"It's from Wen Siming. Why did my father treat him so favorably? He broke the law and he pretended not to see it. You should understand the reason, right?"

Speaking of this person, Pei Yuanzhen's eyes had some unspeakable meaning.

"How did you get the money from him?" Pei Yuanzhen was a little curious.

He knew the importance of the Wen family when he was marching and fighting.

On the surface, the Wen family is a generation of upright officials, but in fact, they have left countless wealth over the generations.

The late emperor even had a treasure house that only his former confidants, the Wen family, could open. This was why Wen Siming was arrogant and domineering, but the emperor could tolerate it in every possible way.

In order to live a better life, the Wen family gave the emperor a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry every year.

Their family has such wealth that it can prosper for several generations.

Pei Yuanzhen knew that the Wen family valued property more than anything else. If they were not rich, there would be no way for them to gain a foothold in the capital.

Out of caution, they never reveal their wealth, and only a few people know about these things.

Taking out money from the Wen family, who love money as much as their lives, seems to Pei Yuanzhen to be a fantasy.

"He likes Mu Mingyu. I told him that I gave Mu Mingyu a poison. He must give me millions of taels of silver every month so that I can detoxify her regularly. Otherwise, she will die within three days.

He died of bleeding from the seven orifices. He didn't believe it at first, but later Mu Mingyu kept complaining about stomachache. He invited countless famous doctors but couldn't solve it, so he believed it. Before I came, he gave me a large amount of money, enough to cover a city for ten years.

year’s expenses.”

Pei Yuanzhen didn't know when she did this. She only remembered that Mu Mingyu did hire a lot of imperial doctors for a while.

Now that the work was done and the money was in hand, he had to admire her.

"So, sir, do you want to help me train my troops?"

How could he not? Pei Yuanzhen simply nodded this time.

"I guess I saw you right." Muning smiled at him.

The two people immediately talked a lot about military training. The current military reserves alone are definitely not enough.

They want to recruit new soldiers.

The people here generally have no place to make money. They all face the loess and turn their backs to the sky, and live a very miserable life. If you have some silver, you can recruit them to join the army, but what kind of identity will they use to join the army? This is a big problem.

What Pei Yuanzhen didn't expect was that Muning actually wanted to forge an imperial edict.

"This is a crime of beheading." Pei Yuanzhen was used to her boldness, but he was shocked again.

Muning thought to herself that she knew, but the troops were really not enough. If she wanted to save the city, she would have to use extraordinary means.

"We started recruiting in your name. Later, someone had objections, and then we hinted to them that we had an imperial edict. If they want to see it, they have to become a centurion first. It's not sinful to hint."

Pei Yuanzhen really convinced her, but he acquiesced in her approach and obeyed the authority in urgent matters.

The two of them had settled this matter, and other matters regarding recruitment would be discussed another day. Now they had to settle down first.

Since we are going to live in this village for a while, we still need to make arrangements.

The population in this village is not large, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and the young people have already run away. Everyone knows that foreign enemies will attack them first, and they are willing to live with their heads tied to their belts.

The two of them are more handsome than the other. If they go in, they will definitely be watched by many people.

Mu Ning didn't want to reveal her identity here, so she discussed it with Pei Yuanzhen, and both of them put black powder on their faces to make them look ugly.

When they entered the village, everyone's eyes were curious, but not surprised.

The old lady who was up to no good asked them what was going on, and said that a group of people had already come in before them, and offered to lend them a few rooms, and that they would live there for a month, and asked them if they were in the same group.

Muning smiled bitterly and admitted that they were in the same group, and explained that they were businessmen from other cities, and their property was robbed by bandits when they were on their way. The travel expenses were extremely expensive, and they could only stay here for a while before going to the mountains in the spring.

Find some beast skins and sell them to make some money before going back.

When the old people heard this, they realized that they were also poor people. But they couldn't borrow money even if they wanted to. Everyone is very poor these days.

"No wonder, it's not that easy to go out to do business. Then you can live here. There are many old houses here that have long been unoccupied. You can just pick one and leave some valuable things to ask the village chief.

Just the key."

They also kindly told Muning the location of the village chief's home.

Muning nodded gratefully. Pei Yuanzhen stood aside without saying a word, but he was tall and big, and his presence was not weak.

The old lady squinted at Pei Yunzhen for a long time, and suddenly said to Muning: "Is this your man?"

Pei Yuanzhen, who was expressionless at first, suddenly turned into a big red face.

Muning replied cheerfully: "Yes, aunt, we husband and wife went out to do business together."

"Your man seems to have a lot of energy. He will go to the city tomorrow to find some casual work, so that he can earn some money for you to spend."

Muning laughed again: "Hey, I'll drive him away tomorrow."

Pei Yuanzhen's face was stiff, but he still hadn't spoken yet.

Muning used a jade pendant that was not in very good condition to buy the best house in the village.

The previous owner of this house was a landowner who ran away a few years ago, but the house had always been in good condition. He would find someone to clean it up every now and then.

A few years ago, the landowner moved away from the frontier to other cities and no longer lived here. He asked the village chief to treat this house as village property to see if he could earn some tolls or something.

In fact, this man also understood that no one was that stupid to pass through a village like theirs, but after all, a good house should not be wasted.

This just makes Muning and Pei Yunzhen cheaper.

Looking at the well-furnished and clean room, Muning had a satisfied smile on his face.

Pei Yuanzhen first went to find two people's subordinates. Only some of them followed, and the other part lived in the city according to Pei Yuanzhen's arrangement.

After looking at their residence and talking about his and Muning's situation, Pei Yuanzhen came back.

But as soon as he came back, he saw a girl who had changed into a pair of coarse clothes but could not hide her beauty... no, it was a woman.

Pei Yuanzhen was stunned when he saw the woman's bun.

"Your hairstyle..."

"Didn't you hear what the aunt said? We are husband and wife. During this time, you will be my husband honestly. Did you hear that?"

It was the first time that Pei Yuanzhen was so flustered. He agreed casually and entered the house.

Then his eyes fell on the kang in the house.

Early winter is coming soon, and the cold wind is howling faintly outside, but the kang in the house reminds him of a saying - "Wife and children are warm on the kang".

I don't know why, but he was vaguely happy.

And he turned around, just in time to see Mu Ning standing in front of him.

There seemed to be a warm current flowing through his heart.
Chapter completed!