"Of course not!" Su Xiong sneered, with contempt in his eyes, "That dog thief who relies on women to get to the top can't even take my punch, but he still guards the Demon Suppression Tower? What a joke!"
Ye Cheng smiled and nodded, "Exactly." Don't force it either. After all, everyone has his or her own ambitions. "
"Brother, we listen to you."
"Yes, brother, but my family has been in the capital since I was a child, so it will take some time before I have to move. "
"Kou Bai, I know, you have some business in the capital, right? I advise you, don't suffer any consequences."
Except for Kou Bai, everyone else agreed to leave the capital after leaving Anguo's mansion, and they all did the same.
And Yecheng...
After meeting his former subordinates that day, he went out to the city with An Ning as promised.
Although the capital has been ravaged by drugs several times, the scenery on the outskirts of the capital is still as beautiful as ever. It is the same as ten years ago, with beautiful mountains and clear waters and lush forests.
It's just that some of the saplings that were there when he left have now become towering trees. "Husband, speaking of which, you haven't been to the south of the city for ten years, right?"
Ye Cheng nodded slightly, "Yes, whether you are returning to the city from the Demon Locking Tower or leaving the city these days, you have never passed by the south gate."
After all, the Demon Locking Tower is in the north of the capital, and the Duke Anguo's Mansion in Yecheng is also in the west of the capital, and they also don't pass by the south of the city.
Obviously, Chengnan was his favorite place when he was a child, but now he is so busy that he doesn’t even have time to go to Chengnan.
"Brother Yecheng, the scenery here has not changed much, although I haven't been here for several years."
Since their father died suddenly five years ago, several of An Ning's younger brothers also died mysteriously and suddenly, and An Ning was locked in the palace and was not allowed to enter or exit.
Speaking of it, An Ning may have not seen the scenery in the south of the city for a long time. "If you have the opportunity in the future, just come here often to play."
Speaking, Ye Cheng hugged An Ning and came to the branch of a big tree.
"Brother Yecheng, what are you doing?"
"It's very cold at high places. I used to do this a lot, standing on a tree and blowing the wind. Because of this, I feel really comfortable. What do you think?"
"This is true, the cold wind blows on my face, refreshing..."
An Ning closed her eyes and felt the breath of nature around her.
Looking at her like this, Ye Cheng couldn't help but feel a twinge in his heart. He knew very well why An Ning was so happy.
In these years, she was probably locked in a deep palace and couldn't even get out of the palace, right?
She also held a medicine basket in her hand. He was about to be overtaken by a wild wolf.
The wild wolf had a huge mouth and kept howling, as if saying "food, don't run away."
Ye Cheng hurriedly jumped down from the branch with An Ning in his arms and rushed towards the girl.
"Big brother, run, the wolf is very scary."
The little girl left these words in a hurry when she ran past Ye Cheng.
"It's just a beast, how dare you hurt people wantonly and seek death!"
Speaking, Ye Cheng pulled out his sword. To deal with such a beast, it's not worth using his true energy.
With a flash of cold light, the wild wolf completely fell to the ground and became motionless.
Ye Cheng put away his sword and looked at the little girl, "Child, why did you go to this mountain forest to collect medicine alone? Don't you know..."
"Big Guoguo, Wo knows about it, but..."
"But what?"
“But grandma has a cold, so we can only come here to collect medicine.”
“Where are your family members?”
Ye Cheng asked doubtfully. Judging from the age of the little girl, she must be five or six years old at most, her parents should be very young.
"Wo's mother fell ill three years ago and never woke up. Last year, Wo's father was arrested and sent to guard the Demon Locking Tower and never came back."
Understood, Ye Cheng glanced at An Ning, "An Ning, how's that for today's fun? Let's help the little girl collect the medicine and send it to her house."
"Okay. Brother Ye Cheng."
An Ning nodded.
"Little girl, what medicine do you need?"
"I don't know about the nest, everything I need is here."
As said, the little girl took out a piece of paper, took it, and Ye Cheng took a look at it, "That's it..."< br/>
"Little girl, we don't have licorice here. We have to go to the mountains to the west of the city to pick it. You already have the other medicines in your basket. How about your uncle taking you to the west of the city to pick the medicine?"
The vigilance is quite high...
hip "Uncle is not a bad person, don't worry."
hip "Really?"
It seems that the vigilance is not very high.
"Okay, let's follow uncle."
The two took the little girl to the west of the city. Based on the location in their memory, they quickly found a piece of licorice, collected it, and put it into the little girl's basket.
"Little girl, let's go, uncle will take you home."
When we arrived at the girl's house, the girl's elderly grandmother knelt down in front of Ye Cheng, "Thank you so much, father-in-law."
"I don't want to give you gifts, so it's better not to let your granddaughter go out to collect medicine alone in the future..."
The old man sighed, "My lord, you put it lightly, and I don't want to be like that, but the child's father and three uncles have been arrested and locked up in the Demon Locking Tower."
What? Ye Cheng remembered it very clearly. He had clearly established the rules. Those who had only one son in the family were not allowed to arrest others. Those with two or more children in the family were only allowed to summon the eldest brother to guard the Demon Locking Tower.
In her family, all three children were detained?
Perhaps seeing Ye Cheng's doubts, An Ning sighed, "Husband, the rules you set have long been changed by my imperial sister."
"After she ascended the throne five years ago, she issued an imperial edict to abolish your military conscription law. Now, men over the age of 12 must be conscripted into the army."
"All the men in the family were drafted with only 200 cash as a settlement allowance, which was not even enough to pay a year's taxes. Those who died in the war were not given pensions. Nowadays, there are many people who have fallen into banditry to avoid military service."
However, this has nothing to do with him, "Well, I shouldn't discuss the national policy of the imperial court. Old man, if you get sick again, just come to see me at Anguo's mansion."
This is the only thing Ye Cheng can do. After all, he can't get involved too much in other people's affairs.
"Thank you so much, Duke, thank you so much, Duke."
The old man knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Ye Cheng several times.