Phoenix Shadow Coming From the Sky: Seven, Yun Who’s Thinking 6

August twenty-sixth.

Dongming Seaside Haijia Village, this day was passed peacefully as usual, but at dusk, there was a sound of crowing horses on the official road, and they came straight to Haijia Village in a uniform order. It made the people in the village jump with fear. After all, the sound of horseshoes like this a few years ago often represented the coming of killing. So some of the villagers hurriedly closed the doors and windows, and some quietly climbed on the courtyard wall to peek out. They saw a horse team passing through the village like the wind, heading straight for Uncle Hai Yao’s house at the east end of the village, which is the nearest beach. go.

At that time, Feng Duying and Yi Sanru were sitting on the beach enjoying the afterglow of the setting sun as usual. When the sound of horseshoes came, the two turned their heads and saw the dust billowing, flying like lightning.

"It's finally here." Yi San said softly, his heart sank.

Feng Duying got up and faced the flying cavalry that was approaching.

There were about a hundred riders who came galloping, and when they were about four or five zhang away from them, they reined in their horses, and there was a burst of neighing from the horses, and all the hundred riders stopped. Then a person jumped off the steed and galloped towards them. With a handsome and indifferent face, he was Du Kang, Feng Duying's personal bodyguard. Called: "General!"

Feng Duying walked up to Du Kang, "Get up." But Du Kang lowered his head, and she sighed slightly, "It's not your fault."

Du Kang raised his head when he heard the words, his face was still expressionless, but his trembling voice leaked his excitement: "General, this subordinate..."

Feng Duying raised his hand to interrupt him, "I will understand, you don't even need to say, get up."

"Yes." Du Kang got up.

A few zhang away, all the hundred riders had dismounted, and when they saw the wind alone, they knelt down and saluted immediately: "Greetings, General!"

"Get up." Feng Duying walked over.

The soldiers stood up together and looked at Feng Duying eagerly.

"General...you are worried about us! Fortunately, you are fine!"

"General, how did you get here?"

"General, is your injury healed?"

"General..."

They asked in a hurry, all excited and happy.

Feng Duying glanced slowly across her subordinates, and then smiled slightly.

Suddenly, the soldiers stopped talking, and relaxed and happy smiles appeared on their faces, as if Feng Duying's smile gave them all the answers.

After comforting his subordinates, Feng Duying turned around and looked at Yi San, who was standing quietly on the beach a few meters away, with a calm expression, but seemed so far away. It seemed that in such a short moment, she and him were separated by thousands of rivers and mountains.

Finally... it's time to leave. When I thought of this in my mind, a faint sense of loss suddenly appeared in my heart. Turning around and looking at the wooden house again, Uncle Hai and Aunt Hai were helping each other out in front of the house, they suddenly panicked when they saw this sturdy and tiger-like cavalry, and when they saw her, they suddenly understood.

"This... Are these people here to pick up girls?"

Feng Duying nodded, "I disturbed the uncle and aunt."

"No! No!" The couple waved their hands again and again, glanced at the soldiers, and then moved away quickly, only to feel that the eyes of those people were piercing like knives. Seeing Feng Duying standing tall and graceful, her expression was as calm as usual, and those warriors in armor like snow lined up behind her like a barrier. It was not until this moment that the couple really felt that the girl in front of them was really a great general commanding thousands of troops.

"Girl..." The aunt called, but felt that something was wrong, so she quickly changed her words, "Is the general going to leave now? Or...can you stay another night?" She looked at Feng Duying , quite a bit reluctant.

The wind groaned alone, and the beach was quiet for a while. After a while, she looked at the Hai family couple, "I have to bother uncle and aunt for one more night."

"Don't disturb, don't disturb." The couple hurriedly said. "Old lady, go and boil water and cook, these..." Uncle Hai Yao looked at the soldiers, and didn't know how to call them for a while, so he gave up, "They must be thirsty and hungry after driving all the way."

"Don't bother, we all prepare our own dry food and water." A soldier behind Feng Duying stepped forward and clasped his fists.

"Ah? This..." Uncle Hai Yao looked at Feng Duying.

"Don't bother uncles and aunts, it's always been like this in the army." Feng Duying said, she shifted her eyes to Du Kang, "you also rest here tonight, and leave early tomorrow morning."

"Yes!" Du Kang and more than a hundred soldiers bowed their heads. That hearty and forceful voice made the Hai family couple's hearts jump, and then they looked at Feng Duying with a little awe.

At this moment, there was a clatter of horseshoes, and several more horsemen galloped up, but it was Xu Huai who arrived with several followers. Du Kang has been running day and night since receiving Feishu. When he arrived in Peicheng, he went straight to the government office. After learning that Feng Duying was in Haijia Village, he turned to Haijia Village. Xu Huai was worried that if he went straight to the imperial capital after picking up the man, all his painstaking efforts would be ruined, so he immediately ordered his men to prepare horses and chase them out, but even if he gave up his life to chase, he was still far behind in the back.

He will arrive now, and after seeing the ceremony, he will go back to Peicheng alone in the wind and alone.

"Master Xu, please go back, I will leave tomorrow." Feng Duying said lightly, then turned around, glanced away, saw Yi San sitting alone on the reef by the sea in the distance, and felt dizzy Feeling inexplicably sad.

Seeing her indifferent expression, Xu Huai felt anxious for a moment, and didn't dare to say more, he just said: "Then the officer will come to pick up the general tomorrow." Then he cupped his fists at Du Kang and said, "General, please take care of me." Du Kang He nodded coldly. Xu Huai looked at Uncle Hai Yao and his wife who were standing blankly at the side, smiled kindly, and then led his followers back to Peicheng.

After Xu Huai left, Feng Duying said to the Hai family couple: "Uncle, Auntie, you don't need to prepare dinner tonight."

"Huh?" The Hai family couple was puzzled.

Feng Duying didn't explain either, he looked at Yi San for a moment, and then walked over.

By the sea, Yi San quietly watched Feng Duying approaching.

When they got close, the two of them didn't speak, they just watched the sunset slowly sinking into the sea side by side.

Du Kang said to the Hai family couple behind him: "Uncle, aunt, you can have a meal with us."

Then he and the hundreds of warriors, some set up camp beside the wooden house, some went to pick up dry firewood, some went into the sea to catch fish, some lit a bonfire, and some prepared pots and bowls The ladle, the dried meat, seasoning, fine wine that some brought out... Half an hour later, a strong fragrance wafted from the beach, drifting far away along the sea breeze.

That night, there was unprecedented excitement in front of the Haijia wooden house. Those soldiers were happy because they had found their general, so even if Feng Duying was right in front of them, they couldn't contain their excitement. Drinking in a big bowl, eating meat in big mouthfuls, and singing loudly, that is the cheerfulness of a man in the army, the wind alone shadows him, Yi San is calm and unrestrained, even the Hai family couple are also affected by the atmosphere, and forget their identities, and share together Drink and have fun.

During the period, Feng Duying asked Uncle Hai Yao: "How is the Governor of Peicheng?"

Uncle Hai Yao, who seldom drinks alcohol, drank a few bowls of wine this night, and was already a little tipsy, so he was quite at a loss when he heard Feng Duying's words.

Feng Duying turned the wine glass in his hand, "Does he commit atrocities when he is an official in Peicheng? Does he have greed for fame?"

Uncle Hai Yao hiccupped, thought for a while, then shook his head: "I've never heard of it."

"Oh?" Feng Duying thought that they seldom go to the city on weekdays, so they probably didn't pay much attention to these things, so he asked instead: "How has the uncle's family been in the past two years? How much tax do you pay every year?"

Hearing Feng Duying's question, the couple couldn't help but look at each other, as if they didn't know how to answer.

Yi San on the side is a bit understanding. This may be Feng Duying's way of repaying his gratitude. Instead of giving gold and silver, it is better to give Peicheng to Haijia Village a good parent official. Since the establishment of this dynasty, the system of "thirty taxes and one tax" has been implemented. However, in the first year of Yuanding, the emperor issued an edict to exempt the world from taxes, so that the people could rest and recuperate. Taxes were only levied in the second year of Yuanding. With a hardworking family like Uncle Yao and Aunt Yao, there is enough food and clothing and a surplus. If life is difficult, it must be caused by the local officials secretly increasing taxes in order to enrich their own pockets. He looked at Feng Duying, smiled slightly, and then said to the Hai family couple: "Uncle Yao, Aunt Yao, just tell the truth."

After hearing Yi San's words, the Hai family and his wife felt relieved.

"Even though I can't wear silk and silver, I can live with it." Aunt Yao said first.

"Yeah." Uncle Hai Yao nodded, "A few years ago, under King Shen's rule, there was no food for the land and no taste for the fish. Rent is a tax, labor, miscellaneous, a year's harvest is not enough."

"Yes, those years were really hard, and I was so hungry that I could only fill my stomach with water every day." The aunt's face turned bitter when she thought of those years.

"Old woman, don't think about that." Uncle Hai Yao patted his aunt on the shoulder, and turned to Feng Duying, "Nowadays, most of the food produced in the field is kept for our own food, and the fish we catch can not only be sold If you get some money to supplement your livelihood, you can also keep one or two for your own food."

"Oh." Feng Duying nodded without saying anything.

If you think about it, Xu Huai, the prefect, is probably quite competent. Although he is not flattering, it is only for his own future and destiny, which is understandable. After all, there can be no innocent people in officialdom .

That night, the hustle and bustle outside the Hai family's wooden house didn't dissipate until half past Xu, and then they all packed up and went to sleep.