Newlyweds divorced: Marry a scumbag and his brother is sweet and have a baby

Chapter 190 Encountering a new crisis

Eunuch Chen brought the Red Sky Sword, and Emperor Xuande personally handed it to Shen Yan.

He solemnly said, "Princess Anping, I entrust the safety of the people of the country to you. No matter who dares to undermine the stability of the Qin Dynasty, he will be killed without mercy!"

"I obey!" Shen Yan took the Red Sky Sword with both hands.

She left the palace, returned to the princess's mansion, and called Ye Chi and Qiu Yu to come to her.

"I'm going to leave the capital for a while. You two will stay here. If you have any news, Feige will send me a letter."

"Princess, I will follow you, you will have no one to take care of you." Qiu Yu looked worried.

Ever since what happened in the underground palace last time, she wished she had a pair of eyes on Shen Yan. Whenever Shen Yan was in danger, she would immediately rush over to block it for her.

"No, I will take my people there. The capital is also very important. You stay and guard the rear for me."

"Yes, Princess." Qiu Yu obeyed the arrangement.

Shen Yan looked at Ye Chi and said, "The Crown Prince has led troops to go on an expedition. You ask Yunliu to lead some people to follow and protect the Crown Prince secretly. In addition, ask Yuncheng and Yunjin to follow me to Ningnan."

"Yes, Pavilion Master, my subordinates will go make arrangements immediately." Ye Chi turned and left.

Two hours later.

Xie Huaijing and Shen Yan set off from the capital at the same time.

Shen Yan was sitting in the carriage and Xie Huaijing was riding on the horse. They passed each other, one going south and the other going north.

They are going in different directions, but their goals are the same, for Daqin to have a better tomorrow.

a month later.

Ningnan, Changyang County, Helin Village.

"Miss, this is Helin Village. It is the largest village in Changyang County and the place with the largest annual rice production in Changyang County." Yun Jin said.

Changyang County is the largest county in Ningnan, and more than half of the annual grain taxes paid by Ningnan Province come from here.

The note received by Emperor Xuande said that Changyang County was also the most severely affected.

Shen Yan came here directly.

Large cotton-padded jackets were already worn in the capital. When Shen Yan came to the village, she saw that the villagers were still wearing very thin clothes, and some young and strong men even only wore sleeveless short coats.

The winter here is very pleasant and suitable for spending the winter.

Even in winter, the sunshine is long enough and they grow two crops of rice every year, which is why the yield is so high.

"Let's go to that house." Shen Yan pointed to an inconspicuous house not far away.

"Yes, Pavilion Master." Yun Jin said.

The two of them came to the yard. Shen Yan fainted on purpose. Yun Jin shouted loudly, "Miss, why are you here? Help..."

At this time, the old woman in the house heard the shouting and ran out quickly.

"Ouch, what's going on?" the old woman said to Yun Jin, "Hurry up and help your young lady in."

Yun Jin helped Shen Yan into the yard. The old woman brought a bowl of sugar water and said, "Hurry and feed your lady to drink."

"Thank you, mother-in-law." Yun Jin took two sips of sugar water, and Shen Yan slowly opened her eyes.

What caught my eye was a kind old woman.

The old woman was dressed in coarse linen clothes without a single piece of jewelry, but her dignity and elegance could not be concealed.

Her behavior is comparable to that of a lady in the capital.

Beauty is in the bones but not in the skin.

Although the old woman was old, Shen Yan could still see through her bones that she was a stunning beauty when she was young.

Shen Yan did not expect that there would be such a special old woman in this rural place.

Faintly, she felt that the old woman was still very kind.

While Shen Yan was deep in thought, the old woman spoke again, "Girl, you haven't eaten for several days, right? You're all hungry."

"How could mother-in-law know?" Shen Yan pretended to be a little embarrassed.

"Don't be embarrassed, girl. Did you sneak out without telling your family?"

The old woman didn't wait for Shen Yan to answer, but she had already made up a play in her own mind.

"Your parents must have arranged an undesirable marriage for you. You ran away to avoid the marriage. You didn't expect that you ran out of money on the way, so you came to the village to beg for food."

Shen Yan smiled and said nothing.

The old woman thought she was right, and seeing that Shen Yan was handsome and attractive, she couldn't help but start chatting.

"Let me tell you, you are lucky to have met me. I am a kind-hearted old woman. If you had met anyone else, you would have been miserable today. You will not be allowed to enter the yard."

Shen Yan looked confused, "Why is this? Are you worried that we are bad people?"

"That's not true. Bad people won't come to this rural place."

The old woman said helplessly, "It's poverty."

"Old lady, although I am not a local, I have heard from others that Changyang County is the richest county in Daqin. How can it be poor here?" Shen Yan was even more puzzled.

"You say Changyang County is the richest county because it produces the most rice every year, right?" the old woman asked.

Shen Yan nodded.

"They only know that rice yields are high, but they don't know how much tax we have to pay every year. We eat less than [-]% of the food we grow every year, and the rest is taxed in various names. In addition, this year's rice has suffered a heavy tax There are losses and almost no harvest, but the tax revenue has not been reduced. We all have to take out the stored grain and turn it over. How can we not be poor like this?"

When the old woman said this, her eyes were full of anger.

"Then we are here to cause trouble for you, mother-in-law." Shen Yan said apologetically.

"Girl, you are serious. There are only two of us in my family, the old man and I. We don't eat much. The old man works as a teacher in the village, so everyone will give us gifts. Although the days are tight, we can still get rid of the trouble."

The old woman pointed to the bowl of sugar water, "Look at this bowl of sugar water. There are only two or three stores in Helin Village that can get it."

When Shen Yan heard this, her heart sank to the bottom of her heart.

She thought it was just crops that were damaged, but she didn't expect that there were tax issues behind it.

Taxation is the foundation of the country.

However, the imperial court never collected such heavy taxes.

Many farmers leased their fields. After paying taxes and rent to their owners, they had little left to eat.

The tax issue will be solved later. The most important thing now is to solve the problem of crop damage. Otherwise, the next year's harvest will be delayed, which will be serious.

"Mother-in-law, are all the crops at your home damaged?"

"Yes, it's not just our family, the whole village is like this." The old woman looked helpless, with sadness in her eyes.

For farmers, land is the basis for their survival and their life.

"Mother-in-law, can you take us to have a look?" Shen Yan asked.

"Girl, do you still know about crops?" The old woman looked surprised.

"I saw an example of crop disease in a book and wanted to see if I could help."

"Well, that's good. If the girl really helps us heal the crops, then she will be our great benefactor."

The old woman was smiling, "You still don't know the girl's last name?"

"My surname is Gu."

Shen Yan smiled lightly, "Mother-in-law, just call me Gu Yan."

"Your surname is Gu? But you're taking care of Gu?" The old woman's eyes lit up.

"Yes." Shen Yan used her mother's surname.

"That's a coincidence. Our family's surname is also Gu, so it's my family. No wonder I see Miss Gu so kindly." The old woman was surprised and delighted.

"What a fate." Shen Yan's smile grew stronger, "Mother-in-law, let's go see your crops."

"Okay, I'll take you there."

The old woman took Shen Yan to their rice field.

Shen Yan saw that there was still water in the field, but the rice in it had withered, and some were dead. The ones that were not dead were like seriously ill patients who were dying.

Even the second-season rice should have ears this season, but these rice are still in the state of seedlings.

It’s not just my husband’s fields, but other people’s fields as well.

"Mother-in-law, apart from Helin Village, is the rice in other villages also like this?"

"We went to the village next door and saw this. As for other villages further away, I have never been to it, but I heard from the villagers that the rice in the entire Changyang County is the same." The old woman looked sad.

"Mother-in-law, can I pull out a seedling and go back to have a look?"

"of course can."

"Yunjin, pull out a seedling and dig a piece of soil to put it on." Shen Yan ordered.

"Yes, ma'am."

After Yunjin pulled up the seedlings and dug up the soil, the three of them walked back.

After returning to her mother-in-law's house, Shen Yan said goodbye to her.

"Mother-in-law, let's go back first and come back after I find out what's causing the seedlings."

"Miss Gu, where are you going? Don't get hungry and faint when you turn around. If you don't mind, just stay here and keep me company. My old man has gone to town and won't be back for a few days." The old woman said. To retain.

"Thank you, mother-in-law. I have to go back and read the book to find out what happened to the seedlings." Shen Yan really wanted to find out the reason why the seedlings died, and it was not easy to do it here.

Seeing this, the old woman stopped trying to stay, "Then where do you live?"

"Go back to my own home. All my books are at home." Shen Yan lied.

"It doesn't matter if you go home. What parent doesn't feel sorry for their daughter? Discuss this with your parents. Marriage is a lifelong event. Only by being with someone who is happy with your heart can you withstand the length of a lifetime." The old woman said earnestly and thoughtfully.

"Thank you, mother-in-law." Shen Yan said goodbye to the old woman and returned to town.

When they arrived at the inn where they stayed, Shen Yan took out the tools he had prepared and started studying the seedlings.

"Miss."

As soon as Shen Yan and Yun Jin left, the room instantly became quiet. The old woman was sitting there alone in a daze when she suddenly heard someone calling her.

She raised her eyes and smiled immediately, "Old man, why are you back? Didn't you say you have to wait two or three days?"

"I'm worried that you'll be scared at night. Come back and have a look. We'll go back early tomorrow morning."

"I'm not afraid." The old woman looked at her husband with extremely tender eyes, and she couldn't help but talk about what happened in the afternoon.

"Old man, a girl from our family came here today. She is very handsome. I looked at her very kindly, as if I were seeing our daughter." The old woman's eyes suddenly darkened when she mentioned her daughter.

"My wife has very high standards. What kind of girl has caught my wife's eyes?"

Seeing her wife teasing her, the old lady also smiled and said, "She is a very good girl. You will definitely like her very much when you see her. She will help us find out the cause of death of the rice seedlings, and she will come back in a few days."

"Okay, I want to see if it's really what my wife said." The old man took out a paper bag from his pocket and handed it to the old woman, "Here, the candy you like."

"Keep it for Miss Gu and feed it to her when she comes." The old woman said with a smile.

"Okay, my wife is the one who makes the decision."

The old woman smiled happily.

The old couple chatted about their daily life, and the room was filled with warmth and sweetness.

The next day.

The sky turned white, and the seedlings that Shen Yan had been guarding all night also sprouted a little blue.

"Pavilion Master, you succeeded and all the seedlings were saved." Yun Jin was overjoyed.

"Not necessarily all of them. These are just the seedlings from my mother-in-law's house. The remaining seedlings have not been tested yet."

After Shen Yan finished speaking, Yuncheng came in, followed by several people.

"Pavilion Master, these are seedlings and soil from ten towns and fifty villages in Changyang County."

After Shen Yan came back last night, he asked Yuncheng to take people to collect seedlings and soil from other villages.

After inspection, it was found that there was no problem with the soil in the old woman's field, but the seedlings were poisoned.

She wanted to see if all the seedlings were poisoned by the same poison.

"Great, you guys can come and help too." Shen Yan ordered.

noon.

The seedlings and soil in all villages were tested. As Shen Yan expected, the seedlings were poisoned, and they were poisoned by the same kind of poison.

Changyang County is so big, it can't be such a coincidence. Someone must be behind this.

However, the most urgent task is to save the seedlings.

She checked and found that as long as the poison was detoxified, these seedlings could still survive and even produce rice.

"Yunjin, follow me to Helin Village."

When Shen Yan and Yun Jin came to Helin Village, they still went to the old lady from yesterday to explain their purpose, and she put the antidote in the old lady's field.

Another day passed.

There is no hope of saving the dead seedlings in the old woman's field. Those half-dead seedlings have all turned green, and are lush green and growing gratifyingly.

The old woman's face was full of surprise. She grabbed Shen Yan's hand and said, "Miss Gu, you are really my noble person."

The news that Shen Yan was coming to tend the rice seedlings had spread throughout Helin Village. At this time, the field was surrounded by people.

When they saw the green seedlings, they quickly gathered around Shen Yan and said hurriedly, "Miss Gu, please help save our seedlings."

"Miss Gu, save my family first."

"Save my family first. My family is small and we can save them quickly."

……

Shen Yan felt sour in her heart when she saw everyone's anxious and longing eyes.

One can imagine how desperate everyone felt when they watched the seedlings die.

"Everyone be quiet!"

Shen Yan said loudly, "Don't worry, everyone, I will save all your seedlings."

"Miss Gu, how much money does it cost to save an acre of seedlings? My family is poor and we can't afford much money." An old man asked timidly.

"Free." Shen Yan replied.

"Free?" Everyone looked in disbelief.

"Yes, we don't charge a penny." Shen Yan looked at Yuncheng, "Bring the medicine and distribute it to everyone, and tell everyone how to use it."

"Yes, ma'am."

After another day, all the seedlings in Helin Village turned green.

At this time, the village chief thanked Shen Yan with all the village names.

"Miss Gu, you are truly a living god. Without you, our entire village will be hungry next year."

The village chief looked at the villagers and said, "Let's salute Miss Gu and thank her."

He took the lead and knelt down.