Chapter 155 The road is rough
Chapter 155: Seeing Injustice

A few days later, at Beishan Royal Manor.

It is called the Imperial Farm, but in fact it is just an official residence built in the center of a farmland, where officials from the Ministry of Revenue who are responsible for managing the Imperial Farm live. Li Guodong previously lived here.

In front of the official residence is a dirt road that stretches for several miles. There are some low thatched houses on both sides of the road. Most of the farmers in the imperial farm live here.

Some of the crops are scattered throughout the imperial farm and are not here because their farming areas are far away.

For example, Xu Erdan's family is not here.

The entire imperial farm covers an area of ​​about two thousand mu. A small river runs through it from east to west and from north to south, forming an irregular cross that irrigates the land in the imperial farm.

Among the thousands of farmers in the imperial estate, except for a small number who rented the upper fields along the river and planted rice, most of the people in the imperial estate planted common crops such as wheat, millet, and beans.

There was also a small amount of crops, including various varieties of fruits, vegetables, cotton, etc., grown to supply the palace.

As for poultry and livestock, although a small amount was raised, it was all for the purpose of supplying the imperial palace and was allocated by officials of the Ministry of Revenue. Most farmers were reluctant to waste food and raise these animals that they were destined not to eat.

At this time, on the dirt road leading to the official residence in the village, a horse carrying a young official was walking slowly.

It was broad daylight and the busy farming season, and all the farmers in the thatched cottages on both sides of the road had gone to the fields, so the gathering place of thousands of people seemed a little deserted.

Fortunately, after approaching the official residence, the gatekeeper immediately recognized Ye Xuan.

"Master Ye, you are here. Why didn't you send a servant to let him know in advance? I can also let Yao Tiju know."

The doorman came forward and held the reins for Ye Xuan, with a flattering look on his face.

He had to try to please others. Ye Xuan only came here once, but he confiscated the property of Li Guodong, who had been a local tyrant in Beishan Imperial Village for five years and exterminated his entire family. If this matter were made public, no petty official in Beishan Imperial Village would not be terrified.

Coupled with the powerful authority of the Embroidered Uniform Guards and some of the deeds of Ye Xuan that were heard by those who were interested, some people privately compared Ye Xuan to the King of Hell.

Ye Xuan was not interested in showing off in front of a doorman, he just smiled and said: "I will stay in the imperial manor for a few days this time, you take me to find a place to live first."

The doorman responded and led Ye Xuan's horse reins into the official residence.

Although the official residence is not big, it is quiet.

As the two of them walked along the way, Ye Xuan had nothing to do, so he started asking about the staffing arrangements of the official residence.

The doorman explained everything in detail. In the entire official residence, not counting Li Guodong and Yao Guang, who were the only people with official rank, the other dozen or so people were all low-level clerks who were usually responsible for accounting, clerical work, etc. In addition, there were twenty or thirty guards who were either patrolling the imperial manor or working in shifts or catching up on sleep in their own rooms.

So not only was there no one on the dirt road in Zhuangzi, but even the official residence was deserted.

But when passing by a small courtyard, Ye Xuan moved his ears and vaguely heard the sound of a woman sobbing.

"Li Kun, where is this courtyard?" Ye Xuan asked as he looked at the doorman who was leading the horse.

The doorman Li Kun was obviously a little flustered, but facing Ye Xuan's aggressive gaze, he did not dare to hide it, "Reporting to Lord Ye, this is the room of Mr. Wu Qizao, the accountant of the manor. The one crying must be Mr. Wu's new concubine Yunfang."

"Since they are newlyweds, why are they hiding in the room crying in the daytime?" Ye Xuan immediately noticed the suspiciousness.

Li Kun had a bitter face. He was just the lowest-ranking doorman in the official residence, not even a minor official, just a menial servant.

Although the accountant Wu Qizao was not a big shot, he was a scholar and could be considered a top figure in this official residence. Otherwise, he would not have been trusted by Li Guodong and appointed as the accountant. Seeing Li Kun's hesitation, Ye Xuan was too lazy to ask any more questions. He jumped off his horse and strode into the courtyard.

Following the crying sound, I found a small house and saw that the door was locked with an iron lock and the doors and windows were also closed.

This doesn't look like a wedding room at all, it looks more like a prison.

Hearing the clear crying sound coming from the room, Ye Xuan kicked her without saying a word.

Thanks to the support of the system, Ye Xuan's kick was powerful and could be compared with those of the so-called masters in the world.

With a "bang", the two doors were kicked open.

As the sunlight from outside shone in, Ye Xuan quickly saw the scene in the room.

I saw a young woman in mourning clothes, tied to the foot of the bed with iron chains, hugging her knees and sobbing softly.

He was startled by the sudden noise of kicking the door, and looked towards the door in horror with his whole body trembling.

"You... who are you and what do you want to do?" The heroine looked at Ye Xuan with tears on her face. Her red and swollen eyes and haggard complexion could not hide her elegant and graceful face.

Although she does not have the stunning beauty and alluring allure of Nianwei, the simplicity of the country girl perfectly highlights her elegance and grace.

Li Kun hurried forward and said, "Miss Yunfang, this is Lord Ye, the captain of the Jinyiwei, the new head of our imperial manor. Miss, don't panic."

Yunfang obviously recognized Li Kun, and she calmed down a little after hearing what he said.

Just looking at Ye Xuan who kicked two doors away with one kick and had an embroidered spring sword hanging on his waist, he was still a little afraid.

Seeing this, Ye Xuan did not enter the room immediately, worried about irritating Yun Fang's fragile emotions, but just looked at Li Kun with a gloomy face.

"Didn't you say that this was Wu Qizao's new concubine? I've never seen a concubine chained up in a house before!"

Li Kun was so scared that he fell to his knees and began to explain.

It turned out that Yunfang was a peasant girl from Beishan Huangzhuang. In addition to her old father, she also had a younger brother who was seven or eight years old.

Perhaps due to his old age and poor health, Yunfang's father caught a cold a few years ago. At first, he could still force himself to go to the fields to work, but soon he fell ill and could not afford it.

I saw that my old father was getting worse day by day and his time was running out.

Yunfang was also a filial son. He actually found Wu Qizao, the accountant and clerk in the manor, and wanted to borrow some money to pay for his old father's medical treatment.

Although Wu Qizao was an accounting clerk assigned by the Ministry of Revenue to Beishan Huangzhuang, he also lent money to farmers in the farm to earn some extra money.

The entire imperial farm knew about this matter, and even when Li Guodong was around, there was no restriction.

Over time, when the people in Zhuangzi were in urgent need of money, they would find Wu Qizao to borrow money.

However, Wu Qizao never lent out much money, usually only three or four taels of silver.

Because Wu Qizao also knew that if these farmers borrowed too much, they would most likely not be able to pay back the money.

(End of this chapter)