From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 713

The Xiangshui River ripples with green waves, and the sunset dyes the earth red.

On the beach, countless flowers are clustered together. A girl in a blue ribbon skirt stands in the middle of the flowers, surrounded by countless Miduo and Micai.

She has a beautiful face, clear eyes, and a heavenly voice.

"This is the good life I hope everyone will live."

Her words are so straightforward, and her wishes are so open, that people's hearts can't help but tremble with her words.

Especially some old people, their eyes are already filled with tears, and their noses are sour.

Why has Shuixi become like this in recent years?

I don't know when it started, but there have been constant conflicts between villages. There are several large-scale fights every year, with dozens or hundreds of casualties.

I don't know when it started, but young people became violent, and there is always inexplicable hatred and endless resentment in their hearts.

They fought each other, joined the army with anger, fought to the death, and finally got nothing, only the hatred in their hearts increased a lot.

The old people watched the fields become barren, the mountain roads were covered by forests, and the annual harvests continued to decrease.

They couldn't afford to eat. Every household had no glutinous rice. They ate wild vegetable dumplings and various fruits. They had two meals a day, or one meal a day. In winter, there were always people who starved to death or froze to death.

There were no new clothes, and silver jewelry was sold every year. The sisters couldn't even get two quilts to get married.

Spread the fishing nets and sing fishing songs? Sing pastoral songs about the abundance of cattle and sheep?

Sing sweet songs when the lychees are red? Sing tea songs and wine songs?

Does such a life really exist? We may have had such beauty before, but we have lost it for too long.

The old people looked at each other and saw the thousands of bitterness in each other's eyes.

Countless young people clenched their fists, their eyes were red, and they secretly swore in their hearts that they would make a name for themselves no matter what, and even if they risked their lives, they would make Shuixi's life better.

Cai Ni saw all kinds of people, countless faces, and red eyes.

She also felt emotional, a little sour, and wanted to cry.

So much so that her voice became choked: "Caini hopes that in our Shuixi, the fields are not weeds, but crops, and the mountains are not trees, but fruits."

"I hope that what we hold in our hands are hoes and sickles, not machetes and long swords."

"I hope that our pride is the harvest, the wealth, and the joy, not how many merits we have made, how many people we have killed, or who wins."

Her eyes were red, and her tears were clear, but she gritted her teeth and said loudly: "Do you like the sweet potatoes at noon? I hope we can reclaim the fields, I hope we can continue to open up new land, and I hope that our fields will be full of sweet potatoes so that children and the elderly can eat them every day."

Her voice echoed around, like a cry at the end of life, and like a sigh in the depths of dusk.

Everyone looked at her and slowly moved towards her.

Cai Ni used up all her strength and shouted at the top of her lungs: "Stop fighting! Stop fighting!"

"Brothers, look at the grandmas and grandpas around you, they are old."

"Look at the children around you, they are not yet grown up."

"Let the old people enjoy their old age and let the children grow up healthily, this is what we young people should do!"

Some old people couldn't help but cover their faces and cry out loud, and the children saw the old people crying, and they didn't know why, but they also started crying.

The young man blushed, gritted his teeth, and felt mixed emotions in his heart.

Cai Ni pointed to the other side of the river and shouted: "Cai Ni has lived in Jiangnan since she was a child, and she knows a lot about what is happening outside. The Jin Dynasty has not collected taxes from Shuixi for three years. It is actually the chieftain who has been urging us to pay!"

The world became silent at this moment.

Zhou Yuan held Xiaoying's hand and looked at Cai Ni in the crowd in the distance.

Next to the tent on the river bank, the local magistrate's pupils were locked and his eyes were full of resentment.

Countless Shuixi people were confused and shocked.

Cai Ni choked and shouted: "The court did not collect taxes! It is the chieftain who is harming us!"

"They are stirring up the relationship between Shuixi and the court, tricking our brothers into fighting for them and helping them to fight."

"In fact, they are the culprits! They harmed Shuixi!"

"Brothers, wake up! Don't be deceived again!"

"We Shuixi can't go on like this!"

The voice echoed between heaven and earth, and Cai Ni's voice was filled with countless indescribable emotions. This was not acting, but her true feelings.

This kind of sympathy, compassion, and empathy cannot be acted out.

She pretended to be the daughter of Bai Niao, but she did not pretend to be Yang Asha.

She is Yang Asha of Shuixi.

And the people around herThey had already started talking, with shock, astonishment, disbelief, confusion, and countless expressions on their faces, and they couldn't tell them apart for a moment.

"Stop fighting! Don't be fooled again!"

Mu Rong suddenly yelled, his face was already in tears, but he still used up all his strength and yelled: "Young people! Children! Wake up! The chieftain is the murderer who harmed us!"

Li Song also stood up and shouted: "The chieftain sucked our blood and forced us into a desperate situation to help them fight. We can't be enslaved and slaughtered like cattle and sheep."

"No more fighting!"

"See the reality! The chieftain is the murderer!"

Countless old people stood up, shouting to the surroundings, looking at the young people in Shuixi, looking at their red eyes.

Shi Hai also stood up and shouted: "Our Shuixi men! Folks! Listen to the voice of the court!"

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath, he knew it was his turn to play.

He strode into the crowd and stood beside Cai Ni.

He looked at the people around him, used his inner strength to stimulate his voice, and said loudly: "Fellow villagers of Shuixi! Grandpas, grandmas, aunts, uncles, and brothers."

"My name is Zhou Yuan, I am the Grand Marshal of the Jin Army, and the Duke of Weiguo. You may have heard of my name."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar all around, and countless people exclaimed and looked at Zhou Yuan in horror.

Zhou Yuan roared: "I came to Shuixi on the orders of Her Majesty the Queen to give you an explanation."

"In the past three years, the court has not collected a penny of tax from Shuixi, and you have all been deceived."

"The chieftain cheated all your food and recruited soldiers to rebel, and you were forced to become rebels."

The voices around became louder, and everyone widened their eyes with unbelievable expressions on their faces.

Zhou Yuan said: "They don't let you go out, and they block the truth on the other side of the river. They don't let the court come, and they lock you south of Shuixi."

"They keep you like cattle and sheep, eat your meat, peel your skin, and make you work for them."

"That's why Shuixi's life will become more and more difficult."

"Brothers! Look at your fields, the weeds in the fields won't lie."

"Look at the old people around you, look at your elders, they won't lie to you."

"Wake up! Don't be enslaved anymore!"

The voice spread across the world like thunder, and it kept echoing at dusk.

The setting sun was shining, and the red light seemed to tell the pain of Shuixi over the years.