Chapter 94: Help or Die
"Teacher, this yard is so fragrant!"
Fengyun Village is very active and I don’t know how many courtyards there are. Fang Jue lives in one of them. There is a sycamore tree planted in the yard, and a refreshing fragrance floats in the air.
As soon as Li Xian entered the door, he sniffed hard.
"This girl, how dare you ask what flowers and plants were planted in the yard?" Fang Jue also noticed that the fragrance was strangely fierce, unlike the ordinary flowers and plants he had smelled before.
The maid who led the way smiled: "This official probably doesn't know that the family has been busy organizing a ginseng appreciation conference these days. The ginseng king invited it out of the secret room and worshipped it. In just half a moment, the smell emitted, which actually caused the flowers and plants in various courtyards to emit a strange fragrance."
He looked at Li Xian, who was pink and tender, and said, "Young Master, don't worry. My master said that this fragrance has medicinal effects. There is no harm in smelling it, only benefits."
Li Xian was rarely stared at by the little girl, his face turned red and hesitated, "I'm not afraid."
"I am not afraid of monsters, but women." Fang Jue laughed and touched a little Yinguozi and handed it to the maid: "I am helpless. The girl leads the way."
"Thank you for the rewards of the official." The maid happily collected the money and said that if the official had any needs, he could instruct the passerby to give the daily expenses of three meals a day. He would send people to him regularly at home. He could walk around while he was idle, but the back house was home to female relatives, so he should not go in randomly.
After explaining a few words, he threw a charming look at Li Xian, twisted his waist and left.
"There is a master and a disciple. I didn't expect that you kid would have such a big peach blossom!" Fang Jue said with a smile.
"Master, don't make fun of me!" Li Xian frowned, as if he had suffered a great loss and was taken advantage of.
But speaking of this, the fragrance in this yard is indeed unique. After only standing for a while, after smelling it for a few sips, I felt refreshed.
If you eat a whole ginseng, what would it be?
Didn’t it be that the medicine was thrust into the air at that time?
It is probably even more powerful than the ginseng the third lady’s husband ate.
While taking the two men's salutes into the house to sort them out, Li Xian said, "Teacher, I have something I have always wanted to ask on the way, if Lam Feng insisted on a competition before, should I beat him?"
"Are you sure to beat him?" Fang Jue asked.
Li Xian thought for a while: "Without the Hongyu Sword, I am 70% sure, and with the Hongyu Sword, I am 30%."
"Hmm?" Fang Jue was stunned: "Why is there less Hongyu Sword?"
"The Hongyu Sword is too sharp. I'm afraid I can't control it well and hurt him. Although Lin Feng is not a generous hero, he has no grudges after all. If he hurts him and makes a grudge, it's better not to win." Li Xian said.
"At a young age, I have a lot of thoughts."
Fang Jue drew out the Hongyu sword, shook a sword flower in his hand, and brought out the whimpering sound of wind, saying: "There is a cloud of military strategy. It is the best strategy to defeat others without fighting; it is the best strategy to defeat others when fighting and defeat others when fighting to the death; it is the worst strategy to defeat others when fighting to the death. But whether it is the best, middle or inferior strategy, the goal is the best strategy to defeat others."
Li Xian thought for a while: "Well, I understand, either don't fight, you can win if you want to fight."
"At a young age, I have a big tone. Let's go around. It's the first time we've seen such a big house," said Fang Jue.
"Yeah! OK!"
Li Xian and Fang Jue both came from remote rural areas. For the first time, they came to such a prosperous "luxury villa", which was like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden, and she felt curious and fresh everywhere.
In the novel, there are often scenes where the emperor leaves the palace in vain and goes to the folk to enjoy himself.
From a political perspective, this is definitely not enough. The emperor and ministers rule the world together, the emperor takes the initiative, the ministers do things, and the emperor goes out in a concealed manner, which is an act of crossing the border. Extending tentacles to the people will seriously infringe on the power of the ministers.
But just from the perspective of "enjoyment", it is actually very reasonable.
The residential area alone is far from comparable. The imperial palace complex emphasizes the grand atmosphere and solemnity, which is far less vivid than the luxury villas of wealthy businessmen. The huge imperial city is full of blue bricks and black tiles, and there are not even a few trees. This Fengyun Village is like a Suzhou garden in its previous life.
Even in my previous life, no matter how rich a person was, he lived in a big villa. I have never heard of anyone who dared to buy the Forbidden City or Suzhou gardens as a residence.
Walking in it, you can see guests like Fang Jue and others from time to time, either walking alone or in a group of two or three, enjoying the fun.
"Teacher, how much does it cost to build such a large manor to be like this?"
Li Xian stood on a man-built stone bridge, touched the head of the jade lion on the bridge railing, and sighed: "I'm afraid our Guodong County can't repair the taxes for one year, right?"
"One year? Haha, even ten years of taxes cannot be repaired." Fang Jue said.
"Oh..." Li Xian sighed, looking worried about the country and the people: "The Qin family is not the top wealthy family in the world. Just because they are rich, so many top wealthy families in the world, will they be better than the court together?"
"You kid, if you don't care about national affairs for three days, you won't be able to sleep."
Fang Jue touched a malt sugar sold from halfway and handed it to Li Xian, saying, "So, after all, this court is for the endorsement of the wealthy families in the world, not for the people. If one day the court refuses to stand on the side of these wealthy families, it will naturally lead to chaos in the world, and even change dynasties and be kicked out of office."
"Oh, I understand, no wonder Master, you said before that power is only responsible for its source. The power of the court actually comes from these wealthy families." Li Xian took out a small notebook to record while biting maltose.
"Just keep this reactionary remark in your heart, don't record it." Fang Jue smiled.
At this moment, a child cried from afar.
Looking at the source of the sound, there is a high wall far away, and behind the wall is Fengyun Village, but it is already a back house that no one can enter by outsiders.
"This child's voice is loud, and his crying can be so far away?" Fang Jue murmured to himself.
"What child? Where can I cry?" Li Xian asked strangely.
"Didn't you hear it?" Fang Jue could hear it clearly. Although the sound of a baby crying from thick walls was intermittent, it could not be deafening, but it would not be inaudible.
It may not be the baby crying, it may be the wild cat cries.
Li Xian listened hard,
Nothing to find, shake your head.
"That's a ghost."
Fang Jue narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance, with an indescribable look on his face.
The baby no longer cried,
Instead, he was shouting "Help" in a very tender voice.
A call of help came from behind the dark high wall, sad and sad, and felt like crying when he heard it, and it was a bit gloomy and weird.
Behind the high walls of the wealthy family, there were countless dark corners, and I don’t know how many shameful things happened. Even if a few ghosts appeared at this time, Fang Jue would not be too surprised.
Chapter completed!