of land, which is enough for self-sufficiency... Oh, by the way, there were landlords in the previous dynasty. Mr. Qi, we rent all our land from him."

Old man Li shook his head again: "Actually, it wasn't his at first, but ours. Later, he colluded with the county magistrate and confiscated our land. Instead, we became long-term workers, and I left the village at that time."

When Zhaoyang heard that she was colluding with officials, she knew it was Zhou's officials. If she had known about it a few years earlier, she would have punished those corrupt officials.

"Then why did you return it to you?" Zhaoyang asked.

"I'm ashamed to say it," Old Man Li smiled awkwardly, "Isn't this all here? Just kill the county magistrate and Mr. Qi, and the land will naturally be returned to us."

"But the head of the family!" Old man Li said seriously: "My life is given by Master Hai, and Master Hai's life is given by the old head of the family. I, Old Li, will never speak for the Northern Qi just for those acres of land."

"I believe in you." Gu Ruyang said, and signaled to Zhaoyang: "You continue."

"Okay." Zhaoyang continued to ask: "The land is returned to you, but now there are still gentry bullying the farmers."

"Return to Fanchang, no." Old man Li replied: "Qi Chuli always wants to win the hearts of the people, from the Baozhang, Lizhang, to the town chief and county magistrate, he dare not use his power indiscriminately."

"Then the harvest should be good this year." Zhaoyang concluded.

Old man Li grinned: "I can't say, our land is not very good."

"How can I pay the court's tax?" Zhaoyang asked again.

"Tax exemption for one year." This time it was Haicheng who spoke, which also saved his business a lot of money.

"Understood." Zhaoyang said to old man Li: "I don't have anything to ask anymore."

Old man Li looked at Haicheng, then at Gu Ruyang, and the faces of the two of them also had expressions of seeing off guests. Old man Li saluted the three superiors, and then retreated.

"Everything the mistress asks is right on point."

After Steward Li went out, Haicheng said that he had to admire Zhaoyang's thoughts. If he wanted to know how deep Qi's control over Beilu was, he only needed to look at the opinions of the common people at the lower levels. Old man Li had been with him for many years, so naturally Believe it, he has been to Li Village many times, and the situation is no different from what old man Li said.

Zhaoyang let out a heavy breath, she was a bit old, she said: "I originally thought that I could regain my homeland by hiding my strengths and biding my time for ten years. I think this is not something that my generation can see."

Gu Ruyang waved Haicheng to leave as well, and said to Zhaoyang: "Don't worry, what if this is just a temporary trend? Who can guarantee that the Ren family will produce Mingjun from generation to generation?"

"But what I can guarantee is that Qin Li'an is definitely not Mingjun." Zhaoyang also had a sad expression on his face.

"Why not..." Gu Ruyang looked at Zhaoyang, but swallowed the words again.

"Ruyang..." The two have been together for a long time, how could Zhaoyang not guess Gu Ruyang's thoughts: "No..."

Gu Ruyang pressed her brows together. She really didn't want to see Zhaoyang waste sleep and food every day because of the dilapidated Dazhou. In fact, she also knew in her heart that Beiqi was in full swing, not to mention returning to the city, even if she tried her best to take care of her family. Can't shake Bei Qi's current foundation, all she has to do is use the sea as a wall to separate Bei Qi from all directions.

"Zhaoyang, Qin Li'an has tried to kill you and me many times. Why do you still care about those etiquettes? He is the prince, and your brother is also the prince." Gu Ruyang stood up from the chair: "If Qin Li'an is destined to be stupid, why not replace him!"

"But Huan'an is still young..."

"At sixteen I have already conquered the world!"

"Huan'an is not you, he..." Zhaoyang said the last thing he wanted to admit: "He is too ordinary, not even as good as Li'an."

"Then you will replace him!" Gu Ruyang pressed Zhaoyang's shoulder: "I am a woman who can rule the world, so you are not a hero among women, don't you think you can return to the city next time? Zhaoyang, you have already seen it." , the general trend of the Northern Qi Dynasty has been decided, if you think about returning to the city, the Lord is still so reckless and stupid... how far is it from you to destroy the country..."

"Gu Ruyang, you are crazy!" Zhao Yang suddenly pushed Gu Ruyang away. No matter how much she hated Qin Li'an, Zhao Yang never thought of putting this younger brother to death. She did have the heart to support Huan'an, but the matter of regent It was all the thoughts of the officials headed by Huang Yuan. She only wanted everyone to focus on revitalizing the Great Zhou. She never coveted this power.

"I'm not crazy," Gu Ruyang revealed a rare hostility, maybe it's just a gangster's anger hidden in Zhaoyang: "I can't help you return to Beilu, but I can help you take Nianguicheng and hold you back." You are in charge of the Longevity Palace!"