As far as she knew, the last time Beichenye was seriously injured was due to a fight with this little guy. These two people should be incompatible.
Di Yin lowered his head slightly, standing in front of Mu Qianyu as tall as a child who had done something wrong.
"I can really pick up everything." Mu Qianyu patted Di Yin on the shoulder in a daze, and said proudly: "Since you were picked up by me, we will be a family. I will protect you if anything happens."
Di Yin's eyes showed a little joy, and he asked uncertainly: "A family?"
"You're quite good at grasping the key points." Mu Qianyu laughed and said, "But I'm really a little uncomfortable with you suddenly turning into a human."
"Then I'll change back." Di Yin said and his body glowed red again.
"No need." Mu Qianyu shook his head quickly and said, "I'll get used to it in two days."
The main thing was that he still had to be held in her arms when he turned into a fox. It was a bit strange to think that he was holding such a grown man in his arms.
"Okay." Di Yin nodded obediently.
Although he didn't know why he listened to her so much.
"Er Hong is actually a boy." Nannan whispered from the side.
When Di Yin saw this breast dumpling that looked almost exactly like the little woman, his heart felt soft, and he knelt down and said, "Yes."
"You are so beautiful." Nannan praised.
"Yeah." Di Yin was not good at words. After a while, he felt that he was cold and added: "You are also good-looking."
Mu Qianyu looked at the sky and said, "It's getting dark. Let's stay overnight at the fellow villager's house in front of us."
So the group rode on the gourd again and moved forward. This time they successfully bypassed the mountains and arrived at Zhuangzi, the outermost part of Anping Prefecture.
Compared with the orderliness, harmony and tranquility of the surrounding villages in Jiangning Prefecture, this place was simply dilapidated beyond Mu Qianyu's imagination.
This village seems to be a large village that can accommodate hundreds of households, but when walking in the village, I found that ten rooms were empty, and collapsed houses could be seen everywhere. Even the houses that were still occupied did not open the door quietly when they heard the knock on the door.
I don't know, I thought this village had been deserted for a long time.
Mu Qianyu could only ask Lan'er to speak directly when she called the door.
She was not looking for a place to stay, but wanted to find out what was going on inside and outside the city. Otherwise, she would have wandered into the city like a headless fly and wouldn't have known where to start sorting things out.
After knocking on several doors but not opening them, Mu Qianyu finally understood how difficult it was to manage this place. He saw that these people were often robbed or harassed.
Presumably it's not just the bandits from Heifeng Village who are causing trouble in the surrounding area.
Moreover, the fact that all ten rooms were empty also gave her a headache. If she wanted to improve the environment and conditions, someone had to be there, so how could she not make things difficult for others.
"Fellow fellow, we are passing by and want to stay for a night. Can you let us in?" Lan'er asked, standing on the collapsed gate of a courtyard.
Although the courtyard gate is in name only, it is always not good to enter someone else's courtyard directly.
"Fellow, we are not bad people, we are really here to stay overnight." Lan'er continued.
There was still no movement in the room. Lan'er looked back at Mu Qianyu, who shook his head and signaled for the next family to change.
Just as they turned around, they saw an oil lamp lighting up inside, and the back door opened with a creak.
An old man was wearing clothes and holding a lamp and looking at a few people. Mu Qianyu and the others were all well-dressed and good-looking, and they also had a little baby girl like Nannan with them, so they had a high degree of trust.
"I'm really here to stay overnight. Come on, come in quickly." The old man said enthusiastically.
Mu Qianyu then stepped forward and said, "Thank you very much, uncle."
"Young people, are you practitioners going to the Mysterious Beast Forest?" the old man asked as he led a few people through the door.
Mu Qianyu shook his head and said, "No, we are going to the city to visit relatives."
"Then you should be careful, Anping Mansion is not peaceful." The old man entered the door and said to the back room: "Old lady, there are young people coming to stay for the night. Go and heat the dumplings on the stove, and then stir-fry some vegetables."
As soon as he finished speaking, the curtain in the back room was lifted, and a woman in her sixties came out. She looked at the group of people and said, "What a handsome young man. You haven't eaten yet. I'll make it for you right now."
The old woman said to the room opposite: "Jiao'er, come out and help grandma."
"Hey." A girl's clear voice came from inside, and then a girl wearing a gray patched cotton-padded jacket walked out. She looked to be only about fifteen years old.
The girl glanced at the people at the table, immediately blushed and lowered her head, looked at her pudding-covered cotton shoes and pants, and then walked out quickly.
Mu Qianyu knocked on the forehead, knowing that he should change his clothes before coming back. Among the few people, even Lan'er, who had the worst reputation, was a tribute silk yarn from the Zhou Dynasty, so it was too high-profile.
"Everyone wants some water. I don't have any tea at home, so I have to make do with it." The old man was also quite embarrassed.
Mu Qianyu smiled and said, "We just love drinking water. Thank you, old man. We knocked on many doors but no one opened the door. You are such a good person."
"You can't blame them for not opening the door. The Anping Mansion is really not peaceful. The gangsters and bastards in official attire are here all day long to make troubles, ask for money and people. We are also afraid of being tortured." The old man said this.
Then he sighed again and again.
"Then the government won't take care of it? Although there is no prefect here, there are still county magistrates in charge. Which county do you belong to?" Mu Qianyu asked.
The old man shook his head when he heard this: "Girl, you sound like a foreigner, and you have never been to our Anping Mansion."
"Exactly." Mu Qianyu replied.
"That's right. Our Anping Prefecture originally had a county, but later because of frequent encounters with animal tides, the county officials were killed and injured, and the common people all ran away."
"As a result, although our Anping Prefecture is a large place, there are very few people. The imperial court later stopped setting up counties, and everything was under the control of the prefect of Anping Prefecture." The old man introduced.
Only then did Mu Qianyu realize that he was actually a mere commander. Not only did he not have any civilians under his command, he didn't even have any officials?
As a magistrate, there are at least seven or eight counties under her, that is, seven or eight county magistrates. She only needs to lead the county magistrates, but does she have to do it herself?
She touched her forehead and said: "Well, old man, there is no one in the house to take care of it. There are still officials in the house, right?"
"Girl, you still don't know something. Our two colleagues and the judge have long had the same surname as the bandit from Heifeng Village. They are even more ferocious and evil than that bandit."
"My two sons were forced to death by them." The old man's eyes turned red as he spoke, and he wiped his tears and said: "We are old and can't run anymore, so we can only wait here to die.
ah."
Nannan wept as she listened and said angrily: "These people have gone too far."