But looking at what was going on, he didn't want to miss such a good opportunity. Although he had never seen Pei Mingche, there was something that spoke to his heart. Danger and opportunity coexisted.
Situ Rui thought that the real enemy was between Pei Mingche and his third brother. He seemed to be the one innocently implicated. The secret letter sent by Pei Mingche said that his third brother Situ Xing was raising private soldiers and secretly mining salt. Making weapons and all that, why did Pei Mingche investigate so clearly without deep hatred.
Situ Rui was very curious as to when his good third brother had offended such a great Buddha and betrayed him completely.
As far as he knew, although Pei Mingche had been in the army for several years, he had always been in the army and never left. With his own ability, he was now a fifth-rank Xuanfu envoy.
Judging from the news from the secret guard, this man could have been promoted to the third-level general a long time ago, but he privately approached the commander to reject it, saying that it was not a good thing for him to be promoted too quickly. Situ Rui did not expect that there were still people who complained about his promotion too quickly. Fast.
As for Situ Rui sending people to investigate him, Pei Mingche thought of it the moment he sent the secret letter. In any case, it would be great if Situ Rui took action. Although he had not had much contact with Situ Rui in his previous life, he could still tell that this person was extremely important. Love, but also cherish talent, the most important thing is that Situ Rui is a person who truly cares about the world.
No matter how strange things are in the court, no matter how the powerful people compete for power, everything in Xiaoxi Village is going on in an orderly manner.
In the past ten days, with Ji Qingyao's help and suggestions, the wall of Xiaoxi Village was built to a height of six meters. The wall was not damaged by pure soil. Not only were stones reinforced in the middle, but glutinous rice soup was also poured into the wall. Various sharp objects were inserted on the top of the wall, and thorny plants provided by Ji Qingyao were also planted under the wall.
It only takes two or three months for these plants to climb all over the wall, which is covered with barbs, which makes it more difficult for people who want to climb the wall to enter Xiaoxi Village.
The most important thing is that as long as someone moves the vines outside, the ones inside will also move. In this way, the people on duty will get the news in advance that someone wants to break into Xiaoxi Village illegally.
Although the people who built the wall worked for more than ten days in a row, instead of losing weight, they all gained weight. This was all due to the prey sent by Ji Qingyao. Not only Pei Ningyuan was grateful, but the villagers were also very grateful to her.
She originally wanted to deliver prey every day, but after listening to the village chief's suggestion, she delivered it every three days. Wild boars were delivered twice, and each time they were about the same size, weighing two to three hundred pounds each. Most of them were pheasants. Hare, even this makes the villagers happy to eat it.
After all, these days we only occasionally see some meat on the table, but during the construction of the wall, although they didn't have meat for every meal, they were very content to have a meal in at least two days.
The family who originally had an idea for Ji Qingyao stopped thinking after they learned that Ji Qingyao came to their village to buy land and build a house because the person she was getting married to was from Xiaoxi Village.
The most important thing was to hear that the man was not only from the village, but also served in the army for many years, and that he was married into Ji Qingyao's family. As for who the village chief was, he didn't say who he was. He only said that everyone would know when the war stopped.
He also said that this was to protect the people on the battlefield. He also said that if any outsiders came to the village to inquire about the sons who joined the army, they should keep their mouths shut and stop talking nonsense, so as not to cause trouble to their families.
Pei Ningyuan's words are not unfounded. There used to be a family in Xiahe Village, Qinghe Town, whose son joined the army in his early years and was very good at fighting. Later, by chance, he became a fourth-rank general. This family also loves to show off and keeps a low profile. The good thing about being a human being is that he is not very popular in the village.
Later, his family members were caught in front of the battle by spies sent by the enemy and used as weapons to threaten him. The general failed to save his family, and he himself did not die well in the end. This incident caused a stir in Qinghe Town at the time. As everyone knows, Pei Ningyuan also mentioned this incident again when he warned the villagers. After all, this incident only happened a few years ago.
After hearing this, the villagers stopped and asked to find out which son-in-law was the son-in-law of Ji Qingyao. After all, these guys had been following the people who built the wall more or less.
They can't eat other people's food and then turn around and do something unpopular.
Most of the villagers in Xiaoxi Village are very simple, but this does not include Pei Dashan's family. Since the Pei Dashan family broke up with their biological son a few years ago, they have not been welcomed by the people of Xiaoxi Village.
There are also stepmothers in the village, and at least they will do a good job on the surface. There is no family like Pei Dashan who directly forces away his biological son for the woman he marries later.
After all these years, Pei Dashan had no other children except that son and one daughter. Everyone said it was the debt he owed because of his unkindness.
