Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

Qin Yang was also stunned on the spot, looking at her daughter in disbelief: "Shu'er, what did you say?"

"You were the one who killed my sister-in-law. You dragged her into the house, covered her head and face with a quilt, and then stepped hard on her stomach."

Qin Shu became more and more crazy as he spoke: "You also said that if anyone asks, just say she fell to her death."

"Shut up!" Qin Yang slapped her daughter, her eyes full of shock: "Are you crazy?"

Qin Shu laughed, tears streaming down her face: "Mom, we could have followed the Xue family back to Beijing, but you let Gao Ting humiliate me for your brother's sake. In this case, let's die together!"

Then he continued, "Then Gao Ting threatened me again, asking me to lure Shen Zhao over and falsely accuse her of being the mastermind."

Zhang Shanyue was furious when he heard this, and pointed at Gao Ting and cursed: "You bastard! Are you still human?"

Shen Zhao held his mother's arm and asked her to calm down.

Shen Ang glanced at everyone, met Gao Ting's gaze, and said coldly: "Gao Ting, as a village official, you knowingly broke the law and instigated others to slander my daughter. What crime should you be punished for?"

Gao Ting's expression changed several times, and he said angrily: "This woman is crazy, she is talking nonsense!"

"Whether it is nonsense or not is not up to you to decide!" Shen Ang clasped his fists towards several township officials and said, "Please help me interrogate Gao Ting and others. I suspect that this is not a simple murder case. Perhaps someone is secretly communicating with the Xiongnu and trying to create chaos among the garrison soldiers in the northwest."

The three elders and the township officials of Anle Township all nodded and said, "That makes sense. Come here! Arrest Gao Ting!"

When the people of Anle Township heard this, they immediately rushed towards Gaoting.

The Gao family members were anxious and rushed over to stop them: "Why are you arresting people?"

"Why? Just because you keep coming to Anle Township to cause trouble!" Shen Heng kicked the man who was making the most noise down and shouted, "Whoever dares to stop us is an accomplice of the Gao family! Then none of you will be able to escape!"

Everyone in Yulixiang was stunned and subconsciously stepped back.

Having secret dealings with the Huns was tantamount to treason, and even if the charge was later proven to be false, anyone involved would still be punished.

The Gao clan members hesitated for a moment, but were still not ready to give up.

Gao Ting is the pillar of the Gao family and also the patriarch. How could he be accused of killing nine generations of his clan?
However, there were too many villagers in Anle Township, and there were only more than 20 members of the Gao clan, so they could not defeat them at all.

Soon Gao Ting was tied up, and the rest of the Gao family members were tied under a tree outside.

The interrogation took place inside the Qin family's house. After a night of memory recovery, Gao Ting finally confessed and signed his confession.

Gao Ting and Qin's mother and daughter were then sent to the county government office. Shen Ang followed them, leaving his son and nephew at home to guard the family.

As for those members of the Gao family, they had no choice but to let them go.

At night, Shen De and his neighbors were afraid that Yu would leave Gao's home and come to Shen's house to do something bad, so they spontaneously stayed at Shen's house.

Shen Zhao and his mother lived in the side room. Dahuang, who had grown up a lot, was huddled in a grass nest beside the kang, listening to the noise outside from time to time.

"Mom, I will buy some sweet potato vines tomorrow, and also some potato seeds and vegetable seeds to distribute to everyone." Xiaoqing said these are high-yield crops suitable for planting in arid areas.

Zhang Shanyue sighed softly: "It's up to you, just don't be too ostentatious." She knew that her daughter wanted to report back to the villagers, but she was also afraid that her daughter would expose her abnormality.

"Those sweet potato vines are not conspicuous. They look just like vines. It's just that the potatoes are a little special. We haven't seen them here." Shen Zhao said.

In fact, sweet potatoes and potatoes have been planted in our own vegetable garden and at the inn, and many of them have sprouted.

Zhang Shanyue: "Then you should take out less and divide it over time. Don't take out too much at once."

"I know." Shen Zhao agreed and took out a small bronze mirror to summon back a silk thread.

There was a letter tied with a silk thread. When he unfolded it, he saw it was written by his eldest brother. The letter said that the emperor had retained him to serve as Taichang and had granted him an official residence.

The letter also said that the emperor had set up an altar in the palace and would offer sacrifices to the gods from time to time to pray for blessings and healing medicine. Shen Xun also wrote the address of the altar in the palace in the letter, asking his sister to deal with it as appropriate.

Of course, Shen Xun tied colorful silk threads on each tribute.

Shen Zhao could feel his brother's worry and helplessness from the letter.

"Is it a letter from your eldest brother?" Zhang Shanyue already knew that his daughter could communicate with his eldest son, so he was not surprised.

Shen Zhao nodded: "My eldest brother said he is fine and told us not to worry." She did not mention her eldest brother's promotion to avoid her mother accidentally letting it slip in front of her sister-in-law.

"Okay, I'm not worried." Zhang Shanyue said with a relieved look on her face, "But I don't know when he will come back?"

The daughter-in-law has just been married into the family, she can’t stay a widow forever, she also wants to have a grandson.

Shen Zhao lit the letter and burned it, saying, "I can't go back for now. Once he settles down, maybe I can bring my sister-in-law to Beijing to reunite with him."

Zhang Shanyue: "That's great. You can go to Beijing with your sister-in-law then."

"I'm not going." Shen Zhaocai didn't want to go to the capital. That place was a den of tigers and wolves. If you were not careful, you would be eaten by the powerful and wealthy until nothing would be left.

Zhang Shanyue glanced at his daughter and said nothing more.

In fact, she was reluctant to let her daughter leave her, but the children would eventually get married when they grew up, and going to the capital was better than this northwest desert.

Shen Zhao then wrote back to his elder brother, asking him to help him buy some herbs and fine porcelain.

If there are good silk and satin, buy some. Money is not a problem.

After writing the reply, Shen Zhao took out 50,000 yuan and put it in a big bag, and sent it to his elder brother Shen Xun together with the letter.

At dawn the next day, Shen Zhao and his mother and sister-in-law got up early to wash rice and cook.

Song Qiao helped to light the fire and cook the porridge, while the others were kneading dough and steaming buns.

Shen Zhao cut half a bowl of pickled vegetables and bacon and fried them, using them as a side dish for the porridge.

An hour later, the neighbors living in Shen Heng's house got up one after another, and after washing up, the steamed buns were ready.

Shen Heng moved the square table to the yard and invited everyone to come and eat.

Shen Zhao picked up the steamed buns and put them into the basket and brought them to the table, while his sister-in-law Chen Zhijun helped to serve the porridge.

Today's porridge is made of sweet potatoes and millet. It is fragrant, sweet and very delicious.

When someone eats sweet potatoes for the first time, they ask in surprise, “What is this?”

Ah Zhu's father said, "It's sweet potatoes." He often ate at the Shen family, and had not only eaten sweet potato porridge, but also roasted sweet potatoes.

"Sweet potatoes? Where did you buy them?"

Ah Zhu's father explained: "A Zhao bought it from a Hu merchant in the Western Regions. My family even planted half an acre of land this year."

"Really? Do you still have seeds?" asked the neighbor.

Ah Zhu's father shook his head: "No more, but Ah Zhao said that when the sweet potato vines grow up, we can cut off the vines and use them as cuttings."

"Ah? It can still be propagated by cuttings? Can you leave some for me?" the neighbor asked anxiously.

Ah Zhu's father shook his head and said in embarrassment: "My family needs to plant another half an acre, I'm afraid we can't spare the time."

He glanced at Shen Zhao and said, "Why don't you go ask Ah Zhao if she has any? She has planted quite a lot in her vegetable garden." (End of this chapter)