Chapter 988

"What happened to you guests? This child is still young, please don't take it to heart."

The shopkeeper said while pulling the shop assistant's sleeve.

However, the young shop assistant glared at the merchants in front of him without moving.

"Shopkeeper, they said the Marquis of Ji is dead!"

"I reasoned with them, but they said I was unreasonable."

The shopkeeper's smile stiffened at the shop assistant's words, and then he gradually withdrew his smile.

"Guests, Liangzhou is hospitable and the folk customs are bold."

"You guests don't look like you are coming to Liangzhou for the first time. I can't say what it was like before."

"But now, you should still restrain your words."

"The matter of the Marquis of Ji is not something anyone can discuss."

"This is Jixian. I give you some advice: if you continue to discuss the life and death of the Marquis of Ji, I am afraid you won't be able to leave the gate of this county magistrate."

The shopkeeper said, then smiled at the shop assistant and said: "Little Douzi, you go and do other things first. Don't serve this wine, so as not to let the guests get drunk and talk nonsense outside and lose their heads, being beaten to death with sticks."

The young man, who had followed the believers of the Taiping Dao from Qingzhou to Jizhou, then from Jizhou through Bingzhou to Liangzhou, and finally was settled in Jixian, Hanyang Commandery, and had obtained land and a newly built house, turned his head and glared at the dozen or so merchants.

The young man was illiterate and did not know much etiquette.

Even his name was given casually by his parents, and he didn't even have a surname.

His family used to grow beans in Qingzhou.

But the years were getting worse, the family land was sold, and his sister was sold to a wealthy family.

Finally, he had no choice but to join the Taiping Dao and then rebel.

He thought his life would be like this.

But until he came to Jizhou.

His whole family came here.

It was the Marquis of Ji who gave their family a newly built house and distributed land.

His parents were now earning work points in the production team for the autumn harvest.

As long as the work points were enough, their family would have draft cattle next year and could re-till the land.

The Marquis of Ji also gave them seeds.

If their family didn't have the Marquis of Ji, they would have long since become lonely ghosts and piles of white bones somewhere.

There was a longevity tablet of the Marquis of Ji at home.

He was now also able to eat by working in Jixian.

Occasionally, he could also subsidize the family.

The dozen or so merchants looked at each other and all shut their mouths honestly.

Shepherd's Residence.

Back courtyard martial arts field.

Duan Yu, wearing a black cloak and holding a son and a daughter in his arms, was teasing them with a smile.

"Mu'er, call me Father."

Duan Yu stretched out a finger and gently slid it across his son Duan Mu's fair, white little cheek.

On both sides of the wooden chair where Duan Yu sat.

Two fierce tigers, nearly a zhang in size, with sharp claws and white stripes on their bodies, were lying on the side.

The hot air exhaled between their breaths was rolling.

"My Lord, it's time to change the medicine."

Tie Shitou walked from behind Duan Yu, holding a tray in his hand.

On the tray were white cloth, needles and thread, and medicine.

Duan Yu, sitting on the wooden chair, nodded.

The maid standing not far away immediately stepped forward and took Duan Mu and Duan Chen from Duan Yu's arms.

"My Lord, the imperial envoy has arrived in Jixian. It is the Lesser Yellow Gate Eunuch Zuo Feng."

"Does My Lord want to see him now?"

Tie Shitou inquired.

Duan Yu pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "No rush, let Liu Bai Tu come to see me first!"

After speaking, Duan Yu took off his black cloak and began to apply medicine to himself. ===== CHAPTER 990 =====