"A while ago, the governor of Song Yuan defeated Wuxi Swamp in the dense forest. Some swamp people fled in the territory of Jiannan Road. One of them fled south. Your villages were destroyed by their hands."

Liu Huai sighed a few words and said what he knew.

Although he is a manager of the Pan Mansion, his family is not big and there are not so many rules. He usually eats in the main hall. Now when Qiu Yan returns safely, he hurried back and then removed the dining table and sat down.

Qiu Yan's aunt and Liu Yue's wife retreated.

"Wuxisang, Song Yuan Jiedushi."

Listening to Liu Huai's words, Qiu Yan's eyes gradually changed.

After the founding of the dynasty, the three-level system of prefectures and counties was implemented in the local area, but in addition to this, there was another system - the army.

This army is not the abbreviation or title of the army in Qiu Yan's previous life, but the name of a city. The areas under the "army" are mostly a city, and the size is similar to that of a county. There are no subordinate villages or villages under the city, but there are garrisons and troops stationed.

There are seven armies in the entire Longjiandao territory, namely seven cities with garrisons. They are directly under the jurisdiction of the road, mainly distributed in the south and west, as a national barrier, and they fight with the swamp and foreign people all year round.

The highest commander of the army is the governor, and the military, government and people's livelihood in the city are under his control.

Song Yuan was the governor of the Wuxin Army in the southwest and the highest controller of Wuxin City. He was between Yuanning Prefecture and Rongzhou Prefecture and fought with the people of Wuxizhuang for many years and rarely suffered defeat.

After understanding the general situation, Qiu Yan gradually grasped the context of the matter and asked, "Where did these news come from?"

"The government has reported that a few days ago, Wu Xin also sent a team of officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress the squatters. People from several villages have been buried, and there are special people to resettle victims who have fled." Liu Huai kept paying attention to Qiu Yan's expression when he spoke. Seeing the other party frowned frequently, he said, "Yan'er, your father..."

His nephew has been a little stubborn and dull since he was a child. Liu Huai was afraid that the other party would ask for the reason and wanted to take revenge, so he was a little worried.

It is said that those swamps are all cruel people, and they kill without blinking.

Liu Huai has always had no good feelings for Qiu Yan's father Qiu Zonglin, but he loves Qiu Yan, who was born to his sister.

Last year, the father and son of the Qiu family went to the exam one after another. The son wanted to take the exam for scholars, and the father wanted to take the exam for juren, but both returned in disgrace, becoming a laughing stock in Qingchang County. This was why the Qiu family moved to Zuoqu Village. Unexpectedly, this happened within a few months. All the villages died, and even Qiu Zonglin was killed, and only his nephew survived.

Qiu Yan's calmness did not relieve Liu Huai. Instead, he was worried that the other party would have a decision and would act impulsively, so he became more and more worried: "You stay here first, and then go back to observe the system in a while. Two years later, it will be time for the imperial examination."

Liu Huai was actually not optimistic about Qiu Yan's imperial examination. In his opinion, Qiu Yan, like his father, was not that material. It would be better to be an tutor and an accountant than to be a subject, but he was afraid that his nephew would not be able to think about it, so he used this to think about it so that he could tie the other party's mind.

Like ancient China, there are also sayings about filial piety, but there are no restrictions. Only those who are not allowed to be an official, take the exam, and marry, take twenty-seven months, that is, two years and three months.

Qiu Yan had a good memory at his young age and had all the classics and classics. He passed the county examination at the age of 16 and the government examination. Qiu Yan's father Qiu Zonglin was overjoyed and thought that he would be a young juren at home, but he didn't expect that before the official provincial examination, Qiu Yan got stuck in the road test. He took the exam again at the age of 19 last year, but failed the exam, and did not even have the fame of a scholar.

The Taoist examination twice in three years. In April and May, Qiu Yan was able to catch up with the filial piety. If it went well, he could even participate in the autumn examination of the same year.

However, Qiu Yan's father Qiu Zonglin was a scholar in 20 years. After more than 20 years of examination, he failed to go further. In the end, his family was left alone and he relied on his wife to make up for it. Qiu Yan's mother fell into the root of the disease and finally passed away five years ago, which also made Liu Huai stop interacting with Qiu Zonglin from then on.

After piercing through Liu Huai's thoughts, Qiu Yan shook his head: "Don't worry, uncle, I know that those people are not something I can deal with now."

"You can figure it out best. There is something else to do in the Pan family. You can rest first and wait until the evening to hold a banquet to suppress your shock. Before I tell your aunt about your return, I will tell her later that she has been hurt by your affairs these days and has been blamed by Mrs. Pan several times."

Speaking of this, Liu Huai thought of another thing: "By the way, the investigation of refugees this time is very strict. You should try to avoid walking around these days and don't reveal your identity, otherwise you may be in trouble. Let's talk about it when the limelight is over."

Qiu Yan nodded and said yes. Even if Liu Huai didn't give these instructions, Qiu Yan had similar plans and even planned to let Liu Huai cooperate. Unexpectedly, letting the other party take the lead, which saved a lot of effort.

After saying a few more words, Liu Huai and Liu Yue left first. They were both working in the Pan Mansion. Qiu Yan suddenly came, and it was the limit to be able to withdraw from his side to comfort him.

As Liu Huai and his son left, Qiu Yan began to ponder.

"The monster incident turned into a thief invading the land. The villagers who were eaten also became dead by swordsmen. The escaped "refugees" were isolated and specially contained. In this way, it was really hidden from the world. No one knew the truth about the tragic incident in the south. It seems that the power of the 'Tongshan King' is extraordinary..."

As he thought about it, his stomach suddenly started to growl.

"Xiaoyan, your uncle came here too quickly and didn't even let you eat enough. I'm going to talk to him tonight. Go to the kitchen to get some and continue eating." The aunt next to him happened to hear it and urged him to make up for the meal.

Qiu Yan was not polite, nodded and left.

"After absorbing the blood essence, my body became stronger and stronger, but my appetite has also increased. I have been able to nourish my game in the mountains and forests for the past half month, but when I got here, I am afraid I won't be so full in the future."

Qiu Yan thought while going into the kitchen.

He has obtained the body and inherited the cause and effect, but he is also in danger. Especially in this situation, the other party obviously has a lot of energy in the world, so he should be more careful.

"However, what's happening now also shows that although those monsters are cruel, they really go to a place with high popularity. They must follow the rules and dare not be unscrupulous! The more people, the safer it is. At least there is no need to worry about the large-scale attack of demons."

Eating one bite at a time, Qiu Yan's mind became clearer.

"Come to Yuanning City and join Qiu Yan's uncle, he truly inherited this identity. It is not a bad thing to be mourned for more than two years. He just used this time to sort out his own imperial examinations. He still needs to take the cause and effect of his ambitions. However, now he went to the exam room and was afraid that he would be even worse than Qiu Yan's original exam. However, after all, since he has inherited several major causes and effects and has been slowly entangled for more than ten days, I have a vague feeling that once he has the cause and effect and break free from the entanglement, there will be unpredictable benefits."

Time flies, and it's soon tonight.

The Liu family's yard is not far from Pan's Mansion. After the Xu hour, Liu Huai and his son returned from Pan's Mansion. The whole family sat around a table and had a meal.

During the meal, Liu Huai was inevitably comforting Qiu Yan. Fortunately, Qiu Yan was no longer the same as before, and they all responded one by one. In the end, Liu Huai took out a small box.

"You know a little about your aunt's situation in Pan's house. If you don't have anything to give you, just ask me to bring some snacks," he said, and put down the box and took out a few pieces of silver from his arms. "You can take this little money, including your aunt's and mine. Our family is not well-off and can't take too much. Just order it."

"No!" Qiu Yan quickly refused.

The aunt Liu Huai mentioned was his sister and Qiu Yan's mother's younger sister. She was quite beautiful when she was young and was attracted by Mr. Pan and became a concubine. Liu Huai also relied on this relationship to get a position of in charge. However, for more than ten years, Liu had only given birth to one daughter, and his status in the Pan family was getting lower and lower. Nowadays, he often relied on Liu Huai's help.

As for Liu Huai, if he hadn't been in his seniority and age, he would have probably lost his position long ago. Even so, he could only take care of some trivial matters now. The Pan family was extremely big, and there were seven or eight in charge of the business. Liu Huai was just one of them. His life at home was getting worse than before. Until recently, Liu Yue gradually gained the trust of the third young master in the mansion, and it was only better.

In this case, Qiu Yan certainly was unwilling to accept the other party’s gifts.

"Don't refuse, buy books and eat, which one does not cost money? The pen, ink, paper and inkstone are all big. If you don't take it, how can you read and write? If you feel sorry for your uncle and your aunt, you will become officials in the future, don't forget that we will be the one, take it!"

After some remarks, Qiu Yan finally took it. Just as Liu Huai said, in this world, it is difficult to move without money, and even gods cannot be exempted.

"But in this way, the causal involvement of this kind of kinship will be even greater, and there must be some reward in the future."

Listening to the words that Liu Huai said, even though Qiu Yan was not the original person, he felt a little warmth in his heart.

I had this meal for nearly an hour, and when Qiu Yan returned to the room he prepared, it was already late at night.

Sitting beside the bed, he pondered for a moment.

"There will probably be an action tonight."

Thinking to himself, Qiu Yan took out a bunch of blue shirt from the pillow, spread it out, put it on the table in the house, and then fell asleep. Not long after, a slight snoring sounded.

The night is silent.

The breeze penetrated into the room from outside the window, and the air flowed, blowing the blue shirt on the table slightly.

Sudden!

A blue light appeared without any sign, drilled out of the ground and rotated into a cone.

Take a walk!

The light dissipated, revealing a hunched figure, but it was a man, shaped like a dwarf, with a hunched back, less than three feet tall.

As soon as the man showed up, he stood on tiptoe and looked at the table.

The white light flashed, the blue shirt on the table fluttered slightly, and the figure in Confucian clothes rose up long. It was Qiu Yan's god's deity. He shook his sleeves and fell down, and bowed: "I've seen the land."

"No need to be polite. I am under the seat of the City God of Yuanning Capital, and the land in the south of the city is here. I follow the order. I wonder where you are from? What is the key to come to Yuanning City?"
Chapter completed!