Winter in the north always comes earlier. Just after December, heavy snow was already accumulated on the ground, covering all the mountains and nearby villages with a thick layer of white cotton.

The war of Qi invading the Northern Chao has ended for nearly half a year. The result of the war finally ended with the full surrender of North Vietnam. In addition to compensation and cede land, North Vietnam also tore up the alliance agreement with Qin and Chu to resist Qi, and instead signed an alliance treaty with Qi. A large number of troops were transferred to the border of Qin and Vietnam. The situation faced by Qin became increasingly dangerous. The internal conflict caused by the domestic drought has not been completely resolved, but it faced the dangerous situation of Qi and Vietnam attacking on both sides. Li Zhi, the commander-in-chief, had to come out with injuries in order to control the situation and survive the most dangerous moment since the founding of Qin and Vietnam.

For everyone in Dawangzhuang, they also felt the changes brought by this war to their lives when this winter came.

Dawangzhuang is located in Fengxian County, located in the north of Yue Kingdom. Fengxian County is far away from the border of Qi and Yue. At the beginning of this war, they did not feel that life had changed much, and they still started working day by day, sunset and sunset, living their lives plainly. The war seemed to be very far away from them. They just occasionally sounded that after people who went to the county town came back, they brought some news from the county town.

The Yue Kingdom was defeated and the Luo family was over. One by one, shocking news came to Dawangzhuang and became ordinary. For the people here, it seemed that the Yue Kingdom was defeated and had little impact on their lives. The Luo family? I heard that it is the most famous family in our Dayue. They died? Oh, they always defeated the war, and they deserve to die.

This is what ordinary people in Dawangzhuang think.

But after the beginning of winter, this small village that was avoiding finally ushered in its first impact on them after the war. Yue Kingdom wanted to increase its borders to the Qin Kingdom, and in the battle of Qi and Yue Kingdom, Yue Kingdom suffered heavy losses in its troops. A new round of recruitment work extended to this village, and ten places were forced to be assigned.

Less than a month after sending away ten young people, another task came to Dawangzhuang to collect grain. For a village that had paid full annual taxes and was not rich, the new round of grain collection was not in fact to grab food from the people, but the officials from the county town were extremely tough. If they did not pay the food, they would lock people. Faced with the unreasonable officials and the yamen runners shaking with chains, the people chose to swallow their anger.

If you lose money, you will avoid disasters. The official prison is not so easy to get into.

Tens of thousands of pounds of grain collected were concentrated in the yard of Wanghou, the village chief, and more than ten full carriages were ready to set off. It was more than fifty miles away from Dawangzhuang to the county town. In such weather, it would take at least two days to walk.

Wang Hou, the village chief of Dawangzhuang, is a person who is full of words in the village. He was a literate person. He was a scholar and literate person in the county in his early years and has been a master of the county master. For the people in Dawangzhuang, he is a big shot. It is precisely because of his existence that no one in Dawangzhuang has been far away from the lawsuit for many years. Even if something happens to someone, in his face, he will be arrested in the morning and released in the evening. He has never suffered any hardship. This alone makes him highly respected in the village.

However, being a master of the Criminal Master naturally did a lot of bad things. In just twenty years, Wang Hou saved up a huge fortune. As the plaintiff and the defendant, as the county master, it was difficult for him to get rich. Or because he had done too many bad things in those years, Wang Hou got married early, but he did not give birth to a man or a woman. There are three unfilial things, and it is better to have no descendants. After the age of forty, Wang Hou finally panicked. After visiting a virtuous monk, Wang Hou resigned from his position as Master of the Criminal Master and returned to his hometown Dawangzhuang. He was not stingy and made money to build bridges and pave roads for his fellow villagers in the village and set up a school. It was a coincidence that Wang Hou's old wife was old and had a pearl. After ten months of pregnancy, she gave birth to a daughter for Wang Hou. This made Wang Hou overjoyed, and from then on, she spared no effort to do good deeds.

However, since she gave birth to her daughter named Wang Yueyao, Mrs. Wang has no movement. Even though Mrs. Wang married another young concubine for Wang Hou, she still did not give birth to a child or a half daughter. At this point, Wang Hou gave up and thought that she had done too much when she was young. God was punishing herself and that she could have a daughter, which was already a blessing.

Wang Hou is now in his early sixties and has been a village chief in Dawangzhuang for almost twenty years. His daughter Wang Yueyao is already eighteen years old and has become a graceful girl.

With such a single daughter, the family is naturally very precious. They always have to be as windy as the wind and rain. Wang Hou spared no expense to invite famous teachers from the county to teach his daughter at home. His daughter was also smart since childhood and would learn whatever she learned. Wang Hou often lamented that if her daughter was a man, the Wang family would definitely have a top scholar. Unfortunately, Yueyao was her daughter's family, but she could only be kept in the deep boudoir and unknown to the people.

As Yue Yao grew up day by day, the power of the family was slowly tilting towards Wang Yueyao. Although she was young, she often went to her own shops in the city to play with her father, and actually showed extraordinary business talent. After she took over, Wang's shop business had a yearly profit, and now her business has reached the county town.

Read more books, your knowledge will naturally be broader and your ideas will be more correct. As your business grows bigger, Wang Yueyao often goes out to inspect his own shops, and his horizons will naturally be broader. However, this makes Wang Hou's old troubles come, but new troubles come again.

The 18-year-old girl has not even gotten married. This is unprecedented in Dawangzhuang. The girl in Dawangzhuang has not yet married after she was over 16 years old. That is an old girl. Even in the entire Fengxian County, it is extremely rare that she has not yet married at the age of 18. It is either extremely ugly or there are other problems. But her daughter is obviously beautiful, and there are some people, so she needs talent and of course, wealth.

Of course, Wang Hou also knew that the problem was not with others, but with his daughter. After reading too many books, his daughter has been in charge of the family business over the years, and her horizons have been wide open. Half of them can't stand it. Over the years, I don't know how many people have come to ask for marriage, including many of them from the county. But in the eyes of her daughter, they are all like a native chicken and a dog, and she is worthless. If she is forced to run away from home, it will cost Wang Hou's life. The whole family will regard this daughter to the point of life. If she dares to force her, she can only let her be.

But at this age, he is getting older every year. For this, Wang Hou really doesn't know how much hair has turned gray. Whether it is hard or righteous, his daughter's mother is not good at eating soft and hard. She has been spoiled since childhood and obeys her own advice. At this time, the consequences of being like this appear.

This time, the county gave Dawangzhuang a total of 50,000 kilograms of grain. The people in the village had enough 40,000 kilograms, and the remaining 10,000 kilograms were directly proposed by Wang Hou from his own grain shop in the county. Of course, this move made the people in the village grateful. At least this winter, they could barely wrap their stomachs.

"Dad, be careful all the way." Wang Yueyao, wrapped in thick fur, only showed an exquisite face and looked at Wang Hou worriedly, "A while ago, people from the county shop said that there were bandits gathered on Yanshan. Several villages had already suffered disasters and many people died. Yanshan is the only way for our Dawangzhuang to go to the county town. It would be better to bring more people."

Listening to his daughter's concern, Wang Hou didn't care much, "Yaoer, don't worry, our Dawangzhuang is not comparable to those villages. Look, this time I brought thirty people, everyone has weapons, I, Wang, is not a nameless person in Fengxian County, and at least I still have some reputation. Besides, isn't there Brother Lu? With Brother Xu's reputation and kung fu in the world, are those little thieves the enemy of him?"

Standing beside Wang Hou, a big man with a strong figure smiled at Wang Yueyao and said, "Miss, don't worry, with me, Lu, here, those little thieves dare to come and cause trouble, just take their heads and go to the county to receive rewards."

Wang Yueyao nodded: "There will be Uncle Lao Xu along the way."

"Okay, Yao'er, hurry up and go into the room. It's so cold outside. Don't make you sick. I don't know how many trips I have walked on this road in my life. Even if I close my eyes, I can touch the county town." Wang Hou smiled and turned around, climbed onto a carriage, waved his hand, "Let's go, go, go, hurry up, this snowy day, I'll have to walk for a day or two, be careful, don't hurt the animals, otherwise it will be troublesome."

Seeing more than a dozen carriages lined up, holding torches, and walking out in the wind and snow, Wang Yueyao still looked sad and stood quietly at the door, staring at the convoy away.

"Miss, go back. There are so many people, and there is a seventh-level expert like Lu Yifan, nothing will happen. Maybe the group of bandits in Yanshan have long been wiped out by the official family, but the news has not yet come." Behind him, the butler Wang Bao comforted Wang Yueyao.

"Hey, I don't know why. My eyelids have been pounding all day today. I always feel restless. I always feel something is going to happen." Wang Yueyao sighed: "If it weren't for the government's tight urging, I would have to wait for the storm to stop. I've found out before I can get on the road."

"Miss is too worried. Then Lu Yifan is not a martial arts master. He is the one who you invited for 100 taels of silver a month. This money is higher than the salary of our county master. I really can't figure out why he is so valuable?"

Hearing Wang Bao’s complaint, Wang Yueyao laughed, “Butler, then Lu Yifan is a master with level 7 martial arts cultivation. Not to mention our Fengxian County, even in the county town, he is also a well-known master! If he doesn’t pay a big price, will he come?”

"Since that's the case, what else are the young lady worried about?" Wang Bao said with a smile.

"That's right." Wang Yueyao smiled and suddenly remembered something: "By the butler, can't that person still remember nothing?"

After hearing Wang Yueyao's words, Wang Bao spread his hands, "Cough, it's still the same, I'm so stupid. I'll eat it and drink it when I give it to him. But I just don't say anything. Miss, this person is not a fool, right?"

"No." Wang Yueyao shook her head: "Although this man is dirty like a beggar, his clothes are expensive and high-end goods, and he has suffered so many injuries but can still survive. Obviously, he is not an ordinary person. First, treat him well and ask the doctor to show him the injury. Besides, don't let outsiders know about the existence of this person. The doctor told him that his mouth is important. I always think this person is extraordinary."
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