"Thank you for saving me, Young Master!"
The young woman slowly walked over and thanked him after seeing that the burly men had been dealt with.
"There's no need to be so polite."
Su Yan waved his hand and said,"I wonder why you are being chased by a group of evil men in this cold and dry night."”
"Young Master, you might not know."
The young woman sighed." Today, I was going to visit my family and return home. However, I encountered a thief on my way home. The guards who accompanied me died in battle to protect me. I was the only one who escaped here."”
"If I hadn't met Young Master here, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to escape the hands of the thief today.”
She looked at Su Yan gratefully.
"It's just a small matter. It's not worth mentioning."
Su Yan shook his head and said,"I haven't asked for your name."”
"My name is Zou Yu and I am from the Zou family of Zhuo County.”The young woman replied.
"Zhuo County? Miss Zou was originally from Zhuo County, so it was convenient.”
"I'm also going to Zhuo County. If you don't mind, you can follow me back." Su Yan smiled.”
"In that case, thank you, Young Master."
Zou Yu bowed and thanked him.
"Miss Zou, you don't need to thank me. I also need to ask you about some things.”
"Please speak, Young Master."
"I would like to ask Miss Zou to tell me about the situation in Zhuo County.”
"Young Master, why do you ask such a question?" Zou Yu asked, puzzled.
"To be honest, I'm heading to Zhuo County to take up my post.”
"Go to work? Ah! Young Master, are you the new county magistrate?”
Zou Yu looked at Su Yan in shock.
"That's right." Su Yan smiled and nodded.
Zou Yu thought about it and shook her head." I usually stay at home. I don't know much about the situation in Zhuo County. I'm afraid I can't help you."”
"It's okay. You just have to tell me what you know.”
Su Yan said.
Zou Yu nodded and told Su Yan everything she knew about Zhuo County.
Zhuo County had been a famous historical place since the Warring States Period. It was an important city in the Yan Country.
Later on, after Qin destroyed Yan, it also set up a county here as the administrative office of Zhuo County.
Due to its history, Zhuo County had produced many famous people.
According to what Su Yan knew,
Liu Bei, the founding emperor of the Shu Kingdom of the Three Kingdoms, came from this place.
Furthermore, his sworn brother, the Marquis of Hanheng, Zhang Fei, was also from Zhuo County.
Then there was the current great scholar of the sea, the Imperial Court Minister Lu Zhi, who also came from this place.
There were also many other famous people, but in this era, the most famous ones were the three above.
Of course, as Zou Yu was a woman, she usually stayed at home and was not convenient to show her face in public. Therefore, she did not know much about the situation in Zhuo County.
What Su Yan knew from her was about the situation of the aristocratic families in Zhuo County.
The first was the Lu family.
Lu Zhi, a great scholar of the world, was born here, and he was also a high-ranking official in the imperial court.
The Lu family was naturally the number one family in Zhuo County.
However, because Lu Zhi was an honest official and did things swiftly, the Lu family was not powerful in Zhuo County.
Further down were the Zou Clan and the Jian Clan where Zou Yu was from.
These two families were merchant families. Although there were officials in the families, they were either small officials or not local officials. Their influence was not very strong in the local area.
He mainly did business and accumulated a lot of wealth.
However, by contrast, Zou Clan was very powerful in commerce. They could be considered as rich merchants across Youzhou Province.
Of course, compared to the wealthy merchants in the world, such as the Zhen family of Jizhou, they were still inferior.
Other than these three families, there were also some small aristocratic families.
Zou Yu didn't know much either. She only told Su Yan her surname and then nothing else.
Su Yan did not expect her to know much about the politics of Zhuo County, so it was better than nothing.
"It seems that if I want to know the specifics, I'll have to wait until tomorrow.”
Su Yan sighed and decided not to think about it anymore. He leaned against the grass and fell asleep.
The next morning.
The errand boy set off for Zhuo County with Su Yan and Zou Yu in the carriage.
After traveling for half a day, they entered Zhuo County in the afternoon.
Along the way, after entering Zhuo County,
Su Yan looked out of the carriage window and saw a desolate scene outside.
Although there were farmlands around the official road, no one took care of them, and weeds overgrew.
Even the houses in the villages were sparsely populated and looked dilapidated.
Su Yan could not help but frown when he saw this.
According to Zou Yu, there were many aristocratic families in Zhuo County and they should be very wealthy.
Why was it like this the moment they entered the country?
Su Yan, who had doubts in his heart, asked the errand boy to hurry towards Zhuo County.
Gradually, a tall city wall appeared on the distant horizon.
They had arrived at Zhuo County!
"Young Master, there is a group of refugees blocking the city gate ahead.”
At this moment, the errand boy Xiao Yu reminded him.
Su Yan lifted the curtain of the carriage and got off. He said,"Wait here. I'll go take a look."
Zou Yu lifted the curtain and reminded,""Young Master, I see that those refugees look fierce. I'm afraid they'll cause trouble.”
"No worries."
Su Yan waved his hand and walked straight ahead. In a moment, he arrived at the back of the group of refugees.
"Officials, give me some food!”
"Our food has been taken away by the Xiongnu.”
"Save us!"
These refugees were all dressed in ragged clothes, their eyes were dim, and their faces were sallow. They gathered at the city gate and looked at the officials at the gate to pray.
"You bunch of lowlifes, quickly spread out and don't block the way!”
An assistant official wearing a tall hat and official uniform looked at the group of refugees and said sternly.
"Please, my child is starving.”
A woman hugged her swaddled son and begged.
"Men, blast these lowlifes away for me. Those who dare to block the way will die!”
The assistant official shouted.
The soldiers guarding the city rushed over with their weapons, and the refugees retreated in fear.
However, some of the elders had already sat on the ground and could not get up at all.
The soldiers didn't care. When they saw someone blocking their way, they raised their swords and were about to slash.
"Stop!"
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