Dawei Fanghua

The flat fields are mottled in color, with yellow wheat fields, harvested brown soil, and green weeds mixed in. There are also a few white smokes from burning wheat piles in the field ridges.Qin Liang was riding a brown horse on the road, still patrolling the farmland belonging to the Qin family.

He was in no rush to change such a peaceful life, but he vaguely felt that the time for change would come sooner or later.

"Rumble..." There was a burst of muffled thunder from the north. Qin Liang followed the sound and watched and saw a dark cloud covering the sky. It seemed like it was going to rain, but it didn't.

There was a large wilderness in that direction, which originally belonged to the Qin family, but a large part of it was occupied by the Zhongchang family on the west side of the Wangweng River.This kind of land dispute is usually easy to resolve. Most of the local wealthy families have people as subordinate officials in the counties. Everyone can always discuss it without looking up.But this matter has never come to fruition. The trouble lies in the fact that Zhong Chang's family is from Qinghe County next door.

This matter also created a dispute between counties, making things even more complicated.

At this moment, there was a noise in the distance, including men's laughter and women's curses.Qin Liang lightly kicked the horse's belly and rushed closer to watch.

He soon recognized that the woman surrounded on three sides was the Dong family from the Qin family manor!
A young man riding a horse is wearing a long brocade single coat called a turban, with his hair tied up and a crown. He looks young, but judging from the hat, he is at least close to 20 years old.There were also two teenage boys standing in different directions, throwing a linen bag around.But Dong did not grab the cloth bag, but wanted to escape.As soon as she took a step forward, the boy immediately opened his arms to stop her and laughed "yo, hey hey".

Qin Liang stepped forward and reined in his horse without saying a word.

"Erlang!" Dong's eyes showed hope.

The young man in brocade turban glanced at Qin Liang and ignored him.The two boys looked sideways and continued to block Dong's escape direction.

Qin Liang said, "Why don't you get out of the way?" After saying this, seeing that it was of no use and understanding that these were unreasonable people, Qin Liang stepped forward on horseback, waved his whip and started beating them.A boy screamed in pain, covering his face and dodging, finally "hearing" and understanding such language.

Dong took the opportunity to run towards Qin Liang.

The brocade young man's eyes suddenly filled with anger, and he looked up and down at the linen clothes on Qin Liang's body, "Please give in and give me this slave so that we can talk easily."

Qin Liang said: "I'm afraid not."

The young man snorted, "Are you the second child of the Qin family?"

Qin Liang replied: "Who are you from Zhong Chang's family? How shameless are you to molest a good woman in broad daylight?"

The young man said disdainfully: "Isn't it just a slave?"

At this time, Mrs. Dong actually replied: "This slave is not your slave."

The woman had just escaped danger, but she still dared to speak, which was quite a bit aggressive.

The young man said angrily: "Get off the horse and beat me!" The two young men looked at the riding whip in Qin Liang's hand and rubbed it. The young man became even more angry when he saw this, and suddenly pulled out the sword with a "swish".

Qin Liang had no weapons, and was about to hit the horse to avoid him, but saw the young man charging forward with his sword held high and his sword holding posture unstable. Qin Liang changed his mind temporarily, tightened his legs, controlled the horse and charged back.Seeing the right moment, he grabbed the young man's wrist with both hands and threw him off the horse.

The young man had just half-sited up from the grass, and immediately put his chin back. He looked nervously at the sword blade that had somehow reached his neck, and his face turned pale: "Don't move!"

Qin Liang snorted and sneered.

The young man apologized in a good voice and said with a smile: "Why don't we just fight for a slave so that no one will be killed?"

Qin Liang put away his sword and stabbed it on the ground.

The young man stood up, grabbed his sword, and ran back to the horse. He mounted the horse and ran for a few steps. Suddenly he turned around and said, "Don't be so arrogant, Zhu. I promise you won't be able to laugh for a few days. We'll see!"

Seeing his cheap performance, Qin Liang didn't know whether to be angry or laugh, and cursed: "You have the nerve to call others arrogant!"

After hearing this, the young man was even more angry than Qin Liang. He kept turning around and said, "Wait for me. Do you think you can still rely on Qin Lang?"

Qin Liang ignored him and grabbed the reins to turn the horse's head.

The disputed county boundaries in this area are obviously unreasonable. Going from the Qin family's territory in Pingyuan County to the county town actually has to pass through the boundaries of Qinghe County.Otherwise, Mr. Dong might not have met those three villains.

Mrs. Dong picked up the linen bag from the ground and patted the soil on it. Her eyes were bright. She quietly turned her head away from Qin Liang and wiped her tears with her sleeves.The linen bag in her hand may be medicinal materials bought from the county town.

Sure enough, Mrs. Dong opened the cloth bag and found that there were medicinal materials inside, which had been soaked by water, or had fallen into puddles after being thrown around before.Her tears flowed directly to her cheeks, and she wiped them hard with her patched sleeve.

Qin Liang saw all this from the corner of his eye and felt compassion, knowing that her family was in great difficulty.Dong's husband, Wang Kang, was originally a banker on the manor. However, after Wang Kang fell ill, he was no longer of value to the host family. It was obvious that the family had long been unsustainable.However, Qin Liang took a while and said in a casual tone: "The medical skills of the doctor in the county must be very good. Is the prescription still there? Let me take a look."

Silently, Mrs. Dong took out three bamboo slips and handed them over.Qin Liang didn't look at it and put it directly into his arms.

The two returned to Zhuangzi, which was surrounded by earthen walls. Qin Liang went straight home, found the Zhuangke who was in charge of the warehouse, took some medicine according to the prescription on the wooden slip, and then went to Dong's home.

This tiled house is very simple, but it can be seen that it is still much more spacious than those thatched houses attached to farmers.After passing the main room, there is a small courtyard built with earth and stones at the back.Mrs. Dong and an old woman welcomed Qin Liang into the house. The old woman was the mother of the banker Wang Kang. She was holding a stick and looked like her legs and feet were not in good condition.Qin Liang explained his purpose and put down the medicinal materials in his hand.

The two old and young women thanked each other profusely, and the old woman was talking about making tea.Qin Liang said a few words and was about to leave. Only then did he realize that there was a dense and clear sound on the tile roof, and it suddenly started raining heavily outside.Lightning flashed, and the dark cloudy sky looked even bleaker.

Qin Liang felt that it was going to rain early this morning, but now it finally rained.

Qin Liang walked through the main room and stood under the eaves of the backyard. He looked at the heavy rain and the lightning and thunder in the sky. He thought to himself: It doesn't matter, there is nothing to do all day long, so I just fulfilled the old woman's kindness and had a bowl of heat. Tea, wait for the rain to subside, and then borrow a straw hat to go back.

He saw that the empty room next to him was open, with a straw mat and an old wooden table inside, so he walked in.He took out the bamboo slip of medicine prescription from his arms and put it on it. He knelt down and watched the rain, still thinking about something to himself.

After an unknown amount of time, Mrs. Dong came in carrying a wooden tray.She knelt down next to Qin Liang, then reached out to hold the tea bowl on the wooden tray.

Qin Liang found that her face with lowered eyes was very unnatural, but he did not say anything and remained as if nothing had happened.When Mrs. Dong put down the tea bowl, she quickly glanced at Qin Liang's face and immediately dodged away.

Of course she couldn't see any clues.Qin Liang's mentality is very stable. He has been born in his second generation, but now he has almost the same confidence as his heart.Generally speaking, you accept yourself, including your strengths and weaknesses, the ugly and the beautiful. You don’t fantasize about becoming anyone else, and you don’t want to express yourself too much, especially in front of women.

This calmness seemed to make Mr. Dong even more nervous. There was a soft "clang" sound, and the quite large bowl almost lost its balance.

The atmosphere was inexplicably strange, even though the two of them hadn't said a word.

Dark clouds were shrouded outside, and the mist in the heavy rain covered up all the colors. In this dark room, Dong's fair skin and light red lips were indeed more attractive, and her bulging breasts made of gray cloth were also very beautiful. .Qin Liang even vaguely smelled some faint fragrance, maybe it was just an illusion caused by his strong blood.

"Er, Erlang." Mrs. Dong's voice trembled slightly, "How should I repay Erlang for his benefits?"

After all, this woman was married before, so when she opened her mouth, she turned from active to passive.

Qin Liang got up from the mat, and instead of pretending to be confused, he hinted, "I'm still keeping my filial piety."

"No outsider knows." Mrs. Dong looked up at him, her eyes full of shame for fear of rejection, and said, "This is also what my aunt (mother-in-law) and my beloved meant."

Qin Liang sighed, his emotions were a bit complicated by her. Then he thought about how his pity could easily be misunderstood, so he softened his tone and said, "Take me to see Wang Kang."

He walked out of the room first, and Mrs. Dong had no choice but to follow.

The two soon came to a dark bedroom. There was a window on the wall, but it was only a small hole. The weather outside was not good and the light was very dark.After getting used to it for a while, Qin Liang saw clearly that the thin man on the bed had his eyes open, but his eyes were dull.

"Wang Kang." Qin Liang bent down and called out.

The man turned his head, as if Hun'er had just returned. It took him a moment to react, and he pretended to struggle, "Why is Erlang here?"

In contrast, Qin Liang's clothes and hair were neat.Qin Liang stretched out his hand and gently touched Wang Kang's shoulder, "Send me some medicinal materials. They were taken from the manor's warehouse. I remember that you are literate and have been in charge of the manor's warehouse. You should know that there are medicinal materials in the warehouse."

"This..." Wang Kang said, "I heard from Zhuo Jing that you offended the Zhongchang family in order to save Zhuo Jing. It was thanks to you that the wheat was recovered a few days ago, and you went to work in the fields yourself. Alas, The servant is a useless person."

Qin Liang patted his shoulder and said: "As long as I'm here, you don't have to worry too much about anything else. You can recover from your illness with peace of mind. Our family is still waiting for your service. In fact, the people in this Zhuangzi can be considered a big family."

Wang Kang looked at Qin Liang blankly.Qin Liang's eyes still did not evade, and he looked at him gently, with a very calm expression.

"Erlang!" Wang Kang suddenly became a little excited and struggled a few more times, "If I can survive, I will trust you with my life and property, and I will do whatever it takes to repay you for never abandoning me."

"I'm waiting for you to report." Qin Liang nodded.

He stood up straight, sighed for a moment, and murmured, "There is too much pain in the world."At this time, he found that Mrs. Dong was looking at him, his eyes a little absent-minded.

Qin Liang walked straight out of the bedroom and when he came to the door of the main room, he found that the rain outside had indeed become lighter.He didn't care about the old and young people who were sent out. He saw a bamboo hat by the door, picked it up, put it on his head, and stepped out of the threshold with his feet.