"Hurry up, put these lanterns on, my family is going to get married, and they will all be festive. "Mancang took some sergeants and hung red lanterns and brocade all over the doors and windows of every house, as if it was going to be the New Year.

"Everyone, listen to it, my family will get married in a few days, and each family will be rewarded with two taels of silver, and when the time comes, the villagers will come to drink the wine." Mancang asked the sergeant to bring a box of silver, gathered the whole village, and announced loudly.

"Okay. ”

"Good. ”

As soon as they heard that there was a reward, everyone cheered, Ye Shikai can be described as a "legend" in their village, now Qin Jun is in a high position, with this relationship, the villagers also feel safer, after all, there is a favor to Ye Shikai in the village, if you encounter robbers and robbers, Ye Shikai can still help, but now the happiest thing for them is these two taels of silver, He Linghan also said before, the county frequently goes to the village to collect taxes, grain, and servitude, so the villagers are now "shy in their pockets", and they are naturally very excited when they hear that there is a reward to take.

Ye Shikai and He Linghan returned to the village, and happened to see Uncle He, speaking of which Ye Shikai still felt a little presumptuous and abrupt, although this agreement was made by him and He Linghan privately, but in the final analysis, He Linghan is also the granddaughter of Uncle He, especially in a feudal society, the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, and it can even be said that whoever Uncle He wants her to marry, He Linghan will marry, but Ye Shikai came back to marry her, and made a big fanfare, everyone knows, but he has not discussed it with Uncle He.

Thinking of this, Ye Shikai suddenly felt a little weak, how could he feel like he had "tricked" He Linghan over, and he didn't even notify his parents.

"Uncle He, this time, I want to ask you for my guilt. Ye Shikai got off the horse, walked in front of him, and bowed.

"I didn't discuss the matter with Ling'er beforehand. ”

"Well, that's it. Although Uncle He has some mustard in his heart, but now that the raw rice has been cooked, the whole village knows that the two are going to get married, if he is resolutely opposed at the moment, wouldn't it make He Linghan make a joke in front of the whole village, besides, Ye Shikai is in a high position, and after He Linghan follows him, he must be worry-free about food and clothing, enjoy all the glory and wealth, and take 10,000 steps back and say, this is a "great thing" that many people can't ask for.

"I don't have any opinion on the old man, I just hope that the general will treat Ling Er well in the future. ”

"Please rest assured, Uncle He, oh no, it should be said that it is grandpa. ”

Uncle He actually knows that Ye Shikai is respectful to him, and he also gives him a step, so he doesn't need to be bored, not to mention, the two young people are also in love, and when fate arrives, they should push the boat down the river.

He Linghan's home.

"After you get married, let's go to live together in Dongjun, I want to stay here alone. Uncle He took out a jar of wine that had been treasured for a long time, poured a bowl for himself, and poured a bowl for Ye Shikai.

"Grandpa, aren't you going to go with us. Sure enough, as Ye Shikai expected, Uncle He didn't want to leave Sheung Shui Village.

"My ancestors and fathers were all born in Sheung Shui Village and died in Sheung Shui Village, their roots are here, I naturally can't leave, besides, I have lived here for more than 60 years, old man, and I am not used to going outside, you don't have to worry about me. Uncle He took a sip of wine, squinted and waved his hand.

"Grandpa, I still hope you think about it more, if you stay in the village alone, Ling Er and I are not at ease. ”

"Haha, don't underestimate the old man, when I was your age, it was easy for me to go up the mountain to fight wolves alone, if it was thirty years ago, as long as those small people outside the village came, I would definitely let them go and never return. Uncle He suddenly laughed and said, with a hint of unwillingness in his laughter, it is really unforgiving, I remember that when Ye Shikai first came to the Qin Dynasty, he saw a few robbers and robbers knocking Uncle He to the ground

Late at night.

Ye Shikai took the guards around the village, and sure enough, it was exactly the same as He Linghan said, the villagers closed the doors and windows one after another, and even blocked the door, very vigilant to prevent robbers from entering the village.

This is not a very good signal, Ye Shikai knows it very well, which shows that the nearby "chaotic army" has made the villagers frightened.

"Mancang, take the guards, come with me. Ye Shikai's face froze and said lightly.

"Oh, the guards get on their horses and go. ”

Ye Shikai rode to the cave granary in Sheung Shui Village with the guards, thinking that at the beginning, Ye Shikai also stayed here for the night, and also fought with the local robbers here, seven or eight months have passed, and he is very curious about what has become here.

"Stop, what people. "Two watchtowers were built around the granary of the cave, and there was a wall several meters high, and when a group of cavalry rushed over, the sergeant on the watchtower shouted loudly.

"Blind your eyes, don't you see that it's the general? Mancang yelled.

"It turned out to be General Ye, forgive your sins. The sergeant motioned to the garrison below to open the wooden door and let Ye Shikai and his party in.

"General Ye, I'm the commander of the garrison here, Luo Li, I don't know what the general is doing here. A man who looked like an officer walked over and asked respectfully, Ye Shikai scanned the entire stronghold, the tun commander only had fifty people in his hands, even if the defense here was good, he would be outnumbered if he encountered a large group of robbers.

"Take me inside. Ye Shikai pointed to the granary and said.

"This"

"What's the matter, don't you understand me. Ye Shikai asked rhetorically.

"General Ye, there is not much grain in the village"

"Needless to say, just open the door. ”

"That's it. Luo Tun Chang asked a few sergeants to open the door lock, Ye Shikai walked in directly, the cave that was originally stuffed with grain now looks "empty" a lot, Ye Shikai glanced around, only seven or eight bags of grain on the ground remained, adding up to a few hundred catties at most.

"There's still a lot of food in there. Ye Shikai asked directly.

"Report to General Ye, there is only so much left of the food in the village. Luo Li shook his head helplessly, he was only the tun chief who was in charge of guarding the granary, and it was impossible to conjure up grain.

"What's going on, when I left, there were at least five or six hundred stones. Ye Shikai asked.

"My lord, in the past few months, the grain in the village has been requisitioned by the county, and we only have these left, about seven hundred catties. "And there are a lot of robbers out there, eyeing the granary. ”